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Talking with Spirit of the West

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October 15-21, 1991

Hvad ed der Los? The deadline for submissions to What's on is Thursday at noon.

TUESDAY. OCTOBER 15TH S S M U R e fe r e n d u m Q u e s tio n D ead lin e, 5 p.m., to be submitted to

Chief Returning Officer at SSMU desk.

Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of M cG ill (GALOM). General Meeting , 8p.m., Union 435. Women and new members encouraged to attend.

M cG ill Players' B-Pfay Festival.

"Psycho Beach Party", Malibu Beach, 1952. Opens tonight, 8p.m., until Octo­ ber 19th at Players' Theatre, 3480 McTavish. For more information and ticket reservations, pleasecall 398-6813.

Faculty of M usic M aster's Recital.

Jeff Jubenvilie, organ. 8:00 p.m., Redpath Hall. Works by Frescobaldi, de G rig ny , J.S . Bach and Bengt Ham braeus.Admission free.

W E D N E S D A Y . O C T O B E R 16 T H

Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of M cGill (G ALOMJ.FïIm and junk food night, 8 p.m., Union 310. "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing".

W ORLD FOOD DAY. Lunchtime cafeterial canvas across campus. Peace meal at 6:00 ^p.m., Newman Center, 3484 Peel. Limited tickets of $3 each.

Info: 4 8 1-2790. Sponsored by Coopera­ tion Now-M!DSA. M cG ill Foster Parents General Meeting 6:30p.m., 414 Onion. For ALL old and new members.

NDP M cG ill. General Meeting, 4:00p.m., Union B9/10. Guest: Prof.

Sid Ingerm an, "E co n o m ics and Constitutional Change". All welcome.

Info: Alex at 932-2820 or Alison at 2854091.

T H U R S D A Y . O C T O B E R 17T H .

In te rn a tio n a l C o m p u te r M u s ic C on feren ce (ICMC). 15 concerts, Pol­

lack Hall. For more information phone" McGill Conference Office 398-3770.

T h e Pillar. Mandatory meeting at 6:00 for all staff and editors. Please call 398-4183 for room number, or consult board in Arts building. New staff wel­ come.

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musical set in the Age of Aquarius.

7:30p.m., FDA Auditorium.

S eries.

Professor Eric Schwimmer will be speaking on "The Problem of Intercultural Comparison and Discontinuity in Papua New Guinea Societies" 4:306:00, Leacock 738.

M c G ill C o g n itive S cien ce C entre 1991 C ollo q u iu m Series. Earl Hunt,

Ph.D., University of Washington, "Three Views of Knowledge: A Cri­ tique of Studies of Expertise". 4:00 p.m., Mclntryre Building, Room 1027.

Interna­ tional S o cial­ ists M eeting.

"Quebec and the Constitutional C ris is ". 7:30 pm , Union 107/108.

M cG ill StudentPugwash.

M ark C h an­ dler speaks on co n se rv atio n efforts in the third world.

7:00 p.m ., Burnside Hall Room 305. Dis­ cussion to fol­ low.

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Worship Meeting and Food Drive for the Open Door Ministry. 7:00 p.m., Diocesan College, 3473 University.

S A T U R D A Y . O C T O B E R 19TH A rm en ian S tu d en t's A ssocia tion is holding A rm enia's Independence Dance. 8:30 p.m., Thompson House, 3650 McTavish.

TH E G O D F A T H E R . The McGill Film Society present the first part of the intriguing Corleone gangster trilogy.

7:30 p.m., Leacock 132.

S U N D A Y . O C T O B E R 20TH M c G ill S tud en t P u gw ash . Meeting at 10:00 a.m. at the monument in Mont Royal Park for a "Randonnée des trois sommets", a day-long tour giving the historical, environmental, and social importance of the Park and its envi­ rons. All are welcome.

M O N D A Y . O C T O B E R 21 ST Latin A m erica A w a re n e ss G roup.

Meeting to discuss upcoming events.

5:00p.m., Union 302. New members welcome.

T h e P illar's

d ead lin e for fiction and poetry submissions is Wednesday, October 16 at 5:00. The deadline for features, graphics and photography is Monday, October 21 at 5:00. Please bring material to 3479 Peel, 3rd floor. Submissions may be in French or English.

P Y G M A L IO N . The McGill Film Society presents the original film based on Shaw's play. Admission is free. 7:30, FDA Auditorium.

T he Y e llo w D o o r C o ffe e H ouse.

Literature Live presents Mark Carter and Walter Simon at 8 p.m. For further information phone 398-6243.

M c G ill B altic Society. Information Meeting, 5:00 p.m., Union 107/108.

Activities planning for 1991-1992.

H A IR . The McGill Film Society presents the movie about a midwesterner who befriends some New York hippies before enlisting for serv­ ice in Vietnam. A slick, thoughtful

F R ID A Y . O C T O B E R 18TH T he Y e llo w D oor C o ffe e H ouse

presen tsLiveM usicattheYellow D oor with Robert Blaise and Benoit LeBlanc.

8:00 p.m., 3625 Aylmer St. For further information, phone 398-6243. Admis­ sion is S2.

L O R D O F TH E FLIES. The McGill Film Society present a disturbing film about a group of boys stranded on a desert island. 7:30 p.m., Leacock 132.

O N G O IN G STU FF Red H errin g 'Horrible Haiku' Con­

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N ew s M a n a g e m e n t p u b lica tio n c a u s e s o u tra g e

BY CHRIS ALAM AND PAUL COLEMAN T h e C o m m erce C o m m u n iq u e , a publication affiliated with the Management Undergraduate Society (MUS), has come under fire for its October issue, which many students have found to be extremely sexist, racist, or homophobic. The issue has now been pulled from circulation by its editors and the MUS. In a letter circulated to vari­ ous groups on campus, includ­ ing the M c G ill T rib u n e , the edi­ tors of the C o m m u n iq u e , Brad McDonald and Yalmaz Siddiqui, wrote: "Whilst it was never our intention to cause offense or to prejudice readers in any way, we do accept that the printing of some of our ar­

ticles was irresponsible...We would like to offer our genuine and sincere apologies to any­ one who has been offended."

Fiona Dellar, Women's Un­ ion member, found the issue extremely sexist.

"The first thing that occurred to me is, here we go again," she said. "It feels like a continual barrage of offensive and insult­ ing language."

Andrew Nichols, of Gays, Bisexuals, and Lesbians of McGill, was equally upset by what he perceived to be homophobic content in the publica­ tion.

"I don't know if this is a reac­ tion to political correctness. But [political correctness] is being perceived as an exaggerated, frantic, leftist, radical trend. At

the same time there is no cause for it because it's just disgust­ ing. It surprises me that at a supposedly enlightened insti­ tution like McGill, there are ignoramuses producing mate­ rial like this."

Daron Westman, Director of the Quebec Public Interest Re­ search Group, brought the is­ sue to Students' Society (SSM U) Council last Thursday. He explained that he had found the magazine to be highly of­ fensive, and informed Council that he had been removing copies from the Student Union Building.

George Rizk, a contributor to the C o m m e rc e C o m m u n iq u e , was angered by Westman's actions.

"That strikes me as censor­

ship. I think it's unacceptable," said Rizk.

"It's a comedy rag and no­ body takes it seriously. I think that people who disagree with it shouldn't read it."

One of the magazine's adver­ tisers objected to the offensive content of the issue.

"When [C o m m u n iq u e ] sold me this ad, they didn't tell me what type of content would be in their magazine," said J.C. Viens, Co-ordinator of Gert's and the Alley, who bought an ad for the Alley in the issue.

"I'm in a bind where I accepted to advertise in this. Whether I'll pay for it or not, I'll have to think about. In no way do I want the Alley to be associated with disregard to any groups, whether it's male, female, black,

white, gay or lesbian."

Alex Johnston, SSMU VP Internal was infuriated by the magazine.

"It'sprobably the most offen­ sive thing I've ever read at McGill," she said. "I'd very much like to speak to the [C o m m u n iq u e ] co-ordinators and find out what their inten­ tions were in producing some­ thing like this. I don't under­ stand what is going through someone's mind when they write that. This is something that management has to deal with and that we can pressure them about."

Johnston has since ensured that all copies of the C o m m u n i­ q u e have been removed from the Union building. q

Education President resigns in conflict over spending

BY JANE WHITE

unapproved by Council, included the cost of an The President of the Educa­ executive lunch. tion Undergraduate Society "We will presume but intends to resign. Paul Gracia we can't say for sure that was faced with a motion for he took $50 and went out impeachment introduced by for lunch, but just to put four council members accusing it down on a [cheque] him of missappropriatingfunds memo is enough, since and being delinquent in his we don't endorse that at duties. all," said Milman.

