The McGill Tribune Vol. 06 Issue 7

THE MC GILL TRIBUNE Volume 6, Issue 7

Published by the Students' Society of McGill University

Tuesday, October 21 ,1986

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TUESD A Y Tuesday, October 21 • It's Amnesty International Week! See what it's all about at their information and petition signing display today from 10am to 4pm in Union B-107. There is also a letter writing meeting from 7pm to 8:30pm in Union 410. All are welcome so get involved!

• Military Research in the University: the ethical considerations is the topic of a talk by Gregory Baum, theologian and newly-appointed Professor of Religion.

Redpath Museum Amphitheatre at 12 noon.

• Obsessed with food and weight? Stu­ dent Counselling Services is holding continuing workshops on compulsive eating and body image, every Thursday 1:30 pm to 3 pm in the Powell Building, Room 301 until November 4. For further info: 392-5119.

• Make the most of what you earn!

McGill Young Alumni present In­ vestments, an ABC guide. Dean Cohen, Economist and Financial Director, will give sound advice on the fundamentals of money management and investment — from banking to GICS. All are welcome, no charge. For Info: 392-4816.

WHAT’ S ON

• Create. Create. Creation is Divine.

The photo contest and exhibition is com­ ing soon. So get flashin'l • José Ramas-Horta, Fretilin represen­ tative at the United Nations will deliver a speech on East Timor at 4:30 pm in Union 107-108.

• The Faculty of Medicine continues this year's lecture series. Ronald D-. Guttman, MD, will address the question of “Organ Transplantation: Promise and Reality" in Leacock 26 at 8:00pm.

• It's show time! The Players Theater presents M acbett by Eugene Ionesco to­ day thru Saturday 8:00 pm at the Players', Theater. Students and seniors: $4 General Public:$6.

• New Study Skills Group 12:00 -1:00 pm, October 28. Counselling Service, Powell Building, Room 302. 392-5119.

W ED N ESD A Y Wednesday, October 22 • The Womens', Union general meeting is at 4 pm following which there will be a discussion: " H o w w e as feminists in­ teract w ith m en in our daily liv e s ." For more info: 392-8920.

• A book lover's dream come true! The Alumni Society and Women Associates of McGill have joined forces to raise money for scholarship funds! Come to the McGill Book Fair at Redpath Hall from 9am to 9pm. Prices start at 254.

New books from publishing houses will be half price!

• Coming Soon. McGill Hellenic Association invites you to a lecture by Christopher Hitchens (Washingtonbased journalist and writer), on "The Cyprus Problem: The case against foreign intervention." (Watch for times.)

THThursday, URSDAY October 23 • Brighten up those lunchbag blues!

The Foolhouse Theatre's Theatre Sports (live improv) in Gert's will make you laugh until you cry. This Network presentation is free so come on in and have some fun.

• The 1986 McGill Book Fair continues today at Redpath Hall from 9am to 9pm.

Don't miss out on these great bargains!

The money raised goes to scholarship funds, so come and support this yearly event.

• Assert Yourself Assertiveness training workshops today and every Thursday from 11am to 12 noon in the Powell Building, room 301. Learn to use verbal and body language as a vehicle for com­ munication. For info: 392-5111.

• McGill Crossroads, an organization which discusses developmental issues of the Third World, will be holding its general meeting today from 7pm to 8:30pm in Union 107-108.

• The Association of Graduate History Students is holding a Wine and Cheese on the main floor of Thompson House from 4pm to 6:30pm.

• Dreaming of snow? The Winter Car­ nival committee will be holding its first meeting tonight at 6pm in room B-07 of the Union Building.

FRIDAY Friday, October 24 • Bavarian Brews' Bash presented by RSUS and ACSME will be held in the Union Ballroom at 8pm. All true bavarians and non-bavarians welcome.

2$ per person.

• General meeting of the McGill Debating Union at 3:00pm in Arts W-270. All welcome.

SATURDAY Saturday, October 25 • What are you doing tonight? The Contra monstra benefit will be held at Club Soda at 8pm. Tickets available at Ticketron and Club Soda $10.

SUNDAY Sunday, October 26 • Presbyterian/United Church campus ministry asks you to join them for morn­ ing worship at 10:30 followed by a brunch at St-Martha's-in-the-Basement.

For more info: 392-5890.

• Anglican Morning Worship. At Christ Church Cathedral, 8am — traditional Eucharist; 10am — contemporary Eucharist with choir and sermon. For more info: Rev. Dennis Drainville, 392-5890.

• McGill Debating Union is holding an In-House Debate in the Student Union Building, Rm 310 at 6 pm. All welcome.

The Students' Society of M c G ill U n iversity & M c G ill Association o f U n iversity Teachers

Brief on TUITION FEES, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, AND UNIVERSITY FINANCING W e are not suggesting that the government should bear all che financial burden for these necessary expenditures. W e understand that it has its own battles to fight in keeping the annual deficit of the province to S3 billion, and we are unwilling to add to the already heavy burden of debt which every Quebec citizen bears. W e come instead with a different proposal, and we hope that you will give it serious consideration. What we propose is (a) a reform of the present funding formula for universities, and (b) a tuition fee increase.

3. The Funding Formula The current t unding t •>rmu1a tor Quebec unlvunii Ui l•<«■* mil 1. Provincial Grants to Universities properly compensate McGill for its costs as a research university, for its commitment to expensive graduate and Let us begin with a brief picture of the difficult situation of professional nor programs. Areformed funding formula must: McGill's finances.

Fund each student in each faculty according to the cost of Since 1977, the r ;a1 value of Che annual grant received from che a) his or her education, rather chan on a flat race across all Government of Quebec by McGill University has decreased by 282.

The 1977 gg-ant was $86 million, the equivalent of 5168 million in b) faculties provide in; each university's operating grant an amount equal 19fjb dollars after allowing for inflation of. 962. The 1986 grant to a percentage of the total research grancs obtained by che is $121 milLion, which in real terms is $47 million less chan the university each year. The purpose of this provision is to amount received in 1977. The net effect is a shrinkage of 282. covfr research overhead, and to encourage universities to seek research grants; In these same nine years student enrollment has increased by 142, separate grancs to universities to allow for rapid so that funds available per student have declined even more c) provide replacement of equipment, an absolute necessity if Quebec's dramatically. The grant per full-time equivalent student in 1977 are to remain internationally competitive; was $4,909, which comes to $9,623 in 1986 dollars. In 1986 the d) universities provide funds to universities for expansion on che basis of grant per student is S6,080, which is 372 less chan In 1977. enrolment in individual academic units, not on che basis of overall enrolment; andto each university to cover che portion It is not difficult to see the effect of this net decrease in e) m ake a one-tim e grant funding on che University. In 1977-78 the total number rof of its deficit created by differences between che old and new teaching staff was 1,306, and student enrollment was 17,517. 3y formulas since 1980-81.

1985-86 che number of teaching staff had declined to 1,259 and the number of scudents had increased to 20,108, so chat 47 fewer A funding formula which incorporated all of these aspeccs would professors were teaching 2,591 more scudents. Inevitably, class not only recognize McGill's efforts, but would encourage Quebec sizes have risen and the amount of time that a professor can to make themselves competitive in research both devote to an individual student has shrunk. In large universities introductory courses, as well as in many intermediate-level nationally and internationally. courses, the pattern today is two hours of lectures per week in a 4. Tuition Fees large auditorium by the professor, with the class being divided up into smaller groups for the third hour under a graduate Student participation in university funding should be increased student teaching assistant. In many science courses with a co cover about 202 of the cost of their education. Current fees laboratory, laboratory reports used to be submitted every week at McGill are $570 per year for non-visa students. *e propose for correction and grading by the demonstrators. Now this is no that they be increased by $430 to a level of $1,000 for the next longer possible. academic year, and thereafter by $500 annually to a ceiling of It i's not only in growing class size chat budgetary compressions 202 in 1990-91, which will be approximately $2,500: have made themselves felt. In 1970-71 the average number of hours per week that che University library was open for study and service during che fall and winter semesters was 106. In 1985-86 1987-88 1988-89 *1989-90 1990-91 this number had fallen to 96 per week for study and only 63.5 for service (circulation, reference, etc.). During che four months Increase $ 430 $ 500 $ 500 $ 500 of summer, these latter figures fall to 61 and 43.75 hours per week respectively. For comparison, one library at MIT in Boston Fee level 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 remains open 24 hours per day for study, and others are open for service 87 hours per week in winter and 72 in summer.

