The McGill Tribune Vol. 12 Issue 24

W e e d in g o u t th e c o m p e titio n Kim Campbell, front-runner in the race for the PC Na­ tional Leadership, was in town last Friday to open her Montreal campaign headquarters.

The Tribune was among the crowd that gathered to hear what Campbell had to say.

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News: Amelio's Restau­ rant hit with allegations of misconduct and sexual harassment.

See page 3 Op/Ed: In this, the last issue of the Tribune until September, find out what we missed and what we humbly could have done better.

S ee editorial, page 6 Features: The 200th annual McGill Tribune Readers' Poll tells us what we've all been dying to know - just how many of us would have sex with an animal for a million dollars.

See p ages 16 & 17 E n te r ta in m e n t: Fa­

mous last words, the final Babble On. See page 11 Sports: Soccer stars Chris Drysdale and Gayle Noble are chosen by students as the Tribune athletes of the year.

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For info, 398-4547.

Tuesday. March 30 Don't forget to com e out and vote fo r Y O U R VP External today. Vote at the p a ll nearest you. see ad below for locations.

A m n e s ty I n t e r n a t i o n a l m eets every Tuesday at 6:30pm in Shatner 435.

All are welcom e. F or m ore info, 398-1519.

L ev i’s Sale ends today - recycled, co lo u red and new jean s o n sale from 10:00am -7:00pm in Shatner 107.

The C e n tre f o r D eveloping A rea S tu d ies presents Lori Bell speaking on “The R ole o f Com m unity Health W orkers in Afghan Refugee V illages.” 12:00pm, 3715 Peel, Sem inar Room 100. For info, 3983507.

M cG ill Y o u n g S ocialists presents a m eeting entitled “The ANC Paves the W ay fo r Free and Fair Elections in South Africa.” Speaker, slide presentation and discussion. 12:00pm, Shatner302. Forinfo, 273-2503.

O p e ra M cG ill presents “A M id­ su m m er N ig h t's D ream ” b y B enjam in B ritten, with the M cGill Symphony O r­ chestra. Tickets $15/$10 at Pollack Hall Box O ffice. 7:30pm , PoUack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. For info and ticket or­ ders, 398-4547.

W ed n esd ay . M a rc h 31 Last day to vote for your VP E x­ ternal. M ake a difference, m ake your vote count - today.

M cG ill Im p ro v perform s every W ednesday evening at7:30pm in the Alley.

Free.

C om e and discuss the call to found the C a n a d ia n P a rty fo r R enew al: N o election without selection; Education and social policy to serve the needs of the workers and people. 12:30-2:00pm, Shatner B10.

T he F a c u lty o f M u sic presents cham berm usic by M cGill String and M ixed Ensem bles. 8:00pm, Redpalh Hall. Free.

Thursdiy. AfiriU The Y ellow D o o r C offee H ouse presents Dior Kutash telling Ukrainian sto­ ries. A dm ission $2.00. 8:00pm , Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. For info, 398-6243.

T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f E n g lis h presents Professor Stuart Curran o f the University o f Pennsylvania speaking on “Lyrical Ballads : A G ender and Class Revi sion.” 4:00pm , Arts Bldg., C oun­ cil Rm . 160. For info call 3986550.

V IS IO N presents “Speak O ut Against Violence,” a discus­ sion on violence and discrim ina­ tion in our com m unities. Includes presentations and a perform ance.

Refreshm ents to follow. 7 :30pm, Leacock 232.

T h e M o n tr e a l N a tiv e F rie n d sh ip C e n te r hosts a lec­ ture by Brian M aracle, N ative author, speaking on addiction and recovery. 5:30-7:30pm , Leacoc 26.

T he F a c u lty o f M u sic presents M cG ill Saxophone En­ sembles. 8:00pm , Redpath Hall. Free. For info call 398-4547.

O p e ra M cG ill presents “A M id­ sum m er N ight’s D ream .” 7 :30pm. Pollack Hall. See M arch 30 for details.

3625 Aylm er. For m ore info call 398-6243.

J a so n Beck sings original m usic at the A lley with D ave S zigeli and John Fraboni. $3.00 cover, or $1.00 w ith ticket stub from “H ole” at Players’ Theatre. 9:00 pm. N ot a ja z z show.

The C a rib b e a n S tu d e n ts ’ Society will be having a general m eeting. Elections will be held and all paid m em bers are eligi­ ble to ran for one o f the six executive positions. T-Shirts have arrived! 6:30 pm , S hatner302. For m ore info call 931 -6904 or

S u n d ay . A p ril 4 The F acu lty o f M usic presents the M cGill Concert Choir. 8:00 pm , Redpath Hall. Free. For info call 398-4547.

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285-2178.

T he M cG ill C h ristia n Fellow ship presents a coffee house fundraiser for a G uatem alan team . 8:30 pm . Diocesan C ol­ lege. Q uestions? Phone H eather at 9378616.

The F acu lty o f M u sic presents Jan Jarczyk, org an ist 12:15 pm , Redpath Hall.

Free. For info call 398-4547.

T he F a cu lty o f M u sic presents a M aster’s Recital by Lisa Martin and Andrew M artin. 8:00 pm , Redpath Hall. Free. For info call 398-4547.

F rid a y . A p ril 2 N o rth A m erican S tu d ies S tu d e n t A ssociation Executive Elections. Run for a position, vote for som eone w ho w ants a position. Party to follow. 6:30pm , Poli Set Lounge, 4th floor Leacock. For info call N aom i at 284-0811.

The Y ellow D oor C offee H ouse presents live m usic by N ancy Lyon and Y ussuf & Jessica Emed with Paul M esbur.

Adm ission $2.00. 8:00pm , Yellow Door,

S a tu rd a y . A p ril 3 T he Y ellow D oor C offee H ouse presents m usician Sneezy W aters. Opener:

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Lynn Chalifoux. Tickets $8/$6 students.

8:00 pm . Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. For info call 398-6243.

The C a rib b e a n S tu d e n ts’ Society invites you to its end o f year dinner. Tickets $7.00 m em bers, $10.OOnon-members; m ust be purchased in advance. 7:00 pm , Thomson House. For m ore info call 931-6904 o r 2852178.

Second night o f original songs at the Alley by Ja so n Beck. Adm ission $3.00, or $1.00 with ticket stub from “ H ole” at Players’ Theatre. 9:00 pm.

O p e ra M cG ill presents “ A M id­ sum m er N ight’s Dream .” 7:30 pm , Pollack Hall. See M arch 30 for details.

M cG ill Im p ro v offers free w ork­ shops every Saturday from 11:00 am -1:00 pm in the Shatner Bldg. See sign in lobby |for location.

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McGttites h e in otndenio's ivory lower, not a vacuum.

This platform proposes working solutions tostudent problems: 1) StudentSafety: regarding women must be oddressed now!

Meetings withlocal Surete wil: i) increase ghetto patrolling; h) create student patrols.

TheÏ.P. Ext. budget wil fund WalkSafe.

2 Student Outreach velh i) have McGilites whohave received extra-university funding aid undeqpoduates to dolikewise; ii) set up McGIl environmental groups with relevant governmental agencies.

3) fiscal Responsibility: guarantees V.P. Ext. budget overruns are paid for by my stipend, preventingstudents paying for nKmanagenwnt.

Myextensive organizational/policy-making experience, with many McGIl organizations, will enable me toachieve these goals.

T he B io c h e m istry D e p a rtm e n t p re se n ts B o b C e d erg ren sp eak in g on “M odelling RNA with M C-SYM : A Con­ straint Satisfaction Algorithm .” 12:30-1:30 pm , M cIntyre M edical Bldg., Room 903.

The In te rn a tio n a l R elatio n s Soci­ ety is holding its last m eeting today. Plan your future with the new executive. W ave goodbye to the dinosaurs. 6:00 pm (not 6:30), Leacock 232.

The Ja m e s Bay C o alitio n m eets every M onday at 4:30 pm in Shatner 435.

For info call 495-1482.

T he F o lk M u sic S ociety m eets every M onday at 8:30 pm in the basem ent o f the Yellow Door. Com e check it out or call Stephanie at 933-1330 for info.

The F acu lty o f M u sic presents a cham ber m usic recital by String and Mixed

P o llin g L o c a tio n s Bishop M ountain Hall Bronfm an Burnside (Basement) C hancellor D ay Hall Currie Gym Leacock McConnell Engineering Music R edpath Library Royal Victoria College S hatner S tew art Biology (South)

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Ensem bles. 8:00 pm , Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W . Free. For info call 3984547.

T he F a c u lty o f M u sic presents M cGill Cham berSingers. 8:00 pm , Redpath Hall. Free. For info call 398-4547.

Ongoing...

The E xam D ro p -In is open! Get tips on how to cope with stress, w rite ex ­ am s,and survive the exam period. Informal, no appointm ents, n o files. Every weekday until A pril 8, 1:00-4:00 pm in Redpath Library, Room 07A. For info call M cGill Chaplaincy at 398-4104.

M cG ill D ire c to rs ’ P ro je c ts are being perform ed in the M ortice Hall T hea­ tre from M arch 29-A pril 3, evenings and lunchtim e. Shows: “4H C lub” , “ Sexual Perversity in Chicago” , “Back Bog Beast Bait”, “The Room ” , “O vertones” , “Cold Com fort” , and “ Aria da Capo” . Free adm is­ sion. For reservations and info, call T N C at 398-6600.

The M cG ill M edical F ra te rn ity is organizing a Spring Charily Drive. Food, clothes, toys, bocks, and household items are being collected on the first floor of the M cIntyre M edical Bldg, until M arch 31.

M cG ill S tu d en ts fo r L iteracy is looking for volunteers over the sum m er to help adults with basic reading and writing skills. Training in M ay. Call 398-5100.

People with disabilities: O ngoing su p p o rt g ro u p for M cGill students, faculty and staff. All welcome. Call Peter or Donna at 398-3601 o r 398-6009 fo r m ore in fo r­ m ation.

Do you or som eone close to you have AIDS? Please do not feel you are alone. AID S C o m m u n ity C a re M o n treal offers the follow ing support groups: HIV+ M en ’s Group; HIV+ Heterosexual M en’s Group; HIV+ W om en’s Group; B ereave­ m ent Group; Family, Friends and P artners’ Group; C hildren’s Play Therapy Group.

Call 939-0075. All calls are confidential.

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A le x a n d e r B o ld iz a r Don't vote for another inbred politician.

Vote for someone who had once been an apathetic student but finally got fed up enough with SSMU bumbling to do something about it. It's time we pulled the SSMU back from the hands of bureaucrats and got something done. For instance impressing on the government recent studies that show McGill generates more than ten times as much revenue for Quebec as we receive in funding. A competent VP External would nail these facts to the Premier's front door, and do his best to put a stop to our constant fee increases.

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STEE & REGINA YANG - Co-Chief R eturning Officers

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Two McGill students em­ ployed by Amelio’s Restaurant on Lome Crescent have complained to the Quebec Labour Board, alleging misconduct againstmanagement and sexual harassment against the res­ taurant’s workers.

U1 Arts student Jane Bauer alleged that during her five months working at Amelio’s she was a con­ stant target of sexual harassment by members of the kitchen staff. Ac­ cording to Bauer, who was fired in January, the harassment began when she started work in September.

“I would finish Fridays at 9:30 pm and go home, change and go to the Currie Gym. Since I live right near the restaurant, I would have to pass it on my way to the gym and members of the kitchen staff made it no secret that they saw me when I was wearing my shorts,” Bauer stated.

Bauer claimed the harassment continued inside the restaurant in the form of persistent requests for dates from the head cook.

“He would always ask ‘when’s it my time’ and it just wasn’t funny though he seemed to think it was,” alleged Bauer.

When asked whether she told the management of the harassment, Bauer explained that she felt it wasn’t necessary since Lome Crescent Amelio’s manager Chris Scodras was always in the area and was therefore aware of the situation.

“I felt there was no need to tell him since he was always around,” Bauer maintained.

When asked by the Tribune about the allegations, Scodras was initially unclear about the definition of sexual harassment However, once informed of its implications, he main­ tained he was completely unaware of any such harassment at Amelio’s.

“When I heard the rumours

that the Tribune was doing a story on allegations of sexual harassment at Amelio’s I was shocked,” Scodras asserted. “To the best of my knowl­ edge I never felt anyone was being harassed.”

Scodras, who few the past two years has donated food to such events as the McGill Sexual Assault Cen­ tre’s Body Image Forum, has vowed to initiate a policy addressing any harassment at Amelio’s.

“I find this deplorable. I am completely, completely unaware of sexual harassment at Amelio’s,” he stated.

In her presentation to the Que­ bec Labour Board, Bauer focused primarily on managerial misconduct.

After her five months as an employee, Bauer claimed she was released from the restaurant for what she considered to be invalid reasons.

“Their initial explanation was that it was getting slow and that I wouldn ’t be needed any more,” Bauer told the Tribune. “I argued that this didn’t make sense considering I’d just trained a new girl on my previ­ ous shift.”

Two regular male customers with whom Bauer had become friends came in on what turned out to be her last working night. As the men were about to leave, one of them declared that he was returning to Toronto that weekend.

“On their way out the guy that was leaving gave me a hug,” Bauer declared. “As it turned out, this was the real reason for their firing me.”

But Scodras maintains Bauer was released based on what he per­ ceived to be inappropriate behav­ iour.

“I feel it’s very unprofessional to hug, kiss, and say ‘good-bye’ while you’re working,” asserted Scodras.

Bauer denied having ever kissed the customer.

Soon after her dismissal, Bauer approached Scodras in order to ob­

tain her severance and vacation pay.

“I called and got Chris ’brother George on the phone. When I asked about my vacation pay, he told me that I didn’t deserve it and that I was fired for a reason,” sug­ gested Bauer. “When I said I would go to the [Quebec] Labour Board in order to get my pay, they threatened to make life difficult for me.”

When asked by the Tribune about this alleged threat, George Scodras was unequivo­ cal.

“I never told her that. We’ve been in busi­ ness for eight years. Why A lle g a t io n s o f s e x u a l h a r a s s m e n t a n d m is c o n d u c t. would I do a thing like “She would find replacements ity have alleged that these problems that? The fact is she hadn’t worked but sometimes the replacements that of unjust dismissal are not the only here long enough to get her four per ones allegedly plaguing employees. she would get were not experienced cent vacation pay,” George Scodras enough,” Scodras remarked. “To tell Those.intervie wed have accused the claimed. you the honest truth, when she called management of creating an uncom­ U3 Arts student Hilary about the funeral I thought it was a fortable working environment Coleman was released from Amelio’s story and so I told her ‘I can no longer after one year’s employment under through their frequent displays of anger and criticism. what she feels were unjust circum­ employ you.’”

