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Fri. Sept. 27 1991 THE ENGINEERING SOCIETY S STUDENT FORUM Fri. Sept. 27 1991

Dear Frosh,Actually, welcome to theUniversity of Waterloo EngineeringFaculty You arc now part of a

group of people who are the mostdynamic, spontaneous, organized,industrious and insane you 'll evermeet in your lifetime. As a result ofbeing accepted here, this puts youwithin this illustrious circle ofpeople.These next 4 and 2/3 years will be amystical journey of both sight andsound filled with exams, midterms,parties, assignments, pubs, labs,Super Bowl roadtrips, and projects.EngSoc is a society that you areautomatically a part of. You don'tneed to join. You are already part ofit. There are great people alreadyhelping out. If you would like to helpout as well, all you need t say ]would like to help." At that point,you will immediately surrounded andwelcomed by and to the most friendlybunch people ever assembled in oneplace.

So I extend an invitation to allfrosh and upper class people alike.Welcome to the WaterlooEngineering Society and Please getInvolved

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CO OPAs I return to Waterloo for anothervery SOCIAL term I find myself in a

very unusual situation. I have triedfor weeks to think about somethingcontroversial to bitch about in thefirst issue but I couldn't For the firsttime in my LW. career (career? ?) Ifind myself without a topic thatwould cause an uproar throughout theengineering undergrad population.Sorry about this - but it won't happenagain .. trust me.

Noting the dilemma I was in, Ithought I'd try something a littledifferent this issue . I m actuallygoing to mention something inengineering that I LIKE What aconcept (hey Sean - this means notrouble yet )

Being a 3B engineering student hereat Waterloo means a lot of things . tme lns I've survived 20 months ofclasses, 10 sets of exams, 4 froshweeks, kegs and kegs of brew, 5SCUNTS, and most importantly, itmeans that I already have 16 monthsof engineering related workexperience. I want to spend a fewminutes (mostly for the frosh) toexplain my views (which I wouldlike to stress are not those of co-opservices, EngSoc or probably anybodyelse)on how to best utilize the co-opeducation system here at Waterloo.

1. Co-op is here to allow you tofigure out what you ONT want toafter you graduate, not what youwant to do . In my opinion, if this isall you get out of your six work termshere at Waterloo it would be enough.When it comes time to enter the realworld you'll be just as thankful foryour bad workterms as you are for thegood ones . This knowledge willallow you to make career choices

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based on first hand experience .. notheresay.

2. f you are in first year, apply toLOTS of jobs. Don't be too selective inyour choices. Once you reach theupper years you can afford to pick andchoose a little more since yourexperience will make you much morevaluable to a prospective employer.On the other hand, if you see anintermediate job that you feel youwould enjoy and could handle, by allmeans apply to it The worst thingthat could happen to you is notgetting an interview.3. Get involved in the interviewprocess. Don't just sit back and allow

the interviewer to do all of theinterviewing. Take charge... askquestions .. it will show you have areal interest in the position you areapplying for. MOST importantly,ask the interviewer what your salarywill be; a lot of employers will notvolunteer this information. f you areto spend the next four (possibly 8)months of your life working for thisperson you should at least know howmuch you will be making. (As anaside to this last point I would like tomention that I think accepting a jobbased solely on salary would be amistake. After all, co-op s mainpurpose is to provide you with jobexperience.)I hope that everyone will end upworking for a company they enjoyworking at as much as I do atPhonetix Corporation. I now havewhat I consider to be the best co-op joba Waterloo student could have and Iplan on staying tl)ere for a while.That the great thing about co-op. fyou can't stand your job, you put upwith it for four months then you reoutta there On the other hand, ifyou find a place you like you'll be allset to jump into a career when yougrnduate.Best of luck to all those looking forjobs this term.

Dear Editors,

My whining letter of the day isabout POETS. Two weeks into theterm, and I've already lost count ofthe number of times they've run out ofbeer. They're licensed from noon to4:30, Thursdays and Fridays, or sothey say. So when I wander in at 3p.m., thirsty after a hard day oflectures, worn out from all thatintense concentration, I want a BEER.The last thing I want to hear is"we're out of beer right now" or even"we don t have any (insert favouritebeer here) left today." You wouldthink they would have learned howmuch to bring by now. f they havebeer left over, so what? t willcertainly keep until the next day.Considering the service, Bar Servicesseem to be making a healthy margin.I doubt it would hurt them to keep afew days of inventory on hand. Whenwas the last time any of you were in abar that closed down at 11 p.m. on aFriday night? f they ran out of beer,their fault for not having enough. fthere were too many people in thebar, why were so many let in? f theythought people were too drunk, whynot cut off the drunks and serveeveryone else, like any other bar? tleft a bad taste in my mouth (ormaybe it was the Ex) to have a reallygood time end two hours early becausesomeone screwed up. I m notinterested in pointing fingers atanyone. I want beer, not excuses,when I walk into a bar. It's not up tome to understand the reasons andsuggest solutions, I'm the customer. Ihave my hands full (and I bitch whenthey're empty) being the customer. Isay to the management of POETS: youdo your job an


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Serge GravelleVP External

It's nice to see all of you back andwell I hope you had a good workterm. I am back from Fort McMurray,Alberta, where the oil is inabundance and so are the mutantmosquitos.I had a great time there, despitethe bugs. There were 70 co-opstudents working for the samecompany--most from otherUniversities (UBC, U of Alberta, Vof Calgary, Regina V., SaskatchewanV. McGill V. and even NewBrunswick V. I learned how otherengineering societies function, andwhat activities they run. Theseexperiences will surely help mefulfill my duties as Vice-PresidentExternal.Apart from helping Sean (the Prez)run EngSoc, I have two mainobjectives this term:Engineering Promotion Committee:I want to start this new committee.It's main objective will be to evaluateENGSOC s involvement in thepromotion of Engineering to highschools, primary schools and thepublic in general. It will examineexisting programs at Waterloo whichare organized by EngSoc and theFaculty, as well as programs running, ,-.r-

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V Spews V Spewsin other schools and organizations.The committee will also set new goalsfor EngSoc in this area for upcomingyears.

Conferences: There are fourconferences coming up in the next 8months, and I am looking to sendstudents to represent 'EngSoc B' to allof them. All students are eligible toparticipate and can apply by fillingin a Conference Application Form inthe Orifice and leaving it in my box.Please note that the Association ofProfessional Engineers of Ontario(APEO) conference will be held atthe Vniversity of Western Ontario,October 3-6. These conferences areexcellent opportunities to meet otherstudents, listen to interestingspeakers, participate in heateddebates, and of course have a verygood time. Please come talk to me ifyou need more info. This invitation isalso open to all frosh.Finally, I would like to welcomeall frosh and I hope they enjoyedtheir orientation week. It was myfirst time as a Big Brother and Ienjoyed myself. My best memory ofthe week will be the ."grey-grey-f'nA frosh tour across campus, with thewater fight against the Mathies (onthe third floor of the MathBuilding). My worst will be the ScuntBeauty Pageant.

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W E E FThe Waterloo EngineeringEndowment Foundation(or Why should I give you my $75?)

Dave MortonEndowment Director

The Waterloo EngineeringEndowment Foundation is ano r g a n i ~ t i o n dedicated to improvingthe qualIty of your education. t wascreated by students, and is dedicatedto students. The Endowment benefitsfrom your $75.00 Voluntary StudentContribution, the graduatingstudent's Plummer's Pledge, and fromdonations from employers of co-opstudents and alumni.What is the VSC?

