The McGill Tribune Vol. 12 Issue 1

STREET FEST IS COMING FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18th September 9-14,1992

Published by the Students’ Society of McGill University

T re k on Two original S ta r T rek episodes have been adapted for the stage

by Player's Theatre.

From September 1026, 1, M u d d and T h e W ay to E d e n will air live, nightly at 8:00 on the third deck of the William Shatner Build­ ing. What with space hippies and a female Scotty, S ta r T re k prom­ ises everything but the kitsch in sync. At $10 for adults, $5 for stu­ dents and seniors, it's almost free Enterprise

In s id e T h is W e e k News: Food company sues Students’ Society for $2.8 million.

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Op/Ed: Concordia owes answers in wake of shooting.

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Features: Meet a hunger-striker protesting "anti-serb propaganda."

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Entertainment: Michaelangelo at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts S e e p . 14

Sports: Football Redmen lose to U. of. T. in weekend action.

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cake breakfast, prizes and CHOM-FM broadcast- live from the Roddick Gates. ..6:00 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Wednesday. September 9 The French Canada Stud­ ies Program and the Department of Political Science present Uwe Leonardy, High Civil Servant and Bundesrat Representative of Lower Saxony, Germany. Will speak on ‘Germany and Canada: Processes of Unification and Fragmentation in Federal States ’.

2:00 -4:00 p.m., Arts Building, Room W-25.

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McGill Players’ Theatre presents Star Trek in honour of the renamed ‘William Shatner University Centre’. Featuring two episodes of the original se­ ries, ‘Way to Eden’ and T, Mudd.’ 8:00p.m., 3rd floor, Shatner Building. Tickets: students/seniors- $5.00; general admission- $10.00. Call 3986813. Until Sept. 26.

McGill Centre for Devel­ oping Area Studies, Seminar Series on Gender Issues in South Asia presents Kirti Singh, law­ yer and women’s movement ac­ tivist from New Delhi, India.

Will speak on ‘Violence Against Women in India.’ 6:00 p.m., 3715 Peel St., Room 100. For more information, call 398-3057.

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$2.8 million food fight: Students’ Society court-bound

BY BEN O IT JA C Q M O T T E AND JA N E W H ITE

Laval-based food service company Polycuisine Limited has filed suit against the Students’ So­ ciety [SSMU] for just under $2.8 million.

Thelawsuitcomes inthewake of Scott’s Food Services’departure from McGill last spring. SSMU’s Food and Beverage Committee ac­ cepted Polycuisine’s tender to re­ place Scott’s as the Society’s food contractor.

On May 20, two days after the company began operations in the Shatner University Centre, for­ mal contract negotiations between the two bodies broke down.

SSMU then ratified another food service contract with Marriott Cor­ poration.

Polycuisine is suing the Soci­ etyand its comptroller, Jon Shifman,

for $2,775,142.00, for loss of projected revenues for the fiveyear duration of the contract. The lawsuit appears to hinge on whether the accepted Polycuisine proposal and the verbal agreement constitute a formal and binding contract.

“The documents they [SSMU] wanted us to sign were completely different from the ten­ ders we submitted,” explained Polycuisine President André Cyr. “We consider the binding docu­ ments to be the tenders we submit­ ted.”

SSMUPresidentJasonPrince and SSMU lawyer Jon Feldman insisted that Polycuisine was aware that a formal contract had to be signed.

“Their argument was that they had a verbal agreement to the food service contract,” Prince ex­ plained. “What is really important

is that André Cyr admitted there was to be a formal negotiation process.”

“I do not believe there was any contract between Polycuisine and SSMU,” added Feldman.

While contending that a for­ mal contract did exist, Polycuisine lawyerReevinPearl toldthe Tribune how the Society could minimize its financial losses.

“The most effective way to reduce any monetary debt to SSMU in damage claims would be [to] give notice to the present operators on campus to terminate and [to] invite Polycuisine immediately to commence operations under the terms of the accepted tenders,” ad­ vised Pearl.

Cyr contended that SSMU took advantage of his company in thenegotiation process. “They think they can play around with us be­ cause we are a small company,” he

accused.

But Prince retorted that Polycuisine’s small size worked in Students' Society’s favour.

“We preferred them [Polycuisine] for two reasons,” ex­ plained Prince. “They were a small company which could have their head office in the Union Building, and they promised the highest [fi­ nancial] return to SSMU.” Princealsodefended SSMU’s handling of the negotiations with Polycuisine.

“I think we acted responsibly at every step of the way,” he urged.

“This process is not new to SSMU. Key people involved before in ne­ gotiations were integral to this process.”

Prince further contended that it was Polycuisine’s lack of finan­ cial backing which forced it to give up the contract.

“Two days into the formal

negotiation process, they felt they could not handle the financial com­ mitment and they backed out,” he stated.

Although Cyr expressed re­ gret about howthe situation involv­ ing hiscompany and SSMUworked out, he showed confidence hewould win the case.

“We are sure we had a bind­ ing contract,” he stated. “We were interested in operating the food service. They gave us the keys [to the Shatner cafeteria] to operate.”

“I am 99 percent sure that we will win the case,” he added.

Prince had an unequivocal response. “I don’t believe they have a case.”

Food and Beverage Commit­ tee Chairwoman and SSMU VP Finance Susan Nickerson and SSMU General Manager Guy Brisebois refused to comment on the lawsuit.

Lynch resignation left Student Handbook in the lurch

BY BENOIT JACQMOTTE Ten days before the Stu­ dents’ Society (SSMU) Hand­ book’s production deadline, SSMU executives scrambled to replace former Handbook editor Colin Lynch, following weeks of editorial disagreements which led to Lynch’s July 23rd resig­ nation.

Lynch and the executive had disagreed on several occa­ sions over editorial control of the handbook’s content.

“The executive was giving me articles for the handbook and telling me unequivocally that I had to print them,” explained Lynch.

“I felt [some articles] were inappropriate, that they were too political,” he added. “I did not want to put them in. I felt my journalistic integrity was being compromised.”

Handbook contributor Dave Ley explained the differ­ ences in opinion between Lynch and the executive.

“Colin wanted to put things in about fraternities. [The SSMU executive] did not want this be­ cause itis against SSMU policy,” he said. “[SSMU President] Jason Prince wrote on tuition

fees and Colin refused to put it in.”

SSMU VP Finance Susan Nickerson stressed the handbook is supposed to be a SSMU pub­ lication which describes its goals,

his mandate as editor,” Nickerson argued.

Lynch explained that he did not actually intend to aban­ don the handbook when he re­ signed.

it, if the executive had any say in the content of the handbook, he would resign.”

Prince also praised the work of M cG ill D a ily editors Kristen Hutchinson and Peter

Ley explained the task fac­ ing Hutchinson and Clibbon when they took over the hand­ book.

“Peter and Kristen were stuck doing over 75% of the work in ten days,” he empha­ sized. “I don’t think Lynch was intending to put out a quality publication.”

While praising the per­ formance of Clibbon and Hutchinson, SSMU publica­ tions manager Helene Mayer found fault with several as­ pects of the handbook. Noting that not all photographs had been properly accredited, for example, Mayer also remarked, “I’ve had some negative com­ ments, not about the look but about the content of the new book.”

activities, and the key issues fac­ ing the organization.

“By refusing to include an article on an issue which SSMU feels is key in upcoming years [tuition fees article], Colin failed to understand or comply with

“I did not intend to leave the job unfinished,” clarified Lynch. “I wanted to shake them up a bit.”

But Prince had a different explanation of the conflict “The way he [Lynch] put

Clibbon, who took over from Lynch and finished the publica­ tion under considerable time constraints.

“I think this is a fantastic handbook, and I think the new editors did a fantastic job.”

“It [the handbook] is more politically-opinionated as op­ posed to being facts and infor­ mation that students can use,” said Mayer.

Lynch felt that the incident could have been avoided.

“There was no attempt at compromise on their[the execu­ tive’s] part,” he stated. “All egos were bruised. They just didn’t trust me.”

