The Waterloo Engineering Society has taken Society improvements to a whole new level. This past week, an agreement was signed between the Society and Wilfrid Laurier University to move all EngSoc-affiliated events, services, and representation to the Laurier campus. By this time next year, the Orifice, POETS, and the Engineering C&D will be found approximately 1.5 km further east from their usual locations. Laurier has even offered to provide a bus to use as a shuttle between classes at Waterloo and the new EngSoc space. Thanks to the genius idea from the thoughtful Cam Winterink, the bus plans to make multiple stops around Ring Road before making its way to Laurier.
The Waterloo Engineering Society will be installed in the third floor offices of the Fred Nichols Campus Centre, directly above the pub affectionately known as Wilf’s. In preparation for this move, Laurier will be modifying their beloved Golden Hawk floor art to be carrying The Tool.
Executives and directors expect Society events to rocket in popularity and quality by introducing them to a more excitable party-focused audience. “I’m really excited to have students with actual non-academic talent come out to our future events,” gushed TalEng director Alessia Danelon. “There are only so many quiet introverts playing soft piano or singing jazz music we can listen to before our audience finds it a little tiring. We are looking forward to hearing more songs honouring the bro and how great the last football game was.”
PubCrawl director Kent Stoltz is also eager to reap the benefits of introducing EngSoc events to Laurier. “Our past PubCrawls have been pretty busy, but like most of our socials, there is a lot of comfortable chatting and weak dancing. We think that by bringing PubCrawl closer to Laurier, we can have a lot more guys rip off their shirts in a fit of manhood, tell each other they are so happy to be with their dudebros and how that chick they banged last night was totally so hot. We really think there’s an opportunity to make this a more open and welcoming environment.”
There is a more mixed opinion from the Laurier student body, who are wondering what kind of changes the Waterloo Engineering Society will bring to their culture. One student showed emotions closer to confusion than interest in the change. “Man, I was just like, so confused because these like, math people want to come over and party and get shit fucked and I was just thinking like, I thought they just played StarCraft and sat in libraries and shit.” Another was more optimistic, “maybe, like, they could fix my car and shit… Engine is[sic] in engineer, right?”
Though the change is a drastic one, it is being welcomed by the UW Engineering Society with open arms. The grand unveiling of the new EngSoc space and the shuttle service will start with EngSoc’s kickoff event “The Ring Road Grand Prix Classic”. Details will be announced within the next few months.
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