The McGill Tribune Vol. 07 Issue 21

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WHAT'S ON Tuesday, March 8 •McGill Young Alumni present What Ales You, a discussion in the finer art of home-brewing featuring three experts on the subject: Peter McAuslan. home and retail brewer, Jamie Gordon, owner of a chain of home brewery supply stores, and Drew Ferguson, consultant to brew pubs.

Come and let your taste buds decide!

Leacock 232 at 8 p.m. FREE! •Amnesty International letter writing meeting for new and old mem­ bers at 7 p.m. in Union 425.

•MACES’ (McGill Association of Continuing Education Students) meet the candidates evening at 8 p.m. in room 310 of the University Centre, 3461 McTavish.

Wednesday, March 9 •M cG ill C e n tra l A m erica Group presents Popular Education in Nicaragua, The Literacy Campaign & After with Isaura Chavarria-Salgado, primary school teacher, and Angela Calvo, Ministry of Education responsibe for popular education. Centre for Developing Area Studies Conference Room, 3715 Peel St. at 4:30p.m.

•H um an R ights L ectu resh ip established in the name of René Cassin presents The Honorable Justice L’Heureux-Dubé of the Supreme Court of Canada delivering the inaugu­ ral speech entitled René Cassin, T homme de la paix et la paix de l’homme. Moot Court Room of the McGill Faculty of Law, 3644 Peel St.,

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 8, 1988

5 p.m. In English and French.

•Women Studies Student As­ sociation in honour of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute’s 10th anniversary, is organizing a panel-discussion at the Simone de Beauvoir Lounge (2170 Bishop - Suite 101) between 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Many events are sched­ uled, contact the W.S.S.A. •P ro g ram m es d ’accès à l’égalité pour les femmes dans les collèges et les universités, dans la lancée du Plan d ’action gouvernemen­ tal en matière de condition féminine, le ministère de l’Enseignment Supérieur et de la Science invite les établisse­ ments d’enseignment universitaire à se prévaloir de la Troisième et Dernière Offre de Subventions pour la mise en œuvre d’un programme d’accès à l’égalité pour les femmes à leur emploi.

La date limite est le 10 mars, 1988.

Thursday, March 10 •’’S nR N P s” and A lte rn a tiv e Splicing, a seminar by Dr. Benoit Chabot of the Mount Sanai Hospital Research Intstitute. 2:30 p.m. in room 705 of the MacIntyre Medical Build­ ing.

•’’Forgetting Blake: Technolo­ gies of Vision, Institutions of Memory” a talk by Morris Eaves, of the University of Rochester. It all takes place in the Arts Council Room, Arts Building 160 at 4 p.m.

•Clinical E valuation of Two P o ste rio r C om posite R esins: Three year results. New plastics for teeth filling, Presented by I.Stangel and

R.Y.Barolet at IADR at 9a.m.

•Pilot Testing of p32 DNA, Probes forH. actinomycetemcomitans, B. gingivalis, and B. intermedius. Pre­ sented by A.I.Ismail, W. Al-Joburi and E.Carlet at IADR at 8:30 a.m.

Friday, March 11 •Isolation and C h a ra c te riz a ­ tion of Human Origins of DNA Replication; a seminar by Michael McAlear, presented by the McGill Cancer Centre in room 705 of the MacIntyre Medical Building at noon.

•Im provisational D ebating in room 270-Arts; happens this and every Friday at 3 p.m.

Sunday, March 13 •Worship for a university community. St. Martha’s-in-theBasement, Sundays, 10:30 a.m. 3521 University Ave. Information: Roberta Clare, Glynis Williams, Presbyterian/ United Church Chaplains on Campus: 398-4104.

•Bible study/discussion group meets around the fireplace at the Newman Centre. For information, call Roberta Clare, 398-4104.

Presbyterian/United Church Chap­ lains on Campus.

•”Is there a Liberation Theory for Canada?” A lecture/discussion presented by Gregory Baum, Prof, of Religious Sudies. At the United Theo­ logical College, 3521 University St. 6:30 p.m. For info,call 398-4104.

•’’New Approaches to Secular­ ism” - Undergrads not permitted to attend. Presented by Dr. Gil Harp, History Dept. Thompson House; 12 noon to 1 p.m. Sponsored by the Graduate Christian Fellowship.

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Saturday, March 12 •M cGill Media C a re er Day: designed to promote student awareness of the realities of careers in the media.

Admission is $6.00 in advance, $7.00 at the door. A series of short talks will be given by professionals in the field.

(Coffee and Donuts too) Runs from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. Leacock, 2nd floor.

•The 30th Anniversary M on­ tre a l H u n g aria n St. S tev e n ’s Benefit Ball at the Grand Salon of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. For tickets call 761-2555, 332-9007 or 341-6780.

•Open House for U.S. citizens in Montreal, to vote in the Demo­ cratic Party Postal Primary. Takes place at Victoria Hall, 4626 Sher­ brooke W. from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. For info call 288-3896.

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STUDENTS' SOCIETY ELECTIONS- MARCH 9,10,11 ANNOUNCEMENT OF REFERENDA The following referendum questions will be voted on during the Students' Society Elections (to be held on March 9,10,11):

Constitutional Referencfc«i

Amencfcnent

Whereas the situation of underfunding at McGill University does not permit an adequate amount of money to be used for services, equipment and facilities for the disabled; Whereas there are more disabled stu­ dents at McGill University today than ever before; Whereas many disabled students are forced to accept inadequate and infe­ rior services, equipment and facilities Do you approve of a tem porary (2 year) levy of $2.00 per student per semester, the revenue of which shall be used to pro vid e the required services, equipment and facilitiesto be a llo ca te d b y the joint S enate Board of G overnors com m ittee on the disabled, subject to annual re-

Whereas the Constitution of the Students'Society of McGill University was approved by Senate with the fol­ lowing recommendations a) the Judicial Board not be excluded from exercising jurisdiction over fac­ ulty and school associations and, b) articles dealing with fee referenda require 10% participation in vote.

Do you approve of an amendment to the Constitution of the Students' Society of McGill University w hich would make the following changes as of May 1st 1988?

In Article 18.2 delete "However the Judicial Board shall not have jurisdiction over Faculty or School Society Constitutions" In Article 4.2 add "Quorum for such a referendum shall be 10% of the membership of the Society" Put an X in one box: YES □ NO □ NO OPINION □

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Constitutional Amenchnent

QPIRG Referentfcrt

Do you approve of an amendment to the Constitution of the Students' Society of McGill University which, on M ay 1 st, 1988, w o u ld re pla ce section 4 .1 ,8 .6 ,7 .5 ,7 .8 ,7 .9 ,7 .1 0, 7.11, 7.12, 16.4 to 16.7 of the Constitution with the proposed new wording as published in the M cGill Tribune March 1st, 1988?

Put an X in one box: YES □ NO □ NO OPINION □

Do you approve of: T h e creation of a ch a p te r of the Québec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG)at McGill University, w h ic h w ill operate as a studentfunded, student-directed research, education and action organization pursuing the interests of students on issues of public concern; The addition of afee of three dollars ($3.00) per student per sem ester ($1,50 for additional session stu­ dents) to the McGill University fee statement as of Septem ber1988to fund QPIRG; and Th e transferal of the above money directly to QPIRG and that any stu­ dent w ho does not wish to support QPIRG shall have the opportunity to obtainarefiaid directly from QPIRG? Put an X in one box: YES □ NO □ NO OPINION □

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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 8,1988

Women celebrate their day

No if, ands, or butts about it.

photo by Lionel Chow

Enforcement up in smoke

by Alison Smith “All rooms shared with non-smokers, including corridors, washrooms, lobbies and eating areas are designated as non-smoking areas,” states a University policy respecting cigarette smoking. On February 5th, Vice Principal (Physical Resources) Sam Kingdon put out a directive to the various deans, directors and department heads concerning the smoking rule at McGill, which was passed by Senate and the Board of Governors in late January. The directive was to remind everyone that McGill is now essentially a non­ smoking zone.

A quick look around the Union building, however, reveals that there is both little awareness of the new rule and almost no signs on the walls to indicate it.

The smoking policy actually supplements a provincial law, Bill 84, which came into force last year. McGill’s new policy contains three major elements: (1) All areas in which there might be non-smokers are designated as non-smoking. Exceptions are for public areas which are licensed by the Société des Alcools du Québec or reserved exclusively for smokers. Other rooms may be temporarily licensed and therefore permit smoking, but this is decided “at the discretion of Sam Kingdon,” according to StudSoc VP University Affairs Maria Battaglia; (2) Smoke cessation programmes for employ­ ees are to be examined by the Administration; and (3), further elimination of smoking in the University is to be looked into.

Nevertheless, many students are still not aware of the new policy. No Smoking signs have been posted on many doors in the Union building but are mostly disregarded, for the most part, as smoking continues. In the lobby there is only one sign - a small paper one which is becoming untaped. Daniel Tennenbaum, StudSoc President, says that this sign will replaced by several permanent No Smoking signs “soon”.

The situation in the cafeteria seems to be a bit ambiguous. Sam Kingdon says that the “cafeteria is not affected” by the smoking policy as it “doesn’t cover restauraunts” but there are “designated areas for non-smokers.” Presently, the Union building cafeteria has two non-smoking areas. According to Maria Battaglia, though, “the cafeteria is supposed to be [entirely] non-smoking.” She suggests that there might be a special section for smokers but it would have to have some sort of ventilation.

Ralph Walton, Director of Food and Beverages, said that the law will be enforced in the cafeterias and signs have been ordered. They will be put up soon, the cause for the delay, he explained, is that he had to “shop around” for the “best prices”. Seven big signs are to be posted in the cafeteria; prices are in the $70.00 for each.

If someone is seen smoking, it is the cleaning staff’s responsibility to either ask that person to leave or get the manager to do so.

by Tanya Van Valkenburg “Why am I participating in this march?” To show people on the street that we’re a united group. We’re indi­ viduals but we’re here for a common cause.” Moira McDonald, a McGill student, summarized the attitude of many at Saturday’s Women’s Day March. The march is one of the many events organized this week to com­ memorate today, March 8th: Interna­ tional Women’s Day. The march ended at Concordia, with speakers from various international women’s organizations.

Hundreds of purple and pink bal­ loons heralded the approach of the approximately three hundred march­ ers, as they jubilantly thronged through downtown Montreal. The overall theme of the march was the right of women to regain control of their bodies. Banners and slogans emphasized aspects of the struggle, including, “Maternité un choix; avortement un droit,” “Solidarity” and “I am a womyn giving birth to myself.”

Winding its way in an eclectic fashion, women of all races and ages mingled together in, according to Concordia student Ina Rimpau, “an easy-going, generous, open atmos­ phere.”

The majority of marchers were stu­ dents, although organizers Melanie Kerridge and Jennifer Morgan, them­ selves students at Concordia, ex­ plained that they had put up posters all over the city and had contacted many women’s organisations.

Rimpau claimed, however, that the march was making a strong lesbian presence. “You can assume that many women here are [lesbians], or accept it.”

Most people interviewed ac­ knowledged the difficulty in reach­ ing women outside the universities and specific women’s organisations.

Rimpau emphasized the importance of “reaching out to others to find their needs. We must not take on a leader­ ship role; we’re not a vanguard repre­ senting all women.”

A small percentage of men marched along with the women, and there seemed to be no tension. Ini­ tially the men were asked to march at the rear; explained Rimpau, “[Women] have always been the ones to make concessions. 1 don’t think

we’re asking too much.”

Helmut Obermeir, a Concordia student, claimed to “feel accepted, al­ though I can also understand if there’s resistance.” When asked what the march meant to him, he replied, “There’s a big problem with sexism.

It forces [males] to question our ag­ gressive, domineering qualities.

Feminism has helped me develop.”

The march ended up at Concordia’s Hall Building, followed by bilingual speeches by women from national and international women’s movements. Marie-Laurette Destin of the Feminist Move­ ment of Haiti inaugurated the discus­ sion, on the 54th aniversary of the Women’s League of Haïti, by deline­ ating the importance of “regaining our identity and our dignity.”

A message of solidarity was pro­

nounced by Lea Roback, renouned québécois femisist. “Central Ameri­ can women need our support. We must stand together. It’s so important to feel supported.” She didn’t pro­ pose the rejection of men, however; “We’re feminists, but we like our guys, especially the guys who under­ stand.”

Roback ’s plea on behalf of solidar­ ity was echoed by Ana Torres, repre­ senting the Women’s Union in El Salvador. Women there, she ex­ plained, are fighting against war, and struggling to bring democracy back on all levels: political, economic and sexual.

Bringing the discussion closer to home, Naissance Renaissance de Québec representative Marie Josée Routier spoke about the legalization of midwifes in Canada. “There are only two countries in the world in which midwifes are not recognized legally: Canada and South Africa. It is women who bring children into the world. We must humanize the birth­ ing process by giving women con­

trol.” To this end a coalition repre­ senting 135 000 Quebec women was formed in 1982, demanding the right of midwifes to deliver babies in the home, in centres and in special hos­ pital wings.

To explain the continued illegality of midwifes, Routier emphasized that “the health care system doesn’t put the needs of women first. It is a political decision to legalize. What is needed is pressure from the popula­ tion to weigh against corporate inter­ ests.”

Further challenging the status quo was Michelle Emond from the Coa­ lition for the Right to Free Abortion on Demand. She proposed that women’s rights had actually re­ gressed since the Supreme Court, in legalizing abortion, acknowledged “the fundamental right of women to control our own bodies. Provincial governments and hospitals refuse to comply, claiming that it is too dan­ gerous to our society, that there will suddenly be millions of abortions.

They are refusing to offer abortion clinics by inventing situation that don’t exist.”

Regarding the pro-life activists’ stance, Emond explained that they “talk about the rights of the foetus, but not about the rights of women.

No one can judge that a woman is obliged to have a child. It is a per­ sonal, individual choice. We must keep defending our right to choose.”

