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1 993 The Iron Warrior Waterloo, Friday, February 5, 1993
Suspect Surrenders to Police
UW News Bureau
IW Staff
A
third-year Chemical Engineering
student, identified as Kris Eric
Warkentin, was charged Tuesday
morning with second-degree murder in the
January 1 killing of David ZahaIdluk in UWs
Engineering I building.
Said a statement from the police: liAs a
result of infonnation received from various
students working in the area of the
engineering complex during the early
lX\orning hours of January 1st, the accused
was located and questioned by investigators
while working on a University co-op tenn in
the area of Hinton. Alberta.
"At 6:45 p.m. Monday, February 1st,
Warkentin turned himself in to investigators
at theCarnbrXige of the Regional
Po1ire acrompmied by his lawyer.
"The early resolution of this case in part
due to the ag;jstance given by members of the
University community and University
Police"
following statement issua:i by the
University:
'Waterloo Regional Police announced this
morning that an arrest has been made and
charges laid in connection with the murder of

David Zaharchuk which occurred in the
engineering on New Year's Day.
While relieved by this news, we are saddened
to learn that the person charged is a UW
undergraduate student .,
Engineering Student Society President,
Steve Codringtonexpressed his distress over
the involvement of an Engineering student in
the affair and wished to convey his sympathy
to David Zaharchuk's wife am family.
'Hopefully David's family will be able to
start the healing process am begin to recover
from this Ilaumaticexperience."
Kris Warkentin is a member of Frog and is
known by many current undergraduate
engineeringstudenl<;.
Ci VI I s G o o own h i I I
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Jeff DIBattista and John Poyser Sherbrooke, Quebec to compete in the 19th
48 Civil annual Great Northern Concrete Toboggan
Race. The two teams consisted of the
T
wo weeks ago, two courageous Members in Tension class (MIT'93) with the
(suicidal?) teams, of fourth year civil toboggan ''Qrld Sledd", while the Dirt dass
engineering students made a trip to entered the "Mudslide" team. The
Mech Profs
Playing With Fire
Marc Risdale
3A Mechanical
H
ave you ever wondered what
professors do with all the spare
time they must have between
lectures? We at the IW have often
pondered that very same question. It is
with this thought in mind that I took it
upon myself to interview two of the latest
recipients of the Ontario Government's
University Research Incentive Fund grants.
The URIF program is run by the Ministry
of Colleges and Universities. They
encowage co-operative research ventures
by matching private sector funding of
University based contract research. This
year, seven University of Waterloo faculty
members have been awarded a grand total
of $333,756.
Mechanical engineering Professors
..

Elizabeth Weckman and Al Strong
received a joint grant of $18,000 to work
with the City of Kitchener in assessing and
designing a new burn facility for training
purposes.
Most North American fire department
training progran IS make use of bwn facilities
to simulate different fire fighting conditions.
Most are constructed of concrete and brick
and are built up in one of many configurations
such as a house, a garage, a factory or an
aputment complex. For the training
fucility in Cambridge is a three soy building.
16'x2O'x3Y in size. Hard wood ?illettes are
bwnt inside to simulate a real fire and shaw is
competition the culmination of lIlOI'\I:ffi of
intensive planning, hard work, skipped
classes, late assignments and barbecuing
hamburgers and sausages {which, by the
AS
added to the blaze to provide smoke.
Indt.Nrial fire simulations may use diesel oil or
some other hydroolrbon as fuel Problems
with the current fadlities include construction
material failure and the inapproprialere$ of
the layoutand the fuels wed
Wrth the ooset of strict ambustim emic;sion
laws in the United States and Canada, many
.fire training program; North Ameri<a
may be suspended until the environmental
issues are adclre$ed Add to this a need to
rum ground water ronIamination and water
consumption and the urgency of training
program revision bea::ules very evident
HmseseeWEd<man - AS
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Section A
In this issue of
the Iron Warrior:
The IW Not-So-
Short Story
Continues
Spews and
Reviews
Fed Election
Pages
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YOU
Marc and his
Anal Thing
Midnight Sun II
Technical Goodies
More Editors
Than The Imprint
Free Wash at the
Washery
Lots of Irit!
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A2
G
argle, Choke, Sputter! Step
back I'm think I'm gonna ....
Brunswick Roadbip
Thanks and oongratulations to Irit ani Liz
for a very SllO:l!SSfuJ. roodtrip. A great time
was had by all (right SlllllIphyO A big spew
to the for being sud:l simplNic, big
headed piea:s of 'W@!!! Sony for the harsh
language but it really defies good business
logic when ovenated dives employ bitter
masochists to abuse and hassle paying
customers. Am I right or am I right Fi!
POETS Renovations
The estimates for an additional stand up
bar will be in my hands by the time you are
reading this. I will be presenting the
renovations to the Federation Endowment
oommittee on Feb 12 in attempts to receive
full furding.
Orientation 1993
I will be accepting applications for the
positions of SUPERHUGES (3) and
HBADCOM G8). 'lbeaepaallkll ..... be
responsibJe for organizing the entire week.
'This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to
become a Santa Claus of sorts, making
hundreds, nay thousands of Engineers
ecstatic. These pooitions have seen many of
Eng Soc B's Finest personalities: Dave Marlin
(Current Fed Prez), Marty, Pina, Dave Gami,
Big Pete and Rob M.Geachy to name a few.
Applications for both positions should be
in the form of a persuasive letter outlining
why yoo should fill the pa;il:ion. If a team is
applying one letter will suffice. As this
position requires intense interdependence
team applications will be given some
pxeference.
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The Iron Warrior, Friday, February 5,1993
This position requires a great deal of time
and effort over the summer, please consider
this when applying. This is pca;ibly the m05t
rewarding pa;ition the society can offer to its
membeIs.
Director EMail
Be a tree hugger! Use the Email system
whenever possible for director mail outs.
This means that all clira:toIs shoukl read their
Email at least twice a week.
Paul and Paula Plumber
Awards
The nomination period was opened Jan Zl
at the Eng Soc Meeting and will nm to Feb 10.
The recipients will be selected at the Eng Soc
meeting Feb 10, 1993 with voting by the
general council.
orifice?r at the meeting on Feb 10.
This is Eng Soc's ma5t prestigious award
and is granted to graduating students who
have amtributed extensively to Eng Soc over
their five years [ed: or more,] at Waterloo.
This award tsnot IimiIed to studenls80Rr--__
know of any other outstanding University
members, don't hesitate to nominate them.
Apologies and Promises
My apologies to t:ha;e in attendance at the
past meeting. A great deal was
aaomplished. pc6Slbly too much. Measures
are being taken to ensure a streamlined
meeting for Feb 10, 1992
I have to say I really am happy "With the
way the term is fWIDing out Thanks to all
involved, we really deserve an interim pat on
theOOck!
Please submit all names to Oleryl in the Steve
The Iron Warrior, Friday, February 5,1993
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Colin Hung
38 Mechanical
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110, Allo. Just gimme a second to
finish my pina
colada ... (slurp) ... these things are
great. .. (slurp) ... aaaaaahhhh! There, all
finished. Now down to business. Hello and
welcome to the second edition of T rez Spews
- the continuing saga of the man who is
Hung. TIUs spew is brought to you via fax
from the surmy shores of Orlando Florida
where I am currentiy enjoying a relaxing day
at the beach. At last Wednesday's Council
meeting, the Winter '93 budget was
approved (they didn't notice the $2(0) for the
"VP-Finance Retreat"). Anyway, I just want
to reiterate that this term is a tight one in
terms of money and we don't have too much
to spread around. All the directors are aware
of tiUs and they are confident that they can
maintain the high level of quality service even
without the extra cash; so you shouldn't
notice anything. If you have any questions or
concerns about the budget, please feel free to
come see me about it
Because of the lack of funds, EngSoc only
has $750 to donate to clubs and special
projeds. Please keep this in mind when you
are asking for money. The last council
meeting in February is the deadline for
ArUew ttghtowerSpews BIg ChD<s
2A 01erricaI
W
eill gueg; that people are getting
settled into being behind in their
sdlool work, and also EngSoc
business. nris was reflected by an incredibly
long council meeting on the 27th. Pertinent
topics to keep your ears pealed for include; an
automated class feedback system to be
implemented on a trial basis within
engineering; a movement to change the
depressing fabric art that scars the
engineering hallways, and replace it with
more appealing engineering related pictures;
the probing into the idea of having an inter-
faculty competition theme pub, to be held
later in the term; and also the' B soc.' budget,
see Colin's article or drop into the Orifice to
view a copy.
February blahs could be fast approaching
fa- you am r d like to remind you that there
is tons of fun stuff going on in tenns of blah
00ttting material l.a<:;t week marked my first
time out to eng. 00d<ey and I was impressed
The Executive Page
The Iron Warrior, Friday, February 5,1993
submissions to EngSoc YOU MUST BE
PRESENT AT THAT MEETING IN ORDER
TO GET MONEY. Council has also asked
that you provide the following information:
how many (percentage and number)
engineering students are involved, how
much EngSoc has donated in the past, what
your total operating budget is, what are the
plans for En&Soc's donation and (of course)
how much you believe the donation should
be. Please also remember that you must ask
the speaker for time to speak at the meeting.
Last week some of you may have noticed
that the C&D was da;ed TIUs was not, as I
first believed, a takeover attempt by "Cheryl's
Pizzeria" and in fact the owner assured me
herself that she had no intention of replacing
the C&D. From what the C&D managers
told me, the cash registers just suddenly la;t
their programs. Despite valiant efforts by the
C&D crew, it was all for naught and the
manufacturer has to be called in. The
registers were deaned and repaired but by
then it was too late to reopen. The managers
promised me that this was an isolated
inddent and apologize for any inconvenience
you may have experienced. Guess we all
learned how vital the C&D really is. Thanks
to Clleryl for managing the huge crowds that
packed file Orifice during lunch time (22
Amsesee $4O,lXX) - AD
with the way it was organized and the
amount of fun had by all. Soto anyone
sitting at home this month (feeling like a real
pud) why not make February the month
when you ~ that 01ristmas }:illy roll and
get set for spring. Skinfest '93.
Thanks to liz and lrit for the Bnmswick
tour, and to all of you who made the evening
a real classic red: Yeah. we gave it 3 1/2Irits!]
It was worth the damage deposit. I am
proud to report tilat although there were 100
U of W students and 350 Guelph students I'd
swear th.:'lt you would not have even known
they were there. Actually we did have to
walk past the tables of them sitting down in
order to get to the washrooms. Everyone
there had a good time but I'd say we ruled
the place. What was the final tally on
engineers kicked out? Lots.
There is still lots of h i n ~ coming up this
term so be sure not to mig; the stuff you want
to do. Oh yeah, school too. Do you have
your ski ticket?
Andrew Hightower
Kim Jones
3A Chemical
T
he position of VP External covers
many different aspects. Conferences
with other universities is a strong
priority. Engineering Image is a key concern.
Encouraging elementary and high sdlool
students to consider engineering is an on-
going effort with a variety of programs in
place. Finally, tlle pa;ition of women in our
faculty must be addressed. In my Spews, I'm
going to attempt to cover one facet in each
issue. This artide will discuss women in
engineering.
When I came to Waterloo, I fully expected
to bear the brunt of the infamous sexism in
engineering. My father was an engineering
graduate from U ofT, and from his stories, I
foresaw a challenging environment Within a
few hours, I was proven wrong. Engineering
is certainly still male dominated but it is also
very accepting. I also had an easier time
adapting since, in Chemical Engineering, tile
male/female ratio was in some cases dC6er to
equal than in some of my math and science
classes in high sdlool When it is suggested,
particuIarly in the media, that engineering is
still a "Boy's Club," as one Report on
Business magazine article did last tenn, I
become angry.
Dave Morton
WEEF Director
T
he month of February is
looking to be very busy for
the Endowment, lots of things
happening, and hopefully a chance
to make a
rea I
impact on
Engin-
eering's
a gin g
equipment
inventory.
This past
week your
c I ass
WEE F
representatives have been meeting
to decide where to spend over $70
000. If your class rep wasn't at the
meeting or didn't tell you about it,
make sure you talk to them to
ensure your class has a voice in
Despite my perception of engineeJ.ing as
welcoming to women, I realized last
workterm that there's still a long way to go.
Even without any overt sexism, it can be
difficult to deal with the sheer numbers of
men compared to women. Mostly, I don't
notice it, but it occasionally becomes tiresome.
I was talking to a female engineering grad
student recently, and she admitted tllat she
now would no longer feel comfortable going
out with women; she had spent (out of
necessity) all her time witll the men in her
class. This is not a terrible thing, but it is
unfortunate she had that d'Oice made for her.
With the percentages of women in the
faculty right now, it is obviously impossible to
remedy tlUs situation totally. TIle numbers
are just not there yet An effort is, however,
being made to make life for female engineers
a little more bearable.
After IUs ternl as &ill of Engineering, Dr.
Lennox established the Waterloo Women's
Engineering Committee. TI,e organization
has tile mandate of raising tile awareneg; of
women in engineering, and to make tltis
campus a more comfortable place for anyone,
regardless of sex.
TIle committee sponsors several events
and initiatives. They have speakers whidl
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spending these funds. After all, ITS
YOUR MONEY!! This total has
been reached by pooling our income
over the past year, and finally the
big moment has arrived. Now is
the time to spend this money and
we have lots of good proposals. By
the end
o f
March,
w e
should
ha ve all
the
fun d s
allocated
and the
purchases made. So look for the
yellow WEEF sticker on a lot of new
equipment.
