University of Toronto Engineering Society - Skule Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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Caper (ka ' per) n. 1. a wild foolish action or prank, 2. (slang) a criminal plan or act, esp. a robbery, 3.(BFC) that which is carried out late at night. Always breaks a multitude of laws, esp. trespassing, break and enter, etc . Usually requires a multitude of Engineering skills, esp. hammering, sawing, running, hiding. Always requires a multitude of Beers, esp. ex, schoon. ie: Renovation of Dean ' s office into broom closet. Faster than a speeding Mickey Mouse car. More powerful than the force of gravity. Able to leap Med Sci in a single bound. . It ' s a Beer! It ' s a case of Beer!! It ' s the BFC!!! The BFC! Coming soon to a location near you! Chief: M rt n Su ch es Chief ' s Ass: R b W ls n Ministers: I n Sp ar ng - Minister in Exile MoV St w rt - Wealth and Hellfare D v d Ch ng - Procrastination and Laziness Br an Br d - Obsolescence A dr w W ng - Foreign Affairs A l n Br y - Beer and Whine Chr s W lt n - Entry and Exit F!rosh

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The letters in BFC stand for Brute Force Committee and not, as most Eng Sci Flrosh think, Bemoulli-Fourier Convolution. Apart from antagonizing Flrosh during orientation, the BFC has many duties. They are to: glorify the Engineer , drink Beer, ensure security at ENO SOC events, drink Beer, and perform Capers (see definition). By the way, did I mention that we drink a lot of Beer? ! The mythical, wholly denied, and amazingly non-existent BFC. It does not exist, has never existed, and will never exist. Please eat this page when finished reading. (CHE Ms may dissolve it in HC1). Martin Suichies Da Chief 26 I iL

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A li§§ WORLD Gorbachev and Reagan sign the first nuclear arms reduction treaty in history. Central American peace initiative nets Arias the Nobel Peace Prize. Voters hacked to pieces in Haiti ' s attempt at a November vote. Mani-doc (Manigat) receives Baby-doc ' s legacy in adjusted January vote. Stock market crash October 19. Let ' s just call it yuppie bashing! Glasnost? Mathias Rust sentenced to 4 years in labour camp for landing his Cessna in Red Square. America is back? Irangate, Reagan the bumbler, Olliemania, racial killing in Howard Beach, L.A. freeway shootings. Persian Gulf war continues. ...and continues and continues. Israel takes a ' club, don ' t kill outright’ policy to quell Palestinian unrest in the Gaza strip and West Bank. Klaus Barbie faced his World War 2 accusers for three days after which he refused to attend his own trial. (French Law does not require the presence of defendants). At age 74, his sentence was for life. Explosion during wreath laying ceremony honoring Great Britain war dead in Enniskillen, North Ireland killed eleven. Margaret Thatcher re-elected in British summer election. Not five MORE years of Maggie?!!? CANADIANA Christmas issues included poison mussels and an Air Canada strike. The postal strike in the fall turned nasty with a truckload of mail being sabotaged and acid left on the seats of strike breaking postal workers. In Ontario political furor arose over Bill C5 1 (which eventually bans smoking advertisement) and Bill C54 (the anti-pornography bill with the rather loose interpretation resulting in potential for censorship). CONTROVERSY ALERT! !!!!!! The Supreme Court of Canada declared the current abortion laws unconstitutional under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Equally controversial was the Free Trade agreement with the U.S. A less formal exchange occured with acid rain, of which the U.S. seemed to be a generous provider. Environmental issues were at the top of the news all year with landfills filling up faster than new ones could be approved. Incinerator hysteria continues unabated. Rene Levesque died in the fall leaving Canadians mourning his loss. On a brighter note, Ben Johnson was acclaimed as the fastest man in the world. 28