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T r ib u n e November 23-29,1993

Published by the Students' Society of McGill University

Rabin Speaks Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin speaks out to the General Assembly of the coun­ cil of Jewish Federa­ tions about Israel's concern with the quest for a peace initiative.

The Prime Minister acknowledged that Israel is still concerned about security, but that the nation must move forward.

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In side T h is W e e k News: McGill's new Principal was announced Monday afternoon. Curious??

See page 3 Op/Ed: Playground political correctness should not limit de­ bate.

See editorial, page 6 Features: Two execu­ tives from the World Conference of Ukranian students visit McGill to ex­ change information about the role of stu­ dent activists in poli­ tics.

See page 8 Entertainment: Liter­ ary wizard Adrienne Rich tells us to fight the power with a poem.

See page 11 Sports: Redmen lockey on a roll.

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T uesday. N o v em b er 23 L esb ian s, B ise x u a ls an d Guy» o f M cG ill (LBGM) is holding a general m eet­ ing today at 5:30 PM in Shatner 107/108.

Topics: Info o n Blood Drive motion, AIDS die-in, adoption o f n ew constitution and election o f tw o key coordinators. All wel­ com e.

LBGM also hosts a meeting o f the LBGSFM/FLBGEM (Lesbian Bisexual & Gay Students Federation o f Montreal) at 7 PM in Shatner 107/108. All welcom e.

H crid a n , a w om anist/fem inist journal o f creative works, will be on sale in the Shatner Bldg, beginning today. This is a non-profit publication, so please give your support.

The Latin A m erican A w aren ess G roup presents: Discussion o f a current human rights project in Central America by Shelley Coleman o f the Montreal Social Justice Committee. 5 PM, Shatner 425.

Images of Resistance— Videos on Natives’ Struggles. Films shown at 11:30 AM, 12 PM, 12:45, 1:15, 2, 2:30, and 3 in Shatner 107/108.

M cGill A m n esty In tern a tio n a l meets every Tuesday at 6:30 PM in Shatner 425/35- All welcom e.

The S ex u a l A ssau lt C en tre o f M cG ill (SAGOM) offers a "Women Survi­ vors o f Sexual Abuse" facilitated mutual aid discussion group. 7-9 PM, private room at McGill. Call 398-2700.

The F a cu lty o f M usic presents McGill String and Mixed Ensembles. 5 and 8 PM, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke Sl W. Free. For more info call 398-4547/8101.

WrrfrimffYi November 24 The G fobal C o o p era tio n a QPIRG “working group" dealing with food-related issues, meets at 5 PM in Shatner 435- New­ com ers welcome! For more info call 3 9 8 7432.

The McGill A sso cia tio n o fln te r n a tio n a l S tu d en ts (MAIS) is having a general meeting at 6 PM in Shatner 435 to discuss activities during the holidays.

LBGM has a weekly Bi-group dis­ cussion, m eeting at 5:30 PM on the 5th floor o f the Eaton Bldg. Friendly atmosphere, all welcom e.

M cGill Im p ro v performs for free in the Alley every W ednesday at 8:30 PM. M cGill O u tin g Chib meets every W ednesday at 7:30 PM, Leacock 26 or 132.

SAGOM offers tw o facilitated mu­ tual aid support groups: "Women Survivors o f Domestic Violence’ and "Men Survivors o f Sexual Abuse." 6:30-8:30 PM, private rooms at McGill. Call 398-2700.

An A b o rtio n S u p p o r t G rou p meets every second W ednesday evening in a comfortable living room. We also provide a clinic escort service. For more info contact the McGill W omen’s Union at 398-6823 or Maija at 286-8075.

F acu lty o f Musk: concerts: McGill University Chorus, 8 PM,

Redpath Hall.

Master's Recital by Greg Bush, trum­ pet. 8 PM, Room C209, 555 Sherbrooke.

Both are free. For more info call 398-4547/8101.

T h u rsd ay. No v e m b e r M SSMU and B rave N ew W aves (CBC) present "Non-Secular Confessions: The compulsive world o f a diarist," a panel discussion moderated by Brent Bambury for a live broadcast. 12-1 PM, Shatner 310.

W.LS.E. presents “What’s in Your Future?" featuring 3 speakers on careers in science and engineering for wom en. Fol­ low ed by a wine and ch eese reception. 7:30 PM, Stewart Bio Room S3/3 (reception in W 2/4).

R ecord la u n c h for Beavis and Butt-Head’s debut album and the latest release from Guns N’ Roses. Lots o f prizes!

Gert’s Pub, 9 PM. M cGill SIDE presents “Human Rights and Development" at 5 PM in Leacock 738. Speakers are Prof. Galaty and Prof.

B ossen (Anthropology). Everyone welcome!

groups: a Coming Out group at 5:30 PM, and a Genera] Discussion Group at 7 PM. Both are in the basem ent o f the United T heological C ollege, 3521 University.

Friendly atmosphere, all w elcom e.

The M cGill C u rlin g d u b will be holding free curling clinics every Friday from 4-5 PM at Montreal Thistle C.C., 1420 du Fort. No experience necessary. We pro­ vide everything.

F acu lty o f M usic concerts: Scott Bradford, organ. 12:15 PM, Redpath Hall.

McGill Wind Symphony. 8 PM, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke.

McGill Cappella Antica. 8 PM, Redpath Hall.

All are free. For more info call 3 9 8 4547/8101.

A n im a M u sics choir performs at 8 PM at St. Barthélémy Church, 7137 des Erables (Metro Iberville). Suggested dona­ tion $5 towards St. Vincent de Paul Society.

For info call 683-0703 or 843-9998.

S.O.S. B o sn ia presents a new film from inside the Bosnian holocaust. 7-9 PM, Leacock 132. Admission $2.50 to help buy relief supplies for the devastated people in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For mote info call 739-1336.

SAGOM offers a "Friends and Fam­ ily o f Survivors o f Sexual Abuse" facilitated mutual aid aupport group. 6:30-8:30 PM, private room at McGill. Call 398-2700.

The McGUl R e d m e n H o c k e y T eam continues their season against Brock.

3 PM, McConnell Arena. $3 students and seniors, $5 general.

F aculty o f M usic concerts: McGill Women's Chorale. 8 PM, Redpath Hall.

As part o f the CBC/McGill Series: Yehonathan Berrick, violin, Antonio Lysy, cello, and Sylviane Defem e, piano. 7:30 PM, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke.

Both are free. For more info call 398-4547/8101.

M cGill Im p ro v offers free work­ shops every Saturday from 12-2 PM in the Shatner Bldg. See sign in lobby for room location.

The F acu lty o f M u sk presents a Christmas Concert by the McGill Chamber Singers, McGill Concert Choir, and the FACE Treble Choir. 8 PM, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke W. Free. For mote infocall 3 9 8 4547/8101.

Friday . N o v em b er 26

The D ep a rtm en t o f P sych iatry presents a seminar by Dr. L. Hechtman of the Montreal Children's Hospital. 12:301:30 PM, R & T Bldg., 1033 Pine W., Room 138.

The Y ello w D o o r C o ffee H o u se presents live music by Michael Adams with Beverley Druzin, follow ed by an open stage. $2. Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. For more info call 3986243.

The McGill S o ciety o f M on treal presents a big band bash featuring the McGill Swing Band. $15 at door or call 3 9 8 4534 for advance tickets. 8 PM, Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish.

presents a seminar by Dr. Dana Lasko on "Mammalian DNA Ligases and Kinases."

12:30-1:30 PM, Room 903, McIntyre Medical Bldg.

The W o m en ’s U n io n is having its last m eeting this semester at 5:30 PM in Shatner 423. All wom en welcome!

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F ree w in te r co a ts are available to any international student at the McGill As­ sociation o f International Students (MAIS) Winter Clothing Depot, located in the Birks Bldg., 3520 University. Open Mon., Wed., & Fri. from 2-5 PM.

The M cGill S tu d en ts V o lu n teer B ureau will be holding its 6th Annual Food Drive from Nov. 16-Dec. 17. B oxes will be placed in lobbies o f all major McGill build­ ings. Toys and all non-perishable foods welcome!

The In tern a tio n a l H o n o r S oci­ e ty In E c o n o m ics, Omicron Delta Epsilon, is looking for academically-qualified stu­ dents o f econom ics to join its rolls. Scholar­ ship and publication opportunities! Call us at 286-0887.

«junday November 28 The U k rain ian Stu d en ts' A sso ­ cia tio n is throwing its end o f year party.

Don't miss it. New members always w el­ come!

Put your cheeks in the seats to watch M cGill B asketball at the Currie Gym. Martlets at 1 PM, Redmen at 3 PM against Laval. $3 students & seniors, $5 general. Can you say prizes? Sure you can.

The F aculty o f M usic presents Christopher Weait, conductor, and 16 wind players as part o f the McGill Guest Series. 8 PM, Redpath Hall. Free. For more info call 398-4547/8101.

Monday. November 20

The M cGill T a iw a n ese S tu d en ts’ A sso cia tio n presents 2 great Chinese m ov­ ies, “Strawman" and "Dragon Inn.” 6:30 PM, Leacock 132. Admission $3 members, $4 public. For more info call 398-6825.

The F aculty o f Arts’ McDonaldCurrie Lectureship Series presents Jerry A. Fodor o f Rutgers University on “The Prob­ lem o f Concepts in Cognitive Science." 5:30 PM, Leacock 26. All welcom e.

LBGM o ffer s tw o d iscu ssio n

The B io ch em istry D epartm ent

Landiord/Tenant law - Family Law - Consumer Protection Student Grievances, etc.

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P layers’ T h eatre presents “Sud­ denly Last Summer." 8 PM, Nov. 23-24 and 26-27. $5 students, $10 general. For info and ticket reservations call 398-6813-

The Savoy S o ciety ’s Broadw ay R evue is rescheduled for January. Calling all singers,-dancers, actors, accompanists, choreographers and directors. This is your chance to be a star. Call 342-9933/398-6826 for more info.

The M cGill J o u rn a l o f P olitical E c o n o m y is seeking interested editorial board members to assist in the publication and selection o f papers for its 19th edition.

For more info call Rick at 286-0887.

SSMU Transit Network: You have until the 3rd w eek o f January to give us your winter schedule. Contact our helpful staff at 3982902 or com e to Shatner 408.

Are you questioning your sexual­ ity? D o you need help com ing out’ Or do you have any other concerns and you need to talk? Phone LBGM’s peer counselling phone line at 398-6822, 7-10 PM Mon.-Fri. Strictly confidential; you can also drop by the office, Shatner 432, for face-to-face support.

M cG ill N ig h tlin e is an anony­ mous, non-judgmental telephone listening, information and referral service open from 6 PM-3 AM. Call us at 3986246!

W alksafc F oot P atrol hours: Sun.Thurs. 6:30 PM-12:30 AM; Fri.-Sat. 6:30 PM2:30 AM. Call us! We’ll walk you anywhere you want to go. 3982498.

or visit our offices in the Shatner Building, 3 4 3 0 McTavish, Booms 3-20, 5-21, 3-016 Open iOam-Spm, Mon-Fri.

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F acu lty o f M u sk concerts: McGill Medieval and Renaissance Workshop. 8 PM, Redpath Hall.

McGill String and Mixed Ensem­ bles. 8 PM, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke.

Both are free. For more info call 398-4547/8101.

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SAGOM offers a "Women with Eating Disorders* facilitated mutual aid sup­ port group. Body images also addressed. 79 PM, private room at McGill. Call 398-2700.

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Cheer on the McGill R ed m en H o ck ey T eam as they take on York at 7:30 PM at McConnell Arena. Students $3, Gen­ eral $5. Prizes...

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Bernard Shapiro named new Principal o f McGill

BY MICHAEL BROADHURST AND MONIQUE SHEBBEARE The Board o f Governors a p ­ proved the appointm ent o f Bernard Shapiro, a professor o f education and public policy at the University o f Toronto (U o f T), as the new Principal o f McGill yesterday.

Shapiro, a native o f Montreal and a graduate o f McGill’s Faculty o f Arts, was D ean o f Education at the University o f W estern Ontario from 1976 to 1978, and Vice-Presi­ dent (Academic) at W estern for the following tw o years.

In 1980 he becam e the Di­ rector o f the O ntario Institute for Studies in Education, a post he held until his appointm ent as O n­ tario’s Deputy Minister for Educa­ tion in 1986. He held several other ministerial posts at the sam e time, including Deputy Minister o f Col­ leges and Universities from 1991 to 1993. He returned to teaching at U of T last February.

T he a n n o u n c e m e n t w as m ade by Alex Paterson, Chair o f the Board of Governors. Shapiro w ill su c c e e d P rin cip al D avid Johnston on Septem ber 1st, 1994.

Johnston has been Principal o f McGill since 1979.

Shapiro’s twin brother G o v ern o rs, n o te d the is the President of Princeton irony o f appointing a prin­ University in New Jersey. cipal with close ties to Shapiro is eager to re­ Princeton. turn to McGill.

“M cG ill, w h ic h “The excitement is try­ dares to com pare itself to ing to provide leadership in H arvard, will n o w be a difficult time,” he said. twinned with Princeton," “And how to make a com ­ he said. Garland was a munity d o well in the things m em ber o f the search it chooses to do. The ques­ committee that selected tion o f choice is the single Shapiro. most im portant thing facing T a m a ra M yers, every research institute.” former President o f the Shapiro also said that Post-Graduate Students’ he is looking forw ard to Society, and also one of working in McGill's Frenchtwo student members of Canadian setting. the search committee, said “I’m just fascinated by that Shapiro w ould bring th e c h a lle n g e o f a n a fresh perspective to anglophone university in an McGill. essentially francophone e n ­ “I w as v ery im ­ vironm ent,” Shapiro said. “I pressed with his profound find that a very exciting ex- McGill's got a new hero in Bernard Shapiro understanding of the way perience to anticipate.” education fits into our so­ m ent w ould be positive for the Johnston applauded the se­ ciety, and his very strong philoso­ university. lection com m ittee’s choice. phy o f education in the Q uebec “From w hat I’ve seen I’m “This is a superb choice,” and Canadian context," Myers quite impressed,” Leggett said. “I’m Johnston said. “[He has] great intel­ said. looking forward to w orking with lectual tenacity and he has seen so University o f Toronto Presi­ him in a different capacity.” many perspectives o n education." dent, Robert Prichard, com m ended William Leggett, Vice Princi­ Trevor Garland, President of the choice o f Shapiro. the McGill University Non-Aca­ pal (Academic) at McGill an d the “This is a splendid appoint­ dem ic Staff Association, and an Principal-elect o f Q u een’s Univer­ ment, both for McGill and the cause elected m em ber o f the Board of sity, suggested that the appoint­ of higher education in Canada,”

Prichard said. “Dr. Shapiro is argu­ ably Canada’s m ost thoughtful and e x p e rie n c e d c o m m e n ta to r o n higher education.”

S hapiro stresse d that he w ould be approachable and open to student concerns.

“I think that it’s terribly dan­ gerous for a principal to be too focused on the administrative con­ cerns o f a university,” Shapiro said.

“Those aren’t the major issues.”

“The major concern is to re­ spond to the teaching requirements of students and the research needs of professors,” he continued Shapiro also said that his primary goal is to maintain McGill’s status as a leading research institu­ tion.

“How do you produce new knowledge on o n e hand and a service on the other," he said. “You have to keep teaching in the fore­ front so that McGill will remain in the forefront.”

Senate passes pass/fail option for students

BY ROB CRAMPTON A controversial m otion con­ cerning the im plem entation of a pass/fail system at McGill w as passed in senate last W ednesday.

The m otion will allow students to take elective courses w ithout be­ ing graded according to the stand­ ard scale.

Should they elect to be evalu­ ated u n d er the pass/fail system, students will receive either o n e of tw o m arks on their academ ic tran­ script. A passing mark, o r a n “S” for “satisfactory standing" will ap­ p ea r if the student receives a per­ centage o f 54 o r better. A student obtaining less than 54 p e rc e n t will receive a “U” for “unsatisfactory standing”.

Professors will sen d all p er­ centage marks to the Registrar's Office and will not have access to the num ber o r identity o f students w ho have chosen the pass/fail option. The registrar will then con­ vert the percentages to satisfac­ tory o r unsatisfactory grades for the students concerned. O nce the m ark is converted, the percentage is perm anently rem oved from the record.

Proponents o f the pass/fail system, such as D ean o f Medicine Richard Cruess, explained that by giving students the option o f tak­ ing a n elective w ithout the fear of bringing dow n their grade point average (GPA), students will be

encouraged to take m ore courses outside their program .

“Students are having to spe­ cialize m ore an d m ore. I think pass/fail will m ake this university a better place,” Cruess com m ented.

Students’ Society (SSMU) VP University Affairs Ruth Prom islow explained the n eed for giving stu­ dents the choice to take courses u n d er the p ass/ fail system.

“W e need the pass/fail o p ­ tion to bridge the d is ta n c e be­ tw e e n d is c i­ plines," she said.

Promislow also su g g ested that McGill has nothing to w orry ab o u t if the uni­ versity fears that n o n -p ercen tag e g rad ed courses will reduce m o ­ tiv a tio n and bring d o w n aca­ dem ic standards at the university.

“Yale’s academ ic integrity hasn’t b een d o u b ted an d they’ve had [the pass/fail option] for som e tim e,” she noted.

Professor M ichael Du bo w o f the D epartm ent o f Microbiol­ ogy an d Im m unology noted that Yale has h ad the o p tio n for 25 years, an d com forted those w ho

w ere w orried about the issue of lowering standards.

“W e’re no t going to finish third in Maclean’s o r anything," h e said.

O ne o f the m ajor issues surrounding the next step o f im ­ plem enting the pass/fail option is the c o s t McGill’s Vice Principal (A c a d e m ic ) W i l l i a m

L e g g e tt i n ­ form ed sena­ tors that the m inim um

cost o f im plem e n ta tio n m ay be pro­ hibitive.

