Note: This document is hosted here for archival purposes only. It does not necessarily represent the values of the Iron Warrior or Waterloo Engineering Society in the present day. 1 THE NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ENGINEERING SOCIETY VOLUME 29 ISSUE 10 | WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2008 Spring 2008 Photo Recap EWB Blogs IW Interviews Acting Dean Rothenburg Page 4 Pages 11 - 13 Page 15 http://iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca Truth, Compassion, Tolerance Art Exhibit Falun Gong Art Comes to the SLC KEVIN LING government agents. 1B ELECTRICAL Since 1999, the communist regime in China has banned the practice of This past week in the SLC great hall, Falun Gong and declared that the or- paintings from the “Truth, Compas- ganizations that promote the practice sion, Tolerance Art Exhibit” have been are illegal. Allegations of the torture, on display. The exhibit features art persecution, discrimination, and even created by Falun Gong practitioners the murder of Falun Gong practitioners around the world, as well as photos of have been on going from the time that people in different countries practicing the practice was banned. Falun Gong. The art exhibit is a means for Falun The weeklong stop here at the Uni- Gong practitioners and sympathizers versity of Waterloo began Monday, to get the word out and let the world July 14, with the opening ceremony. In know what is going on in China. attendance were the Dean of Arts, Ken Event organizer and UW student Coates, and the Mayor of Waterloo, Kelly Wen said, “Art is such a power- Brenda Halloran. Both Dean Coates ful medium… it is able to portray mes- and Mayor Halloran gave very inspira- sages that we can’t see through words.” tional messages at the ceremony. She adds that the paintings are all done The paintings are all allegedly based in a very realistic style which helps to on true stories and depict the joy and grab attention and convey message to Kevin Ling the suffering of Falun Gong practition- the people of the world. Art by Falun Gong Practitioners on display in the SLC. ers. Some pictures showed the enlight- The exhibit is part of a worldwide Some of the more graphic images depict practitioners being tortured by the enment and happiness that comes from campaign to raise awareness about Chinese government. practicing Falun Gong, while many the human rights issue in China. Or- others reveal what is said to be ongo- ganizations such as Amnesty Interna- tion. na, the United States, as well as many ing in China. In particular, several of tional and politicians such as former The exhibit is currently on a world European countries. The next stop on the paintings portray practitioners be- MP David Kilgour are also promoting tour and has passed through countries the tour is Toronto City Hall, and then ing persecuted and tortured by Chinese awareness about the alleged persecu- such as: Korea, Japan, Australia, Vien- Chicago. UW Rappers Promote Charity Album Recent Viral Music Video Features Many Local Celebrities SUNNY NG 2” speaks about both the struggles etry. Finally in 2006, he 4A COMPUTER and the pride of being a UW student. gave a shot in writing a When asked about the process of get- couple verses for his own Two weeks ago, a viral music video ting the involvement of UW “celeb- beats to see how it would for the song “Streets Of Waterloo Part rities” to make cameos in the music result. At that point he re- 2” made by Waterloo local rappers video of the song, Yuvraj said, “The alized that he had a sense hit the web via YouTube. The video featured Deans and the President were of rhythm, but needed more by Baby Buddha, which consists of very supportive of the initiative. I vocal work. He strived to Yuvraj “DJ Fobulous” Goel and Ray- think they liked the charity aspect of work on his enunciation mond “Rayman” Chan, features many the video, and were happy to be part and lyric-writing. Yuvraj University of Waterloo “celebrities” of a project that promotes UW by pay- admits that he still contin- including UW President David John- ing homage to its greatest assets.” In ues to learn despite a rather ston, the Deans of the Science and the recent news segment by CTV, UW apparent improvement in Environment faculties, various well- President David Johnston was quoted skills from two years ago. known professors such as Depart- saying that it was “great fun” making Yuvraj cites Eminem as ment of Economics’ Larry Smith, and the video and that it “makes us all feel a source for inspiration on (shameless plug) yours truly. Since a little younger.” his