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G e n e r a l A s s e m b ly w ill a tte m p t to in v o lv e s tu d e n ts in S S M U a ffa irs “They [the workshop groups] will work to set the . In order to increase stu­ agenda that will go to the Gen­ dent participation and input in eral Assembly,” explained Students’ Society (SSMU) SSMU VP University Affairs policy making, SSMU execu­ Monique Shebbeare. Through tives are arranging for a General the involvement of students in Assembly to be held on October the events leading up to the As­ 8th. sembly, Shebbeare hopes that If quorum (at least 200 stu­ enough students will become dents, of which only 100 stu­ involved to ensure that quorum dents per faculty will be consid­ will be acheived and maintained. ered in the total) is achieved at Although this process was the Assembly, any motions designed by an ‘Open Forum’ passed by those students will during the summer months, and become binding SSMU policies the General Assembly will be for at least one year. Motions student-initiated by means of a addressed at the Assembly will petition as dictated by the SSMU fall into five categories: the Uni­ Constitution, Shebbeare and versity, Issues of Student Rights, others involved have ensured that Labour Issues, External Issues, the SSMU Council will not be and Life at Students’ Society. completely removed from the T h is is w h a t a G e n e r a l A sse m b ly m ig h t lo o k lik e Workshop sessions lead­ process. ing up to the Assembly have “There will be a motion at the summer,” said Shebbeare.

Nonetheless, council’s ap­ vide council with a role in the been set up to determine the spe­ the first meeting of council ask­ process. cific issues that will be addressed ing council to ratify the deci­ proval is not a requirement, al­ SSMU President Jason within these categories. sions made by the executive over though such approval could pro- Prince, whose campaign plat­

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form last March stressed the im­ portance of involving students in student politics, outlined the ultimate goal of the General As­ sembly.

“My plan was to open up the Society as much as possible...The goal of the Gen­ eral Assembly is to establish a mission statement and action plan by a representative assem­ bly of students for SSMU.” Whi le the process has been in large part initiated and de­ signed by the SSMU Executive, Prince emphasized the impor­ tance of bringing in other view­ points and ideas, both in work­ shops and the Assembly itself.

“We do not want the ex­ ecutive committee or council to dominate this,” he noted.

Amy Ridley, Coordinatorofthe workshop group on Issues of Student Rights, ech­ oed Prince’s ideas.

“With a general assembly you can bring resolutions which when passed can alter the con­ stitution and agenda of SSMU,” she explained. “Our goal is to update the SSMU mandate to reflect the contemporary student body.”

Issues to be addressed at Ridley’s workshop group will include campus safety, di­ versity, and full student employ­ ment.

Coordinators of other workshops have not yet been appointed.

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M arriott replaces Scott’s as M cGill’s food provider

BY R IC H LA TO U R AND BEN O IT JA C Q M O T T E With the departure of Scott’s Food Services last May, Students’ Society [SSMU] has hired the Marriott Corporation of Canada to provide food services on campus.

Susan Nickerson, Chairwoman of the Food and Beverage Commit­ tee, appeared confident that theswitch to Marriott was apositive move. “The stability of our service is crucial,” Nickerson elaborated. “We have more confidence in that area with Marriott than with Scott’s.”

Nickerson also explained her goals in negotiating the new contract.

“Our primary requirements in a new contract were reduced prices, com­ petent management, good quality, and capital investment,” she emphasized.

“We felt we got the best financial deal possible, especially when considering current price re­ ductions.”

Marriott’s prices will be ap­ proximately 20 % lower than those of Scott’s. According to company offi­ cials, this is an example of Marriott’s willingness to accommodate stu­ dents’ wishes in the service which they provide.

“We are trying to be flexible to student needs,” explained Marriott

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Pampena outlined Marriott’s plan to offer different food selections across campus, including more veg­ etarian and health-conscious meals.

“We are in close communica­ tion with the presidents of each fac­ ulty for our satellite cafeterias,” she explained. “Not all the satellites will be the same.”

Marriott has agreed to reno­ vate several satellite cafeterias across campus and plans to replace the Manchu Wok counter in the Shatner University Center with a pasta bar.

Marriott Food Service Man­ ager Glen Chévérie attacked student concerns that Marriott, as a large corporation, will not be responsive to students’ needs. Last March, when it became clear that Scott’s was leaving McGill, a group of students suggested that a move to a student run cooperative cafeteria would be a desirable change in McGill’s food services. Chévérie is confident that he can provide students with what they want.

“I’m a big believer in giving students a break because they are students,” urged Chévérie. “We are not going to be gouging people. The coiporate thing is not here.”

SSMU President Jason Prince

agreed the Mariott deal was the most advantageous for SSMU, but main­ tained reservations in using an out­ side contractor.

“I’m convinced that Manriott will do a good job, but I still think in the long run students would be better off running their own food services,” said Prince, who ran on a platform

mandating a student-run coopera­ tive food service last March.

While acknowledging that the current contract with Marriott runs for five years, Prince vowed to ex­ plore other long-term possibilities for student food service.

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E d it o r ia l Concordia owes an explanation The immediate and most tragic ;onsequence of what happened at Concordia University on August 24 ;annot be overlooked. That afternoon, hree professors were gunned down ry a colleague. Peoples’ hearts cannot telp but go out to the families and iriends of the innocent victims.

But now, as students return, liasses commence and research continues, Concordia University has a ot of answers to provide if it is to preserve its institutional integrity.

ITiere are quite a few inconsistencies :o be ironed out, no matter how rbvious the answers might be to those n academia.

The Concordia victims were .lain in a manner eerily reminiscent )f the shootings of fourteen women at ’Ecole Polytechnique almost three /ears ago. But unlike the perpetrator rf the Polytechnique killings, Marc -Upine, who was out to get feminists 'or absolutely no logical reason, the illeged murderer in Concordia’s bootings, 52-year old mechanical mgineering associate professor Valery Fabrikant, cannot be merely dismissed as a crackpot.

Fabrikant is apparently a rrilliant man in his chosen fielddasticity. He has been described as a :aring husband and father. Students emarked how he was an excellent eacher: a professor who would give

out his home phone number to students and who would score in the top ten per cent of end-of-semester teaching and course evaluations.

Not that Fabrikant did not have his share of grievances. He has always thought that the world was against him. He is a man who has been involved in his fair share of lawsuits over the years, a complainer, a whistle-blower.

Most importantly and signifi­ cant to this case, Fabrikant did not get along with many of his co-workers.

He was a whistle-blower with them as well, accusing fellow professors and the Concordia admininstration of varying degrees of corruption.

Fabrikant uncontrollably spread these allegations over inter-university Email systems all over the continent, including McGill.

Ultimately, it was frustration emanating from these confrontations and differences with his co-workers that led to his murderous rampage, after being told he had been denied full tenure.

Concordia should clarify whether the reason Fabrikant had such difficulty receiving tenure was because of his personality, qualifica­ tions, or corruption from within the university.

If Fabrikant was such a

trouble-maker, then why did the university continue to grant him teaching positions every year? The administration was aware of Fabrikant’s behaviour- his threats and often melodramatic allegations.

Universities have no obligation to keep untenured staff- especially if they are problematic. So why has Fabrikant worked at Concordia for the past 12 years?

One possible overlooked root of the problem could be Concordia’s concept of tenure itself. Tenure in universities is supposed to be awarded with the underlying philoso­ phy that professors can freely think and speak their own minds without the threat of reprisal for going against the system. Given this philosophy, why had Concordia been so reluctant to grant an apparently well-qualified and long-serving professor such as Fabrikant tenure, despite the disagree­ ments with his peers? The denial of tenure should not be based on how one gets along with one’s peers, but on academic qualifications. Disagree­ ments within a department should not necessarily be discouraged, for they can provoke debate, discussion, and evolution.

Concordia Rector Patrick Kenniff’s explanation, that Concordia could not fire Fabrikant because there

were no formal complaints lodged against him is far too simplistic.Such an excuse would be extremely unjustifiable- particularly if a similar incident were to happen again at either Concordia or any other university. The administration has a responsibility for the safety of its students and staff. Couldn’t it have seen the potential danger signs when it learned that Fabrikant was gun shopping, for example?

Concordia cannot ignore Fabrikant’s complaints, especially when one of its own investigative panels ruled only last June that four members of Concordia’s mechanical engineering department had harassed, intimidated and exploited Fabrikant.

Kenniff has taken a construc­ tive first step by setting up an independent inquiry to look into Fabrikant’s allegations. If these allegations prove to be false, Concordia would have nothing to lose: the university will have been vindicated. If the allegations prove true, Concordia should make the best of an already bleak situation and cleanse out other trouble-makers in this affair.

In turn, this would hopefully set an unforgettable and influencing precedent to other universities.

