the iron warrior: volume 27, issue 16

Seventeen years ago on December 6th, Marc Lepine, age 25, entered the hall-

ways of Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique intent to seek revenge on those who he viewed as feminists. He carried with him a .223-caliber semi-automatic rifle and a six inch hunting knife. Upon entering a classroom, he instructed the men to leave, and the ten women to stay. After some hesitation, and shots being fired into the ceiling, the men left the classroom – some-thing that many would later regret. Lepine instructed the women to move to one cor-ner of the classroom. He explained to them that his purpose was to fight feminism; that he was there on behalf of all males. One of the women, Nathalie Provost, attempted to reason with the gunman, explaining that they were not feminists. This enraged Lepine further, and he methodically shot from left to right. All ten women were hit, six fatally.

One of the male students who left the class went for help, but even when the ambulances arrived, they were prevented from entering the building until the police were able to secure it. The news quick-

ly passed through the school, and many people either fled, or locked themselves inside rooms hoping to survive this ordeal. However, many people did not heed the warnings, believing that they were end of term antics. This would later prove to be a deadly decision.

Lepine searched the hallways looking exclusively for women. If he came across only men, he would leave them alone, but if there was a woman with them, the whole group became a target. No men were killed and if they were hit by a bullet, it was typi-cally in one of the extremities. The police arrived, but took 20 minutes to decide to enter the building. They were unsure where the culprit was, and did not wish to endanger any unnecessary lives. Those injured that were still able to walk were escorted to the medical personnel that had assembled at the road blocks.

After reaping havoc in the school’s cafeteria, Lepine proceeded to the third floor. There was still a class in session, completely unaware of the situation and the gunman entered the room, and again told the men to leave. No one moved, and Lepine shot the young woman who had been giving a presentation to the class with her two male classmates. The students and professors dove for cover under their desks. Lepine walked over the desks, fir-

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Christmas Food Drive with Style

Coming to a Campus not so near you!AndreA Murphy2A Architecture

Ever wondered what architecture stu-dents do with the cans that they col-

lect in a food drive? They build with them. WASA (Waterloo Architecture Student Association) is spearheading a Christmas food drive unlike any other- CANstruction.

Starting this week, student teams have been forming including representatives from every class. Design ideas are being tossed around based on the colour of the can label, the availability of the cans, the number of cans required for any design, and of course, actual structural integrity. Taking into consideration that the structure may use limited cardboard, string, pack-ing tape, and other non-obtrusive building materials, most of the teams are well on their way to producing their structure. Once the cans have been collected, the houses will assemble their sculpture in a designated spot in the Architecture school

to be enjoyed and observed by the public for a week. At the end of this display peri-od, the sculptures will be dismantled and all cans will be donated to the Cambridge food drive.

Want in on the fun? Talk to your class rep about collecting cans as a class to help us help those less fortunate. The actual build date is December 15th, and if you have the chance to swing down to Cambridge during that busy week, you are more than welcome to check out how your k i d n e y beans got used in a ten foot tall Gumbi. And no, we're not doing Gumbi ; he's been done before.

PEO Student Conference a Success

Queen's University was the host of the second annual Professional Engineers

of Ontario Student Conference, held on the weekend of November 17th. It was organ-ized this year on behalf of the Engineering Student Society Council of Ontario by the Queen's University Engineering Society. The conference is a forum held annually where delegates from each of Ontario's 14 Engineering schools (including a delega-tion from each of Waterloo's Engineering Societies) attend to exchange ideas and thoughts on issues affecting students.

The theme of this year's confer-ence was "The Value of the Professional Engineering License". The weekend fea-tured several speakers from the industry as well as some Queen's faculty members talking about a variety of issues. The lead speaker was Manoj Choudhary, the PEO Student Liaison Coordinator, and other speakers included Tom Harris, the Dean of Applied Science, Bruce Mathews, a Waterloo Systems Design graduate, and David Strong, the Queen's NSERC Chair in Design Engineering.

Delegates spent the weekend in Kingston at the the Donald Gordon

Conference Centre, just off the Queen's campus. The presentations included talks on sustainability in engineering, the inter-disciplinary aspect of engineering, and how the PEO handles complaints and discipli-nary actions. Delegates were also split up into ten different groups in break-out ses-sions on Friday and assigned ten different topics where they were asked to prepare a presentation in time for Saturday evening. The topics of the break-out sessions gen-erated some interesting debates among those present. They included engineering ethics, diversity in engineering, licensing emerging engineering disciplines, and the need for continual testing of professional engineers.

Perhaps the most interesting part of the weekend was the Saturday night etiquette dinner. Everyone was required to dress up in formal wear, and sat down to eat in the Conference Centre's main dining room. After playing a clip from the movie Titanic in which Leonardo DiCaprio's character somewhat embarrasses himself at the din-ner table, the dinner host began to talk about the importance of dinner etiquette in a business setting. From that point on, as the servers brought out the food, he described the correct way to do things, from how to sip wine and which fork to use at what time, to how to identify the "power person" at the table and how to

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The five criteria for becoming a professional engineerbe 18 years of agebe a Canadian citizen or landed immigrantgraduate with a bachelor's degree from an accredited Canadian engineering program (or equivalent meeting PEO's standards)successfully complete PEO's Professional Practice Examination on ethics and engineering lawobtain four years of verifiable engineering experience, including at least one year under a licensed professional engineer, and at most one year before graduation

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The Newspaper of the University of Waterloo Engineering Society

Editor-in-ChiefJaclyn Sharpe

Assistant EditorJeffrey Lipnicky

Photo EditorChase Gosselin

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Copy EditorsMark Hazlett

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StaffCarolyn Sutherland

LowRiderMichael Sue-Kam-Ling

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ContributorsDarcy Parks

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Angus McQuarrieKiri Neufeglise

Tyler GaleKathryn Pomeroy

Bredon DeHartMichael PieterseAndrea Murphy

Alex GirouxEvan MurphyDave HalfordGeoff Lawson

Andrew DoddsThe Iron Warrior is a forum for thought provoking and informative articles published by the Engineering Society. Views expressed in The Iron Warrior are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Engineering Society.The Iron Warrior encourages submissions from stu-dents, faculty and members of the university com-munity. Submissions should reflect the concerns and intellectual standards of the university in general. The author's name and phone number should be included.All submissions, unless otherwise stated, become the property of The Iron Warrior, which reserves the right to refuse publication of material which it deems unsuitable. The Iron Warrior also reserves the right to edit grammar, spelling and text that do not meet university standards. Authors will be notified of any major changes that may be required. Mail should be addressed to The Iron Warrior, Engineering Society, CPH 1327, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1. Our phone number is (519) 888-4567 x32693. Our fax number is (519) 725-4872. E-mail can be sent [email protected]

A Letter From Your Iron Editor

As finals approach the question cross-ing everyone’s mind is “Why am I

here?” The number of reasons people are here

at the University of Waterloo enrolled in Engineering, is limited only by the number of students. Some are here for love, some for money, and others still, to make their parents happy; but the underlying reason that we are here, is to get an unparalleled education in engineering. Why then do students spend so much time whining about work and cowering from exams? There is a general lack of respect shown for the education we are all trying to get. Education is obviously not the top priority for many students in engineering, as extra-curricular activities often take up much of the time and energy that should be devoted to studies.

Too many students don’t have enough respect for the opportunity they have been given to get an unequalled education. Many students maintain the attitude that the University needs to make an effort to educate them, and don’t seam to real-ise that they are acquiring an education by their own (or possibly their parents’) will. Professors are providing a service to students by lecturing and assign sample problems for the benefit of their students. Unlike grade school, university professors don’t have to ensure that their students learn the required materials if they don’t want to.

What is stranger still is that we pay handsomely for this supposed “torture”. And we do pay handsomely. Just under $1000 per course (on a 5 course term), that’s $25 for each 50 minute lecture. I bet you’re wishing you hadn't slept through your morning class now. Or do you get complimentary lectures and pay for exams at $222/hr?

People tend to fight their education, and there is often envious talk of the effi-cient term. Too frequently optional-assign-

ments are ignored and tutorials skipped. All a professor has to say is “not on the exam” for people to stop taking notes and allow their attention to wane. If students were truly looking for an education the threat of seeing the material on an exam should be irrelevant.

Another way in which students disre-spect and reduce the value of their educa-tion is by cramming. The sole purpose of cramming is to pass an exam. Information that is learned so quickly only makes a superficial impression on the memory, and is almost always forgotten soon after it is learned. The student who values the infor-mation he is learning, should take the time to learn the material thoroughly and fully so that it can be called upon later in his education or career. Though it is unlikely that anyone will remember how to do everything they learned and will be able to look some of the information up later, one should still be able to recall the basics and be able to do the calculations with only a quick refresher on the information.

This apathy towards education is not always the result of laziness though, and often the priority of education gets shifted because of extra curricular pursuits. These can include anything from student teams to personal hobbies. A trap that many people fall into is sacrificing one’s self for the team. As engineers we feel a strong sense of responsibility making it difficult to leave a team project incomplete, simply to further our own education. I’m struggling, myself, with the idea of leaving the Iron Warrior for a term to recover my academic standings.

Extra curricular activities are extreme-ly important. I obviously believe this or I wouldn’t be so involved with the Iron Warrior. Having things to do that are com-pletely unrelated to school is a great way to relax and refresh after a hard week of studying and reading text books. Without taking time out to relax from the pressures of school can cause even a diligent student to burnout.

School work is draining, and one is constantly reminded of how little one knows. Engineers are also, generally speaking, very hands on kind of peo-ple, and the constant stream of abstract knowledge becomes tedious. Through stu-

dent teams such as the Midnight Sun or Concrete Toboggan students can get their hands dirty and have the satisfaction of completing a project. It is also encourag-ing to know that you understand the basic principles behind the reactions you can see taking place, and encourages the natural thirst for knowledge.

Some of the easiest extracurricular activities to justify spending time on are clubs and student teams. Helping out your fellow students and upholding the University’s sterling reputation at compe-titions gives you a sense of purpose and accomplishment. While these activities can take up a lot of time and in some cases significantly reduce one’s academic stand-ings, they also supplement the education provided in the lecture hall. In many cases extracurricular activities add to an engi-neering degree more than they take away from it. If you can pass while doing many extra curricular activities you have proven yourself to be very smart, and will likely be capable of learning the particulars of your job when necessary, while the soft skills developed while working exten-sively with others are much harder to pick up later on. Because student organizations have such high turnover, members move up the chain of command quickly and have a great opportunity to exercise their leader-ship skills. Balancing school and extracur-ricular commitments can be a major cause of stress, however it also teaches students to manage their stress and builds character. Time management is also key to success-fully meeting all of one’s commitments.

The important thing to keep in mind is balance. Ignoring the academic portion of your education will no doubt come back to haunt you in later terms, or could even cause you to require repeating a term. No club is worth this sacrifice. However removing one’s self from team commit-ments can be very hard, especially your activities help you to deal with the stresses of school.

jAcLyn ShArpeeditor-in-chief

Why Are We Here?

Got something that needs to be said? We value your feedback. email usat [email protected]

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Old LowRiders Never Die: They Just Ride A LITTle Lower Into The Sunset

Dear LowRider,As I type this I weep all over the key-

board. The keys are slippery with my salty eyeball water. I can’t believe this is happen-ing to me. I’m going to be twenty freaking four years old and I’m still in school. My grandma had seventeen kids by the time she was twenty four. My grandfather had developed a business empire in milking cows. Oh whoa is me! I am almost forty grand in debt with nothing more than a soon to be degree from Waterloo and an Iron Ring. I can’t figure out why everybody thinks Waterloo is so great. Please help!

Concerned Fourth Year Nanotechie

Dear My Fellow Senior Citizen,

Don’t fret my son. LowRider is here to support and guide. UW was formed with the imagination of a very wise man by the name of Hagey. This man did not have the typical aca-demic credentials. He was powered by ambi-tion and the ability to make things happen. By trade he was a social entrepreneur. He saw a need for a school with technical underpinnings and so made it hap-pen where he lived, in the great farm fields of Waterloo. He wanted to create something dif-ferent. He didn't want to mimic crappy toron-to. He needed to make a better product. His vision was co-operative education. This was a radical idea that most people could not under-stand. Now everybody is copying the co-op thing. Even conestoga college is handing out “degrees” now. In the beginnings Waterloo was con-sidered a “trade school” among engineering schools. Look at us now. World class. We are still a relatively young school. And just look at the quality of people we turn out. You are the best. Still #1. Always #1.

_LR_

****************************Dear LowRider,

You’ve been at this for a very long time. Don’t get me wrong. You’re kinda funny but you’re too old for this job. It’s time to gently enter the B-Soc pasture and then like all good horses, you’ll probably end up at the glue factory in a bottle of Elmer’s. It

was fun but you’re not up to speed on fancy gismos. You will be replaced by an iPod Mister LowRider.

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out big guy.

Keeper of the Faith

Dear LowRider Readership,Has it been five years already? I’ve

helped out millions of people across the globe but the end is finally in sight. Sure I’ve bullshitted a bit here and there but you gotta keep things spicy. I build a freakin’ car around the theme for goodness’ sake. Yeah I know I’ve put a lot of pictures of my car in this paper but you love it. I put an underscore before and after the Ell and the Are. Now that’s innovation. LowRider is now a proud component of The Book that

Frosh get in their little kits. And don’t forget the groupie chicks are physically exhausted single handedly because of yours truly. I can feel the conversion from A-Suck to B-Suckier slowly happening. Those guys aren’t gonna know what hit them.

Next time you’re sipping a fine ale / lager / port / stout raise a glass in remem-brance. I’ll ride off into the sunset shoot-ing sparks from my rocker panels laying frame.

So without any further delay, I give you the new… improved… LowRider! He even has the same name as me.

SRML

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‘till next time kids, keep it low. it’s been a killer ride.

AntiquAted LoWrider4A engineering A Better world

have a problem? need advice? email Lowrider at

[email protected]

Dear LowRider,God. Not another Systems loser. What

the hell? At least tell me that you like chem-istry and hate those computery things. OK, well congratulations and stuff LowRider is the bestest and proudest traditions at UW. Without LowRider, I highly doubt that Waterloo would be ranked the most innova-tive school in

Canada and the world. My buddies want to know what kinds of things you plan to do

to keep up the long standing tradition? LowRider ensures that there remains a sketchy, stumbling, mumbling compo-nent to every UW Engineer's career. Don't forget to insert random swearing wordshit and punct,uation usage is of cheif importance.

A.Syssie

Dear Systems Wannabe,You are correct, I am from

the greatest and most renowned engineering throughout the land, Systems Design, and unfortunately for you I hap-pen to despise that shitty sub-ject known as chemistry. But luckily for you I have big plans to help propagate the glory that is LowRider, com-ing to the internet near you, LowRider will be on face-book. That's right ladies and gentlemen soon enough you will be able to write messages online and tell me how good looking I am through face-book. It will also include a where is LowRider this week section, where it will outline an event that yours truly will be attending, so you can flock to me in person.

_LR_

******************Dear LowRider,

I have a passion for push-ing elevator buttons. Some may consider it a bit of a problem but I find it so fulfill-

ing. I actually did a time study where by the more times you push the little arrow button the faster the elevator comes. It is like so cool! The relationship is actually a quad-ratic relation in the hypergame frequency teflon spectrum. Do you like pushing but-tons Mister LowRider?

