Real Engineers

Don't Get Cold

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ell, well, weWcome to the first
issue of the term! My first term
in A-soc (or A-soc's first term
with me, it's a tough call). Don't look no
different...don't smell no different... It's also
my first term as editor, and the firstlhing I
want to do as editor is give a huge thank
you to everyone who came up with stuff
on such short notice. Most of you only
heard about the submission deadline a few
days before it came up, and we still ended
up with a full issue of material. Not only
that, but we almost broke even! Lucas put
in a heroic effort to get us some advertising
revenue, trying to get advertisers to com-
mit in a huny, without letting on just how
desperate we were for their ads.
I definitely didn't come into trus tenn
planning to have anything to do with the
Iron Warrior. As a matter of fact, I was
quite looking forward to surfing those last
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too cold. Why do we live here? We
could live where its warm! Do we
eserve -25 degree weather? No
dammit! California is the place to be. I'd
rather put up with a couple of little earth-
quakes every couple of years than freezing
my ass off every bloody winter, and wild-
fires, well that would be nice to warm
things up right about now.
Unfortunately, I've already paid my
tuition, so I am here till April, so I thought
of a few ways to beat the cold. 1 Jere's a few
tips on how to keep warm this winter:
1. Move to somewhere sunny. You can
transfer to UCLA or something else in a
similar climate. You not only have nicer
weather, but you won't have to put up
with the headaches of Co-op and Needless
Hell every term.
2 Stay at home. You won't get cold if
you don't go outside. Become buddy-
buddy with the keeners in you classes and
get their notes. It should be a bit wanner
four months to the
finish. But when
the opportunity
came up, I just
couldn't pass up
what really is my
last chance to add
my little bit to UW
Engineering. like it
or not, this place is
home for eight or
more terms for any-
one who walks out
with a ring on their
pinky, and for me it
was things like
POETS, the C&D,
the Iron Warrior,
and the general
hanging out with
other students that
made it more than
just "school". II was
my life for that
entire time.
But I'm not outa
here yet...
I really hope everyone who reads this
issue finds something in it they like, and
do tell us if you do (inflate our egos a little).
We hope to keep the issues as diverse
as possible, and try to reflect the fact
that we're not all the same. It
would be especially nice if we
could help dispel any
stereotypes people
might like to put us
When I went to pick
up the info for the---""'
drama department' s
next play (check out the
blurb in the Arts section) the
secretary seemed genuinely sur-
prised when I told her I knew a lot of
engineers who go to their productions.
That image of ours has got a loooong way
togo.
Inside this issue you can all take out that
survey on car-pooling, fill it out, and hand
by midterms, so you can venture out then.
Live off <favourite pizza place> all
term. } ley, they deliver, and you'll
never run out of food (so no
going outside for those
shopping trips).
3. Get real close
it in! This is a good chance to make a little
noise for the environment, and even sup-
port a project that you (or your successors)
might eventually benefit from.
And last but not least, here is the manda-
tory pitch for submissions. Like the small
print says, the IW is a forum for engineer-
ing students, which means it should be a
place where anyone can feel free to express
their whether or not they're
politicalJy correct, whether or not they're
popular, and whether or not you think
you are a good writer. We don't like to be
used as a tool for one person to attack
another, for one group to attack another, or
any combinations of those. But aside from
malicious attacks, we'll print anything sub-
mitted, and we're more than happy to help
anyone out who doesn' t feellhat confident
about their writing.
A special plea goes out to all those with
extra creative energy on their hands, to
help keep the fledgeling Arts section alive.
As far as I know, it's a recent addition to
the IW, and has already featured some
great material in past issues. Prose, poetry,
drawing, reviews of albums, books or con-
certs, talking about any of the above, it all
belongs. And to kill another stereotype, it
isn't moslly systems students who have
given material in the past! Quite the oppo-
site, submissions have come from all cor-
ners of the Faculty.
To wrap up this spew, I'll
remind you all that submis-
sions for the next IW should
be in by February 7th,
Ii' anything after that might
get held until the following
issue (this is the
MflTtin Zagorsek only all-
B Syst(!1nS nighter I
tver want
to pull for this paper!) Any critiques or
suggestions having anything to do with
the paper can be said to our faces (the best
way), written down and slipped under our
door, or e-mailed to me at mzagorse@zeus.
get across campus. See the attached map
as an example of how to get from Village
to Engineering while keeping inside
warm buildings most of the
time.
with that r !Ii'
With these simple tips, you
be able to keep nice
and wann all winter long. someone. Keeping
your bodies together
will conserve body
heat. An enjoyable way to
beat the winter cold.
4. For those (frosh) who don't
know yet, most of the buildings are
connected together in some manner or
other, so you don't have to go outside to
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weather on the
planet, so when
the cold
goes, the
rain will be here so stay tuned for tips on
how to keep dry through the Waterloo
monsoon season.
D.C.

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DearIW,
Glossy propaganda material and meaningless co-operative placement and
future salary statistics do not an undergraduate engineering program make, or so
the saying should go.
The engineering program is one of the undergraduate programs of study on
which the University of Waterloo has always prided itself. From the pages of
numerous publications, to the suggestions of guidance counsellors everywhere,
to third-hand recommendations received by word of mouth, prospoctive engi-
neers are met with one inescapable conclusion: If you want to be with the best,
Water100 is the place to go.
Myriads of exceptional overachievers swarm to UW every fall to join the ranks
of the engineers. This seems to be a cyde which feeds off of itself; good people
attend the school because it is good, but is good mostly because good people
attend it. Did you ever stop to wonder why this is so? Is there some quality to the
university which is responsible for this phenomenon, or is reputation simply one of
those elusive and intangible qualities which float through the ether and randomly
attach themselves to unsuspecting instMions?
One would assume that Waterloo has a higher proportion of faculty with
doctoral degrees, more research dollars available per capita, and innovative
curriculum and teaching practice ideas. Aside from the inconvenience of having
to laser print my MSCI261 course notes (using, of course, my own funds to
finance this practice) I have verified none of these assumptions. Undoubtedly it is
too early to judge.
The lure of the oo-operative program plays a very key role in the enticement of
elitist future frosh. However, another factor which I believe significantly con-
tributes to the attraction is the perception of the university as a veritable mecca of
high technology.
Again, this perception can only justifiably be challenged by graduate students
at the top of the academic ladder who have had experiences with the limits of our
faculty's facilities.
As undergraduate, we all have a right to know what we are being offered
and how this measures up in comparison with engineering at other
academic instMions.
Most first-year engineers with whom I have spoken had never
really heard of UNIX, much less had any desire to acquire
access to it. The general consensus was one of apathy and
ignorance. This enraged me all the more, since I had come to
Waterloo in the vain hopes that I would gain access to and
experience with hardware to which I would otherwise no have
been exposed.
After having used Watstar for a little more than a full term, there are
still many engineers who do not fully realize that we are being cheated
out of an academic computing standard.
UNIX is an operating system with a very long and interesting history. It exists
under a great many manifestations across a multitude of platforms. It is the open
computing standard from Berkeley to Oslo, Tokyo to Melboume. And it is
customary for universities to use UNIX systems in their academic networks.
Familiarity with UNIX could very well be the deciding factor which would merit
an interview with a possible employer. UNIX experience is invaluable and
whether you have aspirations in the field of computing, or would be much more
comfortable working with a soldering iron than with a mouse, you would be better
off with it than without.
Networks work much better with UNIX, which was designed to house network
systems in which users log on to their aocounts and share processor time. E-mail
as we know it was bom out of UNIX. Almost allintemet jargon is UNIX-based.
The C programming language was designed for the UNIX operating system.
I have not made the effort to gather data and compile statistics, but off-hand
almost every institution with whose engineering faculty-s facilities I am familiar
offers UNIX to undergraduates starting from first year until graduation. These
include the University of Toronto (ecf.utoronto.ca = engineering computing
facility), Tv1cGill University (ee470.ee.mcgill.ca = electrical engineering), and
Carleton University. I am sure that if one were to investigate, one would find that
this is the standard.
Morgan Day
4B Computer
l
would like to say that it's nice to be
back, but... I can'l First, the weather
ucks. Second the pay sucks. And
third, quality of life has just
taken a nose dive. Aside from
all of this it's really great to see
eVeI)'one back for another term
of mind warping fun. With my
introduction complete, 1'd like
to move on 10 business.
As you may be well aware,
the WEEF (Waterloo Engineer-
ing Endowment Foundation)
has spent some serious money
this fiscal year. Starting with the
Summer Term 1993 when we
spent over $6O,(XXl and continu-
ing in the fall term, when an
additional $5O,(XX) was a locat-
DearIW,
I would tike to draw attention to an issue hidden amongst the horrific details
describing the murder of David Zaharchuk (Gazette, Dec. 8, 1993). I am not
interestoo in the iOOivdual who committed the crime, Kris Warkentin. My
'crl"Y\l',m\/ is for the lost life and the victim's famity. I am interested, however, in
how society accepts alcohol as a way of absolving oneself of responsibility.
Alcohol is not a prescription drug. It's consul1l>tion is voluntary. Over the
society has decided that it is unacceptable to drive a car after consuming
ever diminishing amount of alcohol. Despite this change of thought, bar-
and/or the owners of the drinking establishment can still be held
responsible for someone who does not have enough sense when to take a taxi.
must others be responsible for the actions of irrt.>eciles?
Bad< to the case, we see that the crown attomey had made it clear that
had been a big factor in the killing. Despite the initial charge of second-
murder, a charge of manslaughter was accepted because "it might be
to prove that a man so drunk had formed the level of premeditation
intent thafs an essential part of a murder conviction". It is sad message that
convicted's exoessive drinking binge may have saved him from a murder
I have nothing against the convicted, but I do want to see a judicial system
pushes for justice regardless of how much someone has drunk. I am
of society accepting the consumption of alcohol as an excuse for SO many
reasons, from aggressive morons hitting on women to testosterone pumped
brawls to sheer stupid accidents. If you can't handle your drink, simply stop.
