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Jeffrey Aho by Jeffrey Aho

Mr. Jeffrey Aho is an undergraduate at the University of Waterloo enrolled in the supposedly prestigious mechatronics engineering program. To make sure no one forgets this vital piece of information, he repeats this over and over and over again on his blog.

Mr. Aho is also gay, and he will not let you forget this either. Every other post on his blog somehow alludes to the fact that he likes the pole, but not the hole.

Most importantly, he’s a big, powerful player in UW student politics, sitting as an Engineering councillor on the all-important UW Student Council. And, like any self-respecting politician, he is currently pushing a special interest cause that provides absolutely no benefit to at least 95% of his constituents, namely official recognition of Greek organizations by the university.

As retarded as Mr. Aho’s current political cause really is, I am not going to go there. Rather, I will praise and celebrate the amazing logical constructs used by Mr. Aho to explain why the university should bend right over and provide student-funded resources to Greek organizations.

So far in the debate on whether to submit to Mr. Aho’s wish or not, the most contentious issue has been the fact that fraternities and sororities practice discriminatory admission policies (note: you can read more about this wonderful aspect of Greek life here).

This is not a problem, Mr. Aho claims. Here is his amazing explanation:

1. UW recognizes organizations such as Engineers Without Borders, which do not practice discriminatory admission policies.
2. EWB at UW is a local chapter of the greater EWB, much like Greeks at UW are local chapters of greater Greek organizations.
3. Ontario Human Rights Code says discrimination is a-okay for Greeks.
4. Therefore, UW must provide resources to discriminatory organizations such as Greeks!

If that didn’t make you fall madly in love with him, here’s another one for you from a recent entry by Mr. Aho:

Engineering Technology: If you have a diploma in Engineering Technology, you are not an Engineer. You are an Engineering Technician or Technologist. Simple as that. Take some pride in your education and profession and stop pretending to be something you aren’t.

Do I smell a hint of elitism? Perhaps someone should remind Mr. Aho that the mechatronics program at UW has not yet been certified by Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board, and he can’t call himself anything, let alone “Engineer.”

My fingers are getting tired and I’ve barely touched on what a wonderful human being Mr. Aho really is! It’s a shame, but I am going to have to come back to Mr. Aho at a later date.

In the meanwhile, I would like to direct my readers to the Greek organization page @UW to get their fix of Mr. Aho’s totally logical and completely non-deranged thoughts.