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In s id e T h is W e e k

N ew s: New ID validation system replaces old problems with new.

S ee p a g e 3 Op/Ed: Proposed amendments to the Student Code of Conduct have student leaders concerned.

S ee e d ito ria l, p a g e 6 F ea tu res: The federal election is on October 2 5 - T h e T r i b u n e tells you how to get involved with the main political parties.

S ee p a g e 9 E n terta in m en t: The First Generation (women and video) an the Next Generation (Star Trek at McGill) are this week's picks.

S ee p a g e 12 Sports: Redmen nearly felled by cellar dweller Carleton in season opener.

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The McGill Tribune. S ep tem b er 14-20.1993

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'W lia t ?s O Tuesday, Septem ber 14

Thursday. Septem ber 16

SSMU Mini-Course registration from 6:00-9:00 pm at the front counter of the Students’ Society office in the Shatner Building, For more info call Tanya at 398 8222.

McGill Student Pugw ash will be presenting a talk by Dr. Robin Stewart from Maodonald College about “Pesti­ cides: their history arid alternative meth­ ods,” with a discussion to follow. 7:00 pm, Burnside Hall, room 305. All wel-

McGill’s Sailing Team is hav­ ing an info/scheduling meeting today at 7:00 pm in the COTL Lounge at the gym.

Can’t make it? Call Anthony at 289-9931-

'Wednesday. Septem ber IS McGill Im prov returns to the Alley for another year of thrills, chills, daffodils and whatever else you throw at them Wednesdays at 8:30 pm. Free.

The McGill Co-ed Medical Fra­ ternity will have an information and sign-up table on the first floor of the Leacock Bldg, between 9:00 am - 1:00 pm All students from every faculty wel­ come!

McGill Choral Society is look­ ing for new members. Come and sing your heart out Non-auditioned choir.

We are singing Handel’s Messiah. 7:30 pm, Room C310, Strathcona Music Bldg.

The Faculty o f Music presents a Master’s Recital by Yvan Moreau (trom­ bone) with Claude Soucy (piano). 8:00 pm, Redpath Hall. Free. For more info call 398-4547.

The McGill Co-ed Medical Fra­ ternity will have an information and sign-up table on the first floor of the Shatner Bldg, between 9:00 am - 2:00 pm.

All students from every faculty welcome!

The Y ello w D o o r C offee H ouse presents Literature Live, a pro­ gram of readings by local writers fol­ lowed by an “open stage.” Tonight: Mamie Craig, Phil Moskovitch, and Vivian Boucher. 8:00 pm at the Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. Admission $2.00. For info, call 398^243.

The Faculty o f Music presents Sylvain Bergeron (lute and theorbo) as part of “McGill Faculty Members in Con­ cert” 8:00 pm, Redpath Hall. Free. For more info call 398-4547.

Friday. Septem ber 17 McGill Christian Fellow ship will be holding its first large group wor­ ship meeting. 7:00 pm, Presbyterian Col­ lege, across from the Milton Gates. All oome to sing and praise...

The Y ellow D o o r C offee House invites everyone to the first Friday night coffee house of the new season. A

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variety of performers will be featured, with open stage to follow. Bring your guitar and a friend. 8:00 pm, Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer. Free For info, call 398-6243.

ensue. Gome one, come all to Burnside Hall room 305 at 700 p m

Tire McGill Co-ed Medical Fra­ ternity will have its last information and sign-up table on the first floor of the Leacock Bldg, from 9:00 am -1:00 pm. All students from every faculty welcome!

Aloha1The Red H erring is ready for any and all submissions to its 6th Annual Horrible Haiku Contest Bring the worst of the verse to our mailbox by the SSMUdesk or call 398-6778for more info.

Insider tip: come to our tiki tent on Tuesday’s Activities Night! Loads of leis and info available.

The Faculty o f Music presents Roger Shakespeare Lord, pianist, as part of the McGill Alumni Series. 8:00 pm, Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Free.

For more info call 3984547.

The Faculty o f Music presents Diane Laoelle, Normand Forget, Bruce Bower, and Marie Bouchard as part of "McGill Faculty Members in Concert” 8:00 pm, Redpath Hall. Free. For more info call 3984547.

Sunday. Septem ber 19 Terry Fox R un at Beaver Lake on Mount Royal. Free registration, free food, free door prizes, free everything!

Sponsorship forms available at SSMU. Registration 10:30 am For more info call 737-7039 or 9394635.

Ongoing-

STAR TREK ON STAGE opens Tuesday night with all new adaptations of "The Naked Time” and “Amok Time.”

At McGill Players’ Theatre through Sep­ tember 25th. Admission $10/$5 students and seniors. For info and reservations, call 398-6813.

The SSMU T ransit Network, McGill’s unique carpool system, will be collecting schedules for October from anyone who wants convenient transpor­ tation. Come to our office in Shatner 408 or one of our membership booths around campus. Or phone 3982902.

Walksafc Foot Patrol’s hours are: Sunday-Thursday, 6:30 pm-12:30am; Friday-Saturday, 6:30 pm-2:30 am. Call us! We’ll walk you anywhere you want to go. 398-2498.

M onday. Septem ber 20 McGill Student Pugwash’s first official meeting! Come and find out what Pugwash is, what we’ll be doing this year, and for introductions all round. A video will also be shown and a discussion will

McGill Nightline is a confiden­ tial telephone, listening, information, and referral service open from 9:00 pm-3:00 am. Give us a call! 398-6246.

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® McGill The first five-year term of the Vice-Principal (Advancement), Mr. Michael C. Kiefer, will end on 31 March, 1994. Whether or nor the incumbent will consider a second term, in accordance with the Statutes, a comprehensive review of this position is required at this time. An Advisory Committee has, therefore, been established for this purpose. The membership is as follows: The Board o f Governors Representatives: Mr. Warren Chippindale, Mr. Edward Cleather, Mrs. Susan Riddell and Mr. Jim McVety.

Senate Representatives: Professor Garth Coffin, Professor David Rosenblatt, Professor Derek Drummond and Ms. Frances Groen.

Student Representatives: Mr. Arnold Kwok (SSMU) and Mr. Charles Gibbs (PSSS).

Vice-Principal (Academic) W.C. Leggett Principal David Johnston, Chair Ms. Ann M. Cairns, Secretary to the Committee Reporting to the Principal, the Vice-Principal (Advancement) oversees all alumni and fund-raising activities at McGill. It encourages and seeks philanthropic support for McGill from alumni, and from foundations, corporations, individuals, and others.

Comments, nominations or applications for this position, should be submitted, in confidence, to Principal David Johnston, F. Cyril James Building, 845 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2T5, by October 1, 1993.

McGill University is committed to equity in employment.

Le premier quinquennat du vice-principal (Avancement), M. Michael C. Kiefer, prendra fin le 31 mars 1994. Peu importe que son titulaire brigue un deuxième mandat, conformément aux règlements en vigueur l'Université est tenue de procéder à un examen complet de ce poste. C'est dans ce but qu'on a créé un comité consultatif dont les membres sont: M. Warren Chippindale, M. Edward Cleather, Mme Susan Riddell et M. Jim McVety, reprrésentants du Conseil des gouverneurs.

Les professeurs Garth Coffin, David Rosenblatt, Derek Dmmmond et Mme Frances Groen, représentants du Sénat.

M. Arnold Kwok (SSMU) et M. Charles Gibbs (PGSS), représentants des étudiants.

M. W.C. Leggett, vice-principal (Enseignement).

M. D.L. Johnston, principal et président du comité.

Mme Ann M. Cairns, secrétaire du comité.

Relevant directement du principal, le vice-principal (Avancement) est responsable de toutes les activités relatives aux anciens étudiants et aux appels de fonds à 1Université McGill. Il fait appel à la philanthropie des anciens étudiants de McGill, des fondations, des sociétés, des simples citoyens et d’autres.

Les commentaires, présentations de candidatures ou candidatures à ce poste doivent être adressés confidentiellement au principal, M. David Johnston, pavilton James de l'administration, 845, rue Sherbrooke ouest, Montréal (Québec) H3A 2T5 avant le 1er octobre 1993. /,

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N ew s I.D. card validation system questioned B Y T R ISH SNYDER Changes to McGill’s identi­ fication (I.D.) card validation sys­ tem have prompted a Students’ Society (SSMU) inquiry into the benefits and disa<ivantages of the new process. Starting this semester, the process of validat­ ing student I.D. cards by attach­ ing a coloured sticker will be eliminated in favour of an on­ line com puter system to be adopted across the campus.

Previously, students had to stand in line at the start of both the fall and winter terms in order to obtain a sticker for their McGill I.D. card from the I.D. centre at the Eaton Building. The stickers were used to identify those stu­ dents who had paid their fees, thus entitling them to use serv­ ices on campus such as the li­ braries and the Currie gym.

Under the new system, fee information and student registra­ tion status will be obtained by reading the bar code on an I.D. card using an electronic scanner to be installed at most facilities on campus.

According to Registrar JeanPaul Schuller, the implementa­ tion of an automated system at McGill is long overdue as a time and cost-saving measure.

“We’ve had a lot of com­ plaints about lining up for vali­

dation over the years,” he said.

“If we can provide a service without having to line up for a sticker, it’s a benefit.”