Topping a four-page docu­ "Just looking at his ment which outlined Gracia's budget he has no idea, allegedly inappropriate behav­ still, that this is not the iour, was a 'one year diploma Council's money, it's the student' (1G) spring barbecue. student's money," said "A 1G rep. went to Paul for a Douglas. "I have to stress barbecue and Paul decided that to the Council that this it was in our best interest to pay money is not ours. We for this barbecue," complained have to deal with the Ed US VP Finance Brigid money as the students Douglas. "It cost $664 dollars would deal with the which Paul just gave out with a money themselves. Do cheque. You can't just give out you think students want a cheque like that. He just paid to pay for lunches when for it, he didn't even get re­ EdUS is just sitting ceipts back." around talking?"

Council was unhappy with Although her signa­ Gracia's decision because lG 's ture is on the motion, are not under the auspices of Education Representa­ the EdUS and the funds had not tive to SSMU Anik Low been approved. spoke in Gracia's de­ "Had he spoken to the execu­ fense. tive, he would never have got­ "In the past, EdUS has al­ ten approval," said Andrea ways had a Christmas party for Milman, VP Admininstration. its executives and it's always "He wasn't clued in to who the had food at the meetings be­ lG 's belonged to even though cause these are considered we did mention it in past meet­ perks. It was worth the money ings and he should have to offer perks because [Council known." members] dedicated so much Gracia wrote another cheque of their time to [EdUS]. It's not for $300 which was missing $50 really that bizarre that Paul worth of receipts. The cheque, would include that in his

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Gracia walled out by EdUS budget."

"I am on trial for minor, and some rather petty violations of EdUS policies," wrote Gracia in a letter of resignation to be presented to Council this week. "...I strongly feel there is no jus­ tifiable grounds for impeach­ ment. I am fulfilling my obliga­ tions as outlined in the Consti­ tution, and therefore the grounds for delinquency of

duties is inappropriate.

"I believe I was not properly listened to nor understood...I have been told not to take it personally but let's be realistic about this!"

Milman maintained that the impeachment process was not personally motivated.

"I could not work under these conditions anymore," she said.

"W e're very much lacking in leadership and I feel that I'm under a lot of strain with my job. We're always having to pick up [Gracia's] pieces and spoon­ feed him."

"I could fight it and stay in office," said Gracia. "W hat'sthe point? I don't want to work with people like that, it's not worth the headache."

The decision may cause a split in the EdUS. Gracia's replace­ ment has not been identified, and many Council representa­ tives felt poorly informed about the impeachment process.

"I think I made a mistake signing this [motion]," worried Low . "So much has been said about this, without Paul know­ ing. I simply wanted to have a meeting so he would know what's going on and have a chance to defend himself."

Gracia expressed disappoint­ ment in his letter, that Council had not simply asked for his resignation before launching the impeachment proceedings.

The ex-President concluded his letter to Council members with a bitter message.

"The entire mess could have been eloquently avoided with a simple suggestion that I resign based on your grievances," he wrote. "I hope that those in­ volved in this 'witch hunt' are proud of their trivial victory, and I hope that there is more to be gained than lost from this experience. □

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Time to scrap newspaper letter policies at McGill Printing Jason MacLellan’s heterosexist letter was an excel­ lent thing to do (Letters, Sept 24). It brought to the surface an attitude which lingers in the community but rarely receives exposure (other than reports of "what I heard last week", etc ).

It also showed that ifs time to scrap letters policies at McGill.

For the past few years, the Tribune and the Daily have printed policy statements with regards to letters received which go something like this: "W e'll print anything that isn’t racist, homophobic, or sexist".

That's censorship. That's hiding one’s head in the sand.

And that's bad for the McGill community The idea, it 9eems, is to pro­ tect us in some way from ideas we shouldn't know or subscribe to, and to deny people who write 'bad' letters exposure that they 'don't deserve'.

Sounds noble, but there are three problems with it. First, it hides an ugly element of our community (these people don't wear signs). Second, it leaves anti-discrimination groups shadowboxing. Third, it patron­ izes the readership, belittling its ability to interpret or respond effectively to such arguments.

Witness what happened when Tribune editors decided to let MacLellan's nasty little

missive slip through the moral safety net.

On October 1st came a rash of well written responses, ranging from Seth Ambramovitch's (amoral) "break­ ing" of MacLellan's "logic" to a detailed refutation by the experts, Richard Cooper of LAGEM and Charles Weijer and Salimah Kassimiakha of GALOM. A week later, the letter was still on the public mind. An engin eerin g student expressed hope that MacLellan would see the error of his ways. LAGEM president Robert Head attacked both MacLellan and letter-writer Chris Barrigar ("PC Handbook Bias?", also Sept.24).

In short, there was no shortage of replies to the letter. If MacLellan comes back out from under his rock, we'll have- surprise^urprise- public debate on a crucial issue.

We have had a peek at what could be. Junk the letter policies, editors, and let us deal with these people and their ideas ourselves.

Everybody wins. The reading public learns what they’re like, antidiscrimination groups have clear examples of discrimination, and the discriminators get to hear opposing arguments on an issue-to-issue basis.

But there's another problem, raised by Head's reaction to Barrigar's letter, what about 'marginal' letters, where you can't tell if you can print them or not?

Some read Barrigar’s argument as an attack on political trendiness and

a call to give "deserving organi­ zations" that aren't gay, more space in future handbooks. The LAGEM/GALOM letter-writers of October 1 didn't even mention Barrigar's letter. Head, however, called it "hate propa­ ganda" and "blatant homopho­ bia", which he was reporting to the Québec Human Rights Commission. Had Head been editor, he would have cut the letter.

The point is that the readership should judge such letters, not some editor-overseer. Why should our reading material be contingent on the decisions of a few controlling individuals?

Chalk up the third mark against letters policy.

In fact, there couldn't be any­ thing more beneficial than getting such hatred and maybe-hatred out in the open. Let racist and sexist letters be opposed by editorials and other letters.

Fight bad words with good words, not 'good' policies. Antidiscrimination policies are for job markets and classrooms, not letters pages.

Why are we always so damned surprised by these people's presence at an institution of 'higher learning'?

Maybe because we actively hide them away.

STEPHEN BUTLER

________ Editorial________ Drilling som e Dentistry questions at the Administration At first glance, the closure of Faculty of Dentistry looked like a good idea. Dentistry was a small, expensive faculty that didn't produce many research dollars or graduate students. In a time of strict austerity at the University, it seemed reasonable that the sacrifice had to be made.

The McGill Faculty of Den­ tistry, however, serves an im­ portant role in the community.

Dentistry students treat over 10,000 people at their clinics every year; many of the patients have disabilities or AIDS. These people depend on McGill Den­ tistry's innovative residency program.

Regrettable, said V ice-Principal William Leggett, but the University couldn't care for oth­ ers when it could barely care for itself.

According to him, McGill Dentistry wasn't needed be­ cause Québec already had enough dentists.

The fact that a recent 7-year study concluded that Quebecers have the worst dental hygiene of any group in North America didn't shake this conviction.

McGill is the only anglophone dental school in the province but Leggett contended that prospec­ tive anglophonedental students would do just as well at U of M or Laval. Apparently, Leggett believes students can excel while working in their second or third language, and that somehow, in these days of constitutional strife, two French universities will happily discard Franco­ phones in dental school for a group of Anglophone students.

The closure of the Faculty of Dentistry has disturbing ramifi­ cations for the community, yet the University, in its arrogance, did not even bother to discuss the matter with the Ministry of Health. This begs the first ques­ tion to Vice-Principal Leggett: What right does McGill have to unilaterally make decisions re­ garding the health of the com­ munity?

VP Leggett's argument, that closure of the Faculty will save money, is dubious, particularly the assumption that the Univer­ sity can buy off 18 tenured pro­

fessors for around a million dol­ lars. In fact, McGill won't be saving any money on the closure until 1997-8 at the absolute earli­ est, by which time the University will have already repaid half of the debt.

The second question, then, is this: Why close a Faculty for fi­ nancial reasons, when it is clear that the closure will not substan­ tively alter the University's debt repayment plan?

Vice-Principal Leggett also questioned Dentistry's ability to maintain "international" stan­ dards of "excellence" (the buzzword of choice from the Gospel According to the Task Force on Priorities). In his pres­ entation to APPC, he strongly implied that "excellence" is achieved mainly through re­ search.

This is ironic, considering that the recent Smith Report on Cana­ dian Universities emphasized the need for quality undergraduate teaching instead of research. In addition, it has only been a few months since the Task Force on Priorities was ratified.

Our third question, then, is: How could anyone judge an 88year old faculty by the vague criteria of "excellence" from a report not even 8 months old?

Finally, it is inexcusable that no options other than total clo­ sure were presented; either Den­ tistry would stay open or it would be closed. The Faculty itself has since come up with some innova­ tive ideas on alternative financ­ ing, a task which should have been undertaken by the Univer­ sity.

Our fourth question then is: Why was there so little search for alternatives?

McGill's cost-cutting efforts are laudable, but there is a danger of getting carried away. Unless VicePrincipal Leggett, or anyone else, can convincingly answer the preceding questions, we at the Tribune will be putting on those "Save McGill Dentistry" T-Shirts that even Prinicipal Johnston has been known to wear.

