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C · 8 February 15, 1991 THE ENGINEERING SOCIETY'S STUDENT FORUMi j . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ r - ~9 . J > , . O f ~ ; : -
I am an Individual
Gregory K. Cook4B Civil
What is in a name? Letters, sounds,phonetics, syllables and all those
other things English majors make a
living from by studying and
manipulating. There's something
else too; an individual.Each of us is unique. Our parents
assert as much when we are children.
Our culture and economics system
reinforce the sense of individualism
in each of us . So it is somewhatdisheartening to learn that my veryown nomer does not share this uniquequality .
Funk and Wagnall's Standard
Dictionary defines name as "a wordor words by which a person, thing,animal, class or concept is known or
referred · to." Note the reference to
a person; again, some sense ofsingularity. And yet we do not have
r . . - Q j K l · ~ ~ s. This fact became alltoo obvious to me las t .fall.
My name is Greg Cook, not JohnSmith. You just wouldn't think that
my name is that common. One day Iwas reading an issue of the Gazettewhich had an article about St.Jerome's new writer-in-residence. His
name, you guessed it, Greg Cook.
My arrogant delusions of uniquenessof name were shattered as I reeled
with the thought of another GregCook at UW. I mean, I had actually
been somewhat miffed in high schoolto learn that out of some 1400 other
students, there actually was one
other person with the first name
Greg. Now at university I was
confronted by this stranger whose
photo benignly regarded me from thepages of the Gazette and who dared
to have the same first and last name
as me.Then I received a letter for him.
UW had received t first, didn't
know who this writer-in-residence
person was, and proceeded to mnilthe damn thing to me. Two days
later, a well-meaning classmate gaveme a fax for me or, that is rather,
my namesake. Posters appeared
around campus advertiSing speeches
given by my namesake. My fri end sthought I was leading a double life,not telling them about my new job.No, it not me Then I got a phone
call for me which began in a veryconversational tone, like I should
know this perfect stranger, who
claimed to know my father. Now I'mon the phone with this older guy whosounds like he's about to sell me infoon my dad . Like I care . Once I
straightened the guy out, that yes, Iwas Greg Cook but no, not the Greg
Cook he wanted, I started to worryabout my own sense of reality. Istabilized by telling myself It's
okay. I was here first. This guy's justa poseur, a wannabe me."
In December, cruised into Securityto get a parking sticker. They did nothave my file so they checked their
· V
New POETS securit force?
records. Was I in fourth year, theyasked. Yes. Was I in Optometry,
they asked. No. Oh no, not again
Indeed, a third Greg Cook hadappeared on campus. Perhaps it wasa vogue or trendy thing to be my
namesake , I thought. Well if it was,it was getting out of hand. I suddenlyworried that I would return home
only to learn that a string of phone
messages awaited lime" but none were
actually for me. Or even that one ofmy roommates might have changedhis name to Greg Cook. Again I
reeled.Fortunately though, neither ot
these apocalyptic fates awaited me.Was I overreacting? Yes, all you John
Smiths would snap in a moment, youwere. Well understand that I wasn't
ready to deal with all the concepts ofbeing a member of the Greg Cooknamesake club. Maybe it is easier for
you John Smiths to deal with the
whole name thing without being
diminished as an 4ndividlJ4ll. terall, I do know over a dozen Dave'sand all of them are quite different asindividuals.
Are numbers the only solution?Maybe. After all, we use our student
ID numbers for almost everything wedo on the campus. With it you become
a specific person rather than ashallow namesake of others. MaybeI'll just start signing with my middleinitial too. Yes, I think that willprobably make membership in the
Gregory K. Cook namesake club a
more exclusive asset.
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Bribes. Do you believe that bribes
are an ethical part of our world?
Would y'ou feel safe if you believed
that anyone could bribe a profes
sional? Would you feel safe if you
thought that someone could bribe
your doctor to hurt you? Would you
feel safe driving over a bridge built
by an engineer who accepts bribes?
Should professionals be taught to
consider bribes as acceptable?
The answer to all these questions is
a resounding NO So why are we
teaching professionals to bribe
others?
A major part of the Engineering
Havenger Scunt is bribing the
officials . Every team is required to
bribe officials to get several different
lists. Everyone knows that about a
quarter of the Scunt budget is
allocated towards bribes. Parti
cipants usually have to provide food
and sometime beer. All so that they
can be given a list of things that they
are required to bring to judging.
With exams now upon us, I'm going
to keep this editorial extremely
short. There's really only one thing I
want to get off my chest.
The Iron WArrior is a forum Cor
dtought-provokina 8nd wcumative articles
presenred by the acatJemic cQmnuUlil)r ofthe University of W ~ l o o , Viewsexpressed in the Iron Warribr. other than
the editorials. are Ihoie of die authors and
do not neceBiarily reneet the ophtiona otthe editoo or the Engineering Society.
The Iron Wlttio, enoourager.
submissions from stpdents, facilIty andothet members of the u n i v e ~ l Ycommunity. SubmiSSiOns should reflect die
COftCel nt and iDtenectftl standarck of theuniversity .ill lenttW. and should be
typewritten or on a :Macintoih or MS-DOS, Ill" cIUk. 1 l a , , ~ .. 11NW . dass if4 J 1 P ~ Il)d phone number should be. .
~ B i o n s . lQllaa. othuwise
Iron Warrior
As eng inee ring student s, we are
trying to lea rn the skills we need to
become profess ion als. Profess ionals
a re up s tandin g ci tize n s i n th e
community, pillars of society, people
who can be trusted to look out for the
we ll being of the ge nera l public.
Professionals arc self governing not
only because they ha ve expertise in
an ar ea that is difficult to regulate,
but because they have the credibility
that say s they can regula te
them se lves and protect the public
interest. We were told in first year
that engineers subscribe to a code of
ethics. Who wiII believe that a
person who gives or receives bribes
will uphold a code of ethics? NO
ONE.
The only solution is to remove
bribes from the Scunt. We can ' t
justify its place in our education and
it only degrades our credibility. It
will mar our reputation and lead to
being regulated by the government.
"Why should we get rid of bribes?"
you may ask. "They are fun " Yea.
Right. I really enjoy paying
exorbitant amounts of money to GIVE
a specific food to a bunch of people
I've never met before just to get a
piece of paper that demands we bring
more stuff to them. On top of that,
this ten to twenty dollar collection of
pa per is obsolete in und e r 24 hou rs.
Yea. I love wasting my hard earned
cas h.
"We did it las t term ." d oesn ' t
w as h e ither. In th e p as t ou r
forefa thers dumped PCB s and d ioxins
into our lak es and s treams . Th ey
ignored the effect on the environment.
No one believes that anyone should
still be allowed to do thi s . Things
change. Bribes in the Scunt is one of
those things.
Other may say: "We paid bribes to
th e las t group to run the Scunt. We
should get pa id back. We won it. It's
our right. " Ye s. Some darin g,
courageous class is going to have to
bite the bullet. They are going to
have to be the first to abolish bribes
in a scunt. They are going to have to
drop the high school mentality of
"He got to ." and take the first
step. But they will do it and our
school will be better for it.
Remember· A Professional docs
what is right: not what was done
before.
Thought ProlJoking rticles
For some strange reason I was under
the impression that the role of an
editor was to present thought
provoking articles for the University
community to digest and, hopefully,
contemplate. In all my naivety,
however, I also believed that I could
do this without having to endure
personal attacks from my readers. I
believed that educated readers of theIron Warrior were confident enough
as members of society to present
opposing viewpoints without
reducing themselves to defamation of
character.
ObviOUSly, I was wrong. 1 was
under the impression that a letter to
the editor's purpose was to attack the
issue, not the editor.
Nobody wants to be associated
with a mass murderer like Marc
Lepine. I sure don't, and I don't
stated, become tho property of the h U1Warrior, which reserves the right to refuse
pu61i.ation of material which it deemsunsuitable. The Iron Wmjor also resetVers
the right to edit grammar. s ~ l l 1 n g andportions of "'Xl that do nol me« universityltandards. AUtIlon will be notified of anymajor chanaes that may be required.
AU wbmislions and advertising
enquiries sbouJd forwatded to:
Imn WarriorEngineerittl Society
CPH 1327University of Warerloo
WATERLOO. Onwiolf2L.3G1phone: (519) 888 ...762f X: (519) 888·6197o,mait: [email protected]
believe I deserve to be. Peopl e like
Mr. Vcllinga who use these types of
intimidation and scare tactics to
silence the people who have views
that oppose their own threaten
insightful, constructive discussion.
Well, Mr. Vellinga, I certainly
hope that someday you will realize
that a more subtle, less 'holier-than
thou' attitude will certainly carrymore weight in an objective argument.
•
February 15, 1991
Editors:
Kevin Johnson
Harvey Watson
Photo Editor:
Chris DeBrusk
Advertising:
Todd Bailey
Julie Shigetomi
Contributors:
A.J. Baxter
Brenda Beal
Gregory K. Cook
5.5. de 5il va
Milos Djokovic
Kim FarwellPaul Fie uth
Katherine Koszarny
Hannah Krouse
Jonathan Lee
w ,e. Lennox
Sean Murphy
Ted Timar
Mark Verheyden
Mark Vidler
Layout:
Jeff Dyck
Derrick Jewlal
Ted Timar
Some Japanese dude
M i s ~ Ifl never get sick"
the JI< rule master
VAH-LOR-EEIi
Milinderoni
Dodgerino
Photography:
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Dear IW,
I am becoming increasingly
disturbed by the accusation that
those who desire a peaceful solutionto the Gulf crisis feel hostile towards
the troops there. This is a distortion
of my concern . My conce rn is for the
emotional and physical well being of
the troops. Soldiers are now in a
position where their lives are
endangered and where they are being
forced to kill other human beings. It
is not the soldiers who are
responsible for this war. But it is the
soldiers who will kill and be killed
because of it.
In democracies, governments are
elected to represent the vision of the
people whom they govern. Our vision
of society should be based uponaccurate, complete and undistorted
i.nformation. It is irrational to pull
the heroic wool over our eyes and
declare that since our troops are
there, we must support them and
hepce this war. The people of Iraq
could use the same reasoning to justify
the occupation of Kuwait.
