THE
MFGILL TRIBUNE
Students' Society of McGill University Vol. 1 No. 1 September 3,1981
Welcome Week.......Welcome back!
by Tribune Staff
Valdy will be appearing in Pollack Hall, Thursday, September 3 at 7:00
p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Admission will be $5.50 for students, $7.50 for the public.
(recently reviewed in The Gazette). This year's Welcome Week has been This year, Welcome Week has skillfully orchestrated by Co-chairmen becom e W elcome W eeks. The Caroline Stamegna and Ronnie Segal, festivities will last from August 31 under the supportive auspices of the through September 12. Stamegna and revamped Program Board. The theme Segal believe that this will boost of Welcome Week '81 is "Love a participation in the events. Activities McGill Freshman" and, in a sense, the will begin as students start returning to careful thought that went into this register, but the major events will be choice reflects the pervading spirit held in the second week. behind all the planning. While they are Diversity, according to Segal, was a successfully entertaining the an primary ^consideration in the ticipated flood of students, they are programming choices. As a result, the attempting also to create a mood of enthusiasm which will carry through „ -types of music offered will include reggae, 50's rock n roll, folk, and the year. As Caroline puts it, "If we Hawaiian, among many others. The can get someone to serve one beer at an event _ good! If we can get someone to throw one cup into a garbage can Welcome Week Calendar after a dance — great! Once you've Page 5 been involved, in any way, it makes it so much easier to do it again." "grand finale" will be held in the Union With this view in mind, the where three very different groups will Welcome Week Committee has cen perform simultaneously in the tered on freshman as the focal point of ballroom, basement and Gertrude's. A events. Freshmen will receive free beer single admission price will be charged. during a Happy Hour at Gert s and will Many of the events this year will be be regaled with buttons and t-shirts the result of participation by specific telling the world to "Love a McGill groups. The Faculty of Physical and Freshman". With such a reception, it is Occupational Therapy is sponsoring a hoped that this year's U1 will be next basketball game between the Ad year's enthusiast. ministration and a professional Amidst all this, however, returning wheelchair basketball team, in students have not been forgotten. recognition of this, the International Neither has that ancient oft heard Year of the Disabled. Proceeds will be promise to provide McGill students doanted to charity. with quality entertainment. This The Booster Club will be organizing Welcome Week will bring the likes of an entire day of events which will be Valdy, the Blushing Brides, and Gilt oriented toward promoting the Redmen and inspiring school spirit among McGill's often apathetic students. The day will, of course, be centered around the opening football growth experienced by the Faculty of game, and culminate in a victory bash. Management over the past few years Other group participants will in has caused a shortage of space in the clude the Faculty of Nursing, the Bronfman Building, thus making it Debating Union, the Players Theater necessary to move Philosophy in order and various McGill fraternities. to accommodate the growing number After five months of hard work, of students. Welcome Week's chairmen, are still This year however, both depart enthusiastic about the project. Aside ments will remain where they are, from the odd grumble about the theme though one will have to look elsewhere not being "Love a McGill Freshto find the ousted T.A .'s, and the person", all has gone smoothly, claim various projects and publications Stamegna and Segal. And, they add, which formerly filled Morris Hall. there isn't a better buy in all of If one wished to find an English Montreal. The total cost to attend T.A ., their new location is in the third every planned event will be $21.50. floor reading room of the Stephen Considering the ten bands, four Leacock Building. All other T.A .'s who comics, and myriad activities offered, formerly had. an office in Morris Hall they may well be right. (continued on page 10)
Morris Hall dosed this year by Jeff Hodd
Adding to the confusion that nor mally precedes every school year, Morris Hall will be closed this year for renovations. All Faculty of Arts teaching assistants who, up to now, have had offices in the building, will be moved to other areas of the University, as will such other projects as the Tuesday Night Cafe, the Burney research project, the McGill Observer (a literary publication), the McGill Register (a publication of Mcgill History students), the McGill Literary Journal and the McGill History project. The reason for the renovations is to accomodate the Department of Islamic Studies which will be moving into
Morris Hall some time in the following year — perhaps as early as April or May 1982, according to Mr. C. Adler, Assistant Director of Physical Resources. At present, Islamic Studies occupies the eighth and ninth floors of the Stephen Leacock Building. When these floors are vacated, the Department of Philosophy, which presently* has its offices in the Bronf man Building, will move into this area. Accordint to Mr. Adler, there are basically two reasons for the shuffle. The first is that the University wants to relocate the Departments of Islamic Studies and Philosophy into the buildings which house their respective faculties. The second "and_far more important reason is that the suddent