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    THE NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ENGINEERING SOCIETY VOLUmE 27 ISSUE 11 | TUESdAY, JULY 25, 2006

    Check us out @ http://iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca/

    Irongate andEngSoc Editorials

    Cruising in theSolar Car

    Breaking throughthe Great fireWallof China

    Page 3 Page 7 Page 7

    Case of the Missing Papersdan arnott

    Iron WarrIor DIstrIbutIon Manager

    There has been much controversy of late about the disappearance of theIron Warrior newspapers from the hallsof Engineering shortly after they weredistributed on Wednesday, July 19, 2006.What happened to them? Why were theyremoved? Are they coming back? Theseare just a few of the questions on every-ones mind. This article should answer afew of them.

    The newspapers were distributed onWednesday as usual. Issue 5 (the lastof the term) contained two opinion let-ters from Peter Szabo (3A Systems) andKristen Yee Loong (3A Systems). Theseletters were very critical of EngSoc, citingreasons such as cliquishness, favouritism,drunken rowdiness, and misplaced priori-ties. One individual in particular was cited,and although never named in the article,EngSoc felt his identity was made suf-ficiently clear.

    EngSoc consulted the Iron Warrior pol-icy manual and then removed the paperswithout notifying the Iron Warrior staff

    because the newspapers were found totechnically violate Iron Warrior policy.

    A meeting between EngSoc representa-tives and Iron Warrior staff took place onFriday, July 21 to discuss this issue.

    The central reason for pulling the papers is based on a technical ambigu-ity. The Iron Warrior has one Editorial(written by the Editor-In-Chief), whichcan be taken as the opinion of the news-

    paper, and usually several opinion letterswhich represent only the opinions of thewriters. This is stated at the bottom rightcorner of page 2 of every issue. However,

    because the pages containing both the

    editorials and the opinion letters wereentitled Editorials and Opinions, EngSocinterpreted the opinion letters as being theofficial opinion of the Iron Warrior, whichthey in fact were not.

    Other reasons were also given for the removal. EngSoc removed the papers

    based on the assumption that EngSoc paysfor the Iron Warriors publication, anddid not want to be paying for the publica-tions of negative opinions of them. It wasclarified during the meeting that the IronWarrior gets its revenue exclusively fromadvertising, although it currently has a

    Life as an Exchange Student karen kan

    3a systeMs DesIgn

    N ew cultures, new experiences andmemories for a lifetime - thats howId characterize an exchange abroad.Born and raised in Kitchener, I wantedto try something different for a term,go somewhere (anywhere!) less familiar than Waterloo. After considering every-thing from Germany to Australia to HongKong, I finally settled on the Universitde Technologie de Compigne (UTC), in

    France.My reasons for choosing UTC were

    mostly academic there are biomedi-cal courses here that UW doesnt offer

    though I soon realized that course mate-rial is only a small fraction of the over-all exchange experience. In a differenteducation system and a foreign language,the mentality of an exchange student isentirely different from that of a localstudent. Exchange students are generallyencouraged to take a lighter course load,

    plus our grades are transferred back toWaterloo as a simple pass or fail.

    Outside of class hours, beyond thetime spent translating French to Englishand trying to understand what actually

    Continued on page 6, see Karen

    Continued on page 6, see Iron

    Student Life 101: Designer Students and Shiny CarsFaraz Syed

    3a CheMICal

    S tudent Life 101, held this past Saturday,was a big, siren-blasting success! For the entire day the field was filled with bothcurrent and incoming students having agood time. To those who dont know whatStudent Life 101 is: every summer termthere comes a time when we get to meetand entertain incoming students to theuniversity. This summer was no different,with the EngSoc Student Life 101 direc-tors taking over the B2 green for the day.Despite some weather concerns (it rainedlightly for part of the event) the day was

    pulled off without a hitch.The exciting main feature at the B2

    green was the design competition orga-

    nized by the Student Life 101 directors(Cat Hay, Jeff Kao, Kyle Collier andVladimir Naoumov). A number of classteams took part in the competition, nowin its 3rd year. The competition took aslightly different form than the previouscompetitions it consisted of two sepa-rate 2-hour design challenges during themorning and afternoon. Celebrity judgesincluded the EngSoc executive council.As always, the students were limited tousing tape and recyclable materials suchas plastic straws and newspapers. Themorning challenge was to build a contrap-tion that could roll when given a small

    push. Congrats to the winners, which

    were the 3A Electrical and 3A SystemsDesign teams! The afternoon challengeinvolved building bridges from newspa-

    per and tape. Hilarity ensued when people(and sometimes multiple people) wereused to test the strength of the teamscreations. Congratulations to the win-ners, the 3A Systems Design and the 1BMechatronics teams for their impressive

    newspaper bridges.The directorship made sure there was

    never a dull moment on the field. On handsupplying everyone with wicked tuneswas DJ B-Money (Ben Whan). A mix of heavy reggae beats and pop, along withmegamaphone-wielding directors fillingthe air with siren noises and friendly yell-ing at mathies with pink balloons, kept

    everyone entertained.Student Life 101 also saw many clubs

    and automotive teams sending mem- bers to represent them. Among the clubs present were Engineers without Bordersand Women in Engineering. Many of UWs automotive teams were also outdisplaying their vehicles and speaking toincoming students. The WOMBat Mini-Baja team, the Midnight Sun solar car team and the University of WaterlooAlternative Fuels Team (UWAFT) were

    present with their vehicles on display. Theautomotive teams drew significant atten-tion by driving through campus to get tothe B2 green and their entrance on thefield was equally impressive. The shinyvehicles and random engine revving keptattracting the attention of all passer-bys

    throughout the day.The engineering jazz band, With

    Respect to Time, put the finishing toucheson the event by performing for incomingstudents despite the rainy weather. Intheir final performance for the term, the

    band played many of their well-known pieces such as Mamma Mia! and MyFunny Valentine.

    Its going to be tough to beat thisyears Student Life 101. The day wasfun-filled and memorable for everyoneinvolved. Thanks to all the organizers,competition participants, jazz band, auto-motive teams and clubs for showing upand making the event a big success!