The final speaker was ANEEQ (Association National des Etudiants et Etudiantes de Québec) representa­ tive Manon Bouchard, who stressed that although the march had been a success, “we must go further, and in the next weeks we must develop solidarity among groups of women, to show that women’s strength is not a thing of the past.”

Other events during International Women’s Week include films, dances, brunches, workshops on assault prevention skill, discussions ranging from Women in El Salvador to Lesbians in Academia, and many more.

According to Jennifer Morgan, there is no umbrella group coordinat­ ing the various events. Concordia's Women’s Centre and Women’s Collective are sponsoring many events, but others are sponsored by local and international women's organizations.

Conversing with the candidates: election round up

by Ian Harrold Ten students are vying for the top spots on Students’ Society executive this year. The variety of experience and level of intent is truly amazing.

Here they are, folks...

P resid en t Last year, five people presented themselves for the Big Job and it seemed like there was a neverending supply of aspiring presidents. Tomorrow, you will be faced with a grand total of two. Nancy Coté, currently Arts Rep to Council and a mem­ ber of StuSoc’s External Affairs Committee, wants Council to be more open. Coté wants to increase the number of students-at-large on both the External and University Affairs committees so as to “decentralize” Council. She claims StudSoc has a “bad name on campus” because students perceive it to be closed and unattainable.

Coté also wants to see the creation of a Vice President for communications because the cur­ rent “VPs don’t have time” to properly transmit pertinent information to students.

After repeated attempts, the Tribune was unable to contact Doug Hodgson, the other candidate for president.

Vice President - Internal Affairs “I don’t like the idea of unlimited spending power,” says Amanda Kalhok, one of three candidates for the internal spot, referring to StudSoc executive spending power. There had been some concern over Council’s renovation expenses for Gertrude’s Pub last summer: Kalhok wants such expenses approved by full Council before the summer should such a situation come up in the future.

Tom Dimitian, on the other hand, would like to reorganize club financing. Dimitian says clubs can’t always cope with the bureaucratic red tape they face when trying to deal with Students’ Society.

Vincent Poirer is eager to see an access ramp for the disabled installed in front of the Union building. All candidates also expressed a greater need for improved publicity and advertisement of

student events.

Vice President - External Affairs After a heady year of well-publicized studies and protests involving underfunding, tuition fees, loans and bursaries and student solidarity, candi­ dates for this position are taking starkly different stands. Daniel Guillemette, who as founder and president of McGill-Québec - a campus group for francophones - has immersed himself in the Quebec student movement, says he wants closer ties between McGill and the provinces other uni­ versities. Guillemette favours the creation of an alliance of universities to better confront the government on important issues.

M ark Cameron says he would "demand parity in funding" for McGill before accepting tuition fee increases and favours a more political Council which might look more closely at univer­ sity investment when it concerns poltically ques­ tionable situations. Cameron says he supports the P.I.R.G. initiative in tomorrow’s referendum.

Nubar Goudsouzian sees real problems

with on and off campus housing and would like to look at the possibility of building more residence quarters, perhaps on McGill-owned land.

Goudsouzian says McGill’s Redmen have proven that “we are a premier" university and would push for a new athletic complex because "we deserve it. we’re paying for it."

Vice President - University Affairs H arris Poulis is concerned about Students’ Society’s general visibility. Poulis would like to highlight the Ombudsperson's role for students because right now it’s "low key" and "people don’t know about it". Concerning the overall political makeup of Council. Poulis says "it’s just fine”.

M aria Battaglia says she is probably the only VP University Affairs to run for the position again. The incumbent says she simply isn’t fin­ ished "implementing [her] own plans." Battaglia says she "knows the issues" and wants to inform the students on developments in campus security and student rights.

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SHOULD STUDENTS' COUNCIL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STUDENT BODY? If yes, consider the following: • Although graduate students make up almost 25% of the Students' Society, only 3 out

of 32 council members (only 9%) are graduate students. • A NEW PROPOSAL has been formulated, initially drafted by the presidents of the Arts and Science, Engineering, Management, Medicine, Education, Dentistry, Nursing, and Social Work Undergraduate Societies, and passed by the McGill

Students' Council.

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1) Guarantees graduate student representation of 21%, while at the same time, guaranteeing undergraduate representation in the Arts, Science, Engineering, Management, and Education faculties.

2) Allows for the smaller faculties to be represented by an undergraduate or a graduate student. Almost all the smaller undergraduate societies like this because: a) they often have trouble finding representatives to council, and would prefer to have a graduate representative than no representative at all. b) they realize that a graduate student councillor will have been chosen by the whole faculty and will be obliged to represent all students (the vast majority

of which are undergraduates) 3) Allows graduate students to pay to the Students' Society an amount based on their usage of the Society's services, as determined by a PGSS survey. J i

SO FOR A MORE REPRESENTATIVE STUDENTS' COUNCIL VOTE:

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Fluoride debate goes unnoticed

Potential leader of the federal Liberal Party, Paul E. Martin does not want to be an "economic wimp"

photo by Lionel Chow

Liberal protégé speaks on free trade

by Ian Harrold “I support free trade,” stated Paul E. Martin, “that must be obvious.” Yet the prominent businessman and rumoured Liberal leadership candidate favours a complete redrafting of the present deal because it does not offer a rapid definition of a subsidy and is, according to Martin, essentially a bad, incomplete and merely sectoral arrangement.

Martin, currently president of Canada Steamship Lines and recently announced Liberal candidate in the federal riding of Lasalle, was speaking Saturday to a group of mostly Ontario Liberals during a day long round of speeches by federal liberals invoved in an annual policy debate organized by Queen’s and McGill Liberal students.

Martin berated Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney for their unconditional sup­ port of the deal. According to Martin, they are manipulating Quebecers’ pride in the rise of the French Canadian entrepeneur. Free trade in Quebec is primarily a question of economics, not one of Canadian cultural sovereignty, since Quebecers are “bien dans leur peau” and are not worried about their identity. Since the Quebec business community backs the deal, so do many Quebecers. In this respect, added Mar­

tin, they are confused and prone to change their minds easily if shown the “tragic flaws” inherent in the deal.

Martin said a “major mistake” the federal Liberal Party made in Quebec has been its strategy of emphasizing the “sovereignty argument” rather than the economic one. The Mulroney Free Trade deal is a “good agreement if you are a natural resource economy,” but it is a typical “knee-jerk Canadian reaction” to go with this argument, said Martin.

He wants Canada to follow the American and Japanese lead in developing a stronger manufacturing sector. As an ex­ ample, Martin cited the recent increase in U.S. military expenditures, but when asked to clarify himself on this, he denied he was promoting the idea of a Canadian military buildup.

Overall, said Martin, the idea of free trade is a good one.

Canada must, however, secure a more “equitable” arrange­ ment. If not, Canada can proudly “walk away” and that, said Martin, is perfectly saliable.

The deal in its present form will create a “political morass” that will take a long time for Canada to extricate itself from, explained Martin. If industrial policy is placed ahead of trade policy, said he, then no one can “call us eco­ nomic wimps”.

W e e k e n d D e m o c ra c y by the Right Honorable Prime M in ister, Liz A llen , M cG ill Youth Parliament Imagine, if you will, McGill stu­ dents gathered together to discuss is­ sues relevant to students today; effi­ cient parliamentary bureaucracy in history (which is still not saying a lot); a Cape Breton Island-Newfoundland Liberation Front; and hundreds of Timbits. The tie that binds these is a common will by all participants to de­ bate hot issues while gaining precious experience in the parliamentary proc­ ess.

The Parliament extended from last Friday night to Saturday afternoon. In these brief 12 hours of debate (do not forget to account for a good night of sleep) the Parliament adopted a resolu­

tion favoring tuition fee increases, di­ rected at increasing funding for univer­ sities and bursaries, and a resolution implementing the Morgantaler Su­ preme Court decision by granting abor­ tion rights to women in the first trimes­ ter of pregnancy. The Opposition proved quite powerful, however, as Parliament rejected propositions on native self-government, deregulation o f pornography laws and the Palestinean question.

The McGill youth Parliament was thus quite successful in its fourth ses­ sion. Its non-partisan, bilingual for­ mula proved once again appealing to its Honourable Parliamentarians.

The old “establishment” Youth Parliament of the 1950’s and 1960’s took on a partisan forum where partici­

pants conformed to political doctrines.

The style and respect remains but the revised Parliament advocates a non­ partisan debate where no one is tied to party doctrines and the House does not hear rehashed political speeches. All topics of debate are chosen on their debatability. Sophisticated debate ends in pass or failure and resolutions be­ come the expressed opinion of the Par­ liament for one year. Throughout our serious and lighthearted debates we still consider ourselves better behaved than the “real thing!” We are students from several faculties. Our opinions may be diverse, as are our career goals but we are unified in the desire to “learn by doing” the Parliamentary system, to improve speaking ability and most of all, TO HAVE FUN!

by Chris Flanagan Although most students at McGill will tell you that they are concerned about the City of Montreal’s proposal to add fluoride to the drinking water, few are willing to spend the time nec­ essary to develop a working knowl­ edge of the situation. This was proven last Thursday at noon, when only seven students showed up for a fluoridation debate presented by Student Pugwash and the Debating Union.

The “non eau fluor” side was well represented by Harriet Fels of Stop and a representative from the environ­ mental studies program at McGill.

Unfortunatley, the McGill Debating Union could not find any professionals willing to debate the positive aspects of fluoridation. Apparently, their logic is that debating the issue at all would give too much credit to those oppposed to fluoridation. Daniel Tennenbaum, a staunch supporter of fluoridation, com­ pared the “non eau fluor” advocates to Keegstra followers, who deny that the Hoilocaust ever took place.

Nevertheless, the pro-fluoridation side was presented by Chris Cowley and Mike Davies, of the McGill Debat­ ing Union. Davies argued that “It’s a universal and free method of making sure you get enough fluoride for your teeth.”

Fels stated that there is evidence of

toxicicty from water containing more than 1.7 parts per million (ppm) fluo­ ride. Montreal plans to add 1.2 ppm to the water. According to Fels, this does not permit a large enough margin of error, since fluoride is already found in most foods we eat (due to its presence in many fertilizers). Fels also claimed that the average person presently con­ sumes about 2-5 miligrams of fluoride per day.

“The people putting fluoride into water know what they ’re doing,” coun­ tered Davies, “and they should be al­ lowed to do it.”

The small crowd hissed and booed at this remark.

Fels disagreed, "If you want it (fluoride), you can get it through your dentist and he [or she] will make sure that you don’t swallow it.”

Perhaps the most disconcerting point brought up during the debate was Fels’ comments about the origins of fluoride in drinking water. She main­ tained that the process was first pro­ posed by the ALCOA aluminum com­ pany, which had to dispose of fluoride, a by-product of the smelting process.

Public hearings on fluoridation run from March 9 to 19, at City Hall. After that, the City Commision has 60 days to make its recommendations. The deci­ sion should come down sometime in May or June.

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EDITORIAL

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 8,1988

The gender neutral language m ystery: solved!

All this concern over the inadequacies of our language is really quite unnecessary. Achieving complete gender neu­ trality in language is an extraordinarily simple task. Rather than attempting the arduous and laborious task of changing every word that ends in man, scholars of etymology should merely change the one word as in adult human male to something like After this simple alteration, the word man would only mean “human”. All women and waymen would be men, members of the race of man and perfectly comfortable with titles such as "fireman".

The problems associated with changing man in every sense except adult human male are almost insurmountable. The word ombudsman, for example, is of German origin and has nothing to do with the word male. By the same token, words such as human and woman cannot be truncated or altered to end in person.

In addition, the costs involved in rewording all the dictionairies and encyclopedias would be greatly reduced if only one word needed alteration, as opposed to countless words under the current trend.

Another bonus for the implementation of the word wayman

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Council Comment:

A PI(R)G IN A POKE? Referendum tim e, everyone!

Observant readers may have noticed som e QPIRG-type cross-fire between the Tribune and the D aily o f late. Criticism s o f QPIRG’s organizing efforts have been put forward and answered, and bad information has been thrown in both directions. A s C lubs’ Rep to C ouncil, and having been fairly w ell tuned to these developm ents, I feel that there are som e points which must be raised before students can make a responsible and w ell-reasoned decision. Unfortunately, a “no” com m itte has not been set up to do so.

The QPIRG O rganizing C lub’s disregard o f SSM U and its clubs and interest groups is understandable, if distasteful. W hy, indeed, should an organization aim ing for a budget o f $ 120,000-plus be concerned with active groups with budgets o f less than $500? W e m ight as w ell not exist.

The constitutional questions “clarified” in last w eek’s Tribune {Letters. March 1) are still not answered. The point here is that students are being expected to base their decisions on “STUDENTS CAN” hype and very little real information. Y es, the draft QPIRG constitution is “available for exam ination” to anyone curious enough to seek it out. But relatively few voters can be expected to do so. It’s not w idely available. Nor w ill the student body have any say in the final QPIRG constitution - it w ill go straight to Senate, instead.

And does anyone actually have any idea o f just how students w ill be able to recover their six dollars?

M cG ill students may or may not want a U .S.-based consum er-pro­ tection group using their m oney - but they ought to have the informa­ tion they need to make a good decision. A s matters stand, if w e buy the QPIRG proposal, w e are buying a pig in a poke.

J.R. Kneen, Clubs Rep. to Council.

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March is here. Each year this month is dedicated to nutrition. This year the chosen theme is a Healthy Weight.

This concept aims not at thinness, be­ cause weight is not a question of beauty, but of health. Most people be­ lieve in the myth of an ideal weight, but in fact there is simply a range of weight inside which each person will have less

is that it is derived from the word woman. Aknowledging this little detail allows one to think of couples as women and waymen, with the female mentioned first. This reversal of this emphasis might help reduce some of the gender imbalance which is inherent in the very structure of the english language.

Naturally, the notion of wayman will take some time to catch on and become ingrained in language but since it is one concrete idea, it may become acceptible more easily. One generation should the absolute maximum amount of time required. Since the present method of gender neutralizing is continually running into unforseen problems (such as “oneupmanship” or “defenceman”) it would be better to get it all out of the way at once.

This solution is so simple, so perfect, that it will never work.

