The Iron Warrior: Volume 22, Issue 14

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Friday, October 30, 1998 The Newspaper of he University of Waterloo Engineering Society Volume 22 Issue 14

Western Hosts Chemical NovemberEventsEngineering Conference ANDREW HATELYEMILY PASCUAL

A Soc President of the Chemical EngineeringSociety5 Waterloo delegates (minus I due toan accident involving $30 and a second floor window) packed into 9

hotel rooms for the 48th CanadianChemical Engineering Conference whichtook place this pa. t October 4th lo 7th1998 in London, Ontario. Participantsfrom more than 20 countries from indu. tryand academia congregated at the Westinholel to discuss, lislen and learn aboutvarying topics surrounding chemical engineering. The theme for the 1998 CanadianSociety for Chemical Engineers (CSChE)conference was "Chemical Engineeringfor the 21 st Century" with emphasis forthe student program on entrepreneurship,leadership and preparing for the new millenn ium.

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A fun schedule of November eventshould compen. ate for the lull inexcitement caused by midterms.Leading in to ovember, the EngSoMiddle of Term (MOT) Hallowe'en Pubwill be in POETS tonight. Chilli fro111 theGradcomm chilli cook-olT will be servedat the pub.

The conference itself was put togetherby the ho ting univer. ity, We tern, and bythe CSChE. It combined technical ses ion

Chemical Theory Disclissiolls: UW Chemical Engilleerillg slltdellts engaged in lively discLls-

Several high profile lectures arescheduled for November. l ames Gosling.one of the founders of the lava programming language, will be peaking in theHumanities Thealre on November 4 at9am. At 4:00pm on the same day, PaulHoffert, the author of The Bagel Effect: ACompass to Navigate Our Wired Worldwill present his book in DC1302. OnNovember 10, a repre entative from thePEO will be speaking in the lunch timeBridging the Gap lecture se ries .

Enginee ring and AHS night at FedHall is planned for ovember 5 Alsoions on distilling alld fermentatioll. how cmme.,y o mity Palel/IIIpresented by industry, profes. ors and grad- to mention the displays put on by

ua e . u ents, over lh COUfS 0 4 ...... ".--.rtoneywe i- pee 0 u ions, yprotechSimultaneou s lectures were prese nted on and Suncor.var ious topics and participant were free to The keynote speakers opened eachattend as many sessions as the y p l e a ~ e d day at 8 am and presented through out theThe technical program consi ted of topics day during the course of the conference.ranging from the latest developments in They encouraged di cussion on topicscata ly sis and bioreactor design. for waste - s uc h a s t re nd s in technology that wi llwater treatment, to modeling cubic equa- shape chemical engi neerin g for the nextlions of state, to op timizing the drying millennium, changes and improvementsprocess of fish paste sausage. Needless to that can be made to the present post sec'ay there was no shortage of left brain ondary educational sys tem, and the pro 's. timul i. If none of the technical sessions and con's of graduate school and owningcaught your eye, there were plenty of plant your own business .lOurs of local indu trie such as Sleeman 's, The conference al 0 g ives the CSChEBayer Rubber and OVA Chemicals. ot the opportunity to recognize achievements

and work done in chem ical engineering. scheduled for that day arc the Chemafer 00 ai we wit our 0Wft - , . _ o c . b o J l l D i l 8 - ~ d : : ; o j ,_ ,,,.,,,,,1Rempel and Dr. R. Pal being both awarded Gradcomm Slave Auction in POETS atfor their contribution. to the field of poly- 2:00pm.mers and rheology, respectively. The Engineering Semi-Formal will be

Then there was the even ing portion of on November 7 this term. Tick\ ts andthe student program. By far (and in no way information are available in th e Orificeam I biased) Waterloo was one of the A Rememberance day ceremony willlargest, loudest and bigges t party initiator be held on November II in CPH Foyer.at all three of the London bars that we The ChemEngSoc Coffee House is sched-attended. We were successfu l in having uled for November 13 in the SLCparticipation from all on-stream classes MUltipurpo e room.from Waterloo at the conference, including EngSoc is also planning road trips to

Sega City, Gold Crown Brewery and the(see 48th Conference ..", page 3) Hick Pub Tour for November.(see also CSChE KeYllot .. page 3and First Year .. page) 6

W RG Launches New CampaignCHRIS MCKILLOP

WARG Team MemberM any people have walked by thedoor to Waterloo AerialRobotic. Group lab on the second floor of E2 and wondered, "What theheck is that?'". A good number of peopleassume that it is a grad student lab. It'not. The Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group(WARG) is an undergraduate studentresearch project aimed at developing control, vision, and artificial intelligence sy -tems for autonomou. robot . Currently thegroup is very focused in on getting an RChelicopter to fly unmanned in any environment and also to be able to identify peopleand other object it fiie over. The groupis aiming to compete in the As ociation ofUnmanned Vehicle System. MillennialCompetition in the year 200. For moreinformation on that event seehttp://avdil.gtri.gatech.edu AUVSIlARCLaunchPoint.html.

WARG was started j ust over a yearago within the Electrica l and ComputerEngineering department. A I A Comp,David Kroetsch, had done a similar projectwhile he was in high schoo l and now thathe wa at Waterloo wa intere ted in moving the project to a higher level. Prof.David Wang (not a P.Eng) helped Kroetschby bringing together different students thathad expressed interest to him in participating in such a robotics competition. Astime pa sed WARG was augmented with. tudents from Systems Design and fromComputer Science.