    Frosh learning what it takes to be an engineer in Waterloo at the Student Life SL 101 Engineering Design ShowCase last Saturday.

    happened during the lecture, I had ampleopportunity to just enjoy being in a newculture, interacting with French, Brazilian,

    Exchange students and

    the Eiffel Tower in Paris

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    The Official Newspaper of University of Waterloo Engineering

    Editor-in-Chief Gabriel Chan

    Assistant EditorFaraz Ali Syed

    Layout Editors Teri LeungHewett Sze

    Candy Wong

    Copy EditorHarout Manougian

    Photo EditorPhilip Newman

    WebmasterJames Schofield

    Advertising ManagerPeter Szabo

    Taneem Talukdar

    Distribution ManagerDan Arnott

    Regular ColumnistsJenn Black Dave Mika

    John OlavesonMike SimoesFaraz SyedEdward Tan

    ContributorsAdam Neale

    Ally ChanChristopher Olekas

    Derek HansEvan Murphy

    Fahd ButtGreg FitzGerald

    Jeff KaoJen CarrollKaren Kan

    Lata GroverMaria Arshad

    Mark Truchanowicz

    Tina Randall

    Offstream Editor-in-Chief Jaclyn Sharpe

    2 Tuesday, July 25, 2006

    The Iron Warrior is a forum for thought provokingand informative articles published by the EngineeringSociety. Views expressed in The Iron Warrior arethose of the authors and do not necessarily reflect theopinions of the Engineering Society.The Iron Warrior encourages submissions from stu-dents, faculty and members of the university com-munity. Submissions should reflect the concerns andintellectual standards of the university in general. Theauthor's name and phone number should be included.All submissions, unless otherwise stated, becomethe property of The Iron Warrior, which reserves theright to refuse publication of material which it deemsunsuitable. The Iron Warrior also reserves the rightto edit grammar, spelling and text that do not meetuniversity standards. Authors will be notified of anymajor changes that may be required.Mail should be addressed to The Iron Warrior,Engineering Society, CPH 1327, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1. Our phonenumber is (519) 888-4567 x2693. Our fax number is (519) 725-4872. E-mail can be sent [email protected]

    From the Desk of the Iron Chief

    Good day, engineering! Since I have onlyhave three independent projects, oneassignment, and five exams all due to hit in afew days, what better way to kill off my timethan to give my fellow comrades another editionof their favourite newspaper?

    Last week, we published S06 Issue 5, butit went on an unscheduled vacation for a fewdays. Slightly sunburnt, it returned again veryrecently. And a lot of people spoke to meregarding this vacation. And all of them wereunhappy. To many, the EngSoc executives madethe worst decision in reaction to the editorial let-ters published in this terms Issue 5. On the other

    hand, some students accused IW of endangeringthe school's reputation by publishing the letters.Although EngSoc had cited that Issue 5 hadviolated a grey area, IW does not believe thatit grants EngSoc the authority to confiscate the

    paper. Indeed, Iron Warrior may be the exclu-sive platform for the Engineering Society, but

    both are separate organizations. According to popular opinion: at best, EngSoc breached its jurisdiction; at worst, EngSoc used a false-pre-text to pull the paper, Dubya-style.

    Some may have been offended by theseemly lax use of swearing in the Tin Soldiersspecial report. That is not the case. Please visitwww.fucking.at for more info.

    Gabriel Chan

    eDItor-In-ChIef

    exeCutive Committee

    engIneerIng soCIety b

    Dear IW Readers,In the previous edition of the Iron Warrior,

    two articles were published regarding theEngineering Society. Some of the statementsmade in these articles require clarification. Thisinsert has been created to address these state-ments. The Engineering Society apologizes for the delay in the release of the Iron Warrior, andwould like to make note that the reason for thisdelay was to address the fact that the publishingof these articles put the Iron Warrior in contra-vention of its policy.

    Article: The Story of an Engineering SocietyRep: Why I Love EngSoc

    Statement: There was an incident withinthe last year of a female engineering studentAformal apology was stated by EngSoc, and thenrejected by the student.

    Clarification: The formal apology issued on behalf of the Engineering Society was accepted by the student.

    Statement: The [society member] is nowthe speaker of the house at all EngSoc meetings

    this term, a position given to him after the elec-tion results

    Clarification: The current speaker appliedfor his position, was subject to the same appli-cation procedure used for all directors, and wasselected based on his ability to perform theduties of speaker of the Engineering Society.

    Note: Peter Szabo has apologized to thespeaker of the Engineering Society, for the refer-ences made to him in this article.

    Statement: A valid presentation regardinga donation request for an engineering studentgoing overseas to help poverty-stricken peopleresulted incrickets chirping.

    Clarification: This statement implied a lack of interest on behalf of the engineering society

    in the initiative and the persons presentation.The Engineering Society would like to makenote that genuine interest was shown towardsthis students presentation, as evidenced by theasking of questions, and intent listening. Thestudent received $225.00 toward her initiative,and was not heckled out of respect for the

    presentation. Peter Szabo was contrasting quietlistening of this presentation, with cheers andheckling towards class representative feedback,which are two distinctly different portions of themeeting.

    Statement: All they do is get piss drunk andact immature.

    Statement: Every EngSoc meeting startsoff quasi-respectable, but always ends up adrunken yell-fest of offensive insults to eachother.

    Clarification: Engineering Society meetingsfollow a close structure focused on six areas. Alldirectors report to the corresponding executivemember for each area, and all relevant issuesfor EngSoc members can be categorized under these six areas:

    - External: Any news pertaining to exter-nal organizations, such as the PEO,charities, or student conferences andcompetitions

    - Education: Academic matters are pre-sented, as communicated by the deansoffice, or organizations such as theSandford Fleming Foundation

    - Internal: All issues regarding internalsocial events are presented

    - Finance: Provides updates on theEngineering Society budget, donation

    proposals, and Engineering novelties- WEEF: Any information regarding the

    usage of the Waterloo EngineeringEndowment Fund

    - President: All issues that do not spe-cifically fall under one of the abovefive mentioned categories fall under the president

    The meeting is structured such that impor-

    tant and serious matters are dealt with in theearly portions of the meeting, while less serioustopics such as class representative feedback areleft to the end of the meeting. While the flowof the meeting is from serious to non-serious, itis unfair to imply that meetings go from sober to drunk. Furthermore, the speakers job is toensure the flow of the meeting and to removeany individuals not showing respect to other members present. This model has been followedas closely as possible by the present executiveand speaker. Outbursts have been handled bythe speaker with an offer for the individual to bequiet and respectful, or to leave.

    Article: Whos Showing the Ropes of Engineering?

    Statement: [Why] do Student LifeEngineering Showcase Directors not even havea photocopy account?