Better yet, drink apple juice to begin with.
Fortunately, the lad< of space has prevented me from discussing the social
character of someone who plays computer games for 600 hours within a year,
or the '1ntent and premeditation" involved in smashing someone's skull eight or
nine times with a wrench after the person is prostrate on the floor. As well,
luckily one event is not enough to prompt me to discuss whether there is an
escalation of violent crimes in society.
David Carr
PS: Maybe reading the intemational, national, and regional
news has started to get me a little frustrated.
Watstar is indeed a very noble treasure which we are very lucky to have,
especially those curren y lacki a naJ co r. Many of
lions available sometimes become indisperisabte. However, !he amount of
money directed toward updating Watstar could easily be diverted to more needed
areas. A small UNIX server could be installed for undergraduates with a desire
for an account (which would be a very small proportion of the total population.)
Terminals would no necessarily be needed; one could t In 1 diroctly to one's
account from a Watstar terminal.
The disgusting stranglehold on UNIX by the Faculty of tvlalh malics can
become more tolerable if our needs are met. I am not propoSing tllat UNIX
access is a right; in fact, our current Watstar accounts are still, technically, a
privilege. But is time for the Faculty to catch up to the rest of the world and
provide us with a decent system. Our aocounts would no longer ridiculously
expire between terms, our mail would never be irretrievably lost in Watstar
"accidents", and things would generally be a lot faster and nicer. Is really too
much to ask? We are certainly paying enough
My only suggestion to anyone who feels the same is to contact Dr. W. Wilson,
CPH 23760 (wwilson@office) to make sure that this opinion is officially noted. If
there is a sufficient outcry, sorneone's attention may fi nally be attracted to the
situation.
Kiyan Azarbar
1BComp Eng
ed. For all 'A' stream people I have re-
run the spending decision from last
term in this edition of IW so you can sc..'C
where the money has been spent.
On Tuesday, January 11, 1994 the
WEEF had its first organi.7.<llional m( t-
ing of all the funding council representa-
tives from each dass. The purpose of the
meeting was to familiarize VSC repre-
sentatives with the operiltion of the
WEEF, explain the role of the V<:J.." rep,
and decide on objectives for the term.
The remaining expendable fund balance
for this fiscal year, as approximated by
financial services, is just over $30,000.
We were not intending to make a third
funding decision this term since we
expected even allocations from both 'A'
and '8' society. A motion was made to
defer spending until the next summer
term and received a maprity vote from
the members in attendance at the meet-
ing. It was deCided thilt the funding
council's objective for OJ(! l('rm would lx'
to publicizc the WEEF.
We had a reasonilbly good turn out
but it seems that C(!rlain classes have
neglected to elcct Vs:. reprt'5Cnlclliv(.'s. I
must stress that each da'>.') must have a
represenlative so that the funding
council can receive feedback directly
from each class. It also gives the WEEF a
direct line to each class to inform all
students of WEEF actions. for
the classes without a
WEEF rep yet, don't make
me chase you! Please submit the
name and phone number of your WEEF
rep via e-mail to endowment@108, or
meday@electrical, or call the endow-
ment office 888-4893.
If you have any ideas and would like
to help promote the WEEF please con-
tact me.
Look Ma! No crutches!
Y
es, I've ditched the crutches
and joined the ranks of walk-
ing (limping?) wounded. You
may have noticed that Piyush is also
on the injured list. Some people
would have you believe that we are
both just incompetent skiers, but the
truth is we were injured trying to res-
cue some novice skiers from a run-
away snow groomer. But more about
that later.
By this point a lot of you might be
thinking 'Wait a second! Who's this
Ron guy? I thought DalhaJl Liblik was
President!" At the end of last summer
Dothan Ublik resigned as President so
that he could devote the n cessary
time to a computer company, in
which he is a partner. When Dathan
accepted the presidency he was not
yet a partner of this company. How-
ever, when the opportunity to form
this company presented itself a few
months later, it was too good to be
missed. Dothan intended to divide his
lime between school, Engsoc, and the
business, but this proved to be an
unrealistic goal. I know Dathan was
very upset about having to resign, but
I think he made the best choice and I
wish him luck.
According to the constitution, I now
become President. So, for thooe of you
who are new, or who just don't have a
clue what I've been talking about so
far, allow me to introduce myselfl My
name is Ron Butler, I'm in 3B Systems,
I used to be VP-External, but now I'm
your president till the end of this term.
Feel free to come by the Orifice to talk
with me about anytrung at anytime.
I'll be one of the people with a pro-
nounced limp. If you get the
wrong limper, don't
worry. All the other
limpers know me and
can point you in the
right direction!
Okay, so w
happens to the VP-
External position ~ .
(sorry about all of this
i'ldministrative stuff, but it's
almost over). Again acrording
to the constitution, candidates can
come forward at the first council meet-
ing following the resignation. Well,
we had that meeting and no one came
forward. It was very short notice, and
I apologize, but we did the best we
could to let everylxxly know ahead of
lime. In any case, the next day a Civil
engineering student, Mark
Waschkowski, expressed interest in
tile position. After some intensive test-
ing (including how to walk with a
limp), we appointed Mark to the posi-
tion. Congratulations Mark!
Okay, now on to the good stuff!
Thanks to all of you who missed me
during the first week of school. Piyush
Stephen KingsleyJones
3A Electrical
it, so that's the
way its going to
be). If you feel
that some debate
should take
place, you may
feel free to come
to the next Engi-
neering Society
meeting and
spend 3 hours
debating whether
or not to spend
$1.00 on the
lE
I By the lime you read
this I will have prepared
Engineering Society
Budget for the Winter term. Anyone
who is interested (?!) can come by and
have a look. My budgets are not usu-
up for debate (I'm a dictator, I like
Darkroom!
Otherwise, things are going
well, we mi'lde about $4,500
from the handbook last frosh
week and have allotted this
money to the ca pi ta I projects
fund. Have i'I nice day!
and I were in Calgary that week
attending the Canadian Congress of
Engineering Students (CCPS). CCES
is one the many student engineering
conferences that happens throughout
the year. It is also the biggest of these
conferer1ces. This year 205 engineering
students gathered from across
Canada. During the day we
would discuss current issues,
listen to guest speakers,
and embark on tours
t. "I'J1!'I'
of local industry (and
night we learned
dr inking
games) . It
was a lot
of fun,
,nd I
Ron Butler
3B Systems
encourage everyone (especially those
people who are interested in going to
future CCES's) to talk to the people
who went. Look for articles about
CCES '94 in future Iron Warriors.
There are many other conferences
and events coming up this winter.
This year Guelph is hosting the
ESSCO Olympics. ESSCO is the
provincial organization of engineering
students (i.e. as Engsoc is to Waterloo,
ESSCO is to Ontario). ESSCO
Olympics is a social event for Ontario
engineering students, where the par-
ticipants compete in bizarre sporting
events. It's a lot of fun and an exceUent
way to meet engineering students
from other universities. If you are
interested in going, stop by the Orifice
and get a conference application form.
Fill it out and drop it on Mark's desk
(Betty, our Orifice employee, will help
you find everything).
Guelph is also hosting the Ontario
Engineering Competition (OEC). The
official due date for this competition
was December 31, 1993, but it MAY
not be too late to enter. To find out
more, or to enter, stop by the Orifice
for a pamphlet and application form.
Also this winter is the PEO confer-
ence (by now everyone should know
that PEa stands for Professional Engi-
neers of Ontario). This conference
allows student engineers the opportu-
nity to talk directly with members of
the PEa. Among other things, the
PEa is responsible for the accredita-
tion of Ontario engineering programs,
and the setting of the regulations
under which we obtain our profes-
sional engineering degree. This year,
Waterloo (that's us!) is hosting the
conference, but we still need delegates
to attend our own conference. interest-
ed parties should fill out a conference
application form and put it on Mark's
desk (see Betty in the Orifice for
detailed instructions).
The first Bridging the Gap lecture is
scheduled for January 25th. The
Bridging the Gap series is a service
provided to the students to allow
them to get feedback about the Engi-
neering profession after graduation.
The first talk will be given by Ron
Dicke, a UW graduate from electrical
engineering. Ron Dicke will be talking
about the International Space Univer-
sity. The lecture is in EL 112 from
11:30 to 12:30. Hope to see you there!
Whew, being President sure makes
a person long winded! Hold on, I'm
almost through.
At the February 9 Engsoc council
meeting we will be deciding on the
winners of the Paul and Paula Plwn-
mer Awards. 'These awards are given
to recognize outstanding service to the
Engineering Society. Since voting will
occur on February 9, all candidates
must be in before that date. To nomi-
nate a candidate, pick up a nomina-
tion form in the Orifice (just talk. to
Betty).
And finally, this is an election term
for Engineering Society 'A'. So every-
body start thinking of who to nomi-
nate for the new executive. Nomina-
tions open on February 23, and close
on March 4. Election day is March
14th.
I hope I haven't missed anything.
My head hasn't stopped spinning
since my return from Calgary. In any
case, till the next issue of the Iron War-
rior, watch out for limpers!
Ron Butler
VP Xtra-terrestrial
Oh damn! I can't do that any more!
Ron Butler Presentative ('1 see all, I
know aLl- Waaa Haa Haa")
W
elcome back! It's great to
see everyone again. It's
hell to be so behind in
classes already. I'm sure there are oth-
ers who feel the same way. Anyways,
welcome to all those 1B's and 4B's
from B-Soc who have made the trip to
the other side. It's definitely going to
be worth it!