Upon her return to Montreal “Our work there has been an stances. In December, Coleman dis­ unpleasant andnegativeexperience,” covered that her friend’s sister was six days after her dismissal, Coleman claimed Bauer and another waitress dying of cancer. Coleman decided to went into Amelio’s to ask for her severance pay, vacation pay and any who wished to remain anonymous. return immediately to Toronto to help “He’ll [Chris Scodras] yell at her friend. However, before doing so outstanding tips.

In order to obtainher severence you in front of customers. It makes Coleman made sure to find a wait­ pay, Coleman, like Bauer, was forced you feel useless,” Bauer maintained. ress to cover her shifts at Amelio’s.

“There’s no praise. The negative is “I called Amelio’s to tell them to file with Quebec’s Labour Board. always emphasized.”

When asked about the Labour I had to return to St. Catharine's In response to these allega­ (Ont.) to help my friend and that I Board’s investigation, Scodras stated tions, Scodras maintained that he has had replacements for my shift. I was that he could not comment since he excellent relations with his staff. told not to come back because they was not in charge of payroll, though “As far as I’m concerned I do. didn’t really need me,” Coleman he did say that there was a cheque Though I do demand good customer waiting for Bauer. claimed.

Coleman maintained that dur­ service, I think I’m fair,” claimed “I’ve been refused twice for a cheque. They haven ’t offered me my Scodras. ing her year at Amelio’s there were money,” countered Bauer. few occasions during which she could The Labour Board is expected not work. Chris Scodras claimed that Bauer, Coleman, and other to report back on Bauer's appeal Amelio’s employees who com­ within a couple of weeks, according the reason for Hilary’s dismissal was mented on the condition of anonym­ to Bauer. she had been missing too many shifts.

Conservative McGill students come out to support Kim Campbell B Y C H R IS A L A M

Approximately twenty McGill students joined Montreal area Pro­ gressive Conservatives in welcom­ ing Kim Campbell to her Montreal campaign headquarters last Friday.

Campbell, current Minister of National Defence and Veterans Af­ fairs, announced her candidacy for the leadership of the Progressive Conservativeparty a day earlier. Campbell is widely held to be the front-runner in the leadership race, and a recent poll suggested that if elected, she would have an excellent chance of guiding her party to victory in the next federal election.

“There are so many reasons to support her [Kim Campbell],” ex­ plained Nick Benedict, a McGill stu­ dent who was present at the opening of the headquarters. “Her economic policies are definitely going to bring Canada forward. I like the way she is socially liberal, and I think that Canada might need a woman Prime Minister, a Prime Minister from a different region of the country.”

Bened ict, who will be conduct­ ing the campaign in support of Campbell at McGill, also cited

Audrey McLaughlin.”

“We must give Canadians a Campbell’s track record as Minister Campbell also noted that new vision of our country, we must of Justice in areas such as gun control Quebecers had been among the first legislation as reasons for backing justify their trust and confidence, not in the country to openly support her, only in me, but in our party.” her. and thanked them for their encour­ “I would like to underline that Also present to show support agement. this campaign for the leadership of for Campbell were Secretary of State Co-President of the Youth for our party is not a campaign between Monique Landry, Treasury Board Kim Campbell in Quebec President Gilles Loiselle, and Laval University law Minister of Justice Pierre student Yanik Deschenes Blais, and former cabinet also addressed the crowd minister Marcel Masse. and explained why he sup­ “She represents the ported Campbell. generation of today, com­ “I had to find a pared to Mr. Chrétien, who, leader [to replace Brian I would say represents two Mulroney] who would generations ago. In that sense she represents a good & well represent a number <* of criteria. These criteria answer to what we are look­ ► are that the leader would ing for in a leader,” Masse be young, havenew ideas, told reporters outside the 9 headquarters shortly before (B inspire confidence, be able Campbell arrived.

X to reconcile the ideas of w the east, the west, and Inside, Campbell a Quebec,” he said in *9 spoke briefly in French C b c ||, , n h a | , n g th e le U • ( success.

French. before going into a closed r Deschenes said that support enemies, it is a campaign within a session to meet her supporters. family. Our enemy is not Jean Charest, for Kim Campbell has increased in­ “Montreal ismy first campaign terest in the Conservative party, not Patrick Boyer, Garth Turner, Jim stop since announcing my candidacy Edwards or the other [leadership can­ only at Laval University, but on cam­ yesterday and I will come back often didates]. These are the members of puses across Quebec, including during the campaign,” said Campbell McGill. our family. The enemy for us is Jean to an appreciative crowd and a slew Nini Krishnappa, another Chrétien, Lucien Bouchard, and of reporters.

McGill student who was present to welcome Kim Campbell to Quebec, offered his reasons for supporting her.

“She is an interesting person because not only is she connected with the Mulroney era, but she is also a departure from it in some ways. She is full of fresh ideas. She comes to us with experience, a proven track record as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defence, and I believe that she will be a good leader—someone who will attract support from all parts of Canada and can reconcile the differ­ ences within the country.”

Despite this overwhelming support for Campbell and the pres­ ence of several McGill students at the headquarters’ opening, members of Progressive Conservative McGill such as Benedict and Krishnappa admit that the campaign here will not be a cake-walk, as a minority of the group’s executive have decided to support Jean Charest’s candidacy for the party’s leadership.

The party’s leadership will be decided at a convention in Ottawa that will be held in early June.

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Council divided on divisive issues motion

BY RAM RANDHAW A

After lengthy and passion­ ate debate, a motion forbidding M c G ill’s Student’s Society (SSMU) to take stances on politi­ cally divisive external issues'was passed by a slim margin at a coun­ cil meeting last Thursday.

The motion, presented to council by Science Rep Aubrey Kassirer, had its wording amended three times before it passed by a vote of ten in favour with nine against, and one abstention. The final motion stated: “SSMU coun­ cil will not take a position on ex­ ternal political issues that the coun­ cil deems to be extremely divisive amongst the students at McGill University.”

Engineering Rep L eslie Parchomchuck, Science Rep Ally Davies, and Architecture Rep Greg Schron reaffirmed that their re­ spective faculty councils had voted unanimously in favour of the mo­ tion at earlier meetings.

“It is not the duty o f this council to take on things that have no relevance to the students of McGill, like the Palestine-Israeli conflict,” argued Schron. “I would be full of shit if I said I could represent the opinions of all Ar­

chitecture students.”

Resistance to the motion came largely from councillors per­ turbed by the loose wording of the m otion. VP Finance Susan Nickerson maintained thatnotonly is the phrase “divisive issues” hard to define, but such a motion would give councillors the option of evad­ ing difficult issues.

“Council should deal with these issues as they come and de­ cide at that time whether or not to take a stance,” asserted, Nickerson.

Law Rep Christoph Sicking agreed with Nickerson, adding that council had a moral and ethical obligation to take a stance on is­ sues that could be divisive, such as human rights violations.

“Students have historically been involved in dealing with is­ sues of social justice,” explained Sicking. “If you can make a differ­ ence, you should.”

Several councillors, how­ ever, expressed concern with the danger of alienating students by supporting one side in a divisive issue.

“I think it is very clear that divisive issues are not conducive to harmony in this university,” as­ serted Davies.

Kassirer argued that al­ though divisive issues should be discussed, council was not the proper forum for them.

“I don’t see why SSMU needs to take a stand on these issues. That’s what clubs are here for. We pay them to do that,” said an ardent Kassirer. “Council does not have the right to speak for all McGill students on issues that will alienate a large percentage of the student body.”

SSMU executive members demonstrated an unusual unani­ mous position on the motion, with President Jason Prince voting, with his fellow executive members, against the motion.

“This motion destroys the essence of the student movement,” declared Prince. “I find it absurd that a council would choose to put a band-aid on its mouth.

Before the motion becomes entrenched as Students' Society policy, however, it must be sent to the Policy Review Committee (PRC) in order to establish appro­ priate wording for inclusion in the SSMU policy manual. Once this wording has been established, the motion will be sent back to coun­ cil and must win support from two-thirds o f councillors.

Prince suggested that the wording of the motion, as amended and passed by council, would prob­ ably not be altered much by the PRC. “I don’t think they [PRC] will be able to do any better than this in terms of words,” said Prince.

“We had a full debate on the word­ ing of the resolution, and for the PRC to tinker with it now would be inappropriate.”

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Arab students defend D a ily article at heated press conference

Beth Zion Synagogue.

Shoham made com­ ments many found offen­ sive at last Thursday’s demonstration. “The greatest problem of Zion­ ism is Arab children,” he accused.

At the conference, Islamic Cultural Network Vice-President Steven Barnett read a prepared statement which included all the allegedly racist statements made at the demonstration and de­ manded that the various Jewish organizations “publicly condemn these statements and the behav­ iour of the crowd.”

The Arab students P S C P r e s id e n t Y o u s e f A r a f a t . took particular offense to the cheering and clapping that accompanied these allegedly B Y A M Y R ID L E Y racist statements.

The Arab Student Network “The purpose of the demon­ held a press conference in the stration does not justify comments Shatner University Center last made at the demonstration—it [the Thursday which was attended by behavior] was inexcusable,” said Barnett.

C F C F 1 2 , T h e L in k , T h e G a z e tte , At the conference, the Net­ th e M c G ill D a ily , and T h e M c G ill work members expressed their T rib u n e . C B C also conducted a phone interview with the panel appointment with the apology that members. The conference partici­ the D a i l y “was pressured” into pants addressed the vocal demon­ making. stration organized by the Jewish “What we are most angry about are the pressure tactics used.

Student Coalition outside T h e There was a group of students, M c G ill D a i l y office on March 18.

The speakers at the press con­ about 50, who sat in the D a i l y ference claimed racism had been office for four hours,” said Farah propagated, specifically identify­ Nazarali, Vice-President of the ing the speech of uninvited sit-in Palestine Solidarity Committee.

The conference panel de­ guest Rabbi Syndey Shoham of the fended the original article that ap­ peared in the D a ily .

“We feel it’s our right to dis­ Université de Montréal cuss the ideology of Zionism,” Faculté des études supérieures Nazarali said.

Press members questioned the panel about possible regrets they may have harboured concern­ ing the original D a ily article which L A B IO E T H IQ U E : inspired the demonstration. u n e u r g e n c e p ou r n o tre s o c ié t é “We acknowledge that there are several passages that should not have been included. We would Notre société a un besoin criant d’outils de réflexion have left out ‘[Zionism is] an ideol­ sur les questions d’éthique personnelle et sociale. La ogy no civilized people can adhere Faculté des études supérieures offre un nouveau to’ and the reference to the Hebrew programme pluridisciplinaire : Dipjôme d’études ‘tribal’ view of God. But that by no supérieures spécialisées en BIOÉTHIQUE. means changes the intent or the Ce diplôme concerne ceux argument [of the article],” said • Euthanasie, Nazarali. et celles qui œuvrent • acharnement Three representatives of the et œuvreront comme thérapeutique, Arab Student Network read out a • manipulation génétique, avocat, communiqué to the press while chercheur, • technologie procréative, other students were asked to wait infirmier, • transplantation, outside.

Some 15 students from médecin, • expérimentation... various Jewish organizations ap­ philosophe, peared and demanded access to the tels sont les sujets abordés. religieux... room where the press conference was being held.

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The McGill Tribune, March 3 0 S e p t 7,1993

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The Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) and the Science Undergraduate Society (SUS), became two autonomous groups after the Arts and Science Under­ graduate Society (ASUS) split last year, and the two groups have had noticeably different fates in their first year of existence.

As compared to the Arts Faculty, which received the “fac­ ulty association of the year” award at the March 19 Students’ Soci­ ety (SSMU) Awards Banquet, SUS started the year slowly. Sev­ eral events organized by SUS, such as the ski day, and the pub crawl were cancelled at the last minute because of lack of partici­ pation.

“I think that SUS is repre­ senting the science students a lot better than ASUS did,” explained SUS President Charles Boulakia.

“But we had a rocky start this year, we were a brand new coun­ cil, and we didn’t know what we were doing at first.”

Boulakia blamed the lack o f participation at the social events on the students’ attitude.

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though several students have a bad thing. A lot of science stu­ stated that they prefer this year’s dents are here to learn, and the approach, petitions were drawn majority of the students we rep­ up by others to reinstate the tradi resent are more interested in aca­ demic pursuits. Events like academic advising turned out a big crowd.”

However, present VP Administration and next year’s SUS Presi­ dent Allison Davey did not completely concur.

Although she thinks that student apathy is one fac­ tor, she also attributes the difficulties to a lack of cooperation within SUS. “I think som e events didn’t work be­ cause one person took it over by him or her self.

We didn’t work together.

I hope that next year I will be able to set up a committee where we will all work together as a M a r k L iiz i t h e W iz a r d a f A E S . tional Red and White. However, team,” declared Davey.

Although the W izard’s these were presented after prepa­ Ball, held in honour of the gradu­ rations for the Wizard’s Ball and the A U S’s Dean’s ball had al­ ating students, is considered to be SUS’s most successful venture ready begun.

“There are several advan­ this year, the replacement of the joint Arts and Science Red and tages to having separate balls.

White Ball has sparked some con­ One advantage is that it is less troversy among students. A l­ limiting in terms of numbers,”

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Davey has stated that she will look at the question of reu­ niting the faculties for the ball and will hand out questionnaires to find out what students want.

AUS President Mark Luz also believes the traditional Red and White could have been saved, but said the Dean’s Ball is a better formula for this year.

“SUS decided in council to hold their own ball. It was not a bad idea to go each in our own way since it was the first year of our separation,” said Luz. Luz is very proud of his council’s accomplishment for this year.

He gave a long list of the successful events organized by AUS which include the hand­ book, several concerts, next year’s opening of a Tabagie and the Winter Carnival which at­ tracted over 300 students.

AUS VP Finance Corey C ook attributed this year’s successto coordinated action by AUS council members.

“We were working together instead of working against each other,” he noted.

Although AUS was very effective, Luz stated that aca­

demic issues were not fully ad­ dressed this year.

“We were slow on some academic issues which we could have tackled. At the beginning of the year there was so much to get started but it was our first year [and] we just ran out of time,” explained Luz. AUS VP Internal Tricia Silliphant speculated at the time of the ASUS split that the two new organizations would work together this year, possibly hold­ ing joint Arts-Science events.

However, this did not material­ ize.