Schuller cited a number of advantages to be expected from the new system, inclu«ding im­ proved se­ curity in the case of fraud. Lost o r sto le n cards will become in­ stantly in­ v a lid a te d upon re­ placement,

policy, resulting in better service for registered students.

Some students have ex­ pressed their reluctance to em­ brace the technology, despite the benefit of not having to wait

thereby

preventing non-McGill s tu d e n ts who find a card from using al­ ready bur sfcrf' no shoeS' no sticker, no deal dened serv­ ices and facilities at the univer­ in line-ups. They fear the offsity. campus hassles that may come •Additionally, the old sys­ with the stickerless I.D. card will tem allowed for a student who outweigh its on-campus conven­ had paid their fees to obtain a ience. sticker and access privileges even In addition to needing a if they withdrew from the univer­ McGill I.D. cardon campus, many sity. Schuller expressed hope that students use their student status on-campus fraud will be sub­ to take advantage of special dis­ stantially reduced under the new counts offered by the local busi­

ness community upon presenta­ tion of valid identification.

Acconding to SSMU VP Uni­ versity Affairs Ruth Promislow, students whose I.D. cards lack renewal stickers may encounter difficulty in convincing m erchants and others that they are c u rre n tly enrolled at McGill and are eligible for d is­ counts.

“T h e main problem for stua dents is we 3 really rely ccon th o se stickers for d is c o u n ts o n th in g s like train tickets and a ir f a r e s ,” Promislow said. “I don’t think Air Canada or Via Rail will circum­ vent their student card policy just for McGill Students.”

SSMU VP External Andrew Work is equally opposed to the abolition of stickers and is cur­ rently lobbying the Registrar’s Office to consider making the stickers available to students by

mailing them with their fee state­ ments.

“In the past, the responsi­ bility of burden of proof has been with the student,” Work said. “What they’re doing now is renouncing the opportunity to provide proof that they are valid students.”

In spite of these concerns, Schuller remained confident that businesses would adapt to the new format and suggested gen­ tly removing the accumulated stickers to avoid confusion. If a student were asked for further proof of attendance, the regis­ trar’s office will provide a letter of attestation at a cost of one dollar.

However, Work felt the pur­ pose of having a portable card was defeated by the inconven­ ience of having to obtain and carry a letter.

Schuller explained that the number of requests for letters in the past week had escalated be­ yond the previous one and ad­ mitted the process is somewhat inconvenient for both students and the administration.

“I think a large part of the responsibility lies with the exter­ nal organizations about who to extend their service to,” Schuller said. “But if there is a dramatic problem — a hot spot — we’ll have to respond.”

Chilly climate at U. Vic. political science department NETW ORK

BY MONIQUE SHEBBEARE The release last March of a preliminary report addressing the environment for women in the political science department at the University of Victoria (U. Vic.) has sparked an angry re­ sponse from several male fac­ ulty members of the department.

In light of ensuing conflict between the committee mem­ bers and the male faculty, U. Vic President David Strong has ap­ pointed an external committee in order to review the situation.

In March of 1992, the po­ litical science department struck a committee which came to be known as the Chilly Climate Committee. The com m ittee, composed of one female gradu­ ate student, two female under­ graduate students and chaired by female faculty member Dr. Somer Brodribb, discussed the barriers to wom en’s full partici­ pation in the department and the changes needed to remedy the situation. The preliminary report called for changes to cur­

riculum, class environment, fund­ to Dr. Brodribb in which they issue. The findings of this com­ ing of women s«diolars, hiring dem anded a retraction of the mittee called for the retraction practices and for an end to sub­ com m ittee’s allegations and of the threatening letter to Dr. tle harassment and everyday hos­ threatened to take legal action. Brodribb and the continuation tility experienced by women in “It is our belief that there of the work performed by the the department. have been no incidents whatso­ Chilly Climate Committee.

Wary of the response their ever of the behaviours de­ The male faculty rejected preliminary report would the recom m endations receive in the department, before the Climate Com­ the committee warned that mittee members had the women who discuss dis­ “W om en w ho organize a g a in s t opportunity to comment crimination are often tar­ on them. discrim ination are often geted for abuse.

In a final effort to ta rg e ts for fu rth e r “Women who organ­ resolve the issue, Strong d is c rim in a tio n .” ize against discrimination has appointed an exter­ are often targets of further nal committee consisting discrimination,” the report — C hilly C lim a te C o m m itte e of a former British Co­ stated. “It is therefore the lumbia Justice, a Univer­ responsibility of the De­ sity of Saskatchewan law partment to be fully con­ professor, and the Chair scious of this dynamic as it of the Saskatchewan La­ attends to the following report.” scribed,” the faculty members bour Relations Board to investi­ In response to the report, asserted. “If this matter is not gate the situation. The Univer­ eight tenured male faculty mem­ resolved, either by way of the sity o f Victoria Marlet reported bers, including the chair of the presentation of credible evidence that the committee has until No­ department, Jeremy Wilson, sub­ or by means of your apology vember to come up with its mitted a rebuttal of the Climate and retraction, then it will be report.

Committee’s report. The men necessary for us to take further Although the tenured male asserted that efforts had been steps to protect our reputations.” staff are satisfied with this deci­ made by the department to move In a first effort to resolve sion, the members of the Chilly toward gender equity and de­ the issue, the university’s vice- Climate Committee have boy­ cried the committee’s allegations president of academ ics ap ­ cotted the procedures, protest­ of harassment and hostility. pointed a university investiga­ ing that they were not consulted The men also wrote a letter tion committee to look into the during the development of the

external committee’s terms of reference.

“You don’t ask the people who the complaints are against to define what should be investigated,” Sylvia Bardon, student member of the Chilly Climate Committee, told the Martlet.

In May, the University of Victoria Students’Society (UVSS) expressed their support for the Chilly Climate Committee and its report.

In a letter written to stu­ dent association p resid en ts across the country, UVSS Chair Janetta Ozard asked the student associations to su p p o rt the women students in the depart­ ment of political science and the recommendations of the Chilly Climate Committee.

McGill Students’Society VP U n iv e rsity A ffairs Ruth Promislow has expressed sup­ port for the Chilly Climate Com­ mittee.

“No cam pus is isolated from the issue of sexism. If we don’t support women in their struggle against discrimination, then we haven’t even begun to address the issue."

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The McGill Tribune. S ep tem b er 14-20.1993

Envirostations stimulate students to seek solutions

BY SA N G H A R I CHAKRAVARTY Over the next two weeks, McGill students will have access to new recycling stations at nine buildings around campus. Each station will have four separate bins for glass, aluminum, paper, and garbage.

The station design is based on a prototype built by U3 Engi­ neering student Norman Spen­ cer of Concerned About Re­ sources in Engineering (CARE), a committee of the Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS).

Funding for the project was pro­ vided by McGill’s Students’ Soci­ ety (SSMU), McGill Building Serv­ ices, and possibly a grant from Environment Canada.

SSMU Environmental Com­ mittee Chair Mark Sherman, who has worked since May to make the project possible, is confident that students will respond posi­ tively to the new stations.

“They are attractive stations,” Sherman asserted. “A lot of money has been put into them so they won’t be an eyesore. I believe students will use them and not take them as a joke.”

Sherman explained that the stations’ objectives are two-fold.

“Obviously, our goal is to reduce what we throw out, yet

of way, but in a practical sense,” he stated. “Students can actually create changes and participate in groups on campus that really want to make a change.”

SSMU VP Internal Cornell Wright stressed that the new recycling stations will deliver the message to the university that students are serious about changing environmental condi­ tions.

“Some faculties are not co­ operative when dealing with en­ vironmental issues,” Wright said.

“For example, they refuse to make double-sided copies when printing. Hopefully, a program like this will turn up the heat on them.”

However, Wright em pha­ sized the importance of coop­ eration and coordination be­ tween the student body and the E nvironm ental C om m ittee’s project.

“Firstly, we need to get students on board to give us the tangible credibility we need,” Committee hopes recycling stations w ill change attitudes tow ards w aste disposal he stressed. “We have to show them [the faculties] we are doing tion to solving environmental either don't know about the pro­ we would also like to increase our part, and that now its their problems. awareness around campus about grams that exist or don't care."

“I’m hoping that students turn.”

Sherman expressed confi­ environmental issues,” he said.

The Environmental Com­ will become more enthusiastic “I don’t want students to think dence that the stations will help mittee will be publishing an about this project and others to generate student aw areness that McGill has a limited recy­ come from the Environmental Enviroguide for students and cling program. We have the fa­ about waste reduction programs to o rg a n iz e an Committee, yet not in a touchy- p la n s cilities but don't have enough and demonstrate that students “Enviroweek” in February. feely, tree-hugging, granola kind can make a practical contribu­ student participation. Students

The McGill Tribune, S ep tem b er 14-20,1993

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University replaces em ergency phones

BY ROB G R A M P T O N The installation of ten new emergency phones around the university will provide a higher level of security for McGill stu­ dents.

The telephones were in­ stalled on the recommendation of a campus safety audit released in October, 1992. The audit was conducted by a subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Wom­ en’s Student Issues, a committee that is operated by the Office of the Dean of Students. The sub­ committee, chaired by Associate Dean of Students Lynn ButlerKisber, helped to identify areas where McGill Physical Resources could make improvements in campus safety.