Ron, Nancy, Casey and I missed
out on the first week of the term
because we were out
in Calgary at thV
26th Congress 0
Canadian Engi-
neering Societies.
It was a great week
with some very
informative lectures
and discussions. If Ron
hasn't already told you, we
won the bid to hold CCFS here in
Waterloo in two years' time. llis is
a great honour and will do a lot for
our PR. The organizers will need a
lREMENDOUS amount of help get-
ting things together. So if you're inter-
ested, come see us. All in all, it was a
very positive week for Waterloo.
There have been some changes
made in the Engineering Society if
you haven't already noticed. We have
a new VP External, Mark, and a new
Orifice Mom, Betty. Come by the Ori-
fice and get better acquainted with
our new additions.
I would like congratulate John &
Will for the great job they did on the
B.O.T. pub. We weren't here to
attend, but we received a lot of posi-
tive feedback. Of course, the Dean
didn't receive any bad news wruch
always good news for us.
Now for upcoming events. The
first is ENGWEEK Come out and
participate in the events or have your
class run a few. They are worth big
P**S points. The finale of the week
will be the SCUNT on Friday, January
28th. Get your teams signed up and
ready to compete. It's the 7 Deadly
Sins SCUNT. Good luck to FYSH and
all the tearns. Just a reminder from
the Dean: don't do anything illegal,
and don't get killed!
One tlUng that I've always noticed
about the winter term is that there is
no semi-formal. There is the Grad
Ball, but not everyone is graduelting.
So, we thought it would be cool to
have a party night to which everyone
can come. Then I remembered all the
people wruning elbout having to get
dressed up, not agreeing with the
menu, it being too much money, or
not having transportation. Well,
we've come up with a solution.
ENGINEERING WINTERFEST!!! It's
being held elt Ruby's @ the Waterloo
Inn on Friday, Feb-
,
ruary 4th, 1994 at
a 8:00 p.m. It's a
$5.00/person, after
dinner party, you
don't have to get
dressed up or
drive there or back.
We're running shut-
tle buses
to and
from Rub(s. They'll be running
from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and then
again from 12:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.
We've chosen a Retro-Oktoberfest
theme since most of us weren't
around in October for the real tlUng.
There will be student prices on drinks
and that's not all. We've invited engi-
neering schools from across southern
Ontario to participate as well as the
other Faculties on campus. Ths is
going to be a very large party! We
have a limited number of tickets so get
your tickets soon. They are available
in the Orifice. Just ask Betty. Don't
get left behind!
If you haven't already picked up a
Blotter, we still have a few left in the
Orifice. It's packed with everything
you'll want to know about what's
hnppening in Engineering this term.
That's about it for this IW. If there
are things you like or dislike about the
way things are happening, or if you
wish to get involved in any aspect of
the Engineering Society come see any
one of us. We don't know how we're
doing unless you tell us. I know it
sounds cheesy, but this is your society.
Anyways, until next lime.
Ciao,
Piyush
Hi!
A
llow me to introduce myself.
My name is Mark
Waschkowski, I am in 3A
Civil, and have recently been appoint-
ed to the position of VP External. I
was appointed to this position by
the executive (last Thursday!)
after no one else
appeared interested
in the job (not that I
didn't want it or any-
thing - I didn't
know about it.) I
found out about
position availability
at the Jast Eng Soc
meeting, which I
went to as the recycling
dir tor. The exec and I t.1lkcxf
about what the job involv d,
what I wouJd do ... and here 1 am, an
appointed official of Eng Soc. I hope
to do a good job, mod have som cool
stuff that I would like to accomplish.
I want to tell you about some of the
upcoming events thatl will be respon-
sible for (actually, the directors get to
do most of the work but if anything
goes wrong, I get blamed :.
A Looney Line charity drive will be
happening this week, on Thursday
Jan. 27. We are going to be trying to
raise money for a local charity by
making a long line of loonies leading
from the orifice to CPH Foyer. You
wiJJ be seeing Kathy and Shelley out
there trying to raise money, SO give to
a good cause and raise your Karma.
Donations of $5 or more will be
rewarded with a T-shirt!
The next event that I want to men-
tion is Explorations (no this isn't a Star
Trek theme) that is happening on
March 12. This event invites grade
school kids in grades 5-8 to tour engi-
neering. Little kids! Should be a blast,
and all volunteers get a free T-shirt out
of the deal. We will need lots of volun-
teers for this, but often spaces run out
quick, so make sure to get in your
form when the event date draws clos-
er. Just listen to your class rep
announcements, REA 011 US PAPER,
and check out the posters when they
come up.
The last one that I will mention is
the Shadow program. This is the
tlUng where students in grades 11-13
come and hang out with someone in
Engineering for the day. They go to
your classe with you and listen to
your best (and worst) profs teach your
class, while also getting to experience
what happens outside of the class.
You show them around, tnke them
pi'
woul i g 'ttinS mort' involved
with ngiflC\.' ring sodt'ty., liviti ,bllt
may not know how. You <111' t get
involvc'<i if YOli don't know WI1tlt is
hnppcning, right? This st uff is villu-
abl and fun, SO give it a try!
Along the lines of keeping <'VCryOIlC
infonned, I will be putting up 80m
information oulsid the orifice th.1t
you can look at on your way by to
keep you up to date on these and
other activities. ive me some feed-
Ixtck on the (by !;lIking to me
or you can send me some e-mail:
mwaschkd&ivil); tell me if it sucks, or
if you like ii, or if you know of a better
way to keep people infonned. And if
you still don'! know who the hell I
am, I will be at U,e Eng Week events,
and J am sure that you will sec me
there! Our class, 3A Civil, is pulling
on the Tag Team Asshole event, so
look for it!
TrYL
Mark
How It Is and How It Should Be
Terence Gilhuly
.A;
I picked up my dating ser-
vice/prostitute phone num-
er laden pen given to me
and several thousands of salary men
in the streets of Tokyo, I came to real-
ize that there are a number of danger-
ous beliefs about the state of Japan.
The uneducated westerner feels it is
merely a land of geisha and samurai.
1be more highly educated will believe
it is nol only this but an overpopulat-
ed land of very expensive geisha and
morally corrupt samUIai. With this
article I would like to protest these
unfair views and humbly offer criti-
cism as to where the Canadian society
falls short in comparison.
'These negative views of what was
for technological prowess. This
prowess was first seen in the transistor
radio and now shows itself in, among
other things, fuzzy logic/possibly arti-
ficially intelligent! sentient clothes
washers. I'd bet these are SUperior to
anything in Canada when placed in
the right hands, but whether for rea-
sons of illiteracy (I was one of the 5%t
use of the wrong chemicals while
doing the laundry, or ineptness on my
part, r cannot prove this.
Another example of technological
superiority would be in motorcycles.
1 you love bikes Japan is definitely the
land for you. Where else will you find
250cc motorcycles speed limited to
180kmph? Need I mention that
Kawasaki won the Suzuka 8 Hours
militarily and then pubJjcJy humiliat-
ing the Emperor of the time by forcing
Him to publicly renounce His d.aim to
being a diety. Canadians performed a
similar act in 1984 when we finally
wrote our own constitution. The dif-
ference between the two cultures in
this case is that the Japanese still
respect their royalty.
Besides worship of the Emperor,
religion can be seen in many other
forms. 1be Japanese as a culture seem
to have a more liberal view of religion
in their lack of restrictions on worship.
It's apparently common for Japanese
people to start life as a Shinto, many q
as a Christian, and die as a Buddhist.
Openness in wor-
ship can also be Sa
This ancestor worship is coupled
with a general respect for our elders.
Two of the most famous people in
Japan are Gin-san and Kin-san - hun-
dred plus year old identical twins.
These ladies are national celebrities
and famous to the point of performing
product endorsements and having
their own novelty store. When was
the last time you visited yOUI grand-
parents?
1be respect of the Japanese for their
elders stems from their politeness.
Despite the stereotype of the hustling,
bustling city of poor mannered
people just trying to get to
work (even worse than
my homeland for nearly a year are not Endurance race this year?
seen in a number PpO
of other things that TO
totally undeserved. Overpopulation
is in the eye of the beholder, but the
land area is more lhan twenty times
less than that of Canada yet Japan has
a four times higher population.
Things are definitely expensive there,
in fact the last comparison I heard
before leaving was that the Tokyo cost
of living was roughly 1.7 times higher
than that of Toronto. As well, there
are those elements to the Japanese
SOCiety that would offend the moral
majority - those people who actually
used the aforementioned pen for
what had been written and not what
could be written, for example. [J think
we have one or two of those in OUI
Japan is also superior in relation to Canadians would consider
Canada in its acceptance and use of weird. The Kawasaki penis
Toronto
during
rus h-
hour),
available technology for more effident .. /\...
use of resources. Solar power for " ...
instance, is in common use through- festi-
out Japan yet not to be seen in this
fair land. In addition, incinerators
are commonly used for such things as
heating swimming pools. ,.t\
own pUIe homeland. -Ee1.1
But living in dose contact with the
man on the train who reads a POrn<)-
graphic coIllie that costs more than
POSSibly it is due to the over-""
abundance of
resources that we
have here
that allows '\.
us to live ,
we do ignoring h
such means of envi- 0 tfj
ronmentalism. Japan, how- 0
your National eographic is a small .. rock
price to P(lY for what is returned by
ijJ)t1
sec somL'One in Canada reading a ()
NalioJ1lI Geographic on a train, or " , /
any fom, of tran.<;portation for that ..
