UW hosts Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC) 2010
Alessia Danelon - 2N MechanicalThe weekend of January 29th saw the ingenuity of many individuals as student from across Ontario gathered at the University of Waterloo for the Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC). This year marks the 31st annual OEC, showcasing competitions in the categories of Junior Team Design, Senior Team Design, Consulting Engineering, Engineering [...]
PDEng Renewal Task Force
Sasha Avreline - 4B ChemicalIn this issue of The Iron Warrior, I would like to give everyone a brief update about the PDEng Renewal Task Force. At first a brief reminder about what the PDEng Renewal Task Force is: The PDEng Renewal Task Force was put in place in late December of 2009 by the Dean of Engineering, Dr. [...]
Environmentalism is the Bomb
Erin Matheson - 2N ChemicalRemember global warming? That big theory that emerged way back in the 90’s that no doubt changed the way the public thinks about the environment, as well as the faces of the people who fight for it. It’s not all hippies and fundamentalists, oh no. It’s celebrities, politicians, public figures, and hippies and fundamentalists with [...]
UW is getting a new website
Amrita Yasin - 3B ChemicalAs a part of a new visual identity, University of Waterloo is looking forward to redesigning the UW website (www.uwaterloo.ca) to reflect its innovative, inspirational, and forward-looking outlook. A consulting team “White Whale Web Consultants” has been recruited to conduct the redesign. After intense student response to the “laser” logo proposed in 2009, the communications [...]
Proposed Stratford Institute for Innovation in Digital Media
Caitlyn Cartwright -For those that haven’t yet heard, the University of Waterloo has yet another big project in the works! The university has been collaborating with the City of Stratford and other partners since 2006 to create a satellite liberal arts college campus in the city of Stratford. The college will be named the Stratford Institute and [...]
OUAC Closes High School Applications
Kate Heymans - 1B ChemicalIt’s that time again.
For many of us the OUAC is nothing but a distant memory categorized in the dismayingly foggy archives of “high school experiences,” but for over 100,000 students who have applied to universities across Ontario, university applications, forms and deadlines are a major concern.
Although there was a rise of 2.1% in applications for [...]
The Olympics and Issues That You Should Know
Amir Taleghani - 3A CivilIt was July 3rd 2006 when I dragged myself out of bed at 7 am and ran to the TV to watch Jacques Rogue open that big white envelope. I couldn’t have been more excited. The Olympics were coming to Vancouver: hockey, the medals, parades, celebrations, and it was all going to be in my [...]
P: Should Extracurricular Activities be included in JobMine Application Package?
Michael Seliske - 2A ComputerThere has been recent talk about CECS adding an additional required document to your JobMine application package, which will outline all of the extracurricular activities that you have participated in during your time at UW. If you ask any student within engineering they will usually tell you that there are two types of students, those [...]
CP: Should Extracurricular Activities Be Included in Your Jobmine Package?
Jon Radice - 3B ChemicalIn my handful of years attending this wonderful jail of a school, there’s one thing that I’ve come to realize. If you focus all your attention on your schoolwork, you’ll go absolutely nuts. The only way you’ll get through engineering with a shred of dignity and some semblance of a smile left on your face, [...]
VP Finance Report
Eric Cousineau - VP FinanceHey A-Soc! It’s that time of the month again! Time for a new issue of the IW! Not too much to report this time. First of all we just approved the budget for the term at our council meeting last Wednesday. I have attached it to this article for your viewing pleasure, or curiosity… or [...]
EngFOC Loves You!
EngFOC 2010 -Well hello loves of our lives,
So we are writing to keep you posted on our FOC-ing shenanigans.
It has been a pleasure so far to get to meet so many of you and see first-hand how excited you are about Orientation! We have had some pretty exciting interviews, which include (but are not limited to): southern [...]
VP External Report
Mike McCauley - VP ExternalHolla!! I’m here again to give you an update on the External World. I’d like to start off with what I hope was a very successful Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC) last weekend that University of Waterloo hosted this year – check out the full feature article for more details!
This coming weekend I am heading to [...]
Acting President Report
Mike McCauley - Acting PresidentNow that the term is well underway, I hope you are all enjoying things so far! It’s been busy but there is a lot more to look forward to, so make sure you check out the events calendar!
I’d like to start by talking a bit about Dean Sedra. He will be coming to the next [...]
