An explosion reverberating from the direction of the labs clearly indicates that Clayton is on his spare. Actually, Clayton is ready to make a spare or conveniently forget some homework as the rest of us. When the phone rings at 6 p.m. on a Friday evening, it is almost invariably Clayton asking “So, its Friday. What are we doing tonight ? After Dr. Who, that is.” In every other respect, Clayton is quite mild-mannered - for a mad scientist, that is. In truth, there is little that Clayton can’t blow up, his own house (and pets) included. One look at his chemistry set (slightly augmented) will confirm your guess that he is indeed a pyrotechnic master, in an insane kind of way. Clayton’s entertainments also extend to computer programming and hacking, which is slightly less destructive and more ingenious that his high explosives. It did not take long for a certain ‘secure’ network to yield passwords, directory rights, and complete control of individual terminals to Clayton (although he did have to crash the system once or twice to beat it into submission). Yet just when we are sure Clayton will spend the rest of his days in a lonely tower waiting for lightning to strike in just the right place, he does a complete about-face. Even his prowess in the world of science does not equal his academic abilities. In many math contests which face us each year, all too often the rest of us are left competing for second place as Clayton saunters blithely out of the test room with time to spare. Needless to say, he is on a first name basis with the Math Profs at the University of Waterloo, and will undoubtedly terrorizing them soon enough. Clayton’s many capabilities make him no easier to make sense of than a Rubik Cube with a piece missing. However, it is easy to understand that beneath the lab coat lies someone with the capacity (and audacity) to do things many of us would only dream of (in our nightmares). I can guarantee that we’ll hear much of Clayton in the future. Until them, good luck, Clay, and as the faithful followers of Star Trek would say, “Live long and prosper”. -Mitra Maharaj (1991)