!mnner? Or any form of literature for ....Y
Q
ou t of
that rru1tter? The average commuter &4 the
spends their time staring either oul It sea,
the windows, at the floor, or al.the Q with very few
chest of the person standing in front of tJ resources to speak of.
them. In Japan, there is also a lot of Because of this, the Japanese seem to
window/floor/chest staring to be be more efficienl in many areas, par-
done bul for the most part there is ticularly energy (as mentioned previ-
more reading done over U,erc. Why? c? ously) clnd land. In the cities, there
Because they can. Japan boasts a are no front lawns or wasted ground
95%+ literacy rate, something that' around highways, but instead avail-
Canadians should be jealous of. I able space is used for parks or for
hope we're not as poor as r:J small farms.
the Americans with their ((
50% illiteracy (taken from Political attitudes in Japan also seem
that undoubledly famous survey per- superior to those of Canada. The elf:--
formed by Newsweek ments of the political systems them-
. at the beginning of last selves are similar in a broad sense -
) year) but I'm fairly certain we're democratic representation, two hous-
a long way from being fully literate. es through which to pass legislation.
This high literacy rate is despite the
fact that the people have to learn a
1000 plus character alphabet
in order to read the
newspaper. Canadians
must grapple with a daunting
twenty-six.
1be major area in which Japan mosl
commonly appears intimidating to
the average Canadian is in technol<r
gy. Japan has built itself a reputation
However, poJjtical thinking is vastly
different. Japan has firnlIy moved to
its first new government since World
War D. CaJ1lda remains mired in the
past, having returned to the Old Boy ,
Club by voting for 'Yesterday's Man'.
In the same fashion that we have a
Queen, tile Japanese have Llle Emper-
or. Previous to World War II the
Emperor was believed to have godlike
powers but the Americans took that
away by first crushing the country
unfortunately forgotten real name)
would be a good example. This festi-
val is a celebration of the killing of a
demon who possessed a local woman
and had an appetite for testicles. The
details are sketchy but apparently
afler the demon possessed woman
neutered a few of her husbands, the
village smith thought he could solve
the problem by forging an iron phal-
lus and by using it rid the world of
this menace. It worked and now we
celebrate the event's success. Closer to
home, the iron phallus that the Ameri-
can judicial system is will one way or
another rid Ms. Bobbitt of her demon,
however, they won't have any festival
to celebrate it. The Kawasaki penis
festival was a festival I partook in. My
role was strictly honourary - I was
honoured to help carry a large iron
phallus through the streets to a temple
while drinking sake.
In another interesting festival (or
series of festivals), the Japanese take
the month of August to celebrate the
return of their ancestors to the living
world. In every city there will be sev-
eral of these festivals where the people
will get together to dance, sing and
drink in honour of those gone before.
Whatever happened to Irish wakes?
Japanese are quite
possibly the most
polite and friendliest
people on the planet. They constant-
ly compliment you in everyday con-
versation with comments on such
things as your ability to speak
Japanese and your ability to use
chopsticks. And when the obvi-
ous compliments aren't enough,
inside the language there are dif-
ferent vocabularies to allow for
& ranges of politeness when speak-
"f!./)rl ing in order to add more
\..(Cl./ respect to the listener.
Japanese friendliness is easily seen
in their treatment of foreigners. Typi-
cal Canadian reaction to foreigners in
OUI country is usually indifference or
hatred, depending on whether or not
they are taking up employment that
could be filled by a Canadian. This is
not an issue in Japan. In fact, they
actively search out foreign researchers
to complement their workforce. Their
reaction to foreigners is quite the
opposite to what typical people
would do. Whereas New Yorkers
will tell you where to go but not
where you want to go when looking
for directions, and Canadians for the
most part will give brief polite help,
the Japanese often take on the attitude
of feeling obbged to help once this sort
of problem is brought to light. Japan-
ese people also express their friendli-
ness in more tangible ways like gift
giving. Social custom is to give a gift
at any chance possible: visiting a
friend's house, visiting the sick, on
coming and going, to name a few of
the possibilities. This beautiful social
custom made my life a little more liv-
able by providing me with about eight
umbrellas (the first of which was
given by an unfamiliar woman who
merely saw me walking in the rain,) a
bicycle, and numerous other things.
Another beautiful side to U1is culture
is that, despite the high cost of living
in this culture (yes, I did see melons
for over $l6OCdn eacJ, but they were
nice melons,) tile gifts do not have to
be that way. Most of the value of the
gift is in tile time put into It and in the
presentation of it.
It is this value placed in simple
Continued on Page 7
A look at Canada through Japanese Eyes
How to get your
own viewpoint on
Canada
For those of you who are interested
in trying to find a similar experience,
I ok no further, this is impos ible.
One of the gmlt U1ings about Japan is
il i an infinitel varied society. All
visitors will have different e"periences
and be shaped in different ways
because of them. However, if you are
inler I d in going 10 Japan 10 get
your own angle on it UlefC are a cou-
ple way ' y 1I can do this U1rOugh the
university:
'Who said the J apaneese were small?" Teny checks out the competition, but he seems to be a little outweighed.
1) There i an e change program
set up between Totton University and
the University of Waterloo, run
through the department of Systems
Design. Although it is principally Sys-
tems oriented, members of other disci-
plines have participaled in the past.
Students typically leave during March
or April, study their 3A term in Tolton
and then work in Japanese industry
until December. As I didn'l take t1lis
route to the orient, these details are not
exact. To get the exact details, contact
Dr. Keith Hipet Systems Design.
... FromPage6
things that makes the Japanese people
so beautiful. TIlis simplicity and the
beauty with it is expressed every-
where throughout the culture. This
nation of people, whose stereotype
should take time out to smell the flow-
ers, do just that. Japanese people will
avidly celebrate the corrting of spring
by leaving the city to watch the newly
blooming flowers. The simple act of
flower arranging as an arl is just as
widespread and respected as the
more familiar karate. Other simple
yet elevaled art forms are calligraphy
(shodo) and the tea ceremony - a cere-
mony whose underlying belief is "the
service of others in small things is the
highest act".
To go with the tea, the simple basic
necessity of life, food is also highly val-
ued - a national passion. On television
there is almost always some sort of
program to do with either how to
cook, or more importantly how to eat.
The food also comes in incomprehen-
sible varieties, possibly another
method of intelbgent use of resources.
While there I ate such wonderful
things as crickets, silk worms, live
snails, raw crab, chicken and horse,
and even the prized delicacy of the
poisonous blowfish. Not all Japanese
food is capable of killing and in gener-
al the Japanese eat a much healthier
diet than Canadians and probably
because of their diet, the Japanese
seem to be in a lot better physical con-
dition. There is just a surprising lack
of obesity on the other side of the
Pacific.
Maybe it is this better phYSical con-
dition that grants higher tatus to the
obese people in society. Success for
executives is sometimes measured by
the size of the waistline. 1llis is also
often true in the case of s umo
wrestlers. If you are not familiar with
the sport, sumo wrestling basically
involves two very large men trying to
throw each other either into the earth
or oul of the ring. Some of these men,
Konishiki for example, weigh in al
over 250 kg.
Finally, one of the greatest areas in
whidl Japanese society bests Canada's
(or the western world's, for thai mal-
is that despite being forced 10 live
in close contact wilh the man on the
train who reilds a pornographic cornic
that costs more than your National
Geographic, you can rest assured that
this man will not have a gun. Gun
laws are even more strict Ihere than
they are here - private citizens are just
not permitted to own handguns.
Hand in hand with this advantage is
the advantage of there being next to
no violent crime. Bribery of govern-
ment officials (of the previous govern-
ment the new one is yet young) and
other forms of white collar crime seem
to be the only misdoings that occur.
To misquote Dave Barry from his
book Dave Barry Does Japan, "while
the Japanese were finding out about
the scandals of their government, we
were busy discovering the contents of
Jeffrey DaImer's refrigerator."
Now that my dating service/prosti-
lution pen has writl n its last, I feel it's
time to once again become assimilall I
into thi..e; strange soci('ty wc Cil l! 01'k1-
da. I hope tlml my humbl ' words
may have open d your eyee; as 10
how some thinge; could be improved
upon and that Stompin' Tom will for-
give me for d\)i ng so.
I thank you for lislening.
Angalou gozaimashilil.
2) My method of gelting to Japan
was through the Co-op Japan pro-
gram, an inter-university co-op pro-
gram run out of the University of Vic-
toria, Victoria, B.C. The administra-
tors of this program hilve made a
number of contacts with Japanese
industry and Ihrough Ihese contacts
arrange workterms for students in
exactly the same fashion as is done
here at UW. The big difference is that
the work terms are from six to twelve
monthe; and not Ihe stand(lrd Om.
l'\'quircl1wIlL'i (0 l'llk'!' Ihis pm-
gram ,1ft' llk11 you ,m' ,m lIl1l..1t'fgradu-
all' studl'nl ,lt ,1 ( ,1Ikldi,ll1 llI1iVl'Nily,
you Ci111 commil(o tIll' longl'r work
Ipml (which IlMy OW."1 s.lCrrfi t' ,1I)d
sJX'<'ial Mr,lI1gl'nwnis - in onkr 10 go
on Ihi s pfogr,lm, I look <1 Yt.',)J' off
5('hool), .lnd tl1<11 you haw SOIlll' (or-
lTh11 J,11klnese training (which mc)';( of
you probably do, S(.'('ing .IS JI\PAN202
is no long('r off erred, i Is leachi ng
resource,,> devoted ttl anollwr COllrse
of JAPAN 101. Onc(' <1g.,in, this
wouldn'l be a problem in }.1pan, lhey
would never desert Lheir <;(.'nio(';).
For more infol1nalion tlnd the I1C -
essary applicalion delClils contacl Mar-
garel Grosch ill Needk><; I [all, )(3207.
