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i Iron Warrior

Ever Changing WorldOne wall of the UW physics building(facing EL) is covered with vines. Thevines are filled with birds.Wandering around the University Plaza,you'll notice something intriguing aboutthe store-front signs. Most form sheltered

homes for numerous nests.Squirrels have learned how to get into,and out of, the campus garbage pails.Generations of ducks have survived onVillage hand-outs.Nature has a wonderful way of handlingthe intrusions of man. Adaptation.Creatures, great and small, either adjust ordie. You hear about it constantly.Environmentalists have long protested thegrowing number of extinctions occurringaround us. But while some die off, othersthrive. There s certainly no pigeonshortage on campus.I'm curious. What was the rate ofextinction before humans evolved? Whatodds were we fighting?Gaia, Mother Earth, can take care ofherself. We may be upsetting the balance

but a new equilibrium will be reached.The question that remains, however, iswhether or not the human race will be apart of it. Can man adapt to man? Orwill we join the growing list of thedoomed and unadaptable? And who will follow us as the most successful

earthlings (if, indeed, we currently holdthat title)?The problem with adapting to mankind'sactions, as most (if not all) life on this

planet must do to survive, is that itrequires fast evolution. And, at the rate atwhich humans are changing the earth'senvironment, I mean fast.

by Paul Valin

I'm not a biologist, but I suspect thequickest mutating species are bacteria,then insects and possibly plants.Regardless of who is Darwin's champion,it is almost certainly no large mammals.Cockroaches have been on this planet forat least a hundred thousand years and theymay weB reign supreme someday withoutthe added benefit of a nuclear war. Planetsruled by insect and plant life are a traditionin the realm of science fiction. Werethose authors visionaries of our owndestiny? An ecosystem without largemammals (eg. humans) in the food web indefinitely easy to imagine.Gaia is heading towards a new balance innature. If we want to continue being anelement in the equilibrium equation, wehave to make a difference now. f you'relooking for an easy answer, I have none togive. I only offer this for yourconsideration. We have to find anecologically responsible personalphilosophy. Think about how your owneduction could be used to benefit theworld. The catch phr se of the decade hasgot to be Think globally, act locally.

More Pet PeevesOne of.r,ny pel peeves at the University

. . . . , , ; : : ; ; ; ; ; . < ' W ~ I e r \ i by how far t of touch theadministration is from the Universitycommunity. They seem to have gOllen tobelieving that the University is an endunto Itself. They should reminded thatthe purpose of the University is to educatend to further research, not to provide employment for the staff.

Throughout the past few years, haveseen the administration in conflict withthe students, the faculty, and more recentlywith the Department of Co-operative Education and Career Services, an administrative unit itself.This most recent conflict has been because the University has, after 20 years ofrequests, finally agreed to let one of the

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Page 4 Iron Warrior October 20, 1989

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

By John Vellinga4A SystemsPresident of Eng Soc B

If you're like me, you're now broke afterspending way too much money during thefirst two weeks .of school. So what wouldyou say if I asked you to donate money toa charitable organization which has animpact on our lives we haven't even begunto realize? I'm talking about theUniversity of Waterloo and specifically theFaculty of Engineering.We are all annoyed at recent tactics ofthe university administration to generatemore funds. I am of course referring tothe Co-op work report making fee, theT.A. pencil lead fee, the CounsellingServices Kleencx fee, the Green Man waxfee, the professor's hand moisturizer andchalk dust removal fee and all of the otherfees the university uses to nickel and dime

us. Except for the young 'uns and dumbFROSH, the memory of the ill-fatedcomputer fee is still close 10 mind.These fees, wh ile annoying are needed 10run the un iversity. For those of you whohave never spent 18 hours in aneng in ee ring lab working with faultyequ ipm ent , let me tell you, theund crfunding crisis is critical.

Students finance less thanone fifth the actual cost ofout own educations

We, the students currently finance lessthan one fifth of the actual cost of ourown educations. This money comes inthe form of tuition and incidental fees.When the computer fee was declaredillcgal, a new funding crisis becameapparent. Much talk was flying around,asking students 10 finance a greater shareof their education. This would come inthe form of dramatic increases in tuition.Tuition increases would greatly benefituniversities but would not hclp studentsvcry much. You see, our tuition moneygoes into a big pot from which theuniversity finances all aspects ofuniversity operations. Only some ofthose operations are directly related toundergraduate education.There are many ways that undergraduatestudents can help fund their owneducations. The Plummer's Pledge wasstarted last year by the GraduationCommittee. The Pledge asks studentsto make a financial commitment to the

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university over a number of years. Lastyear, graduating students were asked 10promise $100 a year for 3 years. I f thegraduate were unable to pay, the promisecould be deferred.Nearly $100,000 was raised. While thissounds like a lot of money, it isn't really.Less than 50% of graduating studentsactually gave money. The SI00,OOO waspledged over three years. The actualnumber works out 10 an average donationof about $40 per student peT year. A nightout That's less than three hours pay for anengineering grad.Many people have problems with the idea

of forking over for the university whenthey have already forked over so muchalready. I was in POETS the other dayand I asked a third year computerengineering student, What would you sayif I asked you 10 give $100 per term 10 theuniversity and at least that every year afteryou graduate? ''I'd tell you to go 10 hell,he said. I then asked him, What if I IOldyou the money would be used forundergraduate education only and thatsome of it would be used to improve theEE 318 lab? After thinking for about 3milliseconds, he replied, ''I'd give you asmuch as I could afford "What is needed is some way for studentsto chip in while being sure that theirmoney will be used for undergraduateeducation only.

While student and alumni donations havebeen a limited success in the past, there isgreat potential. Unfortunately,Engineering's need is so immediate thatthese funds are gobbled up as soon as theyare raised. I f this money were placed in atrust fund, the university could use theinterest while preserving the principal.This is a gift that keeps on giving, andgiving more and more every year.