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The McGill Tribune, Septem ber 9-14,1992

Op/Ed

Criminal misdemeanors

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This is thefirst installment of the /”'> r »kly column “It’s Criminal , by U3 Political Science student Hargan Ridley. It is intended to be a snarky, social commentary on national and McGill issues and how they relate to the human condition. In her column, Ridley hopes to achieve a “whine with an optimistic perspective."

Well, it certainly seems criminal. Film director Woody Allen is a man who has dedicated his life to art. But the public’s intensity in pursuing the details of Allen’s personal life shows how he is being stung by the very ability with which he has produced his life’s work.

The line between what is personal and what is private has become blurred.

What is the justifica­ tion for this relentlessness?

“Art imitates life” is the cry of the public. Thus, the public feels justified in demanding details about Allen’s on and off-screen life. But this justification is completely misplaced.

So what if after seeing Hannah and Her Sisters you looked everywhere for that e.e. cummings poem “Only the rain has such small hands”; or after Annie Hall you wore ties and hats and took to driving your car “just a tad rapidly”; or after Another Woman you went home and cried at the sheer futility of life.

Allen gives audiences glimpses into their own souls: should audiences expect the same from him?

Making films is a controlled act, certainly not without limits.Woody Allen makes personal films.

His only fault is that to most people they are deceivingly good.

Everyone seems to have forgotten that there are differences between the man and his films. This phenomenon is clearly illustrated by the parallels pow being drawn between recent events in his life and M anhattan, which details a middle-aged man having an affair with “a girl who does homework.”

Allen’s films are

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powerful and moving because they are about all of our lives, not just his own. This is what touches many of us so profoundly.

There is something intrinsic to human nature that is often captured by Allen, especially in his darker moments. He should not be responsible for upholding a contemporary moral code on a personal level.

Genius understands humanity; it should not be demanded to be its paragon.

Nobody shouted homophobic slurs at open forums where Socrates spoke, nor do people commonly take note of this most famous philosopher’s sexual practices. But modem times seem to have a different agenda for those who shape our popular culture.

How many people, never having seen a Woody Allen film, will now go and see his new one,Husbands and Wives, for the sensa­ tionalism? They take the seat from a person who longs to see a new Woody Allen film, which is always a beautiful human echo amid the onslaught of contemporary trash. The film should be enjoyed as a moving embrace of the difficult human experience of marriage, not picked apart for any reference to what is happening in Allen’s personal life.

The man, like his characters, is not an exem­ plary post-virtue individual.

This is perhaps the root of the contemporary audi­ ence’s confusion. The Allen fan knows he is a wonderful filmmaker precisely be­ cause his films reflect life experiences which are not upstaged by smooth, cliché lines with matching belt and shoes.

It will be difficult to sit in the theatre and hear the loud, inevitable whis­ per, “it’s so obvious, why didn’t they see it coming?”

Sigh. Yet another person on whom this investigation of the subtle complexities of life is lost.

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BY BEN O IT JA C Q M O T T E AND JA N E W H ITE

This month McGill’s WalkSafe Network [WSN] introduces an expanded and restructured Foot Patrol which will work to provide greater safety and security on McGill campus and surrounding areas.

“This year the structure of the Walk-Safe Network is entirely dif­ ferent ” said Fiona Deller, WSN Coordinator. “The new foot patrol

will be put into operation for the first time in mid-September.”

According to Deller, seven teams will patrol the McGill stu­ dent ghetto and surrounding area six evenings a week.

“Students will be able to phone [the WSN] dispatch and ask to be walked somewhere,” ex­ plained Deller. “A patrol team will then go pick up the participant.”

Although WSN has provided walk home service in the past, the restructured Foot Patrol will ad-

dress the need for increased safety in the McGill area. Staffed entirely by volunteer students, the foot pa­ trol will have at least one female member on each team to reduce the possibility of intimidation for par­ ticipants.

WSN Financial Coordinator Paul Johnson attributed muchof the early success in the foot patrol’s launch to enthusiastic support and sponsorship.

“The students and commu­ nity have been phenomenally re­ sponsive,” saidJohnson. “Motorola (Corp.) has donated $6,000 in radio equipment. They are behind us 100 %.”

Elaborating on the effects of the structural changes, Johnson stated, “We have increased the number of (patrol) teams and made communication more efficient by introducing radios.”

Patrol members will wear jackets bearing theWSNlogo which will render teams immediately identifiable.

Susan Nickerson, VP Fi­ nance of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) stressed the need for increased safety awareness on campus.

“I think that student security and safety is a campus-wide issue,” said Nickerson. “Students from SSMU have responded to the need for safety through the Walk-Safe Foot Patrol.”

funds are needed, on top of donations, for the successful op­ eration of the Foot Patrol this fall,” Nickerson said.

White praising both commu­ nity and student response to the issue of campus security, Johnson and Nickerson concur on the lack of support from the university admin­ istration for the Foot Patrol project.

“We would like to see sup­ port from other areas on campus, primarily the university adminis­ tration,” Nickerson commented.

“We serve as a visible deter­ rent to crime in the downtown area which is a service to the entire com­ munity,” Johnson elaborated. ’’The university administration is going to phenomenal lengths to deny that sexual assault is a problem on cam­ pus. They use this excuse to duck out on financial responsibility to campus safety.”

While noting that the former Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) provided funding for project research and the hiring of two summer coordinators, Nickerson stressed the SSMU’s full support for the Foot Patrol.

“We are able to provide whatever

N e w s B r ie f s Arts students g e t information line A new phone service is being provided by the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) this year. The service is designed to allow arts students to get in touch with each other more easily and to quickly access student information.

Arts students will be able to register their names on a list which will be available to other students in the faculty.

“This service will give some structure to the Faculty of Arts,” said Corey Cook, AUS VP Finance. “Only stu­ dents who sign the register will have names printed and women have the option of initials for the first name.”

Other phone perks include listings of departmental phone numbers, professors ’office numbers, important dates and deadlines, descriptions of administrative services and food coupons.

Cook said he hopes to have the book in circulation by early next month.

SSM U incorporation imminent Students’ Society (SSMU) is currently undergoing incorporation. Last year’s Society signed a letter of agree­

ment with McGill University which was passed last April by the Student Council “Under the terms of the letter of agreement, we were forced to be incorporated to have liquor licenses and to sign contracts,” said Jeff Percival, SSMU VP External. “That does not mean the society is fully incorporated right now.”

The primary implication of the incorporation proc ess will be to make SSMU a more sovereign body. After SSMU is incorporated, it will become its own legal author­ ity with limited liability.

“We have increased autonomy from McGill [ad­ ministration], while we also have increased responsibil­ ity,” said Percival. “With an incorporated society we are able to sign contracts without personal liability for offic ers.”

“It protects students on council and you from per­ sonal liability,” said Guy Brisebois, SSMU General Manager. This is the majorreason why we are doing this.”

Monique Shebbeare, SSMU VP University Affairs, believes McGill students will benefit from the incorpora­ tion process.

“Incorporation will force our association to be more efficient. Students will get more from SSMU.”

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Serbian-Canadian protests “anti-Serb propaganda” moment pretending that the Trib: And why do you complicated than TV makes it Serbs are guilt-free. There have think that is? appear. There are no simple The atrocities uncovered been many unspeakable actions DM: Who can say for good and bad sides. I also want in the wake of Yugoslavia’s dis­ committed by the Serbians. Yet sure? The Muslims are being to use a peaceful way of protest solution have drawn interna­ to pretend the situation is one­ supported by King Fahd, and to show that I do not approve of tional attention. With first-hand sided, to brand all Serbians as there are public-relations firms the violence that is happening. accounts of violence against ci­ criminals, is to ignore the crimes promoting their side. For sure Trib: And what was the vilians and images of concentra­ committed by the Muslims and it is in their interest to bring in motivation for beginning? Was tion camps prevalent in the me­ Croats. military intervention. there any one event that trig­ dia, the world is insisting that Trib: Yet gered your Serbians take the blame. three months protest?

Recently, Canadian ago, it was the DM: “I know the truth is ugly, I know some Djuro Maljkovic, who was Serbs who at­ There were Serbians have done terrible things, but what two. One bom in Vojvodina, enacted a tacked Sarajevo we are hearing is not the truth; it is not the was hunger strike to protest what and targeted ci­ the he calls “hate propaganda vilians. whole story.”— Djuro Maljkovic death of the directed against an entire peo­ DM: That C anadian ple”. The T r ib u n e spoke was three months soldier. As with Maljkovic on the fif­ ago. That action a Canadian teenth and last day of his strike, was terrible, I know, and I do not Mackenzie doesn’t support in­ with Serbian heritage, I felt at his station near the comer of support that. But [ex-UN Com­ tervention— he says every time responsible for that—I felt I Sherbrooke and McTavish mander] General [Lewis] Mac­ there is talk of it over here it needed to do something, even Streets. kenzie of the peace-keeping makes the situation worse something small to show I knew Tribune: You-say that force said himself that today the over there.