    Clarification: This statement was made inreference to the fact that the Student Life direc-tors were not on the hard copy of the approved

    photocopying list, when first trying to photo-copy posters. This incident occurred because thedirectors were attempting to make photocopies

    based on an obsolete procedure (posters are now

    approved and printed with the use of an online poster service). The misunderstanding was dealtwith on the spot, as the VP-Internal was presentto add the directors to the hardcopy of the list.The executive were not aware that the hardcopyof the list was not up to date. To prevent similar misunderstandings from occurring in the future,the executive will be reviewing the hardcopy listat the start of each term.

    Statement: Why was I told by a certainVP that We are trying to cut down the number of directorships within EngSoc because peopledont actually do anything?

    Engineering Society Executive Response toThe Story of an Engineering Society Rep: Why I Love EngSoc

    and Whos Showing the Ropes of Engineering

    Continued on next page

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    EDITORIALS AND OPINIONS

    Clarification: This statement was taken out

    of context. The intention of this statement wasto inform that both Engineering Societies (A andB) have been working to reduce the number of redundant and outdated directorships availablefor application (e.g. combining directorships likeDiversity and Multiculturalism, and remov-ing directorships such as Electronic Serviceswhich was responsible for photocopying examsfor the hardcopy exam bank (new exams areinstead added to the online exam bank)).

    Statement: Why are the SL101 EngineeringShowcase directors receiving very little supportfrom the Engineering Society?

    Clarification: The Engineering Society exec-utive would like to make note that they are infull support of the Student Life 101 EngineeringShowcase. Support by the Engineering Societycould be seen at Student Life 101 by thefact that nine teams participated in the event.Furthermore, directors were provided with asignificant budget, and have been approached

    by the executive on numerous occasions to offer additional support and resources for the event.In addition to the Showcase, the EngineeringSociety is involved with Student Life 101 by

    providing panellist speakers and barbeque vol-unteers.

    General Comments

    In the previously mentioned articles themajor problems discussed were the general

    feeling of an EngSoc clique and the lack of decorum at EngSoc meetings. The EngineeringSociety Executive takes these problems veryseriously and is very interested in working withSociety Members to make things better.

    On these issues, as well as any other issues people might have with the Engineering Society please do not hesitate to contact any Executivemember with your concerns. During a meetingwith Peter Szabo the Executive were askedsomething along the lines of Well didnt youknow these were problems already? (this is nota direct quote, and is put it in quotations merelyto distinguish it from the rest of the text). TheExecutive feel that it is worth clarifying that yes,in fact we did realize that these issues existed.

    On the issue of the perceived EngSocclique, members of the society in no way wishto be exclusive or limit the participation of new

    people at Engineering Society events. Many of the heavily involved Engineering Society mem-

    bers spend significant amounts of time together organizing and participating in EngSoc eventsand, as such, become very good friends. TheExecutive are constantly attempting to broadenEngSoc participation and make all people feelwelcome at all EngSoc events. We primarilyfocused our efforts this term towards increasing

    participation in all events not only those asso-ciated with alcohol as seems to be the perceptionof some society members. This semester theexecutive made first year classroom visits toencourage first year students to attend EngSoc

    meetings and events. If anyone has any sugges-tions on how to improve diversity in participantsat EngSoc events we would love to hear thosesuggestions.

    With regard to decorum at meetings, theExecutive was not aware that some meetingattendees were unsatisfied with the level of decorum this semester. It was the opinion of the Executive that this semesters meetings had

    been quite professional and respectable and thatmeetings seemed to be enjoyable to all. We arenow aware that some meeting attendees werenot satisfied with the way meetings were runand they did not feel they were able to speak-upabout this. While the meeting structure itself (order of reports etc) will remain the same, nextterm we will be making an effort to improve the

    Peter Szabo

    3a systeMs DesIgn

    Dear Iron Warrior Readers,

    The purpose of this article is to make sev-eral corrections to my previous article which

    appeared in the Iron Warrior Volume 27 Issue10.

    The first issue to address is with regards to thefemale engineering student who was offended

    by comments and actions at an EngSoc meetinglast term. Firstly, the issue involved several stu-dents not one. Secondly, a formal apology waswritten by EngSoc and it was in fact acceptedand not rejected as I had previously stated.

    The second issue of concern is with regards tothe Speaker at EngSoc meetings. After discus-sion with several EngSoc Executives, they haveassured me that the current Speaker appliedfor his position, was subject to the same appli-cation procedure used for all directors, andwas selected by the Executives based on hisability to perform the duties of Speaker of theEngineering Society. I have formally apolo-gized to the Speaker for the references made tohim in this article.

    Finally, I would like to reiterate the fact thatthis article was not intended to be an unwar-ranted personal attack; it was based off of myown personal experiences across the attendanceof nine EngSoc meetings. My opinion does notreflect those of the Iron Warrior.

    Sincerely,Peter Szabo

    Addendum toThe Story of an

    Engineering Society Rep: Why I Love

    EngSoc

    Continued from page 1meeting atmosphere. Again, any suggestions

    people have to improve meeting quality aremore than welcome.

    Finally, many of the negative incidents onwhich the articles were based did not occur this

    term, but instead happened during previous A-soc and B-soc terms. The Engineering Societyexecutive would like to note that the authorsdid not attend the majority of this semestersmeetings. This is the first on-stream term for thecurrent executive, and while society membersultimately stay the same across different semes-ters, the dynamic of the society is governed bythe executive in place. The current executive hasset goals to make the society more inclusive and

    professional, and we feel that we have made sig-nificant strides towards achieving these goals.

    As always, please feel free to contact uswith questions, concerns, suggestions and criti-cisms at [email protected]. Welook forward to hearing from you.

    JeFFery kao

    3a systeMs DesIgn

    Why was the Iron Warrior withheld from uslast week? And from where do you obtain theauthority to remove individuals rights to freespeech?

    Finally, if the Iron Warrior staff had not been incensed at the violation of basic demo-cratic rights of freedom of press, would the

    An open letter tothe individuals whopulled the last issue

    of Iron Warrior:

    previous issue even have been put back in our (the students) hands?

    I am an avid reader of our engineeringnewspaper, and I have read the previous issuethat is surrounded by controversy. In the past, I

    have read plenty of controversial articles aboutabortion, the Middle East, religion, and numer-ous other hot-button topics.

    But, out of all the strained and contentiousviewpoints ever expressed, this was the onlyissue you deemed offensive enough to warrantforced and uninformed removal.