Assuming chat non-visa scudents at McGill continue to number 18,600, as they do ac present, increased revenues to the During the summer months, shortage of funds forced McGill to university would amount to $7 million in 1987-88, $17.3 million declare Fridays a holiday for non-academic staff (technicians, in 1988-89, $26.6 million in 1989-90, and $35.9 million in 1990secretaries, etc.) in lieu of a salary increase 5 years ago. As 91. a result, libraries and research facilities for graduate scudents This fee increase carries the following four requirements: and academic staff are severely curtailed during the summer.

Even during che winter, janitorial services are noc available in (i) All of the money which results from che increase must be many buildings over the weekends. ' passed on co the university, and none retained by c-he government. No reduction in the current operating grant The fourth area in which McGill has suffered because of reduced shall be effected. grants is in the salaries of academic staff. In 1977-78 salaries (ii) Accessibility to university must be maintained, and no at McGill were on a par with chose at other Quebec universities. qualified student should be prevented from attending Today they are on an average 92 behind. (See Appendix I for an university for financial reasons. To this end the age-basis comparison of McGill salaries with those of all other university will set aside one-third of che increase for a Quebec un: sities.) The consequence of this discrepancy is loan and bursary program. , chat McC today ;s no longer competitive with ocher (iii) T he remaining two-third's of the increase will go cowards universi: salaries. As its teaching staff grows older, improving the quality of education at the university, as McGill is danger of no longer being able to recruit che besc outlined in Section 2 above. of theryoung scholars and researchers we need, i.e. those who are (iv) In recognition of the increased contribution of students now in the process of completing their doctorates. to the university's operations, there must be increased student representation on the university's highest 2. Reversing the Decline deci sion-’making councils.

The only solution to the decline in the quality of academic In 1990-91, students would provide about 202 of the cost of services is new money. New funding is required to: university education, the private sector some similar or lesser ounc, and che provincial government, the rest. That decreased 1) Hire new, young academics to replace professors who have am role for the provincial government should noc be seen as an retired over che last ten years, thus reducing che size of opportunity to save money. It will not be. To have a worldclasses and renewing the teaching and research staff; economy, Quebec must have world-class training and world2) raise academic salaries to be competitive with chose offered class class universities.

The provincial government must maintain its at the best universities in North America in order to attract commitment to universities and higher education. Other che best professorial staff; participants will accept their financial responsibilities to 3) improve che quality of laboratory equipment and computer universities if the provincial government accepts its syscems; responsibility.

4) improve library services; and 5) provide more funds for graduate teaching fellowships, which 5. Foreign Student Fees serve an important role in developing che teaching skills of M Aand Ph.D. scudents.

W e believe that foreign student fees are already too high, and have in recent years made it impossible for many foreign students to attend university in Quebec-. In the case of third-world Introduce Ion This brief is the product of extensive and constructive discussions between the professors and students of McGill University. W e have found common concerns* about the problems at our university, and propose solutions which we think will help solve them. W e welcome this opportunity to express our views to the members of the Commission.

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students, this decrease in registrations is particularly regrettable, and. prevents Quebec's universities from playing their full role in international development and North-South coopérât ion.

Additionally, foreign students provide a necessary academic benefit to Quebec universities by allowing a free flow of ideas across national borders. Only by opening Quebec's universities to the best students in the world can Quebec develop world-class universities.

6. Human and Material Resources W e feel chat McGill is a well'-managed university. Our systematic cyclical reviews force a discipline on McGill's planning which ocher universities might well adopt. There are, however, many areas to improve. Acrisis in human resources is looming in the near fucure, and McGill's system of course evalutions can be improved. Much.of the new money from a tuition fee increase will go to human resources.

Few new staff members have been hired in the past ten years. It is poor planning and bad management to deprive universities of money to hire new staff now and instead to put off the expenditures until a crisis has developed.' In a few years, many of Quebec's professors will be retiring, and' there will be few young professors to take their places.

A renewal of academic staff is needed. Many young and vigorous academics must be hired to replace chose who have retired or who will leave in che fucure. Each university ÿhould review ics process of academic renewal, Including procedures for promotion, tenure and retirement. Staff and scudents both have an interest in academic renewal, and should both be included on the committees charged wich its review.

There is also room to improve the system of monitoring the performance of Lecturers. Confidential teacher evaluations and public course evaluations should be required in each course.

These evaluations must be administered by the dean of each faculty to have the credibility they require. The results of course evalutions should be available for publishing.

7. Financial Aid to Scudents although there has been a tremendous increase in che number of scudents attending university in Quebec, the current situation is far from perfect. The three main features of inadequate accessibility co university are: a student body which is not representative of the socio-economic distribution of the larger population; che small number of students proceeding to graduace studies; and an inflated number of part-time students.

Without an Increase in the system of financial aid for students, a tuition fee increase would reverse the progress in accessibility to universities which Quebec has made in the last twenty years. To encourage qualified stfudencs from lower socio­ economic groups co attend university, methods should be found to increase awareness among secondary school and CSJEP students. To monitor this process, we recommend chat che Conseil supérieur de l'éducation establish *a system of monitoring accessibility ac all levels of education within the province.

W e have kept our remarks on financial aid brief. The current system of loans and bursaries cannot be modified piecemeal, and should be Che subject of a separate review. This review must provide for each university to administer its own financial aid program in accordance with che needs of its students.

8. Conclusion W e hope that the Commission will recognize the unique nature of this staff-student présenta.t ion. We believe that the implementation of the measures proposed in this brief will go a long way coward improving che quality of education at our uni vers i ty.

This brief was recently presented to the Parliamentary Commission on the Orientation and Financial Framework of Quebec's University System for 1987-88 and subsequent years.

Please take the time to read this imporant dociment, as it was presented on your behalf to address the serious problem of the Future of University Education.

For further information contact Ian Brodie-VP External Affairs ag 392-8971

Tuesday, October 21, 1986

C ouncil D efen d s C om m ission Brief

by Christiane Bernier Last Wednesday's Student's Council meeting lit a few sparks again concern­ ing the SSMU/MAUT joint brief presented on October 14th to the Quebec Parliamentary Commission on Education.

The brief has created controversy because its position is for a student fee increase which is contingent upon the following conditions: retention by the Universities of all revenues raised by a fee increase, greater representation of students on Senate and Board Commit­ tees, control of loans and bursaries pro­ gramme by the University, a systematic review of accessibility by the Conseil

supérieur de l'éducation to adjust fee in­ creases and finally the elaboration of an awareness programme in Quebec high schools and CEGEPs encouraging academically qualified students to at­ tend University.

During the question period, a member of the M c G ill D a ily asked why it had been necessary to revise the brief without approval of Council for the Parliamentary Commission hearing. Ian Brodie, VP External, responded that the brief was presented in its original form at the hearing, that it had not been revised.

Paul Pickersgill, President, clarified by saying: "At an Executive meeting, some ideas were discussed, they were approv-

ed by MAUT and some councillors but since there was no possibility of getting formal approval from Student Council, we could not carry through on any possi­ ble revision."

A motion was later passed to publish in its entirety the StudSoc/McGill Association of University Teachers (MAUT) joint brief in the M c G ill Tribune to give students the most complete infor­ mation.

Later in an interview, Ian Brodie said that he hopes that the outcome of the Parliamentary Commission hearings will bring a complete review of thé financial aid system.

