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Engineering Stores

2024-06-16T21:35:27Z

70.54.24.52:

[[Image:Stores.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Engineering Stores, located in the basement of the Sandford Fleming Building.]]
The '''Engineering Stores''', known to students as Stores, is [[Skule]]™'s very own book and clothing store located in the basement of the [[Sandford Fleming Building]]. Stores is open throughout the academic year and sells leather jackets, coveralls, and a variety of patches and clothing on behalf of student groups. As one of the non-profit commercial operations run by the Engineering Society, Stores is managed and operated completely by students.

[[Leather jackets]] are exclusively ordered through Stores, once in the fall semester and once in the winter semester. Out of tradition, students do not purchase their leather jacket until the beginning of their second year, as many students may change disciplines or even faculties after first year. Students typically adorn their jackets with their year and discipline, a common phrase such as their discipline, '[[SPS]]', or '[[Engineers Rule the World|ERTW]]' (Engineers Rule the World), and patches of the various organizations which they are involved in. Starting in the 2008-2009 year, 'E4TW' (Engineers For the World) began to appear on leather jackets, as students preferred to focus on the responsibilities engineers have to the world. The abbreviation originates in a marketing campaign by the Division of Engineering Science and appeared on a prominent banner hung outside the [[Bahen Centre for Information Technology|Bahen Centre]].

First year students are able to purchase their pair of [[coveralls]] after [[F!rosh Week]] GM1 (general meeting 1). Coveralls provide an excellent way for Skule™ students to show their Skule™ spirit while giving them an item of clothing to get dirty in during practical activities. Coverall decorations can vary greatly from student to student, from the simple addition of sewn patches to elaborate designs made with anything for paint to electronics.

==History==

From the early days of the Engineering Society, technical papers outlining novel research performed at SPS were presented at the academic session of Society's fortnightly meetings. While the original source of the exact founding year of the store seems to have been lost to time, the store is thought to have been founded in 1891 (before the UofT bookstore!). Copies of the papers were exchanged with other technical societies and university libraries, providing content for an Engineering Society Library, which formed the only library SPS had for many years.

The origins of the Engineering Stores (initially referred to as "The Supplies Department") are closely associated with the Society's early publishing ventures. In its earliest manifestation, Stores was "a small room where all books and papers, the property of the Society, were kept". By 1908, a permanent secretary was designated to buy and sell goods through the Supplies Department. This operation was cleaved from the library in time, moved to Room 19 of the SPS building and renamed Engineering Stores.

''Written by Nicole Cyhelka, Archivist 1T1-1T2 for the "Ye Olde Skule Story Book"''

==Management==
After 2003, the Stores Manager positions were turned into Stores Operations Manager and Stores Finance Manager.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
! colspan="2" |Operations
! colspan="2" |Finance
|-
|2024-2025
|Keira Foti
|Mech 2T6
|Jenn Xu
|Chem 2T6
|-
|2023-2024
|Ashlyn Abdelmaseeh
|Mech 2T5 + PEY
|Aidan Maunder
|Mech 2T4 + PEY
|-
|2022-2023
|Natalie Chan
|ECE 2T4 + PEY
|Katriel Ung
|Indy 2T4 + PEY
|-
|2021-2022
|Meisa Chen
|Mech 2T3 + PEY
|Nicole Streltsov
|NΨ 2T3 + PEY
|-
||2020-2021
||Takshil Jariwala
||Mech 2T2
||Noah Guerin
||ECE 2T2 + PEY
|-
||2019-2020
||Leah McLeod-Demers
||Mech 2T1
||Karen Zhao
||Indy 2T1
|-
||2018-2019
||Issy Williams
||Civ 1T8 + PEY
||Cacia Ploeg
||NΨ 2T0
|-
||2017-2018
||Jon Norman
||MSE 1T9 + PEY
||Annie Yu
||Mech 1T8 + PEY
|-
||2016-2017
||Robyn McNeil
||MSE 1T8 + PEY
||Kevin Hua
||NΨ 1T8
|-
||2015-2016
||Raneem Shammas
||Mech 1T8
||Colin Parker
||ECE 1T6 + PEY
|-
||2014-2015
||Syid Khan
||Mech 1T6 + PEY
||Robert Goldberg
||Mech 1T6 + PEY
|-
||2013-2014
||Matthew Lee
||NΨ 1T5
||Mehran Hydary
||Elec 1T4 + PEY
|-
||2012-2013
||Matko Brunski
||Mech 1T4 + PEY
||Laura Burget
||Chem 1T5
|-
||2011-2012
||Sonia Liscio
||CHEM 1T3 + PEY
||Victor Zhang
||ECE 1T4
|-
||2010-2011
||Layan Kutob
||Indy 1T2 + PEY
||Dan Liu
||MIN 1T1
|-
||2009-2010
||Wayne Choi
||INDY 1T1
||Landy Cheung
||NΨ 1T1
|-
||2008-2009
||Sarah Hossain
||COMP 1T0
||Catherine Kierans
||ELEC 1T0
|-
||2007-2008
||Ariel Feldman
||MECH 0T9
||Victor Lo
||NΨ 0T9
|}