Women will oppose it because does not remove the intrinsic idea that is male; men will oppose it because they have always considered themselves men and nothing else; lin­ guists will oppose it because they did not think of it first and French chefs will will welcome the change with open arms because real waymen eat whatever the hell they want.

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Pringle pissed off tional institutions which offer similar trips.

By far and large the most offensive aspect of this feature is the publication of statements such as: “Cohen found that the Russians were open and kind”, T was surprised at the warmth of the people’. Furthermore, the statement ‘What they show you is everything that is old, mostly baroque, lavish and extraordinary. They don’t show you anything from today. Very little that is beautiful is from modem times. ‘ juxta­ posed against ‘Intourist wants to show you the best their country has to offer’ is perfectly in keeping with the rest of the article. It is offensive, absurd and narrow-minded. I am not even going to touch the bit about mellow American Puritan wealth which did good for other people.

Enter one guilty conscience, after all this was intended as a piece on the reactions of students recently returned from the U.S.S.R., but... if that the only ambition underlying this vast con­ glomeration of words from whence cometh all the shlock at the end about glasnost et al. The reader is not even priviledged (sic) to know what cities the travellers visited. If this is all you can muster in the way of reations (sic) and ‘insightful reflections’ from uni­ versity students and professors alike, perhaps next time you would save the rest of us the embarrassment.

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fat month chances to develop health problems.

This range is the Healthy Weight.

To help you better understand the concept of Healthy Weight, a group of students in collaboration with the dieti­ cian of Les Services Alimentaires CVC invite you to their stand at the entrance of the cafeteria.

Each of the four weeks of the month

Publisher The Students’ Society of McGill University E d itor-in -C h ief Chris Flanagan Assistant Editor Tanya Van Valkenburg News Editor Ian Harrold Features Editors Mike Crawley Kate Morisset Entertainment Editor Jennifer Henderson Sports Editor Jamie Alden Photo Editor Lionel Chow Production Managers Mariam Bouchoutrouch Stephanie Zelman Production Assistant Charlie "the Dunker” Quinn

Letters To the editor: Listening to people in conversation who give little or no consideration or thought to what it is they are saying, and more importantly the unforseen effects and unintended repercussions thereof is frustrating and dishearten­ ing. Reading it in a publication which calls itself a newspaper is insulting.

Specifically my quarrel lies with the piece printed in the March 1 issue of the Tribune under the title “Back from the U.S.S.R.: You don’t know how lucky you are”.

Beyond its overwhelmingly patroni­ sing tone, it is full of worthless naive generalisations (sic), revolting images and falicies (sic). On a subject as sensative (sic) as the U.S.S.R., I would have hoped that the editorial board of the paper would have shown a little more respect for its readers and even a mod­ est offer of responsiblility.

You call it a headline, I call it a concerted effort to be cute and catch some attention, but only at the expense of conjuring up a stereotypical image of the Soviet Union as the world’s largest prison camp. The same can be said of the text and charater of the piece as a whole.

For future reference (possibly in the fall’s feature of what we all did for our summer vacations) McGill is not the only program of its kind offered in Canada. There are a plethora of other cultural organisations (sic) and educa­

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of March will use a theme and a precise objective. Special recipes will top the bill to help you make a healthy choice at the cafeteria. A weekly and a monthly draw will be made for those who will have chosen “health mark” food for more than $ 1, and those who will have chosen the “special recipes”.

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Simply put, Allan Bloom, the book’s author, is a nerd.

This is a serious charge, but no one can doubt the evidence: students today, Bloom claims, lack respect for their elders and betters, have vacuous pas­ times, engage in immoral sexual activ­ ity, listen to horrid and debilitating music and, worst of all, lack opinions.

You see, activist opposition to nuclear weapons and their ilk are, for Bloom, “mere posturing”.

If he was just a nerd, Bloom would be tolerable - kind of like a crotchety old uncle. But he belongs to a much more dangerous and resolute sub-class: Al­

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Bloom’s mission is dangerous in that it coincides with the agenda of the “new right”. For this reason, neo-conservatives have elevated him to Demi-God status. And so they should: Bloom has given them theoretical underpinnings to justify their reactionary message.

Liberals too have supported Bloom, but for different reasons. As Mr. Holmes points out, Bloom claims to be a liberal democrat. A closer reading of the text, however, suggests that Bloom is neither liberal, nor a democrat.

Bloom, you see, is obsessed with Truth (always capitalized), the Socratic ideal, arrived at through dialectic and fundamental to the learning proc­ ess. The only place this Truth can be generated, he claims, is in the univer­ sity. Hence, the university is the centrepoint of society.

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Once we get Truth generated again, it can serve to guarantee democracy for the philosophically unable. In short, in Bloom’s “liberal democracy”, there is superior education for the few and “noble lies” (in the guise of democ­ racy) for the rest.

Obviously my language is tenden­ tious, but the societal effect is the same no matter how you express it: despot­ ism of the elite entailing the denial of fundamental human rights when rights come into contact with that juggernaut Truth.

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To the Editor; Within a few days, the students of McGill will be asked once again to elect the new executive members of Students’ Society as well as to voice their opinion on a few referenda ques­ tions. On one of those referenda ques­ tions, students will be asked to approve a fee increase to help support one of the most fundamental and important needs for some of our students: access for the disabled.

Most of us have been very fortunate up to now with our health situation.

Since it is not an everyday concern, we tend to forget the needs experienced by others for special equipment and serv­ ices. It is very easy to realize that McGill is far from where it should be in that domain - just look around. Part of this situation is due to our physical location on the mountain side and in fairly old buildings which have not been well adapted. Nevertheless, the

basic problems are a lack of funds re­ quired to improve facilities, equipment and services as well as a general indif­ ference to the whole situation. This is why the initiative was created and why our support is essential.

One has to realize that health is frag­ ile. It is here today, gone tomorrow and it applies to students and staff members alike. A physical deficiency usually does not affect intellectual capabilities and one has to keep in mind that intel­ lectual development is the primary goal of the University. It must therefore be accessible to everyone.

If you are not totally convinced about the importance of this question, I would like to bring to your attention the February 8th issue of TIME magazine.

One of the most powerful articles I have ever read gives a profile of one of the world’s greatest theoretical physi­ cists: Stephen William Hawking. This man is suffering from a progressive

deterioration of the central nervous system (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) which now confines him to a wheel­ chair, unable to talk and needing round-the-clock nursing care. Yet he lectures at Cambridge using a special computer and still finds time to carry on his research about the Universe.

McGill, we have a long way to go!

The initiative which we will be asked to support was initiated due to the alarming situation which we are facing.

Four dolllars a year is a minimal amount of money and considering the actual tuition fees at McGill, we cannot complain about any fee increase which will help make the University a better place to be. It is not important just to agree on the issue but also to voice our opinion at the referendum. Keep in mind that one day, good accessibility could be helpful to some of us.

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As we follow our heroine Tracy Tumblad and her efforts to be crowned Miss Auto Show, we become aware that this film also deals with racial segregation (surprise, surprise) and is thus an unusual mix of comic absurdity and social comment. Tracy spearheads a move to include blacks on a local teen TV dance show and Voila!, popular culture dissolves racism and prejudice.

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It's Baltimore, U.S.A.,1962, when girls really knew how to tease and, in this land of the free, they also knew how to twist, turn and do the mashed potato. Hairspray. the movie, is a mar­ velous little camp gem that stars the colossal and irrepressible Divine as Edna Tumblad, the matriarch in the floral print dress, and Debbie Harry as Velma Von Tussle, the head bad guy in the other comer of the ring. Add to this bevy of talent Sonny Bono as Mr. Von Tussle, rhythm and blues queen Ruth Brown as Motormouth Maybell (“Here in your own city is a ‘Town Without Pity”’) and proudly plump Ricki Lake (Divine junior) who, as Tracy Tum­ blad, manages to become a martyr for fat girls, frustrated fans and blacks all in one movie.

Director John Waters has come a long way since his days of kitsch and

Divine: pressing her hair. bad taste flicks (Pink Flamingos. Fe­ male Trouble ) but - thanks a lot - he hasn’t lost one bit of his amazing abil­ ity to gross people out. (Take, for in­ stance, the juicy zit-popping scene or,

better yet, Mr. Tumblad’s joke store stocked with plastic poodle shit; the movie is a treasure trove of these fun little ditties.)

Hairspray must really be the ulti­

mate legitimization of camp. This is Waters’ first PG-rated film and, truth be told, it is a watered-down (I just had to) version of his earlier epics. Still, it manages to thrill and amuse. That is

The movie is one of hilarious vi gnettes and laugh-a-minute scenes. Pia Zadora is great (really!) as a 60’s beat nick love goddess (“Hi, cats. Let’s get naked and smoke.”) and so is Ric Ocasek as her cool cat pal. Divine, who barges through the film like a réfrigéra tor in a housedress and hairpins, is worth the price of admission alone.

Part serious, part wholesome, part put-on, part demented, all “socially redeeming”, Hairspray, is a satire of the two most dreaded film genres around the teen flick and the message movie Watching it, you might think you’re losing your mind, but really, it’s per fectly pleasant entertainment.

Absurdists, Fish, Psychopaths perform at Drama Fest

by Daphne Simon. Its large cast suc­ ceeded in keeping both the audience and the actors themselves amused.

While each cast member managed to Saturday night brought to a success­ create a distinctive character within the ful closing the first annual McGill ensemble, Colin Kirvy and Debbie Drama Festival. The week long series Pollit particularly stood out. The sec­ was composed of six original one act ond play of that evening was Portrait <>f plays written, directed and performed an Asshole as a Young Man. P.A.Y.M. entirely by McGill students. Presented , in the words of actor/writer/director twice over a period of six nights, the Erroll Wood is a tableau of “one soul plays spanned from light comedy to transcending the eras”. Silly as this experimental theatre. At the conclu­ may sound on pa­ sion. of the three per, this perform­ final evenings, the ance piece was an festiv al’s three effective assault of judges offered a sound and move­ short critique of the ment. It was per­ night’s perform­ haps best described ances, and at the by festival judge festival’s end de­ Professor J. Ripley, cided on individual Head of the McGill awards.

Drama Program, Monday and who commented, “I S aturday’s per­ don’t know what it formance opened means, but I know with Carl Wilson’s how it feels”.

Waiting.... An irreOn the whole, vant play in the the standard of the absurdist tradition, scripts, direction it offered a script and performances with some nice took these critics by touches and an up­ surprise. Notable beat performance highlights included by Paul hiked up under­ Kohlberger. It was wear, a cigar smokfollowed by Dr. ing fairy, and Greenburg’s Last Marty the snow Stand . This re­ suit. Special con­ working of the psygratulation goes chiatrist/psychotic out to Kristine Kitheme won Colin eren, the festival’s Krivy the best Debbie Pollit shows her form at the Player's, photo by Mark Hyland proclucer and ,n script award as well as the audience’s favour. It featured a female actor award for Kim Binstead. who had a hand in making this first subtle but strong performance by Ken Wednesday and Thursday featured McGill Drama Fest an impressive Dobell as the serial murderer, and an the entertaining Keenest o f Them All showcase of original works.

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enjoyable but at times excessive por­ trayal of the avaricious psychiatrist by Stephen Beauregard.

The festival’s big winner, Apple Coldred Fish Blood, opened Tuesday and Friday’s programme. It captured the best director’s award for writer/director Gregory Smiley, and best male actor’s award for Joseph Faywlowicz.

The second play of the evening was Silly Girl, by Arlene Tyo. This story about two college roomates won best

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 8, 1988

New Music Fest Kicks Off With Reggae polished performance, The Swinging Relatives were getting close to what a reggae band should be - tight, but loose.

In fact, I was forgetting to take notes by mid-performance. (If you want to for­ get your troubles too, watch for their mini LP, due to be released this sum­ mer.)

As the headlining band of the night, Jah Cutta, swung to their first song, I heard a sigh of relief and satisfaction immediately next to me. Described as a “roots reggae” band, Jah Cutta gave the audience the “real reggae” it had come for. With what looked like even more instruments than those of the previous band, Jah Cutta mixed and moved to­ gether with grace and rhythm.

by Julie Barlow If Friday night’s show was any in­ dication of the talent lined up for the Montreal New Music Festival, it will be well worth attending in the upcom­ ing week. This show at Club Soda in­ cluded performances by two of Montreal’s best reggae bands - The Swinging Relatives and Jah Cutta, with an opening performance by the Crypt Kickers. Starting with some cool reg­ gae, Club Soda was heating up to a successful night by the time the head­ lining Jah Cutta took to the stage.

The Crypt Kickers opened the night with their own mix of ska, rock, and latin music. A young band from the West Island, the group consists of Al­ len Sarraf (bass and sax), Peter Pugliese (guitar and vocals), Dave Julien (keyboards), and Dino Deluca (drums). This band can certainly be given credit for diversity. Their songs ranged from the opening All Oui Party Animal, to the theme from Sesame Street, to that familiar Tango tune often heard in departments stores. The band, although weak on vocals, were vibrant and energetic. Despite a little guitar

Jah Cutta jammin'at The Club Soda plagarism (famous rifs of the Stran­ glers), the Crypt Kickers were able to get people dancing to Sesame Street (and laughing at themselves for doing it), and began the night with a twist.

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this up with their special brew of ska and reggae, with more emphasis on the latter. From Montreal as well, The Relatives are a five man band repre­ senting too many instruments to keep track of, especially in their noteworthy

percussion department. Members in­ clude Brent Colby (guitar and vocals), Bruno (bass), Neal Guilding (percus­ sion and vocals), Steve Belhumeur (drums), and Jason Hues (sax, synth, and vocals). With diverse sounds and a

Also from Montreal, Jah Cutta has been around for “a long time” (exact length not available), and has had “a lot of line up changes” (no official band list available). Their performance led me to believe this band has been a cohesive unit for quite some time; they are sim­ ply “together’, polishing off the night with a loose mood (and a relaxed pace), Jah Cutta led the second night of the New Music Festival to a very cool conclusion.