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cost has been estim ated at a m inim um o f $60,000,

w h ic h is equivalent to paying six to eight people for the m onth o f [computer] program m ing it w ould require to install," he explained.

A nother concern raised by several senators w as the possible confusion the option w ould cre­ ate for som e students. For exam ­ ple, students w h o take an elec­ tive in a n ew program u n d er the pass/fail option and d o no t re­ ceive a percentage grade for the

course may then choose to trans­ fer into that program. If this former elective fell u n d er the require­ m ents for the n ew program , the stu d en t might be required to take a similar, substitute course in or­ d e r to provide the percentage m ark n eeded to determ ine their academ ic standing.

W hen questioned on possi­ ble course repetition, Promislow explained that specifics w ould be left u p to the departm ents.

“Yes, [course repetition o r substitution] is a possibility but each instance will be handled on a case-to-case basis. And w hat is required ultimately depends on the departm ents involved,” said Promislow.

Students w ho believe that an elective m ay bring u p their GPA will be given the option o f a regular or pass/fail m ark but will have to decide before the end o f the d ro p /ad d preriod.

Will Richards, a third year English student expressed satis­ faction with the openness and security the pass/fail option would create w hen exploring elective options.

“Those o f us w ho are para­ noid about our GPA w o n ’t take a course unless w e are sure o f suc­ cess, so w e rarely leave the con­ fines o f o u r program. I have al­ ways w anted to take a biology course and now with the new freedom o f pass/fail, I can.*

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The McGill Tribune, Novem ber 25-29,1993

Dean of Medicine responds to Lief protesters

BY S A R A J E A N GREEN A t la s t W e d n e s d a y ’s s e n ­ a te m e e tin g , M cG ill’s D e a n o f M e d ic in e R ic h a rd C ru e s s d e ­ n o u n c e d t h e p r o te s t w h ic h c a u s e d t h e c a n c e lla tio n o f a p r e s e n ta tio n b y D r. H a ro ld L ief o f t h e U n iv e rs ity o f P e n n ­ sy lv a n ia .

L ief w a s in v ite d b y th e D e p a r tm e n t o f P s y c h ia try to g iv e a le c tu r e o n th e “F a lse M e m o ry S y n d ro m e ” (FM S) a t M cG ill o n N o v e m b e r 1 1th. T h e FMS, w h ic h s u g g e s ts th a t s o m e a d u lts c r e a t e m e m o r i e s o f c h ild h o o d s e x u a l a b u s e th a t h a v e n e v e r o cc u rre d , h as p r o v e n e x tr e m e ly c o n tr o v e r ­ sial. T h e le c tu r e w a s c a n c e lle d w h e n m e m b e r s o f t h e a u d i­ e n c e b e g a n s h o u tin g a t Lief, r e n d e r in g h is s p e e c h in a u d i­ b le .

In h is a d d r e s s to s e n a te , C ru e s s p r e s e n t e d h is v ie w s o f t h e is s u e s s u r r o u n d i n g th e FMS.

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Syn­ tu re , th e F a c u lty o f M e d ic in e d r o m e ’ is a c o n tro v e rs ia l is s u e re c e iv e d n u m e r o u s le tte rs p r o ­ in a n im p o r ta n t a r e a w h ic h is te s tin g th e e v e n t. A s a re su lt, o f le g itim a te c o n c e r n to o rg a n iz e rs a g r e e d to e x te n d s o c ie ty ...It is a n is s u e w h e r e th e q u e s tio n a n d a n s w e r p e ­ t h e r e a r e s tr o n g fe e lin g s o n rio d fo llo w in g th e le c tu r e fo r b o t h s id e s b u t w h e r e th e r e is “a s lo n g a s n e c e s s a r y ” in o r d e r a s y e t n o a g r e e m e n t. It th u s is t o p r o v id e s o m e th in g m o r e in fo r­ w h ic h p ro p m a tio n a n d e rly b e lo n g s in "Those people who fa cilitate d e ­ t h e a c a d e m ic disrupted the lecture b a te . d o m a in ,” s a id C ru e ss were engaged in C ru e ss. c a lle d th e C ru ess unacceptable d e m o n s tra ­ e x p la in e d th a t behaviour" tio n “u g ly ” th e p re s e n ta ­ a n d “u n a t ­ Richard Cruess, tio n a tte m p te d t r a c t iv e ” to d e a l w ith th e Dean of Medicine ^ and de­ FMS in a n a p ­ n o u n ced p r o p r ia te m a n ­ th e p r o te s te r s fo r in te rfe rin g n e r. w ith M cG ill’s e ffo rts to a d ­ “W e b e lie v e d a n d c o n ­ d re s s c o n tro v e rs ia l issu e s. tin u e to b e lie v e th a t it is o u r “T h e fr e e d o m o f th is U n i­ rig h t a n d d u ty to e x p o s e th e s e v e rsity to e x a m in e is s u e s o f is s u e s a n d to d o s o in a w a y p u b lic c o n c e rn w a s q u e s ­ w h ic h w e th in k is p r o p e r . W e tio n e d , a n d w e in fa c t w e r e a tte m p te d to d o so ," h e s ta te d . n o t a b le to p u t o n th e le c tu re .

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a n d I b e lie v e th a t th o s e np e o -­ p le w h o d is r u p te d th e le c tu re w e r e e n g a g e d in u n a c c e p t­ a b le b e h a v io u r ,” s tre s s e d C ru ess. “T h e y w e r e s u p p r e s s ­ in g id e a s , in te r f e r in g w ith s p e e c h , a n d ...k e e p in g a g re a t U n iv ersity fro m ex e rc is in g o n e o f its p rim a ry fu n c tio n s .”

S tu d e n ts ’ S o ciety (SSM U) V P U n iv e rs ity A ffairs R u th P ro m is lo w p r e s e n te d a q u e s ­ tio n to s e n a te c o n c e rn in g th e d e a n ’s p r e s e n ta tio n o f w h a t s h e p e r c e iv e d a s a n u n b a l­ a n c e d d e b a te .

“D o e s D r. C ru e s s n o t th in k th a t it is th e re s p o n s ib il­ ity o f th e U n iv e rsity to e n s u r e a b a la n c e d a irin g o f v ie w s o n s u c h a p o te n tia lly d a m a g in g issue? If s o , w h y w a s th is n o t e n s u re d ? ” C ru ess r e s p o n d e d b y sa y ­ in g th a t th e q u e s tio n a n d a n ­ s w e r p e r io d th a t w a s s c h e d ­ u l e d t o fo llo w t h e le c tu r e w o u ld h a v e e n s u r e d s u c h a b a la n c e .

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com ­ th e Tribune, P ro m is lo w con m e n te d o n C ru e s s ’s re p ly .

“A n a tte m p t w a s m a d e d u rin g th e ta lk s to le t th e o th e r s id e o f th e d e b a te b e r e p r e s e n te d , b u t I h a d h o p e d it w o u ld h a v e b e e n a s s u re d b e f o r e h a n d , w ith e q u a l tim e a llo tte d fo r e a c h s id e o f th e d e b a te . In o r d e r to e n s u r e a b a la n c e o f v ie w s , th e r e n e e d e d to b e tw o p e o p l e o n th e p a n e l itself, in s te a d o f ju st th e q u e s tio n a n d a n s w e r p e ­ r io d ,” s h e sa id .

In r e s p o n s e to C ru e s s ’s c o m m e n t th a t th e p ro te s te r s w e r e s u p p r e s s in g id e a s a n d fre e s p e e c h , P ro m islo w n o te d th a t th e re s u lts c o u ld h a v e b e e n a v o id e d w ith a m o re re p re s e n ta tiv e le c tu re .

“I th in k it’s im p o rta n t to lo o k a t w h y p e o p le r e a c te d in th e w a y th e y d id a n d w h e r e th e ir a n g e r w a s c o m in g fro m .

T h e re c o u ld h a v e b e e n a m u c h d iffe re n t r e a c tio n if th e le c ­ tu re h a d b e e n s e t u p d iffé r­ e n d v .”

Women's Studies clears first funding hurdle MCRTW B oard an d E xecu­ tive C om m ittee m em bers w a n te d tw o priorities to b e fu n d e d b y c a p ita l g e n e r a te d fro m T h e T w enty-First C entury Fund.

A n e n d o w m e n t o f $ 1.5 mil­ lion w a s p ro p o se d to establish a C hair in W o m en ’s Studies to stim u late fu rth er research a n d teac h in g in th e area.

T h e C entre also re q u e ste d $1 m illion for R esearch a n d C ur­ riculum D ev elopm ent. T h e e n ­ d o w m e n t w o u ld b e d ivided into tw o areas, including $700,000 fo rg rad u ate fellow ships in W om ­ e n ’s Studies a n d $300,000 for th e a d v a n cem en t o f research an d th e d ev e lo p m en t o f n ew courses.

A ccording to S tudents’ So­ ciety (SSMU) VP U niversity Af­ fairs R uth P rom islow , w h o sits

BY TRISH SNYDER After so m e resistan ce at th e sub-com m ittee level, th e Aca­ d em ic P lan n in g a n d P olicy C om ­ m ittee (APPC) g av e its su p p o rt to a p ro p o sa l p u t forth b y th e McGill C entre for R esearch a n d T each in g o n W o m en (MCRTW) last T h u rsd ay . T h e p ro p o sa l re ­ q u ests th at th e C entre b e in ­ clu d e d as a fun d raisin g priority fo r th e T w en ty -F irst C en tu ry Fund, M cGill’s latest capital ca m ­ paign.

T h e MCRTW w as n o t in­ clu d e d o n th e original list o f em erg in g priorities for th e cam ­ p aig n b e c a u se th e C en tre h a d n o t y et b e e n firm ly estab lish ed w h e n th e list w a s d rafted in 1989.

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o n th e com m ittee, th e APPC will m ak e tw o reco m m en d atio n s to se n a te reg ard in g th e proposal.

T h e APPC v o te d in favour o f p ro p o sin g an allocation o f $ 1 m illion fo r an e n d o w e d Chair in W o m e n ’s Studies a n d will ask fo r $500,000 fo r tw o an n u al g ra d u ate fellow ships.

T h e co m m ittee also rec­ o m m e n d e d th at th e issue o f cu r­ ricu lu m d e v e lo p m e n t b e d is­ cu sse d w ith th e individual d eans o f th e faculties in w h ich W om ­ e n ’s Studies offers courses.

M CRTW D ir e c to r P c ta T an cred w a s p lease d w ith the co m m ittee’s recom m endations.

“I thin k it’s absolutely w o n ­ d erfu l an d I’m th rilled ,” said T ancred. “From w h a t I can gather, th e p ro p o sa l fo r a Chair w ent th ro u g h u n a n im o u s ly . W e’re h o p in g s e n a te will b e sim ilarly o rie n te d .”

If ap p ro v e d , T ancred ex ­ p lain ed th at th e creation o f tw o fello w sh ip s will e n a b le g rad u ate stu d en ts to co n c en trate o n s p e ­ cific stu d ies in w o m e n ’s research.

P ro m islo w w a s satisfied w ith th e su g g estio n s p u t forth by th e APPC, a n d s h e rem ained optim istic th at th e y w o u ld b e a d o p te d b y senate.

“I th ink se n a te w ill recog­ nize th e n e e d for p u ttin g this forw ard as an acad em ic priority at this tim e,” sh e stated.

T h e re co m m en d atio n s in su p p o rt o f th e MCRTW proposal cam e after a less active resp o n se at th e level o f P lanning and Priorities, a su b -co m m ittee of th e APPC.

T h e su b ­ com m ittee h a d o p p o s e d th e M C R T W sbidto b e in clu d ed on th e lis t of e m e rg in g p ri­ o ritie s th a t is sen t to p ro sp e c­ tive d o n o rs to t h e T w e n ty F irst C e n tu ry Fund. Instead, it re co m m en d ed th a t th e F u n d accept dona­ tio n s fo r th e MCRTW o n ly at th e d o n o r’s ini­ tiative.

T a n c re d h a d ex p ressed disappointm ent w ith th e “p a s­ siv e” reso lu tio n i n i ti a l l y ad­ v an c ed b y th e sub-com m ittee VP A c a- MCRTW Director Peta Tancredfights for priority d em ie W illiam tential for Tw enty-First C entury Leggett, w h o chairs APPC, cau ­ fu n d in g e ith e r th ro u g h direct tio n ed th at m em b ers o f th e u n i­ ap p eals, as APPC h a s advised, o r versity co m m u n ity s h o u ld not b y special m en tio n o f d o n o rs, as interpret th e outcom e o f th e com ­ P lanning an d Priorities h a d rec­ m ittee’s re co m m en d atio n s to o o m m en d ed . hastily.

P en d in g se n a te ap p ro v al “If se n a te ap p ro v e s th en o f th e APPC’s reco m m en d atio n s, w e will h av e said publicly th at th e W o m en ’s Studies C hair a n d th e ad v an ce o f W o m en ’s Studies fellow ships will a p p e a r as em erg­ is a clear priority at th e u n iv er­ ing priorities on th e list p re p a re d sity,” said Leggett, w h o ag reed b y th e F u n d to actively solicit w ith th e prioritization o f th e do n atio n s.

MCRTW. H e ad d e d th at if se n a te T h e m o tion g o e s to se n a te v o tes against th e m otions, th e in tw o w eek s.

MCRTW will h av e lost a n y p o ­

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MUS: We’re capable o f handling the C.C. ourselves

BY MICHAEL, BROADHURST M anagem ent U n d erg rad u ­ a te S o ciety (M US) P re s id e n t R onald Balinsky h as a sk ed Stu­ d en ts’ Society (SSMU) to h o n o u r its advertising contract w ith the Commerce Communique « 7 . 0 T he contract covers advertising in th e C.C. a n d o th er MUS publi­ cations.

SSMU VP F in a n c e Paul Jo h n so n inform ed Balinsky three w eek s ago th at SSMU d id n o t in ten d to pay for th e ads in the C.C. d u e to th e allegedly sexist co n ten t o f th e publication. SSMU council p asse d a m otion co n ­ d em ning the m agazine o n O c to ­ b er 28th.

Balinsky acted o n th e ad ­ vice o f legal counsel.

"It is a b in d in g contract b etw e en tw o legal entities, in accordance w ith C anadian law ,” Balinsky said.

A c c o rd in g to J o h n s o n , SSMU will u se th e advertising sp ace only if they are forced to h o n o u r the contract.

“W e’re sp eak in g to o u r le­ gal advisers,” he said. “W e’ll think o f som ethin g constructive to d o

ex p ected th e Commerce Com­ w ith th e sp ac e.” munique to m ake.

“I’m sure th e W om en’s C au­ P rom islow d e fe n d e d h er cus can think o f a g o o d u se for letter. th e sp a c e ,” h e added.

“Everything th at w as in the SSMU VP U niversity Affairs letter w as discussed in a co n v er­ Ruth Prom islow w as u n h a p p y sation w ith R onald,” sh e said. w ith Balinsky’s decision.

“H e w as actually the o n e to ask “I think they sh o u ld recog­ w hat w e felt nize that as a m u st be c u s to m e r w e d o n e .” are not h ap p y SSMU "I'm sure the Women's w ith th e serv­ P r e s i dent ice that w e ’ve Caucus can think of a M a rk Luz receiv ed ,” sh e good use for the space." concurred. said.

“I think - Paul Johnson, “I th in k th e re ’s tw o they sh o u ld b e SSMU VP Finance sep arate is­ re s p o n s ib le sues. [MUS] e n o u g h to see m ay b e u p ­ th a t a n d p u t set w ith the aside the legali­ to n e o f Ruth’s letter, b u t the ties o f th e issu e,” P rom islow greater issue is w h at they intend added. to d o ab o u t the C.C., an d th at is MUS council a n d several m ore im portant than any m on­ SSMU c o u n c illo r s c r itic iz e d Prom islow for th e m an n er in etary o r political reactions,” he w hich sh e a p p ro a c h e d the C.C. said.

“I think the MUS n eeds to controversy. At a N o vem ber 11th b e told that this k in d o f thing is SSMU council m eeting, M anage­ n o t tolerable,” Luz added. m ent Rep M itch C ostom an d Ath­ Balinsky n o ted th at MUS letics Rep Jam es Stew art chal­ has lo o k ed into possible w ays o f le n g e d th e to n e o f a le tte r reorganizing the C.C. P rom islow w rote to Balinsky. The “O u r p lan is to p resen t a letter outlined the ch anges SSMU

Security snafu locks out students

BY ETHAN SACKS M cGill stu d e n ts w e re d e ­ n ie d e n tra n c e to th e F ran k lin D a w so n A d am s (FD A ) c o m p le x fo llo w in g a N o v e m b e r 12th m e m o w h ic h in stru c te d g u a rd s to p re v e n t u n d e rg ra d u a te stu ­ d e n ts from e n te rin g M cGill fa­ cilities d u rin g w e e k e n d h o u rs u n le ss th e y w e re o n a n official list o r h a d a sp ec ia l p e rso n a l id en tificatio n n u m b e r (PIN ).

T h e m e m o in s tru c te d M cGill secu rity p e rs o n n e l a b o u t a c h a n g e in th e u n iv ersity ’s lo n g s ta n d in g Silent H o u rs p ro c e ­ d u re s w h ic h a re d e s ig n e d to c u rb th eft o n w e e k e n d s a n d n ig h t h o u rs. T h e m e m o sta te d th a t u n d e rg ra d u a te s w e re n o t to b e a d m itte d u n le s s th e y h a d a v alid ID c a rd a n d e ith e r a p ­ p e a re d o n a n a u th o riz e d list, h a d a n official b u ild in g p ass, o r h a d a sp ec ia l PIN in areas w h e re th e re w e re c a rd ac cess system s.

Last S a tu rd a y m o rn in g , w h e n sev e ral a rc h ite c tu re s tu ­ d e n ts arriv ed at th e FDA e n ­ tra n c e to a tte n d a F re e h a n d D ra w in g class in th e a tta c h e d M acD o n ald H a rrin g to n b u ild ­ ing, th e y w e re b a r re d fro m e n ­ terin g .