Princeton would earn .Toughly three times theentire UW budget justfrom their trust fund

I was told that Princeton has a $2.8BILLION trust fund. Even if the moneywere only 10 earn 10%, PrincelOn wouldearn roughly three times the entire UWbudget. just from the interest on their trustfund. Princeton is much smaller thanUW.We all have 10 start somewhere. In thenext few weeks the Engineering Societywill be revealing a plan to develop alasting fmancial resource for undergraduateengineering education at our university.

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by John Kingdon2B SystemsIn November, Engineering Society 'B'will hold its executive elections for theterm of office lasting from Winter term,1990 to Winter, 1991. The followingpositions are available:PresidentVice-PresidentSecretaryTreasurt7Nominations will open at 8:30 am onMonday, o v ~ m b e r 6, and close at 4:30pm on Friday, November 10 at theEngineering Society Office (CPH 1327).Nominations must be made by no lessthan five undergraduate members ofEngineering Society 'B'. Nominees for

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the poSItIOns of President and VicePresident must be entering at least 3A inthe Spring term, 1990; nominees forTreasurer or Secretary may be in any term.All nominees must expect to be on-streamwith Engineering Society 'B' for their nexttwo academic terms. Nomination formswill be available in the EngineeringSociety Office.The election will be held on November21.We strongly encourage anyone with aninterest in participating in the EngineeringSociety to apply for these position. Forfurther information about the election,please contact the Chief Returning Officerthrough the Engineering Society. Forinformation about the available positions,contact the current office-holders.Position summaries will be published inan upcoming issue of the Iron Warrior.

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October 20, 1989 Iron Warrior

A eW raby Jorge Serrador28 Systems Designt was a sad day, Saturday October 14th,when a stunned crowd of Waterloostudents in Seagrams Stadium were leftwilhout a chant. t was no longerappropriate to shout,

"That's alright,That's OK,You're going to work for us some day,"as the Warriors went on to lheir thirdconsecutive victory since they broke their33 game losing streak.

touchdown since 84. Over the years, they'dbeen outscored 583-133.That all ended Saturday when Waterloorunning back Tom Chartier caught a 25yard pass from Brian Lenart to completethe only touchdown of the game.Laurier's David Brownrigg scored two fieldgoals.This has left Waterloo, Windsor andLaurier with a 3-3 record, making thisSaturday's game a must win for all threetearns to reach the playoffs. Waterloo willbe playing Windsor a t Seagram's Stadium.Laurier will be playing at Toronto.

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They defeated the Wilfrid Laurier GoldenHawks 7 6 for the first time in 18 years.The last time the Warriors beat theHawks, gas was 45 cents a gallon, PierreTrudeau was Prime Minister, and the datewas Oct. 23. 1971. Since that day, theWarriors had lost 17 consecutive gamesagainst the Hawks. They hadn't scored apoint since 86; they haon't scored a

Once again, Waterloo students will beleft chantless as they cheer the Warriors onto victory over the Lancers, capturing apostseason berth for the first time sincethe last ice age. Well maybe not the lastice age, but certainly not within myAnd it will also be the end of anera. The era of "1)1at's alright, that's OK."But a chant is a small price to pay to havethe Warriors start a new kind of streak.Let's hope this one also goes for 33games. And more. Good luck. guys.

by TedTimar Painted Faces For Sweet Victory

The Final Score

by TedTimar

ngineers Tomorrowby Laurie Litwack4A ElectricalThis time of year brings falling leaves,midterms. and decisions about the nextfour months of your life as interviews areupon us. Remember way back. when youmade that fatal decision that landed youhere, in Engineering at Waterloo. What did

you know about the Engineeringprofession, about Engineering education,or about the university itself? Where didyou find that information, from parents,friends, guidance counselors, maybe a visitO the campus? Was it accurate ..In high schools all over Ontario andCanada, students once again are pondering

a multitude of c a r e ~ r options. They.however, have a better chance to discoverthe variety and make an informed choice.There are many different programs nowavailable O s ~ d e n t s parents and guidancecounselors where they can get the goodson a future in engineering.Forum on Math and EnginetringA goal of the Engineering Society is to

broaden the knowledge about theEngineering profession as a whole, andabout our program at Waterloo. OnTuesday, October 24, Eng Soc and the

Math Society are jointly hosting a Forumon Math and Engineering for High SchoolGuidance Counselors Guidance counselorsare an important source of career advice formany high school students. Bycommunicating with guidance counselors,the insights gained can be passed on tomany years of students.

get the goods on a futurein engineering

This forum, prototyped last March atWaterloo, has been instituted across theprovince by the Engineering SchoolSociety Council of Ontario. It is hailedby the Minister of Education, SeanConway, as "a valuable tool for helpingstudents make infonned educational andcareer choices regarding this importantfield."The Forum consists of three paneldiscussions, each followed by a questionperiod:Panel 1: Engineering and MathEducation and student life.focussing on flISt yearPanel 2: The Engineering Profession

Panel 3: Profess ions in Math

Topics such as career options, women inengineering, admission requirements, thctransition from secondary school intouniversity, and student lifc. will prescnLthe real picture of engineering.A Day with a Difference ScienceDay for Grade 8 GirlsToo many young students elcct to dropmath and science courses early in highschool, because they are 'too hard', 'boringand uselcss', or 'not what I'm interestedin'. Too many of these young students arcwomen, unable to pursue engineering ducto ill-informed decisions made yearsbefore. The Waterloo County Women

