Fanshawe and New Zealand team up 3 Get your geek on 13-23 Fanshawe grad turns pro 29 Volume 44 Issue No. 10 October 31, 2011 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/ 2 NEWS Volume 44 Issue No. 10 October 31, 2011 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/ UP&COMING QUESTION OF THE WEEK MON.EVENTS OCT. 10-31 WHAT Pumpkin Bowling Contest Forwell Hall – 12PM ARE YOU $1 MINIMUM DONATION PROUDLY PROCEEDS GO TO THE UNITED WAY. GEEKY TUES. NOV. 11-01 FREE Nooner: Deal or No ABOUT? Deal Contest Forwell Hall – 12PM MOVEMBER REGISTRATION AT THE BIZ BOOTH WED. NOV 11-02 FREE Acoustic Open Mic OBS – 9PM Jessica McPhail Registration at 8PM “The Game of Thrones series – the books and TV show – I FREE Chemical Valley know everything about it. For Film Screening the TV show season finale, Forwell Hall – 12PM my friend and I had a party, First Run Film: and I could name all the Houses and draw their sigils from memory.” In Time Rainbow Cinemas (in Citi Plaza) $3.50 STUDENTS | $5 GUESTS CREDIT: KIRSTEN ROSENKRANTZ 2 Show Times Two groups of international students from China participated in the FSU's pumpkin carving contest on October 26. The students had never carved a pumpkin before, and Tongtong Zhang (Vicky), far right, and Yiwen Hu THUR. NOV. 11-03 Julien Channer (Nicole), took home the first-place prize. “I’m geeky about computers. FREE Music Nooner Knowing about them can Forwell Hall – 12PM save you a lot of money – especially when you repair 10 Things I Know About You... Fanshawe Night at your own. 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PRIZES SP Scarlet Lacasse ONSORED BY CHARTWELLS “I’m really knowledgeable about natural health-related things, like herbs and natural remedies.” CREDIT: SUBMITTED Vivian Olah believes Sundays are for football. 3 Volume 44 Issue No. 10 October 31, 2011 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/ NEWS Fanshawe students team up with New Zealanders to build green ERIKA FAUST and disassembly teams in INTERROBANG Washington. “(Fanshawe worked For over a year, students and on) more of the engineering and faculty from Fanshawe and the construction side of it – the hands- University of Victoria in on, technical side of it. A lot of Wellington, New Zealand, have hours went into the engineering been holding videoconferences, and the construction of the actual sending hundreds of emails back building and modules, which is and forth and working together what our school primarily does.” overseas to build a house. The 950 square foot ‘First Light The partnership came about for House,’ so named because New the Solar Decathlon, a contest Zealand is the first country to see held by the U.S. Department of the sunlight each day, was built as Energy for post-secondary stu- a ‘kiwi bach’ – a summer home. dents from 20 universities around Foster explained one of the impor- the world to show off their green tant criteria for the home was that building design skills. The teams it was net zero. “Net zero means it are judged in 10 competitions, produces more energy than it including architecture, market actually consumes,” he explained. appeal, engineering, affordability “The way they did that is using CREDIT: SCHOOL OF BUILDING TECHNOLOGY and energy balance. According to photovoltaic panels, which is a Students and faculty from Fanshawe’s School of Building Technology have been working with the University of the Solar Decathlon website, “The fancy word for solar panels.” Victoria in Wellington, New Zealand to build a net zero house that uses solar panels to produce more energy winner of the competition is the Wendy Wilson, liaison for the than it uses. The First Light House came in third in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2011 Solar Decathlon. team that best blends affordabili- project and Coordinator of ty, consumer appeal and design Technical Programs for the After building and displaying with disassembly were Foster, both Foster and Wilson were excellence with optimal energy School of Language and Liberal The First Light House in New Darcy Comerford, Spencer extremely proud of the work that production and maximum effi- Studies here at Fanshawe, added Zealand, the structure had to be Vermue, Juduk Lee, Ben Gerber, had been done. “I thought the ciency.” some more details about the deconstructed and shipped to the Kyle Kane, Professor Sandi (Fanshawe) team was absolutely The New Zealand team, with house: “The cladding – the exteri- National Mall in Washington, D.C Burns, Professor Rob Geoghan- fantastic,” said Wilson. “One of the help of Fanshawe students or – is made of Western Canadian for the Decathlon. It was rebuilt at Morphet and Professor Askes. the professors from New Zealand from the School of Building red cedar. The interior is all the Mall with help from more Though the teams worked well said they were a joy to work with, Technology, placed third in the indigenous New Zealand wood. Fanshawe students and faculty: together, they did encounter a few hardworking, honest, reliable, and competition. They were the first The insulation is wool from carpet Foster, Matt Stewart, Shawn minor problems. “The one funny I totally agree with him. They team from the southern hemi- ends … they make a lot of wool Douglas, Jason King, Jeremy thing was the language barrier,” were just a great team.” sphere to ever compete in this carpet in New Zealand. There are Gardner, Tyler McLean, Haskett, laughed Foster. “For example, our The First Light House has been competition, and they are also the 28 solar panels on the roof. It was Stephen Hotke, Professor Marty ‘flashlight’ is their ‘torch.’ They purchased by someone from New highest-placing first-entry team. designed in a butterfly pattern and Askes and Professor Dave would be talking about a certain Zealand, who plans to use it as a The house placed first in the the decking went through the cen- Sleegers. tool, and we’d be like, ‘What are summer home. Engineering category, and it was tre.” Once the competition finished, you guys talking about?’ And then For more information about the noted by a professor from the In addition to the numerous the house had to be disassembled we would be talking about the Solar Decathlon, visit solarde- University that this would not videoconferences and emails, stu- once again to be shipped back to same tool, and they’d just be like, cathlon.gov. For more informa- have been achievable if it had not dents did a lot of travelling. In New Zealand. The Fanshawe stu- ‘What?’” tion about The First Light House, been for the students and faculty January this year, three students dents and faculty who assisted Despite the minor road bumps, visit firstlighthouse.ac.nz. of the Fanshawe College School from Fanshawe’s Architectural of Building Technology. Technology program – Spencer “(The team from) New Zealand Marcolini, Josh Hoggard and was the main designer of the Shaun Haskett – travelled to whole project,” explained Joel Wellington to assist with the con- Get your bits checked! Foster, who was on the assembly struction of the house.