    I understand that the statements made in thecontroversial issue were plain and direct, butthere is a proper recourse and forum for rebuttal.Even the readers who disagreed strongly witha piece done two issues ago took the proper recourse and voiced their opinions. They didnot decide to simply take the papers away andremove differing opinions from the record.

    And while you may not agree with theinflammatory and possibly hurtful opinions thatwere stated in the past issue, these individualsdeserve the right, just as any other to expresstheir opinion be it positive or negative.

    After all, with any sort of public debatecomes disagreement. When people voice their criticism, feelings may be hurt. But at thevery least, these individuals were courageousenough to speak out and submit their thoughtsto the debate. And individuals should be cou-rageous enough to take the opinions of othersin stride.

    I believe that we all have the intentionto do the best we can to improve the state of Engineering at Waterloo. Only with publicdiscourse and reflection can we move forwarddespite the inevitable scrapes between strong

    personalities and bruising of egos that willoccur along the way.

    Instead, stifling and censoring the peoplewho disagree with your opinions results only inalienation and disenfranchisement, even amongthose who have not yet been censored.

    Your censorship tells me that you havelost faith in the capability of Engineers fromthe University of Waterloo to form their ownthoughts and not blindly follow stated opin-ions.

    I do not claim to stand on some sort of moral pedestal; only, I too believe that its important tostand up for the rights of the individual. If I donot speak now, who will be there to stand upfor me when my own rights to speak out on anissue I feel strongly about are violated?

    To the others who are reading this and alsofeel passionately about this issue, I encourageyou to read the articles and viewpoints pre-sented and decide for yourself.

    Decide not only on the opinions presented, but decide on what is more wrong: a contro-versial opinion (of which we all hold a few) or the decision to exercise some sort of perceivedauthority to silence those who criticize?

    Do not let the ill-planned and ill-conceivedactions of a few individuals in restricting freespeech tarnish what the EngSoc executives anddirectors have accomplished this term. Theyhave done so much in adding to the student lifeof this faculty and the well-being of this com-munity. As for me, despite my disappointment,

    I will still apply to be an EngSoc director nextterm, because I believe that the work done byEngSoc is important despite what anyonesopinions are, and I applaud the decision of theEngSoc executive to release of the Iron Warrior issue as it was originally intended by the edito-rial staff.

    I myself too am prepared to face your opin-ions, be it positive or negative. For as once wasattributed to Voltaire:

    I disapprove of what you say, but I will defendto the death your right to say it.

    Jeff Kao3A Systems Design

    j2kao@engmail

    evan murPhy

    3a CoMputer

    I had considered writing this article as a rebut-tal to the article written by Peter Szabo inthe last Iron Warrior entitled The Story of an Engineering Society Rep: Why I LoveEngSoc instead I decided to spend as littletime as possible dwelling on this, just clear up afew points, and then write an article about whyI Love EngSoc.

    For the record, Peter has personally apolo-gized to me for making his article personal andincluding me, and I have accepted this apology.Some other facts I would like to clear up: I wentthrough the same application process for the

    Why I *Actually*Love Engsoc

    speaker position as everyone else and had theexact same opportunity to get the position and Iwas given the position because of my qualifica-tions, NOT because I am friends with some of the exec members. I would also like to point

    out that the incident that Peter talked about inhis article (a female engineering student whowas seriously offended by an insulting com-ment during an EngSoc meeting) occurred lastterm on A-Soc, this incident in no way reflectsthe way B-Soc meetings are run. In additionthis student has personally approached me totell me that she thought I did a great job thisterm keeping meetings appropriate.

    Now that thats out of the way, Id like to tellyou my experiences with EngSoc over the last3 or so years. I started, as everyone else did, asan impressionable first year. I heard about thisEngineering Society thing during frosh week,and since I had never really been involved inany sort of student council organization in highschool I thought it would be a good thing to tryout. At the urging of many of my frosh leadersI attended the first EngSoc meeting of term. Iwas expecting something boring, thats whatmeetings are supposed to be right? Boy was Iin for a surprise. The meetings were anything

    but boring. Karim Lallani was speaker at thetime and did a great job keeping the balance

    between complete tomfoolery and a session of parliament *yawn*.

    I was also encouraged to pick up director-ships. In my 1A term the Santa Claus Paradedirectorship was empty, and the VP-External atthe time asked me if I could do it, since no oneelse would. So here I was, a week into schooland in charge of planning the engineering floatat the Santa Claus Parade that November. Id

    be lying if there werent a few times when Istopped and asked myself what I was doing.Wasnt I here to focus on school? Why am Idoing all this extra stuff that does nothing buttake up my time and probably hurt my grades.But I realized, that if all I ever did was go toclass and study I would go crazy. All work andno play make Evan a dull boy. So I continued,Ive had at least 2 directorships every term sincethen and Ive loved every minute of it.

    I sometimes worry that people see theEngineering society as too clique-y. Ive putsome thought into this too over the years. Idlike to think of the Engineering Society moreas a family than a clique (hence the EngSocFamily photo). Yes the people with authoritytend to be friends with each other, but I think if they werent it would make their jobs much lessenjoyable. EngSoc meetings are open to every-one and we try to make them as welcomingas possible. If I am speaker again next term, Iwould like to have some sort of feedback forumon how EngSoc meetings are run. If peopledont like the way things are going on, I wantto hear about it. I try to make them appeal tothe widest range of people possible and will dowhatever I can to make everyone happy.

    In conclusion, Id like to encourage firstyears reading this article to keep an open mindwhen it comes to EngSoc. Come to meetingsand make your own opinions. If you haveany questions about EngSoc meetings you canemail me.

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    ENGINEERING SOCIETY REPORTS

    Hi everyone, and welcome to my bonusreport of the term (just when you thoughtI was finished writing until January). Thetheme this week will be can your VPX writethis article in five minutes?

    Student Life 101: Thanks to everyonewho participated in SL 101 over the weekend.Special thanks go out to your Student LifeEngineering Showcase directors, who put on asplendid design competition, with nine teams

    participating in total. Also, you can be proudof your Engineering Society, as we had the

    largest representation of volunteers than anyother faculty at the Student Life Barbeque; assuch will be getting the largest represntationof barbeque profits woohoo!

    B2 Green Party: On September 22ndthere will be a large going away party for the B2 Green hosted by the UW DJ Club,

    before the field is occupied by the incom-ing Nanotechnology building. If you areinterested in helping to organize this event,

    please contact me at [email protected]. The event promises to be anawesometacular time, with a good variety of Waterloo-based musical talent.

