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Not About 2B
I asked one of my homework-
ladell housemates what I shou ld
write about for my editorial, and she
repli ed, with a sigh, "28 Systems."
Well, not wanting to bore anyone
with the details of ou r exam schrrl-
ule and report due-dates, I quickly
dismissed the idea.
The search for a topic continued.
Then 1 realized that my hOl/ se-
mate had a point not that 2B Sys-
tems is the most thri ll i ng term ever
and that everyone shoukl hear ahoul.
it because then the Meaning of Life
would be c lear to them, but thaI
this school thin g is the most' impor-
tant part of her Life, and yours t. oo,
I imagine. And it 's abollt. the only
thing I have to write about,
Right now I' m so callght. up in my
own littl e world 2B, homework ,
exams, reports , t his paper .... Sinc('
first year it's been a world confined
mainly to one classroom, with ex-
cursions two or three times a day
down t.he well -defi ned trac k t.o the
C&O. Finally, th is term, some vari-
et.y was introduced : a circuit.s lab,
which happf'ns to be right across
from t.he C&O, and the Iron War-
rior , which requires visits \.0 the Ori-
fi ce, on the way to the C&D. 011 yes
and someti mes I go !'ome.
So much for variety.
This litt.le world is dev')id of
real news papers (too much clutter
around the house), and of pati ence
for TV news. Every so often, how-
ever, I pop my head out long enough
to find alit what.'s going on out there
- something about a. feder a l el ect ion,
I think.
So wi th such a limited view on
life, my gripes and political grllm-
bles are rather r(>st ri cted. The only
complaint I can tllink of at thc mo-
menl is that the hall doors open the
wrong way walking back to the class-
room from the C& D; you either have
Lo juggle your coffee and doughnut
in order to pull the doors open your-
self, or else wait. ther e until someone
comes along and opens thcm [or you.
Anyways.
[ hope you see, from your lit-
tle world , where this leaves me for
controversial and interesting topics.
Maybe I'll try to become more so-
c i ally and politically awarE' before
next month's issue, but right now
] have this gay eclitorial to type in
and then a report to write and t hen
a prep to do and then ...
Who Hired Clark Kent, Anyway?
There's a lot. 1.0 11(' said for We do hear it, tl. lot.. And it '8
confidcrIC( . W(, hear il fl lot., ' subtle . Do YOII want, 1.0 b( Clark
guess bf' prolJd of your ;1<:(' (1111 - Kent or Superman? Be YOllr own
plishment.s, believe in your";('lr. h( person , express yOllrsrlf', look out
aggrE's$ive and Wf> know it. works . :r for number 011(' ... it's all t.ird tip in
We ' ve at! got to fac(' inLprvi ews, alld..:- the same idea ' n](" . And Y('<lh,
we havf' to go in til er> proud and; I.herl' is something to be sai d [or s('lf-
strong and confident and Illilrk(t a hlr 00 confidence, alld y('ah , it. OoPS work,
in a big way. We colne to Watrrloo ". and IH' y if it isn 't plitt ing any-
knowing we ' re CHid W(I I !'i\V (' f body else down , th('Jl what's I.he
ready to take on the world . \V(, n CI ' d oS problem?
to believc we ' re good. C' All J want t.o say, really, is t.haL
there's something to be said [or hll -
We. also need to believe we ' rC' fonl mility, too. It's a beaut.iful t.hing ,
- cool , sexy, wit.t.y, cnt.f'rt.ailling <llld and it's rare, alld it g('ts slf'ppf'd Oil
basically fUll Lo hang around wit.h. If allover the plac(' in this society. I' m
you don 't have a 10L of con fid en('f' so- not talking aholl t hUlTli Ii ty that's re-
cially then Y01l're a gweeb or it lIerd ally fals(> modesty, or thE' qui(t nf'SS
or even worse. YOIl're likely boring; that's just. fear of reject.ion . I'm t.alk-
you don't have a pNsonality.. iJlg about humility t.hat jllst. blows
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s elf-auasemenL right Ollt. of tilt' wa-
ter .
I wanL the humility that comf'S
from wisdom, the humility of s('eill g
yourself as YOIl are. J guess I' m not.
very sure of what that's like -
kind of a qui et ness and gentleness
o f spirit. , a humility that knows how
i mport. a nt. other peopl!' are. People
t \rat. kllOw ni l" will probably read this
laughing but. thaL's part of it, too.
Sornet.imes I t,ake a sobering look
at my real mot.ives and there isn't
n'ally very much room for pride. I
hope' sOITlf>body will hire me anyway ..
October 28, 1988
Iron Warrior Staff
Editors
lindi Wahl
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Writen
Dirk Kroll
Adrian Earle
Mark Leonard
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Kevin Moon
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October 28, 1988 Iron Warrior
Page 3
Message From The Dean
A Word To The Graduating Class
by Bill Lennox
No doubt by now many of you
are aware that I have been talking
to the graduating class committee
about the possibility of a graduating
class pledge. For the purpose of (\is-
cussion, I propose that it be a th ree
year pledge of one hundred dollars
per year, with the first payment due
in 1990, resulting in a total pledge
for t.he class of '89 of the order of
$180,000. Now that I have your at-
tention, the key questions are why
should you contribute and, assum:
ing YOIl did, how would it be spent?
Why?
Six years ago in a meeling wit.h
the Minister of Colleges and Univ('r-
ities, it:. was make abundant.ly clear
that universities would no longer be
able to "feed at the public t,rough"
(Dr. B. Stephenson) and t,hat we
would have to develop other funding
alternatives . Sit e suggested t.uition ,
PrezSez
by Matt
First there was Eng. Week-
end, then Oktoberfest, -and finally
Midterms. Talk about anticlimax!
I'd like to thank all those who
helped run and participated in a
very successful Engineering Week-
end. "Special" mention to Dave H.
and Steph for all their hard work in
co-ordinating all the events. As well,
a big round of applause for Dave
R. for running such a great pub-
every body tells me I had a great
time.
For those who weren't there
the Waterloo Engineers took Moses
Springer by storm on Friday Oct.
14, for Oktoberrest. All had a great
time despite a certain social direc-
tor puppying out at the last minute.
industry and alumni as pos ibilities.
As you know, Luit ion inc rea es
are cert.ainly a controver ial politi-
cal question. The government's own
study - The Bovey Report re om-
mended tuition increases at a rale
higher than the Consumer Price In-
dex for a period of five years, hut tlO
government has followed this advice.
Tax incentives encouraging univer-
sity support from Canadian industry
are still not very attradive although
industry is certainly providing assis-
tance. The one real opportunity for
us was to develop alumni support.
In this regard, in just ovpr five
years, I believe we have developed
a solid base of alumni support . In
ff\ct, the total support to date has
been $875,543! The average gift
and the level of participation now
matches or even exceeds many of the
older more established institutions.
It is a strong statement of the com-
mitment and loyalLy of our previ-
ous gracluates. There is no quesl,ion
these funds have had a tremendous
impact on our ability to survive the
past years of underfunding. All en-
gineering alumni gifts are targeted
to undergraduate teaching laborato-
ries and all of you have benefitted
from this support.
There are ol,her arguments:
It is to your benefit that Wa-
terloo Engineering maintain its
excellent reputation as a source
of well-qualified graduates. It is
an investment in your future.
Tho e hefore you have provided
support ancl now you can return
Many thanks to all who rame out
and made another successful
Soc. event.
The term is half over amI it's
smooth sailing from here on ill . Out,
to keep you on your Loes we've got
lots of things in the works.
OF.S CUT TO THE AONF;
march on Oct. 31. Tell
Queen's Park we don't like lIn-
derfunding and then go party at
Ryerson .
Eng. Week Nov. 9 20 - Get
working on those chariots and
Scunt teams
Semi-Formal Nov . 18 and end
it all off right with the end of
term pub on November 25.
Sounds pretty good, right? Well
drop on by the Orifice for more in-
formation and updates on what is
gOIng on.
Now for my pontificating. This
week's topic is social responsibility
in the political sense.
Exclusionary. Bylaws, Free Trade,
POETS vs. C&D expansion. Do
these topics mean anything to you?
Well they should. These and many
others are the key issues in the three
elections t.hat YOll have the opportu-
nity to vote in this November .
On November the 3rd we go to
the polls to choose a new Engi-
neering Society Executive. A few
weeks later we elect a new municipal
Government and on 21st
that benefit for those foJJowing
you.
It is tax dedllctable!
Tht>rt> is no doubt. that. a. signifi-
cant gesture such as a class gift has
a leverage effect.
It Pllts suh1.le pressure on the
existing alumni, i.e. , they be-
come aware that a graduating
(Jass is roncerned enough to
provide immediate support.
It sends a signal to other under-
graduates that there is a prob-
lem and it needs to be ad-
dressed.
11 rould have a siRnificant effed
in terms of publi 'ity in drawing
the attention of the public and
the government to the fact that
underfunding is a serious issue.
Marching to Queen's Park may
have all effect, but in my view,
providing a cash donation to sup-
port teaching equipmellt purchases ,
would generate a more credible
statement regarding your concern
about underfunding. It demon-
strates an appreciation for the edu-
cation you have received and a com-
mitment to maintain the excellellce
of the education of the st udents who
follow them.
AJso, the class of '89 would be rec-
ognized as that class that took the
initiative - the first class pledge.
The concept of graduating class
pledges is not new. It is common-
placr in tilr Ullit.rd Tn
my knowledge , engincering classps
at. thl' Universities of Toronto, Man-
itoba and Saskatchewan arC' now in-
volved in the concrrt. Saskatchewall
has been doing it for ten years and
had a. 98% participation rate in
1987.
The idea would be to prl'sf'nt a 4'
by 8' "cheque" to Lh(' Presid('nt at,
convocation . It is an opportunity for
the engineers at Waterloo to set t.he
pace at Waterloo once again.
Accountability
All expendit. tJres against I.he fllnd
would be accountable and reported
in the Waterloo Engineering Alumni
Newsletter, WEAL.
Projects
The fund is targeted to under-
graduate teaching equipment and
improvements in the undergradu ate
teaching environment .
classroom renovations that are
not, covered by ministry grants
modernization of laboratories
development of new labora-
tories, e.g. biotechnology,
robotics, materials
maintaining
and improving computer labo-
ratories
support for etudenl pi'ojects,
i.e. SAE car, eLe.
will meet with each class over
the n('xt months to discuss the idea
fmlllt'r
a new Federal Goverllment will be
rhoHN\. YOIl have both u righi, f\nci
responsibility to cast your halioLs in "M ind, Heart
each of these elections.
As futllre profe sional F]ngin('ers
your lives will interad, with 611 It>v-
of government, from huilding in-
spertors to the tax man. Know-
ing this it becomes readily apparent
that. we' should take all interest in
the govenment of the land.
Good government requires good
and active support from the popu-
lation and as potential leaders in in-
dustry and so iety it is our mandate
to takE' this requirement to task.
Each and everyone of us has a re-
sponsibi lity to learn about the issues
and candidates in each of the elec-
tions and make an informed choice.
See ya at the Ballot Box .
And Vision"
On NOV('rlllwf :l,
Dr . Nornlllll Ball, rltif'f of
at I.h(' National MuselHII of S<'i-
and TC'chllOlClgy will be rre-
s(,lItrd as this t.crln' s diHtinguishcd
lectur('r. Dr. Ball is author of
Mind, Hearl, and Vision, a disculI-
sion of Canadian enginC'ering from
1887 to 19R7 Tirk(ts an' available
frcc of charge from the ]';ng Soc Of-
fice or the Sandford F'clIling Foun
dation (CPIl 1366) . Th(' pres('nta-
I.ioll will b(!gin at 7:30 p.m. in thE'
IIutrlanitiE's Tlwatre.
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Iron Warrior
October 28, 1988
Formula SAE On The Track
by Dirk Kroll
In the spring of [089, five students
currently in 4A Mechani cal Engi-
neering will not. be walking down UIE'
aisle at. t.he PAC to get t.heir degrees.
Instead , they will be in San Ant.o-
Ilio, Texas, racing a formula-st.y le
car against compeLitors from all ov('r
North America. The team mem-
bers are Elgin Dewar , Jouko Ilaapa-
nen , Tom I1uschilt , Dirk Kroll ,and
Giovanni Milit.ano. San AnLonio is
home of the Alamo and the Univer-
sity Of Texas - San Antonio. The
UTSA is the host. of t.he 1989 Por-
mula SA E. The Pormula. SA E is a
design competit.ion and race S PO!l -
sored by the SocieLy of AuLomot.ive
F.:ngineers. It. is op('n to sLud('nLs in
engineering programs in Lhe UniLed
States a nd Canada. This is the t,hird
time that the University of Waterloo
is parLicipating in the compet.it.ion.
The first entry placed an OUt.-
standing fourth overall, in a field of
approximately t.hirty cars. The 1988
team finished in eighth place over-
all. The 1989 team is confident that
a first place finish is within reach.
The car is now taking sha.pe in an
obscure room in t.he heavy lab wing.
The car will consist of a monocoque
tube frame, independant suspension
with racing slick tires, and a dou-
ble overhead cam, 16-valve, fuel in-
jected, 600 cc Honda Hurricane en-
gine. The entire car should weigh
less t.han the Hurri cane motorcycle
from which the engine came.

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The team is developing fuel in-
jection hecftuse the rules do not al-
low the four stock carburetors. A
single 20mm resLricter must be sit-
uated downstream from a carbure-
tor or throttle-body, which is tiny
compared to the four 30mm carbs.
Due to this restriction , a conven-
tional air-fue l mixture from a car-
buretor does not give satisfactory
performance. The engi ne has been
undergoing extensive tests on a dy-
namometer to establish a datum
which will be useful for comparison
once the fuel injection is operational.
The engine development tea.m con-
s ists of Jouko Haapanen, iovanni
Militano and Elgin Dewar.
One of the team members, after a
drive in last year's car, commented
that it was fast er than any car he
had ever driven, and that the acce1-
erat.ion was not much less than that
of a motorcycle. Acceleration of 0-
60 in less than 5 seconds is antici-
pated .
The and suspension which
was just a gleam in designer Tom
Huschi lL's eye last spring, is now
taking shape after extensive finite
element analysis and optimization.
The chassis will weigh an unbeliev-
able one third of what the previ-
ous car's frame weighed. Tom is an
avid student of design , and the pro-
. porLions of the chassis have evolved
from his study of Formula One race
cars.
The concept of the competition is
that a hypothetical firm has engaged
the student design team to produce
a prototype car intended for the
amateur weekend autocross racer.
The cars are judged and scored in
three categories: Static, Individual
Performance Trials, and Endurance
Rare with other cars on the track.
The events are judged byengi-
neNS from various facets of the auto-
mot,ive industry, and are concerned
with the overall engineering design,
the vehicle manufacturing cost anal-
ysis, and the formal presentation to
the judges.
The individual performance trials
assess the vehicle's performance in
straight-line acceleration, lateral ac-
celeration on a skidpad, and maneu-
verability events. The highligbt of
the competition is an endurance race
with four cars on the track at once.
The endurance race is 1.5 miles long,
and two heats are run after a quali-
fying round .
The driving events have various
heats, and drivers are not allowed
to participate in more than three
events, ensuring that everyone on
the team will have an opportunity
to drive.
Three of the 1989 team members
road tripped to Arlington, Texas
in 1987 to observe the competi-
tion where the first Waterloo entry
placed fourth. This past summer,
all the 1989 team members were on
hand in outhfi d (DetrOit) , Mi hi-
gan to watch the 1988 r ace .
Course Critiques
by Adrian Earle
Course Critiques. Well what are
they? They are one of the most im-
portant methods of feedback from
you, the student, to the faculty. Ev-
ery term Engsoc in cooperation wit.h
the Faculty of Engineering conducts
these course evaluations. This year
the evaluations will be held between
Novemher 7 and November 18. Your
professors will be asked to provide
you with J5 to 20 millllt,es in one of
your regularly scheduled lectureR to
allow your class to do the Sllrvey.
The course evaluations consist of
two parts, the questionaire and the
comment sheet.s. Tht' questiollaire
has 15 questions which ask you to
rate the professor's beaching abili-
ties and the attributes of the course.
You put your answers on the sup-
plied computer card.
After all the cards are collected,
they are read into a data file . Then
t.he numbers are crunched and each
instructor's statistics are compiled.
The results are the printed alld
bound into a booklet. Results from
previous terms are avaiJaule in the
Orifice for your perusal. The Dean
and all department chairmen also
get copies of the enti re survey. fi.:a.ch
professor gets a copy of his own re-
sults.
The other part of the survey is
the written commellt sheets. These
allow you to anonymously pass on
your comments to the professor.
Note that all comments are screened
for any racist, sexist or other offen-
sive comment.s. So dun't w'aste your
time by writing them.
In the past many students nave
questioned the utility of the survey.
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They have also wondered how seri-
ously the faculty takes the resu lts.
Dean Lennox views the resu Its as
very important, if and only if they
are statistically meaningful.
When a professor comes up for
promotion or tenure he or she must
show proof of teaching ability. This
evidence can come from the course
critiques results. The Dean will
not OK a promotion or recommend
tenure unless the professor gets sat-
isfactory results ill the teaching area.
There have been several occasions
wllere a professor has been denied
promotion until he has improved his
results in the course critiques. This
mealls that your input is taken very
seriously.
However, course evaluations are
useless un less a significant' percent-
age of the class does them. If Jess
than 50% of the students in a class
rf'spond , then the results are sta-
tistically suspect. Consequently p
5
points will be given to classes who
achieve a response rate of over 60%.
Hopefully 1 have convinced you
of t.he usefulness of the course cri-
tiques. When your class rep asks
you to fill out the survey in Novem-
ber, please take the time to provide
honest. answers to the questions. If
you have any questions and/or com-
ments regarding the course critiques
please send thE'm to the Aca.demic
Directors c/o the Orifice.