“T h e class h a s b e e n m e e t­ in g in th e sa m e p la c e a n d at th e s a m e tim e fo r y ea rs," s a id U2 A rc h ite c tu r e s t u d e n t , S e rg e A p p e l. “T h e y [the S ecurity of­ fice] d id n o t e v e n k n o w w e h a d class th e n .”

A p p el a n d o th e r stu d e n ts h a d n o t b e e n p re v io u sly in­ fo rm e d a b o u t th e c h a n g e in p ro c e d u re s a n d th e se c u rity g u a rd c o u ld n o t a u th o riz e th eir entry. T h e p ro b le m w a s fu rth e r c o m p lic a te d sin c e th e sec u rity g u a rd at th e FDA b u ild in g , as w ell as sev e ral o th e rs, w e re n o t p ro v id e d w ith c o m p u te r s c a n ­ n e rs o r a n y o f th e p ro m ise d class lists, w h ic h m a d e it im p o s­ sib le fo r th e m to c h e c k th e criteria fo r a d m issio n o u tlin e d in th e m e m o .

T h e a rc h ite c tu re s tu d e n ts w e re o n ly p e rm itte d access af­ te r th e D ire cto r o f th e A rchitec­ tu re P ro g ra m , D e rric k D ru m m o n d , w a s c a lle d to th e s c e n e . D ru m m o n d c a lle d th e S ecurity office to e x p la in th e situ a tio n a n d th e se c u rity g u a rd w a s s u b s e q u e n tly g iv e n p e r­ m issio n to ad m it th e stu d e n ts.

O n e McGill w e e k e n d s e ­ curity g u a rd , w h o re q u e s te d an o n y m ity , sa id th a t s h e w a s su rp ris e d b y th e m e m o .

“I k n e w w h e n I first ca m e in [a n d re a d th e m em o] th a t it w a s g o in g to b e a p ro b le m , ” s h e e x p la in e d . “If th e y w a n t to e n ­ f o r c e s o m e t h i n g l i k e th is [m em o], th e y a re g o in g to h a v e to p ro v id e u s w ith th e c o m p u ­ te riz e d s c a n n e rs .”

A cco rd in g to V ice Princi­ p al o f P hysical R eso u rces, Sam K in g d o n , th e m e m o w a s an e rro r m a d e b y th e S ecurity Serv­ ices office o n an a fte rn o o n w h e n it w a s u n d e rsta ffe d .

“W h at h a p p e n e d o n Satur­ d a y w a s a m i s t a k e , ” s a id K in g d o n . “W h at th e m e m o w as s u p p o s e d to in stru ct Security p e rs o n n e l to d o w a s to ch eck th e S tu d e n t ID ca rd s b y c o m p u ­ te r [w h e re p o ssible] sin c e th e R egistrar’s office h a s s to p p e d issu in g v a lid a tio n stick ers.”

E v en afte r th e arch itectu re s tu d e n ts w e re ad m itted , h o w ­ ev e r, th e S ecurity O ffice d id no t ta k e im m ed iate m easu res to co r­ re ct th e m istak e. In fact, th e sec­ u rity g u a rd w a s n o t g iv e n o r­ d e rs to a llo w a n y o th e r u n d e r­ g ra d u a te stu d e n ts into th e b u ild ­ ing.

T h e c o n d itio n s o u tlin e d b y th e m e m o w e re o n ly o v ertu rn ed tw o a n d a h a lf h o u rs later, w h e n sev e ral o th e r s tu d e n ts p ro te ste d th e n e w restrictio n s o n entry.

T h e s tu d e n ts p o lite ly w a rn e d th e security g u a rd th at th e y w ere g o in g to e n te r th e b u ild in g an y ­ w a y to u s e th e Physical Science a n d E n g in ee rin g Library. T h e FDA sec u rity g u a rd ca lle d th e S ecurity O ffice a n d w a s g iv en in stru ctio n s to re tu rn to th e p re ­ m e m o Silent H o u r directives.

K in g d o n sa id th a t a n e w m e m o h a s s in c e b e e n s e n t to S ecurity d isp a tc h e rs, in stru ct­ in g g u a rd s to d isre g a rd th e c h a n g e s th a t h a d b e e n m a d e to th e Silent H o u r p ro c e d u re s. As stu d e n ts e n te r th e stressful exam p e rio d , th is n e w m e m o s h o u ld e n s u re th a t stu d e n ts a re n o t b a rre d fro m stu d y in g o n w e e k ­ e n d s.

d etailed p ackage to S tudents’ Society council at its nex t m eet­ ing," h e said. “T hat p ackage will include the establishm ent o f an editorial b o a rd [and] the issuing o f a letter to the w riters, stating to them that the co n ten t sh o u ld be ap p ro p riate.”

Balinsky also said that MUS will ad d an anti-discrim ination clause to its constitution.

Prom islow ex p ressed con­ cern w ith the m an n er in w hich MUS has a p p ro ach e d the p ro b ­ lem.

“I think it’s unfortunate that there seem s to b e this p ercep ­ tion that it is en o u g h just to include w o m en in the editorial process. Q uite obviously from the reaction o f so m e w o m en in M anagem ent w h o th o u g h t the publication w as funny, sexism is n o t exclusive to m en ,” sh e said.

Sonia G osw am i, th e Exter­ nal C oordinator o f the Sexual Assault C entre o f McGill’s Stu­ d en ts’ Society (SACOMSS) ex­ p ressed co n cern ab o u t the lack o f contact b etw e en MUS and pro-active g ro u p s like SACOMSS an d the W om en’s Caucus.

“My feeling is th at they [MUS] are n o t eq u a l to h an dling th e situation [alone], judging b y th e m aterial they produce," sh e said.

“I’m co n c ern e d that the im pression they’ve given off m ay have alienated so m any p eo p le th at th o se p e o p le w o n ’t b e in­ volved," G osw am i said. “I think rather th an trying to u n d erstan d w h at the issue is— th at [the p u b ­ lication] w as blatantly offensive an d sexist— th ey ’re b ein g d e ­ fensive."

Balinsky com m en ted o n SACOMSS’s involvem ent.

“T hem having in put into o u r change is desirable, b u t I’m n o t sure that the in put they w an t is the b e st w ay ,” Balinsky said.

“W e feel w e are certainly cap a­ ble o f [changing the C.C] o u r­ selves."

Luz did n o t rule o u t fur­ th er SSMU action.

“I d o n ’t think MUS sh o u ld treat this lightly. If their p ro ­ p o sed action is no t good enough, th en I w o u ld like all o f u s to sit d o w n an d w o rk ou t a solution," h e said.

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O p /E d EDITORIAL In th e p a s t w h ile , w e h a v e w itn e s s e d se v e ra l in ­ s ta n c e s w h e re u n p o p u la r o p in io n s h a v e b e e n e x p re s s e d o n ly to b e stifle d afte r a w id e ­ s p re a d d e c la ra tio n o f m o ral o u tra g e . It c o u ld n o t b e sa id th a t th e s u p p re s s io n at th e h a n d s o f th o s e w h o w o u ld call th e m s e lv e s o u r p ro g re s ­ siv e m o ra lity -p o lic e v io la te fre e d o m o f s p e e c h , b u t it is clearly a s u p p re s s io n o f m u ch n e e d e d d e b a te .

D r. H a ro ld Lief w a s in ­ v ite d to s p e a k at M cGill o n w h a t h e re fe rs to as “F alse M em o ry S y n d ro m e ”. FMS is a th e o ry a c c e p te d b y fe w p sy ­ ch o lo g ists w h ic h sta te s th a t p e o p le c o n s tru c t fa lse m e m o ­ rie s o f a b u s e y ea rs a fte r th e a b u s e h a s a lle g e d ly ta k e n p lace . U n d e rstan d ab ly , th e im­ p lic a tio n s o f s u c h a th e o ry a re tro u b lin g to s o m e in th a t th e te stim o n y o f v ictim s o f a b u s e , a lre a d y s tru g g lin g to b e ta k e n se rio u sly b y th e leg al sy stem , c o u ld b e fu rth e r d isc re d ite d .

H o w e v e r, re g a rd le s s o f o u r o b je c tio n s, th e h y p o th ­ esis ex ists, a n d Dr. Lief w a s p re s e n t to e x p la in w h y h e th in k s it c a n b e su b s ta n tia te d .

S o m e p e o p le w e n t to h is talk

Enough playground political correctness in o r d e r to h e a r h is ju stifica­ tio n s a n d m a k e u p th e ir o w n m in d s c o n c e rn in g th e ir v iab il­ ity. O th e rs, h o w e v e r, w e n t in o r d e r to p re v e n t le a rn in g a lto ­ g e th e r. R e m in isc en t o f a n At­ la n ta b a s e b a ll c ro w d , w h e n Dr. Lief ro s e to sp e a k , h e w a s b o o e d d o w n b y a g ro u p o f d em o n ­ stra to rs u s in g th e tactics a re ­ b e llio u s g ro u p o f s c h o o l ch il­ d re n w o u ld u s e o n a s u b stitu te te a c h e r.

T h e o rg a n iz e rs o f th e talk b e h a v e d n o b e tte r. T h e y la c k e d th e fo resig h t re q u ire d to u n d e r­ s ta n d th e sensitivity o f th e to p ic.

T h e y d id n o t u n d e rs ta n d th a t all th a t w o u ld h a v e b e e n re ­ q u ire d to q u e ll th e u n re st in th e p e a n u t g allery w o u ld h a v e b e e n a n o p e n d e b a te fo rm at. S o m e­ o n e w ith v ie w s in o p p o s itio n to L ief s s h o u ld h a v e b e e n in v ite d to p re s e n t a lte rn a te a rg u m e n ts.

M erely a llo w in g a fe w q u e s ­ tio n s at th e e n d o f a le c tu re w a s insufficient. T h e o ig an ize rs tried to h id e b e h in d th e ir rig id c o n ­ c e p tio n o f a c a d e m ic freed o m , a n d in th e e n d , th e le a rn in g e x p e rie n c e th e y a re re s p o n s i­ b le fo r p ro v id in g w a s sev e rely lack in g .

T h e n t h e r e is M a tin Y a q zan , th e n aiv ely b ra v e U ni­

v ersity o f N e w B ru n sw ic k p ro ­ fe sso r w ith u n fo r tu n a te o p in ­ io n s a b o u t d a te -ra p e . H is le tte r to th e Brunswickan w a s p u b ­ lish ed in o rd e r to e x p o s e a p o in t o f v ie w th a t is w id e ly h e ld , b u t th a t is o fte n re p re s s e d b y th o s e p u rp o rtin g to “h ig h e r” sta n d a rd s. As a re su lt o f h is letter, Y a q z a n ’s jo b is th re a t­ e n e d , b u t h e h a s a lso b e n e fite d fro m th e p u b lic ity in th a t h e h a s b e e n a b le to fu rth e r e x p la in h is p o sitio n , a n d p e r h a p s d ig h im ­ s e lf a d e e p e r g ra v e.

A n d w h a t e d ito ria l o n p o ­ litical in c o rre c tn e ss w o u ld b e co m p le te w ith o u t at least a m e n ­ tio n o f CHRIS H AROU N, th e e d ito r o f th e re v ile d Commerce Communique? T h e F acu lty o f M an a g e m e n t is r e n o w n e d fo r its co n sisten t d isre g a rd fo r id eas o f e q u a lity th a t h a v e p o k e d th e ir n o s e s in to a lm o st ev e ry n o o k a n d c ra n n y o f c a m p u s.

T h is p h e n o m e n o n c a n b e larg ely a ttrib u te d to M an ag e­ m e n t’s re la tiv e iso la tio n fro m th e re st o f c a m p u s . T h e fe rv e n t attack s re g a rd in g th e fa cu lty ’s p a st b lu n d e rs h a v e n o t le d to an y sig n ifican t c h a n g e s in w h a t e m a n a te s fro m o u r B ro n fm a n friends. All th a t h a s b e e n ac ­ c o m p lis h e d is fu rth e r iso latio n .

W h a t is n e e d e d is a m o re c o o p ­ e ra tiv e a tm o s p h e re . H a ro u n s a id th a t h e d id n o t u n d e rs ta n d th e a lle g a tio n s o f sex ism his jo u r n a l r e c e iv e d . S o m e o n e n e e d s to h e lp h im a n d his c o ­ h o rts u n d e rs ta n d .

The m is o g y n is ts , h o m o p h o b e s , a n d racists in o u r so c ie ty h a v e n o t g o n e aw ay , th e y h a v e m ere ly trie d to h id e th e ir b eliefs, w h ic h o fte n b u rst o u t in m o re su b tle, a n d o fte n m o re s e rio u s w a y s. T h e y h id e b e c a u s e th e y a re afraid th a t if th e y v o ic e th e ir o p in io n s, th e y w ill b e m a rg in a liz e d as Y aq zan a n d H a ro u n h a v e b e e n .

T h is is n o t to sa y th a t w e s h o u ld e m b ra c e th e in d iv id u ­ als w h o h o ld in b re d p reju d ices, b u t re b u k in g th e m o u trig h t only p re v en ts th e m from voicing theno p in io n s, a n d d o e s n o th in g to c h a n g e th e m . T h e o n ly so lu ­ tio n is th e p ro m o tio n o f h ea lth y d e b a te . If p e o p le a re n o lo n g e r afraid to sa y w h a t th e y think, w e w ill n o lo n g e r h a v e to live in c o n s ta n t m istru st o f th eir a c tio n s.

N o w th a t w e k n o w a little m o re a b o u t M atin Y a q zan ’s state o f m in d , w e w ill b e in m o re o f a p o sitio n to in te rp re t his b e ­ h a v io u r. If h e is u n a b le to trea t

all o f h is s tu d e n ts e q u a lly , w e w ill b e a b le to re p rim a n d h im acco rd in g ly . O f c o u rse , th o s e w h o d o n o t feel c o m fo rta b le w ith h im as th e ir p ro fe s s o r s h o u ld b e a b le to a v o id his classes w ith o u t p en a lty , b u t his d ism issal w o u ld o n ly a l­ lo w h im to b e lie v e th a t h e w a s a c o n s c ie n tio u s o b je c to r su ffe rin g fo r h is p rin c ip le s.

W e m u st n o t a llo w o u rse lv e s to c re a te p o litically in c o rre c t m artyrs.

So if s o m e o n e p re se n ts y o u w ith a v ie w y o u d o n o t a g re e w ith , listen to th em , a n d th e n e x p e c t to b e lis­ te n e d to w h e n y o u try to d isc u ss it. Y ou m a y e v e n fin d th a t y o u r o w n p o sitio n h a s a fe w h o le s in it, a n d m a y n e e d refining.

Political co rrec tn e ss w a s b o m o u t o f d e m o c ra tic p rin ­ c ip les e s p o u s in g e q u a lity a n d u n d e rsta n d in g . In p u rs u in g th e se , w e m u st n o t lo se sig h t o f w h e re w e a re c o m in g from if w e a re e v e r to g e t to w h e re w e a re g o in g .

BARNABY CLUNIE

The farmer and the cowboy should be friends BABBLE ON

BY KATE GIBBS I’ve h ad a n u m b er o f things o n m y m ind.

This w e ek Statistics C anada released th eir study o n violence against w o m e n . T he re p o rt re­ v ealed that 60 p e r cen t o f C ana­ dian w o m e n w ere afraid to w alk alone at night in their o w n neigh­ b o u rh o o d s. 45 p e r cen t o f vio­ lence against w o m en is inflicted b y m e n th ese w o m en know .

H a v in g t e l e p h o n e d 1 2 ,300 w o m e n a c ro s s th e c o u n try , StatsCan receiv ed a frightening picture o f th e realities m any of u s in th e residential areas of d o w n to w n m ust abide by. T he surp rise o n b e h a lf o f th e m edia com m unity has b e e n as sh o ck ­ ing as th ese statistics them selves.

My sen se o f insecurity w as cem e n te d b y th e M ontreal p o ­ lice follow ing th e p resen tatio n o f their b rief to the H um an Rights H earings for M ontreal gays an d lesbians. Last W ednesday, the police d e n ie d the existence o f a h o m o p h o b ic serial killer in M on­

treal. T en o f fo u rte en re c e n t m urders rem ain u n so lv ed and, equally upsetting, n o public n o ­ tice o f police suspicions has b e e n issued.

H ad fourteen w o m en b e e n violently m u rd ered b y a strange m an, the violence w o u ld n o t have b e e n ig nored. C ase in point, D ecem b er 6th, th e fourth anni­ versary o f the m assacre at École P olytechnique, will n o t go u n ­ m arked.

W hen I consider the history o f u n re so lv e d violence against m en a n d w o m en, I d o n o t feel safe in M ontreal for legitim ate reasons. This city has n o t p ro ­ tected its tax payers.

O n a lighter note, so m e­ tim es you w a n t to g o w h e re ev e­ rybody k n o w s y o u r nam e. O r w h e re you p ay o n e price and ride all day. I w ish life w ere m ore like th em e parks, h ap p y places w h e re things are always sunny, w h e re it is alw ays shorts-w eather.

If w e all think harder, to ­ gether, the faster “M aharishi Veda Land” will b e com pleted in South­ e rn O ntario. T here is a d an g er that this N atural Law them e park will b e a caro b-copy o f the great ones. Sure to rival sun n y “Las

V eda” as a spring b re ak destina­ tion, will b e the th em e park being d ev e lo p e d in Virginia b y th e D is n e y C o r p o r a ti o n .

“A m erica”, the th em e park o f A m erican history prom ises to have nine playlands w ith rides so real y o u ’ll think you w e re there. Jo g w ith a com puter-sim u­ la te d C linton! T h e b a ttle o f G ettysburg will b e perform ed tw ice a day b y actual recreators!