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Civil Chemostat 5000
AutoCAD 12 wfAME 3400
Quattro Pro 6.0 2000
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asks u hy YOWn
Heather Haavaldsrud

wCl'k's Murphy Brown

s how illustrated an important
issue surrounding modern art
(lnd the hype which surrounds it. ' Ihe
show b'tlggl'Sted lhat much of modem
art is purchased, not because of it's
excellent quality, but bccauSC' of the
ml'liia ilnd gallery hype surrounding
the pi C'S thel1lsclve . '111e eXilmple
lISl'ti 011 the show was " display con-
sisting of i' pile of mtifici,'l sweeteners
with a single sugil l' cuix' in the cenlre,
symbolizing the purity of sonwthing
or othl'r (the dL'SCI1plion went on and
on), in an artificial world.
Exampk'S of lhese kinds of ilrtislic
'wonders' OCCilSiOllill1y appear in the
media when some people express
ouLragl' at the pUrd1ilSC of Wllilt they
consider modern junk. While these
pieces arc, for example, an exploration
into texture or an expression of
intense thought by the arlist, they are
not in Illy opinion worth the amount
of money for which they arc pur-
chnscd. Unfortunately, many of the
people supporting this type of art,
defend them .. c,clvcs through til ideol-
ogy that SUdl lhinking is the result
of the II nder-ed uCilted
masses who misunder-
stand the concepts and
mediums involved in cre.lling a
modem masterpiece. In many cases,
the art community is correct in its
complaint that the geneJCl1 public does
not understand the intricate processes
and thinking involved in today's art.
However, in instances where it is bla-
tantIy obvious art is selling bcause of
the ITh1rket created by the art commu-
nity, their defense merely builds walls
lx'tween their aristocracy and th hves
of the general public.
Pcrh<lps the definition of a great
work of art must be redt,fined, given
the changing times and the compara-
tive magnificence of works such as the
Mona Lisa or tbe Sistine Chapel. But
does it? Today, many public art gal-
leries, private dealers an<J art collectors
purchase pieces of modern art for
seemingly preposterous prices, and
some of the public ask why. lhey
tlueslion the premise put forth by till"
artistic community, that the public
should cllimgc iL<; tastes to suit tilOSC of
the art world, mther than the other
way around.
Certainly it is commendable that an
is able to obtclin thousands of
dollilrs for a pile of sweeteners. A
. h'Teat deal of ingenuity is a necessity
for s1.lCh scams. But if I admire Renoir,
why should I change tl1ilt taste to fit
the modern explorations into pro-
found i$ues that are often covered in
such artistic lingo that the average per-
son does not 'get it', nor could they
hope to. I hould not be R'quired to,
ilnd it is vvrong of the art conununity
to di..smi..c;s my opinions as lhose of ;111
art-illiterate individual.
TIle art 'authorities' portrayed on
Murphy Brown call her ubsequent
news show on art, and. the ideas sIll"
presents concerning the ridiculous-
ness of some modem art, iIS "unedu-
cated, uninformed. and un-watch-
able". Murphy proves her point in
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/
AND ULTI MATt L'1, RE. SPE. CT.
The End of the
Mario Bellabarba
Stressed Again
H
aving been a fan of Sports
nJuslrated for many years, I
laVe found that there is
always one section that immediately
grnbs my attention (except, of course,
in the swimswt issue). l11i1t section is
"Signs that the apocalypse is upon
liS". Being in sort of a bitter mood, I
composed my own list of things
which lead me to believe that the
world must becoming toanend.
-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
(Or, Mighty Morphine, 'cause that's
whclt you 11ilve to be on to be able to
sit through this incredibly stupid
show). The dema.nd for Mighty Mor-
phine action figures exceeded the
b'tlpply Ulis ChrisLmc"l.S by almost 5 to
one, thereby making it an even hotter
item than Cabbage Patch dolls
(a no Ll r sign) ever were.
-11K' Jolly Green Giant hclS started
using Right Said Fred music in his
ads. [ don't know about you, bUll
don't know that it's really possible to
be too sexy for a vegetable.
-'n1e leafs are doi ng well for the
second year inil roW
the end by frami ng one of her 18
month old son's paintings, which
subsequently sells for $2200. The
show's ending stresses the concern
that much of the general public pur-
chase modern art not because they
-SKJ claiming that he did every-
thing in Engsoc for a week at the
beginning of tile term
-The speed limi t on the Conestoga
Parkway (Hwys 86, 7 and 8) being
lowered to 90 km/hr (evil)
-John fubbit hawking autographed
"Love I lurts" T-shirts
As you can plainly see, Ulere isn' t
much time left. It is vital that you
enjoy your last few weeks on this
earthly plane as much as possible. As
a public service, I now provide you
with a few good excuses to party
with what little time you have. The
following have been shamelessly
stolen from the poster hanging in my
office.
Jan 2-1- John Belushi's birthday,
1949 (good start for il party mood) jan
26- Eddie Van Halen's birthday, 1957
Jan 27- Laverne and Shirley Premiers,
]976 Jan 30- The first fist fight in the
US house of representatives, 17Q8 Jan
31- The twist off bottle is invented,
1956 Feb 1- Fred Rinstone's Birthday,
2 (XX) (XX) Be (hey, Hk,t's what it says)
Feb 3 - 1110mas CrappeT invents the
first flush toilet, 1837
And if Ulese things don't keep you
happy, nothing ",ill
like it, or because It is an exceptional
masterpiece, but rather because the
latest art authorities support iI's excel-
lence. With the proper hype, and
gallery showing, anything can sell.
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The Curse of Drink
Introduction
Editor's Note:
The following tidbits were taken fro/ll a
book titled "The Curse of Drink", written
by E.R.Slww, which appeared in 1910.
The book was part of Ihe great effort at
the lillie to ban alcohol, which as we all
kllow succeeded, lcading In ProhibiliO//.
just remember, as hilarious as this stllff
lIIay SOl/lid today, these people were dead
seriolls!
T:
1e temperance question is still a
very live question and will con-
tinue to interest men and
women of all classes for years to
come.
The reform movement which
demands the entire suppression of
the traffic in and manufacture of
intoxicating beverages has traveled a
long and sometimes an uncertain
road, but it now seems to be nearing
the goal which has all along been its
objective point.
Gradually an increasing number of
our best citizens are coming to see
that the liquor traffic h,lS no right to
exist, that it is evil and only evil and
that continually (sic), and that it meets
no innocent need of human life, ti1c1t it
creates no values, Ihat it absorbs great
values, iliat it robs the butcher and the
grocer cmd ti1e dly goods dealer, thai
it is a pirate on the high seas of com-
merce, a fraud and a robber every-
where, that it breaks hearts and ruins
lives and curses and blights and
damns all who come in contact with
it.
ll1e economic, th political and the
social ills growing out of the sale and
use of intoxicants have forced upon
the people the necessity of giving
increased attention to the extermina-
tion of the traffic.
I sincerely hope and confidently
believe that the ,;vide circulation of the
items here compiled will contribute in
no smaU degree to the right side of the
controversy for the outlawry of the
world's greatest wrong, the licensed
liquor traffic.
Face Was Familiar
Judge - Have you been arrested
before?
Prisoner - No, sir.
Judge - Have you been in this cornt
before?
Prisoner - No, sir.
Judge - Are you cerl<l in ?
Prisoner - I am, sir.
Judge - Your face looks decidedly
familiar. Where have I seen it
before?
Prisoner - I am the bartender in the
saloon across the way, sir.
King Alcohol
(23rd Psalm Contrasted.)
King Alcohol is my shepherd, I
shall always want.
He maketh me to lie down in thl'
gutters; he leadeth me beside troubled
waters.
He destroyeth my soul; he leadeth
."
The Drunkard's Prayer.
ffi1C Lord's Prayer Transposed.)
Our master which art in hell, cursed be thy name.
ll1y kingdom come, thy will bcdone in carU1 as it is in hell.
Rob us Ulis day of our daily brCild.
And help us to make debts, and to jump all our deblors.
And lead us into evil temptations.
Deliver liS from rightcollsness :
For thine is the kingdom of darkness bOUl now and forever.
nlen.
m into th(' p,lths of wkklx!m",,, for
hic,dfcct' s
Yea, Ulough I walk the vell-
Icy of poverty ,1I\d l .. lVc the dditillll1
tremems, I will ling to evil; for thou
art with IlW; thy bill' and thy sting
they tom,,:'nl me.
Thou prepiHest an ('Inpty t,lble
Ix'forl' 111(' in the prl"'A'I'lCl' of my (,lmi-
Iy. n10U anointestl1lY hmd with hell-
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THE CURSE OF DRINK AND THE &FFECT ON THE HOME.
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Coordinated Plan Funding Decisions
Purchase and irntallati n of,* ",'ired glass widows for floor
doors in Residence (Village 2 Student Council)
If you are wondering what that fee on your 'Tuition Fee Statement" called ''G rdinat- 9.
ed PIan. . .$lO.00' is, here is a brief explanation of where the fee came from and row UW
students will benefit from it 10. Purchase & irntallation of an Emergency Helpline in the area
During a referendum held in January 1992, UW students agreed to furd the "Coordi-
nated Plan 10 Improve the Quality of Student life at UW'. This plan encompasses the
following 3 phases; a campus wide endowment fund. for student projects, a new Student 11.
Centre (opening Fall 1994), and a new Physical Recreation Facility (opened January 10th, 12.
1994). The above mentioned fee is now being collected Lo build up the Endowment
Fund. An "Endowment Fund Cl>mmittee" made up of 16 students and chaired by
Sharon Hood; VP University Affairs, Federation of Students, mel througrout the Fall '93 13.
term 10 make decisions regarding the disbursement of Endowment funds.
Below is a listing of those projects which received funding during the Fall '93 term. 14.
next 10 St. Jerome's parking lot
(St. Jerome's College tudent Union)
Purchase of safety equipment (UW Outer's lub)
Purchaseofa gas barbecue (Optometry tudent . ty)
CollditiOIl - illtl'rior storage cf thelwiroll' IIIlIst al1Tlll, trl &
must amrply lvitll Unhmity safety regulatioll .