    And the time is4:58! I made it! See youall in the Winter, same paper, same place.

    Six for the Price of Five!

    GreG FitzGerald

    Vp external

    Dear all engineering society members,this past week has been absolutelyamazing and jammed pack with many greatevents! From the hilarity of the EngPlay,to the competition of Genius Bowl, to

    the grace and social elegance of the SemiFormal, the past week has gone to showthe true involvement of the engineeringsociety and its members. In addition to

    these events, the B**5 bowling tournament,EngSoc Potluck, end of term Pyjama Party,and involvement in Student Life 101 eventsall went off with tremendous success.

    On a personal note, I have truly enjoyedmy first term as on-stream Vice PresidentInternal, and am already looking forwardto my second term in Winter 2007. I haveenjoyed interacting with all of you on botha professional and social level. Thank youall for your hard work and dedication toyour society. I could not be more proudof the accomplishments that we as a soci-

    ety have made this term. With my deepestsincerity, thank you all so much, you arewhat encourage me to be involved in thissociety.

    Thank You EngSoc!

    adam neale

    Vp Internal

    W ell, it is the end of the term now,time for people to start freaking outover final examinations! Before you digthat hole inside the library and set up shopto study for the next two weeks I wouldlike all directors who have spent money ontheir directorships to submit their expensestatements. Expense statement forms can

    be found within the Engineering Societynear the poster of Ol Albert Einstein.Please attach the expense statements withall receipts for the expenses you are claim-ing.

    With regards to novelties, I will contact

    those who have expressed their interestin TOOL Boxers and EngSocks as I havefinally received a quote for the amountthat they will be sold. I will attempt to

    put out the order and hopefully receive

    the order during finals so that peoplewho have ordered can receive their shinynew boxers and socks. If you would liketo get in on this order please contact meat [email protected]. Wealso received a new order of the infamousnovelty Engineering Sucks t-shirts aswell as sports t-shirts adorned with check-ered flags and the Engineering Societylogo.

    Finally, Mark Truchanowicz, VP-Ed,and I worked hard to get mortgage special-ist Tim Klassen, ELEC95 grad, to comein and speak with the Engineering Societystudents about their finances.

    I have many leather-bound books andmy apartment smells of rich-mahogany...

    Get Expense Statements in now!

    ChriS olekaSVp fInanCe

    Well Im back for one final report andthe only thing Ive got to talk about

    is regarding an absolutely fantastic andinformative information session given by aWaterloo Engineering alumnus.

    This past Friday, July 21st, theEngineering Society was honoured to hosta talk entitled, Maximizing Wealth through

    Investments and Avoiding Credit Pitfalls.The speaker, Tim Klassen (Electrical 95),did a career switch from Engineering tomortgage and investment management. Histalk ranged from what we as students cando to build credit to how our current actionswill affect us in the long run. The presenta-tion was well received and many studentsmade use of session by asking questions

    both during and after the talk.For those of you who didnt get a chance

    to see the presentation, the EngineeringSociety will be hosting another talk by TimKlassen in Winter 2007, and I hope to seeyou all there! Best of luck with finals andhave a great work term!

    Classy Talks from Klassen

    mark

    truChanowiCz

    Vp eDuCatIon

    # Proposal Requested Allocated

    Architecture1 Rome Architecture Studio Library Books $2,500.00 $2,500.00

    Chemical Engineering 2 Preistaltic pump and Digital hot plate stirrer $4,197.70 $4,197.70

    Civil Engineering 3 Jar Tester, 6 paddle Stirrer (2 Units) $3,971.00 $3,971.004 Dissolved Oxygen (D.O) Meters $1,544.00 $0.005 Strain Gage Input Module $1,637.50 $1,637.50

    Electrical and Computer Engineering 6 Gatevision Software for ECE427 $7,000.00 $7,000.007 Printed Circuit Board Software $1,799.52 $0.00

    8E&CE 30 Series Projects in Semiconductors and ElectronicCircuits $10,300.00 $10,000.00

    9 Equipment for the 4th year ECE room $1,100.00 $800.0010 Enterprise 4500 Servers for ECE / SoftEng / NanoTech $5,417.38 $0.00

    Mechanical Engineering 11 High Resolution Digital Camera for Image Analysis System $3,095.00 $3,095.0012 Automated Beverage Retrieval Robot $510.00 $0.00

    Nano Engineering 13 Equipment for the NE-141 lab (Electromagnetics) $12,448.00 $3,200.00

    Systems Design Engineering 14 Assistive Technology Design Prototyping (for SYDE 361) $500.00 $280.0015 Systems Design Undergraduate Study Room $1,150.00 $0.00

    16Memory upgrade for Computers in SYDE undergradteaching Lab $600.00 $600.00

    17 PCI DAQ Cards for Control Systems Lab $2,600.00 $1,300.00

    18 USB Cables for FPGA Boards $400.00 $120.00Miscellaneous

    19 Engineering Student Machine Shop $4,300.00 $4,300.0020 Power Transformers $1,000.00 $1,000.00

    Department Total $66,070.10 $44,001.2021 UW Robotics Team $2,050.00 $1,600.0022 Mini Solar Car Contest $750.00 $0.0023 SailBot 2.0-UW SailBot $1,670.00 $910.0024 WomBat $5,985.00 $1,670.0025 2007 Concrete Toboggan Team $8,160.00 $2,000.00

    26Artificial Memory_Based Intelligence Research Group-Embodied AI Systems $788.00 $788.00

    27Autonomously Guided Robot-3A Mechanical Robot RacingEntry $843.09 $300.00

    28 FSAE 2007 - Early Development Aid $7,000.00 $4,500.0029 H2D[ee]P: Hydrogen Diver Propulsion $1,400.00 $1,100.0030 Request for Thruster Components $1,300.00 $750.0031 RobotRacing Competition Equipment $1,900.00 $300.0032 SWARM Intelligence Project $1,890.00 $1,890.0033 The Midnight Sun Solar Race Car Team $6,500.00 $5,000.0034 UWAFT Spring 2006 Proposal $6,900.00 $6,500.00

    35UW DARPA GC (University of Waterloo DARPA GrandChallenge) $10,050.00 $5,050.00

    36 Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group $4,000.00 $2,000.00

    37INTERCOLLEGIATE GENETICALLY ENGINEEREDMACHINE (iGEM) COMPETITION $3,000.00 $500.00

    38Snowmobile Controller and Additional RequiredEnhancements $2,200.00 $1,500.00

    Student Teams Total $66,386.09 $36,358.00

    Grand Total $132,456.19 $80,359.20

    Hey Everyone! So, this term is almostdone eh! But before you go, I want togive you one last bit of update on WEEF.The Board of Directors met up last week on Thursday July 20, 2006 to approve theWEEF funding decision. The decisiontable should be around this article some-where. I would like to clarify that WEEFallocated $80,000 this term instead of $75,000 as advertised initially. Once again thefunding council was faced with a difficultdecision. Points such as benefit to larger

    population of undergraduate students as

    well as immediate need of the funds andlong term gain were kept in mind. Funding

    council is fond of supporting new initia-tives. Everyone who submitted a proposalshould have received an e-mail from mewith the funding decision. If you have anyquestions or concerns, please send an e-mail to weef@engmail.