October 28, 1988 Iron Warrior
Page S
Accreditation
-
The Whole Story
by Leonard
Two days after this paper hils
the newst a nds, a par t of yOllr fll-
t u re wilt be Pll t under a rn icroscopt->
by a gr oup of engineers sel(,ctpcl
by t. he Canad ian Enginee rin g Ac-
cr edi tati on Board ( C EAB). The on-
site a ccreditat ion of t he Eng i neering
pro gram a t t he University o f Wate r-
loo will have begun .
Background
The a ccreditation process ac t u-
ally started one ye ar ago whe n t. ht->
CEAB mailed a lett.er t o t. he Dean
to inform him that the p rogram 's ac-
creditation would run ou\' in Junp,
1989 and that in order for the
program t o cont.inue to be n>cog-
nized , an accreditation visit would
be n eede d. In response to t.hi s littl<'
reminde r , the Dean then s en\' a 1<, 1,-
t er to request an on-site vi s it, a nd
the pape r work started to pile up.
In November, the CEAB acknc wl-
edgee! the request for a visit ane! sent
the Dean a package whi ch outlined
the basic philosophy and procedllres
for a visit . The basic philosophy
is aptly summed up in t.he follow-
ing, "The guiding principle of t.hese
procedures and cri teria is a desire
to achieve a sound engineering edu-
cation for the stude nt.. .. Cen t r al to
a sound educational program is t.he
academic and professional environ-
ment in which it is carri ed out . An
on-the-spot visit permits an evalua-
tion of the educat.ional en\' iron ment ,
enhances the informa tion obt. a int' d
through the questioJlnaire and en-
ables the .visiting team to ass ist I,h('
institution by assessing its st.rengths
as well as its weaknesses" .
The questio'll'lUlire almDst
ttllus ." (I Ille 0/ its
From this of object,ives,
the job t,he visiting team is attempt-
ing is to make sure that the insti-
tution under scrutiny is putting out
graduates that are competent - in
elfeet the professional society is do-
ing a qualit.y assurance check on its
SOurces of supply. But from the
Once t.he chairman was selt>cl pel
and found satisfactory Lo t hI-' (ka II,
the chairman was appointed, aJld
a date for t.he visit st'l(>ct'd. The'
APEO was then not.ified or til<' \'isit
and was requested to s(>l'ct candi-
dates to be gener a l membNs of the'
visi ti ng team. These members were
t.hen notified if selected . The chair-
man of the team was a lso tlot.ifi('cl of
Lhe selecti ons. T he program vis it-
ing members of Lhe Leam we re also
select ed a t t hi s t i me.
Why the dis t.inct.i on in m<'rllbC'r
class? T he progra m vi sit.ors a re 1I 0r-
mally academics from othrr inst iLl! -
t ions . These are t he t eam m<' mpers
t hat visit the faculty whi ch is t heir
a rea of speciality a M'c hanic al
Engineer would vi sit t,he mechanica l
engineering department. GenNa l
visitors are members of t he prov in-
cial engineering associat ion and are
usuall y fr om ind ustry. These melll-
bers use t heir knowl edge to det.e' r-
mine if the program, given the fa-
ciliti es and equipment , ca n gradll-
ate competent and capa ble people.
Their focus t ends not t o be a t, the
department level but at. t.h e service'
side of Engineering.
Over the summer, the team mem-
bers receive the same package the
Dean was given ill November. The
CEAD and the team also receive the
questionllaires, which they were ex-
pect ed to study and analyse before
they arrive on the campus.
The Questionnaire
The questionnaire almost takes on
a life 6f its own' in the entire pro-
c.ess . The document is meant. to pro-
vide a c.oher ent method of analysing
the curriculum content of each dis-
cipline wit.hin thp faculty in the four
basic areas of engineering - math-
ematics, basic sciences, engineering
sciences and engillPering design -
and complimentary studies, over a
four year ppriod . A half year each
of mat.h , science and complimentary
s t.udies coupled with at least two
years of science and de-
sign are the hare minimum require-
ments for a program.
The Visit
The visit starts t.he evpning be-
fore the campus visit starts. The
team members and chairman meet,
together for the first tinH' and dis-
cuss the organi7.ation and tilll('lahk
for the \"isil. The D<'an will ht'
prC's('nt at this initial lIIeeting. For
our v isi t the t cam consists of I \\ ('1 VI'
member,: the hairrnan, 11. ..\ . n. cit'
Paiva; the Vice-chairman, Dr n.A.
Georg<'; seven acadC'll1ics from inst i-
tutions across the' country for lh(,
seven disciplinC's in the (wo
me mbers of industry ill Ontario -
one from the Chalk River 1I r\ f'ar
Lab and th(' ot her fro m J ohn I)'
Pat.erson and Assoc iates LI d. The'
team is rOll nded ou t. by a s prr iil l
visitor from the United Sl a t('s. Il r.
1/ the faculty does
1101 receive accreditation,
you will have to write a long
and ugly set of exams.
Roberl. Furgason , Vi ce- Chancellor
Academi c Afrairs at, the UnivNsil,y
of Nebras ka and past. chairman of
tli e E:IIgineering Accreditation Com-
mi ssion in the US. Or. Furgason is
viewing the process as part of a
stuny in the US by A BET.
Thr next morning, the t.eam
arrives on campus and in some
senses, go t.heir separate ways. The
Chai r / Vice-Chai r and the general
visitors meet with the Dean and the
chairma n of t. ht, Depa rt ments. This
roup then tour the relevant. facil-
ities - labs, computing resources,
t.he engineering machine shops and
the library. The program visitors
meet the Oean at the same time
bllt. t.h('y go on to the discipline
t.ll ey have been assign d and II Lart.
t n loo k. T hese visi(.ors ran look
throll gh cours(' ol1 t. lines, old lahs,
old <'x a ms, ma rk r('corels, wor k r('-
port.s, course not(' s, di r ty socks and
anyt.hing else tbf')' llIight nee<i Lo
('valuate t.lH' qllalil,y of thl:' program,
Thi::; part. may abo requir<' tlt e chuir-
man of thp <iepart,rTIeTlt. to j1lstify the
mark hreak<iown of courses in the
questionllaire. Anything and every-
t. hin g is fair game.
AI, t.h e end of t.h p first el ay, pa rts of
t. he team al so me<, (, a representa Live
cross-sectiOJI of students from each
facult.y 's graduaLing class t.o di scuss
t.he grad uates ' perf-epl,ions are of the
prograrn and engineering at the Uni-
H'rSlt.). Th(' t (',Ull I lwtI r('tires to
t h('i r hot ('I :'\ IICI sp('lId t II(' rest. of the
r('\' Ill!' e enl s of the
Hlld discussing allY an'as thaL
n<'<,e1 to fH' addr('s.('(1 the npxt. llIorn-
Ing.
Thc' r\('X I dilY is rea.li y a ('011 -
tinllatlon of t he' pr(, l'i ollS days ac-
ti\it ips t IH' program vis it.ors go
10 their resppc tive d<'pa rt me nt s allrl
the ha irmtl n 's pa rt,y conl i nuel'; t o
vi i t fac ilities as well as meeti ng fac-
ul ty membe rs. T he team t hen rne('t.s
for IUllch and discus ('s and reviews
t heir fin din gs. T he team t hell
wit h t he \) ea.n and t.ht' reporl. find-
ill gs a r discusseu. AI. the rnd of
day, the team leaves for Iheir resp('c-
tive homes aCl'OSS t.he cou ll l ry. The>
visi t has come to a n end.
The Report
The Dean has from oVE' mn('f 1111 -
til March of 1989 t o rev if'w and
make comments on the t earns find -
ings. The visi t ing team ch a irma n
also has the oppor t uni ty Lo res pond
to the Dean 's comments. All of t hi s
informat ion is t hen sell t t.o I he mem-
bers of the C8AB a nd a decision
a bout. t. he accreditation is made at
t.he Spring meeting in June 1989.
The Dean cannot make any com-
ments about. the decisions in this fP-
port - whatever it says is thE' final
judgement of the CEAB.
But what doe h ' lld l ent
mean to you? rr the Engineering
program is given a full accredit.a-
tion , all graduates in the next six
years can work for t.wo years, ap-
ply to the APEO, writ.e the el,hics
and law ('X fUl1H and t)!'rollw pro
f( 'ssional n ginN' rs. If 11)1' vt' rdirt,
is lilllit.( 'd fU'('f('(lit.at iOll , I hI '
ran fo ll ow t.11t ' a hovI ' COllrSI' of
act.ion hu t, I.h <' 1'; ngill l'NIll g dl' pilrl
mcmt. haH t. h rr<' year H t.o mld r<'ss ti l('
probl ellls t.he visiting I.('am has ic\ l'n
LifiNJ. In (hrN' Y('llrs Lim!', II H' d isc i
pline(s) will go t.hr()ll gh I,ll(' actrc' d
itat.ion again Lo (,lI S IlTf' thnl
the probkrns havf' c' orr('(' (.c'd If
the faculty lIot re('('iv(' il('crt,c1i -
t at. ion, you will hav(' 10 wrr\.!' a long
and lI gly set, of I' xarns, !If'!, by the
10 gI' l YOllr P 8ng. Acr red-
it. al,iol1 hl' lps to ensllr t he qualil,y
of your educat.i on, buL iL al so cuLs
dowlJ on t.he Lime needed to get your
stamp.
above quote, it would seem that the r-"-------------------I
FRESH!
visits are meant to compliment and
enhance something called the 'ques-
tionnaire' .
QlJesLionnaires usually remind us
of the latest Gallup poll but this
one was about five inches thick
(the eleven centimetre document the
Dean mentioned in his article last
issue). It is made up of three vol-
umes, two being the actual ques-
tionnaire answers and the third be-
ing an indexed appendix with all t,he
supporting documents [or the first
two volumes. Also included in this
set, are all the individual department
brochures and handouts. It was an
impressive and imposing pile. The
compilation of this set also began in
November.
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Page 6 Iron Warrior
October 28, 1988
Sex, Power,
Rethinking The Myth
And- The Media:
I by Karen Hubbard
On Tbursday Septemb<>r 29, C'X-
model Ann Simonton addressed an
audicncC' at. Lho Humanities ThC'at.re
on the above subject. Simonton is
the fOllnder of the California based
"Media Watch", a non-profil orga-
nizat.ion dedicated to improving the
image of women in the media. With
respect to her goals through th' cr'-
ation of the activist group, Simon-
Lon maintains: "1 am not a moral-
ist, attempting to define the right or
wrong way to have sex, drC'ss, or b(-
have. ) want people to lInclersLanu
how having one's behaviollr ueLer-
mined strictly by gender severdy
limits our potential as human he-
ings ':'
Simont.on began by st,ressing thp
power that advertisers have in de-
termining the images presented in
the media, often perpf'tllaLed to the
point where they become encultund
in our sor. iety. She stated that the
main goal of advertisers is to change
behav iour, and that they spend over
$100 billion each year, exposing peo-
ple to 1600 aus daily, to motivate
t.hem by various means 1,0 buy thf'ir
products. Human needs and frail-
ties are exploited by advertisers to
create a desire ror their products,
which are portrayed to have the abi l-
ity to satistisfy these needs . She
noted that t.he practice of lI!:'ing sex-
ual imagery to this end is especially
prevalent, and particularly harmrul.
The Media's Beauty Standard
Women arc prcsenl.C'd by ad vC'rl,is-
('fS in very sp('cific ways ill ordN to
facilitat,e t.he process of selling prod-
U('LR t.hrough media influence. Olle
of the effects of this is that advcrtis-
erR define and perpetuate a "beallty
standard" through the seledive im-
ages or women they gla.morize in Llle
media. As the media's definition of
what, is attractive tends towards an
unrealistic ideal, it encompasses a
narrower segment of the real popu-
lat.ion.
The most stressed fador of the
current beauty standard is that
young is beautiful, and sexy. This
ideal is carried to the extreme in
tohe abundance of advertising mate-
rial in which women have that in-
nocent little girl look (or att.itude),
or conversely in which a young girl
model (often in her early t.eens ... or
younger-look closely) is sexualized.
According to $imonton the result
is that women are going to ex-
I,rpme lengths to achieve an ureal-
istic; youthful look: "Women now
spend a half million dollars every
hour on cosmetics alone. . .. In the
past five years the number of people
having surgery has more
than doubled to 600 000 a year, and
90% of these people are women."
She went on to say that the impli-
cations of the portrayal, and thus
possible perception of young girls as
sexually attractive (and mature) are
even more serious: statistics show
t.hat one out of four girls will be sex-
ually abused before they reach sev-
enteen.
Of The American Dream
Girl
If I his bC'auty sl anor.lni is so
ullaLtainable, so unrealistic, and
fundamentally unnatural, why do
many women cont.inue to try t.o
achieve it? Simonton would say that
we are all influenced by the media,
and that womell in paticular are so-
cialized to compete wit.h each other,
especially for the attention of men .
Furthermore, men respond to the
beauty stanuard, at. least according
to their portrayal in the media. She
poillted to beauty contests as the
epitomy or women competing wit.h
each other 0 b ju ge a he faire t
of them all based on the beauty
sl,andard: "Beauty contests are the
most popularized form of judging
women. Our favourite target. is the
Miss Am('rica scholarship program
since t.he name "beauty contest"
doesn't sound so good. It is the
largest educat.ional AholarAhip avail-
able for WOITIC'JI. You must hob-
ble arollnd on high heels to deserve
\ an education." Again she empha-
sized t.he influence of rncr("handis-
ing in the promotion of th('se events:
"We don't think it would be so bad
if they called thelll MiAS Gillette or
McDonalds instead of Miss Amer-
ica."
The most dangerous treat.ment of
women in I.he media is their por-
t.rayal as objects. In advert.isements
women are shown in segments, are
viewed and complimented in parts,
and even consider themselves in
seperat.e pieces relating to phys-
ical attributes (i.e., legs, hands,
thighs ... ). In the end the woman
becomes a bunch of parts, and the
sum total is no longer a person, b1lt
an object. Simonton maintains that
this process has 1(>0 to t.he percep-
tion of womell as objects: "Viewing
women as pieces creates the objec-
tification; this step has already oc-
curred for most average people."
This is emphasized by the most
frequent role of women in an ads:
part. of t.lle product, t.he "implied
bonus" t.hat goes along with the
travel trip, the bed, or the paticular
brand of beer being pushed. "See-
ing her draped over cars is so normal
we hardly even notice her anymore,
much less question her purpose"
The perception of women as ob-
jects has lead to their treatment as
such in the popular media, in the
home, and in the streets. Simon-
t on speaks of the "Chain of Com-
mand": t.he link between the objec-
tification of women in events such as
beaut.y pageants, the silencing and
ahlJsf' of women in their personal
lives, and the prevalence of sexual
violence against. women . This view
of women has been shown to be a
major f ador in the psychology be-
hind rape, an impersonal act of vio-
I('nce. "It becomes normal to treat
WOll1cn this way", she said and re-
port.ed some shocking fads on atti-
tudes and acts of violence towards
women [U.S. statistics]:
25- 60% of male students admit
to some likelihood of raping a
woman if tlley could get away
with it.
An average of 2000 rapes are re-
ported every day in the U.S.A.
50% of all women will be beatE'n
by a lover or a husband at. some
time in their life.
When a convicted rapist is
askeo why Iw rared a womllll he
often says because he saw her as
an object; she wasn 't human to
him.
Women are often portrayed in the
media in stereotypical roles, usually
in the ex tremes: ei ther as the sc at-
housewife whose greatest
preoccupat.ion is ring around the col-
lar ) or the corporate supermom who
not only can handle a job, but can
get her whites really white too. Pa-
tronizing images of women in profes-
sional roles, still compulsively nreoc-
cupied with trivialities (usually the
sponsor's product, be it nylons or
nail polish), give false impressions
about what it takes for a woman to
achieve success. There is one com-
mon message in the way that thE'se
(and most of thE' female media im-
ages) are portrayed: t.hat their time
is unimportant, because they have
so much of it available to do the triv-
ial things we see them doing in ads.
Meanwhile, men are traditionally
portrayed as "America's Best", says
Simonton. The men we see in ads
are usually "focussed, working, do-
ing essential jobs," and occupying
a dominant position in the scenario
portrayed, unless it involves the
ideal beauty standard of a women,
the only thing which may render
them powerless. And yet, "Men too
are hurt by stereotypE's. It is pop-
ular for men to be portrayed as se.x
objects and to be made to feel inse-
cure if they aren't ' He-men ' ... . It is
incalculable what men have lost be-
cause of their hateful role models."
The Medium OJ Pornography
Simonton also addrf'ssPd the is-
sue of pornography, in which the
negative images of women are even
more blatant and ext reme not be-
cause they are sexual, but because
of their treatment of female sex ual-
ity. Instead of being portrayed in
natural ways (perhaps for fear that
t.his would not sell), female sexual-
ity is entwined with objectification,
submission, and even subtle and not
so subt le violence: "The voice of a
women in pornography is silenced.
She is bound, gagged, silenced, and
at. his command."
Of course, says Simonton, "erotic
material" does sell, to the tune
of $8 billion a year, which repre-
sents a larger profit than the record
and film illdustries combined. As
such, the influence of pornography
on the perception and treatment of
women is a concern. The occurence
of "imitation acts," whereby sce-
narios depicted in magazines have
been re-enacted, illustrates an ex-
treme form of its influence. Hus-
t. ler, America's third largest selling
"men 's magazine" rail a photo se-
ries of the gang rape of a woman
on a pool table in a bar. Su bse-
quent to the release of that issue a
woman was raped in the same fash-
ion, while ot.her patrons stood by,
wat.chillg. These violent images are
not restricted to underground mag-
azines, just as child pornography
is not: an issue of Penthouse
t.ured "Cherry Blossom", in which
two young and lifeless Asian children
appeared. "These images inspire an
interest in necrophelia. Men and
boys masturbating to images of dead
Asian women should be of concern
to all of us," said Simonton. The
last photos in the series were of the
partial,ly disrobed girls hanging from
trees. Two months later an eight
year old Asian girl, Jean Kar Har
Fewel, was raped) strangled, and left
hanging from a tree in Chapel Hill,
North Carolina.