Moral and ethical considerations
must always be foremost.
Governments are not infallible. As a
society we are responsible to monitor
the actions of those whom we have
elected . This is difficult, if not
impossible, when governments usecensorship and propaganda. We
have been told that this is an ethical
war. Yet the US government will not
rule out the use of nuclear weapons. If
nuclear weapons are used, we will be
responsible for the deaths of many
innocent people. The environmental
consequences to Iraq will be felt for
generations. To me this would
represent a far greater evil than the
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Bruce Fraser4B Chemical
Editor s note:Bruce, if you are referring to my
note in the last issue, 1 wouldencourage you to re-read it. Noaccusations were made at alespecially of the type that you havedescribed.
Kevin
~ Da.y t.n the Lt.fe
Kim Farwell
lB Chemical
1
1 You wake (regretfully) to the
unwelcome sound of your alarm clock.
It's Thursday -- at least you think so -
- and it's raining. You can hear it.
Any traces of snow will have turned
to slush and any grass to mud, you
think. You yawn. If you hit your
snooze button and go back to sleep, go
to 2. If you stretch, groan and decide
to face the dreary day, go to 3.
Iron Warrior
Dear IW,
I am writing this letter in response
to the Opinions on Engineers article
by Karen Murphy that appeared inthe last issue of the Iron Warrior. It
was obviously written without a
great deal of knowledge or thought. I
would like to set the story straight on
the topic of engineering unity.
First of all, there is the class
unit. Undergraduate engineering is
highly structured. As a result, the
majority of our classes are made up of
exactly the same grou p of people.
Each class has a name. Each class
has a phone list so if you're having
trouble with a particular assignment
you can call another member of your
class for help. My class certainly has
a permanent group presence .
The Engineering Society does not
die after Frosh Week. There are lots
of activities going on, especially
during Engineering Weekend · and
Engineering Week. For example, on
Saturday February 23 (well removed
from September) a cohesive group of
students from the faculty of
Engineering will be getting together
for the Annual Bus Push. This event
raises money for the Big Sisters
organization.
Last, but certainly not least, we
have this wonderful newspaper. No
other Faculty on campus has
anything that even comes close to the
Iron Warrior.
Pamela Lichti4B Chern. Eng.
Dear IW,
We have now have living proof that
Marc Lepine is alive and well. His
spirit lives on among many sanepeople; people in our midst. Kevin
Johnson, in his Iron Warrior editorial
(February 1, 1991) showed himself to
be one of these people. While it is
disturbing that men still harbour
resentment towards women, small
consolation can be taken in the fact
that at least some have the guts to
admit it, albeit in a round about way.
Nevertheless, this kind of naive
sexism should not be allowed to be
perpetrated without someone crying
foul .
Mr. Johnson's comparison between
bleen-eyed people and women inengineering is at once insulting and
ridiculous. He cited no evidence to
support his hypothesis that bleen
eyed people are under-represented
in the faculty of engineering. This
incongruous comparison was mer ely a
thinly veiled attempt to ridicule the
efforts to attract women into
engineering.
Currently, only about 15 of
undergraduate engineering students
enrolled at Waterloo are women.
Less than 3 of all engineering
graduates in Canada are women. Far
more women leave the profession
than do their male counterparts. fthis is not a -serious problem 01 gender
disparity, r don't know what is.
Mr . Johnson's article displays obvious
resentment toward the assistn nCt'
given to women . This assistance is
given in an attempt to correct glaring
gender disparities in the engine 'ring
profession, specifically the number of
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women entering the profession. It is
infuriating that someone of our
generation would be so unenlightened
as to poke fun at such a serious
societal problem. It is scary though,that Mr. Johnson's sarcasm drips with
jealousy and resentment, the same
emotions which led Marc Lepine to
his despicable acts.
still harbour resentment
towards wome11
Mr. Johnson and other men who still
harbour resentment towards women
should consider this: your resentment
is no different than that of Marc
Lepine. The only difference is that
your sanity causes you to write si llyand lnsensitlvc artiC\cs whi1c Marc
Lepine'S j J l l i j I ~ sbDQi
14 women.
I am sick and tired of insl'nsilivl' and
intran ' ig nl mNl. It is not W', the
m.lle gender, who hn Vl' t w right to
complain ahout wh,l\'S (air wh(.'11 less
than onc sixth of our engineering
colleagues are women. It is not Wl'
who live in fcar when we walk homc
at night. It is not usually we who art'
raped. It is not one in four of us who is
assaulted. It is not we who are at the
brunt of disparaging comments and
jokes. It is not usually we who arcsexually harassed by our bosses . It is
not we who arc in the minority and at
a disadvantage. It is not we who
have barriers erected (or us which
prevent us from realizing Ollr
potential.
any people are
working to break
the barriers down.
It is men like Mr. Johnson who built
and maintained the barriers to
women in the first place. There are a
lot of people who were profoundlyaffected by what happened at Ecole
Poly echnique; a lot of people who
re-examined their own attitudes and
prejudices. Consequently, there are
many people who are working and
hoping to break the barriers down.
Mr. Johnson should watch out. He
might get run over by progress.
John VellingaAlumni: class of '90
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~ 1)a-y Ln. the LLfe 23 i
Letter to
the ditor
Dear IW,
I have never encountered an urge to
respond to an ~ d i t o r i a l s? s t r n ~until now. KevIn Johnson s edltonal
(Iron Warrior, February 1 was both
flippant and insulting. I t completely
ridiculed and denigrated a serious
problem: the extremely. low
representation of women n the
engineering profession.
Mr. Johnson stated in his editorial
we're sure that in the end people
will realize that it is for the good ofthe many tha t the few were
overlooked. ..The irony in that
statement is how close to the truth it
really is. Sorry for ruining the
attempt at sarcasm. Let me quote the
Minister for Science, William C.
Winegard, from his address in the
Canada Scholarships Program 1989-
1990 Report."Since its introduction in 1988 the
Program has become a highly visible
part of the Government's efforts
directed towards improving Canada's
international competitiveness. If
Canadians are to compete successfullywith
increasingly innovative tradingpartners, we must become a .more
scientifically and technologically
literate society. We must produce
sufficient numbers of the highly
qualified personnel who are key
industrial innovation and economic
success in order to assure the fu ture
standard of living and quality of lifethat Canadians want. We must foster
the desire for excellence and reward
the ability to succeed .."
The same report cites the
following:"The Program aims to counter two
disturbing conditions:
• while overalI undergraduate
enrollment in Canadian universitieshas been increasing over the past few
years, enrollment in the natural
sciences and engineering, disciplines
vital to the country's future economic
competitiveness, has been decreasing
• ... given the current low
enrollment levels for women in thesefields, there is considerable potential
to alleviate projected shortages of
highly qualified personnel in
Canada by increasing the interest and
involvement of women in careers inthese areas
•
23 "It's done but I le ft it at
home " You check your watch. Then
you run out into the CPH foyercheck it again just to make sure timein POETS corresponds with real time
(it doesn't always, you know).I won't be able to get it in time,"
you say. "Can I clone with the rest ofyou? Maybe I can remember how I did
the last question.
You scramble madly but you do
complete the assignment. You know
question one is right but you're not
sure about the rest. It's legible,
barely. You envision the masterpiece
at home on your desk and almost start
to cry. Go to 25.
Keep in mind that this fund has
been established to address the need
stated above. It is addressing thi sneed in a way that wilJ achieve
maximum results. It is an $80 million
program of a $1.3 billion package fornew science and technology
initiatives. If we took your advice on
fairness, it would be unfair to closethe scholarship opportunities to arts
students, kinesiology students, etc.
because they are also instrumental in
our national competitiveness.
However, it is not the most direct and
effective approach.
Let's look at a simple analogy. The
sport is fishing and the goal is tocatch as many fish as possible. There
are two lakes containing equal
numbers of fish. Should we fish
solely in one lake? That's what
we've been doing in the past. Sheernumbers dictate that the greatest
potential for achieving the goal 's to
fish in both lakes, especially jf one
lake has a virtually untouched stock.
I understand Mr. Johnson's
resentment toward the Canada
Scholarship Program. It should've
been more appropriately termed as a
bursary or an incentive fund.
However, unlike Mr. Johnson, 1 agree
with the principle and the spirit of
this initiative. I t puzzles me. Has
he researched any aspects of the
It puzz les me Has he
researched any aspectsof the program at all?
program at all? It seems to me that
he has a heavy axe to grind. His
approach is subjective in that he has
not addressed any other perceived
weaknesses in the program. I wonder
i f he knows that scholarships are
al10cated to institutions based upon
the number of graduates from each
school in eligible disciplines?
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significantly lower average than ab ~ s t applicant to Waterloo. Does
he also know tha t Canada
Scholarships are renewable for up to
four years, conditional upon theattainment of a first-class academic
standing, and the continuation of
enrollment in an eligible field?
There are inequalities there as well.Academic standards vary at
Canadian engineering schools, just as
they do at high schools. I missed
these points in Mr. Johnson's
editorial.
50 of these scholarships
awarded to women
Let me take this opportunity to
clear up some misconceptions. One of
the guidelines of this program is that
at least 50% of these scholarships be
awarded to women. The first year
that the scholarships were offered,
in 1988, they were announced after
the universities had put out their
offers of acceptance. In the confusion,individual faculties offered the top
males and females scholarships,
with about 50% of all scholarships
being awarded to each gender. In the
previous two years, the University of
Waterloo has abided by the 50 50
ratio, but has spread it across the
math, science and engineering
facuIties. Since science and mathtypically have higher female
enrollments, this helps to equa lize
the situation.
Mr. Johnson should be careful. His
anger at the system manifests itself
in a resentment towards his female
colleagues.Mr. Johnson stated in his editorial
that " ..we will probably be hard
pressed finding enough qualified
people to award scholarships to ... "How do those female engineering
students that did receive the Canada
Scholarships feel after that
statement? I don't think Mr. Johnson
would ever tum down an opportunity
or refrain from using contacts to land a
job.I am sick and tired of hearing
comments like:
"You got the interview because they
wanted to see what a female
engineering student looked like.""You only got the job because you're agirl.
engineering student is a challenge.
