Iron Warrior: Volume 12, Issue 3

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C · 8 February 15, 1991 THE ENGINEERING SOCIETY'S STUDENT FORUMi j . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ r - ~9 . J > , . O f ~ ; : -

I am an Individual

Gregory K. Cook4B Civil

What is in a name? Letters, sounds,phonetics, syllables and all those

other things English majors make a

living from by studying and

manipulating. There's something

else too; an individual.Each of us is unique. Our parents

assert as much when we are children.

Our culture and economics system

reinforce the sense of individualism

in each of us . So it is somewhatdisheartening to learn that my veryown nomer does not share this uniquequality .

Funk and Wagnall's Standard

Dictionary defines name as "a wordor words by which a person, thing,animal, class or concept is known or

referred · to." Note the reference to

a person; again, some sense ofsingularity. And yet we do not have

r . . - Q j K l · ~ ~ s. This fact became alltoo obvious to me las t .fall.

My name is Greg Cook, not JohnSmith. You just wouldn't think that

my name is that common. One day Iwas reading an issue of the Gazettewhich had an article about St.Jerome's new writer-in-residence. His

name, you guessed it, Greg Cook.

My arrogant delusions of uniquenessof name were shattered as I reeled

with the thought of another GregCook at UW. I mean, I had actually

been somewhat miffed in high schoolto learn that out of some 1400 other

students, there actually was one

other person with the first name

Greg. Now at university I was

confronted by this stranger whose

photo benignly regarded me from thepages of the Gazette and who dared

to have the same first and last name

as me.Then I received a letter for him.

UW had received t first, didn't

know who this writer-in-residence

person was, and proceeded to mnilthe damn thing to me. Two days

later, a well-meaning classmate gaveme a fax for me or, that is rather,

my namesake. Posters appeared

around campus advertiSing speeches

given by my namesake. My fri end sthought I was leading a double life,not telling them about my new job.No, it not me Then I got a phone

call for me which began in a veryconversational tone, like I should

know this perfect stranger, who

claimed to know my father. Now I'mon the phone with this older guy whosounds like he's about to sell me infoon my dad . Like I care . Once I

straightened the guy out, that yes, Iwas Greg Cook but no, not the Greg

Cook he wanted, I started to worryabout my own sense of reality. Istabilized by telling myself It's

okay. I was here first. This guy's justa poseur, a wannabe me."

In December, cruised into Securityto get a parking sticker. They did nothave my file so they checked their

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New POETS securit force?

records. Was I in fourth year, theyasked. Yes. Was I in Optometry,

they asked. No. Oh no, not again

Indeed, a third Greg Cook hadappeared on campus. Perhaps it wasa vogue or trendy thing to be my

namesake , I thought. Well if it was,it was getting out of hand. I suddenlyworried that I would return home

only to learn that a string of phone

messages awaited lime" but none were

actually for me. Or even that one ofmy roommates might have changedhis name to Greg Cook. Again I

reeled.Fortunately though, neither ot

these apocalyptic fates awaited me.Was I overreacting? Yes, all you John

Smiths would snap in a moment, youwere. Well understand that I wasn't

ready to deal with all the concepts ofbeing a member of the Greg Cooknamesake club. Maybe it is easier for

you John Smiths to deal with the

whole name thing without being

diminished as an 4ndividlJ4ll. terall, I do know over a dozen Dave'sand all of them are quite different asindividuals.

Are numbers the only solution?Maybe. After all, we use our student

ID numbers for almost everything wedo on the campus. With it you become

a specific person rather than ashallow namesake of others. MaybeI'll just start signing with my middleinitial too. Yes, I think that willprobably make membership in the

Gregory K. Cook namesake club a

more exclusive asset.



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Bribes. Do you believe that bribes

are an ethical part of our world?

Would y'ou feel safe if you believed

that anyone could bribe a profes

sional? Would you feel safe if you

thought that someone could bribe

your doctor to hurt you? Would you

feel safe driving over a bridge built

by an engineer who accepts bribes?

Should professionals be taught to

consider bribes as acceptable?

The answer to all these questions is

a resounding NO So why are we

teaching professionals to bribe

others?

A major part of the Engineering

Havenger Scunt is bribing the

officials . Every team is required to

bribe officials to get several different

lists. Everyone knows that about a

quarter of the Scunt budget is

allocated towards bribes. Parti

cipants usually have to provide food

and sometime beer. All so that they

can be given a list of things that they

are required to bring to judging.

With exams now upon us, I'm going

to keep this editorial extremely

short. There's really only one thing I

want to get off my chest.

The Iron WArrior is a forum Cor

dtought-provokina 8nd wcumative articles

presenred by the acatJemic cQmnuUlil)r ofthe University of W ~ l o o , Viewsexpressed in the Iron Warribr. other than

the editorials. are Ihoie of die authors and

do not neceBiarily reneet the ophtiona otthe editoo or the Engineering Society.

The Iron Wlttio, enoourager.

submissions from stpdents, facilIty andothet members of the u n i v e ~ l Ycommunity. SubmiSSiOns should reflect die

COftCel nt and iDtenectftl standarck of theuniversity .ill lenttW. and should be

typewritten or on a :Macintoih or MS-DOS, Ill" cIUk. 1 l a , , ~ .. 11NW . dass if4 J 1 P ~ Il)d phone number should be. .

~ B i o n s . lQllaa. othuwise

Iron Warrior

As eng inee ring student s, we are

trying to lea rn the skills we need to

become profess ion als. Profess ionals

a re up s tandin g ci tize n s i n th e

community, pillars of society, people

who can be trusted to look out for the

we ll being of the ge nera l public.

Professionals arc self governing not

only because they ha ve expertise in

an ar ea that is difficult to regulate,

but because they have the credibility

that say s they can regula te

them se lves and protect the public

interest. We were told in first year

that engineers subscribe to a code of

ethics. Who wiII believe that a

person who gives or receives bribes

will uphold a code of ethics? NO

ONE.

The only solution is to remove

bribes from the Scunt. We can ' t

justify its place in our education and

it only degrades our credibility. It

will mar our reputation and lead to

being regulated by the government.

"Why should we get rid of bribes?"

you may ask. "They are fun " Yea.

Right. I really enjoy paying

exorbitant amounts of money to GIVE

a specific food to a bunch of people

I've never met before just to get a

piece of paper that demands we bring

more stuff to them. On top of that,

this ten to twenty dollar collection of

pa per is obsolete in und e r 24 hou rs.

Yea. I love wasting my hard earned

cas h.

"We did it las t term ." d oesn ' t

w as h e ither. In th e p as t ou r

forefa thers dumped PCB s and d ioxins

into our lak es and s treams . Th ey

ignored the effect on the environment.

No one believes that anyone should

still be allowed to do thi s . Things

change. Bribes in the Scunt is one of

those things.

Other may say: "We paid bribes to

th e las t group to run the Scunt. We

should get pa id back. We won it. It's

our right. " Ye s. Some darin g,

courageous class is going to have to

bite the bullet. They are going to

have to be the first to abolish bribes

in a scunt. They are going to have to

drop the high school mentality of

"He got to ." and take the first

step. But they will do it and our

school will be better for it.

Remember· A Professional docs

what is right: not what was done

before.

Thought ProlJoking rticles

For some strange reason I was under

the impression that the role of an

editor was to present thought

provoking articles for the University

community to digest and, hopefully,

contemplate. In all my naivety,

however, I also believed that I could

do this without having to endure

personal attacks from my readers. I

believed that educated readers of theIron Warrior were confident enough

as members of society to present

opposing viewpoints without

reducing themselves to defamation of

character.

ObviOUSly, I was wrong. 1 was

under the impression that a letter to

the editor's purpose was to attack the

issue, not the editor.

Nobody wants to be associated

with a mass murderer like Marc

Lepine. I sure don't, and I don't

stated, become tho property of the h U1Warrior, which reserves the right to refuse

pu61i.ation of material which it deemsunsuitable. The Iron Wmjor also resetVers

the right to edit grammar. s ~ l l 1 n g andportions of "'Xl that do nol me« universityltandards. AUtIlon will be notified of anymajor chanaes that may be required.

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believe I deserve to be. Peopl e like

Mr. Vcllinga who use these types of

intimidation and scare tactics to

silence the people who have views

that oppose their own threaten

insightful, constructive discussion.

Well, Mr. Vellinga, I certainly

hope that someday you will realize

that a more subtle, less 'holier-than

thou' attitude will certainly carrymore weight in an objective argument.

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February 15, 1991

Editors:

Kevin Johnson

Harvey Watson

Photo Editor:

Chris DeBrusk

Advertising:

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Contributors:

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Brenda Beal

Gregory K. Cook

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Kim FarwellPaul Fie uth

Katherine Koszarny

Hannah Krouse

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Ted Timar

Mark Verheyden

Mark Vidler

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February 15, 1991

Dear IW,

I am becoming increasingly

disturbed by the accusation that

those who desire a peaceful solutionto the Gulf crisis feel hostile towards

the troops there. This is a distortion

of my concern . My conce rn is for the

emotional and physical well being of

the troops. Soldiers are now in a

position where their lives are

endangered and where they are being

forced to kill other human beings. It

is not the soldiers who are

responsible for this war. But it is the

soldiers who will kill and be killed

because of it.

In democracies, governments are

elected to represent the vision of the

people whom they govern. Our vision

of society should be based uponaccurate, complete and undistorted

i.nformation. It is irrational to pull

the heroic wool over our eyes and

declare that since our troops are

there, we must support them and

hepce this war. The people of Iraq

could use the same reasoning to justify

the occupation of Kuwait.

Moral and ethical considerations

must always be foremost.

Governments are not infallible. As a

society we are responsible to monitor

the actions of those whom we have

elected . This is difficult, if not

impossible, when governments usecensorship and propaganda. We

have been told that this is an ethical

war. Yet the US government will not

rule out the use of nuclear weapons. If

nuclear weapons are used, we will be

responsible for the deaths of many

innocent people. The environmental

consequences to Iraq will be felt for

generations. To me this would

represent a far greater evil than the

Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

Bruce Fraser4B Chemical

Editor s note:Bruce, if you are referring to my

note in the last issue, 1 wouldencourage you to re-read it. Noaccusations were made at alespecially of the type that you havedescribed.

