Hi readers!
It’s the final push to get everything done before the end of the term. I’m sure we all have something due for every course on the last day of classes…
Now that the dust has settled on the World Series, I feel like my last article deserves a follow-up. When I first started writing it, I assumed that the Jays’ season would be over by the time I had to submit it. What followed was a run I (and many others) never could have imagined. While the ending was heartbreaking for old and new fans alike, they gave the Dodgers all they could handle pushing it to extra innings of Game 7, winning two of the three games in LA, and never giving up. Before that, they fought back countless times against the Mariners. Before that, they basically destroyed the Yankees. They made MLB history along the way: the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history (Addison Barger), the most strikeouts by a rookie in a World Series game (Trey Yesavage), the most hits in a single postseason (Ernie Clement), and more.
At the end of the article I said I had a feeling that, in time, this team would be looked back on in a similar way to the 2015 and 2016 Jays teams, regardless of the World Series outcome. I know the end was devastating, but anyone saying they would’ve rather watched the Jays get swept by the Dodgers is kidding themselves. They went on a run that brought together so many across the country. They went from last place last season, to giving us an entire extra month of baseball to watch. They gave us a season to remember in so many ways. They fought until the very end, and they were exciting to watch all year. The 2025 Blue Jays will be remembered.
Now, to another sport, this term’s EngSoc vs. MathSoc hockey game took place on November 15. This time they went all out, holding the game at The Aud in Kitchener, home of the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers (and a place I, as a Kitchener native who grew up playing ringette, am quite familiar with). While I thought this game was a lot more even than the first game I covered in 2024, Engineering came away with the win once again.
Leading 1-0 after the first period courtesy of a wraparound goal by Josh Cooke, Math was dominant for the first half of the second to tie it up on a one timer. Just over a minute later, Engineering retook the lead (Charlie Kluczkowski), only for Math to tie it up again with just over a minute to go, leaving it 2-2 after two periods. After Math took a penalty early in the third, Engineering’s winning goal came on the ensuing power play via a short side backhand by Charlie Kluczkowski. Christian Bergmann would score an insurance goal on a partial breakaway with a little over five minutes to go, and the game ended in a 4-2 victory for Engineering. I also have to mention the referee accidentally getting slide tackled as another highlight; hopefully he didn’t get too bruised.
Where Engineering also reigned supreme, I think, was in the stands. I don’t have a leather jacket or any engineering paraphernalia, so I was pretty incognito, but the crowd around me was basically all Engineering, and they were having a great time. They brought signs, lots of energy, and the EngSoc exec even had chants of Godiva’s Hymn going at one point. In general, it felt like Engineering had more fans than Math, but maybe that was just because we had more to cheer about…
Overall, the bigger (and more comfortable; I can’t deny that actual seats are better than the CIF bleachers) venue made for a cool atmosphere, and both societies did a great job with the event. Although I sort of went to the game for my article, I was not asked to go and cover the game by anyone, nor did I personally know anyone playing on the team. It’s just one of the few events put on that I have an interest in going to, and I had a great time even though the only person watching with me was a non-hockey fan. I’ve noticed the increase in more sporting events in recent terms, specifically inter-faculty ones, and they’ve looked like huge successes.
So, in conclusion, Engineering wins again!
Before signing off, as this is our last issue of the term and 2026 is my graduating year, this is my final issue as Editor-In-Chief. I briefly want to recognize the amazing team putting these issues together with me. We’ve had so many new members this term bring new writing, art styles, and puzzles to the Iron Warrior, and returning members have taken whatever I’ve thrown at them. Extra thanks to my Exec team who helped out a lot behind-the-scenes.
When I first joined this club, I never imagined myself as the person in charge of the entire thing. Although it’s a lot of work, it’s been incredibly rewarding, and I’m grateful to have had the experience twice now. While I’ll still be here in the winter, it’s time to pass the EIC reins to Jeremy. Thank you for picking up our issues and reading them, and I hope you enjoyed what we put together this term.
Sincerely,
Julia (Editor-In-Chief)
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