Many women never make it into an
engineering program because their
parents, guidance counsellor or
teacher convince them that "it ' isn't a
career for women or that they willnever make it.
A na y tn the Litfe 26
26 You get a beer and sit down,
basking in the aura of relaxing
engineers. Your work doesn't matter
any more. True relaxation. You
throw some darts. You start to look at
your watch, but then you remember,
slowly, that time is a non-dimension
in POETS. You sit down, put your fee]t
up and finish your beer. Go to 26.
Mr:Johnson, have you ever
considered what being a female in
engineering entails? Put yourself in
my shoes for a moment as your
col1eague, and a woman. Have you
ever experienced sexual harassment
or debasing comments? I have, in allfive of my work terms . 0 you know
how degrading it feels when you
mention that you have to get help
from a T A and people say to you
" .. just smile and wear a low-cut
blouse and you'l1 get help .." Do you
know what it's like to shell out
money on cab fare because the safety
van stops at 1 a.m. and you've stayed
late at school? I do, it costs $6/trip.
Do you know how draining it is to
have to prove your competence again
and again? Have you ever been told,
"you sure don't look like an engineer"
? I'm not trying to get sympathy fromyou, only understanding.
I take offense to your comment on
qualifications. Give women in
engineering a little credit. We're all
in this together. Your female
col1eagues don't generally get breaks.
We get additional barriers and
inconveniences that we have to deal
with on top of our course workloads.
You know how hard it is to juggle afull academic load with extra
curricular activities. Over 45% of the
directors in the Engineering Society
are female . That's over 3 times the
overal1 proportion of females in
engineering.Society is now awakening to the
serious gender disparity problem inthe engineering profession. The
federal government, profeSSional
engineering associations such as the
APEO, companies, and individuals
are attempting to deal with this.Give them a chance.
, "It's reverse discrimination.You don't have to be a part of the
solution. Just stop being a part of the
problem.WE CCEPT U o WSTUDENT HE L TH PL N
Comments like those are both
insulting and sexist. Believe me, I'd
rather be a male in engineering than
a female. Even becoming a femaleKatherine Koszarny3B Systems Design
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Pres Says Pres SaysA.J. BaxterPresident
Welt it is midterm week and you
don't have time to read rambling
spews and I don't have time to write
them, so here we go ..
Did you know that there are three
(3) vacant spots on the Federation of
Students council? Did you know that
these three spots are supposed to be
filled by Engineering students? f you
are interested in becoming involved
at the Fed level and being the voice
of engineering to the Feds come into
the orifice and get more info.
Did you know that there will be a
vacancy on the Undergraduate SenateCouncil when Marc Gravel 4B Mech)
graduates? Did you know that hesays it looks good on a Resume? Talk
to him if you want more info on the
position.
Did you know that at the next
council meeting Herb Ratz froll) the
Sandford Flemming Foundation will
be asking for a motion to keep the SSF
fee at the SAM E level that it has
been for the last five years? Did you
know that all the fees that they
A Da y tn the Life 3
3 You leave your cosy bed and
shiver in the frigid room. You
wander to the window and squint intothe morning light . t is definitely
raining. You scan the neighbourhood
to see if anyone is building an Ark.
The thought of water on your skin,
hot or cold, is unpleasant so you
forego the morning shower. You
throw on some clothes. On a day like
this you don't even care i they're
clean or if they match. Breakfast. It
might be the most cheerful occurrence
of the day. f you live in residence go
to 4. f you live off campus go to 5.
that cleaned out the novelties that
have bccn hanging around the orifice
since it opened? Did you know that
their major has switched from
enginccring to u cd car sales? These
four directors were r cognized at the
last council meeting.
Did you know that the Waterloo
Engineering Endowment Foundation
constitution did not get passed at the
last Board of Governors BUT is
scheduled to be approved a t the
April meeting of the Board?
Did you know that this article was
actually finished be f or e thecollect go right back into the student deadline?
body via scholarships and othermeans? Finally, a fee that has not Did you know that 1 really, really,
increased because of the GST. real ly dislike midterm week? You
Did you know that council was probably did but it feels good to put it
moved to Feb 27th? This was done so in print.that you wouldn't have to rush back Did you know that I just booked the
from your TWO DAY study break to 1992 Iron Ring Ceremony for Marchattend counci1. 5th 1992. I really liked confirming
Did you know that the ENG SOC that booking. Yes, anyone who is in3B this term will be receiving their
elections are happening soon?Nominations will be accepted during Iron Ring on March 5th 1992 so get
the week of Feb 25th. We are looking your beer bottles ready for someheavy clinking of iron (or stainless
for a chief returning officer (eRO) to steel).
run the election. John Kingdon has. . . Well now you know. And there
done It before so If you are Interested 't be 'dt h' . Ih Id t lk t h
· won amI erm on t IS matena .you s au a 0 1m. L t ' AJ
Did you know that the positions of a er... .
President, Vice President External, r ~ A · D - - - { · n - · t h - e - · L · t · f l l l e - - 2 · 4 -Vice President Internal and Treasurer :i:I a yare interesting and rewarding
positions? Did you know that you getto work with really cool people who
hav awesome ideas and amazin
enthusiasm. The people who
participate in Eng Soc are the
greatest. You also get to go to POETS
frequently.Did you know that Julie Shigetomi
and Todd Bailey are the IW
advertising directors and they have
been working around the clock to
make the IW pay for itself. Did you
know that Lily Jung and Serge
Gravelle are the novelties directors
24 You dash out of POETSwithout another thought and head
for orne at a prin er' w isoon slows to a jog and t en a walk.This day is out to get you, you think,
but if you can just get that assignment
in your hand th curse will be brok f\.
You burst in the door and streak ()r
your room. There it is on your desk
Your masterpiece Uncloned
Uncopicd You gather it lovingly
into your arms, and, feeling new
stamina, head back to Engineeringj'
Go to 25.
February 15, 1991
A ay in the Life 7
7 You gave up? 1 hope this is a
very rare day for you. f not, GOOD
LUCK. You'll nee d it. END J
Letter ·tothe ditorDear IW:
I am not the person who you quoted
in the editorial, "New Activities
Needed", in the Feb.1 issue of lW. Iam, in fact, the person you misquoted.
After only two issues of IW, I'm
becoming aware of an alarming habit
you have of distorting the facts. In
the past editorial, you claim that
you made an improper inference, in
reference to your first edi torial,
"More Beer". Well you've managedto do it again.
1believe that you misunderstand the
proper way to write an editorial. An
editorial is a forum in which a person
can present an opinion on a topic or, inthis particular case, make a
suggestion. It is not a forum in which
you, the editor, may present warped
paraphrases in order to make a point.
The privilege you have been given
as editor of our student newspaper
could make someone jealous. Abusi ngthat privilege wm certainly make
someone irate. In the future, listen
before you think, think before you
write ... and please Harvey, verify
before you publish.
~ ~ e u m n · ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~2ASD
F:difor s 110 I :
/ 1/1 sorry l mis quo/rd thl idea. 1 mrold thaI Ifle actual sugges tion h d
nOlhillg to do willi insiders excludingothers
Harvey
President Vice President External
I
ENGSOCNOMINATIONS
FEB. 25 MARCH 1See the article on page 7 for more information
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Secretar IVice President Internal Treasurer
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VPKatherine KoszarnyVP External
I wrote a letter to the editor inresponse to Kevin Johnson's editorialin the last issue of the Iron Warrior.These are my personal views, I am notnecessarily representing the views ofthe Engineering Society. I do,
however want to commend Kevin onhaving the courage to talk about
something that he believes is wrong.Until now, I had no idea that many
male engineering students feItresentment with regards to the
Canada Scholarship Program, I hadnever come across anybody who d id or
who would speak about it openly. Iwould rather have it out in the openthan hidden under the surface.
When I was at the CCES conference(attended by representatives from allof the engineering societies acrossCanada), a round table discussion onpublic image was held. Each schoolspoke about this topic in an informalsetting. One comment' especially
stuck in my mind . The president ofEcole Poly technique related
experiences that he had observed,
where sexist or racist remarks made
by individual engineering students
were received with vocal
disapproval and ridicule from theircolleagues. Do you feel that
atmosphere exists here?
Sean Murphy
Treasurer
Iron Warrior February 15, 1991
SpewsSpeaking about public image, on
January 29, I attended, along withtwo other students, a seminar onwomen engineers and scientists. It
was hosted by Ontario Hydro toshare perspectives, insights and
solutions. There were a number ofguest speakers. One of the speakers,Sam Horton, P.Eng. is Senior VicePresident Human Resources. You mayhave read his statements innewspaper articles across the countr ythis past year. Last year, he wroteCanadian university presidents and
deans of enginccring urging them to dowhat they can to make sexist and
racist behaviou r by engineeri ngstudents unacceptable, in addition to
implementing programs which wouldgive students the skil ls necessary to
work in a multicultural workplace. In
the letter he wrote " t is clear to us
money. The treasurer not only countsthe money, but that person must alsomanage the C&D as well as run theservices that Engsoc offers the
students. ie. novelties, photo, Orifice,C&O, Recycling, Iron Warrior,
P.O.E.T.S., etc ..
and Stewsthat we can't afford to employ
engineers who are reluctant to work ina multicultural workforce .. They
must be prepared to work with andfor women and men of all races."
Engineering graduates who cannotshow "sensitivity and genuin e respectfor those who hold different views"will not be qualified for advancementwithin Ontario Hydro. This is astong message, as Ontario Hydro is
one of Canada's largest employer ofengineers, with over 4 000 on its staffof 26 000. He feels that many of theseattitudes are created and nurtured iltengineering schools, through suchevents as orientation wee.k.
some of these concerns. He repliedwith the question "What type ofsupport do engineering schools want?"For example, last term (" A Soc),the editors of thelron Warrior,
recei ved a letter from Cia udetteMackay-Lassonde, Director of
Premier Accounts, Northern TelecomLimited and a former APEO
president. She wrote "You may not be
awa re that in previous speeches Ihave singled out the Iron Warrior ofthe University of Waterloo as anexample of what can e done .." Thattype of support is always welcome, inaddi tion to constructive criticism.What do you think?