Installed during the sum­ mer, the phones replace the pre­ vious emergency phone system that was inefficient and largely unknown to students. Previously, not enough telephones were available, and those that were available were difficult to find.

The new emergency phone sys­ tem was designed to address these issues.

Students’Society (SSMU) VP University Affairs Ruth Promislow predicts that the new phones will get a lot more use than the old red ones they are replacing.

“The new em erg en cy phones are encased in yellow and are in locations where they can be seen. You couldn’t see the old ones," Promislow said.

At night, the new phones are illuminated by a blue beacon light which stands out and fur­ ther enhances their visibility.

In an emergency of any sort, the phones should prove to be quick and easy to use, allow­ ing users to call McGill’s WalkSafe Network, Campus security, or even 911 to reach the police or fire department directly.

While some telephones are free-standing structures, such as the o n e situ a te d b e tw e e n McConnell Hall and Bishop Mountain Hall, others are fixed to the exterior of high-traffic build­ ings or buildings used late at night, such as the Powell Student Services Building and Thompson Hall.

Many factors w'ere consid­ ered with the installation of the new phones, including accessi­ bility. The phones are at wheel­ chair height and feature an emer­ gency button for those unable to dial. The button, which can eas­ ily be used in moments of crisis, puts the caller in direct contact with a McGill Security dispatcher, who can then contact security field units or the police.

Although the system and telephones have been tested to ensure that they function cor­ rectly, they have not yet been used in an actual emergency.

Associate Vice Principal (P h y sical R eso u rces) Sam Kingdon, who is responsible for security at the university, is con­ fident that response to emergen­ cies will be prompt and, on aver­ age, faster than last year.

“We have added a new vehicular response unit this year which should enable us to re­ spond with one of these or a foot patrol very quickly," explained Kingdon.

Since the new system has not yet been used and because certain other factors, such as a concurrent emergency elsewhere, may inhibit a security team’s re­ sponse, Kingdon admitted that he cannot ensure any maximum wait before help arrives.

“We are unable to guaran­ tee a response time, but we are now linked directly to the Mon­ treal Urban Community (MUC) police, WalkSafe, and our own foot and vehicle patrols,” said Kingdon. “Certainly we hope to keep them [response times] un­ der a five minute maximum.”

The average response time last year was approximately two minutes.

N ew an d im proved emergency phones: yet tv be used

Wright rights w ron g at SSMU Program m ing

BY M IC H A E L BROADHURST An alleged lack of commu­ nication between Welcome Week organizers and the office of Stu­ dents’ Society (SSMU) VP Inter­ nal Cornell Wright has led Wright to initiate changes in the relation­ ship between SSMU Programming and the SSMU executive.

During his report to the SSMU Council meeting last Thurs­ day, Wright informed council that he intended to overhaul the cur­ rent financial control structure for Programming in order to al­ low him greater control over the activities planned by the group.

SSMU Programming organ­ izes concerts and other related activities for the society.

In a telephone conversa­ tion last Friday, Wright told the Tribune that he was unhappy with Welcome Week.

“I think that Welcome Week went very well,” he said. “My concern lies with the fact that nothing was new. I’m not saying that [the organizers! didn’t work hard, that they didn’t do their best, but that they just didn’t give themselves the tools they needed to make it better.”

SSMU Programming, for­ merly named Programming Net­ work, has a history of poor plan­ ning and organization that has led to significant financial losses for SSMU. Last year, the society cre­

cussed it.”

Angie Scrannage, the other Co-Chair of Welcome Week, ar­ gued that Wright should have handled the situation differently.

“I wish it had been dis­ cussed beforehand,” she said. “I just hope people remember the g o o d p a rts of W elcom e Week.”

Gallop defended himself, arguing that his extensive involvem ent in the plan­ ning of the events was nec­ essary to avoid a repeat of last year’s Welcome Week.

“When I came in, one of the first things S S M U VP Internal Cornell W riiht overhauls programming I learned to council without first address­ was that Welcome Week last year ing his concerns to the event ran a deficit of $25,000,” Gallop said. “One of my objectives was organizers.

“At one point Cornell had to keep any kind of [SSMU] sub­ said he’d like us to keep him sidy as low as possible.

“I personally was very in­ more up to date,” she said. “It’s difficult when we’re busy to keep volved in Welcome Week and up, especially at the end of Au­ worked very closely with Joanne and Angie,” he added. gust. When there is one person Wright said he believed that doing the signing, you go to that person. If he was going to bring there was a distinct lack of com­ an issue like that to council, it munication between Scrannage would have been nice if he had and Thompson and his office.

“If the organizers don’t feel sat down with us first and dis­ ated a new position with the hope of adding more control and accountability to programming expenditures. Keith Gallop was hired for the position of Pro­ gramming and Marketing Coor­ dinator, and he currently wields final authority over all program­ ming expenditures.

Welcome Week Co-Chair Joanne Thompson was surprised that Wright brought his concerns

any connection to the Internal Office, that’s a difficulty,” he said.

“It eliminates the need for some­ one to come and see you. I do understand that it’s going to take people a little while to find their roles. That’s inevitable when you bring in new people.”

Wright argued that he had to fight for what information he was given during the Welcome Week summer planning period.

“I sort of had to ask and beg [for information], and if they don’t like [my decision] they do it any­ way,” he said. “I’muncomfortable with a staff person playing that supervisory role. I think a student is much more in touch than a staff member.”

Wright also noted that in past years SSMU Programming has suffered because it did not en­ courage new volunteers to get involved.

“The problem in the past has been that Programming has been a huge clique. The same people run it, and there are always problems between them and the Internal office,” he said. “Even last year, when Julie Dzerowicz [last year’s VP Internal] came straight out of Network there were prob­ lems.

“It was not a priority for them to get new people involved.

They kept Keith informed, but not me,” he added. “In the next few weeks we’re going to make some changes."

Gallop argued that he had no intention of diminishing the

authority of the VP Internal, but explained that he felt it was neces­ sary for him to understand all aspects of SSMU Programming.

“This year I wanted to be directly involved, to really get my hands in there and grasp how things worked,” Gallop said.

SSMU President Mark Luz dismissed the notion that tensions between Wright and Programming were cause for concern.

“I didn’t really notice any communication problem over the summer. 1just saw stuff get done,” he said.

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Editorial In the last few weeks, Dean of Students Irwin Gopnik has proposed crucial changes to McGill’s Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Pro­ cedures. This important docu­ ment, first adopted by the university in 1981, outlines students’responsibilities in the university and the ways in which they can be penalized for not living up to those re­ sponsibilities. It covers every­ thing from cheating to assault against another student, and its severest penalties include permanent expulsion from the university. It is critical that students examine the pro­ posed changes seriously, in order to ensure that they con­ tinue to be justly served by the code.

The Dean of Students will be proposing a series of amendments aimed at updat­ ing the code and remedying problems related to applying the code that have arisen over the past years. This is the first time in several years that so many changes will be consid­ ered.

Many of these changes are positive. For example, a provision may be added that will allow students to have disciplinary hearings in either French or English, with the university paying for an inter­ preter in the proceedings. Fur­ thermore, sexual assault may be specified as a form of as­ sault. Volunteer community service may be considered as a penalty that could be used to discipline students, in place of fines and similar punitive measures.

The Dean of Students

Student rights at issue in Code o f Student Conduct amendments also proposes to prepare an an­ nual report of the activities of the Committee on Student Discipline (CSD) which would be distrib­ uted throughout the university.

This could be used to edu­ cate students about the k in d s of offenses stu­ dents are be­ ing fo u n d guilty of and the type of penalties that result.

Despite these positive p ro p o s a ls , th e re are some amend­ ments about w hich s tu ­ d e n ts have good reason to be c o n ­ cerned .

of the CSD would have to ap­ prove the decision.

While it may make perfect sense to have the ability to re­ move a potentially dangerous

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dean, the di­ rector of resi­ dences, and d isc ip lin a ry officers may be given the power to ex­ clude a stu­ dent from the u n iv e rs ity p e n d in g a hearing of the CSD, should the officer have “sound reasons to be­ lieve that the student’s continued presence on campus poses an immediate threat to the safety of other members of the Univer­ sity”. Only the dean and the chair

individual from campus as quickly as possible, any decision of this magnitude should not be made by so few individuals and with­ out any student input.

The proposals also include changing the way student repre­ sentatives are chosen for the CSD. In the past, student associations have had the ability to assign a d e s ig n a te d number of seats to students they feel are most qualified. Under the proposed a m e n d m en ts, each of the stu­ d en t associa­ tions w o u ld submit a list of names, and the d e a n w ould ch o o se four names from the entire list.

Not only w ould under­ graduates, who currently repre­ sent approxi­ mately 60 per cent of McGill students, only be guaranteed a single seat on CSD, but it is antithetical to the principles of student repre­ sentation that anyone other than students th e m s e lv e s should have a say in who will represent them in the univer­ sity.

A n o th e r contentious change involves the issue of computer use at McGill.