Dear Pushes My Buttons,No, no I don't like pushing buttons more

times than necessary, and that's only once. What kind of idiot can you be to actually waste your time doing a study, but then again if you like pushing buttons, noth-ing could really be a waste of your time. I would suggest instead of pressing my but-tons you should go out and find yourself a lady friend so you can push her buttons… You know, the magic button.

_LR_

Hey Virgin LowRider,We're so glad to have a brand new

shinny, muscular LowRider. The last one was by far the most handsome yet, but he's getting all career focused and stuff in his fourth year. He's so busy with his fancy pants car project. He does have that square jaw and rippling hamstrings with that meaty [not appropriate for frosh] ... and firm [not appropriate for frosh]. I've gotten myself all happy now. Hopefully you'll come out to some of our meetings / pillow fights. Have a good work term sexy and we'll see you in May when we're feverish with spring fever!

LowRider Fan Club Chicks of America Club

PS: We're going to need a full scale wax model of yourself for the clubhouse. Can you send us some naked back photos?

Dear Groupie ChicksI would be glad to oblige you with some

photos, but only if I knew they were being used only for [not appropriate for frosh]. I would consider coming to one of your meetings, but I would need a preview of what happens at them, I would need to be a sent a tape of what goes in one of those meetings. Also if you thought that the last LowRider had a meaty [not appropriate for frosh] then you will be pleasantly surprised when the spring fever rolls around. Till then sweet cheeks,

_LR_

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Dear Swan Stone,We'll you've done it. You've paid me

enough money and fed me enough beer to sign away BANDANA privileges. The lawyers are processing the paper work now. The Groupie chicks are ramping up (and getting a bit hot and bothered). You had better make this school a better place to fill your head with engineering stuffs and beer. I have faith in you my young apprentice.

Love,Outgoing BANDANA slinger

Dear Obi Wan,I know I've done it, not there was any

doubt in my mind that I wasn't going to make it. I await the word from my new secretaries to notify that the paperwork has gone through. Don't you worry my dear mentor, I have already begun to spread the glory that is UW engineering, I am currently proudly displaying the engineering colour so all the world can see the awesomeness that is UW Engineering, and especially Systems Design. Someday I hope to be half as smart, half as witting and half as sexy as you. Until then I will not be satisfied. Keep it low from now until eternity,

Love,_LR_

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Till next time boys and girls, keep it low |--LowRider--|

cherry LoWrider2B SyStemS deSign

Litt transfers his bandana to a younger, purpler LowRider


So the term has almost come to an end, and with only a few more days to go,

there are only two more events before this term is over.

EOT is this Friday in POETS, this time with a Christmas theme since the holidays are so quickly approaching. Santa will be there for pictures to be taken with so come out for one last party before finals. Next week Monday, Enginuity finals will be tak-ing place during lunch in the CPH foyer. So come on out to both of these events and enjoy the last few days of school before you buckle down and start studying for finals.

Directorship applications are open! The form is available on the EngSoc web-site (http://engsoc.uwaterloo.ca/www) for you to apply to all of those awesome directorships that you’ve always wanted. If you’re interested in running an event, some directorships for you include: TalEng,

Semi-Formal, Genius Bowl, Canada Day, Athletics, Beach, Extreme Sports, Special Events and Enginuity. If you’re looking to spend a little bit of time each week to help us out, apply for White Board, POETS Programmer or Orifice Director. And of course, there are many, many more not listed here, just remember to apply by December 1st at Midnight!

Finally, in order to get some feedback from all of you, an Engineering Society Questionnaire has been included in this issue of the Iron Warrior so we can get some feedback. Responses to the Questionnaire can be submitted until the end of lectures either through submitting the paper copy in the IW to a drop box in the Orifice (the Engineering Society Office) or electroni-cally on the Engineering Society Website. Your responses will help us do our jobs better by determining what you would like to see happen with the Engineering Society in terms of events and services. Every survey submission will also get you entered into a draw for a fabulous yet to be determined prize from the Engineering Novelties Store.

So submit those surveys, apply to direc-torships and have a good work term.

The End of Term Wrap-Up Internal Exec Report of Awesomeness

Yes, it’s that time again. Major assign-ments are due and finals are quickly

approaching. It’s been a few weeks of copious amounts of work and lack of sleep. That being said, EngSoc stuff is beginning to wind down for the term. These past few weeks have been full of events and it’s been great to see so many people out! Even though the term’s almost over, there are still a few things I’d like you to all know.

First, the furniture that was ordered for the Orifice over the summer will be coming in over the next couple of weeks. So the next term you come back to cam-pus, the Orifice may look slightly differ-ent. Novelties will also be getting new furniture in the next couple of weeks.

Directorship applications are also open right now. You can find the appli-cations on the EngSoc website. The deadline is midnight on December 1. We’ll be selecting directors sometime over the exam period so you’ll know before exams are over.

Lastly, there are a couple of FEDS things you all may be interested in. First FEDS will be running Polar Jam on Friday January 26, 2007. Polar Jam is an outdoor festival and this year will be held near FED Hall. Right now FEDS is looking for volunteers to help with a few things. First they’re looking for help with their steering committee. This is where you’d have the opportunity to help in planning the events. They’re also looking for help with their volunteering/security committee. Another way you can get involved is to be a volunteer for the day’s events. They need help with promoting the event, or lending a hand the day of the event. If you’re interested in helping out, email Steve at [email protected] or Gordo at [email protected].

Also, you have the chance to win a 30GB iPod video! FEDS is run-ning a survey on what product(s) you would like to see in the newly renovated Aussies (in the SLC). See www.feds.ca for more information.

That’s it for me. I wish you all the best on your finals and hope you enjoy what break you have before the winter term. For the fourth years reading this, best wishes on your final term and your future endeavors. We’ll miss you.

I’ve been keeping a relatively low profile with respect to exec reporting for the

majority of the term, but I’m going to take the opportunity now to fill you in regard-ing the major projects I’ve been working on. AExpect to hear a lot about them come our return to campus in May. These projects are:

1) Online services assessment, house-keeping, and policy development

In particular I’ve been looking into strategies to encourage sustainability of the services, effectively promote contribu-tion to the services (since they depend on student submissions), and improve acces-sibility to the services – for users, manag-ers, and contributors alike. This will be implemented in part through collaboration with the web-design project that will also be happening this winter.

2) PDEng course evaluation forms.PDEng 15 and 25 have been through

six and four iterations respectively, and are ready for the implementation of course evaluations similar to those done for on-campus courses. The difference is, of course, that these courses are taught entirely online. These courses require a different type of evaluation to reflect the different learning environment, and the PDEng steering committee is working on developing such a form to be coordinated through the Dean’s office and EngSoc, as is done for on-campus courses.

In other news, there remain a couple of current affairs worth noting as the aca-demic term draws to a close and we all get super excited to write finals. First, course evaluations continue to trickle in to the Orifice. They are being collected at the front desk. A course evaluation reading session will be held next Thursday – come out for some sweet food and highly enter-taining course evaluation read-ation.

Contributions to the exam bank are still (and always!) being accepted by e-mail ([email protected]) or by paper copy to the Orifice.

As usual, I encourage everyone to con-tact me with their academic concerns at [email protected].

ruth-AnneVAnderWAterpreSident

Happy End of Term Everyone!

tyLer GALevp educAtion

Hello all,So the PEO Student Conference

went well. Many of the issues students were concerned about were received and will be presented to the PEO. Of particular concern to you, dear reader, might be the fact that every work term you do after 2B may qualify for time towards your P. Eng (up to 12 months). This work does not need to be done in Canada, it doesn't need to be under a P. Eng. All it needs to be is Engineering work, according to various guidelines. We are hoping to have the forms available in the Orifice soon, and we will be working with Co-op to make

it so that the form is sent out to you auto-matically when you get your employment package. OEC Qualifiers just completed last Saturday. We have selected a team from A-Soc to compete for Waterloo in Junior and Senior Team Design, as well as for Engineering Consulting. B-Soc will be running their qualifiers in January, which is when the Innovative Designs will be chosen as well. NCWIE happened a cou-ple of weeks ago, but I wasn't there. Kate Kelly, one of the Women in Engineering directors, reports to me that, and I quote, "It was a good conference".

In other news, EngSoc has a new TV outside the C&D. It's pretty frickin' sweet. Feel free to write in if you have any ideas as to what you would like to see up there. In other news, read my article about the new EngSoc Wiki.

Oh. Potluck is soon, come eat delicious foods. Todd will be there, he may grin at you in a creepy fashion. Don't miss it.

AnGuS McquArrievp externAl

kiri neufeGLiSevp internAl

Smorgasbord of News

Course Critiques Predicted to Enlighten the Masses

This is my last article as WEEF direc-tor and I would like to congratulate

everyone on an excellent term. Running WEEF has been an eye-opener and I have definitely developed an even greater respect for the benefits of WEEF than I had before. Speaking of benefits, the funding allocations have been made ($80,000 this term) and are listed in the table adjoining this report. If you have any questions about this term’s allocations (or any other term), please email me at [email protected].

In other news, the WEEF by-election held recently in CPH foyer resulted in a new A-Soc WEEF director: Brandon

DeHart. Brandon will take over officially in May of 2007 (the upcoming summer term). He has some great ideas for WEEF and congratulations should be extended to him with best wishes and support.

Please continue to get involved with WEEF. There are opportunities as assist-ant directors (apply with engsoc direc-torships applications online), funding council members (email weef@engmail), and board of director members (also email weef@engmail). It should also be noted that the donations this term should push the principal above $7M and we need to start considering what should be done to mark the term when it reaches $10M. Milestone projects (like the WEEF lab, way back when) are an ideal way for us as students to make big things happen – like the allocations made each term, but better.

That’s all for now. Good luck on exams and on your upcoming terms…. Remember, WEEF is GOOD.

kAthryn poMeroyweef director

EnginEEring SociEty

As Time Approaches 2007Principle Approaches $10 Million

The Engineering Society is looking for your feedback!

Fill in the questionaire (located on page 12) and drop it off in the orifice! Or if the Internet is your thing, you

can do it all digitally at the EngSoc website

http://engsoc.uwaterloo.ca/www/

Executive Reports5Wednesday, november 29, 2006

Remember how I promised that if I had time I would write a good story

for you this time? Well guess what! I didn't have time, and I'm already late (again), so all you get is a short story that isn't very good at all. It's about... gremlins. Yeah, gremlins! What else is it about? Hmm... It's also about wallpaper. Not just any wallpaper though, it's mys-terious and evil wallpaper. The kind that they keep in the back at Gnome Depot, and you have to ask specially to get it. Ok, so on with the story.

Once upon a Thursday, some time ago, maybe it was in July. Three grem-lins arrived at Gnome Depot looking for some mysterious, evil wallpaper. You see, these gremlins lived together, and were redecorating their cave (or whatever gremlins live in, it doesn't matter). The gremlins had forgotten to call ahead and ask about the mysterious, evil wallpaper. When they arrived, they were mildly enraged to discover that none of the

lawn gnomes on duty had heard about the stuff! Having walked all the way down the street to get there, the gremlins weren't about to leave without any wall-paper. If the living room didn't match, their cave was simply not worth going home to at all.

These clever gremlins devised a plan. One of the gremlins was to distract the lawn gnomes while the other two snuck into the back to find the mysterious, evil wallpaper for themselves. Luckily, one of them had trained for three months in the South Pacific for just such an occa-sion. He did quite a fancy little jig, and the lawn gnomes were none the wiser. The other two gremlins had slipped into the back room undetected.

Roaming through the back, the grem-lins stumbled upon the day manager. The day manager was a surly fellow, and was one of the dreaded mole people!!! Rather than sell the mysterious, evil wall-paper to the gremlins, he decided it was for some reason a better idea to initiate the self-destruct sequence for the whole store. The gremlins, not wanting to go home without any wallpaper, continued to search, even though the counter was counting down to their destruction.

With only seconds remaining on the timer, one of the gremlins found some of the mysterious, evil wallpaper. They grabbed what they could and began to run! As the timer ran out, Gnome Depot exploded in a fiery rage. Everyone was destroyed. For the gremlins, it was all for the best anyway, since the mysteri-ous, evil wallpaper that they'd grabbed wouldn't have matched anyway.

todd rAdiGAnvp finAnce

Lessons in Money Management

As all of you may or may not know, I will be the WEEF Director for the

coming Summer A-Soc term, and plan to do as much to popularize WEEF as I can. In order to do that, I will need WEEF Assistants, so I would love for anyone that would like to lend an extra hand (minimum dedication is a couple of days taking refunds) to apply to be an assistant. It's also a directorship in EngSoc, so you can get your class P**5 points. Before I talk about what I plan to do next term, I just have a few things I'd like to say about the election.

First off, I would just like to congratu-late Chris Metaxas for being a worthy opponent in the WEEF Director by-elec-tions that were held last week. I'm glad that there is enough interest in WEEF these days that the position wasn't just acclaimed directly as it has been for so many terms. In addition, I would like

to thank those of you who came out to vote regardless of who you voted for, as the turnout was pretty good for two days notice and only the chance to cam-paign with frosh. Finally, I would like to thank Kathryn Pomeroy, the current A-Soc WEEF Director, for putting in the extra time to run the election (as well as WEEF, of course) this term.

On to next term: One big goal I have for the Summer term is to be able to have shirts, patches, and various other items with the WEEF logo on them available in Novelties, or even from the WEEF office. Once students who know what WEEF does for everyone have others asking them about why they proudly wear/use something with the WEEF logo on it, word of mouth will take care of the rest. Another major item I want to improve on is to inform students about what WEEF is doing for the labs that we all have to use (sometimes on a daily basis). Third, I want to show people how WEEF is a way of taking some control over both the state of our current education at the school as well as the worth of our future degrees. If you have any questions about other initia-tives I want to start, I'm always available by e-mail: [email protected].