A nay tn the tfe 2
We can't afford to employ
engineers who arereluctant to work in amulticultural workforce.
had the opportunity to speak
with Mr. Horton after the seminar. Ipointed out to him that it was hisgeneration and engineers before himthat created many of the traditionsthat engineering schools are now
being condemned for I told him that Iunderstood his views, however I feltthat a positive approach and support
was needed as well to assist
engineering schools in addressing
they are my friends by having anovelties sale that raised $2500dollars in two days. They will servetheir bosses well in the future in the
2 You hit the snooze button
again. Then you give up and switchoff your alarm clock altogether. f
you're not getting up, there's no sensein pretending you are.
A few hours later you awake,
refreshed and ready to face any day,any weather. Then you look outsideand see that it has stopped rainingand the sun is straining through theclouds. Your classes are over, but
there's still time to hang out withthe gang in POETS. You get ready ata leisurely pace. You are even
humming a happy tune by the timeyou go out the door.
Half way to CPHit
hits you. Youhave a lab this afternoon and itstarted 20 minutes ago. f you ru "toyour lab go to 19. f you tum around .
and go back home go to 7. J
to manage effectively because
everything should be functional and
require only a Saturday morning tomake everything work rather than
the in-depth exhaustive mandate
that was previously required to
The novelties sale that brainstorm through the earlier
Ah well, it's the third iss ue and S ra,'sed 2500 t n bottleneck.o this message applies to all those Ontime for me to spew out anything that two days that note, I can only express my
people in my class who never see me d'you might find remotely interesting. Isappoint ment at the resignation of
anymore. Thanks for all the JI first want to apologizc for missing anice Woods as VP Internal. To you,last issue. At the deadline I was en photocopies of notes, assistance with Janice, I dedicate the above
route to the great Mecca of football, assignment s and general putting up marketing area. So if you see Serge paragraph (or portion of it). Janicewith me arriving late for classes. The Gravelle and Ll ly Ju t t
Tampa, Florida for SUPER BOWL ng, congra u a e helped me out on man y occasions withapology is also extended to the them for a Job well done Als . tXXV. See the SUPER BOWL . m erms the workload and provided a spark
ROADTRIP article in the next issue professors of 3A Mechanical who of novelties, look for new stuff in the of life in exec meetings. Thanks
for the initial installment of constantly endure my coming in late Orifice. Serge and Lily promise not to Janice.for class. For those professors who dl'sappol'nt
information. . I will leave my message todon't know me, I'm the guy you Also In terms of reven hWith a month left to go in my post, ue, we ave Katherine and A.J. for my next reportalways see in the C&D and the expanded the rol f d t .I have a unique perspective on what e 0 a ver ISing m with the story about the Super Bowl
has happened while I have been person who always sits near the front the Iron Warrior to include national Roadtrip.of the class and comes in late. d t' th t 11 btreasurer (or chief bookkeeper, chief ave r Isers a WI contri ute a On that note, I'll conclude this
jerk or whatever). I have tried to be guaranteed amount of$l000 per issue. report. I realize not much was said inas open as possible in fiscal and fA. DGY n the ife 6 Since we presently break even, we this report but I promise that my nextfinancial decisions. I hope I have will use that money to invest in a report, as my term comes to an end
made a few good decisions that you, 16 Remember, there isn't any desktop production scheme for the will be much more enthusiastic and
the students, have profited from. food at home. You'll have to stop and IW. It's high. t i ~ e that the society informative. Thanks for listening.
I realize that as treasurer I am not get something on the way. Do you was progressIve n an area that theas visible as the president or vice- still want to go home? f yes go to 18. students actually see. A. Da n the ife 9president or Cheryl in the day-to- f you go back to the C&D go to 1-1. J For t h ~ s e people who were Yday running of the society. I accept ______________ Interested m obtaining SOciety funds 19 You break into a run You
that. I also encourage everyone who f that above paragraph wasn't for s p e c i ~ l projects, the list of monies c a ~ e e n through th.e hallways and
would consider themselves as a enigmatic enough ...1 will now try to and projects that are approved are skId to a stop at the door of your labperson who is willing to give a lot of tell you the direction of my thoughts loca ed. on t.he d ~ o r s of the you reach for the knob you see thetheir time and effort in the hope that for the next month or so. Firstly, we Engmeenng Society offIce. sIgn:
the society will profit from it will be are the proud owners of a new VHS The accounting package and the
willing to run for this job. v i d e o c a ~ c o r d e r . T a l k t o t h e T a k ~ 2 computer system are now fully LAB CANCELLED TODAY.
The treasurer is a very hands-on N ~ S ~ l T e c t o r s for more mformatl?Il operational for the C&D and by the POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK.type of person because he or she must on slgnmg out the camera for s p e ~ l a l lime this message reaches you, it willcontrol the grease that cause the e ~ e n t s . Secondly, the n o v e l t l be functional for the Society books asgrinding wheels of Engsoc to run, ie. dIrector s 'have proved to me that well. The next treasurer will be able
Mayas well go to POETS then, yOthink. Go to 21.
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W F pdateMilos Djokovic
Endowment Director
It s time for February s WEEFupdate. Cancellations this term
reached an all-time high of 30%,leaving the Endowment Fund with a
principal of approximately $330,000.This should provide us with capital
in the order of $10,000 to spend thisterm. So if YOU have any ideas how
to spend this money, whether you are
a student, Faculty member or part of
another organization, please contactthe Endowment Director at the
Engineer ing Society office.Written funding proposals must be
submitted to the Endowment Directorbefore March 1 1991 and they will be .
presented at a Funding Council
meeting on March 6. Final
ratification of proposals will occur at
the subsequent Funding Council
meeting on March 13.
Also, a contest is underway to
develop a logo for WEEF. This logowill be used on plaques, stickers and
other advertisements which promote
the Foundation. The prize is $50 tothe designer of a logo which isapproved by the Funding Council.
Submit your designs by March 1 to theEndowment Director at the
Engineeri ng Society office.On a brighter note, the following
letter has been brought to my
attention.I
think it speaks for itself.
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Dear Mr. Conway,
We recently hired our first
Cooperative Engineering student forthe fall term of 1990. The student we
selected, Karl Brehmer produced
excellent work during the term. His
high performance level helped
convince us to continue hiring students
throughout 1991. We would like to
express our appreciation and support
to the Cooperative Engineering
Program. Please accept the attached
donation on behalf of Chemacryl
Plastics Limited.Sincerely yours,
Clifford J Thompson
Plant Manager
The $500 donation was directed tothe Engineering Society and it was
decided by EngSoc that it would be
appropriate to use this donation tofurther high quality engineering
education by placing it in the
Endowment Fund. Congratulations toKarl Brehmer and Chemacryl
There is something about the refundprocedure that needs clarification.The last IW article r wrote mentioned
the fact that some students may
cancel their donations after the 3week period. This is ON L Y
permitted for students which receivetheir fee statement AFTER the
beginning of the 3 week period. The 3
week period is a deadline by
University policy on incidental fees .
CJ 0 oo
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ASERVICE OF THE FEOERATION OF STUOENTS
RESSA ConferenceTed Timar
4B Computer
In late October, four UW students
trekked to Quebec city to attend theRegional Engineering Student SocietyAssociation (RESSA) conference.
This conference takes place at adifferent university every year,
alternating between Ontario and
Quebec. Next year s conference will
be hosted by the University of
Ottawa.
Unlike most other annual student
conferences, this conference is
sponsored by two separate
organizations: the Engineering
Student Society Council of Ontario
(ESSCO) and the Coalition des
Facultes d lngenierie du Quebec
(CoFIQ).
This year, the conference seminars
covered topics of Aerospace, Hydro
Quebec, the St. Lawrence Seaways
and Project Management. On it's own
merits, this conference may not have
been worth attending. Fortunately,
there was another side to this
conference: it coincided with the
premier Jeux de Genie du Quebec (thefirst Quebec Engineering Games).
This competition was an incredible
show of rivalry betwee " engineering
. schools in Quebec. Each of Quebec's 6
engineering schools had 40 students
competing in deSign, debating, and
athletic competitions.
In my five years in engineering, I
have never before Seen so much schoolspirit. Nor have I had as much
confidence in the engineers of
tomorrow.
Only a month earlier, we had trieda similar event here in Ontario under
the ti tie of ESSCOlympics.
Unfortunately, ESSCOlympics ended
up being nothing more than aglorified boat racing tournament.
They hadn t even considered boat
racing in the Jeux de Genic, though,
with the arrival of the Ontario
schools for RESSA, there was some
spontaneous boat racing McGill style(120z). The incredible thing was that
this really was spontaneous. I twasn t the act of a covert group of
planners, it arose out of the incredible
rivalries present. It rubbed off on all
ofus.I hope that next year, we (or any
other of the 12 Ontario engineering
schools) will follow Quebec s
example, and run an ESSCOlympicsthat will show the world that
engineers can do more than just drink,
and that engineering spirit is great:
not 200 proof.
nginee r inemocra yOn Wednesday, March 13, 1991,
Engineering Society B will be
holding elections for its four elect d
executive positions: Pre ident, VicePresident External, Treasurer, and
Secretary/Vice President Internal.Nominations will be open from &30
am on Monday, February 5 to 3:15 pm
on Friday, March 1. Nomination
forms should be picked up and
handed in at the Engineering SocietyOffice (CPH 1327).
Nominees must expect to be full
time undergraduate engineering
students in the Fall 1991 and Summer
1992 terms. Candidates must be
nominated by five full-paid members
of Engineering Society B . In
addition, candidates for the positions
of President or Vice President
External must expect to be in their 3Aor later terms in the Fall 1991 term.Brief summaries of the positions
follow.The President is the leader of and
spokesperson for the SOciety, and is
ultimately respon ;ible for all of its
actions.The Vice President Exte.rnal deals
with groups outside of the Society,
and is responsible for the Society'srepresentation at meetings and
conferences. In addition, the VPExternal takes over the President s
duties in his or her absence.
The Secretary/Vice President
Internal takes minutes at EngSocCouncil meetings, and is also
responSible for miscellaneous internal
matters of the Society. Thi s positio n
has been expanded in recent terms,
{.nd a nl W < rct.lry/VP Internal will
hav considt'rabl(' (rt dom to d finchis or h('r duties.