Four Young artists impressive in weekend exhibit inhabit the fantastical landscapes, and

by Mark Hyland Sauntering up the stairs of Galerie drift and fly over the craggy black Samuel Lallouz on Saturday, I take spaces of the canvas.

Paulette-Marie Sauvé’s work ranges stock of my expectations for the show to be found within. The invitation from tapestry to painting and Sculpture. promised champagne and croissants, An installation entitled Etat de Grâce, 1988 comprises a gathering of painted and recent works by four Canadians: Heather Nicol, Paulette-Marie Sauvé, wooden spears, bone, bark and other Karen Spencer and Scott MacLeod. odds and ends. Her most visually imMacLeod, the only artist I'd encoun­ pressive painting. / e Shaman, is a lyri­ tered before, exhibited a few paintings cal portrait of a Gauguin-esquc witch­ doctor surrounded and prints at a tiny y jungle créa Old Montréal gal­ tires. The white lery last year. With (space outlining the setting now each of the differ­ sw itched to an ent figures gives upscale, two-storey them a vibrant show at a gallery on energy and sug­ the genteel fringes gests their strong of Westmount, I’m relationship to eager to see what leach other. changes have oc­ K a r e n curred in the works.

Spencer’s paint­ Inside, patrons ings are quieter bustle amongst a and more medita­ score of paintings, tive than those of divided almost the other three art­ evenly between the ists. She is quoted four artists. Slurp­ in the catalogue as ing champagne and being interested in orange juice, and space and edges, gazing apprecia­ and experimentatively around them, tion in these areas people here look a L e S h a m a n __. _ . is evident in her little more casual , _

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than the rich, young, hyper-trendy art lovers I’d been ex­ pecting. Armed with a catalogue and price list in one fist, and a bunch of grapes in the other. 1set off through the gallery’s various rooms.

Commanding one whole wall, Heather Nicol’s works are some of the most arresting in the show. All untitled, they are predominantly black, with the paint built up into extreme relief with the addition of other material, such as straw. Described as narrative composi­ tions, the use of red and gold colouring, as well as repetitive images, in the paintings gives them a magical air.

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colour interplay, often resulting in the appearance of movement in to, or out of, the picture plane. Her exhibited works are all untitled.

Having spent some time working and exhibiting in Mexico last year, Scott MacLeod says he’s used painting to draw together images and emotions from that country. La Raza suite and Crazy Dog both use acryllic paint and collage to present a number of different images simultaneously. The individual pictorial elements in these two paint­ ings are strongly enough defined that added together, they offer a powerful evocation of Mexico. However, in

Back from Mexico, with its numerous, blurred representaions, the effect is far more subdued and confused. A fourth work, Exit (inspired by the U2 song of the same name) uses photographs and multiple painted images to suggest the

torment of the country’s aggressive and violent machismo .

The exhibition contains a very wide range of works, and the artists are almost too diverse to compare. Each holds a high measure of control over

the images they want to present, and this intensity, coupled with the highly varied subject matter of all the works, makes the exhibition a fascinating one.

Galerie Samuel Lallouz -1620 Sher­ brooke West, March 5-25.

STU D EN TS' S O C IET Y - O F F IC E SPACE REQ UESTS N O T IC E T O ALL M cG ILL STU D EN T G R O U P S (Subm issions w ill be re c e iv e d fro m M a rc h 28 th u n til 4 :30 ,

A p ril 5 th , 1988 )

Any student group on campus may request office space in the University Centre procided the group has been in operation since January 1st, 1988.

According to Council policy adopted September 13th, 1978, the same groups ineligible to receive Students' Society funds are also not eligible to be given office space in the University Centre.

Please note the follow ing: - Groups w ith office space in 1987/88 w ill be given preference.

- The Joint Management Committee w ill review all space requests and, at its discretion, w ill decide which groups assigned space w ill have to share offices.

Due to the extremely high demand for office space in the University Centre, it would be highly appreciated if groups, which do not absolutely need office space, refrain from requesting an office.

In the letter of application for office space, please include any comments or recommendations relating to the physical condition of the club offices, the adequacy of the furniture and accessories and any improvements that should be made.

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There is no specific request form for office space. Requests, with justifications, should be typed and addressed to the Joint Management Committee. They should be delivered or mailed to: Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary, Students' Society General Office, Room 105, 3480 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1X9.

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STUDENTS' SOC M a rch 9, K PRESIDENT Nancy Coté

Doug Hodgson

I believe that in the upcoming year, promoting a more unified student voice on campus is of crucial importance.

McGill students must address two issues of utmost significance, i.e., McGill's chronic underfunding, and the question of maintaining accessibility to education in light of the government's pending re­ form of the financial aid system, and, more importantly, its upcoming review of tuition fees in Quebec. I feel that my expe­ rience on Student Council this year, as well as the External Affairs Committee for the past two years has allowed me to develop some concrete ideas as to how the Students' Society can become more energetic, open, and participatory in 1988-89

V.P. INTERNAL Tom Dimitian Tom D im itia n is a bilingual native M o n tre a le r w h o feels that co m m u ­ nication skills are the m ain require­ ments for a person :l running for VicePresident Internal. t He must be ready to deal w ith all problems w ith in the university. His main objective is to make sure that co-ordination between all clubs and groups on campus is sim plified by establishing him self (and an ad-hoc com m ittee com prised o f any interested students) to act as a liaison and to a llo w each and every student to vent their prob­ lems w ith the system. He plans to be a very accessible m em ber o f cou ncil w h o can be approached anywhere, anytime.

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V.P. UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS

Amanda Kalhok

Maria Battaglia

Harris Poulis

Experience: C o-or­ d in a to r of "S a lu t M c G ill1' - O rientation W eek '87; Students' C o u n c il 8 7 /8 8 ; worked on W inter Car­ n iva l '8 8 ; in vo lve d w ith Radio M c G ill 86/ 87; Rowing Team 85/ 86; W om en's Rugby 87; M c G ill Choral Soci­ ety.

Aim s: publish a m onthly calendar o f club events; ensure accessibility ramp to U nion B uilding is b u ilt; publish a Student D irectory; expand Freshmen G roup Programme started this year, to involve more new and returning students.

A knowledge o f the system, and a lo t o f energy and drive are w hat's needed to make changes w ith in the Students' Society. I’m w ill­ ing to w ork to make these changes happen.

H aving served as Vice-President U n ive r­ sity Affairs this past year has m ade me aware o f the im p o r­ tance o f this position and the necessity of having an active stu­ dent voice to represent Students' concern.

U p com in g issues in clud e libraries, $100 course m aterials fee, housing and residences, campus security, student advising and stu­ dents' rights!

Last September, I was elected as the Senate representative to the Board o f Governors. If elected as Vice-President U niversity Affairs, I w ill con tinu e to serve on BoG thus adding another student voice on the U niversity's high­ est decision m aking body.

A lack o f kn o w l­ edge c o n c e rn in g the variety o f serv­ ices available to the student body and fun ctioning of the administration leads to a great deal o f apathy on the part o f the student. Therefore, if elected, I w ill try to remedy this situation by increasing the level o f efficie ncy o f the adm inistration and, at the same tim e, attempt to increase the level o f student in pu t. I feel that m y experience w ith the m u lticu ltu ra l association, m y involvem ent w ith student faculty relations com m ittees and my general association w ith other on campus activities, such as the bringing in o f speakers w ill help me achieve these objectives if elected.

Vincent Poirier M y experience: • D arkroom m an­ ager, Photographic Society 1987-88 • Yearbook Photo ed itor 1986-87 • Founding m em­ ber o f the G o clu b 1988 M y platform : •T o push for a ram p to make the U nion B uilding more accessible for m o b ility im ­ paired students.

I've been involved w ith M c G ill clubs since m y first year at M c G ill, I have the ex­ perience needed to w o rk w ith them as w ell as for them. Please vote M arch 9,10,11 and support m y candidature.

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ENGINEERING Jean-François

Deschênes

Hi ! My name is Jean-François Deschênes. I am a third year Elec­ trica l Engineering Student. This year I was involved in many Engi­ neering activities, ranging from being a volunteer during Engineer­ ing B lood D rive to being an Editor o f the Handbook. I’ve also at­ tended Senate meetings and fo l­ lo w ed it's m a jo r debates on proper and fair Housing for students in residences, the Undergraduate Equipment Fund o r on the FAE issue. In CEGEP I o ccupied the Rep. to Senate p osition. I kn ow h ow the Senate works and w hat it can do for Engineering students lik e you and me.

If elected, I've got a few questions w h ich I w o u ld like the Senate to debate on next year. Revising the Advisors system in Engineering is o ne o f them. D id n 't you ever feel like your advisor's schedule and yours d id not match o r it d id and he w asn't sure w h at you co uld do in yo ur curriculum ? D o professors have tim e to be advisors at all? I have a few ideas in m ind to solve this pro ble m and im prove the system.

I prom ise that I w ill g ive you a fo llo w -u p o f w hat's happening in the Senate in each issue o f the Faucet so as to keep you inform ed. After 3 years o f Engineering, I've gathered sufficient experience to under­ stand the Engineering spirit, w hat it means and h o w to protect its interests on the University's Senate. I'm keen on doin g a great jo b !

V ote fo r me, yo u're on to som ething good!

SENATOR

Santo Manna

Peter Thomas

T he p o sition o f re p re se n ­ tativ e to S en ate (Engineering) is attractiv e to m e sin ce it of­ fers th e c h a n c e to g et in­ v olved in th e policy -m ak in g p ro cess w h ich is so im p o rtan t to all stu d en ts. I am interested in o b ta in in g e x p e rie n c e in a d ­ d ressin g m yself in a political (an d form al) a tm o sp h e re an d I relish th e p ro sp ect o f rep resen tin g m y fellow classm ates in su ch a role. I h av e h a d e x p e rie n c e w ith d eb a tin g te am s in th e p ast as w ell as p articip atin g in tw o stu d en t m o d el p arliam en t p ro jects. I am very in volved in ex tracu rricu lar activities at M cG ill su ch as th e P ro g ram m in g N etw ork, En­ g in eerin g P u b n ite, a n d vario u s o th e r activities (Engineering as w ell as g en eral). I am also a class rep resen tativ e in th e E.U.S. c o u n c il a n d th u s, I am fam iliar w ith th e n ee d s o f th e stu d en ts I w ish to rep resen t. I play B room ball a n d FlagFootball in th e E ngineering le ag u e an d h o ck e y in a friendly leag u e. If e le c te d , I in ten d to pay p articu lar atten tio n to su ch issues as th e E.U.S. E quipm ent fund, university research grants, an d o f co u rse, stu d en t rights. I h o p e to m a k e o th e r faculty rep resen tativ es aw a re o f o u r n ee d s, as Engineering stu d en ts, all th e w h ile resp ectin g th e o p in io n s o f o th ers.

A fte r a lm o s t 2 SK, years at M c G ill, I've ■ learned that the best ! w ay to im prove the : qu ality o f education is , not by holding pro­ tests, but by effecting change from w ith in . I have been involved in I student activities since my first days at school For the past 2 years I have been a departmental representative to the Engineering Undergradu ate Society. As w e ll, I served this year as a student representative to the Engineering Fac u lty Com m ittee and was one o f the co-ordina tors o f O rientation W eek '87. Finally, I repre sented m y departm ent during the historic first year o f the Engineering Undergraduate Equip­ ment Fund.

TY ELECTIONS 1988 V.P. EXTERNAL Mark Cameron

Nubar Goudsouzian

As V.P. External, my top priority rill be underfunding. I support the urrent SSMU policy of allowing a mited tuition increase, but only if dditional provincial funding and nancial aid is secured. SSMU iould maintain close links with NEEQ and other student organizaons while preserving our economy. Il faut que McGill tablisse un nouveau rapport avec le mouvement étudint, le gouvernement, et la communauté montréalaise et uébecoise. I will also push for action on responsible re;arch and ethical investment policies at McGill. As Arts epresentative and member of the External Affairs ommittee, Ad Hoc Committee on Native Affairs, and acuity of Arts Committee, I feel I have the necessary xperience to achieve these aims.

I am a trilingual native Montre­ aler with close ties to various com­ munity and cultural organizations in the city.

My main priority is to press for an equitable funding scheme for the universities in Quebec. I will en-i courage the various faculties at I McGill to vote for a voluntary fee increase to provide immediate relief in the matter of student-teacher ratios, archaic lab facilities and number of available T.A.'s. At the same time I will fight for increased bursaries and loans from the government.

By strengthening ties with other student bodies we can bring McGill back to the forefront of student activism in Quebec.

Daniel Guillemette I am a third year student and I have been involved with several clubs over the years. My reasons for ; running for V-P External are the following: As McGill students must express to the government our feel­ ing that the quality of our education can only be improved with a revi­ sion of the funding formula currently in use. With this in mind, the question of financial accessibility to higher education must not be forgotten. More than ever before the new V-P External will have to deal with the other student societies and the government. If one wants to do a good job in this position, bilinguilism and a good knowledge of student politics are essential require­ ments.

ARTS SENATOR (2) Brian Donovan

Anne Edgett

Alex Pike

The position o f Arts epresentative to Sen­ te carries w ith it norm ous responsa- photo unavailable ilities. He or she is renonsible for the entire rts faculty when it omes to Student Socity a ffa irs . T o d a y, lore than ever the voice o f Arts students must e heard. W ith underfunding rampant and the ua lity o f an Arts degree at M c G ill q u ickly dii i nish ing, someone must be w il I ing to see that ur interests are pursued w ith vigour. If elected promise that I w i 11fight for w hat is rightly ours, w ill stand up and say that enough is enough.

Vith your help w e can stop the rot and begin ) turn this facu lty around.

G ood representa­ tion is not a priviledge, it is a right. Arts stu­ dents deserve a strong voice. In turn, they should receive the per­ tinent p o licy and pro­ ced ure in fo rm a tio n , w h ic h o fte n never reaches them. M y objective is to im prove the con dition o f the Arts faculty in such areas as space allocation, an expanded curriculu m and opening the lines o f com m unication between students and the adm inistration. As a th ird year Arts student,! know many o f the concerns students hold. Concerns and problems need not be met by a brick w a ll. G ive your concerns a strong voice and make your vote count.