Kevin

~ Da.y t.n the Lt.fe

Kim Farwell

lB Chemical

1

1 You wake (regretfully) to the

unwelcome sound of your alarm clock.

It's Thursday -- at least you think so -

- and it's raining. You can hear it.

Any traces of snow will have turned

to slush and any grass to mud, you

think. You yawn. If you hit your

snooze button and go back to sleep, go

to 2. If you stretch, groan and decide

to face the dreary day, go to 3.

Iron Warrior

Dear IW,

I am writing this letter in response

to the Opinions on Engineers article

by Karen Murphy that appeared inthe last issue of the Iron Warrior. It

was obviously written without a

great deal of knowledge or thought. I

would like to set the story straight on

the topic of engineering unity.

First of all, there is the class

unit. Undergraduate engineering is

highly structured. As a result, the

majority of our classes are made up of

exactly the same grou p of people.

Each class has a name. Each class

has a phone list so if you're having

trouble with a particular assignment

you can call another member of your

class for help. My class certainly has

a permanent group presence .

The Engineering Society does not

die after Frosh Week. There are lots

of activities going on, especially

during Engineering Weekend · and

Engineering Week. For example, on

Saturday February 23 (well removed

from September) a cohesive group of

students from the faculty of

Engineering will be getting together

for the Annual Bus Push. This event

raises money for the Big Sisters

organization.

Last, but certainly not least, we

have this wonderful newspaper. No

other Faculty on campus has

anything that even comes close to the

Iron Warrior.

Pamela Lichti4B Chern. Eng.

Dear IW,

We have now have living proof that

Marc Lepine is alive and well. His

spirit lives on among many sanepeople; people in our midst. Kevin

Johnson, in his Iron Warrior editorial

(February 1, 1991) showed himself to

be one of these people. While it is

disturbing that men still harbour

resentment towards women, small

consolation can be taken in the fact

that at least some have the guts to

admit it, albeit in a round about way.

Nevertheless, this kind of naive

sexism should not be allowed to be

perpetrated without someone crying

foul .

Mr. Johnson's comparison between

bleen-eyed people and women inengineering is at once insulting and

ridiculous. He cited no evidence to

support his hypothesis that bleen

eyed people are under-represented

in the faculty of engineering. This

incongruous comparison was mer ely a

thinly veiled attempt to ridicule the

efforts to attract women into

engineering.

Currently, only about 15 of

undergraduate engineering students

enrolled at Waterloo are women.

Less than 3 of all engineering

graduates in Canada are women. Far

more women leave the profession

than do their male counterparts. fthis is not a -serious problem 01 gender

disparity, r don't know what is.

Mr . Johnson's article displays obvious

resentment toward the assistn nCt'

given to women . This assistance is

given in an attempt to correct glaring

gender disparities in the engine 'ring

profession, specifically the number of

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women entering the profession. It is

infuriating that someone of our

generation would be so unenlightened

as to poke fun at such a serious

societal problem. It is scary though,that Mr. Johnson's sarcasm drips with

jealousy and resentment, the same

emotions which led Marc Lepine to

his despicable acts.

still harbour resentment

towards wome11

Mr. Johnson and other men who still

harbour resentment towards women

should consider this: your resentment

is no different than that of Marc

Lepine. The only difference is that

your sanity causes you to write si llyand lnsensitlvc artiC\cs whi1c Marc

Lepine'S j J l l i j I ~ sbDQi

14 women.

I am sick and tired of insl'nsilivl' and

intran ' ig nl mNl. It is not W', the

m.lle gender, who hn Vl' t w right to

complain ahout wh,l\'S (air wh(.'11 less

than onc sixth of our engineering

colleagues are women. It is not Wl'

who live in fcar when we walk homc

at night. It is not usually we who art'

raped. It is not one in four of us who is

assaulted. It is not we who are at the

brunt of disparaging comments and

jokes. It is not usually we who arcsexually harassed by our bosses . It is

not we who arc in the minority and at

a disadvantage. It is not we who

have barriers erected (or us which

prevent us from realizing Ollr

potential.

any people are

working to break

the barriers down.

It is men like Mr. Johnson who built

and maintained the barriers to

women in the first place. There are a

lot of people who were profoundlyaffected by what happened at Ecole

Poly echnique; a lot of people who

re-examined their own attitudes and

prejudices. Consequently, there are

many people who are working and

hoping to break the barriers down.

Mr. Johnson should watch out. He

might get run over by progress.

John VellingaAlumni: class of '90



Iron Warrior February 15 1991

~ 1)a-y Ln. the LLfe 23 i

Letter to

the ditor

Dear IW,

I have never encountered an urge to

respond to an ~ d i t o r i a l s? s t r n ~until now. KevIn Johnson s edltonal

(Iron Warrior, February 1 was both

flippant and insulting. I t completely

ridiculed and denigrated a serious

problem: the extremely. low

representation of women n the

engineering profession.

Mr. Johnson stated in his editorial

we're sure that in the end people

will realize that it is for the good ofthe many tha t the few were

overlooked. ..The irony in that

statement is how close to the truth it

really is. Sorry for ruining the

attempt at sarcasm. Let me quote the

Minister for Science, William C.

Winegard, from his address in the

Canada Scholarships Program 1989-

1990 Report."Since its introduction in 1988 the

Program has become a highly visible

part of the Government's efforts

directed towards improving Canada's

international competitiveness. If

Canadians are to compete successfullywith

increasingly innovative tradingpartners, we must become a .more

scientifically and technologically

literate society. We must produce

sufficient numbers of the highly

qualified personnel who are key

industrial innovation and economic

success in order to assure the fu ture

standard of living and quality of lifethat Canadians want. We must foster

the desire for excellence and reward

the ability to succeed .."

The same report cites the

following:"The Program aims to counter two

disturbing conditions:

• while overalI undergraduate

enrollment in Canadian universitieshas been increasing over the past few

years, enrollment in the natural

sciences and engineering, disciplines

vital to the country's future economic

competitiveness, has been decreasing

• ... given the current low

enrollment levels for women in thesefields, there is considerable potential

to alleviate projected shortages of

highly qualified personnel in

Canada by increasing the interest and

involvement of women in careers inthese areas

•

23 "It's done but I le ft it at

home " You check your watch. Then

you run out into the CPH foyercheck it again just to make sure timein POETS corresponds with real time

(it doesn't always, you know).I won't be able to get it in time,"

you say. "Can I clone with the rest ofyou? Maybe I can remember how I did

the last question.

You scramble madly but you do

complete the assignment. You know

question one is right but you're not

sure about the rest. It's legible,

barely. You envision the masterpiece

at home on your desk and almost start

to cry. Go to 25.

Keep in mind that this fund has

been established to address the need

stated above. It is addressing thi sneed in a way that wilJ achieve

maximum results. It is an $80 million

program of a $1.3 billion package fornew science and technology

initiatives. If we took your advice on

fairness, it would be unfair to closethe scholarship opportunities to arts

students, kinesiology students, etc.

because they are also instrumental in

our national competitiveness.

However, it is not the most direct and

effective approach.

Let's look at a simple analogy. The

sport is fishing and the goal is tocatch as many fish as possible. There

are two lakes containing equal

numbers of fish. Should we fish

solely in one lake? That's what

we've been doing in the past. Sheernumbers dictate that the greatest

potential for achieving the goal 's to

fish in both lakes, especially jf one

lake has a virtually untouched stock.

I understand Mr. Johnson's

resentment toward the Canada

Scholarship Program. It should've

been more appropriately termed as a

bursary or an incentive fund.

However, unlike Mr. Johnson, 1 agree

with the principle and the spirit of

this initiative. I t puzzles me. Has

he researched any aspects of the

It puzz les me Has he

researched any aspectsof the program at all?

program at all? It seems to me that

he has a heavy axe to grind. His

approach is subjective in that he has

not addressed any other perceived

weaknesses in the program. I wonder

i f he knows that scholarships are

al10cated to institutions based upon

the number of graduates from each

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Scholarships are renewable for up to

four years, conditional upon theattainment of a first-class academic

standing, and the continuation of

enrollment in an eligible field?

There are inequalities there as well.Academic standards vary at

Canadian engineering schools, just as

they do at high schools. I missed

these points in Mr. Johnson's

editorial.

50 of these scholarships

awarded to women

Let me take this opportunity to

clear up some misconceptions. One of

the guidelines of this program is that

at least 50% of these scholarships be

awarded to women. The first year

that the scholarships were offered,

in 1988, they were announced after

the universities had put out their

offers of acceptance. In the confusion,individual faculties offered the top

males and females scholarships,

with about 50% of all scholarships

being awarded to each gender. In the

previous two years, the University of

Waterloo has abided by the 50 50

ratio, but has spread it across the

math, science and engineering

facuIties. Since science and mathtypically have higher female

enrollments, this helps to equa lize

the situation.

Mr. Johnson should be careful. His

anger at the system manifests itself

in a resentment towards his female

colleagues.Mr. Johnson stated in his editorial

that " ..we will probably be hard

pressed finding enough qualified

people to award scholarships to ... "How do those female engineering

students that did receive the Canada

Scholarships feel after that

statement? I don't think Mr. Johnson

would ever tum down an opportunity

or refrain from using contacts to land a

job.I am sick and tired of hearing

comments like:

"You got the interview because they

wanted to see what a female

engineering student looked like.""You only got the job because you're agirl.

engineering student is a challenge.

Many women never make it into an

engineering program because their

parents, guidance counsellor or

teacher convince them that "it ' isn't a

career for women or that they willnever make it.

A na y tn the Litfe 26

26 You get a beer and sit down,

basking in the aura of relaxing

engineers. Your work doesn't matter

any more. True relaxation. You

throw some darts. You start to look at

your watch, but then you remember,

slowly, that time is a non-dimension

in POETS. You sit down, put your fee]t

up and finish your beer. Go to 26.

