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T-shirt design contest for Animal Rights . Any size . Use 1 or 2 colors. Over $75 in prizes.

Deadline Nov. 12. For details see poster or call META 276-0914.

Walk-Safe Network. Why walk alone? Walk with us ! Mon. thru Thurs., McLennan lobby 10:45 pm.

1990 McGill Food Drive runs from Nov. 19 to Dec. 19. Please contact us at 398-6819.

The McGill Snowboarding Club has trampoline training Tues, and Thurs. at 9, and Sat. at 1:30 in the Currie Gym. For more info, phone 286-0578.

The McGill University Dept, of English, Drama and Theatre Program presents contemporary Canadian playwright Don Hannah's Rubber Dolly.

Performances run through 14-17 in Morrice Hall Theatre, 3485 McTavish St. Tickets are available at Sadie's. For more info, call 398-6795.

McGill Young Alumni present : Tax Planning in 1990. Tues.

Nov. 20,6 pm. Stephen Leacock Building, rm 232. Also, People Pressure at Work and at Home.

Tues. Nov. 27, 6 pm. Stephen Leacock Building , rm 232.

Formore info, call 398-3557.

Hillel presents Thomas Martinez, ex-member of the Ku Klux Klan and National Alli­ ance, a neo-Nazi group. At 6 pm in Stewart Biology Building, rm S114. $2 students/senior citi­ zens, $3 general public. For more info, contact Howard at 845-9171.

McGill University's Department of English presents Professor Martin Green, Chair, Department of English, Tufts University will lecture on The Mount Vernon Street Warriors: Aestheticism and Philistinism at the End of the Nineteenth Century. Lea­ cock 111, 4:30 pm.

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 14 Ex-soldier calls for British With­ drawal From Northern Ireland.

I-awyers’l-'or Social Responsibil­ ity p ile n t Aly Renwick. At 12 noon in rm 201, Chancellor Day Hall. Contact Alan McConnell 278-5018.

Dreams - A Gateway to Your Inner Worlds. Free ECKANKAR video presentation and discus­ sion 'YOUR UNIVERSE OF DREAMS' will explore how to find the link between spiritual awareness and dreams. 7:30 pm, rm 302 in the Student Union building.

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The McGill Film Society pres­ ents "Repulsion" in FDA Auditorium at 7:30 pm.

NDP McGill General Meeting, Union 310, 4:00 pm. Delegate selection for the Quebec conven­ tion.

McGill Outing Club Meeting.

Leacock 26, 7:30 pm. For more info, call 398-6817.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15 The McGill Film Society Pres­ ents "On The Waterfront" in FDA Auditorium at 7:30 pm.

Students for Global Responsibility meets in Union 410 at 5 pm. Everyone welcome to come and help out with our Student's Consumer Guide to Montreal and other projects.

Department of Anthropology presents " Semantics, Symbol­ ism, and Cognition" as part of its Seminar Series 1990-1991. 4:306:00 pm, Leacock 728.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16 The McGill Film Society pres­ ents "Personal Services" in FDA Auditorium at 7:30 pm.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17 The McGill Film Society pres­ ents " The Graduate" in Leacock 132 at 7:30 pm.

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BY STEPHANIE SMALL McGill's Students' Society has become the first student associa­ tion in the country to implement an affirmative action policy.

Students' Council passed a by­ law last Thursday which will al­ low members of organizations on campus to control their member­ ship and structure to encourage the "well-being of a group disad­ vantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion,

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The change brings McGill's by­ laws in line with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Québec Charter of Human Rights which have sim ilarly worded clauses.

The Women's Union pushe d for the clause so it would be al le to maintain a women's-only space on campus. Its funding and space in

G ST hurts M cG ill budget McGill's abysmal budget situ ta tion may be even worse if the federal government's goods and services taxis implemented this Janpary. This year's budget was calculated without the proposed 7% GST and the new 8% provincial sales tax. If the tax is implemented as planned, McGill's opera ting deficit will climb another two million dollars, to an estimated $78 million.

McGill will pay about $9.7 million in interest on the accumulated deficit this academic year. The tuition fee increase raised an additional $6.4 million from students' pockets.

McGill and Concordia are the only two Canadian universities run­ ning with an annual deficit this year.

RVC plagued by flashers Flashers have plagued Royal Victoria College residents four times over the past week.

A flasher first appeared last Bunday night, mooning students in the study room. A flasher also appeared the next night, again mooning students in the study room, as well as students by a fire exit in the main stairwell and students in the pay-tv room.

Residents believe two different men may be responsible for the nightly expositions because witnesses are reporting conflicting de­ scriptions. Students said both men were in their early twenties and had dark hair.

"He threw a rock at the window to get our attention," RVC resident Sonya Yeung said. "He started to moon us. He was doing it really slowly, wiggling his bum like he was doing a strip show. Then he started whacking off and we didn't pay attention anymore."

Studnt P0 W R Students' Society's 398-P0WR hotline received about four or five calls each day during its first official week of operation.

The line connects students to a represen tative at the Union Building information kiosk to answer questions about student rights.

"One person called about people revealing confidential grading in­ formation to other students," kiosk staffer Karla MacDonald said.

"Another person phoned to find ou t exactly what was the power line."

M cG ill hosts big debate Close to300high school students descended on McGill this weekend for the largest debating tournament ever held in Canada at any level.

Debating teams came from four Canadian provinces and three U.S. states. Over 700McGill students judged debates on such resolutions as "We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl".

"A lot of these kids are now definitely thinking of coming here next year," organizer Chris Gosnell said.

Fire leaves students ho m eless Sun Youth, a local community aid group, put up approximately twenty students in downtown hotels for three days after last week's Aylmer street fire. Many student fire victims found their own accomo­ dations.

The fire started when a resident of the apartment dropped his burn­ ing cigarette onto his mattress during a heart attack, according to a coroner's report released late last week.

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the Union Building were put in jeopardy last spring when a constitutional review committee found the Women Union's consti­ tution discriminatory because it limits membership to "any female student, faculty or non-academic staff at McGill."

Under the new by-law, the Women's Union will be able to keep its space and its funding without changing its constitution.

But opponents of the by-law called it "exclusionary."

"It limits our rights as humans in society," said Jordan Waxman, one of the five councillors who opposed the motion.

Engineering representative Ritu Verma also spoke out against the motion.

"It's just going to make the situ­ ation worse," Ritu said. "Just be­ cause men are part of the problem doesn't mean they can't be part of the solution."

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"Any person suffering from dis­ crimination is suffering from an inability to exercise full rights. We have to give them back their rights so they can become equal mem­ bers of society," councillor Robert Fabes said.

"This is not a clause directed against men. It is directed towards women to allow us to get together and find a voice, find our direc­ tion," said $arah Leavitt, a mem­ ber of the Women's Union.

Another group directly affected by the new by-law is the Walk-Safe Network, which provides a walkhome service to compensate for the lack of campus security. It has not received support from Stu­ dents' Society because its constitu­ tion limits participation of men.

Organizers feel women would not feel more secure walking home with two strange men.

"We want to give people a safe way to get home. But our objective

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c la u s e is to empower women while we do so. It would defeat that purpose if women weren't in control of this organization," said Amy O'Neil, Coordinator of the Network.

"Certain groups are best served by helping themselves," said SSMU VP Joanna Wedge, defending the by-law before Council.

Wedge will reconsider the WalkSafe Network's constitution in light of the new by-law. The clause may also enable groups such as the McGill Association of International Students to receive SSMU fund­ ing. MAIS was refused club status this summer because it wanted to reserve certain positions on its executive for international stu­ dents.

Students will be able to vote on the principle in a constitutional referendum this spring.

A constitutional amendment is more permanent than a by-law, which can be changed by a two thirds vote in Council.

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BY JON ABLETT Inter-residence Council (IRC) President, Karanjit Dulat resigned last week over his controversial handlingof a proposal to remuner­ ate hall presidents. The resigna­ tion leaves the proposal's future in question.

Dulat resigned after IRC passed a motion withdrawing the coun­ cil's confidence in him. The IRC criticized Dulat for not consulting the council before taking the pro­ posal to the University Residence Council (URC), the University ad­ ministrative body that determines residence policy.

"I'm saying that there is a sys­ tem which you go through, it was not followed this time and it was dealt with," Douglas Hall Presi­ dent Michael Patterson said.

The proposal increases student residence fees by 60 cents per month to allow hall presidents two months free rent and board (worth $1034.50). URC accepted the pro­ posal on October 29 which will take effect next year.

The decision may be reversed because IRC and several hall presi­ dents plan to withdraw their sup­ port.