“Joint events didn’t hap­ pen as much as we would have liked. Nothing of interest to both faculties at once ever came up,” explained Silliphant.

Next year’s AUS President, Joe Wong, hopes to strengthen ties between the two organiza­ tions.

“We will work on develop­ ing a better working relationship with SUS. We may hold parallel winter carnivals. This year’s councils had different visions and different ideas that didn’t coin­ cide. But next year will be a little different,” Wong remarked.

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E d ito ria l Another year comes to an end.

The next time you read the Tribune, you’ll be (hopefully) a year closer to leaving McGill, (hopefully) a summer job’s pay richer and the Expos will (hopefully) have a four game lead in the NL East.

With this year’s paper behind us, we’d like to reflect a bit on our own failings; stories we covered poorly, stories we didn’t cover at all, and editorial matters that could have been better handled.

One consistent criticism of the Tribune this year has been our treatment of SSMU President Jason Prince. Let us set the record straight Our editorialists do not disapprove of Prince because of his “leftness”; we disapprove of him because he has few organizational skills, followed through inadequately on his few decent ideas and showed an absolute unwillingness to compromise either with Council or the rest of his executive.

In two particular instances in late September we allowed people with specific agendas to use our News section as a forum for what amounted to personal attacks on Prince. This was a mistake. However, as a whole, our coverage of Prince’s performance in Council was accurate, and he was always given a chance to respond to allegations made against him by

S to rie s y o u s h o u ld others.

Our poorest work this year occurred in our coverage of smaller issues. We erred in not pointing out the blatantly racist remarks of certain rabbis at this month’sDai/y sit-in. Our coverage of certain Daily writers’ attack on the Pillar in January was probably excessive. News coverage of the SSMU Health Plan was almost uniformly negative and was not balanced by stories about the value of the plan to the students who frequently use it There was also our use of polls during the year. We conducted polls in the News section on the Charlottetown Accord, the U.S. elections, the General Assembly, and the mid-year perform­ ance of SSMU executives. These were attempts to gauge student opinion on questions of general import to the student body. Unfortunately, con­ straints of time and personnel prevented us from interviewing enough students to make the polls “scientific”, and our breakdowns of the raw data into sub-categories often led us to print “results” that were just plain inane. We’ll do better next year.

Moving on to those stories we let slip, we’d like to acknowledge a general failure to move our news coverage much beyond the walls of the Shatner Centre. In that sense, we failed to be representative of the student

techno, you can't deny me this my one life’s luxury).

If members of a given community feel offended by a certain article, then who are we to criticize them?

Certainly Minelle and Mridu’s opinions about dis­ crimination carry some weight since they are the targets of said discrimination. That they chose not to address these issues in the vehicle of their deliverance (tribe) is, at least, understandable.

And you’re wrong, Michael, I (we) don’t hate you. I (we) do, however, hate SSMU but then, who doesn’t? As for the insurrections and corporate hea­ thens, I (we) can’t really say, they never concerned us (well, maybe Dan and Fiona, they can’t help it, they were brainwashed by aliens in the crib). Of course, Michael, you and I both know that there are no real problems in society, but let’s keep that our little secret (re: Daily letter).

Now Michael, I chide you. You haven’t as of yet asked me about my invite to the leather P.J. jam...

I am hurt You have another chance though, 1 await your answer (please don’t say no, my heart will break).

Tangentially—Chris, what a brilliant idea, you come here and write our news for us (no more insect as food stories), and I’ll write for Adam Stembergh so he’ll finally have a column that someone besides himself understands (I promise not to mention dildoes...well, maybe just once). And while I’m at it, why do you use seven different body font sizes in one issue? But I digress.

Kate, gimme my (your) Cybersonik album and I’ll treat you to Ben & Jerry’s (please, I was bom for

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This past weekend I was privy to a conversation where a student told me of his love for using the student papers as a forum for his ideas. In this gent’s rambling discourse, he said how he really didn ’t care what he was writing - my interpretation of this amounts to his needlessly throwing more fuel onto a fire to incite anger and frustration on behalf of students who do approach student newspapers to get a critical, albeit unique, perspective.

He claimed it was necessary to be radical in print for the sake of being radical. A certain arrogance and self-righteousness must be embedded in his conscience if he believes this is what journalism amounts to.

Another claim he made was that of “losers” in society - supposedly these individuals or groups can be con­ tinuously libeled because a group of student journalists band together, knowing what is ju st They have the power in the student press to influence what we believe.

As petty as it may seem, my experience last weekend was indicative of what has been happening on campus and culminated in a certain “objection” last

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Thursday outside the office of a student paper. As writ­ ers, we may think it justified in revealing our true faith to the general public. What we must realize is that news­ print itself must convey a certain trend. It must character­ ize our lives and that which concerns and interests us. If not, its functionality diminishes. Is it justified for a few media elites at McGill to dictate what we read? Why do we even read newspapers if not for that reason? To laugh? To get excited and carry out the revolution first conceived in these very pages?

I think it an unspoken rule that the printed word must fall within certain (reasonable) bounds, according to the views of those controlling the particular newspa­ per. If this is not so, the reader may feel confused and no longer be able to identify with the paper. Imagine that a confused readership! Some of you people are damn lucky we do not pay for subscriptions so you do not know the actual demand for your paper. If student subsidies were stopped you might look a little more earnestly at what you are writing and who your reader is, not at your self-serving causes.

Ian H: White U3 Arts

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Regarding SSMU’s “Environmental Awareness Week” display on March 3, 4 & 5, 1993, ECO McGill would like to point out a few contradictions. Although “Rainforest Crunch” ice cream sounds very environmen­ tal, paper cups and plastic spoons are not It is very ironic that people who were staffing an environmental aware­ ness event would have to ask why people would want their ice cream in re-usable mugs as opposed to disposL E T T E R S C O N T IN U E D O N P A G E 8

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Finally, a word about this year’s editorial page. Our policy when it comes to editorial signing is in line of such newpapers as Le Devoir, which permits individuals to sign editorials.

Most major Canadian English newspapers have editorial writers who write editorials for them, conse­ quently, these opinions become those of the paper as a whole.

The main reasons why the Tribune has signed editorials is because our Editorial Board is ideologically diverse. The only editorials we could have collectively signed would have been so bland as to not have been worth printing. The drawback is that by allowing individual editors to write editorials, it may appear as though the entire board endorses those opinions. For instance, the Tribune did not endorse SSMU VP Internal-elect Cornell Wright in this month’s elections, as the current issue of the McGill Reporter inaccu­ rately states,Tribune Assistant-Editor Chris Alam did. We see few operable solutions to this dilemma, but we’re willing to listen to ideas from our readers.

That’s it for 1992-93 and we are outta here.

RICH LATOUR ALEX USHER

body. More coverage should have been accorded to the workings of Faculty societies and QPIRG. Like SSMU, these groups spend students’ money and they deserved at least a semblance of the limelight we continually bathed on the Students’ Society.

There is one story in particular that we were remiss in not having covered, however, which was the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities (COCA) conference held on November 6-8 at McGill and organ­ ized by SSMU VP Internal Julie Dzerowicz. The fact that you didn’t hear about it is not just because we didn’t report it; it’s because the conference wasn’t open to McGill students.

SSMU has been without a full­ time programmer for almost a year, so Dzerowicz had to organize the conference herself, a task which occupied her through most of the fall term. Not only did the project distract her at a time when Council - in absolute chaos due to President Prince’s antics - needed her, but she neglected the rest of her job as well.

Thus we have the spectacle of major changes to clubs policies being bulldozed through Council at the end of her term and the business of appointing people to run SSMU activities next year being dragged on well into March. Yes, the conference

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PSC views on Zionism Comment School’s Out Forever Well, look at the time...

At least when they let you out of prison, they give you a new suit of clothes. All we get is a piece of paper and the sinking realization that the “congradulations!” handshake might be the first step down the road towards hats reading “Old Fart” and “Old Fart’s Wife”, actually thinking that For Better or fo r Worse is funny (“Oh, it’s so true! When we had the flat on the minivan, it was just like that!”) and ending every burst of laughter by sighing “Lordy, lordy, lordy...”

What was it all for? What did we get in exchange for three or four (or five) of “the best years of our lives” and 8,000 tax-deduct­ ible dollars?

Even as we tack two more letters on our names and start shuffling towards a brand­ spanking-new millenium, we realize that the more things change, the more they stay the same, which, in fact, means that they must be getting worse. Take, for example, the recent suggestion by the first-President of the United States-to-be-younger-thanMick-Jagger-and-my-parents that homosexuals in the army sleep in segregated barracks. Why not separate platoons, and water fountains, and showers? After all, we wouldn't want any U.S. soldier’s gaze lingering too long on the Sarge’s wee-wee, now would we?

Look at what passes for a counter-culture these days. The most politically subversive act we can come up with is the Rave party—a sort of glorified High

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School dance with music even more monotonous than New Order.

Keep the Vick’s Vapo-Rub in the medicine cabinet. I’m still waiting for someone to design an experi­ ence more bizarre and mindbending than a trip to Chuck E. Cheese.

But then again, we don’t have to assume that the future holds nothing but a slide into compla­ cency and a closet full of ties. We keep hearing over and over that we may well be the first generation to have a lower standard of living than our parents, a prophecy that only raises the question: Who deter­ mines what constitutes a “high standard of living” anyway?

So university didn’t provide a guaranteed job or a blueprint for the next 50 years of our lives. Was that ever really the point? No university (No, not even the number oneranked Medical/ Doctoral Degree Granting University in Canada) could teach us everything there is to know. But at least it taught us how much there is to leam.

I, for one enjoyed the strange and marvelous ride (though McGill could use some animatronic puppets and a room full of coloured balls). But we can look forward to what’s ahead as much as we relish what’s behind, and hope to high heaven that we never come to consider this last three-or-four-(or five)-year gasp before the leap “reality” as more than simply a few of the best years of our lives.

The Palestine Solidarity Committee would like to take this opportunity to reiterate its unwaver­ ing position on the article it submitted to the Anti-Racism issue of the McGill Daily of March 15th, 1993. We also would like to voice our disgust at the cheap pressure tactics used by the so-called “Jewish Student Union” to quell any academic discussion of Zionism.

Thus one can only pre suppose that there is something inherently deficient about it. Furthermore it is our belief that we are entitled to freely express ourselves.

We further believe that the racist and hate-mongering com­ ments made by Rabbi Sydney Schohem of Beit Zion Synagogue, at the sit-in in front of the McGill Daily on March 18th, can only be indicative of the moral and ethical bankruptcy of Zionism. The irony of it all is that this man of religion uttered such comments as “the

biggest problem of Zionism is Arab children"—well, sorry for breathing.

Rabbi! The clergyman further incriminates himself when he states to the world at large that “yes I am racist., yes I am a Zionist because in Israel is where my brother and sister will live eternally”!! Remember these comments were said in a rally protesting racism and discrimination.

Many students have yet to realize that Zionism is a political ideology, an ideology like any other that can and indeed ought to be discussed and criticized. Quelling discussion and criticism is a sure way to intellectual suicide. When Jews, Israelis, indeed, when survi­ vors of concentration camps of Europe such as Dr. Israel Shahak state “There is no such thing as humane Zionism. It is a contradiction in terms,” it is kosher (Hebrew term for religiously proper, esp. food).

When a gentile criticizes Zionism, he/she is branded an anti-Semite, an anti-Jew and a reactionary fascist.

Let it be known that over 90% of the contents of the above-mentioned article (the cause of a lot of controversy) are opinions of fellows of Israel such as Professor Israel Shahak, Uri Avneri and others.

Our greatest disappointment came with the McGill Daily’s apology. While we feel it is their prerogative to apologize for not having an article on anti-Jewish feelings in an anti-racism issue, they have no right to apologize for the contents of our article. This is an outright violation of our rights to freedom of expression. In doing so they are setting a precedent and sending all the wrong messages.

Some editors, due to the “Jewish Student Union” pressure tactics had to apologize for an article they did not have an opportunity to read and contemplate at any length.

Palestine Solidarity Committee

Comment On the PSC a n d It is truly unfortunate when healthy debate about the Arab-Israeli Conflict is overshadowed by deligitimizing personal slander attacks as is the present case on campus. When one group can no longer employ facts and scholarly information to forward their agenda and instead reverts to unfounded libel and racism, the door is open to chaos.

The agreement to disagree between the two sides is broken. One side, the Palestine Solidarity Commit­ tee (PSC) left the realm of fair game and consequently dragged the campus conflict into mayhem.

Ironically, the PSC’s new racist strategy reared its ugly head in the pages of a special anti-racism issue of the McGill Daily on March 15. In an article attempting to link the movement espousing the nationalist aspirations of the Jewish People (Zionism) to racism, the PSC has resorted to one of the oldest forms of anti-Semitism.

The PSC’s tactic of inversion, trying to portray themselves as innocent victims and transform Jews into violent protagonists, is abhorrent as it is a calculated manipulation of historic fact.

The PSC article (we still do nbot know who its real authors were) attacked Jews and Judaism, not the

policy of the elected Israeli govern­ ment. It equated Jewish nationalism (Zionism) with racism, called Zionism uncivilized, dismissed millenia of Jewish thought and religious belief as “tribal mythology”, delegitimized Jewish ties to the land of Israel and went on to call Jews, Nazis. Oh, and if you should disagree, they wrote, you are without dignity and harbour fascist intentions. (All this in an anti-racism issue).

Following a peaceful sit-in of some 350 students outside the Daily's office and a lengthy meeting with Daily Staff, an apology for carrying (parts of) the piece was offered. Since the Daily also failed to run a piece on anti-Semitism in the anti-racism paper, a special issue on the topic was also offered.

The PSC proudly stands by their hateful writings. In their latest move, the PSC has blown up the comments of an uninvited speaker at the sit-in. The speaker's comments were immediately denounced by the JSC and student participants in the sitin. Yet the PSC insisted on going to the press, instead of consulting the Jewish students first The PSC response futher showed its uncanny desire to divert all attention away from Jews and stir up controversy instead. In an event that didn’t concern them, the PSC saw fit to demand from the Daily coverage in

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the anti-Semitism special issue. “We are Semites,” PSC President Yousef Arafat insisted.

This latest exercise in mental gymnastics is futile. The fact that the word Semite can be invoked to mean peoples living in a certain geographi­ cal area may indeed have some validity. But the word anti-Semitism, in the English language, means actions hostile to Jews. For the PSC anything involving Jews is now ripe for attack-persecution of Jews throughout centuries is no longer Jewish. The PSC says it is somehow their's as they plan to exploit it.