This pa t ummer at a preliminarycompetition, WARG took second placebeating chool uch as MIT, Georga Tech,.and Berkeley. The group was al gi venan award for Overalllnnovation. In orderto continue this succe s and to win theMillennia] event, WARG needed to raise

(see uWARG Hoping .. on page 2)Practice Flight: WARG team memberguides the aircraft through a test nm

photo COl rlesty o WARG

n This Issue ...News and Information . . . . . . .. . . . 2-3The Way Wc Were . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3The Big Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Just a Guy 4Take a Zhaoce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5Kctchup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Executive R e p o r t ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7Ans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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2 News Information The Iron Warrior, Friday, October 30, 1998he Game They Play in Heaven

CRAIG TURNEREngSoc Athlelics Rep

T he day dawned with blue skies andnot a cloud in slight. The air wascrisp and clear; a perfect day indeedfor the Eng$oc Rugby 7's tournamenl. Intotal , six teams showed up to compete,SyDe FX, Truck, The Fat Asses, RedDog's Marauders, Watt the Flux and DeadMeat. Many of the players had carefullyprepared for the tourney by doingabsolutely nothing the night before, but the9:00 A.M. start time proved to be too earlyin the morning for some teams. Truck wasforced to borrow a player for each of theirfirst two games, managing to rOllse the restof their team as the lunch breakapproached. Watt the Flux and Dead Meatfound themselves understaffed and made alast-minute decision to join forces.The first game kicked off at 10:00,

with fourteen players running around thefield chasing a dirty white ball with nothing but Ryan Chen-Wing and his whistlekeeping the structured "game they play inheaven" from descending into chaos. Itwas a long day with many exhilaratingbreaks, close calls, powerful hits andexciting tries. When the dust settled afterthe round robin, everybody was absolutelyexhausted.

The judges methodically talliedpoints, weighing technical merit versusartistic impression over a lengthy lunchbreak before the single knockout playoffsbegan. The Fat Asses sadly had to withdraw from the tournament prior to the startof the playoffs due to a shortage of manpower. The excitement of the crowd wasevident as SyDe FX and Truck took thefield for the first gruelling semi-final.SyDe FX squeaked by in the dying minutes of the game to take the first berth in

the finals. Red Dog's Marauders managedto out-run Watt the Flux/Dead Meat to takethe other semi-final. In the consolationround, Truck managed to edge out Watt theFluxfDead Meat for third place. Aclash ofthe titans in the finals resulted, after muchblood, sweat and tears, in Red Dog'sMarauders defeating SyDe FX to claim thetitle of Fall 1998 Rugby 7's Champions.I'd like to send out a huge thank youto all the players for coming out to play atsuch an early hour and especially to RyanChen-Wing for spending the whole day asreferee and doing a greatjob lUpcoming athletics tournamentsinclude Volleyball on November 1st,Mudbowl on November 7th, andBasketball on November 21 st. For furtherinformation c o n t a C l i t h e r of the EngSocAthletics Reps at cfturner@engmail ormtlongla@engmail. Hop e to see you outthere

WARG Hoping to Build on Strong Startcolltinued from page 1

more money to fund further rcsearch.To this end, current sponsors andapproximately 20 othcr local high techcompanies were invited to come [ campus to attend a presentation on the projectand to meet the group members; dubbed

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ U k ~ ~ ~ _ ~ - ~in Th e W RG Playground: Oll e of ire test scenarios for tlie. . Aerial RobO/ics team at Ithe as t competitioll.lncre s lng'r sponsorship.The group wouldlike to thank the following people/groups; theE&CE department forthe refreshments, ICRfor the use of their facilthe DavisAlanfor the

If you're always on the go take us with you.Apaget from Bell MobUity is the easy and aifordabJeway to stay In the loop.all obilitv

music, and Dianne Naughton in AV for thepromotional video. Without their helpWARG Day would not have been possible.For more information on the group andwho makes this project possible pleasecheck htlp://ece.uwaterioo.ca/-warg/.Also, watch for an announcement in thenear future from WARG looking to interested students to help make WARG thefirst place fini her in 2000.

enyon WritingContest

DeadlineN ovember 5 is the deadline for the"Benyon Memorial HumanitarianAward." The award is sponsoredby the Benyon Memorial Foundation andthe Centre for Society, Technology andValues (CSTV). All entries will be published in the next is ue of the Iron Warrioron November 13. One of the publishedentries could be selected by a panel ofjudge for the $400 award.The article should be based on the following tatement: "Is the Davis Centre agood symbol of the human values engineering should represent in our society?"The article should be between 500 and800 words in length.Submission should be sent by emailto [email protected] and permanent contact information must be included with the email message.For more information, please contactthe Iron Warrior or the CSTV [email protected] or at 888-4567 x6215.

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The Iron Warrior, Friday, October 30, 199 News & Information 3ANNALysis The Mid EightiesOnce again.let us digdeep inDean's Storage.blow the dust off ofaging yellowed

tomes and see whatthe EngineeringSociety has seenand done. As wedelve deeper and deeper, the clock rollsback to a time when _pace was coveted.when Drool was Scribe and when theTOOL Bearers really did look like theKKK.Dateline: October, 1986. The Davi.Building, billed as a beautifully innovativedesign, was finally enclosed and hieldedfrom the smell of manure from neighbouring farms. This compl etion was met byhurrahs from everyone affected. The . taff,who called converted hallways theiroffice, cou ld now expect more suitableaccommodations. Students, however,were the real winners. No longer wouldthere be classes in portables and the varsity athletes could have their weight roomback as it would no longer be needed forlectures.The HP portable computer was thelatest technology with its 512K internalmemory, 24 X 80 character LCD screenand the ab ility to survive a lOG drop test.Not to mention the fact you could fit thispuppy into a normal sized backpack withroom for a mall binder. Too bad you had