In th e indefatigable spirit o f g o o d will a n d a fast buck, “Am erica” will u n d o u b ted ly p ro ­ m ote aw areness o f th e history o f m inorities. I c a n just im agine the “It’s A Small W orld (LETS KEEP IT THAT WAY)” playland will feature “Internm ent ‘44”, “Re­ ceive M easled Blankets!’, an d the ev er p o p u lar, “B eads for Land! B eads for Land!" for the little ones. N o w o rd y et o n the p ro p o se d NHL ex p a n sio n team , “T he M innie H istories”, w h o ’ll play at *Lil’ Lake Placid Land.”

I am really ex cited b y the possibilities o f “A m erica’s* little sister, “H erstory”, the them e park o f A m erican w o m e n ’s history.

“Sew a flag w ith Betsy Ross!”

“Stand U p o n th e Bus w ith Rosa Parks!”

“H erstory” prom ises rides so o p pressive yo u w o n ’t k n o w you ever h a d the vote. At this tim e, “H erstory” has no t b ee n g ran ted an NHL ex p an sio n team .

A little clo ser to hom e, McGill Slavic Studies students have already filled all the spots fo r t h e o n e c r e d it tr ip to “C o sm o p a rk ”, th e n e w sp ac e them e p ark in M oscow. A ccord­ ing to TheEuropean, “For aro u n d

$60, tourists will b e able to sit in a 1970 B uran shuttle in Gorky Park and sim ulate orbiting the Earth. T h ey will also b e e n te r­ tain ed along the ride b y a troupe o f d ancers w h o will b e em ­ p lo y ed to sim ulate the m ove­ m ents o f extraterrestrials o u t o f th e shuttle w ind o w .” I guess v. e w o n the sp ace race.

D on’t hate m e becau se I’m frivolous, I’v e h a d a b a d w eek.

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R e c o g n iz e th e s e c o m ­ mands? Could you d o y o u r b an k ­ ing w ith y o u r ey e s closed?

W hen I think o f h o w rela­ tively recen t it has b e e n sin ce b an k m ach in es w e re first in tro ­ duced, I find it a little surp risin g to se e h o w com fortable I’ve b ec o m e w ith th e idea. It’s al­ m ost sec o n d nature. I can n o w deposit cheques, take out m oney an d p ay m y electric, p h o n e and heating bills w ith o u t ev e r hav­ ing to se e o r h e a r from a single h u m an being. In fact if I w ish to d o m y b an k in g w ith an actual p erso n , I m ust p ay a prem ium .

It is actually m o re ex p e n siv e to d o m y b an k in g w ith a carbonb a se d life form than it is to deal w ith an artificially intelligent box.

T he b an k in g system h as im p le­ m en ted a h u m an -d e terre n t fee.

H ealth an d W elfare C anada h as attem p ted to in tro d u ce a to k en service charge to p rev en t abuses o f th e health care system . T hey w a n t p e o p le to think tw ice b e ­ fore taking ad v a n ta g e o f th eir civil liberties. T h e b a n k s w a n t y o u to think tw ice b efo re inter­ acting w ith o th e r p eo p le. W hat kind o f effect is this having?

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A p ro m in e n t C a n a d ia n w h o attem p ted to ex p lain th e im pact o f different tech n o lo g ies o n h u m an societies w as Marshall M cLuhan. H is m ost reco g n ized contribution to m edia stu d ies is th e n o tio n th at “th e m ed iu m is th e m e s s a g e ”. A c c o rd in g to M cLuhan, it is u n im p o rtan t w h at ev entual ap p licatio n s a particu­ lar tech n o lo g y m ight have; w h at is im portant is th e v ery n atu re o f the m edium itself. “T h e p e r­ sonal an d social co n se q u en ce s o f an y m ed iu m — th at is, o f any ex ten sio n o f ou rselv es— result from th e n e w scale th at is intro­ d u c e d into o u r affairs b y each ex ten sio n o f ourselves, o r b y any n e w tech n o lo g y ”. W hat h e m ean t b y this w as th at reg ard ­ less o f th e ev en tu al u ses o f a p articular m edium , it will still h av e th e sam e ultim ate im pact o n h u m an social structures. It’s as if th e ev en tu al in flu en ce on social organ izatio n w a s som e-

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BY JONATHAN S. h o w e n c o d e d in th e very struc­ tu re o f th e n ew tech n o lo g y it­ self.

M ore recently, th e social theorist Niel Postm an, taking his cu e from M cLuhan, h as car­ ried this v iew o n e step further.

H e claim s that n o t o n ly d o dif­ ferent m edia affect form s o f social com m u n ication an d ar­ rangem ent, m edia actually alter co n scio u sn ess an d h av e a p ro ­ fo u n d influence o n th e w ay p e o p le v iew th e w o rld on a variety o f different levels. For P ostm an th e m ed iu m is n o t only th e m essage, “th e m edium is th e m e ta p h o r”.

“Each m edium , like lan­ g u ag e itself, m ak es p o ssible a u n iq u e m o d e o f d iscourse by providing a n ew o rien tatio n for thought, for expression, for sen ­ sibility... But th e form s o f our m edia... are rath er like m eta­ p h o rs, w o rk in g b y u no b tru siv e b u t p o w erfu l im plication to enforce th eir special definitions o f reality.” T h e limits o f a p ar­ ticular m edium forge them selves o n th e b o u n d arie s o f co nscious­ ness, infecting th e p erceiver w ith th e m ed iu m ’s o w n defini­ tio n s o f tru th , n a tu re a n d beauty.

A n a p p ro p riate ex am p le o f this idea is th e p rin ting press.

Right now , u n less y o u are read ­ ing aloud, y ou are b y definition read in g this alone. T h e very n atu re o r e sse n ce o f uniform print is in d iv id u alist In Post­ m an ’s view , it is largely the introduction o f th e printing press w h ich en c o u rag e d a n d fostered th e attitudes o f liberal individu­ alism so p re v alen t in m ost o f the d e v e lo p e d w orld.

“Every epistem ology is the epistem ology o f a stag e o f m e­ dia dev elo p m en t. Truth... is a p ro d u c t o f a co n v ersation m an h as w ith h im self a b o u t an d th ro u g h th e tech n iq u es o f com ­ m unication h e h as invented.

Since intelligence is prim arily d efin ed as o n e ’s capacity to g rasp th e truth o f things, it fol­ low s th at w h a t a culture m ean s b y intelligence is d erived from th e character o f its im portant form s o f co m m u n ication,” P ost­ m an said.

Is th e b a n k m ach in e just an isolated tech n o lo gy w h ich d o es not reflect a greater societal p h en o m en o n ?

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The downfall o f

Canada’s Progressive Conservatives Canada's Progressive Con­ servative party has been wiped out of the country's political scene. Last October 25, Canadians voted briskly, firmly, and massively against the party which is the descendent of Canada's first ruling party—the Con­ servatives of Sir John A. Macdonald.

The reasons for the defeat of the party are multifold: the faulty man­ ner in which the PC’s ran their elec­ toral campaign ; the lack of demon­ stratively strong, undisputed con­ sensus within the party; the rise of regional parties promising a better lot for their constituencies; and of course, the lousy condition of the economy. However, there can be no doubt as to the basic, fundamental reasons the party’s defeat—from which all of the party's subsequent problems took root.

Under Brian Mulroney, the PC’s were swept into power on a landslide majority in 1984. There­ with were the greatest mistakes made which would prove to be disastrous to the PC’s in the future.

Mistake #1 :Mulroney brought outside critics and cynics into the party, who were disenchanted with the way things were run in Canada prior to 1984. This allowed him to win a massive landslide victory in '84, particularly in Quebec, where

many of his Québécois MP’s would later reveal that they were in fact sovereigntists who cared first and fore­ most for the welfare of Quebec. Wit­ ness the abrupt rise of the Bloc Québécois, whose nucleus is made up of former PC MP’s.

Mistake #2: As Prime Minister, Mulroney endeavoured to please eve­ ryone with the Meech Lake Accord, a package of amendments to the consti­ tution. The “outsiders’ he recruited earlier would see to it that they got what they wanted in the amendments.

Mulroney and his fellow MP’s were apparently blinded to the fact that such a grandiose amendment of the constitution is in fact inpossible. There is just no way a total consensus can be reached on amending the constitution in so many areas, all in one shot. The PC’s at this point seem to have forgot­ ten that you can never please every­ one all of the time, particularly in a country so diverse as ours.

Mistake #3: Mulroney and his PC’s proposed, then passed the U.S.Canada Free Trade Agreement in 1989, despite the obvious opposition to it by the majority of Canadians. With this, the PC party violated one of the tenets of Canadian conservatism: that free trade with the U.S. is utterly unthink­ able. So why did the PC’s do it? The answer is obvious; under Mulroney’s

L e tte r s DenialWe write in response to the SSMU’s [Students' Society] decision last Thursday to condemn all future CRC Blood Drives on campus. It is not our agenda in this letter to determine the validity o f the LBGM’s [Lesbi­ ans, Bisexuals, and Gays o f McGilll sugges­ tion that the CRC q u estio n n a ir e is homophobic, rather w e would like to ad­ dress the SSMU's response. Let's for a m o­ ment, rightly or wrongly, believe MaryMargaret Jones and the LBGM. What have the SSMU and LBGM accom plished by condemning the CRC on campus? They have succeeded in protecting the rights o f gays, but they have failed to protect the rights, and more importantly, the lives o f the name! ess be ne factors of the CRCs blood drives; a blood drive that benefits gays and non-gays alike. The LBGM has taken away the privilege from all those w h o wish to give blood. Thus, they are denying McGill students, those w h o wish to continue giving blood, their rights, just as LBGM feels their rights w ere denied by the CRC. Rather ironic don't you think? Surely there must be som e other manner in which the LBGM’s contentions with the CRC can be met. If this SSMU resolution stands, the LBGM's gain may mean som eone else’s life.

Graeme H ep worth, U3 Math/ Economics T.S. Chubb, U2 Geography/Env. Science

InsMutionaMzctlRe.: Last week's Walksafe Comment Last year, I lived with a Walksafe volunteer. In a conversation with “Peter" and a female friend, I found him highly insensitive to the issues that form the id eo­ logical core o f Walksafe. We discussed an incident in Molson Hall where two male students allegedly drew a “cartoon" on a female hallmate’s door. The “cartoon" d e­ picted a woman bent over vomiting, a man behind her with a gun-shaped phallus, and had the caption, “H ow d o you like my

bullets?"

“Peter" was completely ignorant o f the social implications surrounding this incident. He wanted to confront and repri­ mand the culprits for drawing a “nasty cartoon." He equated this “cartoon" with an obscenity, taking it only as seriously as a depiction of, say, a phallus. The violent implications of turning an ostensibly loving act into an act o f hatred w ere lost on him.

When my female friend tried to speak he scoffed at and ridiculed her words, yet w hen I expressed similar sentiments he responded respectfully.

Later I discovered that he had also ridiculed another friend's fear o f rape. When she said that rape w as what she feared most, “Peler* replied that this was a ridiculous attitude and that if he were raped, he would have humour on his side. He would laugh at the foolishness o f his attacker.

When a member o f a “wom an-cen­ tred' organisation can display such an igno­ ran ce o f th e b ro a d er so c ia l iss u e s foundational to his activities, exhibits an open contempt for wom en's voices and experiences, and thinks he knows more about wom en's oppression than they do, one has to question the status o f that organisation. H ow can such a member see Walksafe as anything more than a club? I'm not saying that Walksafe is full o f “Peters.* I am saying that when fears about Walksafe becom ing “institutionalised* are expressed, they should be taken very seriously.

Walksafe is already institutionalised to the extent that its members don't under­ stand why exactly it is that their services are required. The real change must com e from a generalised change in attitudes, a change that must begin at, and eventually dissolve, Walksafe.

Russell Bennett U3 Arts

Incompetence_ In reading the article ‘Students easy targets for psychological mind control’ and the subsequent discussion it provoked, I can only marvel at the lack o f scholarship

leadership the PC’s recruited so many outsiders into their ranks (most of whom were not, in principle, con­ servative) that they lost sight of the conservative platform upon which they stood since Confederation. Hav­ ing lost sight of that platform, the PC’s allowed themselves to indulge the interests of American big business, for whom the free trade deal is ex­ tremely ideal.

Of these three enormous PC blunders, mistake #1 is obviously the key. In recruiting critics of the Cana­ dian federal government into the party, the PC’s destroyed themselves.

Their sole objective in 1984 was to win the election—the recruitment of such outsiders was the means by which they were elected into parlia­ ment by majority. Ultimately, the Pro­ gressive Conservatives fell into ob­ livion because they simply were un­ able to please everyone as they had promised. Rather than listening to their own ’’Canada-first* conserva­ tive hearts (indeed, assuming they were conservatives), they listened to the demands of those who offered them power—power in exchange for generous concessions to be dealt out once they were in government.

Peter Varga U3 Agricultural Economics

to th e E d ito displayed in the original article and the level o f political correctness apparent in McGill.

Indology, and the formal study o f Hinduism in the West, was started in the late 1700's by British missionaries. Indeed, their dictionaries o f sanskrit, and their interpreta­ tions o f Hinduism’s holy book s still form the basis o f the study o f Hinduism in the West today. Thus, Mr. MacLellan can make the fantastic statement that “Hinduism dates from about 1500 B.C.," such a dating being made by missionaries to ensure that the Abrahamic tradition w ould predate Hindu­ ism.

Thus when members o f the tradi­ tion want to correct the record, they are dismissed. On one hand are the Indian community members, such as Mr. Banerjee and myself, not to speak o f the several hundred Indian community members w h o regularly attend services at the Hare Krishna temple; and on the other hand, self-styled experts, such as those mentioned in the article, none o f whom com e from the Hindu tradition. Their attempt to tell us what is legitimate Hinduism, and what is not, is at best ignorant, and at worst, arrogant.

Proper research would have shown that the Hare Krishnas com e from a tradi­ tion o f Krishna worship that is almost a carbon copy in its practises o f diet, chanting o f mantras, and monastic lifestyle, o f that which has been practised in Bengal for over 500 (sic) years. This Bengali Vaishnavism is itself a branch o f a much older tradition of Krishna worship, which is several thousand years old.

Other than the above issue o f schol­ arship, your article raises questions about the quality o f your newspaper. The original article by Mr. Kleine (free advertisement for Infocult?) and the provocative picture o f the Hare Krishna mantra, begs to question the com petency o f your editorial board to look at issues from all sides before printing articles. It also brings into focus the level of political correctness and conservatism on the McGill campus, and which is obviously reflected in the editorial board.

M. Ashtakala

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The McGill Tribune. November 23-29.1993

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r1eattuires Israeli PM talks peace at Palais de Congrès

BY DAVID ABITBOL AND JONATHAN WASSERMAN Last T hursday, Israeli Prim e M inister Y itzhak Rabin ad d ressed th e 6 2 n d a n n u a l G e n eral A ssem ­ b ly o f th e C ouncil o f Jew ish F e d e r a t i o n s (C JF ). R a b i n ’s sp e e c h , at M ontreal’s P alais d e C ongrès, d iscu ssed Israel’s d u al co n c e rn w ith th e q u e s t fo r a c o m p re h e n siv e p e a c e initiative, w h ile m a in ta in in g a v ig ila n t sta n c e w ith re sp e c t to its se c u ­ rity.

R abin’s ad d ress w a s th e k e y n o te to th e A ssem bly, w h ich featured re p resen tativ es o f N orth A m erican Je w ish co m m u n al a n d ch aritab le organizations.

T h e p rim e m inister b e g a n b y reco u n tin g th e h ig h p rice th a t Israel h a s p aid in th e p a st as a resu lt o f c o n stan t conflict w ith its n eig h b o u rs.

“T h e co st o f w ars a n d v io ­ le n c e a n d te rro r w a s h eav y a n d painful for us...W e d id n o t re ­ joice in b a ttle ,” said Rabin. “W e w a n te d n o th in g to d o w ith w ar— it w a s fo rced u p o n u s b y c o u n ­ tries a n d b y o rg an izatio n s th at w a n te d — a n d b y s o m e w h ich still w a n t— to d estro y us. W e e n d e d ev ery w a r th e victors. W e cam e o u t o f ev ery w a r w o u n d e d .

T h ere are n o g o o d w ars, a n d n o joyou s v icto ries.”

global level. tain a vigilant d e fen ce force.

In reference to shaking PLO “All o f this indicates th e “In a n y ag reem en t, in any le a d e r Y asser A rafat’s h a n d o n situation, a n d u n d e r an y co n d i­ p a ttern o f o u r p osition in th e th e d a y o f th e sig n in g o f th e co m in g y ea rs,” h e said. “O n e tion, th e security o f Israelis and re c e n t Israeli-Palestinian p e a c e Israel w ill b e in th e h an d s of h a n d w e will outstretch in peace, a c c o rd in W a sh in g to n , D .C., Isra e lis," e m p h a s iz e d R abin. th e o th e r w e will k e e p p o ised on R abin confessed that h e h ad great “W hile w e y ea rn for p ea ce— o u r th e trigger. W e will live in p ea ce p erso n al difficulty w ith th e g e s­ tu re, b u t re c o g ­ n iz e d his ro le as th e le a d e r o f a n a­ tion.

“It w a s n o t Y itzhak Rabin o n th a t p o d iu m , th e p riv a te c itiz e n w h o lives o n Rav Ashi Street in Tel Aviv, o r th e grand­ fath er o f a so ld ier today— a grandfa­ th e r w h o d o es no t s le e p to o w ell at night, an d w orries lik e all p a r e n ts a n d g ra n d p are n ts in Israel," h e said.