The line between differences of opinion and the utterings of (and violence) has been crossed at McGill by the PSC. Sadly, the above events are not isolates, nor are they the only manifestation of this twisted cam­ paign.

The spectre of peace is rising slowly, as representatives of both peoples are negotiating at a peace table for an end to their differences.

Why the PSC seeks, at this historic time, to confront Jews and question Israel's legitimacy at all costs is astonishing, especially to the Jews who find themselves constantly under PSC attack.

Howard Liebman TAGAR

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able cups. It is unfortunate that the environmental policies that Ben & Jerry’s does implement were not part of their booth. We question the environmental integrity of some of the groups asked to participate in Environment Week. Is Hydro-Quebec an ideal example of corporate environmental responsibility? Are Sadie’s individually-wrapped “health snacks” consistent with the “pre-cycling” philosophy they advocate? And what was the justification behind mmmuffins’ pres­ ence at an environmental event beyond their 20% recycled materials paper bags?

We were disturbed by the choice of some of the other groups asked to participate. It seems the event promoted consumption and created more waste than awareness. Fortunately, campus interest groups did make a positive contribution to the event without trying to sell a product or enhance their corporate images. Sadly, there were few of these groups, and those that were present were overshadowed by more commercial non-campus groups and companies.

We hope that in the future SSMU will provide a more informative and less waste- and consumption-oriented Environmental Awareness Week for the students of McGill.

ECO McGill

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I’m writing to complain about your cruel and unusual treatment of the Daily's co-ordinating editors.

It was unfair of you to barrage the couple with questions they couldn’t possibly answer: What makes a good story? If you’ve ever picked up the Daily you must know that the ed’s don’t know the first thing about responsible journalism. Balanced reporting, good taste— foreign concepts to the Daily.

E d ito r To make matters worse you tricked Dan Robins into making a fool of himself; you asked if he knew where to draw the line. He said yes, he explained that, for example, he refused to print pictures of a woman being forced to have sex with a dog.

But those pictures had been printed last Tuesday under the masthead that carries his name. Shame on you, pick on someone your own size.

Alexander Pless U2 Arts

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Re: Tribune of March 23, p. 11, interview with Dan & Fiona from the Daily: I’d like to cite a passage from the interview with Fiona McCaw, co-ordinating news editor of the Daily. All will agree, I am sure, that it is worthy of repetition: “I think it is very important to print, for example, penises, because they don’t get shown [otherwise].”

Hurray for Fiona! Finally someone has put into words what for me has been a long-standing lament: the categorical omission of penises from the pages of the mainstream presses. I’ve always favoured the phallus as a way to enliven the driest texts.

But why, I ask, does she stop at the liberation of just images of penises? Why doesn’t she join me in trying to bring masturbation out of the bedroom and into the public transit system? That’s right! Make masturbation on STCUM legal! That way, phalluses of Montreal will be able to express themselves in unfettered freedom!

Jonathan Goldman U2 Arts P.S. I suppose the Daily editors felt that it was equally “im­ portant” to print a photo of a tied-up naked woman being forced to copulate with a dog; they printed that photo in last week’s Daily Français.

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This letter is in response to an article on tree-planting, by Jamie Dean, published in the Tribune dated this March 23-29.

Mr. Dean informs the reader that in order to be a successful planter, or at least to have a profitable and injury-free season, one must lift weights, do sit-ups, run around on mountainsides before actually sticking a shovel in the ground. Not particularly exciting activi­ ties. As a B.C. planter and foreman of four years, I wish to set the record straight.

There is nothing that can fully prepare one for a season of hacking through the slash in B.C.. The physi­ cal motions required are most unnatural... Shovel thrown into the ground, a stomp or two to make it go fully in, rocking it back and forth to open a hole, bend over and flip a tree into the hole, close the bottom of the hole using the shovel like a garden tool, a stomp to secure the tree in place, and then a check to see if the tree is at the right depth and firmly seated. Nothing like doing sit-ups in the family den, nor like tossing weights around.

I’m a skinny guy. I dislike weights, sit-ups, and don ’t run around on mountainsides (especially not when it’s raining). Yet, I excelled at planting. No training, no magic. Just an attitude, and hard work. During my planting days, there was an attrition rate of 30%. One in three people who came up with the money to buy camping gear, and get all the way out to B.C. quit within the space of two weeks - some after two days. When I ran a crew, 30% of my people suffered the same fate. Not one of the people which left did so because of the physical component of the job. They cited the rain, not making enough money, and that they felt that “the job was just too much” for them.

The fact is, that planting is (surprising though it may seem) 90% above the neck. If you are in reasonable

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The campus myth used to be that the Tribune was the place to turn for real, objective news, while the Daily always had an ideo­ logical slant that prevented them from reporting fairly. Once again, however, the Tribune has demonstrated that the Daily has nothing on the Trib when it comes to slanted coverage of its enemies and having a political axe to grind.

Rich Latour accuses Jason Prince of being derelict in attending meetings of the Executive Committee, but the actual minutes of the Executive Committee, which Latour could and should have checked, do not support his claim. (Yes, despite what those intrepid investiga­ tive Trib reporters said a few weeks ago, most of the Executive Committee minutes are available for open consultation, thanks to Jason Prince’s new policy of openness.)

Indeed, in all of their meetings from the very beginning of their mandate up to and including the very period referred to by Latour, the number of missed meetings for each of the Executives is as follows: Jeff, five; Monique, four, Julie, five; Susan, three; and Jason, four.

None of them has missed an outrageous number of meetings, and Jason’s performance is actually better than that of two of his VP's.

So, if Latour wasn ' t actually basing his claim on the facts of the historical record, what was the basis of his editorial?

Daron Westman PhD 7 (?)

Ed.Nole: Mr.Lalour'spiecewas aneditoricd.osMr. Westman notes. Editorials are expected to represent the opinions o f the Trib­ une's editorial board or individual members thereof. Still, we are interested to note that this creative defence o f Mr. Prince by his best friend still cannot explain how he managed to "sleep through" (Prince's words) a Senate meeting on March 10th...

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Can ’t you see fit to do more than fill your pages with conservative rants against SSMU’s president and progressive groups who work for social change on campus? Students aren’t tired of equity issues, they ’re fed up with being told problems don’t exist. I'd like to see more coverage of the actions students are taking to work against prejudice, not late-night reactionary doodlings telling us that people don’t care about hatred, intolerance and abuse anymore. The absolute lack of reporting of International Women’s Week in the March 9th issue shows just how out of touch the supposed voice of Students’ Society really is.

You accuse progressive individuals of pushing hidden agen­ das, contributing to the myth of politically correct tyranny, while your reporting and editorial practices help maintain the status quo.

I find your editorials ignorant and offensive, not critical and enlightening. Try some constructive and informed writing and get rid of your Jason fixation—or is it easier to focus your diatribes on one person and avoid discussing issues in a broader, more comprehensive context?

If we don’t question our positions of privilege and authority, we’re guilty of complicity.

John Saunders BA U3 Ed. Note: Firstly, accusations o f “hidden agendas" and being "offensive" are interesting coming from someone who deliberately tried to smear SSMU President-elect Mark Luz's campaign with unfounded rumours about sexual harassment. Secondly, while we may

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not have included anything in our March 9th issue on International Womens Week, our March 16-29 issue included coverage o f three speakers involved with the activities o f Women s week. J ustice Rosalie Abella's lecture was reported on in our news section, and two Forums on lectures by Rebecca Walker and Gloria Steinem appeared in the Features section. Copies are available in our office. *>

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Re: Rich Latour’s editorial, March 9-15, (The Stale Prince of the Shatner Building).

This is to inform you that Jason Prince did not attend the March 4, 1993 meeting on Incorporation because he was not advised of the date and the time.

Guy Brisebois General Manager SSMU EdNote: Yes, but was he not notified o f the date and time o f the Incorporation meeting deliberately or because he was never around the office doing his job, and thus never even had the chance to be told?

Just asking...

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discovered that the emergency procedure is posted in the cage, at the security desk and in the guard office along with a book which provides a more in-depth description of procedures.

It is true that the spinal board is a two man board, however, when guards receive their training they are taught how to perform one man spinals. A vital aspect of guard training is how to use bystanders efficiently and effectively. Bystanders are used to complete tasks which the lifeguard cannot (such as calling 911 from a phone not present on deck).

The first aid kit was updated in September. However, indi viduals use the kit for personal rather than pool use. Thus, it is difficult to keep it updated.

The new $800 sound system (an exaggerated figure) was privately funded for the synchro team, it was not bought with Athletic Department funds.

Every pool has filter problems and is occasionally shut down.

Considering the number of patrons who use the pool - approx. 150-200 daily - it is surprising that it has only been closed twice since September, not the monthly shutdown stated by Melinda Warren (incidentally, this was a misquote).

Trish Snyder’s article was poorly researched and did not provide any new or valid point regarding Weston Pool. Perhaps it would have been best to highlight the positiveoutcomes resulting from the 1992 article rather than publishing an article which rehashes old and non-existent health and safety risks at Weston Pool.

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I would like to clarify a number of points that were made in Latour’s editorial (March 23-29).

(1) The VP Internal unilaterally called the PRC meeting of March 1sL I was informed of the meeting at 1Opm the night before, but could not make it due to a prior engagement (this was the first time that the document was available to the committee, a document which was passed by Council that week); (2) The meeting with the auditor was arranged by our general manager Guy Brisebois, who forgot to inform me of the meeting until the day of, an oversight for which heapologised. I had a meeting which I could not miss at that time, but I am confident of the quality of the update which 1 subsequently received. In any event, this is hardly a dossier which I am unfamiliar with; (3) As I have made clear to the VP University Affairs, Monday nights are reserved for another meeting. I have been to far too few Senate Board Caucus meetings because this night has been chosen as the best for all other members. I missed the Senate meeting on March 10th because I was completely burned out after 10 straight days of campaigning for the SSMU elections. The motion dealing with student representation was unanimously supported by the Senate Nominating Committee, so it was highly unlikely to face any significant resistance.

In any event, most of the work for that motion was done prior to the Senate meeting, and I was instrumental in the work that brought about this successful resolution.

Recently, I was out of the office for most of a week due to a terriblecold. This one week is in no way typical of my work record over the semester.

Jason Prince President, SSMU

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Re: Too sexy for politics, Hargan Ridley, March 23-29, 1993 Dear Ms. Ridley, In your column, you seem to attribute the fact that Amy Ridley lost the SSMU presidential election becauseMcGill students were not ready to put a woman in that office. Nevermind the fact that this year’s executive includes three women. Nev mind the fact that the office of SSMU President was filled by a woman but two years ago. Let me tell you why I did not vote for Amy Ridley. It has nothing to do with hex gender.

I did not vote for her because “she” is in fact “you.” I am confused as to why you feel a need todo such irresponsible things as accuse the entire McGill electorate ofsexism in your column, yet use a different name to run for office. Since your name appears as both Amy Ridley and Hargan Ridley on the Tribune masthead, I can only assume that your creation of a super-opinionated alter ego behind which to hide is intentional. I did not vote for Hargan/Amy Ridley because I do not like peoplewho hide behind pseudonyms.

When a friend of mine called the Trib and asked why Amy/ Hargan Ridley appeared on the masthead twice, even though they were in fact the same person, he was told to ask you himself. I will pose the question for him. Why do you feel the need to be two people? Most of us find it hard enough to be just one.

Adam Sadowski U3 Arts

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Re: New External Election This is the second time we’re being asked to vote in an election Re: Trish Snyder’s article “Clouds of Doubt...” that has one candidatepromising all the “right things” to get votes, and Last year an article was published discussing the hazards at the other running with an asparagus for a mascot. And there are still a Weston Pool. I feel that the 1992 article was needed, this year it was not. After last year’s article a number of changes were made at the pool. Sophie Legault no longer works at Weston and is therefore not aware of the changes and should not have been quoted in Snyder’s article.

P r i z e s a n d A w a r d s Orientation sessions were held at Weston in October, they were compulsory The K W M a c IV E R M E M O R IA L P R IZ E , worth $275, for the for ALL staff, attendance was taken. At best English essay by an undergraduate on a sub|ect In the field of these sessions emergency procedures were English Canadian or French Candlan literature, to be nominated by Instructors. discussed and practiced. IfTrish had talked to an employed guard she would have

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few things I don’t quite understand.

Mr. Work, you claim that if you get elected, “The V.P. E xt budget will fund WalkSafe”. WalkSafe is probably the most important student program at McGill and anybody who doesn’t support it has no place in student politics. But, correct me if I’m wrong, is not WalkSafe in the VP Internal portfolio? And is not its operating cost $33,000 while the External budget is $9,000? How do you propose to fund a program that would be beyond your control in terms of both jurisdiction and cost? Or have you just overestimated voter ignorance?

And Mr. Boldizar, last time I wasn’t sure if you were running seriously or not. Iguessyoum ustbeifyou’re doing this a second time, but I have one question I would love to know the answer to: What’s up with the asparagus, dude?

Amanda Sullivan

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My philosophy in life has always been that whether you’re a president or a street sweeper, whether you win or lose, you always have to look in the mirror when you shave in the morning. That’s why I was very happy that the last VP External race stayed clean. It seemed that my opponent agreed that personal dignity was more important than any election. Unfortunately, it seems that for some people these values apply only when in a winning position.

I have been recently informed by a number of people in Management that Andrew Work has been making speeches in their classes saying: “Just ask Boldizar what he thinks of Management students.” So I went to a Management class and tried to explain that I had no idea what that was a reference to, but that I had spent one year in Management, and only switched out because I wanted to take more electives. One of Andrew’s campaign managers was also there making a speech for him. He claimed that I had told a Stats class that Management students were all “bom in a bam”.

For the record I would like to clarify that I never said that, nor would I ever have said it to a class full of people I was trying to convince to vote for me. I speak my mind, but I’m not an idiot I do not think that the fact that the Judicial Board ruled in my favour for a new election is due cause for turning petty, childish rumours into a campaign strategy. Andrew, I think you and your army of PC campaign managers have made a serious fault in judgment this time, and I sincerely hope it blows up in your face.

Alexander (Asparagus) Boldizar U2 Arts

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I would like to make a statement concerning the publication of my quote in this week’s Tribune in the article “Clouds of Doubt Fall Over Weston Pool.” In speaking with your journalist, I stated that the pool water is often cloudy, and that the filter had backed up last month, resulting in an overnight closure of the facility. I also stressed that the facility is old, and that a maintenance crew comes in on a daily basis to check the pool water chlorine and pH levels, as well as to check the filter system in the basement Although the latter part of my statement was not published, I feel it is essential to my statement, and that my quote was taken out of context Please make a note of this. Thank you.

