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MAY 21, 1999

President's Report
AI speaks on Ihe direCIlOII of Eng Soc
Page 6
Riding the Edge
UW EWS BUREAU
Provincial Government
Implements New
Funding Initiative
JrM Fox
WATERLOO, Ont. - More than $600,000
in provincial government, institutional and
private sector funding will allow four University
of Waterloo professors to recruit top young
scientists for campus research projects.
The money comes from the Premier's
Research Excellence Awards program,
announced in the May 1998 budget. The
program seeks to invest $75 million in public
and private money over 10 years to help world-
class researchers at universities, co ll eges,
hospitals and research institutes attract talented
people to their research teams.
The program is aimed at ensuring that
Ontario attracts and retains the pre-eminent
researchers it will need to keep the province's
research capacity at an international level of
excellence. It supports training for graduate
students, post-doctoral fellows and research
associates.
Please see FUNDI G on page 3
Coming Up!
How far doe., pop cult"" go'
Page 3
REINVENTED OR BACK TO BASICS?
Tire pring term ellgineering havenger SCUlII happens on May 28th. For
derails. see SCUNTICUS on page 2
Oxymorons
1M Hypocris.v of Dilbtrt
Fage!
Chapters
undercuts
uw
bookstore
John Sutton
4A Electrical Engineering
Like me, I'm sure that you cringe when you find that the textbooks for
many of your courses cost over a hundred dollar each. Here' a way to help
cut the 60st of your textbook in the face of ever rising tuition.
While I was on my work term I ordered a novel from ChaptersGlobe.com
(now Chapters.ca) and was pleased with both the price and how quickly it
was delivered.
So, in early April r decided to find out if my textbooks were available on
their web ite. Using the book Ii t avai lable from the UW bookstore, r
compared Chapter price. wit.h tho e offered at the UW book tore.
Please see BOOKS on page 3
May
28/29 Scunt
The Dawn of the Midnight Sun
29 Ultimate Tourney
(sign up in the orifice)
June
2 EngSoc Meeti ng #2
(DCI302)
4/5 Summerfest
4/5/6 ESSCOAGM
II Hick Pub
12 Rugby Tourney
25 MOT
26 Canada's Wonderland
trip / Soccer Tourney
July
I Canada Day
2/3/4 Rafting Trip
5 Election
6 Brewery Tour
7 Meeting #5
8 ChE Soc Coffee Hou e
9 Semi-Formal
10 Mudbowl
15 TalEng
17 Paintball
20 Director' Meeting
21 Potluck
23 EOT
24 Beach Volleyball
Tourney / Bowling
Tourney
August
X Exams :P
Inside This Issue
Oxymorons 2
CCES Articles 3
The Big Picture 4
Riding The Edge 5
Executi ve Report 6
Poster Page 8
RUHIALLE
MIDNIGHT Su V
TEAMMA AGER
On 'the weekend of May 6th, we took the
Midnight Sun V Solar Car to a pre-race event
in Milford, Michigan. The long weekend event
was one of two Qualifiers held by Sunrayce 99
officials to insure that Sunrayce solar cars are
safe and reliable. The event consists of two
parts: Scrutineering and Qualifier.
Scrutineering refers primarily to static
testing of the car. Various systems of the car
are inspected for compliance to Sunrayce rules.
We sailed through thi portion. In fact, MSV
was the first car to pass Scrutineering - the only
one finished on Friday.
Saturday was a miserable, rainy day - a day
we spent helping a rookie team, UBC, to build
their car. After the two days of Scrutineering,
13 teams moved on to the Qualifier. Each team
is required to drive a minimum of 125 miles at
an average speed of 25 mph or better.
This portion of the event proved to be more
of a challenge for our team. We suffered from
both mechanical and electrical failures. Our
"sexy", expensive bearings cea ed up and, due
to interference from ot her teams , our radio
modems were unable to relay telemetry data
back to the strategy group. As a result, we
drained our batteries shortly after completing
the required miles.
These, and other minor mishaps lead to
di 'appointi ngly early afternoon finish for our
team. The afternoon did have at least one
humorous occurrence: both drivers managed to
drag a pillion around the track, one right after
the other! We were awarded with a golden
pillion for thi feat.
We finished in 6th position, although with
the combined results of both weekend
qualifter., MSV is slated to begin Sunrayce 99
(June 20 to 29) in 13th pOSition. We have our
work cut out for us over the next few weeks,
although it is all within reason. Check out the
car at the unveiling to be held June 4 at I PM
beside Laurel Creek (opposite eedle Hall). MidnighJ Sun V during Sunrayce 99 Qualifier on May 9 on the GM Proving grounds in Milford, Michigan.
2 Friday, March 21, 1999
Opinions
The time of
your life
Signal or Noise
[AN TIE
EmToR- 1 '-Clm;F
My name is Ian. J am 20 years old,
and r want 10 be a cowboy. J wantto wear
a tcn-gallon hat, drink rye whiskey, and
sing sad sad songs. I want to say stufflike
"howdy partner" and "good evening
ladies" and "remember the Alamo".
I want to walk around with my
thumbs in mybeJt and a Iittie cowboy ve,<,i
on. I want a little tin staron my vestthat
says "Sherifr'.
I'm telling you this now because I'm
running out of time. Correction-We're
A view
from the
left
JAMFS SrNTON,
3ASySl'IMS DIslGN EMGIN1!.IWNG
Well, the provincial election
campaign is now in full swing, and
with no surprise, candy-coated
promises seem to fly from the
mouths of the party leaders like so
much cancel inducing chewing
tobacco.
It happens every time an
election is called, whether
municipal, provincial, or federal,
yet we all seem so cageI' to believe
each and every carefully scripted
sound bite.
Maybe we are just too
optimistic that the Liberals will
rcally be able to balance the
budget, cut taxes and increase
spending all at once.
Even still, our disappointment
is so genuine when thc ncw
government admits that the books
weren't quite as rosy as they had
hoped, and that spending won't be
increased (at least not until the
next election, when the cycle
repeats).
To begin this election
campaign, we were exposed to the
running out of time.
Can you feel it? The suffenmg in your
Mride, Ihe curving of your spine, the
lethargy in your movements. Ladies and
gentlemen, we're growing old.
Any minute now, we'll be punching
into the full lime workforce. We'll march
row on row, tIdy littlc sold Ie!'" of indusiI)',
engineering this, engmeering that week
after week, year after year.
The nolum of full time employment
can be unseuing. [t's like bemg drafted
into Ihe amlY What If somelhing went
wrong? What if your company turns out
to he a dud'! Whal if you' re SWllched into
wme job you're not happy with? Can you
i magi ne having to endure that for year.\'?
Somet ime in your co-op experience,
you've probabl y encountered a disgruntle
co-worker, someone who's trapped doing
something thcy don't enjoy.
You talk 10 them and it's like talking
10 Jacob Marlowe on Christmas Eve. All
seems fine and senSIble up top, they say,
but on the the company's falling
apart and no one has a future.
TIlen boom. You' re home-free. The
lerm isover and you're back in Waterloo.
We'vc been at school for about three
weeks now, but it feels like we never lefl.