The Volunta ry StudentContribution is a fee which appearson your tuition sta ::'ment every timeyou register. As the name says, it isvoluntary, however it is required forregistration. The fee Vias approvedby a 94% margin in a referendum heldin 1990, and currently about 85% ofthe students choose to make thedonation. t is a charitable donationand is deductible from your taxesyear .What does it do?

The VSC, along with the moneyfrom the Pledge and the employers isinvested and only the interest incomeis spent. This income is allocated fornew equipment and lab upgrades andis used to enhance the normaluniversity funding, not replace any ofit. This has been guaranteed by theadministrati on.

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Who benefits?You do. You benefit, the students in

future years do, and the alumni doalso. You benefit as a currentundergrad since the results of theVSC and the Endowmen t can alreadybe seen. Future students benefit from amodern facility with up to dateequipment. The alumni andgraduating students benefit also, sincemuch of the worth of a degree isbased on the current reputation of theuniversity. How much is a degreefrom Princeton worth? Princeton hasan endowment of over $3 billion I fengineering at U of W goes downhill,so does the measure of it's graduates.So you have already profitted fromthe VSC, you will throughout yourtime at U of W, and you will continueto benefit once you have graduated.What has it done?

The new computers in the EL-I08computer lab were partially fundedwith money from the VSc. Newequipment has been purchased forCivil and Electrical labs, and moneyis being spent to upgrade a ChemicalEngineering lab. The Endowment alsohelped U of W ho s t the OntarioEngineering Design Competition. Todate, the WEEF has allocated$31743.00.

Do we need the VSC?The VSC helps providedesperately needed funds that

otherwise would not be provided.The Dean currently has an equipmentbudget of $200000. Sounds like a lot,but compare it to an invenlory worth$20 million, and it's peanuts. Thismeans he can replace all theequipment every 100 years Can youimagine using a 100 years oldcomputer? Given inflation, theamount of money the governmentprovides has not risen since 1971, andin fact has decreased. The Council ofUniversities has proposed a $410million solution, to return to 1971funding levels, but this would involvea tuition hike o t $550 a year $75doesn't sound like much then docs it?Who controls the money?. Again, you do. The money ismvested along with university funds,but nothing can be spent until wedecide to spend it. Funding decisionsare made by the Funding Council,made up of a representative fromevery class, similar to th EngSocCouncil. The funding oun il makesall funding allocations, and these nrepassed to the Endowm nt 's Board ofDirectors. The Board is compo d of aminimum of 2/3 students, so control isstill in student's hands. The

EngSoc Services Trez Spews)Amy AlfredTrez

As treasurer of Engineering SocietyB I've recently completed a budgetthat's going to allow for a verySOCIAL term, and will continue toprovide the SERVICES you are usedto, including a couple of new ones.

On the SOCIAL note there is a togaparty, Oktoberfest, SCUNT, EngWeek, Eng Weekend, lots of pubs(POETS all day, every day), RaftRace, Athletic tourneys (baseball,golf, and so on), the Semi-Formal,and Tal-Eng. Of course the mostsocial event this term wasORIENT An O N The BN A0(engineering stage band) is warmingup and ready to perform for yourlistening pleasure. Don't forgetWarrior Game Warm-Ups at POETS(face paint anyone?).

As for SERVICES, the'Orifice isopen daily for novelties, laserprinting, photocopying, academicreference (midterms and exams), anda place to find information aboutactivities and to meet friends . Plan

to use the Eng Soc Computing services,and engineering garage and darkroommemberships are available for thosehome mech a nics and amateurphotographer's. A recycling programis in full force throu ghout th eEngineering Buildings under a newalliance with UW Recycles. For yourreading pleasure the Iron Warrior,Enginewsletter, and copies of Projectmagazine are available.

The blotter helps you plan yourSOCIAL and your ACADEMIC time.Eng Soc runs the C&D in CPH(cheapest food on campus). Charityevents like the plant sale and a blood. donor clinic (on Halloween) allow usto help our community (KW is ourcommunity for 4.66 years). Eng Socalso welcomes all exchange studentsto UW.

Engineering is busy with lots ofactivities (and lots of volunteers tomake the activities happen). Thisterm we are trying to make sure UWgets busy by inviting other facultiesto campus wide events that we'll runso everyone can have fun and beSOCIAL.

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Endowmen t Director, an electedstudent, makes all operating expensedecisions. Thus control rests firmlywith the students. You decide wherethe money goes.Why should I pay?

. The Volunta ry StudentContribution's motto is StudentsHelping Themselves . This is animportant source of funds, but evenmore importantly, it sends a message,saying that we are willing to helpourselves. The University of Torontoinstituted a similar fee recently, andwhen alumni found out the studentswere contributing, donations almostdoubled. When the Endowment madeit's first funding allocation, about$10000, the Faculty responded witha grant totalling $140 OOOThe Voluntary St ude n tContribution has a cancellationdeadline however. I t is three weeksfrom the beginning of lectures,according to university policy. Bringyour fee statement and ID card to theOrifice if you wish to cancel yourcontribution . fill out ncomment form while you ' re there,we'd like to Al t some f dback fromYOIl.r cl free to l.11k to mt', or k .lV mea nul:: in my box.


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Sean Johnson &Sheri NewsteadYour SOCIAL Directors

SOCIAL: What does it mean toyou? Sean Murphy, our illustriousPrez, wants to make this term FUNSOCIAL Thousand Points of LightSo we just want to take up a littlespace to clue you in to what fun,exciting things that are going tohappen this term.

What's a better way to start off thesocial term than withOKTOBERFEST "Ein Prosit, EinProsi I'm toasted every year "Hope you're coming on out to RubysRoom at the Waterloo Inn, Friday,October 18. Be SOCIAL with 500 ofyour best and closest friends . If theyaren 't now, they will be in themorning And only $10 - that includesthe Designated Driver. The bus willpick you up on Ring Road in front ofthe Campus Center anywherebetween 6:30 and 8:15 PM, (it'sshuttling back and forth), and bringyou back between 12:30 and 1 30 AMto the same place. I f you 'reinterested in drink prices, they are asfollows: Beer-$2.90, Wine-$3.S0,Mixed Drinks-$3 .85, and Pop-$1.50.It ~ i l 1 be a great time, so see youth ere .

The next few. events are idea s thatwe need feedback on, so, as Big Petewould say , "Work with us"

1. What do you think about a roadtrip to the Brunswick House? Thetentative date is Thur s day,November 14 , but tha t may change.

Remem beT those wonderfu ISpirit Days in High School?Remember how much FUN theywere?? Well, welcome baek to ..

CR,AZY IBPIRIIr?R Y-UAYIBIIOct. 4 Pyjama Day

Get up late and don'tbother gellingdressed ...

Oct. 11 Funky Hat DayWear your cra7.iC ;l toppiecc . if you don', gotit, invent itOct. 18 Plaid & Polyester...or Mary Snyder look-alikc day ..

Oct. 25 Big Hair Day...or Joel Singer look-alike day ..

Nov. 1 Pumpkin DayCarry around yourpumpkin .. or wear iton your ~ e a d

Nov. 8 Vegetable DayNo, don't come asyourself ..

Nov. 15 Loud Tie DayDig out your fathers'old tics ..Nov. 22 Body Palnl DayPaint your faces, or gofor the gusto

Nov. 29 Beach DayShorts & Shadesmandatory, Socks notallowed ...