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John Williamson, a McGill U3 Arts student, announced his intention to become the Progres­ sive Conservative (PC) candidate in M on treal’s St-H enri— Westmount constituency for next fall’s federal general election.

“It’s a move which I am both proud and honoured to make,” stated Williamson. “By presenting myself as a candidate, I hope to bring new perspectives and qualities to Parliament and to the residents o f St-H enriWestmount.”

The consitituency encom­ passes not only the two regions named, but also the McGill stu­ dent ghetto, the Plateau, Little Burgundy, and Montreal’s down­

town area.

Williamson has recently be­ gun a fundraising drive in order to get his name on the ballot. The PC nomination meeting is ex­ pected to be held some time in the summer. Williamson is the first individual to publicly announce his bid for the PC candidacy.

“Over the nextfourmonths, Canadians will witness the PC Party regenerate itself and offer new leadership to the country,” asserted Williamson, referring to the party leadership contest which will take place next June.

“It was always said that the next generation is the future,” said Williamson. “Well, the next generation is here now.”

A lthough tw enty-three years old, Williamson explained

other youthful individuals have been elected to Parliament, in­ cluding two ministers from the Mulroney cabinet. Current Com­ m unication M inister Perrin Beatty was elected at r>.ge twentytwo, and current Environment Minister Jean Charest was elected at age twenty-six.

Graduating this spring, Williamson, who was President o f PC McGill for the past two years and is currently Vice-Presi­ dent (Anglophone) of the Que­ bec PC Youth Association, will stay in Montreal to campaign for the PC nomination this summer.

If he gains the PC candidacy, W illiam son w ill run against David Berger, the incumbent Lib­ eral MP.

Press Conference C O N T IN U E D F R O M PAGE 4 held in this building [Shatner], that any organization has, is open to all students,” said Daniel Koffler, head of B ’nai Brith Hillel at McGill.

Students’ Society General Manager Guy Brisebois went up

to the third floor to assess the situation.

“I only checked to make sure it was only the press [in the room],” he said, upholding the right o f the Arab Student Net­ work to host an event accessible only to press members.

“They are allowed to have private meetings. It’s like a pri­

BY SANCHARI CHAKRAVARTY

Beta Theta Pi’s (BTP) an­ nual “Burning Down the House Party” ended on a dismal note, when money raised for charity was stolen. The fraternity was rais­ ing funds for the Starlight Foun­ dation (SF), an organization which

“There were a lot of faces that were not recognized. We haven’t decided if we will call the police yet. We don’t have any leads now, but if any come up we will follow them and call the po­ lice. We will not take matters into our own hands because this will only lead to legal problems,” he

F e a r in g t h e f u t u r e a f t e r t h e f t o f C h a r i t y d o n a tio n s .

vate council meeting,” Brisebois asserted.

Palestine Solidarity Com­ mittee head Yousef Arafat stood outside with the rest of the stu­ dents during the event.

“This is a p r e s s confer­ ence,” stressed Arafat. “We did prevent Hillel members from en­ tering but no more than any other students.”

“We decided to have this conference because we felt that H illel’s coverage was unfair, and we prevented students from en­ tering because of Hillel’s ten­ dency to hijack these events”, said Arafat.

McGill security was dis­ patched to handle alleged vio­ lence at the conference, but they refused to comment on the inci­ dent.

grants wishes to terminally ill chil­ dren.

At the party, held March 19, a cash box chained to the bar col­ lected partygoers' spare change for SF. The theft took place between 11 and 1 a.m.

Former Beta President Jake Bullen was disheartened by the theft.

“Someone smashed open the box and took about 50 to 70 dollars. I feel very disappointed that something like this can hap­ pen. We are supposed to be at university to not only learn about school, but also hopefully about responsibility. To see something like this amongst people who will be our ‘future leaders’ is disheart­ ening.”

Bullen believes the theft was not accidental.

“This person stole money out of a cash box. This was theft and this was intentional theft,” he stated angrily.

Currently, Bullen does not hold any suspicions regarding the identity of the thief.

explained.

Bullen emphasized he did not feel a BTP member is respon­ sible for the theft.

“I trust each and every one of them (BTP’s) completely. All the Betas were out that day col­ lecting. We are a trust based or­ ganization, this is not an innocent denial, but a well based fact,” he stated.

“Maybe someone will wake up and realize the money is for charity. Hopefully, this will spark some guilt or action and the money will be returned to us,” he contin­ ued.

BTP member Colin Lynch said the probability of regaining the lost funds was low.

“We are planning on re­ placing the money, but we don’ t anticipate the money will be re­ turned. If the money is not re­ turned, we will take the portion from our own pockets. The Star­ light Foundation shouldn’t lose out because someone came to the party and stole money,” he re­ marked.

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H o s p ita l m e r g e r c o u ld a ffe c t M c G ill M e d If plans go ahead to merge five Montreal hospitals, the impact on McGill’s Medical School will be significant, explained Alex Paterson, Chair of McGill’s Board of Governors and head of a committee considering the move.

“Clearly there will be alarge effect [on McGill],” said Paterson, who emphasized that teaching programs in medicine would be improved without reducing the number of resident interns.

Principal David Johnston cautioned that it was still too early to predict exactly how the merger would affect McGill. “Delivery of health services, teaching and medicine will change,” he acknowl­ edged.

Johnston added it was the job of the committee studying the viability of the merger to determine the nature of these changes.

The five hospitals under consideration for merger include the Royal Victoria, Montreal General, Montreal Chest, Montreal Chil­ dren’s and the Montreal Neurological Institute.

The committee, composed of Johnston, Paterson, Dean of Medicine Richard Cruess, and representatives of the five hospitals, is awaiting a report from independent consul tants compiling data on the merger. It will next meet on April 2nd to accept the report, and will present its recommendations to the various constituencies by the end of June.

That means that the committee’s decision will probably be brought to McGill for consideration over the summer.

Paterson emphasized, however, that the merger is still in the initial planning stages and may not take place at all.

S S M U C a n s C o m p tr o lle r S h ifm a n Students’ Society (SSMU) Comptroller Jon Shifman was fired on March 15, stated a document presented at last Thursday’s Students ’Council meeting. Shifman had served SSMU as comptroller for fifteen years.

According to SSMU General Manager Guy Brisebois, the SSMU executive committee recommended to the university that Shifman be discharged based on “an overall review of Mr. Jon Shifman’s performance of his duties... combined with separate re­ ports given to us by two auditors’ firms [and]... the lack of explana­ tions given by him [Shifman].”

Shifman has requested that a grievance be filed through McGill University’s Non-Academic Staff Association (MUNASA) on his behalf.

Depending on the nature of the grievance, which was not disclosed, the process could take from 10 to 40 days. MUNASA will confer with Shifman’s supervisor Brisebois, and if no agreement can be reached, ultimately with McGill VP Administration John Armour.

Brisebois refused to comment on the dismissal, saying that it had been agreed to keep the matter confidential.

S e n a to r s tu r n d o w n m o tio n to lim it S e n a te ’s s i z e At last Wednesday’s meeting, senators overwhelmingly re­ jected a motion to decrease Senate’s size. The motion, submitted by VP (Macdonald College) Roger Bucldand, mandated the Nominating Committee to review the size of Senate and bring forward “recom­ mendations on the most appropriate number and distribution of seats.”

History professor Robert Vogel amended the motion and mandated the Nominating Committee to strike an ad-hoc committee to review the size and effectiveness of Senate in light of an Independ­ ent Group Report on University Governance.

Several senators voiced their opposition to both the motion and the amendment, claiming Senate should turn its attention to far more pressing issues.

Citing recent efforts of the Nominating Committee to review student representation at Senate, Dean of Students Irwin Gopnik argued it would be a “waste of time to send [the issue] back to the committee.”

Political Science professor Sam Noumoff expressed concern that reducing Senate’s size would not be in the university's best interests.

“If we do anything, we have to broaden the voices that are heard,” he said. “I think it would be a dreadful error to narrow down [Senate's size].”

VP Academic William Leggett urged Senate to focus on such crucial issues as the current budget situation.

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Despite Vogel’s remarks, senators voted overwhelmingly to reject both the motion and the amendment

Keynote Speaker Carla Rice opened the forum on racist, sexist, and destructive body images with a speech and slide show on the “body as a battleground.”

Rice asserted that the “war on women’s bodies” manifests itself in an “eroticization of pain and suffering.”

S S M U s e e k s s o lu tio n fo r S o u th A fr ic a According to Rice, the pre-pubescent boyish shape heralded C o m m itte e by fashion magazines today embodies an ideal which asks women to Students’ Society (SSMU) spent close to an hour debating the “take up less space in a patriarchal society.” future of the . Southern Africa Committee (SAC) at their meeting McGill Professor Berkeley Kaite addressed advertisements Thursday night Architecture Rep Greg Schron sponsored a resolution for feminine hygeine products which appealed to the “self-policing” to dissolve the SAC, suggesting that there were other external concerns woman to achieve an “androgynous ideal and antiseptic female of equal importance to SSMU. bodies.”

Members of the SAC argued that the committee should continue Social worker Jan Lackstrom outlined methods of therapy and to exist until the apartheid system is dismantled. Schron countered that treatment for women with eating disorders. the SAC should not continue to exist as a standing committee of Issues of body image and beauty myths specific to men and council, but rather should hold the same status as other council interest women of colour were explored, with an emphasis on representations groups. found in mass media.

“It is entrenched in our constitution, and it does require that it be Free pizza, cake, and ice cream were enjoyed by all afterwards. taken to a referendum to remove it as a standing committee to council,” Shron said.

D e b a tin g U n io n te a m ta k e s C a n a d ia n The SAC was created in 1979 as a standing committee to council, but became a consitutionally-recognized committee when the N a tio n a l to u r n a m e n t new SSMU constitution was passed by student referendum in 1991.

McGill Debating Debate on the motion ended shortly after Speaker Adam Atlas noted Union (DU) President Gerry that the resolution on the table was unconstitutional, and that student Butts and U2 Arts student referendum was the only way to dissolve the SAC as a standing Peter Balasubmaranian committee of council. placed first in the Canadian “Council cannot dissolve this committee by itself. It must be National Debating Tourna­ Université taken to a student referendum,” Atlas said. ment hosted by Guelph de Montréal Council passed an amended version of the resolution that University March 20. Ac­ requires students to vote on the future of the SAC in a fall referendum. cording

S te w a r t d is m is s e s le a d e r s h ip a m b itio n s Students’ Society (SSMU) Athletics Rep James Stewart in­ formed council last Thursday night that he would not be seeking the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The announcement came less than 24 hours after Kim Campbell announced her candidacy.

“I’m glad so many people turned out to hear my announcement that I will not be seeking the Conservative leadership,” he told the capacity crowd at the SSMU meeting.

The Conservative leadership was vacated when Prime Minister Brian Mulroney resigned from the party leadership in February.

“Kim Campbell’s bandwagon seems to be gaining too much momentum,” Stewart explained.

“I gave it a lot of thought... now is not my time,” he said. Stewart did not rule out future challenges for the leadership of the party.

The Progressive Conservative Party will choose a new leader at a convention in Ottawa in early June.

In an apparently unrelated development, Campbell arrived in Montreal on Friday morning to open her area campaign headquarters.

B o d y I m a g e c o n fe r e n c e a n d F e a rle ss F rid a y F e a s t w e ll a t t e n d e d Issues of sexual assault, racist and ethnocentric ideals of beauty, cosmetic surgery and eating disorders were among the many presented at a forum hosted by the McGill Sexual Assault Centre and the Anorexia and Bulemia Foundation of Quebec

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U1 Arts st Catherine Mackenzi Arts student Adriei McNicholas was nar top woman debater.

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Results of the Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS) mail-out referendum will be announced early this week. Students will decide whether the PGSS will join the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), which would make it the First Quebec students’ society to join the controversial national stu­ dents ’ federation, and would charge $6 per year to PGSS members to pay for membership.

At November’s CFS general meeting, the PGSS applied for pro­ spective member status, giving it the benefits of membership with­ out member status, as long as they held a referendum on the issue within a year. Information about the CFS was distributed to PGSS members in a mail-out package.

PGSS President Tamara Myers claimed there are several benefits to membership. The CFS, which includes the National Gradu­ ate Council (NGC), engages in lob­ bying at the federal level. Myers stressed that since many graduate student issues, such as graduate funding and research councils’ budgets and policies, are regulated by the federal government, it is important for the PGSS to have a strong voice at the federal level.

However, in Quebec, where

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S tu d e n ts D e c id e o n C F S M e m b e r s h ip far less education funding is ob­ tained from Ottawa, federal lobby­ ing has questionable benefits.

Myers pointed out that, as a mem­ ber of the Rassemblement des Associations des Conseils Supérieurs du Québec (RACSQ), the PGSS is already en­ gaged in provincial lobbying.

“It is vital to have contact with other graduate schools because we all face similar prob­ lems and chal­ len ges,” Myers stated. In light of recent efforts by McGill’s teaching assistants to union­ ize, Myers stressed the benefits pro­ vided by contact with other graduate schools which have B r e a k in g similar unions.

CFS mem­ bership is problem­ atic because of the organization’s congruency and componency rules.

The CFS requires that its members belong to a local component or­ ganization before joining the CFS.

According to Myers, because the PGSS would be the only Quebec member, and because of persistent division between the Association

nent organization would not be possible. Both Myers and Jamie McEvoy, Deputy Chair of the CFS, downplayed this issue.

“Quebec isn’t the only place where this is the case,” commented McEvoy. “We encourage our mem­ bers to organize into provincial or­ ganizations, but this is new. Mani­ toba and Alberta, forexample, have only recently formed provincial or­ ganizations.”

McEvoy denied that offering prospective PGSS membership is part of a new strategy to recruit Quebec student organizations.

“Our policy is not to recruit from provinces. We have an agree­ ment with Quebec student unions not to infringe on their jursidiction, and there are no immediate plans to change that agreement,” he told the T rib u n e .

Besides these problems, the CFS has come under other criti­ cism. Sue Crack, VP Academic of the Waterloo Federation of Stu­ dents, cited several reasons for the University of Waterloo’s recent pullout from the CFS. High on the list of complaints were the exces­ sive focus on issues not strictly related to students and the unwill­ ingness of CFS members to sup­ port diverging opinions.