Same people, same classrooms. It's like
gun-slinging tactics of Mike Harris
and hi s "common sense" lackeys.
Harris has promised to clean
up the province by launching an
outright attack of the root of all our
evil: sq ueegee kids and
panhandlers. Clearly, it is these
rejects of society that are the
scourge of our time (sarcasm
intended).
What, may [ ask, doe Harri s
expect to do with them? Are we
to fine them for the little, if any,
money they have? Or should we
just throw them into our already
overflowing prison system?
An appropriate sol ution might
be to support these people and
attempt to educate them, but that
ou' tet'tuir ml1 h thou ht
on the part of Mr. Harris, and
wouldn't sound nearly as hard
lined.
It sccms ironic that the target
of Mr. Harris' "common
revolution" is not the huge banks
which reccive millions in tax
breaks per year, and can still , with
a straight face, lell their cl ients
that
it will now cost 25 cenls each
time they access the money which
is righlfully theirs.
Instead, it is the individulIl s
who are at the very bottom of thc
economic ladder who are bearing
the brunt of the government's
wrath.
With a swift enough kick,
Harris plans to rid thi s province
or all the "undesirables" that have,
for so long, scuffed the Guccis of
the rich (and therefore powerful),
along Bay Street. And we
wouldn ' t want to upset the rats
who sturf millions each year into
the g-strings of Mike Harris and
his "no nonsense" crusaders, now
would we?
the workterm never happened, like it was all
some kind of mass illusion.
There". a surreal quality to university life.
Each school term, we disconnect from the
real world and plug into engll1eering. 0
boss, no dress code, no tIme sheets. Wedon't
care what people think, or how people dress,
or how people talk. We dye our haIr funny
colours, wear pajamas to class, and twaddle
on about semiconductor physics while
shopping for groceries.
School will be over hefore you know It.
We'll be out in the real world again some
day -a world where people worry about
RRSP contributions and performance
evaluation" a world where people look at
you funny if you eat KD out of a cooking
POI, or camp out at 3 in the morning for Slar
Wars tickets.
Someday, I'll tum into my dad. I'll start
humming songs I don't know the words to
while I' mdriving, and I'll drive an extra 12
kilometers to save $0.50 on a box of eggs.
Don' t laugh-it'S going to happen to you
too.
That train's a comin' and it's going to
bowl you over and you won' t even know it.
You ' ll just wakc up onc day and think "gee,
I think I'll put on a bathrobe and some
slippers and putter around the house".
Ahwell.
The idea of welfare also seems to
be being ripped to shreds in this
province. We chastise third world
nations for their poor human rights
records, but maybe we should look
in our own backyard first.
In order to collect their cheques,
welfare recipients are now being
forced to provide the government with
"s lave labour", or workfare, the
euphemism that the government has
given it.
All the while, powerful
corporations, making profits on the
backs of Ontario's workers are being
rewarded with government handouts .
Unfortunately, our province has a very
easy time denouncing welfare, but
doesn't blink. an eye at the "corporate
welFare" being executed by Mr.
Harris.
Here in Ontario, we like to pride
ourselves on the fact that we live in
an economically viable, multicultural,
socia lisl economy, with social
programs for all.
It appears, however, that the
incumbent government has its social
cleansing rays set on "dehumanisc".
Last time I looked, the purpose of
govcrnment was to aid the
unfortunate, not to knock their feet
out from under them.
The way things are going in thi s
province, however, the government is
not even prepared to provide a crutch
on which the unfortunate can stand.
So, as the provincial election
approaches, Mike Harris wants us to
vote for his modern day, common
sense version of Robin Hood: robbing
from the poor to give to the rich. Or
maybe our aviour, Dalton (Who?)
will fly in and save the province from
those money grubber at the top,
giving the little guys further down the
ladder a break.
Then again, maybe the Liberals
will do what they are best at doing:
The Hypocrisy
of Dilbert
Oxymorons
NEAL AND BOB
Sitting in our plastic homes,
dri ving in our plastic cars,
sucking in the plastic air, you
would think someone would
make sense of it all. C'mon,
we're not talking about a
common sense revolution here.
Take Dilbert for example,
the champion of Joe Blow, the
office worker. When Dilbert
first arrived on the scene, he
was ostracized by management
types as the "voice" of
dissension a nd negative
influence that corrupted the
harmony of the office
workplace. Six years later, The
Man is acti vely promoting him
to keep up office morale.
Scott Adams, Mr. "stay at
home and rub my bald spot
while I poke fun at corporate
America", is selling prime
Dilbert webpage space to the
likes of Visa, Intel , and
Microsoft. Just another tragic
tale of something sacred selling
out, like Star Wars, swing
music, and U2.
Dilbert coffee mugs ?
Dilbert cartoon ? Pretty soon
you will be seeing Dilbert wear
a ''I'm a Tommy girl" tee-shirt
to work. Why stop there, let's
have a Dilbert holiday to
increase consumer spending so
The Man can get yet another
piece of my hard-earned pie.
No we say! Next time your
manager wants to put up a
Dilbert calendar or get the
office Dilbert coffee mug. a. k
yourself this: is this comedy, or
just a plan by The Man to keep
me ignorant of what is
happcning around me? Realize
that Dilbert's quasi-world
establi hment may not be as far
off the truth as we might want
to believe.
Stay tuned next week for
the new Ditbert Gap ad. We
personally can't wait. That
Dilbert cat cracks me up.
Authors Note: Special thanks
this week goes out to the Flip-
Flop Assassi n and Sexual
Chocolate for their inspired
wisdom in the making of this
article. All names and
trademarks mentioned were
u ed without the expressed
written permis ion of anyone.
notht
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May 28th, 1999 Scunticus - Reinvented or Back to Basics?
SCUNTICUS!rompage i
CRAIG TuRNER
4A COMPUTER ENGINEERJNG
Have your Olympic aspirations
gone unsatisfied? Do you find
yourself sleepwalking in a toga?
Do you like your olive oil extra
virgin? Do you count the endless
minutes before you can participate
in your next scunt?
This term's event promises to
fulfill all of your Greek desires.
Last fall's scunt was ' won by an
amalgamation of engineering
students looking to have a good
time.
Now it's your tum to have a
good time with us. This group of
idealistic students is putting togelher
a scunt in which you will have the
opportunity to gain memories that
will last your lifetime. If
you want to be able to
look back at your
university life and call
them "the good 01'
days", then you should
enter a team for the
scunt.
We are pleased to
announce that this
telm's scunt is drawing
near. May 28th at 2:00
pm marks the kickoff of
a landmark event po ed to change the
face of havenger scunts forever.
We have returned to the traditional
twenty-four hour scuot to restore
its hard core image.
At the same time, serious
deliberations over
the format of events
and acquisitions
have come together
to create a new
generation of scun!.
The new event
format includes a
decathlon-style
organization to
smoolh transitions
between events as
well as global events
which encourage the participation
of all scunters.
Get lists have been shortened
in order to promote creativity and
co-operation to come up with
fewer, yet more elaborate and
impressive objects. Trivia will no
longer be packed with reams of
irrelevant questions.
As much as we love Star Wars,
it has very little to do with our
Greek theme.