Come into The Orifice and modelyour apparel for Cheryl...giveher your class name for P ... 5points

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" S O CI L "We want to fill at lea st two bu s load sof screaming students to show Torontohow to have a good tim e2. What about a "Hoe Down"? Allyou Westerners, and Westerner wantto-be's, can come to POETS in yourWestern attire and enjoy the sounds ofJimmy Buffet, and of course the RodeoSong, while showing the world thateasterners really do know how to ridea mechanical bull

3. The Shuffle Demons Ten SecondsOver Tokyo Send in your suggestions

for an Engineering Pub at theBombshelter

4. All you ski bunnies, (that wouldbe both male and female), keep yourears peeled for an awesome road tripto Holiday Valley in New York forsome fun 'n' frolic in the snow. We'dlike to get an idea of how many areinterested, so drop us a note in theSOCIAL box in the Orifice5. Ever laugh so hard that youcouldn ' t breathe, your sides ached,and you started crying? That's our

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goal when the Engineers take overYuk Yuk 's for a night. The timeframe is late October, so keepwatching.

6. Finally, every year we hold anEnd-of-term bash at Fed Hall, wherewe re-live our memories of the term.Fall '91 recaptured in one night. Wewatch a slide show of our events,announce the winners of p ...S andPBD, and basically have one morereally good time before gettingcaught up in finals. The date i fThursday, November 28, so mark it onyour calenders now

We both want to see all thesethings happen, but we can't do itwithout your help. If any class isinterested in running one of theevents, or if they have one of thereown that they think could be a lot offun, leave us a note in our box in theOrifice.Well, that's it for now . We hopewe've sparked your interest in beingSOCIAL this term" and we lookforward to seeing you out ateverything. If you have anyquestions, suggestions, etc ., do n ' thesitate to let us know

Party Party Par yKim BoucherSemi-Formal Director

So here it comes . The socialex travaganza of the season. It'swhat we've all been waiting for(since last summer). For frosh, it'sthe event that you've been waitingfor all of your life .. , the big hugeengineering Fall Semi-Formal. Thisone will, without a doubt, prove to bethe best one yet. Anyone whoexperienced the Great MurderMystery Dinner or the big BourbonTabernacle Choir event last summer,knows that the semi formal is a bignight not to be missed. The theme

this year for the semi formal is, well,semi-forma l. Rumour has it that forthose of you who want to get out thatpo lyes ter and those disco shoes , youmight just have a chance to get downand boogie.

I had the incredible luck to capturefor this soire is th e exceptionallygroovy local band The Rhinos. If youhaven't heard them yet, it's abouttime you did. The evening of FridayNovember 8th starts off at 6:30pm (orearlier if you get to one of thehundreds of cocktail/warmup partiesalready brewing) with cocktails atthe Walper Terrace Hotel in

charming do w ntown Kitchener (asho r t taxi ride from here). Thegourmet dinner will be served in theCrystal Ballroom at 7pm, and therewill be yummy vege tarian dinners aswell - just sign up when buying y ourticket. Later on, the Rhinos will hitthe stage, so be sure to wearsomething that yu can really move in.Tickets are on sale in the orifice, avery reasonable $26.00 a person forthis incredible evening. A final wordof advice and or wisdom: get all yourfriends together and go. Don't worryabout dates - they're a thing of thepast, and sure tend to impede yourfun .. I think. So, there you go

The U.L.T.I.M.A.T.E. ScuntHammer & Screw(Beast).

Get pumped, get psyched, getready The U.L.T.I.M.A.T.E. Seunt iscoming for you. This fall's classic ison Friday October 4th and is being runby Hammer & Screw (a.k.a. SeuntGods and/or 2B Mech). Kicking offthis monumental event will be achariot race (time and place T.B.A.)which will become a legend just likethe Knights of the Round Table.Start preparing now since this wventwill be worth mega points; readinessis definitely greatly encouraged. Toorganize (Seunt '91), we (Hammer &Screw) needed months of preparationand clues are being released daily sostart getting organized or you mightMiz out.

Hammer & Screw, always on thecutting edge, has endeavoured toKeep this scunt financially

advantageous. Great care was takento reduce the necessary outlay ofsource capital and donation ofintoxicating consumables. Therecession has dcccmatoo class funds soareas of great cost have beenavoided. More information at theCaptain's meeting (T.B.A.). OuiU.L.T.I.M.A.T.E. goal is to have 10teams; frosh and upper year classesare encouraged to participate.

We have stacked the evening withexciting events, cool lists, uselesstrivia and TONS of fun. So come ondown to the Orifice and sign up ateam today. Put your name and yourclass name in our box. Keep on thelook out for signs and posters with outlogo (which is much cooler than theOttawa Senator's) on it. Stay tunedand see you on October 4 .. missing itwould be a crime.

JUDGJ'AEl'rr DAY:OCrOBER4AU TEAMS WELCOME

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The Need For SPEEMartin Zagorsek2B Systems Design

f you have it, I don t need toexplain. The pavement rushes byyour leg and wind howls by yourhead, the engine shrieking out ahigh-pitched wail. f the thought ofthese things makes your eyes light upand your heart beat faster, then youknow what I mean. The rest of theworld can shake it's collective headand look at us with thatcondescending disapprovingexpression we all know so well, and itwon't slow us down one bit.So what do you do when you have aneed for speed? The only thing youCAN do: go fast. Some people buysome fast wheels and go tearingaround streets and highways. Butthat can get expensive, and sooner orlater you and your licence will partcompany, victims of yet another copwith an attitude. And there are ofcourse the countless brainless massesof drivers who happily change lanesright in front of you, pull out of theirdriveways without looking, andgenerally don t have a clue thatthere are other cars on the road. fdodging grandmas in Lincolns is youridea of fun, then streets are the placefor you.

Let's assume you want to keep yourlicence, and that you have enough fungoing fast without being in anobstacle course of idiots. Where isthe only place you can legally go overl00? Where you get trophies insteadof tickets for going even faster? Mostpeople have never been to a racetrack, let alone driven on one. Theysee the Andrettis in their multimillion dollar cars, doing insanethings at insane speeds, and smashingthose precious cars into bits whensome mechanic forgets to tighten abolt. That's world-class racing, withworld-class money and world-classrisks.

You don' t have to go to the Indy 500to race any more than you need to bein the NHL to play hockey. Dirttrack racing is big in the southernStates, with local yokels takingtheir beaten-up Camaros and

Mustangs and grinding around a dirtoval. No prize-money, no sponsors, nonetwork TV, and often not evenspectators besides the few friendsthat came to watch. But there isn tas much dirt racingaround here, and Idon t particularly like beaten-upmuscle cars. But I liked motorcycles,and they're cheap.

A raceable sport-bike can be found,slightly used , for about $4000-6000. Ifound a nice Yamaha FZR, 600cc, abike with about 90 horsepower thatweighs 450 pounds. It's quite ahandful. Riding around the streetswas fun, and of course the firstspeeding ticket wasn't long in coming.Racing was only a vague idea in myhead until I met a few racers throughsome friends. They pointed out thatmy bike could be raced as is, and evenmade competitive in its class withsome minor changes. So I spent a bitmore money, replaced the rear shockabsorber with a racing unit, andadded a steering damper for morehigh-speed stability. ' Bike andadrenal glands ready, the next stopwas the track.

, could eventually causea disi3sterous crash

The closest track to Ottawa, myhome last term, is the ShannonvilleMotorsport Park, just east ofBelleville. It is the headquarters ofRACE Canada, the organization thatruns most of the motorcycle racing inthis country. They have race schoolsseveral times a year, ~ i m e atteaching beginners the fundamentalsof racing. The course costs $175 forthe day, and includes a free entry intoone race this season (worth about$50). So borrowed a full leather suitfrom a friend, laced on some leatherboots, and I was off

I left Ottawa at 4:30 a.m. to be intime for the tech-inspection at 7. Afew guys, who have been around bikeslonger than I've been alive, went overeach machine with a lot of attentionto little details, making sure therewas not a single loose bolt, slow drip

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or small crack that could eventuallycause a disastrous crash. I had beenpretty thorough, passing after alecture on keeping my bike clean(inspectors hate getting their handsdirty).