When asked how other University Stu­ dent Associations feel about McGill's Students' Council's unique position on the matter of the fee increase, Brodie

responded: "They accept our position. I think everyone knows there is going to be a fee increase and we're all ap­ proaching it differently. McGill has dif­ ferent problems and they accept it."

Brodie will be presenting videotaped segments of the SSMU/MAUT hearing at the next Council meeting.

On the question of why the SSMU wrote the brief with the MAUT, Brodie explained that teachers and students have similar concerns. "They approach­ ed us. Before this year we didn't have any relations with MAUT. I think it's an important move for the future and I hope it is not the last occasion that we work together."

In other Council business, Trevor Mar­ chand, Architecture Representative to Council, was elected to Student

Council's External Affaires Committee.

Although Marchand acknowledged that he had no related experience, he main­ tained that he felt capable of doing a "good job."

On another topic during the question period, a member of the Gallery asked for an explanation on why it now costs $5.00 for a lunch consisting of main dish and fruit salad in the Student Union Cafeteria. Rick Chance, VP Finance answered that a four to nine per cent in­ crease on certain items had been necessary to adjust for inflation, increas­ ed CVC wages as well as renovations made to the Cafeteria. He went on to say that this increase has made it possible to turn CVC's financial situation into a pro­ fitable one.

E x ec E x p e c ts A p o lo g y

by Michele Dupuis The McGill Studsoc executive is still unhappy that the D a ily did not print a retraction of its article published on Oc­ tober 15 regarding Studsoc's Parliamen­ tary brief. "We were sort of expecting an apology," said Vice President External Ian Brodie.

The October 15 article stated that the Studsoc executive had made changes to the Parliamentary Commission brief without consulting Student's Council for ratification. The changes had, in fact, never been made to the brief. Ian Brodie (VP External) told the Tribune that the changes had never been made exactly because he could not get hold of enough councillors to approve them. The D a ily did, however, write another article on October 16 stating that no changes had been made to the brief.

"The first paragraph was basically a retraction," said D a ily News Editor Joe Heath about the October 16 article.

Heath told the Tribune that Brodie and Pickersgill had read the article before it went into print. However, Pickersgill claimed that changes had been made to the article after they had read it.

The proposed changes included drop­ ping the fee increase from $2500 to $1250 by 1989, providing for an expan­ sion of the qualifications to receive financial aid, encouraging graduate students enrollment. The changes to the brief also include a section recommen­ ding that foreign students at McGill pay the same tuition as Canadian Students.

Brodie seemed surprised that Chris Lawson, author of both articles, could make such an error: "He quoted Mrs. Blackburn in the October 15 article as criticizing the $2500 fee recommenda­ tion.- If there had been any changes in

the brief she would not have known the $2500 figure — only the $1250 one."

Lawson attributed his incorrect data to Professor Heshey Warshawsky of the McGill Association of University Teachers (MAUT) who helped co-author the brief that Studsoc presented to the Commission last Tuesday. Apparently Warshawsky told Lawson that the changes had been approved by MAUT and so Lawson "assumed" that Studsoc was going ahead with the changes. War­ shawsky could not be reached for com­ ment.

Lawson also based his information on a press release prepared by student councillors Carlene Gardner and François Longpré along with the Post Graduate Student Society, the Law Students' Association and the Social Work Students Society which refuted the proposed changes to the brief.

Goldberg Advocates Sanctions, Violence Photo — Ezra Greenberg

by Tanya Van Valkenburg There was a rare treat last Thursday at Concordia for those of us who did not have afternoon classes (or even for those of us who did!). Sponsored by IDAFSA (International Defense and Aid Fund of South Africa) and the ANC (African Na­ tional Congress), Denis Goldberg, who has recently been released after 22 years in prison in South Africa, addressed a "RAEU does spend too much on its large group of students and members of staff and not enough on information," the Montreal community. Mr. Goldberg noted Westman. was arrested with Nelson Mandela 23 The other point to which Brodie took years ago, and many people were hop­ exception was a statement on the poster ing for an explanation of Mr. Goldberg's and in the D a ily ad which states that past and present role in the conflict, and RAEU's policy is to initiate a loan pro­ hopefully an elucidation of the real goals gram of $4000 for each student who is and methods of the ANC. Instead, what currently ineligble to receive a loans and emerged was an enlightening account of bursaries. the problems in South Africa which was Brodie told the Tribune that the above aimed at (and succeeded in) increasing policy was rejected by RAEU's executive our em otional sentiment vis-a-vis the council in mid April. According to Gard­ conflict. ner and Westman, the $4000 loan pro­ The major focus of his talk was aimed gram was part of RAEU's policies two at clearing up the many misperceptions years ago but neither had heard about of the problem which are created by the the new ruling. news blackout in South Africa. In this he "That we are not sure of RAEU's was very informative, and gave an in­ policies shows how unclear (the teresting perspective on many issues policies) are," stated Westman. He fur­ which are frequently discussed by Cana­ ther noted how difficult it would be for dians. For instance, it is often asked what students to find out what RAEU's the ultimate effect of sanctions will be. policies are since student leaders cannot Mr. Goldberg replied that 40 per cent of seem to wade through the mire of the South African national budget is RAEU's policies. devoted to maintaining the armed forces Dinsmore was to discuss the issue which now occupy Lesotho and with both the no-Committee and Brodie Swaziland and are in the process of yesterday to review their written besieging Namibia and Botswana; fur­ evidence before he makes a decision on thermore, 10 per cent goes to ruling over how to proceed. At press time the out­ the black people (he did not qualify this come of the meeting was unkown; statement). The importance of sanctions, however, when asked about the he said, is to weaken the economy to the likelihood that the results of the referen­ extent where it can no longer devote 50 dum would be nullified, he said, "it's per cent of its budget to the suppression possible." of its own and other people.

R e fe r e n d u m

by Michele Dupuis The "No Committee" responsible for the RAEU ad in the M c G ill D a ily on Oc­ tober 16 has created a controversy due to the allegedly misleading nature of its two major arguments. The advertise­ ment pertains to the referendum taking place today and tomorrow to determine whether or not McGill's Students Society will join the Regroupement des Associa­ tions Universitaires Etudiantes (RAEU) The ad states that RAEU spends $6000 a year in bursaries for its staff members.

However, in a letter to Chief Returning Officer Andrew Dinsmore, Vice Presi­ dent External Ian Brodie points out that the $6000 in bursaries actually comes directly from the Quebec Provincial Government.

"We acknowledge that the first point is misleading," stated co-Chair of the No-Committee and representative to Council Daron Westman. Westman ex­ plained that the problem had been a typesetting one and that it was corrected in the No-Committees posters.

"It's an unfortunate condensation of the copy submitted to the typesetters," explained Carlene Gardner, Co-Chair of the Committee and representative to Council.

In the poster, there is no mention of the $6000 Bursary.

Tuesday, October 21, 1986

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Another major point that he made was amples of multinationals which are to show that the struggle in South Africa discussing their roles in the shaping of is not between blacks and whites, but apartheid-free South Africa. He stressed, between racists and non-racists. "Colour however, that South Africa is fighting is not a matter of skin pigmentation," he now to end imposed rule and begin said; "rather, it is a way of thinking." He determining her own future. showed that the non-racists are fighting In response to the criticism, propound­ for self-determination, and aiming for ed by the media, that there is too much the goals which are implicit in the tribal rivalry and violence to allow for a Freedom Charter of 1955. The basic united front when apartheid falls, one premise of the Charter is that South member of the audience pointed out that Africa belongs to all the people who live the rivalry is between local and migrant in it, whether blafck, white or indian; workers, not tribes per se. This concep­ therefore, any agents of the present racist tion of tribal violence was coined by the system must be punished. Goldberg em­ racist government, said Goldberg, and phasized that the Charter advocates when apartheid's disunifying influence democracy, not communism as the is removed, these problems can be racist government claims, and this is pro­ worked out. ven by the clause which calls for elec­ Goldberg is in Canada as a spokesper­ toral rights. As well, the Charter son for the ANC, and the purpose of the demands equal rights for all national visit is to promote comprehensive groups, and desires to live at peace with divestment in racist South Africa and in­ all of South Africa's neighbours. He ternational support for the ANC. claimed that this charter is written into Therefore he did not devote much time the constitution of the ANC and is the to discussing his own involvement in the fundamental political document. conflict. Therefore, where the crowd Much as the ANC would like to see was expecting an enlightening discus­ changes dictated by political com­ sion of the situation in South Africa by promise rather than violence, Goldberg someone who is actually involved, it said, he admited that there will be a "bit­ received what in effect became a rally ter, bloody battle" before the system of against apartheid. Goldberg sent apartheid ends. However, his point of periodic shock waves through the au­ view in regards to the future of South dience to heighten our emotional level.