The arguement for student apathy died w ith the success o f the Arts Faculty Teach-In. Being involved in the organ izatio n o f this event made it clear to me that students and representatives can c o ­ operate to take action on an issue.

At a tim e when the pro vin cial governm ent does not consider us a w o rth w h ile investment and student housing is becom ing a fond m em­ ory, it is necessary for M c G ill students to make our presence known.

M y experience on the Faculty o f Arts and Student Affairs com m ittees has exposed me to the decision-m aking process at M c G ill. The Senate is a forum w h ich students can use to have p o licy input and affect change. Let's take advantage o f it.

Robert Steiner

MANAGEMENT SENATOR Karl-Eric Brière The decisions o f the enate have an im porint im pact on o u r stuent life. It is therefore ritical that the faculty as a representative 'ho understands its eeds and is able to ssert them.

Through m y participation at various activies I have established contacts w ith people o f lany backgrounds. These relationships help te to develop a good understanding o f the eeds o f management.

I am presenting myself as a candidate beausethis knowledge, com bined w ith my past xperience as m em ber o f student governm ent nd as representative to the Board o f G overors o f CEGEP M aisonneuve, has given me the b ility to represent you efficie ntly on Senate.

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Salim Manji M y name is Salim M an ji, I am now in the 2nd year o f the B.Com programme, and run­ ning for Management

Nelson Smith Experience is a nec­ essary com ponent o f effective leadership. I believe I have such ex­ perience and w o u ld be a re s p o n s ib le A rts Senator, voicing stu­ d e n t c o n c e rn s to M c G ill's highest aca­ dem ic body. Issues that I think are im portant include: responsible research, students pay­ ing more money for less services, a serious underfunding in the Arts faculty as a result of short-sighted adm inistration policies, and an in a va ila b ility o f space due to overcrow ding in classes. O n M arch 9, 10, and 11 vote for responsible leadership, vote for Nelson Smith as Arts Representative to Senate.

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Representative to Sen­ ate. If elected I w ill jo in w ith members from other faculties to create a unified voice from the student body as a w h ole , and thereby have a greater effect on the policies that govern us, here at M c G ill. Being Management Rep to Senate, and actively par­ ticip atin g on ad hoc committees, I assure you that the views o f management students w i 11 be w e ll expressed and represented. Further, I w ill keep you inform ed, o f current issues facing M c G ill, as w e ll as student activities that you do not regularly hear about.

Look. W e all want a better scho ol. W e want our voices heard in the cold halls o f M c G ill bureaucracy. But have you heard from the ? people w h o promised you that last year? Do you even know their names?

It doesn't take too much for a Senator to let you know w hat he/she is doing. None o f us can prom ise a fairer loan system or a better school but we CAN let you know how w e're representing you - w ith posters, regular leaf­ lets and even classifieds. O ne year on tw o Stu­ dent Society com m ittees and one Senate com m ittee has aquainted me w ith the prob­ lems M c G ill w ill be facing. O ne year o f W ritin g for the Daily has shown me how bad the Communications are between you and your representatives.

W ith o u t that link, politics is just an eg otrip . lei, la p o litiq u e vous appartient.

T hink o f that when you vote, fo ry o u rc o u n c il reps, your president.. .and for your senator.

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S p rin g is on the way so take heart. In the spirit of warm weather, relaxation and fun we thought it best to provide you with some options so that you can plan your summer vacation. Procrastinate a little longer. Read about the beaches in British Columbia, the wonderful scenery in Manitoba and Newfoundland, the lakes and hiking trails in Nova Scotia. Let your mind wander through the plains of Sas­ katchewan, the space and wonders of the Northwest Territories. The possiblilities are endless.

This summer, why not take the time to enjoy and explore Canada.

We have a lot to learn about our neighbours in Ontario, let alone those in British Columbia If not this summer, next. We live in a beautiful country - discover it for yourself.

F id d le h e a d s

On the back of a twenty

by C.D. MacKay Many of you may be truckin’ through Alberta this May on the way to the “New Klondike” of Prince George B.C. for the famed profits of tree­ planting (it’s the trendy thing to do these days you know). If this is the case, you should consider making a few stops on the way and not reducing Alberta to another blurred stretch of prairie highway.

There are two major highways running through Alberta. Highway 16 is arguably faster and certainly more boring. The more scenic route begins with the Canada No. 1. This will bring you to Calgary - the cowtown now famous for it’s beautiful mid-winter “chinooks”. No one wants to hear about Calgary for a while - 1will oblige.

On the west side of Calgary is the tumoff for the older 1A highway; also known as the Old Banff Coach Road.

This stretch of pavement rolls through some of the most beautiful native reser­ vation lands in the country. A definite stop on this route is MacKay’s Old Style Ice Cream Parlour, where the choice of 51 flavours startled this trav­ eller into a quick witted choice of Rocky Mountain Road. At any rate, this comfortable old two lane highway is a preferable way to feel your ears pop as you rise from the bald prairie of the last 24 hour drive to the majestic CANADIAN ROCKIES! Yes folks, as any geography major

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can tell you, Alberta is the home of a good portion of these geomorphic giants. Banff is the first town on the ride through, and like Calgary, you have probably heard more than enough about it - here’s some more: The Sulphur Mountain Gondola ride is kinda neat and so are the hot springs. If you decide to stay, and do not opt for the Banff Springs Hotel ($!), the best bet is one of the two youth hostels. The hostel in town is often full and is a bit expensive as far as youth hostels go (there is a hot tub to pay for). The sister hostel, off in the woods, might be a good bet, if only to see its creative substitutes for outhouse attendants.

Directions to absolutely everything in the Banff and Jasper National Parks can be found at the info centre on Banff Avenue. Banff is a beautiful town, but the endless busloads of gorbies (read “tourists”) get to be a little much. Oh yeah - the best bars in town are the King Eddy and the Rose and Crown.

The 1A through to Lake Lousie is a good bet again, and a pleasant change from the 4-6 lane super-duper No. 1.

Lake Louise offers great hiking and nature stuff (including that other lake on the back of the 20 dollar bill). The highway to Jasper is littered with big­ horn sheep, glaciers, youth hostels (every 30-50 km) and bighorn Winnibegos with really weird licence plates.

Jasper is a little quieter than Banff

by Kate Morisset Newfoundland is more than just Canada’s easternmost appendage. It is a beautifle world with a distinct cul­ tural heritage and a unique way of life.

The Western region is dominated by the Long Range Mountains which run from Port aux Basques in the south, to the top of the Great Northern Penin­ sula. Long stretches of sandy beaches and the beaty of the rugged scenery make for spectacular scenery.

The Central Plateau of the island

but has just as much to offer. The Mt. Edith Cavell hostel is great and hap­ pens to be a short walk from yet another thrilling and breathtaking gondola ride - it beats walking up Mt. Royal. The junction of Banff-Jasper Parkway and highway 16 (it’s not all boring), is just south of Jasper. A left turn to Prince George offers more mountains (includ­ ing the highest Rocky, Mt. Robson, which is actually in B.C. but so what) and a clearly marked time zone line.

This magic line can be hours of fun for prospective treeplanters who want to stand on it and watch their watch get confused.

A right turn leads down the moun­ tains to one of Canada’s funnest cities.

Edmonchuk; home of the Reichman bros. and their mall, Wayne Gretzky and some neat plants under glass pyra­ mids. Edmonton really isn’t that bad...

Other exciting things to see and do in Alberta: the Dinosaur Prov. Park is just north of the No. 1 between Medi­ cine Hat and Calgary. No need to worry, all these dinosaurs are kept safely in big strong cages. A great way to leave Western Canada behind at the end of the summer could be to spend the night camping in the Drumheller Flats (two hours northeast of Calgary) under the influence of those great B.C. shrooms and giving new meaning to your understanding of “Altered States” and the ultimate 60s burnout question “Are you experienced?”

is a vast unspoiled forest, crossed by the water­ shed of the Humber and the Exploits, Newfoundland’s major rivers. Nearly a thousand square kilometers of fir, birch and spruce allow for great camping and hikes in the parks and wilderness areas.

The Pacific ocean boarders the eastern half of the province and as such, the seafearing tradition of the people dominates the region. The Avalon is connected to the rest of the island by a narrow barren isthmus, and, as the neighbouring Eastern region, it is richly flavoured by the ocean. The Avalon has a rich and fascinating history which is rooted in European settlement. St. John’s is one

by Mike Crawley The outdoors and food are the pri­ mary tourist attractions of the only officially bilingual province in Can­ ada. New Brunswick has a flavour that is best sampled by staying away from highways and meandering slowly around the various regions. A few days is all that is needed in most areas, but a car is essential to discover the unique and the out of the way places that make up the real New Brunswick.

Fundy Coast: Saint John is the province’s largest and most entertain­ ing city. The superb “Festival by the Sea”, a truly Canadian arts spectacle presented annually in August, features numerous free shows. Free walking tours are the best way to discover the city’s historical buildings in the down­ town area. The New Brunswick Mu­ seum, the City Market and Partridge Island are Saint John’s most unique attractions.

A 40 minute drive from the city takes you to St. Martin’s, a quaint and surprisingly untouristed seaside vil­ lage which is best explored during Old Home Week, July 8-11. Westward along the coast, one can dig clams at Pocologan, w ander around St. Andrew’s, and sample exquisite candy at Ganong’s in St. Stephen, home of the world’s first chocolate bar. If time permits, take the ferry to Grand Manan and discover the way of life on an isolated but beautiful island.

River Valley: Take the slow scenic route north along the Saint John River.

The Kingston Peninsula is particularly picturesque, but stop anywhere and often to take in the countryside. Jemseg has the juiciest strawberries in the world, so pick your own around the first of July. Fredericton, the capital, has a reserved and governmental char­

of the oldest cities in North America and the capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador. The city’s long history gives it an Old World look and charm. Accomodations in St. John’s range from $25 to $120, so the best bet is to stay in the hostel or camp. Camping grounds are fairly easy to come by. The average rate is of $5 to $10 a night for a tent site. The great thing about camping grounds is that they are often situated near the sea, or swimming pools are on the site along with show­ ers, laundromats and hiking or recreational trails.

Labrador, the mainland protion of the prov­ ince encompasses over 290 000 square kilometers of unadulterated land. It is just across the Strait of

acter. Stately old homes, the Beaverbrook Art Museum, outdoor summer theatre, Odell Park and the campus of UNB are this city’s best bets.

Further west is Kings Landing where the 1800s are faithfully recreated in a little village. Follow the river north for innumerable scenic vistas along the way, including the world’s longest wooden covered bridge at Hartland.

Madawaska County marks the start of New Brunswick’s francophone region.

St. Leonard’s crafts and weaving are worth checking out.

North Shore: Fiddleheads ire a New Brunswick vegetable specialty and Tide Head is a fine place to indulge.

Dalhousie’s boat tours, Heron Island, and mine shaft tours at Petit Rocher provide the visitor with an overview of the character of this french region.

Further east, one heads into the heart of Acadia. Take in Caraquet’s Acadian National Holiday celebrations and the nearby Acadian Village. Miscou Island is a well-kept secret worth visiting for its tranquil beaches. On the way, stop in Lamèque, particularly during its surprising Baroque Music Festival, July 1-15.

Southeast Shores: This is beachland. Both National Parks are located in this region: Kouchibouguac is the least trampled and is excellent for hiking, while Fundy, south of Moncton, fea­ tures the highest tides in the world.

Along the Northumberland Strait coast is Cocagne and its annual hydroplane regatta. Further south,Shediac’s Lob­ ster Festival, July 5-10, and Parlee Beach are musts.

Further Information: New Brunswick Department of Tourism P.O. Box 12345, Fredericton, NB

Belle Isle from Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula. On a clear day, it is wisible a ross the 17.6km wide channel that funhnels the icy Labra­ dor surrent into the Gulf of the St. Lawrence.

Southern Labrador is the traditional home of the summer fisherpeople who first travelled centuries ago from the Island of Newfoundland to the lucra­ tive fishing grounds off its coast.

Bicycling your way around Newfoundland is always an option. Bed and Breakfasts are scat­ tered throughout the province. The other option, of course, is a tent.

Newfoundland is a world of difference. If you want fresh air and an awe inspiring landscape, head east. You won’t regret it.

Information can be obtained by contacting the Department of Development and Tourism P.O. Box 2016 St.John’s, Newfoundland A 1C 5R8

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Into the Outdoors

Don’t just “gas up and go

by Kim Farley The ocean in British Columbia is gurgling, Irothy, and delicious. In the summer.it’s not even that cold. For B.C., water is the main draw, whether visitors want to windsurf in Vancouver's English Bay, wander down Long Beach on Van­ couver Island, or bake next to a melted glacier somewhere in the interior.

The hub of the province is Vancouver, which boasts a combination of a jagged row of local mountains, ripe for skiing in winter and hiking in summer, and the great mass of beautiful Pacific that attracts anyone unlucky enough to live inland.

After the barrage of Expo publicity, Vancouver began sucking up American tourists and their Superdollars at an alarming rate. Vancouver offers shopping on Robson Strasse to rival Rodeo Dr. (even Montreal at times); Stanley Park; and Granville Island, which has almost as many seafood restaurants as False Creek does condos. And in Vancouver, everyone smiles. We have neverexperienced the depressing effect of serious snowfall, welcoming instead a daily flood of liquid sunshine to keep everything nice and green.

Green is the official provincial colour, especially as you forge North of Vancouver into the Caribou “ranch country” or East into the Okanagan and the Kootenays. There, pines and firs punctuate the roads, gradually swallowing up the land until asphalt couldn’t squeeze through if it tried.

The best hiking is found in the Far North, in the parks surrounding the Alaska Highway. Across the province there are almost 400 parks for campers and hikers to explore. Manning, Garibaldi, and Pacific Rim Provincial being some of the most gorgeous. Hikers at all levels of experience can find their perfect challenge somewhere among the waterfalls, forested valleys, crystal lakes, statuesque mountains, etc. in the national parks. And when you're exhausted and unable to move after attempting something like the six-days-away-from-any- other-humanlife-form West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island, you can head south to Harrison Hot Springs and relax for awhile.

