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Page 2 Iron Warrior November 2, 1990Its ed itoria l time. It s short .This summer , my girl friend and Iwe re out on Prince Edward Island. Onen ight we stayed a t a Bed & Breakfastru n by two retired PEl folks. Thatnigh t as we talked to them, theyme n tioned the name of a poet fromPE l, Milton Acorn. We'd never heardof him, but those folks thought he wasweird. They showed us a picture ofhim, and he looked pretty wigged out.Decided we had to find out more abouthim. and did. He died in 1986 but hewas a real kick butt poet. LikeStompln Tom, he was from PEl, andhe was a proud Canadian.

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.. .to finish off my last editorial ongreed, racism and preJudism (the badism s), I still envision stormy timesahead.The minister of immigration,Barbara McDougal, recently unveiledth e new immigration qu otas to a lessthan enthusiastic reception. Premiero e. upon arnl n h atincre sed feder l fundingcommensurate with the highern umber of immigrants wou ld not beforthcoming, spake with a n ominoustone. Provinc ia l services woulddecline In quality due to the Inabili tyof th e sy stem to cope w ith the heavieruser load .

Someone told me th e ot her day tha tover 50 of the pop u la ti on ofTor onto b e lon gs to so m e e thnicminority. This as tonished me. I kn ewth a t Toronto h a d a ve ry diversecultu ral populace bu t over 501 Thek ind s of Incident s which occu red inVancouver have not happened yet butwith su ch a va r le ty of living habits andthought mo des under one City canopy,is it not inevi table? Will not o urnatural fear of the unfamlllar cause LISto invent and scrounge for excuses toforce others away?I think yes.Most of you are lame -brained

THEFICHTSWhat an elusive targetthe brain is Set uplike a coconut on a flexible sternit has 101 evasions.A twisted nod slues a puncha thin gillette's widthpast a brain, ora rude brush-cut to the chintucks one brain safe under another.Two of these targets areset up to be knocked downfor 5 dollars or a million.

In that TV picture in the parlorthe men, who linked move to movein a chancy dance,are abstractions only.Come to ringside, with twoexperts in there Seeeach step or blow pivoted,balanced and sudden as gunfire.See muscles wriggle, shinein sweat like windshield rain.II} stinking dancehalls, inthe forums of small towns,punches are cheaper bu tstill pieces of death.For the brain 's the targetwith its hungersand code of honour . Seein those s tinking li ttle towns,with long counts, swindling judges,how fUJY ends with the last gong,No matter who s the cheated onethey hug like a girl and man.It's craft andthe body rhythm ic and terrible,the game of struggle.We need something of its naturebut not this;for the brain's the targetand round by round it's whittledtill nothing's left of a manbut a jerky bum, hummingwith a gentleness less than human

enough to do just that. People who can degree but i t will affect something change the world. Don t belleve thoseonly think In the short term will be the And so what If It doesn t impact you others and their insidiousdeath of us all. Open those minds directly right here, right now -- does it convlncations to the contrary. Doingpeople, and rove into a place ten, a not stir the blood to ponder on what It once a day would assure a healthyhundred. a thousand years from now. things may be like then? heart and no need for dentures until atUse your moldy Imaginations and try If you a ~ e offended, well, that means least seventy-four years of age.to conceive of a ttme beyond your next that you are at least reading this. Co.

EditorsGarry PetersonAlice Zee

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ContributorsDean BumsBruce CampbellWendy ChunAndrew ConwayCliff KnoxEric LangfordAndrea LawrenceElaine MillerAndrew Reeves-HallDavid RudgeTed Timar

Graphics CoordinatorCat Sullivan

Cartoo nsRed Helen

ChairPhil Tayback

PhotographyJeff Lewis

. Layout Manager. ~ l l Kowalchyk

meal. Arguably. what happens a That s good. Even better are attempts t /thousand years In the future would to do something about it. Get ofT those I...--- Layout 'probably not affect y u to any ~ r e a t gargantuan slogs of inertia and try to Too, Steve, Ted and Eric if

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The Iron Warrior encouragessubmissions from students. faculty andolher members of the universitycornmWlity. Submissions should reflect theconcerns and intellectual standards of theuniversity in general, and should belypewritten or neatly written, double.spaced and on one .ide of the page only.The authors nam.e. cIasJ (if applicable) andphone nwnber should be included.

stated. become the property of the WuaWarrior . which reserveslhe right 10 refuse 1 am not even going to 'teU you topUblication of material which it deems suck lemons this time.)unsuitable. The Iron Wmjor also reserYOI'Ithe right to edit grammar, spelling andportions o[ text that do not meet universityltandards. Authors will be notified of anymajor changes that may be required.

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PREZ SEZSPACE:THE FINALFRONTI R(Ed s note: Gee, what an original line.)In this issue of the Sez let me take you ona trip: a trip into the future of our facultyand the possible implications of some ofEngSoc's current initiatives. Imagine it'sten years from now, you've finallygraduated and you're back on campushiring some co-op students. You decideto take a wander through the oldbuildings and sec what's new. The CPH isa big sunrise, the foyer area has beenrenovated and enlarged to provide astudent lounge area, lots of comfortablecouches and chairs are filled by studentsrelaxing, eating, talking, or studying . Offthe foyer are many offices that you mayhave heard abou t wh il e you were anundergrad ua te but probably could neverlocate, such as t he Iron WarriorPublishing Office, IEEE, S.A.E ., CSME,Concrete Toboggan, and The WaterlooEngineering Endowment Foundation. It'slunch time and you have to make adecision; C&D or POETS? Next th ing youknow someone has bought you a brewand you're sitting on you r favorite stool.Talking to some undergrads you learnthat the quality of their lab equipmentand teaching resources has really

improved. How? The Endowment that$75 VSC you made ten years ago, is stillpaying interes t and still benefitingengineer ing studen ts. Time to get backto Needl ess He ll , and you can't heIp, butwish that things had been this good whenyou were an undergrad. You know, theseWaterloo students arc really high quality,maybe you should hire two?