Teachers Association, the WaterlooCounty Board of Education, and theUniversity of Waterloo have a program tobring science and engineering to life. OnSaturday, November 4. there will beworkshops for grade eight girls, with theemphasis on non-traditional fields. Topicsrange from "Meet the Robots", "Can aComputer Sound Like You?". and "WatchYour Muscles Work" to "Mothers ofInvention: Inventions and You". Parentsget in on the act too, with LOurs aroundengineering, through labs and specialexhibits O give them a sense of whatengineering is about. The fun will takeplace all day, in many venues around

campus. Volunteers arc ncOOed to CSCOrlgroup from onc workshop sitc to thenext, as well as host thc tour for theparenL'I. Contact Laurie Litwack in theEng Soc Office, or give your name toDean Lennox if interested.APEO Carter NightFinally, for high school students In theprocess of making those tough decisions,the APEO Career Night will provide faceO face discussions with enginccrs in thework force today. Organized by theKitchener-Watcrloo chap ter of the APEO,and open O students in all years, it will

highlight the diverse disciplines andcareers awaiting an engineer today. On theevening of Wednesday, November IS, atForest Heights Secondary School. studentswill have the opportunity to attend threeworkshops from the choices of ElectricalEngineering, Mechanical Engineering,Metallurgical Engineering. CivilEngineering, Chemical Enginccring, andStudent Life in Engineering. Manyqueries, fears and dilemmas can be PUt1l1rest through questions asked directly tothose who have experienced the road ahead.These are the first steps O the wider goal

of public education. The community atlarge is better served with an enhancedunderstanding of the role of engineers ineveryday life. By informing students.parents, and guidance counselors about theprofession, and attracting a varied set ofstudents to engineering, we prepare for thefuture. As the Eng Soc t-shin states,"Engineering: The Future is in OurHands .


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Memories of

by Quirien Muylwyk2A Civil"Now 1 want you to go to the store for

me and get a loaf of bread, a carton ofmilk. and a stick of butter. Can youremember all that?""A loaf of bread, a carton of millc, and astick of butter. Okay."" Hmmm hmm hm hmmm a loafof bread carton of milk stick ofbutter la la laa

t lhe store"May I help you?""Yes I'd like a carton of milk. a loaf ofbread, and . a stick of butter. Iremembered I remembered Sesame Street was developed in the1960's by a group of individuals to fulfillthe educational needs of the more than six

million pre-schoolers in the States.During those 'years, there existed aproblem facing the educators of the nation:it had become too costly for many peopleto send their four and five year olds toschool. If a parent couldn't afford to scndtheir child to pre-school, they simplydidn't. This in turn placed a disadvantageon the child upon entering grade one. Thecreators of Sesame Street wanted toeducate young children throughentertainment. In so doing, they had aprofound affect on children and on theshape of children's educationalprogrammmg tol:Ome.Only a handful of people at the time wereaware of the importance of a pre-schooleducation. A pre-school experience allowsa child to become aware of the basicprinciples of reading and math and todevelop needed social skills. Success ingrade one is dependent on such anexperience.

Sesame Street w s notcreated overnight

A number of studies carried out in theearly sixties had demonstrated time andtime again that is was beneficial to exposefour and five year olds to math andreading. One study had proved that when achild lives in a positive learningenvironment, the IQ of that child could beraised by 2.5 points a year (a University ofChicago study, as cited in Potsky'sGcltin& to Sesame Street, J970, p.4I).Another study had determined that hostileactions amongst children could be reducedin a school if the atmosphere emphasizedlearning (Anne Marie Roeper of Detroit'sRoeper City and County School). In yetanother study, it was shown that four yearold disadvantaged children could be taughtto read and do mathematics, withoutharming the child (polSky, p.ll).

In spite of all this, many pre-school agcchildren were not attending pre-school forfmancial reasons. It was for these childrenthat Sesame Street was created. Thebasic goal of the show was to enable allchildren to enter grade one with the sameeducational background. be it from preschool or from watching S e sam eStreet.Sesame Street was not createdovernight; it took years of research andtossing around ideas before it became areality. With the amount of work thatwent into the conceptual stages ofproducing the show, it could nol possiblyfail.

SESAME STREETChildren did not have a lot to choosefrom with regards to educationalprogramming in the late '50s and early'60s. Prior to Sesame Slreet. therewere few people who really concentratedon creating quality children's shows, eitherfor entertainme nt or education. Instead.many shows were used as vehicles to selltoys.Romper Room had an annoyingmother figure who would spend half of theshow looking through a mirror greetingall the 'good' little boys and girls outthere. At the same time. she would tellthe children who were participating on theshow to please sit still in a condescending

tone. Then there was Cap t a inKangaroo, based on the concept thatlong show pieces with gradual transitionssuited the attention span of a pre-schooler.Time described the show Funhouse asfollows: "a 13 year old, three hour long,every bloody Sunday party, encouragingkids to every capital sin except lust."(Now. 23, 1970. p.73) In Archie 'sFunhouse learning was mocked asteachers were depicted a being ignorant andcruel.

focused on the capabilitiesof the four year oldNorman Prescott, then the studio head ofCBS. once stated "We might prefer toteach. but nobody is buying that from us."(Time, Nov. 23. 1970, p.73) This sumsup the attitude that prevailed towardsmaking good children's television. Nomoney from sponsors meant no show.Cartoons had the added attraCtion of beingallowed sixteen minutes 'of commercialsfor every broadcasting hour, comparedwith the normal eight minutes for allother shows. Tough competition.The developers based the educationalgoals of Sesame Street on a book titledTeaching Disadvantaged Children

in Preschool (Bereiter and Engleman.1966) which listed a set of tasks that achild should possess prior to enteringgrade one to ensure a successful year.Even though the target group consisted ofpoor and culturally deprived children. thecreators wanted the show to benefit allchildren who watched iL

Financially backed by the CarnegieCorporation, the creators were able tocarry out the necessary investigations andhire the best people available to makeSesame Street a reality. Every test andstudy regarding education and pre-schoolersthat could be carried out, was carried oulLittle time was spent on thecharacteristics of the four year old child.Realiz.ing that there would always beexceptions to any norms that could beestablished. investigations instead focusedon the capabilities of the four year old.It was discovered that pre-school agechildren could be exposed to counting andintroduced to basic mathematical concepts(such as adding and subtracting). butanything more advanced than this wouldbe of no value to the child. With respectto language and reading skills, thefollowing list describes what a child wasexpected to learn from watching SesameStreet: the letters of the alphabet. theconcept of a letter and a word, blendingletter sounds, and rhyming. The creatorsdecided that dealing with morals andemotions directly was too risky becausethey didn't know how far each child haddeveloped emotionally. Other thandiscussing being happy, mad. or sad insong, this area was more or less left alonein the initial years.The format of the show was also theresult of eareful planning. A quick paced,magazine style, with its own set ofcommercials, was used to take advantageof a young child's short attention span..-S me Street commercials sell teuersand numbers; each show always ends with