BrAndon dehArt2B mechAtronicS

Coming Attractions: WEEFy Summer Goodness with a Tron

# Page PROPOSAL REQUESTED ALLOCATED

ARCHITECTURE1 3 Hot Wire Table and Nail Gun / Compressor kit $1,666 $1,6662 4 Computer / Video Equipment $8,520 $4,386

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING3 6 Water Bath, Humidity Meter and Digital Balance $3,995 $2,800

CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING4 7 Support for the UW weather station $500 $500

E&CE

B -- E&CE '30 Series "Projects in Semiconductors & Electronic Circuits"$10,050 $9,500

5 8 ECE 484 Controls Lab Ball & Beam Apparatus $11,898 $5,9496 9 Microscope X10 w/Light for FYDP Lab $1,407 $1,4077 10 LCD Computer Monitors E2-3344 $1,318 $08 11 Non-Contact Tachometers $890 $890

MECHANICAL9 12 Computer and Polishing Wheel Base for Materials Lab $4,550 $3,27510 13 Human Anatomical Models & Educational Videos $3,918 $2,499

NANOTECH ENGINEERING11 14 Magtran Equipment for NE-141 lab (Electromagnetics) $6,224 $3,136

SYSTEMS DESIGN12 15 PCI DAQ Cards for Control Systems Lab $7,800 $5,200

DEPARTMENT TOTAL $62,736 $41,208Percent of overall total 48% 52%

13 16 CIVIL 4TH YEAR: Water Quality Analysis $4,085 $3,00014 17 EWB: Funding Proposal for EWB Materials $911 $35015 18 FORMULA SAE: In-House Engine Dyno $10,000 $5,500

16 19 GNTR: 2007 Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Team - SLEDGO$4,000 $2,500

17 20 IRON WARRIOR $1,209 $1,20918 21 MIDNIGHT SUN Solar Race Car Team $8,600 $5,00019 22 SAILBOT: SailBot 2.0 $1,580 $1,08020 24 SYDE 4th YEAR: waterlooSPEED $2,000 $1,725A -- University of Waterloo Micro Air Vehicle Team $2,483 $1,50021 26 UWAFT $5,252 $2,62222 28 UW CRT: Blood Pressure Monitor Funding $346 $34623 29 UWIRE: Autonomous Racing Challenge 2007 $3,331 $1,28224 31 UW ROBOTICS $6,050 $4,050

25 32 UW UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY TEAM: Thruster Motors$4,530 $1,570

26 33 WARG: Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group $3,500 $1,75027 35 WERC Design Competition Team $3,259 $2,58928 36 WOMBaT $6,210 $2,760

STUDENT TEAMS TOTAL $67,346 $38,833Percent of overall total 52% 49%

GRAND TOTAL $130,082 $80,000WEEF Allocations for Fall 2006

impress them. All throughout, he made sure to inject humour and personal anec-dotes into his talk to keep the guests inter-ested and entertained.

But ultimately, the main purpose of the weekend was to learn about the value of the license. As such, this is an appropriate place to identify some of the main points that were talked about at the conference. First and foremost, by law, a P.Eng license is required if you are going to be responsi-ble for work that is defined as professional engineering according to the Professional Engineers Act. The act defines this as "any act...wherein the safeguarding...of public welfare is concerned and requires the application of engineering principles". There is also a certain integrity, which is respected by employers and clients, that comes with having the license. Being a professional engineer also bestows an ethical responsibility, one that can never be ignored, upon the holder of the license.

Finally, it is actually illegal to call yourself an engineer or have the word engineer in your job title without being a licensed professional engineer. Despite common belief, the Iron Ring does not signify an engineer - it only represents the fact that you graduated from an accred-ited engineering program at a Canadian university. In fact, one of the speakers at the conference talked about how he did not wear his Iron Ring because he felt that his title said more than a ring on his finger ever could. Indeed, the Bachelor of Applied Science degree that we attain after completing our studies here is merely the first step to becoming an engineer.

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I am pleased to announce the names of the outstanding engineering students who have received scholarships. We wish them continued success.

Message from the DeanFaculty of Engineering -November 2006

ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS

Arthur F. Church Mechanical Engineering Scholarships

Stephen HrastovecJason Jackson

C.U.P.E. Local 793 AwardDavid ForrestMark Nussli

CAE Inc. Scholarship in Mechatronics Engineering

Michal Martyniak

Canadian General-Tower Scholarships in the

EnvironmentSaba Alzaydi

Carl A. Pollock Engineering Scholarship

Tahbit ChowdhuryAsif Khan

Jonathan MedwigNicole WeckmanYuen-Wah Yung

Chachra Family Entrance ScholarshipPeter Jones

Chandrashekar/Shad Valley

Memorial Engineering

Entrance ScholarshipTommy Chan

CN Entrance Scholarship in Engineering

Ivan ChakBeverly Ho

Colonel Hugh Heasley Engineering Scholarship

Fuad Al-AminCalvin ChanNaheed Hirji

Hershel MacaulayBarrett Schitka

Prasahnt Sivarajah

Conestoga-Rovers & Associates Entrance

ScholarshipBenjamin Mahler

Amr SamyKyla Tan

Engineering Faculty/Staff Entrance Scholarship

Keith PeirisSarah Reinholt

Faculty of Engineering Entrance ScholarshipOluwadamini Adesegha

Ehsan AfsharSean Anderson

Joan AngMaricor Arlos

Oleg ArtemenkoMarissa BaleCarl BangloyJacob Barton

Andrew BirchallGregory BoyleSarah Bryant

Cameron BurgeKaren Chan

Mannissa ChangYvonne ChengBrian Cheung

Kishore ChittellaAndrew ChmielDavid Coskun

Barry CrosswellNalin De Zoysa

Geoffrey DijkemaKristof DorgaiAlvin DuongJames Dyck

William EaglesonUmair FaruquiEmily Fleming

Alexey FridmanArthur GawronskiJeffrey Glaister

Mathieu GuenetteSung-Ho Han

Andrew HandkeSharra Harris Dewit

Derek HartmanGraham Hendra

Ingrid HoDaniel Holowack

Gufeng HuDimitar Irinkov

Amr KarimEmily Kirke

Kai KokCheuk-Kiu KongMichael KwanMichael LatterSeungwon Lee

Alexandra LenarduzziChou Leong

Chun Kin LeungChristopher Li

Mark LieflShuang LiuJessica LoJason Lum

Yu Luo

Jethro MaCristina MaioccoNicholas MasonJeffrey McCurdy

Andrew MioRyan Moxam

Eric NoortKimberly Osborne

Prasanthan PanneerchelvamNikesh Parsotam

Maurice PudJoshua Raben

Jean-Samuel RancourtLindsay Roth

Basel SabbaghMichael Seliske

Jay ShahKelly Spettigue

Bradley St PierreThushyanthie Suntharalingam

Taif SyedLesley TownVivek TrehanWinnie Tse

Veronica TsouJaime Van Wynsberghe

Chen WangMing Wei

Sarah WhethamJoel WilsonBrian WongPaul WrightZheng Wu

Naomi Zimmerman

Isabel Farrar Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship

Kirby Skinn

JNE Consulting Ltd. Entrance ScholarshipMikhail Hanewich-Hollatz

Matthew Jama

Leslie Klein Engineering Entrance Scholarship

Joseph CollinsMatthew Hirsch

Motorola Engineering Scholarship

Adam Yim

Nortel Networks Undergraduate Scholarship

Evgeny KramarenkoChing-Pei Lin

Yatin ManerkarSpencer McEwan

George PhilipKamil PilchRohit SinhaShawn Tariq

Jonathan ThomasLuke WangHoi Wong

Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation

Entrance AwardSamantha Stambula

Adam Yim

Paul B. Spafford Entrance Scholarship

Lai So

Peter C. Masak Memorial Scholarship

George Guerette

Richard & Elizabeth Madter Entrance Scholarship

Benjamin HouleShi HuangVakar KohliShang Sun

Ross & Doris Dixon Waterloo Region Entrance

ScholarshipPritesh Modi

Scotiabank Software Engineering Entrance

ScholarshipIsaac Sutherland

Shell Canada Engineering Entrance Scholarship

Jennifer McGuire

Sherbourne-Roorda Memorial Scholarship

Yu-Ta Chen

Sir Casimir Gzowski Entrance Scholarship

Alicia Lefaive

SNC-Lavalin Entrance ScholarshipAileen CashDavid Powell

Rebecca QuanHeidi Rolfe

Adam Schneider

Software Engineering Entrance Scholarship

Catherine JervisRyan KarnYubin Kim

Asha Rostamianfar

Sony of Canada Science Foundation Entrance

ScholarshipChristopher AhnMichael Rossi

University of Waterloo Alumni Scholarship

Sukh Jolly

University of Waterloo Merit Scholarship

Mohamed AbdelrahimRichard AdairSyed Aftab

Angelo AlaimoWilliam Aldred

Danyal AliLiban Ali Yusuf

Jesse AllinSean Anderson

Thomas AndersonAbarnath Ariyaratnam

Zachary AtlinAdam Attia

Muhammad AulakhJoshua AzizGyubok BaikKevin BaileyAditya Bali

Carl BangloyLiam BansenJujhar Barmi

John BarrAlexandra Baruzdina

Alexander BassSami BastakiMark BeelerMark Belisle

Keith BelovayAlexandra Benggawan

Hari BhagavatheeswaranAshish Bidadi

Elise BingemanThomas BiskupMatthew Blackie

Jonathan BlekkenhorstErik Bohn

Paul BooneSteven BorgdorffPierre BouffardKevin Bowley

Timothy BrennerJason Bridgemohansingh

Sarah BryantAndrew Bui

Jeremy BullockArtem Burmistrov

Daniel BurstynRebecca CameronEsteban CampionRichard Cancino

Thomas ChambersWilliam Chan

Ratnesh ChandnaMannissa ChangMatthew Chelli

Brad ChenYufei Chen

Johnny ChenKaiwei ChenClara Cheung

Ho-Ting CheungVivian CheungMeetpal ChhinaJacob Chiang

Anita ChiappettaJohn Chibuk

Joel ChiuMichael Chlebowski

Gwan ChoSeyong ChoDavid Chong

Andrew ChongChia Chou

Nicholas ChowEhren ChoyCalvin ChuChe Chu

Steven ChungYunghun ChungLaura ContiniJason CordesIonut Cotoc

Jonathan CoxMichelle CroalPatrick CuttenWinnie Dang

Christian DavidBenjamin Davies

Edwin D'CruzKaran DeepakNandish DesaiJordan Dewolfe

Joshua DoerksenMikhail DokuchaevDaniel DomanskyEugeniu Draco

Neil D'SaTamir Duberstein

Luke EcksteinAhmad El-AinaShawn EldebsNajib El-Kaake

Stephen ElliotsonSean Elmer

Charles FalzonBlake Farrow

Behrang FarzanNadine FergusonTimothy Ferrier

Alvin FongIan Forneri

Kirk FournierCyril FrancisPaul Fugere

Lauren FulcherRenee Fung

Ramez GabrailParth GandhiVictor Garcia

Daniel GardnerNneka GeorgeKristen Gerard

Shane GhouralalJeremy GilbertRonald GizzieSarah Glover

Stephen GobbiSebastien GobeilAlan Goodhoofd

Mark GorskiChristopher GoudyAlexander GrantZhongyan Guan

Anvit GuptaRobert Gurr

Andrew GuytingcoSyed HaiderOwaiz Haji

Tyler HaladuickMahmoud HamadehTerence Hampson

Sangmin HanMatthew HanselmanMatthew HarasymArshad Harooni

Colin HeicsMarius Hexan

Douglas HindsonCaitlin Ho

Kirsten HoedlmoserChristopher HoganThomas Holbrook

Andrew HouseLiang-Kung Hsia

Shih HsuAsia HuaXi Huang

John HuangJunbin Huang

Ka HuangSamuel HubermanStephanie Hultgren

Calvin HungGeoffrey HungKhalid HusseiniThanh Huynh

Bin HyunShu Ip

Trevor IretonDimitar Irinkov

Anthony IseyemiAumkar IyerDeepak Jain

Brendan JakubowskiHamzah Jaradat

Muhammad JawedArvid Jayasundara

Ian JessopCaroline Ji

Catherine JinDanial JohariScott JonesMinho JungSang Jung

Changwoo JungChristopher Kaestner

Jamy KallikadenAmir KarbasiDarius KarelAli Karimi

Christopher KedzierskiMichael KehJoel Kelch

William KelloughPeter Kelly

James KendleCara KennedyScott KennedySean KennedyDarius Keung

Ayaz KhanTahir Khan

Parth KhandekarDmitri KharseevRocky KhasowRonald Kielstra

Dong KimYoung-Min Kim

Taeyun KimRyan KimMin Kim

Jeonghwan KimDha Kim

Michael KimAdam Klockars

Alyssa KochanskiParneet KohliKatrina Koo

Pradyumna KrishnanNaman KumarHarlan KuntzJoshua KuntzVictor KurpanSherwin Kwan

Eric KwokEugene KwongKevin Kwong

Angel LaiNathan LaiJing Lam

Michael LamJefford LamDavid Lam

Andy LangtonCassandra LealSophie Leblanc

Ji LeeTerence LeeJungmoo LeeVanessa Lee

Hung-Ju LeeHo-Wook LeeAdrian Lee

Jun LeeJohn Lee

Jason Lee PackJaron Lefler

Richard LegareSteven Leigh

Alexandra LenarduzziEthan Lerner

Chenlu LiChenxiang LiHaochen LiSunny LiTao Li

Jia LiangYukan Liao

Hyun-Woo LimCalvin Lin

Victoria LinAlexander Lisi

Kevin LiuRuichi Liu

Danzhao LiuAlvin LiuWan Lo

Edmund LoOanh Long

Nicholas LovellJingchen LuKevin LuiHon Lui

Edwin LumDaniel LuongThomas Lypps

Man MaErica MacdonaldGalen Maclusky

Colin MacphersonMaciej Makowski

Morvarid Malek ZadehAkarsh Mallya

Andrew MalpassGerard Manansala

Tejas MandkeMuhammad Mandvia

Amber ManzoorSamuel MarteyCaitlin Martin

Geoffrey MatherShikha MathurDaniel MatzegPhilip McCarthyPeter McClure

Tyler McConnellCailey McCutcheon

Olivia McGuireJinyi Meng

David MikolajewskiChristopher Miller

Jason MillerJohn MitchellDipesh Modi

Sayad MohammedRahul Mohan

Allen MokAmy Monk

Justin MorrisAkif Muhammad

Umair MuhammadWaqas Muhammad

Craig MunchMahad Murtaza

Mohamed MusbahZahra Najam

Man NgTimothy NgKaryan NgoDan Nguyen

Francis Nguyen-PhamMichael Noh

Andrew NorthmoreJulian NovickNeil OcampoCaleb Olesen

Conor O'SullivanWissame Ouazzani Chahdi

John PacutaKajeepan Palachandran

Adit PanchalAnkur Pandya

Antony PanikulamNicholas Pankratz

Boyd PantonTalal ParachaNeil PartridgeEhsan PashaAnisha Patel

Madhavi PatelAbhishek Patri

Christopher PauloJeffrey Peacock

Iain PeetLeo Perez

Alexander PetersVasanth Petlu

Jeffrey PetraccaMatthew Phan

Marc PicheFarhan PirzadaDonna Poon

Benjamin PostmaChristopher PoulsenPreethi Prabhakara

Elisa PrajogoYonathan PrajogoNicholas Prociw

Denis ProninRonak PunjabiHassan QaziWister Qiu

Yuesong QiuMuhammad Qureshi

Syed RabNemanja Radakovic

Jonathan RadiceNaveed Rahman

Amulya RajaGayathiridevi Ramaseshan

Loic RamboanasoloMichael Ramcharitar

Scott RankinLathankan Rasenthiram

Gobaan RaveendranSaivickna Raveendran

David ReitzelYue Ren

Felix ReynDaniel Riad

Christopher RintjemaMalcolm Robert

William RobichaudMichael Robinson

Sogol RoohparvarzadehGokul RudraMario Ruiz

Stephen RussellSivasankar Sabapathy

Basel SabbaghAndrew Sam

Sriram SampathLohit Sarma

Christopher SchaferTobias SchulerMichael SeliskeParthiv ShahRinkesh ShahOrrie ShannonAditya Sharma