Because of his he died for us. That is why I am much of the information we’ve situation is more complex, and opinions, Muslim radio in protesting the general violence. been receiving is propaganda, he does not know where to place Sarajevo is calling him a war And I am protesting the one­ but how can you reject the pho­ the blame. For every report of criminal. sided treatment of the issue be­ tographic evidence of concen­ crimes committed by Serbians, Trib: If you aren’t trying cause my wife [who is Frenchtration camps and their Muslim there are now equally bad sto­ to convince people of Serbian Canadian] said to me after inmates, or all the stories we’ve ries of crimes committed by innocence, what are you hoping watching TV, “Your people are been hearing of torture and bru­ Muslims or Croats, but those to accomplish with your strike? barbarians who kill children.” I tality? stories receive no media atten­ DM: I want to show peo­ do not kill children—I am a poet DM: I am not for one tion. ple that the situation is more and a writer. I know that the

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truth is ugly, I know some Ser­ bians have done terrible things, but what we are hearing is not the truth; it is not the whole story. So I asked my friend Djordje Maukovic to strike with me, and he did, for twelve days, but he had to stop for medical reasons.

Trib: How has your hun­ ger strike been received by the Montreal community?

DM: The Serbian com­ munity has been supportive.

Many have experienced hostile treatment here in Montreal and they are glad someone is speak­ ing out. Some people have been negative, but others, some Mus­ lims, have stopped by. When they found out what I was saying they were very friendly. I am hoping a Muslim will join me. I think that would make me the happiest man in the world.

Trib: What are your plans for after the strike?

DM: I do not think I will continue too much longer. I feel I have accomplished what I wanted to do. I think when I am done I will go home and take my wife for a romantic dinner.

Breaking away: keeping your wheels in Montreal always be locked in a public place withotherbikes, and taken inside Last year, approximately at night. Locking the seat to the 8,000 bicycles were reported frame with a cable is an option, stolen to MUC Police, and it ap­ but it is better to take it with you. pears that figures for 1992 will surpass that total. Considering that only 50% of thefts are re­ ported, these statistics appeargrim.

Despite this, police and bicycle security experts feel there are measures that can be taken to re­ duce, if not eliminate, the risk of bicycle theft.

Serge Dauteuil, of Sports Experts, said it is surprising how many people do not follow the most basic rule of bike security.

“Whenever you leave your bike, even if it is just for one minute, lock it securely,” he cau­ tioned. “There are rings of thieves operating along major shopping streets, just waiting for people to leave their bikes unattended. And by locking it securely I mean both wheels and the frame.”

He also advises that the bike

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Any detachable part on a bicycle is a magnet for thieves, and leav­ ing it not secured increases the chance of the entire bike disap­ pearing.

According to Dauteuil, it is worth investing in a good lock, although no lock is protection against a really determined thief.

Many ofthe expensive locks

come with insurance, but there is a catch.

“The problem with the bike lock insurance is that you need to have the broken lock as proof,” he explained. “It is not often that you find a thief considerate enough to leave that for you.”

Eric Gauthier, of Savard Assurance , explained that bicy­ cles are usually covered by a resi­ dential insurance policy, but such policies usually have $200-300 deductibles.

“The insurance company gives you what it would cost to purchase your bike in the present market,” he stated. “So when you file your claim you need, in addi­ tion to the police report, the origi­ nal bill of sale and an updated appraisal of what your bike would cost to replace today.”

Though a bicycle license is not required for the insurance claim, Jean-Pierre Leblanc of the SE E STOLEN, PA G E 1 1

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Does the thought of watch­ ing 136 movies over a ten-day period seem like a film-lover’s paradise to you, or a sciencefictional Hades? For McGill U3 Arts student Laura Denison, it was a challenge she could not pass up.

From June 11 to 22, Cinéma Parallèle held a ten-day film marathon to celebrate their twenty-fifth anniversary. Of the ten participants selected, based on essays they submitted to the theatre, Denison emerged victo­ rious, gamering $2500 and a great deal of media attention.

Participants were required to remain fully awake over the ten-day period. Between each of the 136 films, they were granted one half-hour break, during which they could eat, sleep, shower or go to the bathroom. During the films, volunteers monitored the contestants- peering into their eyes in order to disqualify anyone unable to remain awake through the movies.

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her share of hallucinations and bouts of extreme mental and physical fatigue, Denison was the only one to make it through the entire marathon.

“Some [of the films] were quite good. I lost track of days after a while, and had to pace myself. The thought of a good movie coming up is what kept me awake through the slow ones,” explained Denison.

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The hardest film to sit through? Hans Jurgen’s Ludwig’s R e q u ie m f o r a V ir­ g in K ing. Denison watched this film, about mad King Ludwig’s adventures set to Wagner, plagued by the hal­ lucination that she was sup­ posed to go outside to make her own movie.

“The ambulance team waiting outside began to get a little worried about me at this point,” she said.

When asked about her movie-watching future, Denison replied, “I’ve always liked film and theatre, but this

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who heard about the contest on the radio. After winning the film marathon, Denison went to his clinic, where she slept for a well-deserved 21 straight hours. Montplaisir is currently investigating the strong possi­ bility that the duration of Denison’s sleep is a medical

was totally a whim of mine. I felt like a fraud. Most of the other [contestants] were seri­ ous film students.”She currently studies political science.

Denison is presently'the subject of a sleep study con­ ducted by Montreal sleep doctor Jacques Montplaisir,

MUC Police, thinks that having one is a good idea, and in fact is required by law in some municipalities. Li­ censes can be purchased at your area Access Montreal office.

Leblanc also advises a bicycle owner to engrave the serial number and another identifying number on the bicycle.

“Many people do not believe this but if these numbers are on the bike, there is a good chance the police will be able to recover it for you,” said Leblanc. "We recovered

almost six thousand bikes last year, and were able to return a significant number of the num­ bered bicycles.”

What all the experts did agree on was that deterrence is key to preventing bike theft, not prevention. Theexperts saidthat no security method is 100 per cent effective, but anything that can be done to hold up a thiefwhetherit be removing the front wheel or locking it so that ac­ cess to the lock is limited- will increase the chances of finding one’s bike in the place it was left.

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C o n te s t record. So far, the longest re­ corded sleep that he has found in medical history books is 16 hours.

From now on, packing a term’s worth of studying into a single night probably won’t be as big a deal for Denison-even without the $2,500 incentive.

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* Obtaining an apartment off-campus is almost always a daunting experience, filled with pitfalls and surprises. Room­ mates develop nasty habits and walls cave in from water dam­ age. Finding a decent place to live seems to be based on equal amounts of luck and persever­ ance.

Naturally, this makes some yearn for the mealscooked, clothes-washed com­ fort of home. Those unaffected by this malaise generally start at McGill’s Off-Campus Housing, where a listing of Montreal’s available apartments is free with McGill I.D. There is also aphone room where prospective land­ lords can be reached.

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Braving the New World: International Students at McGill B Y M A R IA C H IR A S

While for most students the new school year is a time to start fresh, international students once again have to battle with old en­ emies: the government, the health care system , and the registrar’s office.

Before they can become part of the 10 per cent of McGill stu­ dents who are of foreign origin, international students have several hurdles to overcome. Each year, they must acquire a Certificate of Acceptance from Quebec Immi­ gration (CAQ), which can take up to two months. Then they must ob­ tain an authorization to study from Canadian Immigration. While the International Student Adviser’s of­ fice does bring both agencies to campus, they are only present for two weeks, and spots go quickly.

The process is hampered when one lacks the necessary docu­ mentation (bank statement, paren­ tal guarantee, birth certificate, etc.) to apply. In addition, it is nearly impossible to reach the government offices,as the 1inesare usuallybusy.

Amu Pinnamaneni, a fourth year management student from Barbados, knows the frustrations inherent in such a process. She re­ ceived her CAQjust before she was to depart for Montreal, which left her only one day to apply for her Student Authorization.

Pinnamaneni was not pleased with the bureaucratic re­ dundancies thatplague international students.

