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IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO "OPT-OUT" OF THE STUDENT HEALTH PLAN! F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n c a ll S u s a n N ic k e rs o n , V P F in a n c e .
Police respond to ghetto violence While police and adminis tration officials sat in stony silence last fall, McQill students faced a barrage of sexual assault reports appearing in campus newspapers. While the sheer number of reports received by McGill's Sexual Assault Centre (MSAC) and WalkSafe network indicated a serious problem, official police statistics implied a safe and secure ghetto area, raced with MSAC'S statistics. Police Station 25 Director Quy Lavoie has recently moved to address the McQill area safety situation. S ee page 3
Inside This Week N ew s: S tudent ad-hoc com m ittee sees need for race relations policy a t McGill. S ee p a g e 3 O p/E d: I t is tim e for S tu d en ts’ Society to change th e way it m an ages its money, or we’ll all pay. S ee e d ito r ia l, p a g e 6 F e a tu r e s : Recent incidents of gay bashing inspire aw areness cam paign, b u t is th ere a corresponding rise in aw areness am ong th e MUC police? S ee p a g e 9 E n te r ta in m e n t: The radio sta r is long dead. The M ontreal M useum of A rt presents Bill Viola’s video in sta lla tions for $2.75. S ee p a g e 13 S p o rts : Too often overlooked: the Tribune profiles high-achieving swim m ers P aul W atson and A ndrea Nugent. S ee p a g e 16
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