The dean is proposing that elec­ tronic mail written by students should be admissible as evidence

in a hearing and that the article of the current code which stipu­ lates that evidence obtained illegally is not admissible to a hearing would not apply in this case. McGill officials would have the right to access and scrutinize the computer files of students : ored on McGill com­ puters. ' is is a blatant infringemc.*i on a student’s le­ gitimate right to privacy.

The dean has invited stu­ dent leaders to discuss the pro­ posed changes at a meeting on September 23. These students will be proposing a series of alternate amendments aimed at solving some of the prob­ lems the dean has found with the code while upholding the rights of students at McGill.

With any luck, the discussion will produce a series of amend­ ments that will satisfy all those involved. However, in the case that disagreement results, the dean may take his set of pro­ posed changes directly to Sen­ ate. If this occurs, students will be forced to present their alter­ nate series of amendments to Senate.

Students should recog­ nize the importance of main­ taining their hard-won rights on this campus. It is only through a united student effort that students can ensure that the rights they have gained will not be lost.

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W e’re here, w e’re poor, get used to it BABBLE01I

In 1993, less conspicu­ ous consumption seems to be where it’s at.

Students love the rhyme but not the reason of the 80’s.

Consequently, we have incor­ porated the finest of the dec­ ade, arguably Tolo Kand bas­ tardised the worst, conspicu­ ous consumption. This clever exchange allows us to have our A Flock o f Seagulls CD and eat it too.

We, the nouveau poor (this is Quebec) live well be­ low the poverty line yet pos­ sess the elusive financial re­ sources for computers, roller blades, and similar slacker ne­ cessities. We have a little money but own a few big ticket items, funky shoes yet have holes in our jeans. As I redial, redial, redial for Gold Circle The Girlie Show tickets, I can’t help but ponder our plight.

Personally my eightmonth m em bership to the nouveau poor was renewed by default over the Labour Day weekend, although the irony will subside with the first mouthful of a homecooked meal.

On the up side (for those who care), it is a very politi­ cally correct lifestyle. Neither colour, creed, gender, nor race are determinants. Entrenched are Gentiles and Jews, blacks and whites as long as “I’ve just paid my cable bill, how can Bell expect my cheque right now ” is the common denomi­ nator. Nouveau accountabil­ ity begins w'ith none.

Theoreti&lly, the politi­ cally incorrect are also eligible for nouveau status. Welcom­ ing even the bull-necked phil­ istine, a comment such as “what’s wrong with whales in captivity” is viably nouveau as long as the speaker is eating pesto in their condo. Nouveau is not the appropriate plat­ form for “Free Willie” versus “See Willie”, merely the eco­ nomics of vulgarity.

The cost of living corre­ lates directly with one’s com­ mitment to nouveau. None­

BY K A T E G IB B S theless, saving money by washing dishes at Café Phoe­ nix w hile listening to a Discman also qualifies. There are two degrees of nouveau poverty; fully and com ­ pletely. The food w e buy is an excellent determinant.

Any grocery list which in­ cludes even one organically grown product - this elastic category may be stretched to include hydroponic let­ tuce and free-range eggs - is fully yet completely nouveau poor. For the less organi­ cally active, I’ll rephrase: veal is nouveau too.

There are some draw­ backs associated with living nouveau. The usual pres­ sures exist; eating instant gourmet noodles and study­ ing blank -doo economics with longer extensions than Sade. However, we run the risk of not staying aware during the upcoming elec­ tion campaign. Once the funds run thin, there is no money to buy a paper to complement a morning ciga­ rette. It is imperative that the spelling of Tory must not be confused with Tori Spelling.

Most students, particu­ larly those living away from home, will encounter the nouveau lifestyle at some point. Even Ahhhndrea will encounter this at Yale if Gabrielle Carteris’ contract is not renewed. Brenda’s wasn’t. I guess Aaron wasn’t chuffed about her Tori affili­ ations. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all those with a 93 prefix on their student number a hearty bienvenue. Take comfort, there lies a peculiar beauty in the ability to spend $49 on Madonna tickets (once I get through; redial, redial, redial) and eat pita and soup for a fortnight to make up for it.

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To learn o r not to learn VEDAM INUTE When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering o f the hours turns to music.

-Kahlil Gibran

I’ve encountered many people for whom the annual return to the academic mold is accompanied by a grim sense of doom. They’ve enjoyed a summer of relative freedom, and the lingering tastes of school vaguely savoured from last year are those of the high stress concentration of final exams and papers. Images of coffee, cigarettes and perhaps a little No-Doze form a hazy black cloud of past displeas­ ure.

I often hear these peo­ ple complain that they don’t want to be here, that they’d rather be somewhere else do­ ing something else. At such a time it may then be important to examine why we are here in the first place. What are we doing here if we don’t like it?

I’ve heard many possi­ ble responses to this question varying from “Maybe I’m just a masochist”, to “My parents would kill me if I dropped out”, to “What else am I going to do?” After supplying the approriate reply, my interlocu­ tors generally resign them­ selves to their fates with a weary sigh, reluctantly accept­ ing that it is their unfortunate providence to live in such a cruel, inflexible reality. Soci­ ety has fixed its canons against

non-degree holding individuals, and it is their lot to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous academia.

Part of the problem is let­ ting the stress get to you. In The Only Dance There Is, Ram Dass discussed a phenomenon which he perceives as people getting trapped in different roles. As long as a person views his or herself as being in a particular role — such as a doctor, patient, boss or employee — and as long as the people around the individual re­ inforce that perception, it becomes increasingly difficult for the per­ son to break free of that role.

In an atmosphere where many, most, or all of your friends may be fellow students, where you may live close to school and take part in school activities, it becomes increasingly easy to get caught up in the trappings of student life. Since it demands so much of your time and thought, school can sometimes overwhelm you into devoting more of your consciousness towards it than is its due. While school life can be rewarding in many ways, it has its time and place.

As many of us are familiar with, one of the common features of the student’s role is academic competitiveness, the sense of a need to perform academically and its consequent stress. In order to avoid undue stress, it may be helpful to take time out and rede­ fine our goals. Should we allow grades to become a central focus of our university careers as op­ posed to being merely incidental

CORRECTION In last week's Tribune the following appeared in the story titled "Senate subcommittee passes Code of Ethics": According to McGill Computing Centre consultant Mike Rainville, the right to E-mail privacy remains undefined.

Mr. Rainville did not imply that the right to Email privacy remains undefined. The Tribune regrets the error.

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to the learning process?

While working in Ethio­ pia during a period of a par­ ticularly long drought and subse q u e n t fam ine, M other Theresa was asked if she did not find it disheartening that no matter how hard she worked and how much she tried to help, death was still a constant, frequent presence. “We are not here to be successful, we are here to be faithful,” she re­ sponded to this argument. It may not be immediately clear what connection this could have to studying at university, but one of the greatest sources of stress in school is the sense of a need to be successful.

In Work as a Spiritual Path, Marsha Sinetar says of loving one’s work not that one necessarily does what one loves as an occupation, such as swim­ ming, hiking or sleeping, but that you do what you do with love. The more we make an effort to enjoy what we do, the less we’re likely to stress and agonize about it and the more w e’re likely to excel at it anyways.

Any comments or sug­ gestions concerning the col­ umn are welcome. Drop off ideas at the Tribune office Shatner Building, Room B01A.

CORRECTION In last week's Tribune the following appeared in the story titled "Fraternities struggle to change their image through new pledges": Sincesomefraternities and allsororities take aperson S gender into consideration when determining whether to admit applicants, and all have mandatory fees, SSMU believes that socialfraternities are not open to all its members.

The 1989 Judicial Board decision did not determine that fraternities discriminate on the basis of finances due to lack of information.

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The McGill Tribune. S ep tem b er 14-20.1993

$25,000 raised for cancer research

BY N O A H R U B IN Two events held over the summer by an organization of McGill students have raised $25,000 for breast cancer research. The events were hosted by the McGill Student’s Breast Cancer Research Society, an SSMU-recognized club founded by brothers Paul and Nick Feldman.

In May, a formal social at­ tended by 500 students at the Château Champlain raised a total of $15,000. Rock group Blue Ro­ deo headlined the society’s sec­ 1 N

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ond event, a benefit concert held July 10th at Bourbon Street in Montreal. The concert, whose sponsored included Mix 96, RAM Productions, Ben & Jerry’s and Molson Breweries, attracted over 2,000 people and raised an addi­ tional $10,000 for the club’s cause.

According to McGill MBA student Nick Feldman ,the day was a complete success.

“The ambiance and sense of purpose at the event was nothing short of phenomenal,” Fledman said.

“This was a real happening.”

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The society has been extraor­ dinarily successful in its efforts to raise funds and awareness regard­ ing breast cancer research, despite its recent creation The society’s president, Paul Feldman, has been active in breast cancer research as a graduate stu­ dent at McGill’s Department of Anatomy. He founded the McGill Student’s Breast Cancer Research Society in order to encourage stu­ dents to take a leading role in raising awareness about the disease.

“Regardless of whether stu­ dents attended the two events or not, information was disseminated and that is what is important,”stated Paul Feldman.

