Catapult Competition 2 I Tsunami Feature 5-6 I Theatre 11-1 2 OJECTOR rrc s u en news a er eft) Ring pritate Club RATIN Members & Guests Welcome! • Can apply fir membership at the dx)or ) Wednesday Ian. z6 - Latin jazz ni9nt with Wednesday Feb. 2 - The U of M Allstars Papa Mambo Friday Feb. 4 + Saturday Feb. 5 - Celtic Way Friday Ian. z8 Saturday Ian. 29 - The Adventures Haws: Monday Fuday am. Saturday and Sunday 2pm — 2a 20 KING STREET Ph: 951-7710 2 THE PROJECTOR I JANUARY 24, 2005 PROJECTOR RRC students resurrect medival machine Editor-in-Chief BY LESLIE WILLIAMSON are some catapults in England burn moments," says Baxter. Shannon Martin that are capable of throwing a This is also the first time that editor@theprojector ca atapults are no longer projectile half a mile. a team has been composed of a thing of the past used Their half-scale model can several different departments. C only in the Middle Ages to throw a tennis ball roughly 70 Buhlin and Baxter both believe News Editor slay dragons or to crumble castle feet accurately at head level with that this has greatly helped them; Alana Pona walls. Thanks to the ingenu- enough speed that you would not that each department has brought news@theprojector ca ity of several students, Red River be able to catch it. One of the a different level of expertise with College will soon be home to unique features of the catapult them to help in the building of Winnipeg's newest (and possibly is that it uses a bow instead of a the final product. Entertainment Editor only) catapult. counter-weight. The reason for "We took the name because Ryan Hladun Carpentry and woodworking this, Buhlin explains, is that in it sounds cool," explains Buhlin. [email protected] student, Robert Baxter; civil/ order for a traditional counter- Malvoisin, or Bad Neighbour, was CAD students the nickname of the Layout/Photo Editor Chad Buhlin, catapult that King Trevor Kuna Steve Penner, and Louis of France used [email protected] Bill MacDonald; at the Siege of Acre to mechanical tech- destroy a large sec- nology student tion of the city wall. Layout/Photo Editor Rick Ainsley; and All participants Lindsay Winter wood products in the competi- [email protected] manufacturing tion receive a free and manufactur- copy of CWC's Span Advertising and Sales Manager ing engineering Book. As well, the Guy Lussier technologystudent first place team will gIussiergrrc.mb.ca Ryan Wiebe com- win $1500 and three prise the Malvoisin CWC manuals of Catapult Team. their choice. Second The team is trav- place receives $1000 eling to Ottawa Projector Interns PHOTO LINDSAY PAYETTE and one CWC man- on the weekend ual and third will get of Feb. 11 to compete with 18 weight to work, it had to be about $500 and one CWC manual of Editor-in-Chief Intern Editor-in-Chief Intern other teams from across Canada 70 pounds, which was the cata- choice. Jillian Brown Mike Uhrich in the 2005 Canadian Wood pult's entire allowable weight. He When the competition is over, Council (CWC) Engineering admits that the design the team the catapult becomes the property News Editor Intern News Editor Intern Wood Competition as a part of picked was one of the hardest, of the RRC Students' Association, Leslie Williamson Lindsay Payette the Wood Catapult Competition. but "if it's not hard, then what's who thus far has donated the Team Malvoisin's objective was the point in trying?" most amount of money towards Entertainment Editor Intern Entertainment Editor Intern to design and build a lightweight The catapult is to have iden- the project. RRC's civil technol- Jen Zoratti Alan MacKenzie catapult capable of accurately tical machined parts so that it ogy department, Canadian Tire, Layout/Photo Intern Layout/Photo Intern hitting a target at 20 metres with can be easily repaired during the and Lewis Instruments are also Grant Burr Justen Vogt a two pound ball. Three points competition, since the competi- major contributors to the proj- per hit will be awarded for doing tion is timed. ect. this. A 30 metre target will earn "During competition, just like One of the definite perks is that five points per hit, and 10 points in a Formula 1 competition, if a donation of $300 or more earns Contributing Writers and Photographers per hit for a 40 metre target. The something breaks, jump in, zip, you the right to play with the winning team is the first to reach zip, zip, done, " says Baxter. catapult. Paul Adair Sheri Lamb forty points, or have the most This is RRC's first time enter- Baxter says that this perk has Kyle. Bakx Denise Meilleur points after 30 minutes. ing the competition, and since generated a lot of interest. "It's a Stacy Cardigan Smith Nathan Nudalh Freestanding, the Malvoisin almost everyone on the team is weapon of mass destruction, 500 Doug Darling Darren Ridgley catapult will measure about 12 a first year student, it gives the years past its usefulness." Melanie Davidson Shawna Skrudland feet high, and when it's in the team a real underdog appeal, Team Malvoisin is already Pamela Fischer Carly Thompson middle of the throwing motion, says Baxter. planning for next year's competi- Cara Hill with the sling fully extended ver- Buhlin says that it is usually tion with what they have learned Trish Hogue tically, the catapult lengthens third and fourth year students this year. to become about 18 feet high. that take on projects this compli- "It's a bunch of guys with power The team is hoping to be able cated. "We had to push past what tools building a toy," says Baxter. to throw for 100 metres. Buhlin we have been taught in school." 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Meanwhile, disgust, but Carolyn Parrish kept up with lack of appropriate technology and between paying for water or other Anne McLellan, federal public safety min- her anti-American antics this year until privatization, and that figure is further necessities such as education, medical ister, launched a public inquiry into the Prime Minister Paul Martin had no choice reduced.