“O n th at p o d iu m , o n t h a t w o r ld PM Yitzhak Rabin: fighting for peace stage, I sto o d as security co m es first. Security for a n d n o t w ith illusions. T he d an ­ th e re p resen ta tiv e o f a nation, as Israel, for every Israeli, fo r every g e r h as n o t passed. T h e h a n d o f th e em issary o f a state that w an ts Jew , n o m atter w h e re th ey live.” p e a c e will, in tim e o f need , pull p e a c e w ith th e m o st b itter a n d R abin fu rth e r e x p re sse d th at trigger.” o d io u s o f its foes, a state th at is Rabin, th e first Israeli prim e grave d isco n ten t w ith th e recent w illing to give p e a c e a ch a n c e .” m inister to b e b o m in Jerusalem , w a v e o f extrem ist vio len ce in D e sp ite his o v erw helm ing e x p a n d e d o n this b y asserting Israel a n d th e territories, a n d felt d esire for p ea ce, R abin assu red th at th e d isp u te d d ty , previously th at su ch local vio len ce w as but th e au d ie n c e o f fo u r th o u sa n d div id ed b e tw e e n Jo rd a n an d a sh o rt ste p aw ay from th e ter­ th at Israel w o u ld n ev e r co m p ro ­ Israel, is to rem ain u n ited rorism th at is taking p lace on a m ise its secu rity an d w o u ld re ­

u n d e r any accep ted p e a c e initia­ tive.

“T h ere will b e n o ch a n g e w h atso ev er, [in a m atter] th a t is th e very h e a rt o f th e Jew ish p eo p le, a n d its v ery soul: J e ru sa ­ lem ,” asserted Rabin. “In w h a t­ ev e r negotiation, w e will b e firm in o u r stan d th at Jeru salem is, a n d will co n tin u e to b e ,u n ite d a n d o u r eternal capital. From o u r p erspective, Jeru salem o f G old, o f C o p p e r an d o f Light, is o u rs.”

At an earlier press confer­ en ce h eld at th e Q u e en Eliza­ beth Hotel, Rabin expressed h o p e in th e success o f th e p e a c e p ro c­ ess. H e em p h asized th at th e b e n ­ efits w o u ld accrue to all parties involved, b u t also recognized th e difficulty o f th e process. “[We] h av e only tw o o p ­ tions, eith er to try to m ak e p ea ce w ith com prom ises, som etim es painful com prom ises... o r to c o n ­ tin u e to b e u n d e r th reat o f war, v iolence an d death. T h ese are th e only tw o options.W e have d ec id e d ... a n d w e b eliev e the d an g ers are lesser, an d th e o p ­ portunities are greater, in w hat w e h av e d o n e a n d w h a t w e are trying to d o ... I b eliev e th at once this is achieved, in w hat m ay b e a p ro lo n g ed a n d painful p ro c­ ess, it will give us an d o u r neig h ­ bours, n ew great o p p o rtu n i­ ties."

Ukrainian student activists make closer ties to McGill

BY CHERIE PAYNE Last w e e k , fro m N o v e m ­ b e r 12th to 18th, th e p re s id e n t a n d v ice p re s id e n t o f th e W o rld C o n fe re n c e o f U k ra in ia n Stu­ d e n ts (CeSUS), O re st V asylchiw a n d V asyl B o y c h u k , v isite d McGill fro m th e U k rain e. T h e p u rp o s e o f th e ir visit w a s to le a rn a b o u t th e s tu d e n t o rg a n i­ z a tio n s in C an ad a , a n d to e s ta b ­ lish c lo se r w o rk in g relatio n s w ith th e m .

T h e tw o e x e c u tiv e s m et w ith re p re s e n ta tiv e s fro m b o th th e S tu d e n ts’ S ociety o f McGill U niv ersity (SSMU) a n d th e P o st G r a d u a t e S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty (PGSS). T h e m e e tin g a llo w e d th e g ro u p s to e x p lo re th e p o s ­ sibility o f w o rk in g to g e th e r in th e fu tu re in o rd e r to c o n d u c t jo in t p ro je c ts b e tw e e n U k rain ­ ian s tu d e n t g ro u p s a n d th o s e in C an ad a .

B o y c h u k s p o k e w ith th e Tribune a b o u t th e im p o rta n c e o f s tu d e n t g ro u p s.

“S tu d e n t m o v e m e n ts a re th e o n e s w h ic h p u s h so ciety

forw ard, s o s tu d en ts s h o u ld tak e a n activ e ro le in h e lp in g to p u s h th e m o v e m e n ts fo rw a rd ,” h e said . “I th in k it w o u ld b e g o o d fo r C an a d ia n s tu d e n ts to p lay as a c tiv e a ro le in th e fu tu re o f C a n a d a as U k rain ian stu d e n ts a re p la y in g in th e fu tu re o f th e U k ra in e .”

H o w e v e r, B o y c h u k v iew s th e s tu d e n t m o v e m e n ts in th e U k ra in e a n d in C an ad a as b e in g fu n d a m e n ta lly different. H e e x ­ p la in e d th a t w h e re a s th e C an a­ d ia n s tu d e n t m o v e m e n ts h a v e b e e n trad itio n ally b a s e d o n a stru g g le fo r so cial justice, th e m o v e m e n t in th e U k ra in e h a s b e e n m o re “p o litical”, in th a t it h a s s o u g h t to b r in g a b o u t U k ra in ia n in d e p e n d e n c e a n d d em o c ra tiz a tio n .

“I s e e a b ig d iffe ren c e in th e tw o m o v e m e n ts ,” h e said.

“It w a s n ’t n e c e s s a ry fo r [stu­ d en ts] to fig h t for th e in d e p e n d ­ e n c e o f C an ad a.

“S tu d e n ts h a v e p la y e d a v e ry b ig ro le in th e in d e p e n d ­ e n c e o f th e U k rain e. N o w w ith th e d isso lu tio n o f th e Soviet

reg im e, th e s tu d e n t m o v e m e n t h as re m a in e d p olitically ac tiv e ,” B o y ch u k said.

“S tu d e n ts...la u n c h e d h u n ­ g e r strik es in 1990 to re m o v e th e ex istin g C o m m u n ist p arty fro m p o w e r. [T hey d id this] in a n a tte m p t to estab lish p a rlia ­ m e n t a r y e l e c t i o n s in t h e U krain e, so th a t U k ra in ia n so l­

T h e d e le g a te s from CeSUS h o p e th a t b y o b serv in g th e structu re o f s tu d e n t g ro u p s at McGill, th e y c a n le a rn a variety o f w ays to o rg a n iz e th eir o w n stu d e n t g ro u p s. B o y ch u k n o te d th a t th e U k rain ian stu d e n t m o v e m e n t h a s g a in e d p o p u la rity d u e to its s tro n g v o ice in th e intellectual p ro c e ss in th e U kraine, as w ell as in th e p o ­ litical s p h e re .

By strea m lin ­ in g th e s tu ­ d e n t g ro u p s in th e U k ra in e , CeSUS h o p e s th at s tu d e n ts ’ gj* v o ices w ill b e| com e even ■j stro n g er.

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Bilyk, VP Ex­ te r n a l R e la Jkrainian students Vasylchiw and Boychuk tio n s o f th e McGill U krainian diers c a n se rv e in U k rain ian S tu d en ts’ A ssociation, fo u n d th e erritory. T h e y th e n b e g a n to e x e c u tiv e s’ visit to b e e d u c a ­ •aise q u e s tio n s a b o u t h o w actio n al in th a t resp ect. ive th e C om m unist p arty s h o u ld “I thinklthe visit] w e n t q uite De, a n d u ltim a te ly , h o w to w ell. I th in k [V asylchiw a n d q u icken th e p a c e o f d e m o c B ovchuk] h a d a very g o o d m eet­ -acy.”

in g w ith PGSS; th e y m a d e g o o d c o n ta c ts,” Bilyk said. “I th in k o n e o f th e ir g o als w a s to fin d o u t h o w U k rain ian asso c ia tio n s w o rk here..., w h a t w e d o , a n d h o w w e live, a n d I th in k th ey g o t a g o o d s e n s e o f th a t.”

Bilyk n o te d th at th e McGill U k rain ian S tu d e n ts’ A ssociation also b e n e fite d fro m th e visit.

“H o p efu lly w e w ill m a k e clo ser ties, n o w th a t w e h a v e faces to p u t to th e n a m e s [of p e o p le in th e W o rld C o n fer­ e n c e o f U k rain ian Students]. It w a s g re at to g e t first-h a n d infor­ m atio n , a n d th e A sso ciatio n g a in e d a lot th a t w a y ,” s h e stressed .

B o y ch u k also felt th a t his trip to M cGill w a s a p o sitiv e le arn in g e x p e rie n c e .

“I lik e d th e u n iv ersity a n d th e stu d e n ts. I lik e d h o w th e clu b s a n d stu d e n t o rg a n iz atio n s o p e ra te , a n d I’m p le a s e d to s e e th a t th e [S tudents’ Society] h a s p a id a tte n tio n to th e v ario u s n atio n alities th a t ex ist [on ca m ­ pus], in clu d in g th e U k rain ian stu d e n ts ,” h e re m a rk e d .

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Tis (alm ost) the season to th ink again O n ly 32 m o r e s h o p ­ p in g d a y s u n til C h ristm a s. (I g u e s s t h a t d o e s n ’t m e a n m u c h h e r e in Q u e b e c , s in c e e v e ry d a y is a s h o p p i n g d a y in th is silly p r o v in c e .) T h e c o u n td o w n t o C h ris tm a s v ia t h e n u m b e r o f d a y s le ft to s h o p is o n e o f th e th in g s I h a te m o s t a b o u t C h ristm a s.

I’v e a lw a y s b e e n a little c y n i­ cal a b o u t C h ristm a s. W h e n I w a s six , m y m o m g a v e m e , v ia S a n ta , a M e c c a n o se t.

R e m e m b e r th o s e c o n s tr u c ­ tio n s e ts w ith re a l s c r e w s a n d nu ts? I c a n re c a ll o p e n ­ in g it u p a n d h e a r in g h e r sa y , “G e e , if I’d k n o w n th a t th a t w a s all th e p ie c e s y o u ’d g e t...” a n d t h e n c a tc h in g h e r s e lf re v e a lin g t h e lie. B u t it d id n ’t re a lly m a tte r. I k n e w b y th e n a n y w a y ; I ju s t n e v e r le t o n to m y p a r e n ts . I d i d n ’t w a n t to ru in m y m o m ’s fu n ju s t b e c a u s e s h e c o u l d n ’t k e e p a s e c re t. C y n ic ism w a s b o m e a rly .

T h e d ay s o f fu n are lo n g g o n e , b u t th e c y n ic is m d ie s h a r d . T h e s o c ie ty w e liv e in d o e s n ’t m a k e it a n y e a s ie r. T h e C ity o f M o n tre a l is d o in g its p a r t in m a k in g m e h a te C h ris tm a s . P ic tu re it, O c to b e r 29: th e r e ’s a b u z z o n c a m p u s o f p e o p l e try in g to d e c id e w h a t t o b e fo r H a llo w e ’e n . T h e la st le a v e s a r e still c lu tc h in g t h e tre e s .

A n d in th e m alls? C h ris tm a s c a ro ls.

I d o n ’t k n o w w h y it s h o u ld s u rp ris e m e a n y m o re . E v e ry y e a r s in c e I m o v e d t o M o n tr e a l, t h e C h ristm a s s e a s o n , a c c o r d ­ in g to t h e C ity a n d re ta ile rs , has s ta rte d b e fo re H a llo w e ’e n . N o t ju s t C h rist­ m a s c a ro ls, b u t C h ris tm a s d e c o ra tio n s . In th e s to re s , a n d o n th e stre e ts . T h e C ity’s tr e e o f lig h ts . T h e h u g e w r e a th s w h ic h h a n g fro m th e b u ild in g s o n M cG ill C o l­ le g e . T h e real c o n if e r o u s tr e e s w h ic h t h e C ity c u ts d o w n , o n ly t o “p l a n t ” th e m in b o x e s t o b e a d d e d t o th e M c G ill C o l l e g e d i s p l a y , w h ite lig h ts a b la z e .

T h e s tre e t l o o k s th e s a m e e v e ry y e a r. O n c e a y e a r, a r o u n d t h e 2 0 th o f D e c e m b e r , w h e n I’m a b o u t t o g o h o m e , I a p p r e c ia te th e b e a u ty o f th e s c e n e , c o n ­ triv e d a s it is. U n til th a t tim e , th e d is p la y m a k e s m y s to m ­ a c h c h u m . T h e C ity ’s e ffo rts d o n ’t p u t m e in t h e m o o d to s ta rt m y C h ris tm a s s h o p -

PRIVATE COWS

BY CHERYL DEVOE p in g e a rly . It ju s t m a k e s m e a c u te ly a w a r e o f h o w p a ­ th e tic th is s e a s o n , w h ic h n o w s e e m s t o la s t o n e - s ix th o f th e e n tir e y e a r, re a lly is.

“B u y , b u y , b u y ,” s a y s t h e C ity. A n d b u y , b u y , b u y w e d o . P e o p le h a v e b o u g h t in to th e p r e s s u r e n o t o n ly t o m a k e s u r e y o u d o n ’t f o r g e t t o b u y g ifts fo r all t h e a p p r o ­ p r ia te p e o p l e , b u t t o m a k e s u r e th a t e a c h g ift is perfect, w h a te v e r th a t m e a n s . W e ’re liv in g in a s o c ie ty in w h ic h y o u a r e a c tu a lly ju d g e d b y th e g ift th a t y o u b u y fo r s o m e o n e . T h e g ift r e c ip ie n t ju d g e s y o u , a n d e v e r y o n e e ls e ju d g e s y o u . I’ll n e v e r f o r g e t t h e lo o k o f d is b e lie f fro m th is “fr ie n d ” w h o c o u ld n o t b e lie v e m y b o y f r ie n d and I had not exchanged g ifts th a t y e a r, in s te a d d e ­ c id in g t o ta k e th e little m o n e y w e h a d a n d g o o u t fo r a n e v e n in g .

Y o u ’r e a ls o in e v ita b ly ju d g e d o n h o w m u c h y o u s p e n d , irre s p e c tiv e o f h o w m u c h y o u c a n a ffo rd , a n d t h e a p p r o p r ia te n e s s o f th e gift. It’s n o lo n g e r th e th o u g h t t h a t c o u n t s , t h a t is , t h e th o u g h t o f c a rin g fo r a p e r ­ s o n a n d s o w a n tin g t o g iv e th e m a g ift. N o w y o u ’re ju d g e d o n h o w m u c h th o u g h t y o u p u t in to th e gift. T h u s , t h e in a n e p r e s ­ s u r e to fin d t h e p e r f e c t gift.

W h e n it c o m e s t o fa m ilie s a n d s ig n ific a n t o th e r s , if y o u d o n ’t fin d th e m e x a c tly w h a t is m o s t d e s ir e d , y o u k n o w t h e y ’ll b e th in k in g , “G e e , h e / s h e d o e s n ’t re a lly c a re .

All I g o t w a s th is s tu p id s w e a te r th a t h e / s h e h a n d ­ m a d e o v e r t h e c o u r s e o f fiv e m o n th s , a n d it d o e s n ’t e v e n fit. A n d I lo o k te r r ib le in r e d .”

O k a y , s o I e x a g g e ra te , b u t I th in k m o s t o f u s h a v e fe lt a s im ila r tw in g e o n c e o r tw ic e . C h ris tm a s is n ’t a b o u t m o n e y . It is n ’t a g a m e o f o n e - u p - m a n s h ip in t h e gift d e p a r tm e n t. F o r m a n y p e o ­ p l e t h e r e ’s n o re lig io u s s ig ­ n ific a n c e t o C h ris tm a s , b u t t h e s e a s o n is still a b o u t s p ir ­ itu a lity , irre s p e c tiv e o f y o u r re lig io n . I t’s a b o u t lo v e , a n d it’s a b o u t g iv in g o f y o u rs e lf, n o t y o u r m o n e y , to o th e rs .

B a k e y o u r lo v e d o n e a c a k e fo r C h ristm a s.

F eatures M cG ill w aste m anagem ent burned

BY TED FRANKEL W hile McGill b ask s in th e g lo ry o f y e t a n o th e r n u m b e r o n e Maclean's p o ll ran k in g , th e re a re “g re e n e r” p astu re s at o th e r universities. D e sp ite th e u n iv e rs ity ’s e lite s ta tu s , th e sc h o o l lags b e h in d in tackling e n v iro n m e n ta l issu es. A lison D u d le y , c o o r d in a to r o f th e “G re e n P lan ” a n d jo int co o rd i­ n a to r o f “O n C am p u s W aste M a n a g e m e n t”, a p ro je c t o f M cGill’s Q u e b e c P u b lic In ter­ est R esearch G ro u p (QPIRG), h ig h lig h ted th e n e e d to ste p u p initiatives to re d u c e w a ste o n ca m p u s.

“T h e go al in th e G re en P lan is to m a k e McGill se t its o w n go als. M cM aster [Univer­ sity], fo r ex a m p le , said th ey w o u ld re d u c e w a ste b y 15 p e r c e n t in th e first year, 30 p e r ce n t in th e n ex t year, a n d 50 p e r c e n t in th e follow ing, a n d th e y actually m a d e th e goal. McGill, h o w e v er, h a s n ’t d o n e m u c h ,” said D udley.

W aste red u ctio n is a press­ in g issue in M ontreal as city landfills c o n tin u e to pile h ig h er.

G abrielle P elletier, c o o rd in a to r o f th e B etter W aste M an ag e­ m e n t P roject fo r QPIRG o f M on­ treal, su m m arize d th e perils o f local d u m p sites.

“T h e d ry a n d w e t co llec­ tio n o f w a ste results in th e p ro ­ d u c tio n o f b io -g as...T h e m ain p ro b le m is it sm ells a n d it’s a k in d o f p o llu tio n , s o a ch im n ey h as b e e n p u t in to b u m a n d d e s tro y [the g arb ag e]...[th u s] co n trib u tin g to th e g re e n h o u s e effect,” said Pelletier.

T h e ste n c h o f th e d u m p sites h as yet to co m p el th e McGill com m unity to address th ese co n ­

cern s. T h e c a m p u s cafeterias illu s tr a te w h y g r o u p s lik e QPIRG are crying foul a b o u t th e sch o o l’s w a ste m a n ag e m en t practices. A g o o d d e a l o f g ar­ b a g e co m in g o u t o f th e cafete­ rias results from styrofoam cups, p lates a n d b o w ls th a t a re u s e d d u e to th e lack o f d ish w a sh in g facilities.

