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2 IRON W RRIOR

THE EDITORS PAGEombay U

and More

I\ e just returned from an eXlen,in:tour oj' India and the ...ubcontinent. WhileI was there I looked intn the sys tem 01

Ln ginct.:ring education 111 India. I wa

sur pri >ed by t ht.: C()fltrast between OUI

program and their ...

I\nyone who has ... tudled Lngllll:e ring 111

Canada in the past Ie\\ )ulrs hasrrobabl) noticed tha t there arc 4ultl: afew Indian Prob OWl here . Ihi .. I ar e ~ u l t of two factor in India. I he lir tone being that thert.: arc SOIlll.: wrer atl\l.:Engl11eering schoob In India. I here arc

lour Indian In"lItute .. 01 Icchnology ( I l l )as well other noted l Jni\el,ilie ... Ihesearc con idered b) man) to he of hlghelcalibn: than Canadian uniH:rsitil.:s heeauseolthl.: extremel) COlllrellli\e nat un: ofeducation in Ind ia. (A ma ..... i\e rorlilatioll01 mer 760 million en ures onl) the

brightesb get into an II I) . Sl.:condaril) ,third \\()Jld nations I I ~ e India find it \er)hard to keer their gradllaw\ within thellboundarie., . Industries and gmerllments in

:'\orth America can out hid 111 0 .. t of theircompetitor .. in India lor thse scholars.Ihis i.. not onl) III telill'> of linancialrewards, hut al o in rrL'\tige and intere tof the wOIk or re ..eareh a\ailahk. I he

resu lt i.s a hraln drain .

I he studen ts at one n i \ e r ' l 1 ~ eon

finned storie .. I had heard 01 corruptionin the unl\er,itie ... It \\'as ptl\ ..ihle to hll y

t . . . . . . . . . , . ; _ ~ , . . . , , I ~ t : ~ I ~ ; , , '1111 lhle lrom somc'allll ' \ \a ' tolerated hy

ot e l . ~ . 111 I<tel. Olle nC\\'op,1 PCI reported o

II 'i,1r jl iC llc/ ill 'he' ,/t/lW o j BlJlllh(/1

a rat her ..trange academic incident. One..lUclent wa, caught cheating on a lina lc.xarn. I he im igil ator rointed an accll,inglinger at thc student. onl) to hme it bittenright on

I·or thme \Iho can't gct into a pre . tlgJOUS ..ehoo l ba ed on their marb, it

number 01 other good LJni\er . itie olleran ea\le l \\'a). SOllle un i\ er ..itie, oller aponion or all <llthei ' ,cah to those\Iilling to donate to the uni\er\ltycolfer ... I·or the \ I c a l t h ~ 01 Indi a, andthere arc m a n ~ a donation In the order 01

S,(X) () (edn) can bu y placement in a

uni\ersit y. In a country \I herc a 15c solt

d l l n ~ IS bL'yond the l'Cach of nHht fJCorle.SS (X)O i an m p O \ . , i h i l l l ~ lor all but the

\lIper-rich. Ihe a\eragL' Indwn l l I d e l l lcan't get an) employrncnt. His educationi., u ually he 'l\ ..uo...idi/ed through'O\crn , . - c h o l a r ~ h · r " and bur-.arie .

I ill: i.. ot Cit"" lor either £ ngincering

students or practising p r o f e s s i o n a l ~ in

India . While 111 KaFlla ta ka state in thesouth, I noticed several major obstacles to

succe >s.

• PO\\er in this state was being rationedto 16 hours a day for the rubli c.

Indll >t rie > were rationccl acco rding to theirclassilication by the gO\ernment. This hadbcen going on for se\era l months. ashortage of hyd 1'0 rOIl er was hla med.Pll\.\er lailures \\ere common at peakhours th roughout the country.• Fngi neering tutknb at Bangalore LJI1I-

\er-.it\ \\'en:: holding a rotating hunger... trike· to protest regulations regardinglailure, and carr)'O\er credits. Whi :::

strikes arc a \CI)' common interruption to

Uni\ersi ty education in India, it is almostalways the students. not the faculty, whoarc strikinl ..• Atl professional crrgineers thn)ughoutthe ~ l < i t c \\ho \\orkcJ for gO\crnmcn(

Cellular Radio Destined to Fail

One 01 thc m(1 t rct'L'nt de\cloplllcnh III

the L'omll1l1nlcalHlIl\ 1lldustr\ I, ( 'cllulalRadio' . I he Il l '\\ yql'1ll \\ III 111m Itk alei V ad\ilnced t\ pc 01 mobile tl'kplHlIWeapilcity. In a cellulal 1iIt/IO telL-phon esy,tem the area scn ed 1\ dn idcd Into..mall contiguous ..ct·t$)iS, 01 el'lb. I aehcell has It ... particular 1 ~ l d l O IrequcllclL",and depending on \\hat one I . dmlng ill,a eelltral computel \\ill sekct the I\lostappropriate frequency 1m \OUf call In

other worth, " . you drill.: Irom olle cellinto another, lour eall \\ III be picked upand re-transmilled on a dilkn:nt IrL'quenc), without IntelTuption. I he .., .. tel11

will \irlually eliminate till: prohlemsencountCfcd \I ith e\i,tmg mobde tcle

phone s y \ t e m ~ ~ l I c h ladll1/:t ill\d intedclence. Pete Iw;il\ article in this i ~ \ l e gi\\.'\an e\ccllcnt e:xplanatlOn of the CellulalRadio.

When I heard about It, I \\a., 01 coursecxcited b) the possibility 01 reali/in/:tadvanced communications teehnolog) 111

our country. (,hc capaclly 01 the system IS

virtually limitlcss according to the engineers imolved in the de\·clopment. It is

truly fascinating to experiencc technological i n n o v a t i o n ~ which seemed like meredreams in old sci-Ii moyics. However,after some thought, a lelA doubts came tomind. Will the system sunive in Canada')

The implementation of Cellular Radiois expected to have an.explosive economicimpact in the United States.

in Canada, however, the situation is notas severe. One reason of course is that this

country is quite sparsely populated incomparison to our neighbour. Anotherreason may be that our regulatory bodyin this field, the Department of Commllt,i-

, \

c:y=a.\111 ( r c 'go, 11/( ((//. (iC'l'I/' 1 1 I 1 I ~ 1 c/(I(,II/ l/.\( i, (1111' /lICII'C'. lc .figlll e.1 ,f/( hilS /.\ 'he' (}//£'

1,I(ln ,ftC' /'(1 ( ' ( I l l " n (/ch hill/ 11\ l)ho//1 .

cation (J) 0.(' .) Itas bcL'll ~ t r i c t e r In it...

alilKatlOIl 01 r,ldlO frcqucnele .. than theI .c.c. (the All1cllcan C4ui\aknt): t h e r c h ~1\ oldlfl/:t l11;)n\ fIIterlcrellL'L' problcnl'>. lor

these reason , thc necd I'll <Ill alternateS\'stem is not a ..... trong.. One Df the /ll,IIor a t h a n t a g e ~ of Celluar Radio In the l '.S. is that it \\Ollid he

\Cr\ lIsciul lor bu\ines,men or saiL'\men1 I l \ ~ h e d In inter-city transit b) automobile. Ihe ea,tern and mid-castern ...tatesarc good example,. A tckphone If1 a ta\i

in '\ell York cit) would also be useful~ i n c e thiS mode of transit is \ C I ~ popularthere. Ihc timcpent in a cab could belIsed for timeh but imroJ1unt telephonecalls. When e ~ n s i d e r i n g that some highlevel professionals actually charge b) theminute for their scn ices, the mobilephone may Occomc a valuahlc tool.

Although Toronto may hc gr<m ing atan exponential rate. no Canadian cttie,

exhibit the same characteristics. In the

husiness \\orld. 1110 ..t tra\d bctween our

lllalO cllie, - loronto, :>..1olltn:al. OIl<l\laa n ~ 1 \ anetlll\ er - i, b\ air. fhe huslflesscOl11l11uni\\ for each Cll\ is quite ce ntmli/ed: l o r o ; 1 \ [ ) again, m a ~ be the

e\eeption.Whcn the fle\\ telephone is lirst mar

keted. it will be an C:\pel1si\e unit (about. 2,000 plu, J/1stallat io n) and \Iill cost

a p p r o \ i l l l a t c l ~ ' .:IOc <I minute at peak hoursto u ..e. rhercforc, the pri\ atc marketshould oc p r a c t i c a l l ~ non-existent. I he

m a r ~ c t would p r o h a b l ~ be limited tocommercial use such as in dispatch\ ehiclcs or for mohik data transferpurpose ...