Fishermen can relax everywhere in B.C.. floating on the province’s 8,000 lakes and snagging trout effortlessly. The Similkameen Valley in the Okanagan alone has 48 trout lakes, and it’s only a few hours from Vancouver.

For thrill-seeking whitewater rafters, B.C. offers the Adams, Clearwater, and Thompson rivers - all are hair-raising, horrifying, and a helluva lot of fun (never a dry moment). If you're lucky you can get onto the Fraser River when it boils through Hell’s Gate. This miniscule space in a huge wall of rock is framed by tourists who stand on the cliff overhead and point and laugh at you as you tumble around at the mercy of gargantuan rapids. Fun stuff.

Fora more mellow good time, try horsebackriding through the same terrain at a speed more suited to appreciating colours and wildlife around you.

Because this province offers so much outdoor life, the best visitor’s tactic would be to head West with a pack on your back and decide what looks good when you get there. After two semesters of city life, looking straight into the eyes of a moose could be just what you need.

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by Heather Mitchell and Stephanie (Ross j This summer, instead of investing in Eu rail passes and Youth Hotel cards, break away from the cliché and visit Sas­ katchewan, This prairie province is more than just endless stretches of wheat fields dotted with silos; rather it is a province which combines cosmopolitan and rural elements.

There are many ways of getting to Sas­ katchewan- all vary in price. One of the best deals is Via Rail (SI 13 Montreal- Saska­ toon). Not only does the trek give you the opportunity to see Canada, but quite quite frequently a party breaks out in the "Cattle Car”.

Upon first arriving in Saskatchewan one is immediatley struck by the hot, dry weather and the particularly long prairie sunsets. The beautiful summer weather al­ lows residents to pursue their outdoor activ­ ités avidly.

What isn't farmland in Saskatchewan is either park or lake. Boasting over lOOparks.

Saskatchewan offers a variety of outdoor pursuits, including white water rafting, water skiing, and all sorts of other aquatic sports. Fishing enthusiasts will love the lakes where the fish “line up to bite”. Hik­ ing, camping and canoeing are also polpular. For students, the price is right in Sas­ katchewan. After all, it is difficult to spend a lot of money in a National Park.

Sharply contrasted with the countryside are the two cities of Regina and Saskatoon which offer a myriad of activities. Regina, home of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, is also the province's capital. The largest city in the province is Saskatoon, which com-

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bines a mix of old and new. Old buildings such as the fa­ mous Bresskorough Hotel are sharply contrasted with the modem skyscrapers that grace the skyline. Essen­ tially a young city, it has even been termed yuppie. The University of Saskatchewan, known for its veterinary medicin and law schools, only serves to add to the youthful spirit of the cjty. This sumrafr one can look forward to the Saskatoon Folkfest - a celebration of the many ethnic cultures in Saskatchewan. Don’t leave Sas­ katoon without sampling the Ukranian perogies and cabage rolls which are so popular.

After a weekend of decadence and desparity in the city's bars and night clubs, a weary student might opt for "getting back to the land." This can be done by spending some time on one of the many working farms in the province. For $30 a day one is given a room, three square meals and the odd chore to perform on the farm.

For those who have never ventured west of the Ontario boarder, they should be made aware that Sas­ katchewan isn't just a place to gas up and go on a cross country trip, but rather a province to be experienced.

Information can be obtained by contacting; Sas­ katchewan Tourism and Small Business 2103-11th Avenue Regina. Saskatchewan S4P 3V7.

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Riding Mountain, Spruce Woods and Whiteshell parks are host to overnight horseback trips and the Winnipeg Cycle Touring Club’s three day tours.

There is a “campfire and breakfast” horseback tour at Duck Mountain Park which is good if you are on a tight schedule.

Child's Lake, in the same park, is the site of the Dauphin Dive Club’s Scuba Spearfishing Contest, occurring the second week of August (entry fee only $15). You can also dive at Westhawk Lake at the eastern end of the province. It‘,s 365 feet deep with great visibility. B&B Scuba in Winnipeg has the cheapest equipment rental in town: everything for $75 from Friday to Tuesday.

For the canoe enthusiast, the Precambrian system is exhilarating, but only the well experienced should at­ tempt if. Equally beautiful are canoe outings in Whiteshell Park. The Mani■

toba Naturalist's Society organizes a trip to isolated Lake Mantario: beauti­ ful location and cabin.

Sights and Events: NORTH: Churchill, the Polar Bear Capital of the World, is the only human settlement where the bears can be seen, during their fall mating season. White beluga whales and seals are found near the harbour and the Churchill River mouth in the summer. Caribou arcsighted often. Via Rail offers a weeklong Explorer Tour through Dauphin, The Pas and Thomson to Canada's on ly Arctic harbour.

INTERLAKE: Helen Island is a nice place to get away. Gull Harbour is a beautiful but expensive resort offer­ ing a variety of summer activities and an excellent location for cross country skiing. You can also see the Governor Generali's Cup sailing competition at Gfmli's Iceland^: Festival in early August.

WEST: The long weekend in Au­ gust is busy. There is Dauphin"s Na­ tional Ukranian Festival, attended by 40,000 and Brandon's Music Festival.

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July 16, Morden hosts the Tinman T ri­ athlon, (national qualifier competi­ tion). and the Com and Apple Festival the last weekend of August. Morris, just an hour south of Winnipeg, is home to the Manitoba Stampede in late July.

EAST : Bird's Hill Park is the site of North America’s best and biggest folk music festival the first weekend of July, and Grand Beach with its fine white sand attracts over 60,000 people on a Saturday. Reserve your camping spot at least the Wednesday before the July long weekend - it’s worth it.

WINNIPEG: It is the fourth most ethnically diverse city in Canada and constitutes about half the province's population. The city is proud of its “festival of nations”, Folkarama, with over 40 pavillions to visit the first week in August. That weekend you can sec the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's “Ballet in the Park" at Assiniboine Park. There’s always a lot happening in the summer and by Eastern standards, food, rent and gas arc cheap.

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by Heather McLeod Ontario, the second largest prov­ ince in Canada, is nothing if not di­ verse. The province is divided into twelve major regions, each offering a wide range of travel and vacation op­ tions. Whether you are a late-night ur­ banite, a rugged outdoorsman, or a little of both, Ontario has what you’re looking for.

Southwestern Ontario London dominates this first area in terms of nightlife. Encircled by Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron, any watersport lover can find many op­ portunities to “get wet” in this region.

Stratford Shakespearean Festival: From June to October, Stratford offers everything from Shakespeare to alter­ native music and theatre, all in a beau­ tiful small town environment.

Festival Country Although the proud home of Niag­ ara Falls, this area contains many lesser-known attractions that are well worth investigating.

Elmira: Famed for its Mennonites, this little town evokes the nineteenth century, as long as you stay clear of the harness track at the Raceway.

The Elora Gorge: This 300-acre park houses a limestone canyon; com­ plete with rapids and mysterious caves.

Camping is operated by the Grand River Conservation Authority from May to October.

Hamilton: One of the largest cities in the region, Hamilton offers muse­ ums, Andres Wine Tours, the African Lion Safari, and McMaster University.

For Country and Western fans, Hamil­ ton has the highest number of C&W

bars per capita in the country, one of these caves, located near Lakefield.

Haliburton: Numerous camping which is the Dallas Showroom, the possibilities, and not too far from largest C&W bar in all of Canada.

The Shaw Festival: George Ber­ Toronto. nard Shaw comes alive every year from Ontario East Ottawa: Go to Lois and Frema ’s on May to September in Niagara-on-theElgin St. for great homemade ice Lake. cream, then leave town.

Georgian Lakelands Pembroke: Those up for some wild Algonquin Park: You can hike, camp and canoe 'til you drop in this white water rafting can find it here.

The Near North 7,571 square kilometre (2,900 square This area is the hiker’s paradise. mile) wilderness.

Full of dense forest and great fishing Collingwood: Although best known for its winter sports, Colling­ lakes, the nature trails and camp­ wood offers the Blue Mountain slide grounds are beautiful and abundant in rides down the ski hills and the Scenic this region dominated by North Bay. Rainbow Country Caves near the top of the Niagara Es­ This area is for water lovers. Lake carpment for hikers.

Tobermory: This spot is famed for streams and rivers encircle endless is beautiful camping and hiking on the lands, the largest of which is Man shores of Georgian Bay, where the toulin. Parry Sound is home to the water is so cold and clean you can drink Festival of Sound concert series fror-i it. An added bonus is Fathom Five late July to mid-August, with music to Provincial Park, where you can scuba­ please all tastes. Camping around dive through an underwatermuseum of Pointe-au-Baril and Parry Sound is shipwrecks.

Algoma - Kinniwabi M etropolitan Toronto This area contains beautiful SaultBig. Special events include Carabana - Ste.-Marie, a border town adjacent to Michigan, on the shores of Lake Supe The huge annual West Indian Festival offers a parade, as well as reggae and rior. To get around in this area, nativ es steel band concerts the week before the recommend the Algoma Central Rail­ August long weekend. Canadian Na­ way, which will get you to most of the tional Exhibition (C.N.E)-very tacky, sights. The G roup of Seven took a gre at butifyoucanget tickets, there are some deal of their inspiration from this see great concerts every year from mid- nic wilderness, which offers hill­ climbing, hiking, camping, fishing and August to Labour Day. incredible sailing.

Central Ontario Com Festival: In late August, this Picton: The shoreline of Lake On­ tario offers great beach and watersports country music bash in the "Soo” is a The Warsaw Caves: You can walk ; living example of “the locals gone underground for up to 90 m. through wild”. A guaranteed good time.

Q u eb ec rich in heritage

by Jacques Critchley If you are thinking of traveling this summer, but cannot afford airfare, consider Quebec. But don’t think of it as a watered-down version of Europe, in spite of ad campaigns that invite you to see “the old-world charm" of Que­ bec City. This country has a cultural history that makes it unique, with re­ gions that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.

Take the Eastern Townships, for example, where else are you going to findsteepled white clapboard chuches, built by Loyalists, now housing a dis­ cotheque (Magog, Quebec)? Or a mi­ cro-brewery that sees people travel from Montreal, two hours away, for a quick pint (North Hatley)? The south­ ernmost townships also have some of the most bikeable roads in the in the province - shaded, quiet local lanes with just enough hills to keep you honest.

The Montregie, barely 40 kilome­ ters east of Montreal, seems like flat, stolid farmland until you see the vol­ canic plugs rearing 600 meters up out of the valley floors. One of these. Mont

St. Hilaire, has the last remnants of uncut forest in Southern Quebec - see and cherish while it lasts. The Mon­ tregie was also the heartland of the Papineau rebellion. If you go to St. Charles sur Richelieu on June 24, you can listen to the leaders of the Société St. Jean Baptiste make speeches com­ memorating this brief rebellion.

Of course, if celebrating a failed revolution is not your idea of a vacation pastime, move north, following the Richelieu until it merges with the St. Lawrence at Sorel. If you cross the St. Lawrence at this point you will find yourself in the Laurentians. This is a region of spruce forests, lakes and riv­ ers, so be equipped - canoeing is proba­ bly the best way to see this area. The insect/human ratio is reduced substan­ tially on moving water, too.

If you follow the St. Lawrence, avoid the autoroutes and take either the 132, through the farmlands of the south shore, or the 138 on the North Shore, where the Canadian Shield has been carved by the river. The landscapes are worth it and each shore has a totally different mood. The 138 will take you

to Quebec City and beyond to the Saguenay-Lac St. Jean and the North Shore, while the 132 will take you completely round the Gaspé peninsula.

Lac St. Jean is honestly “québécois” - you will not be hung for being English, however: instead people will spend hours explainin to you what it is to be Québécois. If you are hitchhiking, a good way to break the ice is to tell people that you have come to discover what makes Quebec different. They will tell you.

If you want to see whales, take a Saguenay boat trip - hurry before in­ dustrial pollution kills them. But re­ member that Alcan and the pulp mills offer the only jobs around.

Gaspé has the highest mountains in Quebec (the Chic-Chocs) and the low­ est incomes. It is a region where people speak a beautiful French and English with an Irish lilt unchanged since the 1840s.

Quebec is a country worth seeing and the variety of people and places will keep you going back - if yoi can leave, that is.

H e a d in g N o r t h

by Mariam Bouchoutrouch The Northwest Territories (NWT), comprising one-third the total area of Canada, is virtually untouched and offers awesome, untamed scenery for the adventurist and for the naturalist.

Nahanni National Park, in the heart of the Mackenzie mountains, is a mag­ nificent wilderness corridor containing a wide variety of unique physical fea­ tures. Deep canyons, rapids, water­ falls, hot springs, alpine prairie and rugged mountains combine to thrill white water canoeists, hikers, photog­ raphers and nature lovers from all over the world. Nahanni is also known for its legend, mystery, and rumours of gold and headless prospectors.

Another national park located near the top of the world is Ellesmere Island.

It is a region of perpetual snow and ice.

Mount Barbeau, 2600m. high, projects dramatically through the ice cover and towers over the hundreds of glaciers.

The NWT's population of 52,000 is scattered in a myriad of small and larger communities. Chesterfield Inlet, was once a strategic harbour for north­ ern exploration. The community was founded in 1612 by Sir Thomas Button

while in search for the elusive North West Passage.

Look, whales! is a common cry at Repulse Bay. Belugas and narwhals venture into the bay during August.

Repulse Bay, located in the Arctic Circle has a breathtaking landscape.

Fort Liard, on a broad river terrace at the junction of the Petitot and Liard rivers, is a beautiful spot with a consis­ tently warmer climate than most north­ ern communities. [Skinny-dip, if you dare!] Archeological work has shown the area to be one of the oldest continu­ ally occupied aboriginal sites in the NWT. Slavey legend has it that the Great Spirit had so much clay left over after creating the rest of the world that he simply threw it down. It landed in the Mackenzie valley to form the Ram­ parts, a canyon located 16km upstream from Fort Good Hope. In Fort Good Hope, the famous Our Lady of Good Hope Church built by Emile Petitot, stands tall.