Sesame Street was b r o u ~ h t to youtoday by the letter X and the number 7."A ghetto-styled set was used to allow theviewers to relate to the surroundings.Other ideas were translated through moresubtle manners. Racial harmony washinted at by using an integrated cast.Discrimination was avoided by using themuppets. 1bese oddly coloured muppetswith bulging eyes acted as the uninformedmembers of society who would always askthe stupid questions. By using anunidentifiable group. a portion of thepopulation could not be alienated.Characters that were regulars offeredcontinuity. All children on the show werereal kids. without formal training.Children with physical and mentalhandicaps were used regularly to

demonstrate that they, too. are animportant part of society.All of these factors exposed the preschoolers to a host of different aspectsabout the world that he or she wouldordinarily never witness in such a positivelight.What about the parents who stayed homewith the child? Tests had shown that achild could benefit more from ~ s a m eStreet by watching it with a parent. Forthis reason, the show was styled for adultsas well. Turning on Sesame Streetnow, an adult can easily enjoy watchingit. A lot of humour is directed fit theparent, humour which is completely loston the young viewer.

educating childrenvi the television

Within its first season, the show wasclearly a success. Studies investigatingthe effect of watching the show five timesa week on a child's scholastic abilitydiscovered fantastic results. Prior towatching the show. only 4% of the testgroup could recite the alphabet correctly;after watching Sesame Street, thispercentage increased to 55% (The FirstYear or Sesame Street: AnEvaluation. Potsky. 1970). t becamevery obvious that Sesame Street wasgoing to have a profound effect oneducation. Instead of spending the morethan $2 billion dollars needed to sendevery four and five year old child toschool. Sesame Street cost only onecent per child to produce. SesameStreet was doing what was thought to benearly impossible: educating children viathe television. .Over the years. Sesame Street haschanged. Until approximately two yearsago, Big Bird was the only character whowas aware of Snuffie's existence. Bydenying his existence. there was a dislikefor imaginary friends conveyed and a senseof a Jack of trust in Big Bird conveyed tothe viewers. Affection and loveIwereoriginally considered taboo subjects.Today. Louis and Marie are married andopenly kiss each other on the show. TheCanadian version of the show has somedistinctly Canadian characters.But a lot of things - things that haveproven their success - have not changed.The groovy counting song that play whilea ball rolls about a pinball machine is stillbeing shown. The calee man still falls ashe walks down stairs carrying a dozenpres. The painter still goes aroundpainting the number 6 and l Ion peoples'heads. Ernie still counts fITe trucks andother oddities to get to sleep; Bert stilllikes pigeons. And Oscar - well he's stilla grouch.Sesame Street's first generation ofkids have now made it to University and

some of them already have a degree (ortwo) hanging on their wall. For overtwenty years now. Sesame Street h.asbeen delighting children while teaching theabe's and 1-2-3's. Sesame Street.you've taught us well. "Psst. 'ya wanna buy the letter m?""The letter m1"Shh ""The Jetter m?""Yeah. The letter m.""What would I do with it?

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MIDNIGHT SUNUniversity of WaterlooDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringWaterloo, Ontario N2L 3GUniversity of WaterlooMIDNIGHT SUN

by Doug Yamashita2A MechanicalThe B-2 Stealth, here at UW?.... I f youthought you saw the latest in aerospacetechnology on campus, you were correcLBut it was not the B-2, it was theUniversity of Waterloo's entry in GMSUNRA YCE USA. Students at UW havecreated what could be the best solarpowered vehicle in the world, and will setout to prove it in July of 1990.The 1987 World Solar Challenge was theworld's ftrst transcontinental solar car race.The event was staged in Australia and 24teams from 7 nations were entered in thecompetition. GM's solar-powered car, theSunraycer, averaged 41.6 miles per hourand won the 1,950 mile race by 620miles. As a result of this success, GM,with the help of the U.S. Department of

Energy, the Society of AutomotiveEngineers, and the Chevrolet MotorDivision, launched GM SUNRAYCEUSA. It's an 1,800 mile transcontinental,solar-powered car race from Walt DisneyWorld in Lake Buena Vista, Aorida, toGM's Technical eenter in Warren,Michigan, just outside of Detroit. Thethree winners of this race will besponsored by GM, and will travel toAustralia to compete in the 1990 WorldSolar Challenge. GM invited universitiesfrom across North America, including theUniversity of Waterloo, to submit solarcar design proposals for the race.

The three winners will.1 travel to Australia tocompete in the 199 worldsolar challenge

February of 1989, several studentsfrom the University of Waterloo faculty ofEngineering submitted their proposal toGM for consideration. In April, GMnotified Waterloo of their position as oneof the 32 institutions chosen to competein GM SUNRAYCE. Soon after that,the name 'Midnight Sun' was chosen andthe project was underway. Among otherschools chosen to participate in the raceare MIT, Stanford, and the University ofOttawa, the latter being the only otherCanadian entry.Through the Spring term, under thesupervision of Professors Alfred Brungerand Steve Lambert. a vehicle concept wasselected and refined and, most importantly,the type of solar cell for the solar arraywas chosen. As well, the decision wasmade to use silver-zinc batteries for thestorage of the solar energy. A scalemodel of the vehicle was constructed andwas recently displayed at the 'Our World'summit on the environment held at theOntario Science Centre. This model willalso be displayed in the University, solook for the familiar maple leaf of the'Midnight Sun' logo.