“There should be some ar­ rangement between Federal and Quebec Immigration since both basically need the same informa­ tion and documents. Why go

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through the same process twice?” she complained.

Foreign students must also pay $440 each year for compulsory health insurance. Those lucky enough to get a work permit qualify forQuebec medicare, but onceagain acatch-22 arises: most students find it difficult to be hired without a work permit, and one can’t be ob­ tained without a letter of employ­ ment.

The situation is further com­ plicated by the fact that foreign stu­ dents may only work on campus; therefore, jobs are limited.

Kirsten Myers, a fifth-year Art History student from Virginia, hasbeen workingat Sadie’sTabagie since 1988. She still remembers the difficulty of her job search. “Even the employment office wasn’t that helpful. They gave me a list of available jobs, but since most were off-campus I couldn’t apply,’’she claimed.

Ifworkisfound, international students must pay $100 for a work permit, up $25 from last year.

“Perhaps extra consideration should be given to foreign students applying for jobs. A special pro­ gram might be set up specifically for foreign students looking for work,” suggested Myers.

When all these hurdles have been cleared there are still the prob­ lems of adjusting to life in a foreign country. In an attempt to make the transition a smoother one, a buddy systemhas been set upby the McGill Association of International Stu­ dents (MAIS) and advisers.

According to Bobby Lazar, President of (MAIS), McGill, de­ spite its good international reputa­ tion, was lacking in its programs for foreign students as recently as three

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years ago.

“Before 1989 there was no orientation specifically for interna­ tional students,” explained Lazar.

On the whole, the students seem to find their own way of adapting to life at McGill. Many

join cultural clubs to meet newpeo­ ple from a familiar environment.

Pinnamaneni, for example, joined the Caribbean Students’Society her first year and is now president. She credits it with helping her adjust to life in Montreal.

The majority of international students not only survive but thrive at McGill, and some even plan on staying when their studies are over.

At the very least, many find that having to overcome the obstacles is an educational experience all its own.

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Entertainment

BY A LE X USHER

Gene Roddenberryprobably smiled upon McGill from up high when students voted last spring to change the name of the Union Building to the William Shatner University Centre. But one has to wonder what he’d make of Players’ Theatre’s newest production, which is a stage adaptation of the Star Trek episodes /, Mudd and The Way to E d en . A female Scotty?

Homoerotic massage scenes?

Spock playing Jimi Hendrix covers? Are they serious?

The answer to that question is yes and no. Players’ Theatre has put some veteran talent to work on the project. But directors Jeremy Hechtman and Pierre LaRocque, and producer Erin Berry, while recognizing the inherent problems in producing what they call “Nerd Theatre”, tackle their work with undisguised excitement.

“This is a great project,” said Hechtman, a self-confessed Next Generation fan who directs the W ay to E d en episode, enthusiastically. “Doing StarTrek is like a childhood fantasy”.

LaRocque, the director of/, Mudd,

and an unanabashed admirer of the original series, feels the same way. “I’ve been hanging out with beer-swilling Trekkies my whole life, and now I have someone to pay for [my hobby].”

Selecting suitable Star Trek episodes to produce on a small stage such as Players ’was no easy task. I, Mudd, an episode featuring recurring StarTrek bad-boy Harry Mudd, was chosen because it offered both simple format and delicious ironies for a stage production since the heroes of the Enterprise use theatre to confuse and defeat the evil androids.

The Way to Eden, a story about the Enterprise meeting a group of Space Hippies, was chosen for its sheer awfulness.

“It’s the only Star Trek episode with musical numbers in it, sort of like Star Trek meets The Monkees,” says Hechtman. “We just had to do it. We knew our production couldn’t possibly be worse than the original.”

By a stroke of sheer luck, however, the directors obtained a copy of the Way to Eden script from before it went to air. “It had totally different scenes init, scenes that were edited from the TV

version,” said Berry. “There’s one scene where McCoy gives Kirk a massage and they talk about ‘the caveman within’”. Such a scene was impossible for directors to show in 1960’s America, and impossible for directors not to show in 1990’s McGill.

The directors describe casting the show as one of the more peculiar experiences of the summer. “We put a small ad in the Mirror and 45 people showed up, said Hechtman.”Some showed up in costumes. A fourteen year-old showed up. One guy who couldn’t even speak English showed up.

Everyonejust wanted to be part of a StarTrek show.” Hechtman, who refuses to buy into Star Trek as cultural phenomenon and insists he has never been to a Trekkie convention, appeared disturbedby the turnout.

LaRocque and Hechtman think they scored some coups with their casting decisions. Besides throwing audiences a typical McGill gender-bender with Lisa Lenihan as Commander Scott, Players’ also managed to recruit Terrence Bowman, a member of S E E S H A TN E R P A G E 17

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This exhibition has received as much acclaim for its ambitious premise as for its unorthodox presentation. The show aims to illustrate the degree of influence sculptural principles had on the work of Michelangelo and his unparalleled legacy. Of the 144 pieces from 51 collections in 33 cities of 11 countries on two continents, not one Michelangelo marble could be obtained. What initially appears to be an exhibition dedicated to the sculpture of big M is quickly re-evaluated as a testiment to his genius. Exploring the translation of Michelangelesque, proportions from cartoons to sculpture, and

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subsequently to painting and architecture without an original sculpture has been overcome with sketches, facsimiles, and photographs.

The show is divided into seven sections. It runs a comprehensive course from the advent of Humanist preoccupation with the human form, through Michelangelos own obsession with Herculean proportion, culminating in architectural sketches.

But wait there's more. No contemporary exhibit on the ouvre of Michelangelo could ignore the recent cleaning of the Doni Tondo and the subsequent Sistine scrub. Inthe seventh room of the exhibit are photos documenting the cleaning process and a fifty-five minute movie.

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BY M ICHAEL B R O A D H U R ST Cameron Crowe burst upon the movie world in 1984s with Fast Times at Ridgemonl High. Not only did Crowe spawn a short-lived but nonetheless annoying troupe of Jeff Spicoli impersonators but he embodied West Coast teens of the Eighties. Once again Crowes cam era eyes the pulse of his generation. His latest film Singles examines the twenty something crowd in Seattle embroiled in the grunge rock scene. The movie is less about the music of Nirvana than it is about the trials of dating in the Nineties. Supported by a fantastic soundtrack, this is one of the most delightful new movies to be released in years.

The lives of four hipsters living in the same apartm ent complex, in downtown Seattle. A comparison between this movie and FOX's dreadful Melrose Place is unwarranted. The characters in this movie are believable, and interact on a real istic le vel uni ike those from TV Land.

The movie begins with an amusing vignette. Linda (Kyra Sedgwick) is wooed and won over by a Spaniard who must return to his native land in one week. Shortly

after he calls to tell her he is boarding his plane home, Linda goes to a bar with her best friend and sees her Iberian lover with another woman.

And so begins the roller coaster ride through the love lives of Seattles thirtynearlies.

MattDillon clearly scored the best performance of the movie as Cliff, a musician (read horrible singer/guitarist/songwriter) and artist (read silkscreening T-shirts for his band). This is the way that Janet (BridgetFonda) describes him to the audience in one of the frequent diatribes to the camera. Fonda is impressive as C liffs girlfriend, loving him despite his tendency to be inconsiderate and to date other women.

Rounding out the cast is Cam pbell Scott as Steve. A straight-laced realist/dreamer who works for the Seattle transportation office, Steve em barks in a tumultuous relationship with the jaded Janet. Their perceptive bedroom scene rivals any in recent memory.

The music in the movie, assembled by Paul Westerberg, formerly of the Replacements, is stunning. Dillonsband, aptly named Citizen Dick, is confronted with a review of their indy album. As two of his band mates (Eddie Vedder

and Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam ) read the review, Dillon asks them only to read the positive parts. Predictably, the only positive part is the authors final com m ent which states effectively other than that, Cliff was ably backed by his band. The films self-effacing humor is consistently reminiscicnt of Douglas Couplands novel Generation X..

Surely the backdrop of his hometown and the Seattle music scene will help Crowe gamer an audience, but this movie is worth seeing for two reasons. First, the movie is a delightfully funny two hours of amusement. Second, the soundtrack is worth the price of admission. Add those two together, and you get a brilliant movie which will not disappoint.

Singles opens September 18 throughout Montreal, in English and French. thirteen to be released. It has already hit the charts and the Montreal Gazette Info Line. The album also showcases Alice in Chains, Pearl Paul Westerberg, formerly of Jam , M udhoney, Smashing and Soundgarden.