The Editorial Board of The McGill Tribune

_______ L e tte rs to th e E d ito r ______ The deadline for submitting letters to the Editor is Thursday at noon. Letters should be 350 words or less, and include your name, your year and faculty, and a phone number where you can be reached.

S m ilin g e n g in e e r in g p h o t o in sen sitiv e fo r an a p o lo g y D ear Editor, I am writing in response to the article in the October 1st issue of the Tribune.

The article reads: "EUS students apologize for offensive posters". Furthermore, it is also daimed that the engineers were "very sorry that it happened".

According to Webster's New Colleeiate Dictionary, 1980: 1. apology: an admission of error or discourtesy accompanied by an expres­ sion of regret.

2. sorry: feeling regret, penitence.

Maybe now it's up to the Tribune to apologize for offensive photos! The accompanying photo to the article shows two engineers smiling! (Definition: a feeling of amusement or pleasure.) This is pure stupidness. If an article is written, it is to communicate something. A photograph serves the same purpose. Why is the caption "EUS students apologize" interpreted as "two engineers smiling"?

This not only makes the engineers appear insensitive, it makes the Tribune look equally insensitive.

Tiza Flores Arts U3

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Tribuneand Oaily Joint Statement W h o ’s y o u r c a m p u s v o ic e ? ours provide a forum for discussion anddcbatew ithinalocalcom m unityof students. L ooking U p will deprive the campus of this irreplaceable forum.

A n open letter to the s tu d e n ts o f M cG ill:

Officials of the Students' Society have en­ tered into an agreement to give distribution ; at McGill to Looking U p , a free, student- and career-oriented glossy magazine.

We, the members of the M cG ill T r ib u n e and the M c G ill D a ily , are opposed to the distribu­ tion of L o o k in g U p , and publications like it, on I' ■■ McGill's campus. We object for the following reasons:

• L ooking U p is a corporate, profit-ori­ ented, non-student-runpublication. This magazine is taking away advertising dollars from our non-profit, volunteer student press.

•L ooking U p claims to be '( anada'sCampus Voice'; it is not. The magazine may run student articles, but it is neither student-run nor student-controlled. The magazine is misrepresenting itself to both its readers and its advertisers.

• Looking U p is threateningour financial future. If we lose money, we lose the papers. Democratic organizations like

L o o k in g U p is selling itself as a student publication, while using sales techniques which are unavailable to the real student press. If Looking U p wants to take advantage of the student market, why doesn't it start where other commercial magazines do —- at the newsstand?

Banning free distribution of this magazine on campus is not censorship. Seven student governments across Canada have already banned Looking U p from their campuses, recognizing the dangers which the magazine poses to their student press. Exactly how did this magazine end up on bur campus?

The staff of t h e M c G i l l T r ib u n e The staff of the M c G i l l D a i ly

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L e tte rs to th e E d ito r Ed. note: This photo was the only one available o f the engi­ neers in question. The Tribune is not reponsible for the facial expressions o f photo subjects.

A sermon on the religious aspects of homo­ sexuality Dear Editor, I had expected some reaction to my letter, but I must admit surprise at the vehemence of the response. The fol­ lowing week, three venom-dripping masterpieces of propoganda appeared denouncing it.. The first argued on logical grounds, the second used wit, and the third, sur­ prisingly enough, tried to argue that homosexuality was supported by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam! The week after that, if was announced that there was an effort to declare my own letter, and an even more innocuous letter

by Chris Barrigar, as "hate literature". This campaign clearly shows the homosexual's belief in love and toler­ ance.

It should be noted at this point that the main argument against my letter has been taken out of context. The idea that the presence of a Gay community is in itself the justification for it was Allan Tait's notion. I merely pointed out that this argument could be used to justify any group of people. That could include serial killers, Star Trek fans, or even (horror of horrors!) Bible-believing Christians. I gave an explanation of what was implicit in Tait's argu­ ments, and not a statement of my own beliefs.

Homosexuality is a moral issue, and as such, is founded on belief rather than reason. A successful apology or polemic dealing with it is not evidence of correct belief, but only of effective sophistry, it is the religious argu­ ments that are pertinent here, and what the pro-homosex­ ual letter writers are teaching is a facile Love Gospel. Such a message seeks to reduce the entirety of religion to the support of permissiveness and universal tolerance, and to reject any teaching contrary to those ideas as "against the spirit" of Religion. Those who teach such a doctrine would seek to be righteous with themselves by their own ability. They forget that "the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked" (Jeremiah 17:9), and also more importantly, "If we say we are without sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." (I John 1:3) In convincing the practitioners of homosexuality (or of heterosexual promiscuity, for that matter) that their ac­ tions are without sin, these false teachers do more harm than they can possibly imagine.

The true spirit of religion lies in Repentence. If love were the only element, no other guidelines would have

been given. From Moses, to the Judges, to the Prophets, to Jesus and his followers, there is a constant emphasis on repentance from sins. And thiscali goes out to all people. "The Lord i s . ..not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9) A Christian is just a person who has renounced his or her sin, and come to God. God will accept anyone willing to do the same.

It is upsetting that small pressure groups will rail at this, but it is not the first time God's church has been attacked. We must remember that in the end, faith inGod and submission to His will is all that will really matter.

Jason MacLellan U1 Arts

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A m a tte r o f rig h ts Just over a week ago, McGill students packed Leacock 132 with over 700 people to discuss the pros and cons of required genderneutral language in the classroom.

Addressing the crowd were four McGill professors: Professor Troy of the Department of History, Professor DesLauriers of the Department of Philosophy and Professors Tully and Manfredi both from the Political Science De­ partment.

The debate was excellent, and each professor brought a unique perspective to the question at hand. Professors Manfredi and Tully presented very logical argu­ ments, the former against the question and the latter for it, in a self-effacing manner. Professor Troy, known by his students for his up-tempo lectures and humour, transferred that into Leacock 132 in his passionate argument against the required use of gender-neutral language.

Professor DesLauriers, who was the only woman on the panel, took a somewhat cynical and sarcastic approach to the debate that was somewhat disappointing.

When 1 was walking over to the Leacock Building that Monday evening, I knew that eventually, the debate would end up question­ ing the merits of gender-neutral language itself instead of dealing with the actual question of whether or not it should be required. This, of course, hap­ pened, which was unfortunate.

I don't think you'll find many people at all opposed to the encouragement or use of gender neutral language in the classroom or elsewhere. For the most part, the use of gender neutral-language is a goal worth striving for. But it is the enforcement of that use that attracts plenty of rancour.

In our society, no one should be told how they should speak or what language they should use. If an individual chooses to use gender-neutral language that should be a personal choice. If someone chooses not to, that should be the person's prerogative as well, and that person can face the social consequences, if indeed there are any.

By all means, we should encourage our colleagues to eliminate the gender-biased use of language. But forcing it on individuals is taking away their rights. We can be supportive of gender neutral language without favouring its forced usage. If we require its use in the classroom, what's next? Required use in the street?

Another thing we have to

B Y JA M E S ST E W A R T remember in this question, is where we are. We are at univer­ sity. This environment is one of intellectual stimulation, populated by proactive people with serious opinions not just on language but on a plethora of other topics as well. Given that, we should note that this issue is not as meaningful to people outside the university enclave as it is within .

People's opinions vary widely depending on their upbringing and social background. The fact of the matter is, there are people (including women) who consider mankind to mean everyone. There are even women at McGill who find the great challenge to get gen­ der-neutral langauge in the classroom not that big of a deal.

We didn't hear from these people last week because of the hostile nature of the crowd towards anyone who said anything against gender-neutral language, but those sentiments were mentioned in private discussions.

Gender-neutral language is a growing fact of life in the 1990's.

Undoubtedly, its growth in usage will continue, even outside the university setting, as it slowly integrates into everyday lexicon. It doesn't happen overnight.

However, forcing gender-neutral language upon anyone is not a positive way to go about changing attitudes.

Dear Editor, I am writing regarding the article published last week in the Tribune and titles "Proposed student job program delayed by Senate".(October 1st) Although I welcome the article on this important issue, I want to strongly protest because I have been misrepresented.

1. Contrary to what your title suggested, the Work-Study Program has not been delayed by the Senate. In fact the Senate did not have the opportunity to vote on this issue because Vice-Principal François Tavenas, the Chair of the Ad Hoc Work-Study Program as an on-going program after May 1992. The Board of Senate Committee on Tuition Fees was not able to convene a Governors should approve funds to cover 100% of the cost of the Work-Study meeting of this committee before the last Senate meeting in the Program to be managed by Student Services.

Spring. This meant that the final draft of the Work-Study I hope you will publish this letter to rectify the misrepresentation of my Program could not get ratified by the Senate and Board of opinions included in your article.

Governors (BOG). Therefore, the Work-Study Program could Eric Darier not start in September 1990 as it was originally planned.