==External Links==
[http://stores.skule.ca Engineering Stores]

Engineering Stores

2024-05-23T23:29:58Z

70.54.24.52: /* Management */

[[Image:Stores.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Engineering Stores, located in the basement of the Sandford Fleming Building.]]
The '''Engineering Stores''', known to students as Stores, is [[Skule]]™'s very own book and clothing store located in the basement of the [[Sandford Fleming Building]]. Stores is open throughout the academic year and sells leather jackets, coveralls, and a variety of patches and clothing on behalf of student groups. As one of the non-profit commercial operations run by the Engineering Society, Stores is managed and operated completely by students.

[[Leather jackets]] are exclusively ordered through Stores, once in the fall semester and once in the winter semester. Out of tradition, students do not purchase their leather jacket until the beginning of their second year, as many students may change disciplines or even faculties after first year. Students typically adorn their jackets with their year and discipline, a common phrase such as their discipline, '[[SPS]]', or '[[Engineers Rule the World|ERTW]]' (Engineers Rule the World), and patches of the various organizations which they are involved in. Starting in the 2008-2009 year, 'E4TW' (Engineers For the World) began to appear on leather jackets, as students preferred to focus on the responsibilities engineers have to the world. The abbreviation originates in a marketing campaign by the Division of Engineering Science and appeared on a prominent banner hung outside the [[Bahen Centre for Information Technology|Bahen Centre]].

First year students are able to purchase their pair of [[coveralls]] after [[F!rosh Week]] GM1 (general meeting 1). Coveralls provide an excellent way for Skule™ students to show their Skule™ spirit while giving them an item of clothing to get dirty in during practical activities. Coverall decorations can vary greatly from student to student, from the simple addition of sewn patches to elaborate designs made with anything for paint to electronics.

==History==

From the early days of the Engineering Society, technical papers outlining novel research performed at SPS were presented at the academic session of Society's fortnightly meetings. While the original source of the exact founding year of the store seems to have been lost to time, the store is thought to have been founded in 1891 (before the UofT bookstore!). Copies of the papers were exchanged with other technical societies and university libraries, providing content for an Engineering Society Library, which formed the only library SPS had for many years.

The origins of the Engineering Stores (initially referred to as "The Supplies Department") are closely associated with the Society's early publishing ventures. In its earliest manifestation, Stores was "a small room where all books and papers, the property of the Society, were kept". By 1908, a permanent secretary was designated to buy and sell goods through the Supplies Department. This operation was cleaved from the library in time, moved to Room 19 of the SPS building and renamed Engineering Stores.