One c:xecuti\L' \ ie\\ is that employeeII1diYlduality and self-learning \1 ill be

affected. If, lor iflstance, a technician or

engineer IS 'on the road' and encountrsa n ~ type 01 dilemma, he ma} oc more

inclined to phone In for help rather thanattempt tl) sohe the problem himsdL

May 984

(and most do) we re o n hunger strike toprotest differences between graduate physicians' salaries and gradua te g i n e e r ~ 'salaries. Engineers earn Ru p ees 500($62). doctors ea rn Rs 560 ($70) pcrmonth. rhey were also prote ·ting a

regulation which prevented any form of

promotion on the job with out seven years'o r i t y .

Thc most impo rta nt thing I learnedabo ut engineering while I was overseaswas that things aren't really any different.Sure, problems ap pear to be very differentcompared to those a NO l1h Americanengineer face. Water resources, forinstance a rc much more scarce. That ca llsfor special attention in co nstruction, agriculture, and Ci\i Engineerin g. But, whenit comes right down to it, engillccrs justsohe problems. In a th ird world countrylike In dian, th ey face unimaginable oncswhich could prcsent thc most challengingand satisfyi ng work opportunities for anellgineer today.

Exeeuti\cs arc alread) aware of thi,

r r e s c n t l ~ ; Cellular Radio would onl;aggra\ate the situation.

Another important opinion \1 hich couldcontribute to the non-success of the

.. tem the fact that once you 0 \\ n amobile phone. you become accessible\ r t u a l l ~ an) \Ihcrc. Iherc\ no stoppillgthe tcchnolog) from dcveloping a portable

phone \1 hich could hook on your belt.Imagine heing phoned while taking acasual stroll through the park. Businessmen nO\1 lind themsehes trying to e ..capctheir phones in the oflice: it seems as if

onl) the chronic workaholic would

\\elcomc yet another phone.If peoplc don't value their fe\\ dail)

moments of solitude now, such as thedri\e home or walking the dog. the} \\illcertainl\' miss them once the nortablephone -becomes a realit).



May 1984 IRON WARRIOR 3

LETTERSTo Iheeditors of the IrOlIH lIrrior. IheedilOrof III/pull . amI the p r ~ l d e n t of E n g i n l . ~ r i n gSoeiet) B:

Ha\ ingj u ~ t

read the \ 0 \ . 24i ~ ~ u e

of theIron II 'arrior. I want to congratulate edItorsMike urlocker, Carl05 Panksep, and theirtcam of reporters for a fine paper.

E\'t n ts. im c. tigati\'e repon ing, and human interest stories were all of high quality

and made a ve ry \'ital, engaging impact as Inipped through the pages. Not once wa s Ipersuaded to think uengineers arc asshole '"

as I frequently have been by other student

engineering publications.The readability o f the science article is the

high point of the paper. Scientific de\ 'elopments arc news on this campus, and outsideit. Engineers, and other technical professionals have to be aware enough to make other

people aware of their contributions tohumanity; publications like the /rOI Warrior

create this awareness.It's too bad the official student newspaper

on campus, Imprint, doesn't have more ofthe type of reporting so prevalent in the Iron

Warrior. The 20-page 10V 25 issue of

Imprint ha I page of news - of any kind.If the /rUI1 Warriur is ever in the position

of having too many contributors, or if lrull

Warrirurs want to extend their readership, Iwould invite contributions to the Imprim.

Believe it or not, engineering news is often

campus news.So until the III/prim sees more of these

contributions, and even if it does, I'll be rea d

ing the ron Warriur.

Nathan RudykImprint Staff

Co-op Arts Represe ntativeFederation of Students

P.S. Maybe Eng. Soc. B could re-allocatesom money from its str ipper fund and give

the lroll '{(rrior the distribution it deserves.

ron Warrior

Dear Warrior,:

\ 1 a n ~ . m a n ~ eon ,.' "'llIItalioll ' anJ than'

for pubbhlllg our R a d l ~ a l ls,ue ( '\ l \ . ~ . f ,19X3 . I-or the f i r ~ time, an an,it: ti"e m ~ ~ d f\\<1: genuind) impreseJ b\ the e n o r t ~ ofyour writers and c d i t o r ~ to deal \\ ith ~ o l l l e 01

the >oeio-potitical i. ~ 1 I 1 . ~ (hat. urrountl tlK'

engineering prolcsioll. Ihe e i S ~ l I e ~ are lih'a ~ h o c : you can cither be fOOl-b,)lll1d like

some medie\at h i n e ~ c \loman, or you canti( the hoes yourself. to your \ n ~ p e c s In

the Radical Issue. \\e had a glimpse of the

lallcr approach.Most impressi\'c to me wa ' the handling

of the topic of "The Engineering a g e ~ in

all its varieties, both inter- and intraprofession. Like many of you, I ha\ ·e winced

when a few bozos gave the whole facully amoronic image, under the apparent favour

of the Eng Soc leaders. We alt know that this

is not the impression (orthe OI1ZI impression)that you would like to give the campus. The

articles mentioned have gone a long way tobring everything into perspective.As a journalist, I had some qualms about

the quality of the writing as per its cohesionand clarity. But this fault is understandable,given the de-emphasis on humanities theengineers arc subject to. (Conversety, youcouldn't rely on 1IIf to dmw an electric sche

matic ) In a spirit of co-operation then. I'd

like to offer my help and that of a couple of

friends for putting together future Warriors.

[n closing, let me say that the flak some

defensive artsies gave engineers is about ascommendable to our faculty as the asinine

antics of so me engineers is to yours.

Let's overcome mutual stupidity

Sincerely.Todd Schneider

P.S . Loved the clenched-fist graphic on thecover of that issue. You should have sa id

whom you borrowed it from that oldbunch of radicals, the Tom Robinson Band.

The /1 011 Warrior is a publication of the Engineering Society at the lJ niversity ofWaterloo. Its purpose is to promote profe sional awareness throughout thccampus.

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Cathy Murphy, K. Dayle Oliphant, Jeff Endenburg, Ken Jones , Tom

Fulton, Rob Tasker, Jeff Warren, Frank Van Biesen, AntoinetteCamilleri, Julie Elvidge and Langis Roy. And they're not all in engineeringeither.

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Sir.

I .1 prla lid t ht' e t l o r t ~ l) lt he /roll IIIiIT /Of

In aUl.'ll1pt tt' d ';\1 1I[1 ( t i l l a l l ~ ) thl.' 1m 1Il1der

' tanJlIlg mel tht' unag. 01 thl' lila It ellgllll'l.'I.

I \\,1, \et) rk'heo \Iith the . I I I l U . H ~ 19."4edltlllll lIt Ihe II (/1'1'/(11 ,lilt 11\ mal1\ t r a l 1 ~d l ~ · l I i l ) l l Oil \\ ho engllleL'I"> r e a l l ~ Me. It

ha, heen ~ 1 1 l ) \ \ 1 l for I l \ a l l ~ ~ e a t ~ that the

a n . : h l . t ~ IlKal engineer ullage lIas a ~ t e r l ' O -t) pl. . We are pinned \\ ith t h i ~ image andha\l.' only o L l r ~ e e s to hlame. Ian) peoplt'conform to t mode/. but man) tlo not.

Engincering. likc a n ~ 1 ~ l c u l t ) , IS di\erst', andman) difkrt'nt g r o u p ~ e;..ist \\ ithin It.

F o r l l m ~ like these will bring undcNanJing

and a more accurate picture of l . n g i n e c r ~ .[ ) e ~ p i t e m) pleasure O\er tht: dfnrt. I am

\ cry disappointed with the r e ~ u l t s , especiallyMoldillg llie Mall' i:ilgil/('('r and PII/'Iidf/a-

lion .Hol'e I 'aitlClh/e 77/(/1/ .1/11 1 / 1. I lind both

articles condcscending and many poinbstcm from blatant ignorancc. r lind the treat

mcnt of thc thinking student. the so-ca lled"keener", rcprchensible. The authors' ignorance is stunning.

Mo st of thc errors stem from a myth thatthere is a correct way of life. rhe author.;

belie\c that thcir way of life is the correct

one, and all others are wrong. rhere is noone correct way to live. What one p e r ~ o nfinds enjoyable is not alway > so 10 another.Once this is understood, we will ha vc come a

long wa y towards enlightenment.Both these al1icles were written from an

external perspective. The author.; arc observ

ing these so-<:alled keeners from afar andmaking judgements. It is no wonder thatmisunderstandings abound. I sit at the frontof the class, and you would call me a keener.This i ' a false label. There is no basic difference in the people, just a different wa y orlooking at life. How does silt ing in the frontrow make one a keener'? If kceners weresocia lly int pl. they would hide in the corner

Issue

or the back of the class. I sit in the fran for

two reasons: it is the best place to take notes,

and the b e ~ t plaet: to be seen by the prof as anindividual. I ha\e sat elsewhere and had

problems seeing the notes on the board orhearing the prof. Thcse are reasons for siltingin the front row, and vdlid ones.

"Keener" is a derogatory term for peoplewho have high marks and make others workharder. In reatity, you will never find a

socially inept keener. just a per.;on with adifferent philosophy and priorities. Lookdceper. and you might find a very interestingperson. It may be nice to have a "whippingbo y" to blame your woe ' on. but do notexpect reality to conform to your wishe5 .