Africa was very positive. One of his These ranged from detailing a young slogans was, "victory is certain." To boy's death in the student uprising of demonstrate this, he explained that not 1976 where 1000 young blacks were only black but white students are starting killed, to declaring that racism leads to both to protest and to refuse to perform things like the holocaust. The slogan of mandatory military service. He feels also the ANC, "Power to the People," was that comprehensive sanctions will hurry repeated throughout, and Goldberg's (or the collapse of the system. And the ANC's) method to achieve this worldwide there is no longer any doubt power is through violence. of the imminent collapse of the system of 2 it not for what happened at the apartheid, claimed Goldberg, citing the the discussion, one could have Ford and Rockefeller Foundations as ex­ nued on page 9

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McGill Brief Addresses Underfunding

by Jennifer Mori "Is the high cost of high quality univer­ sity teaching and research worth paying for?" This was the main question ad­ dressed by the McGill University Brief on Education and Manpower, presented

by Principal David L. Johnston in Quebec City last Tuesday.

The University brief, presented separately from the SSMU/MAUT brief, made seven major recommendations, centering on "the methods of distribu­ tion of funds among universities; the urgent need for an immediate solution, in the form of fee increases, to the underfunding problem."

The brief recommended a tuition in­ crease of $500 in 1987-88 and another in 1988-89 for Canadian citizens and permanent residents to reach the average fee level in the other provinces.

The money so raised would remain within the university, 30 per cent going towards student bursaries, the remainder for university funding. "It would be un­ conscionable to divert any part of a fee increase from the university system to general government revenues," stated the brief; "Universities have already contributed more than their fair share towards government restraint over the last seven years."

It was also recommended that one quarter of each government's foreign graduate students be exempted from foreign student fees to attract outstan­

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ding foreign students to Quebec univer­ sities. These students would be selected on the basis of academic merit and financial needs without any prior inter­ university agreement.

A 1984 Conférence des Recteurs et des Principaux des Universités du Québec (CRÊUQ) brief reported a 29 per cent drop in real spending per stu­ dent from 1978-79 to 1984-85 while real funding per student dropped 31.2 per cent. McGill has been particularly hard hit; in 1982-83, it was underfunded by $15 million relative to average pro­ vincial norms. Moreover, McGill has been experiencing serious financial dif­ ficulties for the past seven years; prior to 1984-85, deficits were charged to its unrestricted endowment funds, now en­ tirely exhausted. The accumulated un­ funded deficit is estimated at $28 million at the end of this academic year while this year's projected unfunded deficit is $10 million.

Provincial underfunding has taken several forms. From 1978-79 to 1984-85, when university enrollment increasd from 117,000 to 146,000, the Ministry of Education alloted some $170 million, $100 million of which was deducted from all university budgets as a prélèvement, a previous deduction.

"This shortfall of revenue," stated the brief, "was compounded by a consistent failure to index fully university grants for inflation and the cost of salary policy.

The result at McGill was a severe decline in our real income during this period." Moreover, McGill students contribute $1 million a year to other un­ iversities because McGill's fees were higher than the other Quebec univer­ sities when tuition fees were frozen in the late sixties. The Ministry deducts $570 per student from admissible ex­ penditure in calculation of the operating grant as opposed to $500 for other universities.

McGill's measures to cope with underfunding included severe restraints in salaries and new appointments and rigorous university cost control. The results of underfunding on the quality of research and teaching have been severe: outdated laboratory equipment, ineffi­ cient computer facilites, shortened hours in understocked libraries, declining student/staff ratios (now worse than in the CEGEPs), and space constraints preventing new initiatives in research or innovative teaching methods.

External research funding has tripled over the past nine years from 25.5 million in 1977-78 to 7.5 million in 1986- 87 and the corresponding increase in indirect research costs has put con­ siderable strain on the operating budget as the operating grant takes no account of indirect research costs. The brief ad­ vised a $10 million increase for 1986-87 and an additional $20 million for 1987-88, funds being distributed among universities in proportion to average continued on page 11

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Tuesday, October 21, 1986

EDITORIAL Unique Approaches to Classroom Congestion

Rejkavik: A Means To A Beginning?

General Secretary Gorbachev's proposal to meet with President Reagan in Iceland was grounded in the hope that such a meeting would give "impetus" to the arms control negotia­ tions in Geneva. Gorbachev has long adhered to the view that there is no reason to travel to the United States for a full scale summit meeting unless it would be possible to achieve con­ crete results. The meeting in Iceland was therefore slated as a "base camp" pre-summit plann­ ing meeting which would not revolve entirely around issues of arms control. However, Mr. Gorbachev arrived in Iceland with a set of proposals which can fairly be said to have taken the US delegation by surprise. Instead of a limited meeting of preliminary character, the chance arose for both sides to act on the most fundamental arms control issues. It is to Mr. Reagan's credit that he did not back away from these strikingly new proposals, arguing that further con­ sultation with allies and members of Congress was necessary.

Largely on the basis of Soviet concessions, conditional agreements were reached in two of the three main areas of arms control negotiations — Euromissiles, nuclear testing and strategic weapons. M r. Gorbachev agreed to Mr. Reagan's original zero-zero option for intermediate range nuclear forces (INF): no Soviet or American nuclear missiles in Europe. There was also an agreement to limit INF missiles in Asia to 100 warheads. The same number is to be deployed on US soil. O n the issue of testing, the Soviets again came over to the American side. Instead of maintaining his longstanding commitment to a moratorium on nuclear weapons testing, Gorbachev accepted the American emphasis on verification procedures with a gradual reduction in the number and yield of tests. This would lead eventually to a comprehensive test ban. Prior to the meeting in Iceland agreements in these two areas seemed most promising. Unfortunately, M r. Gorbachev had reversed his position stated previously in Geneva. That is, he again insisted that f in a l agreement in these areas was contingent upon agreements to reduce strategic nuclear forces. It was during these negotiations that the talks finally broke down.

M r. Gorbachev proposed that both sides reduce their strategic nuclear forces by 50 per cent over a five-year period, as well as adhere to the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) treaty limiting defenses for 10 years. The US agreed in principle to the proposed missile reduction and Mr. Reagan went one step further by proposing the elimination of all nuclear missiles over a period of 10 years. M r. Reagan, however, refused to adhere to the ABM treaty for 10 years say­ ing that it would effectively kill the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) commonly known as "Star W ars." At this point both leaders reached for their briefcases and departed.

The problems with actually developing an effective space-based defense as well as the im­ plications that such a defense would have, in terms of offensive capabilities, have been well voiced and w ill not be reiterated here. Yet it is not clear that the crux of the issue — how to define research — was ever seriously negotiated. A recent commentary likened the situation to the failure to achieve a comprehensive test ban treaty 25 years ago. "At that time, the Soviet Union was willing to grant three on-site inspections. The United States insisted on seven.

Agreements eluded both sides, presumably because nobody remembered the number five."