So put away your ouvlaki and
join the other Warriors and
Athenas on May 28th for
SCUNTICUS - Doin' It Greek
Style
l
Sign-up will be in CPH
Foyer in front of POETS between
II :30-1 :30 or email
cjrumer@engmail.uwaterioo.ca
-Zeus and Hades
THE IRO WARRIOR

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Littleton Shooting
Riding the Edge
MICAH POTECHIN
3A SVSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEERING
Unless you spenl this past month
in a cave somewhere, you have heard
of the Columbine High School
Massacre in Littleton, Colorado, in
which two disgruntled and obviously
psychotic students killed twelve of
their classmates and one teacher
before ending their own lives.
And unless your place of residence
was under a rock in said cave, you have
stood agape, as I have, listening to
United States First Lady Hillary
Clinton and Second Lady Tipper Gore
toss out some single-minded
accusations of who-or what-is to blame
for this travesty: pop culture.
They charge movies, such as
"Heathers", "Natural Born Killers", or
even "The Matrix". They denounce
music groups Marilyn Manson, or
KMFDM as glorifiers of violence.
They fault video games such as
"Doom", where scores are based on
how many people the player kill .
According to Ms. Clinton and M .
Gore. I \\.ill be the next mas.
murderer. My favourite mu ic groups
include perceived
Satanist Black
Sabbath, OZZ}
o bourne, and Blue
Oyster Cult, a well
as violence-
glorifying Rage
Again t The
Machine.
My two favourite
movies, adult
cartoons both,
Waterloo News
I..no\\ where 1 can easil} get one.
Yes, ladie. and gentleman. despite
having killed no living thing (e\cepr
perhap. f r the occasional pesky
:e Kirklin, celliu,
A s ant eight da) s after the
acre in Linleton, a teenager in
Taber. lberta donned a tTt!nchcoat ,
took a rifle , killed one of his
cia. and criticall
injured another. Are these
uses of life imit ating art ')
Would you say that either of
these e\ents were caused by
"The Matri\'''! These
incidents arc both. cleady,
life Imitating life.
involve physical
manife tations of
pure evil , with main
characters who are
strewn amid a
virtual orgy of
avagery, nudity, and
gratuitou animated
gore.
Eric Harris' and Dylan
Klebold's obsession with
guns nnd demh wa: steeped
far deeper than an illtere. t in
violent music and mlH'ies; !O
ju tify their murderous
tendencies as . uch would be
to do a disservice to the
families of each person they
killed. And when the ne t
incident of mass murder
comes, it will not be by a
Dawn during a news conference at Det/vi'r Health Medical Center.
Kirklin, a Columbine High School sophomore, ",as shol jil'e times
during the shooting rampage at the sclrool tlra/left J 5 dead. including
Ihegunmen.
couple of teenagers who got
ome cral:Y idea from a
Christian Slater movie or "Duke
Nukem 3D".
r am a huge fan of
the Woody Harrelson films "Natural
Born Killers" and "The People vs.
Larry Flynt". I play shoot-ern-up
video games with such frenzy that, on
more than one occa ion, I have
noticed myself sweating heavily after
a short time of total immersion in the
artificial world which has been
created for me.
I own a black trenchcoal. I know
how to make explosives out of tuff
you can find in my bathroom, and,
though I don't currently have a gun, I
mosquito) in my pa t 21 years, Hillary
Clinton and Tipper Gore have
fingered me, and people like me, a
likely killers. Seem a bit ridiculous
to you? Well, that's because it is.
If pop culture's glorification of
violence i. truly the cause of lhe
shooting, I would like the ladie to
explain this: Le s than three days after
the shooting, a small group of twelve
year olds in Toronto dressed in black
and terrorized their classmates with
BB gun.
It will be brought about by a group
of seriously disturbed individuals who
were able to get their hands on far
too many implements of destruction,
far too easily. The significance of the
Columbine High School Massacre is
far too important to allow it to be
trivialized by blaming the events on
popular movies, music, and video
game.
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The four UW faculty members
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Prof. Levent 'lUncel, of the
combinalorics and optimization
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private sponsors. His project will
model real world phenomena by
mathematical concept. and
analyses as well as the discovery
of solution methods for the
underlying mathematical
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Prof. Richard Cook, of the
statistics and actuarial science
department, who will receive an
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4 Friday, March 21, 1999
The Fee
Increase Is
Worth It.
The Big Picture
R AYMOND Ho
under these conditions. Some observers
will point out that we've fallen behind
the leading edge, so when an opportunity
like this presents itself, it must be taken
advantage of. The quality of education
that we receive will undoubtedly
improve as a result. There is much to
be excited about.
From upgrading facilities, to small er
class sizes, to repairing annoying rattling
water pipes, the additional funds that we
pay from our own pockets will directly
contribute to creating a better learni ng
environment and learn ing experience.
With accreditation s tandard s
Opinions THE IRO WARRIOR
A nineteen percent increase in tuition
fees - it's not the end of the world . Thi s
hefty increase in the cost of educat ion is
widely frowned upon by both students and
faculty members, but let's not pretend that
we didn ' t see it coming. And let's not
pretend th at thi s will hurt our post -
secondary educat ion system eit her. If
anything, this influx of cash can only help.
becoming increasi ngly demanding, it is
vital that each batch of graduates be
better trained than the previous.
r mproving the quality of graduates mi ght
eventual ly attract more support from the
corporate community, which is one thing
we lack when compared to big name
uni versities south of the border.
That's where we started. and we've never looked back. With innovative
products like two-way pagers. wireless PC cards and radio modems, we
take technology to the edge every day, So if you're looking for a career that
takes you to the edge and challenges you to achieve your best, consider RIM,
Closer to home, we also saw thi s term
a small increase in our co-operative
education fees. [n light of the ' large
tuition fee in c rease, the co-op fee
perhaps should be raised even further
than it has been.
We're looking for innovators - people with the drive to develop the next
generation of wireless technologies. Whether you're a co-op student,
a recent grad or someone with experience, if you've got the creativity
and drive 10 be the best. join us on the edge.
Despite the hordes of people who
complain that it ha. become too expensive
to attend university, applications for
enrollment are at all time highs and are
expected to skyrocket in coming years.
Compared to, say, 20 years ago, family
incomes have increased while family sizes
have decreased.
Thi s might help to rescue our once
almighty but now floundering co-op
sys tem. Instead of Wat erloo, many
companies are now turning to the up-
and-coming int ern ship a nd co-op
programs of other universiti es. Clearly,
something here needs fixing.
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ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS
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WIRELESS EMAil EVANGELISTS
ESD SPECIALIST
Thi s means that on average, parent s
have more mon ey ava ilab[e for each
prospective universi ty student than ever
before. In addition, many universities
have dedicated a percentage of their fee
increase towards new scholarships a nd
bursaries for those in f ina nci al need.
Combined with the growing realization
that a university education is of utmost
importance, ali this ensures that there will
be no shortage of applicant in the future .
HARDWARE DESIGN ENGINEERS
RF ENGINEERS
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
With overnment subsidi 8
Unfortunately, there are no
indications that this most recent fee
increase will be the last of it s kind.