The Replacements, has put together Pumpkins an excellent collection of tracks for Also included is "May This be the soudtrack of Singles. Love" by Seattle's legendary Jimi Dy slex icHeart, one of two songs by Hendrix, an impressive cover of "B attle of Westerberg, was the first of the Led Z epplin’s S in g le s ' S o u n d tr a c k

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Evermore" and the rare "Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thoms" by the short-lived Mother Love Bone.

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The exhibit's only failing lies in the absence of visual documentation for all Michelangelo works of which copies by other artists are presented.

The Museum has used two media to synthesize original marbles; plaster casts and holograms. The plaster casts accurately represent colour, texture, and size.The holograms depict statuary residing in their permanent niches. Attempting to present a image (and please the teen crowd) holograms are an unorthodox vehicle. Cooler than Laser Floyd, the holograms possess an inherent rainbow quality which sadly detracts from the majesty of the originals.

Pleading ignorance is inexcusable. The pieces are thoroughly documented and

space. The burnt orange walls of the initial galleries off set the red chalk and aged paper of the cartoons. The colour and proportions of the subsequent rooms have been decorated to emphasize the formal propotions of Michelangelo's Laurentian Library in Florence. The natural light has been diffused to such a degree that the quality is reminiscent of the original Florentine building.

There are no prerequisites for this show although attendance is mandhory. An hour and a half " The Genius of the Seulpture in Michelangelo's Work should leave even the most jaded Italophile saturated and satisfied.

Expect to be too tired to visit the other galleries, be thankful for the high calliber of the museum.

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enough information is provided to convert the most stalwart of Philistines.

The exhibition had been organized to mark Montreal’s auspicious birthday by Pierre Théberge, head curator of the Montreal Museum in conjunction with Pietro C. Marani in Milan. Marani's involvement with masters of the Italian Renaissance is not exclusive to Michelangelo, he is also responsible for the maintenance of Leonardo's The Last Supper and Milan's Brera Gallery.

Usually a show of this magnitude might travel.

However, Genius was organized specifically for Montreal. Few shows have the luxury of being designed specifically for the galleries in which it has been hung. Architect Moshe Safde of the building also designed the

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by Donna Tartt For a group of five undergraduate Classics students under exclusive tutorage of a crazy professor, life at Hampden College are days of wine and proses. That is, until they murder a stranger as well as one of their own.

The Secret History is sticky and sinister, intelligent and superior. The first novel by Donna Tartt is not too sweet.

This confessionary tale is told by the catatonic Richard Papen some years after the events. In the traditional school of “outsider accepted”, Papen arrives in rural Vermont from the urbans of Silicon Valley, the fictional Plano, California.

The history and beauty of the East Coast school consumes Papen with capital R Romance. His introduction to a privileged enclave is reminiscent of Charles Ryders’s in Waugh’s BridesheadRevisited. Unlike pheasant under glass at Oxford in the Twenties, Hampden echoes of gourmet pasta and the sounds of Suzanne Vega.

Tartt quickly establishes the characters, each with eccentricities which compliment the perfume of wealth and society which intoxicates Papen. Drunk with learning and Bacchanalian excess, Papen is party to the murder of a stranger.

Fearing a breach of trustby the incorrigible braggart Bunny,Henry the ringleader convinces the others of the necessity of murder. The risk of jeopardizing futures certain of brilliance, precipitates the descent of these intelligent students. The book is amurder

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mystery in which the motive is the only unknown.

Tartt’s ability to set a mood is extrordinary. The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been deadfor several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation. This first line promises a simplicity and darkness that Tartt does not ease up.

Tartt’s reception is reminiscent of the explosion of the co-ed fraternity of Jay McInemey,Bret EastonEllis, and Tama Janowitz. Unlike the decay of morals in the megalopolis stories about rich, white American rich kids by white American rich, Tartt’s rural setting is deliciously sinister. However, Tartt’s connection with these authors goes beyond her pale eyes and graduate degree from Benningdon College, school friend, the original American psycho Bret Easton Ellis introduced her to his editor Binky Urban. In 1989, Tartt was quickly signed withKnopf.

To date she has received half a million dollars for the advance and half a million for the film rights. The plot is far too intelligent to ever involve Julia Roberts; a comforting thought.

It is impossible not to celebrate the novel without praising its packaging. Grainy details of Roman statuary reinforce the crumbled Utopia Hampden becomes.

Released this month. The Secret History ($27.50) is unavailable in paperback at this time.

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Where Tower of Babble left off examining social issues and rufflingfeathers last April, Babble On picks up...

I never thought I'd admit this, but perhaps freedom of speech should have its limits.

On August 27, the Supreme Court of Canada acquitted Ernst Zundel of "wilfully spreading false news". Zundels pamphlet, "Did Six Million People Really Die", charges an international Zionist conspiracy, with the fabrication of the Holocaust as an attempt to obtain heavy financial compensation following the Second World War. On Zundels acquittal, these allegations were not retracted and the existing false news law was struck down.

There are plenty of theoretical reasons the overturned false news law should have been struck down. Designed to protect land owners in early Upper Canada rather than serve the rights of targeted proletariats, the false news law was widely considered to be obsolete.

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But Zundels'case is an unabashed example of the spreading of hateful information. Unfortunately, Zundel was tried under section 181 of the Criminal Code, a nuisance law that prohibits the spreading of false news.

Zundel should have been charged under section 318 instead, which makes it illegal to spread hateful propaganda.

Use of the hate propaganda law in 1990 confirmed the 1985 conviction of former school teacher Jim Keegstra. But in 1983, Crown Attorneys cowardly refused to prosecute Zundel under the hate propaganda law for fear of losing.

Last week, by a slim 4-3 margin, the Court upheld Zundefs right to freedom of expression as guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The message this decision sends is that the rights of the individual take precedence overthe well-being of others.The promotion of one cannot outweigh the desecration of others.

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endangerment in his car, the Supreme Court would not have scrapped the speed limit in favour of individual freedom of movement. Through his writings, Zundel impedes the freedom of the Jewish community to establish itself and its history in Canada. Although ZundeTs attack on the Jewish community was not physical, it was no less violent.

Upon his release, Zundel commented, "I think freedom is a little safer now. Its easier for writers, filmmakers, dissidents to have an unusual viewpoint."

What Zundel writes, however, is no Meat Dress.

His attempt to associate himself with artists is incomprehensible. Zundelfc right to hold such views is not at stake. If racism were illegal, we might all be in prison. On trial is the promotion of opinions that could potentially inspire hatred.

An ugly precedent is set when a hate-monger escapes the Supreme Court. However, if the rights of the individual override the well-being of others, allow me to exercise mine: Mr. Zundel, your pamphlets are fictitious and your politics are those of hate.

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the Montreal comedy troupe Radio Free Vestibule, for the role of Captain Kirk. As for Andre Costopoulos, who plays Vulcan Commander Spock, the directors feel they made a “logical” decision. “Andre’s from another planet,” they explained, refusing to elaborate.

The two episodes are slated for a two-and-a-half week run, which is the longest September stint of a Players’ production in ten years. The company might seem to be taking a risk on a project that is admittedly “Nerd Theatre” but McGill's got Star Trek fever. Reserve early.

“The Way to Eden" and “I.Mudd" opensSeptember 10th at Players’ Theatre in the William Shatner University Centre, and plays until the 26th, Sundays andMondays excluded.

Tickets may be reserved by calling Players' Theatre at 398-6813.

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The story line is quite facile. Allie (Bridget Fonda) dumps herlive-in boyfriend Sam for cheating on her and gets a new roommate,Hedra Carlson (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Crazy Heddy loves Allie and hates Sam. Allie and Sam get back together,triggering Crazy Hcddy’s perpetual emotional instability, and forcing her to go on a killing spree.

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refusal to perceive his rape by Crazy Heddy as a good reason not to go ahead with his marriage to Allie.

Allie herself goes through an unexplained transformation, as she fights like a mad Green Beret in the final scene, climbing into and flipping down from ventilation ducts after being choked to unconsciousness.

Perhaps Fonda has inherited a A p lo t th a t q u ic k ly becom es th in n e r perverted legacy of the th a n F onda h e r s e lf 20-Minute-Workout.

What is most disappointing about this movie, is that it could have been good.