The WayWe Were ..by o .\( /1 Higgins

to print ~ o u r BA ICassignment beforestaning your fOR-TRAN due to lacl ofm e m o r ~ But. he). ifyou didn't have the$4500 kicking around.}ou could pick lip aLIGHTLY lessportable 80286 6/8MHz IBM clone for only $1699.1985 saw it's share of fundraisingfirsts. Gradcomm wa raffling offwaterbed t i c k e t ~ for I each. 2A Ci \ il wasraffling 6kg of cheese to cover a Scuntinduced broken windshield and EngSocheld its first annual tuition lottery for BigSisters. Back then. the lottery's $1000grand prize wa ' enough to cover a term'stuition .. minus the Coop fee of course. Acash drain that would thank full y be savedfor later years was Fed Hall. Back whcn it

opened early in '85 you couldn't get inafter 9pm and tickets were so ld out days inadvance.Other events in the winter of that yearwere the Snow shoe race, Mummy wrapping contest (BYOTP), timed snow sculpture and the venerable Cave cookiecontest. The object of the latter wa tomake a cookie that is re ilient enough towithstand hammer blows, drop kicks etc.and yet good enough to eat. Naturally, thi swould be washed down with a stubby littlebottle of OV depicted in a full page adfrom Jan 1985's rw. Just say ov. Oh Ya

CSChE Keynote SpeakersALEXIS A. JAY4A Chemical EngineeringOne of the many highlights ofCSChE conference was the fivekeynote speakers for the studentportion. For Sunday's installment of thekeynote addresses Dr. Petryschuk,Director General of NRC , commencedwith his seminar, Career Choices forEngineers . Followed by him was Dr.Paradi, Executive Director forManagement of Technology andEntrepreneurship for the University ofToronto, who di cussed the topic, What?Me an Entrepreneur? Both talks werevery informative, entertaining, and illustrated what the future had in store for upand-coming chemical engineers.Tuesday's keynote peakers tartedwith Dr. Lionel Laroche, President of

it r _ ' ~ L V ' ' ' ' ' ' 'International Experience Important? ThePre ident and COO of Nova ChemicalsLtd., Dr. Daniel Boivin, wa next with hisseminar, Trends in the CanadianChemical Industry . Th e morning endedwith Dr. Alberto Ravella of Exxon R&Ddi scuss ing engineer ing principles associated with lubes refining . All of the addresses were well received and enligh ten ing.] personally had the distinct pleasureof being a member of the University ofWestern Ontario' s executive committee. rworked with Chri ti Tzaras to recruitkeynote speakers. Knowing first handhow much time and energy Westerninvested into this conference is truly worthmentioning . I know that Waterloo' delegate benefi ted greatl y from Western 'sphenomenal endeavor .

The Sandford Fleming Foundation

Op paraphernali.1 and Vuarnet shirt:\ \ ( ; ~ r ~ d i ~ p l a y e d proudl) had.. in '85 Theame \\ a. not true, hm\e\e r. of the pl ~ t e r >di.playmg. a : c a n t i l ~ cI,ld women ad\ erltsing herself to prolllOle funding of theEnginew lencr. . Ol11C \\ ere e m b a r r : 1 ~ s c d

to be associated \\ Ith e n g i n e ~ r t n g and other\ dehlted whether the FngSoc had ,In)right to interfa \\ Ilh the thcll \\ holl} ,,'p-arate Enginc\\ sktler. III the end, d e c e n c ~

r e ~ p o l l s i b i l i t ~ for Jtomic warheads, lowle\d mise missiles and the Ford Pinto.All of tills gloom and doom and theChalknger disaster was still - monthsa\\ ay.

r-.lay 31 st, tht' BIG BIG Century ClubTournament in POLTS. the first round ofllrinkcrstarted at noon and there \ \ ; \ lotsof P 5 p(lints, partit:ularit) for those \\ hofinish 'd their I )O shots. Shortly thereaftera motion was presentedproposing a 3 term sus

,""",".".--. . penSlllt1 from drinking in,._ ..... ..... POI-'TS for drullt.-. disrupti\c and cbngerou. conducl during lecturcs. ThelIlotion was pal,sed 21 toO. Further consumptionrestrictions were imposedas beer \\as clIl from theathletic budget to avoidpcople gettin g blastedbetween games at indoortou rneys.1986: The year ellgilleerillg imrodl/ced a o o r ulliform. Arm twisting andother tactics were us ed to find out whostole $500 from the orifice in July of 84'.won and the Enginews was back with newdirection , improved hum our and for ashort time, was a campu wide publicalion.Perception were changi ng wrote AIMcGowan , then president of the Society.

No longer was Engineering the SupremeArt and Science of Mankind . Accordingto him, the public' opinion of theProfessional Engineer was becoming Ie sreligious. Engineer had to carry the

o great engineering sk ill was needed tocircumvent the security, the door to thekey cabinet was left open. No arm twisting should be necessary, however, to openthe next is ue of the Iron Warrior when wesee what' behind door number one:ENTER, THE EARLY EIGHTIES.

8th Conference or CSChEcolltinlled rom page 1)4 lucky frosh and one 2A despite themidterm their class had the followingThursday of our return.The hest part for IllC w a ~ watchinginteraction of nil the years IOgl'lher, hay illgfUll at all the events as they h ( } o ~ theirbooties along side some of our hippestTA 's and professors \hameless ly lip Oil til 'dance noor or on top of the speaker\,every night. All of us met new, dynamicindi viduals from other schools and a l ~ o ,surprisingly, from within.I could ramble Oil for pages on whathappened over those 4 days but it is noreplacement for actually being there. Itwas a Jot of hard work raising the mon eyfor 1)uch a large group of people to go, butit was well worth the effort. Evell if it isn' ta chemical engineering conference, I

attends some kind of student conference atsome point in his or her university careerit truly i an experience.Thank, til all that ,Uppoltl d I spcc lall y Ihe Itlstltutl' Inl Plll Y ll'l f { l ' ~ l ' i l r l ' hthe Dean , III1,k Procter and (ialllhk,DOW , MillYIIland, the CS(,hF tlild all 1whn bought stull at our hak - 'nil'.had their W