The classroom session was next,where we spent about two hours goingthrough rules and safety on the track.The different flags were explained,traffic rules, right of way and basiccollision avoidance. There are no

rear-view mirrors allowed on thetrack (no glass is allowed anywhere),and shoulder checks are far toodangerous at race speeds. The rulesare simple: the person in front hasthe right of way. It may not soundlike a fair rule, but few people abuseit. In a collision both riders nearlyalways go down, so bumping is veryrare. As beginners we were advised tokeep our moves predictable tominimize the danger of being rammedby a faster rider trying to pass.

Heads full of rules, we next metwith our instructors for the trackwalk. I was very lucky, no-one else inmy group had shown up, so I had myown instructor (most groups had threeor four people). He introducedhimself as Jeff, quiet guy, glasses, Icouldn t picture him on a bike letalone racing one. We walked aroundthe track on foot to familiarizeourselves with the layout.

padding on the knees, elbows andshoulders, along with a backprotector that has hard plastic scaleslike an armadillo shell. As I sat onthe bike while the engine warmedup, I could already feel the adrenalinrushing in. We were divided up intothree groups. Each group would do afew laps and then discuss progresswith their instructors while theothers we,c riding. The first twosessions were to be dead-slow andshort. Jeff promised me plenty of

speed later.The track looks different whenyou re moving. I followed myinstructor through the laps, trying tomemorize the brake, turn-in andthrottle-out points. He d drop backbehind me for a lap now and then tosee how I was progressing. After two5-lap sessions like this, he said themagic words: Time to pick the paceup a bit. The next time out was 10laps, and definitely faster. Still farbelow race speed, but 60 km/h feelsfast after 20. Now it was a matter ofmaking the movements moreautomatic. I started to slide off theseat in comers, like I had been shown,hanging off the inside of the bike fora lower center of gravity for smootherhandling. Again, Jeff wouldalternately ride behind me andwatch, and then move in front topoint out mistakes or problem areas Iwas having.

I was immediately amazed at how Two sessions of this, and suddenlywell Jeff knew that track. He Jeff star ted going faster. The track,pointed out individual bumps and which had seemed miles wide,ripples in the pavement to avoid. suddenly got much narrower. TheUsing various scratches and marks on corners were rushing at me reallythe surface as reference points, he fast, and I was glad I had those slow -pinpointed good lines through turns. sessions to get to know the track.Where to brake, where to cut in, Everything was happening so fast:where the apex was, where to start brake, downshift, right knee out,accelerating, all of these points are slide butt right, push right hand,different for every tum. I couldn't get leeeeean, pull in tighter, tighter,over how big it alliooked, how wide right knee grazes inside curb, rollthe track seemed and how long it wrist, accelerate, graduallywas. The walk took nearly an hour, straighten and sHoe back onto thebut it was time well-spent. seat, upshift, full throttle and here- comes the next one. All that in 7 or 8My heartbeat picked up a bit as 1 seconds. Ten laps seemed to takezipped into the leathers. Lots of forever.


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Fri. Sept. 27, 1991"Looking good out there. Hang offthe bike more, lean harder, come

closer to the curb, you're leavingyourself a whole foot." Every time Idid something better, Jeff wouldcongratulate me but keep pointing outthings to impro ve, to go faster. FasterI went, every lap. Jeff waseverywhere. Whenever I thought Iwas cornering as hard as I could,cutting as close as I could, or brakingat the last possible moment before acomer, he'd breeze by on the inside ofa comer, or go flying by me and brakelater and harder before turning in.He wasn't doing it to show off, hehad nothing to prove. He was merelyreminding me that I was still far fromthe limits.

Somewhere along the way, inbetween sessions, one of the otherinstructors explained to me who thisquiet guy with glasses really was.Jeff Gaynor, currently riding forSuzuki Canada, and leading theNational series in the Pro 750cc class.(He later lost the points lead, butstayed in the top four places) Hmm,wonder why he was riding circlesaround me?

180 - 200 km/h ".J

The last few sessions were wideopen. Everyone was free to go as fastas they pleased, and the actualracing started. There weren't going tobe any officiated races as part of thecourse, so we made our own. Three orfour similarly-powered bikes wouldbunch up together and, as we crossedthe start-finish line, go for it. Intocorner one, a wide right-handsweeping curve, going quite fast afterthe main straight. Back off thethrottle until the apex, then full intoand through the second straight. Upto fourth gear by now, 180-200 km/h.At what seems a long distance awayfrom corner two, throttle off andlightly squeeze the brake. The bikeshifts its weight onto the front tire,and then grab hard, as hard aspossible without locking the wheel.While braking, clutch in and tap-tapdownshift two gears. Turns two andthree, two more rights, much tighter,with just enough of a straight inbetween to straighten up beforeleaning over again. The guy in frontof me was a bit early on the brakesinto tum two, so I gained ground. Ashort burst of power before tum three,and I nose in beside him, my frontwheel just inside his rear. A bitrisky, since he has the right of wayand I'd have to back off if he cuts tooclose to the curb. No worries, he's offby a foot. I put on the gas early,keeping my wheel next to him up tothe apex, and then squeezing by as hedrifts back out of the curve. The extrastrain on the rear tire, cornering andaccelerating at the same time, takesits toll. The rear end of the bikedrifts outwards about six inches,putting me at a slight angle. Adelicate touch and I keep i t thereuntil I straighten out, full gas again,and it wobbles back into 11ne. Thewhole bike shudders as I cut hardacross the track, then flip from rightto left to go into turn four. This is asharp left that opens onto the backstraight. I tum in a bit later so that Ican go full throttle right from theapex all the way down the straight.

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From 160 at the end to about 60 for thehairpin, the rear wheel lifts off theground an inch as I squeeze the frontbrakes hard. A 145-degree right,short stretch, dead-slow left, then aslowly opening right back onto thestart-finish straight. I'm bitovercautious on the left-hander, tooslow, and I see a wheel creeping up onthe inside going into the last comer.Gritting my teeth, I increase myspeed and lean harder My knee padis being ground away by pavementand I hear a scrape from somewhereunder the bike. Made it The engineshrieks happily as I pull away,thrilled at my little triumph.r It 's even Lega l

I'll never do this for a living, Icouldn't. Imagine risking your careerevery ten seconds that you're at work.When it's your living, you have totake big chances all the time. Wh'enall that's at stake is a little pride,you can baCK off when you don't thinkyou're going to make it. Racing is fun,more fun than anything I have everexperienced. It's even legal Sure it'sdangerous, I had a few close callsthat I didn't mention. I still believeit's less dangerous than drivingaround the streets in any city. I havecome far closer to getting hurt orkilled by idiots not paying attention,than I ever have or will by competentracers on a track.If you love to go fast, i your idea offun involves a big adrenalin rush,racing is something you should try.My heart still beats faster when Iclose my eyes and remember some ofthe laps I rode. Your friends willthink you're crazy. Your parents willdisown you (if you tell them). And ifyou're like me, your boring work-termjob will be much more bearable whenyou have the next ride to lookforward to.