Saumaya SharmaRian Shearer

Ahmed ShehataMohammadjavad Sheikhzadeh

NadjarDa ShenFan Shi

Hyun ShimJoonha Shin

Evgeny ShulyatyevMichael ShumIsha Sidana

Roshane SilvaMark SinasacTodd SinclairNayani Singh

Ryan SitLaura SlobodaDaniel Sohm

Yoo-Chan SohnDaniel Solomon

Hyomin SonKyung-Min SongSylvie Spraakman

Ian SpraggsCurtis Steeves

Scott StegelmeierJessica Stevenson

Gareth StockJason StrachanDavid StronksSergio Suarez

Thushyanthie SuntharalingamShane Swanson

Tyler SzaboPeter Szpakowski

Christopher SzybalskiLogan TacomaNassir TajdinNicholas TamAnna Tang

Raymond TangTiffany Terrier

Lisa ThaiTharmini Thavaratnam

James ThomsonAndische Tizhoosh

Jason TongLisa Tong

Raymond TongVivek Trehan

Konstantinos TsafatinosJustin Tsang

Jonathan TsimanaryAndrei Tulai

Matthew TwynstraSuren Udayakumar

Alfred UlrichKashif Umer

Muhammad UmerAlbert ValkenburgJoshua Van BoxtelPaul Vandenberk

Jeremy VandermeerPrashant Vankamamidi

Brett VeermanGabriel VendittiRyan VerweyPeter Vollick

Vi VuMatthew Waller

Judy WanBensen Wang

Shuaining WangAndrew WardMichael Weber

Daniel WesterbaanJoel Wilson

Matthew WongVincent WongRicky Wong

Charles WongAngus WongAllison Wong

Samson WongMartin WongRonald WooJessica Woo

Ken WooXiaonan WuNicholas Wu

Linze Wu

Anthony WuDi Wu

Puan XuMark Yamada

Calvin YanJames YangJinglin YangKevin Yee

Lawrence YehJason Yeung

Stephen YeungSinthujhan Yogendran

Byung-Wook YooObaidullah Younas

Ali YousafHomayon YousufiSami Zeinelabdin

Si ZhangXi ZhangBo Zhao

Xiaoxian ZhouZhe ZhuBing ZhuJun Zhu

University of Waterloo President's Scholarship of

DistinctionAhmed Abdel-Aal

Damon AboudMahmoud AdadaAbdullah AfzalSaif Ahmed

Shiffat AhmedFuad Al-Amin

Daniel ArmstrongMirza Baig

Raymond BaylissErin Bedford

Hector CardenasCalvin ChanGary Cheung

Yi-Hsien ChungAndrew ClarkeAndrew CrossNahid DawoodAdam Dobri

Crawford DoranNathan Dyck

Patrick FairbankSarwat FarabeeRojina Ghasemi

Leonardo Gimenez PaezMingyao Gu

Jaimeet GulatiNicholas Hartmann

Nizar HasanNaheed Hirji

Matthew HirschJeffrey Ho

Benjamin HouleStephen Hrastovec

Ammar JafarSyed JawaidTian Jiang

Gandhali JoshiAndrew KakojejkoPremsatya Kalevar

Opal KellyGurrinder Kharbanda

Arafat KhondokarJae Kim

Vakar KohliEvgeny Kramarenko

Sang Joon LeeDavid Lenton

Legour LeonardChing-Pei LinXiangfei Liu

Maria LoureiroRohan MahimkerYatin Manerkar

Michal MartyniakSpencer McEwanJennifer McGuire

Neil McKayNicholas MenziesMichal Mleczko

David MoonRavinder Multani

Holly NeatbyNitesh Neelanshu

James NeilsonFarnaz NirouiKamil Pilch

Hamza PurraYuan Qi

Al RahmanTalha Rauf

Rabiah RizviTimothy Robotham

Ivan Salgado PatarroyoBarrett Schitka

Janine SerratoreTaraneh ShahiChenhan ShenYongwan ShinRohit Sinha

Prasahnt SivarajahKirby Skinn

Michael SmartMelanie Snow

Edwin SoLai So

Russell SterrettShang Sun

Isaac SutherlandKyla Tan

Shawn TariqTaylor Termes

Jonathan ThomasLeslie Tilluckdharry

Luke WangZhuo Wang

Dallas WillmsTommy Wong

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Yiyi YangBrook Zaback

Jia Zhang

University of Waterloo President's Scholarship

Hisham AbdulrrazekBaker Abudan

Oluwadamini AdeseghaEhsan AfsharImtiaz AhmedGyuhyun Ahn

Peter AkikiJared Ali

Syed Ali QadriShayan Alivandi-Farsi

Robert AmelardArbab Amjad

Sean AndersonJoan Ang

Maricor ArlosIshatpal Arora

Oleg ArtemenkoJoshua AshurstRajat Ashwarya

Daniel AuBruno Bajic

Alvin BaldovinoMarissa BaleJacob Barton

Thomas BeckettMatthew Bester

Rutvij BhattDavid BickfordAndrew BirchallGregory BoyleJamie Bragg

Kenton BrockmanTyler Bulley

Cameron BurgeAndrew Cameron

Edgar CaoAdam CapoferriAdrian CeccoStephen ChaVictor ChabotKaren ChanWai Chan

Alvina ChauHo-Jae CheangAdil CheemaJustin ChenQin Chen

Steven ChenWei Wei Chen

Yu ChenZhi Chen

Gianne ChengLyndon ChengYvonne ChengBrian Cheung

Samuel CheungWing Hang Cheung

Arthur ChingKishore ChittellaAndrew Chmiel

Jai ChoJanice ChoiShin Choi

Michael ChomitzAlex Chortos

Shehman ChoudhuryDae Won ChungDanny Chung

Muhammad ChutaniDavid CoskunDesmond Cox

John CrisostomoChester CristobalBarry Crosswell

Felix CruxWilliam Curtis

Brett CyrTobiasz Dankiewicz

Drew DavidsonNalin De Zoysa

Preet DesaiIan Dewancker

Geoffrey DijkemaKristof DorgaiAlvin DuongTuan DuongJames Dyck

William EaglesonSherif El Tonbari

Seyed EsfahanizadehIkechukwu Eshiokwu

Andrew EvansDaniel Everitt

Matthew EwingArash Farhadi

Ishraque FarhanUmair FaruquiAaron FattoriZachary Feld

Andrew FergusonNathaniel FlathEmily FlemingJason Fong

Douglas FournierMichael Frankovich

Alexey FridmanDarius Gai

Lee GambleKarthik Ganesan

Chao GaoYang Gao

Kevin GarlandArthur GawronskiJennifer Gentile

Gerardo GillDanielle Gillanders

Benoit GirardJeffrey GlaisterScott Grieve

Mathieu GuenetteChanakya Gupta

Sung-Ho HanAndrew HandkeCalvin Hariman

Alim HarjiSharra Harris Dewit

Derek HartmanStephen Hawke

Shuting HeGraham Hendra

Cristoy HendralindJustin Hildebrand

Derek HoIngrid Ho

Rebecca HoDaniel HolowackDae Gee Hong

Yu HongBrian HouserGufeng HuPatrick Hu

Tedmond HuaWilliam Hua

Po Wei HuangYi Huang

Baker HumadiTyler Humphreys

Liang HuoTanzina Huq

Bhooshansingh HurrynagHusam Hussein

Andrew HyndmanMark Ibrahim

Mohammed IbrahimWael Jaber

Graham JacksonIrfan Jaffer

Fatemeh Jahed MotlaghRafay Jamil

Jason JayakodyAbhilash Jayakumar

Catherine JervisSung-Ho Jin

Zhao JinChi Jon

Shawn JonesKamal Joshi

Isaac JourardAlexandra Joyce

Won JungAndrew Kaikai

Amr KarimRyan Karn

Bhavya KashyapMatthew Kaufman

Zain KazmiDavid Keitel

Andrew KezysMohammad Khalid

Awadh KhamisAmreen Khan

Mohammed KhanSundeep Khandpur

Imran KhimjiHo Kim

Jisung KimJun Kim

Kunho KimMin KimMin Kim

Sungyeon KimYongjung Kim

Yubin KimRobert Kingston

Emily KirkeJulianne KlineYusuke KodaRichard Kohar

Kai KokCheuk-Kiu Kong

Yifan KongAndrew Ku OngStanley KuepferCheng-Wei Kuo

Samer KurdiAlexander Kwadrans

Michael KwanMin Chol KweonTaihyun KyeongRahim LakhaniMichael Latter

Hong LauLuca Lavorato

Ivan LawBrian Le

Trevor LebelEdmund Lee

Eun LeeJustin LeePatrick Lee

Seungwon LeeSimon LeeSongmi LeeYouna Lee

Tristan LehariChou Leong

Chun Kin LeungSimon Leung

Chieh LiChristopher Li

Fei LiSinbios LiTina Li

Mark LieflPeter LinNick Liu

Shuang LiuTongchao Liu

Jessica LoKwok LoXiao Lu

Andrei LucaJason Lum

Yu LuoBill Ma

Jethro MaKirk Mactavish

John MaierCristina MaioccoDanielle Mark

Nicholas MasonJeeshan MasudCharles MavityJason McAuslan

James McCardleChristopher McCulloch

Jeffrey McCurdyNicholas McDonald

Matthew McGillKevin McKillopAman MehraMena MelekaPablo MendezNigel Menger

Atif MianAdora Min

Andrew MioZohaib MotiRyan Moxam

Luye MuNitin Nair

Jeffrey NearHadrian NgPhilip Ngan

Hao-Nhon NguyenGregory Niestrawski

Eric NoortKyel Ok

Sean O'NeillHendrik OphardtKimberly Osborne

Ayokunnumi OsinowoDaniel Paisley

Aaviri PalPrasanthan Panneerchelvam

Joonsuk ParkJun Park

Kiyoun ParkNikesh Parsotam

Yang PengMelvin Pong

Cameron PostnikoffNavid PouladMaurice Pud

Shuaib QuasemJustin QuintonSohaib QureshiJoshua Raben

Mohammed RahmanSuleman Rai

Vinothayan RamachandranVivek Rampersad

Jean-Samuel RancourtViraj Ranjankumar

Nigel RibeiroJoshua Roach

Asha RostamianfarLindsay Roth

Jonathan RoundingAlyssa RyzebolZeeshan SafdarAlan Sawatzky

Philipp SchraderCorey SchreiberIrani Seecharan

Jinsuk SeoSung SeolJay Shah

Faizan SheikhPrashant Shekhar

Darryl ShenOctavian Sichin

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Yi HuangCandra Whitesell

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Adam ArnoldJames Davis

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Di Zhang


Mmm piracy. Let's face it, you and someone you know have some less-

than-legal software on your computer. Pirated software can range from a cracked twenty-dollar piece of amateur software, to five-hundred-dollar operating systems, productivity suites, or even into the big bucks with content creation, engineer-ing, or 3D modeling software. Software piracy is theft of intellectual property – the argument goes: “If intellectual property could be freely obtained, then there is no incentive to continue innovation.” Were there no piracy, you, the infinitely-valu-able-always-right customer, would have a better product.

The company of course, would have more money. Companies often cite large figures of losses as a result of piracy, however, piracy is only a lost sale when a user who would otherwise have purchased the software decides to acquire it illegally instead.

However, students, who tend to be limited financially, would not otherwise purchase copies of CAD packages or con-tent creation packages that cost in the hun-dreds of dollars, even for the educational editions, so uncompensated distribution to students does not represent a loss to soft-ware companies. In fact, uncompensated distribution could be a boon for them.

For a software company, having a solid user base is important to maintain a hold in the marketplace. A solid installed base and user base can overcome a shoddy product, as users and administrators are generally loathe to switch away from familiarity and face a new learning curve, even for a better product. This means that any new competitors will have to have a significantly better product to entice users to switch. The switch-aversion is espe-cially true for some companies, whose

core product depends on the mastery of a specific product. Graphic design com-panies may have built their expertise in InDesign, or a automation design firm may have their CAD drafters all trained in Solidworks. For software companies, the more people that are trained in their software, the better. Once everyone uses their product, they need to innovate less to fight off competition. Less innovation means more profit. Let’s not forget that innovation costs money.

To this end, companies occasionally realize that hooking potential users early is beneficial, releasing educational ver-sions of their products. However, they are often functionally limited, or only avail-able to purchase by academic institutions. This means for people who are interested in mastering a piece of software, they turn to the alternate channels.

For example, many people know how to make slick Flash websites, or pages in Dreamweaver. Many people are profi-cient in Photoshop. My question is, how many of those people would have gone out and spent the hundreds of dollars on those packages to learn them out of self-interest? My guess is not many. And yet I wouldn’t be surprised if much of this generation of web designers or graphic artists trained themselves on a less-than-legal copy of their preferred software. Once these self-trained persons enter the professional world, they are likely to use a licensed copy of their preferred tool, again, as people loathe to switch from what they know. This is especially a ben-efit for established players in the market, as those products are the most likely to be distributed.

Of course, this only applies if less-than-legal software is used for educational pur-poses. If I were to start a web design firm, or a CAD drafting service, or a video pro-duction company using unlicensed copies of Dreamweaver, AutoCAD, or Premiere, then clearly that would have been a lost sale for the respective software compa-nies. Software companies tend to make the majority of their profits from corporate licensing, and so a company with one legal license of say, ANSYS, was using it on a 10 workstation office, then there would be a loss for ANSYS. However, corpo-rate licensing usually includes upgrades and more importantly, technical support, which would obviously be unavailable with illegal licenses. Piracy – bad? This commentator says: Not always.

Point vs. CounterpointSoftware Piracy in Today's Society

Software piracy is the copying, distribu-tion, and use of unlicensed software

without the knowledge or consent of the authors. It can range from loaning your friend a video game to selling cracked versions of Windows XP or AutoCAD en masse.

With the introduction of Napster in the 90s, free music became available to individuals, shortly followed by movies, TV shows, games, and programs. The music industry shut down Napster in an attempt to protect the artists, but the con-cept and technology had been made avail-able to millions of users who soon began to distribute their own bootlegs through a new crop of P2P (peer-to-peer) and tor-rent clients. Soon, larger, more complex programs were being cracked and offered without the consent of the huge corpora-tions behind them.

It is possible to argue that since noth-ing physical is being stolen, then piracy is not theft. Indeed, there are some valid arguments for piracy that cloud the issue even more. For one, various companies create backups of their software and data in case they ever experience a system fail-ure. In addition, piracy allows users to try out a piece of software to see if they are interested in purchasing it, similar to a trial period. If the customer likes the product, they will be more inclined to buy it and recommend it to others, thus increasing the software’s consumer base. Another valid argument is that the use of copied soft-ware for charitable or beneficial purposes is more affordable for organizations with insufficient funds to purchase multiple copies of the same program. However, Microsoft offers refurbished copies of their software at lowered prices with charitable and not-for-profit organizations specifi-cally in mind, so the need for piracy is not necessary at all.

Presently consequences to the indi-vidual are few, especially since in Canada the distribution of copied music is free, but in the US the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is engaging in private lawsuits against individuals chosen at random who engage in music pira-cy. The RIAA distributes about 90% of

recorded music sold in the US and is a fierce opponent of piracy since the music industry loses $4.2 billion annually as a result. Unfortunately software companies are not regulated by such a protective over-seeing organization.