Struggle to change habits S tu d en ts’ Society (SSMU) F o o d a n d B ev erag e C om m is­ sio n e r Rich L atour e x p la in e d th at re c o m m e n d a tio n s to re ­ p la c e sty ro fo am w ith c h in a a n d in stall a d is h w a s h e r a t th e S h atn er B uilding C afeteria h av e b e e n m ad e— a n d s h o t d o w n in th e past.

‘W e ta lk e d a b o u t [install­ in g d ishw ashers] briefly at th e first m e e tin g a n d M arriott d id n o t m a k e a co m m itm e n t to d o ­ in g th a t,” said Latour.

S ab in a P a m p e n a , F o o d S ervices D irecto r fo r M arriott, th e c o m p a n y cu rren tly o p e ra t­ in g th e c a m p u s cafeterias, d e ­ fe n d e d th e u se o f styrofoam .

W e a re o b lig ed to u s e a lo t o f sty ro fo a m b e c a u se w e are n o t c e n tra lly o p e ra te d ,” sa id P a m p e n a . “W e d o n ’t h a v e d is h w a s h in g facilities o r th e sp a c e to g et in v o lv ed w ith so m e ­ th in g lik e th a t...T h a t’s o u r n u m b e r o n e o b sta c le ,” sh e co n ­ tin u ed .

W ith o u t a n y restru ctu rin g o f cafeteria p o licies o n th e h o ­ rizon, th e b u rd e n falls o n in d i­ v id u al stu d e n ts to h e lp alleviate th e p ro b le m . W ith this in m ind, QPIRG h a s b e e n sellin g m ugs th a t s tu d e n ts m ay u se e a ch tim e th e y b u y c o ffe e to s p a re a sty ro fo am th ro w -aw ay , a n d in th e p ro c ess, receiv e a five cen t d isc o u n t o ff th e ir p u rc h ase. § A su rv e y c o n d u c te d by | th e g ro u p , h o w e v e r, b a s e d o n Jj 652 co ffee d rin k ers, rev ealed ■2 th at 80 p e r c e n t o f custom ers ^ still u s e d sty ro fo am . D esp ite the Hj a p a th y re v e a le d b y th e survey, j S arah D alle, a n o th e r c o o rd in a ­ to r o f “O n C am p u s W aste M an­ a g e m e n t”, ca lle d fo r sn a p p ie r sc h e m e s to in d u c e stu d e n t p a r­ ticipation.

W e feel v ery frustrated w ith th e g en e ral attitude o n cam ­ p u s, a n d w e feel th at w e n e e d to s e t u p p ro g ra m s th at m a k e it attractive, m a k e it easier to act in a re sp o n sib le w ay, m ay b e n o t so c o n sc io u sly ,” said D alle.

D u d le y u rg e d stu d e n ts to tak e a n active role in reducing w a ste p ro d u c tio n in th eir daily lives.

“It’s a q u e stio n o f in d i­ vid u al responsibility. E nviron­ m en tal issu es a r e n ’t n ew , a n d it just se e m s rid icu lo u s th at p e o ­ p le still g o o n [using styrofoam ]...

I m e a n a little th in g lik e usin g y o u r o w n m u g d o e s h e lp ,” said D udley.

Please bring canned foods and put them in boxes located in all mqjor buildings on cam pus

Donations will be used to make foot baskets for the needy. This holiday season, think of helping those less fortunate than ourselves.

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The McGill Tribune, November 23-29,19e

Volunteer developm ent w o rk is a costly endeavoui

BY MICOL ZARB

fundraise an d p ro m o te aw are­ fo u r challenges: th e selectio n ness. Next y ea r challengers will process, fundraising, th e w o rk have to raise $3500. A ccording to project a n d p rom oting aw are­ W hile so m e p e o p le travel m any, the collection o f this large ness u p o n th eir return. to d ev elo p in g countries h auling sum rep resen ts an o n ero u s task.

“It’s a year d ev o ted to altru­ b ac k p ack s a n d train passes, o th ­ “It’s crazy to have to raise ism for su re ,” said A lison Korn, a ers p refer to tak e u p h am m er an d this kind o f m o n ey ,” em p h asized re cen t McGill Political Science nails. Interest in T hird W orld d e ­ Korn. “I think th at $500 to $1000 grad u ate w h o will participate in v elo p m en t h as in sp ired m any to w o u ld b e all right Project C osta Rica visit exotic areas as tourists, b u t becau se it m akes this w inter. organizations su ch as Y outh Chal­ After th e ini- “The place that YCI y o u value th e e x ­ len g e International (YCI), offer p e r ie n c e s in c e tia l a p p l ic a tio n th e o p p o rtu n ity to tak e p art in comes in is with yo u w o rk e d so process, the first w o rk projects abroad. challenge is the 48 youth development h ard to g e t i t ” YCI w as fo u n d e d in 1989 YCI is sp o n ­ h o u r S e le c tio n and not necessarily an d is a volunteer, non-profit so re d by the Ca­ W e e k e n d . T h is organization that co o rd in ates d e ­ the development of n a d ia n In te rn a ­ w e e k e n d is in ­ v elo p m en t projects in G uyana, the country” tio n al D e v e lo p ­ te n d e d to d eter­ C osta Rica a n d the Solom on Is­ m ent A gency m ine w h e th e r par­ lands. T he g ro u p sen d s ‘C hal­ (CIDA) a n d the ticipants can c o ­ le n g e r T eam s’, w ith m em bers -Michèle Leslie p r iv a te s e c to r , o p erate in g roups a g e d 17-25, to w o rk for three U3 Biology student b o th o f w hich fia n d take initiative m o n th s in com m unities, accom ­ n a n c e o n e-th ird u n d e r stressful cirp a n ie d b y staff m em bers w h o are o f e a c h partici­ cum stances, simi­ m ad e u p o f y o u th leaders, scien ­ lar to th o se w hich they will e n ­ p a n t’s trip. T h e id ea b e h in d tists, m edical p erso n n el a n d e n ­ co u n te r o n th eir w o rk projects. fundraising is for the participant gineers. “C hallenge” is the o p e ra ­ M ichèle Leslie has recently run to pro m o te aw aren ess ab o u t YCI tive w o rd w ith this organization. tw o selection w e ek en d s in M on­ an d to raise the final one-third o f “T hat ex p erien ce w as the the funding for th eir trip. This treal. m ost in ten se ex p erien ce o f m y year, CIDA h as im p le m e n te d “I fo u n d it extrem ely diffi­ life,” said M ichèle Leslie, a U3 cult to ev aluate p eo p le in so m e­ b u d g et cutbacks w hich will af­ Biology stu d en t w h o w e n t to thing th at w o u ld change the next G uyana in 1992. “It h as ch an g ed y ea r o f their lives,” she com ­ m y life. But it w a s extrem ely m ented. difficult a n d ex h au stin g .”

O n ce applicants are ch o ­ A lthough participants only sen a n d com m it them selves to a s p e n d three m o n th s abroad, their certain project in o n e o f the three

BY STEVE SMITH com m itm ent to YCI e x ten d s for countries, the next step is to o n e full year, in w h ich they face Students lo oking for a su m ­ m er em p lo y m en t alternative to canvassing for G re en p ea ce o r Shake the m ow ing old m an Jen k in s’s law n m ay w a n t to co n sid er th e Stu­ Don't wait til the 1slush off & d e n t W ork A b ro a d P ro g ra m last minute to book your (SWAP).

W hy face th e hum ilia­ grad photo sitting. Get it done • 2 weeks for 2 tion o f h aving p e o p le slam d o o rs before Christinas andtake in y o u r face w h e n yo u can p o u r in Puerto Vallarta advantage of the Yearbook pin ts in a Scottish p u b o r give Package. Just $53 for sitting, • scholarships hot-air b allo o n to u rs o f F rance’s yearbook, mailing and custom • 35mm cameras w in e regions? name stamping! just for getting your SWAP is offered b y th e Ca­ D o n 't d e la y grad photos taken at n ad ian F ed eratio n o f Students a n d p ro v id es C anadian stu d en ts w ith a n o p p o rtu n ity to w o rk in 1450 D r u m m o n d “ ■ 'C A N A D A L T D . m any co u n tries w orldw ide. In comer de Maisonneuve 1993, SWAP offered em plo y m en t o p p o rtu n ities in 11 cou n tries in E urope, th e Pacific Rim an d the U nited States. In return, stu d en ts from th o se co u n tries w e re given th e o p p o rtu n ity to w o rk in C anada. C ountries n o w inclu d ed in th e SWAP p ro g ram are th e U nited K ingdom , France, G er­ m any, Ireland, Finland, Australia, N ew Z ealand, Jap a n , an d the U nited States. SWAP is currently We’re looking for individuals to translate yearbook looking into establishing p ro ­ headings (Sports, Graduates, Activities, etc.) into as gram s in Jam aica a n d th e N ether­ many languages -- and dialects —as are represented lands for th e su m m er o f 1994. on the McGill Campus. So far we've had offers of S uccessful a p p lic a n ts to Portuguese, Spanish, German, Bengal, Urdu, Chinese, SWAP are p ro v id ed w ith a d e ­ Arabic, Polish, Persian, Italian, Divehi... tailed p re -d ep a rtu re inform ation package, a tem p o rary w o rk p e r­ If you'd like to lend a hand - or word- call and leave mit, tem p o rary accom odation, your name, phone number and the language(s) you an d a co m p reh en siv e o rien ta­ can help us with. tion u p o n arrival. Students sho u ld b e aw are that it is entirely u p to them to find a job a n d a p lace to live. SWAP d o e s p ro v id e su p p o rt services b u t n o g u aran tees o f 4 1 7 3 9 8 - 6 8 2 5 finding w ork. Furtherm ore, SWAP

fect YCI sponsorship.

“W ith th e s ta te o f th e econom y, it’s getting h ard er to get sponsors. So, th e only thing th at’s k eep in g us afloat is v o lun­ teer m oney," stated Leslie.

R obert W illiamson, ex ecu ­ tive director for YCI, said that the am o u n t ask ed o f participants w as reasonable.

“T h e a c tu a l a m o u n t o f m oney h asn ’t really g o n e u p in ten years,” he said. “Y ou’d b e sp en d in g m ore m oney travelling by yourself, and you certainly w o u ld n ’t b e able to d o the w ork that w e d o .”

After the fundraising obsta­ cle has b e e n overcom e, partici­ pants travel to their ch o sen co u n ­ try a n d w o rk to build schools, shelters, h elp w ith en vironm en­ tal research an d assist w ith im ­ m unizations and oth er m edical services. W hile the dev elo p m en t w ork is useful a n d helps the country o n a sm all scale, the participants often gain the m ost o u t o f the experience.

“T he place that YCI com es in is w ith y o uth dev elo p m en t

an d n o t necessarily the develoj m ent o f the country. T he partie pants are m ore affected th an tb people in the country, "said Lesli The final stage o f the cha lenge is to pro m o te aw arene: u p o n return. Leslie is present: organizing a YCI netw ork f< Q u e b e c w ith the h e lp o f a grou o f past participants. In additic to p lanning Selection W eekend the g ro u p is aim ing to form a official club at McGill. T hey ai also w orking to translate all doci m ents into French in o rd e r t m ake the organization m ore a< cessible to the fran co p h o n e con m unity.

"W e're very k ee n to hav representation from every pro> ince," said W illiam son. "We'r looking at doubling our program The organization is in a ver strong position right now."

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is a w o rk in g holiday desig n ed to p ro v id e stu d en ts w ith th e finan­ cial m ean s o f su p p o rtin g them ­ selves w hile abroad. Few , if any, h av e re tu rn ed w ith savings.

J o a n n e Boivin, th e SWAP captain for McGill's Voyages Cam­ p u s travel agency, p o in ted out th at participants in th e program sh o u ld b e read y for anything.

For this reason, stu d en ts w ith little o r n o travel ex p e rien ce sh o u ld con sid er th e British p ro ­ gram .

“S om eone w h o ’s o p en to an y thing will d o fine. T he m ajor­ ity ch o o se Britain b ec au se it’s easier to find a job there, an d c u ltu ra lly it’s th e c lo se st to C an ad a,” s h e said.

P ascale Versailles, a n eco ­ nom ics stu d en t at U niversité de M ontréal, w as o n e o f 600 C ana­ dian stu d en ts to participate in SWAP’s British program in the su m m er o f 1993. H e sp en t his su m m er w o rk in g at an Italian restaurant n ea r L ondon’s H yde Park. H e su p p o rted Boivin’s view th at stu d en ts have to m aintain an o p e n m ind w h e n looking for w ork.

“W ith SWAP yo u have to b e p re p a re d for anything. It w as scary at first an d it’s a lot o f w ork, b u t SWAP provides yo u w ith num bers, contacts an d everything y o u n e e d to k n o w ,” h e said.

SWAP is n o t a language program , a n d for this reaso n stu ­ d en ts are ex p e cted to have a g o o d w ork in g k n o w led g e o f the native to n g u e in their country o f choice. Versailles stressed the im p o rtan ce o f a g o o d English b a se for th e British program .

“T here w as o n e girl fror C hicoutim i w h o se English w a w eak an d [she] c o u ld n ’t find suil able w ork, b u t sh e w as picky, h e said. “I’m a fran co p h o n e am figured it w o u ld b e difficult, bn in th e en d I got hired b ecau se w as b ilingual.”

A kio Y oshinaka, a U2 m e chanical en g in eerin g stude it a McGill, w o rk e d on an assem bl line at a autom otive parts p lan t ii Ja p a n last sum m er. H e fount SWAP helpful b ec au se it g o t hin a w o rk visa, b u t h e fo u n d him sel u n p re p a re d for the lan g u ag e bar rier u p o n his arrival.

“Y our first contact is you hotel an d w h e n w e arrived w< fo u n d o u r h o st c o u ld n ’t speal English,” h e said. “F or anyom w h o w ishes to g o to ja p a n , SWAI sh o u ld p re p are yo u w ith some basic sen ten c es y o u ’ll n e e d tc k n o w .”

Y oshinaka also n o te d the exorbitant cost o f living in Japar as a n o th er p ro b lem b u t observée that this is co u n ter-b alan ced b} salaries w hich ran g ed from 20 tc 50 dollars p e r hour.

Patricia Salice, a graduate o f C oncordia’s School for Inter national Business, com m enter th at h e r SWAP ex p e rien ce wa; beneficial b u t advised o th ers tc b e w ary o f cultural differences.

“It’s b e e n a g reat expert en ce for m e. London is d an g e r o u s an d yo u h av e to b e careful T here is a lot o f racial tensior y o u sh o u ld b e p re p a re d for O r the application form for m y job in L ondon I w as sh o c k e d to sec questio n s on ethnic background

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Adrienne Rich: political and poetic justice READEFINEI

BY CATKIN MORRIS ttiat Is Found There: otebooks on Poetry and olitics y Adrienne Rich orton

25.99 F o r A d rie n n e R ich, p o ­ xy is d e c id e d ly a n d in trin siilly p o litical. M o re o v e r, p o :ry is a vital n e c e s s ity in a io ciety in tu rm o il,” a s o c ie ty ich c o n s id e rs to b e in a s ta te f “m o ra l crisis.” It’s a g rim ■gum ent b u t s h e a r g u e s it ell.

R ic h ’s l a t e s t b o o k is n iq u e b e c a u s e w h ile s h e a k e s a c a s e fo r th e lin k b e re e n p o e try a n d p o litic s, s h e ;v e r e x p o u n d s a p re s c rip tiv e ;fin itio n o f art. S h e n e v e r ;m a n d s th e artist’s re s p o n s ility to a n y sin g le w o r ld v iew , b v io u s ly to th e p o litic a l left, c h d o e s n ’t w h in e a n d w h im ;r a b o u t e m p o w e rm e n t, b u t ta c k s all th e -ism s w ith th e g ic a n d in te llig e n c e w h ic h iv e e a r n e d Rich h e r a s to u n d ­

w o rk a g a in s t th e p o w e r o f p o ­ What Is Found There is e try a n d a rt to q u e s tio n a n d d e c o n s tru c t. a n in te re stin g b le n d o f c u ltu ra l F o r R ich, m e ta p h o r is th e a n d h isto ric a l c o m m e n ta ry , lit­ “c o r e ” o f b o th p o e tr y a n d o f e r a ry th e o r y a n d p e r s o n a l a c ­ h u m a n in te ra c tio n . It is “th e c o u n ts . R ich a llo w s u s t o sit in e y e fo r lik e n e s s in th e m id st o f o n h e r p e r s o n a l re fle c tio n s o n c o n tra s t” w h ic h is th e “o n ly v a rio u s p o e m s a n d issu e s. T h is h o p e fo r a h u m a n e civil life.” a lo n e m a k e s th e b o o k a w o r th ­ In th is v e in , R ich s u g g e s ts a w h ile re a d . W ith c h a ra c te ristic p o litic s o f d iffe re n c e : w e “g o h o n e s ty a n d fra n k n e s s , R ich to p o e tr y to re c e iv e th e e x p e ­ a v o id s lo a d e d ja rg o n o r a c a ­ rie n c e o f th e not me." d e m ic p o m p . S h e y a n k s p o ­ Y e t, fo r R ich , p o e tr y ’s e try fro m its iv o ry to w e r w h e r e p o w e r lies n o t in its id e o lo g i­ its (so m e tim e s) s u b v e rsiv e to n e cal ro o tin g p e r s e , b u t its in te r­ g o e s la rg e ly u n h e a r d b y th e a c tio n w ith T V -v ie w in g _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ t h e am ­ m asses. For b i g u ous R ich, p o e try is For Rich, poetry is a n d th e disa lm o s t a selfo rd erly . h e lp r e m e d y almost a self-help S he re a d s fo r a so c ie ty remedy for a society th e p o e try in a s ta te o f in a state of e m e rg e n c y . o f W a llace emergency.