    I would like to take this opportunityto thank everyone who supports WEEF.WEEFs principal is currently sitting at$6.8 M. In past 15 years we have nurturedan endowment foundation which is the big-gest student run endowment foundation inCanada. It is truly a great achievement andinitiative that we all should be proud of!

    I would also like to thank my awesomeassistants without whom it would have

    been very difficult to run this foundation.I wish everyone best of luck with their

    finals! Ill see you all next term!

    WEEF gave out $80 000

    maria arShad

    Weef DIreCtor

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    ENGINEERING SOCIETY NEWS

    From the Desk of the Prez

    As many of you have noticed, the mostrecent issue of the Iron Warrior wastaken away from outside of the IW office onThursday morning. This removal occurred

    because two articles printed in the issue inquestion were in direct contravention of IronWarrior policy. Facts presented in the articlesin question (The Story of an EngineeringSociety Rep: Why I Love EngSoc by Peter Szabo and Whos Showing The Ropes of Engineering? by Kristen Yee Loong) wereuntrue.

    The Engineering Society Executive decid-ed to remove these issues until such time asclarifications could be made. The original

    plan was to remove the issues and then re-issue them with an insert clarifying facts.

    The editors of the IW have graciouslyoffered to publish a 6th issue for this term

    allowing not only the facts to be clarified butalso allowing responses to be made.The Engineering Society Executive would

    like to extend our apologies to all other con-tributing authors and editors of the mostrecent issue of the IW for

    not allowing students to read the news- paper. Apologies go out to all students of theEngineering Society for holding the papers

    back this long.As mentioned in our executive response

    to the articles in question, we would love tohear from any of you with any questions,concerns, suggestions, or criticisms you have.We take the happiness and general satisfactionof our society members with regards to thesociety very seriously and are very willing tolisten and help. Even though we are all head-ing off on work term now you can alwaysemail us over the work term - wed love tohear from you!

    Have a great work term everyone, see youin the winter!

    Jen Carroll

    presIDent

    Student Life 101: Showing the Ropes to Engineering

    Faraz Syed of UWAFT (Alternative Fuels Team) with its Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car at Student Life SL 101 Engineering ShowCase last Saturday.

    1B Mechatronics are building bridges (with old newspapers) at the 2nd design competition of the Student Life SL 101 Engineering ShowCase

    President of EWB (Engineers Without Borders), Stephen Young, speaksto pre-frosh and families at Student Life SL 101 Engineering ShowCase

    The Midnight Sun Solar Car VIII catches some sunshine at theStudent Life SL 101 Engineering ShowCase last Saturday.

    Irongate

    ScandalContinued from page 1loan from EngSoc to cover the previousterms costs.

    In order to release the newspaperson Monday, July 24, 2006, EngSoc pro-

    posed that a clarifying insert be preparedand inserted into all newspapers. Thisinsert would have been signed by EngSoc

    president Jen Carroll, Iron Warrior editor-in-chief Gabriel Chan, and article authorsPeter Szabo and Kristen Yee Loong.However, upon reading the content of the proposed handout, the Iron Warrior decided not to sign it. Several reasons weregiven. For one, many of the clarificationscontained not only facts but also opinionswhich would have been better-suited to aregular-edition editorial. Also, the handoutwould be seen as legitimizing EngSocs

    confiscation of the papers in the first place,something which the Iron Warrior stilldoes not condone.

    Therefore, we now bring you anunprecedented special edition, Iron Warrior Spring 2006 Issue 6! This edition containsopinions and articles on the so-called IronCrisis or Irongate, as well as much of the fun IW stuff youve come to know andlove. Enjoy it; this is your paper.

    One of many reactionary cartoonscirculating around inboxes.

    Applications for Engineering Society Directorships due TODAY: http://engsoc.uwaterloo.ca/www/engform/app_dir_i_07w.html

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    ENGINEERING NEWS

    Karen's

    Exchange AdventuresContinued from page 1

    American and German students, as wellas travelling through Europe and seeingthe sights.

    Of course, my classes were an experi-ence in themselves. At UTC, profs dontuse textbooks. Half of my profs distrib-uted course notes; the other half simplycame to class and talked for two hours.Homework was rarely assigned and any

    practice problems were done during tuto-rials, which were also led by the prof.Labs were four hours long, done with a

    partner, and reports were due at the endof the session.

    So, while I will be returning to Canadawith five course equivalents, I will betaking home so much more. The senseof accomplishment in finishing a thermo-dynamics lab when, at the beginning of the term, I hardly understood what was

    being asked. The thrill of watching theWorld Cup final on the streets of Berlin,cheering on the Tour de France cyclists asthey ride by, and soaking up the Olympicatmosphere in Turin. The memories of

    eating chocolate in Belgium, gelato inItaly and salmon in Norway.

    All past exchange students that I haveever met have said that an exchange termabroad is an opportunity not to be missed,and I wholeheartedly agree. It doesntmatter where you go, but if you can, go!

    Above left: Dan and I at an Olympic hockey game in Torino, Italy ; Above right: Dan dipping his hand into a chocolate fountain at a chocolate festival in Brugges, Belgium ; Below: Exchange students and a Castle in Chambord, France.

    Another term is coming to an end and theengineering jazz band, With Respectto Time (WRTT), finished with a bang.Swinging into our third term, we have rep-resentation from all over engineering: 1BComp, 1B Elec, 1B Mech, 2B Chem, 2ASystems, 2A Mechatronics, 2A Mech, 2B

    Mech, 3A Chem, 3A Systems, 3A Electrical,3A Mechatronics, 4A Mechanical, and hon-ourary members from 3A Bioinformaticsand 4A Physics. The turnover rate waslow this term with half the band being newmembers, but that didnt stop our talentedmusicians from rehearsing every Sundayto tackle ten pieces of repertoire, our mostyet!