Mr:Johnson, have you ever

considered what being a female in

engineering entails? Put yourself in

my shoes for a moment as your

col1eague, and a woman. Have you

ever experienced sexual harassment

or debasing comments? I have, in allfive of my work terms . 0 you know

how degrading it feels when you

mention that you have to get help

from a T A and people say to you

" .. just smile and wear a low-cut

blouse and you'l1 get help .." Do you

know what it's like to shell out

money on cab fare because the safety

van stops at 1 a.m. and you've stayed

late at school? I do, it costs $6/trip.

Do you know how draining it is to

have to prove your competence again

and again? Have you ever been told,

"you sure don't look like an engineer"

? I'm not trying to get sympathy fromyou, only understanding.

I take offense to your comment on

qualifications. Give women in

engineering a little credit. We're all

in this together. Your female

col1eagues don't generally get breaks.

We get additional barriers and

inconveniences that we have to deal

with on top of our course workloads.

You know how hard it is to juggle afull academic load with extra

curricular activities. Over 45% of the

directors in the Engineering Society

are female . That's over 3 times the

overal1 proportion of females in

engineering.Society is now awakening to the

serious gender disparity problem inthe engineering profession. The

federal government, profeSSional

engineering associations such as the

APEO, companies, and individuals

are attempting to deal with this.Give them a chance.

, "It's reverse discrimination.You don't have to be a part of the

solution. Just stop being a part of the

problem.WE CCEPT U o WSTUDENT HE L TH PL N

Comments like those are both

insulting and sexist. Believe me, I'd

rather be a male in engineering than

a female. Even becoming a femaleKatherine Koszarny3B Systems Design



Iron Warrior

Pres Says Pres SaysA.J. BaxterPresident

Welt it is midterm week and you

don't have time to read rambling

spews and I don't have time to write

them, so here we go ..

Did you know that there are three

(3) vacant spots on the Federation of

Students council? Did you know that

these three spots are supposed to be

filled by Engineering students? f you

are interested in becoming involved

at the Fed level and being the voice

of engineering to the Feds come into

the orifice and get more info.

Did you know that there will be a

vacancy on the Undergraduate SenateCouncil when Marc Gravel 4B Mech)

graduates? Did you know that hesays it looks good on a Resume? Talk

to him if you want more info on the

position.

Did you know that at the next

council meeting Herb Ratz froll) the

Sandford Flemming Foundation will

be asking for a motion to keep the SSF

fee at the SAM E level that it has

been for the last five years? Did you

know that all the fees that they

A Da y tn the Life 3

3 You leave your cosy bed and

shiver in the frigid room. You

wander to the window and squint intothe morning light . t is definitely

raining. You scan the neighbourhood

to see if anyone is building an Ark.

The thought of water on your skin,

hot or cold, is unpleasant so you

forego the morning shower. You

throw on some clothes. On a day like

this you don't even care i they're

clean or if they match. Breakfast. It

might be the most cheerful occurrence

of the day. f you live in residence go

to 4. f you live off campus go to 5.

that cleaned out the novelties that

have bccn hanging around the orifice

since it opened? Did you know that

their major has switched from

enginccring to u cd car sales? These

four directors were r cognized at the

last council meeting.

Did you know that the Waterloo

Engineering Endowment Foundation

constitution did not get passed at the

last Board of Governors BUT is

scheduled to be approved a t the

April meeting of the Board?

Did you know that this article was

actually finished be f or e thecollect go right back into the student deadline?

body via scholarships and othermeans? Finally, a fee that has not Did you know that 1 really, really,

increased because of the GST. real ly dislike midterm week? You

Did you know that council was probably did but it feels good to put it

moved to Feb 27th? This was done so in print.that you wouldn't have to rush back Did you know that I just booked the

from your TWO DAY study break to 1992 Iron Ring Ceremony for Marchattend counci1. 5th 1992. I really liked confirming

Did you know that the ENG SOC that booking. Yes, anyone who is in3B this term will be receiving their

elections are happening soon?Nominations will be accepted during Iron Ring on March 5th 1992 so get

the week of Feb 25th. We are looking your beer bottles ready for someheavy clinking of iron (or stainless

for a chief returning officer (eRO) to steel).

run the election. John Kingdon has. . . Well now you know. And there

done It before so If you are Interested 't be 'dt h' . Ih Id t lk t h

· won amI erm on t IS matena .you s au a 0 1m. L t ' AJ

Did you know that the positions of a er... .

President, Vice President External, r ~ A · D - - - { · n - · t h - e - · L · t · f l l l e - - 2 · 4 -Vice President Internal and Treasurer :i:I a yare interesting and rewarding

positions? Did you know that you getto work with really cool people who

hav awesome ideas and amazin

enthusiasm. The people who

participate in Eng Soc are the

greatest. You also get to go to POETS

frequently.Did you know that Julie Shigetomi

and Todd Bailey are the IW

advertising directors and they have

been working around the clock to

make the IW pay for itself. Did you

know that Lily Jung and Serge

Gravelle are the novelties directors

24 You dash out of POETSwithout another thought and head

for orne at a prin er' w isoon slows to a jog and t en a walk.This day is out to get you, you think,

but if you can just get that assignment

in your hand th curse will be brok f\.

You burst in the door and streak ()r

your room. There it is on your desk

Your masterpiece Uncloned

Uncopicd You gather it lovingly

into your arms, and, feeling new

stamina, head back to Engineeringj'

Go to 25.

February 15, 1991

A ay in the Life 7

7 You gave up? 1 hope this is a

very rare day for you. f not, GOOD

LUCK. You'll nee d it. END J

Letter ·tothe ditorDear IW:

I am not the person who you quoted

in the editorial, "New Activities

Needed", in the Feb.1 issue of lW. Iam, in fact, the person you misquoted.

After only two issues of IW, I'm

becoming aware of an alarming habit

you have of distorting the facts. In

the past editorial, you claim that

you made an improper inference, in

reference to your first edi torial,

"More Beer". Well you've managedto do it again.

1believe that you misunderstand the

proper way to write an editorial. An

editorial is a forum in which a person

can present an opinion on a topic or, inthis particular case, make a

suggestion. It is not a forum in which

you, the editor, may present warped

paraphrases in order to make a point.

The privilege you have been given

as editor of our student newspaper

could make someone jealous. Abusi ngthat privilege wm certainly make

someone irate. In the future, listen

before you think, think before you

write ... and please Harvey, verify

before you publish.

~ ~ e u m n · ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~2ASD

F:difor s 110 I :

/ 1/1 sorry l mis quo/rd thl idea. 1 mrold thaI Ifle actual sugges tion h d

nOlhillg to do willi insiders excludingothers

Harvey

President Vice President External

I

ENGSOCNOMINATIONS

FEB. 25 MARCH 1See the article on page 7 for more information

/

Secretar IVice President Internal Treasurer



VPKatherine KoszarnyVP External

I wrote a letter to the editor inresponse to Kevin Johnson's editorialin the last issue of the Iron Warrior.These are my personal views, I am notnecessarily representing the views ofthe Engineering Society. I do,

however want to commend Kevin onhaving the courage to talk about

something that he believes is wrong.Until now, I had no idea that many

male engineering students feItresentment with regards to the

Canada Scholarship Program, I hadnever come across anybody who d id or

who would speak about it openly. Iwould rather have it out in the openthan hidden under the surface.

When I was at the CCES conference(attended by representatives from allof the engineering societies acrossCanada), a round table discussion onpublic image was held. Each schoolspoke about this topic in an informalsetting. One comment' especially

stuck in my mind . The president ofEcole Poly technique related

experiences that he had observed,

where sexist or racist remarks made

by individual engineering students

were received with vocal

disapproval and ridicule from theircolleagues. Do you feel that

atmosphere exists here?

Sean Murphy

Treasurer

Iron Warrior February 15, 1991

SpewsSpeaking about public image, on

January 29, I attended, along withtwo other students, a seminar onwomen engineers and scientists. It

was hosted by Ontario Hydro toshare perspectives, insights and

solutions. There were a number ofguest speakers. One of the speakers,Sam Horton, P.Eng. is Senior VicePresident Human Resources. You mayhave read his statements innewspaper articles across the countr ythis past year. Last year, he wroteCanadian university presidents and

deans of enginccring urging them to dowhat they can to make sexist and

racist behaviou r by engineeri ngstudents unacceptable, in addition to

implementing programs which wouldgive students the skil ls necessary to

work in a multicultural workplace. In

the letter he wrote " t is clear to us

money. The treasurer not only countsthe money, but that person must alsomanage the C&D as well as run theservices that Engsoc offers the

students. ie. novelties, photo, Orifice,C&O, Recycling, Iron Warrior,

P.O.E.T.S., etc ..

and Stewsthat we can't afford to employ

engineers who are reluctant to work ina multicultural workforce .. They

must be prepared to work with andfor women and men of all races."

Engineering graduates who cannotshow "sensitivity and genuin e respectfor those who hold different views"will not be qualified for advancementwithin Ontario Hydro. This is astong message, as Ontario Hydro is

one of Canada's largest employer ofengineers, with over 4 000 on its staffof 26 000. He feels that many of theseattitudes are created and nurtured iltengineering schools, through suchevents as orientation wee.k.

some of these concerns. He repliedwith the question "What type ofsupport do engineering schools want?"For example, last term (" A Soc),the editors of thelron Warrior,

recei ved a letter from Cia udetteMackay-Lassonde, Director of

Premier Accounts, Northern TelecomLimited and a former APEO

president. She wrote "You may not be

awa re that in previous speeches Ihave singled out the Iron Warrior ofthe University of Waterloo as anexample of what can e done .." Thattype of support is always welcome, inaddi tion to constructive criticism.What do you think?

A nay tn the tfe 2

We can't afford to employ

engineers who arereluctant to work in amulticultural workforce.

had the opportunity to speak

with Mr. Horton after the seminar. Ipointed out to him that it was hisgeneration and engineers before himthat created many of the traditionsthat engineering schools are now

being condemned for I told him that Iunderstood his views, however I feltthat a positive approach and support

was needed as well to assist

engineering schools in addressing

they are my friends by having anovelties sale that raised $2500dollars in two days. They will servetheir bosses well in the future in the

2 You hit the snooze button

again. Then you give up and switchoff your alarm clock altogether. f

you're not getting up, there's no sensein pretending you are.