The peaceful and beautiful land of the Northwest Territories is available for about twenty hours a day during the summer, so take advantage of the land of the midnight sun.

The Yukon “Some say God was tired when he made it “Some say it’s a fine land to shun; “Maybe: but there’s some as would trade “For no land on earth — and I am one” -Robert Service Located above British Columbia on the sixtieth parallel, the Yukon Territory is shaped like a great irregular triangle, reaching north to the Arctic Ocean, west to Alaska and east to the North West Territories.

The Yukon consists of 482,515 square kilometres of land, yet has a population of only 25,000, one person per square mile. Whitehorse, the capitol, accounts for 18,159 of that population.

In 1898 thousands of people set out for the Klondike in search of gold. While many died, others lived to tell the hard­ ship of winter, the splendour of sum­ mer. Robert Service wrote, “The summer-— no sweeter was ever;/ the sunshiny woods all athrill;/ ...the fresh­ ness, the freedom, the famess—/ Oh God! I’m hooked on it all.”

In winter sunlight diminishes to a minimum: summer days last almost twenty-four hours and allow for a great

Is la n d D r iv e s

by Mike Crawley The land of Anne of Green Gables has one of the most highly developed tourist industries in the country; there­ fore Prince Edward Island can be ex­ pensive for the student traveller. But if camping is your thing, PEI is paradise.

There are miles of beaches, both over­ crowded and deserted. Distances are short and attractions are bountiful.

The island is divided into three counties: Prince, Queens, and Kings, from west to east. Planes fly into the capital of Charlottetown in the centre of the province, while car ferries come from New Brunswick to Borden, and from Nova Scotia to Wood Islands, west and southeast of Charlottetown respectively. The following scenic routes span the island and are contained roughly within each county.

Lady Slipper Drive: This western route begins in Summerside (which comes alive during a down home style carnival in mid-July), and cuts a figureeight through Prince County. Heading toward the Northumberland coast, the route passes through Miscouche, where the Acadian Museum houses 19th century manuscripts, among other exhibits.

If houses made o f25,000 bottles in­ trigue you, stop inCap-Egmont. The nearby Acadian Fisherman’s CoOperative sells fresh lobster in late August. The 2 km sandy white beach and the wooden lighthouse are the highlights of Cedar Dunes Provincial Park at West Point. Driving towards North Cape takes you past sandstone cliffs that deserve a closer look.

Equally impressive are the Kildare Capes. Malpeque Bay is next on the route, and oysters is the operative word: five million harvested annually.

Blue Heron Drive: Charlottetown, the birthplace of Confederation, is famous for its summer theatre festival.

Tickets are surprisingly inexpensive

for such professional theatre ($10- Charlottetown along the south shore, $20), so reserve immediately for the stop in Orwell Comer for a hayride. late June to early September perform­ The rolling countryside carries you to ances. Province House, Government Cape Bear for a great view of Beach House, and St. Dunstan’s Basilica are Point. Believe it or not, there is a herd of bison in the Buffaloland Provincial the main architectural attractions.

When you begin your drive, look Park near Milltown Cross, where there for the birds inhabiting the water is also a migratory bird sanctuary. around nearby North River, which are Brudenell River Provincial Park is at­ the inspiration for the name of this tractive but relatively expensive. Fish­ circular route. Near Rocky Point is a re­ ing villages dot the trek to East Point, so constructed 16th century Micmac In­ anglers will want to stop along the way. dian Village. The route passes through Hostel: a number of small towns and continues Canadian Hostelling Association along the Northumberland coast to Mt. Edward Road Bedeque Bay, before turning north Charlottetown, PEI 894-9696 toward Malpeque and its impressive $6/members, $8/non-members flower garden. Half a million people Further Information: flock to PEI’s north shore for a very PEI Visitor Services good reason. The string of beaches P.O. Box 940 which make up PEI National Park are Charlottetown, PEI near perfection.

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sense of exhiiiration and energy. This is the best time to visit.

Kluane National Park, situated in the south-western comer of Yukon, offers some of the most spectacular scenery in North America. Here visitors can see the continent’s most impressive wild­ life population. There are moose, Dali sheep, grizzly and black bears, wolver­ ine, beaver, coyote, lynx and over 150 species of birds.

The St. Elias mountain range, Kluane’s best known feature, includes Canada’s highest mountain, Mount Logan. Most hiking trails are actually old mining roads, Indian trails, and creekside paths. The Steele glacier, famous for having moved seven miles in a four month period in the late sixties is also among this range.

The Yukon Gardens, located in White­ horse, are Canada's only northern bo­ tanical gardens. Exhibits include an extensive and colourful array of Yukon's trees, plants and flowers.

Dawson City, once the Paris of the North, displays the hospitality of the old west. Vaudeville shows and gam­ bling spot the nightlife. The Gaslight Follies is a traditional production with comic productions of old time shows.

In Dawson the visitor can explore the shops, Robert Service’s cabin, the Midnight Dome and Dredge #4 . The dredge, a machine used in gold mining, is open to the public throughout June to September.

The Yukon also offers many camp sights and hiking trails. Driving the highways is also a pleasant way to experience the scenic views.

Scenic, free, relaxed, comfortable, friendly describe the Spell of the Yukon that Robert Service knew so well.

The Sea

by Trib travel staff I’m not even going to attempt to try to tell you how nice Nova Sco­ tians are or how much camping, swimming and hiking you can do in this beautiful province. If you want all that stuff, you can come down to the Trib office and read some of the 10,000 pages that they sent us.

You may, however, wish to know how to get there. If you look at a standard Mercator projection map of eastern North America, it appears that the fastest and shortest route to Nova Scotia is through Maine. What the map doesn’t tell you is that the road through Maine is narrow, windy, and hilly and that it floods out every second or third year and that your car is bound to break down in the middle of nowhere on a Sunday afternoon when everything is closed.

Driving through Quebec is quicker but more boring. Which ever way you go, you can save some time and spend more money by taking the ferry from Moncton, N.B. to Digby, N.S. From there you drive through one of only three places in Canada that you can grow fruit - the Annapolis Valley. You must go through the valley in May, for this is the time of the world famous “Apple Blossom Festival”, Parades, exhibitions and county fairs (complete with horse pulling and pie baking contests) occur in every town along the way.

Next stop: Halifax, home of four universities, an old-town waterfront (sound familiar) and the greatest number of bars and restaurants per capita in the country.

PGSS Annual. General Meeting

THOMSON HOUSE 6:30 pm, Wednesday, March 9, (3650 McTavish) A G E N D A 1.0 Call to Order 2.0 Speaker's Report: B rief o u tlin e o f

rules o f order and introdu ction o f the E x ecu tiv e and E x ecu tiv e-E lect. N ew m otion s m ay not be added to the A gen d a and sh ould be p rop osed for co n sid era tio n at the n ext m eetin g o f C ou n cil.

A m end m en ts from the flo o r are not in order for C on stitu ­ tion al am endm ents.

3.0 Approval of the minutes or previous general meeting.

4.0 Executive Reports: T he E x ecu tiv e w ill report b riefly on P G SS a ctiv itie s and fin a n ces.

OLD MCGILL POETRY CONTEST PRIZES: I stprize $25 2ndprize..........$20

5.0 Business affecting the interests of the Society: 5.1 Report from the Monetary Affairs Committee Be it resolved that fe e s for fu ll-tim e regular m em bers

of P G SS be in creased by $ 5 .0 0 per term and that fee s for ad d ition al se ssio n regular m em bers be in creased by $ 2 .5 0 .

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Quorum is 100 Graduate Students All Graduate Students are Members of the PGSS

Coffe and Doughnuts will be served All submissions welcome.

Please drop off at Students' Society General Office, Room 105 Union.

F or more information, call 398-6816

Support THOMSON HOUSE and the PGSS For more information contact the Post-Graduate Students' Society at Thomson House (398-3755) PGSS Constitutions and Minutes are available at Thomson House

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by Jam ie Alden Isolated in the north-east region of British Columbia lies a chain of lakes that is every avid canoers and kayakers dream. Tucked away quietly, sheltered form the wrath of civilization, the Bowron Lakes of British Columbia provide a serene and beautiful setting for days of unbridled navigation. The Bowron lakes, unlike the smaller lake chains of the Laurentians is not hin­ dered by endless miles of depressing portages. Barring the first two portages that are a mile and a half and a mile and three quarters respectively, there are few interruptions on this nine lake chain. Breathtaking scenery abounds with majestic mountain peaks, winding rivers, and even a medium sized water­ fall, just a short walk off Una lake on the south-east of the chain. In addition, if one canoes quietly enough, the wild­ life in abundance will peek through the evergreens along the shoreline.

Moose, dear, and of course brown bears are all part of the wildlife.

While the days of paddling provide exercise and enjoyment, the nights when the sky is clear are even more spectacular. The stars, incandescent in their glory, light up the dark sky with incredible brilliance. Shooting stars and Northern Lights(The Aurora Bore­ alis) are common in the north of British Columbia. It is also easy to spot diffemt constellations such as the Seven Sisters or the Big Dipper.

On each of the lakes there are numerous campsites where tents can be set up. During the months of May and September when there are the fewest tourists on the chain, small cabins may also be vacant to lay out your sleeping bag. These cabins can make sleeping a little bit easier as it is often cold just after the winter snowmelt. While the summer months tend to be somewhat warmer, the crowds can often be a little overwhelming, diminishing the expe-

Sunset on the Bowron Lakes rience. People often leave garbage around, making for unattractive look­ ing campsites. May is probably the best month to go as it is clean, and believe it or not, it only rained once when I was last there : I even went for a swim on one of the smaller lakes.

The whole trip usually takes be­ tween six and ten days depending on whether you’re willing to paddle be­ tween sunrise and sunset. It is often the nicest time to paddle early in the morn­ ing, as the water is calm or broken by a gentle ripple. High winds can make paddling very strenuous. Most people

spend seven days on the trip; taking food for more than a week can be pretty difficult. With two people, canoe rent­ als add up to about $45 per person, but the total cost of the trip depends on how much food you want to buy and how many fish you can catch.

To get to the Bowron Lakes, take the bus form Vancouver to Prince George and go east to just past Barkerville, a town enacted in the fame of Billy Barker who first discovered gold in the area. If you are lucky you can make it to the lakes in a couple of hours from Prince George.

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(Submissions will be received from March 28th until 4:30 p.m., April 5th, 1988) Budget requests are limited to groups directly recognized by the McGill Students' Society (i.e., organizations classified as "Functional Groups", campus-wide "Interest Groups" or "Society Activities").

Interest groups must have been in operation since January 1, 1988 in order to submit a budget request. Groups submitting budget requests will be contacted regarding their submissions as soon as possible. Interest group budget requests must include, in the revenue column, membership fees from not less than 30 members.

These membership fees and a signed membership list must be handed in no later than October 31st, 1988 by an interest group with an approved budget.

Certain interest groups are not eligible to receive Students' Society funds as per Council policy adopted December 7th, 1977. These include groups with political or religious affiliations or beliefs. Any other group which, by the nature of its doctrine, discourages membership by all except those which adhere to that doctrine, as deter­ mined by Students' Council, is also ineligible to receive Society funds.

Application for Budget packages may be obtained at the Students' Society General Office. Requests, with justifications, should be typed and addressed to the Joint Management Committee. They should be delivered or mailed to: Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary, Students' Society General Office, Room 105, 3480 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1X9 NO LATER THAN 4.30 P.M., TUESDAY, APRIL 5TH, 1988.

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Redmen's playoff hopes dashed by Patriotes Best season in 40 years comes to an end

by Dino Smiljic Looking back on the Redmen hockey squad’s season, it’s hard to realize that the 87-88 edition of the team is now just a memory. Even though McGill lost the third and final game of their three game series versus Trois-Rivières, thereby being elimi­ nated from further post season play, nothing but pride should be expressed by anyone associated with the team.

This feeling was evident after Sunday night’s 4-2 defeat when the small con­ tingency of McGill fans gave the team an enthusiastic standing ovation as they skated off the ice, amid the mock­ ing cheers from partisan UQTR sup­ porters.

At the start of the season, talk re­ volved around the word “inexperi­ ence”, and the team’s main goal was just to make the playoffs. The games before Christmas reflected these thoughts as the Tribe amassed a medi­ ocre record highlighted by a four game losing streak. But the Red and White

stormed into the new year and finished the regular season with an impressive 13-8-4 mark and second place in the OUAA East Division. Over their last 21 OUAA games the team notched a outstanding 14-4-3 record. During this time, Tim Ianonne was on his way to breaking the McGill all-time goal scor­ ing record set 49 years ago by the late Russ McConnell.

So one must see that going into the post season, much success had already been achieved. Without too much trouble, the Redmen eliminated Con­ cordia to advance to the East Division final. Trois-Rivières was next on the agenda. Of course, with the Patriotes, we are talking about the defending CIAU champions, to whom McGill lost in four straight games in last year’s QUAA final. This was their chance to avenge that loss.

The series opened up on Wednesday in Trois-Ri vières where a close, chippy game ended up 2-1 in favour of the Patriotes. That marked the third time

McGill Sports Notes At the National basketball tourna­ ment in Lethbridge this past weekend the McGill Martlets basketball team placed 6th. They lost the opening game 85-52 to Victoria- Helénè Cowan led the team with 15 points. Mcgill came up 63-56 winners over Laurentian in their second game- M.J. Jurcic, the Converse player of the game, led the team with 18 points. In their final match for fifth place the Martlets were beaten by the Lethbridge Pronghorns 84-65. Leah Hayman was high scorer with 14 points. M cGill’s Julie Rousseau was in double figures all three games, scoring 35 points in total.

The Marlets end their season with an incredible 30-6 record. Manitoba took the championship with a 61-55 victory over Calgary in the final game.