IRC interim President Mark Lewis will withdraw IRC support at the next URC meeting to be held November 19.

Douglas, Solin and Gardner Hall Presidents will also withdraw their support due to pressure from re­ spective hall councils to rescind support.

S c a n d a l ro c k s th e o th e r w is e i d y llic M c G ill resid en ce s.

Residence directors, also mem­ bers of URC, are waiting for the proposal to be discussed again before committing themselves.

Inter-residence Councillors criti­ cize Dulat for not discussing the proposal with the whole resident student body before passing it.

Dulat had discussed the proposal with the IRC executive and the hall presidents on separate occasions, but neither group was aware the other knew about the proposal.

Students first heard of the proposal at hall council meetings held the day after URC passed the proposal.

"You [Dulat] failed to tell the presidents and that's dangerous misinformation. You had the knowledge that five people wished to discuss this [proposal] further," Patterson told Dulat at last week's meeting.

Inter-residence Councillors also criticized the actual proposal.

"We must consider whether this is an honoraria or a payment. If it is a payment then it is wrong; if it is an honoraria, the numbers are wrong," IRC representative to $tudents' $ociety Aubrey Kassirer said.

IRC $ecretary James Cook and IRC VP Finance Ken Fong also resigned at last week's meeting.

Under IRC's constitution, VP In­ ternal Mark Lewis becomes re­ sponsible for the three positions.

According to Lewis, the posi­ tions will be filled from within the council because there is too little time for campaigning before ex­ ams and a term starting in January would last only six weeks before council-wide elections are held in March.

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P u b lis h e r: T h e S t u d e n t s ' S o c ie ty o f M c G ill U n i v e r s t y A s s i s t a n t E d ito r i n - C h i e f D a v id G r u b e r N e w s E d ito r s S h a n n o n A ld in g e r S t e p h a n i e S m a ll

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T h e M c G ill T r ib u n e is p u b l i s h e d b y t h e S tu d e n t s ' S o c ie ty o f M c G ill U n iv e r s ity .

T h e T ribune e d i t o r i a l o ffic e is l o c a t e d in B - O lA o f th e U n iv e r s i ty C e n t r e , 3 4 8 0 M c T a v is h S t., M o n t r e a l , Q u e b e c , H 3 A 1X 9, T e l e p h o n e 3 9 8 -6 7 8 9 ,3 9 8 -3 6 6 6 .

L e tte rs a n d s u b m is s io n s s h o u l d b e le f t a t th e e d it o r i a l o f f ic e o r i n t h e S t u d e n t s ' S o c i­ e t y G e n e r a l O ffic e . L e tte r s m u s t b e k e p t to t w o t y p e d p a g e s . O th e r c o m m e n ts c a n b e a d d r e s s e d to t h e c h a i r p e r ­ s o n o f t h e Tribune P u b li c a ­ ti o n B o a r d a n d le f t a t t h e S tu ­ d e n t s ' S o c ie ty G e n e r a l O ffic e .

V ie w s e x p r e s s e d d o n o t n e c e s s a r ily r e p r e s e n t S tu ­ d e n t s ' S o c ie ty o f M c G ill U n i­ v e r s i t y o p i n i o n s o r p o lic y .

T h e T rib u n e a d v e rtis in g o f f ic e is l o c a t e d i n r o o m B -22, p h o n e 3 9 8 -6 7 7 7 . P u b l i s h i n g is d o n e b y P a y e t t e a n d S im m s , S t.L a m b e r t, P .Q .

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Last week McGill's Senate de­ feated a student-initiated motion to ban California grapes on cam­ pus.

Student senators had been working on the proposal for a number of weeks and had put together a convincing case for a boycott of grapes sprayed with harmful pesticides.

Much of the proposal was based on research done by stu­ dent Jason Prince, through Quebec PIRG. But the majority of senators refused to grant Prince speaking rights so he could present his research and answer questions. Then they argued against the motion on grounds that they didn't have enough information to support it.

Needless to say, the motion was struck down, resoundingly.

It was a decision that helped to point out the weak student voice on McGill's main decision­ making body. In a general way, the vote pitted students, who make up about 10% of Senate, against the majority: vice­ principals, deans and professors.

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have been outside the Senate mainstream ever since they were forced to fight for seats on the governing body back in the heady days of student activism in the late 1960s.

There are a number of reasons they have had trouble making themselves heard in an effective way.

One of the most obvious is student transience. By the time students figure out how the whole system works, and the best way to work it to their advan­ tage, the year is over and their terms are up.

Effective student representa­ tion is further hampered by a lack of representation on some the most important committees, in particular the Budget Planning Group, which sets out budget priorities.

This is a key concern for students. McGill's budget situation is dismal at best.

Students need a strong voice at Senate to help guard against such things as further tuition fee increases. But because they're outside the budget planning

process, they tend to focus on issues like student cheating and grape boycotts.

That's all to the good, of course. With its summary dismissal of the grape boycott motion, the establishment side of Senate has again shown its pronounced reluctance to promote social change. Student senators have shown themselves to be far better at advocating University involvement in these broader responsibilities than the rest of Senate.

On tuition, other budgetary matters, and even grape boy­ cotts, students cannot afford to play only a marginal role in the running of the University.

Senate, like the University itself, exists because of students, not in spite of them. Senate should encourage independent student research such as that done by Prince, not censor it. The largest obstacle facing student senators should not be the bias that a majority of senators seem to hold against them.

Stephanie Small

The Tribune welcomes your letters and comments. Letters should not exceed one page, typed double spaced (about 250 words). Comments are a venue for members of the McGill community to write general opinions and should not exceed 500 words. All submissions will be printed in order of arrival in room B-01A, and we will not print anything racist, sexist or homophobic.

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R e m e m b ra n c e Should this example of jingoism not be exposed for what it is: a nationalistic call to battle, urging boys to become men by dying glori­ ously for the empire?

-Joe Hermer, a thirdyear University of Western Ontario student, questions the poem In Flander's Fields, read every year on Re­ membrance Day. I'd like to see this country get stirred up about something to find out what goes on underneath.

-Hugh MacLennan in The Precipice, 1948

Though I did not appreciate it at the time, I had the honour two years ago of meeting Hugh MacLennan.

I knew his name from a book I had bought and had never both­ ered to open. But when I met him he seemed nothing more than a dotty old man, wearing a senile grin above his polyester brown pantsuit.

My impression of him did not improve as he spoke. He had been invited to help launch a bilingual group lobbying for national unity during the early days of the Meech Lake debate.

The group was doomed to disap­ pear within weeks and his speech, rambling from one irrelevent anecdote to another, set the tone for a movement many of us in the audience believed was obsolete.

In retrospect, the missed op­ portunity of appreciating Hugh MacLennan in his presence left me with the same shameful feeling as sleeping through the 11th hour of the 11th day did this week. MacLennan's ideas about a tangible Canadian identity are as mysterious to my mind as the jingoism which surrounds Remembrance Day. Through no fault of our own, our generation was raised to know Canada ever-on-the-verge of separation and the world tiptoeing through peace to time set by a nuclear clock. After growing up during the 1980s, Joe Hermer's concern that Remem­ brance Day has become more jingoistic than relevent is a valid one.

But the answer to that concern may lie in something Mr. MacLennan said before we were born.

Three years after World War II, Mr. MacLennan said he wanted us to get "stirred up" so we

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could find out what goes on underneath. Did this man, who protested the brutality of war with a novel based on the Halifax explosion of 1917, see a benefit to the sacrifices we are expected to commemorate each November 11? Perhaps, in an odd sense, he did.

War, like any other crisis, forces people to take sides. And in choosing a side, individuals must make some effort to find in themselves fundamental values which link them to their neighbours.

Sometimes the exploration reery of a common value worth that "ultimate" and vulgar sacrifice.We, thank God, are more likely to discover that we can serve our country by be­ coming part of a national dialogue. Our sacrifice becomes the loss of Canadian compla­ cency. It is a relevent sacrifice for me to honour.

I first noticed the good battle to find some common value sweeping Canada this summer.

On one battlefield during the height of our crisis in June, nationalist marchers turned down Crescent St., urging anglophones to join them in the street. One after another, people waiting outside pubs gave marchers the thumbs down sign or the finger.

The people on Crescent Street had been stirred up. On streets throughout this country, we were stirred up - and many of us discovered something about ourselves. The synthesis of those opposing views became a Canadian dialogue which, for a moment at least, gave us the feeling that we were building our own future I don't know how Mr. MacLennan spent his Remem­ brance Days, or if he was planning to do anything on the one he will miss this year.

But his writings, now that I have read some of them, have reminded me that some battles are relevent to my generation too.