A few hours later you awake,

refreshed and ready to face any day,any weather. Then you look outsideand see that it has stopped rainingand the sun is straining through theclouds. Your classes are over, but

there's still time to hang out withthe gang in POETS. You get ready ata leisurely pace. You are even

humming a happy tune by the timeyou go out the door.

Half way to CPHit

hits you. Youhave a lab this afternoon and itstarted 20 minutes ago. f you ru "toyour lab go to 19. f you tum around .

and go back home go to 7. J

to manage effectively because

everything should be functional and

require only a Saturday morning tomake everything work rather than

the in-depth exhaustive mandate

that was previously required to

The novelties sale that brainstorm through the earlier

Ah well, it's the third iss ue and S ra,'sed 2500 t n bottleneck.o this message applies to all those Ontime for me to spew out anything that two days that note, I can only express my

people in my class who never see me d'you might find remotely interesting. Isappoint ment at the resignation of

anymore. Thanks for all the JI first want to apologizc for missing anice Woods as VP Internal. To you,last issue. At the deadline I was en photocopies of notes, assistance with Janice, I dedicate the above

route to the great Mecca of football, assignment s and general putting up marketing area. So if you see Serge paragraph (or portion of it). Janicewith me arriving late for classes. The Gravelle and Ll ly Ju t t

Tampa, Florida for SUPER BOWL ng, congra u a e helped me out on man y occasions withapology is also extended to the them for a Job well done Als . tXXV. See the SUPER BOWL . m erms the workload and provided a spark

ROADTRIP article in the next issue professors of 3A Mechanical who of novelties, look for new stuff in the of life in exec meetings. Thanks

for the initial installment of constantly endure my coming in late Orifice. Serge and Lily promise not to Janice.for class. For those professors who dl'sappol'nt

information. . I will leave my message todon't know me, I'm the guy you Also In terms of reven hWith a month left to go in my post, ue, we ave Katherine and A.J. for my next reportalways see in the C&D and the expanded the rol f d t .I have a unique perspective on what e 0 a ver ISing m with the story about the Super Bowl

has happened while I have been person who always sits near the front the Iron Warrior to include national Roadtrip.of the class and comes in late. d t' th t 11 btreasurer (or chief bookkeeper, chief ave r Isers a WI contri ute a On that note, I'll conclude this

jerk or whatever). I have tried to be guaranteed amount of$l000 per issue. report. I realize not much was said inas open as possible in fiscal and fA. DGY n the ife 6 Since we presently break even, we this report but I promise that my nextfinancial decisions. I hope I have will use that money to invest in a report, as my term comes to an end

made a few good decisions that you, 16 Remember, there isn't any desktop production scheme for the will be much more enthusiastic and

the students, have profited from. food at home. You'll have to stop and IW. It's high. t i ~ e that the society informative. Thanks for listening.

I realize that as treasurer I am not get something on the way. Do you was progressIve n an area that theas visible as the president or vice- still want to go home? f yes go to 18. students actually see. A. Da n the ife 9president or Cheryl in the day-to- f you go back to the C&D go to 1-1. J For t h ~ s e people who were Yday running of the society. I accept ______________ Interested m obtaining SOciety funds 19 You break into a run You

that. I also encourage everyone who f that above paragraph wasn't for s p e c i ~ l projects, the list of monies c a ~ e e n through th.e hallways and

would consider themselves as a enigmatic enough ...1 will now try to and projects that are approved are skId to a stop at the door of your labperson who is willing to give a lot of tell you the direction of my thoughts loca ed. on t.he d ~ o r s of the you reach for the knob you see thetheir time and effort in the hope that for the next month or so. Firstly, we Engmeenng Society offIce. sIgn:

the society will profit from it will be are the proud owners of a new VHS The accounting package and the

willing to run for this job. v i d e o c a ~ c o r d e r . T a l k t o t h e T a k ~ 2 computer system are now fully LAB CANCELLED TODAY.

The treasurer is a very hands-on N ~ S ~ l T e c t o r s for more mformatl?Il operational for the C&D and by the POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK.type of person because he or she must on slgnmg out the camera for s p e ~ l a l lime this message reaches you, it willcontrol the grease that cause the e ~ e n t s . Secondly, the n o v e l t l be functional for the Society books asgrinding wheels of Engsoc to run, ie. dIrector s 'have proved to me that well. The next treasurer will be able

Mayas well go to POETS then, yOthink. Go to 21.



February 15, 1991 Iron Warrior

W F pdateMilos Djokovic

Endowment Director

It s time for February s WEEFupdate. Cancellations this term

reached an all-time high of 30%,leaving the Endowment Fund with a

principal of approximately $330,000.This should provide us with capital

in the order of $10,000 to spend thisterm. So if YOU have any ideas how

to spend this money, whether you are

a student, Faculty member or part of

another organization, please contactthe Endowment Director at the

Engineer ing Society office.Written funding proposals must be

submitted to the Endowment Directorbefore March 1 1991 and they will be .

presented at a Funding Council

meeting on March 6. Final

ratification of proposals will occur at

the subsequent Funding Council

meeting on March 13.

Also, a contest is underway to

develop a logo for WEEF. This logowill be used on plaques, stickers and

other advertisements which promote

the Foundation. The prize is $50 tothe designer of a logo which isapproved by the Funding Council.

Submit your designs by March 1 to theEndowment Director at the

Engineeri ng Society office.On a brighter note, the following

letter has been brought to my

attention.I

think it speaks for itself.

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Dear Mr. Conway,

We recently hired our first

Cooperative Engineering student forthe fall term of 1990. The student we

selected, Karl Brehmer produced

excellent work during the term. His

high performance level helped

convince us to continue hiring students

throughout 1991. We would like to

express our appreciation and support

to the Cooperative Engineering

Program. Please accept the attached

donation on behalf of Chemacryl

Plastics Limited.Sincerely yours,

Clifford J Thompson

Plant Manager

The $500 donation was directed tothe Engineering Society and it was

decided by EngSoc that it would be

appropriate to use this donation tofurther high quality engineering

education by placing it in the

Endowment Fund. Congratulations toKarl Brehmer and Chemacryl

There is something about the refundprocedure that needs clarification.The last IW article r wrote mentioned

the fact that some students may

cancel their donations after the 3week period. This is ON L Y

permitted for students which receivetheir fee statement AFTER the

beginning of the 3 week period. The 3

week period is a deadline by

University policy on incidental fees .

CJ 0 oo

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ASERVICE OF THE FEOERATION OF STUOENTS

RESSA ConferenceTed Timar

4B Computer

In late October, four UW students

trekked to Quebec city to attend theRegional Engineering Student SocietyAssociation (RESSA) conference.

This conference takes place at adifferent university every year,

alternating between Ontario and

Quebec. Next year s conference will

be hosted by the University of

Ottawa.

Unlike most other annual student

conferences, this conference is

sponsored by two separate

organizations: the Engineering

Student Society Council of Ontario

(ESSCO) and the Coalition des

Facultes d lngenierie du Quebec

(CoFIQ).

This year, the conference seminars

covered topics of Aerospace, Hydro

Quebec, the St. Lawrence Seaways

and Project Management. On it's own

merits, this conference may not have

been worth attending. Fortunately,

there was another side to this

conference: it coincided with the

premier Jeux de Genie du Quebec (thefirst Quebec Engineering Games).

This competition was an incredible

show of rivalry betwee " engineering

. schools in Quebec. Each of Quebec's 6

engineering schools had 40 students

competing in deSign, debating, and

athletic competitions.

In my five years in engineering, I

have never before Seen so much schoolspirit. Nor have I had as much

confidence in the engineers of

tomorrow.

Only a month earlier, we had trieda similar event here in Ontario under

the ti tie of ESSCOlympics.

Unfortunately, ESSCOlympics ended

up being nothing more than aglorified boat racing tournament.

They hadn t even considered boat

racing in the Jeux de Genic, though,

with the arrival of the Ontario

schools for RESSA, there was some

spontaneous boat racing McGill style(120z). The incredible thing was that

this really was spontaneous. I twasn t the act of a covert group of

planners, it arose out of the incredible

rivalries present. It rubbed off on all

ofus.I hope that next year, we (or any

other of the 12 Ontario engineering

schools) will follow Quebec s

example, and run an ESSCOlympicsthat will show the world that

engineers can do more than just drink,

and that engineering spirit is great:

not 200 proof.

nginee r inemocra yOn Wednesday, March 13, 1991,

Engineering Society B will be

holding elections for its four elect d

executive positions: Pre ident, VicePresident External, Treasurer, and

Secretary/Vice President Internal.Nominations will be open from &30

am on Monday, February 5 to 3:15 pm

on Friday, March 1. Nomination

forms should be picked up and

handed in at the Engineering SocietyOffice (CPH 1327).

Nominees must expect to be full

time undergraduate engineering

students in the Fall 1991 and Summer

1992 terms. Candidates must be

nominated by five full-paid members

of Engineering Society B . In

addition, candidates for the positions

of President or Vice President

External must expect to be in their 3Aor later terms in the Fall 1991 term.Brief summaries of the positions

follow.The President is the leader of and

spokesperson for the SOciety, and is

ultimately respon ;ible for all of its

actions.The Vice President Exte.rnal deals

with groups outside of the Society,

and is responsible for the Society'srepresentation at meetings and

conferences. In addition, the VPExternal takes over the President s

duties in his or her absence.

The Secretary/Vice President

Internal takes minutes at EngSocCouncil meetings, and is also

responSible for miscellaneous internal

matters of the Society. Thi s positio n

has been expanded in recent terms,

{.nd a nl W < rct.lry/VP Internal will

hav considt'rabl(' (rt dom to d finchis or h('r duties.