Micheal PoplikP**5 DirectorP**5 stands for Paul & Paula

Plummer's Points for Participationand it is a system for rewardingparticipation in EngSoc events. Atevery event, the P**5 Director willaward points to your class based onparticipation and performance. Atthe end of the term, the paints aretallied and the class wi th the mostpoints is declared the P**5 champs.If you or your class hold an event,leave a note in the P**5 box located inthe Orifice. The note must contain a

list of all the classes thatparticipated , the winners (lst, 2ndand 3rd place) and the class thatorganized the event.MEGA points will be awarded forIron Warrior submissions and oldexams.An added feature of the term ..Along with the banner in C.P .H.the rankings and score distribution foreach class wi1l be avaliable on theWatStar system. More informationwill be avaliable after the system isinstalled.

2FOR 1WINGSONLY AT

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l t l o n d ~ to "Vednesday

Steve WilliamsonRob WongCollin HungTheC Dguys

Just a quick note to let you knowwhat has been going on lately. First,we hope that you have enjoyedvisiting the new and improved C&DThat's right New and improvedOver the break between terms, somerenovations were arranged andpartially financed through thegenerousity of the Dean's office. Thefront wall of the C&D was moved outto provide more room inside and a. ventilation system was installed to. try and keep the temperature at areasonable level (expecialJy in thesummer). While this was being done,asbestos insulation was also r('mov('dfrom the ceiling. Thnnks, again tothe Dean's office (or their Iwlp inthese renovations.r New & Improved

C D .JOn a more general note, we'd like toremind you that the C&D is a studentservice. It is owned and managed by

students (the cashiers arc full timestaff). That means that we are hert'for YOU So i you have anycomments, suggestions for tasty newtreats or other things you'd like tosee, please let us know. You canmention them to Mary and Cyndi inthe C&D, to any of us or drop us a notein our box in the Orifice. The bestway we can improve our service to youis if you let us know what you wouldlike or don't like. For instance,starting this week, we have changedour bagel supplier in response tocomments from you, our customers. Wehope you like the new bagelS.Enough said. Have a great term,and don't forget to say "Hi " to Maryand Cyndi when you visit the C&D.

Rob and LynnArts DirectorsHey There We're Lynn and Rob,

your new arts directors for the fallterm. We hope to use this column tokeep you informed of all the eventswe are planning as part of the newand improved Arts directorship. Wearc bringing back all the old fav's(photo contest, and short storycontest), and adding a few newevents. you ever want to make anysuggestion or comments, memo us inthe arts director's mailbox in theOrifice.You may be asking yourself, "Self,what ca n the Arts directors do forme?" Well to start, you can ~ t yaware and informed by reading theENG-ARTS board outside theOrin ' . W will be kl'cping not; ofupcoming on crts, art exhibits, thePrincess Movie Guidl', ,lnd ' 0 on, aswell as information on aJl our cont 'sisand evcnts. If you hav' a bulletin youfeel should be placed on tl\(' board,submit copy of arne to our mailbox.S cond, you can Iltcr our photocontest or short story contest, winvaluable prizes, hav' your nameimmortalized in stone, and in g 'Heralbe granted boasting rights for evermore. If you don't win we'll havesome nice parting gifts.Lastly, you can come out and enjoysome of the great entertai nment w


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The Sandford Fleming Foundation, Waterloo Campus Activity4333 Carl Pollock Hall, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 (519) 888-4008

FALL ENGINEERING WORK TERM REPORTORAL PRESENTATION COMPETITION

Department Competitions will take place between Sept. 16 and Oct. 4. Winners from the departments will participate in theFaculty Competition on the Tuesday October 8th. The winner of the Faculty competition will receive 300, while all otherparticipants in the Faculty competition will receive 200 dollars.ll students are invited to participate in the Department Competitions. The Oral Presentation should be based on a recent satisfactory work term report. f you are interested in participating, please pick up an information package from Cheryl in the Orificeand notify your department.

The Winter '91 winner was John Straube, Civil Eng. Other participanis were Janice Woods, Chern .Eng., Naraig Manjikian,E C Eng., Phil Zwart, Mech. Eng.

FASS 92John Kingdon4A Systems Design

While you may not know it yet, amomentous event is occurring nextterm: the 30th production of FASS

What is FASS, you ask? Theacronym stands for Faculty, Alumni,Staff and Students, but there's a lotmore to it than that.

In the beginning, there was anenterprising and creative group ofcampus folk who realized that theywere about to go stark raving madfrom boredom during the winter. Toavoid this, they put together avariety show of skits and otherentertainments, and called it theFASS Night. This proved to be sucha success that it was repeated thenext year. And the next. And thenext after that. And so on.

The show has changedconsiderably over the decades. Firsta theme was added to link the skitsand sketches. The theme became aplot, which in turn became a script.Musical numbers were added, startingwith solo numbers, moving toensembles and choruses, and finalIybecoming full-scale productionnumbers with choreography. But alIthrough this, the goals of FASSremained the same: to provide a goodtime for everyone im'olved, with thechance to meet new people and makenew friends from across campus, andto provide some ' home-grownentertainment for everyone sufferingfrom the winter blues.

FASS now spans the entire year. Atthe end of the Winter term, a themefor the next show is chosen (thetheme for FASS '92 is Mythology>.Then, all through the Spring andFall terms, the writers meet to createthe script. The Writers' Committee(meaning anyone who comes to themeetings) puts together an outline,assigns scenes and vignettes toindividual writers or groups ofwriters, and edits the results into_aseamless whole. At the beginning ofthe Winter term, auditions are held

and support personnel (affectionatelycalled 'techies') are sought out.Rehearsals and preparation go on forthe next month, culminating in theproduction in late January or earlyFebruary.

So how can you get involved?Writers' meetings are being heldevery Wednesday and Sunday nightat 7:30 pm in MC 5045. The re' s stilllots to be done if you want to write,including scenes, vignettes andproduction material (like, say,newspaper articles.)If you're around in the winter term,look for FASS auditions andvolunteer meetings during the firstweek of classes. f you want to be onstage, and you think you can act,dance, sing, or just stand aroundlooking good, come out to auditions;we'll find a place for you, as big or assmaIl as you want. Even if you don't

think you can do any of the above, butstill want to be on stage, come u -there's a role for everyone, and youmay have talents you never dreamedof. And if you play a musicalinstrument, there's a place for you inthe orchestra.If your tastes run more to backstageactivity, we need you just as much.FASS has excellent production

standards, and lots of people arenecessary to maintain them. You canbuild props, paint sets, help withlights or sound, or be a stagehandduring performances.

Remember, though, that it's not allwork. Besides- producing the show,FASS is aimed at ~ v i n g fun. Fromthe traditional post-writers' meetinggatherings at the Second Cup to thelegendary Strike Party following thelast performance, FASS people arededicated to having as good a time aspossible while getting ready for theproduction.And finally, if you don't think thatparticipating in FASS is your cup oftea, don't forget that every showneeds an audience. f you haven'tseen a FASS show before, you oweyourself the experience.

Classes back up to speedetter Uses For TheDangerous IW oxes

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Youth uilding the Future ATTENTION 92 GRADSAndrew Pape2B Systems Design

Youth Building the Future startedin 1987 in Melbourne, Australia at theRoyal Melbourne Institute ofTechnology. Since then, it has heldyearly conferences in Waterloo(surprise ), Buenos Aires, Argentina,Cairo, Egypt, and most recently inOslo, Norway. The head officeshifts each year to the country andUniversity where the previousyear's conference was held. Also,quarterly newsletters are published.Waterloo has sent three delegateseach year to the internationalconferences, and has recently startedto sponsor students from developingcountries to go as well. We helped aPeruvian delegate with travelexpenses to Oslo, and will besponsoring three non-Canadianstudents next year. Fundra ising is ofprimary concern to many YBFchapters along with the promotion ofsome of the principles within theYBF charter that outlines many ofthe fundamental goals of theorganization.