"What can we do about this sit-
uation and what is the mentality
behind this treatment of women?" ,
questioned Simonton. We need to
remove the stigma from nakedness
and sexuality, she stressed, so that
they become natural. Right wing
conservatism and pornography are
in fact on the same side of the
issue, since they both contribute
to the perpetuation of a distorted
view of women and human sexual-
ity. Women should exert ownership
over their own bodies. "Pornog-
raphers don't want women taking
their shirts off at the beach-there
goes their whole market. Sexuality
must be taboo and illicit to be mar-
keted."
Change, said Simonton, begins
with individuals taking steps to-
wards new attitudes alld ways of
living. While recognizing the fact
October 28, 1988
by John Wynen
Like many oLher , when r heard
that the Human Rights ow! lOllr
(featuring Tracy Chapman, Peter
Gabriel, Sting, and that other guy,
Bruce Whatshisname) was coming
to Toronto [ was dying Lo get tickets.
Unlike many however, I did
get tickets. The concert was amaz-
ing: I'll even admit to enjoying some
of Bruce W hatshisnarne 's set..
But sitting there among thou-
sands of screaming teenip-boppers,
J can't help but fear that in the
media hype surrounding the event
the underlying message may have
been lost . The message was this:
there is a document call ed The Uni-
versal Declaration of Human Right.s
that summarizes the basic minimum
rights that every human being is en-
titled to.
It was this message that these
very talented artists where dedicat-
ing their time to.
On December 10, 1918, the Gen-
eral Assembly of the United Nations
adopted and proclaimed the Univer-
sal Declaration of Human Rights,
and called upon all of its member
countries to accept it themselves.
Every count,ry in the UN said that
they would put into place the stan-
dards given by the U.D.H.R.
However we a re nearly at. t.he 40th
anniversary of this document and
many countries across the world like
South Africa, Chile, and Colom-
bia (to name only a few) that have
pledged acceptance of th is doculllent
treat it as though it were paper for
lining their budgie cages with.
Take for instance the case of Yang
Wei a 32 year old student with a
Master 's degree in molecular biology
from the University of Arizona. He
returns home to Shanghai to await
permission to complete his doctor-
ate. On Jan. 11 Yang Wei's home
is searched (without a warrant) by
Iron Warrior
Human Rights Now
the public ecurity bureau and he
is arrested. His crime? The po-
lice allegedly found pamphlets sup-
porting a studellt group that sup-
ports gr<>ater democracy in China.
either hi parents nor his wife are
allowed to know where he is de-
tained and cannot isit him. At his
trial, Yang Wei is sentenced to two
years imprisonment for "coullter-
revolutionary propaganda and agi-
tat,ion". (Prom t,he Ottawa Citizen
Aug. 25 1988)
Can YOIl imagine how long we
would all spend in jail if we got
t.wo years every time we cr iticized
Brian Mulroney's government? "Big
deal" you might say. "I live in
Canada, we're a stable country,
things like that don't happen here."
What if you were travelling though,
and thrown in jail for some bogus
charge like spreading anti-state pro-
paganda? Ask any student who has
travelled through Central America,
even stable parts, if they were ap-
proache or arrested by the police.
It. 'II surprise you.
The point here is that it will take
many people to fight this kind of
abuse before the sit.uation gets any
better. And this' fight begins with
informing people of the rights they
have and that their government has
sworn t,o II rhold.
'Amnesty IntNnalional" , I he
world-wid(: human rights otganiza-
tion tells us that. there is 'iomething
that you and I can do for Ihese peo-
pic-.
Amnestv is a movement which
draw it.s from mt'mbers of
all walks of life. While members
haY(' many divt'rse ideals on religion,
politics etc., they all share one thing
in common : A desire to end the
abuses of Human Rights .
Amnesty members work continu-
ollsly to ach ieve these goals:
'The unconditional release of all
men and women detained for their
beliefs, colour, sex, ethnic origin,
language, or religion, provided that
these people have never used or ad-
vocated violence. These people are
called 'prisoners of conscience'.
'Fai r and prompt trials for all po-
l i tical prisoners.
'The elimination of the death
penalty, torture and other cruel or
inhuman. means of punishment.)
Many governments have been
quick to accuse Amnesty of support-
ing one form of government or an-
oLher . AIllII('sty is hnw('ver, !\ lion
polit ical organizat.ion and (\MR !lol
811 ppnrt. or oppose' any governJn(tlt
or polit,ieal syst,('Il1.
Sex And The Media (cont'd)
that not everyone is willing to take
radical action, she advocates it's
use to promote awareness and in-
stigate change, stating that: "Ev-
ery movement for social change has
come about as a direct result of civil
disobedience." The actions taken
by Simonton and her group Me-
dia Watch range from the10rganized
boycott of prodllcts to going top-
less on the beach . They have con-
structed fioats for parades, one of
which depicted the "Chain of Com-
mand") with the "kiddie queen"
chained up to Miss America, chained
to the Playboy Bunny, then to the
woman bound and gagged from vi-
olent pornography. They protest
beauty pageants and their sponsors
by demonstrating at them (Simon-
ton has appeared in dresses made
entirely of meat), and they have
even infiltrated them. A woman
funded by Media Watch posed as
a contestant in the 1988 Miss Cal-
ifornia Pageant, and during its fi-
nal minutes unfurled a banner which
read "Pageants Hurt All Women."
Simonton noted that the opportu-
nity for protest of this issue would
present itself one week after her
lecture, at the Miss Oktoberfest
Pageant, and advocated radical ac-
The Miss Oktoberfest
Controversy
tion to oppose the event. Indeed,
the pageant which has been the sub-
ject of much controversy was held at
the very same Humanities Theatre
on October 6.
The appropriateness of holding
the annual pageant at the univer-
sity, especially considering the role
played by an institution such as this
in our society, has been questioned
since the practice began a few years
ago. In spite of a promise to con-
sider the views of the students, U. W.
President Doug Wright ignored a pe-
tition signed by 1500 of them in
1986, on the basis that, the Univer-
sity should not establish itself as a
censor or a moral judge. Continued
action through letter writing and
protests of the event itself have not
yielded any significant results with
the administration.
This year, a larger and more
graphic protest was held. About 70
men and women stood by the en-
trance to the Humanities Theatre,
greeting the men and women arriv-
ing for the pageant with shouts of:
"What is really being judged?" , "We
r("jed Lhis image of women", and
"Pageants hurt all peoplt'."
inside, three women were e-hained
t,ogether signifying the "e-hnin of
command", Ann Simonton style:
one posed as a beauty queen, the
next as a batl,ered housewife, and a
third lay blood stained 011 the floor,
an unconcious rape victim.
The depiction was shocking, bot
the significance likely would have
eluded those who weren't. already
familiar with the concept these ac-
tivists were supposedly trying to
communicate.
Whether or not the more radical
approach will yield results with the
administration, and others respOll-
sible for the pageants presence on
campus remains to be seen. It prob-
ably generated more publicity, but
of what nature? Meanwhile, its im-
pact on those in attendance can only
be conjectured ...
The crowd of protesters definitely.
gave individuals something to think
about; perhaps they will consider
this subject an issue since some peo-
ple clearly object to this type of
event, and question its harmful ef-
fects. Alternatively, they may not
comprehend the objections, let alone
identify with them personally. This
Page 7
To achiev(' these goals Amnesty
lntcrnational groups and members
have t\ (,) main techniques:
Writi ng to those who have com-
mitted human rights abuses on be-
half of th(" victim. This is mainly
achieved by writing government offi-
cials involvcd with Lhes cases (party
kaders and rninisters, ambassadors
poli,(' chiefs and judges, etc.) urg:
ing thenl to tak(' action to correct
a particular human rights abuse.
tional
Amne ty may also correspond with
the victim and his or her family to
offer encouragement and support.
Increase public awareness of hu-
man rights issues. The Human
Rights Now! tour with Peter
Gabriel, Sting, ct. al. is a good ex-
ample.
Amnesty International has been
very successful in raising public
awareness and has been credited
with the release of many released
prisoners of conscience. Bul there
is still a long way to go. This work
depends on many resources, ('spe-
cially members and money. If you
can, come to the Campus Centre
on Wednesday nights at 7:30 to see
whlll Amlll'!'It 111)(''1, hnpf'fllll) 011'11
Iw('otl1l" l tilt'tlIlH'r . lid, If YOII ra/l,
lwlp Amlll'HLy out, by donations and
1'111 pport. for i 1.1'1 rUlld rflisi II g ('VI'ut,:;
iH ('specilllly liklly if tl1('Y do not,
. feel th('ir art,iOtIH !'I('rve to p('rpl'tll-
f.l.t(' IJH' harmful f'ff('ct:i, as graphi.
ally porLrayed by tIl(' IIIOf(' ('xtN'TlW
activiRtR.
Olle employ('c who worked a.t ('Ia('
theatre that night waR quol(l(l in
t.he (O("L. 11) as having
said: "A good part of the audience
was totally in the dark as to what
people were objecting to and just
thought something like, 'oh those
damn ff'ministR arc against ("v('ry-
thing.'" PI'rhaps this Iwgrnent
of the audience was alienated by
the gra.phic display, and as a result
missed the milder, mqre straightfor-
ward aspects of the message, su('h as
one protester's placard which read :
"There are better ways to appreci-
ate human beauty."
Considering the recent events and
peoples reactions on this campus, it
would appear that Simonton's rad-
ical style, and the actions of th08e
who adopt it are not effective in
communicating to individuals the
themes central to this issue. They
may even discourage people from
giving the issue serious thought and
considering how it effects them per-
sonally, after all is fundamen-
Lal to social change.
Page 8
Iron Warrior October 28, 1988
Energy
Chernobyl And Soviet
by Kevin Moon
Have you ever met a Russian?
first instinct is to answer thi s CJU( 'S-
tion with "Yes, of course!" fl ow-
ever , when [ sat down at t he f)(, gin-
ning of the lecture by .Jllrgis WiI<' -
mas, I was struck by the realization
t.hat the only Russians (,hat. I have'
had any contact with wen' t.hos(> in
James Rond lllovies . I f('ally sholdd
get Ollt more often .
In addition to being Rll ssian, Dr .
Wilemas is the Dircctor of thl' Insti -
tute of Physical and Te bnical Prob-
lems of Energetics at the Li(,huaniall
Academy of Scienccs in the USSR .
He is currently in Canada as a I"\f-
ticipant in a scientific: exchange pro-
gram sponsored by Ex(,erll a l Afrairs
Canada and is a fur(,her exampl> of
Russia's new Glasnost. On October
18 he made a visit to ollr Univ('r-
sity to lecture about the effects of
the Chernobyl nuclear accident, on
Russian nuclear cllergy poliey.
As I entered the classroom in
where the lecture was to be held , I
was instantly able to pick out. .Il1r-
gis from the group of pcople milling
around at the front of the room.
He looked as I expect.ed him (,0
look , which surprised me. lie was
dressed in grey pant,s and a sport.s
jacket, stood very straight and t.all
and had very Russian facial feat.llrrs
which I am at a total loss t.o de-
scribe. After an imprf'ssive intro-
duction listing Jurgis' academic ac-
complishments, he began his kct.mr
with a cheerful grin, and an air of
nervousness in his voice.
Dr. Wil emas began by talkin g
about the Institute and t.hf' reS<'iiJ"c/i
done there. The research an'as
seemed to have the same' confllsing
aura of aovanced thermodynamics
aR the research of North American
energy rCRcarchers . As his talk pro-
gressed he moved into the interest-
ing area of Russian energy politics.
Russia it seems is very simi lar
to Canada in t.hat it. is a country
with vast natural resources which
arc very distant from the populated
areas . They seem faced with many
problems simi lar 1.0 our own in de-
termining nergy policy. 1t is diffi-
cliit for them t.o place Nuclear re-
actors ill European Russia as they
lack t.he large bodies of water needed
to cool the reactors. They can't
huild hem alon ,he hlack sea, be-
cause the coast is lill ed with beau-
tiful beaches that must. be reserved
for family vaca.tions ... and spring
break I suppose. River basins in
the inland are much too flat, in-
hibiting the construction of dams
as they Aood great quanti-
ties of land. There is great. public
protest. against the use of nuclear
power, especially since the Cher-
noby I accident, and against the use
of dirty energy sources, such as sul-
rur ladell coal, which harms the en-
vironment . The environment was
one arra for which Dr. Wilemas
C'xpressed his concern at many in-
stances. lI e talked of thermal pol-
lution rrom reactors, fertilizer pollu-
t.ion fr om farms, and emissions from
combustion plants.
Ru ia' Ill! lear pr.ogram has
qeen great ly curbed s ince the Cher-
nobyl acc ident . There will
no more commissioning of graphite
moderated nuclear plants (like Cher-
nobyl) , and t h e re will be an em-
J.>hasis on t ht' d e v(' lopment of safer
pl ants like those here in the west.
'I'll(> project ed contrihution of nu-
clear energy to the energy blJJget
has been cut almost in half. Still ,
the Soviets feel that nuclear energy
is the single most important source
to replace combustible fucls in t.hf'
future.
These expressed concerns cia not
seem like t,hose YOll would expect in
a society if the main objective were
to keep up with the ' West. This is
something which the Russians have
not accomplished ill t.he energy fjeld .
The per capita production of elec-
tricity is about one third of that in
Canada. Wilemas expressed his dis-
appointment at this whereas, being
a Canadian, [ thought that perbaps
they should be proud for getting by,
with so little , and that perhaps ne-
cessity has taught them something
about conservation that we dOIl't
know.
There are basic assli m.pt.ions
about the way society operat.es day
. to day which seem different h('tween
the East and West . Homes in Rus-
sia are heated by a community heat.-
ing system which heats water at a
central location, perhaps a nuclear
plant, and distributes it to all the
homes. How do t hey get by wit.h one
third the electricity that we have?
We take for granted that we can buy
as much as we want just. by t.urning
on a switch. These were just a few
of the novel it.ems I discussed with
Dr . Wilemas after his lee ure. It' s
too bad that meeting a Russian had
to be such a novelty.
The Politics Of Image
by Dave Werezak
Why was .John Turner sent out
for public speaking lessons aft,er
the 1984 elect,ion campaign? Why
did the Democrats hire a profes-
sional image consliitant for Jimmy
Carter between his first and s cond
'76 ca.mpa.ign dr.>batcs wit.h Gerald
Ford? What made Ronald Reagan
such a good cand idate for clect.i(lll
in the '80s?
The answer affects all political
campaigns, the process of imagr pro-
jection through television .
Before television news was a re-
ality, people generally read,
and thought about, the statements
politicians made during an election
campaign in the newspapers.
This process separated the person
of the politician from the platform
of the politician. .He was judged
according to what he had to say,
and what people thought about his
statements, not how he present('d
his position.
Enter the age of television, soap
operas, Saturday cartoons and the
evening news, enemy of critical
thought. No longer is it necessary to
go through the effort of picking lip
a paper and reading, one can
the news happen, almost in p<'rson.
A few liues of commentary and on to
the next story. Hardly long enough
to consider what the politician just
said.
What makes the process worse is
the fact that t.he viewrr sees the can-
didate at t.hc saine time he hears
him speak , If the candidate is a
good public Rpeaker, his credibilit.y
increases. If not, his messagr is lost
because of a poor non-verbal imagC'.
(t, could be the same message, but
have an entirely different effect.
People consider nOll-verbal infor-
mation such as posture and posi-
John Turner got public
training because the Liberals recog-
nized his frequent use of verbal non-
fluencies such as "urn" and "ah" in
the '84 campaign damaged his un-
age.
Jimmy Carter lost his first de-
baLe with Gerald Ford . He
looked down before answering ques-
(,ions , lIsed verbal non-Auencies ,
and tended to back away from
the microphone. The consultant
t.he Democrats hired, James Gray,
pointed out these mistakes , sug-
g<'sLed a forward, aggressive body
posture, proper eye contact with the
camera when speaking, and proper
eye contact with Ford when listening
to Ford's statements. Jimmy Carter
won the second debate conclusively.
No change in substance, asignificant
change in projected image.
And Ronald Reagan? Well, he
trained as an actor .
' nuf said .
tiolling, facial expression,
and voice at.t.rihutes every day, ei- MR. GROCER
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thf'tn Some resea.rchers have sug-
gest.ed that up to 60% of the infor-
mation we get in day to day com-
mllnication can be non-verbal. The
'same process applies to the people
we watch on television.
So at the sanle time we listen to
politicians speak on television, we
judge their credibility, confidence,
dynamism, responsiveness, and au-
dirncr rapport through non-verbal
cu<'s. Is this a better way to pick a
I{'adrr than on past record? Future
plans? Demonstrated competence?
So what happens to the good
lea.der who is a poor public speaker?
Ife doesn't project the image people
<'xpect out of a leader and suffers a
serious setback j n his campaign.
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Management Of Technology
The ManagemE'l1t Sciencps lltl-
dergraduate Option call be hroadly
defined as an i ntrodudion to thC'
management: of t,echnology. One lIf
the "st reams" of graduate s t,udy in
the Department of Management Sci-
ences concentrates on the Managf'-
ment of Technology. The following
are excerpt.s fronl an art.icle from the
April 1988 issue of Project Maga2ilw
by Hendrix Minde. If you are intPr-
ested in further studies in the area
of Management. of Technology con-
tact. Professor George Sou I is, Dept.
of Management Sciences, CPH 4305,
extension 3181.