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'Appalled and dismayed ...To the editors,

I was appalled and dismayed to readApril Dunford's Let's Toss Th iJl TOQlarticle, on p.12 of Iron Warrior.

When I returned to campus lastsemester, I had found that the name ofour mascot had been quickly changed,before members of B Soc had time todiscuss it. Now I'm hearing rumblings ofbeing rid of the Ridgid Tool altogether?What the hell is going on?

I remember the first time I saw the Toolin the fall of 1987. Majestic. But it wasmore than just that. What a perfectsymbol; the application of knowledge.After all, we as engineers pride ourselvesas the ones who can apply theirknowledge, unlike some of our purescience and pure math friends. (Gee, Ihope that didn't sound too anti-progressive, Ms. Dunford.) The Tool is byfar the best engineering mascot that I'vesecn. Why is it so necessary to take acowardly route, and ditch our mascot? fwe as students have become moreprogressive over the years, why can't theimage of our mascot?

The argument has been made that theTool is a mechanical engineering symbol,and former dean Bill Lennox a r ~ u e d that

"the TOOL does not represent aU of thedepartments (of engineering)". Nice try,Bill. As a mcch eng student, I can assureyou that in all of my five work terms, 1have never u'sed a Sixty-inch pipe wrench,or any other applying science, for alltypes of engineers.

I would also like to respond to Ms.Dunford's question, Why arc nostudents in this faculty rallying forchang ? . It's simple. Most of us like ourmascot, and do not want it to change. Isugge t, Ms. Dunford, that you are part ofa vocal minority, just as the couple ofcallers on the various radio shows arc. Iwould also like to point out that during anengineer's career, decisions will have tobe made that some groups of people willnot endorse. It is our responsibility toinform and educate the public about ourdecisions. Referring to the Tool, I wouldhope that all Waterloo engineeringstudents would have enough fortitude tostand up to all who question the meaningof the Tool and educate them, instead ofcowardly "tossing the tool".

I urge a1\ of you A Soc members, to be amember of the voca l majority. Co outand support our beloved mascot withpride, whenever and wherever it may nextappear.David Rudge

At IBM, you'll be encouraged to pursue your goa ls, to break new ground and trulycreate your own f uture.Here's what some recent gradua tes have been doing.

I worked on a team developing acommunications software package toallow different machines on the plantfloor to communicate with each other.During the development, I travelledto an IBM location in Raleigh, NorthCarolina to learn about a newproduct that works with our package.At IBM, I have the opportunity totake on responsibility and learn alot. "Julialla Hsu

"Students may fear that they have tostart their careers doing 'drudgework: My first job at IBM was notlike that. Soon after I started, I wasgiven total responsibility forcoordinating the installation of amarketing support database in NewZealand, Australia and Korea. I wasthe leader and made all the decisionsmyself. t was very exciting "Drew SnelgroveUniversity of Western Outario

I'm a liaison between themarketing rep and the people whodo order processing. I have lots ofresponsibility on my d eskensuring customer sa tisfaction. Ialso have the freedom to use myinitiative and make decisions on myown - especially if it's in thecustomer's best interest."Atrdrea rnottWilfred Laurier University

U iversity of Waterloo

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Page 4 ron arrior November 2, 1990WATSTAR

Bruce CampbellWATSTAR Systems ManagerIs WATSTAR a reliable system?

Graduate and 4th year students kindlywipe off the coffee they just sprayed allover the paper from choking. This is aserious article. WATSTAR is certainlymore reliable than it used to be ..Why?Before I get into that, lets look at thecomponents of WATSTAR that affectreliability: PC's you logon to W ATST AR software that runsthe PC Network card in the PC Network cabling to server Server Server hard disk WATSTAR software that ' runsthe Server Application s software to runPC on then we deserve some of theblame when things go

.. nwrono'The only component truly specific toWATSTAR is, of course, the WATSTARsoftware. Personally, I would say this

particular component is quite reliable.However, the rest of the components arechosen by the W ATSTAR office, and wechoose how to install and maintain them.So, one way or another, we deserve someof ' the blame when things go ' wrong.Before you get bored with a long list ofexcuses for each particular thing that can

Reliabilty

go wrong, here are the uptime figures forthe three most important components ofWATSTAR(server, network ring,disk)(other than the WA TST AR softwa re)for the month of October:

(Ed's note: At this point in the articleBruce included a table showing values ofthe percentage of uptime for the servers,network rings and disk for all the differentWATSTAR rooms for the month ofOctober. Unfortunately, my pet koalasomehow got into the disc and managedto mulch that part of the article so it isimpossible to feature here.The upshot of the table was that th enetwork-rings and disk were up 100% ofthe time, while the servers in the physi'cs,

systems, mechanical, arts@Hagey Halland arts@psych, anthro, sociology servershad some downtime but were still up atleast 99.36% of the time .)