Gordon R. Strachan2/\

A FOHUM rOf rNGINI [RING C.ONtI PIli

WANTED RADICAL RITERS

Do you have an opinion or complaint that no

one will listen to? We will, and we ll publish it.

Submissions welcome from any facultyor organization.

Special radical Issue.

Deadline June 5th



4 IRON WARRIOR May 1984

From the Dean s deskOn the evenings of Monday, May 28th to

Thursday, May 3 1 ~ t . the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs and the l--aculty of

Engineering will bc conducting another phonathon aimed at helping alumni fund raising. last year's phonathon was quitesuccessful and it is hoped that many of thosewho helped will volunteer again. The pritethis time is one week for two in Florida.including accommodation and airfare. Alsothe event qualifies lor p** 5 points.

Alumni funds go directly to support theundergraduate program. Turn out for anevening of flln and participate in raisingfunds to improve your own education. I'llhave more details for you lateL

As I have discussed in previous letters tothe Iron Warrior the engineering faculty is

suffering from problems related to decliningu n i v e r ~ i t y funding. 'rhere is no doubt that aquality of education maintenance fund

(QFMF) would have provided some financial r 'hef from this situation. This is indicated by the fact that both the University of

Toronto and Queen's University maintainsimilar student initiated funds for good purpose. In my letters I have also indicated that

an additional charge lor engineering students is required to reduce the financialburden. This is reOccted in the report which I

am now preparing for the University, a ~ k i n gfor an additional $60 per student per term.Thi . charge is approximately $10 per courseper term. It is an attempt to recover costsassociated with supplies and equipmentmaintenance and is not intended for equipment and class handouts. (A significant pro

portion of this is paper).lhe $60 fund docs not address the prob

lem of equipment replacement or the nL'Cd to

stay atop of new technology in fields like

CAD /CAM, process control. graphics or

similar fast moving arcas. I am optimisticthat industry and the province will help uswith these goab as has been the case in thepast.

1 make my arguments more clear foryou, I have provided excerpts from my

report to the university. Please rcad themand if you have comments feel free to writeto me or to the Iron Warrior.

Yours sincerely,Dean Lennox

Highlights from the Dean s Report on New Fee

SUMMARYThe financial situation in engineering has

declined dramatically recently. In addition tothe continuing inventory underfundingsituation, engineering faculties arc faced withthe massive additional costs resulting fromtrying to keep up to the impact of the devel

opments in computer and computer-relatedtechnologies . Thi i nO a resear h need, buta need that recognizes the rather dramaticchanges now taking place in engineeringeducation and practice.

T h i ~ proposal addn:sses only one aspect ofthis global problem. We have been reasonably successful in acquiring teaching equipment, such that the total inventory incomputer-related cquipment is now

$1,081,820.56 (March 12th) .The fee requeMed in this proposal repres

e n t ~ the additional costs of supplies, maintenance and replacement primarily related tothe acquisition of this equipment.

The fcc incn:ase requested is $60./term perstudent and would begin in Fall 1984.

BACKGROllNO

Ihe situation regarding finances in 1:.ngineering is critical. Ihe general dl'Cline in provincial funding Ie\'els has created ~ e r i o u sproblems for all cquipment intensive programs in terms of replacing obsolete equipment. I his situation has been exacerbated inthe engineering faculty, by the rapid introduction of computer > and computer relatedtechnologies into the engineering workplace.Engineering education and practice haveentered an era of unprecedented changc,

Developments in computer and communications technology have already had a majorimpact on engineering practice through suchfields as c o m p u t e r a i d ~ d aesign (CAD),computer-integrated manufacturing CI M),computer-aided process control (CAPC),

and distributed intelligence computer and

communication networks, (A recent issue ofthe En 'nee 'n News 'kecord referred to thesituation as CAE computcr-aidedeveryt hing.)

As a result, engineering education faces atwofold challenge: to undertake creativeresearch and devclopmcnt in these fields andto integrate the resulting technologies intoacademic programs.

To respond to this challenge, an increasingnumber of universities in the US require allentering students to purchase a personalcomputer, typically costing $1,000-$2,000,for use during their studies. Clark oncharges $400. pCI' term, which pays for themicro over the four years. Stevens rcquiredstudcnts to buy Atari 800's in 1982 but nowrequires them to buy DEC Professionals.

Drexel requires a Macintosh. Some of thecompanies have givt.:n sub tantial discounts,but it still is expensive. This approach mayindL'Cd address tht.: need for "computer liter

a c y ~ among general college slUdenb but I donot believe it is appropriate to meet the needsof most engineering students who requiremore powerful personal computers (cost1J1gin the $5,000 to $20,000 range) capable of

supporting sophisticated languages andoperating systems (i.e .. FOR] RA ,Pascal,

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IC. and U IX), powerful graphics, and com-munications with mainframe hosts. Furthermore, the rapid evolution of personalcomputer technology will almost certai nlymake those machines typically se lected forstudent purchase obsolete during th e severalyears of their studies, as has already hap

pened.at Stevens. It may well be, however,that such a technical breakthrough is on thehorizon, but in the meantime a more effective way to approach the challenge of providing "personal computing" resources tG ourstudents is for the institution i t ~ e l f t o assumethe responsibility for providing the appropriate environment. rhis is an absolute mustfor us if we arc to remain one of Canada'spremier engineering school '. Again, however, the costs are staggering. Michigancharges each student in the enginceringsehool $100. per term. Thi translates into$1,000,000 per year and their first purchasewas 400 113M PC's. MIT and Brown arespending $70,000.000. each overthe next fiveyears Cal Tech is attempting to provide onestation for every three students. These

schools 'obviously have tremendous financialresources.

I believe n g i n e ~ r i n g at Waterloo is at theforefront of providing those services in Canada. rwo years ago, we developed our ownhighl) successful ~ W A r S T A R " network of

personal computers to mcet this challenge.We are now in the process of expand ing thisinto an IBM PC network. Some financialassi tance for the de\eJopment work wasprovided by the University through the Aca-

demic Development fund, but personnel,maintenance and supply costs associatedwith the project have been borne by thefaculty.

In addition, the faculty has, over the pastfive years, assumed much of the cost ofreplacing the keypunch terminals with video

tenninals including the cost of connectionand the subsequent cost of maintenance andsupp lies, a service previously provided by

DCS. In my view, we have a minimallyacceptable inventory of services for our students and still have a long way to go. Theintroduction of CAD into many of ourcourses is steadily increasing as facultybecome more familiar with the concepts. We

have a head start in this regard as many ofour faculty have a high level of computerliteracy. The limitation is our own financialability to acquire the hardware, not the ability to use it effectively. Relative to what hashappened in the U.S. our gains have beensomewhat modest but we are steadily acquiring equipment. Over the past three years wehave bought, 'borrowed or accepted as gifts,

computer equipment for undergraduateteaching such that our inventory in this areaalone is now $1,081,820. Some 86 coursesrequire the usc of the computer and this is

increa ing steadily. Many studen ts arc takingadvantage of the system to learn word processing or the usc of visiealc and other software, etc. 1 am optimistic that we will

continue t9 be able to acquire hardware -either through direct Provincial upport forteaching equipment or through Industrialsupport.

, Other Canadian Universitiesdo it too

The 82 83 Ontario Council of University Affairs (OCVA) publication - AdvisoryMemorandum 82-Xll- lists charges at other schools. Some typical charges are as

follows:

Laurentian:

York:

Queens:

Ottawa:

UBC:

- $20 course in all engineering, science courses.

- computer courses have a $50 lab fee- upper year computer science students are charged $100 peryear- all tudcnts taking science courses are charged between $4

and $60 per ses ion- administration students are charged $22/ COUfSC.

- applied science students pay a 150 equipment fee.

- duplication fee in Science and Engineering.

- computing time SIOO-250 / year.



May 984 IRON WARRIOR 5

Tom llison -

Tom AUison t h r e a t e n ~ 10 close down Implint.

Paying the Price for Books

by ( a t h ~ Murphy

Out ofControlb) Tom Fulton

I et me paint you a picture - a bled, rict un.'of mudd\ \\ater,

t-.10. t~ u r d )

tht: pl'I.On I\e ne\n hada n ~

d ~ i r e to he ,\ politician, I ) e r h a p ~ it\ due tothe imlnL'n .l' , e ~ p o n s i b l l i t i e \ to t h o u ~ l n d ~ 01

people or the onst<lnt l i t e r a r ~ d i s ~ e c l i o n b)so mam \\riter sed.il1\ . to mal-.e llll.:ir lortunc: ,;ding on other peorlc\ roat tail .Whatewr tht.: r c , , ~ o n . I still hold grt:at politician in li"c\\ isc great esll.'Cm. for the Ljuali

l I e ~ that mal-.e lltle I .rcat. mU . t o cal\.'fulhblendcd and nurtured, lil-.c the aging ola f i n ~\\ inc,

n f o r t u n a t c l ~ , Ihi, p r c s ~ u r c IS 100 Illllchlor some, who become benl with the misconccptions of tht.: ollice thl:)' hold, l 'nfOilUnateh, \\C Sl:em to I1me lost 10m Allison, In

Ill) ~ Y l s the 4uahties that maJ...e a kader

include inlelligence, poise, charm. tact .organi/ation. communication and scnsiti\it). to name a fe\\. Let\ 1001-. at these cast:s:

• Off tt:rm. U1340 tickcts \\ crt: almost soldout bdort: bt:ing ad\ertised as being on salt:to the school population; not much organilation or communication there.