"Ever sime t.he birt.h of their pro-
fession , Engineers have lwcl1 dcal-
illZ with the rnanagcm(>nt of change.
In tnday's increasingly cornretit.ivp
business environ lllC'nt it hi1.s IWl' olllP
afJparent t.hal, in addit ion 10 <I('\'l,l-
,oping ever more refined tpdlllolo-
gics, firms allu indus l.rics Illllst be
able to manage t.echnology effec-
tively . "Management. of Tf'chnol-
ogy" (MoT) is a lIelu prcsently gain-
ing status bot.h in acaof' llli a a nd in-
dust.ry. (n the eyes of it$ proponcnts,
the future sllccess of t.he- w('st('rlI
world's industries will uepend 1.0 a
large extent on their ability to man-
age technology. If indcpc\ this is t,h('
case, then proficiency in t.his arl-'a is
becoming increasingly ifllport.ant. as
well, and is something that. Wf' as fu-
ture engineers shonld be concern!'d
about.
Ap, defined by a Nat.iorlal Rf'SNrch
Council task force, 'Management, of
Technology is a lif'ld that links en-
gineering, science and managprnent
disciplines to plan, devl?lop and
implement technological capahilities
needed to shape and accomplish the
strategic and operational objectives
of an organization.' MoT further
extends into certain areas of gen-
eral management, and includes ma-
terial from the behavioural and so-
cial sciences. It. is a highly problem-
driven field, distinct yet very inter-
disciplinary, essentially linking en-
gineering and ma.nagement . Prac-
Ii t.ioners of MoT are a new breed
of lJHl.llag!'rs cOInLining vision and
higher levels of perception with tech-
nical expertise.
At the Master degree level, the
MBA is gellerally perceived to be
the best way to get an education
ill managem!'nt. Many engineers
. return t.o university in the MBA
program after . a few y<'ars in in-
dllstry. However, while it. may
he an appropriClt,e education for fu-
turf' financial and corporate rnan-
agprs, the MBA not generally
considered 1,0 be l1seful t.raining for
t.echllical and operating managers.
MBA programs are for the most
part. quite theoretical and quantita-
tivE' ill nature .
rn'a I,h(' 1.A.Sc. ill
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cal people, typically engillcers. who
want an enhancf'lllcll t. t() the>ir init.ial
training . The> goal is nol \.0 ma ke>
a manager out of an engincer, but
to expose the C'lIgil1(,t'T 1.0 I,h<' chal-
lenges . of technology management.
This is accomplished through in-
depth st.Hdy of one or more fields of
rllanag<>ment sci!'lIccs:
Information Systems
Management of Technology
Operations Research in Manufac-
t.uring
Operat.ions Re;,C'arch ill Policy
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hand, provides a wide breadth of
study and aims to develop profes-
sional rather than staff
specialists. The program of study
is typically highly structured and of-
ten uses case studies to augment lec-
t.ures.
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1.0 be informa.live, h<'lpful and raisf'
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absent in the nornlal c('nt-refolds) .
As in t.he cast' of the glossy
folds the au thors hop you will sa\,('
th is for fu tu re reference. H owev('T,
we do not e pect you to pin it lip in
your room. Therefore if you \os(' it
and need to rert'r 1.0 it, ext,rCl copi('s
are available in your undergraduat<,
department office.
It has b PI! put together by t.he
Office of the Associate Dean for
Undergraduat,e St.udies headed by
Professor Herb Ratz, the Associat<,
Dean for Graduate SI.udies Professor
Dwight Aplevich, and I he Depart,-
Engineering
.. . is a free service for you. If yon
should encounter any problems dur-
ing your undergraduate (or gradu-
ate) years, it makes sense to have
a consultat.ion right away and deal
with thc situation before it start,s
running your life.
Samples of situations YOll might.
like some 'help wit.h:
personal problems (home, rela-
tionships, separat.ionjdivorce, de>-
pression, anxiety, sexual concerns.
homesickness, etc.)
decision crises of a ll sorts
career / vocati onal counsellin g,
testing
dealing wilh acaapmic
before or after the fact: strat,cgies,
appeals, etc.
study skills, priorities and organiz-
ati 11, IlIthods
problcms with rl'la -
ment of Managemellt Sciences rt'p-
re ented by Professor G('orge Soul is
who also doubles as t he Director of
General tudies for t.he Faculty of
Engin ('ring. If any of the content.
raises quest.ions or piques your cu-
riosity any of thes(' people will be
glau to t.alk wit.h you or direct yoU to
somehOdy who 'an help yOll. If yoU
have difficult.y finding or contactillg
anyone mentioned in t.his centrefold
contact Charlene Duncan in Room
CPH 1320, extension 3325. Thanks
to her the material was collect.ed
and typed and thanks to the co-
operation of t.he Iron Warrior edi-
tors and tafl' it was laid out., print.cd
and indllded as part of t.he October
'88 edi t, ion, just before the fall prc-
regist.ration.
Counselling
The C'oullst'lIor is fan Smart, his
is Mt'g COli way. The pri-
vat(' c<)unseHing sessions a.re con-
fidential, and t.he emphasis is on
rf'asona hIe and pracLical solutions
rat.her t.han on mysterious "shrink-
illg' processes. Some of the pro-
grammes we rlln include study skill
small groups (sign-up during first
week of each tE'rm),
advisory groups, Tut.orial Assistant
("TA") training workshops, the co-
ordination or the Student University
Exchange Programme.
Why l eI, your problem bui\rl? Get.
some help 'lQUI be ore it grows too
Jarge. Location: 'CPH 13258 and
C (in Uw First Year Offices, just
around from the EngSoc "Orifice").
Phone extension 2849. If we can't.
1H'lp Olt wit.h it. ciirl'ct.iy, we CAn
gl't. you i 1\ with SI)III('l) 1I ' (,1:1('
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lequire ,lour "on" lerms ond end In lerm 13. loll
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lerm credit has been qlVen In some coses In Ihe post to studenls wllh Mgml
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June 1988
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Faculty Centrefold
New Water Resources Option Approved
This summer the Faculty of Engi-
neering approved a new Dcsignat('d
Opt.ion in Water dcsig/l('d
for students in Civil l';ngillc<>ring,
Geological Bngineering, Mechanical
BngiJlceri ng and SystclIls Dc-sign.
The reason why it has b('c'n d('vel-
0pf'd can best. bc' desni bed hy the
follC)wing qllotes fmlll a .111/1(' I , J08H
Canadian Press Hf'porl ...
"Canadians must realize I.hC'ir
SI/ pply of safe, dean wat.c'r is seri-
ously threal.ellf'd, says the' SciC'nn'
COllncil of Canada. (;()VC'rnlllc'nts
have to recognize tltc t.hrcat. <IS w(,11
and start spending 1110rC inst.ead
of less on watPr-fC'laj,cd i8SI1('S, I he'
Council said in a rC'port. rclcascd .
Tuesday. Thc evidencc of how wa-
ter resources arc beillg abused alld
darnaged is all 1.00 dear, t.he !'cport
says. Pollut.ion from IIIJl nan adi v-
ities has destroyed aqual ic liff' , in-
hibited the r('productive capacit.y of
mammals ami birds and threatens
human health , it. says. Misusc of
water reSO,jfCf'S causes widespread
degradation of soils, disrupt.s the
supply of potahle watcr and gener-
ates massive econolllic losses. The
reporl. is a result of a study on wa-
ter qllalit.y and rclat,('d iss lles which
the council began in 1986 and con-
tains nine rccolllrnelldat.ions for gov-
CfllnlC'nt action . Alllong the rC'com-
rnellclations, til<' cou/lC'il has call('cI
for:
adopt ion of Ht ralcgic wal C'r poli-
cies and publica.tion of 101l g-
Lerm resea.rch plans
appointment. of all assist.ant
deput.y science minister respon-
si ble exc1l1si vcly for wat.rr isslles
new programs, including $1
million in annual fUllding , to
train scicnt ists on issues related
SIJf'cificall y to water qualit.y and
su pply
General Studies
Every UW engineering Sl. udC'llt
knows that. a requirenwnt of all C'llgi-
neering undergraduate programs is
that they contain the equivalpnt. of
one half year of "general st.lldies".
But why? Aren ' t. t.hey a wa..,t(, of
valuable time wbich could b(' hpI.-
ter spent learning sOllie much morc>
practical and useful scient.ific, mat.h-
emat.ical or engineering t.heory or
application? Paul E. Gray thc Prc's-
ident of MIT, gave the answer in an
article in October 1987 issue' of thf'
MJT Technology Review.
"The greatest professional chal-
lenges our students face will nol. hf'
purely technical. Rat.her , 1.1t(y will
be interwoven with ('contlmir , Hoci;d
and ethical considerations To act.
responsi bly and professionally, ou r
graduates must have 1101. only t.h(
ahilit.y but the inclination to vi('W
problems, t.heir possiblp solut.i()lIs,
and t.heir consequenrts in a rnanllPr
that. draws 011 and t.ie!:! I.og('tltrr var-
ious domains of knowledgc""
The Canadian Council of Profes-
sional Engineers which is t.h(' par-
ent body of the Canadian Engineer-
ing Accreditation Board (CEAR)
gives the same rationale as Pn'sident.
Gray. Thus, in co-opera.tion with
CEAB, all the engineering schools in
Canada have developed and recog-
nized this requirement.
With these overall requin/llcnt.s
in mind a U W Facult.y of Engill('('r-
ing Committee in S('ptrmhcr 198!)
set out the following operativp ob-
jectives of the General Studies Pro-
gram.
Depth: It should include courses
beyond the introductory level.
Difficulty: General Studies courses
should reqllire similar effort to
Engineering Courses.
Scop{': It, should consist of a mini-
mum of five courses (six if Engi-
neering Economics is included),
but it should be possible to ex-
ceed the minimum.
Breadth: It. should consist. of sub-
jects which are clearly not. ('ngi-
neering, mathematics or other
closely related subjects.
From these operating objectives
tlte peesE'IIt. program in General
Studies has been developed in t.he
hope t.hat. in some minimal way
the challt>nge described by President
C ray can be met by U W Engineer-
ing Grads. nllt notice that Presi-
dent. Gr<lY said "graduat.es must not
only hav(' the ahilit.y but the in-
rlination t.o problems ... in a.
manner that. draws on and ties to-
gel.hcr various domai ns of knowl-
edge". The Faculty can do its bests
within t.he limit,s of the resources
and t.ime available to make the op-
portunity available; but the inclina-
tion. is yours 1.0 dC'velop and provide.
If CC'rt('ral St.udies, or for that.
rnat.t('r any part of your engineer-
i ng e>ducation, is v ieweo merely as
a spries of hurdles to be
jumped over alld then forgotten,
110 amount. of curriculum pla.nning,
clever teaching or rigourous exam-
ini'll.ion will ('<iucat.e YOIl. The last
linC' of President. Gra.ys article states
"Th(' instit.ut.ion (students, staff and
faculty) haq a responsibility to pro-
vidc /lIOTe I.hall eareN preparation,
we, t.ogpthf'r, mllst provide prepara-
tion for lives of independent learning
and intellectual self-renewal.
In planniug your General Stud-
ies Program you have esselltially t.wo
choices.
1. To take a prf'-plannco. [>r(>-
scheduled program consisting of
a grouping of Social Sciences
and Humanities cOllrses. This
is the "path of least. resistance"
in that the courses are made
available on a conOict free ba-
sis {i.e. they are usually sched-
uled on Mon, Wed and Fri at
12:30 or on Monday and Tlles-
day evening.
A complete list of the courses
which will be scheduled is
printed in the U. W. ca.lendar
in the General Studies Require-
ments section (Page 9:7 in the
1988-89 calendar) . Note that
you must take at least two
courses beyond the int.roduc-
tory level. It is also recom-
mended that you choose at least
two courses from the Humani-
ties list and two from the Social
Sciences list.
crealion of a $40 million annual
program to set up special lab-
oratories to conduct water re-
search.
The report is a realist.ic assessment
of Callacla's wat.er situation, Robert
Fournier , who headed up the science
counci l study, told a news confer-
ence. We woulcl like to raise t he con-
sciousness of t.he Canadia.n puhlic t.o
the fact that this is a problem, that
W(' are lJot hC'ing alarmist., Fournier
told reporters. Recognizing and re-
act.ing 1.0 t.he seriollsness of the sit.-
ltation now, Ire said, would be much
bctt.er than waiting until action is
past. o IIE.' . These [('ports are imllle-
dialC' and rca!.
Thc opt.ion has been developed in
ant icipat.ion of t.he coming crisis plus
I he present and fut.ure need for engi-
nC'C'rs with a background in water re-
sonrces. We oeli eve that t hi s is only


What And
Pre-scheduled courses are li sted
in groups , one cOllrse at. the
introductory level and onc or
more at the advanced levc'!' A
student's program must include
at least two comses beyond t.h('
introductory level.
In the following: (I) IndicaLes
introductory level. F-Fal1 , \V-
Wint.er, S-Spring. (P) Illdicat.f's
courses which will be schf'du lc> d
into 1l:30-12:30MW F , 7 :O()-
1O:00M or 7:00-10:001' . The
choices are:
Sodal
Courses
Sciences-based
(P) P-cnnomics:
101(F, W ,S);
201{F, W ,S)
(f Managemellt:
(I)BCON
ECON
(I)M SCI 21l(F,W,S); M
SUI 31l(F,W);
M SCI 161(F,W); GEN E
352{W);
(P) Political Science: (I)P SCI
102M(W,S);
P SCI 260A(F); P SCI
260B{W,S)
(P) Psychology:
10 1 (F , W ,S);
253(F, W)
(I) PSYCH
PSYCH
(P) Sociology; (J) SOC
JUl(F,W); SOC 265(F,W)
Humanities-based, Courses
(P) English:
105A(F,W,S);
214(F,W,S)
(I)ENGL
ENGL
(P) French: . (l)FR
195(F); (I)FR 196{W); FR
275(F}; FR 232(W ,S); FR
253(W,S)
(P) History: (I) HlST
J30(F, W ,S); HIST 253(F);
HIST 254{W,S)
(P) Philosophy:
(I) PHIL 200A(F,S); PIIIL
200B(W); PHIL
300X(W); PHIL 315(W)
(Cross-listed as GEN E
4(2)
one of severa.) responses engineering
education wi II develop to meet an in-
creasing demand for people who can
deal with and develop solutions for
environmental problems.
We suggest, that those students in-
terested in careers in protection of
the ('nvironrncnt. should check out
t his option. For details contact Pro-
fessor Nick Kouwen in Civil engi-
/lc('/'illg, rooTT) E3-3111, extension

Also student!'> should note t.hat in
engil1cering there is a set
of elccLive courses ill the area of En-
vironmental Fluid Mechanics (i .e.,
air quality, n oisc, etc.) As well it.
is possible to takc cOllrses in the
Faculty of Environmeiltal Studies as
parI. of your GC'Il<'ral St.udics Elec-
tive progra/ll . your depart..rnent
Associate Chai rman for Undergrad-
uate St udi es [or details .
Why
General GEN
E 351(VV); GEN E 411(F,S);
GEN E 412(W); (Cross-listed
as PurL 315) .
Other social-sciencf's and hu-
manities courses arc pC'rrr,is-
sible hut will not he pr('-
scheduled. See Departm('/lt As-
sociate Cbairman fur t.hE' ap-
proved list.
2. You may develop a Self-"
Planned General Studi es Elec-
tive package of yom own
by selecting courses from the
approved list in a man ner
which will satisfy tbe opera-
tive objec ti ves listed abov<> and
which your department asso-
ciate chairman for undergra.du-
ate studies will approve. Notf'
that if you take either the 1\.1an-
agement. Sciences or the So-
ciety, Technology and Values
Designated Options which in-
corporat.e courses approved for
General Studies as part of the
Option, you will be effecti vely
developing a Self-Planned Gen-
eral Studies elective packagf>. Lt
will be [) ecessary for YOll to ('n-
sllre that your choices meet the
General Studies requirement.s.
In order to assist you in choos-
ing a coherent program ou t of
the extensive list of permissiblE'
courses, "packages" of recom-
mended courses in certain dis-
cipline areas have heen put to-
gether. They .!lre in:
English (Literature), English
(Rhetoric &. Professional Writ-
ing), Economics, French (For
Non-French Speaking), Envi-
ronmenta.l Studies, Women's
Studies, H.K.L.S.
For details about these pack-
ages see your Associate Chair-
man for Undergraduate Stud-
ies or the Director of General
Studies Professor George Soulis
CPH 4305, extension 3181.
Faculty Centrefold

What Are Your Designated Options?
Besides the core courses and the
technical and general studies elec-
tives in your program the Faculty
has created a number of packages"
of cou rses centering arou nd various
a r eas of study in which you may
w ish to concentrate. These are
call ed Faculty Designated Options
and require sufficient concentration
that if you complete an Option, the
Faculty grants a designation on your
t r anscript (e.g. Completed Opti.on
in Statistics) and on your. certlfi-
cate [e.g. Mechanical EngIneering
(Statist ics Opt ion)l.
Jf YOll wi1'h to t.ak(> any of the p 0.(>5-
ignated Optiolls you should decloP
no later than 2A for the Mgml. S('i .
and STY options, and no later than
3A for any of the rE'st. Earh option
is made up of somE' mixture of core
courses
j
techni('al electives, po si-
bly general studies elect,ives and ex-
tra courses if required. Therefore
you should plan early to make surE'
YOll choose the correct elect ives and
can schedule the extra courses if re-
quired.