Now if $70 (0) sounds like a lot of money
f\:ft;esee WEEFBbws - A6
The Iron Warrior, Friday, February 5, 1993
AS
Weckmanand
Strong to
Evaluate
Bum Facilities
Cultura
Rig
ts
From Page Al
With this end in mind, the Kitchener Fire
Department enlisted the aid of Professors
Weckman and Strong to evaluate existing
training facilities and provide
recommendations which may improve
present design. Their main areas of concern
include general building design,
instrumentation, typical uses and safety.
Their research into training programs will
provide fire fighters with a scientific edge
when fighting fires.
One of the first sl"ef6 in preparing for such
an undertaking was to participate in some of
the training sessions with the new recruits. In
order to have an idea of what a realistic
training experience should entail, it is
necessary to get directly involved with the
process. Both Prof. Weckman and Prof.
Strong seemed to enpy the experience and
they garnered a great deal of information
from it
Another facet of the research is to gather
infonnation from training sites acra;s North
America. This data will be thoroughly
studied to assess different practices and
correlated. The data collected will be on
aspects of training as diverse as pressure
gradients across roofs to the effect of fire
proximity on fire suit material. bum
facilities will be scrutinized. deal in order to
produce a generic model that will aid
architects in designing effective structures.
AD this hard work shooJd result in better
and more suitable training for fire fighters
around the world. In the long run, this
research shall benefit us all
AndrewPape
28 Systems Design
Y
outh Building the Future (YBF) .is an
international networl< of youth from
different backgrounds working
towards increasing global communication,
cooperation, understanding and awareness.
Along with those fundamental goal'i, it is
concerned with such global issues as the
preservation of the Earth's environment,
human (especially children) and cultural
rights, a human centered economic order,
world peace, the responsible use of science
and technology in society, an honest and
impartial global media, and others.
Three Waterloo students attended the .fifth
annual YBF International conference in Oslo,
Norway this summer, which had a specific
theme of Human Rights with sub<ategories
of cultural, children's and environmental
rights. The students were Marion Black
(Spanish, Latin American Studies), Caroline
Guirguis (MA - Economics), and me
(Systems Design Eng., Int. Studies). The
conference was attended by over 100 people
from 38 countries around the world It was a
fantastic environment for learning,
discussion, and making great mends. TIle
conference was structured with keynote
speakers, small workshops discussing
specific topics related to human rights,
plenary discussions after workshops, daily
write-ups in the "YBF Today" publication,
social activities, and a speaker's comer on the
last day that allowed delegates to speak
about areas of personal interest.
Youth Building the Future started in 19f57
in Melbourne, Australia at the Royal
Melboume Institute of Technology. Since
then, it has held yearly conferences in
Waterloo (surprise), Buenos Aires,
Argenl:i.na- Cairo, Egypt and ma;t recently in
Oslo, NOI\'\'ay. The head office shifts each
year to the country and University where the
previous years conference was held. Also,
quarterly newsletters are published.
Waterloo has sent three delegates each year
to the international conferences, and has
re..--ently started to sponsor students from
developing countries to go as well. We
helped a Peruvian delegate with travel
expenses to Oslo, and will be sponsoring
three non-Canadian students next year.
Fundraising is of primary concern to many
YBF chapters along with the promotion of
some of the principles within the YBF charter
that outlines many of the fundamental goals
of the organization.
Later this term, we will be selecting
delegates to attend the sixth annual
conference in Sverdlovsk, c.rs., in August,
1m Sverdlovsk is in the Ural mountains, on
the Asian side of the ClS. G1eci< out future
editions of the Iron Warnor for infonnation
on the selection procedure for the conference.
The 0;10 conference focusErl each day on a
particular theme related to Human Rights,
including environmental rights, cultural
rights, and cltildren's rights. One of the
cultural rights workshops focused on tlle
question,
'15 the establishment of new nation states
the answer and most realistic solution for
cultural groups fighting for freedom and
independence?"
In simple words, should a distinct cultural
group fonn its own country to achieve full
cultural rights, independence and freedom?
he worksho ha de e a es from
Bangladesh, Canada, Egypf, Cennany,
Hungary, lithuania, Peru, CIS., and Zaire.
What a dynami bunch!
TIle workshop quickly focuS\.-'d on the
issue of Uthut'lnian independence from the
CIS, a very timely i$ue, especially with the
participation of a Russian and a Lithuanian
in the workshop. TIle Iithuanian delegate
truly believed that there were no advantages
(yet many losses) for his nation within tlle
framework of the c.l.S., despite the
suggestions from all the other delegates
about potential future economic advantages,
and the focus in Western of Europe of
unification rather than secession
Mention was also made during the
discussion of the dilenuna in Canada with
Quebea:J.ois cultural rights, and Aboriginal
rights and self determination. As well, the
Egyptian delegate expressed her viewpoints
on Palestinian autonomy within (or outside
of) Israel. A consensus of any type was very
difficult to make in the workshop. Some
believed that cultural rights of a distinct
group cannot be maintained by farming a
separate country because of the strong
influence of the global media, western
culture, the international economic order,
and a recent focus on global unification.
Others (the Lithuanian) believed the creation
of a separate nation-state to be vital for a
particular cultural group interested in
autonomy and maintenance of their cultural
identity.
Throughout the conference, all of our
viewpoints were challenged, and we were
able to link up with some of the most
powerful and influential youth in the
communities where YBF operates, but most
importantly, we were able to overcome
cultural, language, racial, and gender
differences k a se era!. obal issues
(It an jtihl Jew!l. Flr:iRadJ :Ancfmv at 88f..
1444 if you have any questions or are
int('n'Sll'ti in mE
"Competition That Will Not Soon Be Forgotten"
From Page Al
way, are still on sale Fridays and every other
Tuesday for the low, low price of $15> and
$2.00!!).
The Great Northern Concrete Toboggan
Race is the premier civil engineering
competition in Canada, with this yeats tace
having 40 teams from 8 of the 10 provioces, as
well as several teams from the United States
and 2 teams from France. The goal of the
competition is to design, construct, and. race a
toboggan that has a running swface
made entirely of concrete. The only major
restrictions on the design of the toOOggan are
that it must not exceed a total weight of 3Xl
lbs, it must have safe braking system, and. it
must have a roll 00r capable of protecting the
riders in the unlikely (not!) event of an
aa:ident The cowse for the race was a 200 m
longsl<i. hilL with rnisErl snowbanks along the
sides about 15 ft apaxt At the end of the slope
was a 15 m braking area, leading to three
rows of hay bales and a steel fence (keep the
fence in mind).
We attempted to leave for Sherbrooke by
chartered bus at O53Oh on Thursday, January
21. However, due to the bus company's
inability to operate a lape measure, the size of
the undercarriage storage compartments in
the bus were smaller than expected.
Consequently, the frame of the Mudslide
toboggan experienced a savage hacksaw
attack, being cut completely in halE Although
the departure time was delayed somewhat,
we still made it to Sherbrooke in time get our
teams set up for the judging.
Accommodations were provided
at the lovely Della Sherbrooke hotel,
the premier hotel in the Sherbrooke
area. The Universite de Sherbrooke
ha;ted the event and they made it a
competition that will not soon be
forgotten by any who were there.
The weekend consiste:l of a reception
Thursday night, judging of the
toboggans during a formal
presentation all day Friday, a wild
pub cawl Friday night, and race day
on Saturday. The weather on
Saturday was above 0 degn.'e5, and
not too great for tobogganing, but th race
was awesome!
The event served to prove that placing style
over is a risky thing in engineering.
Many of the teams had put much money and
time into fancy fibreglass shells and novel
configurations for their sleds, and yes, they
DID look good as they were hurling their
riders to the snow and launching themselves
off the course into the spectators! Our sleds
were economy class vehicles when compared
with the outlandish budgets some of the
other teams had spent for their sleds, but our
toboggans looked good on the hill and we
kicked butt in tile race!
Waterloo was by far the fastest school on
the hilL with both of our teams averaging 45
km/h, and earning the 2nd and 3rd fastest
times of the day of the 40 teams. The
Mudslide team was also n minaloo for \xst
leam spirit, best braking (not!!), and
11lC6I: cash. We are proud to say
that Mudslide was one of only two krunS to
hit the steel fence twice, SO we're not quite
sure how they were nominated for best
braking system. ... but hey, it lookOO go<XI! The
Dedd Sledd hit a lop speed of 47 km/h,
serond only to the Univecity of Calgary with
their top speed of 50 km/h (and braking
d.istmce of 3 metres w llkh hurled all riders
from the sled!).
The University of Alberta won the
competition for the best overall toboggan,
and the event will be sponsored by the
University of Alberta next year. L'Ecoie
Polytechnique captured second place with
their "A valanche" sled and the
University of Maryland's ''Temtpin
Flyer" took third place overall
Both the Dedd Sledd and
Mudslide would like to thank all of
our sponsors for this competition,
and without their help we would not
have been able to compete.
Anyone who wanls to learn more
about the competition, or who have
ideas about new and better
toboggans - come talk to the 4th Yr
Civils and let's make some magic
mushrooms!
A6 The Iron Warrior, Friday, February 5,1993
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Institute for Computer Research
"How to make a lighter, faster and cheaper Robot"
Ralph Hoflich
IW Staff
W
alking around campus this last
little while, I became more and
more aware of the number of
seminars directed towards robotics.
Robotics is a growing field here at the
University of Waterloo and we certainly
have a Jot to offer. On Monday, January 25,
the Institute for Computer Research
held a seminar on robotics. The seminar
directed by Dr. David Wang was presented
to a capacity crowd in IX: 1302..
The robotics department at Waterloo is a
mixture of three main faculties: MechanicaL
Electrical and Computer, and System
Design. Generically, robots have been
massive, slow, and expensive. This is
mainly due to the strong and heavy arms
robots use. Despite this massive size, robots
still cannot lift heavy weights. To add to
this, robots typically lack intelligence,
dexterity, and force controL The seminar
showed how all these elements could be
modified for a lighter, faster and cheaper
robot
One goal of Dr. Wang's work is to
increase the speed and reduce the mass of
today's robots. However this uncovers an
impoIiant caveat Many light weight robots
suffer from extreme vibrations which can
completely misalign the robot. However,
this condition can be overcome with robot
controL
Robot control can adapt to these
vibrations. A simple solution would be to
add damper.; and to all of the joints
of the robot. This works fine, assuming
you've calculated the right spring tensions,
but as soon as the load changes, this tension
has to be changed. Additionally, springs
and dampers could not be used in a
tracking situation, What would be ideaL is a
situation where the robot relays positional
information to a computer and the
computer can add additional torque in
whichever direction is needed to dampen
the vibrational effect. This is in essence robot
controL
Fortunately for us, we have aa::ess to high
speed computers which make this sort of
control easier. Due to sophisticated
algorithms, we can track the angles of each
motor in the robot and move it to a
destination angle. This is all done in real
time. A number of different robot
configwations were shown to the audience.
What's being done at the university?
Well, research is being done to reduce the
mass of the robot while reducing vibrations.
Experiments are being conducted which
measure vibrations, which are very difficult
to model accurately, due to an infinite
number of modes of vibration. Robot
control is an important matter here. It has
been shown that modulating the torque
required can produce smooth, vibrationless
motion of a robotic arm.
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pizzas!) and to Rob Wong (C&D manager)
for re-programming the machines after the
repairs. I1l treat you both to a donut
The last thing I want to talk about is tI1e
Student Life Endowment Fund This tenD,
there is $40,000 to be spent on various
'student life' projects acroos campus. The
deadline is Februaty 12 Projocis that qualify
or consideration are those that a)lncrease
aa:'eSOlbility b)Improve safety and dImprove
lounge or student space. The fund is not
intended to rover operating m>ls and ple:lse
do not submit proposals of an academic
nature. fubmission fonns are available from
John Leddy in the Campus Centre. If you
have any questiaoo about this fuOO. or about
how you can bec:nme involvEd in the vari<xJs
'Student Ufe' committees, then come and
talk tome.
Well, tharsitforoow'Htheocmnawails!
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even three years old, welL congratulations, it
is a LOr of MONEY. Due alrnoot entirely to
your donations, the WEEF broke $1
MIlllON this term and is still acre1erating.
Our budget for all of 1993 is $100
000. That's half of Dean Burn's total
equipment budget! Tell that to the next
person who tells you we aren't maldng a
d:iference. Since we started the WEEF, the
Ao:nunting and Science farulties have set up
endowments, and Recreation Students and
the Federation of Students are interested in
doing so. We've had calls from other
universities, interested in oopying our Sl.1Ol!S5.
So as you can see, the WEEF is making a
differeoce.
Other events of this term will include a
meeting of the WEEP Booxd of Directors and
tour visits by companies who are
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Rounding the Bend
Another topic of research here at the
university is that of a robot wrist This wrist
allows motion in any direction, yet is light
weight and can be, using robot control,
manipulated such that very little vibration is
seen. The potential for this kind of a robot is
vast
Despite all the research in this field,
there's still a lot of groundwork to be
covered. Topics of improvement are force
controL adaptive control (adaptation of the
robot to different environmental situations
such as changes in weight) and greater
intelligence of the robot
Overall, the presentation and the
congeniality of the speaker were fantastic.
ICR is to be commended for holding such
seminars which help out students, _
professors and the public at large for such
disrussions. It is seminars like these which
remind me of the fact that Waterloo still is
the best engineering school in Canada.
Vievienne Ojala Talk,
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address i$ues of partirular concern to female
engineers. The first event of this tenn had a
graduate from Systems Engineering,
Vivienne Ojala, talk most entertainingly
about her work experiences and the
challenges of raising a family. Anyone
interested was invited to attend, and another
talk may be given later in the term.
