Cannon, volume 17, issue 5

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“YouSAY‘TOMATO’,ISAY‘SHUTTHEF***UP’.”— SELASSIGbOGLA
Strike Negotiations Break Off
Feb. 1 set as deadline for union to accept final offer
fromUofTPublicAffairs Nudity! Drag Queens! Godiva Week!
—
January25,2000 Talksbetweentheuniversityand
the CanadianUnionof PublicEmployees (CUPE)
local3902brokeoff Mondaynightaftera 13-hour
attempttoendastrikeby2,400teachingassistants,
nowinitsthirdweek.
TheimpassecontinuestofocusonincreasestheTAs
areseekingthattheuniversitysaysaretoohighand
notinlinewithsettlementsreachedbetweentheUof
Tandotherunions oncampus.Duringlastnight’s
negotiations,theuniversitysetadeadlineof Feb. 1
fortheuniontoacceptitsfinaloffer.Iftheimpasse
continuesbeyondthatdate,UofTwillproceedwith
itsFeb.4deadlinebywhichallcoursesutilizingTAs
mustberestructuredtoensuretheircontinuation.
"We have alreadyputourbestofferonthetable,”
saysVice-ProvostDavidCook.“Thebigdifference
isnowthereisatimelimittoit,becausecourseswill
be restructuredonFeb. 4toprovide much-needed
certaintyforourundergraduatestudents.Ourposi-
tionisaclearsigntotheunionthatwebelievethey
shouldcomebacktotheclassroom.AfterFeb1that
offergoesoff thetableandtheuniveisitywillhave
toreassessitsapproach”
seeLatestpage3 (Clakvisefromloplift)SlsaringlateatdieCannaiball,strappingdarnforMr.Blue& Gold,freshseUvighandiats
afire....seeinsidefarmareGcdivzWeekanerag.
Dean of Engineering
to hold Strike Engineers Take the Stage for a Second Year!
Information Session
byAmandaGoundry BestPerformancehonours,withameritawardalso
on January 27 receivedfordirecting. This year, the engineers are
TheUniversityof TorontoDramaFestivalis back, backwithanotherdramaticentry, butwitha much
details page 3 andforasecondyear,theEngineersarebravingthe largercast-thankstoincreasingsupportandaware-
stagewithanotherdramaticpiece! Lastyear’sfestival ness.
welcomedthe firstentryfromengineers since the
what’s inside^ SfeusitrivnalA’slorneebibrythDainni1e9l93M.acTlhvoerprwoadsucetxitornemoeflyNweelwl TSohnegfpolramyyweMotahreer,praenseonrtiignignailnstcrhiept20w0ri0ttFeesntibvyalFrisanAk
received,as theactors inthefestivalwereawarded Luke.Itisaplaythatcompassionatelyexaminesthe
TsAkuSlter™ikneewcsoverage 4S Astronaut Julie PasyeeSekulte™tpagee5 at U of T
CodivaWeek! 6 byJeremydeSouza
Julie Payette received her undergraduate degree in
ECE Ottawa trip 9 On Friday January 21, Canadian Astronaut and Electrical Engineering from McGill University in
good to know 10 EngineerJuliePayettegaveanhourlongpresentation 1986andobtainedherMastersofAppliedSciencein
on “Mission STS-96 to the International Space Electrical and Computer Engineering at the
Scholarshipwinners 13 Station:BuildingtheFuture.”Thisentailedanupdate Universityof Toronto in 1990. While she earned
onthecurrentprogressof theInternationalSpace many academic accolades, she comes across as a
Cannonball photos 16 Stationandapersonalperspectiveonherlastmission strikinglybalancedanddown-to-earthperson.Thisis
inspace. nosurprisetoanyoneawareof herdiverseinterests
seeJuliepage4
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The ProfessionalEngineers of Ontario (PEO) are of their website, receive Engineering Dimensions cationform.Itisnotmandatoryforstudentstoget
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Re:ThanksforFFAD —
RememberFrosh-for-a-Day? Ido
as a big success. On behalf of the
Faculty,Iwouldlike tothankallstu-
EDITOR dentsandstaffwhovolunteeredtheir
JeanCruz time and energy for FFAD back in
November. SpecialthankstoDavid
Traub-Werner, Marcus Lam,
LAYOUTEDITOR •
MonikaGo Josephine Chen, GaroJamjekian and
IanCollinsfortheirunlimitedenthusi-
asm andcreativity. (A talkshowfor-
CONTRIBUTORS mat?Whowouldhavethought...)