There seems to be no apparent reason why an appropriate interpretation of the ABM treaty cannot be drafted and agreed upon. The question, then, is why wasn't this achieved in Iceland? An answer proposed by another commentator seems fitting. "Superpower relations should be conducted with institutional caution; national security should not hang on the stamina and instant judgment of individuals at an all-night poker game."

In the aftermath of the Icelandic conference, both leaders moved quickly to express their willingness to keep their proposals on the table in order that arms control negotiators in Geneva may continue the deliberations. More striking, however, has been the willingness of both leaders to refer to the abolition of nuclear missiles entirely. Never before has this issue been raised as a possibility by either side. Anti-nuclear and disarmamanet coalitions worldwide should follow this lead with fresh ideas and renewed political action, pressing their leaders for what seemed until now an impossible realization.

Mr. Reagan will most certainly have to give some ground on curtailing SDI to achieve an in­ terpretation of the ABM treaty that Mr. Gorbachev w ill accept. M r. Gorbachev can help move things along by formally retracting the reincarnated linkages between the up-until-now separate negotiations. W orldw ide support should now be given, and pressure applied, to the two leaders who have come closer to realistic and effective arms control than their predecessors. Perhaps "M utually Assured Destruction" will soon not be our only means of keeping the peace.

Ezra Greenberg Tuesday, October 21, 1986

The McGill Tribune

W ith consistent budget cuts and underfunding of our univer­ sities, the most immediately obvious detrimental effect for students seems to be the overcrowding of classrooms. Any first year student will tell you that a class of 500 students is not an uncommon phenomenon. This student/professor ratio does not appear entirely conducive to effective higher learning.

The standard solution to the problem always seems to be to increase tuition fees. And certainly the M cG ill Student Society's suggestion for an annual $500.00 tuition increase would achieve this goal. The increase would almost certainly lead to a reduction in the number of students, thereby improv­ ing the quality of education for the select few.

One proposed alternative is the POET (Post-Obligatory Education Tax) system of increased taxes for university graduates. This idea comes from Peter Wheeland, a Concordia political science student. The plan calls for an additional in­ come tax of up to 2 per cent, which would be applied for three years for every year of university study.

This idea would be fairer than a straight tuition increase but it has its drawbacks. Altering the already complicated tax system would probably require more funding than it would generate, it would work given time, but governments tend to hesitate when immediate solutions are not imminent.

Forcing all tax payers to foot the bill is no solution either.

M any contend that free education eliminates incentive and allows non-serious students to abuse the system.

The ideal solution would be for students to pay for their education while studying. This could be achieved if each faculty had its own profitable corporation which employed students , in an educational capacity and made money for the university at the same time.

Learning does not take place only in the classroom. Several Canadian universitis have instituted successful C O O P pro­ grams which offer students practical work experience while giving them credit toward a degree at the same time. The ma­ jor problem here is that this system on a large scale would overload the work force. Most jobs would become make-work projects (such as working for the government) and tax payers would once again pick up the tab.

The implementation of faculty companies would reduce the number of students in the classroom by placing them in the work force. The overloading of the workforce could be avoid­ ed by concentrating on production rather than services. Senior students could act as management, eliminating the need for an increase in the number of professors.

There are major problems of course. Creating a profitable corporation is no easy task. But then the greatest minds in the country are probably concentrated at the universities so that these problems can be overcome from within.

Investment capital is also a necessary drawback. These cor­ porations can start small and evolve as the system perpetuates itself. W e already possess the major raw material — human resource.

Perfect solution never simply appear. But if 18,600 students devote a little time to ideas of this sort, a combination of alter­ natives might effectively bring about a better system.

Chris Flanagan

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by Boyd Holmes Hanif Kureishi, M y Beautiful Laundrette a n d The R a in b o w Sign, Faber and Faber, 1986, 112 pp.,$12.95.

My Beautiful Laundrette is a recent British film which was released in Mon­ tréal on September 26. Originally made for London television and shot on a low budget, it has proved itself to be a rare critical success on big screens in New York, Toronto, and now in this city as well. The screenplay, by English playwright Hanif Kureishi, has been published in a volume which also in­ cludes a personal essay by the author, described as an "autobiographical reflection on the nature of the Pakistani experience" (Kureishi is the son of a Pakistani father and an English mother), and entitled "The Rainbow Sign."

My Beautiful Laundrette is set in con­ temporary South London. Its central character is young Omar, the son of Pakistani immigrants. His father, once a prominent socialist journalist, is now a bed-ridden alcoholic; Omar's mother, unable to cope with the racism to which many South Asians in Britain are subject, has committed suicide. Omar himself, having twice failed his university en­ trance exams, is unemployed.

To reverse his current status, Omar ac­ cepts the position of manager at his un­ cle's run-down laundromat. Determined to turn it into a profitable business, he employs a white English acquaintance, Johnny, a punk and a racist, to help him change the property into "a Ritz among laundrettes." In the process, the two become lovers.

The fact that Omar and Johnny become lovers has led some critics to suggest that the principal subject of the film is homosexuality. It isn't. Rather, the theme of My Beautiful Laundrette is the Fosterian notion of the need for human beings to make contact with one another regardless of social, political, cultural, personal or sexual barriers; this is the on­ ly means through which man may sur­ vive in a universe which is as yet unknowable, possibly pointless, and certainly painful. The theme is demonstrated by the effects of the numerous conflicts and alliances that are presented.

In addition to proving its theme, however, the conflicts and alliances, and how they either change or remain static also make My Beautiful Laundrette an uncommonly complex and provocative work. It is consequently regrettable that a number of scenes in the screenplay that would have enhanced these elements do not appear in the film.

These include one sequence in which Johnny confronts Nasser's partner, Salim, concerning the latter's cocaine smuggling; and one in which, working on behalf of Nasser, Johnny discovers a Pakistani family living illegally in one of Nasser's appartments. The leader of the family explains that they are "escaping persecution" and then asks Johnny, who has been unsuccessfully trying to "go straight," "Are you a good man or are you a bad man?"

However, despite the discrepancies between the film and the original screenplay, they both have the same awkward flow; strangely, this awkward­ ness seems appropriate. Writing in The N e w Yorker, Pauline Kael compared the uneven pattern of the movie to Islamic decorative art, and, in a reference to its director Stephen Frears, stated: "It's almost as if he's cutting to the rhythm of Pakistani-accented English."

Nonetheless, there is one instance in which Kureishi's choice of emphasis is misjudged. Insufficient weight is placed on the estrangement of the two brothers, the result being that their eventual reconciliation loses the emotional im­ pact it could otherwise have had.

Kureishi apparently took the title "The Rainbow Sign" from James Baldwin's The Fire N ext Tim e (1963), a study of relations between blacks and whites in the United States. Baldwin concluded

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significance because, like Baldwin, Kureishi advocates the removal of unjust social and racial barriers.

"The Rainbow Sign" is divided into three chapters. In the first, entitled "England," Kureishi relates his childhood and adolescence in London during the 1960's and 1970's, during which Pakistanis were regarded as being "dirty, ignorant and less than human — worthy of abuse and violence." "From the start," he writes, "I tried to deny my Pakistani self. I was ashamed. It was a curse and I wanted to be rid of it." In the second section, "Pakistan," Kureishi relates a short period of his life in the early 1980's during which he lived in that country, and during which he began writing My B e a u tifu l La u n d re tte .

"Pakistan" is the chronicle of a young man who underwent culture shock. He witnessed wealthy family members and their friends drinking liberally in a nation in which one can be lashed for consum­ ing alcohol; he visited markets in which hand-grenades, rifles and dope were be­ ing sold as one might sell fruits and vegetables; he encountered the regressiveness, the authoritarianism, and the intellectual poverty which are the realities of a theocracy. But above all

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From mind to matter, a surprisingly progressive idea was brought to the foreground of public opinion in Toronto

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E r o tic S c u lp t u r e , tions were unprepared for what finally arrived and thus began the globetrotting image of the Lovers' Bench.