Th<. Treasurer is r(' I onsibll' tor till

Sociely s finan CR. I l( or 51\('

prepar S the budg<. t, keeps thl' books,and sup rvises all transactions. Si nCt

the Engin ering Society has ,1 cashflow o( over $50 000 each term, thisposition is critical. Re nt Trt'asurl'rS

have made important changes,including the install. lion o( a

computeriz d accounting system.

Fulure treasurers wi ha ve the

opportunity to make equally

dramatic changes.In addition to the above duties, the

elected executives each supervise anumber of the Society's directors.

It's impossible to exaggerate how

important it is (or the Society to be

led by enthusiastic and capable

executives with a strong mandate

from the students. If you think thilt

you have something to contribute toyour student society, please think

very strongly about running for one of

the positions. If you know someonewho you think would be perfect (or anexecutive position, encourage them to

run.f you have any questions about the

election, get in touch with the Chief

Returning Officer through the

Engineering Society Office. I f you

want to find out more about the

executive positions, the current

office-holders will be more than

happy to answer your questions.And finally: on March 13, remember

to vote




How are engineers perceived by thegeneral public? This article and

others will try to show you howengineering students are perceived

outside the engineering faculty.

David Huron

Music Department

Conrad Grebel College

Those who have travelled abroad

will recognize that it is pretty easy

to form stereotype images of differentnationalities. A week spent in France

or Germany is bound to leave some

impression that they are more

industrious, or more lazy, or more

angst-ridden, or more carefree. On

the other hand, if you have had the

chance to live abroad for an extended

period of time, you soon realize that

first impressions can be quite

deceptive.

With short visits, there is a

tendency to emphasize the apparent

differences while overlooking the

similarities. In truth, human beings

share a lot in common -- much more

than appearances might suggest.

Stereotyping and racism are closebed-fellows. For these reasons I am

hesitant to characterize any group of

people -- including engineers.

Perhaps the only groups I am

qualified to characterize, are those

groups to which I belong.I could say that some of my best

friend are engineers -- and so I will.The ones I know and interact with are

intelligent and erudite individuals

with a lot of talent. They arc also

caring and thoughtful people, and so

valued friends. They are older

people, and so are tempered by the

wisdom that comes from experience.

( ,t Da.y t..n the Li..Je 9

Various faculty and staff will write

their opinion which will be printed

in this column. This is how you areperceived. What are you going to do

about it?

not quite sure what accounts for this.

Perhaps they are no longer as insecureabout their futures. But I'm am

tempted to think that the workload

in the first years of engineering study

is simply too heavy. There are a

number of bright minds, that are

given little time to think, and even

less time to reflect.Engineering is, of cC'urse, a

profession. This means that society

explicitly limits the activities of the

majority of the population, and

grants a monopoly for those activitiesto a select group of people. As an

engineer, you will be able to do things

that the rest of us are legally

forbidden from doing.

A ay t..n the LtJ e 8

8 Well, the weather has

subdued your prof too. You have

distinct difficulty staying awake.

By the end of the class you aren't

even sure what was covered, but, then

again, your prof probably feels the

same way. Hopefully your next class

will be more exciting. Will you riskit? f you do go to 10, otherwise go to

11. )

Of course, economists know that any

sort of monopoly has the potential for

abuse. This naturally gives rise topublic skepticism of professionals.

Some of this skepticism is even

sanctioned by philosophers. Sir Karl

Popper, one of this century's foremostphilosophers of science, has ou tlined

a specific philosophy of the

9 Well where did you go then? relationship between experts and

It doesn't take a whole hour to go to non-experts. Popper's view is that

the C&D, or even to say hello to an experts are to be used, rather than

old friend. After all that trouble to trusted. When you send your car todrag your bag of bones out of bcd, it the garage for repairs, you engage amakes sense to go to class, you know. certified mechanic to do the repairs,

Well, actually you didn't miss but there is no cause to place your

anything anyway. You have another trust in the mechanic. According to

class now. Are you going to go? If so Popper, it is simply a better gamble

go to 10, otherwise go to 11. J han entrusting your car to your next-

_ door neighbour.

My experience with engineering

students is somewhat different.

Engineering undergraduates are not

engineers. They are perhaps

"engineers in waiting" - not yet what

they aspire to be. Especially forstudents with low marks, this status

as proto-engineer is prone togenerate a little insecurity. The

intelligence and erudition I expect

from seasoned engineers is not always

evident when I survey the faces in

those of my classes in which

engineering students predominate.

Louder voices can prevail.Over the years I have come to

realize that there is a large

difference between those students infirst or second year, and those

students in fourth year. There is a

mellowness to fourth year engineering

students that I find comforting. I'm

Fortunate ly , (from the

professional's point-of-view) few

people view expertise in the way

Popper has suggested. Most people

not only use their doctor, they trusttheir doctor as well. Contrary to

Popper, trust may well be one of the

essential fibers in the texture of

civilization. In any event, expertswill not retain their professional

monopoly for long in the face of an

erosion in public trust.

I could say that

some of my bestfriends are engineers

Given the importance of public

trust, I am largely mystified by

engineers' traditional disinterest in

their public image. Recent attempts

by the Engineering societies to reform

the image of engineering schools are

laudable, bu t these reforms come very

late compared to other professions.The disin terest in public

perceptions is in marked contrast to

other issues that engineering students

have taken seriously. More than any

other campus group, engineering

students have come to understand

that their engineering degree is only

and I wish students inthe rts faculty were

similarily motivated.

as prestigious as the school from

which they have graduated. ShouldUW's reputation decline in the next

ten years, this decline will reflect on

all UW engineering graduates.

It is the awareness of this

relationship that leads to actions of

enlightened self-interest -- such asthe Plumber's Pledge. The support ofengineering students of their almamater is a remarkable achievement,

and I wish students in the Arts

faculty were similarly motivated.

But this action is oriented toward

the differences between different

faculties are quite small. However,

Welstead did find very significantdifferences between two groups of

students: males and femalesThe primary difference between

Arts students and Engineering

students is that the latter are farmore likely to be men. As a man, I

recognize that the unsavory antics

associated with Engineering students

arise less from some distinctive

"engineering culture" and have more

to do with being male in our society.

Examine the rituals, symbols, and

pranks of undergraduate engineering

life, and what one recognizes are

predominantly male rituals, male

symbols, and male pranks.

In my opening remarks, I noted that

perhaps the only groups I am

qualified to characterize, are those

groups to which I belong. When I

look at undergraduate engineering

culture, I don't see any uniquely

engineerin g "fraternity." I see fellow

males doing recognizably male thingsin ways that occasionally make me

ashamed of being male.

the maintenance of a good

professional image, rather than a

good public image. Most professions

strive to project to the general public

ay tn tne Lt..J e 11

a sense of professional competence

and responsibility. This is essentialif the socially-sanctioned monopoly

for a given expertise is not to be

rescinded. On some occasions some

engineering students appear intent on

projecting the reverse image: as

brazen ignoramuses less interested in

being builders of civilization than on

being makers of money.

Whenever a public image is bad,

there is a temptation to succumb to

the image. If for example, a person

is persistently portrayed as a

criminal, there is a te ndency for themto give up trying to reform the image,and instead to relish and heighten

their new-found identify. In wearing

a T-shirt bearing the slogan "J'm asocially stupid engineer ... , some

engineering students flaunt this

The best antidoteto men is womenand vice versa)

image, whether or not it is an

accurate one. Like all acts of

deconstruction, the act of parading

this slogan relies on the perpetuation

of the very stereotype it seeks toparody.

In the preface to these remarks, I

noted that in characterizing anygroup of people there is a tendency toemphasize the differences without

recognizing the similarities. Last

year, Greg Welstead carried out acampus-wide survey of 5 students

that examined attitudes towards a

variety of social, lifestyle, and

values issues. Welstead was

particularly interested in seeing to

what extent faculty stereotypes were

reflected in respondents' attitudes.

For example, are arts students more

"creative" than engineering students,

etc. What Welstead found was that

11 I hope you did something

worthwhile instead as you missed animportant class. You'd bette r find oneof the few people who were there and

get the notes. Are you going to miss

your next class too? If so go to 13. Ifnot go to 12.

)

The best antidote to men is women

(and vice versa). Without a critical

mass of female students, I expect that

engineering education in English

Canada will continue to be doomed to

a sort of locker-room culture -- and

hence, locker-room mentalities.

Moreover this is not just some

stereotype image held by people from

other faculties. This is an image of

engineering students which has great

currency throughout our entire

society.If I were an engineering student, I

would try to do something about it,

and I would start at the grass-roots

level. I would try to convince mysister to enroll in engineering, and

then I would do everything I could to

make the environment conducive to

her wanting to stay.

6

6 Time to leave for class.

Something to take notes in? Check

A pen? Check Calcula tor? Vh huh

Duck repellent, squirrel repellent,

mathie repellent? Check Footwear

that doesn't leak too badly? Yup

And that trusty umbrella? Let the

day begin... If you actually make it

to your first class, go to 8. If you don't,

go to 9.

J




Volunteers Required

Jonathan Lee3B Systems

Okay, here we go again. It's

another one of those articles about

the predicted future increase in

demand for engineers and the fact

that because of low entrance rates

into engineering now, there will be ashortage in the future. So what you

say Who cares .... a shortage of

engineers means there will be more

jobs for me to choose from

and ...hah ...... I can negotiate a

better salary because more people

want me - I 'm an engineer .... I know

economics and the laws of supply and

demand I'm going to be rich

But, lurking in the background are

countries like Japan and Germany

producing more efficient and better

quality goods. Then, there are

countries like Korea and Taiwan,

slowly creeping up with lower

quality but really cheap goods. Uhoh, you say. We as Canada must

compete We must beat these other

countries that think they are better

than we are We must maintain our

status as the second most rapidly

growing economy behind that of

Japan and the second highest

standard of living behind that of the

US. Okay Great,,, .what do we do tocompete? Here's the plan ......we

introduce new and more efficientprocesses to produce items better than

those other countries. We design newgoods and services that people need

in order to create new markets. Itemslike VCRs, microwave ovens, CDplayers, DAT(Digital Audio Tapes)

and HDTV which didn't exist a few

years ago but which every household

now needs or already has two of. We,

as Canada, will produce the future

goods which everyone and their

mother in the industrialized world

needs . Yes. We will maintain our

economic strength and continue to be a

leader in the world

. . . directly affecting youin a negative way

suffering the same fate because thereare not enough engineers to support

them. But again, lurking in the

background is Japan, Germany, Koreaand Taiwan who do have many

engineers and begin to do so many

more things better than Canada does.