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4 Opinion The Iron Warrior, Friday, October 30, 1998Iron Ring TraditionEvery year on a Thursday at the shirts. People who don't want to getbeginning of March you will see stripped Just stay away from that area orthe engineer- wear black.ing grads of that year If you ask adre. sed up in tacky grad what it all

clothing and drinking Just a Guy means, the iron ringthemselves silly. The and the partying, hereason fortheirrcvel- by Ryall Chen Wing will probably tellry is that, that day is you about pride inthe day that they his accomplishment.receive their Iron Since first yearRings. everyone has been

For a year there working hard toare pub-crawls counting down to the Iron become an engineer and the Iron RingRing Stag Party (IRS) and there is cheer- symbolises that achievement and the IRSing whenever someone mentions the nUIl1 - is a ce lebration of that.ber of day until the IRS. Many grads drink If you ask a lower year student whatand get drunk at these pub-crawls all JJl the iron ring represen ts , as I have, you willeager anticipation of likely not get a veryIRS day ( 132 days comprehensive answer' til. On the day many like, That' s whenclasses or groups of everyone dresses upfriends get together weird, right?"for champagne break- In my experience Ifasts all dressed in have seen that studentsco lourfu l unu sual know little about theclo thing. From there ring's rea l significance.they will likely go to It can have a differentPOETS which has The Iroll Rillg: Symbolizing all rh hard personal meaning for

f b work of ll engineering slUdenr. but hone 0 Its USlest everyone t e retimes on lRS Day to drink beer. sho uld be a com mon importance to a ll.In the afternoon they change into I think it is fine to ce lebrate but it is a

more appropriate formal altire to attend travesty that people drink so much beforetheir [ron Ring Ceremony. I have been told the ceremony that they might puke dur ingthat it i not unusual for at least one person the ceremony. I think this comes from theto puke or pass-out during the ceremony secrecy of the ceremony 's significance andfrom excessive alcohol consumption. students' lack of knowledge of the historyAfter the ceremony people proudly wear and significance of the Iron Rin gtheir new irons rings on the smallest finger Ceremony and the Calling of the Engineer.of the working hand and tap it against any Some of the secrecy is from Kipling 'snearby surrace; beer bottle or other peo- own words (hal the ceremony, < while ..pie's forehead for examp le. mystery; they are for neither the public orFrom th ere begins the Iron Ring Stag t e press. This can hardly be interpretedParty. The grad. and the ir sta inl ess steel to apply to students as virtually all of usbands are loaded onto buses for a hall that wi ll be ob ligated , ringed, engineers. Thihas been rented for the night. At the hall secrecy and hence uninformed future people rip eac h other's tacky clothes off wearers of th e iron ring comprom ise itsdown to the IRS boxer sho rt s and black t va lue.

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Stopping the Brain Drain

Recen tl y, the federal governmentcom menced a $2.2 billion scienceresearch sweepstakes. Proposals will often be followed by angry face andenraged com men ts. Deregulation means apotential 20 percent increase in tuition feesevery year. It alsomeans, however, thatfrom univers itiesacross Canada arecurrently und erreview, andmoney will be allocated to the worthi es t proposal .Topping the listthus far are theUniversity

The BigPictureunivers itie will possibly have more cash toallocate to the faculties that most requireit. So although deregulation of fees willy RaYllumd Ho

Toronto and theUniversity of Waterloo, with fourteen andnine proposals respectively making the"first cut". This large injection of cashinto Canadian universities is intended torescue our crumbling facilities and to stopthe brain drain of our country' topresearchers.

While this is an admirable course ofaction that the government has taken, itshould be far from the last. This i notsuggesting, however, that the governmentshould continue to directly provide asteady flow of funds. Rather, the government should implement measures toincrease research funding from othersources.

One such measure is already beingimplemented: deregulation. For most university students, the mention of this word

likely result in angeredstudents and a drasticincrease in tudent

loan application, it will provide at leastsome aid in re earch financing.Deregulation may prove to be a doubleedged sword, so the government must becareful about it.

Another source of funding, albeitindirectly related to the government, iendowment fund.. Princeton Universityhas an endowment fund in the billions ofdollar, and the interest it eams every yearis greater than the University ofWaterloo'sentire annual budget. Becau e of the relatively young age of many endowmentfunds here, they do not possess the capacity to provide major financial as istance toresearch programs. Perhap ' our own government could at least match the students'contributions to these funds. Thi wouldhelp the funds to grow more rapidly and

make up some ground on their older andbetter-endowed American counterparts. Inaddition, tax credits should be given to student who contribute to endowment funds .

The most important source of fundingthat the government must harness is industry. The University of Florida, for example, received $37.3 million (US) last yearin research grants from industry.Part nership with indu try i essential for

ustaining. The University of Florida'stechnology licensing ope ration had anincome of $ 19.1 million (US) last year.The technological advances and productsdeveloped in their re earch laboratoriesare now bringing them great returns ontheir inve tmen . Research is an investment, and should be regarded as such. Itshould not be regarded as expenditure.

Hence it is quite clear that the government must still makehe survi val of any

u n iv e r s i t y Sresearch programs.The governmentmust take the initiative to encourageand strengthen thebonds betweencompanies and universities. Increased

For most university stu-dents, the mention of

deregulation will often befollowed by angry facesand enraged comments

great strides before ouruniversities will havethe ability to take careof their own researchpro r m s .Deregulation of tuitionfees may prove helpful, although the gov-

tax rebate for research grants, forin lance, should be brought under consideration. Industry has much to gain throughresearch funding, because the researchperformed will usually be beneficial tothem. The government, hence, must domore to make industry aware of these benefits. A joint advertising campaignbetween the government and universitiesmight be something to think about.

Once a solid foundation has beenestablished, and the ball has started to roll,then research will eventually become self-

ernment hould beprepared to intervene if things tart to getout of hand. Endowment funds, such asour very own WEEF, can also play animportant role if they are properly supported. And most crucially, indu try mu tbecome a univer sity' be t friend. IfCanadian universities can work togetherwith the federal and provincial governments to achieve these objectives, then ourresearch programs will eventually bere tored to full health.