The sculpture depicts two women and one man seated on a bench and sheath­ ed in nothing but their charming per­ sonalities. While the scene displayed may be feasible, it seems to evoke a

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some years ago. Although somehow pre­ destined to a life of uncertainty and vagrancy, the incarnation of this novel idea, a bronze sculpture, proved to live in the wake of its own legend. The sculpture of three nude people engaged in acts of manual erotic stimulation has been shifted from city to city in search of solace and a place to call home.

Most works of art end up travelling to various cities around the world to be displayed to thousands of admiring patrons and discriminating critics. Un­ fortunately, when the city of Toronto set out to find the perfect statue for the com­ munity's viewing audience, imagina-

else Kureishi discovered that, just as he had been unable to realize a sense of belonging while in England, he could not do it in Pakistan either. "As someone said to me at a party, provoked by the fact I was wearing jeans: we are Pakistanis, but you, you will always be a Paki — emphasizing the slang derogatory name the English used against Pakistanis, and therefore the fact I couldn't rightfully lay claim to either place."

In the final chapter, Kureishi writes, "I came home...to my country. This is a dif­ ficult thing to say." Chapter Three is not so much a work of autobiography as it is an outline of the racist atmosphere of contemporary Britain. Its greatest asset is, in two paragraphs (pages 31-32), one of the finest short explanations of the evi I of racism yet written. It is for these paragraphs above all that "The Rainbow Sign" should be read.

At the end of the essay, Kureishi argues for the need for the United Kingdom to accept the intermingling of the cultures of Britain and Pakistan.

"This decision is not about a small group of irrelevant people who can be con­ temptuously described as 'minorities.' It is about the direction of British society.

About its values and how humane it can be when experiencing real difficulty and possible breakdown. It is about the respect it accords individuals, the power it gives to groups, and what it really means when it describes itself as 'democratic.' The future is in our hands." Although Kureishi is addressing a British audience, there is no reason why we should not become aware of un­ just racial and cultural attitudes within Canadian society and act to end them.

The future is indeed in our hands.

sense of uneasiness in North American audiences. The appreciation of nude works dates back to many centuries B.C. However, somewhere along the lines of misunderstanding, the anonymous artist has been said to have lost sight of some higher ideal. Perhaps only the extremely liberal-minded (or sexually uninhibited) among Toronto's conservative patrons of the arts, could find deeper meaning. At any rate, Toronto decided that the bronzed trio belonged behind closed doors somewhere far aoutside the city limits. For Toronto the Good, the erotic innuendo displayed on the city streets became a race to rid itself of a hot

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The banished threesome embarke upon the pursuit of an understandin; and welcoming audience. Clad only ii their birthday suits, the homeless arrivei

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What was to become of this sensa­ tional representation of indecent ex­ posure? Still caught in this open-arm syn­ drome, Montreal revelled in the return of the three nudes from exile. Yet the story does not end here for the starcrossed lovers. Believing their plight to be over, the trio settled down to the comfort of its Sherbrooke Street address, only to be uprooted once again.

Will the cycle ever end? To the dismay of the statue, (but probably not the public), the exhibition is currently par­ ticipating in an encore of expatriation

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From the morally chilly street of two ma­ jor Canadian cities to the warmth of a hotel lobby in Manhattan, the statue at­ tempted to find comfort in a congenial new arena. However, dissension among the ranks of its clientele forced the hotel to find an alternative to the 'offensive' cast of people dominating its foyer. The Fifth Amendment claims freedom of speech and expression, but the expres­ sion put forward in this instance ap­ parently went beyond the limit. Extreme as it may seem, the troupe remained in­

behind closed doors. Taking a stab at New York City, a private collector set out to befriend the otherwise friendless group. Now resting comfortably in the home of this unknown collector, perhaps the sculpture will blend well with some extravagant decor. Then again, perhaps it will be found buried in the cobwebs of a neglected attic, the punishment for offending someone's prudish relative. Whatever its fate, the legend prevails. Next time, a statue of more limitations would better suit the streets of North America.

].M. Coetzee, Foe (Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd., 1986) 157pp.

Perhaps it's not suprising that a South African novelist would write in ex­ tremes: certainly, in Foe, J.M. Coetzee's most recent novel, the reader is taken skillfully through the polar themes of savagery and civilization, speech and silence, sanity and madness, black and white. It's also not surprising that these themes are brought into reality in present-day South Arica. Mr. Coetzee, whose most well-known work is The Life and Times o f M ichael K, is a product of an upbringing and education in that troubled country.

Yet Foe is not simply a refined allegory for the racial extremism in South Africa today. It is a complex novel that is cleverly based on the Robinson Crusoe fable, a fable that is contorted much to the reader's chagrin into a stark and simplistic narrative. In fact, the story of Cruso and his servant Friday, seen through the eyes of one Susan Barton (a castaway who is washed ashore), verges on the edge of tedium. Instead of the paradise island that the reader expects, one is confronted with an island of bar­ ren rock and little vegetation. Crusoe and Friday live in stone and dirt shelters, tending terraces where vegetables will not grow. Instead of a vibrant, pioneer­ ing Englishman, Crusoe is a recluse, almost senile after his many years in ex­ ile; Friday is a mute, and nothing more

than a slave. Thus Susan Barton, the civilized Westerner, comes into conflict with this isolated society, based on order, silence, resignation and despair.

Susan waits to be rescued, reflecting that "the heart of man is a dark forest."

The second half of the novel is im­ aginative: eventually the trio is rescued, but Crusoe dies on the way back to England, leaving the narrator and Friday to enter civilization together. One ex­ pects an assimilatory process to occur there, but Coetzee suddenly introduces an new character, the author Daniel Foe. Foe alienates both Susan and Friday.

Although he seemed mundane in his native environment, he is now the object of her fascination as he observes his dan­ cing and music-making. In the end Fri­ day, silent throughout, is the only psychological survivor.

Coetzee teases the reader with insights into his several themes, but never develops any one of them clearly. He treads the middle-ground, simply psign antithetical questions through his charades, never coming down clearly on one side. Crusoe on slavery: "If Pro­ vidence were to watch ove all of us, who would be left to pick the cotton and cut the sugar-cane?"; Susan on slavery: "Is there something in the condition of slavehood that invades the heart and makes a slave for life, as the whiff of ink clings forever to a school-master?" It is therefore an immensely frustrating novel to read, but an illuminating one as well; nothing less is expeded from one of South Africa's foremost novelists.

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Jim Jarmusch may have directed the film, but D o w n B y Law is Tom Waits' movie. As Zack, the swilled-out washedup disc jockey in smalltown Louisiana, Waits is merely playing a character from one of his own songs.

Tom Waits and his music have always inhabited a world of backstreet, downscale, underground Americana where "all the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes," and "raindogs" comprise that segment of society that "doesn't own patterned sheets, wear underwear, or pay taxes.” D o w n By Law, so-starring John Lurie and Roberto Benigni, is set in the definitive Waitsian landscape.

Tom Waits made his debut into the beery depths of the disenchanted with the release of Closing Tim e, a collection of poolroom ballads and acoustic lullabies, in 1973. In later albums his music became more specifically downand-out, glorifying the existence of the rootless and penniless vagabond. In­ deed, the ghost of Kerouac looms heavi­ ly over the Waits corpus, and is formally acknowledged in the song 'Jack and Neal' on Foreign Affairs. Then, as the sand and scotch vocals got rougher, and his characters grimmer and more in­ tense, Waits decided to get weird.

While intimations of this new phase were heard in Heart Attack and Vine (1979), Waits' new directions weren't fully realised until the release of the strangely vaudevillean Swordfishtrom bone s and last year's R ain dogs.

Disonance and 'junkyard orchestral deviation,' evocative of an elementary school orchestra gone awry, now ac­ company the intricate bluesy melodies that once solely characterised his music.