''Written by Nicole Cyhelka, Archivist 1T1-1T2 for the "Ye Olde Skule Story Book"''

==Management==
After 2003, the Stores Manager positions were turned into Stores Operations Manager and Stores Finance Manager.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
! colspan="2" |Operations
! colspan="2" |Finance
|-
|2024-2025
|Keira Foti
|Mech 2T6
|
|
|-
|2023-2024
|Ashlyn Abdelmaseeh
|Mech 2T5 + PEY
|Aidan Maunder
|Mech 2T4 + PEY
|-
|2022-2023
|Natalie Chan
|ECE 2T4 + PEY
|Katriel Ung
|Indy 2T4 + PEY
|-
|2021-2022
|Meisa Chen
|Mech 2T3 + PEY
|Nicole Streltsov
|NΨ 2T3 + PEY
|-
||2020-2021
||Takshil Jariwala
||Mech 2T2
||Noah Guerin
||ECE 2T2 + PEY
|-
||2019-2020
||Leah McLeod-Demers
||Mech 2T1
||Karen Zhao
||Indy 2T1
|-
||2018-2019
||Issy Williams
||Civ 1T8 + PEY
||Cacia Ploeg
||NΨ 2T0
|-
||2017-2018
||Jon Norman
||MSE 1T9 + PEY
||Annie Yu
||Mech 1T8 + PEY
|-
||2016-2017
||Robyn McNeil
||MSE 1T8 + PEY
||Kevin Hua
||NΨ 1T8
|-
||2015-2016
||Raneem Shammas
||Mech 1T8
||Colin Parker
||ECE 1T6 + PEY
|-
||2014-2015
||Syid Khan
||Mech 1T6 + PEY
||Robert Goldberg
||Mech 1T6 + PEY
|-
||2013-2014
||Matthew Lee
||NΨ 1T5
||Mehran Hydary
||Elec 1T4 + PEY
|-
||2012-2013
||Matko Brunski
||Mech 1T4 + PEY
||Laura Burget
||Chem 1T5
|-
||2011-2012
||Sonia Liscio
||CHEM 1T3 + PEY
||Victor Zhang
||ECE 1T4
|-
||2010-2011
||Layan Kutob
||Indy 1T2 + PEY
||Dan Liu
||MIN 1T1
|-
||2009-2010
||Wayne Choi
||INDY 1T1
||Landy Cheung
||NΨ 1T1
|-
||2008-2009
||Sarah Hossain
||COMP 1T0
||Catherine Kierans
||ELEC 1T0
|-
||2007-2008
||Ariel Feldman
||MECH 0T9
||Victor Lo
||NΨ 0T9
|}

==External Links==
[http://stores.skule.ca Engineering Stores]

Godiva's Crown

2024-05-22T02:20:20Z

70.54.24.52: /* Past Godiva's Crowns */

[[File:godivas_crown.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Godiva's Crown hardhat]]
Godiva's Crown (sometimes erroneously known as Godiva or Lady Godiva) is an engineering student who has been chosen to represent the spirit of [[Lady Godiva]] at Skule™. They are selected during a [[Godiva Week]] competition in which they must perform a creative act in front of a panel of judges and the reigning Godiva's Crown. The holder of the title of Godiva's Crown must click their heels on command when any Skuligan says "Godiva" or their title "Queen of ___". Godiva's Crown holds Princess, the ceremonial wooden horse, as well as the signature Crown for the year. They are present at many Skule™ events to improve Skule™ spirit.

The Crown worn by Godiva's Crown is a unique hardhat, from which a distinctive crown shape is carved, with the sides of the crown emblazoned with the suit representing the year (i.e. the ''Queen of Hearts'' or the ''Queen of Clubs''). The 'suit' for each Godiva's Crown rotates each year in a four-year cycle.