• WI;ilc the whole province is on six andfive, the prel gets himself a nineteenpercent increa e, a co t of livingallowance and was trying for a freeapartment at the married student

Apartments as well. Not Illueh tact or

sensit ivity there .

• rhe regular editor o f the Imprint resigned

amid talk of o 111 starting hi own Fed news

paper: not much communication there.

• Iom thrcUlcnrng to withdraw Fcd . uppO\1 Lind lock Olll the Imprint by .Iunt: unlessthe ncw editor resigns: e\en less communication t ile I\.' .

• Iom holding back a 50.0m loan toL'ng So bt:CcllhC he's \\on'ied the Poets Publicence \\ ill hurt Fed llall; not much tacttherc.

• Ille I'cd Hall ria co rhe t e n d e r ~ came in

O\cr budgct and ht: made initial changes\\ithout c\en the conscllI of the cOlillcil.Wht:n l j u l : ~ t i o n e d ahoul \\ hal would happcn

it the drin"ing age \\as raised to twenty, he

'>aid h'd Hall \\ mrld be made into a r e ~ t a u -rant. (110\\ many students can afford to calin a I. million dollar rcstaurant?) but if it

lost money it would bc shut do\\ n immed i a t d ~ Ddinitcl) no intelligcnet:, communication or sensiti\ it}' there.

Gcnerall), the only feather that remains tobe pluchcd from Tom's cap poise andcharm, Anyonc who's ever dealt with him asprt:sident probably knows that he's the mostarrogant and isolated public figure we'vee\Cr had to put up with on campus. Actually.when I think about it, the guy seems to be

losing any PR image he cver had exceptthat of power hungry megalomaniac.

He reminds me of a poorly blended batchof Baby Duck.

•

engso wplrg pr s ntcheaper. thl: O\ 'erall d'l't:ct on the textbook

. e t is limit d., f th'

Iht: price o , . r ~ m : ' m 1 ~ ~ ; ; : : ; : : : : : : ; ~ ; : ~ ' ; : : : ; : : : ' : = ' ; : ' : - : = - . J ~ ~ J : J Q ~ i : . ~ : ~ l ~ -._ _become exhoroilalltly high in re(;t:nt year,_ Finally_a fourth alternative was rroposed QNputting into 4U:slio need -tOr £ l i j J - j j i, \all 1 t:l' '1

b o ( ) k ~ and prompting a ~ e a r c h lor cheaper among his campaign p r o l 1 1 i s c ~ : kt ~ l l I d e n talternatives to buying from the school boo" book sales be org;lni/ed and controlled b)

store. ~ t u d l ' n h . Although the llW boo" .. tort: oper-'1hc average cost of new lextbooks lor an ales Oil a nOfl-prolit ba. i\. 1\ l'an onl ,dl

enginl:cring student at UW r a n g e ~ lrom S 150 boob ..... chc"pl.\ as It buy tlK'1ll afld hcnn' Itto $250 per term: this amounts to a total of at Ihe Illcrcyofpllblisher .. and di tributo,.".approximatc } $1600 O\ 'er H tl:rllls. a ub- It should bt: notctl thLit l ' W te:-.tooob <lIC

stanlial il1\t:strnent for any student. One "moil ; the least expt:llsi\e of an.\ Canadianquestion \\ hieh should be answered is: arc l n i \ e r ~ i l y : thiS dOl" flot mean that thc) arlOthese "re4uired" lextbooks truly ncccssary" cheap. onl,\ that the others arc e\en flwrl'

AN HOUR LONG '-11 \A DEPICT PRODUCTI'V'l GA INS

AND PROPLI< INDUSHIAL MANACd.MENT AS F NGIN-

I:lKS AND A PRIEST START I f INDUSIRIAl MOVfMlNT IN

POST WW2 SPA IN .

L 2 4 Tues May 29 3:3 p mn the onc hand, one can argul: that text- e'\pensi\c . Van Ikc ...cI made \ariou,

books can bei n v a l u a ~ e

asr d ~ r e n c e ~

ont: attl:mrts too r W l n ~ t

l tudl:nt-run~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

would a ~ s u m e . however. that this not the ,tore hut \\ it hout sucCt:ss , Ih tenn. one 01

immcdiate objecli\e. Academic textbooks tht.: ll1orecnterprising . u d e n t ~ in 3A l ' kclri-

were originally intended as a learning 1001. in cal e:-tab lished contact with a hoo" di\tribll-much the same way as lectures or tutoriab. tor and was able to obtain CI numocl 01

yet most fall far ShO l1 of the mark; instl:ad. t:xrt:nsi\c ($5()+) hook, at an a\ erage 3Y (they arc used asa source of assignment prob- d i ~ c ( ) u n t . Thl: lo\\cr priee is due. in pal1, to

lclllS or, as often happens. the course for the rOllowing: many ~ c i c n t i f i c te,Xthooks arcwhich they are required only covers a small published in two \ e r s i o n ~ ; one \t:I..,ion .

percentage 2D 3D i of the material con- intended for tht: North Allll:rican market. is

tained in the text. generally hardcO\ l'r and 111irl) good 4ualit)Students do have alternatives: one is paper; whereas thceheapl:r \ersion. intended

simply not to buy the book or. as Eng Soc for foreign markets. is olien \o tcmt:r andpresident Dennis van Decker suggests, to may use lower ljuality paper. I hose publica-wait a few week in orderto personally assess tions which were made a ailable to the ~ t u .the value of the book as a learning instru- dents ol'3A Electricaltra\l:lkd first from the

ment for the course. U.S. to Hong Kong. then on to Singapore.Another alternative which is becoming and from there to Toronto , Despite tht:

increasingly popular involves Xeroxing travel costs this must have incurrcd. the sa\-

those sections or chapters of the book that ings to the students were substantial.are covered by the course. This practice is Although inforllled of this gatcway to cheapbeing followed by a growing number of stu- books, Eng Soc presidcnt Van Decker hasdents, from the lowliest frosh to the upper no immediate plans to take adva ntagl: or thisechelons of the student society executive. opportun ity since. he claims. his remainingThe major drawback of this method i that time in office is 100 short to allow effeCli\ephotocopying, especially when it involves organi/.ation of chcap-book sab on a largeentire chapters of books, is an infringement scale.

of copyright laws, i.e. it is illegal, although it Alternativcs DO cxist 10 the oncc-a-term

is undeniably chcap. ritual of trooping down to Ihc campus book-Yet another approach is the used book store and forking out $200 fortexlbooh that

store; Ihis project is run by the Federation of arc often only marginally useful. The oppor-Students. The Federation takes lOW of thc tunities arc there. so with a little effort oncost of the books to cover overhead and your part, you can save your money andadminis trative costs. Although the books are pass the cour..e too.



6 IRON WARRIOR May 1984 May 1984 IRON WARRIOR 7

The fellowship of he rinCanadian eng-neer wears a unique reminder

\Ilardi \\archam

Rcpril//('t/ \I i I '1ll'cial p;'r/lll\\/()u fro/ll I I /( '

(II/li'I"lo() Ol i il' l

An I n t j u i ~ 1 I iH: I ngllshwoman OIlCt' a ~ ~ \ : Jllnlted S t a t e ~ president I e l O ~ r l Il omer

ahout hi pr\.ltcs ()11 "I a11 an engille\:r: h\:told her.