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The Arts Action Committee is leaning towards a recommenda­ tion rejecting a break-up of the Arts and Science Undergraduate Soci­ ety (ASUS), even though Arts rep­ resentatives to Students' Society Council have recommended a split.

The Arts Council created the Action Committee last month to examine whether a split would be beneficial for both the Arts and Science faculties.

Action Committee chairperson Bill Mooney believes a major change in ASUS organization is needed because the body is cur­ rently nothing more than a "money dispenser". But he said a split may not be the right alternative.

"Structural reform is needed down the line. But the split is making the needed reforms secon­ dary," Mooney said.

But other Arts representatives think the split is a good idea.

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They believe separate Arts and Science student associations would allow each association to be more receptive and specific to the differ­ ent interests of each faculty.

Mitic thinks both students and professors in Arts and Science would benefit from the society's division.

"Students are losing out (under thecurrent system) and professors are too," Mitic said. "(With a split) wecould improve theenvironment Mitic sees the influence of the administration's opposition to a split as a barrier to the proposed split. Both the Dean of Arts and the Dean of Science are opposed to a split.

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is s u e s Debate at a recent national student conference was domi­ nated by non-educational issues. Here at McGill, the Student's Society (SSMU) has a long standing policy of staying away whenever possible from such issues, over which students have little jurisdiction. Student's Council will deal with these issues on a case by case basis, only getting involved in what President, Kate Morisset terms "unusual" circumstances.

SSMU may face pressure to change this policy of avoiding non-educational issues, but w e should not allow such a change.

Morisset is afraid that noneducational policy will divide the council. Such a division is a real possibility: at Carleton University, several councillors of the Carleton University Stu­ dents' Association threatened to resign if the association took a stand on abortion. ! !

A divided council could se­ riously damage the SSMU's capacity to act on both educa­ tional and non-educatioanl issues. But there is more about which members of the Stu­ dents' Society must worry.

Steve Deighton, President of the University Student Council at the University of Western Ontario says that policies on non-educational issues "make us (the USC) less effective". By taking a prochoice stand on abortion, for example, an association may alienate students opposed to abortion, and accordingly, lose their support on issues that have nothing to do with abortion.

Students are supposedly elected because they are cons id le d to have enough expe­ rience and knowledge in the area of student life to make decisions affecting student life on behalf of the whole student population. Councillors are not elected because they are experts on El Salvador's refugees or California's grape growers. If an association makes policy about issues about which it potentially

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Credibility suffers even more if the association takes a stand on a moral issue. Says Deighton, "(Student represen­ tatives) can't be the moral authority of a university."

High turnover on student councils means policies on non-educational issues may not be consistent over time.

Such inconsistencies, resulting from changes in personel, would further detract from a students' societies credibility.

But Emily Moore, President of the Alma Mater Society of Queen's University says that "you can't draw the line between educational and noneducational issues." Definition is certainly a problem, but it is a problem that can be over­ come. If students are directly affected by an issue in their capacity as students, then the association should intervene.

For example, a student associa­ tion should not take a stand on abortion except as they choose to take a stand on whether student fees should be donated to an abortion clinic on campus.

Students are represented by other societal groups. Politi­ cians are supposed to repre­ sent students as part of their constituency. Campus clubs are often formed specifically for action on non-educational issues. These groups provide an outlet for students' con­ cerns without imposing repre­ sentation on those students who do not support their cause.

Student associations take too much of a risk when they foj mulate policies on noneducational issues. We must resist any attempts to expand the SSMU's mandate to include such issues.

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But Mooney denies the ad­ ministration is playing an undue influence in the committee's de­ cision.

'There is not enough proof (of benificence) to cause a split right now. Pragmatically, a separation would be a hassle and ineffec­ tive," he said.

The Action Committee dis­ cussed a number of benefits and drawbacks to a split.

A united ASUS: • can sponser larger events, • has more clout with the administration because of its large student number.

While a divided society: • would provide greater so­ cial separation allowing the Arts Undergraduate Society to concentrate on drawing only Arts speakers as guest lecturers, • would provide the subse­ quent Arts Undergraduate Society and Science Under­ graduate Society with more financial autonomy. Arts representatives would no longer have to decide how much money to allocate to science labs.

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Despite the apparent benefits, ASUS VP Arts Lynn Torrance believes the "pros do not out­ weigh the cons enough" to war­ rant a split. She also says Science is still reluctant to approve the split and would reject the pro­ posal, making it impossible to go to referendum.

Because the faculty of Science has 2000 fewer students than Arts, it has access to more money in the joint society than if it were independent. ASUS VP Science Shawn Khan agreed that money adds to his faculty's reluctancy to embrace the split.

He also says a separation would cause greater division between theclosely intermingled faculties. He points out that many science students, including him­ self, take Arts courses at some point.

Khan feels apprehensive be­ cause he does not think anyone has presented Science a clear "argument to change the statusquo."

The Committee will present the benefits and disadvantages to the Arts Council on Novem­ ber 30 when a final decision will be made on behalf of the faculty of Arts. □

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BY KATE GIBBS McGill's English Department is taking risks producing Don Han­ nah's Rubber Dolly as their fall term production. Chilling and con­ temporary, this is only the second run of the play ever. The result is a drama worthy of notice.

The play centers around a pair of undereducated N ew Brunswick sisters, Fern (Deborah Pollitt) and Marie (Rachel Ann Derian), who struggle in Toronto as single moth­ ers. A teenager, Fern, reminiscent of a speed metal Loretta Lynn, tragi­ cally misreads her ability to have children in her urgent desire to grow up. She becomes essentially a baby with a baby.

Play wright Hannah explained to Friday's audience, "thisentireplay takes place in her head". Rubber Dolly shows Fern making sense of her life. Her disjointed flashbacks reveal a life of constant verbal ma­ nipulation and extreme domestic violence lightened, with a touch of David Lynch's style of tenderness and humor. The play is by no means a commercial vehicle.

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"doll", her difficult "no way Jose" five year old, Joey, mirrors her childhood recollection of siblings tormenting her Barbie. Paul Tay­ lor, age seven, brings a chilling vulnerability to the production.

Conjured by concurrent memo­ ries are Fern's lovers; Sailor(Joel Hechter), Joe(Da vey Hudgins), and Fred(Simon Oliver). Essentially, all three are the same character who cheat Fern by offering sex, not love.

During Joe's graceless "get lucky" pickup scene, Hannah's remark­ able script softens the audience.

The script is a barrage of aggres­ sive down and out dialect. Debo­ rah Pollitt's mastery of Brunswick slang makes her performance to­ tally convincing. From behind a curtain of hair Pollitt's Fern, an illiterate drunk who beats her chil­ dren, warms to the audience. Well cast, she convincingly spans the five years demanded by the flash­ backs.

Paula Danckert's direction has drawna firstrate performance from her cast and crew. A violent script, all but void of stage direction, has enabled Danckert to concentrate on the text. Certain phrases, such as "I kill them with kindness", have

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A production of this merit de­ mands, especially in such a small space, a complete audience. Mor­

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A Resident stood in the middle of the Spectrum stage, tipped his three foot high cowboy hat back on his head, scratched himself just above one protruding day glo eye, and smiled.

"Oh my gawd, I'm forty-four", he said in his best Texan drawl.

The Residents, who have been on the new music scene for a couple of decades now, joked about many things in their Fridaynightconcert - mostly America and all it stands for- but they were not above aiminga fewjokesat themselves. While most new musicinlastweek'sNew Music America festival tookitself a bit too seriously, The Residents restrained their squealing guitar riffs and macho drumming to give a dynamic show that tried to enter­ tain as well as impress.

Most other N ew Music shows did not share these ambitions. At the Spectrum, performers had a few moments of glory, but pre­ ferred to aim their efforts at an already converted audience. One could almost say many of the con­ certs at the New Music Festival were predictable. But predictabil­ o f ju s tic e .

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In this poignant Rubber D olly graphic, a chubby cherub salutes the sky with a spoon.

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Some of the more famous per­ formers in the festival would have received unadulterated affection, if their entire act had been to si t on­ stage and smile. For example, the Kronos Quartet gave Montréal au­ diences an ambitious paradox that doesn't seem to wear out for them: elegant, refined punk. The quartet is known for pulling melodies out of string instruments without touching the strings, and their Sunday concert was a festival high­ light in professionalism if not ex­ cessive radicalism.