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Is this good? Was October a better For 6 years now the problems with themonth than usual? I have no idea. I rings have plagued us. These problemsdidn't keep uptime statistics prior to used to be worse, but thanks to MartinOctober and J have no other systems with MacLeod, the si t uation is muchwhich to compare this. Keep in mind improved. Martin was given a secretthat 99.76% uptime over a month (as on course by the network card manufacturerthe 1308 ring) means there was about 100 and he has perfected wiring and layoutminutes of downtime. Also, some methods for token-ring networks. So whydowntime on the MECHANICAL and is there still some downtime on the rings?CHEMICAL servers due to two power I bet it has something to do with CHAOSlosses arc excluded. Likewise for some theory. So, if you get frustrated whensched uled downtime to upgrade the 108, these problems occur, imagine how I feel.r1 : ;3_02_a_nd :l; 3_0_8_s_er_v_e_r_s :; ' ; '; '--:7 I I've been working on the system for 6a rin.g goes down, all the years now and we're still only at 99.90%users tn that room are reliabilityaffected

Clearly, there are more difficulties withthe "network rings" than the other majorcomponents. You may have seen some ofthese error messages : "Please wait ...."ring exited", network communicationerror". These are usually caused by someproblem with a network ring. (They canalso be caused if you have corruptedmemory in your computer with aprogram, or if a server is down). When aring goes down in a room, all users in thatroom are affected. If this happens duringworking hours, there will soon be aWATST AR person frantically trying to get

An awesome new featurecalled KICKOFF will beavailable later this termthe system repaired. f this happensoutside of working hours, all you can do -is wait. You can go to another room to tryto logon but this will not be possible if youare already logged on. (An awesom e newfeature called KICKOFF will be avai lablelate r this term to allow you to log yourselfoff).

STILL NO SEXAndrew Reeves-HallOrganizer, New ReproductiveTechnologies Conference

The conference on New ReproductiveTechnologies is slated for this weekend,Novqmber 3rd and 4th . If you areinterested in attending please contactAndrew at 725-5870 or 888-4762. Theconference will be divided into workshopgroups of 15 to 20 students. Moreinformation can be found in last week'sImprint and in the October 19 issue ofl.ron Warrior.

Billets are also required for thenumerous students from otheruniversities who will be staying over theSaturday night. A signup sheet can befound in the Orifice. There are lots ofpuS points or billeting people

'Shakespeare's Greatest Hits-A New Age Theatre ReviewCliff Knox

This article was intended to be a reviewof Shakespeare's Greatest Hits, therecent production by Go For It Players,which concludes its three day run onSaturday, November 3.I had dutifully made arrangementswith the producer to preview the show, sothat I might concoct a tantalizing reviewwhich would entice IW readers to see theshow. The plan was flawless in itsexecution. My review was to be anevocative tribute to a production that'sbound to convince everyone, once and foral1, that Shakespeare is much more thanjust a dead playwright.Unfortunately, Mr. Midterm reared itsugly head, and I missed my only chanceto glimpse the show before it goes publicBut I don't intend to let such trivialmatters keep me from giving my review,so instead of a first-hand account, you willhave to settle for the same selfcongratulatory hearsay that's convincedme to pay regular admission to see theproduction.

Shakespeare's Greatest Hits is notso much a play, having a distinct plot, butrather it is a collection of a dozen or soexcerpts from several plays, tied togetherby a common theme of Love andAmbition. Dave Brown, the show'sdirector, has chosen to update thesituations to reflect contemporaryattitudes within the universitycommunity, but with only minormodi fica tions to the classical speeches. Ihave been told that the show runs a little

under two hours, including a twetttyminute intermission, and is full - ofsurprises, designed to delight and thrillthe aud ience.

There are some things you should know---prior to taking in one of the

performances.Come early : compl imentary

refreshments arc served before eachshow. Wear sensible (i.e., comfortable)shoes: there is some audienceparticipation, involving sitting, standingand even walking (nothing strenuous, sothere's no need to skip aerobics class thatday).

Is the show any good? Well, I can'thonestly tell you, but from what I do knowabout some of the people involved, I'mcertain that it will be money well spent.Also, all profits generated by the show arebeing donated to Anselma House, so youknow that the $5.00 admission is goingtoward a good cause. Shakespeare'sGreatest Hits is not just intended toentertain its audience, but also tostimulate thought and discussion aboutits content.The show continues Friday, November2 and Saturday, November 3, beginningat 8:00 pm each evening. Performancescommence in the Environmental StudiesI Courtyard (inside the ES 1 Building,beside Modern Languages), and tickets(only 55.00 for students) are available atthe door. All proceeds go to AnselmaHouse, a K-W charity.


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CESPC IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS CONFERENCETed Timar

Last weekend, four students involvedwith the Iron Warrior and Enginewsletterwent to the first Canadian EngineeringStudent Publications Conference inKingston. The conference was hosted byQueen's Engineering Society and GoldenWords (Queen's engineering paper).There were 16 universities representedat the conference, from UBC and SFU toUNB, as well as two french papers fromQuebec. The papers rangl'


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DIRECTIONSFOR SEMI-FORMALSteven FassnachtSemi-Formal DirectorWe assaulted everyone.After an advertisement bombardmentand the invasion of the Carl Pollock HallFoyer, many people ended up purchasingtickets to the Cotton Club Semi-formal.All Cotton Club goers should have theappropriate attire and be ready to enjoy athirties evening , with funk. The plannedagenda is approxi matel y as follows:5:00-7:00pm: Cocktail Party in POETS.7:00 - 7:30pm: Trave l to the Cotton Club(Walper Terrace Hotel, CrystalBallroom). A convoy of cabs will bearranged as well as Gord's ShuttleService.7:30 - 8:15pm: Cocktails at the CottonClub.8:15 - 10:00pm: Dinner with the music ofthe Ron Schirm Quintet.