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The Iron Warrior, Friday, October 3D, 1998 Opinion 5You Never now

T wo kid graduate from uni\'ersity.Student A i at the top of his cia' .He', mart,he' good at math.and he' up to hiseyeballs in joboffers, Student B. onthe other hand, i aboy of moderateintelligence. He'llnever be the sharpestknife in the drawerand he' got an aver-sion to workaholism.

Years pass. Student A jumps from jobto job and meets a ll the right people; heworks 80 hour a week and finally lands alucrative position at a consulting firm,where he wo rk 90 hours a week,Suddenly he's thirty-five, unmarried , andbalding. But hey, at least he' got money.

One day he runs into Student B, whohe hasn't een in twelve year .

So how are you getting along? a ksStudent A, mockingly.

Student B is getting along ju st fine, asa matter of fact. He's well dre ed , he' gota house on the lakeshore; he summers inEurope, and hi car cost more than mostpeople make in a decade.

Student A has a nervous breakdown.How? How could Student B turn out to besuch a succe s? He didn't have the marks.He didn't work. He barely passed hisco urses. Student A beg Student B to lethim in o n the secre t.

Did he inherit an outrageous fortune?Did he patent a cure for cancer?

"I don't reckon so, replies Student B,"All you gOlla do, is find . omethin ' youcan buy for a (Jollar fifty and sell for fourbucks . Then ju st keep crankin' it out."

Yes fo lks, you heard it here first: Buylow, e ll high. Andy Grove did it withsemiconductors, Warren Buffet did it with

Dilly Bars.Oh what a man'ellous mantra. Too

bad most pcople getit backward:.

Ketchupby f ll 7iell2A CompllIer

The)'11 buy somestock. wait for it todrop. then sell andlose a lot of money.Then they'll whineabout the bad Iud."they had in the market.

Ask them whatthey bought into, they'll reply some company in Mexico that made tire or coffeebeans or something. 1 got the tip from mydry cleaner."

These people drive me crazy. Whywould you buy into a company you knownoth ing about?

Many moons ago, Benjamin Graham,the granddaddy of financia l analysis,wrote a coup le book on how to invest in arational manner. There was a concept inthat book that he tried very hard to hammer home, a concept the top minds onWall Street go back to, time and timeagain: alway take into account a marginof safety.

It's a ridiculously simple concept. Ifyou think a company's worth twenty dollars, buy it at ten. Always leave a marginof safety, in case someth ing fundamentalchange , or in case your estimates werewrong.

There are basicall y two types ofin vestors: those who . earch fo r va lue, andthose who sea rch for growth. A valueinvestor looks for deals, strong companiestrading at levels markedly below whatthey're worth. growth investor s oropportunities-companies that are extraordinarily productive.

Sometimes, you ge t lu cky and stumble aero. s a company that's both a value

The eyboard SpecialistT he explosion of the Internet hasprovided global connectivity tomillions ofpeople around theworld. This globalconnectivity makesthe Internet, perhaps,the largest socialgathering in theworld. By means ofemail , IRC, ICQ,chat rooms and webpages, users aremeeting e lectronic friends from all parts ofthe world. Though thi may seem perfectly safe at first, there are dangers involvedwith meeting people via the Internet. I'mnot talking about danger that leads tophysical violence, but rather the mentaland emotional effects it has on u ers theirpeers.

For many people, it is easier to talkelectronically because there is an electronic mask in which as user can hide behind.There is no equivalent shelter in face toface, or even phone conversations. Thismask gives the user a sense of securitybecause he can stay anonymous or evenassume a false identity. Quite often, auser's electronic persona is wildly different from hi "real life" personality. Thisalter ego may be a personality that hewishes to be and thus gives him confidence when communicating electronically.There is no way in which external partiescan verify that he is indeed 6 feet, 200lb,blonde hair, blue eyes and well built as he

claims .There are tim es when electroni c com

munication consumes so much of a

Take aZhanceBy lJuzn HUG/ ZhouzhZlwu@e1tgmail

person' li fe that itcan inhibit his personal life.Electronic friendsfar outnumber realfriend, or perhapshis isolation has lefthim no real li fefriends at all. Thi s

can not only happen to friends, but it canalso affect family life. In one study, agroup of families was given a computerand an Internet connection in return forfilling out weekJy surveys. These surveysshowed that the general happiness of thefamily decreased largely due to the resultof excessive computer usage, most notablychatting.The Internet is a great way to meetpeople and to blow some free time, but becareful. Don't let electronic chatting consume your life. Interpersonal skills are justas important today as they were ten yearsago. In fact, they may even be moreimportant today due to the shrinking num ber of people who actually know what todo when confronted with someone face toface. Even though much of our educationis focused on the computer, rememberwhat it means to talk to a real life person -it will get you much further in life thanbeing proficient at the keyboard.

bu) and a growth buy. The)' 'ompaniesare fc\\ and far bct\wcn :lnd .Ire lIsuall)caused b) market anomalies rJtha than b)random walks.

failed-I' m-going-to-, ue-thc-pants-off-youcompany. They're trading at 30.5625 at aPIE of 16.69. \ hich leans them toward avalue bu).

An c:\ample of The growth aspectof the company comesinto phlY when youtake a look at one oftheir key products:optical fibrc. Everyoneuses it. Everyone has

u h an opportunityan be found asclose to h o m ~ athe laq issue of thcIron Warrior. TITechno l o g i e s(TSE: TY) wa),

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Bars"mentioned as a pos ible value buy; it wasat 12.20 thcn. it's at 14.95 toda) , and itcould go to 16 by the end of next month.It's growt h pro peets arc strong as it \making inroad. to set-top boxes. ,ub-$500PC and the consumer appliance industry.

Side otc: Never listen to anything 1,ay. In the e articles \ 'm never ever recommending that you buy into a particularcompany. Individual stocks are just usedas examples.