An element of tongue-in-cheek cynicism has also crept into his work, replacing simple empathy and represen­ tation as Waits moves into the realm of subtle social commentary. However, unlike Billy Bragg and other musicians of the socialist vanguard, Waits proposes no plan for social reform. Instead he allows the listener to draw his or her own conclusions. Witness the lyrics of 'Frank's Wild Years,' which describe a nappily marrried suburban couple with a "pet chihuahua, self-cleaning oven, sewer system and emerge somewhere in the whole bit," whom we are told are the swamps of the rural South. quite content in their insignificance.

Although the dialogue is minimal, That is, until one day Frank sets the and, at best, mumbled, the film is laced house on fire, and laughs as he watches with examples of world-weary humour. it burn. (Never could stand that dog.)

In a contemplative mood, Zack exhales Waits is also a master of atmosphere, a Lucky Strike and denounces Jack as a able to evoke by the suddenness of a "shit" after haveing ignored him for chuckle or the stiking of a match, the in­ three days. There is also a hilarious timacy of a bar room chat or the scene in which Roberto, abandoned by violence of a Mafia murder. His recent his cohorts, lapses into a monologue foray into theatre, video, and film, seems about the peculiarities of his family back a natural progression given his gifts as a in Italy as he roasts a rabbit on a raconteur and his narrative tradition. makeshift spit.

Frank's W ild Years has been extended Essentially, the strength of this film lies into a full-length musical co-authored by in the actors' ability to convey specific his wife, Kathleen Brennan. Waits' character traits through means other superb performance in D o w n By Law is than dialogue. Hence, John Lurie shiver­ thus only the logical offshoot in the ing in the prison cell, aloof even as he career of a consummate performer. huddles in a blanket; Waits wearing a D o w n B y Law portrays the develop­ ment of an uneasy alliance between -hairnet in order to preserve his perfect pompadour; his affection for his painful­ three men (played by Waits, Lurie, and ly pointed steel-toed winklepickers; Benigni) who, by various routes, end up Benigni's manic attachment to his in the same jail cell. Zack (Waits) and English phrasebook and his quotations, Jack (Lurie) have both been framed. in Italian, from Whitman and Frost. Fit­ Benigni plays the foreigner who ac­ tingly, the characters play off their situa­ cidentally killed someone with a billiard

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The film is at once poignant and ironic in its portrayal of three friendless men whose common experiences serve oddly to deepen each individual's alienation in the desperate struggle for preservation of self. While there are fleeting instances of unity, the men ultimately choose to follow their own bizarre paths, if for no

other reason than to be alone.

Technically and visually D o w n By Law effectively underlines the dead-end existence of the characters. Jarmusch uses black and white film to capture the bleakness and inhumanity of both the environment and its inhabitants. The smallness of the characters' lives is fur­ ther emphasized by the high ceilings and treetops that make up the top half of most of the scenes out of the prison.

Zack, Jack, and Roberto are dwarfed in the face of their circumstances.

D o w n B y Law is garage cinema at its best. Scenes become vignettes in themselves, fading to black once the point has been made. In the Louisiana underworld, Waits and Lurie are right at home with the "ragwater, bitters, and blue ruin," created by the director. Jar­ musch has succeeded in reaching into the gutter and coming up with art.

D o w n By Law runs as part o f the Festival du N ou ve au Cinem a until O cto be r 23 at Ciném athèque.

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by Ian M. Harrold "No Longer Silent," a film co­ produced by Studio D of Canada's Na­ tional Film Board and Ciné-Sitâ was shown Friday night at Concordia Univer­ sity's Hall Building. The showing was the first of two screenings sponsored by the Concordia Committee on the Status of Women and the National Film Board.

"No Longer Silent" depicts the op­ pressive conditions which women en­ dure in todays' India. The film follows the work of an Indian rural development worker Khamla Bhasin, and her attempts to improve the image of women in the media (sexist advertising "surely im­ ported form teh West") and the plight of one womarv whose daughter was burned to death because she lacked a proper dowry payment to her new in-laws. It is asserted that women in India are to be seen and not heard. One study presented in the film indicated that the number of male babies brought into hospitals for illness was more than dou­ ble that of female babies, even though female babies suffer far more illness and malnutrition than males. Women are

brought up to save the best and the most of the food for the male members of the family. Pressure is put on women to bear male babies for the proper succession of their family. An early pregnancy test is often used to detect the sex of the fetus, after which unwanted females can be aborted.

The dowry system in India is one of shrouded mysteries, denial of family in­ volvement and excruciatingly slow police and judicial action. A new bride is often sexually harrassed, tormented and tortured if her husband or his family are not pleased with the dowry of cash and goods. She may then be sprayed with kerosene and set alight. Police dismiss these cases as suicide, accidents, crazed women etc...Yet, unofficial figures show that there is one death every 12 hours in Delhi alone. Another figure given was that of 211 burn-related deaths of women during the first 4 mon­ ths of 1985.

A pannel discussion held after the film focused on the fact that only middle and upper middle class Indian women were portrayed. Barbara Janes, the producer

of the film, said this was done conscious­ ly so as to show women not as victims but as active members of the Indian womens' movement, working to im­ prove their condition. Yet more than 50 per cent of India's population lives below the poverty line. Questions from the floor concerned the class system and how little of it was shown. Indeed, how many Indian women can afford a dowry, or afford a pregnancy test or learn to speak English, like the women in the film? The pannel of 4 women never­ theless applauded the NFB's efforts to raise the level of awareness and praised the film's director, Laurette Deschamps, who is attending a Swiss film festival showing the film.

This two part series of films entitled "Women Speaking Out" concludes next Friday at Concordia's Hall Building, Rm H-110, with the showing of "Speaking of Nairobi," an overview of last year's World Meeting of Women, held in Nairobi, Kenya. The showing will begin at 7h30pm, followed by a pannel discus­ sion. Admission is free.

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by Heather Clancy " C ro co d ile " Dundee, directed by Peter Faiman, is not the worst movie I've ever seen, but it has little other purpose than to serve as mindless viewing for a Tuesday evening, or as a break from the more meaty, weighty movies with which the film industry has been recently inun­ dated.

The screenplay, written by Paul Hogan (who also plays the title role), Ken Shadie and John Cornell employs the use of characteristics known to guarantee large box office returns: flesh (mostly female), an intriguing title and trendy locations, the Australian outback and similarly-rugged terrain, New York City.

Mick "Crocodile" Dundee, glorified crocodile poacher, is an uncouth yet well-meaning Aussie fellow who spends the greater part of his time trying to emulate the image he believes American society to have of life wilderness style.

He is loved by his drinking mates in Walkabout Creek (later we see that he is loved by drinking mates in any corner of the universe). His genuine skill as a hunter (learned o f course from aborigine tribesmen) impresses even the sceptical.

Dundee is equally admired by the mish mash of New Yorkers, especially the journalist, Sue Charleton (Linda Kozlowski), who is assigned to create a readable feature story from an account of Dundee's confrontation with a hungry

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croc. Habitual coolness turns into warm responses as Dundee's naiveté charms even the most stubborn beasts. Wat­ ching Dundee foray about New York Ci­ ty is the most enjoyable part of the screenplay.

Otherwise, the movie is relatively flat, there is little character development, and although the pictures of the Australian outback are kind of pretty sometimes, and the viewer sees an in­ teresting aborigine tribal dance, not enough is done with the obvious con­ trast between the barren land and the teeming city. One concentrates more on wondering where Charleton found her tasteless travel wardrobe.

Indeed, most of the movie's problems originate from the Charleton character, although the script is partly responsible.

Her character is full of contrasts, her desire to be woman-of-the-world is offset by her infatuation with tacky, tasteless barely-there clothing. One finds it dif­ ficult to comprehend her relationship with her boring Yuppie editor Richard Mason (Mark Blum). Her change of heart at the end, while an intelligent action, seems too sudden. The viewer sees little prior motivation for this behaviour. The

rest is Kozlowski's fault. Her acting is about as believable as a crocodile's tears.