2,000 from the U.S. Department ofEnergy, and a lead car and an equipmentvehicle from GM's Chevrolet MOlorDivision. 'Midnight Sun' is responsiblefor the rest of the budget and their fundraising efforts are progressing very well .Generous contributions received fromAtlantic Packaging Products Ltd AtlasAlloys, Energy Mines and ResourcesCanada, General Motors. General Motorsof Canada. Mr. Gas Limited, NorthernTelecom, ORTEC International,PowerPlex, SKF Bearings, U.S.Department of Energy, University ofWaterloo, and Waterloo Engineers inToronto (WET).

indoor testing is expectedto commence in Februaryo 199The solar vehicle was designed bystudents of mechanical engineering. TheDesign is basically that of an aircraft,more specifically an aircraft wing. Theframe work is triangular with two wheelsin the front for steering. A single wheelin the rear is powered by the vehicle'selectric motor. The design was reproducedon SDRC' s I-DEAS software a nd a scalemodel was constructed. The scale mooelhas been tested in the wind tunnel andcomputer analyses of the structuralintegrity and the aerodynamics are beingperformed. Construction of the chassisand the solar panel of the race vehicle hasbegun and indoor testing is expected tocommence in February of 1990. Thegeneral public will be able to view thefmished car in April.Intense material analysis is currentlybeing performed by mechanicalengineering students specializing inmaterials, and you can expect to see someof the most innovative materialsincorporated in the car.The control systems and power network:

of the vehicle are currently being designedand built by senior systems design andelectrical engineering students. Inaddition. Waterloo's vehicle will have anadvantage over most competitors with itscomputer software. Developed by one of

Shawn Marshall (team member), Dennis Mills (Liberal MP)and David Peterson (left)the team members, it will use thecharacteristics of the terrain of the courseand determine the optimal racing strategy.The single passenger cockpit of the solar

car is being designed by a seniorkinesiology student with an extensivebackground in ergonomics. The cockpitwill be occupied by three different driversper day, over of travel period of ninehours.The 'Midnight Sun' team will travel toWalt Disney World in the Spring term of1990. Time trials at Daytona Speedwaywill determine the starting positions forthe initial day of the race. Each race daywill start at 8:00 a.m. and end at 5:30p.m. All functioning cars will meet at acommon stopping point. Those thatarrive before the end of the daily racingperiod must cover their solar panels until5:30 p.m. At this time, all vehicles willbe required to stop and will be allowed tocharge their batteries for two hours. At theend of the charging period, solar panels

the decision was made touse s i l v e r ~ z i n c batteriesor storage o solar energymust be covered, and those cars that havenot arrived at the stopping point must betransported by trailer. Time will be addedto the cars that do not reach the stoppingpoint during race hours. This time will becalculated using the number of miles thalthe car is short of the stopping point, andthe car's average speed for the day . Theremaininst 8 In days of racing will begin

with a two-hour charging period. Thevehicles will start the race at 30-secondintervals in the order of the previous day'sfinish. Daily press conferences will beheld and the progress of 'Midnight Sun'will be available in local and nationalnewspapers. Upon completion of theentire GM SUNRAYCE course, the carwith the lowest elapsed time will be thewinner.The philosophy of the members of'Midnight Sun' is. We will win the race,and every member is doing their best to

fulfil their belief. Clearly, thecompetition at the GM SUNRA YCEUSA had better be wary of the Universityof Waterloo, and for that matter. so shouldthe competition at the WORLD SOLARCHALLENGE.TECHNICAL SPECIFICATlONS:

Length: 4.2 mWidth: 2.0 mHeight: 1 2 mMax Speed: 110 km/hCurb Weight: 200 kgSolar AlTay Output: 1243 WBallery Storage: 5 kWhDriver Weight: 80 kg( I f driver is less than 80 kg, the weiaht isballasted to 80 kg.)

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The team has drawn upon the valuableexperience of team members gainedthrough the Shell Fuelathon and theFormula SAE. However, 'Midnight Sun'has the distinction of being the Universityof Waterloo's largest student project, wilha budget of well over $100,000. Each ofthe competitors received $5.000 from GM, On Display


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Dr. Poke Gets Aheadby Joe Schlabotnik4A ElectricalIt was never, "Get your elbows off thetable," or "Say thank you to your uncleDave for the lovely shirl" It was usually,"Stop tormenting that poor cat," or "Putthat magnifying glass down and get awayfrom that anthill." When he was 12,Balthasar's parents sent him to work on afarm for a summer, hoping to foster inhim a respect for animals . On his firstmorning there, however, the farmer hadchased him out of the barn and all the waydown to the road, brandishing a pitchfork

and screaming "Leave them chickensalone, ya horny son-of-ee-bitch "Twenty-five years later, as he sat outsideof the dean's office, waiting for the verdictfrom the hearing, Balthasar Poke thoughtabout his parents, the farmer, and the dean,and about how ' misguided they all were.They just couldn't see things the way hecould. General Dasianto; now there was aman they all should meet. He smiled ashis desires drove his mind to relive thehearing, this time with Dasianto at hisside ..."Balthasar, you just can't DO things likethat " screams the dean, his face violetwith anger. The other people in the roomdevelop smug smirks as Balthasar receivesJoyal shit. 1 had lWO THOUSANDdemons trator at the door to my officeJesus Christ What did you think youwere doing?"Balthasar, laid back in his chair with hisarm slung cooly over the back, shrugs thequestion off. "Some things have to be

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observed to be known . You can't predictpain ." Dasianto, visible only where hisoversized we lder's-glass shades aren'tblotting out his face , gives the slightestnod . Scores of gold medals jangle on hisbarrel chest.The dean glances at Dasianto. Dasianto'sstone-cool face disarms him , and he takeson a frightened, inferior look. He removesthe anger from his voice and continues ina conversational manner, "But, look.Who cares how a monkey behaves whenhe's immersed, unanethetized, in scaldingwater for 60 seconds? What good is thatknowledge?" His eyes dart around theroom at the other hearing members,

Some things have to beobserved to be known.You can't predict pain.

desperately looking for support. He meetsonly down-turned eyes. He holds up somepapers and says, "See these? This is yournotice. These people and two thousandothers want me to sign them. Now, 1know you're the best money-makingresearcher we've got, but 1 still have 3/4 sof a mind to sign them."Dasianto stands up, and the people in theroom cringe back like wilting flowers. Hewalks over and presses his nose to withinan inch of the dean' . "You do dat," hesays slowly, "an de deestingueeshedprofessor will cut off your fcengers andput your toes on your hands." His lipsspread to reveal a hundred blindingly whiteteeth.