The Options reqUIre at least, 6
courses, us ua ll y more and are open
to a ll st udent,s ill engi neer i ng regard-
Jess of depa rt ment. How-ever, some
o ptions are desi gned more for stu-
d ents in cert.a.in departments and
s tudents fr om ot her d e partments
will probably have to take ext ra
c ourses.
For further dpt.ails of the exact
courses required see the U. W. Calen-
dar sect ion ent itlpd "General Stud-
ies Requ irements, Options and Elec-
tives for Engi neering Students". (In
the 1988-89 Calendar see pages 9:6
to 9: 10. ) Also t here are facu lty a d-
vi sors for each of the opt ions. T hey
can give you full det ails and advice.
They are:
General Studies Approved Elective Courses
DEPAm' MENT
Accounting (ACC)
Anthropology (ANTII)
Archite< lure (AR.CH)
Arts (ARTS)
Biology (BIOL)
Canadian Sludi es( CDN
Chemical Enginee ring(C H E)
Chemistry (CIIEM)
C ivil Engineering( CIV F,)
C IKSSical Studies ( C CIV)
Greek (GRK)
Latin (I.AT)
Dance (DANCE)
Dr .. ma (DRAMA)
Earth Sciences (E AflTll )
F..conomics (ECON)
f:ledrieal Eng (E l.
Engli sh (ENGl.)
Environmental Studies( ENV S)
Fine Arts (FINE)
Environmental and R"l<ourcp
Studies (ERS)
French (FR)
General Ensineering(G EN l::)
Geography (GEOG)
Geological Eng (CEO E)
Gerontology (GERON)
Germanic.lt Slavic l,ang1lag' "
German (GER)
Russiall (RUSS)
Polish (POLISIl)
Ukranian (liKRAN)
Ilealth Studies (HLTII)
History (HlST)
Italian (ITAL)
Kinesiology (KIN)
Management Scienres(MSCI)
Mathematics
All Departments
Mechanical Eliginecring(ME)
Musir (MUSIC)
Op,t.orncLry (OPT)
Peace & Conflict
Studies (PACS)
Personnel & Admin-
istrative Studies( PA)
Philosophy (PIIIL)
Physics (PHYS)
Planning (PLAN)
Political Science(P.SCI)
Psychology (PSVCII)
Recreation (REe)
ReliSious Studies (RS)
Science (SCI)
Social Development Studies
lnterdjsciplinary
Social Science (ISS) All except
Social Work (SOCWK)
Society, Technology
& Values(STV)
Sociology (SOC)
Spanish (SPAN)
Systems Design (SY DE)
Women's Studies (WS)
FOOTNOTES
(. () I' HSES A Pf'IH) \ ' EIl
I:! I . 1'l:l,1:1 1.1 3t
(,r "paC(' avni la hlt )
All
N nll (l
All , . to pl.
III
All
O U ('
N t ' flf'
I ( ' j, II Eng )
/III
11O"H' clt' pt
tl"C-"'" hcullt'" drIpt <. fhalrman
1"'. ' IlUnll' d"l'l A "" oc. Cha>rman
III I :\,llllll .25I ,252.253.251.
25[, . :l fi6, n l
None'
All "xropt
Nunf'
/III <' xn' Jll
111 fU50, lflI.2IOR
19:; .2m,201 ,202,J ,SOU
1""<' Imnte dept. Assoc Chairman
211 .3:\7,33H, 350,360,3Sr,
t,,,,, hnme (It-pl . Assof Chalfm .. n
:If, I .352 ..11 2,.1 II
JO 1 . 125fl , I 27,202.203.204 .205
220 A,2200 .221
Nonc'
Nnll C'
hnmr Jppt . As..'\() c Chairman
ts(',' "ornp d"pl . A,sor Chairman
hom(" d,'pl.. A.soc Chairman
ts,'" hun,,, depl As.soc Chairman
In I
A II " xcept
t s('<' I"",,.. clep!. A ."r C'h.jrrnan
I O:l , I,
,3.'\1,356
211,31I , lf,J

401.'102
(100 or 151)/ lfd),125,'l3I ,250,251
2(;.' .1.72

All
All (cannot be takon if
I\l.Sr; 21 lor :III t;lkeu)
All
N(.n(>
156,222,2:10,231
A II ('XC('pl
All (' xccpl
100 ('ollr""$
100.201 ,203,l04 ,230,2!iO.300,30 I ,
:IOI ,30!i ,301,322.353,361
All
20Q
2501t,251 H,398R,3!l9R,49!l
NOll"
All
All t'Xrl'pt
hOIHf> dr pL. Asso(' Chairma.n
IGG
All
COURSES NOT AI'I'ROVEO
All other.
None
All
198 ,211 ,212
All utl, crs
NOIlP
All others
All
All oth",.
Nunc
All others
All
211,221,311,321
All
109, IIO,129R, 140fl ,
All oLhcrs
All other.
All
All oLhers
All
All
All uthNs
400 level courses
All others
All otllers
All
All others
All others
All
Nonr
None
None
All
All others
214,315
200,391-911,291,292
All others
None
All others
All
None
282,321
All oLhers
None
t In seneral , .
and civilizatIon courses In lan-
guage departments are ap-
proved. who wish to
take lingUIstIcs courses musl b"
IISIIC9IIed by the Ian guag(' de-
partment to deterrnine their fa-
cility with the IlInguagc. I,in-
guistic may he \''''y
time consummg.
t In p;eneral nonstudio
are approved. Students wi sh-
ins to studio COllrSt. nu .. t
be assessed by the deparlnw"l
offering the stlldio. Sllld,o
courses lI\ay be very COII-
suming.
For stud.nls not in I\f('cha ll '
ical Engineering pernti .. ion js
required from their home dq.t .
Associate Chairman
DC 25. 13 ,xl 2869 Cornp
IlIpt! 1)(' 2643 F,xl 3113 Sy, . Des.
Pmf<'Ssllr ('I'll ,130S 3181 Mgml. Sci
t; (;r!'l!\ 1)(' 2f>2 1 f;xl 2897 Sys Des
Profl'Q,m Clt""<1"",, ()(' 2,,971) Ext :1330 Eh,t'( r ical
So,,"" ('I'll 4305 Ext 3181 Mgmt. Sci
Profpqqor 11t1',,1 DC 261:1 Exl. 311:\ Sys Ot's
Whitn!') "'t<' !\1 16 E:xl /)146
WalE'T Hesources I('k 1\011"('11 1::1 JIll Ext 3:\09 (,..;.'iv.:,.I:.;.,I____ 1
One final point: Tak(' pr!'- Drop and adds InitiaLed after yOIl
registration serioll'ly. Your reqnest start t.he term will have no influence
for the courses you 1lE'('d for your on t.he timet.able and will give YOU
('hosen opt.ion will illflll('nce the de- a plac(> in a course only on an '''as
velopment. of the t.imetabl{' and your available" basis.
assignment to a plac(' in the ('ours('.
COlJrses
Option Title
ComputPr
Management Science
Mathematics
Physics
Society,Tpchnology
& Values (STV)
St.atistics
Water Resources
Cours('s
Hequired
8
7
8
8
6
7
7
Primarily for
, t.udents in:-
and SD
ChE,Civ,CompE.EE
Mech,Sf)
,SI)

All Dert,s.
Usually
Required
- No-
No
I or 2
I or 2
No
ChE.CompE,EE, Mech,SD 1 or 2
Ci v, G . .2:'S:,,:O=--___ ...L-__ N_o.:......__ .-l
Graduate Studies
OF
OF
DEGREES ON SALARY HIGHER
ENGINEERING GRADUATES
INFLUENCE
LEVELS
(1987 APEO Salary Survey) (13616 respondenls)
100 -
90
80
oW-

70 -

0
0
lfI
60 -
0
:;)
c:
c:
<:(
50 -
40 -
30
0,
Low
Decile
Masters lit AdmInIstrative
Siudies (9281
PhD In Engineering
( 244 )
Masters In Enqlneerfno
(29231
Bachelors In Engineering
(9521)
0,
Low
Ouarlile
M 0
3
Median Upper
Ouartile
I
/
I
0
3
Upper
Decile
The Majority Of Engineers
Are Managers
In the 1987 APEO survey of
Professional Engineers in Ontario,
55.9% of the 14230 who replied re-
ported that their chief job function
was some form of management . The
breakdown of replies was:
Numlier %
EXl!('lIli ve 1462 10.3
Senio r Manager I 1465 10.3
Manager
,
3(J87 21.7
Spninr Supervi 80r 606 4.2
SupNvillOr 1343 94
55.9%
Tech" ical or Staff I
Speci alist
,
3160 222
Non-Supervisory
I
2861 20.2
Sel f-Employed I 247 1.7
;- 6268 '
Total I 14 ,231
In 1988, 32.5% of UW graduating
engineers had completed the Man-
agement Sciences Option.
Non-Technical Electives
Prof. G. Sou lis
EL 101
12:30 Monday November 7
If you have any -questions On
non-technical electives
..
Wouldn't you like to hav(' a six
hour workweek and four months ofr
every year? 1sn't that what. being a
prof is all about? It' s true. Il's that
an d much, much more .
Profs, as a rul e, have crowd('c1
offices: desktops are rarely visible ,
cll.airs are inevitably covered with
cornputer output and t.he shf' lves
are bursting with books . Whf'n 1
Was an undergraduate, I thought it
Was because academics are prE'd is-
Positioned to high ent.ropy env iron-
ments.
As a master's st. udent., my aware-
ness improved a bit: dming the of-
ten long discussions with my super-
visor , the phone would ring , stu-
dellts would come to the door and
beeps would emallate from the tcr-
tninal in the corner as the lal.(,8t
A PL program bombed . Bul the
til lng I was most. aware of was my s u-
pervisor's enthusiasm for his work.
At the t ime, I wondered why some-
one would want. to live in what
seemed like a worlJ of int.erruptions.
Now several years have passed.
My desk is almost covered in pa-
per and my shelves are filling up
quickly. I am on an 'off term', but
t here is a lot to do. Between start-
i ng new resE'arch , writin g papers a nd
takin g care of various admini strativ('
duties, my t. ime is spent, reviewing
papers, supervising s tud('nts, and ill
making site visits t.o indll st. ri a l con-
tacts and preparing fOT conference
presentations. And I s hould not for-
Faculty Centrefold
What Is It Like To Be A Prof?
get writing an odd article here and
t.here. So much for six hour work-
wet'ks and four months 'off'.
In a faculty member
ty pically teaches fou r courses per
year: t.wo per term for two terms
and the third term is an 'off term'.
Most. student.s are aware of course
rel ated efforts: preparation for lec-
t.ures (including bad jokes), labs ,
signments and tests (and the In-
evit.able marking) . By t.he way, the
course evaluations you fill out are
used: they provide valuable feed-
back on what is being done right and
what could be changed in the class-
room. They are also used to eval-
uat.e t eaching performance when it
comes time for the facult.y member 's
rev iew.
Aside fr om teaching , there is al-
ways a plet.hora of administrative
duties to be carried out. They are
periodi cally rot.ated among mem-
bers of t he department and are
known by names such as: chairman ,
undergraduate officer and graduate
officer. Also there are commit-
t.E'E's: tenure and promotion, grad-
uate admissions, computE'r acqui-
siti on a nd puulicity to name only
a few. Administrative work tan
t.ake anywhere from a few hours per
month to ha lf of each day. Some
profs I know would choose toot h ex-
tr action over admini strat ion.
Research is an integral part of
our engineering facu lty. What is re-
search? 'l.diligent , prot.racted in-
ves'tigation; studious inqlliry. 2.A
systematic investigation of some
phenomenon or series of phenomena
by the experimental method.' (Funk
and Wagnall). It begins with an idea
or a problem that is not well under-
stoot! and is studied with a pencil
and paper, in a lab, with the ait! of
a computer, and often while brush-
ing one's teeth. The result might be
a new patent, a solution to a prob-
lem t hat has not been solved hefore,
a better algorithm, or new theoret.i-
cal developments.
Research results are usually dis-
seminated via conference presenta-
tions and published papers. Pub-
lishing involves sending the docu-
ment to a journal for review. The
paper is then refereed by people
knowledgeable in the area, and pub-
lished if it is deemed to be a s ign if-
icant contri but.ion . At conferences,
which are held all over the world ,
academics meet with coll eagues and
discuss their latest work. And some
toil far into the night doing research
on the local
Where does all the money come
from to do this research , you say?
The most probable source in en-
gineering is NSERC (The Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada). Many facult,y
members apply for and are awarded
operating grants fr om which they fi-
nance st udent support, the purchase
of computer hardware or software,
computer time, equipment , travel ,
copying, telephone calls and ot.her
research related expenses. Other
sources of money are industry and
a variety of private and government
programs.
Aside from doing his/ her own re-
search, a professor may supervise a
number of undergraduate and grad-
uate students. Superv isors vary
quite a bit in their approach, but
normally periodic meetings are h eld
with each student. The student's
progress is assessed and, if necessary,
the student is guided in fu-
ture work. Supervision such as this
call extend over a period of several
years for a single st udent .
And t here is yet more: approxi-
matC'ly every seven years , a facu It.y
member has a one year sabbatical,
usually spent at another university.
It is an opportunity to interact wit.h
different coll eagues and to 'cross pol-
liiJat,e' research ideas and methods.
Sabbat icals are also an opportunity
, to trave l, and perhaps to learn a new
language.
Bein'g a facu lt.y member means
that you are largely your own boss,
Lllal, you can set your own priorities
and that your workillg en vironment
is very flexible. Some people stay
home for part of the day to work,
or have some other non nine-to-five
work hours . I do my teachin g, ad-
mini st ration and research all in a six
hour workwE'ek . It's the fifty hours
spent preparing for those six that
keep me busy.
The Graduate Studies Component Of An Engineering Career
In planning your flJtun' , you may
"""ish to consider the des irabi li ty of
continuing your education beyoncl
the Bachelor's degree. The world
is changing at such a pan' I.hat no
career can be cons icl('f(d
based on the cmri clIl um of a first.
degree. The career of a modcrn ('11 -
gineer, whethN technical or man-
agerial, will involvr n('w learning on
the job, either by readillg , by SP f'-
cialjzed short courses , or by more
formal instruction s uch as an ad-
vanced degree obtained by full - timp
or part- time registration at a univer-
si ty. This article concentrates on t.he
latter option .
The desirability of graduate stud-
ies depends on your life goals .
Some people ent.er advanced de-
gree programmes for the simple
pleasure of learning or discovering
new information. There is a thrill
in actually doing research, in dis-
covering new facts, or in apply-
i I1g engineering principlE'S in a nE'w,
'Way. Others seek advanced dt'greE's
to broaden their edllcal,ion, by fol-
lowing a programme not dirC'ctly re-
lated to their undergrad uate degreE' .
To meet these two objf'ctivf'R therE'
are two general types of Master 's de-
gree, one requiring a thesis. in which
new work is published , and the other
involving a project or perhaps only
course work.
Original research pI! hlished in a
Lhesis always is a component of Lite
reqllirements for the Ph .D. d<'gn't'.
Ill' Canadia.n universities t.he Mas-
ter's degree requirt>s one to I,wo or
more years of work, and the Ph. D.
typically three or more years ht>-
yond the Master's. These figures
are highly variable, and can be made
shorter by careful planning of course
work, research topic, and resource
allocation.
tell us that they hire
our graduat.es for two reasons: what
.they know, and who t hey are. As
eng ineering st.udents ill a large in-
st it.ut i()n t.hal, allows speciali zat ion
in IIp-l,o-t.hC'-rninltte C'ngi neering de-
ve lopments, you may find that your
s p('C'ializrd ('x perti s' makes you very
dcsi r ablp f or s pecialized work in
la rg<' organ izations, and can obtain
for YOII a ve ry comfortable start.-
ing salary. On tile ot.her hand , in
smaller organizations where there
a rE' fewl' r specialists and versatility
is an asset, your ability to man-
age your time wi sely and to manage
t.eam projects may be your strong
s uit , and the ability to complete a
stiff co-op degree programme is an
indication of superior general abil-
ity.
Immediately after hiring, engi-
n<'ers with advanced degrees earn
more money t,han t,hosC' wit.hout.,
and on the average t.his t.rf'ud is bp-
lieved to extend to life-time earn-
ings, although individual circum-
stances are highly variabl e.
It may be wise t.o broaden your
experience by obtailling your grad-
uate degree aI, a different institu-
tion than your first, especially at
the Ph.D. level, but less so for the
M. A .Sc. III some specialities, some
of the best research is done at Wa-
terloo, so there a re except. ions t.o I his
rule. Personal ci rCIl rnst.arlCC'1::i Ill ay
also make a move difficult or unde-
sirable.
Admission to graduate studies at
Waterloo and elsewher<, depC'nds Oil
t.hree factors : acadC'mic admissi-
bility, choice of programnlf' and
project, and monE'y.
Firsl" yom course gradC's , hollid
be excellent, gellE'ra lIy a B (t\'('ragf'
or above, and references from your
professors will be necessary.
Second, openings in a prograclltn<'
that suits you must availl1bl ( at
tlte ,miversity YOII choose, a no YOII
must convi nce a faculty membrr or
group of them t hat your int('rt'sts
are compatibl e with thei rs. To help
in deciding on su itable programmes
alld univers iti es, consult t. he grad-
uate calendars availablE' in t. he li -
br'ary, write the departn1<'nt con-
cerned for a graduate brochure, con-
sult with your professors who teach
in your areas of interest. Tbe 3A
or 38 term is not too paily to do
this, and if you wish to considE'r t.he
combined Bachelor 's- Mastl'rs pro-
gramme at Waterloo, the beginning
of 3B is the time to speak to the As-
sociate Chairman, Graduate Studies
of your department. The 4A term
is your deadline, since you will havE'
to apply for scholarships dllTing this
t,C'rtn . If YOIl st.ill haven't chosen a
IIniversil,y, visit t.he likdy ones when
possible. Read t.he information the
university supplies you about re-
search activitiE's of interest, and ask
for appointment,s with prospective
supervisors. Tell them you like their
work and would like to know more
about it. Show them your current
A-average transcript and be assured
that they will accept the flattery and
treat. you with att.ention.