use of literary devices, its upload date, the video has obtained “Streets Of Waterloo Part 2” was vocal delivery and his work almost 10,000 views on the Internet, not the first video they have put on as a producer. He is also Baby Buddha’s latest music video “Streets of Waterloo featured on the UW Daily Bulletin, YouTube to promote their music, in inspired by the Notorious Part 2” features cameo from UW President David John- ston. Their charity album Streets of Waterloo is available and has become a popular topic of con- fact a quick search on the website yield B.I.G. and Lil Wayne, with at UWShop in South Campus Hall for $10. versation amongst UW students. The to 3 other results. “Streets Of Water- their different approaches hip-hop duo performed at TalEng – the loo” in particular featured the cameos to rhyming and fresh rhymes. When charity, Craig Kielburger at the Impact termly Engineering talent show, and of UW Hip-Hop Club and UW Place making beats, he draws inspiration leadership conference last year, he was was also featured in a recent newscast Dons. Yuvraj embraces the power of from Dr. Dre and Timbaland, as well moved and realized the importance of on Kitchener-Waterloo’s CTV station, the website as he says that “a video on as melodies from Bollywood music. education in developing underprivi- CKCO. YouTube can essentially be ‘immortal- Baby Buddha is promoting their lat- leged communities. He mentions that I had a chance to catch up with one ized’, since the video link enables ac- est album Streets Of Waterloo, which sales of the album have covered their half of the duo, Yuvraj Goel, who is cess from anywhere in the world any is available for purchase at UWShop, initial costs and are on their way to a 3T Mechanical Engineering student time.” for $10 (taxes included). The pro- raise money for the charity. The hip- (Chan is a Math & Chartered Ac- When asked about how he started ceeds of the album will go towards hop duo hopes to reach the fund-rais- counting student) to talk about the in rapping, Yuvraj said that has been the “Free the Children” foundation. ing goal of $8500 in order to build a pair’s latest project in music. Their composing hip-hop beats since 2003 Yuvraj Goel mentioned after hearing a school in Africa. latest song “Streets Of Waterloo Part and has always had an interest in po- keynote address by the founder of the 2 WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2008 Letter from the Editor A 1628-Word Self Pat on the Back The Newspaper of the University of Waterloo Engineering Society students, 3) none of us are actually in the were implemented this term to increase field of journalism, and 4) our paper comes the emphasis on photography. I believe it Editor-in-Chief out every other week. I’m proud to say is an essential part of the paper, because Sunny Ng SUNNY NG that we have succeeded with this goal. The sometimes it is the thing that stops people EDITOR-IN-ChIEF only exception I made this term was a sto- from skipping over reading an article. The Assistant Editor ry on Bill C-61, only because it is an issue Photo Caption Contest made its return, as Kevin Ling I’m not going to lie, I’m totally ex- that affects many Engineering students. I well for the first time, we started giving our hausted with ideas for my editorials. That wanted the paper to focus more to what is photographers photo credit. Our photogra- Layout Editor might be one of the many reasons that I going on on-campus and what is important phers work really hard to make sure they Cherry Ho don’t want to be Editor-in-Chief for an- to students. get the right shots at the right time, so I other term, as suggested by some people. Secondly, I wanted to diversify the con- think it’s important that their work is rec- Copy Editor Hell, I even managed to stretch my last tent of the newspaper. As I have previ- ognized. Furthermore, I have made sure [vacant] editorial topic into two issues. For this is- ously mentioned, I wanted to cater to the this term that every picture we place in our sue’s editorial, I’m going to write about my entire diverse student body that is in Wa- paper appears online as well (with photo Photo Editor reflections during the course of the term terloo Engineering. While it is important credits). This traditionally was not the Michael Seliske when I’ve been the Editor-in-Chief and to cover achievements of students and their case, so I hope this will continue. how well things have been. It’ll be my last teams, it is also important to cover issues In this issue, I added a photo spread to Advertising Manager chance to boast my self-importance.