By spending less time when interviewing potential pasture in the sky. This nice fat juicy one on crazy emphasizing Crazy Heddy's roommates. Crazy Heddy predictable episode was no doubt Heddy£ lips in order to save her craziness, and more on immediately recognizes Allies insisted on by the SPCA in order own life. examining the relationship distress (a psychoanalytic feat, to ensure that an animal would The movie searches, in a between two bitchy women as Allie is sobbing in a comer) not be forced to participate in a failing mission, to find a reason living together, Schroeder might and becomes a supportive plot that quickly becomes thinner for Crazy Heddy's obsession to have acheived a basis for a best-friend. But this is not enough than Fonda herself. turn violent. The plot attempts to believable story. The quick As Crazy Heddy's excuse it in Crazy Heddy's personality transitions, the on for Crazy Heddy, who is now obsession increases she makes displeasure with neighbour and off again relationships, and obsessed with Allie.

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S p o r ts R ed m en football: B ig O -lin e, sm a ll score

BY PAUL COLEMAN

camp this year is most certainly the size and depth at the offensive line.

At an average of 6’4, 277 pounds, McGill’s O-line is already being touted as perhaps the biggest and best the nation has to offer. Val St Germain, Mathieu Quiviger, Dan Crifo,JeffSpecht andtwo-timeRuss Jackson Trophy winner,and Academic All Canadian J.P. Veri haverecentlybeen thefocus ofmuch attention fromthe local media, CFL scouts and CIAU awards committees.

The 1992 McGill Redmen Football Team engaged the Varsity Blues in a pre-season exhibition match in Toronto last Friday and lost by a final score of 24-3 after trailing by only 3 at the half.

McGill’s attack was non-existent, comprised of few offensive drives and innumerable dropped passes, while the slightly deflated defence was bogged down by confusion and penalties.

“Offensively we didn’t capitalize on turnovers, and Ironically, one of the other defensively the front seven wasn’t scoops from training camp this year putting enough pressure on the is the team’s lack of healthy and quarterback,”saidveterandefensive experienced running backs. backNormBeaudry.’’Youcan’t win Delando Hawthorne has yet a game when your defence is on the to completely rebound from a field for 3/4 of the game. It just disastrousankleinjurythat sidelined doesn’t work that way.” the running back for the entirety of last season. Hawthorne was notused McGill held the Blues to a in Friday’s game. manageable 6-3 lead through the Rookie running back David firsthalf. McGill sophomorekicker Hinchey carried the ball 10 times Andrew Boone collected the minor for 47 yards, with the next best after the defensive corps recovered rusher accumulating only 6 yards a fumble deep in Toronto territory. against the Blues Boone averaged 34 yards on 11 After Friday’s game, punts and netted 109 yards on two pint-sized, scampering Steve Papp kick-offs, thus answering the call has collected more than 100 fora replacement for the consistent all-purpose yards in each of his last tape-measure punting of Scott ten games, reaching back to last Weldon. Boone, it is rumoured, season. Papp netted 127 yards has the potential to be a future against Toronto, highlighted by a 34 yard pass and run combination. conference all-star.

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big on pass coverage this season as the air game comes to the fore of McGill’s attack. Withoutabackfield to complement the oustanding line, McGill fans might expect to look to the skies for some exciting Redmen football this year. That is, if the receivers can get a better grip on the ball than they displayed this week­ end in Toronto.

But McGill’sdefenceremains a question mark as the squad is

plagued by inexperience and in­ jury. “[The defence] has the poten­ tial to do well. We didn’t play that badly on Friday, there were just a few mix-ups on coverage on a cou­ ple of big plays and we had some trouble with penalties,” said Beaudry. “Injuries are going toplay a huge part because we haven’t got a lot of depth on D-line. A lot of guys are going to have to have re­

ally big games, or to at least play better than they have played be­ fore.”

McGill launches its O-QIFC season this weekend in Ottawa against the Gee-Gees, while this year’s home opener is slated for Saturday September 19 at 1:30 at Molson Stadium. McGill will en­ gage crosstown rival Concordia ina combination Shrinebowl event and McGill alumni homecoming game.

Redmen, Martlet soccer teams suck it up

w r i t i n g S p o r ts f o r t h e M c G i ll

BY ALISON KORN

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Martlet and Redmen soccer will be hosting the Old Four Toumament this weekendat Molson Stadium. Two days of non-stop soccer from some of the top teams in the country will be gratis. Here is a profile of both the men’s and women’s teams.

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With such a young group, the never-changing goal of making the Nationals may be more difficult to reach. The Quebec league, particularly the Concordia and Sherbrooke squads, will be a challenge in itself.

“It’ll probably be a lot tougher this year,” said Sandrin.

At last year’s Nationals, McGill lost its second game 1-0 on alategoal totheUniversityofBritish Columbia, who went on to become the national champions.

“I think we could have beaten just about anyother teambut them,” explained Sandrin. “It’s too bad we met them so soon.”

The Redmen will play University ofToronto, Queen’sand Sherbrooke at the Old Four Tournament this weekend.

Sherbrooke has replaced Western, which backed out this year.

With only four returning starters, the Redmen will look to All-Canadians Chris Drysdale and Joe Martucci for leadershipthisyear.

Joined by Adam Mar, this trio willform the backbone of the Redmen, who will add about ten rookies to the roster this season. Netminder Andrew Potter will mind the nets left empty by the departure of Bert Lee. Of the new players, there are about eight who could play the The Martlets midfieldposition. “We’re still weak at the striker position,” said coach The Martlets have also lost a Claudio Sandrin. groupofsolid players, mostnotably

All-Canadian Natalie Ioanidis, who led the league in scoring last year.

However, the team has multiple sources of leadership and experience. Much will be expected from Captain Andrea Benoit, All-Canadian Luce Mongrain and Gayle Noble, back after a year spent studying in France.

“We’re looking for a lot out of her,” said head coach Tony Iachctta.

Second year Kathryn Durand, a goal-scoring sensation in her rookie year, is coming off a bad case of shin splints. When healed, she could also boost the Mardets’ offence.

Astriker with much potential is Julie Maughan, who previously played at John Abbot College.

“She could be an effective goal scorer,” said Iachetta. “We’re hoping she could take that role.”

The Quebec league will have a different makeup this year.

Chicoutimi’s team, which became famous for not scoring any goals in two years, has resigned and will be

replaced by a new squad from Bishop’s.

“I don’t know what to expect outofBishop’s,”remarked Iachetta.

“But Sherbrooke will be super strong this year.”

As with the Redmen, the Martlets look beyond the Quebec league. “Our goal is always to go to the Nationals,” said Iachetta. Last year, the women made it to the gold medal game before losing to McMaster University by a painful score of 8-2.

This weekend’s Old Four tournament will give some of the rookies an opportunity to strut their stuff. Seven ofMcGill’s keyplayers will be absent, playing for their club teams in the provincial finals.

“It’s a great opportunity to see what the rookies will do,” he said.

On the women’s side, Western will be replaced by the University of Alberta, who were beaten 2-1 by McGill at the Nationals last year. “I’m looking forward to playing them,” said Iachetta.

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M arathon weekend for Redmen Rugby

BY URI C A R N A T

The McGill Redmen Rugby Football Club opened the 1992 season on the weekend with a fourth place finish at the Montreal Irish Invitational Rugby Tournament in St. Julie.

In their first game, McGill cameupshortagainstacracktouring squad from Bermuda. The Bermudians, whose forwards outweighed those of McGill by 10 kilos a man, scored all of their 22 points in the first half. The Redmen dominated the second half, but 17 points were not enough to come up with the win.

“It was a great effort for our first time there, and I’m looking forward to bigger and better things from this team,” said club president Dave Lauri, who played National under-21 rugby this summer.

McGill coach Steve Penner wasalso impressed. “Itwasasterling effort, and the team proved to me that we can play with any side, whether it be in theOUAA, or in the B.C. league,” he said.

Scoring for McGill were third year veteran Uri Camat and rookie Jay Ewart. McGill’s other points cameoff the foot of Ewart’sbrother, veteran fullback Sean Ewart.

In their second game, the Redmen faceda select side fromthe United States and Canada. While the forwards of both teams were evenly matched, McGill’s backs dominated the game, winning 21-3.

Sean Ewart scored a magnificant try, going the length of the field unassisted, sealing the victory. K.C. “Grappler” O’Kiefe scored the other try, driving the scrum in tothe endzone. Sean Ewart added the conversion.