Sumehow you will have to eat and
pay yom tuit ion ill graduate school.
If VOll have a cumulativE' average of
85% (this varies) your chances
of getlillg a scholarship are very
gooo. \ip awarE' that an average of
I his kind and a scholarship-in hand
normally will make you welcome at
allY Canadian university in the field
of your choicf' .
If you are i nt A and have a record
of more than, say, two B course
gradE'S, I hen you a re a very special
person and have wicler choices to
mak(' . YOII lTIay be eli g ihl e to receive
money from thE' Canad ian govern-
ment. t.o cOllduct rl'search anywhE're
in t. he work!. Ask your Associate
Chairman, Graduate St.udies about
the 1967 Schola rs hip . Immed iately.
If you do not ohtain a scholar ..
ship , YOIl may still be able to ob-
t.ain support (currently at $12,000
per year) by means of a Research
Assist.antship paid by your supervi-
sor . In addition , there are Teach-
ing for say, $6,000 per
year , and sources of top-up money in
small!:'r amounts. A I iUle more diffi-
cult to arrange, but another source
of money, is thE' Co-op Master's at
Waterloo.
For more information, ask a pro-
fessor for advice . He or she will bl'
pleased that, you value their
and will remember that they too had
to make the same choices.
Dwight Aplevich
Dean, Graduate
CPH 4368 Ext . 3376
R. Hudgins Assoc.
man, Chemical Eng
Ext. 2484
Associat.e
Studies
Chair-
E I 2525
J. Sykes Assoc . Chairman , Civil
Eng E13509 Ext . 3776
S. Chaudhuri Assoc. Chair-
man , Electrical Eng DC 2597D
Ext. 3330
R. Vickson Assoc. Chair-
man , Mgt . Sciences CPH 131 J
Ext . 3283
R. Pick Assoc, Chairmall, Me-
chanical Eng E3 2113 Ext. 3,127
K. lJjpel Assoc. Chairman, Sys-
tems Design DC 2643 Ext. 3113
October 28, 1988
by Jon Debling
lJuring the first week or OcLob<'r,
Pierre Donaldson and myself were
fortunate to have attended the an-
nual Canadian Society For Chem-
ical Engineering conference in Ed-
monton, Alberta. Unfortunal,ely,
we were the oIlly delegates from
Waterloo, which is not too great
considering t,he University of Sher-
brooke sent. 32 out of 38 class mem-
bers, and t.he entire University of
Saskatchewan class attcndeJ. How-
ever, the Waterloo boat racing Lealn
consisting of Pierre, myself and re-
cent Chemical Engineering graduat.e
Jim Diamond were enough to intim-
idate the other pseudo teams while
engaging in the conference social ac-
tivities.
Iron Warrior
Chern Eng Soc
What's
The conference was a grC'llt. suc-
cess, particularly for Waterloo,
which saw Dr. D. S. ,cott of lite
Department of Chemical
ing awarded the presl igious R. S.
Jane award for his cOlllribuLions 10
Chemical Engineering. In addition ,
former Chairman of Chemical En-
gineering Dr. E. Rhodes was an-
nounced as the new President of th('
C.S.Ch.E. We were also fortunate Lo
see some of the excellent papers pre-
sented by Waterloo faculty m('mbers
and graduate students. Next y('ar
the annual conference will be held
in Hamilton on October 1-4, which
we hope will be well represented by
Waterloo st.udents.
Note:
1. Fourth year Chemical students
should be aware t.hat submissions for
Up SOC?
t.he plallt design contE'sl an' dll(' Ilear
the end of next It'rlll. TIle ('h(,lIIical
Engineering Societ,\ i. cllcouragillg
stlbmissi ons for the upcoming con-
f('fence.
2. We are also encouraging suh-
missions of papers for t.he Student,
Paper compet.it.ion at the confer-
ellce. Good work term reports are
perfect for this.
Stoop by the Chemical Engineering
Society office for more details on the
cOllference.
term s soiree will be held on
November to at t.he University Club.
A guest, speaker will be giving a
lecture in the afternoon before the
soiree. The soiree is an excellent
opportunity for Chem Eng students
to get together with graduate stu-
dents, faculty members, and indus-
Page 13
trial guest. s in all informal manner.
C:el your t ickE'ts at I,he Chem Eng
,oc office (EI-251 t) .
Tours of Brick .l3rewery (Novem-
b('r 8) has also been set for Novem-
lH'r 8, and Seagrants Distitlery
( ovcmber 17) . These should be
great. Lours so sign up soon since
thE're is a lirnited size (20) of the tour
group. (Note: Seagram's tour is
available for Chemicals only. Brick
tour is being held with Elec-
tricals see your IEEE rep. )
Also available in the Chem Eng
Soc office are orders for
Perry's Handbook and unit conver-
sion books. Engineering calculation
paper is being sold for $3.00 a pad.
n Prosi L!
So You Wanna Buy A Calculator
by Landon Steele
There are few things morf' valu-
able to the engineering st udent than
the pocket calculator. We just ran ' l,
get by without them. In fart, tire
right calculator can make our lives a
whole lot easier. When 1 first got 1,0
UW, I had a very basic scientifir cal-
culator. 1 got along fine but soon rt-
alized that tedious lab calculatiolls,
inLegrations and root-finding mallip-
ulations could be greaLly simplifird
if I invested in more sophist.icat.rd
equipment. So if YOIl are makin g up
a Christmas list for your parc' nt.s , or
wondering how to spend the trurk-
loads of cash you'll make on Y01lf
next work-tern';, refLd on t.o find' 01lt.
some of the calculator opt.ions avail-
able to you.
Programmability: This allows
you to develop your own fUllc-
tions. It is IIseful for long and
repetitive calculations.
Sta tistics: Linear regression,
mean, standarn deviation E't.r.
This is almost esselltial 1.0 hav('
for lab::; .
Equation Solving: This C'nahl(,s
you to find th<' roots of messy
non- linear equations. This j<.; it
tremendous ti me-saver .
Num('rkal Tnt('gratiol1: This
evaluates a definit.C' int.('gral.
Matrix Manipulatiou:
This comes in real handy aft ('r
you've forgottE'n your first year
algebra!
Das(' conversions:
This allows you to work in,
'and Qll1VNt. between, complex,
binary, octal anu hexadecimal
numbers. This is particularly
llseful to Electrical and Compo
Eng. dlldes.
Alphanumeric Display:
-- ---
SOIl1(, calculators display both
lett.('rs and numbers and permit
you to your favourite for-
mulas for quick and easy refer-
ence in time of need :
Plotting: Some calculators have a
wide screen and will actually
plot. an equation or statistical
data so you can see what's go-
III g on.
Playback: Some calculators write
0111. a calculation as you go
t.hrough it . Playback enables
you Lo reca I the mo. recent ex-
pression and check through it'to
find and fix any errors insteaJ
of st.a rt.i n g all over agai n.
R.evC'rs(' Polish Not<ation: This
is a sort of "backwards" way
of cnt.ering your calculations.
RPN JIlay t.ake a lit.t.le getting
IIS(,cl (,0 , b\l tit. is more' effic ient,
than algebrai(, <'nt.ry sincC' it
eliminat,es "('quais" and paren-
t.hel iC1l1 kC'ysl rokNL R PN also
a.l lows yolt (,0 S('C' l,hC' illl,f' rmedi-
at.r r('sttlt. of a.ny ca.lculat.ion.
I'\'(' C'OJrl(' up with a list of somr of
t.lw rC'lali vely advanred ea kulat.ors
a\'ailahle. Tlie li st is by no mpans
exhaust,ive. It; contains some of
I he more common calclliators used
by upper year engineering st.udents.
YOII can get a versat ilr calculator
starting at jusl, ullder $100 or go-
ing up t.o over $3S0. Th(' prin>s
quoted in the following descriptioll s
are from t.he Bookstore. Pric('!'; can
vary from place to plan', so shop
around before you buy.
HEWLETT PACl\AHD
HP 22S ($89.95)
This is a new liP model whirh is un-
usual in that it IIses alg('braic rntry
illstead of HPN as found on olher
HP calculat.ors. YOll C(lnllot wril('
programs with this calculator, but il
will hold and solve equat.ions Other
features include: alphanunwri(, dis-
play; a built-in lihrary of cOlllmon
equations that allows you to add
your own; stat.istical and probabil-
ity functions ; binary, hex<I;d(rill1al
and octadecimal nllmbers ; 26 stor-
age registers; 371 bytps of rnemorr.
lIP 32S ($99.9:)
This is another IH'W H P lTlodel .
It uses RPN logic and is pro-
grammable. It has many of the same
features as the HP 22S, but also
works with complex numbers and
does numerical integration. It has
390 bytes of memory.
lIP 15C ($126)
Thi s is t hE' most popular calrll l<lt.or
in my c ass and probably in several
others as well. It does nnt. havE' al-
phanumeric display as the pr('violls
ones did, but it does h(lvC' mat.rix
manipulation . It. usps RPN logic and
is programmable . Otlwr fplltures ill-
c1ud(': st.al istics, cOlllpl(,x IIl1nthef!-l ,
equat.ion Holving u.nd Illlnwrical ill-
t egnll,ion . It haH 67 I-lt,()r!tg(' rt'gis
L('rs t,hat can holdup t.o 418 progmm
li'H's. It has 322 byte's of Illt l1Iory.
II P 28C 79)
If YOII r('ally wanl to Hhoot, I.lIt, wad,
this is I.he Ofle' 1,0 go for! (W('II,
Iherp's Ihe Ill' HeX at $:150,
hll( it' s ('ollsid('red a hand-hrld com-
puler). This calculal.or ('an Iw a 111<\-
jor SOllrc(' of paranoia, since you'd
Ii al,(' LO j list forg(t. i L son I('W hNC' or
havp it stol('Il, but. it d()('s have a
nlllllb('r of intcrc'sting feat.ures . It
has alphallllllwric display and IJses
clirrd entry for algebraic fllndions,
B I'N for illle>ract,ive calrulatioliH. It
is programlllabIE" It will solve art
((lIlat.ion for It varianl( ('it.IIN syrn-
bolically or Ilunwrirally It also does
dl'rivativ('s ; indc,riltite and dr(lnitc
integrat.ion ; ('oJllpl(,x, hinary, hex-
aclC'cilllal and ortacjprimal numbers ;
vectors; milt rires, IIllit cOllversiolls
<lnc! Illalist.irH. It. has a widE' scrpen,
so ) Oil cart liSP it to plot, single
or mull iplr' <'qllal ions or stat,ist,iral
<lal,a. It has RAM. IL also can
\)(' hooked lip to an infrared printer!
(Prillt('r flot IlIclllekd) .
SHAHT'
($115.H:')
This calculator has direct formula
entry and alphanumeric display. It
will allow you to playhack your
DlllSI, rece'nl, exprrssion. It is pro-
grammablE' and YOll call enter up to
99 formulas wil It 111' to l4:30 pro-.
gran! slrps. It will solve C'qIJations;
has si,at,ist.ical functions; works with
binary, hE'xad('cimal and orl.adC'ci-
mal llumbers, but doE'S not nlanip-
ulate matrices or do int.(>grations. It
has 26 storage locations.
EL-9000 SUPER SCIENTIFIC
($159.95)
In addition to the feat.urE's of t ht BI.-
505 ,I. ais calculat.or plots graphs fur
less than half the price or an flP
28C; It also manipulates matric('s.
but does not do integrations .
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Iron Warrior October 28, 1988
Evolution And God
,
Can The
Reconciled
Theory Of Evolution Be
With "God The Creator"
by Jim McCrea
Evolution is a most plallsible ex-
planation for the origins of life on
earth - it is accepted by the main-
line scientific community yet it is a
truism in Christian orthodoxy that
God created the heavens and the
earth. Many believers see a direcl.
cont,radiction between th<' two and,
thuefore, rejed evolution. They
say t.hat the word of God should be
trusted over fallible human reasol! .
Are the concepts of evolution and
God's creative activity necessarily
mutually exclusive? If not, how are
they to be reconciled'? They arc in
fact complimentary if it is realized
thaI, God formed the earth through
evolution in a manner analogous to
a painter using a brush as an instru-
ment in her (or his) work.
God formed the Earth
through evolution.
Bot.h the materialist who uses t,he
theory of evolution to God and
the creationist who uses a belief in
God to deny evolution raise valid
points in their arguments bllt apply
them erroneoW';Iy.
A completely valid point raised
by the creationists is that life could
not have corne aoout, as it. is in
presellt form, by chance. The>y ('rr
when tht>y idcnt.ify chance with ('vo-
luLion and t.hrow Ollt evolutioJl. One'
argum('nt they use is that the' s('c-
ond law of thermodynamics forbids
a less ordered syst('m from becom-
ming mort> ordC'fecl by it.self. The
evolutionsits rightly reply that. t.l1C'
earth is not a closed system but, that,
a decrease in entropy on (art.h corre-
sponds to an increas(' in elltropy in
the sun. This would seem to support
the postulate of materialistic evolu-
tion.
To untangle this part of t.he
dilemma it must be realized that
t.he crux of it is not in the laws of
IN lvtc BC:CrltH.JIN&)
lJ-1C;RG" WAS N01V1Jt'JT".
t.hermodynamics but in the ontolog-
ical principle that the great.er cannot
corne from the less. Metaphysically
a greater level of being cannot spon-
tan('ollsly emerge from a lower level.
If it did , the properties of the higher
level which deffnes it as higher would
haVe> to come from nowhere. The
lower level is lower precisely be-
calise it lacks these properties. This
shou Id be sel f-evident . The lower
level cannot give to the higher level
t.hat which makes it higher because
by oC'finition the lower level lacks it.
The process of evolution seems to
violate tbis principle: Life emerges
from nOli-life, sentient life emerges
from non-sentient life, and intelli-
gent life (mankind) emerges from
non-intelligent life. How is this
dilemma resolved?
Evolut.ion could still occur, while
the principle that the greater cannot
come from the less remains intact,
if the basic elements which under-
went evolution had an intrinsic dis-
position to develop to higher levels
of being.That is, the more advanced
levels of life, which are manifest to-
day, could have existed virtually or
'folded ' in t,he more primitive lev-
els near the beginning of earth's his-
t.ory. Evolution, therefore, would be
a process of unfolding.
An analo y whi h an be us d
here is that of a crystal which forms
in a saturated solution. The crys-
tal does not derive the perfection of
its existence from nowhere but this
perrection is contained in the atoms
of t.he solul,ion prior to the formation
of UII' cryst.al. The crystal forms the
way il, docs, in part, because of the
orientation of the atomic bonds. In
a similar manner the levels of per-
fection which emerged in the pro-
cess of evolution were cOlltained in
the basic elE'rnenl.s prior to evolu-
tion. The famous paleontologist and
Jesuit Prie::lt Teilhard De Chardin
called this disposition the within.
Now it. is impossible for this dispo-
si tion in matter to exist by chance.
This is because this disposition is di-
rected toward the formation of some
being. Being and chance are mutu-
ally exclusive. Being, in its essence,
is a determination (it is some-
thing definite) and chance, in its
' essence, is an indetermination- they
have nothing in common- therefore ,
chance cannot be the cause of allY
being.
The only possible cause of this
disposition must be something com-
pletely extrinsic to the elements- in
fact an entity completely outside of -
nature itself. This entity we call
God .
Chance cannot be
the cause of
any being.
The introduction of God as the ul-
timate cause of evoliltion does not
prejudice t.he scientific spirit. This is
because the fundament.al role of God
is that of the cause of the existence
of all finite beings. This causal-
ity is not to be understood as ap-
plied to the question of the begin-
ning of things but to the question of
their act of existing at every point
in space and time that they .exist.
Things only exist and subsist from
moment to moment thollugh a con-
st.ant infiux of God ' s creative power,
It can be shown to be true that if
things have a continuous act of ex-
isting then they must have a suffi-
cient reason for their ad of exist-
ing in a causality which acts contin-
lIously. Under these circumstances
the causality of God is not physical
ou t metaphysical.
If God continually gives being to
the basic elements undergoing eva- .
lution he cont.inually gives them the
properties which permits them to
evolve. When God gives being to
something he gives it its properties.
This is becallse the properties of a
t.lling is implicit in its being. When
God causes the being of anything,
however, it is a being formally dis-
tinct from him, with properties also
formally distinct from him. This
is why the various sciences which
LJeTH1!
are lIsed to study evolution are au-
tonomous. We need not invoke nat-
ural theology to explain the princi-
ples of biology, geology, or astron-
omy. With t.his distinction between
physical and metaphysical causality
established it can be said that God
is resposible for the emergence of life
on earth, yet it developed according
t.o completely physical principles.
A final and very important ob-
jedion that will be mentioned here,
is raised by the creationists: they
say that if man's origin can be ex-
plained by evolution he would be a
mere brute which would contradict
t.he Christian teaching that he has
a spiritual nature. The answer to
t.his is that man is not a mere brute
but that he shares something with
both the brutes and the pure
its. Evolution explains the origin
of his animal side, but the quali-
fier "rat,ional" which essentially dis-
tinguishes him from the rest of the
animals is a function of bis intel-
lect. The intellect transcends mat-
ter presicely because it can under-
stand matter. Through understand-
ing it can contain material objects
1ft! Intt!llect transcends matter
precisely because
it can understand matter.
within itself therefore it must be in
essence superior to tltem and differ-
ent from them in an absolute sense.
Given that the soul is immate-
rial it could not have come about
through allY material process but
was created directly by God. It can
be said that man became man in the
evolutionary process at tbe precise
point that God caused a spiritual
soul to descend on the animal form
which was the direct predecessor of
man.