Th<. Treasurer is r(' I onsibll' tor till
Sociely s finan CR. I l( or 51\('
prepar S the budg<. t, keeps thl' books,and sup rvises all transactions. Si nCt
the Engin ering Society has ,1 cashflow o( over $50 000 each term, thisposition is critical. Re nt Trt'asurl'rS
have made important changes,including the install. lion o( a
computeriz d accounting system.
Fulure treasurers wi ha ve the
opportunity to make equally
dramatic changes.In addition to the above duties, the
elected executives each supervise anumber of the Society's directors.
It's impossible to exaggerate how
important it is (or the Society to be
led by enthusiastic and capable
executives with a strong mandate
from the students. If you think thilt
you have something to contribute toyour student society, please think
very strongly about running for one of
the positions. If you know someonewho you think would be perfect (or anexecutive position, encourage them to
run.f you have any questions about the
election, get in touch with the Chief
Returning Officer through the
Engineering Society Office. I f you
want to find out more about the
executive positions, the current
office-holders will be more than
happy to answer your questions.And finally: on March 13, remember
to vote
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How are engineers perceived by thegeneral public? This article and
others will try to show you howengineering students are perceived
outside the engineering faculty.
David Huron
Music Department
Conrad Grebel College
Those who have travelled abroad
will recognize that it is pretty easy
to form stereotype images of differentnationalities. A week spent in France
or Germany is bound to leave some
impression that they are more
industrious, or more lazy, or more
angst-ridden, or more carefree. On
the other hand, if you have had the
chance to live abroad for an extended
period of time, you soon realize that
first impressions can be quite
deceptive.
With short visits, there is a
tendency to emphasize the apparent
differences while overlooking the
similarities. In truth, human beings
share a lot in common -- much more
than appearances might suggest.
Stereotyping and racism are closebed-fellows. For these reasons I am
hesitant to characterize any group of
people -- including engineers.
Perhaps the only groups I am
qualified to characterize, are those
groups to which I belong.I could say that some of my best
friend are engineers -- and so I will.The ones I know and interact with are
intelligent and erudite individuals
with a lot of talent. They arc also
caring and thoughtful people, and so
valued friends. They are older
people, and so are tempered by the
wisdom that comes from experience.
( ,t Da.y t..n the Li..Je 9
Various faculty and staff will write
their opinion which will be printed
in this column. This is how you areperceived. What are you going to do
about it?
not quite sure what accounts for this.
Perhaps they are no longer as insecureabout their futures. But I'm am
tempted to think that the workload
in the first years of engineering study
is simply too heavy. There are a
number of bright minds, that are
given little time to think, and even
less time to reflect.Engineering is, of cC'urse, a
profession. This means that society
explicitly limits the activities of the
majority of the population, and
grants a monopoly for those activitiesto a select group of people. As an
engineer, you will be able to do things
that the rest of us are legally
forbidden from doing.
A ay t..n the LtJ e 8
8 Well, the weather has
subdued your prof too. You have
distinct difficulty staying awake.
By the end of the class you aren't
even sure what was covered, but, then
again, your prof probably feels the
same way. Hopefully your next class
will be more exciting. Will you riskit? f you do go to 10, otherwise go to
11. )
Of course, economists know that any
sort of monopoly has the potential for
abuse. This naturally gives rise topublic skepticism of professionals.
Some of this skepticism is even
sanctioned by philosophers. Sir Karl
Popper, one of this century's foremostphilosophers of science, has ou tlined
a specific philosophy of the
9 Well where did you go then? relationship between experts and
It doesn't take a whole hour to go to non-experts. Popper's view is that
the C&D, or even to say hello to an experts are to be used, rather than
old friend. After all that trouble to trusted. When you send your car todrag your bag of bones out of bcd, it the garage for repairs, you engage amakes sense to go to class, you know. certified mechanic to do the repairs,
Well, actually you didn't miss but there is no cause to place your
anything anyway. You have another trust in the mechanic. According to
class now. Are you going to go? If so Popper, it is simply a better gamble
go to 10, otherwise go to 11. J han entrusting your car to your next-
_ door neighbour.
My experience with engineering
students is somewhat different.
Engineering undergraduates are not
engineers. They are perhaps
"engineers in waiting" - not yet what
they aspire to be. Especially forstudents with low marks, this status
as proto-engineer is prone togenerate a little insecurity. The
intelligence and erudition I expect
from seasoned engineers is not always
evident when I survey the faces in
those of my classes in which
engineering students predominate.
Louder voices can prevail.Over the years I have come to
realize that there is a large
difference between those students infirst or second year, and those
students in fourth year. There is a
mellowness to fourth year engineering
students that I find comforting. I'm
Fortunate ly , (from the
professional's point-of-view) few
people view expertise in the way
Popper has suggested. Most people
not only use their doctor, they trusttheir doctor as well. Contrary to
Popper, trust may well be one of the
essential fibers in the texture of
civilization. In any event, expertswill not retain their professional
monopoly for long in the face of an
erosion in public trust.
I could say that
some of my bestfriends are engineers
Given the importance of public
trust, I am largely mystified by
engineers' traditional disinterest in
their public image. Recent attempts
by the Engineering societies to reform
the image of engineering schools are
laudable, bu t these reforms come very
late compared to other professions.The disin terest in public
perceptions is in marked contrast to
other issues that engineering students
have taken seriously. More than any
other campus group, engineering
students have come to understand
that their engineering degree is only
and I wish students inthe rts faculty were
similarily motivated.
as prestigious as the school from
which they have graduated. ShouldUW's reputation decline in the next
ten years, this decline will reflect on
all UW engineering graduates.
It is the awareness of this
relationship that leads to actions of
enlightened self-interest -- such asthe Plumber's Pledge. The support ofengineering students of their almamater is a remarkable achievement,
and I wish students in the Arts
faculty were similarly motivated.
But this action is oriented toward
the differences between different
faculties are quite small. However,
Welstead did find very significantdifferences between two groups of
students: males and femalesThe primary difference between
Arts students and Engineering
students is that the latter are farmore likely to be men. As a man, I
recognize that the unsavory antics
associated with Engineering students
arise less from some distinctive
"engineering culture" and have more
to do with being male in our society.
Examine the rituals, symbols, and
pranks of undergraduate engineering
life, and what one recognizes are
predominantly male rituals, male
symbols, and male pranks.
In my opening remarks, I noted that
perhaps the only groups I am
qualified to characterize, are those
groups to which I belong. When I
look at undergraduate engineering
culture, I don't see any uniquely
engineerin g "fraternity." I see fellow
males doing recognizably male thingsin ways that occasionally make me
ashamed of being male.
the maintenance of a good
professional image, rather than a
good public image. Most professions
strive to project to the general public
ay tn tne Lt..J e 11
a sense of professional competence
and responsibility. This is essentialif the socially-sanctioned monopoly
for a given expertise is not to be
rescinded. On some occasions some
engineering students appear intent on
projecting the reverse image: as
brazen ignoramuses less interested in
being builders of civilization than on
being makers of money.
Whenever a public image is bad,
there is a temptation to succumb to
the image. If for example, a person
is persistently portrayed as a
criminal, there is a te ndency for themto give up trying to reform the image,and instead to relish and heighten
their new-found identify. In wearing
a T-shirt bearing the slogan "J'm asocially stupid engineer ... , some
engineering students flaunt this
The best antidoteto men is womenand vice versa)
image, whether or not it is an
accurate one. Like all acts of
deconstruction, the act of parading
this slogan relies on the perpetuation
of the very stereotype it seeks toparody.
In the preface to these remarks, I
noted that in characterizing anygroup of people there is a tendency toemphasize the differences without
recognizing the similarities. Last
year, Greg Welstead carried out acampus-wide survey of 5 students
that examined attitudes towards a
variety of social, lifestyle, and
values issues. Welstead was
particularly interested in seeing to
what extent faculty stereotypes were
reflected in respondents' attitudes.
For example, are arts students more
"creative" than engineering students,
etc. What Welstead found was that
11 I hope you did something
worthwhile instead as you missed animportant class. You'd bette r find oneof the few people who were there and
get the notes. Are you going to miss
your next class too? If so go to 13. Ifnot go to 12.
)
The best antidote to men is women
(and vice versa). Without a critical
mass of female students, I expect that
engineering education in English
Canada will continue to be doomed to
a sort of locker-room culture -- and
hence, locker-room mentalities.
Moreover this is not just some
stereotype image held by people from
other faculties. This is an image of
engineering students which has great
currency throughout our entire
society.If I were an engineering student, I
would try to do something about it,
and I would start at the grass-roots
level. I would try to convince mysister to enroll in engineering, and
then I would do everything I could to
make the environment conducive to
her wanting to stay.
6
6 Time to leave for class.
Something to take notes in? Check
A pen? Check Calcula tor? Vh huh
Duck repellent, squirrel repellent,
mathie repellent? Check Footwear
that doesn't leak too badly? Yup
And that trusty umbrella? Let the
day begin... If you actually make it
to your first class, go to 8. If you don't,
go to 9.
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Volunteers Required
Jonathan Lee3B Systems
Okay, here we go again. It's
another one of those articles about
the predicted future increase in
demand for engineers and the fact
that because of low entrance rates
into engineering now, there will be ashortage in the future. So what you
say Who cares .... a shortage of
engineers means there will be more
jobs for me to choose from
and ...hah ...... I can negotiate a
better salary because more people
want me - I 'm an engineer .... I know
economics and the laws of supply and
demand I'm going to be rich
But, lurking in the background are
countries like Japan and Germany
producing more efficient and better
quality goods. Then, there are
countries like Korea and Taiwan,
slowly creeping up with lower
quality but really cheap goods. Uhoh, you say. We as Canada must
compete We must beat these other
countries that think they are better
than we are We must maintain our
status as the second most rapidly
growing economy behind that of
Japan and the second highest
standard of living behind that of the
US. Okay Great,,, .what do we do tocompete? Here's the plan ......we
introduce new and more efficientprocesses to produce items better than
those other countries. We design newgoods and services that people need
in order to create new markets. Itemslike VCRs, microwave ovens, CDplayers, DAT(Digital Audio Tapes)
and HDTV which didn't exist a few
years ago but which every household
now needs or already has two of. We,
as Canada, will produce the future
goods which everyone and their
mother in the industrialized world
needs . Yes. We will maintain our
economic strength and continue to be a
leader in the world
. . . directly affecting youin a negative way
suffering the same fate because thereare not enough engineers to support
them. But again, lurking in the
background is Japan, Germany, Koreaand Taiwan who do have many
engineers and begin to do so many
more things better than Canada does.