R i c h S tev en s a n d v o ic e s a h a r s h ^ — T .S . E lio t w ith u s , ex b u t n o t to ta lly h o p e le s s v ie w am ining w h a t re m a in s u n -s a id in th e ir o f th e c o n s u m e r cap ita listic cu l­ tu r e w h e r e “lo w -g r a d e d e p r e s ­ p o e m s a n d th e u n d e r ly in g v o ic e o f th e h isto ric a l a n d p o ­ s iv e n e s s is p a n d e m ic a n d is re v e rs in g in to v io le n c e a t a n litical c o n te x ts in w h ic h th e y w ro te . a c c e le ra tin g ra te .” A tte m p ts to “s im u la te o r d e r th ro u g h re p re s ­ W h a t s ta n d s o u t, h o w ­ sio n " in a “v a s t stiflin g d e n ia l" e v e r, is R ich ’s c o n d e m n a in g re p u ta tio n .

r _ tio n o f th e maiginalization ? o f p o e try to ­ day. She em ­ p lo y s la n ­ g u a g e w h ic h w ill u n d o u b t­ e d ly s trik e a c h o r d in a p s e u d o -p o litiN O TEBO O KS O N c a lly c o r r e c t PO ETRY A N D POLITICS re a d e rs h ip : p o e tr y itse lf is “b a n n e d ,” a n “u n fa th o m e d , a d e v a lu e d re ­ s o u r c e .”

R ich e n ­ co u rag es ev e­ ry o n e to “re a d a s if y o u r life d e p e n d e d on it.” T h e a p a ­ th y a n d m o ra l d e g e n e r a tio n o f s o c ie ty is c lo s e ly lin k e d to a d é v a lu a - S it in on 250pages ofAdrienne Rich's reflections tio n o f th e p o e tic . B u t R ich is n ’t h e id o f th e im a g in a tio n .” P o m e re ly e c h o in g o u r o ld el e try is n o t p o litica l o n ly in its e m e n ta ry s c h o o l te a c h e r’s d i­ id e o lo g ic a l to n e o r p o s t-s tru c ­ d a c tic n a g g in g a b o u t th e im ­ tu ralist d is m a n tlin g o f tra d i­ p o r ta n c e o f re a d in g . S h e is tio n . R ath er, it is p o litica l b y p ro p o s in g th a t, u ltim a te ly , o u r n a tu re — b o th a s a re fle c tio n o f c u ltu re su ffe rs u n d e r a n “a p a rta n d a s a re v isio n o f o u r w o rld .

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th e e a rd ru m s o f a n y o n e o v e r e ig h te e n . B u y th is d is c a n y w a y , b e c a u s e it s u p p o r ts o u r w o n d e rfu l c o u n try ’s fre q u e n tly m a lig n e d m u s ic s c e n e , a n d it’s k in d a fu n to re g re s s . F u n is t h e k e y w o r d h e r e , a n d th e b e s t s o n g s a r e th e o n e s t h a t d o n ’t t a k e th e m s e lv e s to o s e ­ rio u sly . H ig h lig h ts in c lu d e S au lt Ste. M arie’s S p ig o ts w ith th e a p p ro p ria te ly tit l e d “B e e r G o g ­ g le s ”; P h a llo c ra c y ’s o d e t o W i l l ia m B u rro u g h s on “S u ck M e D ry a n d Call M e D u sty ”; a n d lo c a l h ero es R ip co rd z w ith “Leg­ e n d a r y I s la n d o f P o u tin e ”.

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The McGill Tribune, Novem ber 23-29,1993

Ja n e Cam pion cham pions the art o f film aking

BY KATE GIBBS

p ia n o , s h e c a rv e s k e y s in to th e k itc h e n ta b le . S te w a rd is u n a b le to u n d e r s ta n d h e r fru s­ tr a te d p a s s io n s , a n d s u s p e c ts h e r s ile n t e x e rc is e s to b e e v i­ d e n c e o f m adness.

The e la s tic ity of C a m p io n ’s d ire c tio n s u g g e s ts a G o th ic w o r ld fa r b e y o n d th e im m e d ia te re a c h o f th e se n se s.

A lth o u g h th e d im e n s io n s o f a k e y b o a r d m a y s u r p a s s th e s c o p e o f th e c a m e ra , its m u sic fills th e s c r e e n . T h e o rig in a l s c o r e w r i t t e n b y M ic h a e l N y m a n is lik e t h e c o s tu m e s a n d s c e n e ry . It is u n b e lie v a b ly g o r g e o u s . A d a ’s im p ra c tic a l d re s s e s , m o d e ls o f P u rita n ic a l re s tra in t, s ta rk ly c o n tra s t th e lu s h fo re st. T h e d ia lo g u e o f o p p o s itio n s a le rt th e a u d ie n c e o f a n u n fu r lin g m a s te rp ie c e .

The Piano is C a m p io n ’s m o s t m a tu r e w o r k to d a te .

A t la st s u m m e r ’s C a n n e s F ilm F estiv al, J a n e C a m p io n w a s a w a r d e d th e Palme d ’Or, th e first w o m a n d ire c to r to re c e iv e th a t h o n o u r. H o w e v e r, th e b rillia n c e o f The Piano w ill a llo w C a m p io n e m a n c i­ p a tio n fro m a n y g e n d e r classi­ fic a tio n . A n a c c o m p lis h m e n t o f th is m a g n itu d e w ill a llo w J a n e C a m p io n th e re c o g n itio n o f a g re a t film m a k e r.

ity t o te n d e r ly sig n a b e d - tim e sto ry .

A s F lo ra , y o u n g A n n a T h e r e m ig h t n e v e r b e a n ­ P a q u in e s c a p e s th e d e fin itio n o th e r film a b o u t re trie v in g a o f c h ild a c to r, h e r in d e p e n d ­ lo s t v o ic e a s h a u n tin g a s The e n t c h a ra c te r Piano. N e w Z e a la n d d ire c to r m u d d i e d d e v e lo p m e n t E den, A da J a n e C a m p io n h a s c o m p o s e d in d ic a te s s e n ­ d a r e s to c o m ­ a n e p ic o f e x tra o rd in a ry b e a u ty The elasticity of s itiv ity b e ­ p ly . T h e d e v ­ w h ic h r e s o n a te s fro m n in e ­ Campion’s direction y o n d her a s ta tin g r e p e r ­ te e n t h c e n tu r y N e w Z e a la n d y e a rs . c u s s io n s p e n ­ a c ro s s all o c e a n s . It is u n n e r v ­ suggests a Gothic H a rv ey in g , p e r f e c t film m a k in g . e tra te th e world far beyond the K e itel is m a g ­ b r e a d th o f all A d a ( H o ly H u n t e r ) is Immediate reach of n ific e n t a s th e fo u r m a in m u te . W ith o n ly h e r n in e -y e a rlo n e ly s e ttle r c h a ra c te rs . o l d d a u g h t e r F lo r a ( A n n a the senses d row ning P a q u in ) a n d h e r p ia n o , A d a T h e ca st w ith a d is ­ is s u p e r b . T h e tra v e ls a c ro s s t h e w o r ld to im p o s sib ly p e tite H o lly H u n te r tu rb in g d e s ire th a t m y s te ri­ e n te r in to a m a il-o rd e r m a r­ out-Rainm an-s a n y a c tre s s to o u s ly a w a k e n s u n c o n d itio n a l ria g e . I n N e w Z e a la n d , a s s h e d a te w ith h e r e n g ro s s in g s tu d y lo v e . T h e d e lig h tfu l s u p p o r t ­ h a d in S c o tla n d , A d a m u s t re ly o f A da. At th e b e g in n in g o f th e in g c a s t is in c lu d e s K e rry o n F lo ra to v o ic e h e r s ig n film , A d a e x p la in s: “T h e v o ic e W a lk e r, w h o p la y e d th e p o e t la n g u a g e ; h e r p ia n o to tr a n s ­ y o u h e a r is n o t m y s p e a k in g J a n e t F ra m e , in C a m p io n ’s b i­ la te h e r e m o tio n s . A d a ’s fia n c é v o ic e b u t m y m in d ’s v o ic e .” o g r a p h y A n Angel at m y Ta­ S te w a rt (S a m N e ill) fo r b id s th e H u n te r s p e a k s w ith h e r b o d y , ble. A lth o u g h th e a c to rs d e fy re m o v a l o f t h e p ia n o fro m th e s h e s ig n s a n d p la y s all h e r p re c o n c e p tio n s , W a lk e r’s p re s ­ b e a c h , a n d it is a b a n d o n e d to o w n p ia n o s e c tio n s h e r s e lf e n c e is p e r h a p s th e o n ly re ­ th e v io le n t tid e s . A d a tra v e le d w ith c h illin g s u c c e s s . S h e w e ll m in d e r o f C a m p io n ’s o th e r a c r o s s t h e w o r ld to lo s e h e r d e s e r v e d th e a w a rd fo r B est film s. p r o p e r ty a n d b e c o m e h is.

M is u n d e r s to o d w o m e n A c tre ss a t C a n n e s fo r h e r a b il­ T h e ir n e ig h b o r , B a in e s p e p p e r C a m p io n ’s b e s t k n o w n fic tio n a l a n d fa c tu a l w o r k ; Sweetie (1 9 8 9 ) a n d A n Angel at My Table (1 9 9 0 ). The Piano r e d r e s s e s h e r fa m ilia r s u b je c t w ith r e s o u n d in g sim p lic ity .

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It is. J a m e s d o e s n o t lik e th e “w h ite s u p r e m ic is t” s o c ie ty w e c a ll h o m e . H e ’s p is s e d off, b u t n o t a fra id to b e d o w n ­ rig h t o b n o x io u s a n d f u n n y in th e m e a n tim e . I n a s ty le r e m in is c ie n t o f Is m a e l R e e d a n d W illia m B u r r o u g h s , J a m e s r e tu r n s w ith a n e w book.

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Surprise! Surprise! The Addams fam ily has no value

BY ALDA AGGILI AND TANYA FATAH

C h ip p aw a. B ut this n e w c h a ra c ­ te r ta k e s u p m u c h s c re e n tim e, p e rh a p s to o m u ch .

W ith th e re c ip e o f a trad i­ T h e o n ce-ch e rish ed sitcom tional H o lly w o o d flick, a b ig ­ if th e 1930s h a s o n c e ag ain b re a ste d , b lo n d b im b o (th e u n ­ ieen su b ject to th e m ass-m arlikely J o a n C usack) as th e n a n n y e t m o v ie in d u stry o f H ollyis n e e d e d to at­ /o o d . W hy a setract box-office luel? Is n ’t o n e b u ck s. M o reo ­ no ugh?

The well-known, v er, C u sack T h e w elln o w n , ec c e n eccentric family has c o n trib u tes n o su b sta n c e i c fam ily has re­ returned. But does real to th e m ovie. am ed . B ut d o es anyone really care?

A f t e r n y o n e re a lly m a k in g h e r are? actin g d e b u t in For th e Mermaids C hristina Ricci (as a k e o f a v o id in g th e typical W e d n e sd a y ) is th e so le attra c­ lorms o f a seq u e l, d ire c to r Barry tio n o f Addams Family Values.. o n n e n fie ld (th e aw ard -w in n in g T h ro u g h o u t th is film, h e r m o r­ in e m a to g ra p h e r ) h a s in tro b id s e n s e o f h u m o u r p ro d u c e s luced n e w ch aracters. As in th e m a n y a lau g h . In fact, W e d n e s­ iriginal m ovie, th e p lo t ce n te rs d a y ’s e x p e rie n c e s at c a m p p ro v e r o u n d th e d im -w itte d U ncle far m o re en terta in in g th a n th e ester, w h o is stu p id ly ta k e n g ro w n -u p s ’ b o rin g trifles. It’s rith a n e w n a n n y w h o tu rn s ou t o n ly w h e n s h e is o n s c re e n th at o b e m o re th an th e fam ily barw e d o n ’t w ish th e m o v ie w o u ld ;ained for. W ith th e arrival o f a m a k e a d rastic s h u td o w n . T o iew -b o m A ddam s, jealo u sy prem a k e a lo n g sto ry sh o rt, th e a ils a m o n g th e n e g l e c t e d su b -p lo t s h o u ld h a v e re p la c e d •ugsley a n d W e d n esd ay . Feart h e e v e r - p r e d i c t a b l e m a in rig th at th e y m ig h t in te rv e n e in sto ry lin e. ier m alicious p lan , th e n a n n y W h at is e v e n m o re disillu­ e n d s t h e m o f f to C a m p

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T h e actin g o f th e new c h a ra c te r, W e d n e s d a y ’s b o y ­ friend, leav es m u ch to b e d esired .

It d o e s g e t b e t­ ter. F or th o s e p e o ­ p le w h o a p p re c ia te aesthetics, th e re will b e delig h t in “th e A d d a m s’ a p p ro a c h to in te rio r d e s ig n a n d fa sh io n ”. T h e eerie atm o s­ p h e re h as b e e n cleverly cre a te d b y th e p ro d u c tio n d esig n er, O s­ car-n o m in ated K en A dam , a n d c o stu m e d e sig n e r, A cad em y a w a r d w i n n i n g T h e o n i V. A ldredge. In o rd e r to giv e th e film m o re o f th e A d d am s aura, th e visual effects are u s e d to

e m p h a siz e so m e o f th e stran g e r asp e cts o f th e ir life. N eed less to say, th e b a c k g ro u n d m u sic d o e s little to e n h a n c e th e a tm o sp h e re in th e film .

T h e p ro d u c tio n m a d e an effort to c a p tu re th e o verall sp o o k y th em e. H o w ev er, w a sn ’t this s u p p o s e d to b e a com edy?

A part from a few slap -stick gag s an d to o -com y-to-laugh jokes, th e film lack e d spice. All in all, th e seq u e l to The Addams Family w a s d isap p o in tin g . W ith e a c h n e w seq u e l, th e re se e m s to b e a sh o rta g e in V a lu e’. A w o rd o f ad v ice to all re a d e rs— g o w a tc h a n o th e r m ovie.

Accidents d e P a r c o u r s d econstru cts theatre

BY EMMANUELLE LATRAVERSE I k n o w w h a t y o u m u st b e lin k in g : ‘H ere c o m es a n o th e r >seudo-intellectual re v ie w o f >ne o f th o se plays I stu d ie d in ligh sch o o l, w h ich is o b v io u sly im azing b u t unaffo rd ab le to see. ts if I’m g o in g to s p e n d $30 o n i th e a te r ticket!’ W ell y o u ’re vrong. Accident de Parcours is i n e w p lay (alm ost) a n d th e ick et is o n ly $13 50 (th e equivaen t o f a m ovie a n d an im p o rte d >eer).

Accidents de Parcours is h e first p lay w ritten b y M ichel to n ty , a y o u n g g ra d u a te o f th e C onservatoire d ’art d ra m a tiq u e le M o n tréa l. T o g e th e r w ith Tans-Theatre, th e c o m p an y prolucing th e play, M onty’s goal is o o ffer a n e w form o f art— a weak, w ith th e elitism o f th e Montreal th e a tre sc e n e . W hy h o u ld d ram a b e strictly reserv ed o r w e a lth y so p h istic a te d am aeu rs o f d a te d classicism ? This >lay is a n attem p t to p ro d u c e a n o d e m v ersio n o f S h ak esp ear;an th e a te r (m ay b e w ith o u t all h e g ra n d e u r) w h ile p re se n tin g ind d iscu ssin g th e u n iv ersal a n d im e le s s c o n c e r n s o f to d a y , .lonty is p a rt o f a n e w g en e raion, a playw rig h t tired o f th e ales o f o u r starving farm er an:estors th a t so o ften d o m in ate h e F ren ch stage.

T h e p la y co n sists o f a seies o f v ig n ettes in te r-c o n n e c te d >y ag e o ld th e m e s o f h u m a n

alien atio n a n d isolation. Acci­ dents h a s b e e n d e sc rib e d b y critics as an e x ten siv e p ro d u c ­ tion o f “ten actors, ten scen ic places, ele v e n ch a rac ters from all classes o f so ciety for a o n e n ig h t dram a, tw en ty th re e se q u en ces a n d o n e ep ilo g u e.” Each s n a p s h o t c a p tu res th e a p a th y o f N orth A m erican society: ev e ry ­ o n e talks, n o o n e listens. Acci­ dents de Parcours is a “p rise d e c o n sc ie n c e .”

D u rin g a reh earsal, I m et Mr. M onty a n d h e s e e m e d a tad to o aw are o f his o w n ta len t a n d originality. Still, w h e n Accidents de Parcours w a s p re s e n te d at th e r e p e r to r y ro o m o f th e N ouvelle C o m p ag n ie T h eatrale last April it w a s a re m ark ab le success. N ow , w ith a b ig ger stage a n d b u d g e t, it s h o u ld b e ev en better.

T h e ex ten siv e “m eli-m elo ” o f se c o n d a ry th em es te n d s to o v erw helm : th e ju n k ie, th e m ar­ ried h o m o sex u al a n d th e p ro sti­ tu te h elp in g his d a d m a k e e n d s m eet, n o t to m en tio n th e co k e ad d ict y u p p ie — th ey ’re all th ere.

T h e characters, all facing so m e k in d o f d ea th , d e sp e ra tely try to e sc a p e it alo n e, u n h e a rd . Y eah, it’s Jill a little d e n s e a n d p essi­ mistic, b u t this p lay is ultim ately in terestin g a n d w o rth w h ile.

In particular, th e acto rs re ­ d e e m th e p lay o f its flaw s. T h eir a u th en tic p e rfo rm an c es p ro v id e th e p lay w ith a form o f sim plic­ ity th a t e x c u se s th e th em atic ex cesses.

M onty, u n lik e a n u m b e r o f his p eers, d o e s n o t reso rt to dialogue re p le te w ith stereo ty p i­ cal Q u é b éco is slang to su p p le ­ m en t a lack o f credibility. T his is a relief.