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CHAOS
Chaos (k-) n. formless primordial matter; utter confusion; disorder.
by Garry Peterson
Why is geometry often described as cold and dry? One reason
lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a
coastline, or a tree. Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not
cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor
does lightning travel in a straight line.... Nature exhibits not
simply a higher degree but an altogether different level of
complexity. The number of distinct scales of length and pattern
are for all purposes infinite.
The existence of these patterns challenges us to study those
forms that Euclid leaves aside as being formless, to investigate
the morphology of the amorphous. Mathematicians have
disdained this challenge, however, and have increasingly
chosen to flee from nature by devising theories unrelated to
anything we can see or feel."
- Benoit Mandelbrot, The Beauty of Fractals
"Topological paradise - a resonance with intricacy and
confrontation ' between influence and assertion fuse, so that an
emotional perspective appears. This is the emergence of a world
of words polished through living body rhythms and the weaving
of brocade. This screen is probably reflected in the human
mental world. It forms a celestial image surpassing the pain of
existence bespoken by the colors and common sayings.
This may well be the most sublime image that computer graphics
can achieve now."
- Growth Morphogenesis
"Defenders of drug prohibition have two basic tactics. One is to
repeat over and over, 'Drugs are dangerous. Therefore, they
should be illegal' - a syllogism that would earn a failing grade in
101 ....
Legalization would not solve all of America's drug problems, but it
would make our cities safer, make drug use healthiei, eliminate a
major source of revenue for organized crime, reduce corruption
here and abroad, and make honest work more attractive to inner-
city youth - pretty good results for any reform."
- David Baaz, vice president of the Cato Institute
THRIVING ON CHAOS
"[a corporation) has no policies; [a corporation} surfs chaos.
That's why they've grown so fast .... most people don't
understand that [a corporation) has no leaders and no fixed
policies. [a corporation) operates at unfathomable degrees of
parallelism and nonlinearity. How else to payoff the world's
chaos? .... [a corporation) carefully looks over every major new
development with one question in mind, 'How can this be used
to increase our power and holdings?' Usually we use incremental
techniques, but sometimes a catastrophiC intervention is
required. The Manchildren pose a real threat to our main
customers the human race. We asked alJ our employees for
and Bei Ng calJed up his merge-brother, Max
Glbson-Yukawa. It will be unfortunate for the boppers"
-Rudy Rucker, Wetware
"All drugs should be decriminalized. Drugs could be distributed
by any adult to other adults. There should be no controls on
production, supply or purchase (for adults) because we know
!hrough ?bservation of the market economy, that government
intervention most often causes the opposite of the desired
effect."
- Ron Paul, M.D., the Libertarian candidate for
president.
IS TRYIN:; TO CEr ro THE BAR.
SOCIAL CHAOS
-Legalize all drugs. They could be sold through ordinary retail
outlets - primarily, I would presume, drug stores. There should
be no FDA, or other controls on the drugs. (In fact, I'm in favor of
abolishing the FDA for reasons I've set out elsewhere.)
However, I believe there should be restrictions on sales to
minors.
With respect to restrictions on advertising, I feel uneasy about
either position. I shudder at the thought of a TV ad with a pretty
young woman saying, 'My brand will give you a high such as
you've never experienced.' On the other hand I have always
been very hesitant about restrictions on freedom of advertising
for general free speech reasons."
- Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel Prize winner in
Economics
MATHEMATICAL CHAOS
Chaos theory usually involves the study of
a range of phenomena exhibiting a
sensitive dependence upon inital conditions.
Chaotic behavior in such systems is
generally disorderly - and examples
include the weather patterns, some
neurological and cardi:ac activity, and
certain electrical networks of computers.
Although chaos seems random and
unpredictable, it actually obeys strkt
mathematical rules \hat dedve fror ....
equations that can lx! formulated and
studied.
Newtonian physics views the universe
as being, without any way of becoming.
How has order emerged from chaos?
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Cellular Automaton: Life is a game in
which an array of square cells aTe turned on
or off. A cell turns on if it has three
neighbors. It stays on if it has two or three
neighbors. It turns off otherwise. From
these simple rules complex behavior can
emerge. For instance, from a distribution of
on and off cells order will emerge and a few
live cells can be arranged to produce an
infinite number of live cells.
Fractals and other strange beings:
Deliriously detailed, fractals are
generated upon a computer by repeating a
simple calculation on a field of real and
imaginary numbers. After many iterations,
the plane around the Mandelbrot set erupts
in convoluted symmetries and fluid crystal
swirls, as the algorithm drives points
outside the set to infinity. The explosive
turbulence can be made visible by assigning
colors to the speed at which each point
flees. The resulting image is
mathematically rigorous yet shamelessly
psychedeJic - wilder but more highly
ordered than any man-made design.
Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety: A
syst m' v. rit'ty j a measure of th sy terns
fI xibilily. For a system to ace mplish its
gO.lls it mu l cope with eovironm nlal
uncertainty. Ashby's Law states that for a
system to be suee ssful it mu t have a
su(fi lent vari ty In its responses to roanag
the nvironmental variety It encount rs. If
the enlity do s not have enough variety it
will fail to accomplish Its goal. Because of
this law entities existing in complex and
chaotic environments must have grealer
variety than entities existing in simple,
orderly environments. Mankind's
environment is becoming more complex and
chaotic, therefore Ashby's law dictates
that individuals and organizations must
also become more flexible and chaotic if
they which to obtain their goals.
"Today, only a small motivated firm with .. . highly qualified labor
and good vertical mobility instead of oppressive hierarchy can
hold up in a wor1d whose principal characteristic is instability."
THE NI\ME OF THE BAR, THE BAR IS CALlED HEAVEN.
THE BAND IN HEAVEN PlAYS M'l' FAVOU'lE s::NS.
THEY PLAY IT CN:E lGAIN, mE'!' PlAY IT ALL NIGHT I.CN:;.
- Andrea Saga, Submerged Industry
"The winners of tomorrow will deal proactively with chaos, will look
HEAVEN IS A PIl'CE WHERE wrnIN; EVER HAPPENS
HEAVEN I!' A PIl'CE WHERE oornIN; EVER HAPPENS
THERE IS A PARlY, IS THERE.
WILL lEAVE AT EXJ!CTLY THE SI*E TIME.
ITS HARD ro IW\GINE THAT I'UfHIN:; AT ALL
CXUI.D BE so Ex::IT'IN>. CXUI.D BE THIS KOI FW.
HEAVEN IS A PIl'CE WHERE oornm:; EVER HAPPENS
HEAVEN IS A PIl'CE WHERE rprnIN; EVER HAPPENS
WHEN THIS KISS IS CM:R IT WIIL SI'ART 1>GAlN
IT WILL WI' BE N'ff. DIFFERENI' IT WIIL IE EXlCl'LY THE SAME
ITS HARD TO IW\GINE THAT wrHIN:; AT ALL
CXUI.D BE so Ex::IT'IN>. <XXJlD BE THIS KOI FW.
HEAVEN IS A PIl'CE WHERE Wl'HIN; EVER HAPPENS
HEAVEN IS A PIl'CE WHERE oornIN; EVER HAPPENS
- TJI.I1(]N; HF.AI:S, HEAVEN
at the chaos per se as the source of market advantage, not as a
problem to get around. Chaos and uncertainty are (and will be)
market opportunities for the wise; capitalizing on fleeting market
anomalies will be successful business's greatest
accomplishment. "
- Tom Peters, Thriving on Chaos
STASIS & CHAOS "Things fall apart, it's scientific"
"Law is Chaos; Chaos is Law."
-Kenneth Leslie
-David Byrne
-Make a note of it: in man's heaven there are no exercises for the
intellect, nothing for it to live upon. It would rot there in a year - rot
and stink. Rot and stink - and at that stage become holy. A
blessed thing: for only the holy can stand the joys of that bedlam"
- Mark Twain, Letters from Earth
To avoid chaos, is to avoid life; in
equilibrium everything is nothing.
... .- .. -
Page 16 Iron Warrior October 28, 1988
Eng Van Winkle:
A Cautionary Tale
by IKE
The following tale was fOlllld
amongst the manuscripts of Ike D.
Engi nee r , no attempts have been
made to verify its validity.
Whoever has made the voyage
along the 401 must. remembpr its
neighbou ring cities and their mighty
Universit.ies. Of these Universitics
one stands out most for the peculiar-
ity of its students. There are numer-
ous legends, therefore, of t lw
neers of the University of Wa1.<'rloo.
Thi s is bu\' one of them.
Within the grounds of the Uni-
versity of Waterloo there stanos to
this very day a Village. Also in this
same villagE' lived no\. too long ago
a simple engineer who was knowll 1.0
everyone as Eng Van Winkle. As I
pen this tale r observe that Eng was
a kind sou l who in his t.ime became
quite popular because of his shy and
retiring nat llre .
He was a favo urite at t he pubs
for bis inability to consume alco-
hol and for his diffi culti es with the
women . He rould always be fOil lid
at a bar stool, with soft drink in
hand, being consoled by the tender.
In the daytime Eng could be seen
milling about the Campus Centre
talking with all who lounged there.
He would wander down to the Ori -
fice to joke with the executive and
then retire to POETS to attempt. a
SHARP
brew and catch a film.
In fact the only thing !'hat. Eng did
not do was his work . This was Eng's
great naw; he was lazy. Indeed ,
manv times the ot.her students of
the Village would hear Eng' s serious
room-mate admonishing him alld
imploring him to Rtlldy. I1is r1ass-
mates too were concerned. They
I)('gged him to study. They ex-
plained t.hat there would be time
('nough for celebration to follow t,he
studies. Eng, sadly, did not listen
feeling instead t hat the time avail-
able for studyi ng would arrive later.
One eve as Eng set out on the
pat.h from the Village and was on hi s
way to the Shelter he was stopped
by the sound of the strangest mu-
sic. The music was exotic and invit-
ing and seemed to come from an un-
usual place Eng knew only as Fed-
eration Hill. With Bng's curiosity
pi41led he climbed tlte hill to dis-
cover to his delight a place of un-
bridled merriment . The hill was alit
'with the ext raordinary brilliance of
many lights . In all directions Eng
beheld only the oddest people danc-
ing and drinking brew. Through the
crowd the smell of the brew caught
Eng's little nose and tugged at his
t.hirst . With a resolve that would
have surprised all who knew him,
Eng mustered the courage to solicit
a brew of his own. The brew had the
most wonderful taste and the loveli-
est odor that Eng had ever expe-
Pick your favourite from Sharp-the number
one name in calculator fIrsts.
University of Waterloo
Book store
South Campus Hall
riellCt,d . Time and time again Eng
quaffed a new helping of the heady
l>rew until his eyes grew tired and
the vei l of sleep surrounded him.
When Eng awoke the hi ll was
empty. No longer did the people
dance about . No longer could Eng
see the kegs of the brew he had re-
cently grown so fond of. With dis-
appointment and a lazy sigh Eng
lifted himself up and strode hark
to the village. On his way back
he noticed the snow that lay upon
the ground and how cold the air
had become. Ignoring this Eng en-
tered the village and opened the
door to what was his home. Still
Math C & D
by Owen Kelly
Congratulations W PIRG on the
mug campaign! Many of us feel par-
alyzed by our lack of options in the
environmental crisis . There is a lot
of concern but we often see nowhere
to act that will help. Thank-you to
the people who do see, and help us
all .
Most food outlets on campus now
allow the use of your own mug fur
coffee, or at least a WPIRG mug
(get yoursl $3). This means fewer
cholo-Huorocarhons (eFCs) are pro-
duced in the manufacture of styro-
foam and less styrofoam goes into
landfill.
More importantly there is a new
and general realization t.hat environ-
mental concerns are no longer fringe .
People can feel good about doing
something to help - something to
assuage our industrial guilt complex.
There is a public understanding that
sacrifices will have to be made (how-
ever small). In this small victory dif-
ferent factions have overcome their
petty differences in a common
yes, the coffee shops may lose mlcro-
cents worth of coffee into huge mugs;
stooped over his desk , Bng's room-
mate lifted his head with a look
of complete astonishment. After a
warm and surprised hello the room-
mate told Eng of how the Villagers
had thought Eng lost these past
months and how he had since been
all but forgotLell due to the passing
of t.he midterm season. There was
a great buzzing afterwards in the
village regarding Eng's strange dis-
appearance and even st r anger reap-
pearance. So much so that no one
bothered to question when Eng re-
turned later year after year in order
to repeat his studies.
It is said that even now one can
find Eng in the Halls of t he Village
where he has earned the title of Don.
So if one day you are detained by
a somewhat straggly gentleman who
to regale you with a story of
sloth and its consequences; 1 sug-
gest that you stop to listen, for if
there is a moral to his story it is
one of caution and warning. I, my-
self, have on more than one occa-
sion heard the ironic laughter that
emanates from an area of the Vil-
lage that has long been abandoned.
The laughter is short and bitter and
occurs only with the passing of the
midterm season.
Congratulations, .
yes, it's a hassle to carry your mug
and wash it; and yes, it's worth it.
Congratulations Math C&D for
being the last coffee distributor on
campus to insist on using styrofoam.
Your far-sighted and generous pol-
icy will be remembered and appre-
ciated.
JO.in Weiler
Wt.>stmount Plan'
(519) 888-6660
Conestoga M.lII
(519) 886-l402
Timothy'se
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October 28, 1988
Short Story
by Dave Liao
It was another glorious Jay on
Lake Winnipeg. A soft wind blow-
ing off the water was providing a
t hin layer of insul ation from the hot
rays of a midday sun . Sunday. Sun-
days are for yawning. The captain
understood t his, so t he crew had
put in a short shift. We had just
docked at a place called Pine Dock,
a quiet harbour on the west.ern s hore
of Lake Winnipeg, about half way
up the length of I.his body of water.
A small group of local kids had
approach the dock , examining our
ship much curiosit.y. Aft.er observ-
ing the children from a distance,
I decided to shyly approach them.
"Hi!" , I said.
They meekly mumbled back a
hello and exchanged glances with
each other.
How do I start a conversation wit.h
kids? It 's been so long. "So did you
come down to the dock to swim or
to stare at the ship?" .
The smallest one , named Sean,
decided , " Both. Wow, this ship is
so big!"
"Isn't the water here 'a littl e too
deep for ya?"
"No!" the three piped in unison.
"This is our favouri te pl ace"
"Really ?" I questioned. "Don't
you like that beach down there?"
"Sure, but we can jump and dive
off t he dock here."
The more I looked a round the
more anxious I was to begin myex-
ploration of this harbour. I also
hoped to have three young guides
to lead my way. "Is there a store
around here that sells chocolate bars
and stuff like that?"
When I got to tM bellch,
the th", we,e already
frolicking in the w(lter.
"Yeah, Brown's does . You just
follow the road and turn left."
"Well suppose you guys take me
there later and I'll buy ya some
treats ." Bingo! Did t.ha.t ever light
up their eyes. I figured it was only
fair . Tour guides don't usually work
for free . ''I'm 'gonna get changed and
]'11 meet ya at the beach in a little
while, okay?"
"Sure!" they answered and off
t.hey went .
The beach only occupied the apex
of t.he harbour. It seemed strange to
me t.hat. both flanks of the harbour
should be so rocky and yet point to
this small but. soft stretch of sand.
When I got to t.he beach, the three
were already frolicking about in the
water. They eagerly yelled for me to
join them. Now, I've already intro-
duced you to Sean. The other two
kids are Wesley and Carla.
I cautiously stepped into the wa-
ter and waded in deeper and farther
out. Lake Winnipeg is a shallow and
warm lake and the incline from the
shore was gentle. Sean yelled im-
patienLly for me to hurry and join
them. I gave in and propelled my-
self forward and into the water, like
a treasure diver who spies the danc-
ing sun diamonds upon the crests of
each wave and tries in vain to grab
Iron Warrior
To Be Born Again
a hanrHul before they disappear .
When I came up for ai r , I did one
of t hose turns thaL you see on those
soft drink commercials. My hair,
clumped in strands like the arms of
an OctOPIIR, SPlln around just like
the carni val rides. I Jon' t think any-
one can invent a beverage that could
make me feel as good as I did at that
moment.
] wonder what it must be like
to be a dolphin and playfully chase
Pine Dock is pretty far
removed from those industrial
wastelands we name cities.
alongside fishing boats, leaping and
prancing. I've always thought it sad
that man is the least mobile of all
creatures. The Canad a Geese does
not Ay Ward Air when they go south
for the wint.er. They just go and
they never have to worry abou t lost
luggage . Now that's real freedom!
My three new friends were pray-
ing aroulld a crudely built raft that
was anchored. It. looked like it was
made from the leftovers of a lumber
sale. But it floated and there were
no nails protruding so my fear of one
of the kids getting hurL subsided.
VVe spent the next hour together
just jumping and diving a nd splash-
ing. I was gI.and t.im
also had great fun trying to tip the
raft over. We would all stand on one
side and see who would be the first
to fall as the opposite side of the raft
began to rise like the way ships al-
ways sink in cartoons.
Now Pine Dock is pretLy far re-
moved from those industrial waste-
lands we name cit.ies but I diJ 1101.
realize how untouched this area was
until Wesley suddenly pulled out a
clam from the water . I didn't even
realize that fresh water clams ex-
ist.ed. l'm just an ignorant city boy
from a Toronto suburb.
. "How did you find the clam?" I
askE'd.
"I just go down and feel the sand
with my hands for a sharp point and
then I dig it out" , answered Wesley.
"Are clams' pretty common
around this beach?"
"Once we had a whole pile of them
on the raft but we goofed around t.oo
much and tipped them all over."