Post Graduate Student's Society Representative to the Ad Hoc Senate 2 . 1 have never written to Vice-Prinical Tavenas to request Committee on Tuition Fees (1990-91) a meeting of BPG The only purpose of my letter to the ViceE rra tu m : In S eth A b ra m o v itch ’s letter to the E d ito r o f O cto ber 1st, the Principal was to ask again for a meeting of the Ad Hoc Senate on Tuition Fees. To his credit, Vice-Principal Tavenas man­ w ord 'rega rd less' was m istyped as 'irreg a rd less', follow ed by a sic. Mr. aged to get funds from BPG for the launching of the WorkA bra m o v itch did in d eed w rite 'rega rd less' in his original letter, a n d the Study Program by January 1992. Furthermore, Student Serv­ Tribune apologizes fo r c o rre c tin g its own mistake. ices was required to match dollar for dollar the sum allocated

by BPG. This was never agreed to by the Ad Hoc Committee on Tuition Fees.

The article did not mention my suggestions to get out of this unfortunate situation. According to me the following should be done: 1. Reconvene the Ad Hoc Committee on Tuition Fees to complete its mandate and suggest recommendations to the Senate. (If the life of the Ad Hoc Committee has expired, the Senate should adopt a motion recreating the Ad Hoc Com­ mute on Tuition Fees for 1991-92).

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The Senate should consider -and hopefully approve- the

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News Anti-apartheid group’s budget now officially slashed

BY BENOIT JACQMOTTE Due to drastic budget cuts, the Southern Africa Commit­ tee (SAC) will have to scale back its activities this year.

Quoting confidential sources, last week's T rib u n e reported that the SAC's requested budget of $4,800 was originally reduced by the Student Society's Joint Management Committee to $1,780. The final budget quoted at October 1Oth's Council meet­ ing is $2,280.

SSM U VP Finance Lev Bukhman cited financial diffi­ culty for the SSMU as a whole to explain the SAC's final budget. Bukhman referred to a 17% drop in total Council Serv­ ices subsidies and a $20,000 decrease in the proposed budget for the External Affairs Committee to demonstrate that the SAC was not being singled out for drastic budget cuts.

"Student Society is under a heavy financial burden, and we are cutting everything we can,"

he said.

According to N ityanand Decha, one of the SAC coordi­ nators, the last budget "miti­ gates the initial shock of the former proposal, [but] we still have to budget for five events from a budget that was given for one event last year," he said.

Asked for the Committee's reaction to the budget cuts, Decha said, "Obviously every­ thing ha s to be cu t. We are going to use what little money we have to organize our events as best we can. We don't have any leeway."

Decha and co o rd in ator Ashna Vohra stressed that cer­ tain areas of several SAC activi­ ties will be severely reduced due to the lack of funds. Those areas include publicity for all activities, t-shirt sales, and the Film Festival. Vohra also stated that alternate sources of fund­ ing might be explored.

"For the Film Festival, we might ask for funding from different faculties. Hopefully everything will go on (as sched-

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Both coordinators attributed the budget problems to a lack

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Economics professors Robert Rowley and Allan Fenichel have been asked to formally retract their statements, which appeared in the McGill Daily last week, criticizing the quality and attitude of the economics department.

"If we didn't give a damn about these students we would not have been worried about the remarks," explained Economics Chair John McCallum.

But Professor Lee Soderstrom, who voted against the motion for retraction, sug­ gested that the department respond to the criticisms by doing something more constructive than simply passing a motion of words.

"The department should demonstrate and organize a forum to discuss the merits of the claims," said Soderstrom. "Let it be brought out that we are concerned about teaching."

Rowley and Fenichel, who did not attend the meeting, were unavailable for comment as to whether or not they will comply with the motion and retract their statements.

The vote for retraction passed 17-3.

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Students' Society (SSMU) President Scott Mitic stated that he wished SSMU could sue the Administration of McGill over what appears to be the breaking of the Letter of Agreement between the two bodies.

The remark came during question period at last Thursday's Council meeting Mitic's comment came in response to a question from Clubs Representative Julie Dzerowicz, about a section of the Agreement dealing with the status of employees.

SSMU employees are supposed to be hired as university employees, but the new Sadie's and SSMU General Managers will be classified as "casual" employees. Dze­ rowicz asked Mitic why SSMU is not taking legal action against the university for failing to classify the SSMU-hired managers as university employees.

"Nothing would make me happier than to sue the administration at this moment," replied Mitic. "But we don't have legal status to do so."

Meanwhile, Dzerowicz, who was prevented from asking further questions, told the T rib u n e she was unsatisfied by Mitic's response.

Said Dzerowicz, "Does this mean that every contract we sign with the university is not binding? Does it mean that [the university] can breach anything with SSMU because we are not legally recognized? It doesn't make sense."

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budget was cu t so much. [Coun­ cil] didn't ask us any questions," said Vohra. "They though]a lot of our events were outside our mandate. There was no com­ munication. We should have been consulted."

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News N D P c u t s f u n d in g t o O n t a r io u n i v e r s i t ie s

BY TAM M Y EVERTS B ro ck P ress

Provincial cuts in post-sec­ ondary funding announced last week have Ontario students and professors fuming.

Ontario Treasurer Floyd Laughren has cut $13 million from this year's funding to col­ leges and universities. As well, delays in new initiative and pay equity funding will also affect the post-secondary sector.

These cuts follow an 8 percent increase in tuition fees effective in September.

"This is a decision based on conserva ti ve pol itics, no t sou nd economic planning," said Bill Graham, president of the On­ tario Confederation of Univer­

sity Facu lty A ssociation (OCUFA). "What kind of longrange plan is it to damage post­ secondary education and re­ search -the key tools Ontario will need for economic recov­ ery?"

"Universities are already cut to the bone," said Ontario Fed­ eration of Students (OFS) Chair Laurie Kingston, adding that u niv ersity ad m in istratio n would seize the funding cuts as an excuse to increase their demands for large tuition fee increases.

These increases, she said, would place an even greater burden on the poor, whom the NDP has promised to aid.

Graham and Kingston both worried about the damage to

equity programs implemented to increase university partici­ pation from women, visible minorities, the disabled, and aboriginal peoples.

"Recent equity programs are the most vulnerable to cuts in base budgets," said Graham, commenting that the delay of these initiatives will perpetu­ ate the pattern of educating only the privileged.

Brock University Students' Union has taken a "hard line" on the budget cut.

In a letter to Christel Haeck, New Democrat MPP in St.Catherine's-Brock, BUSU Presi­ dent Lisa McLean stated, "I am offended both as a leader and a student that your government has buckled under the pressure

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Haeck, who was reached at Queen's Park, said that the accusation that the NDP isbeing guided by big business that lobbies against social spending are "very wrong". She pointed out that, due to the recession,

provincial social spending has increased, citing this year's $240 million increase in welfare spending over 1990-91.

The former Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of C olleges and U niversities added that delays in funding to equity programs are not actu­ ally delays, since legislation for said programs "is not expected until sometime in spring." q

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Reform Party violence at Q u ee n ’s A protest against Reform Party leader Preston Manning's speech at Queen's Universty turned violent last week, when protesters encountered members of Manning's audience as they emerged from the lecture hall where Manning had spoken.

Following Manning's speech, the crowd coming out of the hall was met by the chants of protesters, many of whom were opposed to the Reform Party's policies on immigration, women, and economic planning. Several arguments ensued.

Scott Moloney, a Queen's student, was struck in the chest and face by a man who had just left the speech. Beth Robson, who tried to break up the fight, said she was struck and knocked down by a police officer.

While no arrests were made, Robson has lodged a complaint with the Kingston Police Force.

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Escort service phased out at York Plans to replace York University's escort service with a lower-cost shuttle bus have been made public by the university's administration.

The plan involves using security vans—which currently pick up and deliver students anywhere on campus—as a fixed-route shuttle. Tom Arnold, coordinator of parking services, said he hopes the shuttle buses will reduce costs by half, and the maximum wait for buses from 45 minutes to 15.

However, Valerie Connell, a representative of the Student Security union which staffs the escort service, argued that the financial savings are bound to affect safety.

"If there's one service which shouldn't be subjected to cost-effectiveness, it's security," she said.

Arnold denied the changes were being made strictly to save money, and said the new system will increase safety by reducing waiting time.

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York cafeterias switch to china dishes York University's largest food outlets have switched from styrofoam to washable china dishes, in a move that campus environmentalists are calling a victory.

According to figures obtained by Envision York, an on-campus environmental "watchdog" group, the Marriot company, which operates several large cafeterias on campus, used an estimated 9,742,500 styrofoam cups, plates, take-out containers and white plastic cutlery items in 1990.

Said Jon Burke, a co-facilitator at Envision York, "the school has a lot of pressure on it to become environmentally conscious. We have to pressure [York] to move quicker."

However, Mary and Bert Salvetti, co-owners of Elite caterers, which operates another of the university's main cafeterias, said they would not consider eliminating styrofoam packages unless the university were to help out by installing new dishwashers in the cafeteria.