Oh, ,he ~ a i d . "I thoughl ) JU v,cn: agenlleman,"

HOOleI I a' mon.: than a gel1lkll1all lie

\In , an engllleci 1\ ho IOnk hi, proicSSlllJl and'

It, rL' >ponsibiliti..:s senou,I), Ik IHote an

ohcn-quOled passage III hIS I1lcnwir, com

paring an cngi ll cr wilh a mcmher 01 ,OIllC

othel profCs.,ion· "lIis aCls, st.:p 0) step. arc

III hard \Ubstanl'e. He eannOI hurl hi, IllISlakes in the gra\'1.: likethc(llX:lor"lk ca IlIlOl

argul.: them Illtn thin air 01 hlame the jlldgl.:

IIkl.: Ihl: lall\cr-s, lit: Cilnnot. l i ~ e tilt: politicians, s e l e e l ~ hi., sllOrtcol11ings hy hlamlllg

his opponcnh and hope Ihat the pcople I\illforgcl. The enginecr ,imply I.:annot d ~ n } thathe did it If his wOIks do not v,ork, he i,

d a m n e d ~lake the collapse 01 the MiallLls Ri\er

highway bridge in ConnL'Cticut last summer

Ihe cause i n't cJetermln..:d yet. bUI engineer,

I ere surl.:l} inv() led

-His acts, 1cp hy step. arc in hard, u ~ a r n : e

I.lke their American I.:OUllll:rparts, Cana

dian engineers have been kno\\n 10 makemistake." Ihe great Qucix:c Hlidgc over thc

St. ulwr..:ncc . ~ i l cr. thc largest cantilcler

bridge in the orld. collilpsed t\oicc hdorc it

as finished: oncda) in It)07, \ ~ I t h th : Imsolxc \H)rkels lil,.cs, anJ " ilill in 11)1( 1he

bridg\.: v,a, flnall) open..:d to tlal/lc I I I 11)17,

The .trength (If malerial, will infallihl)belray ) ou.

Ihe Q U l h c ~ Bridge I> 1101\ a ,ymbol 01

engineel\' e()uf age and dltellltinutHllltlll:on

UCI the lorce 01 nalllle, In Itlct.the iroll III.... '1- .

71/c ' J/w/ il/g o/au c'l/gil/C'cl: 11 . g()/ l / I I IHIIT R I 1 1 aile a dip/ollla: IIl'xt l l ' i l l COflll' thuse /illle 1 ( l I e r . ~ , PEI1[

Ring een:mon) is I )r. Hill lel1no"< . now

lJ W\ dCiln 01 \:ngineerillg. II ho w a ~ aIllemoel olt l i l ' ~ t l ' l l g i n c c n l 1 g d a ~ \ to graduate Imill Watell()(). III 1902.

It \\as "4L1ltl a /llcanlllgful c ~ n : 1 1 I 0 I 1 Y , " he

oh\cl'ling that the IlHHl timcs he s e e ~till ClllnHlll) the l1lorc hl appn:l:latcs it .

I'ellldih uthcl l ' n g I I H : c r ~ \\Olild ,t1,o appreciate it 11100e ilthn could o,ce II again \\Ith

illOIl: "di'ldnec", Ilnllo l. 'lIGGl""

Ik \ll" the Illig as a CII I: ' ~ l l 1 h o l i l l l l gL ' l ) f l t l l l l l l t ~ . tlin:o lltlniling n":lxlfol \:ngincll"

.J .. ... I

And he's working on a computers-and

~ o e i e t y course that will include ethics.

Even first-year students who tClke g.enemllngilleenng cOle c o u r . , e ~ Clre exposcd to

material ahout e t h i c ~ and the role of an eng

n.:cr. 1 . nno( say

V ~ r o / l i c a Berg" a cil I enginecring gradu

ate, apprOlcs 01 the dcpartment\ -mock

tnal", taged ~ a c h tt.:rm. Studcnh ~ e a r e h an

IIlCllklll I\hich nlist.:s moral or legal 4ues

tiOIl, and play parts in a dramatic re

~ n a C l m e n t helore a panel repre>cnting

p j e ~ 110111 the A ~ \ ( J e m t i ( ) 1 1 01 Professional

Ing lne\.rs or Ontario, Ille leal-lifi: APr-o

Ilgulillh hear-. \uch cao,c, il1\ol\ing ethics

and plOk>lonal tondlK·l.

Onc such tnallast ~ c a r referred to a \ \ ' a l ~\\iI) collapse at the Vial\:r1ot> I yall Regenc)

Hotel. .I c ; , , ~ \u,piciousl) \I 111 I ll to the col

lap', of a \\al"";1\ at the H\att Recenc,Ilotel in Kam,a, cii" MI,souri: in Jul\ 1 9 ~ i .Ihat accident killcd 113 peoplc, '

Bel l I::ea I , that ,tudent a c t o r ~ pored

OIel Gise ,lUdiC, and rcpon, rlOm the Kan

C i t ~ incident. I he Glo,c ~ t u d y \ locatioll

Illay hille been liclitiou, hut thl details were

mOsll) leal. I he ,>lUdent \lho p l < l y ~ d the

engineer ~ h a r ~ d Ivith incompetence elt.:n

c a l l ~ c J charaetel \1 i l n e ~ , c ~ , Bag.., recalls II ith

a smile. noting that 01 coursc the \tudelllsdOIlt always resist the temptation to -hilln it

up" a lillk during the n:-cnaetment.

Ihis year, before an <ludief1(:c of ellil cngi

I1LCring sudents and faculty and >ol11e people

110111 other department,. the engllleercharged w a ~ "coillicted" of incompetence

although Rcrgs says she isn't sure the rulingIlib emird) based on the facts.

In it re<ll-life CLloc the APEO would likely

suspend the cngin..:er for a period of time,

1\ IOklllg his or her right to ll,e the designa

tion prng (Probsional EnginL'Cr). Ihat

would mean the engilleer could no longer

apprm blucprints an appro\all\ hich an

engineer Illust gile h c l o r ~ construction can

begin based on those dra\l ings. I he r ~ , u h :,u..:h an engin.:er would he ofbs I alue to his

or her employer,

Theres a practical reason for engineering

sludents to get some cxposure to ethicalissues, Two years after they graduate and

start working, theyre now required to write

an examination on engineering law and

elhics, conducted by thc APEO, Passing that

exam is a prc-rclJuisitc for the co\eted stalus

of PEngo I he APEO council decided to

il1lroduce thl exam because too many disci

plim: cases \Iere coming up in which engi·

neers \ec/lled to be ignorant of their

r e ~ p o l , . , i h i l i t i e ~ . At present about t\\O case, a

month arc coming 10 the council. says 1)1

Gerry M Ieller. CI chemical enginceri ng pro

lessor at UWand past chairman of IheAPI:O\ board of examiners.

Mueller nole Iha t the three-hour ethicsexam \ I a ~ gilen lor the l i r ~ t time in 19112, It

has t\\O parts one on prolessional prdctict.:and ethics, and one on englneenng l a \ ~ and

professional liabilit}, 10 prepa re for the

exam. engineers study the Professional [ngl

necring.Aet of Ontario, including the code of

et h cs a nd r ~ g u l a t i o n s \0 hieh it prO\ ides, as

\\cll as an APFO manual and materiab.

p n:palcd 'pccially for the exam, It's m a r k ~ don a pa,,,-rail basis, Mueller notes, and so far

hes heard no complaints from young cngl

nLCr, \lho ha\c to face it. "B} and large theythink. its a good idea."

UW pn:sidcnl Dr. Doug Wright. abo anengineer (and in fact the foundlllg dean of

the engineering facult), attends Ihe Iron

Ring eeremony here ewr) year and calls it

" v e r ~ imprcssi\e", Hc recalls its formalit\

and its slress on re,ponsibility, and says t h ~students ill\ohed seem to be impressed aswell.

Although Wright has se\en unilersll\

dl:greC > (four of them honourary) and h a ~ >heen working primarily in education and

go\ernmellt for more than mo decades, he

says he still comidcrs himself fiN and fore

most an t:ngilleer and giles his prok'\sion as~ c i \ i l enginL'Cr". not k u n i l e " " l t ~ president-,

nle l W prL,\ident says engilleers see the

I\orld as more complicated than politician"

or alerage ~ o p l e do. 1 he engineer knOllS

that a number or factors arc im olved in

salet), and has to calculate thc r i , ~ s , taking

Murph) " um into account.

Con,ulting cngineer Carl Heck was in thc

second class to graduate from W ' ~ engi

necring f ~ I C U l t y , and he says he and most 01

his classmates didn't take the IlOn Ring

ceremony as >eriousl) as the) should haw ,

rhcre was no tradition for it at that ..:arl)stage, he recalls , and thc organi/":rs were

inexperienced. "That cercmon) \las as differ

ent from today's as black and white . t\, not

an eal1h shattering thing that remaincdindelibly etched in my m e m o r y ~

But perhaps it should hal'e, and o\er the

years those 1963 engineers have come to

rcali7e the Importance 01 the sentiments

expressed in the ceremony, he feels,

As a con ultant who specializes in hCilvy

pO\ler and works with power distribution inbuildings. Heck says, he and the other cngi

n c c r ~ at Walter, Fedy. McCargcr and Hach

born in Kitchener arc "constantly involled

with conflicting r e ~ p o n s i b i l i t i e s . " And he

s t a t c ~ that the f i r m ' ~ primary loyalty has to

be to Ihe pUblic, Engineer often hal'e clients

who pressure them to build structures in the

Icast cxpcn,ive possible way, he says. adding

that his firm has been known to turn downprojects because they can't agree on how the

work should be done,

Of course. some engineer whD.are "e,£o:

nomically pressurcd" hale to t a ~ c on what

Heck calls marginal johs , But e n g i n c e r ~aren't traditionall) fly-by-nighters: they're

conervative people, Heck s a ) ' ~ , and that's

one reason theyre attracted to engincering

instead of something less tangible and more

abstract, such as architecture, Architects are

the d r e a m e r ~ and engim.cn, arc the doers, he

says.