Let them do better you say, as you

sit in your mansion and collect your

fat paychecks. However, as these

other countries prosper, Canada can

no longer compete in the international

marketplace because it's companies

don't have the resources, the

. . . the future o engineering

day camp. This is a summer programintended to expose and interest

elementary school children in the

sciences and the maths. More can beread about this in the first issue of

the Iron Warrior. The short-term

solution is being addressed and is notreally a solution but a temporary fix

which attempts to inform and

encourage high school students

through the Ambassador program

and the Shadow program.

The Ambassador program, which is

not yet implemented, wjJJ have

students on their coop terms going to

high schools while on company time

to speak to students abou tengineering. The Shadow program on

the other hand is currently in the

process of being organized and as a

engineers, to do so. Canada, a nationwhich depends on trade because our

population is too small to produce thediverse number of goods we do need orbuy the large quantity of goods that I Awe are producing. Our products can nolonger compete with those produced

Da y tn the Ltfe

17 Aren't you creative Did you

make your own lunch and bring it? A

packed lunch perhaps, or a food

voucher? Maybe you're going to afriend's or out to one of the

neighbouring cafes. Whatever it is,

just recall that it is more exciting

than the average student's lunch and

be grateful. But don't linger over your

luxury too long, because you have alab this afternoon. Go to 20.

by other countries. So our economy

begins to degrade and eventually our

standard of living goes down as well.Canadian companies which can't

compete go bankrupt and possiblyyour company can no longer afford topay your exorbitant salary. Uh oh,

now it's bad because it is directly

affecting you in a negative way.'Maybe I should have been concernedwhen I was in university' you-say, asyou faintly recall the past when

someone said "only 8 of university

applicants opt for engineering".

Maybe I should have acted then you

say, as you can no longer afford your

mortgage payments, laser discs for

your Japanese video player and gasfor your German made automobile.

So, hopefully, you now understand

all the hype about why something

must be done. Why people like EricLangford, Kathrerine Kozarny,

Professor Bill Lennox, Canadian

Council of Engineers and business

people are all jumping up and down,

flailing their arms and yelling at all

of us to do something. Although the

preceding scenario is slightly

exaggerated, it does indicate the

urgency of acting now and not waitingWait one second We need for someone else to act. Currently,

result your assistance is required. Theshadow program places high school

students with one of you for a half a

day to a day. It's intent is to give

them first hand experience and achance to speak directly with

someone in engineering. Therefore,

we need out-going volunteers willing

to act as a guide and take students to

lectures, around the campus and

discuss university and engineering

with them. Although the pilot

program is scheduled for the entire

month of March, the focus will be

from Monday March 4 through toFriday March 15. f you are

interested in volunteering, please sign

up in the orifice by Friday February

22. Lower year students (2B and

below) are especially required, inaddition to volunteers from every

discipline of engineering.50 the future is up to you. t is up to

you to inform others who haven't

read this article (which is probably

your classmate and 75% of those in

engineering) about the problem

which exists so that in the future you

can pay your mortgage, play your

laser video discs and drive your carswithout any worries. For the future

of Canada, the future of engineering

and especially your future, get

involved in trying to solve thisproblem - ACT NOW

scientists and ENGINEERS to design there are many ideas for increasing

these new products and processes. Oh engineering enrollment but only a fewno But we have shortage now and are underway. The problem is being

this great demand for engineers (as attacked in two ways by means of a

you faintly recall your university long-term solution and a short-term

days when someone was constantly solution. The long-term solution isrepeating "demand for engineers will currently being addressed by Eric

increase by 45 in the next decade but Langford through the summer sciencesupply will increase by only 8%").

No problem you say ... all this f Da y tn the Ltfe 21demand.".lot's of jobs for me""higher

•••TIlI§

C )ULU ~ ~ ) Usalary says the laws of supply and

demand. So, you take this one high

paying job and laugh at the 30 other

companies that didn't offer you more.

However, the 30 other companies

still can't fill their positions because

there are no more engineers to hire.

So with no engineers to produce new

goods and processes, those companiescan't compete and thus "go down the

tubes". Hah Serves them right for

not offering you more money' as you

watch more and more companies

21 You approach POETS and as

you climb those sacred steps the aura

rushes out the door and envelops you,

enticing you into its haven. As you

cross the threshold you breathe

deeply soaking up the airs of

relaxation. Your reverie is

interrupted when you suddenly noticeyour classmates in a frenzy, cloning

the assignment due at the end of the

day. Yours is done. And it's a

masterpiece. Go to 22.

AT THE



Ontario Engineering

Design Competition


Do you know what Rob Greenwald,Mable Wu, Patrick Lau, Warren

D'Sauga, Lawrence Pilch, and SylviaCarrasco have in common? They are

all entrants in this years Ontario

Engineering Design Competition.

Braving midtenns and projects with asmile, these, and many more, have

insanely added OEDC to their

workload. The projects are allimpressive. On March 1st and 2nd,Engineering students from all over

Ontario will be unveiling their work

and meeting engineers from industryand academia.

Editorial CommunicationsMilitary Research and

Engineering Ethics- The Engineering Life

• Stories should be from 2000 to 8000

words- Moving Us Into Tomorrow

Explanatory Communications- Object Oriented Programming

• Stories should be typewritten, printed,or submitted on disk (IBM or Mac)

- Wastewater Treatment- The Fax Machine

• The winning story will be printed inthe Iron Warrior

The competition will be both

interesting and rewarding. There is

an extremely wide range of topicsbeing addressed and the judges have

been selected to reflect the variety offields within engineering.

• Deadline: 9:30 am, Monday, March 4,

PRIZES(In UW Bookstore Certificates)

First Place:o give you an idea of what is going

on, here is a brief list of some of theentries in each category:

Everything is building up nicely toa feverish pitch in organizing OEDe.The accommodations have been

finalized, the rooms booked, and thebegging for contributors completed.Everyone is still hoping to make itthe best OEDC ever. All that isneeded is YOU We still need

volunteers for the weekend to make

sure everything goes off beautifully.The opportunities are endless. Awann body is always welcome. Thesign-up sheets are in the Orifice.

Second Place:755025ntrepreneurial Design Third Place:

\...- Real Time 3-D Video Game

System For further information, see the Arts Board- Ultrasonic Washing Machine- Mechanized Com poster

Corporate Design

- Oil Tank Filter Closure

- Stabilization of Hazardous

Wastes

- Frequency Oscillation DetectorQuality and Alumni

1l y tn the Ltfe 14

coming Marcli 2

volunteers needed to do tours

W.e. Lennox

Former Dean of Engineering

(reprinted from WEAL)14 You buy lunch at the C&D,

then wander into POETS. It's hard tofind a seat, but someone convenientlyvacates one just for you. You munch onyour lunch and bask in the aura of Each tour is 1 2 an hour The issue of quality in an

engineers drinking beer, eating lunch educational insti tution always gives

and relaxing. Someone from your 8 for your time rise to interesting, serious and oftenclass saunters over and says: emotional debate. How do you

"Hey, y'know the lab's cancelled, Interested Students should contact measure it? How important is it?eh? the 1st Year Engineering office (the elitist issue). We have it - you

"No way," you reply. (You might , don't - therefore appropriate budget

have said any other phrase of transfers should be made. The

similar meaning and intonation). / ' Faculty view; the student view; the

"Sure, it's posted on the door. r just PER SON S [[] N § ({) L IVIE ID administrative view; Research and

went by." So you go and buy a beer Teaching; Research vs Teaching; etc.,

and put your feet up. (,D

C ) § etc. are all food for thought fuelling

A while later (time is non-

lIolunteers Needed the debate.

I::::::l Engineering is fortunate in that wedimensional in POETS), some :::: Volunteers needed to gather

members of your class wander in, sit - information on local

down and start madly cloning the 1: missing persons andassignment due later in the afternoon. unsolved homicides as

You smugly think of all the hard part of a National campaign.

work you did last night and the More information is available in

beautiful product i t yielded -- the Student Volunteer Centrecomplete and ready to hand in -- a CC150A

f1 are very favorably endowed in termsI::::::l of quality, no matt er how you wish to

measure it, in the two key elementsthat must exist for a quality program

- faculty and students: We can takepride in our distinguished teaching

and research programs and in our vel)'talented and motivated student body.

masterpiece Go to 22. J \ Monday to Thursday 11am • 1 pm

However, we also have another

major asset that has to be tak(: n intoaccount in terms of a measure of

quality and that is our loyal and

supportive alumni. I believe O_ r.graduates are proud of their.degreesand the education it symbolizes and

this recognition is being felt in anumber of ways. Their giving is

substantially helping us equip our

teaching laboratories. This remainsour most serious problem and

obviously is closely connected to

Could YOU use an extra 50?

THE WATERLOO ENGINEERINGENDOWMENT FOUND TION

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another measure of quality - that ofspace and facilities. With your ( thealumni) help we are addressing thisissue. Not only have the' funds

helped equip the labs but the fundsalso supplement major student

_________________________ projects.

Our alumni are also generous withtheir time and ideas. They serve on

the ,Board of Governors, special

committees of the university and onour own alumni committees They

bring to the university a perspectiveenhanced by their own experiences in

business, industry and government.

Our alumni are also helping infund-raising, in preparing or assistingin writing position papers for boththe university and the government

regarding university issues.

Clearly, the Faculty of Engineeringwould not have the reputation it

enjoys today without this major vitalingredient - our alumni - and onbehalf of the facuIty and students, Ithank you (the alumni}.

A 1l y n the Ltfe 22

22 Have you done the las\ question?"

"Huh?" you exclaim.