Where was I? Oh yeah, growth andvalue. Okay how about Corning (GLW)?Yes Corning, the my -breast -i mplanl-

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Then again, the world may go wireless tomorrow. You never know.Point of this article: Play it safe, buywhat you know; buy at a bargain or don'tbuy at al l.

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6 Internal Information The Iron Warrior, Friday, October 30, 1998Planning Your November

H ope fu l lyeveryone'smidte rmsare going (or havegone) well. After allthat work youdeserve a break. soyour directors havebeen hard at workorganiling eventsfor the next few w e e k ~ starting with theMOT tonight. There will be a costumecontest there (with great prizes for thewinners) and a c.:hili contest with proceedsgoing to GradCOMM. so hopefully [ II seeyou all there.

In November we've got a lot of jointevents going on. We've got the fir t everEngineering-AHS Fed Hall night on the5th. Then on the 7th bring your friends tothe Anyswing goes" semi-formal - buy

VP InternalReportyour tickets for bothof these events in theOrifice. Joint councilwill be happening onthe 15th of ovember

.ff lllliji l Motta so everyone is invitedto join us for brunchat Weaver 's Arms fol lowed by the meeting, starting at Ilam.

The externa l special events directors(Storch & Stacey) are busy organizingof f-cumpus events throughout the monthof November including a joint hick pubwith Western, and hopefully a Brunnywith the nearby universities.

That's all for now. If you'd like me tomention something in one of my reports ,or if you just want to kn>w what' goingon, send me an email UmoLUz@engmail).

Soft Skills and Inter DisciplinaryTraining in Engineering

MARGARET TONGIASystemsSoft skill and inter-disciplinary training are essential to engineers. Thiswas one of the themes in the

Professional Engineer of Ontario (PEO)Conference that took place in Toronto inOctober. Guest speaker Dr. R. 1. Salvas,from the Department of Civil Engineeringin Ryer on Polytechnic University, haredsome insights with us on this topic.Following the presentation, delegates fromuniver ities in Ontario participated in aworkshop exploring ways to incorporatethem into our education.

Soft skills are

tolerance, and to be a good listener. Bydoing 0 we would tie able to observe thedetails and to learn about the experienceand in sights of other, especially fromexperienced professionals. We wouldprobably agree that oft skills cannot betaught in the classroom, or directly incorporated into the curriculum. Rather, theskills are to be acquired through activitiesand experiences. Opportunities do existon ampu r utside f chool or student. For example, student c lubs, unionsand societies (intra-univer ity or inter-university) organi7e activities to accommodate a broad range of interests of students.

Through students'"No doubt that the rigor-h o ~ c that help uscomprehend things ,

exchange information and interact withothers . For example,soft skills includereading and understanding, publicspeaking and presen-

ous engineering programcould be a factor thatcauses insularity o

participation in the eactivities inter-disciplinary mixing canbe achieved, but notwithout the chance tosocialize and tosome " improve on soft

tations, leadership skills, socializing(especially with pcople of different cultures). In the real engineering worldwhere tasks are complex and involve multiple disciplines, we need more than ourown specialized field. It is also importantto understand the big picture from an interctisciplinary perspective . By communicating ideas with others, i.e . using soft skills,we would be able to solve complicatedproblems for the common good.

Viewing the is ue from students' perspectives, . ome students have had theopportunity to acquire and improve ontheir soft kills and others may lack them.No doubt that the rigorous engineeringprogram could be a factor that causes theinsularity of some. It i also hard to mixpeople with different intere. ts and backgrounds, as most of the programs in engineering are quite pecific. Yet the fact is,in the real world engineering is not engineering alone. It involves many interactions with other disciplines - within orbeyond engineering - in either the technicalor social level. Therefore studentsneed to develop the skills and acquire theknowledge to take on such challenges inthe future to survive in the profession.

To prepare students for their futureprofession, the 'training' should start at theuniversity level. Two attributes that allstudents should strive for are patience and

skills. Students areencouraged to

explore und participate in these opportuni-tie. , which are definitely precious experience for their career.

From the workshop that the delegatestook part in , we generally agreed that aninter-disciplinary design project or competition is an effective means to help students develop oft skills and to promotemixing of different intere t and background. . It could include engineering,design, and business and marketing element in order to provide a well-roundedproblem or scenario for student to solve.The presentation of the project could be a. ocial event of ome form so tudents canpractice their 'people skills'. Other suggestions include holding non-credit ession on oft skill , inviting e mployers orexperienced people to peak about theneeds for well-rounded students in theengineering world.

Engineering is definitely a vast andintriguing profession, and it is al 0 as ociated with a lot of intangible skills that wecan only acquire through experience.Engineers work with a variety of people indifferent di ciplines, and together we aimfor the common good of the ociety. We asengineering student should take the initiative to get involved and to prepare ourselves for our future profession. Thefuture is in our hands

WEEF Statistics Tell AllM id terms.. midterm .midterms.I hope youfre alldone and ready tostart partying again .But before you crackopen the keg , makesure you submityour WEEF propos-al. Today is the last day to e-mailweef@helix with your proposal form.Making a WEEF proposal is easy to doand you should already have been done itby now. But if you're one of those lastsecond types you can still get your proposal in by going to the WEEF home puge(http://wlI.w.eng.lIwatertoo.ca/g roup/weej)and following the instructions on submitting proposals. For those who do submitproposals, the presentation meetings willtake place on Monday and Tuesday(Novem ber 2, 3) at 5:30pm-9:00pm in DC2577.

Now on to the exc iting new.Somewhere near this article there will be achart of the WEEF participation for thisterm. You can look on the chart and see

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how many of theSMART, GOODLOOKI G. POPULAR people in yourclass donated theirmoney to WEEF andthe others who did-nft. I \vould like topoint out the highpercentage from the

4A Systems class who have always beenbig supporter of WEEF. This particularclass was always had around 80% participation. but this year they jumped to a highof 87% . Another class worth noting is theI A Geological class which had 100% participation. This the first time any class ha .had 100% and they should be looked at asa model to all other c1as es in all other disciplines.