Sign up A.S.A.P. for your yearbook andcomposite photos in the Orifice.Youth Building the Future (YBP) is

an international network of youth ofdifferent backgrounds workingtowards increasing globalcommunica tion, cooperation,understanding, and awareness. Alongwith those fundamental goals, YBF isconcerned with such global issues asthe preservation of the Earth'senvironment, human (especiallychildren) and cultural rights, ahuman centered economic order, worldpeace, the responsible use of scienceand technology in society, an honestand impartial global media, andothers.

Sitting Fee: $17.00 thLast Photo Date: Monday, September 30

Three Waterloo students attendedthe fifth annual YBF Internationalconference in Oslo, Norway thissummer, whose theme was HumanRights with sub-categories ofcultural , children'S andenvironmental rights. The studentswere Marion Black (Spanish, LatinAmerican Studies), Caroline Guirguis(MA - Economics), and myself(Systems Design Eng., lnt. Studies).The conference was attended by over100 people from 38 countries aroundthe world.7The responsible use of science

and technology in society ... :This was a fantastic environmentfor learning, discussion, and formaking great friends. The structure ofthe conference consisted of keynotespeakers, small workshops discussingtopicS related to human rights,plenary discussions after workshops,daily write-ups in the YBF Today"publication, social activities, and aspeaker's comer on the last day that

allowed delegates to speak aboutareas of personal interest.

Later this term, we will beselecting delegates to attend thesixth annual conference inSverdlovsk, USSR, in August, 1992.Sverdlovsk is in the Ural mountains,on the Asian side of the USSR.Check out future editions of the IronWarrior for information on theselection procedure for the Sovietconference.The Oslo conference focused eachday on a particular theme related toHuman Rights , includingenvironmental rights, cultural rights,and children's rights . One of thecultural rights workshops focused onthe question,

Is the establishment of new nationstates the answer and most realisticsolution for cultural groups fightingfor freedom and independence?"

In simple words, should a distinctcultural group form its own country toachieve full cultural rights,independence and freedom? Theworkshop had delegates fromBangladesh, Canada, Egypt,Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Peru,U.S.S.R., and Zaire. What adynamic bunchThe workshop quickly focused onthe issue of Lithuanian independencefrom the Soviet Union, a very timelyissue, especially with theparticipation of a Soviet and aLithuanian in the workshop. TheLithuanian delegate truly believedthat there were no advantages (yetmany losses) for his nation withinthe framework of the USSR, despitethe suggestions from all the otherdelegates about potential f u t u ~economic advantages, and the focus InWestern of Europe of unificationrather than secession.During the discussion mention wasalso made of the dilemma in Canadaconcerning Quebecqois cultural rights,and Aboriginal rights and selfdetermination. As well, theEgyptian delegate expressed herviewpoints on Palestinian autonomywithin (or outside of) Israel. Aconsensus was very difficult to reachin the workshop. Some believed thatcultural rights of a distinct groupcannot be maintained by forming aseparate count ry because of the stronginfluence of the global media,

I t was d dark and stormy night , sometime l a s t week about Tuesday shor t lyaf t e r "Night-Court" and I was s i t t ing alone waiting to return a phone ca l ltha t I had received sometime l a t e r that day. Realizing that I could notposs ibly have received a phone ca l l l a t e r that day s ince it wasn't yet then.I decided ins tead to ca l l for a pizza. But I wasn't hungry. So I d idn t .Besides, I was in the mood for Borscht. Hindsight being what it was. I hadalready ca l l ed for it ear l i e r tha t day. In fact I had already eaten it aboutan hour and a half ago. Indiges t ion s t r ikes again. Boy do I have to takecrap. Anyways, the phone rang. I t was that guy in my backyard who has beengrazing on my long grass . He sa id he couldn ' t t a lk , he was busy. So he hungup. The ins tant I returned his portable to my cradl t , the phone rang anon.answered i t , but it was for my neighbour. I t was a sexy voice of a blond 36- "24-36 tha t I could hear . What would a woman l ike th is be doing ca l l ing myneighbour. I t could be the fact tha t he has a Roto-Ti l ler . A kind of greenone, l ike the green you get when a dog pees on a red f i re hydrant. Anyway,the brunet te was making passes a t me, t anta l iz ing me with Borscht recipes ,and ta lking about the Xavier Roberts ' cookbook. I rea l i zed tha t I was nolonger hungry so I sa id good-bye to th is stunning red-head and cal led a buddyof mine, Fred. He wasn ' t over so he didn t respond. I cal led louder but hes t i l l wouldn't come.By th is t ime the s tench of Naphthalene was gett ing the be t te r of me so I gotout of the c lose t . I t was dark in there and the recept ion on my s i s t e r s bestf r i end s second cous in s mother-in-law's neighbour 's portable phone wasn ' tvery good. Fred should have taken the phone with him when he l e f t next weekanyways. Hypocrite A half inch l a t e r , a package for my neighbour arr ived.Actually, i t was the paper boy, the mailman found him under the front porch.He was always such a nice boy. I t was a shame his s i s t e r got AIDS from thathomosexual-druggie-boy-friend of hers , Tim. I never did l ike the mailmananyways. But, you know, missionary, doggie-s tyle, it s a l l the same. Eventhough I 'm kinda par t i a l to borscht and l i t t l e chi ldren I wasn ' t hungry andbesides I couldn t f igure out how that l i t t l e sh i t got under my porch. Id i d n t put him there an hour from now.

western culture, the internationaleconomic order, and a recent focus onglobal unification. Others (theLithuanian) believed the creation ofa separate nation-state to be vital fora particular cultural group interestedin autonomy and maintenance of theircultural identity.

The most powerful and influentialyouth in the communities.:.

Throughout the conference, all ofour viewpoints were challenged, andwe were able to link up with some ofthe most powerful and influentialyouth in the communities where YBFoperates, but most importantly, wewere able to overcome cultural,language, racial, and genderdifferences and look at several globalissues on an equal level. Pleasecontact Andrew at 884-1444 i f youhave any questions or are interestedin YBF.

YBF MeetingWednesday October 2

12:3 pmCC 138

- report on Oslo conference- information on USSR conference- organization of a coffee houseevent this fall

Uruverslty or WaterlonFaculty of Enlllc . tng Ucdergraduate OfficeFaculty E:cchauge OfficeInternational ExchangePrograms in Engineering

Meet UW students who have been thereCPH Foyer, outside POETS12 noon 2 pm

Monday, 30 Sept 1991toFriday, 4 Oct 1991

A different country every day

Monday: England" Northem IrelandTuesday: France I: SwitzerlandWednHday: Germany 4: UkraineThursday: Japan 4: KoruFriday: Au.atraIia..........Information will aIJo be available.:30 pm 5:30 pmevery day for the Country of the Day inCPH1320B (EnciDeering UndeJ'll"lduate Office area). .

If you bave any questions. please seeCindy Howe. Fac:ulty Exchange Office.CPH1320E (EnciDeering Undergraduate Office)


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News (From the national desk) Kiwanis Club of Waterloo NorthPresentsUW News Bureau

What's going to happen toCanada? That's the question to bepondered at a series of public lecturesscheduled at the University ofWaterloo later this month and next.

Prof. David Bercuson, a historianat the University of Calgary, leadsoff Sept. 26 with a talk onDeconfederation: Canada without

Quebec. The lecture, named afterhis controversial book, was held at 8p.m. in the Humanities Theatre.