Let them do better you say, as you
sit in your mansion and collect your
fat paychecks. However, as these
other countries prosper, Canada can
no longer compete in the international
marketplace because it's companies
don't have the resources, the
. . . the future o engineering
day camp. This is a summer programintended to expose and interest
elementary school children in the
sciences and the maths. More can beread about this in the first issue of
the Iron Warrior. The short-term
solution is being addressed and is notreally a solution but a temporary fix
which attempts to inform and
encourage high school students
through the Ambassador program
and the Shadow program.
The Ambassador program, which is
not yet implemented, wjJJ have
students on their coop terms going to
high schools while on company time
to speak to students abou tengineering. The Shadow program on
the other hand is currently in the
process of being organized and as a
engineers, to do so. Canada, a nationwhich depends on trade because our
population is too small to produce thediverse number of goods we do need orbuy the large quantity of goods that I Awe are producing. Our products can nolonger compete with those produced
Da y tn the Ltfe
17 Aren't you creative Did you
make your own lunch and bring it? A
packed lunch perhaps, or a food
voucher? Maybe you're going to afriend's or out to one of the
neighbouring cafes. Whatever it is,
just recall that it is more exciting
than the average student's lunch and
be grateful. But don't linger over your
luxury too long, because you have alab this afternoon. Go to 20.
by other countries. So our economy
begins to degrade and eventually our
standard of living goes down as well.Canadian companies which can't
compete go bankrupt and possiblyyour company can no longer afford topay your exorbitant salary. Uh oh,
now it's bad because it is directly
affecting you in a negative way.'Maybe I should have been concernedwhen I was in university' you-say, asyou faintly recall the past when
someone said "only 8 of university
applicants opt for engineering".
Maybe I should have acted then you
say, as you can no longer afford your
mortgage payments, laser discs for
your Japanese video player and gasfor your German made automobile.
So, hopefully, you now understand
all the hype about why something
must be done. Why people like EricLangford, Kathrerine Kozarny,
Professor Bill Lennox, Canadian
Council of Engineers and business
people are all jumping up and down,
flailing their arms and yelling at all
of us to do something. Although the
preceding scenario is slightly
exaggerated, it does indicate the
urgency of acting now and not waitingWait one second We need for someone else to act. Currently,
result your assistance is required. Theshadow program places high school
students with one of you for a half a
day to a day. It's intent is to give
them first hand experience and achance to speak directly with
someone in engineering. Therefore,
we need out-going volunteers willing
to act as a guide and take students to
lectures, around the campus and
discuss university and engineering
with them. Although the pilot
program is scheduled for the entire
month of March, the focus will be
from Monday March 4 through toFriday March 15. f you are
interested in volunteering, please sign
up in the orifice by Friday February
22. Lower year students (2B and
below) are especially required, inaddition to volunteers from every
discipline of engineering.50 the future is up to you. t is up to
you to inform others who haven't
read this article (which is probably
your classmate and 75% of those in
engineering) about the problem
which exists so that in the future you
can pay your mortgage, play your
laser video discs and drive your carswithout any worries. For the future
of Canada, the future of engineering
and especially your future, get
involved in trying to solve thisproblem - ACT NOW
scientists and ENGINEERS to design there are many ideas for increasing
these new products and processes. Oh engineering enrollment but only a fewno But we have shortage now and are underway. The problem is being
this great demand for engineers (as attacked in two ways by means of a
you faintly recall your university long-term solution and a short-term
days when someone was constantly solution. The long-term solution isrepeating "demand for engineers will currently being addressed by Eric
increase by 45 in the next decade but Langford through the summer sciencesupply will increase by only 8%").
No problem you say ... all this f Da y tn the Ltfe 21demand.".lot's of jobs for me""higher
•••TIlI§
C )ULU ~ ~ ) Usalary says the laws of supply and
demand. So, you take this one high
paying job and laugh at the 30 other
companies that didn't offer you more.
However, the 30 other companies
still can't fill their positions because
there are no more engineers to hire.
So with no engineers to produce new
goods and processes, those companiescan't compete and thus "go down the
tubes". Hah Serves them right for
not offering you more money' as you
watch more and more companies
21 You approach POETS and as
you climb those sacred steps the aura
rushes out the door and envelops you,
enticing you into its haven. As you
cross the threshold you breathe
deeply soaking up the airs of
relaxation. Your reverie is
interrupted when you suddenly noticeyour classmates in a frenzy, cloning
the assignment due at the end of the
day. Yours is done. And it's a
masterpiece. Go to 22.
AT THE
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Ontario Engineering
Design Competition
Iron Warrior February 15, 1991
Do you know what Rob Greenwald,Mable Wu, Patrick Lau, Warren
D'Sauga, Lawrence Pilch, and SylviaCarrasco have in common? They are
all entrants in this years Ontario
Engineering Design Competition.
Braving midtenns and projects with asmile, these, and many more, have
insanely added OEDC to their
workload. The projects are allimpressive. On March 1st and 2nd,Engineering students from all over
Ontario will be unveiling their work
and meeting engineers from industryand academia.
Editorial CommunicationsMilitary Research and
Engineering Ethics- The Engineering Life
• Stories should be from 2000 to 8000
words- Moving Us Into Tomorrow
Explanatory Communications- Object Oriented Programming
• Stories should be typewritten, printed,or submitted on disk (IBM or Mac)
- Wastewater Treatment- The Fax Machine
• The winning story will be printed inthe Iron Warrior
The competition will be both
interesting and rewarding. There is
an extremely wide range of topicsbeing addressed and the judges have
been selected to reflect the variety offields within engineering.
• Deadline: 9:30 am, Monday, March 4,
PRIZES(In UW Bookstore Certificates)
First Place:o give you an idea of what is going
on, here is a brief list of some of theentries in each category:
Everything is building up nicely toa feverish pitch in organizing OEDe.The accommodations have been
finalized, the rooms booked, and thebegging for contributors completed.Everyone is still hoping to make itthe best OEDC ever. All that isneeded is YOU We still need
volunteers for the weekend to make
sure everything goes off beautifully.The opportunities are endless. Awann body is always welcome. Thesign-up sheets are in the Orifice.
Second Place:755025ntrepreneurial Design Third Place:
\...- Real Time 3-D Video Game
System For further information, see the Arts Board- Ultrasonic Washing Machine- Mechanized Com poster
Corporate Design
- Oil Tank Filter Closure
- Stabilization of Hazardous
Wastes
- Frequency Oscillation DetectorQuality and Alumni
1l y tn the Ltfe 14
coming Marcli 2
volunteers needed to do tours
W.e. Lennox
Former Dean of Engineering
(reprinted from WEAL)14 You buy lunch at the C&D,
then wander into POETS. It's hard tofind a seat, but someone convenientlyvacates one just for you. You munch onyour lunch and bask in the aura of Each tour is 1 2 an hour The issue of quality in an
engineers drinking beer, eating lunch educational insti tution always gives
and relaxing. Someone from your 8 for your time rise to interesting, serious and oftenclass saunters over and says: emotional debate. How do you
"Hey, y'know the lab's cancelled, Interested Students should contact measure it? How important is it?eh? the 1st Year Engineering office (the elitist issue). We have it - you
"No way," you reply. (You might , don't - therefore appropriate budget
have said any other phrase of transfers should be made. The
similar meaning and intonation). / ' Faculty view; the student view; the
"Sure, it's posted on the door. r just PER SON S [[] N § ({) L IVIE ID administrative view; Research and
went by." So you go and buy a beer Teaching; Research vs Teaching; etc.,
and put your feet up. (,D
C ) § etc. are all food for thought fuelling
A while later (time is non-
lIolunteers Needed the debate.
I::::::l Engineering is fortunate in that wedimensional in POETS), some :::: Volunteers needed to gather
members of your class wander in, sit - information on local
down and start madly cloning the 1: missing persons andassignment due later in the afternoon. unsolved homicides as
You smugly think of all the hard part of a National campaign.
work you did last night and the More information is available in
beautiful product i t yielded -- the Student Volunteer Centrecomplete and ready to hand in -- a CC150A
f1 are very favorably endowed in termsI::::::l of quality, no matt er how you wish to
measure it, in the two key elementsthat must exist for a quality program
- faculty and students: We can takepride in our distinguished teaching
and research programs and in our vel)'talented and motivated student body.
masterpiece Go to 22. J \ Monday to Thursday 11am • 1 pm
However, we also have another
major asset that has to be tak(: n intoaccount in terms of a measure of
quality and that is our loyal and
supportive alumni. I believe O_ r.graduates are proud of their.degreesand the education it symbolizes and
this recognition is being felt in anumber of ways. Their giving is
substantially helping us equip our
teaching laboratories. This remainsour most serious problem and
obviously is closely connected to
Could YOU use an extra 50?
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another measure of quality - that ofspace and facilities. With your ( thealumni) help we are addressing thisissue. Not only have the' funds
helped equip the labs but the fundsalso supplement major student
_________________________ projects.
Our alumni are also generous withtheir time and ideas. They serve on
the ,Board of Governors, special
committees of the university and onour own alumni committees They
bring to the university a perspectiveenhanced by their own experiences in
business, industry and government.
Our alumni are also helping infund-raising, in preparing or assistingin writing position papers for boththe university and the government
regarding university issues.
Clearly, the Faculty of Engineeringwould not have the reputation it
enjoys today without this major vitalingredient - our alumni - and onbehalf of the facuIty and students, Ithank you (the alumni}.
A 1l y n the Ltfe 22
22 Have you done the las\ question?"
"Huh?" you exclaim.
• ':Have you done the last question orare you deaf?" your classmate asks."We tan't get the last question." Yourecall your masterpiece with ALL thequestions completed in their finestform. Then, with a sinking feeling in
the depth of your bowels, you
envision that assignment in the lastplace you put it - on your desk.