A mentorship program is also organized
by the committee which intrOOure; younger
students to pa;sible mentors. This provides a
means for increased interaction between
different levels of undergraduate students,
and can offer a resource for the younger
students in dealing with problematic
situations such as worl<place disaimination.
The committee is not directly affiliated
with the engineering society, but if you have
any suggestions for them, or wish to
puticipate in their activities, drop a note in
my box or talk to June Lowe or Dr. Lennox.
the co-chairs of the Waterloo Women's
Engineering Committee.
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The Iron Warrior, Friday, February 5,1993
A7
IEEE
NEWS
T
he latest IEEE tour of the High
Voltage Power Lab featured the
expected sparks and hmg;; of a high
voltage show, but as Profesc;or Croo; pointed
out. there \Va<; a lot more to high voltage than
that. Among other things, there was a
camera capIDle of capturing on film, objzds
moving at 1/10 the speed of light. This
Waterloo technology was used in the Hubble
Telescope. If there is enough interest, a
second tour can poosibly be arranged. Did
you know that Waterloo is the only
university in Canada with a High Voltage
Lab?
The IEEE is offering a new service for
members and non-members. The IEEE
WAlSfAR dial-in line is up. The existing
University run WATSTAR lines will be
disconnected soon To get access, come to
EZ-3359. The fee is $2 for members and $10
for non-members.
There is a new NCR 486 running in the
McNaughton Center (E2-3359). It will be
running Go Corps SDK's when the kits
anive. The software is pen-OOsed HopefuIly
by the time you read this the kits will have
anived. Come check it out!
Robotic Workshops are being held every
Tuesday at 4:30 in CPH 3386. The
workshops started February 26th. If you
want to learn how to build a simple robot,
then here's your chance. Just showup!
Marc RisdaJe
Team Propagandist
G
reetings to all you die hard
race fans! As promised in
the last issue of the IW, I
shall now divulge some (but not too
many) of the technical details
concerning the Midnight Sun II.
As I had usly ti ed,
Midnight S t e t
wheeled lay It has a 2
m wheel base a 1.7 m t:rad< Width. The
aerobody's dimensions are 2 m wide by 5.8
m long by 13 m to the top of the canopy. fur
those of you not yet up to speed with the
metric system, I'll save you the bother of
pulling out your BPs and tell you that it's a
huge car. When everything's said and done,
it should have a 85 m tum radius and that's
no small feat
The space frame will be made from thin
walled tDJ1-T6 aluminum tubing pined by
plate gussets. It's rumored to weigh under 2D
pounds including roll cage and other safety
related niceties. The whole works will be
suspended by a staggered A-arm and wheel
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beam cnnfiguration in the front and a swing-
arm in the rear. All three wheels are
interchangeable 20", 48 spoke models.
Stopping power is provided by disk brakes.
One of the roolest thing;; about the car is
the aerobody. It is best in
its resemb . ' tfA'f&1S.

by . . The OOsic layout has
the driver forward with the solar anay spread
out behind on a flat plane surface. There are
ajr intakes incorporated into the design which
force air into the cabin to fill low pressure
areas and cool the driver. The back of the
canopyisopen to allow the
air to escape. A scale model of the aerobody
built for wind tunnel testing is now being
shown in the Midnight Sun office. I strongly
recommend that you check it out It's really
neat
The solar array consists of 800 panels
supplied by AstroPower. Not only will they
be built into four removable and
interchangeable panels on the top surface of
the car, but they will also be mounted on the
bottom surface in order to catch energy
reflected from the road.
Have I piqued yourcuricsityyet? Theonly
way to find out more about the Midnight Sun
n is to go down to EZ 1300N between U,
hours of 103) and 12:30 or 2:30 and 3:30 and
get involved! We still need all the help we
can muster. If you've got hands, you're
invited!
While we're on the subject of support,
Midnight Sun n T 4Urts are finally available
in the Orifice. How can you go wrong for
$10? You can still Adopt a Solar Cell for $5 if
you don't wc.1ring your d )rotion.
DespiL some flnancial and logisli set-
backs, everything is going sl'nooUuy and th
car is still very much on scl1CduJc. COJn(! on
down and find out how you Gill help make
things run even smoother. Se you on the
other side of mid-tcrms!
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Point / Counterpoint
The Iron Warrior, Friday, February 5, 1993
The Need for Increased
Funding in Science and
Technology
m
e Engineering faculty at the
University of Waterloo is under-
funded. The Dean's equipment
budget is such that somewhere arCJlIId :;ux)
we will have replaced all of our current
tX]Uipment. Engineering coorses no looger fit
into their class rooms and many classes do
not even have a home room C2A systems for
example). The equipment in many of our
labs works intermittently or not at all and,
with the possible exception of the Watstar
system, is usually out of date. Anyone who
has worl<ed at oompanie; such as BNR will
agree that using the archaic electronic lahs
here at the university is painful after working
in up to date lal::6.
Every couple of weeks you see yet another
study that forecasts a shOI1age of engineers in
Canada. High technology research and
development are one of the ways that
Canada will be able to break out of our
dominated economy and maintain
the high standards of living we currently
enjoy. It is questionable whether the
Engineering schools in Canada can produce
the number of highly edUGlted profE$ionaJs
that will be needed in the fuhne
'There are a great nwnber of Liberal Arts
graduates in Canada This has berome more
evident in the midst of the rurrent: reassion
because so many of these graduates are
unabJe to lind pm, or are being laid off from
the pb; they have. The siruation is tterefore
very straight forward. The number of
engineering and science graduates needs to
be iJ.nmsed. The unfatunate aspect is that
there is no funding to pursue this goal If
Canada wants to remain oompetitive in the
gloOOl marl<et. this ftm:iing must rome from
sarnewhre A JXHiIbIe SOI..U're of these funds
is to limit the number of people entering
Liberal Arts degrees.
WhiJe this slatement will provoke a great
ntnnber of "big brother" objections, it really
isn't so different from the rurrent situation.
The Canadian government pays money to
the universities based on the number of
urdeIgraduates that they have enrolled. The
D:mt of Engineering here at Waterloo cannot
allow more frosh than he already does
because the infrastructure will not support
more students. Yet, he cannot get more
government funding unless he increases the
number of students he is graduating with
engineering degrees. This is a classic catx:h-22
situation.
If the university were to limit the number
of Arts fresh it accepts, this would release
resources that are sorely needed by the
Engineering farulty. This in tum would give
the necessary resources to Engineering to
begin to once again increase the size of the
frosh class. This jump sIart would remove
the catch-22 and would lead to a larger
number of engineers being graduated.
There is a pen:eption in society tOOay that
every person should aspire to a university
education. These perceptions result in
people going to university even if they do
not have the desire or the drive to gain much
f\meSeeCancda- A15
t-lEBllE!f HaavaIdsrud
SpeciallDtherN
W
hen I was asked to write this
article I immediately replied
"yes" thinking, or rather not
thinking how incredibly easy it would be
pointing out mISOIlS for govemmenl: funding
Liberal Arts degrees rather than these such as
Engineering, Math. Computers etc. Later I
realized thought was required despite my
own Arts degree in English Literature.
Despite my hesitation I felt confident my
artsie degree had prepared me for, at least,
writing an article for the IW.
Jokes run rampant between Liberal Arts
students am. the rest of the dep:utments on
campus. I'm sure the majority of students
know what you say to an Arts major after
graduation: "I'll have a burger and fries
please". Contrary to popular belief Arts
students are capable of much. much more.
Hell we just may be more valuable to society,
employers, and other students than most
people are willing to admit. Existing
misconceptions concerning Liberal Arts
categorize these programs as inconsaJuential
and generally a waste of time. Skills a<XJUired
through other programs in the university are
labeled as worthy and thus considered for
govenunent funding.
Acmrding to the new principal ofRenison
College, Dr. Gail Cuthbert Brandt believes
students with Arts degrees have a great deal
to offer. She slates: "croday) employers are
acknowledging the advantages of hiring
graduates with a solid grounding in the
Liberal Arts whom they can train for their
own specialized positions. What they
require, they are telling educators, are
imaginative, versatile people with critical
thinking skills who are able 10 COll'UllI.lIIim
and relate effectively with other people.
Consequently, the relevance of Liberal Arts
programmes has never been greater." In the
long run payoffs from a Liberal Arts degree
just may payoff. Maybe government
funding am be useful and not oonsidered a
waste when implemented in Arts program;.
But then that's just an artsie's opinion What
do we really know anyway?
Government funding 1inds itself alkxated
towan:is programs that have an immediate
payoff after graduation. A great supply of
specialized jobs are available for students
possessing Engineering, Math. Computer
and Science degrees, whereas Arts degrees
can be applied virtually anywhere. The
diversity available in Arts programs are
perhaps the strength of Arts students. We
have available to us more electives than exN
for mast other students that teach us how to
manage our time am. be flexible in a<XJ.Uiring
new skills. Often the skills paiS$ed by Arts
students are not a$Odated with their degree.
As a fourth year English major I have a final
tenn completely filJed with electives. What
more could a student ask for. I have an
opportunity to branch out beyond the limits
of an English degree and add to my ever-
growing list of things I can do. And I should
add to that, thing;5 I do well.
Other programs may need funding for
more lab equipment and toys in general,
whereas Arts programs involve more of an
expansion of the mind The greater the input
available to Arts students, the greater our
ability to expand our thinking. Government
funding provides opportunities for Arts
students to experience new things and gain
valuable experience through field trips, and
yes even equipment Computers and their
software, woodworking equipment and
much more are invaluable to Uberal Arts
programs. Despite the need for upgrading
and expanding in Liberal Arts programs,
they remain fur down the list of departments
to allocate funding towards. The entire
viewpoint of society places emphasis on
aiding departments that are specialized and
worth something to the workplace
immediately after graduation. However, in
the long run, specializations berome ol::rolete
and new skills are required in order for
survival in ever changing indtNries. Liberal
Arts students are trained 10 learn new skills.
They are sponges soaking up everything

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A9
ntegration Part 2


The IW Not-50-Short Story
A
dam's mind stirred. Eggs. He smelt eggs.
Mother always cooked eggs and bacon Sunday
evening, they were Father's favourite. He
wanted to run into the washroom, but Adam realized
that he should probably open his eyes first
Sound.
"Adam. Adam? Oh thank Arioch." Sighed a voice.
"Nurse, come here quickly, he's coming around"
Adam recognized. the voice, it was Ginny. "Where am
I and why is she here?" he thought
Light
Too Bright. Again, and this time much better. Two
blurry shapes.
"Oh won't the doctor be so happy! He gets so little,
really. I mean the last time he actually saved someone
was at least seven years ago. Anyone can set broken
bones, and sew stitches. I must go get him"
One shape receded into the darkness at the comer of
Adam's vision and one grew closer.
Cold.
Adam felt cold across his brow, and that sensation
flowed down his face. Ebbing from his forehead, welling
up in his eye sockets and then spilling over on to Adam's
cheeks the cool sensation travelled.
Taste. Sweet, sweet as the kisses he had been given.
Sweet as the kisses from Sarah when she tucked him in to
bed Those days were so long ago. Sweet A drop of
water trickled into the comer of Adam's mouth. A prick
on his arm.
Suddenly like a storm, a wave of darkness crossed over
Adam's eyes. It enclosed him fully and without remorse.
It was black, more severe than the light had ever been.
Gosing in and suffocating, pulsating back and forth with
substance, like a jelly, cold and clammy against his skin.
Swirling arotmd. patterns developed in the darkness. No
colours, just different intensities of black creating lines
and figures. These tormented him, prying, pressing,
pulling; forcing it's way inside. "Adam it's us."
Slowly a light grew out of the darkness, growing and
expanding. This was not the warm light that had
surrounded his eyes. Colours flashing and dancing, a
whirling dervish, swords clashing at his ears and
nowhere to run. Father was there, Mother too. Then
Sarah, with both squirrels on her shoulders.
"You killed us Adam." The squirrels chimed in
chorus. "All of us," their tails curling up around Sarah's
face. They intertwined and formed a pair of claws that
pulled away at her face, ripping and pulling exposing
gleaming white bone beneath. "This is what Sarah is
now Adam She's six feet under and you caused it"
Mother's and Father's bodies shrivelled, the skin
growing grey and peeling. Their clothes twned to rags
and fell to the floor. Bones jutted through, baring
themselves to the weird environment, and these two
crumbled and fell to the floor. "This is what you did and
you will pay Adam. Without remorse, these two died at
your hands. You've failed to repent in the time allotted
and you will pay. You will pay," the chorus grew.
The squirrels podies turned inside out and fell like
bloody rags to the floor, leaving two red> ragged streaks
against Sarah's white blouse. Adam tried to scream his
rebuttal, but no sound would emit. His mouth was
parched dry, and nothing could will a drop of saliva into
Adam's mouth. "A saltine factory" was the first thought
into Adam's mind and before he realized. it a sharp pain
grew in his stomach. Doubling over, his throat bulged,
subsided and bulged again. Premium Pluses spewed out
of his mouth, forming neat tidy piles on the ground
waiting to be boxed. Falling down Adam passed out
Devils of all shapes and sizes piled around his head,
leaping to and fro. Pointy tails and pitchforks, long dark
moustaches. Father used to wear a dark moustache.
Angelic figureS also, garbed in outfits of all colours,
glaring and mismatching. A garish assemblage
approached his nose. Trumpets blared and banners
waved back and forth, and back again, swirling round
and round, mesmerizing and hypnotic They tickled at
the tip of his nose causing an urge to sneeze. Adam
suppressed it in order to watch the spectacle and in doing
so realized it was wrong.
"Aa-IOO"
They flew away to all four comers of Adam's world.