How does the public see engineers l "I

think we re perceived as a responsible group

of 'oplc, a stable group. who do whatever

they do son or mysteriou.,ly," I eek answers .

One s< /viec his Ii rill prm ides is il1\(stigating the C<lll,e offin:s. Allhough the insurance

company is pal ing the bill for the investiga

tion, he notes. "We have to determine to the

best of our ability \1 hat happened. n:gard1c"

·)f who is il1\·olled. In man} case, )l l l l don't

want to kno\o \ ~ h o tile insurance company i,

that might jaundice yOllt I iew." After all,

he says, the insurers an: looking lor inde

pendent expertise: that's \\ hat Ihe) hired hisfirm lor

I\n engineer hai to he carclul in makinf

decision says Heck. heeause e\el') decision

puts his earea and his lite on the line .

And I\hether till cngineer\ \\ork IS a

bridge, a dal11. an electronIc control system

or a pharmaeculleal p r o c e s ~ , other peoplc',

h\es arc on the IlIle too, rhat', the sort 1

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Don t let STR SS

Get the Best of You

by Carlos Pank ep

In today\ fast-paced society. d o c t o r ~ and

researchers arc becoming aware of many

aspects of our p ~ y c h ( ) l o g y which were not so

predominant in past generations. A typical

concern presently IS the condition of stress.

particularly mental stress. heryone knows

what means, <lnd there is a t e n d e l ~ to

a ~ S ( ) C l a t e the tcrm v.lth sOllleone pulling

their hair out 01 their head 111 agony.

Stress, however, is not a four letter word

and certainly nothing to be ashamed d I \e Iyone experiel1<.;es it at some intensity, other

wise, as Ian Smart of I:ngineering Counsci

ling puts it: You'd be dead I" Jt\ ddined as a

non-specific rcsponse to any stimulus,whether good or bad. Ihere alwa)s IS a

physio-psychological reaction in the bod),

but hat becomes evicknt to the outsideworld is the individual's own pereeption of

the stimulus. Some people will express theirfeelings more ob\ iously than others, and

thus be considered stressful.According to Marion lIowell of Health

Sciences, the prime cause of stress is loneli

ness. For m n ~ students, the uni\ersity is alarge impersonal place, much more so than

the previoll', high school. 1he university life

means making ne\\ friends, v.hile perhaps

losing some of the old 'best friends' who were

\ery important in one\ youth. Ihe co-op

system aggravates stress fU11her becausc the

~ t L l d e n t mnnot get settled and de\elop

strong intcrpersonal r e l a t i o n ~ h i p ~ .1cw : . r . f ~ 1./. ,, uick to point Ollt that

,. ngineering is the most stressful c()u "';e on r n p u In Engineering, \\ here thc Illln

imum entrance average is gW( (or higher), a

~ l l I d e n t who was at t tor of hi., class III high

school l i la) cnd lip Ill'al the hottolll of the

UI1IVCr,lt\ class . I he clilsscs <I1e 1I1uch largel

and the lelcl of competition IS ' l I h s W n t l a l l ~highel. Upon cntering ulllvcrsity, some ~ 1 L 1de11\ han' newl Wllllen;1 100111al flrlal C\:1 III i

natillll: then thel arc placed In a ym \\Ith

hundreds of other stutdentsand aree\pected

tll rcmembcr 1\1ost of what the) leal ned.

I hese and other conditions cOllltihllte to

student st ress.

Some of the other symptoms, or pcrceptiom. of stress arc: depreSSion, wntilluing

head-aches, behm lour changes and \\eightloss .

Marioll 1100\ell points out that one canlearn to harness stress in ordcr to increase

prOductivity. A certain conditioning S

m:eded to direct thc physiological encl'g)

towards const ructivc activity. 'or instance,

~ h o u l d one do poorly on an cxam, the stressshould be directed towards increased moti

vation to study for the next one, rather than

depression.Arter a stressful occurrence, a physiologi

cal reaction takes place and one\ body

assumes an a l t e r c d state . People must learn

to reinstate a homeo tatie condition in oroer

to resume normal activity. Unfortunately,

many students have not yet learned to do

this, and the result is unnecesseary failure

and frustration. Other students adapt to thenew lifestyle and can cope with the new stress

quite adequately.

Mr. Smart has seen students make serious

mistakes in their education by persuing a

goal which is not appropriate for them. rhe

classic case is of the student who has entered

Engineering and feels that he or must go

on to finish regardless of what pressure must

be undergone. These students usually

become victims of severestresSosincetheyf'all

into a rut which they cannot escape. I'hey

begin to focus on one difficult course or onone exam that didn't go so weU and then they

Man ' i\ 'c'r.li/I ' s/w/ell/S slifler/i'OII1 slress ue /() loneliness.

find that t h i n g ~ get progressively worse. A

good remedy for this situation is to get

in\ oiled in other activities i 1 order to divertthe focus if other thing-. arc going alright,

then perhaps 'things aren't so bad', at which

point the student ma) be able to get out of

the psychological rut.

Proressors arc also quite exposed to ·tress.

Although 1I0t usually \ ~ i b l e to students,they f'cel pressures associated with theirresc' rch, overdue pUblications, tenu[c trO-

mo tions, and yes , their c l a s too. (heymust constantly pace them.·eh·es in order tocomple te COllr.,t top ic., o n lime. When asked

anoLit thc liequent c 1 ( ) \ ~ n l l l g that taJ..es place

III mall} ft 1''' t \Car engll1eerillg Cour.,cs . Ian

Small said that l l l a n ~ prof., dn take it pcr

~ O l l , i 1 1 \ and Icel conluscd It. When papelairplanes swrt to fly h their heads, they don't

J..nm\ if It\ l'lCcall\c the sllIdent., arc bored ,

1 they don't undelStand, or if the) 're rest

less. 01 nen il t e ~ don't like him. So next

time you let one fly from the back or the

class, write an appropriate message on thewing

In conclu 'ion, the most important fact to

reali/c regarding stress is that evcryone experiences it and that it cannot be eliminated.

You can howe\cr .learn to copc \\ith ir. and

contro: it 0 that your produetil'it} will

increase.Should you want to ha\e an informal chat

about stress with someone \\ ho really can

give you good i d e a ~ , make an appointment

with Ian Smart at CPII. You may be surprised with what you can learn about

yourself.

Dean of Computing ppointed

by Lee Wanstalland Dave Wendling

In February. Dean Lennox.crea ted a new

position in the University. Barry W i l l ~ of S) 'tem,> DeSign was appoll1ted as the first .so

clate Dean lor Computing, --aeulty ofI ngl11cenng.

Dr. Wilh, a graduate from the first co-op

engincering class in 1902, states the reason

for thc cre4ltion of this po:.ition is an

illcreasl.?d need in computers and communication information technology. Wills

serves as a contact with industries in terms ofnt:gotiations. But, he believes the main idea

f'or his appointment ~ i s to do good engineer

ing b) lItili/ing these new technologies.

Dr. Wilb' duties include de\eloping ano\erall strategy for computing. assisting in

education and research in engineering,

representing engineering interests, collecting

and distributing information among col

leagues, to list but a few.

Since the new appointment , Wills has

established a committee oi each department

in the f a c u l t ~ . The members include himself

as chairman, G.e Andrews, Mechanical

Fngg: J.A. Field ', Electrical Engg; D.E.

Grierson, Civil Engg: J.B. Moore, Manage

ment Scicnce and G.R. Sullivan, Chemical

Engg. Wills states he is working 1 o ~ l y with

thest: members, as he feels collaboration is

the one way accomplishment will be made.Within u week of forming the committee,

a proposal was sent to the Apple Education

Foundation in hopes of receiving approxim a t c l ~ SISO,OOO worth of computers and

suppOli ctjuipment. Apple Canada is gi\.ing

away computers to educational institution

to aid in further education.

hen though Wills' primary concern i '

engineering, he does sit on uni\el.ityissue. Dr. Wilb is a member of' the uniler

s i t ~ of Toronto Unilersit) of Waterloo Co

operative on Information tcchnolog). He

emphasi/es the need for a co-opcrat ile effort

by stating that while there may be fancy

orchestrating, it really comes do\\n to thepeople 01 the u n i \ l ~ r s i t y .

77 e }/ell ' Dean in his nel l cd/ice.

Wills believes they are making some pro

gress, but points out that mistake can be

made because of limited time needed to

make deci ion. However, he feels he can't

afford not to sei/e the opportunities now.