H alf w a y b e tw e e n realism a n d ex p ressionism , th e Acci­ dents de Parcours s e t is m inim alist, effectively uniting e a ch e p iso d e. M usic defin es the atm o sp h ere , o cc u p y in g a cru ­ cial p lace in th e p ro d u ctio n .

Finally, all o f y o u “McGill francos” will en jo y taking a break from th e p erv asiv e anglo-saxon c u ltu re ; a n d all th e “McGill a n g lo s” o p e n in g th em selv es to fren ch cu ltu re w ill b e h a p p y to h e a r so m e E nglish in th e play, o n e o f th e ch a rac te rs b e in g from T o ro n to .

Accidents de Parcours is n o t to b e m issed. It p ro v id es a th o u g h tfu l y et relaxing ev en in g b e fo re th o se d re a d e d exam s.

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Redmen hockey stings Concordia in homecoming win

BY DANTE PASCALI Last Friday, McGill faced off against cross-town rival Concordia in the annual Friends of McGill H o c k ey A lum ni H o m eco m in g W eekend. The Redmen cam e up big, rom ping over the Stingers by a score o f 5-1 in front o f a large crow d at McConnell Winter Sta­ dium.

Coming off a pair o f road victories last w eek en d , McGill storm ed onto the ice, skating with renew ed confidence and relent­ lessly taking the play to the hapless opposition. The Redmen definitely ate their Wheaties prior to this game as they always seem ed a stride ahead of the Stingers. They w ere first to the puck o n most occasions and w on the majority of the battles along the boards.

It was a very physical game; numerous body-checks were dished out o n both sides. However, the game got quite chippy, resulting in 113 m inutes of penalties, 57 of which w ent to Concordia.

McGill capitalized on a first period power-play opportunity with a pretty goal by Stacey McGregor, as the third-year forward one-tim ed a nice pass past the Concordia goalie. In the second period, McGill scored three unansw ered goals, two erf w hich w ere o n the power-play.

Goal scorers were Guy Boucher, Stéphane Angers and Benoit Leroux.

The Stingers finally broke through in the third period, scoring a power-

play goal by Daniel Q ueenton.

McGregor, however, halted the Concordia com eback by scoring his second pow er play goal o f the night an d capping the victory for

well prepared. It was our best game o f the year,” he said.

Although the Stingers had their chances, even outshooting the home team 25-24, the big difference was

point-blank shots. The nearly per­ fect outing loweredJeanson’s goals against average in Ontario Univer­ sities Athletic Association play to a sparkling 2.00. He was happy with

Benoit Leroux {910) reached for the puck as Redmen reach for new heights McGill.

The Redmen ended up with a record 14 power-play opportuni­ ties, four o f which they converted.

Angers was pleased with the play of the team.

'We practised hard and were

the goaltending: McGill’s was on, Concordia’s was not. Redman Patrick Jeanson was outstanding in the nets, coming up w ith one spectacular save after another. He often stymied the Concordia attack using his ex­ cellent glove-hand to stop several

tire outcom e.

“It w as a pretty good game, a collective game w here everyone played well. I had a good defence in front o f m e and if s better to play w ith a lead,” said the McGill netminder.

The game’s three stars were selected from the home side. The first star was, with no surprise, Jeanson, w ho stopped 24 o f 25 s h o ts . T h e s e c o n d s ta r w as McGregor w ho had two goals and the third star was Angers, w ho ended u p with a goal and art assist.

Head coach Jean Pronovost was pleased with the result.

“We came out with a big win as we played with confidence and were ready for the game. Angers and Leroux are playing m uch bet­ ter after last w eekend’s play. We have an excellent goalie w ho is tough to beat w hen he is on his game. However, w e still have to improve our transition game,” he said.

The Redmen’s power-play has recently come to life and dem­ onstrated its new prowess through­ out the game.

“We w ere passing the puck well and there was a lot of move­ ment. The only problem was that w e w ere overusing the same peo­ ple, so a three-unit powerplay was used,” said Pronovost.

McGill’s league record im­ proves to 5-2 and its impressive play looks promising for the rest of the season. The Redmen will try to extend their three-gam e winning streak this w eekend w hen they host York University on Friday and Brock University on Saturday, both 7:30 PM starts at McConnell Winter Stadium.

Notes & Quotes Redmen B-Ball weak in Toronto tourney The McGill R edm en basketball team took third place in the Metro Classic M en’s Basketball tournam ent hosted by the University o f Toronto last w eekend. The team w as defeated by both the Q u e en ’s G olden G aels am i the host Varsity Blues before taking o u t their frustrations o n the hapless Ryerson Rams.

In Friday’s o p en in g gam e, the Redm en w ere d ow ned 69-60 in overtim e by the Gaels. McGill Centre D oug McMahon spearheaded the Redm en effort w ith 20 points an d 11 rebounds.

In Saturday’s 74-57 loss to the Blues, the R edm en w ere o n ce again led by McMahon, w ho po u red in 15 points, w hile forw ard Rick Varisco ad d ed ten. T he R edm en trailed U o f T by only four points at halftime, before the Blues pulled aw ay in the seco n d half for the easy victory.

The following day, the R edm en tipped off against the Ryerson Rams. T he efforts o f Varisco an d guard Ryan Schoenhals, w ho led the Redm en w ith 24 an d 15 points, respectively, h elp ed to assure that the Redm en w ould n o t return to M ontreal with a lastplace finish. After leading by only o n e point at halftime, the Redm en coasted to a 96-72 victory.

Following T oronto’s cham pionship victory o v er W aterloo, Schoenhals w as se­ lected as a tourney all-star.

T he R edm en look to reb o u n d from last w eek en d ’s m ediocre perform ance w hen they travel to take o n the Concordia Stingers at 8:30 PM o n Friday, before facing Laval at 3:00 PM o n Sunday in th e Currie Gym.

Peake peaks, but squash team plunges to 4th a t Trent D espite only o n e loss, the McGill squash team placed fourth at the five-team Trent Invitational Squash T ournam ent. T he team, com posed mostly o f second-year and freshm en players, rolled o v er Ryerson an d Trent, w hile tying the University o f Toronto, before finally stum bling against eventual tournam ent cham pion, Q u een ’s. The G olden G aels h ad 19 points, w hile U o f T w as second w ith 17points, Ryerson third w ith 13, McGill

fourth w ith 12 an d finally, h o st Trent with 6.

Chris P eake’s 3-1 record w as the m ost impressive perform ance for the red and w hite, according to co-captain Andrew Thom pson.

“Chris played w ith a lot o f heart, his extra effort an d tenacity w on him a lot o f m atches,” said Thom pson.

N ew com ers Mark la u a n d Q asim Khan also excelled, m atching Peake with 3-1 records o f their ow n. G raem e Burt w e n t 2-2, A ndrew Ross w as 1-3, while A ndrew T hom pson finished 0-4.

McGill h o p es to finish fifth in the eleven-team O ntario University Athletic Association squash league.

Sherbrooke drops M artlet volleyball Although Martlet volleyball started fast, the team didn’t en d u p w here it w anted to go last Saturday w hen it w as tagged for a loss by its host the Université de Sherbrooke.

After dropping the close first set by a 12-15 score, the Martlets roared back in the second to take a strong 15-8 win, bu t couldn’t hold on in crunch time an d lost the next tw o by 6-15 an d 2-15 scores for the 3-1 loss. The red and w hite is now 0-7 in league play, but H ead C oach Rachète Béliveau is n o t terribly worried.

“W e have to be patient,” she said. “[Ini one w ay it is encouraging because w e are w inning so m any sets, b u t it is frustrating because w e can ’t seem to get the win. We have to h an g in there.”

McGill d id a lot m ore than hang on in the opening sets o f the gam e, bu t a spectacular diving save by a Sherbrooke player midway through the third set ignited he Vert e t Or. From that p o int on, Sherbrooke took control o f the match.

Lisa Marak, a second-year player from Ottawa, provided m ost o f the Martlets’ fire p o w e r w ith 15 stinging kills. Béliveau expressed confidence th at Marak will eventually play a leading role c h i the team.

McGill plays its next gam e Saturday D ecem ber 4 th at 1 PM against Concordia at ti:e Currie G y m

le McGill Tribune, November 25-29,1993

Sports

P ag e 15

Fencers draw their weapons Martlets drop two

BY YVON CARRIERE

and Amy Muhlberg also competed

BY CHARLES THOMAS the score at the en d o f the gam e to and lost th eir first elim ination try to m atch the last gam e’s score, matches.

McGill hosted the first “AAA” In tw o w om en’s intercol­ but they noticed a difference from Two McGill fencers were en ­ nvice fencing tournament of the legiate hockey gam es last w eek­ the last time they played against tered in the m en’s sabre competi­ a so n last Sunday at the Currie end, Concordia and CEGEP St- us,” he said. tion. Dr. Richard Lee went 8-2, but ym. The tournam ent was the third L a u re n t o v e r m a tc h e d th e Nevertheless, McGill’s absent lost a close 15-13 match in the first •esentation of the event, with this offenceless Martlets hockey team. offence cannot com pare to the elimination round. David Sanguinetti jar’s turnout the largest ever.

Last Friday, at the M cConnell Stingers’cannons. ranked eighth out o f 14 with a 5-5 “We had 12 clubs entering a Arena, the Stingers once again Last Saturday, against Strecord, but also lost in the first ital of 125 fencers, ages 15 and dem onstrated w hy they are, at this Laurent, the Martlets m atched their elimination round. Tasha Ogryzlo /er, which is a 20 percent increase point in the season, far and aw ay CEGEP rival’s every m ove, but rounded out the McGill entries in am last year’s event,” stated McGill the best univer­ once again, their in­ the wom en’s epee. )ach and tournament organizer sity hockey team ability to score d e ­ Due to the num ber of fencers mes McCullough. “We had Uniin Q uebec, with term in ed the o u t­ taking part, the tournament tan quite jrsities, CEGEPs, and clubs from an 8-1 w in over com e o f the game. long. This, however, did not bother ie Quebec City, Ottawa, and Month e stru g g lin g McGill w as blanked McCullough. eal areas,” he added. The Martlets.

4-0.

“We are extremely umament featured comDespite “The girls d o n ’t h ap p y w ith this y ear’s jtition in five events: the th e lo p s id e d seem to know how m e e t," c o m m e n te d en ’s foil, sabre, and score, the gam e to w in yet,” stated McCullough. “It has been a >ee, as well as the womrepresented an 12 Phillips. “T hey lack g long day of competition, l’s foil and epee. odd accomplish­ £ that killer scoring ing 13 hours to be exact, but Two c o m p le te m ent for McGill. | stinctw hen the score j> everything w ent out withx>ls were held as a seedThe Martlets are is close." .2 out a hitch. There were no g round, which was folthe first team to ^ After two ques1-3 complaints from anybody,” s c o r e a g a in s t wed by a direct elimi2 tio n a b le g o a ls , •3 he added. The quality of C o n c o rd ia in ition round. Every parr o o k ie g o a lie •S this event will hopefully :ipant com peted in both league play this A n n e tte V an d e r speak well for the McGill year—the dubi­ ie seeding and direct Linde settled dow n M artlet mauls Stinger club in their attempt to re­ o u s imination rounds. honour a n d allo w ed o n ly vive the McGill Invitational, “What we wanted w en t to Claire Sharpe.

Two of the 125 fencers at McGill's tournament one m ore until she w as pulled at a university level fencing >r this event was to proO nly dow n 2-0 after the first the en d o f the gam e for an extra meet. to the losses," he added. de these novice fencers with as period an d 4-0 after the second, attacker. St-Laurent took advan­ “This tournament went on for McGill w anted to im press u p o n In the m en’s foil McGill en­ uch fencing as possible,” comtage o f the opportunity to net their 20 to 30 years until it died out a few tered six fencers. In a group of 50 ented McCullough. “This type of their cross-tow n rivals that they fourth goal. years ago. We w ould like to revive w ere w orth m ore than a 13-1 loss competitors, David Johnson and >rmat allowed us to d o that, giving Van d er Linde w as also in this tournament next year," stated to the Stingers tw o w eeks earlier.

Hicham Aioula placed betw een 16th lem some experience which in the goal for the C oncordia game.

McCullough. In the meantime, The and 32nd respectively, but lost in ing run is essential for good fencThe gam e represented an improve­ The Martlets next gam e will McGill fencing club will prepare for m ent, according to head coach the first round of the elimination ig,” he added. be on Sunday, N ovem ber 28th at their next “AAA" Novice tourna­ G eoff Phillips. session. Andrew Deere, David Kryl, The McGill fencing club, the Université d u Q uébec à Troisment, which will be held at CEGEP Nicholas Desaulniers, and Charles xinded in 1903, has an active “T hey w ere trying to run u p Rivières.

St-Jérome on December 12th.

Dupin-St. Cyr finished the prelimi­ lembership of twenty. Ten partnaries in the 32-50 range, and also n é fencing fanatics provide much lost in the first round of the elimina­ eeded help to the club, as they tion session. so compete when they have the In the wom en’s foil McGill ne. entered four fencers in a group of The McGill club is not part of

BY CHARLES in ten th , S arah S tone in 11th, It is at th e in term ed iate 25. Carmen Fernandez, w ho was ie Canadian Interuniversity AthTHOMAS a n d M elinda W a rre n in 13th. level th a t S ch u t flash e d h e r b e st competing in her first tournament tic Union (CIAU) and competes S en io rs lev el sw im m e rs stuff.

A fter co n sisten tly finish­ ever, placed 15th in the seeding ostly with other clubs, but also A fter a n o d d tu rn o f ev en ts K a re n W h itin g a n d A n n ie in g n e a r th e to p o f th e OW IAA round, but was forced to withdraw :casionally with CEGEPs and a M ailloux fin ish ed eig h th a n d last y ear, S chut e x p e c te d to d o from the elimination round due to last w e e k e n d , th e M arlinettes w universities. sy n ch ro -sw im te a m e n d e d u p 11th, respectively. w ell at this m eet. injury. Lara Russell, Diane Grbavec, “We are a club sport rather c o m p etin g at th e U niversity o f “It w a s d efinitely n o t o u r “I p re tty w ell e x p e c te d it, T o ro n to in a figures m eet h o sted b e st p e rfo rm a n c e ,” sa id Schut. last y e a r I co n sisten tly fin ish ed b y T re n t U niversity. Y v o n n e “A lot o f p e o p le h a d b a d d ay s sec o n d ," s h e said. “I’v e b e e n S chut s h o n e in th e in term ed iate tod ay , w e s h o u ld b e stro n g e r feelin g p retty g o o d a b o u t m y level, to p p in g th e ca te g o ry w ith for th e n e x t m e e t.” fig u res.”

BY KASHIF ZAHOOR a sco re o f 6 l .0969.

C o m p letin g th e in term e­ T h e M arlinettes n e x t m e e t T ren t h a d b e e n originally step it u p a notch,” he said. w ill b e at U o fT o n J a n u a ry 28th d iate sco rin g w e re W en d y P ol­ The Martlets k ept the game s e le c te d b y th e O n tario W om ­ lard in sev e n th , N athalie A u d et The McGill Martlets played a a n d 29th. tight early, an d only trailed by two e n ’s In terco lleg iate A thletic As­ Dstly exhibition game against the at halftime, 37-35. The game stayed so ciatio n (OW IAA) to h o st th e niversity o f Verm ont Catamounts close, thanks to the 25 points o f all- m eet, b u t w a s u n a b le to se c u re st Saturday in Burlington. star Vicki Tessier, for the early a n y p o o l tim e at its facilities. In McGill not only lost the game, X Jf ( Q u a lit y S p o r t L td .)

I portion of the second half. The extrem is, th e U niversity o f T o­ ut they will also probably have to Catamounts, however, cam e on ro n to p ro v id e d its p o o l, b u t o w ithout the services o f starting strong for the rem ainder o f the T re n t w a s in ch a rg e o f th e o r­ >rward Martina van d e r Vlist for half, pulling away to a 19-point g an izatio n o f th e six-team event. ie next few games. Van d er Vlist, P R E -C H R IS T M A S victory, 84-65. Lesley Stevenson In th e co n fu sio n , n o final team 'ho w as averaging 19 points a an d Josée D eloreto com bined for results w e re p ro v id ed . am e com ing into last Saturday’s s A t f O F m m z T raditionally stro n g in th e 21 points in the losing effort. antest, seriously sprained her McGill will have its w ork cut n o v ice ev en t, McGill w a s u n ­ nkle midway through the first O N I Y 6 D A Y S L E F T !!. o u t for them this Friday at 6:30 PM, ab le to m u ste r b e tte r th a n K ate alf. She is listed as doubtful for .

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Loyola campus. The Martlets have W y m an fo llo w ed in 17th, Sarah pener at Concordia. vow ed to avenge their em barrass­ Fells w a s 19th, K aren M illigan Martlet head coach Chris We guarantee to have the low est prices in town. ing Novem ber 14th loss, in which 2 2 n d a n d A n d rea B u n n 27th. [unter explained the injury will SAVE UP TO 5 0 % onT-Shirts, shorts, fleece, they lost by 30 points, b u t now J e n n ife r A shby, from M cM aster lefinitely cau se p ro b lem s for polo sh irty sw im w ear, racquets, shoes, caps to o k th e to p sp o t.

T h e te a m w as they will have to d o w ithout one of IcGill in the league prem iere h am p ered by in ju r ie s to their key players. gainst the Stingers.

With the loss at Burlington, T an y a H a n d a a n d d efe n d in g “Martina’s injury will make McGill concluded preseason play OW IAA c h a m p io n J a c in th e lings m ore challenging for us.

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Tie rest of the team will have to than a university sport, but w e do hope to join the Ontario University Athletic Association next year,” com­ m ented McCullough. As for this past w eekend’s event, the McGill club could not rely o n the most important factor in fencing: experi­ ence.

“Most of our fencers were competing in their first tournament ever,” com m ented rookie head coach McCullough. “O ur two male sabre fencers are quite experienced, but the others have very little expe­ rience. They all fenced extremely well, but this lack of experience led

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