JeremydeSouza,HebaChehade,
SeanVoskamp,PaulGraham, Asatokenofourappreciation,please
SusmitaDe,PierreDuez,Amanda feelfreetopickupacomplimentary
Goundry,NirBalachandra,Mark UofTkeychainandcoffeemugfrom
Ebden,JennyHe,GordonLau, Andrea in the Engineering Student
JulianDunn,NeilThompson R—ecruitmentOffice,GB157.
Vice-DeanWillQuett
ARTIST
RichardYee re: massmail@ecf
editorial
SPECIALTHANKSTO Re:joboffer
JenniferNg,JohnWu, Heyeverybody,Igotajob!I’mlooking
Skule™Book,ChrisDavis,and forward to starting as a Junior
WellerPublishing. Theuniversityputsasecondoffer,lessthanthefirstoffer Engineer at Motorola in May Some
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restructuring looming ominously in the horizon, things ofeducationatUofT. It’sagreatplace
Establishedin1977,thecannonis seembleakforourteachingassistants.The/recold,they’re to work, in terms of the qualityof
amonthlypublicationofthe runningoutof firewood,anditseemsasifthey’llsoonbe people you meet and the diverse
USnoicvieertsy,itwyiotfhTaocriorcnutloatEinongionfee2r0i0n0g outofwork. otpiopnosrtSunWit/iHesWtoknaopwplleydmgye.communica-
copiesthroughouttheUniversity Thenextfewdaysarecrucial:oureducationpost-February Being from Engineering Science
ofTorontoSt.GeorgeCampus. 4thdependsontheeventstriggeredbythislatestrejection, allows us to brag that we workwell
Themandateofthecannonisto as does the situation of our2,400 teaching assistants. If underpressureandareableto ‘think
publishinformationthatis onlybothsides wouldshowsome sort of signthatthey outofthebox’,touseacliche’.Soto
pertinenttotheEngineering wereworkingtowardsareasonablecompromise,somesort thosepoor,suffering2nd-yearDesign
studentbody. ofsignthattheywereactuallylisteningtotheotherparty. students I say, “it’s worth itl”, and,
“don’tforgetthatyou’reheretolearn
aSbulbescartitphteioEnnginifnoeremraitnigoSnocisieatvayila-t Asstudents,weshouldgetinformed,listentobothsides, myouuc’rhemhoerree tthoanlemaranthwhaantd sscuicecnecses;
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otherinformation,pleasecontact pawns in this “Gimme. No. Gimme. No” game. We are
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Thursdayafternoon). fallingbehindinsomeclassesbecause
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studentscanexpresstheir mark unless the strike ends soon.
opinions.Theviewsexpressed That’sgonnasuck.
hereinarethoseoftheauthorand
donotnecessarilyrepresentthose Formygradcourses,wereallyhavent
oftheeditorsortheEngineering been affected at all. Mosdy being
Societyunlesssoindicated. Celebrate GradBall with a bothered in the undergrad courses
withassignmentsandtutorial/labcan-
CORRESPONDENCE case of champagne —celaYtuiovnasl.Grinspun,Gv0T0
thecannon courtesy ofthe Alumni Re:Refundfromstrike
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the strike
TeachingAssistantsbravetheoddtopicketattlxmonthofKingsCollegeCircle.
Message to Undergraduate Students CUPE: Why We Are
regarding the strike by Teaching Assistants On Strike
MichaelE.Q-iarles— Dean e-mail message to youdatedJanuary19th. Please FROMWW.CUPE3902.ORG
AsI indicatedinmyrecente-mailmessagetoyou rienafdortmhaistimoensdsiasgteribbeucteadusbeyitthiencPorropvoorsatt.esimportant O19u9r9.UOnuironmehmasbebresenseinntnuesgiontiwaittihonassstirnocnegJmuensesa2g9e,
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tractthatrecognisesourmembersneeds.TheUofT
canaffordtosettle(theyhada $50millionsurplus
Strike Info Session Announced lcaosnttryaecatr)..Let’sgetbacktothetableandgetagood
fromtheEngineeringSociety 3)HowmuchofourtuitiongoestowardsT.As, TheUnionwouldaskallstudentstohelpsupportthe
LabsandTutorials? strike. If youareagraduatestudent,tellyouprofs
OEnngiTnheuerrsidnagy,SoJcaineutayrayn2d7tahte5F:a0c0ulptmy,htahveeorgan- 4)DoEngineeringT.Ashavethesamereasonto tchoamteyoiuntofeecllasusn.cSoemefoirfttahbeleprcorfoswsiillngcapniccekletorlinmeosvteo
izedaninformationsessionwhereengineeringstu- beonstrikeastheArts theclass.
dentswillhavetheopportunitytogetanswersto andScienceTAs?