Fortunately for us, howe ver, our
univer s ities are .in the bus iness of
providing education. Moreover, with
competition driving them, they will try
to improve in every they can.
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QUALITY ENGINEERS
TEST ENGINEERS
OSP SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS
EMBEDDED APPLICATIONS DEVELOPERS
EMBEDDED DIS ENGINEERS
NETWORKING SOFTWARE ENGINEER
SOFTWARE QUALITY SPECIALISTS
WIRELESS PRODUCT DEVELOPERS
diminishing ove r the years, the fec
increa e was inevitabl e. It is quit e
remarkab le that we did not witness a
major det erioration of our instituti()ns
So let us all stop whining and just
swallow this nasty pill . For once, we
are paying more and actually getting
,
something in return.
The AIM
/nter@ctive
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Send us your cover letter and lesume in confidence and let
us know that you're ready to loin us on the edge.
Plfase Quote reference IIWQ599
We thank all applicants, but only those selected for an
interview will be contacted.
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DILINY DE ALWIS
ASSISTANT EDITOR
It's summer term again! Everyone
has run wild looking for the most for
their money in low cost housing.
Waterloo is certainly a unique study
out what fights you have and don't decide that you do not want fumiture definitely not for all.
have. Unfortunately, most people after signing the agreement. If you Section 113 of the Landlord
who hold leases and ublet to other decide that your rentis too expensive, Tenant Act states:
students do not realize that they are you can not renegotiate until the
landlords and can be held contract ends.
accountable for it by law. So, what causes the cost
In the ummertime, housing costs fluctuations? Well, there are many
fluctuate to between $100-300 independent housing owners who
113. ([) No landlord shall charge
rent for a rental unit in an amount
that is greater than lawful rent the
lawful rent permitted under this Part.
(2) Where a landlord offers a
occupancy of the rental unit:
I. A parking space.
2. A prescribed service, facility,
privilege, accommodation or thing.
Thus, when negotiating a contract
if the 'student-landlord' adds
furniture, electronic equipment or
other such things then said 'student-
in housing cycles as it still retains a dollars where normally (during the believe the reduced student discount in rent at the beginning of, landlord' can raise their rent. Note
relatively large number of students
during the summer months as it does
during the fali and winter. However,
the cost for housing fluctuates over
these months with rather expensive
rates in the fall and winter and
extravagantly cheap rates in the
summer.
Here's a few intere ling things
about housing that J thought may be
of interest with respect to student
i sues on finance.
Being a Landlord
If you are subletting a room to
someone .else, you are the landlord.
That means you should quickly get a
hold of the 'Landlord and Tenant Act'
and other such documents and find
fall and winter months) it would be
between $300-500. Why is this? Is
there really such a decline in the
student population that hundreds of
units are empty during the summer,
or do landlords raise their prices
exhorbantly during the winter and fall
to retaliate for a 10 s they
accumulated in the summer? What
is the cause of these housing
fluctuations that cause landlords and
tenants such misery?
First of all, please note that if you
have signed a housing sublet
agreement of any sort, you are bound
population in the summer will result
in more empty units and so they
reduce their rent to attract their
cu tomers. This reduction in rent
causes the student leased properties
(such as the Ph i II ip treet
townhouses) to drop their price for
fear of empty rooms. You can imagine
the impact on a student in the summer
to suddenly find they have to pay for
a $J200/month empty townhouse in
the summer.
Well , now you must be imagining
that the 'landlords' who uffer a loss
in the summer must indeed be raising
by the limits set in the contract. If their rents in the fall and winter to
you agree to sublet a furnished gain their loss back. This may be the
apartment, you cao not suddenly ca e with some 'landlord ' but
or during, a tenancy, the lawful rent
shall be calculated in accordance with
the prescribed rules.
So, whether or not it is lawful to
charge a greater rent is a grey area
depending on the terms and
conditions. The ' lawful rent' here
refers to the amount paid by the
'student-landlord' to their landlord for
the unit.
Section 124 of the Landlord
Tenant Act states:
124. (1) A landlord may increase
the rent charged to a tenant for a
rental unit as prescribed at any time
if the landlord and the tenant agree
that the landlord will add any of the
following with respect to the tenant'
'thing' is not defined.
Furthermore, sections 130 and 125
include some hazy landlord-tenant
i sue, which could apply to student
landlords. I have not included them
here, as they are rather lengthy. They
include reasons for making a sublet
agreement void as well as other
conditions that limit the rent a
landlord may charge on a unit.
If this topic iliterests you, check
out the Landlord Tenant Act for
your elf at hup://wwl1!.landlords-
tenallts.com/members/actslbill96/
and email your opinions to
iwarrior@engmail.uwalerioo.ca.
THE IRO WARRIOR
Opinions
FEDS seeking volunteers
CHRIS H\ROU)
YPh"rERKl!
F'F.nElt-\T10 0/< Snm.":
well a. m:lIl) of youI' directors
on campus '\ ide initlati\es, If you
ha\'e an) ide:b you ,,\)uld like to see
tmplemented. fed fTCe to contat us!
Additi onall}. thl' fEDS ha\l'
posted \ olunteer po\iti()l1\ ano.s
campus. As you wnlk through the
'LC, VI. and MC you will sec '
po\tcr ooards that Ibt \olunteer
oPPNllmitie,. If yml :Ire intere!>tt:d.
till Ollt a forlll and hund it Int o the
FED office in the Student Life
Centre - Room 1102.
I " I ,.( tit. r ' ( ,
-") r ( . '. i\ J , )
I attended m) third Eng oc
meeting e\ ening. Fm an
out.-ider. it \\<1 vel) intcre\ting. I
surprised not onl b) the
incredible turnout. but the fact that
you have to watch out fe\\
minutes to make sure that some
object, whether it be candy or
freezies, 't peg you in the
head! But the one thing I noticed
more than anyt hin g is slUdent
involvement.
If you nrc nOI sure 'ou are ready
to make a volunteer commitment,
come into the office for one hour to
meet the Exe .. Slafr. and find OUl
more abOllt the Federation of
Chris Bardon of 3A Systems Design Engineering holds up a ticket to see Star Wars:
involvement. It i something the
new Executive of the Federation of
SlUdents is trying to promote
because student participation in
FEDS' activities over the past few
years has decreased. With the new
executive however, things are
changing.
tudents; at least YOtl I..now a lillie
bit more about what this campus has
to offer.
Episode 1 for 12:00 a.m. opel/ing day.
Show me the money!
If you have any questions ,
comments, concerns, or ideas please
feel free to contact me. Chris
Harold at anytime. I can be reached
at ext. 3780 or
jedvpin@jeds.lIl1'aTerloo.co.
GREG FvKE
4A COMPlITER ENGINEERING
CCES DELEGATE
So you're seeking sponsorship for
your project or event and you don't
know where to start? Well, here are
a few pointers that will help you get
started.
Think about your audience. If
you are holding a conference on space
age engines, a company that designs
telephone networks would probably
not be very interested. It is
imperative to seek appropriate
sponsors. Otherwise, you will be
wa ting your time.
Provide tangible benefits.
Organise an indu try tour for your
team or the attendees of your event.