The British band Test Depart­ ment also gave the fans exactly what they wanted. Since crashing onto the tail end of punk nine years ago, this highly political band has performed Celtic poetry in facto­ ries and played anti-poll tax dem­ onstrations. On Thursday, they produced eardrum crunching antiThatcherism in the form of Pax Brittanica, a look at the blood upon which the Empire was built. By pounding on large pieces of sheet metal with forty pound mallets,

ris Hall seats only sixty so call to book ahead: 398-6795. Rubber Dolly 'sfinalrunisNovem berl417. Curtain time is 8:00p.m. $5.00 for students.

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p u rp o s e then tossing in bagpipes over the top, Department made sure no one was able to cower in back corners or miss the point. The driving mili­ taristic beat found everyone. As safeguards against covert earplug wearers,Pax Brittanica provided strong visuals; video screens over the stage showed Thatcher shov­ ing rows of young men off to war, while below her, young men beat metal and screamed onstage.

Away from the main attractions, the festival offered some cheaper, weirder performers at Foufounes.

Electric World, fresh from New York's Knitting Factory, bounced off the walls with "noise", a new music concept which lets each in­ strument go wherever it wants for a specified block of time.

"Noise is supposed to sensitize the audiences' ears, so that when they hear an actual melody they'll recognize it. The point is to make the audience stay alert, not to let people sit back and let music be played at them," said band mem­ ber John King.

On the whole, the New Music Festival wasdefiantly "noisy". And this, according to many of its per­ formers, is all that new music is obligated to be.

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"Don't let Congress give your hard-earned tax dollars to people who will produce hate-filled, bigoted, anti-Christian and ob­ scene art. The battle lines are drawn...I'm counting on you!" This passionate plea was written by the Reverend Donald E. Wildmon of Tupelo, Mississippi in the spring of last year.

Over one million copies of this letter were sent out to the ardent followers of the American Family Association (AFA), an extremist group founded by the esteemed Reverend. Although Wildmon's influence has been likened to the effect of "a single raindrop nestling on the bosom of the Mississippi River" by one 'victim' of an AFA boycott, the man and his cause has not been ignored by the govern­ ment.

"You can't just dismiss this one," said an aide to Representative Paul B. Henry of Michigan, who sits on a House subcommittee that oversees the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA).

The proposal to have the NEA reject grants applications from cer­ tain performers initiated by Jesse Helms was splattered on the

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BYJONATHAN BERNSTEIN headlines of countless publications this past summer. But the contro­ versy over what constitutes art is, by no means, merely a recent debate. Judging artists' work has been the bane of the critics' existence for centuries.

The question of what constitutes art is a very elusive dilemma with which to grapple. There is indeed "a serious problem concerning censorship and public taste," as Brenda Wallace from the Canada Council Art Bank asserted. And when governments are supporting the arts, their judgement implicitly legitimates what is - or is not considered art.

In June, the NEA decided that N ew York performance artist Karen Finley's work was not worth supporting financially.

Finley is known for voicing her captivating political crusades while simultaneously smearing her naked body with chocolate.

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You be the judge. Finley has appealed the decision.

Those who have made them­ selves arbiters of morality are not necessarily appropriate arbiters of taste.

When the all-mighty Rev. Wildmon was on trial, after having been sued by one of the artists whose work the Reverend unjustly attacked, he was asked by an attorney whether he knew the difference between a collage and a portrait.

"No" was the reply. "Do you know anything about art?" inquired the attorney. "Very little" said the judgemental assailant of the art world.

November 4th marked the twenty-six year anniversary of comedian Lenny Bruce's obscenity conviction in N ew York. It is bittersweet that this date should coincide with the rap group 2 Live Crew's obscenity trial in Florida.

Bruce was sentenced to four months in jail for "obscene, inde­ cent, immoral and impure" mate­ rial while the infinitely more impure 2 Live Crew members have just been acquitted. Just think of the jail sentence that might have

ernment grants, as well as outright been brought down against the rap censorship, is an issue that tends group in 1964. towards injustice, whatever the The fact that standards have resolution. But freedom of artistic changed immeasurably over the expression must be absolute. years is plain to see. It is important Ultimately, we will be the to note that galleries and record labels are not forced to support the judge. □ work of brash artists, but there is certainly room for such people in the industry. An important space should be allotted for art that does not contain mass appeal. 2 Live Crew would just be three unknown raunchy young rappers had the controversy not arisen.

The controversy, though, is here to stay simply be­ cause there will never be a fair, objective method of judging either the value or the intent of any piece of art.

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Art Bank: ‘appropriate’ criteria may make for bad art

BY SARA BORINS

A rt B ank's rules.

Bank induced com prom ise in the artistic en d e v o u rso f its co ntributors For the m any C anadian artists w ho m ight account for the p o o r q u ality of rely o n g o v ern m en t fu n d in g to s u p ­ p o rt th eir w ork, the C an ad a Council w ork cu rren tly on d isp lay in M on­ treal in its exhibition: A rt Bank at A rt B ank is an im p o rta n t source of W o rk . rev en u e. U n fortunately, artists h o p ­ The A rt Bank w as created in 1972 ing to receive the A rt B ank's su p p o rt to recognize an d su p p o rt profes­ are freq u en tly forced to play b y the sional C an ad ian artists th ro u g h d irec t p u r ­ chases of their w ork.

The success a n d cred i­ bility of th e o rg an iza­ tion is still b ein g d e ­ bated today.

Last W ednesday, the C an ad a C ouncil held an o p en forum o n the topic L ooking A head: The A rt Bank in the 90's.

Inevitably, th e q u es­ tions aro se as to h o w th eB an k d eterm in esits b u y in g criteria.

"W o rk s a re p u r ­ chased for the A rt Bank on the reco m en d atio n of continuously chan g ­ g o ing juries m a d e u p of professionals w h o are respected in th e visual arts com m u n ity ," said ir eyes a t a recent meeting o f the Canada

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local a rtist G u id o M olinari. "P u r­ chases are b ased o n artistic excellenceas d eterm in ed by the collective o p in io n s of th e m em bers of each jury."

Yet artistic excellence is n o t the o nly b asis for the Banks purchases.

T he w o rk s are ev en tu ally ren ted o ut to g o v ern m e n t d ep a rtm en ts an d agencies, schools, airp o rts, hospitals an d non-profit organizations. T here­ fore, the w o rk s are also chosen based o n co nventions o f public decency.

The effect of this subjective d e­ cency req u irem en t is to exclude w hat m an y co n sid er to be w o rk s of art. It is difficult to envision g lid in g p ast a ten-foot-high hom oerotic im age in­ sp ired b y R obert M ap p leth o rp e w h ile g o in g d o w n the escalator at Dorval A irport. N or w ould one likely find a clu tter of w o o d sh av in g s in ­ te n d ed as so m e o n e's creative vision in th e lobby of the Royal Victoria H ospital. T here is ju st too m uch chance of such a w o rk b ein g m isin­ terp reted as a m ess.

"T here is a serio u s pro b lem co n ­ cerning censorship an d public taste," ad m itte d p an e list B renda W allace, d irecto r of B renda W allace G allery.

"W e h av e follow ed th e criticism s g iv en to th e A m erican N atio n al En­ d o w m e n t for th e A rts. (But) w e have

to b e aw a re o f w h o w ill b e w itn ess­ ing these w orks."

O nly five percent of the artists w ho h av e b een en d o rsed by the A rt Bank h av e su rv iv ed for long en o u g h in th e a rt w o rld to receive an y critical o r financial success. Such a statistic casts serious d o u b t as to the Bank's ability to prom ote, o r ev en identify talent.

M an y critics an d artists w o u ld af­ firm th a t m o st g reat w orks of art w ere created to satisfy the artist, n ot th e public. Yet by p ro m o tin g only a rt w hich satisfies the public the Bank m ay be en su rin g th a t C an ad ian artists w h o w an t su p p o rt m u st com ­ p ro m ise th eir artistic intentions.

A t b est the A rt Bank inhibits the creative process. A t w orst, th e Bank restricts the process to th e p o in t that an artist w ill refuse fu n d in g in o rd er to b e in full control of his or her p erso n al expressions.

Y et asid e from q u estio n s as to the q u ality of its purchases, the A rt Bank seem s to be fu n ctioning well. The program ism onetarily generous, and th e A rt Bank is still in need of m ore w orks. "W e are suffering from o u r o w n success an d h av e m ore clients th an (art)," said W illiam Kirby, H ead of th e A rt B ank."W e h o p e to im p lem e n t a ... p ro g ram w hich

w o u ld allow for the sale of pieces in the B ank's collection."

Such a p ro g ram of stock sales is in ten d ed to increase th e Bank's p u rch a sin g p ow er. But as the C anadian econom y goes, so too goes the m ark et in art. Extra stock on the m ark et in these recessionary tim es w o u ld fu rth er h u rt prices: an d thus m ake it h ard er, rath e r th an easier, for artists to m ake a living from their w ork.