Barry Wills is al 0 an Associate Professor

in the Department of Sy terns Design. He

has served on numerous university commit

tees and has been the as ociate chairman ofthe System Design depar tment for both

undergraduate and graduate affairs.Dr. Wills' current teaching and research

activitie include Comp uter Simulation ofSystems, Computer-assisted Instruction and

Social Impacts of Information Technology

and Information Technology.

Computers aren't the only thing in Wills'life, ho\\cver. He i great interested in com

puters in music a well. An avid jal7 pianist,

he f i n d ~ himself short of time necessary to

practice. With his piano in hi ba ement, he

docs get to play occasionally, for fi\e min

utes when I backwash the water softener, he

says.



1 IRON WARRIOR ay 984

U of W Engineers Overseasby SUllan 'aac

David Pigeo n gradua ted fro m the niH:rSt \' of Waterloo wi th a ci \ il engineeri ngdegree at the age 01 23 in 199 I. He thendecided to a ppl y to a C nathan

interntional deve lopm ent orga ni /atio n. fo r atwo-year posting in the Third Wor ld .

In October of that year he found ~ d fin a remote highlands a rc 01 Papua. NewGuinea in what was considered a ~ b u s hposting. Hisjob: tolay outa 16km. road andprovide the people in th e villa ge of Kamina it

link with a road to the coast. At the lime. th eonly access was by air a costly a nd ha/ardous undertaking. '1he road would pro. dethe villagers with a means of transportationfor their coffee crop and would allow for theprovision of better health care.

kin. r trdck to link sc\cral Ill:arh) \ illag\..'S

,ith the oll tside 'mid. lie abo completed~ l I r \ c y s for ~ I m p l c piped water systerm for

three \ illages and erected a suspension

I(Jotbridge.Ii i, role In each case \hls .. . ,\.. ,, '

per .. I he projects belonged to the peo ple

and they orgalll/cd work-parties to do the

labouri ng.

Rece ntly David wa s back in Canada for asho rt isit befo re tak ing another CUSO contract. he's now working as a C USO enginee rin Ihailand.

He found himself working under incn.:di ble conditions. rhe hills in thc Kamina areaarc steep and there arc several high [lasses

and deep valleys along the route of the road .It was a challenge to keep the gradient at an y

point down to 15 percent. With annual raw,fall of about 4(XXl mm. landslides were aconstant problem. Very few of the peoplehave any education in i ew Guineas . Davidhad to use an interpreter as the local language was too hard to learn. f:.ven theCatholic missionaries. with whom he lived

during his two-year CUSO contract. havcbeen unable to learn more than the basics ofthe language in their g years there.

In rhailand . j ,l\id will he working on...... ater resources projects similar to thoseCra ig Pugh. another UW graduate. is

involved in . In 19H2 . Craig surveyed and> upcrvised in th e construction of the Ban

I.ak Water Diversion Project in BuriramProvince. Ihailand . I his projcct had twopu rposes ( I) to retai n the water of theIluay S e ~ . creating a reservo ir to allow irri

gation of the rice liclds upstream of the project area. In order to achieve this an earthdam of two-three metres height and approximately 225 metres length was built. (2) tobuild the concrete spillway in a locationwhich would allow the overflow water fromthe reservoir to be diverted downstream in

two directions. I n one direction the waterwould flow through an area of rice fields andback in to the Huay Seo streambed. In theother direction the water would flow down acanal and into another existing reservoirarea for further retention, and thereforefurther irrigation.

cusa l\ (Jrker ilh 41h year engineering class 7hailand

The work allowed only a very light packsack: his own tenting e4uipment. a compass.a clinometer. two measuring rods. a goodcontour map made by Australians from anaerial survey. a few notebooks and ahand-held programmable calculator whichmade the task of calculating his distancesand bearings less daunting.

Upon completion. the 2V:> metre widetrack w a ~ good enough only for motorcycleand pedestrian tranic hut was adc4uatc as a~ u r v e y e d path whi ch co uld eventually bewidened without the need of an expert.Dm'id then went on to slIr\ 'ey another 34

Most of the earth-movingfor the dam was

performed by tractor and shovel. Thefarmers in Ban Lak excavated the earth forthe spillway construction. The labour for the

construction of the spillwayw a ~

provided bythe men and women in Ban Lak.Craig iecis his work is viable and has

returned to I'hailand fora third yea r. Providing water for rice farmers is a priority for theI hai government and helps to imprO\-e

farmers' income.

In southern Thailand. Dave Sims is teaching Chemical Engineering at Prince ofSongkla University. The university wants to

increase the number of ChemEng graduatesbecause of the discovery of significantamounts of natural gas in the Gulf of Thailand. Dave is teaching a class of 17 studentsand 'upervising two students in their 4thyea r project.

Other graduates from engineering at UW

are teaChing math and science at technicalcolleges and secondary schools in Nigeria.Education is a priority of the Nigerian

government and is the focus ofCUSO's program in that cQuntry.Taking a CUSO placement..for two years

mea ns working wilh local people on Iheir

projects. learning a new language and a new

approach to work and life. teaching your

Advisor Terminated

Disabled Students Affectedby .Jcff E l l d c n h u r ~

Recently. a change made to the orgalli/ational ~ t r u c t u r e of s e l ' \ i c e ~ for disahled

~ t u d e n t s here on c a l l 1 p u ~ r:lfectlve I.1 9 ~ Carol Moogh-Solilis' position as advisor on s e r v i c e ~ lor disabled pcrsons has beenterminated and a ne\\ group. c o n ~ i ~ t l l l g 01

existing campus health and IIlCdlCttl..,el'\ ices

under the leadership of Dr. Dan AntilL''' .will fill the gap.

Moogh-Soulis has oecn doing contactwork for six years. helping disabled pcoplethrough evaluation of their needs. Prior tothis, she earned a bachelor degree in occupational therapy and worked for twe e yearswith disabled people.

To most of us, this change will pass unobserved. But for those students re4uiring the

services. the change could have a considerable effect. One such student is PeterQuaiatinni.

Peter is an engineerings student in 3A Systems Design and has been visually disabledsince birth. He says he has less than (· ofnormal vision, but that's only what he is toldby doctors. 5% means little when there is

nothing to compare it to.Since looking for a suitable university

back in high school, Carol Moogh-Soulishas been an important person in Peter's life.

While most students were finding their way

around U of W's campus during the Marchopen house, Peter was involved in special

meetings with engineering professors dis

cussing his needs. These meeting; had been

Pefer uaiatlfli work illg i l l SI .I< 1 1.1 f e.l/gl1 wilh /i\ ( />( / ( ( /11 l i . ~ i ( l I / .

arranged by Carol M o o g h - S o u l i ~ .U of W's services for the disabled were a

major factor in Peter's final decision onwhich school to attend. Neither McMasternor Queen's universities offered an) specialoffice for disabled students. lJ of W's specialoffice was very attract ive to say the least. he

remarked.Since Peter started U W in the fall of X I,

Moogh-Soulis has been the co-ordinator

bet ccn Peter and the Systems D c ~ i g ndepartment. acting as an information relay.In addition. he has to find ·tudents to doreading for Peter. by ad\ertising throughcampus newspapers. for example. MooghSoulis was always readil) available by phoneor through her office. Peter says she was \ery

dedicated and experienced at her work. Shewas nut the type to ever leave one hanginganywhere . She alwa) returned calls and

skills to your co-workers and learning fromthe environment, growing with the job andmaking new friends. During the minimumtwo year placement, the host countrygovernment or agency which has requestedyour skills pays your salary (typically $4,000to $8.000) and usually provides housing.Thesalary, though a lot lower than in Canada,does provide a reasonable standard of living;

most CUSO workers manage to save a littlemoney for vacation travelling. Generally.CUSO can place couples only if bothpartners can be found job placements; families are difficult to place because of the

schooling problems. .For more information about CUSOpla<.-ements, contact Susan Isaac, CUSO Coordinator, 234A South Campus Hall. 885-

1211 ext. 3144. CUSO film ee p. 12

resolved most problems.et:dless to say, Peter was 4uitc surprised

and somewhat disappointed to hear ofMoogh-Soulis' termination, hearing of it forthe first time through our interview. a week

after the changes occurred and over a monthsince the re-organi7ation was first announced. However. Florence Thomlinson,secretary to Ernie Lucy, the director ofemployee and student services. who is nowt.'1king over the administrative duties of disabled serviccs. says that the ~ t u d e n t s concerned should now have received letters fromher outlining the re-organi/ation. In addition. she has asked all the students to come inand see her to get aC4uainted.

As Thomlinson said. the university is

going through many organi7.ational changesand this is just one of them. ;'\ormally, sheadded. consultants are hired for a length of

time and once their pal1icular program is

established. the \ are terminated. ow,rather than the oll e day a week that Moogh

Soulis was auulablc. Thomlinson and Dr.Andre , ,.,.ill bt: ,I\ailable throughout thework wt:ek.

Hut there arc those who feci that CarolMoogh-Soulis. \\ ith her e a r ~ of experience.was the person for the job.