VP Internal Report
Tim Bandura - VP InternalAnother report so soon? The term is just flying by. Okay! I just wanted to start by thanking my directors that have held events in the past few weeks. I want to start with the really awesome coffee house that Griff and Sean ran. It was completely incredible! All the acts were great, whether it [...]
Senator Report
Jay Shah - Engineering SenatorThe first Senate meeting of the year occurred on Jan 18th. There weren’t too many decisions but there was lots of information, so I’m going to try and convey the most important points:
1) There is a new direction being taken on the issue of Orientation length. It includes an effort to start student orientation much [...]
WEEF Director Report
Jay Shah - WEEF DirectorDonation returns closed up without a hitch on Jan 22nd. Finance is now doing their magic to ensure that students who have requested their return do indeed get it. Statistics are not yet available for how many returns were requested, from which classes and from which years; they should be available in the next Iron [...]
VP Education Report
David Liu - VP EducationHi A-Soc,
I hope everyone is getting interviews for jobs they want and landing their desired co-op placement. The good news is that the current students on co-op have achieved about 92% employment rate. Hopefully we can improve this number for our term. Other news from co-op is about the proposed engineering work term guidelines. These [...]
EngSoc Elections Coming Up
Paul Fugere - Chief Returning OfficerAs you may or may not know, the Engineering Society is having elections to pick a new Executive Team. While our goodbyes to the current Exec may be heartfelt for doing an excellent job, it must not be protracted; now it’s your turn to raise the bar. My name is Paul Fugere and I will [...]
Know Your Candidates, FEDS Elections Coming Up
Amrita Yasin - 3B ChemicalFEDS annual elections are held in the winter term for election of positions starting in summer for the next 12 months. Campaigning period is under full sway these days and candidates are doing their best to convince the student body of the sincerity of their words and are confidently answering questions from the media (Imprint, [...]
Letter From The Editor
Amrita Yasin - Editor-In-ChiefDear IW page # 2,
It’s finally snowing, and despite being practically dormant during winters and cursing the winter weather every year for as long as I can remember, I am surprised at myself this season for missing the extreme cold and being so delighted on seeing snow. School has taken its toll and amid assignments, [...]
UW on YouTube
Adriana Cameron - 3A MechanicalThe University of Waterloo now has a YouTube channel. This channel, which can be found at www.youtube.com/uwaterloo is currently home to 84 uploaded videos – and is continuing to grow. It has received over 3000 channel views and upwards of 46,000 total upload views.
The channel has a diverse selection of videos that include science lectures, [...]
Book Review: The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Sarah Ahmed - 3A ElectricalBook Review: The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Author: Kim Edwards
Year: June 2005
During academic terms, I find myself struggling to find time to even glance at a newspaper, let alone read a novel (of course, I am not referring to The Iron Warrior, whose every article is a must-read). But this book, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, is a [...]
IW Recommends: Goddess
Michelle Croal - 3B ChemicalGoddess
Emm Gryner
Album
This is the latest album by a Canadian songstress Emm Gryner, whose soulful and upbeat tunes have won her success with British and Irish audience and recognition from Bono and David Bowie, among others. Goddess has tracks that sing of love, hope, despair and life through beautiful lyrics with unexpected Canadian references. Her strong [...]
Review based on the trailer: The Wolf-Man
Jon Radice - 3B ChemicalLast issue I said there was nothing coming out in theatres in the near future. Surprise, surprise folks; I lied, but now we’re at the dregs of the year. From here until Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland comes out at the beginning of March, we have a big dead zone of really terrible-looking flicks. But before [...]
Future of Gaming: Attack of the Fifty Foot Apple!!!
Jon Martin - Obi Jon1138Welcome to February, hard to believe one month of the term is already over. For this article I’m branching out a bit, with the release of Apple’s iPad yesterday (as of writing this) I can’t help it. But there will be more gaming talk – don’t worry about that.
So the iPad, for all intents and [...]
The Five Reasons Why The Canadian Men’s Olympic Hockey Team Won’t Win Gold in Vancouver
Jon Radice - 3B ChemicalLike any good ol’ Canadian boy, I am incredibly excited for Canada to take to the world stage in Vancouver’s GM place to show the world who dominates at hockey. But with the taste of Turin’s 7th place finish still lingering in many players’ mouths, it’s hard to say definitely that Canada has a team [...]
What to do over the Reading Week? – Tips from IW Staff
-Mikayla Micomonaco:
If you’re in ECE, here’s your plan for Reading Week. Study! While everyone else is enjoying their week off, their week to go somewhere warm, ski, do nothing, visit home, whatever else people want to do for their one week of freedom; you get to study. Our department has come to this quite astounding [...]