And they were replaced by a figure that dwarfed the
devils. The same scale as Adam himself, the entity
brushed against the ceiling supports of the room. His
feet fell with a booming crash and the small figures
scurried away with his advance. The figure was the
epitome of masculinity. No developed muscles of any
sort. No hair seemed to grow on this creature except for
the top of his head. His face shone with a beauty Adam
had never seen before. It was unearthly, boyish yet
timeless. It reminded Adam of pictures of his youth, but
of how he dreamed he would look as a man. Not this
ungainly lump of flesh he was now, lacking of all grace
and delicateness, unable to create a precise motion. No,
this creature was of another world. And it spoke.
"Adam, you make me laugh. Your antics always have.
There are times when I want to take you home with me."
Adam's faced convulsed. The beauty of the voice
could not be believed. It was like an angel, or so as
Adam always believed they would sound It lilted and
flitted like a bird on a breeze, flowing from thought to
thought. It's slightest intonation conveyed it's full
meaning.
"No Adam. not as a pet Don't be foolish, as a friend, a
lover, an equal. But I'm always held back. It is not that I
don't love you, I always have and that has been obvious.
I think Zametrides would be jealous though. He would
make your life a living hell, excuse the pun. But that is
not erd:beIy it. To 8CXll!pt a mmaI, now there is the aux,
and few would. We must leave our relationship as it
stands, I your patron saint and you my hand upon your
earth. Luck be blessed of your actions."
Darkness swarmed back and Adam fought to accept
what had just occurred. A knife appeared and it shone
with a silver light against the black backdrop. It curved
tantalizingly across his line of sight and red runes blazed
on its blade. He could not understand what they said,
but that did not stop Adam from trying to read it's
cryptic message. It was a doubtful task and Adam spent:'
two full days trying to decipher it's meaning. But
nothing was gained, except for a respect for the Scottish.
What a lovely people, kilts and all. Adam lifted the
dagger above his heart and then pressed the point
against his skin. It pressed down but failed to break the
skin. Two weeks were spent attempting to surge past
that barrier, to no avail. Adam was now aware of the
reason he was lacked the admission to the domain of the
tall stranger, he lacked will and a sense of direction,
something he vowed to correct, even at the danger of
creating stubbornness in his heart, for Stan the God of
Oompa Rides Again. The knife turned gold and began
to spark The heat bwnt Adam's hands but he held on
none the less. With a frenzy of flying white lights
Adam's mind burst into
Her nipples traced a line from his button to the nape and
it bwnt hard with a fire. Adam thought of Sarah. The
vomit would have coursed out of his stomach if not for
the fact that Adam had not had any solid food for several
days. As it was, the event was an unpleasant experience
and thoughts of com spread throughout Adam's mind.
'1've got you. [)on't worry. The Lurker is gone." If
only she had known what he had been through.
Adam woke.
A nurse was the centre third of Adam's view. "Fmally,
Dr. Riviera's miracle cure drug has had a success. nine
dollars and ninety nine cents will never be wasted
again."
"Great," Adam croaked " I've been hospitalized for
falling down."
"It's more than that young man. You were almost
eaten by a Lurker if your friend Ginny here."
"At least I've survived the Dr. Riviera's drug
treatments."
"Yes, and you must tell him what occurred."
"Yeah, like I remember," Adam lied
Over the next several days Aclam made a successful
recovery from the Lurker attack and Dr. Riviera's drugs.
It twned out that Ginny had struck the Lurker with a
rock square between the eyes, felling the evil foe. She
had then dragged Adam to the hospital infirmary.
Finally, after Adam signed several forms outlining his
lack of legal recourse towards the institution for his
medical treatment, he was relea5ed.
"That was about the worst week I've spent here in my
entire 10 years," proclaimed Adam! "Now I'm going to
be late in getting to school, I can't believe that I'll miss
frosh week"
"Oh, it will be just fine silly," consoled Ginny. "From
whdt'l here, you pmbabJy didn't want to go Ihroush aD
the humiliating things they make you do."
"You don't understand, this was goin' to be my fresh
start. A compl te redo. Now I'm coming into th) game
behind. Poopl will be more suspicious of m , ask me
more questions. It will almOlSt be impossible to blend in"
"Well, you had better get going, your train leaves in
just over an hour and you know it's at least a twenty five
minute drive to the station."
"Yeah, you're right. Here, I have something for you."
Adam pulled out the small bundle from under his bed.
"It's not much, but who has much here."
"Adam, why? You know you shouldn't do things
like ... Oh, that's beautiful, Adam!"
Adam took a ring, fashioned from gold wire, and put it
on her pinky finger. He had spent three years tealing
the materials from the shop and other places. It had
taken another couple years to make just so. The wires
were braided and formed the shape of a small flower. "I
just wanted you to have it"
Ginny blushed, then leaned forwards to give Adam a
quick kiss. Adam deftly manoeuvred and caught the
kiss on his cheek "So long Ginny."
"Get off to Trafalgar, you son of a gun, and join the
engineers!"
I:mprint
an extravaganza of
ecstasy a glow spread
throughout his body.
He wac; coming home.
Adam's eyes opened.
Ginny stood above
Adam, her green orifices
aglow. "Oh thank God
you're okay. I've been so
worried about you for
such a time."
could sure use some help

Her breasts brushed
against Adam's chest as
she leaned forwards and
kissed Adam's cheek.
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The Fed Election Pages
The Iron Warrior, Friday, February 5, 1993
Catherine Coleman
George Van Nooten
and Rick Kush
O
ne of the strengths of this
team of candidates stems
from their collective
experience: Coleman is an
Environment and Resource
Studies/Political Science student,
Kush is in Recreation/Business, and
Van Nooten is a Computer
Engineering student. All are in
their fourth year.
Coleman, Kush, and Van Nooten have
identi.6ed specific areas that each would like
to address. A oommon goal of all three
candidates is a Jess fragme:ntOO campus. UW
students tend to strongly identify with their
respective programs and faculties, partly
because awareness of events and issues in
other faculties is lacking. The Federation of
Students am be iINrumental in making UW
a morerohesive campus.
Coleman has a related goal in mind for
students. She would welcome the
opportunity to improve existing (and
sometimes erroneous) images of faculties.
Engineers, in particular, suffer
disproportionately from image problems.
She notes that the Faculty of Engineering has
created a very suocessful endowment fund
(WEEF) that has been ropied elsewhere on
campus. Engineering also has the best record
of any faculty for recycling, and has voired its
support for UWs Dance Program. Coleman
attributes the latter point to the recognition
that arts and scierf:E disciplines enhance one
another. These positive contributions are
examples of areas that Coleman wants
to highlight campus-wide
Kush cites safety and aca;!SSibility for all
students as his goals. Kush, who has had
extensive involvement in all parts of the
Student Coordinated Plan as well as the
Safety Audit and Aa:essibility Committees,
favows the integration of safety programs on
campus. All three programs - Student
Security, Arts LibraIy, and the Safety Van-
rouId be improved if integrated: the Safety
Van could follow a regular maintenance
scImule, a radio on the same frequency as
campus security rould be installed, and the
Student Security Service rould be expu:rled
to accommodate more students during
increased hours of operation. Over the p!St
two years, $100 (XX) has been used to install
help lines, awareness, and improve
lighting. Kush believes that safety is an
integral component of quality of life for
students, and will ensure that security and
related 5sues rontinue to be addres:lEd
As VP, Operations and Finance, Van
Nooten would look after the Federation of
Students finances. He advocates no deficit
spending and will see that the Federation
stays on top of its spending, despite pre$llI'ES
Catherine Coleman
to increase expenditures. He will stress the
"operations" part of the position, especially
the boards and clubs. Of particular
impor1ance for the 1993-94 year is the Student
Coordinated Plan. As representatives of the
student body, the Federation of Students has
a key voice in deciding what roncepts will be
incorporated. Van Nooten supports the
fonnation of focus group; to ao:urately reflect
students' roncems. He will make no lofty
promises to create new services, but is
rommitted to looking after existing services,
and will evaluate them based on their
effectiveneg; in meeting students' needs. He
draws on his co-op experience in sales and
marlceting to achieve this.
All team members are roncemedabout the
co-op program. Coleman, Kush, and Van
Nooten are all co-op students and each places
a high priority on co-op education. They
acknowledge that they cannot single-
handa:lly :revamp the syst:ern. but am have a
positive impact on how it operates.
Eventually, a computerized information
networl< will drastically change the process of
job placement for students. In the interim,
pooting5 for interviews rouId be expanded to
other areas on campus, so that thousands of
students am avoid heavy rongestion around
the postings during interview periods.
Increased and easier aa:ess to students' .files
would lessen chances of error, as students
rould examine their files to see that they are
up to date and aa::urale.
Funding for students is always a con.<:em,
and this team supports the efforts of the
Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
(OUSA) and its proposal for an income-
rontingent loan repayment plan. The plan
would increase accessibility to post-
serondary education and ease the .financial
burden that students experience while
attending school The three candidates
promise to work very hard to see that the
quality of education is not erode:::l in the face
ofrising tuition fas.
Kush supports the re-estab1ishment of the
Housing Issues Ad Hoc Committee, and
wants to see representation from both
students and administration on the
Committee. He advocates lobbying local
govenunent on issuEs such as re-zoning and
concentrated housing.
The team of Catherine Coleman, George
Van Nooten, and Rick Kush offer you
effective leadership, integrity, and
commitment. They are dedicated
individuals and promote a team effort. Their
empha<iis on a putnership approo.ch extends
to students and they look forward to working
with you to address your ronrems. Please
exertEe your right to vote.
George Van Nooten
Lisa Yeo and
Erick Homier
O
ne of the major issues affecting
Engineering students is Co-op.
Every engineer is in co-op, and
many students across campus have had
problem; with Co-op 5eJvices, ranging from
not sending resumes to errors with employer
rankings. What recompense is there for the
students? We need to make the Dep:utment
of C(X)P Service more accountable to the
students they serve. One idea is to employ a
Co-op ombudspeIson who would mediate
any conflicts between students and the
Department of Co-op Services. Other
suggestions for how to ensure we get the
most value for our co-op d01lars are always
welrome
With cutbacks coming in every are of the
university. we need to join together and
lobby the administration for teaching
a::sistant and marking assistant money. TAs
and marl<ers are an important supplement to
learning, without them we lose a new
perspective on rourse material, as well as
practical examples that there may not be time
to cover in the lectures. The loss of such
assistants to professors greatly detracts for the
quality of our education
Traditionally. engineers have taken the
initiative with programs they feel are
necessary. Examples include the vsc: and
the high school shadowing program. These
are initiatives of which you should be (and no
doubt are) proud of, and it is time that the rest
of campus catch up. The high school shadow
program should be expanded to other
faculties, it is a wonderlul way to help high
Lisa Yeo
Erick Homier
school students decide what they want to do.
If you have any questions. concerns or
ideas, please feel free to rontact either Erick or
myself, Lisa, in the federation of Students
office, or stop us on campus, we're always
happy to speak with you.
l'lfottattatelyJ'dueoto -external factors, the submi88ion fIom
Greg Zografos and Andrew Allan Ross can be found on AlS.
CFS ... or not!
Chris OeBrusk
IW Staff
I
t seem; we do this every rouple of tmns
or so. On February 9th and 10th the
students of the University of Waterloo
will once again vote in a referendum to
withdraw from a student federation Last
year Waterloo withdrew from the" Ontario
Federation of Students bocause the ()ffi was
more interested in taking political stands
than concentrating on issues related to
e:::lucation. This yearwe are being asked if we
wish to withdraw from the Canadian
Federation of Students (CPS) for the same
reason.
The Q5 is a national body oonsisting of the
student societies from a number of schools
across Canada. Unlike the Canadian
Rick Kush
Federation of Engineering Students, the Q5
does not represent all of the university
students in Canada. It currently represents
approximately 25% of the undergraduate
and graduate students in Canada Its larger
members include Waterloo, Carleton,
Ryerson, McMaster and Dalhousie.
The CFS is intended to be a national
lobbying body for issues concerning
university funding and education TIlose
arguing that Waterloo should withdraw
from Cffi ronterrl that the organization has
failed. to meet these goals and is concentrating
on political objectives unrelated to education
Pemap; the most famous position the CPS
look on a non education issue was its stand
against the Gulf War. They have also taken

The Iron Warrior, Friday, February 5, 1993
The Fed Election Pages
A 11
Kate Rushforth
Rob McGeachy and
Dave Kruis
W
e, Kate Rushforth (candidate
for President), Rob McGeachy
(candidate for Vice-President,
Operations & Finance), and Dave Kruis
(candidate for Vice-President, University
Affairs) have proven that we work well
together as a team through last summer's
Canada Day celebration which attracted
record crowds of over 50 000. We have
learned from our various involvement on
campus committees that goals can be more
easily accomplished through the efforts of
a team.
We feel the following issues directly effect
Engineering students and are prepared to
take the necessary steps to improve the
Engineering experience at Waterloo.
Due to the recent ruts to the Q)Ap system
(reductions in the grant and loan programs),
increases in tuition fees, and increases to the
cost of student expenses (food, books,
housing), students are experiencing a higher
financial burden. Many students find
themselves requiring additional support to
make ends meet. We propose to take steps to
remedy this problem through a Corporate
Grant System; with roIpOrations sponsoring
work-to-study programs and. donating to a
Student Grant Fund. Those students who
demonstrate a need for additional funding
will now have this as an additional resource
to explore.