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in the hilarious diner scenes.

Screen w riter Terrence McNally adapted the script from his play F ra n k ie a n d Jo h n n y in the C la ir d e L u n e . No humour was lost in the process. When Johnny tries to read a romantic passage from R om eo a n d Juliet to his kitchen co-workers, the down and out Jorge says to him: "Look man, there are only two words you need to know in this city: 'fuck' and 'you'."

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Tim, Frankie's homosexual con­ fidante, is especially subtle and witty, and the Canadian Kate Nelligan gives a wickedly slut­ tish performance as the crass waitress Cora.

There are no gra­ tuitous scenes in the m ovie. A lthough some may find the courtship of Frankie and Johnny frustratingly long, and the ending unsatis­ factorily hasty, the plot is nevertheless tight and full of subtle connections.

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Thursday, October 17th, Canad ian rockers Spirit of the West return to Montreal to play the Spectrum in support of their new album, 'Go Figure'. The group's fifth album marks a departure from the band's trade­ mark acoustic sound, while still incorporating echoes of a Celtic folk tradition.

"I think we had reached the point, having done the acoustic thing for five years, that we were traipsing over some tired g rou n d ," said songw riter Geoffrey Kelly. "Touring Eng­ land withTheWonderStuffalso had a big impression on us."

Ushering in the new Spirit of the West, is touted US producer Joe Chiccarelli(Frank Zappa, Miles Davis, Bob Geldof). With the 'Go Figure' project, Chicarrelli coordinated the introductionofelectricguitar,and drum­ mer Vince Ditrich to the band's instrumental inventory.

"This album is the project of three months of intense writing in Vancouver, which is new for [co-writer] John[Mann] and I, because traditionally the mate­

rial has been afforded the luxury of being roadtested before we record anything," stated Kelly.

"It's been really challenging for us. Neither John or myself are very prolific, so we've been straining to work it out in tiny Vancouver cafés, trying to write lines and put it all together."

The reproducion and re-release of the single 'Political' is bound to leave the faithful feeling some­ what alienated. The new cut is essentially theold 'Political' from a distance, both musically for listeners, and emotionally for songwriter Mann.

"The new version is a lot more true to the relationship John had had with that particular individ­ ual," said Kelly. "Now that time ha s pa ssed, he has been able to si t back and absorb the whole thing."

The stepped up reproduction, however, attempts to fill the gap with new energy and innovation.

"It's a tough one - 1didn't want to do that song again, but the record company felt that it never really had its chance to become a single," recalled Kelly. "We put it off and put it off until we fi­ nally decided to give it a run - but

S t a t io n C n o lo n g e r a s e e n women's only bar, Katacombs, strictly for men, and the cavern­ ous new K.O.X. Upstairs in K-2 women will have their own space in a dance bar outfitted with lavender car-

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pet, mirrored walls and Vene tian blinds. Despite decor remi niscent of a small town queer bar, K.O.X.'sbutch image has not carried over to K-2.

When asked what she thought of the new hangout, one dyke responded, "Lame! But we'll have to give it a chance to get going."

All fags who fancy th em selves butch enough, can venture down to the subterra­ nean bar called Kat­ acombs. In the ambi­ ance of a blacked-out government building, Katacombs carries on the old tradition of denim and leather.

Here a dress code will still be enforced: only manly man threads.

Not nearly as fun as the old K.O.X.was, Katacombs tries hard to live up to its prede­ cessor's raunchy repu­ tation.

Station C is sup­ posed to reflect a new

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Thursday eveningattheSpectrum, The Spirit will endeavour to transpose the studio evolu­ tion onto the stage. Habitually energetic on stage, the band is widely regarded as a thrilling live act - a 'must see'.

"I think it's going to be a bit more theatrical than audiences have been seeing at our shows," predicted Kelly. "Regardless,all of our shows end up being pretty much of a sweatbox, close up to the stage."

"It's always a real good work­ out for everybody, both the band and the audience." □

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With 'FarToo Canadian', Kelly and Mann depict an overly pa­ tient and cautious, if not alto­ gether apathetic Canada. The Spirit of the West is not afraid to aruise the sensitive political ear

a n d G eoffrey K elly co-w rote a hit video sin g le with one o f them .

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fo r K . O . X . o n ly era for the queer bar scene in Montréal. The bars in the past have been largely segregationalist, with the mixed ones attract­ ing a disproportional amount of boys. The original K.O.X. had been described as a mysogynist institution, due to its exclusive door policy. Now that it's gone condo in the form of Sta tion C, bi­ sexuals, dykes and fags can go clubbing in whatever atmosphere they desire. On full moons, all three bars are open to both men and women. True lunacy.

Now that gay Montrealers can disco in a politically correct style, there is only one problem; the place just does not seem interest­ ing.

"The main floor is about as comfortable as an airplane han­ gar, and the rest of the bar makes me feel like I'm lounging in the bar of the Holiday Inn," was the opinion of one astute clubgoer.

A bartender in K-2 was much less cynical. "This bar is the first step to uniting the women's and men's communities. After all, we're all gay," he said.

Solving the problem of sexism in the gay community can be

discussed while boogying to­ gether, but only on the main floor.

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David Mamet's new film Homi­ cide is a an intellectual killer. This slow-moving movie is rife with wooden acting and major con­ troversy.

In this muti-layered human drama, Joe Mantegna is Bobby Gold, an inner-city police officer whose lo n g -s u p p re s s e d Jewish background helps to lure him into the darker side of street politics and crime. Gold is some­ one who always as­ sociated h im self more with being a cop than a Jew. When he is put on a routine investiga­ tion into thedeathof an old Jew ish woman who runs a pawn shop in the Black ghetto, things J o e M a n t e g n a h o ld s u p t h e p a c e o f M a m e t 's H o m i c i d e Gold is a complicated charac­ cessively violent. Mantegna, start to change. ter who wants to belong some­ gives H o m icid e its only piece of As Gold examines the circum­ where, yet does not fit in. H o m i­ strong acting. This is a disap­ stances surrounding this seem­ cid e does not conform to any pointment, since Mamet's idea ingly routine death, a new world one genre either. . Sadly, since of exploring the nature of selfof scholars, ancient languages this film's direction was poorly hatred is unique.

(Hebrew and Yiddish), and un­ executed, it feels as lost as Gold.

W hen M am et's H o m i c i d e derworld conspirators appear. opened at the Cannes Film Festi­ While solving the murder, Gold Perhaps Mamet has intro­ val, a French journalist asked the is also supposed to find his own duced a plot too complex for a writer-director to comment on identity. mass audience. He might have his dialogue, which fans the fires He considers himself a success­ received a more enthusiastic of anti-Semitism. Mamet ex­ ful example of American assimi­ public response if he had stuck plained that Anti-Semitism is lation. Gold may be at home in to the theatre where he excels, caused by the absence of Jews the precinct, but he lost himself and left the movies to good di­ and by ignorance, and that on the way to the synagogue. At rectors. □ H o m icid e, wasan attempt to point one point, he states that 4,000

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Listening to Spirit of the West's first four releases is like a stringside seat on the edge of the guitar pick. Some of that experience, it seems, has been lost to the exten­ sion cord with the latest effort.

"It's really hard for a lot of people to swallow - hopefully we"ll be able to generate some open-mindedness," said Kelly, referring to the evolution of the Spirit sound.

'Go Figure' has edges of its own, carrying on the gravelly vocal styles and politically poignant messages characteristic of the band.

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Plagiarism big business on cam pus

BY GEORGE Plagiarism is a fact of life at McGill. A large portion of stu­ dents are willing to risk serious disciplinary action by submit­ ting work that is not theirs or work they had previously done for another class.

Reasons for plagiarizing are as varied as the subjects of papers copied.

"Its a question of how much original thought you want to put into a boring assignment when you could save lots of time and frustration just by copying off of other people," said Patricia Edwards*, a U2 science student who has pla­ giarized assignments. "You're a pretty keen student if more than half of your assignments are original."

Large classes which deal with a broad range of topics such as 260-370A, 'The Human Condi­ tion' have become hotbeds of plagiarism. For many students, the course is an elective and is consequently, of secondary importance.

"I took the course as an insur­ ance. I spent my time working on other courses knowing that if I ran out of time I could al­ ways hand in a paper from last year. I didn't want to but I did run out of time," explained Buck Reid*, a recently gradu­

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ated Arts student.

Plagiarism becomes an even more attractive alternative, considering the difficulty in

proving that a paper has been copied.

"The only way we can catch someone is if it's really obvi­

ous," explained Donald Stoecz, head teaching assistant for 'The Human Condition'. "A student submitted a paper in December ofl990 discussing the fall of the Berlin Wall as if it had only happened a month before. They hadn't even read the paper before handing it in."

"We only pursued three cases last year out of a class of almost seven hundred," he added.

Cases of plagiarism are handled by the Associate Dean of the particular faculty to which the student belongs.