Iron Chef: Maple Fudge
Elsa Thomas - 3B ChemMaple Fudge
Ingredients:
3 Cup Brown sugar
1/2 lb. Butter
1/2 Cup Condensed milk
1/4 Tsp Salt
2 Cup Icing sugar
1Tbsp Maple flavoring
Preparation:
1) Put first four ingredients into a medium saucepan and bring to boil. Continuously stir the mixture and boil for about 5-7 minutes.
2) Remove the saucepan from stove. Add 2 cups of icing sugar and [...]
Health and Fitness
Lisa Tong - 3B ChemicalFor the Women: Body Types
Everyone knows this: not everyone is made the same. The media likes to portray the ideal body image for women to be tall and lean. Obviously this is not the case and it tends to be a problem, especially for women who begin to work out to walk out becoming smaller [...]
Our Body On Display
Alison Lee - 1B NanotechnologyIn my first month of being a frosh, I couldn’t help but notice how many times I was told to check out the Children’s Museum in Kitchener. At first I thought it was a joke, because the name brings to mind blinking lights and interactive talking bacteria (which might amuse me anyway). Well, they do [...]
The Olympics – A design and technological view
Xiaoyu Wu - 2A ElectricalCompetition has, for the most part of history, been the catalyst for advancement in all facets of human life. Consider the long and arduous history of war that has been most definitive of human nature and one can easily see the technological advancements that have either been a direct product, or some derivative of man’s [...]
Clean Snowmobile Team
Alex Giroux - 4B MechanicalThere are many well known student design teams at the University of Waterloo, such as the Solar Car Team, UWAFT, Formula SAE, etc. One of the lesser known teams within the Mechanical Engineering Department is the Clean Snowmobile Team, which takes a stock snowmobile chassis and engine, and redesigns the sled to reduce noise and [...]
Research @ Waterloo – Dr. Wilhelm and the Quantum Device Theory group
Moe Adham - 4A MechatronicsIf you have been on campus for more than four months, you have hopefully heard the words “Institute of Quantum Computing” (IQC). While a recent Bond film may have you confused, I can assure you that quantum computing has little to do with securing the water supply of a South American country. I sat down [...]
Iron Archives
Angelo Alaimo - 3N ElectricalWinter 1990 Issue 2 – February 2, 1990.
An article written by Editor Elliot Simcoe, in the 2nd issue of The Iron Warrior reported the Faculty of Engineering Dean of the University of Alberta, had been presented with a petition “denouncing the actions by U of A’s engineers”.
According to the article, University of Alberta Engineers had [...]
The Brew Man Group – The Lager… Blinded
Dan Armstrong and Neil Partridge - 3B Mechanical and 3B ChemicalThis is the 10th issue of The Brew Man Group (12th if you count Tin Soldier!). It is therefore curious to note that yours truly have not yet discussed the top-selling beer style in the world; the lager (specifically the pale variety). Why is this? Is it because they don’t have any history to speak [...]
What’s a Yoga? Can I nom it?
Alison Lee and Ioana Craiciu - 1B NanotechnologyNo, reader, unfortunately you cannot nom yoga. Nor would you want to. Yoga is best enjoyed with patience and an open mind and, in our humble opinion, oral intake simply won’t do. We would now like to give you a sneak peek at what really goes on inside a pair of yoga pants.
Yoga originated in [...]
The Adventures of Dangerman
Dangerman - Chemical Engineering '09Always Look on the Brighter Side of Life
Dearest Reader,
To begin with…I have seen the future! Some of it was pretty cool…other parts were kind of meh1.
Unfortunately, I can’t really discuss specifics with you for fear of potentially creating a self-fulfilling prophecy2 that would deny the concept of free will and consequently absolve you all of [...]
The Fashion Files
Amanda LeDuc - 3A ManagementI definitely predicted correctly – this winter has turned out to be an incredibly fashionable term. I have seen some well dressed folks in the hallway these past couple of weeks.
This week, we focus on two of the hottest fashion trends for the winter 2010 season and one timeless piece: leather, chunky knits and argyle. [...]
Remember That Time?
Chad Sexington - 4U MangineeringHowdy Sexy Readers!
When we last left each other I was far off in the midst of a frozen tundra-esque lake deep in the heart of northern Canada. It was a cold and lonesome road of hewn trees felled by the mighty axe strokes of the legendary Mountain Man of the north, whom I had set [...]