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Volume 4, N um ber 2_______ Published by the Students’ Society of McGill U niversity, M ontréal, Québec
Tuesday 18 Septem ber 1984
Circus Is U nionized by Brian Todd Circus invades McGill? Clowns Plan Massive March on Union Building? No, it’s simply the annual Activities Night with a twist. Thursday night in the Union Building, the Program Board presents its annual showcase of cam pus clubs and associations. However, this year in an effort to draw larger crowds and make the evening entertaining as well as informative, coordinator of Activities Night ’84, Abe Karrel has come up with a Circus Night theme. Activities Night will closely resemble an old-line fair this year. Pop-corn and cotton candy are planned along with professional clowns, jugglers and break-dancers. These entertainers will be prowling throughout the three floors of boothes spread-out in the
Union. On each floor different clubs and associations will be setting-up their stands attended by club-members in Circus dress. No one quite knows what to expect from the various clubs but Abe has suggested to them that lion ta m e rs , s tro n g -m e n , 1 /2 -m e n 1/2-women and ring masters would be appropriate. Available at the boothes will be the clubs’ program for the next year, their individual interests and philosophies and of course sign-up sheets. In addi tion, performing groups have been ask ed to prepare skits or audio-visual pro ductions reminiscent of “ Clubs Night” in the movie “ Chariots of Fire” . The night offers a great opportunity to learn about clubs that you may have heard of or even discover what a wide continued on page 3
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by Kristina Millman On Monday, September 10th over 400 students eagerly awaited the arrival of Roger Caron, described by the Boston Globe as “ the hardest of the hard rocks... who are eventually con sumed by the intensity of their rage, succumbing to the crippling beatings from the guards, mind-altering drugs, insanity or suicide.” Caron, who has spent 26 of his 46 years in virtually every maximumsecurity institution in Canada, is the author of " Go-Boy”, winner of the 1979 Governor-General’s award. At 8:00 p.m., the lights dimmed and the smallish, middle-aged ex-convice from Cornwall, Ontario proceeded to charm his way into many hearts. Jailed at the age of 16, Caron was paroled at 41. He has spent the past 5 years of his life touring North America, promoting his book and “ keeping clean so that, knock n wood, hell never have to go
back.” , Caron kept the tone of the seminar surprisingly light, telling stories of his experiences in Montréal, “ the bank robbing capital of the world.” Caron was once holding up a bank in the States when a group of teenagers loiter ing in the parking lot stole his get-away car! The tone of the gathering became more less humorous during Caron’s discussions with various members of the audience about electro-shock punishment and the use of the ‘paddle’ in Canadian prisons. Caron stressed the somewhat desperate need for a more personalized penal system in this country, with a stronger focus on rehabilitation... In the words of Pierre, who wrote the introduction to “Go-Boy”, “ As a bank robber Roger was a dismal Failure. I suspect that it is as a writer that his real future lies.”
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Hardly the hardened criminal he’s rumoured to be, Roger Caron appealed to th< crowd as a gentle gentlemen-thief in his speaking engagement at Leacock 132.