One has to rely on Dundee to get him/her through this movie. One envies his freshness, his ability to look at his surroundings with a new eye during his "walkabout" (wandering search to look for "things") through life. As his friend and teacher in Walkabout Creek says, "Doesn't know, doesn't care, lucky bastard." Although "civilized" society first views him as a rustic foreigner, it comes to accept his naturalness and even welcome it as a relief from the dehumanizing qualities of city life.

Also enjoyable to watch is Neville Bill (David Gulpilil), an aborigne brother of Dundee. His character blends the two worlds most obviously, as seen through his language, which seeks to imitate city slang. (Complete with its range of fourletter swear words.) One is startled to find him in the bush, however his character still seems natural.

A simple movie, easy to watch, go see "C ro c o d ile ” D undee only if you want to let your mind wander for an evening in search of "things," in this case a mean­ ing for a film.

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continued from page 3 left with the sense that perhaps writing letters to the Canadian government would somehow be instrumental in leading to a peaceful solution; however, when Goldberg brought the audience to their feet, right fists in the air, and made them yell "Power to the People" and "Victory is Certain," the fine line bet­ ween peaceful solution and violence was broken, and everyone was affected by the surge of unity, strength and power, which in South Africa is the prelude to violence. The rally brought the violence that much closer to us who, as Canadians, are generally quite remov­ ed from the conflict, engage in armchair theorizing, and believe that there must be a peaceful solution. Perhaps there is: Goldberg, however, did not believe in

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by Chris Flanagan It was another great week for the McGill Redmen soccer team. McGill defeated Concordia by a 3-1 margin on Wednesday night and went on to destroy the Université du Quebec à Trois Rivières 4-0 on Friday night.

Wednesday's match against Concor­ dia was perhaps the most important game of the season. The victory virtually assures the Redmen of a first place finish in the Quebec league.

McGill opened the scoring in the first half with a brilliant shot from the side of the box by Valerio Gazzola. Concordia tied things up about twenty minutes into the second half but the Redmen kept pressing. Moments later, Jeremy Prupas made an excellent move around the Concordia goalkeeper but was hauled down in front of the net. McGill was awarded a penalty shot for the infraction and Ivan Verdumen booted it in to make it 2-1. John Hayward added the in­ surance goal with about ten minutes re­ maining.

"It was a very emotional game for both sides” according to coach Zack Bregansky. Concordia beat McGill 1-0 earlier this year, handing the Redmen their only loss of the season.

Friday night's game, against the far in­ ferior UQTR team, was completely one sided. McGill controlled the ball for about 99 per cent of the game, allowing UQTR only one shot on net which came from about 40 yards out. Graham But­ cher and John Hayward scored twice each to account for McGill's scoring.

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Although McGill won easily, their play was slightly scrappy, particularly in the second half. UQTR played with only 8 men for most of the game; two were sent off, one man injured and they were shy one player to begin with.

"It was a poor game from a technical viewpoint," explained Bregansky, "It's hard to raise our level of intensity, expecially after a game like the last one."

Unfortunately McGill sweeper, Ber­ trand Coudraye, suffered a knee injury during the second half and had to be car­ ried off the field. Coudraye is a key part of the Redmen soccer team but hopeful­ ly the injury won't keep him from the playoffs.

McGill plays their last game of the season on Wednesday night at Sher­ brooke.

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by Mike Doria and Peter Maingot Who cares about the World Series?

Why bother with the Grey Cup? The NHL is under way. Here are this year's predictions and descriptions for the 1986/87 Adams and Patrick Division teams. Stay tuned for the Smythe and Norris stories which will be released sometime before the Superbowl.

Patrick Division PHILADELPHIA The addition ofJ.J. Daigneaultfrom Van­ couver bolsters an already solid set of backliners. Weakness lies in big game ability of goaltender Bob Froese. Keys: recovering from the loss of Dave Richler.

Overall a very good team that could get a second crack at beating the Oilers but with coach Keenan's system, it's a team that generates about as much excitement as the Sabre's power play.

WASHINGTON Perrenial also-rans. One of the better defensive teams in the league with able goal-tending and outstanding defense.

However, goal scoring is hard to come by and don't expect Christian to score forty again. Loss of Gustaffson hurts an already limp offense. Keys: ability of Pete Peters to keep mind on game, return to form of Bobby 'I'm another overrated American' Carpenter and Mike Gartner.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS Won't challenge for second, could even drop to fourth. A team in a state of decomposition! Isles' brass have been unable to inject (quality) new blood into a team that prefers geritol to Gatorade.

Keys: the return of Brent Sather to Canada Cup form, a revitalized Potvin, ability to adapt to new coach. The glory days are over — this team will bask in mediocrity.

PITTSBURG Pens may challenge for third, but the fourth and last playoff spot seems to be a more realistic goal. Led by god-like

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Mario Lemieux, the improved Penguins may even have some fans this year.

Keys: The Penguins are thin on defense, their goaltending situation is cloudy and after Lemieux, Bullard, and Duguay, of­ fense is a scarce commodity. Keys: emergence of Craig Simpson and Doug Bodger, keeping Robert Romano in Pitt­ sburg and away from mama's home cooking, finding a point man on the power play.

Adams Division MONTREAL A team well stocked in all areas, especially in size and on defense. May even vie for the honour of losing to Ed­ monton in the Stanley Cup Finals, keys: Consistent goal scoring from lines other than Naslund's; the emergence of Patrick Roy; continued progress of Richer and Lemieux. Canadiens must sh­ ed excess baggage Kurvers and Dahjjn.

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QUEBEC A team that was riddled with injuries last year and showed no ability to deal with adversity. Keys: healthy and improving defense; continued solid goaltending; newcomers Lafrenières, Brown and Quinney. Nordiques must improve power play and shed their Met-like at­ titude.

BOSTON First and foremost, must avoid Montreal in the playoffs. Bruins must remain healthy to stay competitive. Strength lies in defensive unit; their forward situation seems chaotic. Keys: Will live or die with newcomers McCarthy, Neely, Boutillier and Gradin; must regain scor­ ing punch lost with the demise of Mid­ dleton and loss of Pederson; hope for lowly finish by Cannucks to get crack at Pierre Turgeon.

HARTFORD A team that overachieved in last spring's playoffs — can't do it over eighty games.

Lack of scoring depth on forward lines and lack of talent on defense, led by

Dana 'I'm slower than Bill Buckner' Murzyn. No team with Kevin Dineen on it will ever be allowed to quit. Keys: spectacular goaltending by Mike 'I'm not half the man I used to be' Liu, injury free season for Ron Francis, ability of Tex Evans to squeeze out superior efforts from marginal players.

BUFFALO In a word, dull. A team loaded with wasted draft picks, has beens, and a cou­ ple of over-hyped 'stiff when it counts' Americans named Housley and Tom 'they cheered when I quit the Olympic Team' Barasso. Newly acquired stiffs Paiement, Arniel, Korn, and Gillies won't strike fear in the likes of Bergeron, Perron of Sinden. Keys: a miracle NEW YORK RANGERS Last year's playoff sleepers will have to realize that they were living a lie. New GM Phil Esposito inherited some headaches — like losing defensive mainstays Ruotsalainen and Beck and being unable to coax Mark 'I'd rather be fishing' Pavelich back into the fold. The common denominator is universally disliked coach Ted Sator. Keys: averting a revolution under Sator, 45 goal season from Larouche, no panic manoeuvres by Esposito.

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NEW JERSEY Outlook bleak. Too many holes — no scoring punch, inexperienced goaltenders and defense. Would have to sell their souls to make the playoffs.

However, they may surprise and over­ take the Rangers. Muller, Adams, and Maclean will provide most of the scoring on a team where 25 goals allows one to achieve demigod status. All in all, it's hard to hate a team that keeps Peter McNab employed. Keys: Divine in­ tervention.

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