"Just a sec," you stammer. Do you:,Go home and get it? (24) Attempt to
clone it with the rest of your class?(23) Buy a beer and forget it. (26)
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Pledge to Waterloo ngineering18 You stop at a grocery store
and pick up bread, milk and eggs, aswell as a few (that grocery store few)other things you wanted. You lug thefood back to your home and bundle it
allthrough
the door. Youplunk
iton
the counter next to a note in your
housemate s handwriting.
PICKED UP FOOD FOR
EVERYONE. TAKE A LOOK. PAY
ME LATER.
Dejectedly you squeeze your foodinto the glutted fridge and ponder itscontents for somethin g lunch-like. No
time to waste You do have a lab th i
J
afternoon... Go to 20. _
Mark Verheyden
1991 Plummer s Pledge
Co-ordinator
When I was first approached aboutorganizing the 1991 Plummer's PledgeCampaign I was very enthusiastic
and agreed immediately. But having
considered the amount of work
involved and what it would take toconvince the Eng 91 class to give, Irealized I had to be damn sure of my
own reasons for pledging. So I askedmyself why should I give to future
Engineers.Being someone who likes to think
he has a social conscience but who isalso motivated by what is in it for
Novelties sale a fantastic success
me, I came up \ ith two r asons. The
first reason (for my conscience) is thatit is now our responsibility to support
the university system. f we look at
the history of university education in
Ontario we see that universities wereoriginally the domain of the
religious sector. The first post
secondary schools were very much
affiliated and dependent financiallyon the church. As the role of
Government increased so did itsinvolvement in post-secondary
education.The state eventually replaced the
church as the prime financier of
university education. The old
University's consequently changed asthey were required to answer to a newfinancier. New universities were
able to form as the government s
resources were larger than thechurches . From this environment
came the University of Waterloo.
Today the government is not as
generous as it once was, nor will it be
in the foreseeable future. We can
talk about getting more from the
government to maintain our current
quality of education, but the fact is itwill not be enough .
It is now up to us as future alumni to
carry the ball that the government
has dropped. One way to do that isthrough the Plummer s Pledge. By
pledging we can leave a legacy thatwill last as long as Waterloo docs.
My "social conscience" tells me this ismy way of contributing towards theeducation I have received as well ashelping the next genera t ion ofengineers.
Now for the seco nd reaSll\). Thisreason is for the side in me that sayslooking out for numb r 1 is ncccss.lrytoo. The second reason to pledg e is to
help ensure that Waterloo doesn t
become the next LAST CHAN E UW.
Waterloo has the reputation of beingone of the best engineering schools in
the coun try. But that repulation is
new and therefore fragile. Wesi mply don t have the history that a
_The Sandford Fleming Foundation
McGill or a U of T has to allow us tocoast. If the quality of education
suffer, Waterloo may risk becominga flash in the pan.
Why should we care? How will it
affect the class of 91? It doesn t
matter for our first job ( if you thinkyou are having problems finding a jobin a recession talk to the Queen's classof '91) bu t 10 years down the roadwhen we decide the job we are in isn'tenough, what will our degrees be
worth? What if no one picks up theball that the government has
dropped? Will it matter that our
degree is stamped from a time when aU of W was the best in Canada?
Maybe yes but maybe no. I'm notwilling to take that chance. The
Plummer's Pledge is a small insurancepolicy against that happening.
Once more the Plummer s Pledge isa way of keeping Waterloo on the
right track. It has taken almost 30years to develop Waterloo and it'sreputation; imagine what the next
10-15 years could do to it. How canWaterloo not only maintain its
current standards, but achieve the
world class status that its graduates
have proven it can attain? The
answer is its alumni. They have to be
world class. I was recently talking tothe Co-ordinator of Canadian alumni
fundraising for Cornell. Cornell
raises $140 million each year fromalumni and industry. The best
Canadian school ( in terms of
fundraising at least ) is Queen s with$5 million annually. Tha t's a bigdi fference. I f we want to compete wen to mobilin Ollr <llllmni. Im,\ghwwhat your job prospl't'ls will lx in 10years if Waterloo b om s the nl'xtMIT.
These arc two of my r asons. Theyare not necessarily yours, but 1encourage you to think about it and
find your own. Then tell your
classmat s about them. The on ly way
th is will work is i f we all do it
toge ther.
Room 4366, Carl Pollock Hall (519) 885-12 11 Ext. 4008
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Planning to attend a conference this term, either to present a paper, or just to observe? You m y be eligiblefor a Travel Grant from the Sandford Fleming Foundation. Also available are grants of up to 50 to coverconference registration fees. Applications should be directed to Dr. W.M. Loucks DC 3524 or ext. 2097.
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Ever have an uncontrollable urge to spew off on some meaningless topic? The Sandford Fleming Debatesm y be just the thing for youl Each term, teams from various undergrad classes compete for fame ,prestige, and cash awards ( 100 each to members of the winning team, and 50 each to the runners-up).Contact the Debates Directors via the EngSoc Office for more details on th is term's debating series.
An organization devoted to the advancement of engineering education.
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P**S Point BreakdownBrenda BealP 5 director
ACADEMICS
Discipline Rep
Old Midterm or FinalARTSContest (/pcrson)
ATIiLETICSTournamentsOrganization
Participation
Place
1st
2nd3rd4th
5th
LeaguesSquash Ladder
Floor Hockey
Participation
Place
1st2nd3rd4th
5th
CHARITIESBlood Donor *General Volunteers(eg. Plant Sale)
201
10
4520
2015
12
10
8
2
40
20
15
12
10
8
5
5
GENERAL
NO Class Member at CouncilNO Class List
NO Course Critiques RepIRON WARRIOR
Articles
Layout/Typing Uissue)Di stribu tion class)Pictures Uperson)
POETS BOTTLE DRIVE1st
2nd3rd4th
5th
6th
7th
8th9th
10th
PUBLICITYPos ters (/class / week)RECYCLINGCollecting,Sorting(/person/hr)
Class BoxesSCUNT
Organization
Participation
1st
2nd3rd4th
5th
1-1
1
10
10
10
10
100
80 '
70
60
50403025
20
15
10
5
5
300100200
120
804020
DEBATES
VolunteersParticipation
Place
1st
2nd3rd4th
DIRECTORSIDPSExecutive
IW Editors
Others (/ directorship)
Subcommittee membersENGINEWSLETTERProf QuotesEOT PUB SLIDE SHOW
Per Slide UsedSPECIAL EVENTSENG WEEK(END)Major
Organization
Participation
1st
2nd3rdIntermediate
Organization
Participation
1st
2nd3rdMinor
Organization
Participation1st
2nd
10
40
100
605050
1075
5010
1
1
16
10
64
2
84
4
3
4
22
1
STUNTS
Maximum 100Stunts will be ranked at the end of
the term by a committee of three
people from classes that are not inthe race.UNWANT ADS
Returned Ad 1OEDCVolunteersBUS PUSH
Participation
1 point per $5 raised in pledges
5
The P 5 director has the right tochange the points awarded at any
time and has final say in all matters.
(A Day t.n thE UJE 2
20 Even with the previous
warning you are running a little late.Lunch was that good. You rush to thelab with less than a minute to spare.You catch the knob and hurl yourself
into the very hard door. Yes, it islocked. The hall is deserted. Then
you notice the sign:
LAB CANCELLED TODAY.
POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
What the heck? Go to POETS Go to
21
Bus PusHMark Vidler
IB Mech Eng
The time draws near for all
engineers to put their best feet
forward to help the Kitchener
Waterloo Big Sisters. On Saturday
February 23 the 15th annual Bus Push
will be held.
At 10:00 in POETS there will be
coffee and donuts for all participants.The parade will assemble in the E1
cuI-dc-sac at 10:20, where the BusPush will start at 10:30. The route
will be the same as previous years,
namely, up University to King, and
along King to Market Square inKitchener. t will arrive at noon.
Upon reaching this destination, the
bus which was the object of all that
aturday February 3
lO: )O p
work will drive all the engineers
that took it there back to POETS forpizza and pop. That night there willprobably be a BUS PUSH PARTY inPOETS.
Pledge sheets can be obtained fromyour class reps, along with all the
information necessary to canvass fordonations. The big sisters will issu e areceIpt for amounts of $10 or more if
requested. Bus Push T-shirts are
available in the Orifice.
Apart from the fact that every $5in donations received will be
awarded 1 P 5 point, several
amazing prizes will be bestowed upon
the individuals with the highest
pledge totals. Up for grabs are:
1st prize - Toshiba XR-9028 CD
player2nd prize - Toshiba 4541 portable
cassette player
3rd prize - $100 gift certificate at
MGM Clothes
4th prize - Gift certificates at
Phil's, Belberry St., etc.
5th prize - ParkCity windbreaker
This event has traditionally been ablast, and with EngSoc Bparticipating this year, the goal of
$7000 should be easy to achieve. The
bus push is a parade, so all
respectable engineers will be adorned
with hard hats and class banners.
See you there.
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5 You stumble into the kitchenand yank open the fridge. There's nomilk, no bread, no eggs. You will be
having breakfast at the C&D, you
decide as a thunderstorm begins inyour stomach. Then you attempt tomake yourself presentable - can't letyour fans down even on a rainy
Thursday. You shake out your hair,swab your face. with the edge of your
towel and give your reflection a
demonic grin. Go to 6.
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Japanese Extravagance: [\Jot ,-Just Tect'jnical
S.S. de Silva4B Comp Eng
Last workt m I had theopportunity to work for a Japanese
company at their R D headquartersin Japan. Most of my weekends weretaken up exploring the hills in theKyoto-Nagaoka area by scooter or byfoot searching for temples. One ofthe weekends when I left this areaand travelled, I went to a conferencein Tokyo . The following is an accountof my brief visit to the Tokyo DataShow 90 on that trip.