The McGill Comprehensive Cancer Centre received the funds raised. According to Paul Feldman, the money was allocated to the exclusive cause of breast cancer

research. Specifically, the funds went to the maintenance of laboratory facilities and continuing research on Tamoxyfen, a therapeutic drug that may be a preventative cure against breast cancer. Considering that there are approximately 15,000 cases of breast cancer diagnosed annually in Canada, with 5,100 cases detected in Quebec alone, the fund­ ing will benefit an area of research critical to the health of many. AnnaMaria Henderson, assistant to the chair of ontology at the Centre, praised the society’s efforts.

“Student awareness and fundraising is the type of support that this department needs,” she said. “There is a lot of potential for us here, and fundraising for breast cancer only quickens the pace.“ Paul Feldman explained he hopes to have both the May gala and the July concert become annual

events. He noted the possibility of organizing similar societies on cam­ puses across Canada. Presently, stu­ dents attending the University of Western Ontario and the Université de Montréal are considering setting up similar societies. Although pleased with the society’s success, he expressed hope that student participation and awareness will improve.

“There is a general absence of involvement among students to rally behind pertinent issues,” he asserted.

Nonetheless, he stressed that the society has created a precedent which he hopes will encourage greater student involvement .

“Our cause is breast cancer, but our most successful accom­ plishment is the proof that students can effectively get involved,” he stated.

News Briefs Code o f Student Conduct and Discipline Under Review At Thursday’s Students’ Society (SSMU) council meeting, councilors voted unanimously to endorse a document prepared by the Legal Information Clinic concerning the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures.

Proposed modifications to the code, which was first approved by Senate in 1981 and has been modified three times since its conception, have caused concern among several student organizations.

Suggested revisions to the code were compiled by Dean of Students Irwin Gopnik and sent to various student organizations, including SSMU and the Legal Information Clinic.

Dissatisfied with Gopnik’s original recommendations, McGill Legal Information Clinic Director Jill Presser presented a document detailing alternative amendments at Thursday’s Council meeting.

“The dean is trying to chip away at the vestiges of student protection,” argued Presser. “It’s important that we the students, confronted by Dean Gopnik, present a unified front.”

SSMU VP University Affairs Ruth Promislow expressed her approval of the clinic’s counter proposal, arguing that the initial revisions sent out by Gopnick only served to further infringe on student rights. “[Gopnik] is trying to concentrate the decision-making power in his own hands,” said Promislow. “This is not fair, especially with Dean Gopnik’s history of being an anti-student activist on campus.”

Gopnik emphasized that the process of making modifications was still in the preliminary stages.

“This is the beginning of a long process of consultation,” Gopnik said. “I’ve urged [student groups] to send me their suggestions and revisions, but I’ve yet to receive any reply whatsoever - I’m sure I will, however.”

The Legal Information Clinic plans to present its suggestions to Gopnik at a September 23rd meeting.

Sadie's suffers theft over sum mer Sadie's Tabagie on the first floor of the Shatner University Centre was robbed in late June, suffering a loss of cigarettes and some cash.

SSMU General Manager Guy Brisebois explained that the loss of approximately $6,000 was covered by insurance. Brisebois also stressed that new security measures have been implemented since the theft.

“Of course we’re always concerned with security,” he explained. “We now have five cameras in the building, and our system is hooked up to the main security office. Everything is taped 24 hours per day, seven days a week.”

At the time of the theft, only one of the five cameras, the one monitoring the front door, was operating.

The theft is believed to have been carried out by people familiar with the layout of the building.

“They came through the Alley, managing to twist open the lock,” explained Brisebois. “One cash register was pried open with a crow bar, but they were unable to open the other one.”

The lock on the door in the Alley has now been replaced by a stronger one.

Executive credit ca rd s cause ruckus Student Reps were up in arms at Thursday’s Students’Society (SSMU) meeting over the SSMU executive committee’s acquisition of credit cards. The credit cards are intended for use by executive members for travel and other specified purposes.

At the meeting, SSMU VP Finance Paul Johnson proposed a policy that required SSMU-sponsored clubs to obtain the approval of the Financial Management Committee for all purchases. When asked about emergency expenditures, Johnson argued that these should be accounted for in club budgets.

Student representatives opposed to the executive’s acquisition of credit cards questioned their use for unapproved expenses. According to Johnson, all expenses paid for by the credit cards were to be pre­ approved before the date of departure.

“We fill out personal expense forms which must be pre-approved ahead of time,” Johnson told councilors.

SSMU Clubs Rep Edward Saad questioned the fairness of what appeared to be special privileges for executives. .

“In cases of emergency, clubs need two signatures before they can spend money. The executive members don't need this approval,” he argued. “According to the policy that Paul has proposed, [clubs] have to budget for emergencies up to $200 while executive members do not.”

The McGill Tribune, S ep tem b er 14-20,1993

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Get involved in the federal election

BY C H E R IE P A Y N E With the federal election scheduled to take place in sev­ eral weeks, much work remains to be done. Students have am­ ple opportunity to get involved in the campaigns and in the three main federal parties. In addition to the party divisions on campus, there are youth divisions at each party’s head­ quarters in Quebec. Representa­ tives from the New Democratic (NDP), Liberal, and Progres­ sive Conservative (PC) parties on campus and in their Q uebec headquarters, recom m ended various ways in which students can get involved.

NDP McGill VP David D’Andrea, also a candidate for the St. Leonard riding, offered the NDP as the party in which students and other youth can get the most hands-on experi­ ence in the political process.

“There is a huge variety of activities for students to get involved in, from concrete cam­ paign work, to organizing con­ ferences for the campus group, to actually formulating policy which affects the direction of the party,” he said.

NDP McGill allows stu­ dents the convenience of join­ ing the party. The cam pus or­ ganization maintains close links to the federal party. The party has provisions in its constitu­ tio n to re c o g n iz e s tu d e n t

Let the games begin

groups, so NDP McGill acts on the same level as a constitu­ ency or riding.

Because of this, the club can send delegates to party conventions within the prov­ ince and around the country.

While this type of experience could potentially help further political careers, D’Andrea cau­ tioned potential m em bers of NDP McGill that am bition should not be the only factor encouraging students to join the club.

“W hat w e are really look­ ing for is people w ho are will­ ing to work hard, and w ho are sincere,” he stressed.

Julia Amsby, vice presi­ dent of the w estern division of Young Liberals Q uebec, gave similar exam ples of activities for youth volunteers of the Lib­ eral Party. V o lu n teers are needed to give speeches, at­ tend m eetings to form ulate policy, m ake phone calls, and stuff envelopes.

The aim of the Young

Liberals is to lobby the main division of the Liberal Party to include the issues of youth in its platform. To this end, the youth division holds training camps to inform youth of the issues which affect them di­ rectly, as well as those which concern the party as a whole.

In turn, Liberal senators and m em bers o f the H ouse of Commons have been touring the country to gauge the needs o f young Canadians.

Amsby also encouraged young adults to join the Youth Commission, an organization which allows youth to provide a year of service to Canada and address such issues as the envi­ ronm ent and the plight of the hom eless. She stressed that working with the Young Liber­ als was not only an opportunity to leam about the party, but to gain valuable job training.

Nicole Gervais, vice presi­ dent of Progressive Conserva­ tives at McGill, provided a de­ scription of the cam pus divi­ sion of her party.

“PC McGill is the youth liaison betw een the party and the cam pus,” she said. “It is one of the largest cam pus political groups in Canada, and is cer­ tainly the largest in Q uebec.”

Although the group has general m eetings throughout the year, it is especially busy now because of the election.

Volunteers are needed for nu­ meration, and for conducting polls, flyer drops, and rallies.

Gervais also recom m ended ac­ tivities for students w ho have not yet decided which party to support.

“W e bring in speakers, send m em bers to conventions, and last year w e even had som e m em bers attend a luncheon with Brian M ulroney,” she re­ ported. “W henever there is a political function in the area, w e are there.”

Community centre seeks volunteers

BY M I C H A E L G R A Y

The staff, or animators, co­ ordinate all activities and help guide the volunteers. Current ani­ mators Nathan Hoderman and M anuela P etersen organize courses, such as sewing and cook­ ing, and hold discussion nights, where the topics debated vary from post-secondary education to safe sex. The animators explained that they depend on volunteers to

Youth in Motion, a commu­ nity centre in Montreal’s Little Bur­ gundy district, offers local youth a much-needed alternative to hang­ ing out on the streets. Designed as a drop-in centre, Youth in Motion provides tutoring and personal advice to high school-aged youth.

The centre opened its doors in March of 1990, in response to the growing need for “This personal, one-on-one a community cen­ approach is w h a t b en efits tre geared to ­ wards older chil­ th e youth m o s t,” dren. Although one already ex­ isted for children -Nathan Hoderman, Youth In Motion.

6 to 12 years of age, young adults aged 13 to 17 had nowhere to gather after school. teach these courses and to work According to former staff mem­ as tutors, but most importantly, to ber, Bangaly Traore, the goal of act as role models for the youth. the Youth in Motion program is “This personal, one-on-one “to keep kids off the street and approach is what benefits the give them the resources to im­ youth most,” Hoderman said. prove both their academic and The Tribune spoke with life skills." three of the young students who

frequent the centre.

“I started hanging out at the centre two years ago, even though I was only 11,” confided Tiffany Lawrence, age 13. “I had to sneak in, but it was worth it because I had a place to be after school, and I got to go on a lot of field trips with my friends.”