Purchase of new seats and end tables for the Arts Lecture Hftll
foyer (Arts Student Union)
Purchase of videocassettes to aid in tile developm nt of an
Islamic video library (Muslim Study Group) The committee had $4O,<XXJ available for approved projects and has done an excellent job
reviewing all of the submitted projects. 15. Renovation to the PAC lower level weight room
(CRAC, M.I.C, W.l.c.) This committee will undertake the same process during the Winter '94 term, with
$40,0)) available for the funding of "student life projects". 16. Purchase of equipment for Residence fitness room
(Notre Dame College Student Council)
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Purchase of ''Surround Sound" system for POETS
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rc51X'1lsibility of maintailling allY equipment purchased by tile
Endowmellt Ftmd.
17. Purchase of tools for a bicycle repair shop to be set up in the
new Student Centre.
(Michael Zuliani & Wayne Ho c/o Fed ration of Students)
800.00
5,00).00
700.00
379.48
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350.00
5625.00
1495.00
771.00
4.
Purchase of "Emergency Safety Chair" to be located at St.
Jerome's College (Office for Persons with Disabilities)
Purchase and installation of new lighting outside of
Optometry Building (Optometry Grad Students Assoc.)
Renovation & other improvements to Science and Biology
Undergraduate Society space. (Science Society)
2500.00 18. Installation of an exterior ramp to be located adjacent 10 the Arts 5305.27
Lecture Hall (Office for Students with Disabilities)
5.
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7.
8.
Purchase of a new 1V and VCR to be located in BMH 1098A
(Kin., Rec., & Health Studies Student Association)
Purchase and installation of a phone (FREEPHONE) to be
available for students at the History Society Office
(History Society)
Funding of a student run darkroom in V2
(Village 2 Student Council)
2625.00
1.500.00
125.00
50.00
19. Purchase of computer system & necessary software
(Student Volunteer & Employment Centre)
20. Purchase of a n electronic billboard
(Environmental Studies Society)
21. Purchase of 6 First Aid Kits (Student Security Service)
3(0).00
1029.25
345.00
40,000.00
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P**5 Information
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P**5 Director
F
r those of you that did not
know, and all the FROSH that
were too screwed up in lA to
learn anything about EngSoc, p .... S
stands for Paul & Paula Plummer's
Points for Partidpation and it's a sys-
tem of rewarding participation in
EngSoc Events.
Your class is eligible to receive
points for a variety of things and at the
end of the term, the points will be tal-
bed and the class with the most points
is declared the p .... S champs. The
champs will receive a substantial flujd
reward and second and trurd place
will receive a pat on the back from
your friendly P*"S Director.
1he P**S Point Distribution List can
be found on the WATSTAR, along
with the current individual class
points, overall rankings, lists of stunts
and challenges, information on Eng-
Week and v ~ u s other things. Just
type PS at your N:\ prompt and
check it out.
From The List, you can observe that
you do not need to be a beer guzzling
jock to get major pt .. S points. Points
are awarded for writing articles for
the IW, submitting prof quotes and
Top 10 lists to the Enginewsletter,
donating blood, organizing events,
giving money to charity, partidpating
in various EngSoc meetings and gen-
erally for doing something other than
playing games on W A 1ST AR
If you or your class organize an
event, or you are an EngSoc Director,
you are responsible for submitting the
names of the partidpants, so points
can be awarded. The p .... S Events
Submission Form can be found in the
Orifice, on the left side of the Direc-
tor's majl boxes in a manila envelope
labelled P .... 5 Submissions. Once you
scribble something on it, leave it in the
P**S majl box.
The current standings can also be
found on the P**S banner in the CPH
foyer outside POETS, if and when I
find it and get around to updating it.
If you have any questions about the
P5 command on the Watstar, general
questions or comments about P**S, or
you are just lonely and need someone
to write to, Email to P5@l302.
May the best class, or the one that I
like the best win!
75 Do//ars Worth
of Self-Respect
Ron Butler
38 Systems
Wi;
n I first started my under-
grad career al Wal rloo, the
Watstar rooms were filled
with unassuming, nondescript comput-
ers with ugly, little green monitors. I
don't even know what kind of
machines lhey were, because in those
days the manufacturers just weren't
proud enough of their machines to
adorn them with labels and model
numbers. One thing for sure, it was a
rare day when I got to sit in front of a
computer with 386 or 486 emblazoned
on it, and at the time I still thought a
mouse was a furry, little rodent.
That was just lhree short years ago.
Since that time trungs have changed
dramatically, and I would be hard
pressed to find a single one of those
ugly, green monitors. Now I can walk
into any Watstar room and take my
pick of 386's, complete with a mouse
and VGA monitor (provided they're not
all in use!).
I feel I should mention this because
many of you weren't here to witness the
phenomenal change. And the point that
I want to make is Ule'lt none of it would
have happened without the Waterloo
Engineering Endowment Fund
(WEEF).
For those of you who don't
know, the WEEF was a
Engineering Sodety initia-
tive, set up to improve the qUillity
of facilities at Waterloo. The way it
works is that each student contributes
$75 each term to the WEEF (look on
your fee statement for voluntary contri-
bution). In just three short years the
WEEF has grown to over a million dol-'
lars - a remarkable achievement. The
interest on this prindple is used to pur-
chase equipment for every faculty, to
improve Watstar service, and to assist
student projects.
I I ere are just a few examples of things
the WEEF was used for in 1993. The
WEEF was used to purchase computers
for Chemical, Eectrical and Computers,
Mechanical and Systems. Ovil received
a $5000 chemostat. New software was
purchased for Watstar. Concrete Tobog-
gan received $2(0) dollars in funding.
Basically, everyone benefits from the
WEEF. And just because the WEEF is
now over 1 million is not a reason for it
to stop growing. Waterloo Engineering
still needs improving (and if you don't
think so, try to find an available Watstar
terminal during the average day). Fur-
ther, we can take pride in the fact that it
was us, the students, who made it possi-
ble.
That is why it grieves me to see that,
so far this term, over 500 students have
taken their contribution back! I hope
tha t these people feel guil ty every time
U'ley sit down at a Watstar terminal, or
use their new osdlloscopes, or operate
the la the in the student shop. These pe0-
ple should be ashamed that they are
enjoying the benefits of U'le WEEF and
are not sharing the burden of the cost.
We are all fortunate to attend Ol'le of
the finest engineering schools in the
world, and we should take pride in our
faculty. 75 dollars is not a lot of money
for the tremendous benefit the WEEF
has given us, and will give to the stu-
dents who come after us. I urge every-
one to give something back to this
school that is providing us with so
much.
P**5 Point
Distribution
CATEGORY
ENGsex:: COUNCIL:
POINTS
executive 500 for the term
directors 200 for the term
class rep(s) - 2 max1mum 50 for the term
coundl meetings 10/ person
EVENTS (>50 participants): Organizers 1000 1st place 1000 2nd place 750 3rd
place 500 Participants 250
EVENTS (20-50 participants): Organizers 500 1st place 500 2nd place 250 3rd
place 100 Participants.50
EVENTS (<20 participants): Organizers 300 1st place 300 2nd place 200 3rd
place 100 Participants.50
SPORTS TOURNAMENTS: Organizers 500 1st place 500 2nd place 250 3rd
place 100 Partidpants.50 Spectators 5/ person
SCUNT:
IRON WARRIOR:
ENGINEWSLEITER:
PBD:
Organizers 250 / team signing
1st place 1000
2nd place 750
3rd place 500
Participants 250
editor{s) 200 / issue
staff 100 / issue
articles.50 / article
editor(s) 100 / issue
articles 25 / article
Top 10 Lists 10 /list
Prof Quotes 5 / quote
1st place 1000 or l/bottle (if 2nd place 750 or
l/bottle (if 3rd place 500 or l / bottle (if everyone
else 1/ bottle
SANDFORD FLEMING DEBATES:
1st place 500
2nd place 250
3rd place 100
Partici pants 50
COMMITTEES: (Science Quest, Chern-Eng Soc, Orientation, Recycling,
Grad Comm. .. ) director/chair/president]OO / meeting
members.50 / meeting
VARSITY A lHLETES 100 / person
CHARITIES S/$
COURSECRITIQUFS 5/ returned
OLD EXAMS SO/ exam
BLOOD OONA nONS SO / quart
VOTING 10/ vote
CLASS NAME 20
MAIL BOX DECORA nON 50
P**S BANNER CLASS AME
200
S1UNTS sro-2000 / stunt
EGA llVE POlJ',rrs: - ? (AT MY DISCRETIO
P.O.E. T.S.
P.O.E. T.S. Bottle
Corner
Drive
Update
Oass Name
7-Jan B-lan 14-Jan Total
Will and Horshack
lent reasons will be found at the -IB )'S ~ \ llilt =)
51 70 206
XSCIV
appropriate time.) Hemmingv,'ay, -IBChem hemmunist/Frog
1 10 32 136
Once you have finished your fir t -lBOv 'o.v/ buo.\'
56 11 21 88
Beer was spilt,
beer, you return the empty to the bar, P.O.ET Managel'5 32 19 6 57
On the floor,
order your second, mark a tick (or
When you fell down,
someone will do it for you) in the 3A IV Xsciv
13 U 45
you drank some more.
appropriate box, pay for second, drink lAChem Walking Moose 0 20 1 21
second. Repeat process. Repeal 4BMech Hammer & Screw 2 7 10 19
The B.OT Pub,
process. You get the idea. See how 3BCiv Offenciv 5 0 8 13
January Seven,
well other classes are doing. WHAT.