Professor Handa, Associate Dean of Arts admitted that only a small percentage of cases are ever reported.

"We do send a message to students that plagiarism is not acceptable. However, it is sim­ ply not possible to properly police the sale and purchase of papers. It is for this reason that we recommend that professors concentrate marks in examina­ tions and not essays," he said.

The ease with which students can plagiarize has created an underground essay industry of its own. Upon request by York University in 1988, Toronto police investigated and charged Marilyn and Derek Sim on seven counts of "uttering forged documents". Sims sold essays for twenty dollars a page, gen­ erating $100,000 in a four-

month period alone.

The essay industry is big business in Montréal as well.

"In the past five years I've had four business people come in with photocopiers and offer me a thousand dollars for just one hour of photocopying the students papers I was typing," said Christopher Robin*, a McGill typist.

"I've also had papers stolen from me. Once the thief actu­ ally called me back to tell me not to look for a certain thesis; that he had just sold it for five hundred dollars," said Robin.

"When you have to hide papers and make sure it's the proper students picking them up you know the situation is pretty bad," he added.

The very na ture of plagiarism makes it difficult to gauge how bad the situation really is. Cer­ tainly, the inability of the Uni­ versity to catch those who pla­ giarize, as well as the abun­ dance of papers from which to copy, would indicate that it is fairly widespread.

"During exam time, I'd say between 20-25% of my work is recopying papers that have obviously already been handed in. The only thing that's new is the title page," said Robin. *T h ese n a m es h ave b een ch a n g ed to protect the g u ilty .

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M cG ill students con cern ed abou t contracting AID S

BY NICOLE SHIPOSH AIDS is a deadly and fright­ ening disease, affecting an ever increasing number of people.

It's impact on the McGill cam­ pus, however, is difficult to ascertain.

"Sometimes it takes two to ten years before one manifests the symptoms of AIDS, so stu­ dents who have contracted the disease would be long out of school by the time they were diagnosed," explained Dr. Remis of the Centre for AIDS Studies.

"Given that the majority of people at McGill are quite young, the risk [of getting the HIV virus] is quite low," he added.

AIDS awareness groups, however, have aimed their campaigns at all segments of the population, especially young people. Many students appear to be worried about the

still exist, certain groups are not als and Gays of McGill, which disease, as more and more are encouraged to consider testing. coordinates M cGill's AIDS getting tested.

"Many women are discour­ Awareness Week.

"Quite a few students come aged from getting tested for in for testing. I would guess "We are going to promote AIDS. They are told that they some fifteen to twenty a week," are a low risk group and that knowledge about the disease said Dr. Pierre Tellier of McGill and break down the Health Services. mistaken idea that this Although patient " S ix ty p e r c e n t o f A ID S v ic t im s a r e is a gay disease," he confidentiality said. "Sixty percent of regulationsprevent h e te r o s e x u a ls a n d M o n tr é a l h a s A ID S victim s are accessibility to in­ t h e m o s t r a p i d g r o w t h o f A I D S in formation on how h eterosexu als and Montréal has the most many of these cases th e h e te r o s e x u a l p o p u la tio n . W e rapid growth of AIDS test HIV positive, h a v e t o e n c o u r a g e s tr a ig h t p e o p le in the heterosexual Dr. Tellier empha­ population. We have to sized that the large to t a k e p r e c a u t io n s t o o ." — C h a r le s en courage straight majority of those W e ije r , P r e s id e n t o f L e s b ia n s , people to take precau­ people they test are tions too." not HIV-positive.

B is e x u a ls ; a n d G a y s o f M c G ill "The HIV virus is "These numbers transmitted through of people going to they should not bother," said risky behaviour, not through be tested are encouraging.

Suzanne Stein of the McGill risky groups," agreed Dr. Tel­ Everyone should go in for a Women's Union. lier. test. It would certainly help cut Notions of high risk/1ow risk down on the transmission rate," McGill does not presently groups continue to stigmatize have an AIDS policy to protect noted Anne Renaud of the AIDS as a homosexual disease, staff and students who have McGill AIDS Centre. according to Charles Weijer, AIDS, or are HIV-positive, from Testing is expensive and president of Lesbians, Bisexu­ discrimination. because of misconceptions that

Renaud, however, did not think such a policy would be useful.

"I think that it is better to concentrate efforts on educa­ tion and prevention," she said.

"Existing policies serve McGill well. To my knowledge there have been no cases of discrimi­ nation."

"My personal feeling is that having a policy is a dangerous thing because it would continue to stigmatize the disease," af­ firmed Dr. Tellier.

Weijer considered the issue more complex.

"McGill has an AIDS Centre and no policy. I think it is ab­ surd that there is no policy reg ard in g d iscrim in atio n against staff or students who have the HIV virus," he said.

"It's absolutely incomprehen­ sible to me to have the machin­ ery in place but not be able to run it. It's like a headless body."

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BY HILARY DEVEBER

lacks meaning and masks the in­ tended truth In this way, it can even work against women.

Both Manfredi and Troy focused on the restraint of free speech which could occur, due to the Senate rec­ ommendation.

'The control of speech by de­ mand has a chilling effect on legiti­ mate discourse," Manfredi ex-

ried about one sensibility [the Senate's), 1 am worried about one hundred and two sensibilities," agreed Troy. He added that he cannot equate progress with, "imposing a linguistic orthodoxy from the outside rather than trying to get us to open up from the in­ side. I'm watching my proverbial butt because I know that if 1 don't, [the students] will go out and label me as 'one of them'."

Tully did not under­ stand how freedom of speech could be equated with a gen­ d e r-b ia se d language which ex­ cludes fifty percent of the population.

Whatever a professor int e n d s ,

A heated debate on gender-neu­ tral language held last Monday ni ght made it clear to the packed auditorium that this issue remains a conten­ tious one.

This po­ litical and philo­ so p h ica l hot potato has been thrown around the Uni­ versity with some G e n d e r - n e u t r a l l a n g u a g e d e b a t e p a c k s a u d it o r iu m fervor in plained.

SEE POW-WOW . recent months Last spring, the "W h en I lecture. I am not worPAGE 13 Senate unanimously approved a proposal which required profes­ sors to use gender-neutral language in their classroom handouts, and suggested that they use it in lec­ tures.

The proposal initiated Monday7s B e c o m e a D o c to r o f C h ir o p r a c tic forum, a co-operative effort of the McGill Debating Union and the McGill Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Professors J. Tully, Politi­ •Because Chiropractic is one of the fastest cal Science, C. Manfredi, Political growing health care professions.

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Doc. from the Commerce Commu­ nique, Vol. 1, Issue 2 There were three assaults in broad daylight during the last two weeks, all at the Pine-Park Inter­ change Walk Safe Network Poster.

Within the last seven days, two seemingly unrelated stu­ dent publications have been issued independently on cam­ pus. I am angered and offended by the fact that there is, indeed, a relation between the two.

One is a gratuitous example of hate literature and the other is a result of such attitudes. Or perhaps one is the result of such attitudes and the other is an ac­ ceptance of them. I am tired of reading material like this. Nei­ ther of these versions should be permissible.

Recognized by the Manage­ ment Undergraduate Society, the Commerce Communique apparently attempted to be a satiric and humourous publica­ tion. If its actual goal had been anti-Semitism and sexism, I would assess that effort as right on target.

Being a person of liberated sensitivity, I have no choice but to deem the magazine an out­ right failure.

"Kick her in the teeth" is all too reminiscent of the signs at Queen's, which responded to a 'No means No' campaign two

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BY KATE G IBBS years ago. Or was it this week at Pine and Park?

There is no suitable place for violence against women, be it in a magazine or in an underpass.

Nor is there a suitable time.

No disclaimer can excuse the irresponsibility of the Communi­ que's Co-editors. Despite the re­ moval of all copies of the of­ fending magazine from circula­ tion, and the release of a letter of apology by Brad MacDonald and Yalmaz Siddiqui, I feel that there is no way to correct the damage that they have done.

I am unable to walk directly home alone, day or night, and the inclusion of "Kick her in the teeth" only leads me to believe that the Communique's Editorial Board finds my situation funny.

I believe that the only way for these individuals to understand how serious their error in judge­ ment was, is for the group to volunteer for Walk Safe. Then, perhaps, the editors would realize how awkward it is to be forced to rely on someone else in order to walk home without being heckled or beaten.

As an editor myself, I am well aware of the responsibilities in­ herent in such a position. Ap­ parently the members of the editorial board of the Commerce Communique are not. They have abused their position beyond any reproof. They might as well have kicked me in the teeth.

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Features M cG ill ca m p u s unsafe for b icy cle s, g reat for theft

BY PROMA TAGORE The rise in the number of bike thefts in Montréal and around campus is making this popular mode of transportation increas­ ingly risky and expensive. This past year, 125 bicycle thefts in thedowntown area have been reported to the Montreal Urban Community (MUC) police.

Constable Michel Hamel of the MUC Police suspects that profes­ sionals are behind the thefts.