G iven the quality so far evidenced

by A rt Bank at W ork, on e m u st also w o n d er w h y the in stitu tio n w an ts to enlarge, ra ther tha n i m prove, thei r collection. The m ajority of the w orks in the show are d u ll, clichéd an d sh o w little artistic en d eav o r. All of the art is very safe a n d fam iliar.

P erh ap s it is tim e th at the A rt Bank concentrates its efforts on acquiring quality, a n d n ot q u an tity .

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The A rt Bank at W ork is open to the public from November 3rd to December 2nd, Tuesday to Thursday, 1:00 pm to 9:00pm;Friday to Sunday, 1:00 pm to 5:00pm at the Maison de la culture Plateau M ont-Royal,465 M ont-Royal Avenue East, Montreal. Admission is free.

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t July bright, while I watched the vicious fight, :>y a movie I had never seen before, i it, popcorn buttered, I beheld a boxer mutter, Grange, it made me shudder, with his glovéd fists aflutter, he nearly stuttered, "I'll be champion evermore!"

He was champion evermore! call the bell, ending fifteen rounds of hell, d not looking swell, lying face down on the floor, ocky was the best, he once trained a bit out west, ou know the rest, he mostly pummelled chumps galore ses even better 'cause he raked in cash a more) 'Twas our idol evermore! s how to try, never leting spirit die, ly groovy guy), he's the greatest, that's for sure. yssey is done, it was honestly great fun, nent in the sun, he's a legend fit for lore, c him what's in store, will there be more film's galore?

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focus second annual poll: find out how average you really are: The Tribune’s

O n c e a g a in w e h e r e a t th e T r ib u n e , to r tu r e d b y c u r io s ity , h a v e s te p p e d o u t o f th e s a f e ty o f o u r o ffic e in to th e c o ld , h a rs h w o rld a n sw e r

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Once again, the T ribune is peering into student’s minds to see w h a t everyone is thinking.

What is your favourite bar/club? Are you happy with your choice of courses/program?

T he clear favorite w as G erts; the O ld D ublin Pub (w here "they d o n 't w ater d o w n th eir G uiness) cam e a very close second, and th e BSLs tied for th ird . Bifteck St L aurent had th e sam e nu m b er of patrons as th e m ore established Bar St. Laurent. P erhaps its just th e street nam e: the M ain p roved to be the m ost p o p u la r p art of tow n, w ith over fifteen b ars a n d /o r clubs m entioned.

A lthough m ost of y o u seem to enjoy h an g ing o u t at Peel Pub and G erts, others get th e ir kicks spending tim e at w ierder and lesser k now n bars such as W andas (on de M aisonneuve) and D oug Pub(tw o nights a w eek at D ouglas Hall).

Few surveyed based their choice on quality, b u t on quantity: w hich p ub had the c h e a p e s t H a p p y H o u r (C o p a c a b a n a ,

St-Laurent). A nother factor w as w h e re th e th e hottest pick u p scene w as (Di Salvio's an d Business). It ap p e ars w e h ad a p retty heterosexual crow d resp o n d in g to th is poll.

A ltogether th e responses w ere v a rie d . W e are h a p p y to tell p ub, b a r o w n ers th at McGill students d rin k everyw here aro u n d to w n and also o u tsid e of to w n .Perhaps hom esickness d o m in a te d p ic k s lik e th e B is h o p 's U niversity G olden Lion to th e C apitol in the Yukon. Bars such as K ing T uts a n d the W ah W ah H u t in NYC to th e C adillac Bar in San Francisco w ere given an honorable m ention.

O ne av id curling fan preferred his living room . H e certainly w as n o t th e o n ly o n e several others stated th a t th eir house w as the place to be.

How often do you drink alcohol?

M en are drin k in g m ore th an w om en.

60% of w om en say they d rin k on the w eekends o r occasionally, w hile only 25% o f m e n fit in to th is c a te g o ry .

Bacchanalia ru n s high am ong m ales a lm o st 50% of th o se su rv e y e d say

they d rin k b etw een tw o an d six tim es per week.

Ten p ercent of b oth m en an d w om en d rin k all the tim e. As one in d iv id u al com m ented, "W henever 1 can, all th e tim e, w h en ev er it is possible."

Ever feel like you “have no life”?

It seem s m ore m en have lives th an w om en— 44% com pared to 27% "never" th in k they h av e "no life". A bout an equal n um ber of m en and w om en feel they "have no life" half th e tim e (15%). 49% of w om en surveyed "som etim es" feel this w ay (as com pared to 34% of m en). It is a vast m inority w hich

never, o r even rarely, feels it "h as a life'.

O ne resp o n d en t suggested th at "the real question is, w h at d o y o u d o instead?" A m ental im age em erges of h o rd es of McGill stu d en ts blinking in a n d o u t of existence, confou n d in g physicists an d m etaphysicists alike.

G enerally, McGill stu d e n ts are pleased w ith th e ir choice of courses or program . 72% of stu d en ts an sw ered "yes" to th is question

w hile o nly 23% said "no", O nly 5% w ere undecid ed o r h a d m ixed feelings ab o u t th is question.

What do you want to be when you “grow up”?

In o u r goal-oriented, statu s conscious an d career b ased w orld, m a n y of u s often feel stressed w h en h o u n d ed w ith this ev er-so -d read ed question. M any McGill s tu d e n ts c a m e u p w ith im a g in itiv e an sw ers an d sn ap p y reto rts in hopes of q u e llin g th e s e p e r s is te n t q u e s tio n s .

A nsw ers w ere varied. Some of th e m ore u n u su al: "rich, b eautiful an d A ustralian,"; "a w riter for N ational G eographic o r a Solid G old D ancer,"; "a safari g u id e in A frica,"; "tall,"; and "a dip lo m at, m aid or m onk."

Some of th e m ore interesting fu tu re careers th at fascinated som e of M cGill's fe m a le p o p u la tio n in c lu d e p ilo tin g ,

fa sh io n d e s ig n , a n d p a r e n tin g . O n e w o m a n e x p re s s e d h e r d e s ire to b e "a w h o re ." Jo b s th a t in tr ig u e d th e m en ranged from farm ing to w o rk in g as a r a d io D.J. to fin a n c ia l consultation.

C areers th a t interest b oth th e sexes equally are th e traditional legal a n d m edical p u r­ suits. M any o f these resp o n d en ts aim to specialize in either en v iro n m en tal law or ru ral m edicine.

The one an sw er u p o n w hich a b ro ad g ro u p agreed w as th a t 30% o f McGill stu d e n ts w ho sim ply has no idea of w hat th ey w an t to be.

3%, p erh a p s sensibly, do n ot w an t to grow u p at all.

This year's poll w as brought to you by Andrea Curtis, Megan Smith, Julie Mitchell, Tara Beal, Jessica "Storm Gordon" McBride, Sara Borins, Anne Vis, Lisa Fernandez, Zoe Rolland, Kirsten Myers, John Watson, Jana Schiff, Massimo Sa vino, the letter W, and the num bers.

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How many sexual partners have you had?...How many of these were one night stands?

T he AIDS crisis is obviously taking its toll w ithin the McGill com m unity. Both m en an d w om en m ost com m only answ ered that th ey h ave had on ly one or tw o sexual p art­ ners. 18% of w om en have h ad one sexual p artn e r, w hile 16% of m en surveyed have h ad tw o. 13% of w om en, an d 10% of m en w ere virgins.

M ost w om en (50%) have had few er than five sexual p artn ers w hereas 62% of m en ran g ed from o n e to ten. To th e w om an w ho has had 30,000 partners: w e d o n 't believe you. W hy? A ccording to o u r calculations, th is w ould take 82 years w ith a different p artn e r every night. O ne active fellow re­ plied A v agadro's nu m b er (just think 23 ze­

roes) W e d o n 't like to speculate th at this person is including p ast lives, b u t w e are left w ith very few o th er possibilities. Even then, it w ould be a challenge. This ty p e of an sw er suggests th at even in th ese liberated days, people are still em barassed to discuss their ow n sexual histories. O r m aybe th ey w o u ld just prefer not to red u ce th eir experience to bare num bers.

T he g reatest difference b etw een m en a n d w om en lies in the n u m b er of one night stands th e y ve h ad- m ost h av e never had one. N early half (48%) of fem ale resp o n d en ts h av e never h ad such a fling, a n d 35% o f m en could say the sam e. M ost o f th e rem aining resp o n ­ d ents h ad h a d o nly o n e b o u t of cheap sex.