Free lei at the door,
Nuff 'said. Serious challengers are 3BMech Oimechs 1 8 0 9
Ah,heaven.
welcome
3AMech Kogs n Kegs 3 -1 0 '7
Programming schedule is as shown 3BChem Chemdemed 3 0 3 6
Help,
below (see page here somewhere). 1BMech
6 0 0 6
I've fallen down,
Steve is our trusty TV Guru, but is
And can't reach my beer.!
humble enough to accept suggestions. 4BElec Bad Olunen 4 0 5
Any other ideas, drop us a line in our lBCiv Corroov 2 0 3 5
box in the Orifice, or the envelope on 4BGeo
3 0 0 3
R' 'hose of you 'h,' we<en', the door.
3AChem Chemvicted 3 0 0 3
there (?!?!?), the Beginning of
POETS is open for your drinking
term Pub was a success. Bar Sec-
pleasures every ThUl'5day and Friday IBChem Toxic 0 3 0 3
vices didn't run out of beer! Hope you
from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. Keep your IBComp 2 0 1 3
enjoyed your complimentary lei (and
eyes peeled for special ,events coming 4BComp G$ 2 0 0 2
beach ball). Thanks to Grad Comm
up through the tenn. 3BSys Asyd 2 0 0 2
for supplying food (Hawaiian pizza)
01'1 yeah, POE1S is available to be
and all those who came out.
booked, but we need W1S of notice lAElee Shock Therapy 0 0 2 2
PBD. Need we say more? Well, I'm
(4 weeks), so we can stock your beer, 3BComp 0 0 0 0
going to anyway. For all you frosh and guarantee POETS is free (well, 3BElee Electricow 0 0 0 0
that don't know yet (or other people not free, but available). 3BGeo 0 0 0 0
for that matter) PBD stands for
P.O.ETS. Bottle Drive. Essentially a
See ya Thursdays and Fridays., 3AComp 0 0 0 0
ploy to get your CLASS to return your
3AElec
0 0 0 0
empties to the bar. (One does not need Will and John. 3AGeo 0 0 0 0
incentive to drink more beer - excel-
XSCN 2AOv Civerely Repulciv 0 0 0 0
2A amp 0 0
My Roommate
lAGeo 0 a 0 0
2AMech 0 0 0 0
2ASys Fysh 0 0 0 0
Has Gills
1B Elec Assault & Ballery 0
()
0 0
1BGro 0 0 0 0
by Bob Hum - 2A Mech
POETS Programming Schedule
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
11:30 Dccp Space Murphy Brown Bay Star Trek- The Simpson's
Next Generation
-
--Watch
--
MOVIES Wings 12:00 Nine Love & War
OF THE WEEK
12:30 Saturday Northern
-
Seinfcld Home
. ~ ~ ~ . .. . . ~ .
Improvements
1:00 Night Exposure John Laroquctte Frasier
Show
._.
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Music & 1:30 Live
2:00
PaiTY-
Economic Restructuring Transforming Profession
Reproduced from Engineering
Dimensions, 1993, Volume 14,
No.6, page 12, by permission
of the publisher.
Other manufacturers downsizing this
year include Falconbridge Ltd., which
is eliminating 208 jobs at its Sudbury
division and 250 at its Kidd Creek
Mine, and de Havilland Aircraft of
Greg Pargetter, P.Eng., was a plant Canada Ltd., which is eliminating 400
engineer at General Motors in jobs at its Downsview facility.
Oshawa when the recession began in The province's largest engineering
1989. He leftGM thal year, he says, 10 . employer, Ontario Hydro, which has
start Pacer Engineering Group Ltd., a been hard hit by reduced industrial
Whilby consulting firm specializing in demand for electricity, is also cutting
electrical design, because he could see its workforce. To save over $100 mil-
the shape of things to come. "Engi- lion in payroll costs, the utility is axing
neering opportunities at GM were 4500 management and professional
decreasing," he told Engineering jobs this year, including 3300 engi-
Dimensions. '1 decided that I had bet- neering jobs. Before this year's job
ter get my own firm established cuts, it employed about 7000 engi-
before the economy really started to neers.
slowdown." The Canadian Manufacturers'
Pargeller is one of many engineers Association (CMA) says decreased
who have had to rethink their careers demand for manufactured gcxx:ls and
in light of the 212,000 jobs losl in cost pressures are at the root of the
Ontario manufacturing since 1989. ongoing job cuts. Jayson Myers, chief
Hamilton's Dofasco Inc., for ex1Jll- economist, told Engineering Dimen-
pie, has reduced its workforce from sions that since 1989, "prices for man-
12,500 to 8000 since 1989 by offering ufacrured goods have increased by
early retirements and severance pack- only 2%, but wages have increased by
ages to employees in selected jobs, 20%. Manufacturers have had to
including engineering. By early 1994, reduce labour costs in order to have
it plans to reduce its workforce further the revenue to invest in new, competi-
to 6400-7000. Northern Telecom tive, production technology and
Canada Limited will close its London research and development."
telephone set manufacturing facility in meanwhile, Canada's emerging
1994, but expects to relocate the plant's growth industries - machinery, com-
25 engineers to its Calgary facility. munications and other electronic
I Didn't Expect The Spanish
Inquisition
by MSS (III/V
I And yea, didst the council draw near unto the frozen corpse, I
verily chanting with much glee and frivolity, proclaiming, "The
I President is dead, long live the VPX!" (PS: Nice hair, Mr. I
L
Presidel1t) .J
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170 University Ave. W.,
Suite 12
Waterloo, Onto
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equipment, business machines, phar-
maceuticals and medicine - are
increasing productivity while decreas-
ing their payrolls. A 1993 Canadian
Labour Congress report states that
while production in these industries
has increased since 1989, employment
levels have decreased in all except
pharmaceuticals.
lndeed, industrial restructuring has
caused unemployment amongst
Ontario engineers to jump from 800 in
1990, to 1525 by June 1993. Because of
this, PEO members' use of the associa-
tion's Employment Advisory Service
(EAS) doubled from 1991 to 1992,
when 2465 members used EAS
resources and 434 received career
counselling.
As for downsizing in consulting
engineering, Consulting Engineers of
Ontario's member firms have reduced
their engineering staff from 3980 in
1990, to about 3240 in 1993, CEO's
membership has decreased from 356
to 295 firms over the same period.
Nevertheless, PEO members like
Greg Pargetter are still starting small
consulting firms. The number of new
applicants for Certificates of Autho-
rization - the licence PEO grants to
engineers offering services directly to
the public - increased from 373 in
1991, to 421 in 1992. Pargetter says his
three-person firm is coping with the
recession by taking over work left by
firms that have gone under.
Changing patterns of engineeri ng
employment are also affecting engi-
neering graduates. John Cullen, coor-
dinator, graduate and alumni
employment, University of Waterloo,
says that from 1989-1992, there was a
30% drop in campus recruiting for all
jobs except for computer science and
computer engineering.
Jim Kelly, director, career planning
and placement, Queen's University,
says big manufacturers are recruiting
significantly fewer engineering gradu-
ates, and many are finding work
instead with small, start-up fonns in
various industries. From March 1991
to March 1992, 130,540 new small
businesses (under 50 employees) were
regjstered in Ontario.
Terry Johnston, engineering liaison
coordinator, University of Toronto,
says U of Ts engineering graduates
are also finding work with smaller
firms. ''"There's still a lot of demand
for electrical and computer engineers,
but many new jobs are now contract
instead of pennanent," he told Engi-
neering Dimensions.
University of Waterloo
Faculty of Engineering Undergraduate Office/
Faculty Exchance Office
International Exchange
i Programs in Engineering Week
Meet UW students who have been there!
CPH Foyer, outside POETS
12 noon - 2pm
Monday, 24 January 1994
to
Friday, 28 January
A different country every day!
*********
Monday: England & Ireland
Tuesday: France
Wednesday: Germany
Thursday: Japan
Friday: Australia
Information will also be available on other exchanges with:
South Korea, Switzerland, Ukraine, Slovenia
*********
If you have any questions, please conTaCT:
Cindy Howe, Faculty Exchange Office.
CPH-1320 (Engineering Undergraduate Office)
Environmentally Friendly
Emese Kiss
p:
per-like materials are some of
the oldest products of civiliza-
tion, and paper has become the
pri mary medium for recording
knowledge and ideas, and transmit-
ting them between individuals, cul-
tures, and generations.
Tcxiay, paper products are taken for
grqnted, and it would be hard to
imagine our daily life without them.
Besides being a medium for the writ-
ten word, paper and cellulose now
have a multitude of uses, including
wrapping and packaging, insulation,
sanitary products and even as food
additives. Without paper, govern-
ment, industry and educational sys-
terns could not function. Indeed, fig-
ures for paper consumption per capita
are often cited as a reliable indicator of
a country's standard of living. There-
fore, it is of vital importance that safe,
clean and sustainable methods of pro-
duction be developed for such an
essential product.
Wood pulp is the prirruuy source of
our paper, and it is this fact combined
with our ever-increasing appetite for
paper products that has caused many
of our modern environme ntal
headaches. Clear-cutting wreaks
havoc with local ecology, and large-
scale deforestation is depriving the
earth of a vital means of removing car-
bon dioxide from the atmosphere.
While these are, hopefully, well-
known facts by now, what is perhaps
aJ1 alter-
natives to wood when it comes to
paper production. It is a plant which
is unfortunately infamous for the
intoxicating effects of its flowers and
resin, better known as milrihuana
and hashi sh. However, popular
obsession with these byproducts of
the hemp plant have caused many to
forget its true usefulness.
Hemp (Cannabis sativa) is a tall,
strong, annual plant of the mulberry
family. It is native to Central Asia, but
it grows throughout the temperate
regions of the world. It's cultivation
for fibre, recorded in China as early as
2800 B.C., was practiced in the
Mediterranean coutries of Europe
early in the Christian Era, spreading
throughout the rest of Europe during
the MiddJe Ages. In the New World
it was planted in Chile in the 1SOOs,
and a century later in the British
colonies of North America.