severalgoodquestionsregardingthesagabetween If youareanundergraduatestudent,pleaseunder-
ourteachingassistantsandtheUniversity: 5)DoesUofTfeelcomfortablewithprovidinga standthatalthoughourstrikeinconveniencesyou,it
substandardeducation? wasouronlyoption.Ifyourdepartmenthashireda
c1)onItsitnhueerde?goingtobearefundiftheTAstrikeis 6)IstheFeb.4restructuringdatethesameasfir- “plraeipnltaocetmheentdevpoarrtkmeern"t.toIfcyovoeurcfaonrartrhieveclfaosrs,clcaossme-s
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engsoc®ecf.utoronto.ca AllstudentsshouldknowthatUniversitypolicypro-
tectsyourrightnottocrossapicketline.Youcannot
be academically penallized if you choose to not
Forthe latestontheTA strike, visitthesewebpages: attendastruckcampus.
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Latest Offer Rejected by TAs
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It is wellknown in industrythat the gram.
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tiontothatof aMaster’sofBusiness Peter.H. Pauly, Associate Dean of “Teamworkisthefuelthatallowscom- asked questions spanning from the
Administration. ResearchandAcademicResourcesof monpeopletoaccomplishuncommon effectsofspaceonone’shealthtothe
the Rotman School of Management. goals”saidPayetterelatingthisdirectly hundred million dollar question, as
Viable candidates for the program The committee is confidentthatthis to the International Space Station referredtobytheastronaut:Howdoes
wouldhavecompletedtheirthirdyear innovativeprogramwillbehighlysuc- whichis beingconstructedbyseveral one go to the bathroom in space?
of studyand are currendyon PEY cessfulinfacilitatingthetransitionof collaborating nations (including Whenaskedaboutwhatwasthemost
endingAugust2000. Such candidates Skule’s engineers into the business Canada). Canada’s majorcontribution importantthingshelearnedfromthe
wouldapplyfortheprogrambyJune world. tothestationwillinvolveanimproved Universityof Toronto, she answered
15, 2000. In the future students will versionof the Canadarmessential to patience,aqualitymuchneededwhen
the completion of the ISS by 2004. doinggraduatestudies.
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Lookingfortheperfectwaytoexpressyourundyinglove? modulesnamedZaryaandUnity,each Julie Payette concluded herpresenta-
constructed and launched by the tionbycommentingonheropportuni-
Skule™ Nite2000proudlypresents Americans and Russians respectively. tytoexperiencespaceflightasbeinga
Theastronautextendedthenotionof greatprivilegetoviewearthfromadif-
Valentine-o-grams teamwork and collaboration to her ferent perspective. The accomplished
AmericanandRussiancrewmateswho, astronautthenpresentedtheUniversity
priorto becoming astronauts, trained of Toronto with a commemorative
onsaleFeb. 2 - Feb.9@noonin theSFAtrium ascombatpilotstodefendtheircoun- montage that displayed the STS-96
1for50cents,or3for$1! triesagainstoneanother. missionpatchandaseriesofsymbolic
DeliveredFeb. 10and11. images.
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men nude men-alcohol
bribery, scandal, alcohol, scantily-clad
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letterwordfortrafficcone?
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Godiva Week was
absolutely awesome,
although it meant I drank
too much, smoked too
much, and got absolutely
no work done.
— AltheaBarthos(MECH0T3)
EngSciChariotDriverand
Cannon EditorJean Cruz.
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Defense of the Y2K bug
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byPierreDuez nothingwecan’thandlequicklyshouldinconsisten- addingtotheconfusionandpandemoniumalready
ciesarise.” Comethenewyear,wewouldhavehad inabundantsupply.