CESPC cont'dperson. The paper goes to press infinalized colour-separated form lookingas good as ours. All of this, with only 3years experience, and for less moneythan we've ever imagined . Frankly, I'mamazed. (Th mat rial leaves 'nto be desired, as does the editors ego.)...we are oming from the

opposite direction ..We told them the history of Enginews(died in '85), and the problems we arefacing now. (We still do 100% manuallayout, we would like a new banner, wewould like more humour submissions, we

would like a less-heavy image.) Wepointed out that we are coming from theopposite direction from most of thesepapers. The Iron Warrior started as atechnical paper and is trying to enter thegeneral reading category, while focusingon engineering and tech nca I students.Western used to publish a paper thatthey can no longer even name. It wascalled NOTE - If you get offendedeasily, don't read this "The Engineer".)Their new paper is called the Purple Arm.In its first year, it was accused of beingsexist, racist, and promoting alcoholabuse. They have discovered that youmay not even pick on artsies, becauseartsies have become a race unto

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10:00 - : Dancing wi th FUNK INC

Anyone wishing to drive is encouragednot to drink alcohol.We would like to thank the following

themselves. I always knew Westerniteswere strange.The University of Ottawa spoke last. Iwill use this opportunity to publiclyapologize for maligning them in an articlelast winter. At that time, I stated that theyhave a clean paper, which is true . I alsosaid that they have a format that wascopied from ours. which was a foolishstatement, given that I had only looked atone issue to make this statement. Theirpaper is the only bilingual engineeringpaper in Canada. The paper does lookquite good. They do have(unintentionally, I'm sure) many of thesame problems that we have.

L'Univcrsite de Sherbrooke arrivedlate. We did not get a presentation fromthem. The University of Windsor didn 'tcome at all. They arc no longer allowed topublish anything according to theirconstitution. Some people have to go toincredible lengths to stay out of trouble.

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peopl e for their help: Dard?, Red Rooster,Jackie Morgan and Andrea Lawrence.We had continuous support andencouragement that was a great help innot killing everyone who smiled thewrong way. These include: Drew Conway,Geoff Clark, Linda Wahl, various

members of RoadKiIl and the Colonel.Most importantly, I really enjoyed/hatedthe co-work of Stephen Esposito, withoutwhom there would be an absence ofSemi-formal, and I would have freakedout on a daily basis.

Western Pig- in- a Poke? ..No Car- up -a Pole.Does this.car belong to you? Well if it does, then you'll find it parked halfway up a flagpole outSide Alumni Hall at the University of Western Ontario.The guys down at ~ e s t e r n have been showing their frosh what a stunt truly is. As youcan s.ee from. the pictures, this little mini managed to find its way up a flag pole.K epm ll mmd that the scunt is coming up fairly soon, get creative, get unky, and dosome stunts.A special compliment to ASYD's Halloween transformation of the Arts Iibary into apumkin . Very fine. Very fine indeed.

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The Sandford Fleming FoundationRoom 4366, Carl Pollock Hall (519) 885-1211, Ext. 4008University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1

The first ever Engineering Work Term Report Presentation Competition has been scheduled for Wednesday,November 7 1990. This is separate from the regular departmental awards for written reports, and involvesoral presentations by the student authors. The Sandford Fleming Foundation will award 300 for the winningpresentation, and 200 each to all other participants. Contact Prof. Paul Calamai, DC 2623, Ext. 3182, forfurther information on this term's competition .

This year's dinner will be held on Thursday, November 15 1990 at the Valhalla Inn In Kitchener. Tickets areavailable from the receptionist in the Dean's Office (Ext. 2718). There will be presentations of work termreport awards, Outstanding TA awards, Entrance and Upper Year Scholarships, and the first presentation of theKaren Mark Memorial Scholarship for female undergraduate engineering students. This year's recipient isLinda Hachey (3A Systems Design) from '8' Stream.

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WE ARE BOORS AMONGTHE PROFESSIONS.

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TedTimarThe first keynote speech at theCanadian Engineering StudentPublicaUons Conference (CESPC) was

given by Claudette MacKay- lassonde.She Is the founder of WISE (Women InScience and Engineering), sheorganized the first CanadianConvenUon of Women Engineers, wasthe first woman elected president ofthe APEO (Association of ProfessionalEngineers of Ontario), she was alsovice chair of NSERC (NationalSciences and Engineering ResearchCouncil) . She holds degrees from the .University of Montreal (BSc ChernEng), the University of Utah (MScNuclear Engineering). and theUniversity of Toronto (MBA) . She alsoholds honourary degrees from theUniversity of Windsor, St. Mary sUniversity, Carleton and Ryerson.While much of what ClaudetteMacKay-lassonde said Is not directlyapplicable at UW, it Is relevant. I feelthat it is important that her speechreceives the maximum audience toensure the greatest Impact. She hadmany Interesting comments on thestate of engineering today. Her speechis summarized below.

The existence of this conference is botha disappOintment, and a relief. t isdepressing that engineering papers havesuch a bad reputation, but it is comfortingto find that there is concern about thisimage.

IUwe need to start from Iscratch.Many engineering papers play acentral role in the creation of a negative

image of both engineering school s andthe profession as a whole. Incrementalchanges will not be sufficient. We needto start from scratch.

It is not whether or not there is aproblem, but whether a problem isperceived to exist. She, throughconversations with journalists andfriends, had formed a negative image ofmany enginccring papers before havingactually seen any of them .All it takes is one gory, masochistic,homophobic or slightly pornogralJhicpicture with appropriate subtit le , plussome major media attention, and you'reon your way to having everybody thinkthat these papers are repulsive garbageall the time.

All problems happening on campusare automatically blamed on engineeringstudents now. Last year when the pantyraids at Wilfred Laurier Universitycaught the attention of the nationalmedia, the Toronto Star, a respectedpaper, blamed it on the Laurierengineering students. Wilfred Laurierhas no engineering students.