As fellow ro-op students, we understand
the frustration in dmling with an
system; a system that is experiencing the
more general problem of Wlderfunding. U\ V
does not currently receive special funding
from the provincial government to offset the
additional costs of operating a co-op
education program. The cnsts of running a
co-op university are higher due to the
educational costs of running two streams
(duplication of classes), the overhead of
running the university year-round, and
increased administrative ro;is. We are going
to join with the other co-op universities in
Ontario to support the UW administration's
proposal for additional funding for co-op
universities currently in front of the Ministry
of Colleges and Universities, and has been for
the last five years.
The quality of teaching is another roncem
of Engineering students. We propose to
standardize the method of professor
From Left to Right, Rob McGeachy. Kate Rushforth and Dave Kruis
evaluation a.croo; campus. Through this we
will be able to compare the instructors
campus wide, identifying those who ex:rel
and thooe who would benefit from additional
training.
Student life is an important aspect of the
university experience. If elected, we propose
the following two programs. Erst, a Peer
Advice and Resource Centre, which would
provide students with infonnation and
advice on topics ranging from tutoring and
carpools, to financial planning and peer
advice. Our second propooed program is the
Welcome Back Week in January. Canying
the enthusiasm of orientation week through
the Winter tenn witl1 a week of events to
welrome bad< returning co-op students.
We believe that what distinguishes us is
our approacl1 to these issues. We have come
up with feasible ideas that will take UW
students 'a step in the right direction'.
llin't forget to vote on Tuesday February 9
and Wednesday February la, c.P H Foyer.
Dietmar Kubasta, Jimmy Rocchetta, and Sharon Flood
T
he University of Waterloo is,
without a doubt, most famous for
the strength of its Engineering
program(s). The number and variety of
programs, from Civil, Geo, and Mech. to
S.D., from Chern. and Electrical to
Computer Eng., are what make UW
unique. Our strengths are exemplified
in many ways, especially the Midnight
Sun projects and the fact that Microsoft
hires more UW grads than anyone else.
It was also a major factor in Macleans
Magazine's 1992 Canadian university
ranking, where UW came out on top.
All in all, the engineering faculty is the
most visible part of our university.
However, we all krow that there is rowte-e to
go from the top but down and the current gloOOl
recession isn't making things any easier. As a
faculty, yoo have been gerauusly erdowed with
subsidies and donations, especially from the
private sector. Obviously the quality of your
education and the quality of your life will be
affa:taj by Iearer e:::oromic times.
Without addressing funding, there are many
ways of ensuring that not only the quality of
education but, rrore importantly, your Quality of
Student Life neither deteriorates nor is left
unaddressed. Engineers comprise, perhaps, the
ma;t misunderstood student group at UW. By
nature of your programmes - and 0lU"S - you are
fororl to focus solely on engineering issues. Your
tightly knit, cohesive units are seen by many as
exclusionary, elitist and ignorant - all three of
which you (as a group) are not. A brief
appearan:e at IDETS will ronfinn that engireers
in general are, in fact, quite sociable, friendly and
outgoing.
As a team working for all UW students,
regardless of faculty affiliation, we - Dietmar
KUBASTA, Sharon FLOOD and Jimmy
ROCO-JElT A - are dedicated to breaking down
barriers between faculties and individuals.
Crmting one strong University of Waterloo unit,
wilh:>ut individual aniIro;ity or misgivings, is our
ultimate goo!. Improving our collective Quality of
Student Life is the prime directive.
CmmwrOOltioo, urdestarding and ronip1$ion
are key ingredients in our common approach.
Putting ourselves in everyone's shoes to
understand the nature of their roncems is a vital
aspErl of our team approach.
Mr. Zaharchuk's mwder slYJCka:i everyone on
campus aJually, wrether Arts, Optotreby, Math.
Scieoce or other student. whette- they knew him
or not This tragedy has, we believe, brought
everyone cb;er togefre" in the krowledge that we
truly are in this as one single unit. To acromplish
this, we en:ourage EngSoc to conduct a Quality of
Student life SI.lI"Ve)' similar to fre one carried out in
Environmental Studies last year (1992). to
light the l$ues you personally - and in
generaI - are roncemed about is fre first step in
rerredying them. Opening a dialogue arrongst
students through the "friendly l::OOs", with Faculty
and the Administtation is key to bringing about
pffitive change. Arrl, as we continue to him from
present and former engineering students, the
opportunities for change are plenty in the
faculty -yoor faculty - as vvell as on the carnpt5 as
awrole.
Making the "friendly Feds" roore responsive,
rrore visible ani rrore acrenible to you is arother
important goal we rope to achieve. The current
Diebnar Kubasta
Federation of Students team made excellent
progress in attaining greater visibility and we
intend to continue th:ir efforts.
Ensuring that your Rrl tee is wisely Sf8U, that
all accounts remain "in the black" and that we
remain acrountable is also high on the agenda.
Encouraging the University adminLc.;trntion to
inamse its oourse offering> for on-(ampus spring
IEIm o>-op students is yet anotI:er priority. nUs
rotonlya1lowsatteociing o>-op sludents,a.rri aU of
you are here in the surnrrer at one point, to choa;e
from ard better courses, but it will make tl'C
University more efficient on an ongoing (12
1OOnth) cycle. This, be::ause our facilities Oe:ture
halls, computer rooms and libraries) will not
experienre pm!< demards (i.e. overload) in fre Fall
and Winter while being deserted between May
and September, but rather because demand will
01Opclully) be spread over the entire year. This is
!'either unfeasible ror unreasonable, aM we will
do whatever we can to make this aspErl of the (X)-
op stream, as well as otre-s, better.
Equally important, however, is the campus-
wide adoption of a safety campaign. one which
would ero>Il1?JSS rot only personal safety (in the
form of workshop; and improved seJVices), but
also physical accident prevention (dearing Ring
Road sidewalk Of snow, educating jJggers and
proestrlans on tl-e of sidewalks ani the
necessity of relejjve clothing at night, etc.) and
Jimmy Rocchetta
1OOre. One oould go as far as making protective
headgear (i.e. hardhals) standard issue items for
everyone on campus, but we feel that what is
inside people's heads will protect them more
effroiveIy than what is on the ootside. We know
you1) ilgt'. All 'lfuI.y idcos valid rorl srould
1x' examim>J, and we art' deh.' rminl'<i to do
whilll.>ver it k1kei to mm' this C.CllllPll<; rl bl'ttcr dnd
safur pIaa.> to \:x> for
Lastly, we krow OI'C of Ihe nm ill1portnnl
human lrails is a sense of hUlllour to go with
creativ ideas, common sense and dedicati n to
ore's work W > e;pri1l1y feel that the cngirreing
program mtoo.ics tre;e aM thl; is
why we are very much in tum wiOl your COOO?n"lS
ani ideas. That goes for all issu<s, trt rrc-ely tlll)(!
rere. Feel free to stop US anywrere 10
disa.I$ an i$u or to ask a question; we listen 10,
ard oork for, you! CoIn? out to !re 0fX!I1 forums
andgetinvolvOO. VOIeon reb9thard lOO\!
In closing, we'd like to say that we are
to you, ard
yoor i$ues as wcll as representing them efficienl:J.y,
clearly ard elkdiveiy. Nee:lk!ss to say that we're
also committed to working hard for you and
always remembering that it is you, the student,

Pk9se suf'IX>!1 US on R2bruary 9th & 10:h1 Your
Balktis your vore Let you.rseIfbe heard!
Sharon Flood
ENGITAINMENT
Unidentified Human Remains
and the True Nature of Love
I
"Warninf; Contains nudity, violence, I
_ ooaJSe language and rontrovetSial1ifu;tyles .
Kim Farwell
IW Staff
A
nd if that doesn't catch your
attention... This is a play.
You know, live theatre. It's
the upcoming presentation by the
UW Drama Department. It's
already causing a stir and it won't
be easily forgotten. This daring,
fast-paced Canadian play portrays
the modem urban experience. It is
set in Edmonton, though it could be
Any city, Anywhere. The plot
revolves around the lives of a group
of young people and their struggle
to reach out through the loneliness,
mistrust and suspicion of city life to
find companionship, sex and love.
But this isn't the life you see on
Melrose Place; this play has no
facade of nicety.
. Consider Human Remains as a dark
chama/ <DlllOOy. It's a frank portrnyaI of life;
it's funny and sad and even frightening Not
an the dlarader.; are 1ikab1e, but they still have
humour. They make us laugh. with them
and at them. Hwnrur i; so c:iten a mask for
uncomfortable situations, yet Human
Remains dOO; rot make light ci the N;ues at
hand
This play i; an ambitious undertaking fa' a
university theatre group. The biggest
challenge faad by d.irecta' Illvid Oa:ro; is
row to portray a scene sudt that it makes the
desi:n=rl impressm 00 the audierre Sare ci
the scenes involve against women
There is ro way to Bash a banner acn::a:; the
screen saying: "This is wrong". That
message has to be presented with
rompassion, in sum a way that the
pain and damage felt by the victim is
anveya:i to the aud.iexxe Some scenes are
played especially to make the audience
uncomfortable, forcing them to recognize
their own values and prejudices.
Unidentified Human Remains requires a
mature and talented cast. The actors are
extremely enthusiastic about this play, both
for the social issues it breaches and the
personal challenges it provides. Should a
lesbian be played the same as any female
character? Stereotypes can creep into
chaIacrers so easily. The question is whether
research into the lives and thoughts of
homosexuals, or abusers and their victims
will improve the actors' abilities to portray
each charader as an irdivkluaI, or will it only
help to reinforce the stereotypes.
The set is not elaborate. There are no
backdrops, no fancy effects. Set designer
Michael Poole created a scheme which will
aIIow for the quick changes in location, with a
ability to cut between scenes. It
is an ingenious design with a clever use of
spiCE in the auditorium. WIth a set like this, it
becomes the responsibility of lighting and
SOlU'ld to set the mood and give clues to the
audienre as to where the srene takes plare.
lighting designer David James explained
that the lighting maintains the focus of the
auclienre 00 the part of the stage where the
action is taking place and identifying that
1ocatioo in the charactas' world.
The Theatre of the Arts is an ideally
intimate setting for Human Remainc;. With
seating on three sides of the stage, no one is
far enough from the action to avoid the
emotional impact. This play is going to
disturb people. It was written to make the
1V generation sit up and take rotire If you
think you've semitaD, yoohaven't- yet.
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I
'll never forget the first time that I
heard Therapy? My roommate and I
were at the Opera House waiting for
Lush's opening act to take to the stage.
Even though the crowd was buzzing
noisily, we could still make out the music
being played over the PA system and we
liked what we heard. I took it upon
myself to ask the OJ what was it was.
When I got to the booth, I saw the OJ
flailing about inside. Once I finally
slowed her down long enough to ask her
what was playing, she told me it was a
new band from Ireland called Therapy?
She capped our conversation by pointing
to me and screaming at the top of her
lungs: "You need some Therapy!" It
turns out later that this OJ I was talking
to was actually the drummer from
Lush's opening band, Babes in Toyland.
That was all the endorsement we
needed.
We had the hardest time getting our
hands on a copy of Caucasian Psychosis
but once we did, it was all we listened to
for weeks. Anyone who bothered to pay
any attention to that top eleven list that I
published in the last issue of the IW will
remember that I listed the album as one
of the best of last year. Naturally, I could
G
littering Prize is a greatest hits
collection that seems to be the
rage in the record industry. The
CD consists of sixteen songs covering the
years 1981 to 1992. This review is
different in that my only exposure to
Simple Minds was their big North
American single "Don't You (Forget
About Me)", the title track to the
soundtrack from "The Breakfast Oub",
and the single "Sanctify Yourself."
However, a friend bought a copy of the
CD and I was instantly hooked and
bought a copy for myself. If your
primary musical tastes are rock or Top-
40 you probably haven't had much
exposure to Simple Minds either. The
style is neither rock nor pop, but almost a
combination somewhat similar to early
INXS (pre "Kick"). This is not to say that
it has periods of rock and then periods of
hardly wait for their new album to come
out but then I saw the Imprint's review.
The Imprint staff and I seem to be
constantly at odds when it comes to
musical taste. Therefore, I was surprised
to find a rating of four posted next to the
picture of the cover art. Despite the odd
description of the band as
"hardcorefunkmeets-hardcorethrash"
(By the way, I've decided that I want an
Imprint thesaurus for my Birthday.), I
could hardly wait to buy the album.
After giving Nurse (A&M) a thorough
listen, I have come to the conclusion that
the guy who reviewed it for the Imprint
must have been listening to the wrong
album. Where were the "sledgehammer
guitars" and the "dance-heavy beats"?
What it boils down to is that Nurse is no
Caucasian Psychosis. It's good but not
great Therapy? has watered themselves
down considerably since their last studio
venture. Sadly, they've turned down the
distortion on their guitars and their
voices. They're just not as outright raw
as they once were. This isn't the first
time that a major label has sucked the life
out of a band with a lot of potential (ie.
Sloan) and unfortunately, it's probably
not the last
pop, but Simple Minds have found a
style and stuck with it. Again, this is not
to say that all their music sounds the
same, but after listening to the CD there
is no mistaking the continuity and
evolution of their music. The melodies
and lyrics are very alluring and
addictive.
The two obvious political songs are
"Belfast Child" and "Mandela Day".
"Mandela Day" was written for a Nelson
Mandela benefit concert in 1988 before
his release from jail, but suffers from
being too literal "Belfast Child" and is a
change from their other work, but does
not suffer from "hit you over the head
politicism" of "Mandela Day". Overall,
Glittering Prize is a CD that one can
become hooked on very quickly with it's
captivating melodies and enticing lyrics.