• ':Have you done the last question orare you deaf?" your classmate asks."We tan't get the last question." Yourecall your masterpiece with ALL thequestions completed in their finestform. Then, with a sinking feeling in

the depth of your bowels, you

envision that assignment in the lastplace you put it - on your desk.

"Just a sec," you stammer. Do you:,Go home and get it? (24) Attempt to

clone it with the rest of your class?(23) Buy a beer and forget it. (26)

J



February 15, 1991 . Iron Warrior

Pledge to Waterloo ngineering18 You stop at a grocery store

and pick up bread, milk and eggs, aswell as a few (that grocery store few)other things you wanted. You lug thefood back to your home and bundle it

allthrough

the door. Youplunk

iton

the counter next to a note in your

housemate s handwriting.

PICKED UP FOOD FOR

EVERYONE. TAKE A LOOK. PAY

ME LATER.

Dejectedly you squeeze your foodinto the glutted fridge and ponder itscontents for somethin g lunch-like. No

time to waste You do have a lab th i

J

afternoon... Go to 20. _

Mark Verheyden

1991 Plummer s Pledge

Co-ordinator

When I was first approached aboutorganizing the 1991 Plummer's PledgeCampaign I was very enthusiastic

and agreed immediately. But having

considered the amount of work

involved and what it would take toconvince the Eng 91 class to give, Irealized I had to be damn sure of my

own reasons for pledging. So I askedmyself why should I give to future

Engineers.Being someone who likes to think

he has a social conscience but who isalso motivated by what is in it for

Novelties sale a fantastic success

me, I came up \ ith two r asons. The

first reason (for my conscience) is thatit is now our responsibility to support

the university system. f we look at

the history of university education in

Ontario we see that universities wereoriginally the domain of the

religious sector. The first post

secondary schools were very much

affiliated and dependent financiallyon the church. As the role of

Government increased so did itsinvolvement in post-secondary

education.The state eventually replaced the

church as the prime financier of

university education. The old

University's consequently changed asthey were required to answer to a newfinancier. New universities were

able to form as the government s

resources were larger than thechurches . From this environment

came the University of Waterloo.

Today the government is not as

generous as it once was, nor will it be

in the foreseeable future. We can

talk about getting more from the

government to maintain our current

quality of education, but the fact is itwill not be enough .

It is now up to us as future alumni to

carry the ball that the government

has dropped. One way to do that isthrough the Plummer s Pledge. By

pledging we can leave a legacy thatwill last as long as Waterloo docs.

My "social conscience" tells me this ismy way of contributing towards theeducation I have received as well ashelping the next genera t ion ofengineers.

Now for the seco nd reaSll\). Thisreason is for the side in me that sayslooking out for numb r 1 is ncccss.lrytoo. The second reason to pledg e is to

help ensure that Waterloo doesn t

become the next LAST CHAN E UW.

Waterloo has the reputation of beingone of the best engineering schools in

the coun try. But that repulation is

new and therefore fragile. Wesi mply don t have the history that a

_The Sandford Fleming Foundation

McGill or a U of T has to allow us tocoast. If the quality of education

suffer, Waterloo may risk becominga flash in the pan.

Why should we care? How will it

affect the class of 91? It doesn t

matter for our first job ( if you thinkyou are having problems finding a jobin a recession talk to the Queen's classof '91) bu t 10 years down the roadwhen we decide the job we are in isn'tenough, what will our degrees be

worth? What if no one picks up theball that the government has

dropped? Will it matter that our

degree is stamped from a time when aU of W was the best in Canada?

Maybe yes but maybe no. I'm notwilling to take that chance. The

Plummer's Pledge is a small insurancepolicy against that happening.

Once more the Plummer s Pledge isa way of keeping Waterloo on the

right track. It has taken almost 30years to develop Waterloo and it'sreputation; imagine what the next

10-15 years could do to it. How canWaterloo not only maintain its

current standards, but achieve the

world class status that its graduates

have proven it can attain? The

answer is its alumni. They have to be

world class. I was recently talking tothe Co-ordinator of Canadian alumni

fundraising for Cornell. Cornell

raises $140 million each year fromalumni and industry. The best

Canadian school ( in terms of

fundraising at least ) is Queen s with$5 million annually. Tha t's a bigdi fference. I f we want to compete wen to mobilin Ollr <llllmni. Im,\ghwwhat your job prospl't'ls will lx in 10years if Waterloo b om s the nl'xtMIT.

These arc two of my r asons. Theyare not necessarily yours, but 1encourage you to think about it and

find your own. Then tell your

classmat s about them. The on ly way

th is will work is i f we all do it

toge ther.

Room 4366, Carl Pollock Hall (519) 885-12 11 Ext. 4008

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1

Planning to attend a conference this term, either to present a paper, or just to observe? You m y be eligiblefor a Travel Grant from the Sandford Fleming Foundation. Also available are grants of up to 50 to coverconference registration fees. Applications should be directed to Dr. W.M. Loucks DC 3524 or ext. 2097.

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Ever have an uncontrollable urge to spew off on some meaningless topic? The Sandford Fleming Debatesm y be just the thing for youl Each term, teams from various undergrad classes compete for fame ,prestige, and cash awards ( 100 each to members of the winning team, and 50 each to the runners-up).Contact the Debates Directors via the EngSoc Office for more details on th is term's debating series.

An organization devoted to the advancement of engineering education.




P**S Point BreakdownBrenda BealP 5 director

ACADEMICS

Discipline Rep

Old Midterm or FinalARTSContest (/pcrson)

ATIiLETICSTournamentsOrganization

Participation

Place

1st

2nd3rd4th

5th

LeaguesSquash Ladder

Floor Hockey

Participation

Place

1st2nd3rd4th

5th

CHARITIESBlood Donor *General Volunteers(eg. Plant Sale)

201

10

4520

2015

12

10

8

2

40

20

15

12

10

8

5

5

GENERAL

NO Class Member at CouncilNO Class List

NO Course Critiques RepIRON WARRIOR

Articles

Layout/Typing Uissue)Di stribu tion class)Pictures Uperson)

POETS BOTTLE DRIVE1st

2nd3rd4th

5th

6th

7th

8th9th

10th

PUBLICITYPos ters (/class / week)RECYCLINGCollecting,Sorting(/person/hr)

Class BoxesSCUNT

Organization

Participation

1st

2nd3rd4th

5th

1-1

1

10

10

10

10

100

80 '

70

60

50403025

20

15

10

5

5

300100200

120

804020

DEBATES

VolunteersParticipation

Place

1st

2nd3rd4th

DIRECTORSIDPSExecutive

IW Editors

Others (/ directorship)

Subcommittee membersENGINEWSLETTERProf QuotesEOT PUB SLIDE SHOW

Per Slide UsedSPECIAL EVENTSENG WEEK(END)Major

Organization

Participation

1st

2nd3rdIntermediate

Organization

Participation

1st

2nd3rdMinor

Organization

Participation1st

2nd

10

40

100

605050

1075

5010

1

1

16

10

64

2

84

4

3

4

22

1

STUNTS

Maximum 100Stunts will be ranked at the end of

the term by a committee of three

people from classes that are not inthe race.UNWANT ADS

Returned Ad 1OEDCVolunteersBUS PUSH

Participation

1 point per $5 raised in pledges

5

The P 5 director has the right tochange the points awarded at any

time and has final say in all matters.

(A Day t.n thE UJE 2

20 Even with the previous

warning you are running a little late.Lunch was that good. You rush to thelab with less than a minute to spare.You catch the knob and hurl yourself

into the very hard door. Yes, it islocked. The hall is deserted. Then

you notice the sign:

LAB CANCELLED TODAY.

POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK.

What the heck? Go to POETS Go to

21

Bus PusHMark Vidler

IB Mech Eng

The time draws near for all

engineers to put their best feet

forward to help the Kitchener

Waterloo Big Sisters. On Saturday

February 23 the 15th annual Bus Push

will be held.

At 10:00 in POETS there will be

coffee and donuts for all participants.The parade will assemble in the E1

cuI-dc-sac at 10:20, where the BusPush will start at 10:30. The route

will be the same as previous years,

namely, up University to King, and

along King to Market Square inKitchener. t will arrive at noon.

Upon reaching this destination, the

bus which was the object of all that

aturday February 3

lO: )O p

work will drive all the engineers

that took it there back to POETS forpizza and pop. That night there willprobably be a BUS PUSH PARTY inPOETS.

Pledge sheets can be obtained fromyour class reps, along with all the

information necessary to canvass fordonations. The big sisters will issu e areceIpt for amounts of $10 or more if

requested. Bus Push T-shirts are

available in the Orifice.

Apart from the fact that every $5in donations received will be

awarded 1 P 5 point, several

amazing prizes will be bestowed upon

the individuals with the highest

pledge totals. Up for grabs are:

1st prize - Toshiba XR-9028 CD

player2nd prize - Toshiba 4541 portable

cassette player

3rd prize - $100 gift certificate at

MGM Clothes

4th prize - Gift certificates at

Phil's, Belberry St., etc.

5th prize - ParkCity windbreaker

This event has traditionally been ablast, and with EngSoc Bparticipating this year, the goal of

$7000 should be easy to achieve. The

bus push is a parade, so all

respectable engineers will be adorned

with hard hats and class banners.

See you there.

A ay tn. the Ltfe 5

5 You stumble into the kitchenand yank open the fridge. There's nomilk, no bread, no eggs. You will be

having breakfast at the C&D, you

decide as a thunderstorm begins inyour stomach. Then you attempt tomake yourself presentable - can't letyour fans down even on a rainy

Thursday. You shake out your hair,swab your face. with the edge of your

towel and give your reflection a

demonic grin. Go to 6.



Iron Warrior

Japanese Extravagance: [\Jot ,-Just Tect'jnical

S.S. de Silva4B Comp Eng

Last workt m I had theopportunity to work for a Japanese

company at their R D headquartersin Japan. Most of my weekends weretaken up exploring the hills in theKyoto-Nagaoka area by scooter or byfoot searching for temples. One ofthe weekends when I left this areaand travelled, I went to a conferencein Tokyo . The following is an accountof my brief visit to the Tokyo DataShow 90 on that trip.