Allow the company to set up a hiring
booth in the lobby of the conference
room. Paste visible company logos
on T-shirts and banners. Invite
someone from the company as a
special guest to an important dinner.
Thc companie. that are willing to fork
over the dough are typically
looking to get something back in
return. They want promotion,
visibility and a c hance to meet
student s that may be prospective
employees.
Establish variable pricing levels
and benefits. You should give the
company options and the flexibility
to decide how much they want to
invest in your endeavour. Company
A may have a substantial sum of
money set aside for a rainy day and
wishes to make a grand presence at
your event while Company B would
like to donate a few dollars out of
goodwil l. Offer a multitude of
benefits and services for big bucks
and recognition for a small
contribution. Exclusi vity is another
selling feature. If you guarantee that
a company will be the only one
offered a certain set of benefits, it is
worth a premium. Be careful not to
lock other companies out. Here' a
hint - big companies usually have the
big bucks.
Start at the top. If you want to
get in touch with the correct person,
there is no better place to start than
with the President of the company.
Don't be afraid. If you wimp out and
decide to contact an HR
representative, you could end up in a
web of redirection and waste a lot of
time, depending on the size of the
company.
Start early. For large companie. ,
make sure you contact them at least
three months in advance. There may
be a lot of paper work involved in
actual ly approving the money for your
event. You don't want to end up in a
. situation where they have agreed to
send you a fat cheque for 20K but they
won't be able to approve it in time. I
don't recommend starting too early
either. Your best bet may be at the
beginning of their fiscal year when the
sponsor hip budget has yet to be
allocated. Investigate and find out
when that is.
At each EngSoc meeting, there
will be a representative from the
FEDS. We are also looking forward
to working with AI, your president,
Have a greal term!
Be persistent, I can't stress thi
enough. You are but one voice of
many during the course of a day and
people do forget. If nothing seem to
be happening from their end and you
haven't heard from them in while,
well, give them a call!
Why do we go to conferences?
If you are trying to fund a large-
cale project or event and you won ' t
be able to do all of the work yoursel f,
make sure you get the right people to
work on this. If Sammy is your best
friend, but he sounds like a raving
Jenn Motuz
3A MECHANICAL ENGINEERI G
CCES DELEGATE
I'd been wondering that since
I A. They sounded
dry: go away for a
I it tin
(ESSCO) or an even
bigger council
meeting (CCES). The
truth JlIst
opposite.
tlH'
Lillcoln Gaskillgs of MelbollTlle, Australia displays tl,e
first adval/ce ticket sold to him at MI/nll's
Clriflese Theatre Wednesday ;nllollYM'oodfor fhejirst
Imblic screel/illg May 19at the theatre of tire /lew jil/l!
"Star Wars Episode i: Tire Phalltom Mel/ace."
Gaskiflgs isjoilled by Tim Doyle of Toronto, Callada
as tI,e first purclrasers. Over 300 Star Wars film failS
camped out ovemight with some campillg
42 days for tile ticket sale.
They ale lots of
fUll , and a g reat
chance, not on I y to
meet people from
other schools, hut to
learn from them.
As mil ch as our
Engineering Society
is great, there a lot of
schools who have
amazing we
can learn from.
lunatic on the phone, he's probably
not the person you're looking for.
Solicit a group of highly motivated
and dedicated people that are
genuinely interested in helping out.
When you've managed to charm
the company enough to open up their
pocket books, finish off the deal with
a written contract, outlining all of the
details of your agreement. In any
event, do not discuss these details
with another company. Consider this
information confidentiaL If you fail
do so, you could upset one of your
other sponsors and lose out on their
contribution. Trying to start a
competitive price war between two
companies is a bad idea.
In your discussions with the
company thinkofu eful services that
they may be able to provide as welL
This may be extremely helpful in
shaving a few figure off of your own
budget. Services might include
phones, photocopiers, transportation
and Internet access.
The University of
Saskatchewan puts on an annual
road hockey tourney that raises
nearly $20000 for charity. CoFIQ
(the Quebec provincial
Engineering Student Soc.) has
such close ties with their
professional society that the (AlP)
has a designated person to visit
each school every year and touch
base.Tex.as A & M has a large-
scale job fair that our upcoming
one in Fall 1999 is based upon.
Networking is the second
function of conferences. By
attending the conferences and
getting to know people at other
schools we can host joint events
(with Western , Guelph,
MacMaster, U of T, Ryerson and
anyone else willing to make the
drive) and share information about
competiti oncordja has an
annual bridge-building
competition that takes place in
March of each year. .. anyone
ill pllttlll l' a
team call l'm iI II 111
UI/I(/tI/ ; (0
1
//Igll/(/il .IIII',/I/ ' ,-{t/". ,' (1) 01
the dill'l'tols tnl
details .
Along With till' netwoli.llIg. \\l'
also attend lit
tll hclp till'
shan: ideas and COlliI.' lip with
large scalc projects (nlltl()II wldc
common events tOI National
Englllcering Weck , for L'X.Ulllple) .
and attend Induqry tuurs und
presentatIOns rrom guest speakers.
There is II lot to learn at (he
conferences, and a low tll1lC
commitment (long etlough to go
and write a report like this one).
You are also guarantecd to have n
lot of fun at the same time, so come
volunteer this term when we host
the ESSCO AGM to get a taste of
conferences and then apply 10 the
upcoming ones. You won't regret
it.
Other sources? What about
funding from within the school? The
following groups and individuals are
definitely worth talking to: the
Alumni Associati.on, the Dean of
Engineering, FEDS, the President of
UW, Academic departments and yes,
the Engineering Society. Happy
hunting!
WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT STARWARS EPISODE I opened to the public on
Wednesday.
Above: WORLDS OF WONDER Anakin SkYlilalktr (Jake Lloyd, center) stands in
the Jedi Council Chamber, before an audience that includes Yoda, and, to his left,
Samuel LJackson 's Mace Windu.
Friday, March 21, 1999 5
Provincial
Elections
Woes '99
Ron HARPER
2B COi\l1'UTER E Gt RERtNG
With less than three weeks to
go until the June 3rd t:lection dale,
the three major parties are
campaigning with exceptional
fervor.
Although American style
, landerous television commercials
have beell showing for months, this
campaign will be a mere 28 days
in length.
For most students there is no
doubt of whom should not be re-
elected, but the answer to the
question as to where to place the
'X' on the ballot remains unclear.
Many people would accuse
Mike Harris and his Progre sive
ConserVa.lives of trying to
Americanize Ontario with their
social service reform.
However, some of the first US
style television commercials which
attacked the opposition concluded
with a photo of Dalton McGuinty,
the Liberal Party leader. In the
pa,t. the Liberal party has been
we/f st:ated on lhe political ence
between the left and the right.
But now when Mike Harris is
rivaling Preston Manning for the
seilt f1l1ttw,t to 1111' .. phI
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aduJltl'd II1111l' tlwn it kw III Ill'
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IlIOlllent the Libcrals llIay I cpresl!nt
Onta.IO', hest hope Inr a Illlr,
govc.llment
TIll' otlll'r t ve to Ilanls
in Ont:lllO is the Ilnwnrd Humpton
and the Ncw Dl'lHocratlc Pliny,
Although the polls give the NPD
trttle more than 10% of the popular
vole, they claim to he the best party
suited to defent the pes in
Ki(chcncr Waterloo area.