Are you satisfied with your love life?...sex life?

A su rprisin g 45.5% of m en an d 39.8% of w o m en are satisfied w ith bo th aspects of th eir in tim ate lives. T his is certainly not an issue w hich lends itself to am bivalence. A v ast m ajority of the people w ho are not h ap p y , are frustrated, leaving less th an

tw enty percent of stu d en ts am bivalent about their se x /lo v e life. Tell th at to an y o n e w ho ever describes McGill as apathetic.

H ow ever, significantly m ore w o m en are sexually b u t n ot rom antically fulfilled th an

What is your favourite method of procrastination?

W atching TV is the m ethod o f choice for w astin g tim e am ong McGill students. 15% surveyed responded that lazing in front of th e tu be w as their favourite w ay to avoid w ork.

T he preferred m etho d of procrastination am ong m en is sleeping (15%), follow ed by w atching TV (11%) an d listening to m usic (8%). W om en, for th e m ost part, w atch TV (18%), d o ho u sew o rk (17%), socialize (14%), eat (10%) and talk on the p hone (9%).

M ore w om en than m en liked sex as a m eth o d of procrastination, b u t only m en

responded that th ey th o u g h t m astu rb atin g w as a g reat w ay to avoid schoolw ork (3%).

Some of th e m o re u n u su a l answ ers include strangling small anim als, d o in g headstands, barking, b rew in g beer, sp en d in g exorbidant am o u n ts of m oney on stereo and c a m e ra e q u ip m e n t a n d r e a d in g th e instructions, w alking aro u n d th e h o u se aim lessly for hours, g ettin g involved in political g ro u p s an d torrid love affairs w ith m ixed-up people. O ne delicious character prefers to p o p zits above all o th er w ay s to pass th e tim e.

Have you started studying for Christmas exams yet?

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If you have sex, do you use condoms?

80% of m en are u sin g condom s, com pared to a d an g ero u sly low 60% of w om en su r­ veyed. T hese results suggest a n u m b e r of possiblities: m en are ly in g ,a n d /o r w om en are too com placent about th e chance of th eir contracting AIDS.It m ay also b e th a t m ore of th e w om en su rv ey ed are in long-term m o­ nog am o u s relationships.

W hile th at n u m b e r is distressingly low in light o f th e w id esp read publicity su rro u n d ­ ing th e relatively sim ple steps to prev en t sexually tran sm itted diseases, it show s an

Suppose you have an essay due Feb. 14: When will you finish it?

M any stu d en ts (41%) w ould finish the essay th e d ay it is d u e. 36% o f stu d en ts w o u ld finish th e p ap e r the d a y before. O ne stu d e n t resp o n d ed th at he w o u ld finish the assigned essay o n th e eighteenth of Febru­ ary, four days after it w as due. It seem s probable th a t at least one person at McGill is

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What is the dish you eat the most often?

Pasta, in its spaghetti, Alfredo, Ramen, and Kraft Dinner forms is the main energy source for 35% of respondents. It's no w onder that Total W orkout is so popular.

O ur apologies for the lack of clarity of the question itself to all those who answ ered w ith more innovative responses - Com ing-

Freedom of Speech vs. Freedom of Censorsorship?

ware, Royal Dalton, side platesand saucers. You are all so very witty.

Apparently, some inherent bio­ logical factor directs w om en to­ w ard the complex carbohydrates found in muffins and toast, while men seemed to prefer cramming dow n the dense protein in steak.

BY JULIE MITCHELL

How much do you spend on groceries?...on eating out?

The men at McGill are more indul­ gent w hen it comes to stocking up on groceries. The hungriest of the bunch w as a m an who spends $100 on groceries every week and over $75 in restaurants. Keep your eyes peeled for the obituary columns

listing students who are spending as little as $7 on groceries and not eating out at all - or ask them to include you in their coupon clip­ ping club.

On average, m en are spending $40 per week on groceries and $30

eating out. Women, on the other hand, are spending about $30 a w eek at the grocery store, and $20 in restaurants. One McGill woman says she's doing just fine, thank you, on a steady diet of cigarettes and coffee.

Do you use illegal substances?

It appears that laws do not reflect reality. In search of out of body experience or at least, in stan t relaxation, m ore than

half of McGill stu d en ts are willing to go outside the realm oflaw . Respondents to the poll specified th e u seo fa varietyof

drugs from marijuana to opium.

No-one volunteered inform ation on how they are getting these drugs.

Do you smoke cigarettes?

Even though w om en are bigger social smokers than men are (66% versus 58% of men), more men smoke on a regular basis. 13.9%

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adm it to being constant, or chain, smokers, while only 10% of w omen will call themselves regular smokers.

W orld renow ned lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, delivered his view that, "the essence of North American society is our right to com plain." Take aw ay that right, and w e deny one of the fundam ental aspects of dem o­ cratic society.

The crow d in the Moot court room last Tuesday evening was described as "well over capac­ ity. "D ershow itz was the recipi­ ent of an annual aw ard from the law faculty to individuals who have m ade an outstand­ ing contribution to the field of hum an rights.

The complexity of the com ­ plaint, however, lies in deter­ mining w hether or n o t'th e right to com plain' should be con­ strained if it is offensive, or even harm ful, to others. Dershowitz holds the view that if we d e­ m and o u rrig h t tocom plain, we m ust also accept that our "complaints will always be of­ fensive to some social, ethnic or cultural g ro u p ."

M ethods of com plaining vary, b ut all venues for com­ munication should be main­ tained.

Speaker's Corner "In the academic world we complain in the ways we are trained to, w ith literature and the gifted w ords we are given," Dershowitz said.

But others have different ways of leveling complaints: "Rap music, burning crosses, and hom ographie art" are dif­ ferent and possibly m ore threat­ ening m ethods of expression.

"We live in an angry world, a world w here everybody finds offence in something. If w e al­ low censorship on the basis of offensiveness, w here do we draw the line of acceptance?"

Dershowitz asked.

Dershowitz m ade anarticulate plea for com plete freedom of speech, b ut he did not totally convince his audience.

Per­ haps because the argum ents for both sides were well kno wn to the audience, few people seemed to have changed their mind.

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Hayward hopes he helped goalies

BY JAMES STEWART

BY PAUL COLEMAN Prior to his trade to the M inne­ sota North Stars, Tribune reporter Paul Coleman spoke with Montreal Canadien goaltender Brian H ay­ ward. The centre of a controversial walkout, Hayward spent three un­ certain weeks with the Redmen hockey team.

For J.P. Veri of the McGill R edm en football team bu ck in g the trad itional stereotypes associated to players of h is sp o rt is im portant.

'T m n o tju s ta b ig g u y w ho w orks o u t a n d h as no brain ." h e said.

"A lot of m y acquaintances have stereotypes ab o u t a big g u y w ho p lay s football."

Last w eek Veri w en t a long w ay to erase those stereotypes w hen he w as n o m in ated for the prestig io u s Russ Jackson A w ard.

T he A w ard w as fo u n d ed in 1986 a n d is aw a rd e d an n u a lly to the football player in C a n ad a w ho best com bines academ ic success, a th ­ letic ab ility a n d citizenship. Each football conference in C anada n o m in ates one in d iv id u al. The w in n er is an n o u n ced d u rin g Vanier C u p w eek in T oronto on N ov.

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Veri feels the aw a rd is im p o rtan t because it em phasizes m ore than athletic prow ress.

"I'm really h o n o u red ," said the 6-foot-l 2601bs M cGill centre. "I th in k it's im p o rta n t n o t just for m yself b u t the sp o rt in general to recognize academ ics as w ell as athletics. It's nice to be recognized for that."

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B H :"Proxim ity, b u t also b e­ cause I k n e w je a n P ronovost w as a g reat N H L 'er. I th o u g h t h e 'd be sym pathetic to w h a t I'v e done.

I'v e seen him aro u n d th e Forum a few tim es, I know h e 's good friends w ith R yan W alter. I com e from a college b ack g ro u n d , so I'm v ery com fortable com ing back in to th e situation.

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B H :"It's a to u g h en o u g h situ­ atio n w h ere y o u 'v e g ot three goalies o n th e ice, b u t w h en you a d d a n o th e r g u y , it m ak es four...that w as m y biggest con­ cern. I d id n 't w a n t to take aw ay from som e of th e ice tim e. I know it's a com petitive situ atio n here, w ith Jam ie (Reeve) leaving last year, the n u m b e r on e job w as u p for grabs. Looks like Scotty's (Taylor) really tak in g this by the

th ro at, rig h t n o w h e's play in g v ery w ell. For m e, w h en ev er I go in th e n et I feel I'm tak in g aw ay from their o p p o rtu n ities."