“At the May general meet­ ing, there was a motion to increase

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to 50 per cent the resources devoted to educational issues, but it was not passed,” said Crack. ‘The problem is that students are being divided on many issues. It’s hard for [CFSJcouncil to vote appropriately.

It polarizes the membership of the CFS and schools can’t work to­ gether.”

Crack indicated there are other CFS problems, such as the lack of long-term financial plan­ ning; the ‘one school-one vote’ sys­ tem that discrimiates against larger schools; and the ineffectiveness of its lobbying activities.

Myers disagreed that CFS fo­ cuses excessively on issues of low importance to students.

‘The majority of lobbying is about strictly student issues,” she countered. “For example, the CFS lobbied to get the GST off tuition, and lobbied against the three per cent tax on student loans.”

Regarding more controver­ sial issues, such as Central Ameri­ can aid and abortion, Myers ex­ plained that “it is important to pro­ vide a forum to debate these is­ sues.”

According to Myers, the re­ sults from the referendum, part of the PGSS general elections, should be available Wednesday or Thurs­ day.

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F e a t u r e s T h e r e s u lt s a r e in ! A n d t h e w in n e r is ...

Another year, another Tribune poll. That’s how some of you responded when asked to fill out a sheet on this year’s reader’s survey. Yet McGill students have lost none of their creativity— or vitriol—since last we looked upon the re­ sults. The true story is not in the responses themselves, but in what was written— and scrawled—in ihe margins.

Students displayed a sur­ prising amount of apathy when asked about the results of the Students’ Society (SSMU) Elections. However, while 28 per cent were satisfied with the results, an overwhelming ma­ jority (83 per cent) felt that their money was being wasted by the executive council. Only three respondents justified their answers, yet they all wrote the same thing: “The biggest mis­ management of funds this year has to go to the re-election of the VP External.”

Pulling in more responses than the political arena were questions on sex and drugs— topics which are obviously close to the heart of many stu­ dents. One even went so far as to rip his poll in half as a revo­ lutionary gesture.

The majority of students polled (61 per cent) do not use illicit drugs, yet most were opinionated on the issue of marijuana legalization. Fiftyeight per cent were in favor of decriminalizing the drug. Rea­

sons cited for legalizing the McGill student’s drug of choice are varied, ranging from “Everyone does it anyway” to “Pot mellows assholes; Al­ cohol magnifies them”. One enterprising student added cheerfully, “It’s good for you; lots of fibre.” Generally, how­ ever, most students cited the fact that the drug will be better monitored with government regulation, commenting on its potential for medical and eco­ nomic relief. As a cash crop, they argued, it will bring more resources into the country.

Those against legaliza­ tion felt that the law would implicitly condone the use of marijuana. “We don’t need more potheads,” wrote one. Yet another felt that legalization would backfire on drug users, who would end up supporting the government that is now jailing them by the thousands.

And as a third writer, con­ cerned with the mental and physical implications of drug use, spluttered: ’’You know drunk drivers? Imagine stoned drivers!”

Judging by the responses, most of you are sexually ac­ tive- and when we say active, we mean active. Almost as many of you are having sex one to four times a week as are not having sex at all. Seven­ teen per cent is having it over five times a week. Guess what they say about men’s sexual peak is wrong. Then again, half of you masturbate at least

Fifty-two per cent of women asserted that they would feel safe at a fiat party (no aspersions intended to be cast). Seventy-three per cent of men have not considered being in a fraternity. Several people, men and women, wrote that their answer would de­ pend on which frat it was, while one fraternity member, in his best Frat Scrawl, wrote: “It’s fraternity, not “frat”, and you have no right to say the word.”

Restoring one’s faith in morality, 58 per cent of those polled opted against having sex with an animal for a million dollars, while a comparatively large number considered that they would have to know which animal they were dealing with.

As this option wasn’t even on the poll, it seems the country stands in good and thoughtful hands.

Sixty-one per cent feel that S ports’ Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue is sexist. As for the other thirty-seven per cent...well, as one sports fan wrote, “The word is sexy. Not sexist. Sexy.” In general, the loyalties of Tribune fans eve­ rywhere are secure, with this newspaper having received twice as many votes as the Daily. Then again, it may be a question of who’s polling...and who’s being polled. The third runner-up in this series? “Don’t care,” which beats out the Pillar, Red Herring and Com­ merce Communiqué.

Let’s do it again next year.

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as reasons for disappointment, while still others regretted their decision to stay in violent/abusive/dead-end relationships.

The most unique response came from one who lamented the missed opportunity of “beating up on Dwayne Bolger in the third grade”. The same person wished he had contin­ ued to study the clarinet. In kindred spirit, one writer felt she/ he was “bom in the wrong decade,” while another decried his inability to have sex with animals. All in all, a wonder­ ful, witty bunch.

Most who were without regret preferred to admit to cockiness (58 per cent) rather than lying, and some even in­ sisted, “it’s true—I really have learned from my experiences.”

As a whole, women once a week, close to the would rather be Alice Walker number of those who are not having sex. We propose to than Michelle Pfeiffer, while draw no conclusions, however, men would rather be Noam as it seemed that during the Chomsky than Brad Pitt. A few polling process many readers individualists wrote in votes were just too embarassed to for themselves, yet the great­ est confusion, perhaps, ensued respond.

On the lighter side, those when men circled Michelle who don’t know what they’re Pfeiffer and women circled doing with their lives are in Brad Pitt. Penchants for cross­ high number. Yet there are just dressing aside, it is clear that as many who are confident while one sex may chose a about their futures. The major­ certain role model for them­ ity of those polled (fifty-two selves, the other still has dif­ per cent) have regrets about ferent expectations of what that their past. Understandably, model should be. Write-in many of them did not wish to votes for Salman Rushdie and the Queen Mother—in a bikini comment.

Those who did cited no less—were also in evidence, “high school,” “coming to cult figures, no doubt, to a gen­ McGill,” “wasting time,” and eration of “Kids in the Hall” “not pursuing personal goals” fans.

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M c G ill T r ib u n e R e a d e r s ’ P o ll

Total # of students polled: 486 1. Are you satisfied with the re­ sults o f the SSM U elections?

Yes: 28% No: 22% Don’t care: 47% No answer: 3% 2. Do you use drugs?

Yes: 37% No: 61% No answer: 2% 3. I f so, what drug do you use?

Pot: 57% Hash: 10% LSD: 8% Anything: 8% Mushrooms: 7% Ecstasy: 7% Cocaine: 3% 4. Should marijuana be legal­ ized?

Yes: 58% No: 35% No answer: 7%

5. How m any times a week do you have sex?

0:42% 1-4: 41% 5+: 17% 6. W hat is your sexual orienta­ tion?

Straight: 87% Gay: 4% Bi: 6% Lesbian: 3% 7. Do you know what y o u ’re do­ ing with your life?

Yes: 47% No: 47% Maybe: 6% 8. Do you have any regrets about your past?

Yes: 52% No: 47% Maybe; I just don’t think it’s fit for discussion here: 1% 9. F or those o f you who say they have no regrets, are you lying, or

• . . » a q ju s t excessively cocky?

Lying: 17% Excessively cocky: 58% Telling the truth: 21% No answer, and frankly, I resent this: 21%

10. H ow many times a week do you masturbate?

0:51% 1-4: 39% 5+: 10% 11. W om en: who would you rather be: M ichelle Pfeiffer or Alice Walker?

Alice Walker: 46% Michelle Pfeiffer: 21% Rather be me: 17% Don’t know: 14% Queen Elizabeth: 1% 12. M en: Who would you rather be? Brad Pitt or Noam Chomsky ?

Noam Chomsky: 47% Brad Pitt: 23% Who? Don’t know: 23% I gotta be me: 6%

iSalman Rushdie: i at.1%

13. Women: W ould you fe e l safe at a fr a t party?

Yes: 52% No: 48% 14. M en: Have you ever consid­ ered join in g a fra t?

Yes: 27% No: 73% 15. I f someone offered you a mil­ lion dollars, would you have sex with an animal?

Yes: 36% No: 58% Depends what kind of ani­ mal: 3% I refuse to answer this of­ fensive trash: 3%

Do Red Herring: 9% Pillar: 4% Scrivener: 1% Faucet: 1% Commerce Communiqué: 1% Reporter: 0%

17. Do you think SSM U wastes your money?

Yes: 83% No: 12% Don’t know: 5% 18. Do you think Sports Illustrat­ ed’s swimsuit issue is sexist?

Yes: 61% No: 37% Don’t know: 2%

19. Optional: what would you like to see more o f in the Trib­ une?

Comics: 35% More coverage of 16. W hat is your favorite campus off-campus publication?: events: 31% Tribune: 46% Less SSMU: 21% Daily: 23% Other: 13% Don’t care: 15%

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E n te r ta in m e n t B r a d P it t 's d o in g t h e S u e d e C a t S t r u t B Y M IK A B A R E K E T

How many times have you gone to see a movie and found yourself forgetting it as soon as the credits hit the screen? I’ve seen every film in the Police Academy series , but I’ll be darned if I could recall a single scene from any o f them. This phenomena is true o f even so-called for­ eign classics, such as the highly acclaimed Russian film Redemption. The sim­ ple fact is that most movies are not very memorable.

Getting the attention of an audience is easily accom­ plished. If not extreme vio­ lence, fast-paced one-liners or breathtaking scenes o f English landscapes, then an actor with a washboard stom­ ach will usually gamer some attention. However, it takes much more to leave a longlasting impression on peo­ ples’ minds. The Coles will tell you that Johnny Suede is unforgettable Not only that,

but it features an actor with a washboard stomach.

Hearththrob Brad Pitt is the title character, a modem day Ricky Nelson wannabe who, living from day to day in a seedy blue-walled apart­ ment, tries to keep his band together while making ends meet. In a crowded bar, not unlike Bar St. Laurent, he meets Darlene, a Winonaesque woman with a fascina­ tion for the colour pink. He dates her on alternate days with her other, much older boyfriend. After a silly disa­ greement, she dumps him, and he is, yes, down in the dumps. It is not too long be­ fore he meets Yvonne, a grounded schoolteacher who offers him colour t.v., “snacks” and stability. But can Johnny look past her non­ image oriented lifestyle and his self-obsession to finally fall in love and lead a normal lifestyle? The ending is left open so you’re guessing at his fate. Maybe there will be

a sequel.

This is not your typical boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy meets another girl and finds his true self movie. Di­ rector Tom DiCillo makes sure this dark comedy does not lead to comparisons to such teen pleasers as Pretty in Pink and B lind Date.

Johnny Suede is for altemat i v e - l o v i n g twentysomethings who don ’t mind cheap cinematography and low-budget casting.

Brad Pitt was no doubt doing this movie as a favour to a director he admires and to get non-mainstream cred­ ibility after “selling out” in A River Runs Through it as a conservatively dressed, and well-coifed career man. Here, he is none of those things, but rather a down on his luck dreamer with an exaggerated psuedo-fifties hairdo, sport­ ing rhinestone speckled suede loafers, and ratty underwear.

The first half o f the movie is incredibly slow, and

it is not until he meets lead singer of his off and on Yvonne in a surreal sub­ band, Johnny and the way scene that it picks up. Persueders, he actually does his It is also enlivened by a own singing. I had to check the recurring character named end credits because although he Freak Storm who is played looked like he was actually do­ by singer and sometimes ing his own vocals, it was hard actor Nick Gave. Freak is to believe that he could sing so an older and sleazier ver­ well and at the same time look sion of Johnny, and in an so good. But then again, both odd way acts as his men­ Harry Connick Jr. and Chris tor. He indirectly tells the Cornell can do it, why not Brad? naive Johnny that he has Several days have passed little hope to “make it” as since I took center seat for the a fifties-retro singer, and m uch-anticipated Johnny that unless he leads an hon­ Suede, and I still cannot break est and structured life, he away from its atmosphere. There will always be financially is a deeply ominous quality to unstable and alone. He this movie. The bitterness, filth, then swindles some money and confusion is easily passed and forces him to eat con­ on to the viewer. There is such a taminated fried chicken, thing as a movie that is too which leads Jonny to memorable. Be forewarned, it throw-up all night. But may have a similar effect on not to worry, because here you. Perhaps waiting for Brad enters Yvonne to nurse Pitt’s upcoming Kalifornia, or him back to health. Bam! renting Wings o f Desire with Johnny falls in love.

Nick Cave as, a strange night­ Pitt proves that he is club singer, is a safer choice. more than just a pretty face with an awesome body, As

H olly-w ou ld th in k w e w ere B o rn Yesterday B Y P A U L F L IC K E R

would sooner break your legs than remember that he had lawyers that sue. Judy Holi­ day plays Billie and gives the performance o f a lifetime as his dumb-

Lately Hollywood has been plagued by rash of re­ makes. This week’s remake is Born Yesterday, a rehash­ ing o f the 1950 classic of the b l o n d e same name. Last week Hol­ c h o r u s g i r l lywood came out with Point sidekick. o f No Return, a remake of the The two French classic La Femme come to Wash­ N ik ita . ington to buy a The first thing that these congressm an movies all have in common who can intro­ is that they are remakes, the duce legisla­ second is that they arc all tion to fix the worse than the originals. price of used The original Born Yes­ metal and save terday starred Judy Holiday, Harry from fair Broderick Crawford and c o m p e titio n William Holden. Crawford from foreign played the self-made million­ markets. Harry aire, Harry, who worked his decides that he way up from selling newspa­ wants Billie to become more pers on the street to owning refined, “smooth out the ruff over a hundred junk yards, edges,” so that she can fit in (although he is not sure ex­ with the Washington elite— actly how many he owns or enter William Holden, who where they are located). plays a radical journalist Harry is tough and dumb named Paul who is hired as and not the type of guy you Billie’s tutor. want to cross, because he Born Yesterday, the re­

make, is directed by Luis Mandoki and stars Melanie Griffith as the dumb blonde, John Goodman as the tycoon and Don Johnson as the jour­

military base near his lat­ est development. Paul is still a journalist.

Taken on its own, the best part o f Born Yester­ day is the per­ formances by the cast, al­ though the roles do not seem to be that much o f a stretch. They salvage the m ovie from being com ­ p letely pa­ thetic and hoist it up into me­ diocrity. How­ ever, com ­ pared to the original, the actors are not nearly as convincing. Goodman, ac­ customed to playing a w orking-class man on Roseanne, was not nearly as succesful as Crawford was in the character of Harry.

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Judy Holiday pretty much perfected the role. It is almost impossible to fill Holiday’s shoes and Melanie Griffith comes up a little short. nalist hired toeductate Billie.