SwionrcledwtihdeefsitrsotppweedehkolodfingJatnhueairry,brewahtehnwaitthiengmefodriaa monolryebethcaonmiocuarlfgaoirofs-huaprseloifkeptrhoebBlleomcsk.buItstweorulcldine’ntt Ican’ttracethefullrouteof problems-myimagi-
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werenotascatastrophicasmanyof ushadfeared. readingabouttheregistryofficeinBritain,whereso- oneofthosedoomsdaypredictors,sayingthatevery-
Rightaway,the media startedlookingforascape- called“millenniumbabies”arehavingtheyear1900 thing would fall apart come 01/01/2000,
goat. printedontheirbirthcertificates(theyhadtoresort 12:00:00a.m. I had great confidence in the people
topenandpaperforawhileforthatone). working on the situation... t he onlyprecautionI
Theirfirstreaction?Thecomputeranalystsandcon- tookwastowithdraw$500cashfrommyaccounton
sultants,whocausedbillionsuponbillionsofdollars The “glitches” wouldcovereverythingfrombanks December31.ButIamverymuchawarethatwith-
to be funneled awayfrom otherprojects, so that calculatingnegativeinterestonsavingsaccounts to out the efforts that were put into preventing the
computer systems could be made Y2K-ready. seniorsbeingdeprivedof socialsecurity,topower rolloverfrombeingcalamitous, BadThings would
Companypoliciesworldwidechangedtofreezecom- lossonavery,verylargescale.Thefinancialissues havehappened.Aswe’vebeentoldbythefearmon-
puterprojects intheworks,sothatthe Y2K pre- wouldbeaproblem,butIconcedethatthosecould gers,computersareeverywhere.Ittookalotofwork
cleanup couldbe as “painless" (arelativeterm,of besortedoutbeforetoolong.Somepeoplewould tolookeverywhere(elevators,forinstance,thatusea
course)aspossible...thelostproductivityisestimat- sufferhardtimes forabit- noheat(fromunpaid 2-bitdigittokeeptrackoftheyearoftheirlastserv-
edtohavetackedanotherfewmillion(ifnotbillion) bills - another glitch), no money, etc. - but they icedate,thatwouldthus stopworkingbecause no
tothepricetag.Soof course,thepeoplewhosug- would,Iamsure,recovereventuallyAndthecostin onegavethemaonce-overinthe19thcentur^and
gestedallthesemassivepreparationsforaNewYear termsof hoursspentfranticallytryingtopatchsys- tocatchjustaboutallof theproblems.Whyarewe
thatcameinlesswithanapocalyptic“boom”than temsmightevenbenomorethanafractionofwhat blamingthecomputerpeopleforcreatingafaux-cri-
withameek“phhi”aretheonesatfault.Themoney wespentonthedate rollover.Already, here,we’re sis?Theyweren’ttheonessayingthatwewouldgoto
fortheserepairs,changes, andinconveniences was turningablindeyetolawsuitsthatmightoccurasa Hellinahandbasket:theyweretheonessayingthat
misallocated.Wewereduped. resultofthesemisunderstandings.Aswell,wehave itcouldbeavoided.Andthat’sjustwhattheydid.It
thatlastscenario:powergoesout(aswellasother was the media- thejournalists lookingforsensa-
Andifyoubelievethat,thenIhopethatyou’renot importantutilities).What’stheproblem?Well,it’sa tionalistheadlines-thatblewthepossibledownside
inthecomputerfield.Thepeoplewho“consumed” softwareissue.Sowhatdoweneedtodo?Let’sfixit. outof proportion,andwouldhave hadus believe
all this money- the programmers and Engineers Calluptheprogrammers... whoops,phonesareout, thatsuchafatewasinevitable.
whoworkedthoselonghours,forallof thatover- too.(Ididn’tmentionthat?Iguessnobodyreallysaw
timepay,deserveourthanksratherthanourscorn. itcoming,sonoonetookitintoaccount.)Well,the Let’snotscornthecomputerindustryfortheirhard
Thisisprobably(andfeelfreetoreplytotheCannon programmerswillbebysoon,I’msure. work in fixing mistakes of the past 25 years...
ifI’mwrongonthisone)oneofthelargestprojects instead,weshouldtipourhatstotheirindustrious
undertakenwhosesuccessfuloutcomewas... noth- Meanwhile,everyoneelse v/ho is havingcomputer effort.Weshouldthankthemforthetimetheyhave
ing.Itwasapurelyproactivemeasure,thesoleintent problems doesn’t really know about them yet, sacrificed-manyofthemrightupto,andthrough,
ofwhichwastocausesomethingbadnottohappen. because theydon’t have powerto their machines. New Year’s eve - away from their families and
Successwasdefinedasanon-event. BackupsOnlylostsolong,andthere’s noguarantee friends.Manyworkedthishardknowingthatcome
thatthisentiremesscanbefixedintime. the year2000, with everything working well, they
And in this respect, the people behind thescenes wouldbeoutof ajob(haveyounoticedthesharp
succeededadmirably. The problems trickles through, has waves upon drop-offindemandforY2Kexperts?).Personally,I
waves of repercussions.Nobodyis reallyreadyto feelthatwhateverfinancialremunerationtheyhave
If thisstillsoundslikeclaptrap,let’slookatthings takecareofthismess,sopeoplewhoactuallyknow receivedis shallowrecompense forthe chain-reac-
fromaslightlydifferenttact:whatifwehadspentno howto fixthesystems are in highdemand- and tion of human-induced computer error that they
moneyonthewhole“Y2KBug”problem?Whatif shortsupply.Thepublicispanicking(aspublicsare havemanagedtoavert.
wehadsaid“theimpactswillbeminimal... certainly verygoodatdoingatthedropof aproverbialhat),
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they came back...
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anyofhis/herfouryears;c)achievedgoodacadem- tions that Blacks have made to the world. duringhislifetime,includingonesforafoldingiron-
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