The Data Show was held inside acollection of buildings, the most
prominent of which was a dome. Thedome's roof was just like the roof ofthe Big 0 in Montreal, except thisone was in Tokyo. The roof hung
above a multitude of elaboratecompany booths; their bright signssaid HITACHI, TOSHIBA, JVC,PANASONIC, OKI...etc and even
IBM, NeXT and APPLE, the
American contributions in what
seemed a Japanese-dominated
industry. On the rest of the flooraround all these booths there was amoving carpet of people. This wasanother day of the five day annual
Tokyo Data Show.I had arrived with two research
lab colleagues at 4:00, just one hour
before closing. At the ferry that we
had to take, there was still a longline up to get to the show. Thementality in Japan, it seemed, was tojust do it if it was there, it had tobe-seen. And the less time it could beseen in, the better. So it didn t
surprise me that many people wouldrush through at the last minute.
Just do it.
Looking down from the roof highabove I was just another black hairedstrand of the thick carpet. But atground level, I was a tall foreigner .My height was an advantage here asit allowed me a clearer view over thesea of scurry ing heads ( and as theroof seemed miles above, there wasstrangely nothing to hit my head on).Over the heads at one booth therewas a colorfully dressed trio of girlswaving portable camputers and
dancing to the loud hi-fi beat of acompany jingle. th is was
commercialism at its strongest. Overthe heads at another booth there wasa wall of computer monitors - maybe ahundred, all on and working insynchronizat ion. Extravagance wasone method used to attract more than2 seconds of attention from the mass of
grey-sui ted scu rrying visi tors. The
4
4 Run a comb through your
hair, pop into the bathroom and stickyour face into some water and you'reoff to the cafeteria. Is there
anything edible? Cereal perhaps?
You find something, wash if down
with milk and head back to your
room to get ready for class. Go to 6.
other method summed up my
manager's view of the show: a placeto get gifts. Most booths were
handing out, for the price of abusiness card, a promotional plastic
bag with a rope handle. CANOand NeXT had joined together toproduce the largest of these bagswhich hung over many shoulders.
The three of us quickly acquiredsome bags and then proceeded to stuffbrochures and pamphlets into them;it reminded me of the days of trickor-treating at Hallowe'en. We had
promised our manager that we wouldinvestigate the show to find any
interesting desirable products and
also to double-check that no body elsewas making what we were grindingaway on at the lab. As the currentJapanese portable computer/
electronic notebook craze didn tinterest our project, we didn t findmuch.
After one hour, we had seen maybehalf the dome, but it was closingtime. We were ready to return to theconference that we had originally
come to Tokyo from Kyoto to attend.That conference had a 12000 yen
($100 CON) per head entrance fcc,
which helped to make it less
crowded. There, all we had to do was
just sit and listen essentially.Being a research conference meant
that the atmosphere was quieter and
more relaxed, compared to the DataShow which, as its name implied,was a show packed as much withthe blaze of ultra-commercial
displays as with people scurrying inthe blaze.
We visited our own company boothto sec a colleague. Machima san wasa trainee who had been temporarilytransferred to the sales branch in
Tokyo; all trainees at the company
had to go through sales - one of manyunquestionable company rules of a
Japanese bureaucracy. He had beenhanding out forms and complimentarypens to potential customers all day
and seemed about to collapse . Weasked him for three pens and thenblended back into the scurrying
crowd.
Civils peak outHannah Krause
4B Civil
Thursday, J anuary 31, 1991 marked
the conclusion of the final round ofthe second Civil Engineering PublicSpeaking Competition. For thisevent, students gave a ten minute
presentation on a work report or othertechnical paper. Of the eight initialentrants, four advanced to the finalround. The competition was tough,but the judges finally awarded JohnStraube the first prize of $200.Second prize of $100 was given toJames Allen, and Gregory Cook
received $50 for third. Honourable
mention went to Teresa Laronde, whoreceived a book prize.
The Civil Engineering Public
Speaking Competition was the
brainchild of students Don Driedgerand Jeff Chambers. The vision was to
provide the students with an
opportunity to refine their public
spea ing skiUs and to promote theirengineering endeavours to their
fellow students.
This competition takes place at thebeginning of each term and is open to
a ll civil engineering students. F rmore information, please speak toBonnie Neglia in the Civil
Enginccring Undergraduate office ordrop a note off at the CSCE office inE2-2339.
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10 You made the right decision.The prof looks around the room. Wellunder half your class is present.
I didn t know you were all soaffected by the weather, he says.
Some smart alec in the back of theroom replies: We aren t sir. See,we're here. It's the rest of them ....
Your prof, in his infinite wisdom,
ignores him and starts to write on theboard.
This problem that I'm going todo, he says, combines several of theconcepts we have covered in the pastfew weeks. It might be a very goodidea to remember how this is done
come the final. Need any more besaid. You gratefully copy the
problem. It's twenty past before youknow it (which doesn t happen veryoften). Time for your third class. Doyou go? f yes go to 12, if no go to 13.
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CRT Display15 Lunch at residence. How
dreadfully unexciting, though it ispractical as you have already paid
for it. Hopeful ly there is something
Paul Fieguth4B Electrical
Today's article will discus CRT(cathode ray tube) di splays :televisions, monitors etc. Thediscussion will proceed in three
sections: genera ting the electron
beam (via your own personal particleaccelerator), directing the beam to
form an image, and ex tending tomultiple beams to create colour
images. If you want to go into moredetail, the library has lots of good
books (many of which are real
classics - giving full schematics of ablack and white television includingall of the vacuum tubes ...).
The image on the CRT screen isgenerated by impinging an electronbeam onto a phosphorescent surface,which glows when struck by
electrons. The basic apparatus shown
is, at least superficially, very
similar to J.J. ~ h o m p s o n s who
discovered the electron back in 1897.
Your own personalparticle accelerator
At the thin end of the picture tube
(see Figure 1) is a piece of metalwhich is heated to release electrons(recall that electrons can be releasedfrom a material by inputting energy
to overcome the work function - lookup the photoelectric effect).
Incidentally, the reason vacuum tubesglow is because of the heating of thismetal. Near the metal is an
electrode having a negative
potential (which repels electrons)
which determines the minimum
electron energy required to pass
beyond the electrode to the screen: asthis minimum energy is increased,
fewer electrons pass the electrode and
the screen image appears dimmer.
The screen brightness control isapplied as a voltage offset to this
electrode. The electrons are di rected appetizing or at least recognizable.
Don't linger over it too long, though.towards the screen by setting up a GYou have a lab this afternoon. 0 to)strong electric fi eld as shown . While
the electron is within the field, it • •0.
accelerates along the field di rection,
sending it at hi gh speed to the screen;this is the same principle upon whichlinear particle accelerators function(except that they need a bit mo reenergy and are bigger).
Having generated a beam of
electrons directed towards the screen,the beam can be steered by means ofdeflectors (see Figure 2) fhich directthe beam by establishing horizontal
and vertical magnetic fields (whichpOSition the beam in rows and columns
respectively - a horizontal magneticfield deflects electrons vertically).
The screen width and height controls
on your monitor are input parametersto these deflectors .
The screen itself is a glass layerwith deposited phosphors (actuallya mix of blue and yellow phosphors togive a net colour of white). Inside thephosphors is a thin layer of
aluminum, which serves to completethe electron circuit (collecting theelectrons and returning them to theheated metal).
The beam generation and directionhardware described above is
sufficient to display a monochrome
image, however a colour image
requires additional complexity. Thebasic colour system requires three
electron guns, slightly offset from one
another (see Figu re 3). The screen,which in a monochrome system isuniformly covered in phosphor, now
has phosphors precisely deposited on
the glass in groups of three dots -where each dot glows in one of thethree primary colours (red, green, andblue) which, when combined, can
simulate any colour for the eye (seenote below). Just ahead of the
phosphorus layer is a layer (called a
shadow mask) which is everywhere
opaque to electrons with the
exception of a myriad of tiny holes,
each hole being accurately lined up
with a group of three phosphor dots .The offsets of each of the three
electron guns ensure that each gun canonly illuminate one of the three dots
in any cluster.An advance on the above shadow
mask method involves using a mask
of vertical stripes rather than dots
(see Figure 4). Now the camera guns
are offset horizontally, and the
. phosphor stripes on the screen can be
arranged as sets of vertical linesrather than dots. The advantage of
this method over shadow mask
display is easier production and abrighter screen image.
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usual you have a lot to do and you
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Note that in actual fact, televisionscreens are capable of generating onlythe colours red, blue, and green. A'true' colour, for example in arainbow, is determined by its
wavelength (long wavelength - red ,short wavelength - blue). The human
eye, however, is sensitive only to red,green, and blue. The brain builds theapparent colour from the relative
components seen of each of the
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lunch. Do you go to the C&D? (Go to14) Do you go back to your residence?tGo to 15} Do you go home? (Go to 16)
Do you do something else? (Go to 17)
12 And it was a class. Feelingenlightened and full of new
knowledge (like you always do), you
realize that it is lunch time. Youlook outside and the rain has
stopped. It's still dreary as the
water drips off the trees, but not quiteas dreary as it was. You start to feellike it's a real day after all, even
though you have a lab this afternoon.You have this urge to eat. Do you go
to the C&D? (Go to 14) Do you goback to residence? (Go to 15) Do you
go home? (Go to 16) Do you dO]
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Brain PowerPaul Fieguth
4B Electrical
One person in my class (who shall
remain nameless), was of the opinion
that my last quiz was a little
condescending in that although Iimplied that some of the questions
should be straightforward, he was
unable to do them. My apologies to
the rest of you in the same position -no condescension was intended in any
way. Having said that, the questions
this week are a little harder than
usual ...
1. Consider the greenhouse effect;some predictions suggest that globaltemperatures may increase by 5
degrees over the next 50 years. If air
has a heat capacity of 0.24 callg K,
calculate the equivalent power input
into the atmosphere which this
temperature gradient represents (inactual fact, of course, the effect wili
be much larger, since oceans and ice
caps will heat in addition to the
atmosphere). Radius of earth =6370km.
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objects be placed to exhibit
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Figure Ifollowing conditions: the space
station has mass, the room has air,
the objects are heavy.4. Here is a good problem in
launch Speed
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special relativity. Anyone who has
studied relativity know about time
dilation: moving clocks run more
slowly than tationary clocks. Is this
always the ca c though? Consider
figure 3. Three observers, at rest with
respect to onc another, all observe thesame moving clock. How fa t is the
clock obscrved to run for each of ththree obscrvers? Time dilation at
speed v is 1/ 1-v*v / c*c).
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