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The dean retracts from him in disgust andhorror, fists crossed to chest, sensing thatDasianto's words aren't just chicken feed."Let's see you sign some steenking paperswith your new ..ah ...would dey be toes orfecngers, Professor?"Balthasar, the cool observer, casuallycrosses his legs, interfolds his fingers, andresponds, "They would be a new digit.Tongers." Dasianto cocks his head backand laughs uproariously. People tipbackwards on their chairs, fearing thelaugh might take form and freeze them todeath ...The dream burst. "Step back in, Poke."Balthasar pushed himself up out of hischair and wiped some drool off his chin.With one practiced motion he swept hisgreasy bangs off his face and pushed hisglasses back up the bridge of his nose.Incontinently, sweat began to moisten hisarmpits .The dean motioned to a hard-backed chair,and himself remained standing. He saidcurtly, 1 really 'had to bend tfie rules andargue myself blue in the face for you thistime, Poke, but the budget's just too tightto let you go. You stay this time. Anymore of this weird shit, and you buy thefarm. Got it?". Balthasar Poke, hunched over in his

chair, responded sheepishly withoutlooking up, "Yes, Sir. Thank you." Thedean nodded his dismissal, and Balthasarbus tled out of the office in a b aze ofbrown polyester.Half way back to his lab, his mind was atraffic jam of thoughts. "No more weirdshit," the dean had said. So, he thoughtthe scalding water experiment was weird,then. So what did that say about the head

experiment? Would he think that wasweird, too? Probably. But the "budgetwas tight," and the head experiment wouldbring in $500,000. And all in cash - justlike all the experiments Dasianto funded -so the dean could do whatever he wantedwith the money. So, he should gothrough with it - not that Dasianto wouldgive him a choice in the matter anyway.But if he got caught - "buy the farm" -was that bad? Certainly on a farm, therewere lots of animals, which meant lots ofexperiments. But still - he thought aboutbeing chased by a farmer with a pitchforkuntil he puked. So what did it all mean?He elt himself getting so confused thathe became dizzy. He ran the rest of theway to his lab, and there he ran to his deskand took out his special key to the specialdrawer. Inside, he found his razor blade,plastic McDonald's drink straw, and liUlecontainer of white powder. He greedilysnorted his fix, and slumped down into hisdesk chair. Somewhere in his head, redlights turned green and the ttaffic jamslowly began to untangle. Five minuteslater, he was ...He is standing in the middle of an arena.,and the crowd is chanting, "Tauro, Tauro "Full of swashbuckler spirit, he bows tothem, and then gracefully pivots and bowsto the honour box. "I kill this beast for

you, El Presidente." General Dasiantonods his head imperceptibly. The crowdgoes wild.The bull is released, and he waves his redcape around and around, dancing like aballerina and shouting. " O l ~ " He jabs intwo or three knives like child's play, andthe bull gets pissed off. Fearlessly, helooks up to the honour box, and nods

dashingly to a beautiful princess who isseated there. She looks away bashfully.He shouts "Ole " The bull charges. Hebrings the blade soarin g to the jugular forthe final death blow. But, as metal meetsmeat, the blade snaps The crowd's "oos"and "ahhs" now hint at doubt. Undaunted,he pulls out another blade, and shouts"Ole "Suddenly, the floor of the arena is litteredwith chickens, pecking and bawkingeverywhere. The bull charges throughthem, scattering feathers everywhere, itsblazing eyes looking for a kill. Thetrained veteran bullfighter kicks chickensout of the way and expertly rolls the bladearound in his hand, feeling its weight.The bull steam-engines along.Without warning, the deadly knife inPoke's hand turns to a plastic McDonald'sdrink straw. He sLares down at it in

puzzlement, bewildered about where itcame from, but unable to break itshypnotic hold. At the last minute,stomping hooves draw him out of hisdaze, and he narrowly dives out of theway.He looks at the crowd, hoping to hearwords of encouragement. But the standsare full of monkeys. The honour box'ssole occupant, the dean, winks, nods, andyells above the racket of the chatteringcrowd, "Budget's tight, son." A chickenstarts to peck at his hand.He leaps to his feet, yelling, "Ole " andturns without fear to face the bull barehanded. Chickens -scatter and thechattering crowd falls silent, and the bull,with the head of General Dasianto, says, Iwant results, Poke." It charges him again,and this time it is obvious that it willstop at nothing less than a kill. He turnsand runs through knee-deep chickens forthe exit. Someone in the crowd yells,"Leave them chickens alone, ya hornyson-of -bitch "

Bursting forindependence, M raisedthe glllss j r above hishe d nd prepared. osmash it.He finally arrives at the exit gate, butfinds it blocked by severed monkey heads,

jostling and pivoting up-and-down onnoiselessly articulating jaws. They startrolling towards him, biting. He turnsaround to run, but the Dasianto-bull andthe dean confront him. "We need you todo this. Take this one on the chin for theteam." They slowly fade from view as thearena SLartsto fill up with severed monkeyheads. Defeated, he stands there,becoming engulfed in bouncing, swarmingheads. He ...."AUUUGH " he screamed, boltingupright in his chair, drenched in sweat.Poke breathed heavily for a minute or two,

sLaring with hatred at the controllingsubstance in the jar in front of him. Hepicked it up, thinking about how the stuffhad betrayed him. At flJSt, when Dasiantohad first given it to him, it had beenbeautiful. He could stay up for days,feeling wonderful and performing thingshe had never thought possible. Theresearch he had done in those first fewweeks But then, the good feelings started