The script has been updated: Billie is now a Vegas show­ girl instead o f New York chorusgirl and Harry is a real estate magnate instead of a junk man who com es to Washington to convince con­ gress not to close down a

Crawford bawling out in his New Jersey working-class ac­ cent across his rented hotel wing, you completely forget that he is actually acting arole and putting on the accent. Melanie Griffith is not nearly as good as Judy Holiday, but this is not really her fault. Judy Holiday pretty much perfected the role. It is almost impossible to fill Holi­ day’s shoes and Griffith comes up a couple sizes short Do not get me wrong, it is not that the actors are not miscast— they give solid performances— it is that they are simply mismovied.

In and of itself, there is nothing wrong with a remake, a good remake. There have been many fine movies that were also remakes; The Untouchables and The Postman Always Rings Twice. But, if Hollywood is to remake a classic movie, it is not enough to simply update it but they should also improve upon it.

Compared to its original, Born Again, does not stand very well, on its own, though, it rates a six.

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Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz (Virgin Records) For the past several years, Lenny Kravitz has been an artist that could always be found blaring on stereos in college residences, but he somehow managed to miss main­ stream success all the same. That changed somewhat with the single “It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over” from 1991’s Mama Said, and the MOR flavour of that song seems to have had tremendous influence on Kravitz’s latest offering, Are You

Gonna Go My Way. Though the title track bears a striking resemblance to his previ­ ous collaboration with Slash, Kravitz’s other songs, particularly “Believe” and “My Love” are defi­ nitely directed towards AM sapradio. Kravitz’s continued pursuit of Lennonesque status is still a fac­ tor on this album, and unfortunately he seems to be losing the tough edge that first attracted his audience. Are You Gonna Go My Way is a good album, like Kravitz’s previous two; unfortunately, the music world waits for no one, and Kravitz has not progressed enough to avoid getting left behind. Are You Gonna Go My Way rates a 56 out of 78.

Ten Summoner's Tales Sting (A & M Records) Sting has touted his new of­ fering, Ten Summoner's Tales as a more pop-oriented effort than his introspective 1991 album The Soul

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S o m e l i k e , S u m n e r 's S u m m o n e r 's T a l e Cages. The first single—which has been assaulting airwaves for several months—”If I Ever Lose My Faith In You,” confirms that statement, but from that point on the album mud­ dles and meanders through material which, for Sting, is uncharacteristi­ cally weak. “Love Is Stronger Than Justice,” an attempt at jazz-country fusion is useful in only one regard: reaffirming why country and jazz are not musical genres that are often fused. There are highlights on the album,notably “Fields of Gold”, “It’s Probably Me” and “Seven Days,” though the latter’s sentiment is a lit­ tle too close to the Cure’s “Friday, I’m In Love” to not sound suspi­ cious. All in all, this album does little to add to the lustre of Sting’s career; it does prove that rock stars should spend less time galavanting around the world’s rain forests and more time writing songs. Ten Summoner's Tales rates a 59 out of 78.

Unplugged Arrested Development

plugged is good, but if you’re look ­ ing for original material wait until their new record is released. Un­ plugged rates a 62 out of 78.

Freedom of Choice: Yester­ day's New Wave Hits As Performed

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(Chrysalis Records) A few years ago, MTV de­ cided it would be a nice idea to invite big stars on their stage and ask them to play an hour or so of acoustic music. Neat concept, particularly when decidedly electronic acts like Aerosmith and Eric Clapton rework their material to give dedicated fans a fresh interpretation cf their songs.

Unfortunately, as popular mu­ sic gets more and more commercial­ ized, bands insist on riding this cash cow to death. MTV has unwittingly created a monster record industry for acts like Paul McCartney and Mariah Carey.

Arrested Development, the hottest new act on the American music scene for qute some time, are the latest to jump on the bandwagon.

Most of the eleven songs on this album are available on their debut album, but this is still an interesting insight into the versatility of this hip hop band. Particularly strong are the renditions of “Natural”, “Fishin’ 4 Religion” and “Mr. Wendal.” Still, it always seems a little precocious for a band with only one album behind them to release a live album; Un­

(Caroline Records) Recently, a lot of older artists like Neil Young and The Grateful Dead have honoured by tribute al­ bums, usually featuring younger art­ ists performing their favourite songs.

Freedom of Choice has a different approach, choosing to honour the entire New Wave era of the early 1980’s, when people like Duran Duran ruled the world.

For those of you too embarassed to pull out Dare by the Human League, why not listen to the aptly-named Chia Pet’s version of “Don’t You Want Me”? Or Split Enz’s “I Got You” as performed by The Connell’s? If you were musi­ cally aware around 1981 or so, this album is a trip. From Mudhoney’s “Pump It Up” (Elvis Costello and The Attractions) to Polvo’s “Mexi­ can Radio” (Wall of Voodoo) to Fin­ ger’s “Tainted Love” (Soft Cell), this album is a thoroughly amusing joyride through a musical era that many thought would be forgotten.

Freedom of Choice rates a 68 out of 78.

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Heads Above the Rest

What a difference a good head makes.

Seeing Gorbachev in the flesh, hatless, the most famous birth mark in the history of the world was a thrill. The mark on his head will be discredited like they did the stain on the shroud of Turin.

Seeing this man come out of a side door and into his limo, hatless, made the sighting. (Why is it that “sighting” is always the word of choice for paranormal experiences.)

The thrill of a glimpse of Gorbachev in no way prepared me for the agony in Leacock 132 between 3 and 4 on Monday afternoon. I identitfy with television, heavens to Betsy we all do, but the telecast of the five man panel broadcast from an undisclosed location spoke volumes of an ominous New World Order.

If you missed it, you didn’t miss much. Crowds thronged about, most of them getting in, but about fifty people were refused entry to Leacock 132 on the grounds that there was not enough room. A complaint akin to the Emperor’s “too many notes.” And how, might one ask, did a university manage to overbook an auditorium whose capacity it knows exactly?

Well, there are two answers to that. First, there was the possibility that the administration issued too many tickets. This according to McGill Welcome Centre hostesses. In itself, that is an embarassment for a university hosting a former Canadian prime minister and Soviet president.

The second explanation, offered from the same source, is even weirder. Perhaps, suggested the hostesses, people had been printing up extra tickets of their own accord. You know, going down to Copie 2000 and saying ‘make me fifty replicas of this ticket and don’t tell anyone.’

To some degree, this is hard to imagine. Why in the world would anyone want to see Trudeau, Gorbachev, Taylor, Brenner, and Boss waffle about in an attempt to explore the

intricacies of ‘The New World Order’ in one hour, on video?

Perhaps die hard honours history students were looking for tips on taking oral comps. Then again, about fifty people showed up to the last Students’ Society council meeting. That greenhouse effect sure has odd results.

But maybe there was a message to this madness. While the youthful Bill’ didn’t inhale’ Clinton, equally youthful Kim ‘did too inhale’ Campbell, and baby-faced Jean ‘me too, me too’ Charest show that the old guard of North American politics is in the midst of being replaced, McGill’s youth (which one would imagine is fairly indicative of politically aware youth on the continent) is still enthralled by the has beens.

But I digress.

I saw the birthmark. Credible in the flesh, jelly squirt on the big screen.

Gorbachev is a million times more real to me than Doug Camilli (Montreal’s other favorite hatless personality) ever will be.

This is my last issue as entertain­ ment editor and if I’m going down, I’m taking him with me. So here goes everything; Doug Camilli is not a real person. Now vindicated, I resign

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In their new book 13th GEN, American collaborators Neil Howe and Bill Strauss have merely sub­ stituted an unlucky number for the letter which marked the spot of the so-dubbed “twentynothings”. Howe and Strauss are indebted to Mr. “from Vancouver, late twenties, and still reeling from teen angst” for m hm . V&ptmMfffeiis patcis on ïî.iî.jstfcw*'nniJofftisUuiBis OpmuUon Itew xs S:o:u>

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Well, the pilgrims have landed and 13th GEN is chock full of sweet nothings some people have to show for it.

The collection of essays, boarded by anecdotes and quota­ tions are sewn together with the highlights of a running computer dialogue.

The obvious highlights are the omnipresent top 10 lists which al­ low the culturally-staid reader the opportunity to play “Do You Remember.”No spring chickens, Howe and Strauss wracked their cavities and came up with “Shazam/Isis hour” as number Four on their list of “the top 10 shows that irrevokably shaped our shattered thought proc­ esses”. There is the requisite teasing hint of jaded.

Cartoons along the lines of those in the Where Do I Come From books pepper the pages. The poster for the could-be film “Honey I Shrunk the Deficit” is rated R for Recession; no adult under 27 may live without. On the whole, the graphics are fairly stupid and don’t jive with the computer graphics.

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The essays cover subjects as topical as sex and politics. We are the generation who discovered our­ selves stuck between the Pill and the STD when we discovered each other.

The messages in the margins approach slogan art. The fine lines between fact and fiction merge with quotations from teen throb Christain Slater; “It was a good thing I’d lost my virginity. I knew how it worked.

I knew where to put it.” and Jim Dawes, high school student, Alex­ andria Va.: “AIDS is kind of like nuclear war. It’s too big to worry about.” The ironies of contempo­ rary concerns with mechanics and

illness is the perfect metaphor for our preoccupation with security.

The chapter dedicated to job hunt­ ing is rather sobering.

But does the team of Howe and Strauss, or for that matter Sam and Libby, really tell us anything new. Generation X had packaging which was super cool too but again the cartoons were silly and the writ­ ing was not as deserving of all the attention it recieved. 13th GEN ap­ pears to be a rose by anyother name for those that prefer King Kong to Can Con. Available in paperback 13th GEN will set us all back $ 12. 95.

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T h anks to the David Abitbol, Majal G. Aguirre, liana Aldor, Gordon Allen, Belinda Bain, Mika Bareket, Donna Battista, Vanessa Baulding, Geneviève Beauchemin, Jason Beck, Craig Bernes, Brendan Bissell, Patricia Boal, Tanya Bouchard, Charles Boulakia, Laura Bradbury, Jen Bradley, Susan Brekelmans, Michael Broadhurst, Katherine Brown, Jennifer Budgell, Angela Campbell, Karlia Campbell, Uri Camat, Karen Carstens, Sanchari Chakravarty, JoAnn Chanda-Sullivan, Steve Chao, Renee Cheng, Mario Chiras, Young-Hoon Cho, Brenda Chow, Bamaby Clunie, Mark Cohen, Jeff Cormier, Sarah Dalle, Tom Dardzinski, Jonathan Dawrant, Jamie Dean, Derek Desjardins, Cheryl Devoe, Jennifer Doupé, Michelle Dupont, Fatima Entekhabi, Barbara Erdelyi, Rick Evans, Natalie Finn, Paul Flicker, Stephanie Flocault, Koto Furue, Elizabeth Gallant, Jackie Garrow, Linda George, George,Steve Gentles, Sanjay Ghandi, Geoff Gibson, Sean Gordon, Pat Gradney, Jason Haslam, Stephanie Hodnett, Derek Holt, Leigh Ann Ingram, Brian Keyes, Glenda Koh, Arnold Kwok, Viola Kwok, Jen Laing, Pierre Nicolas Lipton, Amy McBride, Elizabeth McCormack, Jennifer McCormick, Helen Moon, Catrin Morris, Janet Murphy, Vijai Nathan, Anthony Neiderhoffer, Michael Newman, Angelo Noce, Trent Norris, Amreen Omar, Katrina Onstad, Owen Paisley, Cherie Payne, Greg Payne, Jeff Percival, Mary Jeanne Phelan, Ray Pinto, Jonathan Poplack, Catherine Porter, Ram Randhawa, Marie Rapoport, Natalie Rawlings, Siobhan Reynders, Alice Rhee, Amy Ridley, Chris Rigney, James Robar, Zoe Rolland, Andrew Ross, Alycia Rossiter, Heidi Rubin, Noah Rubin, Ethan Sacks, Lisa Saroli, Massimo Savino, Lizzie Saunderson, Yvonne Schut, Matthew Singer, Steve Smith, Trish Snyder, Anne Marie Sorente, Robert Stacey, Isabel Stramwasser, Adam Stembergh, Jack Sullivan, Allona Sund, Claire Sutton, Proma Tagore, Quyhn Tan, John Theodoropoulos, Charles Thomas, Sif Thorgeirsson, Michael Topolnytsky, Pamela Travers, Catherine Triggs, Jolanda Turley, Marieke van Oudenaren, Lisa Uddin, Mady Virgona, Jonathan Wasserman, Tiffany Welch, Emily White, Tracy Wilkinson, Laura Williamson, Amy Wilson, Angelina Young, Micol Zarb,

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S p o r ts D r y s d a le , N o b le c h o s e n a s B Y A L IS O N K O R N

Two soccer standouts have been chosen by the stu­ dents of McGill University as the Tribune male and fe­ male athletes of the year. Po­ litical Science Master’s stu­ dent Gayle Noble and thirdyear Electrical Engineering student Chris Drysdale, both MVPs o f their respective QUSL leagues, were voted as the top athletes for 199293.

Gayle Noble Gayle Noble, a three­ time QUSL All-Star and twotime CIAU All-Canadian, will be finishing her Mas­ ter’s degree in Political Sci­ ence this summer. But that doesn’t mean she won’t be back for a fifth and final sea­ son with the Martlets, who finished second in the nation this season.

Noble has been accepted to McGill Law School for Septem ber. She cited M cG ill’s National Pro­ gramme (which teaches both common and civil law) as well M cGill’s soccer pro­ gramme as factors in her de­ cision to stay in Montreal.

“I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I didn’t

play next year,” the defender said. “I’ve got one more year of eligibility. W e’re hosting Nationals next year,” she added.

The women’s National Championship only started in 1987 and hasn’t been held in Quebec since that first year, when it was hosted by Concordia. Some games were played at McGill at that time.

Next year the Martlets will host the National Tournament themselves.

Noble, who commented on the strength of the other female candidates for athlete of the year, said she was “sur­ prised” and “shocked” to have been selected for the award.

Noble continues to play soccer with her Hampstead club team.

Chris Drysdale Drysdale, the Redmen scoring leader, was a QUSL All-Star for the third con­ secutive season. He recalled that Redmen teammate Julian Barrow won the award in 1990-91, Drysdale’s fresh­ man year.

“I was pretty surprised, actually,” he said, when in­ formed he had won the award.

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well as I’ve done. I’ve been very lucky.”