In the QUBL Men's basketball final on Sunday the Bishop's Gaiters came back from five points down with a minute left to deafeat the Concordia Stingers 66-63. Bishop's now moves on to the National Championships.For the Redmen hoop squad, Patrick Arsenault was named to the first All-

star team. David Steiner and Paul Brousseau received second team honours. Arsenault, Steiner and Brousseau also all won Molson Cup Player of the Month Awards for the squad. Rookies Gavin Slethaug and Jamie Simon should also be congratu­ lated for their fine performances this season.

In football news Floyd Salazar was taken in the 4th round of the C.F.L draft by the Toronto Argonauts. Scott Warr was taken in the 7th round by Ottawa.

At the football banquet on the weekend awards were given out to Martin Lareau for Most Dedicated Player, Wayne McRae for Best Defensive Player and Most Sportsmanlike Player, A1 Lekun for Most Valuable Lineman, Dave Moffat and Courtenay Shrimpton were co-Rookies of the Year and Wally Sordo for Most Improved Player.

At the time of release it is also known that Robin Ruggiero of McGill’s swim team took a gold medal in the 100m Butterfly at the CIAU Championships in Toronto, with a time of 1:02.26.

this season the Tribe had lost to UQTR by a one-goal difference. Playing at home on Friday, it was very close again, as the teams exchanged goals until Paul Grech and François Olivier scored late in the second period to give McGill a 4-2 lead. Trois-Rivières made it a one goal difference early in the third, but Tim Iannone got it back with 6:26 to play. As it turned out, Iannone got the winning goal but not before UQTR made it close by scoring with just under four minutes left in regula­ tion time. With the win, McGill tied the series at a game apiece going back to Trois-Rivières for the deciding game.

Stéphane Thivierge put the Patriotes on the board first, however the lead was short lived, as Grech scored on the power play a minute and a half later.

The second period was all McGill with the help of a five-minute major spear­ ing penalty assessed against UQTR. Iannone took advantage of that penalty by bagging his 9th playoff goal, giving the Redmen a 2-1 lead. Then came Martin Lacroix’s goal which marked the turning point in the game, tying the match with only :52 to play in the second period. That goal seemed to demoralize the Red and White going into the final twenty minutes. The Tribe were holding on for dear life for most of the third, and even came close on a couple of occasions, but the inev­ itable occurred at 18:09 when Martin Ste-Marie skated in alone from behind McGill goalie Stéphane Fortin and beat him on the far side. With the net empty, UQTR sealed their victory just over a minute later.

In the final analysis, it may be inter­ esting to note that one of the Patriotes fans may have put it better than anyone.

It was in the form of a large card with the inscription, “Maybe next year, Redmen”. Well, that does bring some interesting thoughts to mind, doesn’t it? Returnees such as Mario DeBenedictis, Tim Iannone, Scott Daniels, plus rookies Paul Grech, Martin Raymond, Stéphane Marcoux ensure a more experienced team next season. Naturally, the departure of outstanding veterans like Stéphane Fortin, Jamie Reeve, Andre Martin, Jamie Kompon.and François Olivier leaves a big hole, but coming off their best season in some time 1988-89 holds only good things in store for Coach Tyler and the Redmen.

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All full members of the Multicultural Society who do not belong to an international club must, amongst themselves, elect one nominee for a position on the Executive.

Nomination papers for the position of the President must be signed by at least thirty (30) full members of the Multicultural Society.

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SPORTS

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 8,1988

Sports Illustrated Swimsuits, Practical? Yah! and-wear” suit sported by Miss Sey­ mour, Elle’s outfit highlights the tradi­ tion on which she stands, the pride of the village craftspeople in their work.

One cannot help but notice the careful lashing of bamboo together, side by side, to make a float that can be used for such activities as fishing or surfing. If one pays close enough attention to Moving onto the sights and beauty of detail in this photo, it is possible to Thailand (the site of Si’s portfolio), notice that no nails or hardware are ever used in the construction of these sturdy one notices at first glance on page 95 the tedious craftsmanship of the native objects. The contrasting pictorial of Miss MacPherson next to what appears raftbuilding shown here by Elle MacPherson. Contrary to the “wash- to be a fisherman approaching in a similar craft, effectively shows the multi-use of the Thailand raft.

Back to practicality and commonsense. The outfit pictured on page 86 In Cooperation With contrasts a problem many beach-goers T h e C o u n c il o f E x e c u tiv e s o f J e w ish C o m m u n a l A g e n c ie s o f are faced with at all ages-but there is a M e tro p o lita n T o ro n to solution. Growing up, almost every­ is pleased to announce the availability of a body remembers playing in the sand GRADUATE STUDIES BURSARY FUND and the sensation of being covered with fo r the 1988-89 academic year. the granular stuff. Well, as we get For students seeking to undertake professional training in preparation for older, the sensation turns to irritation as a career in Jewish Communal Services. it’s no longer fun to get sand in your Subm issions as directed below must be received by March 31/88 hair, eyes, and especially in your bath­ Candidates should hold an undergraduate degree, possess sound Jewish ing trunks. Well, designer Monika educational background and have a com m itment to serve the Jewish Tilley has a formidable solution which Community Stephanie models for only $56. Due to ****************************** the comfortable design and no-non­ For an application please write or call: sense fabric, you don’t have to stay out The Director of the sand to have fun. As Steph The Endowment Fund of the United Jewish Welfare Fund/ shows, you can even sit in it and be a kid Toronto Jewish Congress again. No more irritation, no more Graduate Studies Bursary Fund hassles.

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by Steve “Sex” Dexter This is not a sexist article about the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. It is a tasteful insight into the world of photography and athletic wear. In fact, one of the first things you’ll notice on page 80 of this issue is the manner in which Stephanie Seymour’s apparel suits her environment as well as her athletic needs. You'reonabeach. You run around a lot playing volleyball, swimming, whatever, and it’s hot.

Who needs to be restricted by heavy, baggy clothes with impractical uses?

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nicely, as does her wash-and-wear top which sells for only S44. In addition, not Miss Seymour, nor anyone else for that matter, should have any problem receiving maximum sun exposure since the top portion of the outfit is optional. Practical options for the selfconscious beach-goer.

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for only $68. With a touch of fashion (the gold bow) yet “beach-like” char­ acteristics, you night owls can stay in the sun just a few hours longer and then drive right to your favorite hangout!

No changing, no time-consuming problems of what to wear because with Karen’s outfit you’re there!

Sailhoarding :

Sailing into soaring flight

by Jamie Alden From James Joyce’s Daedelus flying like a “hawklike man towards the sun,” to Orville and Wilbur, to Charles Lindbergh, flight has always been a dream for poets, thinkers, dreamers and inventors. Indeed air travel is now a reality. For two creators Thomas Magruder and Robert Crowell flight has taken on a new meaning.

In 1983, with some extraordinary genius, these two inventors fathomed the concept for the genesis of a new kind of flying - Sailsoaring. This sport is a combination of hanggliding and windsurfing that allows the boarder to use the natural force of the wind to sail into uninhibited, soaring flight. By cre­ ating a pivot hinge at the top of the mast, Magruder and Crowell have al­ lowed the wing on a board to roll from vertical sailing mode to horizontal flying mode with little effort.

When flight speed is obtained, the experienced pilot turns the wing and board into the wind, swinging the sail horizontally over head and launching.

The combined energy of the sailing speed and the wind produces a dynamic force which produces flight. Voila, a human seaplane.

If all of this brings to mind James

Bond who drives into the water, simply pushes a button and his car turns into a submarine, you’re not far off. With two modes of fun in one, sailsoaring looks awfully exciting.

You may be asking how far can you fly with this new device. In England one sailsoarer flew an estimated 50 feet in the air gliding over 60 feet horizon­ tally. In calm waters 25 foot jumps are common place and in Board magazine it was suggested that the top sailsoarers could use the waves to get, “jumps of over 100 feet high with soaring times of over 20 seconds.”

Though this sport is in its infancy, boards will soon be flooded on the market by W H X Industries Inc. of Montreal. Their product, the Wind Weapon has received rave reviews.

With the special tri-axis controlled flight the Wind Weapon can be maneu­ vered into doing aerial tacks, high speed downwind landings and better flying 360’s than Michael Jordan. The Wind Weapon will be available in April of this year and is sure to make a big splash on the Canadian market. The cost of the Wind Weapon is little more expensive than the average windsursurfer at 1800 dollars.

W POLLING STATION LOCATIONS Wednesday, March 9 Bronfman Leacock McConnell Engineering University Centre

Bir s(10-2) Education (10-2) Redpath Library (4-7p.m.)

Thomson House (4-7p.m.)

Thursday, March 10 Bronfman Chancellor Day Hall Leacock Wilson (10-2) McConnell Engineering Redpath Library

Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry University Centre Strathcona Music (10-2) Bishop Mountain Hall (4-7p.m.)

Thomson House (4-7p.m.)

Friday, March 11 Burnside Hall Leacock McConnell Engineering Redpath Library

Stewart Biology University Centre Frank Dawson Adams (by Engineering Library)

Please note: all polls are open from 10a.m . till 4p.m . unless otherwise indicated.

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McGill Film Society

ELECTIONS Thursday. March 176p.m. Leacock 26 Nominations are now being accepted for the following elected positions until Tuesday, March 15 at 5p.m.:

•President «Vice-President •Programming Director «Treasurer •Publicity Director Any member of the Film Society may nominate him or herself at Room 432 of the Union Building. Please include on paper your name, phone number, and the position(s) for which you are nominated.

Applications are also being accepted for the following posi­ tions, to be appointed by the executive:

•Head Manager «Special Programming •Assistant Publicity Director Director (2) «Radio Show Producer •Secretary «Courier •Managers (unlimited number) You may apply or run for more than one position.

All members of the Film Society are eligible to vote and stand for executive positions. You must present your membership card to vote.

For more information call 398-6825 or Patrick Hill at 848-9669 (evenings)

SPORTS

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, March 8,1988

Hoopsters end season with heart

by Jamie Aiden As the clock ticked out its final few seconds on McGill’s basketball season Friday night, Coach Ken Schildroth shot a wry smile to the McGill fans in attendance. “At least it was closer than the last game,” Schildroth said looking at no one in particular. As he walked somberly off the court following his team’s 83-78 loss in the QUBL semi­ final against Concordia, the gutwrenching disappointment that was evident after last year’s playoff loss to the same Stinger squad was not appar­ ent. One could almost sense that Schil­ droth was preparing for the worst be­ fore the game started. And who could blame him. In their last two games against Concordia, the Redmen didn’t look like they belonged on the same court with the Stinger’s, losing both games by 22 points. Going into last night’s contest the Redmen had been blown out in three straight games, stir­ ring up comments about a total lack of heart.

The start of Friday’s game was all Concordia. The Stingers jumped out to a quick 9-0 lead, before the Redmen began to settle down. Working their offence beautifully the Redmen rifled the ball around the perimeter like it was

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held by a string. They would search for the holes in Concordia’s defense, find them, and drain the outside shot. Ariel Franco who has come on late in the season, after a slow start, launched three first half three pointers. David Steiner continued his stellar shooting, hitting shots from all over the court and Mike Soussan ran the offense without as much as a turnover. The defense was also impressive holding Concordia to 37 first half points. Mcgill was up by as much as 13 points be­ fore heading into the locker room at half­ time up by 11.

The lead did not last long as Concordia opened up the second half going on a 19-6 run to take a two point lead. Parnell Joseph of the Stinger’s, who has been McGill’s nemisis all year long, began to light up the scoreboard from the outside. Two of his three pointers come to mind, and there may well have been more. He poured in 14 second half points, and led the game in scoring with 24. With just over two minutes left the Red­ men were down by seven points. The con­ Paul Brousseau's efforts were not enough to ' test looked all but overcome second half Stinger surge. over, but the Redmen

pulled something from deep within. “I was impressed with our character,” said Schildroth. “We kept battling back and we played with heart the whole way through.” Pat Arsenault hit a short jumper, Paul Brousseau a layup and Franco a stunning three pointer to bring the squad to within one with six sec­ onds left. As Concordia inbounded the basketball, Franco, looking for the steal, fouled Joseph. The referee on the play, living in some other reality, whistled an intentional foul on Franco, even though it was obvious that Franco was trying to steal the ball. Joseph hit the two shots, and Concordia got the basketball out of bounds. McGill would foul once again and the final score etched in stone, 83-78.

In spite of being obviously tired, the Redmen ground in on defence late in the second half to make the game close. The bench was not utilized as extensively as usual and the fatique was a factor in the second half. McGill had difficulty getting the ball into the hands of veteran forward Patrick Arsenault, the team’s most effective scorer in the second half of the season.

Arsenault shot over 60% from the floor in league play and has been a continu­ ing force in the post. After the game, Arsenault, a fourth year engineering student, expressed the sentiments of a leader. “We gave it our best shot.” In so many words he also expressed the wish that he could have played a larger role, in what could be the final game of his career at McGill.

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1988 SATURDAY MARCH 5th: • ASUS PUBNIGHT 9 p.m. Union Ballroom Happy Hour 9-10 (designated driver programme)

MONDAY MARCH 7th; • STAR TREK FILM FEST in Gerts 4 p.m. - 12 a.m. FREE • SPEAKER: Philip Agee ex-CIA agent and author of CIA Diary: Inside the Company 1 p.m. Leacock 132, $2.00 Admission

TUESDAY MARCH 8th; • DAVID BOWIE FILM FEST in Gert s 4 p.m. - 12 a.m. FREE

WEDNESDAY MARCH 9th: • WORLD OF CHEMISTRY: Lots of exciting explosions and other interesting tricks 7 p.m. Leacock 132, FREE

THURSDAY MARCH 10th: • ASUS SEMI-FORMAL with the Lynda Gregory String Quartet 6 - 8 p.m. 3483 Stanley. All Welcome!!!

• SPEAKER: Dr. Steven Lebarge, world-famous dream analyst from Stanford University 7 p.m. Leacock 132, FREE (presented in conjunction with theM.P.S.A.)

SATURDAY MARCH 12th: ASUS RED & WHITE GRADUATION BALL Dinner and Dance Sheraton Centre 8 p.m. $25/person

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