Natasha Bishop Geddes, age 12, said that she recognizes the need to stay out of trouble.

“I’ve been to La Ronde, horseback riding, and to see a prison with the centre,” she ex­ plained. “I go almost all year round, and it’s fun because I learn a lot.”

According to the three chil­ dren, their parents support their involvement with the centre.

“My mom really likes the centre because when I’m there, she knows where to find me, and how to reach me,” said Cleo Whyne, also 13. “She says it keeps me out of trouble. Even though I go there to hang out, it’s okay because there are adults around.”

According to Hoderman and Peterson, the centre needs McGill students to volunteer, not just as

tutors, b u t to spend time with the youth. In the past, volunteers from M cGill’s Black Students N etw ork have worked at the cen­ tre. Several com­ mented that the experience was beneficial to both them selves and the children with w hom they w orked. LeighAnn Malcolm, U2 Arts, was enthusi­ astic about the program.

“I tutored one student in French from No­ vember to May,” she explained.

“We got along well, and I really enjoyed the expe­ Youth in Motion animators rience.”

Malcolm encourages stu­ to contact the Black Students Net­ dents interested in volunteering work or to call Youth in Motion.

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The McGill Tribune, S ep tem b er 14-20,1993

S tu d en ts e asy ta rg e ts fo r p sy c h o lo g ic a l m in d c o n tro l

BY JA SO N H A N S K L E IN E S e c re t sy m b o ls, m id ­ n ig h t ritu als a n d sp iritu a l c h a n tin g are c o m m o n im ­ a g e s a sso c ia te d w ith cults.

H o w e v e r, th o u s a n d s o f y o u n g N orth A m ericans are in v o lv e d in cults, m an y h e re in M ontreal, w ith o u t e v e r h av in g w o rn a lo n g b lac k ro b e. Cults rarely involve su c h p ractices a n d are diffi­ cu lt to d e te c t. E ntering a n e w a c a d e m ic year, it is im p o r­ ta n t th a t stu d e n ts b e a w are o f h o w easy it is to find th em se lv e s in th e m id st o f a p sy ch o lo g ically d estru ctiv e cult.

In resp o n se to increased c o n c e rn s a b o u t cult rec ru it­ m e n t o n th e McGill c a m p u s, a wra rn in g a b o u t cults a p ­ p e a re d this y e a r in th e SSMU h a n d b o o k . T h e a u th o r o f the c h a p te r o n faith , A rn o ld K w ok, e x p la in e d w h y the se c tio n w a s in clu d e d .

“In th e past, cults h av e n o t b e e n c o v e re d , a n d cults h a v e b e e n a p re s e n c e o n c a m p u s ,” h e said. “It is th ere to inform first y e a r stu d e n ts

o f th e e x is te n c e o f cu lts.”

A cco rd in g to th e C ult A w a re n e ss N e t­ w o rk (CAN), a d e s tru c ­ tive cult is d e fin e d as: “a c lo s e d s y ste m o r g ro u p w h o s e fo llo w ­ e rs h av e b e e n rec ru ite d d e c e p tiv e ly a n d r e ­ ta in e d th ro u g h u s e o f ---------------------------------------------- --m a n ip u la tiv e te c h ­ n iq u e s o f th o u g h t re ­ HARE KRISHNA fo rm o r m in d c o n tro l.”

T h e ideal n e w cult HARE KRISHNA m e m b e r is a bright, p e r­ KRISHNA KRISHNA so n a b le , in telligent stu ­ HARE HARE d e n t w ith a m id d le — o r u p p e r class b a c k ­ g ro u n d — th e sam e HARE RAMA profile as m an y McGill stu d e n ts. Cults rarely HARE RAMA targ et p e o p le w ith p o o r RAMA RAMA social skills, sin ce th ese HARE HARE individuals are less su c ­ c e ss fu l in r e c ru itin g o th e rs a n d in co lle ct­ Well versed in attracting students ing do n atio n s. T h ey are lo o k ­ at is n o t th e d ru g u se rs b u t ra th e r th e intelligent stu d en ts ing fo r role m odels. o n c a m p u s ,” h e said. “T hey R e v e ren d H e lm u t are lo o k in g fo r th e brig h test Saabas, D irecto r o f M cGill’s s tu d e n ts o n c a m p u s .”

C h ap lain cy Service is w ell S tu d e n ts , p a rtic u la rly v e rse d in th e issu e o f cult th o se in first y ear, are easy recruitm ent. p rey for d e stru c tiv e cults d u e “W h at th e y are aim ing

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"L oneliness c o u ld b e o n e o f th e m otives fo r jo in in g cults, b e in g a w ay from h o m e , p o s ­ sibly b re a k d o w n s in re­ latio n sh ip s,” S a a b a se x ­ p lain ed . “ T hey b e c o m e e a sy p re y to a n y o n e w h o a p p e a rs to sh o w love o r un d erstan d in g . ” I r v in g G o ld , a McGill stu d e n t w h o h as re s e a rc h e d cult activi­ ties, a g re e d th a t stu ­ d e n ts are at p a rticu la r risk to cult recruitm ent.

“A large p r o p o r­ tio n a re v u ln e r a b le w h e n th ey are aw ay fro m th eir re fe re n c e ,” h e said. “T hat, c o m ­ b in e d w ith th e stress level in c re a se d a t u n i­ versity m akes [students] p rim e targets. A dd that to th e p re ssu re s o f d rin k in g a n d d ru g s. If y o u ’re n o t into that, w h e re are y o u g o in g to go?”

G o ld n o te d th a t w hile several g ro u p s are active o n c a m p u s to d ay , m an y m o re a re try in g to m ak e a p re s ­

e n c e.

“I w o rk e d at SSMU (Stu­ d e n ts ’ Society o f McGill) this su m m e r a n d g ro u p s w e re p h o n in g a n d trying to b o o k room s to h o ld sem in ars,” said G old.

H e also a c k n o w le d g e d th e difficulty in trying to dif­ feren tiate b e tw e e n cults a n d legitim ate spiritual g ro u p s.

“It’s really u p to th e in ­ d iv id u a l,” sa id G old. “Ask th e m for a c h a rte r.”

N on-p ro fit g ro u p s are re q u ire d to reg ister w ith the g o v e rn m e n t a n d p ro v id e a charter. T h o se c h a rters are accessib le to th e public. If a g ro u p c a n n o t p ro v id e o n e, G o ld s u g g e ste d th e g ro u p m ay b e a cult.

H elp is available for any­ o n e w h o m ay b e in v o lv ed w ith a cult. M cGill’s c h a p ­ la in s p r o v id e c o u n s e lin g services to cult m em b e rs a n d can h e lp g e t s tu d e n ts b ack o n th eir fee t again.

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The statement o f the V W van 1WATECOINS

Last m onth, my room ­ m ate, nay soulm ate, did probably the stupidest thing I’ve ever kn o w n her to do.

She’s alw ays b e e n fairly in­ dep en d en t, but this episode to p p e d it all off. She got into a Nova Scotia-bound VW van (w ith a schizo­ ph ren ic gas gauge) with a m a n s h e h a d ju st m et through m utual friends.

W hen she got to Nova Scotia, she got out o f the van, onto her bicycle, and rode around the province.

By herself. Som e p e o p le see nothing w rong with that, nothing exciting about it, and certainly nothing w orth devoting 578 w ords to in a new spaper. Oh well. The reaction she got, how ever, w as far from the type of yaw n w orthy of a History of C aterpillars lecture. T he w ord “crazy” cam e u p fairly often from her friends, p ar­ ticularly her m ale friends. I m anaged to restrain m yself from having a cow , and told her I u n d ersto o d w hy she w as going and that sh e had better com e back alive because som ebody had to pay her share o f the rent.

At a time w h e n w alk­ ing through the ghetto in b ro ad daylight is o f q u es­ tionable safety, taking a trip w h e n you are clearly by yourself is like playing Rus­ sian roulette. Most p eo p le these days w o u ld n 't take those kinds of risks.

Yet my (fairly) sensi­ ble room m ate did. A nother fem ale friend o f m ine did the sam e thing this sum ­ m er, except she w as riding from W ashington, DC to Florida. She w as harassed all the way, until she d e ­ cided it just w a sn ’t w orth the risk anym ore. Funny how being flashed by a truck driver on a highw ay so m e­ w here near no w h ere will change your m ind.

Planning that sort of vacation instead of just go­ ing to E urope like every­

BY C H E R Y L D E V O E body else seem s a little ludi­ crous, but it’s not as crazy as it seem s.

I think I speak for a lot of w om en w h en I say that I, for one, get tired o f being told it’s not safe to do so m e­ thing by myself. I like to go p laces by m yself. G oing places alone after dark, or going on trips alone, m ay not be safe, but there com e tim es w hen I have to do it for the sense of e m p o w e r­ m ent.

It w as really scary m ov­ ing to M ontreal an d being told not to carry a purse, not to take flyers from p e o p le on the street, not to go out after dark. I live in a small tow n w here som e p e o p le still d o n ’t have locks on their doors. This just isn’t the w ay life should be. I get to the point w here the risk is w orth it just because I am tired of b e in g im p riso n e d in m y hom e. I’m tired of w aiting to buy milk until the m orning.