The Iron Warrior, Friday, February 5,1993
Engitainment
A 13
R
A rock'n'road movie about a
girl who learns to drive
February 2, 1993
A film by Bruce McDonald
Ralph Hofllch
IWStaff
R
oadkill is a movie that never seems to
tire me. It has, seemingly, become
sort of a cult movie. The same people
see it, every time it oomes back to a packed
theatre at the I'rince$. I even remember some
of the faces from back when it premiered in
1990.
Roadkill revolves around it's main
character, Ramona as she serudles the frozen
cities of northern Ontario to find a hmd,. The
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IW Staff
I
ulian Cope is off Add or so it is said He
seemed clean enough when I saw him in
Toronto two years ago, but I'm not sure
feally shows in his music It's more like he's
jlN found a different supplier. None the less,
in JehovahkilL there is no return to the days of
the Cosmic A$hole No siree, here we have
Peggy Suicide to the extreme; the Mother-
Love one step forward and two steps
sideways. Julian examines in depth his
loathing of Ouistianity and all it's brought to
the world, destroying it's nahnal beauty by
suppressing the religions and worship of
nature
Jesus Quist is Not the cross
The cross is a representation
of Mana-standing anns Outstretched
Accepting the Cre.ttion
The Cross is UniveJSal
The Cross is All Supreme
The Cross is Mankind stretdling up
and Out of His Waking Dream
The Arch-D:rude, Wes5f!X.
Yeah, and he's doing that too. Calling
himself the Arch-Drude of Hair-a-
o a d
Children of Paradise, who've missed a
number of their shows already. On her
p.uneys, Ramona nms into (and nms over)
some interesting charocters. Buddy is an ex-
hippie/ groupie who drives Ramona to
SudbuIy in hi<; taxi Bruce (played by Bruce
McUlnald) is an rutJaw movie clirector who
is desperately sean:hing for an ending for his
documentary, suppo;edly sIaning Ramona.
Matthew is a disiTh JSioned rod< star, who has
taken a vow of silenre during his spiritual
quest half way through the tour. Russel is a
loner and a wanna-be-serial. Ultimately,
Ramona figures out what each of these
characters is sean:hing for, while figuring out
what she really is sean:hing for in life.
Probably the best word to describe
RoodkiIl is 00r0que. It's really rough around
the Edges, but this roughnE$ is what gives
Roadkill its sheen. Shot oompletely in black
and white, this movie enhances the ooldness
and sharpness of northern Ontario. Ramona
and. the characters shine out of the black and
frenzy, searching for the next spiritual high,
who is this Julian Cope. But how does the
music measure as aye that's the rub.
Top notch. A triumph in what he was
trying to create; an explanation of his
wanderings and rantings indeed. My
personal favouri1eis Know, and it happens
CFNY s favourite is Fear Loves This Place, a
terrible misjudgment on their part. Not that
it's OOdoranything, weILit's just not Know .
"Man is nahnally a setpentine tIaveller
and all those sb:aight Roman roads are just
Empire Paranoia"
The music on Jehovahkill oomes in two
flavours. The first, a slow starting melodic
number, strong in vocals, slowly rising in a
aescB1do of guilt ridden angst and dimaxing
in a powerful ftuy of raw anger. This style,
Julian pioneered on Peggy Suicide with
Pristine. That he has nearly perfected this
craft is suitably demonstrated on Jehovahkill
by the lead track Soul D:!sert. The serond, a
boppy, happy-go-lucky piece. Both witty,
and a somber reflection of our existEnre at the
same time. It's on these numbers that the
famed Cope ego shines through. I mean,
what do you expect with a tune by the name
of Julian H. Cope. There are a couple of
exceptions to these fonnulae notably, Poet is
Priest Here's a song just looking for a Ouis
Shepfwd I:>anre Mix. HelL it's aImoot there
without any help. Natty Dread Cope on the
<lanre floor, now there's a sight
"Kill Darwinism & Free us rom the
Greedheads."
Definitely a strong release, I beg to differ
with the critics who proclaim this the third
restngerce of Cope; Peggy Suicide was just
as good, if rot better. The saddest thing in all
this is the lines on Julian's fare which are
getting deeper and. deeper. It was an astute
observation by arother that this is a product
of an aging man with obsessions of the
middle aged That fact does rot bode welL
for how long can one go on producing self-
indulgent music that peq>le wic;h to listen to?
''Fmbrace the Cross.
Redaim the Cross.
The Cluistiam only want it as a weapoll*
To <XM!t, to to keep us at ann's
length."

I I
white footage to bring colour inlo a lifeless
world. Each of the characters has their own
special appeal Ramona is playro by Valerie
Buhagiar who also played the role of
Veronica Bangs in Highway '61, also
produced by Bruce McDonald. In many
places she single handedly canies the show.
Her dlaracter makes the beautifully planned
transition from a naive and seemingly
innocent girL to an individualistic woman.
The prodl.lre", Bruce McD>nald plays a put
in the movie also, as Mr. Shack the twisted
and seardUng produrer driving around in a
Winnebago with the words "MOVE OR
DIE" spray painted on the front. Russel,
played by Ih1 McKeDer, is a man trying 10
break into the competitive field of serial
killing. IronicaIly, his character brin&s hwnour
and caring into a bleak and dismal world.
Many will remember D:m McKeller who am
wrote the script for Roodkil1, the indecisive
Pokey Jones in Highway '61. Lastly there's
Buddy the taxi driver, the romic relief with his
hilarious anecdotes involving Jefferson
Airplane and. Mick Jagger.
This movie has an incredible soundtrack.
Compri<;ing mootly of independent Canadian
bands, it bring;; a sparkle of independence to
the story. The soundtrack includes great
Canadian artists sum the Leslie Spit Tree-
0, Ten Seconds over Tokyo, Teknakullar
Raincoats, the Razorbacks, and Nash the
Slash. Although not included in the
soundtrack, but in the movie, are two
tremendous songs by the Cowboy Junkies.
Also listen for snippets of classic sections of
the movie soundtrack.
I
Roadkill is not your average movie.
Apparently, the movie was made in less than
15 days, and made at an incredibly low
budget of under $100,000. Just the bare
minimum of support was taken in making
the movie. McKeller wrote the script and
acted in it McD.mald produced it and playro.
a part, the camea> of bands are all friends of
McDonald's, and Buhagiar was/is
McDonald's girlfriend. After winning the
festival of festivals in Toronto, Bruce
McI:X>nald shocked reporte"S after receiving
his prize morey by saying "This sure oould
buy a big <hunk of hash." Quite a few actors
in Roadkill make an apperuan::e in Highway
'61. Russel oomes back as Pokey Jones the
barber, aOO. the drummer of the 01ildren of
Patadise plays the role of Satan in Highway
'61.
Roadkill is completely different than
anything I've ever seen before. Some of yru
may have been lucky enough 10 see it when
the CBC played it on Culture Canada For
those of you who wonder how tlle title
Roadkill.fiJs into things, I1l explain Mr. Shack
takes Ramona under his wing, when she's
loot in Sudbury. This is when he teaches her to
drive, since she's never driven before.
Consequently she hits a muskrat, which
thrills Mr. Shack and who consoles her by
saying "If you want to drive, you have to
kilL" Keep an eye out for gourmet roadkill
rooking over the heat of a car engine. This
movie is totally unique. It has a lot of class,
ingenuity, and spirit For thooe of you who
liked Highway '61, this movie is a definite
must see.
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The Iron Warrior, Friday, February 5, 1993
Anally Speaking
No Doubt About It, KMFDM SUCKS!


GeaR
DAWGS
K
MFDM has finally re-integrated
. itself long enough to produce
some music as a band. It's been
quite a year for the German cartel. What
with Sash a working on the new
Excessive Force; En working on Fook
and Svet touring with Ministry; I'm
surprised that they even found time to
tour together. Nevertheless, SUCKS
(Wax Trax!/Big Star) has been released.
Those of you fortunate enough to see
the band as they breezed through North
America should remember the song
from their live set. SUCKS combines
both early and recent stylistic
approaches. The best way to describe
the lyrics is to call them comical hate
song material. They pretty much tear
down everything in their path in a fun
and light hearted sort of way. The only
disappointing thing about this EP is that
all four mixes are separated by only
subtle nuances. I remember the days
when their EP's contained all kinds of
different songs and very distinct
remixes (I think I'm up to around 29
different mixes of Bargeld). If I had to
pick a favourite of the four, I think it
would have to be the P-O-T-A-T-O mix.
I'm still waiting for that KMFDM video
compilation to appear as promised by
Wax Trax! earlier last year. Brain teaser
du jour: Why do they keep changing
the letter contained in the KMFDM
Enterprises icon? Is it supposed to spell
something?
Speaking of aural stimulation, The
Sundays' new album, Blind (DGC), is out
and about. I think I'm developing a real
An :Engineer's guide to the
Bombsnelter:
Come dovn .
Chemlcal- f."\ :X c :"I d r':'\Jngle
CIVU - burn br ldg=s
Computer - get With the ?rogram
Electrlcal- v lt h other llve vires
mechanical - g et gOing.,:)
3ysteIns Deslgn -
use your f10v path (glug gl'..J g)
food ond beverages dally!
YOU WILL FLIP OVER IT!. .....
problem here. I seem to have fallen in love
with Harriet Wheeler's voice the same way
that I fell for Kim Deal's with The Breeders
and This Mortal Coil. There's a really
charming sort of innocence and honesty
about her vocal style. It drives me nuts the
way she sings "Happy, happy, happy"
(Insert Ren and Stimpy joke here.) in Love.
While Blind is nowhere near as classic as
albums by either of the other two above
mentioned bands, it shows a lot of promise
for a young band. E\ is very
melodic and relaxing bUL U.:llLC> Lv be a lillie
slow paced. You just can't help but smile
at the end of some of the tracks. They even
do a cover of the Stones' Wild Horses to
end the album.
What's the most mindless trend in
music right now? It's Techno! Now before
all you rave fans out there unsheathe your
mighty pens, just listen to what I have to
say. H techno is repetitive and inbred, why
do I like I so darn much? The answer is
simple but sounds very familiar to anyone
who has ever watched American
Bandstand. It's got a good beat and it's
easy to dance to. After all, I think that
Classic Rock Night at a dance club is kind
of a sham anyway. Who wants to dance
around to the Doors? Everyone knows
that the Doors are for drinking and not for
dancing! Not only is techno fun to dance
to (if you can stand a hyper-aerobic 150
bpm) but it makes ideal music to study to.
It's just interesting enough to keep the
right side of your brain occupied and fast
enough to keep you awake. Therefore, it is
with great pleasure that I bought
TechnoRave I (Next Plateau/ Attic). I
wasn't too surprised to find that all the
tracks contained the typical minimalist
maxed out keyboard riffs and bass heavy
drum programs. A couple of the songs
sound almost as if they were lifted directly
from Lords of Add (minus the sexy lyrics
of course). Just as I had predicted, the
songs all blended together seamlessly and
the album was over about midway
through my Thermo assignment. Let's
hear it for mindless entertainment!
Green Mind and the subsequent
Whatever's Cool With Me, left me
awestruck. They were great albums filled
withJ. (Does anyone know his first name?)
Mascis' apathetic and disaffected musical
signature. Dinosaur Jr.'s new album Get
Me (Blanco Y Negro/Warner) is just like
an extension of the previous two. Forever
teetering on the brink of sanity and
missing a beat, the songs are familiar in
style and content In other words, the EP is
another success although Masc:is does tend
to get a little whinny towards the end of
Quest. Mascis' new best friend, Matt
Dillon (Is this guy ever getting popular
with the in crowd!), not only directed his
first video but also sang backup on Hot
Burrito #2.
Why is it that every review of Incesticide
invariably begins with the disclaimer: '1
never really liked Nevermind ... " or
''Nirvana was never really that great.."? If
these same critics looked back at their
original reviews of Nevermind, they
would find themselves going into
orgasmic throes over Nirvana. Just
because the band has made it big and the
term 'Seattle Scene' has become an in for
any dorky critic with a word processor
doesn't seem reason enough to disown
them. This is beginning to become a bit
too much like the British music press'
'flavour of the month' phenomenon. Just
because DGC released a bunch of B-sides
and pre-Nevermind material, everybody
seems to be losing faith in Nirvana's actual
talent. I, for one, am still looking forward
to the release of their new studio album,
popularity or no popularity. Some people
just can't seem to admit that they still love
to sing along with In Bloom when they
hear it I think that it's time we swallowed
our pride and gave them a fighting chance.
In related news, Nirvana and Jesus lizard
will be coming together to release a two
song EP later this year.
Just when I thought that I was turned off
from ever buying another indie cassette,
Add Test's Trip On This (Eggplant) makes
it's long awaited appearance. I've been
waiting for this album since the release of
the excellent Highway 61 soundtrack.
Both Dance and Mr. Skin are included
along with two new songs and a slew of
remixes. Add Test offers a unique funky
cat scratch sound that a lot of people
should enjoy. They get a thumbs up for
packaging details too. I think that they're
one of Canada's brightest up and coming
acts. They have a lot of talent and it's not
mired in the novelty that some recent
Canadian indie signings have laden
themselves with. I know that they're
going to be big some day because they
were the only band that anyone actually
got up and danced to when I saw them at
Fed last summer. (The other two bands on
the bill will go unmentioned as I don't
want to saddle Acid Test with any
association with them.) They've been big
in Toronto for a while now and they were
featured on the New Music just a couple of
weeks ago. I figure that it's just a matter of
time before the rest of the world catches
on.
$$$ GOSSIP, GOSSIP, GOSSIP $$$
January 26th, 1993 was a black day. It
will go down in history as the day the
Pixies broke up. It feels as though a big
part of me has died. I was devastated at
the announcement but I think I'm still in
denial. The band is survived by four
albums and a whole stack of EP's. New
material is expected from Black Francis,
who henceforth will be known as Frank
Black, and Kim Deal later this year but
nothing could ever replace the Pixies.