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October 20, 1989to turn bad. and when he tried to give itup. he found he couldnt. He knew he wasa cocaine addict., but he was helpless tochange it. It was just one more way forDasianto to squeeze him.Bursting for independence. he raised theglass jar above his head and prepared tosmash it. His arm hesitated at the top ofthe swing and. just then. his phone rang .With the jar still raised. he answered thecall."Poke here. make it quick." he said withconfidence. (Confident. He actually feltconfident. Screw you. Dasianto. Screwyou. dean.) "Oh ... General ...No. no. Ihave some time. Always have time foryou." His arm began to lower. slowly.The intensity in his eyes began to fade. "Isee ....yes. I understand ... No. no furtherresults yel.. ... Well. perhaps Icould ....When ? ....By the weekend ?But... His arm, about halfway down,momentarily stopped its descent. For asplit-second, his eyes regained some oftheir anger. Then. a blast from thereceiver of the phone made him crinch hiseyes shut and, when they re-opened. theyhad the lifeless stare of a puppet "Alrightthen. By the weekend." His arm loweredall the way, placing the jar back on hisdesk. "Goodbye General."He replaced the receiver. and sighedheavily. He picked up his key chain fromhis desk, and, after checking to make sureno one was watching. dejectedly walkedinto his storage closet. He locked andbolted the door behind him, then feltaround for a secret latch. A few lockslater, he was standing in his secret lab.Aicking on the lights, his spirits Lifted.Around the lab, each in separate cages.sat monkeys in various states of disrepair.Each cage had a clipboard with a fewpapers on it. He walked along the mainaisle. "The size of the monkey's pupil canbe controlled," announced one clipboard .Inside the cage sa a terr-ified-loo .

Iron Warriormonkey. with a section of skull removedat the back. and hundreds of wires ellleringhis head through the hole. One pupil wasdecidedly larger than the other.The next cage announced. "The monkeylearns to live normally in the presence ofan electrified floor." Inside the cage amonkey slept, hanging by his hands fromthe top of the cage with his feet hunched

up above the cage floor. In his sleep, hemade weird squccking noises and jerked hisInside tM cage a monkeyslept, hanging by hishandsfrom the lop of hecage ...

head about. Balthasa r smiled and movedon.Balthasar rounded the comer, and in a farcage sat his crowning achievement.Screwed to a steel harness and an attachedto an uncountable number of tubes was amonkey's head. It was without a body,but, through the miracle of moderntechnology. still living. The clipboardproclaimed, "The monkey's head can bekept alive for _ days." In the blank, thenumber 12 had been scribbled in pencil.Balthasar. smiling. walked up to the cageand opened the door. The monkey's eyesglanced up and caught terror as theyseemed to focus on Dr. Poke; its startedopening and closing. but without lungs tosupply air. his shtieks of pain and horrorwent unheard.Balthasar's mind wandered back to thefITSt time he had eagerly unveiled this planto Dasianto. "General, think of thepossibilities. Think how cheaply youcould keep 100 political prisoners aliveThink of how little space it would takeup " Balthasar had been interested in theidea purely for the scientific thrill of it,but he was smart enough to know how tothe i . to.

"But., the General had said, "wee need decbody . How else can wee squeeze deeinformation from dem, if nOl trewtorture?"Li ten, General. In this day and age, thebody has become extraneous. We canprobe directly into the brain and inflictpain which the body i incapable ofdelivering." He added matter-of-factly,

"It's a much more efficient system."The General pondered thi tatemenL for afew minutes then nodded and smiled."Alright Dr. Poke. How much moneywill you need?"Thinking back on that dialogue madeBalthasar's pulse race. Eagerly, he ranback out to his desk and had an extra largesnort of cocaine. He sat down and beganto think. Keeping a head alive was notenough now. The General wanted toknow what the head was experiencing.Balthasar's hypothesis that tlle severednerves would be "floating," and thus at anunpredictable level, seemed to be corrcct.So, would the head feel pain? Heat?Pleasure? What were the effccts of thcelectro-probes he had been using on themonkey's brain? Could he feel them, orwere the floating nerve endings overridingthe stimulated sensations? The monkeygave no indications one way or the other.He seemed to be in too much shock to

Boy, would he end upahead in the departmentafter he pulled this oneoffreact to anything.Balthasar's mind raced with questions, andslowly, he began to come up with a plan.And what a plan it was Boy, would heend up ahead in the department after hepulled this one off He snorted some morecocaine. then picked up the phone anddialed his most trusted assistanL we're som

Page 9to be doing some morc operating thisafternoon. I want you to assemble thesame people as we had for the lastoperation. I ll give you furtherinstructions when you get here. Pleasehurry." He hung up the phonc and beganmaking preparations ....o o oGeneral Dasianto sl.rOdc through the halls

of the University likc he owned thc place.Indeed, he probably had financed a goodchunk. Now. freshly arrived in thecountry with his large entourage, heanxiously marched to Poke's office."Good News General," the FAX had said."Wc've made big progress. Please comeimmediately. - Dr. Poke." Now he enteredPoke's officc."Good afternoon, General," Julie greetedhim. Dr. Poke is looking forward toseeing you. He's in the lab. She smilednervously. She never liked talking toDasianto. but today especially she wishedtfeh General wasn't hcre. There were somany morc important things to do. And,she hadn't yet broken the news to Dr.Pbke about the monkey's head dying of amassive hemorrhage.Dasianto motioned for his aides to stay inthe office. and followed Julie into the lab.They went into the closet and through thesecret door, and past several mangledmonkeys. Rounding the last comer, theyfound Dr. Poke.Bolted to a steel support harness, andsupplied by innumerable tubes, includinga large one clamped at one end to thedangling wind pipe and at the other end toa small air pump. was Dr. BalthasarPoke's head. His face flexed into a grin atseeing General Dasianto. whose mouthhung wide in astonishment. Balthasarraised one eyebrow ar.d, despite hissurroundings, looked confident and proud.opened is mou&h aM Slid. " "

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Search and Rescue W Styleby Colin YounglA MechanicalWhen a person becomes lost in thewilderness, a search party is usuallyorganised. The basic goals of a searchand-rescue party are to first establish

contact with the lost person and thenprovide a path to safety. Research at UW

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has led to a new way to accomplish thisvital task. Most common ly used methodsinvolve physically searching for the lostperson. A large scale search may behampered by lack of manpower, roughterrain or poor visibjJity. A search partymay operate solely on foot or may use ahelicopter to cover a larger area in an aerialsearch. While a helicopter vastly increasesthe area that may be searched. they areexpensive to keep in the air. Also,statistics show that most lost people arewithin a few kilometers of where theydisapJx .ared.Most methods of searching for a lostperson require large numbers of wellorganised people. They auempt to find a

severaladvantagesover ahelicopterperson who is usually located below thetree-tops and not always trying to attractattention to themselves. Quite often,when a person becomes lost. they panicand the resulting confusion leads to injury.If the person knows that somebody islooking for them, and this contact isestablished early enough, panic could beprevented and they may be able to findtheir own way out. The search party's job

