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J Ü c d ^ ill 2Tr ib u n e V o lu m e 4, N u m b e r 4
Published by the Students’ Society of McGill University, Montréal, Québec
Tu e sda y 2 O ctob e r 1984
Yes, Virginia...
There is a MacDonald Campus
by G e o ff H a ll A s M a in C am p u s M cG illia n s , we can easily lose sight o f any activity that takes place beyond the insulating walls o f the d o w n to w n skyscrapers. In case yo u were w ondering, out on the W est Island, o u r fellow M a c D o n a ld C am pus M c G illia n s are still alive. La te ly, they have been witnessing some im p orta n t events that we m ig ht have missed. M a rc V ezina is the new President o f the M a c D o n a ld C am p u s Students’ C o u n c il. T h e second year economics student was acclaimed fo r the position on September 20. Fo llo w in g an election last spring, Vezina had planned to serve as Internal Vice President o f the council, but when President-elect L o is F o w le r resigned her position fo r undisclosed personal reasons shortly after her election, she left the position vacant. Speaking fro m the M a c D o n a ld C am p u s Students’ C o u n c il office, Vezina gave an appraisal o f the situa tion on the W est Island site: “ T h is is going to be a year o f rebuilding. W e have to make up fo r the lack o f organization o f past years. I t ’s now or never.” In a reference to his co uncil’ s debt to
the university, V ezina com m ented, “ W e are in a difficult financial situa tion right n ow . W h e n you are repaying a loan, it’ s difficult to keep u p .n o rm a l operations, let alone im p ro v e .” O n a m ore positive note, he added: “ B u t m ore than last year, the feeling is that students are getting m ore involved in activities o f student life, such as councils and clubs. “ R ight now our problem is that we’re not com pletely orga n ize d .” T o explain this, Vezina m entioned u p co m ing elections fo r the positions o f Inter nal Vice President and M em bers-atlarge. H e seemed confident that the year o f rebuilding w hich he foresees could begin once the positions are fill ed. Events planned to start the year in clude a referendum on the O ’ Keefe boycott and an Octoberfest. Vezina hopes to jo in forces w ith M a in C am pus for these Octoberfest celebrations. Such an event m ight result in closer ties between the tw o campuses; it m ight even give a higher profile to those M cG illia n s on the M a c D o n a ld C a m pus, the fringe o f the M ontreal universe.
Cadillac Fairview Saga
E th n ic D rivers dance the night aw ay at G e rt’ s
Council Meets Twice by B ria n T o d d Students’ Society got o ff to a somewhat storm y start last week when the scheduled meeting for Tu e sda y, September 25 was declared unconstitu tional and forced into a com m ittee-ofthe-w hole structure. In effect, this lim i ted the meeting’s ability to make deci sions. A ll matters discussed were mere ly recom m endations fo r future C o u n c il meetings. T h e meeting was ruled u n constitutional due to the lack o f fiveday notice. A s a result o f Tuesday m eeting’ s status, it was necessary to hold a meeting on Sunday, September 30 to fu lfill the constitution’s require ment o f one meeting per m o n th . Tu e s d a y’ s meeting centred on the reports to C o u n c il fro m the fo rm e r E x ecutive C om m ittee, the new Executive Com m ittee and the various individuals in the new Executive C om m ittee Scott K eating, V P Finance and R o n Leber V P U n iversity A ffa irs w ithheld their reports until later in the year. M o st at
tention was paid to the W o m e n -O n ly D ance. In its report to C o u n c il, the E x ecutive C om m ittee has recomm ended that C o u n c il not allow the W o m e n ’ s U n io n to hold a W o m e n -O n ly Dance since it seemed to contradict C o u n c il po licy forcing all funded events to be open to all members o f the Students’ Society. Several suggestions were bro u ght fo rw a rd b y members o f C o u n cil, N a n cy K in g sb u ry o f the W o m e n ’ s U n io n and M elin d a W ittstock o f the M c G ill D a ily including the suggestion that the dance be changed to a W o m e n ’s D ance. O n Sunday, it was decided to rem ove the controversial section o f the Executive Com m ittee R eport until the W o m e n ’ s U n io n had submitted their resolutions in w ritin g . At T u e s d a y ’ s m e e tin g , th re e representatives o f Les Services A lim e n taires C . V . C . were present to discuss th e ir new re la tio n s h ip w ith the Students’ Society. It was made clear continued on page 2
“ C a d d i l l a c F a i r v i e w p r o je c t ? W h a t’ s that? O h . Y o u mean that con struction business on M c G ill College A v e ? ” T h a t was a typical com m ent ob tained fro m one passerby on Sher brooke St. one o fternoon. T h e fo llo w ing is a sum m ary o f the entire con troversial affair since its birth four m onths ago. It began the first week o f A p r il when C ad illa c -Fa irvie w C o . L t d o f T o ro n to , a real estate developer, proposed to construct a shopping m all on M c G ill College A ve n u e, com prised o f four storys o f 175 stores, cinemas, a $30 m illio n concert hall, a restaurant and a 26 floor office tower. T h e w hole p ro ject was to have cost an estimated $120 m illio n , generating around 3000 con struction jobs fo r tw o years, an estimated 4600 perm anent job s, $52 m illio n in wages per year and p rob a b ly another $61 m illio n dollars o f other ac tivities in the Quebec econom y.
Sounds great, eh? So where is the controversy? Read on. T h e site that was chosed was a block bounded by M c G ill College A v e ., St. C a t h e rin e S t . ,D e M a i s o n n e u v e B lv d . and M a n s fie ld S t. (C a d illa c F a irv ie w already owns m uch o f the site and if the plan is approved b y the city coun cil, the rest o f the site w ill be ex propriated fro m the present ow ners.) In building this com plex, the initial p la n was to include tw o aerial w alkways: one, a three story bridge across M c G ill College A v e . linking Les Terrasses w ith the com plex, and the other a tw o story structure over M ansfield st. connecting the proposed shopping m all w ith the Simpsons departm ent store. T h is plan was opposed b y some members o f the public since it w ould obstruct the view o f M o u n t R o ya l. T h e continued on page 3
The inside story U ta H agen Speaks
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M ehta Meets the T r i b
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Beacon sut; la H ill
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Redmen Defeat Stingers
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M o n tin on the P ro w l
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W e n -d o Protects W o m e n
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U n d e r the Needle
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U n d e r the Bleachers
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