Godiva's Crown traditionally shares the first dance at [[Cannonball]] with [[Mr. Blue & Gold]], and starts the [[Bed Races]], organized by the [[Blue & Gold Committee]], during [[F!rosh Week]] each year. As a spirit head, Godiva's Crown is symbolically wed to [[Mr. Blue and Gold]].
==History==
In the past, each Godiva's Crown contestant was asked to humorously use power tools to nail, hammer, drill, and screw together a small wooden object in front of the judges.
==Competition==
The Godiva's Crown Competition has traditionally been held on Thursday evening of [[Godiva Week]]. The competition involves a creative act which may include a skit, song, or dance. There are no requirements to the act, and many acts have involved the use of props, supporting cast, and multimedia presentations.
===Judging===
The judging panel usually consists of seven judges - six engineering students, usually including one F!rosh) and the reigning Godiva's Crown (who is the head judge). The judges are generally chosen by the reigning Godiva's Crown or organizers of the event, and is decided by their (humourous) responses to a series of questions. Historically, the judging panel consisted of all male engineering students (except the reigning Godiva's Crown).

Following each act, the judges generally write their comments on whiteboards to be read out by the MC of the night. These comments are humorous in nature, and are not meant to factor into the official judging of the act. The judges also have opportunities to ask questions to the contestants after their act.

The judges, although chosen impartially, have been known to enjoy tasty treats and refreshing BEvERages to aid in their selection of the winning contestant. Many contestants choose to make their 'bribery' in a public fashion during their act, with judges favourably receiving creative and personalized gifts.

The judges congregate in a secret location following the last act, and vote for the next Godiva's Crown. Following the decision, the reigning Godiva's Crown announces awards for each of the contestants, and the winner of the title. The new Godiva's Crown then takes the Oath, and is presented with the Godiva's Crown hardhat, the Godiva sashes, the ceremonial horse, and the flags for the Blue & Gold Bed Races.

Following the Oath, the new [[Mr. Blue and Gold]] (elected the previous night) will then propose to the new Godiva's Crown, and the two will remain "engaged" until their wedding during [[F!rosh Week|F!rosh week]].
==Past Godiva's Crowns==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!|Year
! colspan="2"|Winner
!|Title
|-
||2024
||Mila Markovski
||NΨ 2T5
||Queen of Diamonds
|-
||2023
||CJ Conlin
||MSE 2T4 + PEY
||Queen of Spades
|-
||2022
||Nancy Li
||Indy 2T2 + PEY
||Queen of Hearts
|-
||2021
||Kate Whelan
||NΨ ECE 2T3 + PEY
||Queen of Clubs
|-
||2020
||Anaïs Poirier
||ECE 2T2T1 + PEY
||Queen of Diamonds
|-
||2019
||Lisa Zaher
||Comp 2T1
||Queen of Spades
|-
||2018
||Chloe Oriotis
||Mech 2T0
||Queen of Hearts
|-
||2017
||Lia Codrington
||NΨ 1T9
||Queen of Clubs
|-
||2016
||Hema Nookala
||Mech 1T8
||Queen of Diamonds
|-
||2015
||Veronica Suprun
||Indy 1T7T1
||Queen of Spades
|-
||2014
||Elizabeth de Roode
||Chem 1T6
||Queen of Hearts
|-
||2013
||Pinky Chan
||Chem 1T5
||Queen of Clubs
|-
||2012
||Lauren Bajin
||Mech 1T3T1
||Queen of Diamonds
|-
||2011
||Sandra Sousa
||Elec 1T3
||Queen of Spades
|-
||2010
||Paulette Holtham
||Indy 1T2T1
||Queen of Hearts
|-
||2009
||Jennifer Eversley
||Civ 1T0
||Queen of Clubs
|-
||2008
||Topaz Chiu
||NΨ 0T8
||Queen of Diamonds
|-
||2007
||Sheena Weisman
||Chem 0T7 + PEY
||Queen of Spades
|-
||2006
||Lise Eamer
||Mech 0T7 + PEY
||Queen of Hearts
|-
||2005
||Stephanie McTague
||Chem 0T7
||Queen of Clubs
|-
||2004
||Nastassja Liebenow
||Civ
||Queen of Diamonds<br />
|-
||2003
||Agnes Durlik
||Chem 0T5
||Queen of Spades
|-
||2002
||Ashleigh Meyer Clelland
||Min
||Queen of Hearts<br />
|-
||2001
||Kirsten Koehl
||Indy 0T2
||Queen of Clubs
|}