They will be dearly missed. This
monkey's gone to heaven.
It seems that Trent Reznor has moved
into the very same house where Charles
Manson and his co-crazi.es committed their
grizzly murders. When questioned about
the move, Reznor said that he had no idea.
Hmmm, I smell a fish. In a related story,
TVT Records, home of Nine Inch Nails
and Rise Robots Rise, has bought a large
share of the now insolvent Wax Trax!
empire. Rumour also has it that Sire
Records, of Ministry and Madonna fame,
has snapped up the rest but that's still only
a rumour. All Wax Trax! artist are said to
be remaining intact. The plot thickens!
Malhavoc has signed to a label! It's about
time! It is sometimes said that a member
of the band lurks through the halls of the
Math and Computer building. Keep an
eye out! Feeling bored? Got a lot of extra
time on your hands? Tune into the
altemative.TV.Ren-n-Stimpy Internet
newsgroup! With all your favourite
wacky images and stupid song lyrics, there
are hours of fun just waiting at your finger
tips. Bye for nowl
The Iron Warrior, Friday, February 5, 1993 A15
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Waterloo Campus Activity
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The Sandford Fleming Foundation presented the following awards at the 17th Annua! Engineering Awards Dinner, November 19, 1992:
1992 'Ieacliing Jlssistantsfiip T.:tcefCence Jtwara Winners:
Paul Ibbotson
Chemical Engineering
Mani Vaidyanathan
David Flynn
Civil Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Imtiaz Mohammed-
Ian Kilpatrick
First Year Engineering
Jason Argent
Mechanical Engineering Management Sciences
Mark Earnshaw
Systems Design Engineering
Greg Zografos
Andrew Allan
and
Ross
T
he University of Waterloo is stan<ling
at the door of a tremendous future.
The issues at hand require a student
leadership with a voice for the present, and a
vision for the future.
Our University is facing a serious financial
aunch. Now,.more than ever, students need.
viable realistic proposals. We won't find
these solutions in either OFS or CFS. Your
representatives must be able to address life
after the Referendum, though. The OUSA
propooal is pragmatic, but it isn't enough to
label Waterloo students as either CFS or
OUSA, since they have conunon ground.
Although Waterloo has expressed
fundamental with CFS polides, there is still
strength in numbers. An stmenIs will benefit
from whatever unity we can marshall Make
sure your representatives address '1ife after
the Referendum"
Engineering students are paying $22.65
each to the Federation of Students every
semester. Between fees and businEffieS, the
Peds generate and spend over one million
dollars every year. Their current budget
rontains many spending areas where money
could be put to better use. There is no reason
for deficit spending by the Feds, and
representatives with business experienre will
makesureyourmoneyisspentwisely.
Finally, campus safety has been
emphasized in light of our recent tragedy.
The safety van overllows after night classes,
and the walk-home servire doesn't start at 5
p.m. when the city gets darl<. With the right
leadership, money can be found to address
these problems.
We are committed to representing you in
Greg Zografos
Andrew Allen Ross
these issues; we have had an opportunity to
work with students roth in Village and the
D.C. Library. Through our Co-op and
personal business experiences, we are
qualified to manage and operate this
corporation
Vote for experience- vote for your future.
Greg Zografc6 and Andrew Allan
1(areu.9vfart Scfiofarsli ip
Lisa Mcisaac, Chemical Engineering
!Faf[ 1992 Ve6ates
Gareth O'loughlin, E&CE
Rodrik Cave, E&CE
Winners
Sarah Arulanandam, Mech
David Cattran, Mech
Runners Up
Canada Needs
More Professionals
eFromA7
by the experience. Most students could
probably name a number of students they
know who should not be in university.
Typically these under motivated students
also have low high school marks and cannot
get into degrees like Engineering, which
have very high entrance requirements. By
limiting the number of general Arts places in
the frosh class, the marks needed to get these
places will go up. As welL by increasing the
number of places for engineers the entrance
requirements will drop. This will level the
difference between these programs and will
weed out tha;e who may not really want to
hi ' encowa mor
students who have the desire to succeed in
Engineering but may not quite have the
marks to aspire to this degree.
Canada needs more professionals to be
competitive in a global market. We have
enough doctors and way too many lawyers.
In Japan the ratio of engineers to lawyers is
7:1, in Canada it is 1:7. TIle only way we can
increase our professional expertise in a
beneficial manner is to inCIe<\5e the number
of engineers we are graduating. This "Will
require that we redistribute our wtiversity
resources and may result in the number of
Liberal Arts graduates staying level or
dropping for a period of time. This is
unavoidable.
A Liberal Arts eduattion provides the basis
to lead a well-rounded life. In today's high
tech society this may not be enough to also
live a productive life, especially if there aren't
any pbs.
U of W is Losing
Part of it's Diversity
e FromA7
within and outside of their own
departments. They have to be in order to
SUIVive, especially at U ofW which is known
for Computers, Math and Engineering.
The cutting back of the Dance Department
emphasizes its' low value in the eyes of U of
W. Government funding will find its way
into other more important programs that
according to the Dean come 'closer to the
faculty's rentral "mission"'. Although Dance
teclutica1ly falls in the AHS faculty it lies
geographically and mentally in many rnses
with Liberal Arts progrnms. What exists as a
valuable resource to the National Ballet
intl
overaII &:heme ofU dW. W.hDe lDliversilie;,
according to many, remain places where a
variety of people with diverse talen1s are to
come together and communiC'cll , somi.'
programs are nsiden..>d. more wlu.lbL t1"111
oth rs. By lowly elirninatiJlg the Dance
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diversity it is so well known for. The
OOministration loot sight of Ire strengths
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a whole Unfortunately, U of W, as far as
funding is col'l<ln\eCi, has c:ha;a\ to break the
whole and distribute to specific parts. In the
long run, some may realize what a truly
great mistake it is to ignore the special and
diverse qualities Liberal Arts Programs
provide. By weighing one program more
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The Iron Warrior, Friday, e b r u r y 5,1993 Sports
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Engineering Volleyball Tournament
'Hash' Rlzvl
IW Staff
A
t times, the play and
detennination was reminiscent of
the Italian, American, and
Brazilian teams at the Barcelona Olympics.
The event was the Engineering Volleyball
Townament held on January 23,1993 at
the PAC The main gymnasium was taken
over by approximately 200 engineering
students on Saturday afternoon. Even
though the event started at 11:30 am, it was
evident that it was still to early for some
students, who were up late on Friday night
studying of course.
The first few rounds were quite lU'IeVentful
The dominant teams were dominant and the
inexperierarl teams were dominated A few
notables include Yarek Niedbala (2A
Systems) straining his 00ck and being forced
to retire from the tournament He is listed
day to day pending examination and x-rays,
but rest assured we'D keep you advi<:ai of his
progress. Another notable, was the team
fielded by DAWes winning the first two
games with only five players. By the fot.n1h
round the inexperienced teams, having
di<;coverei the intricacies and subtleties of the
game (hitting the ball over the net and not
letting it bounce) were giving the apparent
faVOt.IIires a n.m for their money. HO'W'eVef,
only eight teams advanced to the play-off
round, whiCh is where the real exciting action
happened
The play-offs were arranged in the
aNomaty manner, the 1st place team plays
the 8th team, the 2xrl team plays the 7th team,
and so on. The only upset of the first round
belonged to 4B Mech (Indecent
Mechsposure) beating 3A Chern
(HeineChem) in a thrilling 16-14 extra points
win. The stage was set for the semi-finals
with 4B Mech playing 3A Comp (the top
seeded team after the preliminary round) and
4B Systems (Psychooys) cavorting with 2A
Mech. The fav<Mites were to 3A Comp and
4B Systems due to the preliminary seeds, but
4B Mech had just one an emotionally charged
game in the quarters. True to form, 4B
Systems disposed of the rookies 2A Mech
handily 15-6, but in a thrilling time-limited
game 4B Mech pulled out a huge upset by
beating3A Comp 12-11.
, The final game featured the veterans of the
tot.nmment,. 4B Systems and 4B Mech. The
game was limited to 20 minutes or 15 points,
whichever came first, due to other
commitments in the PAC. Psychosys
dominated Inderent Mecmpa;ure from the
Iced, Rocked, and Stoned: Curling
'Hash' Rizvl
IWStaff
... ,. am sure most people think that
curling is about as exciting as
.... watching print dry or golf, whichever
is worse. However, curling is a game
which has a longevity and a illustrious
history comparable to that of hockey in
Canada. I'm sure many people are
wondering: ''Why write an article about
curling when your faithful sports editor
could be doing anyone of many exciting
things?" Wonder no more sports fans
because the (Annual) Engineering Curling
Tournament is coming to theGraniteOub
on Saturday February 6.
Moot people are turned off by curling
since they do not know about the sport
Therefore, to enlighten the masses a brief
synopsis of the sport is given here. As
with sports, the 00sis of the sport is to
score more points than your opponents.
Each team, or rink, consists of four
members. The match is divided into ten
periods ailled eOOs, and the tmm with the
most points at the end of ten ends is the
winner. The p1aying sutface ronsists of a
sheet of ice 138 feet long and 14 feet wide,
and at each end of the ice are four rings
that make up the rouse. Wllhin each end,
each team member plays two stones, or I ,
rocks, down the ice so that they land
within the house. At the conclusion of
each end the team whale stone is c1a;est to
the centre of the house, or button, gets 1
point and then another point Cor each rock
clooer to the button than the rival's rock.
The maximum points per end is 8, but this
I lappen5 as rarely as the Maple Leafs win a
Stanley Cup. I know that offeM.ed some
people, but I don't care sinre I am a flames
fan. Actually, the Leafs are a nspectable
organization. but only because they hired
Cliff Betcher (former Calgary Flames
general manager). But I digress, only one
tmm can score points in an erd The team
with the moot points at the end of the ten
eros wins the game. Now that everyone
understands curling and is all pumped up
about playing some rock, they can go to
the orifice and sign up a team for the
curling tournament that will take place on
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vel)' beginning of the genre. They never let playing three COnsecl,1tive matches finally hit
Indecent regain control of the ball long them. Unfortunately, we will never know
enough to do any seriouc:; damage, and when what the ouLmme of a full match could have
they had control1hey zeaIously hanged on to been since both teams are retiring at the end
the serve, and therefore the points. Psychosys of this season.
dominated the net play with timely blocks Kudos to the organizing staff did a
and forceful spikes. If the match had been magnificent pb of keeping everything under
best 2 out of3 or3 out of 5 JOOerent may have controL and the participants for making the
found some hidden energy, but the toll of tournament a glorious success.
CFL Expansion:
Wrong Place at the Wrong Time
'Hash' Rlzvl
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any Smith, the CFL executive, and the
team owners seem to think that
xpanding the CFL south into the
United States will be luaative by bringing a
large sum of money, evidently from TV
contracts, into the league. However,
expanding will probably mean the death of
the CFL as we currently know it, and I hope I
am wrong on this forecast
Sacramento and San Antonio have both
had teams in the ill fated USH.. and the
World League of American Football
(WlAF)[ed: llin't you mean W-LAOCH?J.
The USFL was a pro league that of8'aled for
a few years in the early 1900's, and the WLAF
died a painful death last year.
Notwithstanding the fact that the San
Antonio and Sacramento teams may have
been successful and attracted fans, it still
remains that leagues that have tried to
compete with the NFL have always perished.
The USH.. and the WLAF were not billed as
competitors to the NFL, but as
complementaIy Jeagues. However, the CFL
will be a cIinrl competitor to the Nfl. The
Grey Cup is played at the end of November,
the exact same time that the NFL playoff
picture is starting to come into focus and
potential wildcard teams start playing
desperate fooIbaIl, ie entertaining football.
Another major problem with the CH..
~ to the US is the aoceptance of the
Canadian version of the game. The
Canadian game and the US game have
many differences, the obvious one is the
three<lown and four-down difference. The
Canadian field is wider, the field goo! posts
are at tfie front of the end-zone and the
scoring slightly different We all know how
reluctant Americans are to change, and the
CFL is expanding into probably one of the
~ conservative regions in the US. How
will Texans down on the range react to their
team punting the hill on third down? This
beg<; the que5tion, how long will it be before
the CFL is pressured into changing rules to
make the game more appealing to our
southern neighbours? Not only is our game
slightly different, but the CFL has always
been a place where Canadian players could
play the game at the professional level. The
present quota on foreign players will have to
be changed to accommodate American
players which will no doubt lead to the
ero;ion of quality Canadian players in the
CFL, and may even lead to the erosion of
football programs at university campuses
within Canada
The other question I have is why not
expmd the CFL within Canada first? There
is not a CFL team within Quebec or the
Maritimes. I know that Montreal did have
the Allouettes at one time and they folded,
and that Montreal fans can be quite fickle.
But Montrea1ers are accustomed to quality
sports teams, a la the Montreal Canadiens.
When the Expos began playing well fans
came back in droves. 1herefore, if a team was
placed in Montreal with goOO management
and a mandate to develop a winning team,
there is no doubt that the team will be well
received. The other location that could
support a team would be the Maritimes. I
know that the term Maritimes refers to a large
area, but a team centrally placed in Halifax
would no doubt be successful. The
Maritimes do not have any professional
teams at all, placing a football team in that
area would fill a 1arge void. On the issue of
money, what makes lany Smith think that
he can get a 1V contract when the NHL has
not been able to sign one even though they
have always had great teams in the States.