Drydsale continues to play soccer these days— with a South American Spanish team. Redmen player Raoul Navrete recruited several of his McGill teammates to play in the 22-team Spanish league. Drysdale is also pick­ ing up hockey through the intramural program as well as playing some intramural soccer.

Drysdale commented on the resignation of Redmen head coach Claudio Sandrin: “He was a great coach. I think he was frustrated with the [McGill] administration and he also has a nine or ten-year old kid [whom he misses],” Drysdale said.

The process to select a new coach is underway. The deadline for applications has passed, and Intercollegiate Coordinator A1 Grazys, Redmen goalie Andrew Pot­ ter and captain Drysdale will gather to interview applicants in the near future.

Drysdale suggested that a new coach may force the players to work harder. “Peo­ ple will realize that nothing [i.e. their position] is as­ sured,” he said. “Last year people didn’t come back in shape at all.”

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“There was so much talk about the past, about streaks that were alive... it got the new guys a little flustered,” he added. This year’s team, which had at least ten firstyear players, broke tradition

by losing the provincial title and missihg a trip to the Na­ tionals.

With two years of eligi­ bility remaining, Drysdale could make his mark at the Nationals yet.

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With fingers crossed, the McGill football team and coaching staff await word from French football authori­ ties who have yet to decide the fate of their upcoming game in Besançon, France, scheduled for April 2. The organizing body, the Fédération Française de Foot­ ball Américain (FFFA), is also in the process of narrow­ ing the list of universities in­ terested in opposing the Redmen.

The indecision on the part of the FFFA involves

whether or not it would be worthwhile to stage a match, the purpose of which is to promote American football in France, between two Ca­ nadian universities.

Originally, the FFFA had approached American schools such as DivisionThree Cortlandt State to chal­ lenge McGill for the attrac­ tive prospect of an American-Canadian matchup.

While Cortlandt was inter­ ested in participating, the team was forced to decline due to restrictions specified

by National Collegiate Ath­ letic Association’s (NCAA) membership regulations,

which do not allow Ameri­ can universities play before their mid-May examination period. The FFFA has looked to the French Consulate to possibly assist in circum­ venting the NCAA rules.

The FFFA has contacted other Canadian universities regarding participation if the game is indeed approved.

The frontrunner appears to be Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. Other possible opponents include the Queen’s Golden Gaels and the Bishop’s Gaiters, both of whom the Redmen face regularly in OQEFC play.

The trip, which would allow the Redmen to travel with a 40-player roster and full coaching staff, is tenta­ tively scheduled from April 29 to May 5. With significant sponsorship from various French companies associated with the FFFA, Redmen players are being asked to pay a mere $95 for the allinclusive, week-long Euro­ pean trip. In its thorough attempt to create the atmos­ phere o f North American football, the FFFA has even invited McGill to bring its cheerleaders for the expected crowd of 10,000in Besançon.

Redmen coach Charlie

Baillie sees the game as a wonderful opportunity for his young players, yet he remains hesitant until the FFFA renders its final decision.

“I hope more then any­ thing that the game is ap­ proved. Right now, I think that the chances are about 50-50, so I’m not pessimis­ tic, not optimistic.”

Baillie and his staff are currently in the process of assembling a preliminary ros­ ter. Among Redmen players, interest in the game has been overwhelm ing. However, due to constraints on the number of players allowed to SEC FRA NC E, P A G E 2 7

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R o w e r s e m e r g e fr o m h ib e r n a t io n “American teams [in general] row badly; they just have very poor technique. The typical Canadian idea is that we can’t be as good as Americans, and that’s just not true.”

“Canadian schools al­ ways go down there and do really w ell,” said Devra Hendelman, one of McGill’s Dad Vail veterans. “Canadi­ ans just row better than Americans.” Western and Toronto have also enjoyed

success in Philadelphia.

McGill races at the Tier II level because the only higher level is the hopelessly overfunded Ivy League.

“We will never be con­ sidered a Tier I school be­ cause w e’re not American, even though we can beat some Tier I sch o o ls,” said O’Connor. “Often, we arrive in Philadelphia not having been on the water, and [doing well] shows the hard work

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Tees can see McGill moving towards more row­ ing in the spring so as to race against the top schools more often.

“Within a year, we will have made huge progress.

Within two years — and I will go on record as saying this — no school in North America will be able to beat

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translates to the water. I defi­ nitely have bigger, better While last week’s big horses than I had in the fall.” thaw was w elcom ed all In the past, M cGill’s around, it had McGill rowers only training on the water has checking the status of the ice. come the week before Dad After a winter of indoor train­ Vail regatta. The team will ing, our crews are aching to again be heading down to get on the water and begin Philly a full week before the building toward the summer meet to train at a local club. season.

Last year, this week was That season begins with preceded by a race in the Dad Vail Regatta in Phila­ Columbus, Ohio, in order to delphia May 6 and 7. The earn a seeding going into the meet is essentially the Tier II race. This year, difficulties College Championship for the have arisen.

United States, and McGill has ‘There is agreatexpense had remarkable success there involved with going down to in the past. In 1991, the Ohio,” said womens heavy­ heavyweight women’s four weight eight coach Tom finished first. At last year’s O’Connor, “and this year’s Dad Vails, the light women’s race falls right in the middle four were second and the of exams for many people.” heavy women’s four were The absence of a result from third. The men’s coxed pair an American race will mean finished second. that McGill’s crews cannot The rowing team is al­ be seeded and will have to ready handicapped because of qualify for Dad Vails the day its short spring season. While before the meet. This is good Canadian schools row mainly or bad, depending on how you in the fall, the American sea­ see it. son is entirely in the spring.

“Racing three days in a “In New York, they’ve row instead of two just gets to been on the water for a you,” said Tees. month,” said heavy men’s “In a way, it’s really coach Andrew T ees, “in g ood .” said O ’Connor.

Philadelphia, even longer.” “W e’re going to get to know McGill has tried to compen­ the course very well, and for sate with serious indoor train­ experience, it’s really good to ing. Teams are on ergometers have raced in that situation. and weights up to six times a They [the rowers] love it.” week, and have been rowing The Can-Am rivalry is in the tanks at the Olympic another reason for attending Basin to practice technique. the meet.

“We ’re rowing very well “Everyone is very sur­ in the tanks,” said Tees. prised to hear that we do well “W e’ll have to see how it down there,” said Tees.

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Sports

N ew pool opens F rid a y

BY J A N I E DEAN The newly renovated Currie Pool will finally have its grand opening this Friday, marking the first stage in the development of the new Athletics Complex.

The present gym, constructed in 1940, has become increasingly inadequate for the growing needs of the student population. McGill has no indoor track, the weight room is constantly busy and intra­ mural sports must artfully manoeuver within strict time re­ straints. The new complex will benefit intercollegiate athletes, in­ tramural competitors, instructional programs and the casual fitness buff.

Minor work still needs to be done before the pool is finally filled with water, but the Athletics De­ partment is confident it will be ready by Friday. The new pool has been deepened, the deck has been lowered and space has been allo­ cated above for sports injury and science centers. Windows have been added to allow for natural light, but not so direct sunlight interferes with swimmers or the pool chemistry. A spectator gal­ lery and more deckspace will be created once the fieldhouse has been integrated into the existing

cavation can begin sometime this structure.

“The pre-opening in De­ spring and the structure be com­ cember was for the industry and pleted sometime in the 94-95 aca­ the contractors,” said Paul demic year."

The fieldhouse will be at­ Andrascik, coordinator for the opening ceremonies. “The first tached to the building’s east face official event will be a relay race, and will become the new main en­ featuring a variety of university trance, integrating the whole com­ groups, including student politi­ plex.

“Once this phase is com­ cians, McGill administrators, alumni and student-athletes,” he pleted, the fieldhouse will include a 200m indoor track, an infield said. divided into four activity areas, The second phase of the new complex will be a fieldhouse. The and a spectator area above,” said long-awaited formal agreements A1 Grazys, Intercollegiate Direc­ between the university and the city tor. “Because of financial con­ straints we can’t do everything right seem to be very close.

“The building committee of away. Other activity areas and spe­ the Board of Governors, at a meet­ cialized rooms can be developed ing a week ago, decided to move later within this structure,” he ahead with the project: the Univer­ added.

Since 1979, students have sity Development Office should go ahead and decide who the exca­ contributed to a fund for the crea­ vation and structural contractors tion of the new complex. This fund will be, based upon the tenders has proved crucial to the progess of received,” said Bob Dubeau, Di­ the complex.

“The project would never rector of Athletics.

“The University cannot start have gone ahead without the levy. construction until such time as the The decision by the students was letter of agreement between the the catalyst to get the university to university and the city, with re­ move, and has been the prime sell­ gards to the use of the land, is ing point for fundraisers,’’said ratified by the city council. This Dubreau. “Costs will never be hopefully will be done at the next lower: it is the best time to build meeting of the council. The Athlet­ and any delay will significantly ics Department is hopeful that ex­ add to the price of the structure.”

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Sports

O U A A hockey league divorces its Quebec team s

BY AN DR EW R O SS

The Ontario University Hockey League has decided not to renew the league mem­ berships of the McGill Redmen and their fellow Quebec hockey rivals, the Trois-Rivières Patriotes and the Concordia Stingers.

The move leaves the ex­ cluded Quebec teams with question marks regarding where next year’s schedule will take them.

“We were advised about ten days ago that one of the conditions for our participa­ tion in the 1993-94 OUAA schedule had not been met and the executive committee of the OUAA decided that we would not be included,” explained McGill Athletics Director Robert Dubeau.

Last December, a deal was brokered whereby the three Quebec teams would be al­ lowed another season in the OUAA. Several conditions were to be met, including the raising of league entry fees and mileage subsidies for Ontario teams, as well as the addition of a fourth team Quebec team

by March 1.

An extra Quebec team was required to allow the for­ mation of an all-Quebec divi­ sion, to redress the concerns of several Ontario schools who complained of the onerous dis­ tances involved when travel­ ling to Quebec for games.

As of the spring deadline, commitments for a fourth team — expected to be from Université de Montréal -- were not forthcoming, and OUAA President P.S.B. Wilson in­ formed the Quebec athletic di­ rectors concerned that the OUAA would be proceeding with a 13-team league com­ posed exclusively of Ontario schools.

Dubeau has previously re­ marked that the long-term vi­ ability of Redmen hockey de­ pends upon access to a com­ petitive league at a reasonable cost. But McGill’s druthers and those of their fellow exiles differ on the preferred league.

“Concordia and UQTR are extremely unhappy with the OUAA and do not wish to pur­ sue playing privileges [next season],” Dubeau said. “Our

The McGill Tribune. March 30<Sept 7.1993

position is slightly different.

We will continue lobbying with the Ontario schools.”

Although the prospect of a three-team league does not excite him, it will definitely go ahead while other options are explored.

“We are talking with the most western AUAA [Atlantic University Athletic Associa­ tion] schools to add to what would basically be a boring schedule of three teams play­ ing each other eight times dur­ ing the season,” Dubeau elabo­ rated. “UNB, St. Thomas, Mount Allison and maybe UPEI are looking to see whether it’s feasible [to create an interlocking schedule.”

For all its competitive woes, the advantages of a threeteam league are manifest. The Quebec teams’ chances of ad­ vancing to the CIAU national championships are greatly en­ hanced - and much better than in the erstwhile 16-team OUAA league.

CIAU President Bob Philip, a former Athletic Di­ rector at Concordia, com­ mented on the secure legal fu­ ture of a Quebec league in the Journal de Montreal.

“Legally, we have to rec­ ognize Quebec as a league, even if it only has three teams competing.” Philip explained.

“As long as the present [fourteam tournament] format

S p o r t s N o te P o s itio n a v a ila b le as 1 9 9 3 -9 4 A th le tic s Rep. The Athletics Representative to Students’ Society (SSMU) Council is intended to be a liason between the Athletics Depart­ ment and SSMU. The job requires experience and familiarity with athletics at McGill, as well as organzational skills and time to sit on SSMU council meetings, Athletics Board, Student Athletic Council (SAC) and McGill Intercollegiate Student’s Council (MISC). The representative does not have to be an athlete or a Phys. Ed. student.

Any student interested in the position of Athletics Rep. to Council is invited to submit a personal statement of intent (addressed to the Student Athletic Council) and a brief resumé to the Athletics Department by Monday April 5.

For more information contact Rob Watt at 398-7000. stands, Quebec will have aright status for next season, Dubeau to send a team to the national assures the fans that Quebec championships. And all the university and McGill hockey coaches in the country have in particular is in no danger. accepted this principle for next “We will all continue with season.” our programs 100 miles an hour Whatever their league for next season.”

M ay your team com e tru e - th e H ou seh old Team !

H o u s e h o ld is a n e s ta b lis h e d le a d e r in th e fin a n c ia l s e rv ic e s fie ld . T o m a k e s u r e w e s ta y in th e f o r e fr o n t o f o u r in d u s tr y , w e a re lo o k in g fo r d y n a m ic n e w u n iv e r s ity g r a d u a te s to jo in o u r te a m . B ilin g u a l c a n d id a te s a re e n c o u r a g e d to re s p o n d .

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T h is o p p o r tu n it y is fo r te a m p la y e rs w h o a re p o te n tia l le a d e rs . C la im y o u r p la c e o n H o u s e h o ld ’s te a m fo r th e n in e tie s ! C o n ta c t u s to d a y ! D ro p o ff y o u r re s u m e o r fill o u t a n a p p lic a tio n fo r m a t M c G ill’ s C a r e e r a n d P la c e m e n t S e r v ic e s .

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Sports

The McGill Tribune. March 3 0 & c p t 7,1993

France in sight for Football Redmen?

CONTINUED FROM PA G E 2 3

make the trip, not all of the 70-plus Redmen can take part.

Quite a number of play­ ers who would otherwise be very interested in playing, cannot, due to final examina­ tions scheduled for either April 29 or 30.

Third-year offensive lineman Dan Crifo is one of those players who wants des­ perately to go, but can’t.

“I’d love to travel to France and play in this game,

especially because the trip is so inexpensive, but I have an exam on the 29th. My profes­ sor won’t allow me to take it early, so my chances of go­ ing don’t look very goodright now.”

For those players who can play however, including a few graduating Redmen, their chance to take part in this once-in-a-lifetime Euro­ pean Bowl game hangs in the balance until the FFFA

Ed. Note: Perhaps the purpose of the entire exercise was so that students in the West might empathise with the plight of the proletariat in the former U.S.S.R. (see page 19)

renders its decision sometime this week.

Regardless of the deci­ sion, however, the Redmen will hold their annual Spring training camp from April 38.

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