Canadians who have never seen anengineering paper, never even gone touniversity, have their views moldedpurely by the media. If the media saythat engineering papers are trash, it'saccepted by the public. they develop amental image of a typical engineer -- notexactly the image of a champion of socialrights. H

University students who seeengineering antics develop a clearpicture of engineers, that they don tforget. We are the boors among theprofessions.

Many older professionals are tellingher how bad engineers were even inthose days. t makes it clear that theythink that engineers are worse now thanbefore. The old stories get perpetuated,being passed on over and over again.

liThe issue is definitely notfreedom of speech,

The issue is definitely not freedom ofspeech. The issue is not of people notbeing able to take a joke. The issue isperception. It is now in our court. Wemust take the challenge, and make thedrastic Changes that are needed torevamp the image of student engineers,and engineers in general.Patchwork solutions will not solve theproblem. Merely changing apublications name, or creating a cynicaleditorial policy will not satisfy the public.We must make clean and total Changes .Playboy magazine could never becomePsychology Today. H

We must stop blaming the media. Wemust stop claiming that the problemshave been blown out of proportion. Themedia has been focusing on us for sometime, and it will just get worse. But wemust not blame the image on themessenger.

We must understand the tactics of themedia. We must realize that all the goodwe might do in the world can never justifythe bad things that we do, that they see asthe end for which we go to such lengths.Public opinion is not based on a balancesheet of good and bad deeds .

t does no good to blame the media .Nor can you afford to ignore them . Theywill not go away, so you must learn to dealwith them in terms that meet both youragenda and theirs. We cannot blame our critics for notseeing the joke. Nor can we blame themfor choosing to read the paper, knowingthat it might offend them. We must stopusing defensive arguments.It is hard to persuade the Canadianpeople how useful engineers have been,when they are far too caught up in howboorish engineers are.We cannot ignore public opinion andjust try to do a good job anyway. In theyear 2000, they are predicting a shortageof 30000 engineers in Canada. More thanhalf the population is female, but only 3%of practicing engineers. We cannotafford to scare them away. Women nowmake up 40-50% of graduating doctorsand lawyers, but only 15% of grad uatingengineers. While there are many factorskeeping women out of engineering, wecannot deny that the image of boorishengineers plays a part.

You have every right to printtastless jokes,Engineers have a reputation of being

more concerned with cold technologythan human needs. While this isobviously false, it is part of the image wemust dispose of. We can no longer affordto: carry the baggage of a boorish image.You have every right to print what youlike within the laws that cover obscenity,libel and slander.You have every right to print tastelessjokes.What is in question here is yourjudgement, as fledgling professionalswho are going to be paid for makingsound judgements.

t is important when making thesedecisions to remember that what issocially acceptable today may not betomor'row. We cannot afford to havepeople thinking, another patch job .Make the clean cut from the past. Thisis the tougher path, but the only one thatwill allow us to dispose of the extrabaggage of a boorish image. We mustlook at all of our traditions and evaluatetheir usefulness.

It is time to start anew. Create newtraditions. Create the image of a caringengineer. The public, and workingengineers already see us as part of theprofeSSion, without the benefits, but withthe obligations.

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WHY EVERYONESHOULD HAVE A

YEARBOOKSteve Shoshan

I went home la st weekend . It was greatI got to see my family and my friendsfrom home, all of whom had forgottenwhat I look like. .That wasn t the best part of theweekend, though. No, by far thethemostfun I had was on Sunday afternoon, whenI started looking through myoId highschool yearbooks.The memories came flooding back.Old teachers, old friends, high schoolcrushes, proms and all the time I spentjust hanging out in the hall -- all of thesethings came to mind as soon as 1 openedthe front cover.Remember the front cover? I'll bet that

every yearbook has basically the samecover. They all have some strange designon the front, along with some strange title.None of these titles ever make sense. Infact, the most popular yearbook namesseem to be the strangest ones. Ours, forexample, was called "Spectrum". I haveno idea where anyone got that name.Other names that I've heard, such as"Twig" and "Spittoon"; don t make anysense either.

Aren t candid photos great? I lovethem . They re my favourite part of theyearbook. They make school look like somuch fun. Even boring activities, such asstudying in a hallway, look interesting incandid photos. I guess it's because thesephotos bring such feelings of nostalgiathat they make us forget the moremundane aspects of our high schoolcareers.There was even a candid photo of littleold me in the 1986 "Spectrum". I was wasso excited when I first saw it. After all,only popular kids get in the yearbook,right? Well, maybe not.Remember all of the wild and wackyautographs that people put in youryearbook? Some were really strange.One guy wrote me an entire 50-wordcaption in Hebrew, Others engaged instrange forms of humour which I will notdescribe for fear that they will one day beattributed to me.

Most of the little notes that peoplewrote were pretty typical though. Therewere two types: the female autograph andthe male autograph.The female autograph goes somethinglike this:"Dear Steve: I was really glad tohave met you this year. Wasn tgeography class wild? It was reallyfunny the way you used to arguewith Mr. Daniels in English classall the time. I'm really glad youbecame friends with Jill this yearbecause if you hadn t, I wouldnever have met you Have a greattime at the LOO, and I'll see you inthe summer Love, Paula. p.s.Give me a call when you visit T.O."Then there was the male autograph.Yo sexy Stevie Shoshan It wasreally wild bein' yer bud these pastfew years. Wasn't Del's class justcrazy. You're a really good soccerplayer. Party hearty at the LOO.Yer bud, Fish."Isn't it weird that two people can saybasically the same thing, but one soundslike a human being and the other soundslike Sean Penn?I hope to be able to remember myWaterloo years as fondly as I did my highschool years. There s nothing like ayearbook to bring back memories. As faras I'm concerned, thirty bucks is a small

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AMllY CIRCUS by Jack Lelcourl

OEDC

WendyChun,Have you ever secn something that youknew you could improve? Ever wantedthe opportunity to show the world exactly

how creative you are? Ever wonderedhow you could rcap more benefit fromthe hours you spent agonizing over yourwork term report or workshop project?Broke?