I was stunned . I always thought
shellfish had to be caught out in the>
deep seas with fishing trawlers . ]
dove down and gave it a try; but to
no avail. I just didn't have the nat-
ural instincts for it. Wesley easily
pulled up a couple more.
Growing up in such beautiful and
lIatural surroundings gave these kids
a distinct freshness and vibrancy.
They didn't need Barbie dolls and
video games. There's trees to climb,
raspberries to pick and sandcastles
to build. Their intimacy with Na-
ture has a special spirit in-
side them and by frolicking with
them and being in their aura, I was
experiencing a joy and peace that I
had ncver felt before.
We reluctantly dragged ourselves
out of the water to go to Brown's for
some ice cream. My playmates led
thE' way, barE'foot, while I tagged be-
hind in my Adidas shoes. Walking
back t.o swim off the' dock, we' en-
countered orne mud puddle. How
could we pas ibly resist? The mud
was beckoning us to wade through
it and feel it.s cool, thick liquidity.
It's awesome when that grey- brown
stuff oozes in and arounJ your toes.
As t.he mud begins to harden, it be-
com('s easier t.o walk barefoot over
the pebble'S and weed. It.'s like
weari ng a thick sock.
'arIa suggested that I take a pic-
ture of them. I eagerly agreed. The
(hree or them bega/l to smear mud
a ll over each other. I was howling so
hard I rould hardly keep the cam-
era st.eady. Out of the murky depths
of t. he Milo Puddles of Pine Dock,
arose threE' mucky hut loving Mud
Monst0rs. Who neeos Fisher Price
toys when we have mud?
We promptly ran down to the
dock and dove in. We began our
rout.ine of diving and jumping again.
T he dock was a good eight feet
above the water but t.hese kids had
no fear and were doing running
jumps. Their amphibian abilities
put me to shame. I must admit. t.hal.
I've never felt very comfortable in
the wat.cr. Of course it didn't. hel p
that Sean had mentioned catching
garter snakes and leeches around the
dock. When I heard t.his , ] felt as if
there was a snake sliLhering in my
stomach. I hate snakes.
I managed to convince Sean , Wes-
y n a 0 go ac 0 he
beach. I was a little tired and
wanted to do some snoozing on that
warm soft sand. Sand is the per-
fect mattress. You can mold a pillow
to any shape YOIl like. Always flrm
without being lum\. I dug IllYH('lf a
small crater to li e in .
How could I possibly dCSCflil(' my
feelings of s upreme conf,ent.m('nt. and
absolute serenit.y? I could tflstc tilt'
sweetness in the air and tlt(' SUIl was
purifying me with warmth and li ght. .
The wind was tickling and tl'asing
me by continually lifting my hair up
and letting it Aoat. down gcnLly on
the back of my neck .
When I lazily woke up, J was
greeted by a beaut.iful young tnC'f-
maid wearing a pink and black
bathing suit,. lIer name wa.'l KriRLill .
Her sun-dipped curls hung genl.ly
past her shoulders and she softclINi
me with emerald eyes and a shyly
sweet smile.
I could tIllte the Iweetnesl
I" the IIi, a"d tIu ,u"
WillI purlJ)ing mt with
warmth and light.
She was the girl I use to steal side-
way glances at when I was a boy.
She was tlte girl I never dared ask to
dance because I felt J was not good
looking enough. And every girl that
I was ever in love with ram!' bark t.o
haunt me on that beach . But they
did not leave me with an ache. An;]
they never will again . . r was only
left with a sweetly Bad taste or; my
t.ongue after being kissed by so many
ghosts.
Page 17
Looking out across t. he harbour
from the ship, I not-iced some in-
t.C'fcst.ing rock format.ions. J asked
W(>sley about them. He informed
me that. it \ as the location of some
lim stone caves. I became very cu ri-
ous and sugg sted an expedition af-
tN supper to probe t.he caves. Carla
and Scan became very ani mated and
hegan to chalter about the possibil-
iL) of running into bears in t. hese
caves. I didn't think we would run
inl.o bears but t. heir imagination de-
lighlE'd me and] was energized by
the'ir spiritedness.
Before we haded Ollt on our jour-
lIey, I played a couple of s hort
songs on the harmonica for my fel -
low adventurers. The following
wonls were t hen spokell to me by
Carl a : "David, while you were play-
ing your harmonica, I was thinking
t.hat maybe if YOll played your har-
monica in front of I.he caves, then
perhaps I.hl' bears wou ld hear your
song and hegin to dance and t hey
would come out and make fri ends
with us."
I was too asLounded by her words
t.o spe>ak at first . 1 quiet ly mumbled,
"That was a ueautiful idea, Carla."
J had only met this child this morn-
ing and yet she was able to re-
veaJ to me such a tender and touch-
ing dream without the slightest re-
serve. I was deeply stirred. I began
to t.hink of my friE'ndships with my
peers. Was there anyone to whom I
could onv ey thoughts and words as
gentle and tender as Carla '8, with-
out any hesitation or fear? The con-
trast between the adult life and a
child's vision hit me full in the face .
Wl,en a child is bom,
it is pu,. ""d without sift.
TIlt' CllveR were in("f!' dibl(' . Th<'y
wcr r<'ally just.. Ittrgc> rrl'Vtrf':'I and
ill thc liut('stoIH' I.hal had
bel'n rrfl,rhd by I,h!' bnllditH of
Time and Nat.ur '. MORS alld ot.llC'r
hardy vegctatiOlI lirH'd t.it!' wall:i lik(
a clamp, foamy rarp!'I..
jutted Ollt of tlte lllllikP1ieHt plac('s. I
was dulled by Lh(! rugged alld proud
bea.ut.y. I tot.ally (mbraccd (.h(' ab-
solute lack of Ryltltrl<'t.ry.
VVe eli Il1bf'd up above th('RC gi ant
grooves to gcl a di(frrcl1L pf'rHpeC-
t.ive . AL certai" points, til!' crarkA
narrowed enough fOf us t.o jump over
Lhl'tn. It was a great. thrill for all of
us. Lacing all the on Lop were
ghostly, pale lime webs of Spanish
moss. The weaving was flO ddicate
and lovely. J dared not. touch with
my clumsy fingers.
We also discovered an island of
limestone very close to the shorl' .
We were able to hop across t.o sit
upon it as we relaxed and gazed
across the shimmering waIns of the
harbour . I was greatly humbled .
We all have difrerent.. ideas of what.
heaven wiIl bp like. But before
we can enter heaven , we rflilst. be
cleansed. When a child is born, it
is pure and wiL1tollt sin. I want to
be born again so I can roll down the
hills and valleys of a child's mind,
swim in the seas of fant.asy, and sa-
vor the fruits in the Orchard of Chil-
dren.
The End.
Page 18 Iron Warrior October 28, 1988
Work Hard, Play Harder
by Carolyn Anglin
Ilello again! You've had some
practice from the last issue; now
some real t,ests. My thanks go Ollt
to Chi Wong and Rob McDermid for
their contributions, bUL especially
for their shared enjoyment of trans-
lating confusion into elat.ion through
inspiration.
I . By moving ollly thrf'e coins,
make this triangle point upwards.
o 0 0 0 0
000
o
2. As you all know, profs are en-
tirely controll ed by an angel and a
demoJl. The allgel allows the prof
to impart tot.al wisdom upon the
students , for tlte angel always an-
swers questions truthfully. The de-
mon, by contrast., illstils ul.ler alld
complete confusioll in the st udents
because the demon always lies. The
angel and the demon guard a partic-
ular door of Lhe Davis Centre: one
path leads to graduaLion; the other
sends you right back 1..0 I A. What
one question would you ask to dis-
cover the pat.h to graduation, re-
gardless of which side of the prof's
conscience you arc talking to?
3. You have two spheres of f'qual
size and equal mass. One is made of
gold, the other of copper. They are
oth painted white 0 that. colour
gives no clue. Without damaging
the balls in any way, and with no
special equipment how cOllld you tell
which is gold, and whi,h is copper?
,.. An archaeologist claimed that
he found some gold coins dated 46
B.C. Do you think that he did?
Why?
5. Arrange 10 coins such that you
can draw 5 straight lines through
them, all in different directions.
6. A match problem! There had
to be a match problem! Arrange 6
equal- length matchsticks to form 4
triangles.
7. A 40kg weight has been bro-
ken into" pieces. Fortunately, the
pieces can still be used to weigh any
amount, in whole kilograms, from
J kg to 40 kg. How much do each
of Lite pieces weight?
8. How far can a dog run into the
woods?
9. Two chariots were racing to-
warcls each other during Engineering
Week. Bot,h were whipping along
at 10 km/ hr starting from 2 km
apart. A confused frosh was rac-
ing back and forth between them
at. 15 km/ hr , running from one t.o
the other and back again. How far
did t.he frosh run before the chari-
ots met? (Incidentally, the frosh did
make a narrow escape, and got mega
p5 for his efforLs.)
STOP! Now! Do NOT read this jf
you have ANY work to do! This is
your last warning before it begins to
prf'y upon your mind.
10. There are 12 assignments.
8Jeven of them weigh the same. One
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of them is either heavier or lighter
(this one received t.he highest mark).
You are equipped with a see-saw bal-
ance. With only three weighing op-
erations, find out which assignment
has Lhe highest mark, and whether
it, is lighter or heavier.
Answers For Last Issue
If you're still curious about last is-
sue's problems, here are the answers:
I. To use a four- and a seven-
minut.e sand timer to measure nine
minutes: Thrn both over. When
the sand has passed through the 4-
minute timer, turn it over again.
Do the same with the 7-minute one,
buL now there is only one minut.e re-
maining on the 4-minute. When it
has completed, only one minute will
have passed through the 7-rninute ,
at which time 8 minutes have ticked
away. By turning the 7-rninute over
once again, the final minute will be
counted. (1 hadn 't tried to answer
this before submitt.iug it , so it 's a
good thillg that I figured it out,!)
2. A man cannot marry his
widow's sister because he is dead!
3. A bird = J; a verb of debt. =
0; the condition of winter pavement
= IC j a written composition = SA;
to surpass others = XL.
4. If you had a match, a lamp, a
burner, and a stove, no matter what.
you would light the match first!
5. Take two apples from whatever
number, and you have 2 apples in
your hand (much preferred to a bird
in hand, I assure you).
6. The question printed was "How
many animals of each species did
NOA H take on the a rk with him?".
This was a Freudian slip on some-
body's part because it was supposed
t,o ask about Moses who, of course,
Scuot

by Phil Willow
It, started with obsc ure pos(.('rs in
the hallways. Pcoplf' I)f'gan talk-
ing in calltious whispPrs, stopping
abrupt.ly when a stranger p ass('d hy.
Then came the formal announcf'-
mellt : This term's lIavellgf'r SCllnt,
will take place on Friday Novem-
ber 4, hosted by Toast. To ea-
ger part icipallts-in-waitin g and pub-
lic at large, however, the event re-
mained s hrouded in mystery.
To hep our readers inrormed ,
the lW set out to un,OVN the
facts , to get the scoop, and t.o bag
t.he lowdown . The generally t.igltt.-
lipped Toasters had lroubl( speak-
ing clearly, but werf' helpflll on some
issues. The rest. is basc.>d 011 hearsay.
It. t.urns out that there is an ill-
t,ernational theme, wi til sonl(' kind
of "world tour" involved . Each class
MUST invent (and becolTw) a ,OIlTl-
try t.o enter, complet!' with nam(',
population, and politi cal systPnl. A
flag and anthem will be rpquired
at the commencement of thf' Scunt..
Neetll('ss to say, creat ivity will hI' re-
warded.
Lists of desired items will bp
provided during th(' Selin!. with
some advance port.ions givt'li on f'n-
try. The Right Hon. ChrisP,
self-proclaimed Scuntvangelist., has
didn't take any species on the ark
with him!
7. To get 6 litres of beer remain-
ing in the 7 lit.re jug when you have
5-, 7- , and 9-litre jugs: boatrace the
5 litres, pour 5 of the 9 litres into the
5-litre jug, leav ing 4. Guzzle that 5
litres too (get your friends to help, at
least). Now, if you're still consciolls,
pour 5 of the 7 litres into that trust.y
5-litre jug, leaving 2, and add the if
from the 9-litre jug. Et voila! Only
1 J more litres t.o consume and the
night is yet young.
8. one-two-three-
fou r-fi ve-six-seven-eight.
As for the picture puzzles: (1)
Circles Ilnder your eyes (2) Back-
ward glance (3) Reading between
t,lle lines (4) Three degrees below
zero (5) One sided (6) Hi Ho Silver
(7) Ferrous wheel. Once again: have
fun , and good luck!
Casino Night
Can't afford to go to Vegas??
Try the next bf' st t.hing ....
On Saturday, November 5, a
fundraising Casino Night will he
held at the Grad HOll se. A six dol-
lar ticket gets you one million dollars
in "Grad bucks" with which YOIl ran
gamble on a variety of games:
poker
black j ack
craps
roulette
horse race
At the end of the night, you can
spend your winnings in an auct.ion
of valuable prizes! All procC:'pcis go
to the Canadian Callcer Societ.y.
Buy your t.icket.s at the <..: rnd
House. Doors open at, sce you
t.here!
words of anvice 1.0 wOlllo-be t.rav-
ellers: " Resou rces are neat., bllt. peo-
ple make t.he dirr('rence. Now, get,
out of my way". AskeJ to rla.rify, h('
dllckPd into H .argo hold .
The quC:'st.ioll rPlllained: wilY
would a class enter? PilI, to stu-
dents, the replies were oddly illu-
minating: "prestige"; "t.o brush
on my geography"; " oper"; "for p.
points"; "to see the world"; "beer";
"t.o put on my rpsurru;"; "so we
can 1"1111 it, next time"; "to beat
EM It"; " beer"; "what was the ques-
Lion, again?"; "t.o HAVE FUN!!!" .
So milch for the obviolJs. To
dig even deeper, we asked our well
paid secret, SOllrce, "Deep Toast" ,
t.n g(,j, the real dirt . Although
Deep's body was found yesterday
aAoat in the Caspian Sea (with three
days left on his Eurorail pass), we
did get this cryptic message left
by him: "Jeez I hate talking to
these stupid mach ... - er, Ok here
goes: Nf'W Fortunf' Palace; bur-
rito; lederhosen; 'chip's a cock'; surf
boarel; girls t.i .. -urn, cornplet,ely
lilwratcd; slimo wrest.ler.; buried
tre(\.<;IITf'; Sally"
"lroll Warrior : invest.igative jour-
nalism at its best". The preceding
quotation wa..q included in this arti-
cle nierf'ly for usc ill a forthcoming
aclvert.isement. @1988 South-Ham
Publishing.
October 28, 1988
Iron Warrior
Page 19
Engineering
Applications:
Expected Waiting Time F or Female
Companionship
At
Waterloo
by Dave Petro
As t he hundreds of male frosh en-
gineers become involved in campns
activities, the ddicate social balaltce
at UW is again threatened, r am, of
course, referring to the discouraging
male/ female rati o,
In particular , t his article will de-
termine the average time t hat malE>
engineers must wait in order to re-
ceive female compani ons hip , The
analysis performed uses basi c princi-
ples of probability and queuing t.he-
ory,
Background
Queuing model s are lI sed 1.0 ana-
lyze systems in which customC'rs ar-
rive , wait for service, get se rvired
and then leave, In this article, Illalps
are referred to as customers and
females as servers, (This is donp
only to be consist.ent with the terms
used in traditional qlleuipg theory) ,
In order to describe a queuing sys-
tem several characteri stics must be
stated:
L The way in whi ch custome rs a r-
rive (i e, alone or grolJps)
2, The amount of time to service
customers
3, The number of servers
4, The queuing discipline (ie, first
come first se rve)
5, The buffer sp'ace in t.he queue
Assumptions
In order Lo simplify analysis,
Markov arrival and serv ice processes
were assumed. Markov processes are
memoryless , meaning that the prob-
ability of an event is independent of
the time of the last event, For exam-
ple, with a Markov customer arrival
process, the probability of another
customer arriving is independent of
when the last. customer arrived.
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All infinite male population was
assumed . UnforLunately, analy-
sis r('vealcd this \.0 be a valid as-
given the exttcmely high
male/ female ratio,
The Model
A queueing model was chosen
with a finit.e number of servers and
a s ingl e' queue with infinite buffer
s pace, The model assumes a first
comE' fir st SNve queuing discipline.
The relevant model parameters
art' as follows:
a 1arkoYian anal\'si trch-
niqll(>, I'(k), the probability of bring
in . ( atl' k oblaillf'd for all k .
The (>xpedrd number of males in
the queue is given by
L (k m)P(k)
k= m
Finally, the expected waiting timr
can be calculated using Liltl<"s H(.-
suIt which sl.ates that the a nl ollllt of
time s pent in a queue is equal to tll r
product of the number of custnn)('rs
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in the queue and the average service
rate of a customer. The expecl.cd
waiting t ime for femate companion-
..... dn. ............ ... r""s----...-""' Sl:'>: IP, T, IS given y, ---'
u the probability t.hat a specific
server will become available
c The probability of a customer
ar ri val
Analysis
Because we assumed Markov
(memory less) arrival and service
procrsses, the state of the system
at any time can be completely de-
scribed by the number of customers
(t hose being serviced or waiting in
the queue). Therefore the number
of ma.les in the system will represent
tlt e ern 5t ate, k.
T = Lmu
Because of the heavy workload, the
number of UW male t Ital
seek cotl1pallinmlilip is !lIIlChst., it II
an average of 35 per day. For all
average rclationship 1(,llgt.1t of tWI)
months and it. populat.ion of 100
women in engincNing, til<' ('xpc C"\.C'd
waiting time for f(, lll a lC' ('OlllpaIlICHI-
ship is a pproxilllaL('l y 15 y('(\f'S Hnd
3 months.
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