I’m tired of being scared.

So every o n c e in a w hile, I w alk hom e w h en it’s a little too dark, o r run out for milk for that m id­ night bow l o f A pple-C inna­ m on Cheerios. It’s my p er­ sonal protest to the state o f our society.

I d o n ’t have the nerve to do w hat my friends did this sum m er. Som ebody al­ w ays know s w h ere I am, and how to reach m e and w hat time to expect me. But w hat is im portant for p eo p le to und erstan d is that w e all have our personal form s of protest against imprisonm ent for the crim e o f being a w om an. Som etim es they are stupid. But som etim es you n eed to do som ething stu ­ pid in order to m ake it hom e alive, restore a little faith in hum an nature, and m aintain a sense of independence.

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First ladies o f video

BY KATE GIBBS The sisters that did it for them­ selves are doing it all over again at the Musée d ’Art Contemporain de Montréal (185 Ste. Catherine O.).

The First Generation -Women and Video, 1970-1975is an unusual retrospective which examines female identities and responses to video when it was a new medium The notion of art as theory is drawn easily between 35 works from cross-cul­ tural perspectives. Challenging and delightful as a group, together these pieces sing as much of the soul as the body electric.

The complete program is 10 hours long. Sensibly, guest curator JoAnn Hanley divided the program into five units, each of which play three times a week. Two hours is engrossing but 10 hours would be mind-boggling.

The pieces appear to have been compiled into programs at ran­ dom, with each relating to the next at the viewer’s will. The joy in this compilation is in the emergence of the personality of each artist in ac­ cordance to the themes of her work.

Each of these women was concerned primarilywith artisticexploration, thus any attempt at chronology has been disbanded Video artist Ilene Segalove ex­

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plained that the early 70’s was a period when “just to put your hands on the equipment” was construed “a feminist act”. Nonetheless, it is impor­ tant to stress the acessibility of these programs. As many of the programs combine an interest in exploring the nature of videotape as the content of

the tape itself.

ProgramThree runs the gamut from the seminal feminist piece The Politics of Intimacy (52 minutes) by Julie Gustafson to the quirky The Red Shoes (30 seconds) by Ilene Segalove.

Gustafson’sengrassingdocu-dialogue features 10 women between the ages

of 15 and 54.

Responding to questions about masturbation, sexual power, and femininity, these women present a touching portrait of culturally deter­ mined attitudes. Their conversation is emphasised by the intimate nature of the small screea Segalove’s black-

and-white shorts developed from her desire to “put my family on TV. like the Brady Bunch — except they weren’t particularly normal.” In Ad­ vice from Mom (two minutes) the artist (the video camera) follows Mom around the split-level ranch (after all it is the 70’s) asking deadpan ques­ tions on where to find things as mundane as steaks or dress shoes Not all of these works intend to deliver overtly feminist statements.

The aims of each artist are intrinsic to her work. Mako Idemitsu, one of two Japanese artists included in Program Four, challenges domes­ tic Japanese assumptions. In What a Woman Made (11 minutes) a purely abstractscreensilently reveals itself to be a tampon in a toilet bowl, while excerpts from How to Raise Girl Chil­ dren are read aloud As foreign as a work like Idemitsu’s may appear to be when compared to Segalove’s, both explore the different nature of the sexes.

Upon arrival at the museum, do not be disappointed with the appear­ ance of this installation. The plain room with sixteen chairs is more than sufficient. The cost of admission, $2.75 for students, more than makes up for it Each ticket also entitles the bearer to the museum’s entire collection.

Screenings begin at 12:30 and 3:00 Tuesday through Sunday.

Kirk returns to the Shatner Building

BY J O H N S C A N L O N 26 years later, it is very difficult to escape the spectre of the LSS Enterprise. Star Trek conventions are faith­ fully atten d ed by the m ost die­ h ard of fans; th ere’s even a Klingon dictionary — and a cam p that Trekkies can attend to learn the Klingon language — perfect for a bit o f robust flirtation w hile w aiting in line for a Chekov autograph.

All sum m er long Leonard N im o y 's u n m is ta k a b ly Spockish voice could be heard o n A&E narrating those horrid In Search Of... reruns. D ie­ h ard fans could also enjoy Sta r Trek: The N ext G enera­ tion and Star Trek: Deep Space N in e in syndication everyday, follow ed of course by the origi­ nal show at m idnight on CBC. You know you love it, you closet Trekkiesl Get your pointy little ears to P layer’s Theatre fo r live S ta r Trek this week Let’s face it, the Enter­ prise is everyw here, a n d for claim his wife; an d “T he Na­ here is ‘rehearsal’, m ind you, the next tw o w eeks that bas­ tion of late 60’s cheese is as­ k ed Tim e” , the episode w here so an actual review of the play everyone on the ship is in­ is out o f the question. A very sum ing standard orbit over fected w ith a virus that re­ brief conversation w ith the th e McGill Player’s Theatre. d ir e c to r s , Je re m y m oves all their inhibitions, tw o P layer’s is perform ing tw o H e c h tm a n a n d P ie r r e causing them to act all funky ep iso d es from the original se­ Larocque, revealed the follow­ a n d weird. ries: “Amok Tim e”, the one I atten d ed a (non-dress) ing essential fact: neither are w h ere Spock gets rea llyh o m y rehearsal o f the show on Fri­ Trekkies (Aah! T he horror!). a n d the Enterprise has to bring As a m id-level Trekster, day night. T he operative w ord him to Vulcan in order to

how ever, I can assure you that the spirit o f the original show is m aintained. Yes, each epi­ so d e is replete with the stac­ cato m annerism s of Kirk, the cool ironic witticisms o f Spock, the ridiculous Bonesian ex­ plosions, an d the generally delicious cheesiness of the w hole affair. I asked the direc­

tors w h ether the show w as intended as cam p or as a “straight” perform ance. Their response gives an insight into its continued popularity: the series is inherently cam py.

N othing you can do to it will m ake it any m ore silly than it ; already is. T he hard-core set m ay balk at the m odified props, the exaggefated move- i m ents and the self-reflexive hum our, but then again they have alw ays m issed the point. > Star Trek is not to be revered, but rather frivolously enjoyed.

Last year’s foray into the final frontier was an incred­ ible success, attracting au d i­ ences w h o m ight never have strayed from their w o o d -p an ­ elled rec room s. Player’s is hoping that this installm ent perform s the sam e function and persuades p eo p le to at­ tend su b seq u en t productions, j W hether galactic neophytes or veterans of the Federation, view ers can expect to leave the show beam ing, so to speak Star Trek is p la yin g Sept.

14 to 18 a n d 21 to 2 5 a t the M cGill P layer’s Theatre, 3 rd Floor S h a tn er B uilding (!) , 3 4 8 0 M cTavish. Tickets are $5 f o r students a n d seniors; $10 f o r everyone else.

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Reservoir romance: sex and violence at its best

BY C A T R IN M O R R IS Violence, cleavage, the mafia, a police chase.

Die Hard IP No. It’s True Rom ance, the new film by Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs'). See it. It’s excellent.

The plot is somewhat remi­ niscent of a Miami Vice episode.

Clarence (Christian “greetings and salutations” Slater) is an es­ tranged guy who frequents Kung Fu flicks, while Alabama (Patricia Arquette) is a retro-70’s whore with a heart of gold. They meet, have wild tongue-flicking sex, bare their souls and declare eter­ nal love.

Both their characters and their relationship come out of now here. But that’s actually good. We are spared the stock Hollywood courtship sequence in which the couple inevitably kiss in the rain, try on hats in front of a mirror and spoon-feed each other in a café somewhere.

Clarence and Alabama’s love exists for its own sake, for the sake of their fairy-tale fan­ tasy world. But the love story is quickly upstaged by the charac­ ters and events which unravel in the forgettable cocaine-smug­ gling mafia plot.

In many respects, True Ro­ m ance is a parody of itself.

Clarence is a composite of the aggressive Kung Fu characters, and although Alabama was a call-girl for a mere three days, she makes a point of hamming

u p h e r o u t­ sider-rebel sta­ tus. The cops in True Romanceare cap­ tivated by the opportunity to reconstruct a B-movie style d ru g b u st.

They stumble along like chil­ dren playing cops and rob­ bers.

C l a r e n c e ’s meek and sim­ ple father. For once, Hopper is not an an­ noying psycho­ pathic drunk.

B r o n s o n

“Balki” Pinchot (whose name yielded a cho­ rus of laughter w h e n it a p ­ p e a re d on screen) plays a W h e n spineless Hol­ Clarence’s ear­ lyw ood low ­ nest father ut­ life with not ters the cliché even a trace of “I love you a “Russian” ac­ so n ”, he p a ­ cent. Michael thetically ech­ R a p a p o rt is oes the stock outstanding as sentimental fa­ C l a r e n c e ’s ther-son rela­ goofy friend tionship. This Dick. An aspir­ self-refiexivity ing actor, he is thoroughly gets a bit-part enhanced by a in a T.J. Hooker juxtaposition episode, and of the main ac­ the irony is hi­ tion with the larious. Last, violence on the but definitely TV sc re e n s not least, Brad flickering in Patricia: “You know, you aren't really that hot close up. Your h air is weird.