Ted Martin, the local NDP
candidate, Iccently distributcd
campaign material to Waterloo
residents. The pamphlet stated that
should vote NDP if they
are "considering ';trategic' voting"
to defeat the PCs. It seems risky to
elect a government 011 an "at least
they ale bettcr than Mike Harris"
premisc. Although, to thcir credit,
the NDP plans to abandon Mike
Harris' tax cuts to (he wealthy in
order to put money back into
education and hcalth care.
Unfortunately, "Rae Days" may
still be too fresh in Ontario'S
memory to elect an NDP
government.
The remainder of the Provincial
election campaign should be
interesting as the PCs, the Liberals
and the NDP continue to promote
their respective platforms.
However, if the three major parties
don't suit your tastes, remember
there are always the Marxist-
Leninists.
6 Friday, March 21, 1999
Education
Commissioner
Report
D.J.SWAN
Welt another term is upon us and
J have been given a new task to keep
me out of trouble. Along with James
Chang, I am your Education
Commissioner.
This is a fancy title that means J
am trying to deal with some of the
educational issues that the
engineering students at the University
of Waterloo face.
A couple of new directorships
have been added this term to the
EngSoc roster to help James and I oul.
You will notice that we know have
directors in the positions of academic
rep advisors, complimentary studies
elective (CSE) cfltlques,
scholarships, and workshops. Weare
going to try and publicize more events
that show off what bri II iant students
UW Engineering really has.
One of the big things that [ am
working on IOwards is helping to elect
a Vice President Education position
for EngSoc.
We have such a large society and
up until now, there has been no
specific person representing all of the
academic issues that present
themselves.
Hopefully the summer JOint
council will see this through and you
will be able to elect a Vice President
Education in the elections later this
term.
James and r are hoping to start this
role off on the right fool. If you have
any questions about any educational
issues (or anything else for that
matter), just yell at me if you see me
in the hall. If that doesn't work, you
can always e-mai l me at
djswan@engmail.
= = = - =-
President's Report
ALAN CANNISTRARO
Welcome back the 1999 summer
term. [t' going to be as exciting this
term as it ever has been. Our special
events director. are bringing us lot
of actlVJtJes and trips. Our ath etics
directors have plenty of sports events
and tournaments coming up.
Canada Day is approaching
quickly. Semiformal is on its way.
And lots of other things are happening
all within Engineering and all around
the rest of campus.
Here's a little summary to keep
you up to date as to what direction
we're heading in over the next few
months. One of the big pushes is to
promote closer ties across campus.
The biggest flaw of Engineering
is its negative reputation on a campus
level. We're seen as a separate
community in our own corner of
campus.
There's nothing wrong with us
having such a strong group in
Engineering except that we have to
make sure that we're acti ve on a
chool-wide level.
We need to strengthen our school
pride rather than keeping our loyalty
limited to our faculty. The FEDs are
also taking the initiative in
strengthening these ties with us and
with the rest of the faculties as well.
Another big direction that your
Engineering Society has been heading
in is the offering of services ,and
information with regards to our
education. -
We're all here because we're in
school, so in order for the Engineering
Society to fairly represent all
students, we need to make sure that
we address everyone's nceds by
providing forums and services that
al low students to take advantage of
resources and share our views and
concerns with the faculty.
OJ Swan and James Chang are
acting as OUT Education
Commissioners until we can add a VP
Education to the list of exec at the
next Joint Council meeting.
Last month, we signed a new
Executive Reports
VPFinance
Report
Mike Muffels
Welcome back. [hope the work
terms were fun and profitable. It's
great to be back in school for
another summer term. This
summer promises to be a lot of fun.
Here are some useful dates for
those of you doing some financial
planning for the term. Director hip
Budget Forms were due May 17,
come and see me asap if you don't
have yours done yet. The new
budget and the actuals from last
contract for the publishing of our
yearbook. We bave made a few
changes to the specifications of the
yearbook in the interest of reducing
costs and providing a better book.
Traditionally, a yearbook was
published for each graduating stream.
Now, with Electrical Engineering
students switching streams in 4A
rather than in 4B, it's harder to
distinguish which stream a student
"fits" into.
By conglomerating both books into
one, we eliminate the need for
students to buy both stream's
yearbooks at $40 to $45 a book in
order to represent everyone that has
been ill their year. We've also
publishers from Jostens' to
Herff Jones Canada after a few
concerns were raised with Jostens'
performance and price.
I hope to working closely with the
Dean in upcoming months in order
to provide a new service at the faculty
(and eventually university) level to
promote entrepreneurship to students.
An idea was generated by Pierre
Menard, from the 1999 Electrical
Cia. s, to allow students a method of
coming to market with product or
ervice ideas that students have.
term were presented at the EngSoc
meeting on May 19. Feel free to
come to the Orifice and take a
closer look at the budget.
Student projects and teams
looking for money should start
looking for more information about
the EngSoc donations. By now the
budget will be pretty much
finished so [ expect at the next
EngSoc meeting teams will be
presenting their proposals and the
funding decision will made.
Proposals are due May 31 and the
presentations will be at the first
EngSoc meeting there after.
My office hours are Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday from J 2:30
to 1:30.
My email is mjmu./fel@engmail.
Good luck with school. I hope
to see you at the next EngSoc
sponsored event.
Many ideas float around in a
student's mind but mo. t are never
produced because of lack of
re.ources for prototyping,
promotion and production. We are
looking to bridge the gap between
idea and final product with a
revolutionary new service of which
the details are far from being
worked out.
Anyway, that's just a few of the
big things that are happening.
Greg Fyke, Jenn Motuz and Mike
Muffels are working away on their
own initiatives to strengthen and
extend the scope of th e
Engineering Society and I
encourage you to read up on what
they are doing as well.
Don't forget that this term is an
election term and we're always
looking for open-minded, forward-
thinking individuals to run for
President, VP External, VP
[ntemal, VP Finance, and if all goes
well, VP Education.
See y'all later and drop me a
line if you're interested in chatting,
if you have any idea or if you want
to help out with any of the project
I'm working on. My email address:
accallnis@uwaterloo.ca.
Another Summer
With Chern Eng Soc
BRAD CLARK
CHEMICAL ENGSOC PREsIDENT
Welcome back to an exciting ummer
with the Chemical Engineering Society. On
Thursday May, 13 we held our first event
which was a barbecue. Thi was a very
uccessful event with an attendance of
approximately 40 people.
As always we are preparing for the next
CSChE conference. This year it is being held
in Sa katoon in October. In order to raise
money we are doing 3 fundrai ers in the neXi
couple of week. The first will be a bottle
drive on May 25. The following day we will
be holding a bake sale. The third event will
be a car wa h that is being planned for Fri.
June 4.