    The ten pieces were accumulated over the past year since the first term (Winter 05) the band came to life. Many of our

    pieces are chosen with input from the bandto ensure that it is challenging enough, andfun to play! This term, we decided to have

    Jazzing up the Summer 06 with Engineering Jazz Group

    ally Chan

    3a CheMICal

    Song SolosA String of Pearls Kate Ross (4A Physics), alto sax

    Jaisal Chauhan, (3A Electrical), trumpetA Night in Tunisia Jaisal Chauhan (3A Electrical), trumpet

    Justin Eichel (3A Systems), trumpetDowntownEvil Ways Dan Taylor (1B Comp), guitar

    Nicole Valdez (3A Bioinformatics), alto saxBrandon Tulloch (2B Mechanical), tromboneJordan Harris (1B Mechanical), trumpet

    Harlem Nocturne Jason Li (2A Systems), alto sax

    Ally Chan (3A Chemical), alto saxIn The Mood Ash Charles (3A Mechatronics), trumpet

    Ally Chan (3A Chemical), alto saxIan Barkhouse (3A Systems), tenor sax

    Mamma Mia Ash Charles (3A Mechatronics), trumpetMy Funny Valentine Dan Taylor (1B Comp), vocals

    Ash Charles (3A Mechatronics), trumpet Night Train Dan Taylor (1B Comp), guitar

    Jeff Kao (3A Systems), bari saxJordan Harris (1B Mechanical), trumpet

    The Chicken Ian Barkhouse (3A Systems), tenor saxBrandon Tulloch (2B Mechanical), tromboneBrandon DeHart (2A Mechatronics), bass

    vocals on My Funny Valentine with the band accompanying Dan Taylor (1B Comp).In case you missed us this term, here is aquick re-cap of what we worked on this term(see Table 1 below).

    WRTT played a total of four shows thisterm: TalEng, three EngPlay intermissions,and our last gig at Student Life 101, wel-

    coming first year engineers and hopefullyreminding them that they shouldnt give upthe things they loved in high school so eas-ily. If youre interested in playing with us onB-soc, send me an e-mail at [email protected]. If youre on A-soc and are inter-ested in assisting me on starting this up onyour stream, please also send an e-mail!

    Table 1: WRTT Repertoire and Soloists for Spring 2006 Figure 1: WRTT playing at their last performance during SL 101

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    GENERAL NEWS

    Any authority sufficiently distant fromits constituency finds it acceptableto ensure that only proper opinions andfacts are shown to its people. This happenswhen the authority refuses to recognizethat its mandate does not match the peo-

    ples wishes. Over the ages, many authori-ties have censored their people with asense of righteousness. But righteousnessleads to impunity, and the road to hell is

    paved with good intentions. Thus eventu-ally they all fail, albeit at an unfair cost tothe people.

    As is well known, the Chinese govern-

    ment has a dim view of free speech. Tryvisiting Google.com, clicking on Images

    and typing in Tiananmen Square. Do thesame with Google.cn (the Chinese versionof Google) and compare the results. In thefirst you will see images of the govern-ment crackdown of students in 1989. In thesecond you will only see rosy images nomention of the crackdown. The govern-ment is ensuring that its citizens see onlyhow it should be, not how it really is.

    But no authority can stifle the need for the people to hear opinions and facts thatdo not conform to its own brand of reality.

    And so people around the world and inChina are working on circumventing thecontrols of the government. Chinese blog-gers are given protected anonymous accessto foreign web space to publish free speechwithout fear. Computer scientists are work-ing on finding vulnerabilities in Chinasgreat firewall, a giant automated system

    Tech Report: Fighting Against Censorship in China

    taneem talukdar

    3a systeMs DesIgn

    of censorship. And internally the voice of dissent stays alive via forums and covertwebsites, thanks to the tireless efforts of those who refuse to stop fighting tyrannyno matter what the technology.

    The lesson to be learnt from this is thatattempts to stifle the peoples right to beheard without qualification will never suc-ceed, particularly in the communicationcentric world of today.

    Starting late spring of this year, the teamhas been busy organizing driver train-ing sessions every weekend. The sessions

    provide the team an opportunity to preparea new generation of drivers for upcomingraces.

    We conducted the training sessions ina large empty parking lot at the university,which allowed new drivers to gain their firstexperience with the car in a safe, controlledenvironment. The experience will preparethem for future on-road driving and helps

    drivers accumulate enough driving hoursto comply with new regulations from theMinistery of Transportation in Ontario. Theregulations stipulate a minimum amountof off-road experience for all solar-vehicledrivers before driving on public roads.

    By setting up a series of courses com- posed of sharp turns, the drivers incre-mentally learned the limits of the brakingand steering capabilities of the car, allow-ing them to better control the car under dynamic conditions. We followed theseexercises with a course composed of long,straight sections, aiming at improving thecontrol of the accelerometer. By maintain-ing a constant speed throughout an on-roadcourse, the driving efficiency can be vastly

    improved.In addition to training new drivers, the

    weekly driving sessions also provide uswith an excellent opportunity for testingnew mechanical and electrical components.On the mechanical side, we have been ableto gain a better understanding of a new typeof tire. These tires have proven themselvesto provide excellent reliability and slowwear.

    However, they are significantly lessefficient than the tires we usually use for races, but still an excellent choice for train-ing new drivers. We have also been able toimprove the wheel-door mechanisms. Thesedoors compose a section of the outside shellof the car next to the front wheels and openup during turns to provide the front wheelswith the space necessary for wide turns.

    On the electrical side, the team has

    replaced the Battery Protection System witha new version which improves the reli-ability of the components. We have alsoenhanced the smooth functioning of our telemetry system which remotely reportsinformation on the cars status such as cur-rent speed and battery capacity of the car.This data is now also available through anew interface which provides enhancedreal-time analysis of the performance of thecar and the driver giving us the oppurtunityto strategize accordingly during races.

    We intend to continue the driver train-ing sessions until the end of fall to improvethe skillset of our drivers. At the same time,we continue to use the car as a test-bed for further technological improvements.