"We suspect that there is a lot of money being made by stealing bikes. The bikes are probably taken from the city and sold out of town," explained Hamel/'Eighty-fivepercent of the bikes that are stolen are locked."

The thieves use various meth­ ods to break the different types of locks available. Chain locks are snipped with large cutters. For the newer kryptonite locks, a chemical coolant applied to the lock freezes and disintegrates the metal, so that it shatters when hit.

Stacey Johnston, owner of a small bicycle shop on St. Laurent, said that he had been approached with stolen bicycles many times.

"When someone comes in with a $150 bike and offers it to you for $10, it is not just suspicious, but ridiculous," he said.

Robert Silverman of Citizens on Cycles considered bicycle theft a "massive problem".

"I consider the bike the best form of transportation," he said. "While

the car is destructive [to the envi­ ronment], the bicycle is the eco­ logical and sane alternative. To attack the alternative is heinous, and should be punished severely."

Silverman blamed the theft prob­ lem on the lack of bicycle parking facilities. According to Silverman, in the downtown area, only CFCF, Air Canada, Bell Canada, Univer­ sity of Québec at Montréal (UQAM) and the University of Montréal (U of M) have buildings where cy­ clists can safely lock their bikes.

"McGill contrasts shamefully to both UQAM and U of M in the provision of theft-proof apparatus.

It is also important that McGill encourage cycling by providing safe bicycle parking," he said.

A former bicycle courier, who wished to remain anonymous, admitted that he had witnessed a lot of bicycle thefts, and blamed the high number on the owner's negligence.

"Bikes are really expensive now and people are careless. The only way to really theft-proof your bike is to own a piece of shit. Kryptonite locks are not as theft-proof as people think," he said.

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BY ROBIN BATES Using your bike in Montréal is no longer just a healthy way to get around the town. It has become a life threatening activity.

'The number of my patients in­ jured in bike related accidents this summer and fall has at least doubled since last year," com­ mented Dr. Vivian Foucher, a General Practitioner at Notre Dame de Grace Hospital. "I don't know exactly what it is about Montréal, I see many more bike injuries than my colleagues in Toronto and Vancouver," she added.

The poor condition of Montréal city streets and overcrowded shoul­ ders make the city completely un suitable for biking.There are few bike paths, and those that do exist are crammed with cyclists. The Montréal Urban Community

(MUC) Police have recognized that bicycling accidents are a serious problem.

"Statistics show that the rise in bike accidents in this city is occuring more quickly than in many other cities. Though some bikers are taking more care by wearing helmets, using proper signals, us­ ing nightlights etc., so many others are completely careless and have no concept of safety," explained Constable Henri LaSoeur of the MUC Police.

Montréal drivers are notoriously bad. They neglect using their turn signals, drive too fast and honk at the slightest provocation.The prob­ lem, however,is compounded by careless cyclists.

JackieGarrow,Ul Arts, who was recently in an accident on Avenue des Pins explained, "Bikers are cocky and drivers are cocky. There is general chaos on the road. There

is no respect or trust for one an­ other."

"I was oblivious to the fact that I might get into an accident. It's easy to feel invincible," added Helen Baldus, U1 Arts, who has been involved in two bike accidents in the past year.

Education about road safety for drivers and cyclists is one way to deal with the problem.

"When motorists learn to drive, part of their training should be in bike safety. People must learn to be comfortable sharing the road with all kinds of vehicles," Lasoeur said.

"Helmets should be mandatory, like seatbelts," added Garrow.

Citizens on Cycles, a bicycle lobby group, is working for more concrete changes and is attempt­ ing to force the city to create more bike paths. The group could not be reached for comment. □

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Features Language p ow -w ow POW WOW FROM PAGE 1 1 women feel excluded when gender biased language is used, agreed Professor Des Lauriers.

She also explained that the is­ sue is one of power. "Those who object [to the motion] are notic­ ing that they are being asked to share, or even relinquish, some power," she said.

As the debate progressed, it became obvious that the two sides were not only speaking from different points of view, but also debating on different topics. Usually, the first speaker of a debate defines a resolution (in this case, the question), in order to set out the terms of the argument to be discussed.

Because this was not done, the 'pro' contingent continued to argue about the necessity for gender-neutral language, while failing to recognize that the 'con' side was in agreement with them on this subject. As well, Professors Tully and Des Lauri­ ers did not confront the main argument of Professors Manfredi and Troy, which con­ cerned the legitimacy of the en­ forcement of gender neutral lan­ guage by the university.

The debate was not set up to resolve this complicated issue.

Instead, it sought to increase awareness and clarify the im­ portant issues. If the reddened hands of desk-thumping stu­ dents and the standing ovation were any indication, it was cer­ tainly successful.

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BY SEAN GORDON_______ Based on last year's results from the Martlet and Redmen teams, many people would try to sum up the prevalent theme of this article with the phrase that sports fans have come to fear and loathe, yes, that's right, the REBUILDING YEAR! Happily enough, it seems that the mood in both locker rooms is not one of resignation. In fact, opti­ mism abounds as the outset of the season approaches.

'There's a new era emerging in Canadian University Women's basketball," said women's coach Chris Hunter. "While it's true that we've lost some experience in the backcourt, if we work hard to be in shape we should be able to be very competitive both in our division and at the National level."

The Martletsappeartobein good shape despite the loss of all-time Martlet leading scorerTina Fasone, and last year's point guard Beth Armstrong. Returning to spear­ head the Martlet backcourt will be 5'10" shooting guard Debby Morse.

"Debby finished third in scoring in the conference last year, so we expect her to really step up and have a productive season," said Coach Hunter. "In fact, 1 wouldn't be surprised to see her make allConference and all-Canadian."

The point position will be filled by two high-quality newcomers, 5'5" Melanie Gagne, a college allstar, and 5'8" outside threat, San­

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dra Veillette. In the frontcourt, the Martlets will be without the serv­ ices of all-starTracey Hayman, who has decided to concentrate on school this year. The Martlets will instead be bolstered by the return of front liners Keva Glynn, (5'10"), Jane Ross (6'0”) and Martina Van der Vlist (5T1").

"If ouryoung people comealong, 1 would expect the division crown to be within reach because of the new parity," predicted Hunter.

"If we go to the Nationals, who knows how well we can do?"

The Redmen have also lost a lot of key players, most notably, Paul Brousseau and Bruce McElroy. The most important new face on the team belongs to its coach Nevio Marzinotto. He brings along a fresh outlook and a new offensive set that benefits from the big front line.

Marzinotto will take over for Ken Schildroth, who has taken a year off to get his level IV coaching cer­ tification.

"We need our big people like Todd McDougall (6'8H), Doug McMahon (6T1”), Dave Jesperson (6'3"), and Mark Girgis (6'5") to work hard inside if we're going to succeed," said Marzinotto.

McGill's forward line will be rounded out by Jon Campbell (6'3"), Ryan Scoenhaas (also 6'3") a versa­ tile forward, 6'4" Waterloo transfer Sean McDonough, and, of course Bruce Bird, the team's 6'2" defen­ sive specialist. Guard play will con­ tinue to be a strong point with the return of Academic All-Canadian

swing man Cam Mathison, and point guard Keith Driscoll.

Coach Marzinotto has appointed Bird, Driscoll and Mathison as the team's captains, and he hopes that their leadership will set the tone this season.

"Concordia has a lot of returnees, and I guess they'll be the team to beat," said Marzinotto.

"We'll also have to look out for Bishop's even though they're rebuild­ ing because they have a good coach and because Timmy Johnson is a real player. We're going to have to scrap and get a constant effort from all the guys. I would love to make the playoffs because I've never missed them as a coach, but at the same time, I know we need time to learn and evolve."

'There's no pressure on the team other than what comes from

within, and as long as the team is comfortable and having fun, that's all that matters," he added.

Thus sports fans, it appears that all is well in the state of McGill basketball, and although the Mar­ tlets are likely to have more suc­

cess, it will be difficult for the Redmen not to improve on their dismal 5-23 record of a year ago.

The Martlets kick off their season at home on Friday against the

University of Manitoba, while the Redmen will take to the court in exhibition action against the Dawson Blues on Friday the 22nd at Currie.

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BY M IKE ZINGA Two weeks ago, the McGill Redmen were chewed up and spit out by the Bishop's Gaiters at a swampy field in Lennoxville, Québec.

A vengeful attitude and a homefield advantage aided McGill, as they tied their #6 ranked foes on Saturday in front of a small yet vocal crowd of 1,200 at Molson Stadium.

'The team was thinking posi­ tively during the week, we were going to do it for each other and no oneelse,"said Defensive backFranz Wellington after the game. "We were going to pay them back."

The Redmen had some roster changes during the week. Robert Landau, a 255 pound defensive lineman called it quits and veteran halfback Bobby Taylor was asked to leave the team for disciplinary reasons.