Once again, I hope I am wrong in my
assumptions and predictions because the
CFL has always been a more exciting league
without relying on the glitz, glamour, and
hype the NFL relies on. By the way, San
Antonio last week said that they woold not
be able to field a team for the '93 season and
pcs;ibly not for the '94 season
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Brilliance t:Teaching
U
niversities are fonned by a strange
relationship; a construed construct
that has conflicting goals and
limilEd re5Ol.ll'"OS
In being both institutes of higher learning
and centres for international research, the
administrators need to weight their priorities
for both are needed for the institution as a
whole tosurvive. Students are needed so that
government funds can be attracted for
:research Profeg;ors must teach these
students so they have a payched< to live on,
but teach them just enough so that they have
a maxirm.nn amount of time to concentrate
on their research efforts.
How many of you wouJd like to walk in to
a first year physics course taught by Stephen
HawJ.Ong;? How many Universities wouk:l
love to have him doing research? See the
conflict. Fortunately, part of this problem is
taken away by having some professors
strictly as :research or teachingproferors.
But then there is the question of the
graduate student. at the University to learn
and to take part in research. But in
engineering, grad students must T A as well.
These people must know the material
because they've been able to graduate from
an engineering schooL and been accepted to
do grad work at U of W. That doesn't mean
they can teach however. I'm not just talking
a1x>ut language baniers either. We've all had
T As that you couldn't understand a word of
I've had a couple full blown professors like
that as well. But there's a lot more than ;a
that to the ability to communicate and teach.
What use is the most brilliant man in the
world to you when his writing looks like
chicken scratches and seems only to talk in a
foreign tongue. I've had SOIre T As who are
obviously not interested in teaching, and it
shows in how they do their work. This is
where we as students are being1et down.
Something must be done to control the
education we are getting. That's why the
undergraduates are here, even if that is not
the rra;t important roncern of IRan Bums or
of Dr. Wright. Are there any courses on
teaching that are run for professors and
T.A.'s? At least primary and secondary
school teachers mJUire a year of edOOltion in
the process of teaching. Would it be that
hard that grad students be required to take
oourses on teaching theory during their first
year at Waterloo; perhap; required to write
the EI.PE.as well Consider that every T A
comes into direct contact with over 30
students. If a T A cro1d improve his or her
teaching ability by 25% by taking 5 hours of
teaching ccmses during the first eight months
of the program at Waterloo great gains
would be made. The total time spent in
teaching courses by a TA would be 160
hours. The increase in student-teaching
hours in they would impart in one term
would be approximately 00 haws. So in one
full year, the payOOck would be made ph.LS a
hefty return. Considering that some T As
(and professors) could increase by well over
25%, the overall incra:lse in the quality of an
undergraduate edOOltion at Waterloo would
be greatly increased. Obviously an
investment well worth the effort. With a
better education more and an even higher
level of undergraduate student will desire to
attend the University of Waterloo, creating a
more prestigious institute. Hence, more
funding from private sources and more
resean:h grants. Ding! The university excels
in what it wants to, the students get a better
education, 1N aOOut eveyone is happy. rNe
all know that it's impossible to make
eveyone happy.) All this from the realizIDg
that a smart man doesn't make a
good teacher and reither does over 15 years
of recognized edumtion.
Hey You, Safen UP!
I
feel like the biggest ass on
campus. All my high minded
ideals and philosophies were
finally challenged. I was put to the
test and I failed. Could I sink any
lower?
Late last Sunday night my girlfriend callirl
me from a building on campus demarding
to know why I wasn't there to meet her. I
aUm1y explained that I had been there earlier
and that she hadn't been there the whole
time. I gave her directions to walk to my
place and said goodbye. Does anyone see the
problem with this story yet?
When I hung up the phone, I realized that
since my girlfriend is a WLU student, she
really doesn't know her way around UW.
Fwthermore, it was late and she was alone.
What had I done?
Suddenly, images of David Zaharchuk's
body being taken out ofEl raarl throoghmy
rnird I leapt to my feet and put some dothes
on. I had to see if I rould find her so that I
oouki walk her rome safely.
I ran to where she had called from,
following the course I had indicated earlier. I
didn't find her along the way. I went to the
phone that she had called from but she was
gone. I was penic strid<en. Was I too vague
when I gave her directions? Did she go the
wrongway? How can I find. her now?
I ran around campus looking for any sign
of her that I could.find. If anything happened
to her, I wouldn't be able to face anyone.
Terrible thoughts fi1Ied my mind
After about an hour of fruit:Iex; searching, I
decided to go back home and see if she had
made it there on her own. When I got there,
she was waiting for me in the driveway. fve
never been so relieved to see her in my life.
We now have a pact stating that she won't
wait forme to offer to walk her home. I made
her swear that from now on, she is going to
TEll. me to go get her. This should avoid
any future stupidity on my part I ronsider
myself very lucky that nothing bad
happened.
The lessons that can be learned from this
incident are twofold First. it made me realize
how inserure a senseless murder can make
me feel aOOut a place where I used to feel safe.
No amount of supplementary lighting or
Yes, we have aaESS to some great
minds, but if they don't know how
to teach, other than throw illegible
overheads up on a screen and set
two exams, have we really learned
anything? When we pay $1500 a
term for our education, let alone the
$5(0)+ that the government puts in.
doesn't it seem like something of a
waste when you rouJd get the same
results from buying the textbook,
having a 1.fJ76 number where you
could ask questions for fifty cents
per minute, and writing the exams?
That makes the $350 we ray a term
for textbooks sound down right
affon:lable! But that's another story.
UW security o.ffirers is going to change that
now. My late night pg around campus gave
me a gnawing sense of pnanoia Any act of
violence on camJXlS is a violation of our right
to live and worl< in a safe environment
Secondly, I now realize row little these rOO.
green, white or whatever colour ribbon
camraigns really mtml to people. rm living
proof of that. I can wear all the coloured
ribbons rm handed but do they rea11y mean
anything? You can say to yourself: "Of
course I'm against violm:e against women!
Isn't everyone?", but are you prepared to take
the steps necessary to prevent it from
happening? Their safety begins with you-
Weve Ieamed the han:i way that men are no
longer excluded from ads of violence. DJn't
wait until something temble happens to
someone you love before you start thinking
about it
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The Iron Warrior, Friday, February 5,1993
Rhetoric and Technology
A19
It is ki"d of jXIIteOC: to rea::l the artde
"AutoCAO ard C, Iron Warrbr Jan2293" ard
to 0JIT'e cr::ross the IcS me "M. erQreers ...
d'laIergrg the oki way of doirg thi1gs .. ."
wren tre wtOO artdedeaJt onIy'Mlh some
partbJIar skis viewed inJX)ltant tJt
E!f1l)byers, ard rdhrg related to imJvatbn.
To d1aJIerge or charge sornethrg, one
stwKj use hishers skiIs in a ron ta.Jg1t
before ma!tEr or else helsre is jJst doirg what
rornetxxjy else has alrea::ly c:brn ! So OOr'll
give L5the crap alnrt the need for lJ.N to
tecd1 fNerY erYJU1eer "AutoCAO ard C" so
that we can d'laIlerge tre okj W8!fS with our
feN 'NS:bm. A 00I11f:lJter IargJage is just the
fnal means that a sol.rtion to a proIjem take
to be aIje to be exeruted tJt a <X>r11pJter. It
ta<.es a ot more than kroNirlJ a oomp..Jter
IargJage to be aIje to "p'q;JicJn". T ea::hrg
'Co to fNefY ergneer, as you J)'qX)Se, wil rot
maketrem '1<nowIedgeaIje" It
wil only encile them to rea::l arx:J foIbw simpe
(rn.d111<e a ctaftsrncI1). The real
'M:Xtjwcns reaC cn::.I ra
"ciaISnen". The pooem is that tre 'MXd
has teen mis-usaj n rdJstJy.
lrltu!toutths 1eIIer, tre'M>/d prc:.gan1T'er
can be 'MIh "Software Ergi1eer"
ard if yoo want to ba::ome one, yoo cal errol
in oorrpJIer sdE:lro3, <X>fIlXJIer or
eIectOCaI eI to get a tuB ed x::atm on
tre SI..qed. By caIrg yourself a C
(from one oourse) yoo are jJst
bNerirg lJ.N stardards that efl1i:>yefs came
toresped.
NoN reIaIirg to C++, it's arothef
to1aIy dfferent para::fgn (ENet1 tro..kj1 boks
jJst ike C with some extra funcOOnaIity). Lo5
of peope krow C++ syntax bJt laX the oqed
orentEd desg1 CX>OO3pIs that Sldl a
My.-v-,int is that askil (n
this case tre 'e" or C++) cbes mt
aqJafifiOO
krowIOOgecile on the St.Q=Jct
programmer); take for exarrpe 111Ed:ile ...
kroNirlJ !uNto use a knife cbes NOT make
you a (QJafifiOO) surgeon ! Sure everytxxty
00Jkj have"AutoCAO am C" in their
resumes. Thatwruk:l be tre day
stq:> bd<irg for"stardan:iz.ed skiIs" in
resurres and fooJs roore on aeaWe uses of
a:ruru1atOO krowIedge. This is what rM<es

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Mandate of the CFS to
EI i mi nate Tu ition Fees
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official stands on other world. issues. These
official statements mve been made on behalf
of the memhership that fue 05 ....... _
More recently the Cffi has been adopting a
great number of the polides and goals of the
national NDP Party and has been directing
their advertising and lobbying to parallel that
of the New Democrats. This alliance with the
NDP has made the CPS partisan and is
detrimental when dealing with the ruling
ConseJ.Vative party. It is questionable if the
CFS has even the minority support of the
students of Canada on issues such as these.
A core mandate of the CPS is the
elimination of tuition and it is towards this
end that the Cffi directs its lobbying efforts.
Considering the economical situation in
Canada today, as well as the financial
situation that our govermnent is in, pursuing
the complete elimination of tuition seems a
little misdirected. The CPS should be
pursuing increasa:l funding and lobbying for
reasonable in OUT tuition As much
as students would love the removal of
university tuition, it is not going to happen
and to maintain a zero tuition policy is
foolish.
Also under discussion is the structure of
the CfS. Currently, votes at CfS ronferences
are awarded per schooL regardless of the
number of students attending that school
For example, the University of Waterloo, a
school that pays over $60,000.00 in
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MOUNrAlN
membership fees yearly to the CfS, has a
single vote. The University of PEl also has a
single vote, although it pays only $120.00 per
year. At the most recent CPS cOiUeRnoe
nearly every motioo put forth by Waterloo
failed, including one to force the CPS to
dedicate 50% of its funding to educational
issues. Under this structure the Cffi does not
equally represent the interests of students in
Canada
On February 9th and 10th you not only
will be voting for our continued membership
in the CPS, but will be voting to allow the CPS
a 50% increase in its membership fees. This
increase will show up on your fee statements.
Last year the CfS lost $281,(00.00 and the
estimated 100; for this year is over $83,(XXlOO.
The Cffi has been financially irrespons1b1e in
the past and is now ac;king you to bail them
out
Waterloo is also a member of the Ontario
University Students Alliance. OUSA was
follI\ed to replace the OP.3 and Waterloo is
now a member. OUSA is attempting to
concentrate on education issues. There are
equivalent organizations in Quebec and in
the Western provinces. A national executive
composed of members from these regional
organizations would make more sense than
continued membership in the sinking ship
is the CPS. The Canadian Federation of
Engineering Students is structured this way,
maybe it's time for the rest of the students to
realize how it should bedone.
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Carleton Engineering
Loses Campus
Privileges
Chris DeBrusk
IW Staff
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n the fall of 1992 the presidents of the
different engineering student societies in
Ontario were invited to a weekend get
together at the University of Waterloo. Most
presidents agreed to attend this conference
and it was hoped many productive initiatives
would result There were a few schools that
were unable to attend due to special events

RMC's case, the fact that they were on
manoeuvres. Nevertheless nearly all the
schools did attend and the conference went
well
When the president of the Carleton
Engineering Society was asked if he wishai
to attend, his response was rather
discouraging. He was simply "not
interested". nus response was extremely
annoying to the schools who did attend. It
was particularly annoying to the president of
Lakehead's Engineering Society, given that
he had to travel over 13 hours jtN to attend
the meeting. As welL lakehead is not even a
member of the Ontario regional, but rather
belong; to the western group of societies.
Due to Carleton's incredible level of
apathy, and the obvious enthusiasm of the
Lakehead engineers, it was decided that
Carleton no longer deserved its prime
Ontario location or its new engineering
facilities. TI"le presidents of the engineering
societies around the province felt
overwhelmingly that Lakehead was much
more deserving of Carleton's campus, and
after much politicking awarded the Ottawa
based campus to the I..akeOOtd mgineers.
As presented at this year's C.C.E.S.
conference, the transition is proceeding
according to schedule. TIle Deans of the
respective faculties are exchanging letters in
preparation for the big move coming this
May and the Western representitive has been
notified. of the their impending new member.
The Lakehead administration has enrolled
in beginner French cJasses in preparation for a
bilingual teaching environment The Carleton
administration are also taking steps to
prepare for the transition and have enrolled
in "so Ways to Prepare Moose" at the 100U
community rollege.
It is hoped that the Carleton engineers will
getused to their new location in time, and the
rest of Ontario is looking fon.van:i to having a
more enthusiastic groups of engineers in
Ottawa. A big "welcome back" to the
Lakehead engineers!
The next Iron Warrior will be out on Feburary 26. Thank you
for your patience and good luck on your Mid-Terms.
ENGINEERING C & D
Operated by Students
for the Students and
Staff of the UW
Engineering Community
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