I would like to thank all of tho e whodid donate their money to WEEF and anyone who want to know more about WEEFdonft hesitate to ask myself, Mike evill,Jen Lugtigheid, Derek Bezaire, or RyanChen-Wing . We will a ll be in the WEEFoffice at sometime or another in CPH1323C (x4893). Ciao for now.

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The Iron Warrior, Friday, October 30, 1998 Internal Information 7Scandal-Free Visit to the USA for EngSoc President

A lor'S happened in thelast threeweek and, unfortunately, studying formidterms is not one ofthem.

First, a note onour alliance-inprogress with theAHS faculty: We've already confirmedone Engineering/AHS event in the next little while. On Thursday, November 5th ,we'll be having Engineering-AHS night atFED Hall. Tickets cost $2 for Engineersand AHS students, but cost $4 for guestsoutside these faculties. We're working onthe pecifics of the event while AHS isworking on some meet-other-peoplegame so that Engineer and AHS peoplecan bond. In addition to that, we're looking into holding a wine and cheese partywith AHS sometime near the middle ofNovember - yet another way for us to meetour counterparts. FEDS was ecstatic tohear that the two faculties are work.ingtogether and they're willing to help us anyway they can.

ATOP (Acce s to OpportunitiesProgram) ha been finalized. The detailsaren't entirely public yet, but I can tell youthat the faculty will be adding 100 spots tothe E&CE department. This will probablytranslate to another stream of computerengineer since that i the highe t demandprogram right now. Adding 100 spots willincrease enrollment in computer to 250and bump up the undergraduate facultysize to 850 . Currently, there is no plan toreduce enrollment in any of the otherdepartments in Engineerill . Since com puter science in the Math faculty also fallsunder the realm of the ATOP program, they

======== ; 1 will be adding 150tudents.President'sReport Thank. to DeanChaudhuri's generou . help and hisby Alan CWlllislraro gre at motivation atI promoting the

. chool name, I'vehad the pleasure ofattending two con-

ferences ince I've last written in the IW.The PEO conference wa a professionaldevelopment conference fOCli. ed on developing soft skills and structuring the PEOstudent membership that you may haveheard about. Jfyou want more informationon the conference, flip through this issueof the Iron Warrior. I believe other delegates have written summaries on the weekend.

The other conference 1 attended waNAESC (National A sociation ofEngineering Student Councils). The"National" doesn't refer to Canada,though; it refers to our neighbours to thesouth - that's right, the Americans. Oh , Ihave SO much I want to say aboutNAESC. It was the best conference I'veever attended. Fifteen Canadians had thepleasure of infiltrating .. er .. attending thisconference and we showed them exactlywhy Canada rocks. They loved us so muchthat they're seriously considering the possibility of hosting the 2000 conference inCanada. And, of course, it has nothing todo with the lower drinking age limit of 19or their very recent introduction to aWaterloo concoction known as batch.

Greg and 1 took alot back from thisconference. After NAESC , Greg's seriousl talkina abo t the idea of oraa i- ila highly corporate-funded career fair togenerate revenue and fuel some industry

interest in a terloo . I'm looking atwa) , of involvi ng :mn more III our affairs.1 found that the great merican , choob -tht' one . that I \\'cl1tlo the conference witha good impression of - were the oneswhose . la ff m e m e r ~ were active partic ipants in the l-tudent societies.

The other thing that . parkcd my intere. t at NAE C was a pre:entalion regarding the Jerry Sanders D e ~ i Competition.The purpo. e ofthccompetilion i ' 10 builda robot thM can maneuver an obstaclecourse and accomplish arious tasks suchas picking up blocks and opening doors.There are cash rewards for everyone thatgoes and even more cash priles for thewinners. The coolest part abollt it all,though. is that after the obstacle course isdone, you pur your robot in for one finalround where the purpose is to beat the crapout of the other robots Cool, eh? (That'sanother thing about AESC .. American'strying to imitate Canadians don't knowwhere to put the "eh" in a sentence .. andthey say "y' all" alot) Anyway, it's pastdeadline to sign up for the competition, butthe organizing committee has said they ' llmake an exception for us if we get back tothem ASAP to put a team in. So, if youwant details, check out the web site at:http://dc.cen.uiuc.edu/y2k.html . But Ithink you'll have to register through mesince Lhey're making an exception for us.So email me if you're interested.

The TOOL workshop from the beginning of October was a great help. We'regoing to me making some minor changesto the image of the bearers, but we're stillworking on details. I 'm still open to suggestions o r criticism , so fire away.what is warranting the changes to be madeto the Tool Bearer image. DUling Frosh

Week. \\ e had a choice to either send theTool Bearer. to Columbia Lake unhoodedor not send them at all. We took a chanceanll decided the Tool Bearers would showup l riefly with the hoods on.Unfortunately, thar was a mistake. So. thehood . hay' been taken away and we.havebeen instructed by multiple parties not tolISC them again or we'd face serious conscquences. So (he dilemma that we face isthar the bearers Jllll . t go unhooded and, asa result . we Jose the anonymity associatedwith the Tool Bearer. Thi . is the mainproblem that we are trying to address. Wehopt: to have a solution soon.

Joint Council is coming up oon. Forthose unramiliar WiLh the tcrm, it is achance for A Soc and B Soc to get together and have a meeting. We'll be coveringSDme potential constitutional change awell as discussing some of the new initiatives that A Soc h'ls been . pearheading -mainly the Frosh Mentoring Advisor, theCompetitions and Academics focus, andthe AHS alliance. Everyone is welcome.The meeting is being held II am onSunday, November 15th at Weaver" Armsand, just to motivate you to come, we'll besupplying a free, yummy brunch buffet.