"I walked out of practice on Thursday (before Concordia) to demonstrate my displeasure with not dressing for the Con. U. game

amassed the most yards by a McGill run effectively." and not getting enough repetitions back since 1987, as he slashed While the McGill defence shut during the week," said a bitter through Gaiter defence. To add to down the Gaiters airshow of two Bobby Taylor. his credit, Thiffault played with an weeks ago, Mark Thiffault ran the Initially, McGill was hurt by this elbow injury that had forced him ball behind a dominating offensive coaching decision because the to miss a week of practice. line.

The Redmen tailback carried toaster was popping against Con­ McGill also received a key per­ the ball 34 times for 159 yards and cordia last week. In other words, formance from quar­ the secondary played terback Justin Ray­ poorly. This week how­ " W e k n e w w e n e e d e d s o m e b ig mond. His poised play ever, the defensive and leadership con­ backfield bounced back p l a y s i n t h e s e c o n d h a l f ; a n d J u s t i n tributed to McGill's 21 from its previous adver­ 9 fourth-quarter lead. [ R a y m o n d ] c a m e u p w i t h s o m e sity.

Raymond completed 9 Two inside halfbacks, b ig p a s s e s to [ A le x ] T r e p a n ie r a n d of 14 passes for 177 rookie Wes Barbour yards in the second (Taylor's replacement), [ C o u r t e n a y ] S h r im p t o n . H e w a s a half. and Doug Naudie k e y l e a d e r t o d a y / ' "We knew we played sensationally needed some big plays against the Gaiters. Both — R e c ie v e r s C o a c h B ru n o P ie tr o b o n in the second half, and helped to lasso the Gai­ Justin came up with ters' air attack in the first somebig passes to [AlexJTrepanier scored two touchdowns. half; Bishop's only gained 97 pass­ and [Courtenay] Shrimpton," said "The offensive line opened many ing yards. The two backs played Recievers Coach Bruno Pietrobon big holes on the line of scrimmage key roles on defence as they com­ "He was a key leader today." and because I got the ball so often bined for 13 tackles, 2 tackles for The Redmen advantage unfor­ I was able to develop a running losses and one quarterback sack. tunately was lost late in the fourth rhythm as the game went on," said "After last week, Wes and I had quarter. Gaiter Quarterback, Silvio the two-sport athlete. to make some adjustments in prac­ Martel exploited a sleeping McGill Thiffault broke Michael Soles' tice," said Doug Naudie. "We defence and tied the game up with record for carries in a game, and blitzed well and read the pass and

two touchdown strikes to receiver Tom Hart. This was disappoint­ ing, since the McGill defence that recorded 7 sacks played so well throughout most of the game.

Worse still, on the last drive of the game, the referees let the clock run out after receiver Jason Masotti caught a pass and stepped out of bounds with clearly, two sec­ onds left. If the game had been played in Colombia, the officials would have been murdered on the field for an error which may have cost McGill the game.

"Perhaps it was better this way," said veteran defensive lineman Duncan Carlysle, "We know we had a chance for a single but more importantly, we proved that we could beat anybody in the league and we'll continue to stay hun­ gry" McGill will have to continue its aggressive play against Carlton next week in Ottawa. The Ravens are much improved and the Redmen must show they can win on natural grass if they want to be considered playoff contenders. Q

October 15-21, 1991

The McGill Tribune 1991-92

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BY CA TH Y FUSK

It was a happy Thanksgiving for the McGill badminton team, more or less. The squad placed second behindperennialpowerLavalinthe season's first tournament on Sun­ day.

All five McGill entries made the semi-finals and three (men's doubles, mixed doubles and women's singles) made the finals.

Only Laval, with five finalists, en­ joyed a more successful tourna­ ment.

"It was a good tournament," said McGill Coach Frank McCarthy.

"We accomplished what we set out to do" By the end of the day, however, 5 of 8 McGill players were looking forward to some time off to recover from injuries. With two knee inju­ ries, two bad backs and a twisted ankle, the team was a physiother­ apist's nightmare.

Failure to compete in a given event costs the team points; it was a testimony to the determination of the athletes when, as McCarthy noted, "someone who can't walk keeps going for the sake of the team."

The gruelling tournament for­

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mat compounded McGill's woes.

The five teams played a roundrobin after which one team was eliminated in each category. The remaining teams played semis and finals. Every athlete has played four games before even reaching the semis.

"It's bizarre," noted fifth-year player Benjy Wincure. "A finalist plays six games in one day."

Julie Bastien, McGill's represen­ tative in women's singles, aggra­ vated a back injury early in the day, but nonetheless made the fi­ nals where she lost to Laval 1817,15-4.

"1 would rather have won, but given the circumstances, I'm satis­ fied," she said.

Other players were less philo­ sophical.

"It's frustrating," said doubles player Kim Barnes, who re-injured a knee in round-robin play. She and partner Melissa Gordon, who experienced back problems, bowed out to Université de Montréal in a hard-fought three set semifinal.

Rookie Nancy Venneman, Dion's partner, played the tourna­ ment on a sprained ankle and Wincure suffers from chronic knee problems. Only the men's doubles

team of Dave Meijer and Peter Blecher escaped unscathed.

'There's less strain in running a marathon," observed Mc­ Carthy, pointing to the abun­ dance of quick stops and starts and abrupt changes of direction involved in the game.

In spite of the plethora of inju­ ries, the mood was upbeat. The team's goal for the season is to finish a strong second to Laval and Sunday's result is exactly what had been expected. Mc­ Carthy would also like to see McGill capture an individual event, but it is too early to say which one. The projected return of star Robyn Hermitage in Janu­ ary should add depth to an al­ ready strong squad.

McCarthy hoped success on the court, combined with the team's new Level II status would help raise badminton's profile at McGill. No one sport is more deserving of recognition or sup­ port than another, he contended, and he bristled at the suggestion that badminton is little more than a leisure activity.

"Each sport has its own level of skill and fitness. You go out there to compete," he said.

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Julie Bastien's backhand helped her to a second, Sunday atCurrie Gymnasium

M c G ill h o c k e y la c in g u p for 1 9 9 1 - 1 9 9 2 se a so n and has provided a degree of sta­ bility to the programme.

Pronovost is looking to rookie As their regular seasons ap­ Stacey McGregor to pick up the of­ proach, Redmen and Martlet fensive slack created by Paul hockey players are looking forward Grech's departure, while depend­ to hitting the ice. ing on veteran captain Martin Ray­ Coming off of a less than spec­ mond, Patrice Tremblay, and tacular 6-15-2 record last year, the Martin Ol­ women's team ivier. Scor­ enters the season ing may be with rookie a problem Head Coach for the Geoff Phillips at Redmen, the helm. Just re­ who con­ cently hired, nected orly Phillips has only once on 25 been on the ice powerplay for three weeks. oppurtuni"We don't in­ ties at the tend to dwell on UQTR Invilast year," Phil­ tationa1 lips stated. "We Touranare ushering in a ament ear­ new philosophy. lier this At this stage, month. there is no point "Jean getting into ad­ played eve­ vanced strat­ ryone on the egy" p o w e r This philoso­ phy includes a C o a c h J e a n P r o n o v o s t p r e p a r e s h is t e a m f o r b o t h t h e w e a t h e r a n d t h e play," said Raymond. return to the u p c o m i n g s e a s o n p h o t o : B e n o it Ja c q m n tte The capalin basics, such as added that shooting and even with Grech and Larkin, the Coach Phillips believes Lapenta has passing. The importance of a fresh power play had struggled. great potential, but whether or not start was echoed by veteran centre The loss of defenseman Larkin shecan adjust to the game of hockey Kathy Morrison. will, hopefully, be negated by the remains to be seen. strong play of rearguards Todd Concrete results of the Martlets' "I can already see a Change from Hanrahan and Martin Laquer-e. fresh start will be on display att the the lacklustre attitude to one that Luc Latulippe has also drawn at­ season opener, October 25th at regards Martlet Hockey as a seri­ tention to himself with 'heads up' CEGEP John Abbott. ous institution," stated the fourth playmaking ability.

Any concerns about Redmen year player. Morisson further noted "It's going to be tough, but no­ Hockey certainly do not lie with that the installation of a raw rookie body is irreplaceable," said Prono­ the coaching. Former Pittsburgh coach did not place extra pressure vost of the gaps in the lineup.

Penguin Jean Pronovost is enter­ on veterans. Rather, the newer Things look solid in goal. The ing his second year as Head Coach, players responded positively to the

BY G O RD O N ALLEN

coaching change.

The performance of Martlet goaltenders this season poses some tougher questions. Backstop Julie Netty's season was put on hold due to an unfortunate road acci­ dent. That leaves Natalie Lapenta, a converted soccer goalkeeper.

coaching staff was presented a pleasant problem when Paulo Miguel made an excellent showing at the UQTR Invitational. Miguel should now be a consideration for the starting job with Patrick Jeanson and Scott Taylor. Both Jeanson

and Taylor were also strong at UQTR. Rookie and veteran alike will start their regular season October 19th when the Ryerson Rams visit McConnell Winter Arena. □

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