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sound package has been designed and builtas well. The trailer has been designed butis not yet manufactured. The blimp hasbeen flight tested and field tests of thecomplete system are expected to occUr thisfall or next spring.One of the design constraints on

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Master or Servant?by Andrea Zypchen4A SystemsIt rained hard. And kept on raining. Thiswas an unpredictable stonn. A railroadculvert backed up. And up and up to 14feet deep. causing flooding of basementsin a nearby subdivision.And who was at fault? Was it an Act-ofGod? The jury ruled that the railroad wasnegligent in its design. construction ormaintenance of the culvert, and was foundto have created an intentional. reckless or

, Win A Car orby Suzanne Whittet4A SystelJlsHave you ever wanted to go to Las Vegasand try a hand of black jack or spin theroulette wheel? Well. here is your chanceto gamble the night a )Vay (without fear ofserious financial repercussions) in our veryown Fed Hall. Eng. Soc. in conjunctionwith Environmental Studies and theGraduate Students Association, is hostingthe Round-the-World Casino Night onSaturday. November 4th.You could win a car donated by WaterlooNissan. You can bid on valuable prizes at

the casino night auction. including af us lri for 2 [compliments 0 ar m trave. They willprovide 1st class tickets on Via Rail totake you away on a romantic journey toQuebec. You will stay at the Manoir LeMoyne: Hotel in Montreal. Some luckygambler will win a free party catered bySubway subs.Included in the price of admission iseligibility for the car draw (door prizes).You will also rcceive a wad of play-cashwith which to gamble the evening away.At the end of the evening. you can bid onmore great prizes. including the trip for 2.with your winnings.All proceeds from this event will go toYouth Challenge International (YCI).YCI is a new Canadian based initiative.building on the successes of OperationRaleigh. Youth Challenge Internationalcombines community service andenvironmental research in adventurousprojects conducted by volunteers aged 17to 25 years.

negligent invasion of the plaintiffsproperty interests. They were ordered topay for damages and to present a design fora replacemem culvert to the jury.This case not only raises issuesconcerning the right of a jury to setengineering standards. but more broadly.issues surrounding the role of the engineerin our society.From 3500 BC to the early 1800's ADengineers were servants to elite. oftenassociated with the military. From theearly 1800's to early 1970's they were

A Trip For TwoThe objective is to have young Canadianswork alongside young people fromdeveloping countries. on projects of directcommunity benefit in developing nations.During 1990. YCI will coordinate majorprojects in the Arctic and Guyana. Sixtyfive Canadians will live and work with 40international youth from the USSR.Guyana, Costa Rica and the U.K.Selected volunteers, termed Venturers .play crucial roles in all phases of theproject from preparation to fund raising toimplementation. Venturers may findthemselves assisting on medical projects,

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economically with those in power ratherthan those impacted by technology. AsweB. society views engineers asintelligent, rational. unemotionaltechnicians. who are incapable of dealingwith social problems.So, on the one hand, society is perhapsunknowingly granting engineers increasedresponsibility and scope, and, on the otherhand. docs not consider them capable ofhandling the new dimensions of their role.Engineers may want more responsibility,but do not associate with the public,andtend to dislike politics.One answer to this contradiction over thepower of engineers may lie in legislativeregulations. Regulations haveproliferated over the last 20 years. Butthese cover primarily the technical aspectsof established technologies, such aspollution standards for cars . Thedevelopment of new technologies and theintangible social impl ications oftechnologies cannOl be covered byregulations. How to we solve thisproblem? Perhaps one answer is for moreengineers to enler the polilical arena,become journalists or writers.What role does society want engineers tofill? What role do enginccr's want to playin society?

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UW News BureauWATERLOO, Onl. Dr. BruceHutchinson, University of Waterloo civilenginccring professor, has been appointededitor of the Canadian Iournal of CivilEnginccring, effective Jan. 1. 1990. Th

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ot the World News Briefsby Peter StubleyA Grad

Honecker conspiracy unmasked

(TASS) A forty-year conspiracy reachinginto the highest echelons of the EastGerman government was uncoveredyesterday by the Canadian Security andIntelligence Service. Undercover agentsdiscovered that the recent mass defectionsof thousands of East Germans to the Westare the result of a long-running plot byErich Honecker, general secretary of theruling Unity Socialist Party. By asystematic process of economic andpolitical repression, Honecker has drivenout many of the East German Citizens sothat he could obtain the abandonedproperties, and later re-sell them after hejoins the reform campaign of most otherEastern bloc countries.Heinrich Bumfeld, spokesman for theEast German embassy in Ottawa. deniedthe allegations, accusing the Canadiangovernment of interfering in the domesticaffairs of the People's DemocraticRepublic of Germany. General Secretary .Honecker is merely protecting theproperties of those of have been duped bythe capitalistic propaglplda of the decadentWest. Erich Honecker was with his realestate agent and could not be reached forcommenL

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The Phantomof the Dome

(IWP) Toronto Blue Jays general managerPat Gillick revealed today that the twolosses to the Oakland A's in the SkyDomewere a result of the mysterious Phantomof the Dome. Gillick claimed thal JimyWilliams had been flred because he hadbeen cursed by the Phantom . ThePhantom aparently wanted his protege,Cito Gaston, to become manager of theJays. Jimy could not do anything right,said Gillick. Anything he tried wasdoomed to failure because the Phantomwould always sabotage his efforts. Wehad no choice but to let him go. Afterthat, everything was fine, until the end ofthe season when the Phantom said that hewanted a space reserved in the startingline-up for him, and real grass put on thefieldAs proof of his allegations, Gillickdisplayed a jersey with the number 666,bearing a masked blue jay instead of theusual logo. No one knows where themysterious Phantom came from, but thereare rumours that he was a promisingyoung ball player who was hideouslyscarred in a freak accident during theconstruction of the Sky Dome.

iron warrior: volume 10, issue 11

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