I think that it\ better to have one personfor co-ordination. myself. Peter said. after afe , moments of thought.

t remains to be seen what effect the reorgani/.ation will ha\ 'e on the 4uality of disabled services. At this point. we can just hopethat disabled scf\.ices will continue to offerthe quality service that Moogh-Soulis did.



ay 984

Montanas

Mexican Workterm:

"Welcome to Monterrey. We have had afreeze here o\ er Christma , the first lime

since 1964. All the \\aler pipes have brokenthroughout the city. There is a little water in

the mornings so you can ha\'e a small bucketto bathe in . All the vegetation has died sothere are 110 fresh fruits or vegetables. Didn'tyou bring a heavier jacket? The temperatureis ·till below 1ero.

"You're go ing to be earning 40,000 pesosr month (about $250 Canadian) and the costfo r room and board is 20 000 pe os month if

you share a room with two other gi rls. HeyRoel. be careful to stop completely at thatcorner because I don't have enough moneyto pay orfthat 'perro' (Mexican word for dogused to refer to a policeman) who's stand ingover there. Last time I got topped it cost me

1000 pesos for him not to haul me off to thestation the plates had expired ."

I sa t speechless. The welcome whichCindy, Pancho's wife, had given me was notquitc what 1 had expected. either was thescenely. I was startled by the four lane free

way on which we were travelling and pU77led

by all the roadsigns not one word ofEnglish. Still, Cindy spoke it so well andappcared so American, I decided there was

no cause to request an "about-face" to the

airport.In to ; n we p i c ~ e d up Pancho, the engi

neer who arranged the student exchange ,and went to Di com 'a Kilpatrick of Mexico,the construction firm for which I wa goingto work. When we arrived it was 5:30 p.m,a nti , to my amalement, everyone was stillworking. From Paneho I learned that thiswas normal due to the fony-eight hourworkweekI

IRON W RRIOR 11

Manzanas

K, a ~ l e Oliphant

Since only one of the other tcn reo pie in

my house and only a fe\\ of the enginee" atmy \ ork spoke English. I decided that I hadbetter learn Spanish. Slowl). I began to get afe\, \\ ords out and, in lime. conquered slIchonce-impossible items going ~ h o p p i n g .opening a bank account. and e\ en cOll\ersation >.

Some initial encounter" \\ ilh .. Monte/u- 'rna" Revenge" had lowered my spirits bUI

they rose proportionally with the temperature. I was in my bikini by the la ' l wcek of

January. My sun-worshipping \\.as . trange )regarded by thc other girls in my house \\ howore shirts and jeans right into the fonie '(degrees Ce eius). I was quick to learn thereason why, the first time I went for a walkwearing shorts. It \-\as a great way to learnnew wo rd s, "Hey Mamacita " was one orthcfavourites. ext time, it " as jeans for me.

The me n arc not the only ones watchingthc young girls closely, M) cude\\' was 11:00

weeknights and a liberal 12:00 on the week-ends. Oh, to be fifteen again. Thc word

"disculpcmc" (forgi\e) was often uscd Ihurried in to my house past an angeredSenora in the early hours of the morning.

rhe pm'erty was a major culture shock. At

every stoplight. on Ihe sidewalks and even atyour front door, the poor were begging formoney. You cannot hclp them all and yet it iimpossible to ignore the pleading eyes of thechildren. They really arc starving.

or course not alilhe difference in culturewere bad. The Mexicans value their Ii:unili 'above everything a custom not adhercd tohere, in Canada. There arc few divorces in

Mexico and lamilies sr\. nd mlJl:h more timetogether. I-or example, in,tC<ld of ~ e n d l l 1 gthc kids off to the park on Suno; \ to gl\ e the

y Siempre Manana

p < l r e n t ~ a moment of peace and quiet. e\e- I l l e r e h a n d i ~ e dIsplay house complete withryolle o a d ~ illlo the car and away they go . the arcilitect ural and engineering ora\\ings

nothl:r popular cuslom in Mexico the for 111) worktcflll project.scrcnata. Becallse girls are so \\cll -prolecteo In closing, I would l i ~ c to e:--.plain the title.there is lillie opportun it) for the girls lind Mon tanas, Ihat m c a n ~ mountains Mon-hoys to he alone, fhe ho) r\. sorh to hiring t e r r e ~ l l a ~ be a oirty, industrial city but the

musicians or imiti ng,lgroup olhi, friends to mountains that surround it on all sides arcaccompany him to thc girl\ hOLls\. to sing beautiful a welcome \ \ e e ~ e l \ d retreat.10\csol1gs oubide her hedroom \\indm\ (as M,lIl1anas (apples) \'e re one of my safclatc as li\\. o'clock in the morning). I his is londs i\1onte/um<l and I had a few recur-the ultimate form of flattcr) to a young girl. ring baltlcs . "Siemprc manana" mcanst sLlre beats roses as a peace offering alter a "alway., tomOITO\\ ", Me ,\icans are famous

light. for that one, Ifsomethingean be PUI oil untilBcCClLlS\. the compan) was slightly unpre- tomorro\\ it viii not get don\. today. < he

pared for y arri\a l (no one had told the pcople arc very relaxed and fUIl-IO\ing by

engineering depal1m nt that 1 \ a 'oming), nature, f\cry Mexican I mel was kind and

thcyasked mc what I wantcd to do. I rcrl icd friendly <lnd I thank thelll for showing methat [ was interested in the analysis and their lifcst}le.

(h:"ign oj ,tcd alld ,'OIlCll't, ,tnl,'tllll" \11111 ~ I 1 1 \ h,I' h l 1I .1 ' / \ \$11 1 I 1 th;lll 'ndel till' g\lldanl'l' 01 thl' \t'I\ iL : lIl1l d 1>1 thlq 'I\Il' \\111.11\\:$, 1l'lIl1'lIllwl SII \\111 Co-Rul,,'n <."<1110 \ I r an \ I l k ~ I I 1 l d a t\\O\lIl1l \ oldillallOI\ th l' Il'PIIII j, III S l :lIl1 \ h .



2 IRON WARRIOR

Cross to Cross Atlantic

by Marcus BoylcDr J D Cross is planning a five week

cros ing of the Atlantic. The elect rical engineering p r o f e s ~ o r will be sailing in his

twenty-six foot sloop. the ~ a y Goose . The

voyagc will slart in the interior of England

on June 7 from Knotsford.

The crew will consist of his son Martin

and friend Bob Pyle from England. They

plan to storover in the A70res bland for afew days to replenish supplies. They will also

have a change of crew while at these Islands

on the Atlantic ridge Bob Pyle will be

rcrlaced by his father.

The planned route starts in KnObford findmakes its way to Liverpool \ ia thc Wea\'er

avigational and Manchester hirring '

Channels. In Liverpool they set 'ail and head

by as direct a route as rossible to the A/orcs.Derending on the 'orth Atlantic Drift and

wind current ' they may head down rarallelto the coast of the A/orcs, From the AlOres

they rlan to head straight to Halifax whilestaying well clear of Sable Island, The boat

will be stored in Halifax and sailed up the SI

Lawrence Seaway to Midland, Ontario next

summer.

The sailboat itself is a twenty-six foot

sloop with athirtylive foot mast. She's eightfoot ';x inches a-beam and has a lixed long

keel with a draft of three feet six inches. Sheweighs four and a half tons and is made with

mahogany on oak, She carries a main sailand four jibs: Stor, working, Genoa anddrifter.

mss 'ilh he Gur Goose

Dr C ross foresees no major problems

with storms as midsummer is not a stormyseason and he's had the Gay Goose out in a

Force eight gale without a mishap. One

rroblem that might cause trouble is the boredom involved in srending i e weeks with

two others in close 4uarters, nary a shower in

sight. Traffic density near Halifax is a majorconcern as,visibilit y can be reduced to well

under two miles in dense fog The radar on

the surer freighters doc n't pick up mallcraft and oil rigs' positions aren't normally

known by the navigational authoritie untildays or weeks after they arc in pO 'ition,

If all goes as planned the trip will be twoweeks to the A70res. with three or four days

there. and then about two weeks to Halifax.

Sparky, as he is sometimes known, jokethat th e only trouble his Gay Goo e might

have is with navigational AIDS.

~ , E § ? Sandford leming oundation ~UniverSity of Waterloo - 1983

May 984

USO ilm

On India

Wesl ofBanxa/ore. a film concerning life in aThird World rural community and the

approach used in introducing technologicalchange, will be hown on Wedne day, May

23rd at the Waterloo Library at 7:30 p.m,

It documents the work of ASTRA (Application,of Science and Technology to RuralAreas), a research centre in Pura, India,

ASTRA i looking for appropriate and inex

pen ive solutions to housing, water supplyand energy concerns of rural communities,

Many of the ideas generated in the film areapplicable to the work CUSO is involved in

- the concerns of the villager the need for a

development worker tor e t f i ~ a c h e s

and learn form the environment, the tyP;SOtechnologies introduced,

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