How has your role become more defined with time?

B H :"W hen I first cam e o u t I expected th at it w as o nly going to last ab o u t th ree d ay s, th en I w as g oing to b e m oved. Q uite frankly, I had no inkling w hatso­ ever th a t it w o u ld d ra g o n this long. So now , I'm d o in g basi­ cally the sam e thing, I try to ru n th e g u y s th ro u g h som e drills. I guess w haL s h a p p e ned is that I'v e g o tten to k n o w som e of the gu y s b etter th a n I h ad antici­ p ated . W e're k id d in ' a ro u n d in practice an d h av in ' som e fun.

Basically th a t's w h a t it's m eant for me, it's been m ostly fun."

Fun isfun,butarethey really keeping you sharp?

BH:"No. I k now I've losta step because the first couple of d ay s it seem ed so easy o u t here, and n o w I'm h av in to really bear d o w n to stop these guys. T hey're scoring a few m ore goals on me th a n th ey w ere in the b e g in ­ ning. I k n o w I'm losing a step, b u t th a t's g o n n a h ap p e n w h er­ ev er 1 go."

How w ill that affect you as you re-enter the NHL?

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Harvard-McGill rugby: the tradition continues

BY ROMAN COOPER T he M cGill a n d H arv ard ru g b y team s ren ew ed the o ld est rem ain ­ ing an n u a l riv alry in N o rth A m eri­ can sp o rts as they played in the cold an d in the snow for th e C ovo C u p last S atu rd ay afternoon in Sainte-Julie.

T he R edm en cam e o u t triu m ­ p h a n t as they reclaim ed the cup w hich h ad elu d ed them for the past tw o years. S u pported b y the strong g am e of P aul D ougherty, w ho scored tw o tries an d w as nam ed p lay er of the gam e b y the H arv ard sq u a d , M cGill w on by an im pres­ sive 35-0.

M eanw hile, o n the adjacent field a t th e M ontreal Irish R ugby C lub, th e 1990Q uebec C ham pionM cG ill M artlets cru sh ed M o u n t A llison U niversity 24-0. T he N ew B runs­ w ick school h ad placed second in th e M a ri tim es.

The long sta n d in g rivalry, d a t­ in g back to 1874 stood o u t in m ost p eo p le's m inds, ra th e r th an the outcom e. H arv ard accept ed

M cG ill's 1874 challenge, m ark ed the first intern atio n al m atch that an A m erican team p layed. T he beginning of this ru g b y rivalry also h ad a pro fo u n d effect o n the d ev el­ o p m en t of the g am e of football on the N o rth A m erican co n tin en t as w e kn o w it today.

Both the play a n d th e post-gam e celebrations S atu rd ay w ere filled w ith high levels of com raderie, friendship, an d spirit. M att Bencke, a first year player for H arv ard , w as im pressed b y th e team s' m u tu a l respect for one an o th e r d u rin g an d after th e m atch.

"It w as aw esom e to b e o u t there, play in g in a gam e filled w ith such im po rtan ce an d trad itio n ," said Bencke.

H arv ard coach A1 Baker agreed.

"W e ca m e u p specifically to play M cGill to m aintain the long sta n d ­ ing tra d itio n ... d efe n d in g the C ovo C up."

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The M cG ill Redmen defeated Harvard 35 - 0 to take the Covo Cup on Saturday.

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Hayward Fumble by CBC interview HAYWARD FROM PAGE 13 BH :"It w o n 't affect m e a t all, I kn o w once I g et back, w ith w h ich ­ ever team I en d u p w ith , I'll p ro b a­ b ly practice for a w eek before th ey start m e. M y confidence is n 't as fragile as it u se d to b e in th e first few years."

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H o w do y o u re s p o n d to th e w a lk o u t controversy? O n e school sees y o u as a q u itte r, a n o th e r sees y o u as an in d iv d u a l rig h tfu lly im p ro v in g h is situ a tio n .

B H :"W hat I will say is th a t first of all an y b o d y w h o calls m e a q u it­ ter d o e sn 't k n o w me. S econd of all, th ere's a lot m o re to th is situ atio n th a n peo p le k n o w ab o u t, o r w ill ever k n o w about. T h ere's a lo t of b eh in d the scenes things. M y deci­ sion w a sn 't b ased strictly o n the fact th at I w a sn 't h a p p y w ith the

N U D E K ID JN T H E ™ O CK am o u n t of ice tim e, o r th a t 1w a n te d to p lay 40 gam es. I w alk ed o u t for a n u m b e r of o th e r reasons. I feel v ery stro n g ly th a t I h a d those good reasons to w alk o u t, a n d believe me, I k n o w th at all of m y form er team m ates k n o w th at, a n d th a t's all I care ab o u t."

W h at h a s y o u r m o st v a lu a b le in p u t to th e R ed m e n b e e n ?

BH:"I h o p e th a t som e of the g o alten d ers h av e p ick ed u p a few things they d id n 't k n o w , learn ed a couple of th in g s to im p ro v e their g am e...th at's all I can h o p e for."

Since his trad e to th e M innesota N o rth Stars, Brian H ay w ard has been sen t to the c lu b 's farm team for co n d itioning.

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I took m y seat a t the S kydom e for the T o ro n to -O ttaw a g am e on S unday, o nly to h ear a co u p le of gu y s b eh in d m e ch attin g ab o u t th e u p co m in g V anier C u p to be played N o v em b er 24 a t th e SkyDom e.

T hat a couple of CFL fans w ere talk in g ab o u t the n ational u n iv ersity football ch am p io n ­ sh ip I fo u n d pleasing. T he d eci­ sion b y the C an ad ian B road­ casting C o rp o ratio n n o t to b ro ad cast the g am e o n rad io I d o not.

This year, C a n ad a 's 'n atio n al u n ifier' has o p te d n o t to carry th e V anier C u p o v er the air­ w aves. A ccording to the CBC, the V anier C u p d o e s n 't fit into th e ir m a n d a te anym ore. B ut th eir m a n d ate is to "serve the n eed s of g eo g rap h ic regions a n d actively (contribute) to the flow a n d exchange of cu ltu ral a n d regional in fo rm atio n an d en tertain m en t." W o u ld n 't th e V anier C u p co n trib u te to th at superbly?

A s w ell, th ey say, television is ev ery o n e's m ed iu m of infor­ m atio n now .

"In th e p ast rad io w as the m ed iu m o f choice for sp o rtin g events; TV is now , u n q u es­ tionably, the p referred m e­ d iu m ," said D o n n a Logan, vicep resid e n t of CBC E nglish R adio in a letter to the G lobe a n d M ail.

The g am e is to b e b ro ad cast o n basic cable b y the The S ports N etw o rk (TSN).

W h ere's B runo G erussi w h en w e need him ? S om eone h as to sh o w th e CBC h o w im p o rta n t th is g am e is.

T he C BC's decision is a classic case of b ad tim ing.

O rg an izers of th e V anier C u p are h o p in g th e XXVI ed itio n w ill b e the b ig g est ever. T hey expect a b o u t 40,000 fans. Last y ear the v en u e for the m atch sw itched: to th e g litzy from d ila p id a te d o ld V arsity Sta­ d iu m , in u p to w n H ogtow n. The Saskatchew an-W estern g am e of 1989 d re w o ver 32,000 fans- the m o st ev er to w itness a college

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football g am e in C anada.

P ro m o tio n for the g am e has been excellent. V anier C up m ag azin es h av e been d istrib ­ u te d to cam p u ses across the co u n try as w ell as posters.

E ven at th e A rg o s' g am e on S u n d ay th e V anier C u p m ag azin e w as b ein g p assed o u t to those in attendance.

B ut the CBC is b ailing out.

Finances are n o cru tch in this on e either. V anier officials offered th e g am e rig h ts for free to CBC, p lu s offering a colour com m entator.

The CBC is serio u sly neglect­ in g its m a n d ate as w ell as ch eatin g th o u sa n d s of C a n ad i­ ans from h av in g a connection to the gam e.

The d ecision robs C an ad ian u n iv ersity football of valuable a d d e d ex p o su re th a t w o u ld go w ith a coast to coast rad io broadcast.

W hile som eone w h o lives in C algary m ay h av e access to TSN, a fan n ew er to the sp o rt w h o lives in W h iteh o rse m ay not. CBC is th eir life-line to C a n ad ian events.

Since th e CBC m issed the b o at o n th is one, S tan d a rd B roadcasting h as ste p p ed in.