ONE SKY, ONE WORLDInternational Kite Fly for PeaceProfessional Design ContestDate: Sunday October 13 1991Time: 2:00-3:00pmPlace: Bechtel Park (Bridge and University)Bercuson believes Canada would bebetter off without Quebec, says Prof.

David Wilton, of UW's economicsdepartment and an organizer of thelecture series. He's quite passionateabout this view.

Sponsored by UW's departments ofeconomics, history and politicalscience, the series continues Oct. 10and ct 17 with four additionalspeakers, all beginning at 8 p.m. inthe Humanities Theatre.

Are You a 3 rd or 4 th Year Math, Science or EngineeringStudent?

Employer Information Session

Careers in: - Manufacturing- Systems- Engineering- Product Supply- Product Development

areer Fair 191Wednesday October 2 nd

Physical Activities Complex - Main Gynl10:00 am to 4:00 pm

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This Ain t No Cowtown

By Belinda Elysee-Collen4ACHEM

Last fall was my first work term inCalgary. Within a week of arriving,I couldn't understand why Waterloostudents weren't killing each other toget out here for a work term. It is mostlikely (based on my limitedexperience) the best place a studentcan be. This past summer I was one oftwo Watpub directors in Calgary. Myco-director, ED, and I soon found outthat being a Watpub director was agreat way to enjoy the city.

Calgary's best feature, in myopinion, is the huge number of s ummerand co-op students from all acrossCanada who flock to the city foremployment. Generally, the peoplewho venture this far away from homeare fairly independent and very keento meet people and make the most oftheir time in Western Canada. TheWatpubs in Calgary become 'Co-opstudent Pubs'. All students working inCalgary from all universities areinvited out to the Pubs which areheld every Thursday night. There isa recorded phone message thateveryone can call to find out wherethe next Watpub will be. As Watpubdirectors, ED and I took the time tomake professional, pleasing-to-theaural-senses messages complete withmusical accompaniment during thebeginning of the summer. We quicklyregressed however, and by the end wehad ED's roommates throwingsomething together for us every week.We spread the initial word aboutWatpubs to at least one person at thecompanies who hire large amounts ofstudents. The rest of the people foundout about the pubs through word ofmouth. By the end of the summerthere were about 150 people on theOfficial Watpub phone list. We hadabout 30 die-hard Watpubers who

1S people on the officialWatPub l ist

showed up almost every week. As aresult, Waterloo students were giventhe opportunity to meet students fromMemorial Univers i ty inNewfoundland to the University ofVictoria on Vancouver Island, andeverywhere in between.

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Watpubs were not the only eventshowever. Several other social eventswere put on, either by ED and me, orby other groups of students who hadbecome involved in the organizationof the large group. We held a picnicand football, frisbee, etc. day at one

... complete withchuckwagon buffet.

of the riverside parks. The U of Aengineers organized a scavenger huntfor the students (l understand it wassmall even compared to the one weput on for the Frosh, but the effortwas nevertheless appreciated andeveryone had a fun time). We had aspecial Stampede Watpub, completewith chuckwagon buffet. Severalstudents organized a couple of whitewater rafting trips, camping trips androads trips into B.C. Some even got asfar as Vancouver. We got involvedwith a few events and trips organizedby Calgary tour groups. A fewWaterloo students may remember the

o ~ s e Boating Trip on SchuswapLake, B.C., although so much alcoholwas consumed during that weekendthat maybe they don't. And thenthere was the Stampede Pub Crawl, 6bars in six hours and lots of fun andsinging in the bus in between.

Calgary offers just abouteverything a student could possiblywant. There are sports for everyseason. The mountains and BanffNational Park are only 1 1/2 hoursaway. The lesser known and lesservisited surrounding National Parks(Kootenay, Glacier, Revelstoke,Jasper) are no less beautiful and arealso within day trip distance. In thesummer we spent every weekendhiking, mountain biking, camping,backpacking, white water rafting,and countless other outdooractivities. We even spent the firstthree weekends in May, you guessedit, downhill skiing We thought thatwas pretty amazing, until SunshineVillage opened on July 1st and wespent Canada Day on the slopes aswell.

The city of Calgary is well set up tocater to its highly athleticpopulation. There are kilometres andkilometres of bike paths, whichhave turned into bike/rollerbladingpaths in recent years. Calgaryprobably has the most lunchtimedowntown joggers of any Canadiancity, without danger of suffocationfrom industrial pollution or fumesfrom nearby highways. Calgary wasblessed with the 1988 Olympics, andthe world-class facilities to go withsuch an event. As a result theUniversity of Calgary has some ofthe best athletic facilities inCanada. U of C boasts the OlympicOval, a rock climbing wall, a greatweight room with an indoor runningtrack (although the pathway alongthe river in Calgary is so pretty,running inside is just plain dumb), twoindoor hOCkey rinks, more squash

courts than Waterloo would knowwhat to do with, an Olympic sizepool, and so much more. TheirOutdoor Education Centre is simplyastounding. They rent everything youcan think of from wetsuits to sleeping,-

The golden Garter Saloon ..

bags t.o tents to rock climbingequipment to canoes. Their prices arealso extremely reasonable.

Calgary is an active city yearround, and not just during the summer.The fall still offers hiking andmountain biking, at least until itstarts snowing. Then there are somany local ski hills and ones withinweekend trip distance that it is easyto ski every weekend until Maywithout getting bored (as long as youcan still afford it, I guess). It does getquite cold at times during the winterthough. The Calgary athletes thenretire to their oil-company sponsoredhealth clubs.

The Arts in Calgary are limited,but getting better. They do have aSymphony and an Arts centre withtwo theatres for plays, operas etc.Rush seats are available 5 minutesbefore performances for only 5. Thiswas a popular price for students.There are many festivals heldthroughout the year in the city.Many local,bars have live bands andCalgary's Saddledome attractsworld-class entertainers.

It is worth the trip out to Calgaryeven i i t is only for the CalgaryStampede. It is a week and a half ofFrosh-week-type-fun times 5. Thecity undergoes a completetransformation. The population ofthe city quadruples, and everyone isout in the street all day long (andsometimes into the night). Freepancake breakfasts are offered bylocal community groups, shoppingmalls and of course oil companies .Every bar turns into a country barwith a live band (which really isn'tas bad as it sounds ) and everyrestauran t serves chili and sourdoughbread. There are Western dance

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lessons offered in most bars, so you cantwo-step the night away with thebest of them. Everyone in the cityputs on their western wear, andwhoever is caught without at least apair of jeans on is seriously harassed.I made the mistake of wearing shortsto work one day during Stampede, Inever heard the end of it. I workedfor an oil company, and the suppliersof drilling and completions equipmentand tools did not miss the opportunityto supply my department with freelunches and breakfasts, almost everyday. A few of the hotels in Calgaryturn their ballrooms into huge bartype places which can hold hundredsof people and are ridiculouslyexpensive, but are lined up by 4 p.m.every day. A few notables are theGolden Garter Saloon in the WestinHotel, the Silver Slipper Saloon inthe Sheraton Hotel, and theParalyser Saloon in the PalliserHotel. These are definitely worthchecking out. At the end I was soStampeded-out, I was glad that itwas over. By the way, I heard thatduring the week there was some sortof rodeo, chuckwagon races andexhibits going on as well.