With software piracy running rampant, there has been an increase in security fea-tures on most recently released programs to prevent copyright infringement. The most common example of this is the vali-dation tool included in the Windows XP bundle, which verifies with the Microsoft server that your copy's serial number is not a duplicate and licenses your system so you can receive critical updates, such as Service Pack 2. If your Windows XP copy is not validated within an allotted amount of time, you are forced to re-register with Microsoft. In addition, the Windows Genuine Advantage program can deny updates to programs like DirectX, Internet Explorer, and Windows Defender if your copy is not confirmed as authentic. For those users who purchase a Windows XP copy only to find out it is an illegal duplicate, this is an inconvenience and it is unfair for the piracy victim to fork out more money to get an authentic XP bundle.

The most noticeable repercussion of anti-piracy security features is the added hassle of licensing. I remember trying to set up my family's new computer with Windows XP a few years ago. Everything was going smoothly until I hit the valida-tion step, whereupon progress slowed dra-matically. Sure, it's not that complicated to punch in your serial numbers and confirm your licensed copy, but after all the hard-ware setup I really didn't want to have to navigate among my PC's maze of wires and cables to attempt to find the serial number hidden on the back of the tower.

These added hassles also result in more fees and increased software prices since the programmers and companies who develop, manufacture, and distribute the software are losing money when peo-ple buy pirated versions instead of their own. Unfortunately this results in more money out of the pockets of the honest software users who don't purchase the cheaper bootlegs.

Despite the present lack of legal action that is taken against people who dupli-cate and sell unlicensed programs, piracy is ethically wrong and as engineers and future professionals it is our responsibility to uphold our morals and not use software we know to be pirated.

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upcoming events from engSocSun nov 26

check out up-to-the-day event

postings on the engSoc website at

engsoc.uwaterloo.ca/www

Mon nov 27 Sat dec 2fri dec 1

E.O.T.

thur nov 30Wed nov 29

Gradcomm Pizza

5:30 EngSocMeeting 6 (Potluck)

tues nov 28

Sun dec 3 Mon dec 4

Enginuity Finals

Sat dec 9

Exams Continue

fri dec 8

Exams Begin

thur dec 7Wed dec 6

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

tues dec 5

Last Day of Lectures

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editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed

here do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, the Iron Warrior, or the

Engineering Society.


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University to Build Massive ErectioncAptAin thruSter1A choo-choo trAin engineering

Today, the University of Waterloo announced that it is planning the

most massive erection to ever pop up on campus. It has been decided by the ever wise men and women who run this fine establishment, that to commemorate its 50th anniversary and celebrate its dethroning from top school in Canada that we should have a massive erection.

Many ideas were considered for this erection. The first idea was to just pitch a massive tent - supported by a stiff mem-ber - for a week and do nothing with it, but that seemed too U of T. The second idea was to construct a large anatomical-ly correct "snow-spaceship" in front of DWE, but it was feared that this would be less than impressive, since it would become flaccid with the spring thaw. Two other ideas were a giant building, that is shaped like a computer chip, made of glass and yet somehow lets no light in, or an underground building to serve as a dungeon for first years. Both of these ideas were soon dismissed when the wise men and women came to the realization that the campus already has one of each.

It was finally decided that this mas-sive erection should take the form of a giant cinder block and will be constructed on the grassy knoll behind Grad House. This form, which was designed by a UW Archie, was chosen because it is indica-tive of the architec-ture already present on campus. Also, the decision was made since it was thought that the only other via-ble suggestion which truly depicts UW, a statue of a big sketchy goose, may actually inspire happiness in students. This site was chosen since it is believed that there is still far too much open space left on main campus and that the

Waterloo Engineering to Convert to Metric Time

In a shocking announcement last week, the Dean of Engineering revealed

that the Faculty of Engineering will be switching to metric time. This is a bold move for the faculty and has already sent shock waves across the univer-sity. When asked about his controver-sial plan, the Dean replied coolly that Sir Sandford Fleming, a well-respected engineer, was “screwing around with time long before I got here, and [he] was knighted for it”.

Under the new system a day will still be defined as one rotation of the globe. This makes the angular velocity of the earth exactly 2π rad/day. Days will be grouped into decadays (also referred to as metric weeks), which will contain ten days, to be numbered 0 through 9. Days 0 to 6 will be used for lecturing, and the three remaining days will be left free for students to work on projects and assignments. This offers a 70% lecture-day/week ratio which is slightly less than the current ratio (71.4%).

Each year will still contain approx-imately 365 days, but will be split into three hectodays, or “metric terms”. These will roughly correspond to the imperial terms observed by the rest of the University. Of the remaining 65 days, 5 will cor-respond to the recently instated campus-wide reading week, and 2 decadays will be set aside each term for exams.

Supporters of the move believe that this will serve to further isolate Engineering stu-dents from the outside world and the rest of campus, allow-ing them to concentrate more on their studies. It will also reduce the number of impe-rial Fridays (day6 in metric) nights, and a corresponding reduction in debauchery levels is expected. One faculty mem-ber was quoted as saying “the microscopic advantages are obvious, but there are just as many advantages to be found at the macroscopic level”. Le Bloc Engineering also supports the Dean’s decision, saying that it takes Engineering “one steps farder from de rest of de Université”.

The move to metric time was first contemplated by the Dean when it came

to his attention that many students were having difficulty converting km/hr to m/s in PHYS 115. His original plan was simply to have the base unit of time

be one day and to use the metric pre-fixes to decrease from there. The more he started contemplating the idea, the more he could see “everything falling into place”. Many people were pleased because this finally shed light on the origin behind the naming of the “Vision 2010" plan.

The Faculty of Mathematics admit-

ted it has been considering a similar reorganization of time within the depart-ment. However, the proposed system would differ significantly form the one

adopted by Engineering, because it would not use the rotation of the earth as a significant increment of time. “We encourage Math students to expand their minds by breaking free of the base-10 system, so why not expand that same men-tality to time?” mused the Dean of Mathematics on Friday. The exact details of the Math System of Time (MST) are still being solidified, but reports have indicated that the length of a math day will range between 1.1 and 1.5 met-ric days. The faculty has been considering chang-

ing to MST for a long time, and the MC building was designed to allow for a smooth transition for students if a change was ever implemented. MC’s design has been so effective that Math students do not use the Sun at all to regulate their internal clocks; in fact, many students already live in their own personal time zones.

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An artist's rendition of the new structure soon to be gracing the Grad House green

“the microscopic advantages are obvious, but there are just as many advantages to be found at the macroscopic level”

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Toast Up Your Life!

Toasting, a type of Maillard reaction in which a chemical reaction between an

amino acid and a reducing sugar results in a non-enzymatic browning of bread, is a great way to make that stale loaf of bread that's been sitting in your cupboard for god knows how long more edible.

The word toast is derived from the Latin tostare meaning “to roast”, and eve-ryone knows how tasty things are after being roasted. For example, roast beef, croutons and the ever popular toasted sandwiches that you can get at Subway or Quiznos.

Plus there are many toast toppings you can use, the most common being butter or margarine. Jams, jellies and preserves make a nice sugary topping as does honey

and Nutella, a chocolate hazelnut spread. Marmalade is very popular in Britain, while various brands of spreadable yeast extract from beer-brewing are popular in the UK (Marmite), Australia (Vegemite) and Switzerland (Cenovis). You can even sprinkle two parts sugar with one part cin-namon on buttered toast to make cinnamon toast! WOW!!1!

1. Buy toaster to toast bread.2. Buy bread to be toasted.3. Buy desired toast spread for bread

that is to be toasted.4. Put bread in toaster to make toast.5. Push down toaster handle to turn on

toaster to toast the bread.6. Wait as bread that was to be toasted

is toasted.7. Remove bread, that was toasted by

the toaster, from the toaster.8. Cover the toast with the afore-

mentioned toast spread purchased for the toast.

9. Eat the toasted bread that was toast-ed by the toaster and then covered in the aforementioned toast spread.

cAroLyn SutherLAnd3B le cordon Bleu

How to Succeed at PDEngThe Inside Word from a PDEng Mentor

Another work term is coming to a close, and with that happening, many of you

will soon be starting an exciting new co-op job, during which some of you will have the pleasure of taking a PDEng course. There are many misconceptions about PDEng floating around. PDEng is not a hard course, and you get so many chanc-es to pass ( s h o u l d you need them) that there aren’t m a n y excuses for not passing. Y o u ’ v e done hard-er things before in your life, like learn to tie a shoelace or put on a hat.

I’ve been a mentor now for three months, and I’ve learned a few tricks that I think will be of much help, especially to the students taking PDEng for the first time. The following are some of the “best” tips I can give you.

1. Do not familiarize yourself with the PDEng Guide. Reading even one section of the PDEng guide would be an utter waste of time. This document contains no information that will help you during the term, especially not proper file-nam-ing conventions, required formats, and locations of important files. Give your

assignments hilarious names to make the mentors laugh. This is the first thing you can do to grab their attention and say “Hey, I’m witty - give me a Strong.”

2. Hand in old assignments your friends did, especially really bad ones. Before doing this, make sure that the questions have changed, so that the answers no longer make sense. Mentors love this, because it really breaks up the monotony of marking assignments that meet require-ments. Even better is to hand in the graded assignments. When the mentors see this, they’ll know what grade to give you right away - it really saves them time and they’ll thank you for it.

3. Should you choose to do the assign-ment your-self and come across a diffi-cult question, simply make up your own ques-tion and give an answer to it. This shows creativity and will be reward-ed. The mentors might even take

note of your new question and implement it into the course if it’s good enough.

4. Skip questions. PDEng isn’t a hard course, especially if you skip hard questions entirely. Why bother? There is nothing to learn from these courses, and no one will care if you skip questions, or parts of questions.

5. Dont spellchecl, and under never any circumstance poofread. You can use the the save time to learn somethin g that’s actually important, like how to play pog, or learn the moonwalk. skills like these will actually come in handy in the work-

ing wrld, unlike applied critical analsis, defensi-ble decision making, or perswaysive communi-catition.

6. Type the ass’ments as tho u r a 13 y/o grl on the 1nt3rn3t. omg wtf LOL ;) u shuld totally like do yer answers like this!!!!111 Well your at it, put clip art into the assignment, it’d like totally look awesome :D !!! Randm pix also r totally kewl!! or u could use mspaint, make sure u save ur files as jpg over and over to lower the file size tho.

7. E-mail your mentor until they give you the answer. Make sure you put in minimal time and effort into the course.

The function of mentors is to give you the answers and enable you to put in minimal effort. They also don’t have anything bet-ter to do.

8. When you get your assignment returned and it’s all wrong, make sure you contact your mentor and tell them that they are wrong. Ignore the fact that even if a mistake was made, you likely failed every other part of the assignment anyway. Contradicting yourself when contacting your mentor is also a good procedure - make sure you show that you have little-to-no understanding of the material when contacting your mentor. They’ll reward you for putting minimal effort in, as it shows you are learning the art of putting in the least amount of work to get by. If they don’t agree with you and explain why

not, ask for more explanation, because they never provide enough information the first time.

9. Post on the internet when you are angry at PDEng. Online petitions really work. Also consider emailing the Dean directly - he’d love to hear your well-formed* arguments against PDEng. Be sure to make up statistics, numbers, and reasons to support your argument. Also post on your blog - people read them and take them seriously.

*or not well formed10. If you’re called into the office to

discuss plagiarism, lie. They definitely will not have proof that you plagiarized when they call you in - it’s just a routine check-up to see if you’re on your toes. You can definitely cover it up by lying.

11. Don’t put your name on the assign-ment. This isn’t grade school. Your repu-tation should precede you, ergo putting your name and identification on the assign-ments is a waste of your time. You can use the saved time to update your blog.

12. When told to look at a resource for more information, immediately ask where it is. Do not waste your precious time looking for it - instead ask a mentor where it is and how you can get to it. Once you’ve been told where it is, proceed to not access it or read it in any way. Make abso-lutely certain not to implement suggestions from said resource when improving your assignments.

The main message from all of this is that you are better than your mentors, and you should take every opportunity to tell them so. Make sure you tell them what grade you think you should have gotten, and make sure you insult their marking abilities or other attributes.

MichAeL pieterSe4n mechAnicAlpdeng 25 mentor

Figure 1: What’s tougher than PDEng? You’re looking at it.

Figure 2: Random Picture

Figure 3: Grade/Effort Correlation

Disclaimer: These views do not reflect those of the Professional Development for Engineering Students program, and are the views of this mentor alone.

3saturday, February 30, 2010

Counterpoint vs. CounterpointWikipedia: 100% Correct?

I don’t know about you all, but these days I find myself relying more and

more on Wikipedia, the free online open source encyclopaedia. Created through the excretion of the blood and sweat from millions of internet nerds, it contains an ever-changing record of all human knowledge.

Up to 20 times a day, I return to the comfort-ably familiar home page and embark upon a glori-ous quest for knowledge. For example, just yesterday, I scurried through page after page of information about the various fully-sanctioned reli-gions of the Snow-Tipped Canadian fox. Funny story: I rambled into this article while researching methods of visualizing convolution using spaghetti. Wait, no, that’s not even funny…that’s just sad.

But as I was trying so eloquently to explain above, Wikipedia is a vast resource of cutting edge information

about everything and anything. As I like to say, If it’s not for sale on eBay or if it doesn’t have its own Wikipedia article, it probably doesn’t exist. Of course, for all this knowledge to be actually worth something there must be some level of validity or inherent truthiness to each article.

Recently, it has been suggested by some untrustworthy and even down-right vile publications, such as the New York Times and Architecture Digest, that

Wikipedia is Not 100% True. I personally take offence to the mere insin-uation that every single statement on Wikipedia is not 100% true. To the best of my knowledge, every single sentence uploaded to this fine database is purely and

utterly true, devoid of bias, weasel words or CRAP. In fact, there is even a relative-ly new article on the site (“Wikipedia is 100% true: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia_is_100%_true”) that mathe-matically proves, using a combination of Moore’s and Godwin’s Laws, the utter legitimacy of every article.

The genius behind the entire Wikipedia model is the inherent system of peer-reviewing. Just as the Infinite Monkey

Theorem explains how an infinite supply of type-writing monkeys has a non-zero probability of creating Shakespeare, an army of Cheeto-eating internet junkies must be able to at least create a decent, truthful article explaining the various romantic connections between all the characters in a Harry Potter novel.

A handy feature built into every sin-gle Wikipedia article is the Discussion forum. Here, fellow editors come togeth-er to bitch about how their latest addition to the article was struck down for being POV (a common Wikipedian term mean-ing “Product of Vegetables”). Through this ‘talk page’ all disputes are medi-ated and one-sided, and resolutions are passed.

All in all, every single article on Wikipedia is full of integrity and truth-tacularness. I myself believe that since Wikipedia is so utterly true, it should probably be some sort of crime to belittle or slander any of its content. That being said, the first violator of this soon-to-be sacred code may now proceed with his presumably false argument. (PS, by the time this article goes to print, there should already be a new page on Wikipedia detail-ing the alleged Swingline-Papershredder sex scandal and further proof that the author of the counterpoint is a bumbling, egomaniacal vampire.)