T he n etw o rk (rep resen ted in M ontreal b y CJAD) is n o t su re h o w m an y stations w ill pick u p th e bro ad cast.

Ted Blackman of CJAD told m e y esterd ay h e will m ake a decision after the B ishop'sS askatchew an sem i-final as to w h eth e r to carry the gam e. If B ishop's w ins, th e statio n will carry th e n atio n al final; b u t if they lose, B lackm an is leaving his o p tio n s open..

It's u n fo rtu n a te th e situ atio n h ad to com e to this. A n n e of G reen G ables m ay n o t ev en be able to h ea r the g am e now .

Sports Notes w ere play in g in the national sem i-finals in V ancouver ag ain st UBC lost 2-0 en d in g th eir q u est for a national The M cGill cro ss-co u n try team p laced 6 th a t the cham p io n sh ip .T h e R edm en lost th eir q u arter-fin al national m eet h eld in O tta w a on th e w eekend. T he q u een of th e Q uebec cro ss-co u n try circuit, M cG ill's g am e 2-1 to T oronto last W ednesday.

L inda T hyer, p laced 8 th in th e co u n try ca p p in g a great season.A lso p lacin g for M cGill w ere M elina Craig near perfect M u rray (34), Tanja T avaissalo (38), P en n y K endall M cGill sw im m er C raig Perfect w o n g old m ed als in (41 ), K atherine W alker (46), Jill S p ratt (50) an d C ath ­ b o th th e 50 a n d 100 y ard freestyle races o n S atu rd ay erine M cD onald (51). W estern w o n the w o m en 's in a m eet ag aist th e U niversity of T oronto. H e a d d e d m eet w hile O ttaw a ra n a w ay w ith th e m e n 's. a silver to his collection w h en h e com bined w ith T erry D im ock, R obert B eaudoin an d D avid A rm o u r to take th e 4x50 y ard relay. For th e M artlets, T racy D arlin g Soccer teams bounce out Both M cGill soccer team s h it the sh o w ers for the w o n a g old in the 200 y ard b reaststro k e a n d Janet last tim e as p lay ers th is season. T he M artlets w h o M cKetsy w o n one in the 400 y ard In d iv id u al M edley.

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Japes' combines brain with braun VERI FROM PAGE 13 J.P. has p u t together a fine d o s­ sier to earn his nom ination. The fo u rth -y e ar M ath an d Science m ajor has a cu rren t GPA o f 3.78 a n d has been on the D ean's List in each of three years a t M cGill. H e is also a TA for H u m a n System atic A natom y. A research p a p e r he w ro te this su m m er is to be p u b ­ lish ed in a m edical journal.

C o m b ined w ith his obvious academ ic achievem ent is his a th ­ letic ability. H e w as the O ntarioQ uebec Intercollegiate Football C onference A ll-star centre this seaso n as w ell as being n am ed the M o lso n C u p L in e m a n -o f-th c M o n th for O ctober.

"I d o n 't sleep a lot," J.P joked w h e n asked h o w he m anages to d o so m u c h w ith such a success rate.

"I ju st h av e to stay o rganized. I d o n 't look very organized ap p erance-w ise b u t 1 just have to p lan ev e ry th in g in m y day."

T he n ative of Stoney C reek, O n tario w an ts to g o to m edical school. H is sights are set on the Ivy L eague in U nited States. H e w ants to b e a n o rth o p aed ic su rg eo n an d com bine teaching a n d p racitising m edicine.

Ironically, V eri's high school

q u arterb ack from Saltfleet H igh School, A nd rew A llison, w o n the a w a rd in 1988 w h en h e w as a m em ber of the M o u n t A llison M ounties. N o R edm en p lay er has ev er w on the four year-old aw ard .

N ext year V eri w ill be retu rn in g to M cGill for an o th er sem ester an d an o th e r season of football. H is A ll­ star-calibre skills w ill b e heartily w elcom ed by the coaching staff.

But his m in d an d co m m u n ity ethic w ill be ap p reciated b y the com m u n ity at large. q

Bishop’s Redmen

BY SCHLEPPE HOUSTON

This is Chris Hunter, the coach of the Martlet basketball team.

Last week we identified his wife Linda Macpher->on, as him.

The national sem i-final foot­ ball g am e (the C hurchill Bowl) b etw een th e S askatchew an H u s­ kies and the Bishop's G aiters will b e played a t M olson Stadium this S atu rd ay afternoon at 1:00pm.

Bishop's officials asked th atth e g am e b e m oved to M ontreal af­ ter th eir feild w as d estro y ed d u rin g last w eekd's gam e against Q ueen's. The gam e w as play ed in horrible w et w eath er leaving th eir feild in quagm ire-like co n ­

ditions. Since th en several inches of snow has fallen on the field.

McGill officials m et yesterday to w o rk o u t the logistics of h o st­ ing the gam e.

Bishop's H ead C oach, Ian Breck, w ill still h av e his team d ress in the visitor's d ressin g room in sp ite of the fact he is en titled to the su p erio r d ressin g room the R edm en u se in their hom e gam es.

The w in n er of th e gam e, to be b ro ad cast by TSN, w ill ad v an ce to th e V anier C up N o v em b er 24.

McGill wins RUGBY FROM PAGE 13 M cG ill'sJeff H o w ard w a so n e of th e m a n y p layers for w hom it m e a n t a lot to take p a rt in this historic m atch.

"The team cam e o u t h a rd e r for th is g am e th an an y other one be­ cause they w ere playing for one of the o ld e st cu p s in N o rth A m erica."

The con test w as m arked b y a h igh level of intensity by both sides.

T he R edm en, how ever, w ere able to d o m in a te rig h t from the sta rt as th ey m oved an d h an d led th e ball effectively. R edm en P rop K ibben Jackson said the gam e w as intense "From the open in g kickoff, the team w as p lay in g w ith in ten sity an d h u n g er for the ball aseveryone w as lo oking for it," he said.

T he team , w hich h ad a fantastic­ ally h ig h tu rn o u t for its final p re ­ g am e p rac tice la st T h u rsd a y , p lay ed v ery m uch o n strong em o­ tions in the hope of gain in g the s u p p o rt of the M cGill alu m n i in atten d an ce. M cGill captain M att T en n an t realizes th a t the team , w h ich h o p es to join th e O ntario R ugby L eague an d be g ran ted a h o m e field on cam p u s next season, d esp erate ly n eeds their su p p o rt.

The in ten sity of the R ed m en 's play a n d sp irit o n a n d off th e field on S atu rd ay afternoon m u st have aid ed th eir cause.

A n d the C ovo C up is back in the h a n d s o f th e M cGill ruggers.

Some of Canada’s best computer minds are in the insurance industry.

I f you lik e w o rk in g w ith c o m p u te rs , w hy n o t c o n s id e r a c a r e e r in th e in d u s try th a t uses th e m m ost.

S u rp risin g ly , p e r h a p s , th a t’s C a n a d a ’s in s u ra n c e industry. A n d w h at m ay h e ev en m o re su rp ris in g is th a t th e p ro p e rty /c a su a lty , o r g e n e ra l in s u r a n c e in d u s try o ffers a w id e r v ariety o f c a r e e r c h o ic e s th a n y o u ev er im a g in e d . C o m p u te r sp e cialists yes, b u t also m a rin e u n d e rw rite rs , av iatio n a d ju ste rs, m a n a g e rs, lawyers, loss p re v e n tio n e n g in e e rs , in v estig ato rs, in v e stm e n t specialists a n d m a m m o re .

G e n e ra l in s u ra n c e is also an in d u s tn th a t e n c o u ra g e s you to a c q u ir e its ow n levels o f p ro fe ssio n a lism .

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A s a Fellow o r A sso ciate o f T h e Insur«m _v « m m u C a n a d a y o u w o u ld j o i n a n e d u c a te d , e x p e r ie n c e d a n d e th ic a l g r o u p o f p ro fe ssio n a ls e q u i p p e d to p u r s u e su c cessfu l c a re e rs at th e lo cal, p ro v in c ia l, n a tio n a l a n d ev en in te r n a tio n a l level.

C h o ic e , c h a lle n g e , satisfactio n a n d securitv. T h ey a re ju st s o m e o f th e re w a rd s y o u ’ll en jo y th r o u g h a c a r e e r in th e p ro p e rtv /c a s u a ltv in s u ra n c e in d u s tn .

F o r m o r e in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t Les D a n d rid g e , B.A., A IIC at T h e I n s u ra n c e In s titu te o f C a n a d a , 481 U niversity A v en u e, 6 th floor, T o ro n to , O n ta rio M 5G 2 E 9 (416) 591-1572 Fax: (416) 591-1678.

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