UNDERGOING AN OVERHAUL- The WaJeriooAeriaJ Robotics Group pr('pares Ihe Gheno Bird, a soon-/obe autonomOU.f
helicopter,/or round IMlO of the Milknial International Aerial Robotic.f Comptlitwn 10 be held in Richland. noshing/on
We will be di cu. sing the e events and
other possible events (possibly a winery
tour!) at our next meeting that is Tuesday
May 25 at 12:30 in OWE 2517. Also.mark
your calendars because the Chern. Eng.
coffee-house is July 8 this year. We are
always look.ing for new and intere. ting
Have a great 'ummer!
THE IRON WARRIOR
NOTICE
Seema Patel
The University 0/ Waterloo
Campus Response Team is looking/or
members/or the sprillg tenll. FUriher
in/onnation and applicaTioll/orms are
available at the turnkey desk ill the
SLC.
The University of Waterloo
Campus Re ponse Team is an
organization, that provide. first aid at
various events around campus.
The team was established in
September and consi t of about 25
members. During the pa t two terms,
UWCRT members have been present
at :nany events including concerts at
Fed HaJI, basketball games, Swing
nights and Campus day.
They can be easily identified by the
orange backpacks or red hip bags that
they carry.
For this term the UWCRT is
headed by Barb Bertram. The team
meets weekly for administrative and
training purposes in our office in the
SLC.
Members of the CRT are either
primary or secondary responders.
Primary responders are required to
complete the St. John Ambulance
Brigade Training Program.
As the spring term begins, many
of our members are returning home
for the summer or are starting co-op
and we are currently looking for new
members.
Fir t Aid training is not mandatory
upon submission of your application
but must be attained before event
coverage commences.
Applications can be picked up at
the Turnkey desk in the Student Life
Center and interviews will be
conducted during the end of May. For
further questions please contact Barb
or myself through the Turnkey desk.
As summer weather approaches
most of us will be engaging in some
form of outdoor physical activity.
Whether we jog, bike, walk or playa
variety of sports, the risk of injury is
ever present.
Imagine playing a game of
Ultimate Frisbee with some members
of your class. Your team is up two
points and you are just returning from
the drinking fountain. You find that
the game has topped and everyone i.
huddled over one of your teammates.
He is grimacing in pain and i nursing
his shoulder.
Upon further examination you
notice swelling around the shoulder
and realize the your friend has
dislocated it. What would you do?
The most important first aid aim
for a joint injury is to prevent further
damage and reduce pain. The shoulder
joint should be immobilized and a cold
compress can be applied to control
swelling.
It is very important that you
immobilize the shoulder in the
po ition found-<lo not try to realign
the joint. Transport the ca. ualty to the
nearest medical center.
THE IRO. WARRIOR Executi\le Reports
Friday, March 21, J 999 7
VP Internal
Report
meeting ,."ith the Exec. Year pmt
Rep (another ne" imtiative) and,
for the first year class reps. Frosh
Mentor Advi ors.
VP External
Report
to read them. You will find of that will both educate you and broaden
tht' infornlalion e\ITt'mdy u. eful. your horizons as an individual. [f you
Mc Ma ' ler held the I annual have ideas or please
JENNMoTUZ
Welcome back! Hopefully
everyone had an awe orne work term.
For those of you in your first ummer
term, you're going to love it! There
are lots of amazing summer- pecific
events that are going on, a well a
the usual ones we have come to know
and love.
On the internal side of things, the
focus this term will be on developing
class spiri t , whether it be getting
people out to events, class teams in
Scunt, athletic tourneys, EngWEEK,
etc, or encouraging classes to have
parties and get-togethers.
The Class Rep Advisor, Laura
Edwards and Navindra Persaud are
organizing a series of Class Rep
This will giYe u a chance to
really make sure the clas. reps
leno .... what they're re
are and can learn from the reps
from the most pirited classes how
to get the clas clo er-knil.
Year Spirit i a new idea
temming from the fact that UW
is the only school that doesn't do
many "Class of 'XX" events.
We hope to have one class rep
from each year take charge of
coordinating such events between
the clas es in their year, with the
help of the Year Spirit Advisors.
With a winter term coming our
way, we also want to get Frosh
Mentoring developed as a
directorship so we can have some
great "frosh"
week event for the new
students coming over in January.
But I'm
talking about snow now when
it's ummertime: It mu t be time
to sign off.
Have a great summer! :)
GREG FYK
Ah, the ummer tenn. Sunshine,
patio, beach volleyball. adventures,
opportulll ties and of course
homework. For those of you
beginning your first summer term,
you are going to love it. To everyone
el. e, welcome back!
A number of important events
occurred during the off-term. The
University of Toronto hosted the
Congress of Canadian Engineering
Students (CCES) in January of this
year. We sent an excellent group of
individuals to represent our society
including AI Canni traro, Ian Tien,
Jenn Motuz, Sunny Sodhi and myself.
Throughout this issue of the Iron
Warrior, you will see a number of
articles that cover topic discussed at
the conference. Plea e take the time
First Year Integration Conference
(FYIC) this )'t:lIf in March. Braden
Kurc1.ak and Keyin Austin o f
J IcMaster initi ated thl' idea in order
to edul'ate first year students on the
current student nrgaOlsalions in
Canada. and Issues that
concern the engllleers of toJa) . This
generates a group of wdl ' lnforlllcd
sludl'nts who Uft! carl) III their years
at Universit) . I hope to nil of the
delegates thtll attended educllting
others and orting to improve ollr
engineering societies.
As always, we're trying to tcur
down the walls of the egotistical. self-
centred and socially inept engincering
stereotype because he)! I think that
we are a great group of people. This
term r will be working closely with
Faculty and Inter-faculty Liaison
directors in order to increase student-
professor activities so that we can
meet and mingle with some of the
other faculties on campus this
ummer.
Diversity i. an issue that we are
trying to push closer to the forefront.
We study and thrive in an
environment that is highly
multicultural. r love it and with the
help of student groups and our
directors we hope to bting you events
contact me.
(gfyke@engnl<lil.llwatcrloo,ca)
Who wants to sce Bill Gates peak
here at the Universily of Waterloo? I
sure would. Think of the media
covcmge, think of the hype, just think
ahout how cool it would be to get a
bri<!f insight un whl.!re Bill want. to
takc ncxt'? SlIch an event would
also put the Univcn.ity of Waterloo
into the Iimel.ight for another few
seconds on the news.
So you think that Waterloodocsn't
need any extra pUhlicity'! Wrong! r
made this mistake once when looking
for an intemntionul work experience.
"Waterloo? Never hcard of it. Where
is that'?" my employer
queried. We still have a long way 10
go before our school name , lips of the
lOngue during breakfast conversation
like Harvard and MIT might. I'd like
to generate a little bit of noise this
term. Good noise . Perhaps by
convincing a high-profile speaker like
Bill to come in? The only problem is
t hat usually these speakers have to
be booked well in advance and there
may be a fee attached to their visit. I
would be willing to support it. What
about you? What do you think we can
do to attain ollr fifteen minutes of
fame?
-==---=- - - ==----
Education
Commissioner
Report
JAMES CHANG
Hi all, James here- one of your
new Education Commissioners for
this term. Let me s t art off by
welcoming you back to school. For
some of you, this will be your first
summer school term.
For a bunch of others, it will be
your last (yay!). I mean, you don't
want to stay in school forever it's
most likely that you'll know some
fr iends who aren't in co-op and
who've graduated already after
serving their 4 years of hard time-
uh, I mean post secondary education.