    Driver Training Weekends

    derek hanS

    MIDnIght sun teaM

    In Memory of Sir Adam Beck (June 20,1857 - August 15, 1925). Young AdamBeck was born on June 20, 1957 in nearbyBaden, Ontario to German immigrants. Hemade his mark by establishing a cigar-boxmanufacturing company in Galt (now partof Cambridge), which he later moved toLondon, Ontario in 1885.

    In 1900, he was elected mayor and MPPof London. It was as a minister of Premier James P. Whitneys Conservative provin-cial government that he began his advo-

    cacy of publicly owned electricity grids.Becks ally, William Peyton Hubbard, aToronto City Councillor and son of a freedslave from Virginia, helped him fight for

    province-wide public ownership of elec-tricity infrastructure. Coining the phrasePower at Cost, Beck was instrumental inthe formation of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario and was appoint-ed its first chairman in 1906. In 1910,transmission cables had been installed and

    power was being delivered to towns acrosssouthern Ontario. Beck was knighted in1914 by King George V for his publicservice. In 1925, the year of his death,the largest generating station in the world(at the time) began producing electric-

    ity in Niagara Falls. Originally called theQueenston Chippawa Power Station, it isnow known, in his honour, as Sir AdamBeck Generating Station or Beck I.

    In 1954, a second array of generatorswas built on the Niagara River, and wasdubbed Beck II. A tunnel currently beingdug underneath the city of Niagara Falls,Ontario, will supply water to a new, larger generating station that people in industrycall Beck III.

    A well-rounded man, Sir Adam Beck also founded a sanitorium in London,now known as the Childrens PsychiatricResearch Institute. While serving in office,he donated his salary to charity. Todayan elementary school in Etobicoke and asecondary school in London are namedafter him. You can also see his statue indowntown Toronto at University St. and

    Queen St. West.This August 15 marks the 81st anniver-

    sary of his death. So dont forget to take amoment, while you sit in an air-conditionedroom after your exams are all done, and think about what a great man Beck was and howmuch the people of Ontario are indebted tohim for our comfortable standard of living.

    In Memory of Sir Adam Beck

    harout manouGian

    3a eleCtrICal

    Canadians are a sheltered people.

    Our quality of life is the envy of theworld and the Canadian society at largehas evolved to a point where its wars areresolved on ideas and not violence. Wehave gotten to this stage because we valueand protect freedom of speech. In someways, a countrys development can begauged by the freedom of speech it culti-vates. However, we must be mindful that

    we are the exception to the rule, and we livein a world that is rampant with violence anddisrespect of the rightsof others. The media isunder constant attack,through one form or another, in many partsof the world. Journalistsin oppressive countries

    are always in danger of being hauled in anddisappearing withoutnotice. It is fitting, inlight of recent events,to focus on the case of a Canadian journalist who was denied her

    basic rights and died in custody abroad.Zahra Kazemi was an Iranian-Canadian

    photojournalist who was brutally torturedand died in Iranian custody for taking

    pictures outside a prisonduring a student protest.Under Iranian law, it isillegal to take pictures of Evin Prison, notorious for its political prisoners wing.Throughout her detain-

    ment she insisted that shehad never taken picturesof the prison and focusedon the protest instead.

    Nineteen days into her detainment Kazemi died

    with obvious signs of beating and torture,including a skull fracture, two broken fin-gers, evidence of rape and various other

    bruises.The Canadian government called on

    Iran several times to investigate Kazemisdeath. A year later, the official verdictof the trial was that Kazemis death wasan accident, resulting in the acquittal of the accused killer. Furthermore the Iraniangovernment also refused to allow a forensicexamination of Kazemis remains.

    Kazemis story is far from unique.Many daring journalists are being heldtoday in foreign jails without charge anddenied their basic rights. Reporters WithoutBorders estimates that at least two hundredreporters have been killed in the last four years, while thousands more have beenarrested illegally. July 11th marked the thirdanniversary of Kazemis death.

    Thought-Provoking Journalism: An Institution Under Attack

    Faraz Syed

    3a CheMICal

    " Reporters WithoutBorders estimates that at

    least two hundred reportershave been killed in the lastfour years, while thousands

    more have been arrestedillegally. "

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    Iron Inquisition What do engineers do to prepare for

    final examinations? t h e

    presented by the Iron Inquisitors

    1. Reading Iron Warrior 3. Boat racing2. Chilling at K-Zone 4. Boat racing

    8. Go home!7. YouTube.com6. Clubbing...5. Doing design projects

    As an afterthought, the Enginoku puzzlehad a type-o in it. In the bottom left big9x9 square, in the middle 3x3 square of the top row, the right-most square in the

    middle row should be the letter that lookslike an f. In the published version, its theone that looks like omega.

    Solution to last edition Error in last edition!

    harout manouGian

    3a eleCtrICal Enginoku

    Solution to this week

    Club DC spices up Lunch Menu

    On Saturday night, unidentified pranksters help UW Catering show what is for lunch at Davis Centre, declaring in fact, that "Pen is for lunch [sic]".

    The Engineers Without Borders HighSchool Outreach program at Waterloois by far and wide the most successful andactive youth outreach initiative throughoutEWB chapters across Canada.

    HSO has had several large eventsalready this semester, involving upwardsof 1500 students (a modest estimate). OnApril 26 2006, the group of volunteersvisited Park Manor Senior Public Schooland in the spirit of Earth Day, had ahuge event for the whole school, totalling240 students in grades six through eight.Presentations were done in small groups sothat the students could have a more inter-active experience with focused attention.To make the event even more amazing,we had two guest speakers Sarah Lewisand Ginny Li past EWB overseas interns

    - who were there to add support andenhance the experience for the students.Water for the World and Let Them EatCake workshops were presented wherestudents learnt about issues surroundingsanitation and water and food resources.

    The HSO volunteers returned to Park Manor Senior Public School the follow-ing month on May 31, 2006 for a GlobalCitzenship Event. At this event, we had thehonour of having our guest speaker TonyMaas attend. Two different workshopstitled Food for Thought and Shop TilYou Drop were presented.

    The largest HSO event of the term took place at Centennial Public School wherewe reached out to over 560 students in afull day event. Stephen Young, a past over-seas volunteer, also spoke about his work in Tanzania last summer.

    Currently, there are still ongoing pre-sentations for the high school Shad Valley

    program and the Engineering SceinceQuest (ESQ) program. There are plentyof opportunities to volunteer so if you areinterested, visit www.uwaterloo.ewb.ca for details!

    Reaching out to Young Minds

    tina randall

    eWb Waterloo