Hemp can be cultivated simply by
scattering the seed on the ground.
Each seed groyvs into a single stem 5-
20 feet high. Crops grow best in
sandy loam soil with good drainage,
and require average monthly rainfall
of at Jeast 2.5 inches (but they easily
ildapt to various climate conditions).
Most plants are dioecious, prcxiucing
male and female flowers on separate
pl;mts. It is usuilily harvested when
the pollen flowers have fully blos-
somed. Fibres ilre removed from the
stem by rotting, scutching, and hack-
ling. TIle long fibres, which maybe 3-
9 feet long, are flexible but strong and
durilble. They are used for milking
ropes, twines, nets, sacking, sailcloth,
and other coarse fabrics.
The oil obtained from hemp seed
can be used to make paints, varnishes, grow in virtually c1ny climate or soil
soaps, and edible oil. Hemp is still condition, on milrginal lands where
grovm primarily for fibre in most food crop production is not profitable.
countries. Leading producers include Hemp is known to supprc we xis; it
India, Russia, Romania, China, Hun- needs no herbicid or pesticidcs, and
gary, Poland, and Turkey. The largest it actually improves the fertilit ' of the
importers are Italy, the United King- il.
dom, Belgium, West Germany and In the process of brec1king down the
France. glue--like lignin that binds the fibres of
Until 1883, 75-90% of all paper in the pulp, the application of soda ash
the world was made from cannabis can replace the polluting sulpbur-
hemp fibre: books, bibles, maps, based acid chemicals presentl\' llsed
money, stocks and bonds, newspa- in wood pulp production. Hemp pulp
pers, including the Gutenberg Bible is only 4% lignin, therefore the scpam-
(15th century), the works of Mark tion of it from Ihe cellulo c would
Twain, Victor Hugo, Alexander require less processing material. 111('
Dumas, even Ihe first draft of the Dec- resulting market pulp would contain
laration of Independence (J une 28, illmost no lignin, and it would be
1776). Our ancestors used to make lighter in colour them wood pulp.
paper from discarded hemp products Because it is primarily the further
such as: sails, ropes, worn out clothes, removil! of the lignin with chlorinc
sheets, diapers, curtains, and rags. that produces the toxic organochlo-
These goods were all recycled into rines in the bleaching process, the
"rag paper" . Hemp fibres or rag same step would not be required in
paper can be torn when wet, but the case of hemp pulp. Thus,
returns to its full strength when dry. organochlorine emissions could be
Rag paper is stable for .-------- prevented, which is
centuries, barring another Significant
extreme conditions. environmental bene-
U.S. government fit of U1is proposed
papers were writ- alternal ive. To
ten, by provide the
law, on rag bright white
paper unt il pap e r
t1lel920s. demanded
ogy
for paper-making in the U.s.
was invented in 1916 by the
Department of Agriculture (USDA,
1916). Untillhis time hemp paper had
only been made from rags and stalk
fibres, while the cellulose-rich hurds
were burnt to fertilize the soil.
In 19]6, USDA Bulletin No. 404
reported that one acre of cannabis
hemp, in annual rotation over a 20
year period, would produce as much
pulp for paper, as 4.1 acres of trees
being cut down over the same 20 year
period. That would provide four
times as much raw material for the
pulp and paper industry, and it
would allow for production results to
be six times greater, than what the
company would achieve by using
wood (based on the fact that wood
contains only 50% cellulose, while
hemp has 77%). 'The llClturnl materi-
als in hemp make it an economical
source of pulp for any grade of paper,
and the high percentage of alpha cel-
lulose in the plant promises an unlim-
ited supply of raw material for thou-
sands of cellulose products." (Popular
Mechanics, 1938, p.238).
The availability of this resource is
further secured by the plant's ability to
the
pulp can be further whitened with
hydrogen peroxide, which ultimately
breaks down into oxygen <lnd water.
Furthermore, hemp paper hns a
lifespan of hundreds of years, com-
pared with only 25 to 80 years for lhe
many grades of wood paper. Il can be
recycled seven times, whereas wood
paper approximately three times.
This would allow for increased sourc
reduction of raw m<lterials by being
able to reprocess post-cons umer
paper products more often.
The technological requirements Clre
simple: sowing the seeds, harvesting
the crop, separClting the fibres in the
stalk to obtain the cellulose-containing
hemp hurds, processing the pulp,
manufacturing the pClper, recycling,
and finally, de-inking and reprocess-
ing the post-consumer paper prod-
ucts. Appropriate technology has
been developed for each step, and
they are presently available. Addi-
tional technological advancement in
the harvesting and fibre stripping
processes could make the production
of this resource even more economi-
c.aly viable.
It is obvious that hemp could easily
replace timber for paper production,
, ,
but the mClin barrier to the production
<1nd utiliz.<1tion of hemp r pulp and
f'<lper mc1nufacturing is CI lack of polit-
ical support, and U1C fact U1ilt it is ille-
gal. (It is beyond th scope of this arti-
cle to describe how and why it
lx>came TI1erCfore, U1C fundCl-
menkll prerequisite for hemp paper to
become c1 reality, would oi COUl'SC be
the legalization of hemp. It should be
kept in mind lhat there are industrial-
in :I societies arollnd U1(' world today
(such as ,\ustrali;t), whi h <lcknowl-
edge hemp as a possible of
k't'<.istoch. (or pilper production, Clnd
consider it to be a sLlslninable altcrn,l-
tiVl' 10 wood-pulp, and to o ..)I1vcnlion-
al bblChll1g methods.
111C liSP of hemp hOWt'Vl'r could be
extended bevond paper production.
TIle fibr('S would be used for textile:;
and filbncs to manu(actur clothes,
towels, lxxi sheets, diapers, rug , tents,
art canvases, sails for sail boats, fishing
rofXS and nets, etc. oil from lhe
seeds of tile plant could be processed
into paints and van1ishcs, lighting oil,
<lnd cooking oil. 111e sc xl could also
be used in cereals, soups, as a source
of protein, or it could be sprouted and
used like any other seed for salads
and cooking. FUrU1Cl', the plant could
be a source of biomass as well. Con-
verted into meU1c1ne and methanol, it
could help fulfil energy needs.
The self-sufficiency of stable com-
muni ti es could be basicall y main-
tained by e<lcll having its own hemp
field (in addition to COrll, wheal, bar-
I , tlppor-
ing the community with biomass
energy, with the fibres necessary for
hom(' spun tt'xtil('S, with c()okinr, oil,
oil, ,llltl pmtl'II1 1m tlWIt
cooklllg IW('lis. TIll'sP proposl'd
.1[tl'n1<ltivt'S tHl' insplrl'd hy mv
own Pc.'NlI1/1Il'XfX'li('nt'l'S ilbout liv
ing 111 :-lIch ,1 l\)mmunity U111il'r simi
1M cirCUiHSkl flC\..'S. My gr,lI1d(.ltlwr (in
Tmnsylv.1nicl) uSlxl to own the
l1('mp fil'ld in th' vill.lgl" which sup-
plied the 'nti n' community with til '
above d 's('ribed n('cessitil's. I own
several c1olll(-"; and towels Ille1d(' oul
of th' fil mily ht.'mp I)'ltrh. They WCFt'
spun <lnd woven by my grandmotht' r
using hand tools and i1 wQ,wing
machine l1<lndcrnftl'd by my grandfa-
ther. 'lhc mosl valuilble lx-qu<..'Stto me
however, is the knowl<..'<.lgl' that they
have passed on to mc. Knowl'dge
about the best production, l1clrvc'Sting,
Clnd fibre stripping mcthcx.! s, about
the spinning and weilving tr'chniqucs
for textile manufacturing, and much
more.
This is not meanl to portray hemp
as a wonder plant t11<lt will solve all of
our environmental problems tomor-
row. It is, however, something tlle1t
could milke a difference. And si nce it
is primarily political and popular
attitudes (and of course the
powcrfullogging indus-
try, which has much to lose
in this issue) that are standing in
the Wily of hemp cultivation, spread-
ing information about hemp is the
best way to pave its way back into our
economy. We must do what we can
to preserve what is left of our environ-
ment.
Photocopying
We serve at 7 per copy (plus PST),
discount on volume copying. Collating,
stapling and a variety of paper colours
available at no extra cost (see the list of
locations below)
Self serve copying at 10 per copy
(available in the libraries and various
locations on campus)
Venda card copiers at 6 per copy are
located in the Dana Porter and
Davis Centre Libraries
Plastic Ring Binding
Same day service available at Graphic
Services, GSC, hours 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Copy Centre Locations
Dana Porter Library - LIB 218, ext. 2956
Math Centre - MC 5182, ext. 2335
Engineering - E2 2353, ext. 2334
Arts Centre - HH 370, ext. 2336
Davis Centre Library - DC 1501, ext. 3878
Environmental Studies - ES2 277, ext. 3003
Offset Printing
Graphic Services, GSC
Hours 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Cash Copy Centre
Locations
Arts Centre - HH 370
Engineering - E2 2353
Environmental Studies - ES2 277
Math and Computer - MC 51 82
Both Libraries - LIB 218 & DC 1501
PLUS colour copying in
Dana Porter Library - LIB 218
High Resolution Typesetting
For high quality output try our Linotronic
300 Imagesetter (1270 dpi) or our QMS
860 Plus Laser Printer (600 dpi).
We can typeset any computer file in
PostScript format from:
Mac diskettes
5.25 inch PC diskettes (low density only)
3.5 inch PC diskettes
SCRIPT on CMS
TROFF on UNIX.
We can translate your PC file to our Mac
and format into brochures, books, reports
and flyers, etc.
For more information about typesetting
located in GSC, call ext. 6324 or 5169.
For more information call
ext. 3451.
Graphic
. Services
General Services Complex