The Data Show was held inside acollection of buildings, the most

prominent of which was a dome. Thedome's roof was just like the roof ofthe Big 0 in Montreal, except thisone was in Tokyo. The roof hung

above a multitude of elaboratecompany booths; their bright signssaid HITACHI, TOSHIBA, JVC,PANASONIC, OKI...etc and even

IBM, NeXT and APPLE, the

American contributions in what

seemed a Japanese-dominated

industry. On the rest of the flooraround all these booths there was amoving carpet of people. This wasanother day of the five day annual

Tokyo Data Show.I had arrived with two research

lab colleagues at 4:00, just one hour

before closing. At the ferry that we

had to take, there was still a longline up to get to the show. Thementality in Japan, it seemed, was tojust do it if it was there, it had tobe-seen. And the less time it could beseen in, the better. So it didn t

surprise me that many people wouldrush through at the last minute.

Just do it.

Looking down from the roof highabove I was just another black hairedstrand of the thick carpet. But atground level, I was a tall foreigner .My height was an advantage here asit allowed me a clearer view over thesea of scurry ing heads ( and as theroof seemed miles above, there wasstrangely nothing to hit my head on).Over the heads at one booth therewas a colorfully dressed trio of girlswaving portable camputers and

dancing to the loud hi-fi beat of acompany jingle. th is was

commercialism at its strongest. Overthe heads at another booth there wasa wall of computer monitors - maybe ahundred, all on and working insynchronizat ion. Extravagance wasone method used to attract more than2 seconds of attention from the mass of

grey-sui ted scu rrying visi tors. The

4

4 Run a comb through your

hair, pop into the bathroom and stickyour face into some water and you'reoff to the cafeteria. Is there

anything edible? Cereal perhaps?

You find something, wash if down

with milk and head back to your

room to get ready for class. Go to 6.

other method summed up my

manager's view of the show: a placeto get gifts. Most booths were

handing out, for the price of abusiness card, a promotional plastic

bag with a rope handle. CANOand NeXT had joined together toproduce the largest of these bagswhich hung over many shoulders.

The three of us quickly acquiredsome bags and then proceeded to stuffbrochures and pamphlets into them;it reminded me of the days of trickor-treating at Hallowe'en. We had

promised our manager that we wouldinvestigate the show to find any

interesting desirable products and

also to double-check that no body elsewas making what we were grindingaway on at the lab. As the currentJapanese portable computer/

electronic notebook craze didn tinterest our project, we didn t findmuch.

After one hour, we had seen maybehalf the dome, but it was closingtime. We were ready to return to theconference that we had originally

come to Tokyo from Kyoto to attend.That conference had a 12000 yen

($100 CON) per head entrance fcc,

which helped to make it less

crowded. There, all we had to do was

just sit and listen essentially.Being a research conference meant

that the atmosphere was quieter and

more relaxed, compared to the DataShow which, as its name implied,was a show packed as much withthe blaze of ultra-commercial

displays as with people scurrying inthe blaze.

We visited our own company boothto sec a colleague. Machima san wasa trainee who had been temporarilytransferred to the sales branch in

Tokyo; all trainees at the company

had to go through sales - one of manyunquestionable company rules of a

Japanese bureaucracy. He had beenhanding out forms and complimentarypens to potential customers all day

and seemed about to collapse . Weasked him for three pens and thenblended back into the scurrying

crowd.

Civils peak outHannah Krause

4B Civil

Thursday, J anuary 31, 1991 marked

the conclusion of the final round ofthe second Civil Engineering PublicSpeaking Competition. For thisevent, students gave a ten minute

presentation on a work report or othertechnical paper. Of the eight initialentrants, four advanced to the finalround. The competition was tough,but the judges finally awarded JohnStraube the first prize of $200.Second prize of $100 was given toJames Allen, and Gregory Cook

received $50 for third. Honourable

mention went to Teresa Laronde, whoreceived a book prize.

The Civil Engineering Public

Speaking Competition was the

brainchild of students Don Driedgerand Jeff Chambers. The vision was to

provide the students with an

opportunity to refine their public

spea ing skiUs and to promote theirengineering endeavours to their

fellow students.

This competition takes place at thebeginning of each term and is open to

a ll civil engineering students. F rmore information, please speak toBonnie Neglia in the Civil

Enginccring Undergraduate office ordrop a note off at the CSCE office inE2-2339.

.a. ......

A Da.y n the Lite 10

10 You made the right decision.The prof looks around the room. Wellunder half your class is present.

I didn t know you were all soaffected by the weather, he says.

Some smart alec in the back of theroom replies: We aren t sir. See,we're here. It's the rest of them ....

Your prof, in his infinite wisdom,

ignores him and starts to write on theboard.

This problem that I'm going todo, he says, combines several of theconcepts we have covered in the pastfew weeks. It might be a very goodidea to remember how this is done

come the final. Need any more besaid. You gratefully copy the

problem. It's twenty past before youknow it (which doesn t happen veryoften). Time for your third class. Doyou go? f yes go to 12, if no go to 13.

Pr oblems???

For More Information Cootac '

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CRT Display15 Lunch at residence. How

dreadfully unexciting, though it ispractical as you have already paid

for it. Hopeful ly there is something

Paul Fieguth4B Electrical

Today's article will discus CRT(cathode ray tube) di splays :televisions, monitors etc. Thediscussion will proceed in three

sections: genera ting the electron

beam (via your own personal particleaccelerator), directing the beam to

form an image, and ex tending tomultiple beams to create colour

images. If you want to go into moredetail, the library has lots of good

books (many of which are real

classics - giving full schematics of ablack and white television includingall of the vacuum tubes ...).

The image on the CRT screen isgenerated by impinging an electronbeam onto a phosphorescent surface,which glows when struck by

electrons. The basic apparatus shown

is, at least superficially, very

similar to J.J. ~ h o m p s o n s who

discovered the electron back in 1897.

Your own personalparticle accelerator

At the thin end of the picture tube

(see Figure 1) is a piece of metalwhich is heated to release electrons(recall that electrons can be releasedfrom a material by inputting energy

to overcome the work function - lookup the photoelectric effect).

Incidentally, the reason vacuum tubesglow is because of the heating of thismetal. Near the metal is an

electrode having a negative

potential (which repels electrons)

which determines the minimum

electron energy required to pass

beyond the electrode to the screen: asthis minimum energy is increased,

fewer electrons pass the electrode and

the screen image appears dimmer.

The screen brightness control isapplied as a voltage offset to this

electrode. The electrons are di rected appetizing or at least recognizable.

Don't linger over it too long, though.towards the screen by setting up a GYou have a lab this afternoon. 0 to)strong electric fi eld as shown . While

the electron is within the field, it • •0.

accelerates along the field di rection,

sending it at hi gh speed to the screen;this is the same principle upon whichlinear particle accelerators function(except that they need a bit mo reenergy and are bigger).

Having generated a beam of

electrons directed towards the screen,the beam can be steered by means ofdeflectors (see Figure 2) fhich directthe beam by establishing horizontal

and vertical magnetic fields (whichpOSition the beam in rows and columns

respectively - a horizontal magneticfield deflects electrons vertically).

The screen width and height controls

on your monitor are input parametersto these deflectors .

The screen itself is a glass layerwith deposited phosphors (actuallya mix of blue and yellow phosphors togive a net colour of white). Inside thephosphors is a thin layer of

aluminum, which serves to completethe electron circuit (collecting theelectrons and returning them to theheated metal).

The beam generation and directionhardware described above is

sufficient to display a monochrome

image, however a colour image

requires additional complexity. Thebasic colour system requires three

electron guns, slightly offset from one

another (see Figu re 3). The screen,which in a monochrome system isuniformly covered in phosphor, now

has phosphors precisely deposited on

the glass in groups of three dots -where each dot glows in one of thethree primary colours (red, green, andblue) which, when combined, can

simulate any colour for the eye (seenote below). Just ahead of the

phosphorus layer is a layer (called a

shadow mask) which is everywhere

opaque to electrons with the

exception of a myriad of tiny holes,

each hole being accurately lined up

with a group of three phosphor dots .The offsets of each of the three

electron guns ensure that each gun canonly illuminate one of the three dots

in any cluster.An advance on the above shadow

mask method involves using a mask

of vertical stripes rather than dots

(see Figure 4). Now the camera guns

are offset horizontally, and the

. phosphor stripes on the screen can be

arranged as sets of vertical linesrather than dots. The advantage of

this method over shadow mask

display is easier production and abrighter screen image.

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usual you have a lot to do and you

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Note that in actual fact, televisionscreens are capable of generating onlythe colours red, blue, and green. A'true' colour, for example in arainbow, is determined by its

wavelength (long wavelength - red ,short wavelength - blue). The human

eye, however, is sensitive only to red,green, and blue. The brain builds theapparent colour from the relative

components seen of each of the

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12 And it was a class. Feelingenlightened and full of new

knowledge (like you always do), you

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stopped. It's still dreary as the

water drips off the trees, but not quiteas dreary as it was. You start to feellike it's a real day after all, even

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Brain PowerPaul Fieguth

4B Electrical

One person in my class (who shall

remain nameless), was of the opinion

that my last quiz was a little

condescending in that although Iimplied that some of the questions

should be straightforward, he was

unable to do them. My apologies to

the rest of you in the same position -no condescension was intended in any

way. Having said that, the questions

this week are a little harder than

usual ...

1. Consider the greenhouse effect;some predictions suggest that globaltemperatures may increase by 5

degrees over the next 50 years. If air

has a heat capacity of 0.24 callg K,

calculate the equivalent power input

into the atmosphere which this

temperature gradient represents (inactual fact, of course, the effect wili

be much larger, since oceans and ice

caps will heat in addition to the

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launch Speed

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figure 3. Three observers, at rest with

respect to onc another, all observe thesame moving clock. How fa t is the

clock obscrved to run for each of ththree obscrvers? Time dilation at

speed v is 1/ 1-v*v / c*c).

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