On Sunday, McGill started against the Montreal Irish, perennial division I Men’s champions. In a hard-fought contest, McGill fell 18-8. Scoring were DaveLauri with a try, and J.F. Charland with a penalty kick.

McGill then faced Division I Niagara, Ontario, and triumphed 21-18 on a last-second penalty kick

by Charland.

In the consolation final, their third match of the day and fifth in two days, the Redmen were overpowered 22-0 by Amoskegon, New Hampshire.

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The Redmen will host a 7’s tournament this Friday, will play at Queen’s on Saturday and will host Bishop’s on Sunday.

Practices will continue for interested players on Forbes Field, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-9 p.m.

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Space available in rowing ranks

BY ALISON KORN With McGill Rowing Team tryouts statting this week at the Olympic Basin, the team is once again seeking athletic individuals with a capacity for commitment to continue the tradition of gruelling, early morning training- a tradition that usually culminates in an over-achieving and successful season.

“We're looking for big novices we can turn into Olympians,” said Andrew Tees, who coaches the men’s heavyweight.

With a few years of hard work and proper technique, a spot in an Olympic boat may not be out of reach.

Just ask Greg Stevenson and Henry Hering. Stevenson, who started rowing in 1988 at McGill, finished 11th in the ‘straight four’ at the Barcelona Games last month. Hering finished ninth in the pair.

And McGill narrowly missed landing Olympic Gold medallist Darren Barber.

“He pulls the biggest erg in the country, and the second biggest in the world,” said Tees.

However, after considering physical education at McGill, Barber has chosen to study science elsewhere

this year.

The route to the Olympics is no cakewalk, of course. According to Tees, aspiring rowers must be prepared to give a lot of time, usually around dawn, towards training for the sport.

“Having people like Darren, Henry and Greg around helps people see whatkind of commitment isneeded,” he remarked.

“They were training three times a day, full time. You can’t ask that of a college student, but we ask that they train once a day during the winter.”

Such dedication has its rewards “With rowing you can get good quickly, which sets it apart from a lot of things,” Tees explained.

And McGill’s novices have a history of getting quite “good quickly.”

Last year, McGill won the men’s and women’s eights, as well as the women’s fours.

Varsity rowers also regularly produce results. In the past they have beaten crews from Harvard, UCLA and Oxford, whose budgets boast hundreds of thousands of dollars.

“You have to look at the boat speed to funding ratio,” said Tees. “Our boats are second rate. With new boats, we could consistently beat them.”

Tees envies the funding of the football team, and says he isn't asking for much money at all. “Their tape budget would be fine,” he said. “We’ve produced the type of person the school can be proud of. It should recognize that.”

Besides the Olympians, notable rowers have included 1990 Rhodes Scholar Lesley Fellows, and engineer Dave Wilson, who now rows in Oxford’s top boat while completing a PhD there.

All four crew coaches are volunteers who have come up through the ranks of McGill rowing.

“We have our own particular sty1e which is very effective,” said Tees.

It’s sort of anarcissistic bunch...we take from our own. There’s a core of people who have come up through the system,” he said.

Tees encourages inexperienced frosh to give rowing a try. While all shapes and sizes are welcome, above-average height sets him drooling. “Every six inches of height gives an extra two feet in the water,” he said.

Tryouts, which take place this week at 6 a.m. at the Basin, are open to both novice and varsity rowers.

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P r o t e c t in g p r e c io u s There is hardly a pro­ fessional hockey player who would venture on to the ice w ithout an almost bulletproof jockstrap. Why, then, would he choose to play without a helmet?

Surely, both precious re­ gions deserve top-of-theline protection. Since the NHL Board of Governors decided last month to allow every player to shed his hel­ met, however, I have begun to wonder just where the brains of such decision­ makers are housed.

At the outdoor rink, kids play all day with little or no equipment and the sticks and pucks stay down.

It's the kind of game in which injuries are more likely to come from things like bumpy ice instead of fisticuffs.

The Eden ends when the squirts are brought to the indoor rink, fitted with full equipment and intro­ duced to organized hockey.

Soon, heavily-arm ored peewees are taught to hit. A different, bloodthirsty ver­ sion of the game develops.

The present generation of NHL'ers grew up play­ ing with helmets. Indeed, many say that they would not choose to take them off at this point. This, despite the fact that even if the hel­ mets were to come off, both the sticks and the violence would almost undoubtedly go down..

Surely, in light of the NHL's decision, not every helmet will likely come off in the future, just a few.

Therefore, the only change this will have for the game will be an increase in dan­ ger to those players who choose to go bare-headed.

Only if everyone went without a helmet, would these bare heads be safe. But for this to occur, helmets would have to be banned altogether.

When some choose to and others choose not to wear helmets, it's like try­ ing to gamble without chips: you just can't win.

As a result of this thickskulled ruling, the delicate tension between players who sport helmets and those who don't will continue to

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persist at a time when such tension should be eradi­ cated. Certainly, a player without head protection is treated with more respect and, perhaps, deference than one wearing the latest JOFA or even an ancient CCM. His bare head prob­ ably won't be intentionally crushed against the boards as readily as that of his pro­ tected teammate.

That there will con­ tinue to be two de fa cto lev­ els of contact is incongru­ ous with fair competition.

Today, an NHL hockey player is already labeled a wimp if he chooses to wear a visor to protect his face. Will the day come when a bare noggin will proclaim a red-blooded strongm an beneath the pads? "Vanity, thy name is Ron Duguay, Randy Carlyle, Guy Lafleur." It's not just the goons who won't wear head protection. Long­ haired beauties and oldtimers also shun skull cov­ erage.

There are currently five NHL players who do not wear a helmet. These players are able to do so because they have been in the league since 1979, the year when the last manda­ tory helmet ruling went into effect. With the recent re­ versal of that rule, the number of players who choose to go without a hel­ met will not decrease. The Great One himself, in fact, mentioned recently that he may put his headgear aside.

I'm not a fan of the vio­ lence that head to toe pro­ tection begets. But as long as the helmeted players re­ main the majority, the game will remain periloys for those who refuse to wear one.

Conformity in protec­ tion is what's needed, not lax rules that will only lead to smashed skulls. Players must devote the same care to protecting their brains as they do to shielding their groins.

Bermuda over Christmas. But while a trip south is usually something to look forward to, this journey may actually be dreaded: the swimmers will be training for up to eight hours a day.

Revitalized Coach returns to Redmen Basketball An enthusiastic Ken Schildroth has returned to the McGill Redmen from a one-year educa­ tional leave of absence which he spent at the National Coaching Institute at the University of Victoria. “It was the best academic athletic ex­ perience I’ve ever had,” he said. “After a year of introspection, I became a betterperson and I grew as a coach.”

For his Level IV from the National Coach­ ing Certification Program, Schildroth worked under tutor coach Ken Shields of Canada’s Na­ tional Team, which fell one game short of qualifying for the Barcelona Olympics. “To be working with NBA players and the National Team... it doesn’t get any better than that,” he said.

Schildroth will assume his former position as head coach, while Nevio Marzinotto, who filled Schildroth’s shoes last season, will remain with the team as one of three assistant coaches.

McGill Fencing not an Olympic machine Contrary to reports published in T he and in T he C u rrie B u g le, McGill Fencing did n o t send Olympic fencer Dan Nowosielski to Barcelona. “Nowosielski has never been a McGill student. I don’t know where that rumor started,” said fencing coach Alan Dunkley. There were, however, certain fencers in Barcelona who studied at McGill, but never trained here. Alain Coté, who has represented Canada at three Olympics, and Shelley Steiner were selected to fence for Canada. “They just happened to be McGill students,” said Dunkley.

McGill will be hosting a ‘Triple-A’ cir­ cuit tournament in November, under the aus­ pices of the Quebec Fencing Federation. Last year, McGill medical resident Rick Lee took top honors at the tournament. Dunkley, who is in his tenth year of coaching, is eager to start training the club again this season. “Over the summer, you lose control over points,” he said.

“It takes continuous practice. If you’re off slightly, you don’t get any points.”

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Olympic Freestyler rejoins McGill Swimming National Swim Team captain Andrea Nugent is back at McGill after training for two years at the University of Calgary. Nugent, who made it to the consolation finals in Barcelona, also swam with the 400m medley relay team that came in sixth. “She said she was happy with her results,” said McGill coach François Laurin. “Her leadership and experience will help our rookies.”

This year’s team is still very young. Last year, 19 of the 32 swimmers were rookies, and the team only lost five swimmers from last year.

The team is planning to spend two weeks in

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