Okay, now on to business.
[n case you didn't know, the
Education Commissioners was a
po ition created in the Fall of '98
will help pear-head and coordinate
more EngSoc services that are geared
towards improving your learning
experience.
I know that sounds utterly vague,
by our execs to help generate a more but it is our main goal. To illustrate,
intense focus on our education needs how many of you have often
in our various engineering programs wondered if STY I 00 is a good course
(for more info, just read DJ Swan's to take as a CSE?
n m
Well, what will OJ and I do this juniors that E&CEIOO is still a course
term exactly? Hmmm-good question
(I don't really know yet!). But all
kidding set aside , we will be
working hard from several
Of cour. e, we will be
continuously hammering out the
details of the responsibilities of the
newly created VP Education if the
where nobody survives the midterm?
And who is the dean of engineering
and how do you hring your l' Olll'ern,
to the faculty/department level'!
Hopefully our initiativcs wtll find
ways of effectively addrcssing issuc,
similar 10 the t!xamplcs I've glvcn.
But for those of you who dOll't
constitution is amended . You could have these qucstions arc now asking,
say that this will be a long-term task "but if nothing's broken, why fix it'?".
and its initiatives will not directly Whydo we need such changes? From
affect your daily lives as an my viewpoint, many different people
engineering student. have the desire to make UW
What will affect you in the next Engineeri ng a great place to get an
three months, are the activitie's we'll education. Inherently, there are just
be planning for this term. DJ and [ as many activities, events and interest
groups attempting to achieve this
greatness.
When there is someone who can
tap into vast resources and co-
ordinate the e groups and events,
more can be done ideas can be
exchanged. Collaborative efforts can
effect faster and sweeping changes to
that everyone recogni zes that
pr
If T had to have a slogan, I would
take "Working Together" in a
hcanoeal.
Incn' asl' illtn dl'paltllll'lIl iliid
1I1tel faculty Il'I,IIHIIISh'lh. (ll't 11ll'
ITDS inHll\cd in UW rllFII1I.'l'IiJ1V
('Il'ate OppOfllll111Y til
speak with ymu dCpilltlllcnt CIt ' 1I1.
Make school fun (no joke!) .
Drl.!ud the exprl'SMlJ1I I 'l'C Vl'lY
often on the gCIll'nll ,tudL'rlt hody.
Nobody has to tell mc that there
arc some things they welc
differenl-l can relld it rromthcli fac('s.
I can sec it from the vafluus
newsgroup It IS iI good
indicalor that sometimes !'och()ol
WEEFReport
money available for spending (known
as the expendable amount).
Currently, the allowable expenditure
rate is equal to the actual realized
investment income. If we wanted to
know how much expendable we have
for the upcoming year, we would have
the investment company speculate as
to our projected earnings for that year.
We then aUocate that amount of
money during the year. At the end of
the year, if WEEF has made more
than the projected income the extra
Therefore there is an extra $50,000 Canada (including UW's) have been
which is carried over to next year's able to achieve a 5% real ("rler
MARK CESANA
In the wonderful world of WEEF money is carried over to the next year
and added to that year's expendable
amount.
For example (this is an example
and the numbers are fictilious)
Year: 1999
there is no time for a summer break.
This summer the way WEEF runs
will change dramatically. From
changing the way we calculate our
expenditure to trying to implement an
Principal (Year end 1998)=
Employer Matching Contribution
system, WEEF will never be the $1,000,000
Projected return on investment =
same. This article will be exclusively
5%
devoted to the new system of
Projected Expendable for that year
calculating WEEF expenditures. So
= $50,000
here we go ...
Over the past six months there has
been di cussion of changing how
WEEF calculates the amount of
Actual Return = 10%
Actual Expendable = $100,000
Actual Exp. - Projected Exp. =
$50,000
expendable inflation) rate of return over the long
Year 2000 term.
Principal(Year end 1999) = The new method ofcalculallngthe
$1,300,000 (assuming $300,000 expendable will be to use a fixed rate
student contribution)
Projected return on investment =
7%
Projected Expendable = $91,000
+ $50,000(carried over) = $141,000
This method of calculation is
dangerous because if we spend all of
the previous years extra expendable
and there is a negative return on
investment then the next year there
will be little to no money to spend.
It al 0 presents numerous other
difficulties including income
uncertainty and volatility, estimating
errors, incomplete reporting, and
unnecessary accounting.
For this reason, the U of W
Provost's Advisory Committee on
Endowment Funds recommends lhat
the expenditure rate be modified to
reduce volatility and reflect
achievable long lerm rea) returns.
Historically, endowment funds in
of return of 5%. Even if the rale of
return is less than 5%, SCi',., will be
allocated towards funding. This is
how the fixed rate works:
In May of each year, the annual
rate of expenditure will be multiplied
by the book value of the endowment
as of April 30 to determine the
expendable amount.
The difference between the total
fund return and the expendable
amount will be directed to both the
endowment principal (to preserve
purchasing power) and an
endowment reserve (nol to exceed
10% of book value) which will ensure
thaI no cncroachments on the
principal will be necessary ill the
future. Excess expendable funds can
also be capitalized annually.
Endowment funds have three
characteristics: they arc held in
perpetuity; endowment capital is
really no fun at all.
But can I do anything about it?
Can you? The answer is yes. The
how's and when's are still in its
infancy, and to make coming to
engineering at UW an even more
positive experience will take a bit of
time. OJ and I will graciously discuss
our ideas with anyone who is
teedback received.
The wheels are tuming and many
projrrts an' aln'acly in thr worh r
will ()lItillll tlll' lIl ill dnlil in till' Ill' I
J \\ I SS\ll'
II you l'IllIClltly h,IVl' 1I1l)'
l'0Ill'l'II1S (1/ \,Oll1l11l' llh ,
you lIlII \Hltl' lilt! at
jjJl'hill1P I
Illy 111:111 plt'lIy Cjlllrkly. Bur
for flUW. l'XllI.'l'Illl' \V I
IIvailublc to you SOOl! ;Il1d l'xpect the
11l0M (luI oJ yuur hi id I 211 yl'ur
ut UW.
That's Illy "pew, and I'm stiekin'
to it.
required to grow at a rate at least
equal to infilltiol1 to ensure
mui ntenance of liS original
power; and endowments
are required to generate funds
sufficient to meet annual obli gations,
The fixed rale addresses all of
these goals. As the principal grows
and tht" rate of retum is constant, the
expendable will increa!ie. Therefore
WEEF will always spend more
money every year.
Currently Ihe amount in the
expendable for each year fluctuates
greatly. The principal will also grow
at a greater rale because returns
greater than the fixed rate (i.e. Rate
of RCLUrn > 5%) will be reinvested
in the principal. And finally, this
method will stabalile Ihe expenditure
rate on an annual basis and will
facilitate improved reporting to
:lccount holders.
If you have any question, concerns
or ideas for WEEP thenjust email us
at come by the office
(1323C) or call us at 888-4893. See
you on the Bomber Patio. Ciao for
now ....
8 Friday, March 21, 1999
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