One last thing before I go. Here's alittle game I learned at NAESC from thosecrazy. gun-LOting. steak-grilling Texans:What you do is point to two random people and say "GUNFIGHT I ". The twopeople have to point to each other and yell"BANG ". The first person to do it wins.

That's it for me. My email address isaccannis@engmail. Get in touch with meif you have any questions regarding any ofthe above topics. Or you can pass by the

)(waste) most of my time.

Acheiving Success in American Linguistics eh?W hat happenwhen youput a groupof fifteen Canadianengineering st udentstogether for a weekendin a foreign land 'southof here?'

On October J5,Alan and I traveled toPurdue University in Indiana for the annual American NAESC conference. Therewe met a Canadian delegation that consisted of people spanning our nation - f ro mthe University of Victoria to the Universityof Moncton. Together, clad in super-stylish red overalls that came from either arecent Beastie Boys

VPExternalReportby Greg Fyke

eSLablish ~ o m evaluable lies to ouruniversity. While [did do a considerable amount of listening, I also fOllndthat I had a lot to========;1 1. contribute to thediscussion groupsas well. In fact,

this seemed to be the general conscnsus ofthe Canadian delegation. We should al\take note that despite the overwhelmingshadow of our neighbours to the south, weare all really on the same playing Held.Sometimes we even manage to stand a little higher (and capture the World Series).J handed out

concert or a MarioBrothers game show,we were a bit hyper, abit loud, a bit 'backstreet' and perhaps alittle musica1... butoverall an awesomeexample of trueCanadian spirit and

When it comes to corpo-rate funding, we have alot to learn. American

schools have this down to

about seven tyEngSoc businesscards during mystay in Indiana (AImay have beatenme by twenty orso). To be honest, Iwasn't just making

a remarkable science.engineering excellence. The Americanssimply loved us. We stunned them withour teamwork, ideas and stamina whilecontinually charming them with gratuitousamounts of good 01 Canadian humor. rcan assure you that there are at least fortymore schools across the United States thatcan say, "Yes, I've heard of the Universityof Waterloo."

Originally, my objectives for this conference were to simply absorb as muchinformation as I possibly could and try to

faceless contacts, Iwas also building great friendships. Inparticular, those with the members of theCanadian delegation. I have to say thatthey are probably the best (and most energetic) group of people I 've ever had theopportunity to work with. You guys rock

When it comes to corporate funding,we have a lot to learn. American schoolshave this down to a remarkable science.The total delegate cost for this conferencewas $35 USD. Thi s included: three nightsaccommodation in a hotel (with use of the

confercnce rooms), all Illcub. includingtwo banquet dinners , lransportation to andfrom campus, nightly social CWllts and areally snall.Y day plunner.

How about a method of increasing thcfunds or the Enginecring Society whileproviding an invaluahlc service for the stu dent body? A presentation by Texas A&MUniversity unlocked this little secret: a student run engineering career fair. It is ahuge event at American universities - utOlal of three days which includes a student/recruiter golf toumament and nightly

sod"l events, tlte :-.tandnrd l'xhihitillll. al>Loall s hlcaki'ust. Who puy for ull 1this you :1 '/ 'Ill' r ~ ' a \ l i t l ' l ' , illy. It'scllmpk'tcly fn.:c for ~ t l l d l ' l l t s Not bad. (; h lNAES(, sland.. for Ihe NationalAssociation of E I l ~ i n c c r i l g StudentCouncils and it is au orgullil'.atioll thatserves its member councils by promotingeducation, organi/ing natiollwide programs and CVl:l1ts, aCling as a resource forengineering activities and providing aunified voice for the cOlillci Is.

Accounting EnvyW hen thisissucomes outmost of you will bedone midterms andrecovering from theworst hangovers ofthe term, that is untilfinals are done. I'llkeep this to the point.

VPFinanceReportby Mike Muffel.l

Donations aredone and the clubsshould have the

I will have less to say asthe term progresses.

Monday afternoonand you will getyour cheque byWednesday morning. Please tapeyour receipts to theback of the expenseform. 1 don't needdebit transactionslips or visa slips, I

need the receipts fortax purposes. Soplease hand in your

cheques for themoney by now. If you missed donationsthis term you will have to wait until nextterm. There is not much more for me to donow other than the daily bookkeeping so I .will have less and less to say as the termprogresses.

Again, hand in your expense forms by

receipts.I 'll leave you with a quote from

Henry Ford:Whether you think you canor think you can't,You're right.


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The Iron Warrior, Frida , Oct ber 0, 199

rr the eaten TracksTitle: The Boy with the Arab StrapArtist: Belle & Sebastian

don't want to use the word timelessjust because it brings about visions ofinfomercials, but] have to say this CD

i without those thing you expect to hearin most mu , ic that date it with not only adecade, but a year. It' just simple sound-ing pop music but also very original. The

Title: Is This Desire?Artist: pj Harvey

don't think I've ever listened to suchdark ounding mu i that could makemy toe tap. Polly Jean has taken a

more electronic route with this album, andit works well. She still has her unique andpowerful vocals (and she's still more

vocals are energetic and soft, and have asense of aying omething important.They are backed with guitar in someplaces, giving it a folky a sound, and syn-thesizers in others. t won't get your partypumping, but it' . definitely worth a i ten.Their name comes from an old TV . howfrom France; they come from Scotland;and I have no idea where the album titlecomes from (but I guess one of the songswould have explained it to me).

bad than Fiona Apple). Among otherdevelopments in her music, there is less ofa distorted guitar sound, which just makesit easier to listen \ her without feeling likeI have to be angry. Each song has some-thing different to offer like 'orne eerie,rhythmic piano or a new mix of unrecog-nizable sounds. You can see her at theWarehouse in Toronto on October 30th.

OjJthe Beaten Tracks is written by Darren Jenkins 4A Electrical Engineering.

by: Ian Tien

Darren co-hosts a biweekly radio show on CKMS 100.3 with Glenn Cowall. The next show airs at JJ:30pm on November 4

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