...If it’s not for sale on eBay or if it

doesn’t have its own Wikipedia article, it probably doesn’t

exist.

eric MiGicoVSkychief of the internetS

I hate Wikipedia. It has never done any-thing good for me and never will. It

really doesn’t have that much information anyway; I can’t see why anyone would want to use it. All the sources are total bollocks. Any typical goofball writes Wikipedia. How can it possibly be credible? My dog could sign up an account and write an arti-cle on eating poo. I could sign my chest hair up and it could write an entry on how to do a cereal box Star Wars Rubik’s cube. My gooch could be an expert on cook-ing eel Iron chef style. All of Wikipedia’s information on computers and technology is a total crock. Rival companies post false information on Wikipedia so that they can eliminate their competition, but it doesn’t matter, because everyone can do it, so the other companies can do it to. It messes you all up! You have no idea what to think if you read Wikipedia.

The worst thing that could happen is if you believe Wikipedia, and George Bush writes an article. Or OJ Simpson. OJ could publish an article on Wikipedia called “If I did it.” How cool would that be!

My main point is Wikipedia can be written by anyone. My neopet could write an article on how to perform a vasec-tomy. It’s clearly all bollocks. No credible person would ever engage in writing for something where Carrot Top could write an article about Christopher Reeve’s toe-nails and it would get published. There is clearly no benefit to Wikipedia, and it is all garbage, 100000000000% is wrong. I shun you if you ever even accidentally browse to the site.

deVin cASS2A mechAnicAl

Engineers without MercydAne corneiL2B SyStemS

Last week, the Engineers Without Borders executive held a nation-wide

meeting to determine our vision for the future of EWB. The biggest thing to come out of this meeting was that, with the huge explosion in EWB membership across the country, we have way more resources for producing change than we thought pos-sible. So, we decided to expand our goals. From now on, we fight poverty, but also evil.

We don't mean whiny evil like "there aren't enough trees" or "the earth is too hot", like hippies. We mean REAL evil, like Borders evil. So, the first thing we instituted as a Chapter were the Border Guards. The Border Guards are a highly elite group of EWB affiliate who have been web-trained in many differ-ent Border-fighting tech-niques, like waterbordering. They are charged with keep-ing watch on ALL Borders at ALL times.

Now, everyone knows that Borders are the natural enemies of Engineers Without Borders. The truth is, you just can't trust the shifty bastards. How many times have you been working on a geography assignment, gone to get a cup of coffee, and come back to find Russia a hell of a lot smaller than it used to be? Then you have to go and white out everything and start all over again. Not anymore – one of the Border Guards just has to say something like "Eh, what's that there yer doin'" and the Border goes right back to where it used to be, probably all quivering and scared-like.

We know that not everyone is up to being a Border Guard. So, alongside our existing Junior Fellowship program, we're planning on introducing an all-new Junior

Ass Kicker program next year. This gives a deserving EWB member the chance to spend his or her work term fighting evil and kicking ass, and then bring those expe-riences back to the chapter.

We have to admit, we weren't sure we could find a good enough placement for our very first Waterloo J.A.K. We have a reputation to keep up, with former Junior Fellows having worked in 11 different countries. But it looks like we didn't need to worry, because we managed to get the most ass-kicking employer ever on the face of the earth. That's right – our very first J.A.K. will be working with DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER.

DOG has been a big hero to us here at EWB for a long time. We like to quote him a lot – like, "Born on a mountain, raised in a cave, arresting fugitives is all I crave". Or "The world of speed is cruel indeed", although none of us know anyone who's ever taken speed, so we usually just mean caffeine. We also like to put up big rasterbated posters of him that say "DOIN' IT FOR DOG" in the EWB Office.

So, after making a couple of deals, our very first J.A.K. will get to head down to Hawaii and spend the term Bounty Hunting with the DOG himself. As you probably know, DOG does his Bounty Hunting in Hawaii because it is the U.S. State with the greatest percentage of Borders and he

likes to keep an eye on them (that's why he's been an honourary Border Guard ever since they were founded last week).

OK, so we know what you're all saying – isn't DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER in jail right now? A couple of years back, while doing some Bounty Hunting in Texas, DOG was looking in a different direc-tion when a damn sneaky Border crossed him and he ended up in a country where Bounty Hunting is illegal. Luckily, Dog was returned to the U.S.A. and released on bail for a few years. So he went back to Hawaii to work on his show DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER, which you can see on A&E pretty much all the time, but espe-cially on TUESDAYS at 9PM/8C.

Anyway, the point is that we expect DOG to be out in no time. With our expe-rience in the field, EWB has put together the best Border Defense Team known to man. We have a rock solid case against the Border and expect the whole thing to be wrapped up by Christmas (or Mele Kalikimaka as it's known on the DOG's Hawaiian turf).

So, if you think you are qualified for the very first EWB Junior Ass Kicker Position, please e-mail [email protected] with your height, shoulder width, and answers to the following ques-tions:

What kind of ass kicking experience would you bring to this position?How far is Hawaii from Texas? If you are working on a team project, and you feel that one member in par-ticular is not doing his or her share of the ass kicking, how would you deal with the situation?Have you had any experience dealing with damn dirty hippies? If they held a protest on your lawn, what would you do?How tall is DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER?

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square footage of actual grass is much too high. In combining form and location, the university hopes that its massive erection will help it to reach its goal of a campus constructed completely out of concrete and to continue its "inflexible hard-on" stance towards foliage.

A spokesperson from the university who commented, on condition of ano-nymity, feels that this erection "is a great step forward in improving the atmosphere of campus". She/he also feels that students have way too many venues on campus for having fun and that the school is not putting enough required stress on stu-dents. She/he feels that in removing this open area, the university will be able to tighten its stance on limiting fun and thus allow the university to be more efficient at acquiring students' souls. It also coincides with the school's recent war on beaver (as if we don't have a shortage already!). When the squirrels were asked to com-ment about their feelings on massive erec-tions around campus, the little buggers remained sketchy.

The erection is supposed to be up by next spring, but since a colouring book engineer is overseeing the project, it may optimistically be up by 2020, still, it will be painted to proper specification when completed.

The Border Guards got drunk one night...

Grad HouseContinued From Page

4 saturday, February 30, 2010

Tin Tribunal What would you do in a world without vowels?

the

Eric Migicovski, 2B Systems

"Not much at all...would you like an EngPlay ticket?"

Dvd Mrrs1A Lc ng

"WTF?"

Amanda Hoff2N something

"nvnt thm"

Garhari P. Singh1A Mch ng

"011000100110100101101110011000010111001001111001"

Dave Halford2A Mch ng

"Sck m blls"

Swansong2B Syde

"I'd make a killing on personalized license plates"

Dane Barleyeil2B Sysde

"Be a mime"

Tex3Burgers

"I'm a number five!"

Four4N

This article was originally in a series of grunts, but has been graciously trans-

lated by Ruth-Anne (the EngSoc presi-dent).

So I’ll bet you useless pathetic bastards are wondering who we are eh. Just to give you a little more information about us I’ve decided to describe a day of my life to you. This will most likely be the only time this ever fucking happens, so you better eat it up while you have the chance.

I never sleep, but when the sun rises I decide to get out of my quiet meditation and bench press three Olekases, 60 times. This gets me warmed up for my day; not like I wasn’t already ready for it. I prepare my breakfast. It often consists of what you would call a salad bowl of nails. This is on a light day. When I am especially hungry I usually eat an entire cow. I get myself ready for the day’s events, and pack my lunch. It usually consists of five “fillet ‘o child” sandwiches. I need to pack light as I am always on the move. I am constantly thinking of protecting the tool. I visit it in its super secret location and quietly wor-ship before I begin my daily activities.

Today consists of reconnaissance. I jump between buildings all the way to the fortress of York. On my way I save three old ladies from driving to their doom on the 401, and foil five terrorist plots to behead Stephen Harper. I also clean up all the drinking water on my way by urinating in the rivers. My urine has a rare chemical in it that kills germs and settles sediment. You should thank me you’re still alive, that drinking water is filthy. I make my way

to the fortress and using my ninja moves, beat up a few cannon bearing braggarts without them even knowing what hit them. That was just for fun. I climb on walls and jump from roof to roof, always unnoticed. I crap in all their fountains, which makes them sudsy (my poo contains whatever I want it to, I just have to think about what I want to come out).

Nothing to report; no activity as usual. Those puttzes have been busy just being goofy lame wads. No new details on where they hide their wimpy cannon. I’d sure like to steal that thing and mail it to Timbuktu, wouldn’t you?

Time to go back to the haven and do push-ups standing on my hands with 5 Olekases tied to my legs. On my way back I have sex with 60 women. It’s getting pretty late. For dinner I think I’ll have a barn of chickens. I dump them all into my deep fryer that can deep fry a blue whale in 40 seconds. Mmm... fried chicken. I wash it down with a keg of brick. I then relax and solve a 60x60 Rubik’s cube in less than 60 seconds. I work on my computer, I own ebay. After collecting my daily earn-ings from ebay, THE TOOL and I fly to an island that’s never been discovered yet. THE TOOL can fly when rubbed the right way. We hang out on the beach and drink beer. We then fly back, to darkness (it’s nighttime) and I practice my sword and nunchuck moves, bench press 60 Olekases (I do this every night) and resume my upside down meditating position. I read the entire book “Ulysses” by James Joyce. It turns out to be ok.

I think, “what a fucking boring day.” Then I wait in the darkness while thinking about breasts, stealing the cannon from the fortress of York, and protecting the tool.

So there you have it. A day in my life. Pretty boring. Maybe if you’re REALLY fucking lucky, I’ll let you know about an exciting day.

A Day In the LifejAcLyn ShArpe2B mechnicAl

Binoku

Engineering is all about being able to make sense of problems that you might

not have encountered before. Therefore, only a true engineer would be able to work his way through this Sudoku, even if binary does make his knees quake. The rules for the easy Binoku are the same: each of the two symbols (0 and 1) must appear once in every row, and column. For the challenging Binoku, the two symbols cannot be placed adjacently, but can repeat within a row or column.

tooLBeArerwouldn't you like to know

A more challenging puzzle

An easy one to get you warmed up


What’s Better Than an Ad? A Grad

AndreA Murphy2A Architecture

I know you have heard them, or heard of them. “There’s a city that grow-

ing every day, and in that city there is a school…” you know, the commercials for Universities and colleges in Ontario. I was astonished when I first heard them on the radio this summer. You have to wonder, however, why on earth a univer-sity would need to advertise on the radio, and wouldn’t want to spend the time instead visiting high schools or going to a university fair to connect with students directly. Perhaps these universities and colleges are doing both -- trying to reach a broader spectrum of people, perhaps not just high school students, but also mature students. Their strategy, however, makes me a bit curious about their current enroll-ment rates. Are there fewer applicants than usual? Does this school not have enough of a reputation to bring in students?

Then I consider the university I call my own. The entire university has a reputation which supercedes any conversation about the school itself. It’s just a fact; Waterloo is the institution to beat. And not only is the whole university a leader, but the faculty of Engineering itself has a reputa-tion of it’s own for excellence. Let’s take, for example, the School of Architecture, which is close to my heart. Each January,

approximately 1200 students from around the world apply to be a part of the under-graduate program. That’s right, around the world. And you must know that these are some seriously committed students, who besides sending in their marks, are anticipating a rigorous admissions process of portfolio critiques, personal interviews, and the English language Précis. Yet of these 1200, the school only offers inter-views to around 400. After sifting through the names, portfolios, English papers, and interview notes, this number gets hacked down to around 72. Our school has a repu-tation such that we admit only the best of the best students, turning away over 90% of applicants. This is just a snapshot of the admissions process for one of the many disciplines of Engineering, and surely each can attest to its ability to draw upon the brightest students from around the globe to fill its lecture halls.

So what does this have to do with those ads you hear on the radio, you might ask? Every time I hear them, it makes me so glad to be a Waterloo student. I am proud to say that my school doesn’t have to advertise shamelessly on the radio to get people talking. No, we do that with every award we win, competition we host, and graduate we produce. We as the students are walking, talking proof of Waterloo’s superior education system, and don’t for-get it.

Last Tuesday, in the grand arena that is RCH 101, the most epic of competi-

tions took place. Yes, it was the termly Genius Bowl, the one event that every one craves to win. Twenty-three teams entered, but only one would survive and win the trophy, the riches and the honour enjoyed by previous champions.

Each of the six person teams suffered through four rounds of general trivia, each twenty questions long. They also each chose a representative for the lightning round, wherein teams were awarded with two points for a correct answer, but lost one with each incorrect response. The return of the infamous Death Round was in the middle of the competition, as per usual, in which a few nameless souls, most likely frosh, perished never to be seen again.

As with any battle, there can only be one victor and in the end, once the dust settled, Mary’s Actual Favourites, cap-tained by the one and only Mary Bland vanquished their enemies and laid claim to the Genius Bowl trophy and the $150 cash prize. Second place went to last term's champions, 3B Chemical, with 2B Chemical rounding out the top three, improving over their 6th place perform-ance from last term. These teams earned $90 and $60 respectively for their heroic efforts. 4A Chemical and Miscellaneous E both narrowly missed a top three finish and tyed for fourth.

Carrying on with Genius Bowl tradi-tion, there was a prize being offered for

the most spirited team. This $30 award was snatched by the 2B Systems class for sporting their “Hitchhiker’s Guide” attire. Honourable mention went to Adam Schubert for being his usual entertain-ing self and 5N Feds, which consisted of only Feds President Michelle Zakrison, for hanging in there despite her exec not showing up.

The Genius Bowl directors would like to thank those brave souls who came out to compete as well as our delightful judges for their help. I hope you all start studying for the next Genius Bowl, because I’m sure it will be just as arduous and twice as epic!

Genius Bowl RecapFor the Few Who Missed it

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On the Front Burner: EngSoc Wiki

So. Wiki. I love it, you love it. For those who may live under a rock,

Wiki is a platform that allows users to edit pages themselves, and facilitates easy access for collaborative authoring of stuff. Waterloo has several of these, such as the existing Unofficial Waterloo Engineering Wiki which can be found at http://www.eng-wiki.org/. In fact, many people with whom I've discussed this ask me "Angus, why do we need a wiki, don't we already have one?" And the answer is, well, yes, kind of, except that it's not strictly speak-ing an EngSoc wiki, and secondly, the purpose of this wiki isn't to really allow anyone to edit it.

You see, we have a problem here in EngSoc. That problem is that we have a group of people who change jobs every term (that would be the directors). We also have a group of people who change jobs every two terms (that would be the exec). The paperwork that is left behind to indi-

cate what exactly you have to do is, shall we say, marginal. For directors it's espe-cially difficult, because all the paperwork is just that, on paper, so they have no way of accessing it on work term. For Exec, there are mounds of things you need to know how to do, and none of this is written down, or if it is, I don't know where.

So, this wiki. Well, I was talking with the kind and gentlemanly Mr. Andrew Fransen (of MathSoc Prez Fame), and Math has been building something along these lines for themselves. They kindly offered to give us a helping hand to build our own. This wiki will allow directors and Exec to add continuity to their posi-tions, so that incoming folks don't have to start from square one all over again. The best part about the wiki is that we will be making it access controlled, using NEXUS. This means that if you sign up for a directorship (or win an exec elec-tion), some permissions get changed, and you automatically have access to a store of information that will help you do your job better, all using your NEXUS login.

Well, I think it's pretty sweet anyway (almost as sweet as that massive LCD screen across from the C&D).

Just thought you'd like to know what's cooking behind the scenes.

AnGuS McquArrievp externAl

The Genius Bowl Champions!