Then the Ontario Enginccring DesignCompetition (OEOC) is for you.About the OEDC

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OEOC began in 1980 and was createdto provide engineering students with anopportunity to participate in acompetition that promotes excellenceand ingenuity in engineering design andcommunication. It is entirely organizedand run by students of the host university.The 1991 competition is to be held at theUniversity of Waterloo on March 1, 2 3.

The competition is open to any fulltime undergraduate engineering studentenrolled in any Ontario university.OEDC has been a highly rewardingexperience for all those who have bccninvolved in the past. We, at theUniversity of Waterloo, wish to carryonthis tradition and hope that you will helpto make this the best competition yet.

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Student exchange programmes are currently set up withUniversities in:AustraliaFranceJapanS. Korea

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At this meeting the faculty exchange co-ordinators willoutline the principal features, i.e. admission andapplication procedures.

DATE: FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16, 1990TIME: 1:30 P.M.PLACE: CPH-3385

Why Participate?Participation in the OntarioEngineering Design Competition helps:

To encourage the interaction ofengineers from industry, government andacademia with engineering students inorder to strengthen the bonds betweenthese sectors of the profession. To provide undergraduate engineeringstudents with an opportunity to test anddevelop their skills in practical problems9lving, design and communication, aswell as to learn from the successes andshortcomings of others in a competitiveenvironment. To promote a better understanding andappreciation of the engineeringprofession among students and thegeneral public.

Eligibility Any full-time undergraduateengineering student enrolled at anOntario university is eligible to compete. Work done by engineering studentsduring a work term or summeremployment may be eligible. However,the student must obtain writtenauthorization from their employersallowing their work to be presented at thecompetition. Students wishing to enter term work inone of the categories may do so providedthat any designs submitted are their own.

Competitors may enter any of thefollowing four categories:Entrepreneurial Design

Entrants are challenged to .design amarketable product or service notcurrently available in Canada. Thisportion of the OEOC promotes Canadianself-sufficiency in technology and alsocreates an environment where studentsmay test their ideas in a real-worldsituation. The first place winner in thiscategory will receive the NorthernTelecom Award.

Corporate DesignEntrants are given an actual

engineering design problem faced inCanadian industry and are challenged tosolve it. This category offers a chance forstudents to use their ingenuity andeducation. The first place winner in thiscategory will receive the Ontario HydroAward.Editorial Communications

Entrants are challenged to present aviewpoint on the social impact of acurrent technological issue. Oftenengineers are faced with decisionsregarding the application of technologyand its impact on society. This categoryencourages competitors to identify suchan issue and form a well-supportedargument. The first place winner in thiscategory will receive the Bell CanadaAward.Explanatory Communications

Entrants challenge themselves to takea complicated engineering or scientificprocess and explain it in understandableterms. Part of an engineer sresponSibility is to explain highlyspeci alized subjects so that others mayunderstand what is involved. Theeffective use of communication skills isemphasized in this category. The firstplace winner in this category will receivethe General Motors of Canada Award.AwardsFirst, second and third place winnerswill receive awards of 1000, 750 and 500respectively. Also, first and second prizewinners will be invited to participate inthe Canadian Engineering Competitionthat will be held at Universitc deSherbrooke in Quebec on March 22, 2324,1991.Judges

Judges for each category are selectedfrom both industry and educationalinstitutes, on the basis of theirinvolvement in enginccring and business.For More Information Contact:Andrew Reeves-Hall OEDC CampusRep1991Engineering Society AorWendy Chun, On Campus Publicity519) 884-7711

The success of the competition in heavilydependent on the support and loyalty ofCorporate Sponsors, Deans and facultymembers plus the respective engineeringassociations and student societies.

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STUDENTS ON T.V.Elaine Miller

OK everyone, let's think about this veryseriously. Do you believe that the currentatmosphere here at UW in engineeringis a sexist one? Do you think that femalestudents are discriminated against? Doyou think that female students are madeto feel that they should not be studyingengineering?

... 1 resent ll the t lk bouthow b d we are

I was asked essentially this questionlast week after I was invited to be a gueston Dini Petty's morning T.v. talk show.My answer was No . I have always feltcomfortable in this atmosphere and quitefrankly I resent all of the talk about how'bad' we are. Truthfully, there have beenentrenched traditions which eitherdegraded women or indicated thatengineers a re expected to be ma Ie,however, these have mostly beeneliminated over the years. Currently, theincidents of sexism can be pinpointed tospecific sexist individuals. WhenKatherine and A.J. (the off-stream viccpresident and president of Engsoc) werethe target of a pretty insulting stripperadvertizement 'joke', most studentsthought it was in pretty poor taste, and itwas done by an individual or small group.It is my belief that it did not represent theactions of even a minority of ourengineering society.But back to this talk- show. The iSliue ordiscussion was sexism on campus. Wefirst heard from Nini, a woman who hadjust graduated from Queen's. She wasinvolved in p r o t e s t i n ~ that the 'No means

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kick her in the facc' signs wereintolerable. As it turns out the womeninvolved in this protest received deaththreats, rape threats, they were physicallyharassed and often followed: all by maleQueen's students. Needless to say shefeels that there is a great deal of sexismon campus .