So by now you must be asking, whatabout the jobs? In that way Calgaryis just like any other city. Some jobsare good and some are not so good. Ifyou do plan on working for an oilcompany in Calgary, you should knowthat they prefer to send you out to afield position to get some experiencebefore you can get a job in their headoffice in Calgary. Field positionsrange from far-from-civilization tovery-far-from-civiIization. I t reallydepends on the person and thelocation and the job whether you willenjoy these necessary four months ornot. There are severaltelecommunications companies and afew pipeline companies who do nothave field offices and may offer youa c". 'ob right away. You also haveto reme. ,ber that an office job is notfor everyone, either. It may take a bitmore effort to try and get a job inWestern Canada, but the whole pointof co-op is to get away and to meetnew people and to try new things. Soget out there and take advantage ofyour$350


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RecyclingEngineering Society is the onlyfaculty on campus which operates arecycling program without the aid oftheir faculty administration. To doso, much time is spent by severalenvironmental ly conscious

individuals in the collection andsorting of recyclable material; not tomention the set up of the collectionsystem. This article will summarizethe ma terials which EngineeringSociety currently stores and the newcollection methods. Only wi th thehe lp of everybody will our programcontinue to be the success that it is.With all students and faculty doingtheir part, our system will be muchmore effective and end-of-the-weekcollection will be eased.

On Wednesday, September 17,every building on campus wasintegrated into a new entity known as'UW Recycles'. Collection ofrecycling ma terial now takes place onWednesdays . This means rlessesshould deposit their materia in thenew Engineering Lecture Hall area onTuesday.

What can be recycied?

- Pop, juice and other metal cans areall collected together. Please emptyout the ENTIRE contents of the cansbefore throwing them into standupbins.

- Clear glass and coloured glass.Please separate into appropriatecontainers and don't break the glassBottle lid s do not need to be removed.

- Cardboard such as that used forpizza boxes, please clean ou t andflatten the boxes (cardboard used forcereal and shoe boxes is notacceptable)- Fine white paper (computerprintouts) can be deposited in thewhite recycling bins found in thecomputer rooms.

- Other white paper, such as thatused for exams and photocopies can bethrown into the large bin located inthe E2 Recycling Depot (nex t to theCopy Centre)

- Newspapers can also be deposited inthe E2 Depot

- In addition, 2 litre soft drinkcontainers will also be picked up bythe new collection company

Classroom blue boxes are being reintroduced this week . f yourclassroom or area nee ds one, go to theOrifice to sign one out. There are alimited number for the time being sohurry. t will be the duty of oneperson to empty these boxes everyTuesday, or by taking them to the ELcentre or the E2 Depot when needed.

Remember, i f your townhouse orresidence is not serviced by City ofWaterloo recycling, bring yourmaterial to the University anddeposit it into the classroom blueboxes or directly into the collectioncentres . A new Waterloo by-lawintroduced in April has made itillegal to put cardboard into regulargarbage. f all students would use thesame discretion with cans, glass andnewspapers, recycling would take ona whole new dimension. I'm sure thatour storage bins would be overflowingevery week with such increasedawareness and UW Recycles will beeven more efficien t

Please note that no flammablematerial (newspapers and cardboard)can be left in the hallways due to firecode violations. As well, containersleft in the hallways must not blockthe walking paths. For thesereasons, the majority of the bluestandup containers from the CPHfoyer were removed.

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Watch the hall outside theOrifice for the new InternationalExchange News bulleting board.Look for exchange information,international coop info, and othertranscendental thoughts. Interested in going on an exchange?Next week (Mon. 30 to Fri. 4) isInternational Exchange WeekEvery day from 12-2pm you'll beable to talk with UW students justback from a number of countries-adifferent country every day Seethe orange posters in CPH for eachday's country, or come out to all of'emAny exchange students currently oncampus, or any Canadians whowent abroad who want to talkabout the Exchange Experienceplease feci free to show up atthose times to share your stories. Watch for The InternationalPub .. coming soon to a POETS nearyou."Okay, wait ...wait ... this is thecoo /est...whaddaya say we haveeverybody dress up? This is gonnabe s cool " So, you heard thePutz: cool people will dress astheir favourite internationalstudent (be creative ), and theothers may just have to pay anominal fee to get in ..say a buck orso ..

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At the pub, you'll be able to meetall the wonderful people in TheExchange Group Photo (it'sprobably somewhere on this page,depending on where those IW guysput it), and chat with them aboutwhat they think about Waterlooand Canada . Better yet, this'll beyour change to get the real scoop onwhat their countries ' and schoolsare like. All you people out thereinterested in exchanges will notwant to miss this one ..

Exchange students : Please do us afavour and leave us a note withyour phone number and WATST ARaccount address on 11, so we can tenyou about anything going on. Youcan mail this info toRBGORBET@ELECTRICAL or}SINGER@ELECTRICAL. Any exchange students who have .student newspapers on theircampuses, please let us know howto get in touch with the editors. Anyone with any questions aboutexchanges, how to survive abroad,or how to survive here, you canreach us by leaving a note in ourbox in the Orifice (try to rememberto leave a name, and say, a phonenumber with your note).

Rob JoelExchange Directors

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UW ngineeringWelcollles ForeignExchange Students ~ O F I I I ~ .

ULUH University of Leeds; Leeds, EnglandUniversity of Hull; Hull, EnglandUTCTUBSTUHHUK

Universite de Technologie de Compiegne; Compiegne, FranceTechnische Universitat Braunschweig; Braunschweig, GermanyTechnische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg; Hamburg, GermanyUniversWit Karlsruhe; Karlsruhe, GermanyTUSUGPTUTechnische Universitat Stuttgart; Stuttgart, GermanyUniversitat Gesamthochschule Paderborn; Paderborn, GermanyTottori Daigaku; Tottori, JapanDrPOSTECH Dnipropetrovsk Institutions; Dnipropetrovsk, UkrainePohang Institute of Science and Technology; Pohang, South Korea

1. Rob Gorbet UW) 19. Frank Bargel (TUHH)2. Jonathan Lee UW) 20. Martin Hotzel (TUHH)3. Joel Singer (UW) 21. C Winkelmann TUBS)4. Isabelle Gauthier (UTC) 22. Ulrich Mayer (US)5. Eunjoo Jang (POSTECH) 23. David Furey (UTC)6. Sandrin e Lecoq (UTC) 24. Pierre Demeestere (UTC)7. Ralf Thoben (TUBS) 25. Gerald Roche (UTC)8. Christian Frank (TUBS) 26. Martin Heuser (UK)9. Dirk Schlums (TUBS) 27. Roland Kral (TUHH)10. David Palmer (UL) 28. Christian Boitel (UTC)11. Eric O Grady UL) 29. Thierry Duchatelle (UTC)12. Ulrich K6pcke (TUHH) 30. Jean-Marc Faucillon (UTC)13. Gernot DoHner (TUBS) 31. Dirk Ruschmeier TUBS)14. Stephan Bayer (TUBS) 32. Uwe Lad ra (TUBS)15. Mathias Luber (UK) 33. Ralf Gunter TUBS)16. Kazuo Uezumi n:U 34. Bodo Voss (TUHH)17. Tomoo Aoki TV) 35. ??????????18. Olivier Clair (UTC) 36. Thorsten Schaffer (TUBS)

Absent: Ivan Logan, William Reid (UH); Yolande Scherg (PARIS);Hildeg ard Scharmann, Susanne Schroter, Ina Terstiege (UGP); AlisaShkuro (DI)

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You wonder why there is such alarge discrepancy in the twoevaluations . As you examine themmore closely, you discover that thestudents have worked for entirelydifferent departments in thecompany. Upon examining furtherevaluations, you find that studentsthat word for Department Aconsistently gave the company a poorevaluation, but the students wordingfor Department B have given thecompany a good reco.mmendation.armed with this knowledge, you cannow enter an interview with theappropriate questions to ask. You canfind ou t exact y what departmentneeds a co-op student and be able toreject or accept the job based on theanswer given.

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