Sandford Fleming Foundation E2 3336, ext 84008, sff@engmail www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~sff

Congratulations to the following winners of the2006 Teaching Assistantship Excellence Awards

Emre Celebi, management Science Flora Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yuseph montasser, Electrical and Computer Engineering Andrew Prpich, Chemical Engineering

mohammad Yaser Azizi Tarkanpour, Electrical and Computer Engineering Christina Wei, mechanical and mechatronics Engineering mark Whitney, mechanical and mechatronics Engineering

di Zhang, Systems design Engineering

Students, please note that you are able to nominate your TA for this award. Please contact the Engineering Undergraduate Office or the Engineering Society Office for nominations forms. Please consider recognizing your Outstanding TA in this way.

Funding for these awards comes from engineering student contributions and depends on them for continuation.

An organization devoted to the advancement of engineering education.

dArcy pArkS2B SyStemS

Do you need another reason to skip class? Want to practice your public

speaking skills? Want some more quality time with yours truly? Don't fret, because there's a way to do all three - at once!

So what's this opportunity? It's called High School Outreach and it's done by your UW chapter of Engineers Without Borders. We have a group of trained vol-unteers that visit high schools and special groups to do presentations. All three of our presentations deal with world pov-erty and inequality, splitting students into groups and letting each group represent a specific country.

"Water for the World" teaches students about access to drinking water around the world. They all participate in a water filter construction activity, but the poorer countries have less money to purchase the supplies. Countries with low literacy rates also have poorer instructions. "Food for Thought" gets students to de-hull rice and sell it on the world market. Richer countries have better equipment and get a better price on their product (to explain the concept of subsidies). Our newest presentation, "Energy Matters", deals with the issue of energy poverty. Students in underdeveloped countries have to do their daily tasks manually, while they watch the rich countries have it easy.

Is it hard to do presentations? Not at all. Every term, we hold a few training sessions so that you can get comfort-able with the material and try things out yourself. When you do your first few presentations, you'll go out with someone experienced who can help you along.

The presentations are often scheduled

during the day, and that's where skipping class can come into play. If you're one of those serious students though, you can work it around your classes. There are enough volunteers that you can do it when it works best for you. One presentation only takes an hour and a half, so you can use it to plug any annoying two-hour break in your schedule.

I've found the presentations to be a great opportunity to practice public speak-ing. The basic script always stays the same, so you can try different things and see what works best. High school students are a great group to work with because they're extra energetic when they get to play with dirt and miss a science lecture.

Want some more info? Email me at [email protected] or [email protected]. We can make sure that you hear about the training sessions the next term you're on campus.

EWBGoing Back to High School

CPH-TVYour Engineering News Channel

An ACER HD LCD Wide Screen tel-evision was installed looking down

on students in the CPH Foyer, just oppo-site the C&D, last week. The TV was a generous donation from the graduat-ing class of 2006. Past donations from graduates have included the speakers in POETS, the benches on the third floor of RCH, and a gazebo for the POETS patio (awaiting installation).

The Engineering Society is control-ling the content displayed on the monitor and will be posting announcements and notices about upcoming events. Other uses will include showing videos dur-ing the OTs and displaying the EDCOM logo during Frosh Week. The limited

capacity of POETS often restricts the number of students who can watch the premier screenings of the Frosh Week and TSN videos, and plans are in the works to use the screen to show the video to an additional audience in the CPH Foyer.

The screen has been strategically located right outside of the C&D so that it can be seen by students and faculty after they’ve paid for their morning cof-fee. This location will get a lot of expo-sure because the C&D is a habitual stop for many Engineering students, who enjoy the high-quality pastries and sand-wiches available at reasonable prices. It should also attract the attention of the large number of students passing through the CPH Foyer everyday.

For more information, or to request that your event be posted, contact the EngSoc exec (contact info can be found at http://engsoc.uwaterloo.ca/www/executives.php) or dropping by the Orifice (CPH 1327).

jAcLyn ShArpe2B mechAnicAl

Did you know you can earn valu-able P**5 points for volunteering

time at the C&D? Email Mary Bland at [email protected] to

schedule your shift.A TV has been installed in the CPH Foyer - a gift from the 2006 Graduating Class


Know Your RightsAndy dAnieLS2n chemicAl

Seeing as how it's almost the end of term, and for lots of first year students

January will mark the first time they've truly lived off on their own, I've come to give you a slimmed down version of a document you should all know, and should come to rely on: the Tenant Protection Act. Even if you're a veteran renter, it would be my guess that many of you don't know everything you should about how this Act can protect you from being shortchanged, abused, or evicted from your rental unit (be aware though that if you are required to share a bathroom or kitchen with the owner or any of their relations, this act does not apply to you), and some may have even been shortchanged because of their lack of knowledge. So I will present to you my story, and how I introduced my sadly disillusioned (and anonymous) land-lord to the cold hard truths of my Rights as his tenant.

It all began when I decided to look at a bachelor unit in the area. I thought that I had found a very good place, as far as bachelor pads go. $550 would get me the entire basement, utils, cable, a tv, internet, full furnishings, a bathroom and a kitchen complete with oven, fridge, stove and microwave. Not only that, but within 5 minutes I could walk to any bus I needed or store I could want to shop at (LCBO and Beer Store included). With all that, I knew I couldn't pass up this lovely place, and the landlord (who lived upstairs) and I quickly drew up a lease agreement to spell out all the details, and by the next day it was signed, with first and last month's rent handed over in full. I thought it would be a wonderful stay with all these benefits, and since the only downside I could see was the shared entryway (that would later prove to be a hazard to avoid, nurturing the landlord to believe that it really was his basement, and not my private living arrangements as the lease guarantees).

The first problem I ran into began when I moved in my things. The landlord decided to replace the standalone shower, since his plumber friend was around to fix

a leaky pipe, and thought replacing the toilet wouldn't be a bad idea either. He had mentioned this before I signed the lease, but had promised it would be fixed before I moved in. Even with the days I spent in Toronto moving my girlfriend into her first bachelor apartment, I returned to find no progress whatsoever on the bathroom. More problems were discovered within a couple days, including doors falling apart, hangers screwed into nothing but drywall that ripped through when I hung up my coat (go figure), fist sized holes in the screen window (preventing me from refreshing the basement air, which should be done since it gets humid and can cause mold to grow), and a freezer that spoiled weeks worth of meals since it could not freeze (unlike the bathroom fixtures, he never mentioned this problem to me).

In the end, it took about three weeks to get a toilet, 5 or 6 to get a shower, and over two months to get a working freezer. The screen and coat hanger have yet to be touched. He had made excuses the whole time, saying his buddy had work and could only come after hours (often as late as 10pm, often without him or myself present, and always without 24hrs notice), and that his buddy kept having to do things. He also complained that he didn't have enough money, despite his own pur-chases grossly to the opposite during that period. At one point, he even told me he was going to sell my TV, and thought it was kind that he offered it to me first.

This brutal issue behind me, I am look-ing for a new place when I return to school in January. The lessons learned from my ordeal (a.k.a. the Rights I found out I had when we signed the lease):

- A landlord can enter the unit without notice ONLY when you welcome them in or in case of emergency [c.20, s.1], or if it is for regularly scheduled cleaning ONLY during the times specified in the lease or between 8am and 8pm if no times are specified. [c.17, s.2]

- A landlord can enter the unit to show it ONLY if the lease has been terminated, or one of you has given a notice of termi-nation, and they enter between 8am and 8pm and give you notice, or do their best

to try to. [c.20, s.3]- A landlord can enter the unit if they

give 24h notice (specifying the reason for entry, along with the date and time between 8am and 8pm) ONLY if it is to conduct repairs, show the house to mort-gagee or insurer, to show the house to a purchaser, to allow a registered engineer or architect to evaluate its safety, or for some reason agreed to in the lease. [c.21, s.1-2]

- Landlord must keep the unit in a good state of repair, complying with health, safety, housing and maintenance standards, even if you are aware of the repairs needed when you sign the lease. [c.24, s.1-2]

- You can apply to the Tribunal if the landlord refuses to let you sublet, if main-tenance isn't done or isn't done in a timely manner, if the landlord or his agent (eg. repairman) enters the unit illegally, if the landlord withholds essential services or interferes with your reasonable enjoyment of the unit, if he/she or his/her agent har-ass you in any way, if he/she kicks you out to move a family member in but doesn't, or if he/she kicks you out to sell the house and the buyer doesn't move someone in or doesn't repair, demolish, convert, or reno-vate the unit. You must apply within 1 year of the incident. [c.32, s.1-2] In all cases, if the Tribunal rules in your favour, the land-lord can be forced to comply, or forced to pay you for your troubles resulting from his/her inaction or action with respect to the unit, or you could be permitted to withhold rent, and the tenancy could be terminated if you desire. In cases of illegal entry when the illegal entry caused you to move, the landlord can even be forced to pay for your moving expenses and any increase in rent you have to pay for up to a year after you leave. [c.33-35]

- A lease can be terminated if you both agree to it, but is void if it the termination is made at the time the lease is signed, or as a condition of signing the lease. [c.39, s.1-4]

Other helpful things I found out that didn't apply in my situation:

- Landlord has 21 days from receiving your signed lease to provide you with a

copy of the lease signed by them, along with his/her legal name and address (to use for giving notices under the Act), or the tenant's obligation to pay rent is sus-pended, and the landlord shall not require the tenant to pay rent (once fulfilled though, the rent withheld must be paid in full). [c.8, s.1-5]

- "No pet" clauses are completely void.(landlords like to avoid possible smells, fur, or damage left by pets, and you might not want to surprise them with a pet, but they can't put a no pet clause in the lease). [c.15]

- If you want to sublet and your land-lord refuses to sublet at all, or to sublet to the person you specify, or does not reply to your request within 7 days, you can request the lease be terminated within 30 days of your request. [c.17, s.1-4] (Do take care though, because you are responsible for the subletter [c.17, s.8])

- A landlord can't change locks without giving you new keys, and you can't change locks without the landlord's consent. [c.23, s.1-2]

- Landlords can't withhold or interfere with you getting any vital service, care, service, or food (food can be withheld if it wasn't agreed to, but not interfered with). [c.25]

- Landlords can't substantially inter-fere with your reasonable enjoyment of the unit for all usual purposes of you or your guests. [c.26]

Yes, that's a lot to swallow. But I bet you didn't realize you had all of those rights. In my case, the matter was solved by giving him 60 days notice that I wanted to terminate the lease, by filing with the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal relating to repairs and illegal entry, and in light of this, he conceded and signed the agree-ment to terminate the lease. You can have a happy ending too, so stand up for your rights!Links:

Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal - www.orht.gov.on.ca

Copy of the Tenant Protection Act - www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Statutes/English/97t24_e.htm


Engineering Society Questionaire

Feedback on the Fall 2006 termName: _____________________________________E-mail: ____________________________________Term: ________Program: _________________

1. How many EngSoc events have you attended this term? (please circle your response) 0 1-4 5-9 10+

2. How do you find out about EngSoc events?□ Posters □ EngSoc Meetings□ Class Rep □ EngSoc Website□ EngSoc Mailing List □ Other: _________________

3. What factors do you consider when deciding on attending an EngSoc Event?□ Cost □ Type of Event□ Time Commitment □ Other: _________________□ School Commitment

4a. What is your favourite event?□ TalEng □ EngSoc Meetings□ Genius Bowl □ SCavenger hUNT□ EngPlay □ Bus Push□ Semi-Formal □ BOT/MOT/EOT □ Other: ________________

4b. Why is this your favourite event?

5a. What is your least favourite event?□ TalEng □ EngSoc Meetings□ Genius Bowl □ SCavenger hUNT□ EngPlay □ Bus Push□ Semi-Formal □ BOT/MOT/EOT □ Other: ________________

5b. Why is this your least favourite event?

5c. What can be done to make this event better?

6. An event that I would like to see the Engineering Society run is...

7. What EngSoc Services do you utilize?□ Online Exam Bank □ Photocopying□ Physical Exam Bank □ Report Binding□ Online Work Term Report Centre □ Fax Machine□ Resume Critiques □ Novelties Store □ Other: _______________

8. If I were president of the engineering society, I would...

9. Any other comments you want to make about/to the Engineering Society?

ing at women as he went. The woman at the front of the class – whose father was the director of communications for the city police – cried for help which attracted the gunman’s attention. Sitting down next to Maryse Leclair, he calmly pulled the hunting knife from its sheath. In a merciless act, he stabbed the women in the heart. He withdrew the blade and stabbed her twice more until she lay motionless, with blood gushing from her wounds.

Lepine stood on top of the profes-sor’s desk, and lowered the knife and his remaining ammunition. He also removed his baseball hat, and it is reported that he looked emotionally spent, as though he had completed what he had come to do. Lepine wrapped the rifle in his parka, at which time the fire alarm sounded. This prompted the gunman to raise the muzzle to his own forehead and pulled the trig-ger, taking his own life. Police entered the building around this same time, and the survivors fled the room.

In total, 27 people were shot by Lepine, 14 fatally. This day has since become the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. As well, a white ribbon campaign started in 1991 to raise awareness of violence against women. The ribbons are worn by males who “pledge never to commit, condone nor remain silent about violence against women”. [www.whiteribbon.ca]

“On December 6, EngSoc used to hold a memorial for the 14 women who were murdered in Montreal on this day in 1989. In recent years the families of the victims have requested that the

focus of the event be removed from their daughters. To comply with this request, UW held a campus wide violence against women awareness week around the same time of year in 2001.” [engsoc.uwater-loo.ca/www]

Possibly more appalling than the actual incident, is the number of students who are not aware that it even took place. Although, out of respect for the families, a memorial is no longer held, it is impor-tant that we not forget what has happened in the past. We have made tremendous strides since this incident in our laws, our mentalities, and our society, but lest we forget our fallen, it may happen again.

I would encourage everyone, male or female, engineer or not, to take a moment on December 6th – and every other day for that matter – to remember this tragic incident, and make efforts in our own lives to rid the world of the tragedy that is violence.

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Polytechnique

The fourteen young women who lost their lives that dismal day in December were:

Anne St-Arneault, 23; Geneviève Bergeron, 21; Hélène Colgan, 23; Nathalie Croteau, 23; Barbara Daigneault, 22; Anne-Marie Edward, 21; Maud Haviernick, 29; Barbara Klueznick, 31; Maryse Laganière, 25; Maryse Leclair, 23; Anne-Marie Lemay, 22; Sonia Pelletier, 23; Michèle Richard, 21; and Annie Turcotte, 21.

Sources:http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/mass/marc_lepine/index.html

http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-70-398-2235/disasters_tragedies/montreal_massacre/clip1

The Engineering Society wants to know a few things about you and our events and services so that we can make them better. These questions ask about some things that we have a great interest in knowing so we can do our jobs better to make your five years in Engineering more fun. This survey can be completed here in the Iron Warrior and dropped off in the Orifice (the Engineering Society Office, CPH 1327) or a version is available on the Engineering Society website at http://engsoc.uwaterloo.ca/www/engform/f06_engsoc_questionnaire.html to make your life easier.

Also make sure you include your name and email address as there will be a draw for a yet to be determined EngSoc Novelty for one lucky completed survey!