Then it was my turn. I expressed thatfortunately, in the faculty which issupposed to be horribly sexist, I have hadlittle experience of it here at UW. Muchto my surprise, the ensuing conversationdigressed into Nini trying to prove thatUW engineers must be sexist (I guesssince that is the nature of all male-femalerelations). For example, I said that yesthere certainly have been occasionswhere I have felt out of place in a largegroup of males when I am the onlyfemale. Her reply was that this showedthat the power balance resting with themen had deliberately intimidated meand therefore I was discriminatedagainst. NO, I felt out of place as a singleman in a group of twenty women wouldfcel.

It was very surreal.It was more surreal when I returned to

the studio audience to find myselfsurrounded by women involved inwomen's issues here at UW. A coupleproceeded to condemn my opinionsHow dare you say that there is not a

problem of sexism on campus ....(complete with waved, pointed finger).But I said not in my experience ....

So there I sat for the rest of the show,horrified. Did I truly say that there is nosexism anywhere? That isn't the cascoOne workterm in industry will prove that -- Six have confirmed it beyo nd doub t.And 0 course. t arger question: Am Inaive to have hoped that people who areconcerned about sexism would supportsomeone who says that it really isn't thatbad anymore, in UWengineering?

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Since the show, I have spoken toseveral people. Most have agreed withthe opinions I expressed. However I wassaddened to hear of an example ofsexism which we still seem to feel is 'just ajoke'. That is, the professor whointersperses his technical slides withpictures of topless women. Here we havea man who thinks this is funny and

SURVEYSEXISM

Andrea LawrenceVice President External

During the previous Congress ofCanadian Engineering Students(CCES) last January, a mandate waspassed on to all Engineering StudentSocieties to publish a report dealing withsexism in engineering faculties at eachrespective university. Summaries ofthese reports will be presented at the 1991CCES conference.

To aid in compiling a reportrepresentative of the entire enginccringstudent body (both males and females), abrainstorming session will be held onSaturday November 3rd at 4:30 pm in theorifice (CPH 1327). Anyone remotelyinterested is recommended to attend ...even if you don't have anything specific tosay and just want to listen.

The following questions will be up fordiscussion: Does a problem of sexism inthe engineering faculty exist? If so,define the problem, determine the extentand the root of the problem and possiblecorrective measures. We would like tohear about specific incidents and generalperceptions about the atmosphere hereat the University and during co-op workterms. If you have personal concerns orcannot attend the meeting please comeand talk with me or leave a message inmy box in the orifice, CPH 1327.A survey will be distributed regardingyour perceptions of sexism here at theuniversity--please take the time to fill itin. If you have not received a survey fromyour class reps please pick one up in theorifice. Completed forms can be droppedoff in a box (put out especially for theseforms) in the orifice.

appropriate: he had been using theseslide for years. A single individualprotested and left the class room,resulting in criticism from the class fornot being able to take a joke. Thisexample surprised and disturbed me fortwo reasons; it happened within the lastyear and only one person was prepared toprotest. Surely people understand thatthis sort of bias is inacceptable in eitherthe classroom or the workplace.

A sociologist on Dini's show was invitedto give the viewers advice on how torecogni ze and eliminated prejudice andsexism. Hi s idea is worth rep atin : if wall tell the individuals who act in a racistor sexist way that there behaviour isinsidious, the chances are high that theywould stop. This parti ul


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VISAGE A VISAGE THE NEWGarry PetersonGP: Why did you decide that youwanted to be the Dean ofEngineering?Dean Burns: I was Chairman of MechEng for nine years and I found that to bea very interesting job, and then I hadeight years as a professor. [thought thatI d like to take part again in the planningof where the faculty of engineering isgoing.

What do you plan to accomplish asDean? Do you have any specificgoals?Well, a decade ago, I was arguing thatit was a pity that we were turning awaygood students by our limited enrollment.The argument then was that they couldalways go to Toronto or Queens, but ofcourse those schools do not have the coop program as we have. I think goodstudents want to come to Waterloo, notonly because it is a good engineeringschool, but because it has co-op.

..we are tuming goodstudents w y ..

One of the things I felt we should havelooked at was how to expand, and ofcourse we have done it. I3y chance, whenI was taking over as Dean, we were able toobtain some government funding toexpand the Electrical Engineeringprogram The other expansion, which ofco u rse you ve heard about, isenvi ronmen tal engineering. We havebeen act ive in environmentalenginee ring he re at Waterloo fo r 25years. Chemical, Civi l and Mechanicale nginee r in g have ha d g ro u ps ofprofessors who have been very involvedwith env i ronmental i s su es.Consequently, we ve tried to merge ourvarious faculty options , into adepartmental option and that will, in afew years, probably become an approvedprogram, like computer engineering.

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DE N BURNS INTERVIEWFor example, the business of study

rooms. I feci quite strongly about thisthat we have relatively small areasavailable within the faculty ofengineering, and what has happenedover the past few years is that studyrooms -have ceased to be used for studyand have become more recreationrooms. While you have a mixed mode ofusc like that, people who want to studyare distracted by the people who arep laying table tennis or whatever. Whatwe are tryin g to do is look at theorganization of space for the faculty, andhopefully we are going to get more spaceover the next few years. We must seehow we can separate those functions soth a t those who want to study can andthose that need to relax somewhere

We must ensure that peoplehave reasonable space ..

of the engineering student population Ithink we have a very responsible group ofstudents. The sad thing is that a fewstudents can attract a lot of publicity andI think that automatically that attentionfocuses on engineering, but I am notconvinced that things are any different inscience or mathematics, and what-haveyou. It s ju st that we have this r e p u t ~ t i o nfrom the past. I think we have relativelyfew problems, however that doesn t meanto say that we can ignore the problemsthat we have.

Nevertheless t.here still is aperception that engineering is sexist.

Well the mascot is something thatattracts attention. 1 think that we have tochange we have to change our attitudetowards that and perhaps even go to anew symbol. It has had sexistconnotations in the past, and no matterhow much you say it doesn t have themanymore people will always look back tenyears or twenty years. And well, theargument is tradition. We are onlytwenty-five or thirty years into our history.Does is matter much if we change thisone symbol. I would say there arc muchmore important things within the faculty.I believe that you could make the changeand everybody would be comfortable withit. I would encourage you to consider achange, and I believe that the previousDean took exactly the same position.

during the course of the day havesomewhere. Students don t have verymuch recreational space in engineering,the Poets pub area is not very large, andthere arc a lot of students. So its not verysurprising things have developed as theyhave, but I think we should address that.We must ensure that people havereasonable space to go to if they want tosit quietly. I think it is a very positivething. W are not taking space away for..ot r uses. Civil has already reorganized ...most effective people areits rooms a little bit. . ; t ~ h ; . . ; : e _ c r o v of e n ~ i l 1 e e r i l l Q

But you are taking in new studentswill tout anywhere to put them.Well we are taking in new students, butit will be four years until we get up to newsize and we have already decided on thisjoint build ing with science. If you re anoptimist we will have the new building inthe next few years. The only problem isthe economy is bad .

Well, now to move onto somei ssues that involve engineeringstudents and the profession as awhole. One topic that has come uprecently is sexism in engineering.Do you think there is a problem ofsexism in engineering at Waterloo?There have been problem s in the past.There was a newspaper which was closeddown.

Enginews.And there have been incidents on

other campuses, but if you look at the size

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students ..But still there is the other probl em ofthe public perception of engineers.You spoke of science previously, andI think if you contrast science andengineering you will find that there isnot such an excess of males inscience.

Well] think that raises someth ing thatis very important. I believe the programwhere engineering students go int oschools and speak about engineeringdoes something to encourage morewomen, and men to enter engineering. Ido bel ieve that we ha ve a problem there:convincing young children thatengineering is fascinating. I do believethat the way to get through to them is withstudents . By all means send professors,and practicing engineers, but I mconvinced that some of the most effective

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people are the crop of engineeringstudents we have at the moment. Duringco-op worktcrms, students ask employersfor some time to go speak to local highschools about engineering. Co-op givesus a wonderful network, as everyone isdispersed every few months.

we must attempt to dlallgeattitudes ..

We won t see the results tor a longtime, but I m convinced that it is at thislevel that we must attempt to changeattitudes. Eric Langford presented theEngineering and Science Quest proposalto me and the Departmental chairs. Wefeci that the idea of exposing high-schoolstudents to science and engineering isexcellent. This type of long term programis a wise investment in the future.

Going onto olher Ihings .. the lackof (un ding for engineering. Theamount of money for engineeringhas declined in the lasl few years.How do you propose to deal with thelack of government interest ineducat ion?

You ve got to be careful here. We re allaware that the health care system issaying that they don t have enoughmoney. The federal and provincialgovernments have many demands uponthem. The demand for education is veryimportant, but it is just one part of thetotal picture . 1 don t think that we regoing to sec sudden dramatic changes inthe level of university funding. I hopethat they will be more receptive to theidea that education is i n v ( ~ t i n g ;n tl1lfuture of the ountry. Howcwr, at lhisame time I think that W( h.lve toundertake new initiatives o basis that WI.)have been promis( (i al least some Icvelof extra funding, and as WI hopi that asplans go along the pressure for i n C r l a s l ~ dfunding will grow.

1 have 110 simplesolutio .

I have no simple solution. If I did, (would be in great demand. Eve rybody isco n cerned about the equipmentreplacement issue, in the faculties ofengineering across th e country.Everybody is concerned about the needto use computers in enginee ring

education. This computerization is thebig change in the last decade and it costsus large amounts of money. As you walkthrough the building you see hugenumbers of computers. They come intofirst year and within three days, they re onWATSTAR.We ve just finished a review of the totalWATSTAR network, and we have quite afew original PCs. These old PCs havemaintenance problems, so we re talkingabout replacing 70 of them . How are wegoing to do it? Well we are fortunate thatthe students have made certain extracommitments to the university. We arerecommending that some of thosemonies will go into the WATST ARrenewal. The alumni are supporting usand some of those monies may also gotowards WATSTAR.

There is no simple solution to thefunding problem. We are trying to findnew sponsors, to encourage alumni tohelp us, to encourage students tocontinue the VSc. There is no onesolution.

J closi1tg the engineeringschooL.

Many engineering schools, Udl asQueens, are going 10 be dosing downon December 6 in remembrance forthe students murdered at L EcolePoly technique, 15 Waterloo planningo . g

Not that Im aware of. I haven t beenasked by anyone, until you raised it now,,lbout losing thl 1 l1ginl l rinH school, bll tthat would how .HI II1f1m'lIl' o thloverall l x,lIniMlinl1 SChl dlllt (or IhluniVt rsity nnd CCll1sl qlH 1111y would h vlto be p l,mnl J Inng In ,ldv,II1C1. . ThatdOl sn t meitll to s IY th..lt I m notconcerned about what happened atL Ecole, By chance, I have had it longconnection wilh L Ecolc, in fact I hilVC myiron ring from there and milny of tlllwomen wer in nwchanical t nginL cringwhich is the department I have aconnection with there, I certain ly thinkwo could do somethi ng, and if theengineering society w(lnts to suggestsomething which doesn t disrupt theexam schedule, then I d certain ly helpthem with it.

Well. . thanks for your time.You re welcome_


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