Thanks,The Engineering Society Executive

We appreciate your help in answering these questions.

eVAn Murphy And BAhMAn hAdjigrAdcomm 2008 co-chAirS

Approximately 450 days from now we will be receiving our Iron

Rings. Over the next year and a bit, there is a lot to do to get ready for that day. The Graduation Committee, or GradComm for short, is responsible for planning your IRS (Iron Ring Stag), Gradball, Yearbook, and many more fun events over the next 16 months. GradComm also needs to raise a lot of money to make sure that the events are as affordable as possible for everyone. Last week, the two of us were elected as A-Soc’s GradComm chairs. This means that we will be responsible for making

sure everything gets done. But we will need your help.

Would you like to help out? Do you like planning formal events? Do you like planning fundraising events? Do you like having a good time? If you answered yes to any of these ques-tions, then you should get involved in GradComm. We are going to make 2008 the best graduating year ever. If you are interested in getting involved (this also applies to the lower years!), please email us at [email protected]. If you’re a member of the class of 2008, you should also all sign up for the GradComm '08 mailing list by sending an email to [email protected].

Attention 2008 Grads

Questionaire?


It's that time of the year again when weary students flock and gather at POETS to

celebrate the brief and well-deserved break between classes and final exams. Yes, I'm talking about EOT, also known as the mag-nificent end of term to end all terms!

We P**5 directors are here to ensure your class gets the points it deserves based on your participation in EngSoc events, clubs and directorships. There are tons of things you can earn points with, and not all of them have to be engineering related, though it is up to the directors' discretion as to how many points to award.

Simply have someone in your class, preferably the P**5 rep, send us a list of stuff that your class has done this term and we'll tally it up and reveal how well your class compares to others on the P**5

banner at EOT. But how do you know what kind of stuff to submit? For starters you can check out the P**5 page on the EngSoc site (http://engsoc.uwaterloo.ca/www/p5.php) for ideas.

We suggest you submit anything you can think of, such as how many people in your class can do handstands, how many burgers you ate at a restaurant at one time, what cool pranks or events your class did this term, etc… the possibilities really ARE endless! Truth be told, the classes that earn the most P**5 points are the ones who send in all sorts of random stuff not necessarily related to EngSoc or listed on the website. *hint hint*

Please email your submissions to the directors' own personal engmail accounts (csutherl, jljdaigl and rjclark) since the usual asoc_p5@engmail is NOT WORKING!! Submissions are due Wednesday November 29th so we can award you points, the results of which will be anounced Friday December 1st.

Thanks for your attention, good luck with finals and see you at EOT.

Send In Your P**5 Points for EOT Prize-Winning

Glory!


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Midnight Sun VII Retires at the Top of its Game

uniVerSity of WAterLooeng-e-newS

The Davis Centre isn't a typical retire-ment home, but then again, the

Midnight Sun V11 isn't a typical retiree. Last week the record-breaking vehicle

was officially "retired" to its now perma-nent home on the west wall near the fish-bowl in the William G. Davis Computer Research Centre during a celebration that included engineering and university offi-cials, team sponsors and team members.

The vehicle is mounted vertically to con-crete beams on the wall with the nose of it about nine feet off the ground.

In 2004, Midnight Sun VII toured around North America for 41 days and journeyed over 15,000 km to capture the Guinness World Record for the longest distance travelled by a solar-powered car.

Commenting on the celebration and team's accomplishments Midnight Sun's business manager Jessica Whitney says, ”We are very happy to be able to give back to the school. They have been forever sup-portive of this project. As team members,

we were all proud to see the car on the wall. So many people put so many hours into the team and it was very rewarding to see the car displayed so beautifully. I think some of the alumni were also impressed with the way the car is mounted!"

Last month the team was presented with the Progress Towards Sustainable Development Award (College or University Level) for 2006 at the Yves Landry Foundation's STARS Gala. The team received $5,000 "in recognition of

their innovative programs to advance tech-nological education and skills training."

Although Midnight Sun VII has offi-cially retired, the Midnight Sun team is still on the job designing Midnight Sun IX -- Midnight Sun VIII was the top Canadian entry in the 2005 American Solar Challenge which ran from Austin, Texas to Calgary, Alberta. In 2007, Midnight Sun IX will be put to the test at the World Solar Challenge in Australia. With any luck, the latest Midnight Sun model will shine just as brightly as its award-winning predeces-sors.

Midnight Sun VII now hangs on the wall of DC

This issue's Enginoku


Arts & Entertainment

ALex Giroux2B mechAnicAl

Friday night, ignoring a dynamics project and numerous problem sets that were

begging to be solved, I biked to campus and made my once-a-term foray into AL to see EngPlay. As always, I expected to be entertained, and once again I was not disappointed. This term’s play was Me and Thee, written by Charles Horine.

I arrived early and met up with the IW’s esteemed editor in chief, who immediately suckered me into writing this article. Other audience members wandered in, some in silly hats and pub crawl shirts. Over the course of the production, there was a great deal of cheering, some heckling, and as usual comments from the audience. There was much cheering every time part of the set fell down, in particular a plastic inter-com that fell down whenever the door right next to it was slammed, and sometimes even when no one was anywhere near the door.

So, since this is a theater review, I guess I should go into at least some detail about the plot, especially since by the time you’re reading this the play will be over and you’ll have to wait until your next term on campus before experiencing another EngPlay. Me and Thee is all about Paul and Alice Carter,

their son Roger, a psychiatrist by the name of Dr Grant Reeves, Lela, and a meter maid with attitude. Roger, a college student, has gotten himself in some minor trouble with the law. Alice and Paul disagree whether or not Roger can look after himself, and Alice storms out on her way out of town. Paul, not knowing what else to do, goes to a bar, gets drunk, and falls off his bar stool, injuring his knee, after which Lela helps him home to his davenport. That’s a rather inefficient way of saying couch for every-one who was wondering what the hell a “davenport” is. Unfortunately for all Alice comes home early, and hilarity ensues as Paul leaves, Alice starts divorce proceed-ings and begins drinking, Lela moves in with Alice (Lela's roommate is “in love” and regularly requires that she leave), Roger falls in love with Lela, Dr Reeves attempts to sleep with Alice, and Paul is beaten up by the meter maid. Eventually, everything works out, but I’m not going to tell you how.

Overall, the cast and crew did an excel-lent job, even though they did blow a fuse before the last act of the second half. Congratulations to you all. The Jazz Band also did a good job of entertaining the crowd during the intermission, and the antlers and Santa Claus hats were a nice touch.

And They Did it Behind the Davenport!

Last issue we learned how to bake a squash, a traditional holiday side dish,

so I thought it only natural for this last cooking article before Christmas to do another famous side dish: stuffing! Also known as dressing, stuffing is usually a mixture of various ingredients used to fill the cavity of another food item. A stuffed turkey is the most common, but you can stuff tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, zuc-chinis, chicken breasts and duck.

Essentially any food that will not liq-uefy can be used for stuffing, although bread- or cereal-based stuffing mixed with herbs, spices and eggs is extremely popu-lar in North America. Oysters, mashed potatoes, rice and tofu are some interesting variations that can be used. I personally love spinach, raw or cooked, so I decided that instead of showing you how to make plain old bread stuffing, I'd treat you to the tasty spinach stuffing!

Some of you may dislike the taste or texture of spinach, but it is an excellent source of vitamins A, B9 (folacin) C, E and K. Contrary to popular belief there is not that much iron in spinach compared

to other vegetables, although there is a lot of oxalate which helps with the removal of iron from the body. Spinach also con-tains calcium but only about 5% is ever absorbed by the digestive system.

WARNING: Since the volume of spin-ach decreases by 75% when cooked, you'll need A LOT of raw spinach to start off with!

Spinach StuffingFills one 20 lb turkey

8 packages spinach, chopped1 onion, chopped4 cups Swiss cheese, grated8 eggs3/4 cups cooking oil3 cups bread crumbssalt to taste 1. Sauté the onion in 1 tbsp of cooking

oil and steam the chopped spinach, keep-ing some of the leftover liquid for later.

2. In a large bowl mix the spinach with the rest of ingredients, ensuring the yolks of the eggs are broken. If the mixture is too thick add in some of the leftover spinach juice and refrigerate.

3. Stuff turkey with mixture and bake away! It is recommended to let the stuffing mixture warm to room temperature when you are ready to use it, since it can be hard to handle if taken straight from the fridge. Enjoy!


Charobeem CooksShut Up and Stuff It!

The Engineering Jazz Band provided the entertainment during intermissionThe Grande Finale! Another successful EngPlay!

Management Engineering starts in 2007uniVerSity of WAterLoodAily Bulletin

UW’s senate has given approval to a new undergraduate program in management

engineering, with the first students to be admitted in the fall of 2007.

It’ll be unique in Canada, the senate was told: a full-scale degree program in “the application of engineering methods and principles of management to the design, planning and operation of systems of people, materials, information and technology,” all within the usual eight terms for an engi-neering degree. The curriculum meets the requirements of the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board so that graduates can become professional engineers.

Says Beth Jewkes, chair of the manage-ment sciences department in UW’s engineer-ing faculty: “While the Department has been offering the Management Sciences Option to

engineering students for over 25 years, this is the department's first full-scale undergrad-uate program. We will grow from 17 to 31 faculty members over five years and at the same time, will broaden the range of courses we make available within the Option.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for us to grow our research and industry oriented activities.”

She said the Management Engineering program has been under development for more than two and a half years. “In this time, we have had the good fortune of support and feedback from many senior alumni in indus-try, all of whom have indicated the need for engineers who can work in interdiscipli-nary teams and who can bring a scientific approach to management decision-making.

“The Management Engineering program combines the analytical horsepower of an engineering education with the management skills necessary in today's technology-ori-

ented world. We expect our students to have a wide range of career opportunities in areas such as healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, telecommunications, consulting and government.”

Senate was told that two outside asses-sors, both chairs of “industrial engineering” departments at other universities, looked at the program as it was being developed, “and both concluded that the new program is unique, would be in demand, is well conceived and that there would be excellent employment opportunities for its graduates. . . .

“It is expected to attract a wide variety of high school students who have aptitudes in mathematics and science, and an interest in social issues and management.” Sixty stu-dents will be admitted each year, and that’s an addition to the total number being admit-ted to engineering at present.

In their first term in management engi-

neering, students will take two math courses (algebra and calculus), a physics course in mechanics, and Chemistry 102, plus a new course to be called MSci 100, “Management Engineering Concepts”. They’ll move on to courses in digital computation, electrical engineering, materials science and mana-gerial economics, later getting specialized courses in operations research and supply chain management, information technolo-gies, and the management of technology. The program will be capped by a fourth-year design project.

Like the rest of UW’s engineering pro-grams, management engineering will run on the co-op system. The director of co-op education reported to senate that her depart-ment supports the program even though “the availability of appropriate jobs for first and second work term students in this new pro-gram will be a challenge” requiring effort and additional staff members.


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COrrECtiOnWe would like to apologize to our readership for the error in the last issue. The crossword grid was incorrect for the clues supplied. We apologize for

any inconvience that this may have caused. However, we hope that it did not cause too many outbursts in lectures causing unusual disruptions.

Letter to the EditorRe: Crossword

Dear Letter to the Editor:

Every single odd week of the term, I eagerly await Wednesday. On those morn-ings, I literally tear through the corridors at the crack of dawn, pushing first-years aside and throwing dirty looks to all those around me for I have a important goal: to throw myself at a newspaper rack and feast my eyes upon the Iron Warrior. After glancing hurriedly through the delusional mutterings of EngSoc executive and the witty remarks by the bandanaded one, I rip all the pages to shreds, except, of course, for the second last page. For this page con-tains the all-seeing and all-encompassing Engineering Crossword, the essential part of a well rounded morning in lectures.

But now to the point: the last issue of your fine publication, dear madam, has left me shocked and appalled. From the looks of the clues, it appeared that this week’s crossword would be a lovely jaunt through

such subjects as 47 down, ‘Annoyed (2 wds.)’ and 28 down, ‘Yucatán currency’. Hmm! 28 down…I have an inkling that the clue must be referring to a currency valued at roughly 10 units per USD. But wait! Let’s see how many letters that would be…28 down…Strange, the answer is one letter long! Hours go by…lectures begin, turn boring, and end, all right before my eyes. But I still am pondering the elusive currency that is precisely 1 character in length.

The horror! I can not believe that you have put the engineering community through such hardship. I demand a 6th issue! This will be the new Irongate! I will name it Crosswordgate! But to this day, I am still pondering the mysterious Mexican currency…

Yours Ferociously,-Eric Migi

Who was the President of UW from 1958-1969?

What was said President’s passion?


What was the ‘tastiest’ of his Directorships at the time?


What was his advisory contribution to Toronto?


What honour does he uphold to the Government of Canada?

(JG Hagey)(Photography)(Burton Matthiews)(Campbell Soup Company, Ltd.)(DT Wright)(The SkyDome)(James Downey)(He is an Officer of the Order of Canada) http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infopres/HTML/Downey.html

How Ridgid Are You?

2B Mechatronics students made themselves at home in the Wedge lab over the weekend


Iron Inquisition What are your plans for the first snow fall?

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Geoffrey Lawson & Jaclyn Sharpe, 2B Mechanical

“Write my name in the snow.”

Geoffrey Lawson2B Mechanical

“Build a little snow man”

Dane Corneil2B Systems

“Snow Boarding.”

Ruth-Anne Vanderwater3B Computer

“Throw a snowball at the first person I see.”

Adam Dobri1A Nanotechnology

“E-Brake sliding in the UW parking lot.”

Dave Dunsmoor2B Mechanical

“Nude snow angels.”

Adam Schubert3N Electrical

“Scream and run like a little girl.”

Shawn Tariq1A Electrical

“I'm gonna cry because I can't play soccer any more.”

Nigel D'Souza5A Rec and Liesure

Send in your prof quotes, drawings and poems!

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Enginoku

COrrECtiOnThe cartoon published in the

November 15, 2006 issue of The Iron Warrior (page 20) was incorrectly attributed to Yuvraj Goel (2A Mechanical). The cartoon was actually submitted and drawn by Yang Sui in 4A Mechanical. We apologize for this error, and any negative effects that may have resulted from this error.

Prof Quotes

"One guy got 2/10 on the multiple choice. Could've done better by throwing a dart - or hiring a monkey to throw a dart!" - Miller, ECE 380

"The monkey has no idea that he is being modelled. In this course, unfortunately, we don't have any monkeys - just LTI systems!" [regarding an experiment where a monkey plays a video game and his neural response is monitored]- Miller, ECE 380

"I had an interesting suggestion that I should do a dance whenever a cell phone goes off, but I decided it would be too weird." - Loucks, ECE 324

“If it hurts, you’re doing it right.” [in regards to Calculus, Math, and life in gerneral]- Best, MATH 116

“How’d I get that? [pause] uhhh… I just kind of looked at it, and it came out of the marker.” [after a student asks how he had solved an equation]- Best, MATH 116

"It seems that I am erasing evidence of my incompetence. "- Liu, MATH 211

"Put a beer here, put a sandwich here, and you'll see we have a nucleation proc-ess."- Erik Prouzet, NE 225

"I've even got automomous idiot tracking on this thing."- Clark, ME 262

"The first time I taught this course I made the mistake of using F instead of 'M'." [refering to M = D + Moff] - Harder, ECE 204

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