Pitt plays Dick’s the backdrop Christian: "Yeah, well you ain't no Rosanna. Toto never wrote a sons for you!" sto n er room ­ of their lives. mate Floyd. In T a ran tin o is fact, Floyd is positing a blatant cause-and-efabout True Romance is the cast­ the only character who is visited fect relationship between the vio­ ing. Director Tony Scott (who by the mafia men without being lent nature of mainstream cul­ has directed a slew of abomina­ left to rot. He is merely too ture and that of real life. ble movies) must be applauded stoned to piss anyone off. Pitt Far and away, the best thing for casting Dennis Hopper as achieves utter perfection in every "

doped-out line.

But why all the violence? Is it gratuitous and unnecessary, or is there some point to all this?

Perhaps Tarantino is trying, as he did with Reservoir Dogs, to expose the amorality of our cul­ ture by forcing us to watch this stuff. Maybe. But one wonders how many Goodfellas we have to watch in order to de-glorify violence.

Yet the shooting sprees and gruesome details of this film, like the characters, maintain the level of self-parody. By the end, the audience almost doesn’t care that 80 per cent of the cast is on the hotel floor in a writhing heep of almost-dead flesh. One mafia hit-man explains that “the first time you kill somebody — that’s the hardest.” He then reassures us that “the third one is easy. I do it now just to watch the hackin’ expression change.” Tarantino skillfully places the audience in a cruel situation. We realize that we too have become desensi­ tized as the violence becomes diluted.

If in Reservoir Dogs death was revealed to be not just a clean Terminator 2 shoot-out, but a devastating and stomachturning reality, this film seems to say that violence and murder can only end in total annihila­ tion. The climaxTs intentionally laughable, not because death itself is funny, but because the entire premise of the violence is hollow.

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Le professeur Anthony Masi, le doyen Pierre Bélanger, le professeur Henrietta Galiana et le professeur Robert Carroll, représentants du Sénat.

M. Fayez Nathoo (SSMU) et M. Patrick Crowley (PGSS), représentants des étudiants.

Student Representatives: Mr. Fayez Nathoo (SSMU) and Mr. Patrick Crowley (PSSS).

M. W.C. Leggett, vice-principal (Enseignement).

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Le vice-principal (Planification et Ressources) relève du principal et est responsable des relations institutionnelles, des politiques sur les ressources humaines, du Centre de calcul, des ressources informatiques, de l'aménagement physique, de certains éléments des ressources matérielles, du service de planification de l’Université, du service des télécommunications et enfin d'Équité McGill.

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The McGill Tribune, S ep tem b er 14-20,1993

Pushing bad taste to the Edge PREMIERE ISSUE! Better than sex, less filling than beer..

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BY B E N O IT JA C Q M O T TE A couple o f years ago, two Harvard sophomores sat around their dorm room lamenting the lack o f magazines targeted for a college-age male audience. So they decided to d o something about it.

Aaron Shapiro andjonathan Hsu, n ow both Harvard seniors, are the publisher and editorial director, and the editor-in-chief, respectively, o f In sid e Edge fo r M en, a slick ‘n’ glossy bi-monthly magazine which premiered this summer. 200,000 copies were dis­ tributed across the US, Ontario, and horror o f horrors, right here in Quebec.

In his mission statement, Shapiro stuns us with his vision: “W e write about the things that matter — sports, girls, music, babes, partying, wom en, style... and some serious subjects.”

I first flip p e d to the “askMIKE” section (filled with fake mail, as it’s their first issue), to see what In sid e Edge editors expect from their audience.

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Continuing my perusal, I fall upon a piece entitled, "H ow Big a STUD are you?" Truth be told, I've always considered myself a bit o f a stud, and here's my chance to prove it "Question 4: W hen alone in a room with you, girls can most often be found: A. Heading for the door.

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This rag-a-zine never moves b e y o n d these N ean d erth a ler themes. If E dge is to be believed, the average North American male spends 90 per cent o f his waking life with a forty-ouncer in one hand and someone else’s girl­ friend in the other, trying to com e up with money-making scams so he w o n ’t have to w ork a day in his life.

T o E dgés credit, editors have barraged their readers with a safe sex message, o f sorts. The mes sage is not ‘practice safe sex, always use a condom ’, it is ‘put on a condom before you lay pipe, or you might die later’. One article informs readers on how to choose the right condoms for their needs H owever, even this article can’t h elp taking snide sw ip es at women. The author claims that a w om a n must have d e s ig n e d spermicidically-lubricated co n ­ doms, since no guy in his right mind w ould want to put jello-like stuff on his Johnson.

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“There was no magazine i that targeted this market,” he said.

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Redmen narrow ly escape with w in over Carleton

BY C H R I S T O P H E R R IG N E Y In preparing for last Satur­ day’s Ontario-Québec Intercol­ legiate Football C onference opener against Carleton, Redmen Head Coach Charlie Baillie’s big­ gest fear was having his team underestimate the Ravens, winless all last season. With his squad in possession of a commanding 223 lead with just over three min­ utes to play, Baillie’s pregame fears came dangerously close to becoming a reality. The rejuve­ nated Ravens struck for two quick touchdowns, cutting the McGill lead to 22-17, before time ran out on their comeback.’

Baillie, visibly irritated that his team had allowed the Ravens to make the contest so tight, offered his perspective on the season-opening victory.

“It wasn’t pretty but two points is two points. But overall, we didn't play well, so you really have a hard time enjoying a win like this,” said the coach.

After Redmen defensive back Jamie Murphy pounced on a loose ball at the 44-yard line, one of five Raven fumbles on the day, the Redmen offence, led by fifth-year quarterback Justin Raymond, went to work on its first drive. Things couldn’t have looked better for the Redmen, as Delando Hawthorne powered his

way through the Raven defence spent much of the second half punting back and forth. on a pair of impressive runs.

“We became too comfort­ Raymond followed with a able with our lead and proceeded 14-yard pass to wide receiver to fall asleep. They threw some Steve Papp, setting up kicker Andy Boon for a 21-yard field new defences at us and we just didn’t respond well,” Raymond goal and a 3-0 McGill lead. Both Hawthorne and Papp, vital cogs said. “The windy conditions didn’t exactly help our passing attack.” in the Redmen offensive attack, While the Redmen should looked solid in returning from injuries.

Having fumbled earlier at the end of a nifty 30-yard run, Redmen rookie running back Chad Luedtke re­ deemed himself when he plunged into the endzone from the half­ yard line, giving the Redmen a 10 point lead at the 12:43 mark of the opening quarter. Fol­ lowing a Raven field goal, Luedtke again Raym ond spearheads Redm en charge found the promised land, this learn from the close opening vic­ tory, Raymond believed one les­ time outrunning the Carleton son to be supremely important. defence to the right side for an “Today, we played maybe eight-yard score, and an 18-3 20 to 25 minutes of football,” he Redmen edge going to the half. noted. “But we must learn to The tally, which came with play a full 60 if w e’re going to be just over three minutes left in the successful.” half, marked the close of the As the offence sputtered, Redmen offensive output, with the Redmen “D” continued its the exception of a lone Boon field goal early in the third quar­ sterling play, led by linebackers Mark Reesor and Carl St.-Onge, ter.

Raymond offered some rea­ who recorded 11 and 10 tackles, respectively. That is until the sons for why the McGill attack Ravens began a drive with just ground to a halt, as the two teams

over three minutes remaining in the game. With McGill still hold­ ing a 22-3 e d g e , Raven quarterback Sean O’Neill con­ n e c te d w ith ru n n in g back Christopher Dorrington on a 5yard touchdown pass, cutting the lead to 12 points.

The Raven defence forced the Redmen to punt, and once again the Carleton attack went to work, this time from midfield. After a cru­ cial penalty call against McGill, the Ravens, be­ hind poised sophomore >■ O'Neill, once again found ■§, themselves knocking on 5 the door. With the ball o spotted at the one-yard g- line and 16 ticks of the to clock remaining, O ’Neill Je rolled out left before cut^ ting back to the right on a mad dash for the corner of the end zone. Narrowly beat­ ing out the Redmen defensive backs who had taken the initial fake, O’Neill’s touchdown shaved the Redmen lead to a scant five points while sending the sparse Raven faithful, who had suffered through the dreadful Ottawa weather all afternoon, into a frenzy.

Redmen defensive back Franz Wellington, while happy to return to Montreal with the win, was deeply concerned by the late defensive lapse.

“We just made too many mental mistakes and we played the last quarter on our heels. It was also a combination of un­ derestimation and the composed play of th e ir q u a rte rb a c k [O’Neill]," noted the fifth-year veteran.

The next task for the Redmen comes in the form of fhe Concordia Stingers in Saturday’s annual Shrine Bowl at Molson Stadium. The Stingers defeated the Redmen 25-24 in last year’s fall classic, and just this past Saturday in other O-QIFC ac­ tion, lost to the no. 2 Bishop’s Gaiters on a 54-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass as time ex­ pired.

The Redmen, along with Baillie, know that it will take a stronger effort than was displayed against the Ravens if they are to maintain their no. 8 national rank ing and beat the tougher teams in the conference, such as Concordia.

Trying to find some posi­ tives from his team’s Carletongame effort was diffucult, but Baillie was able to find one plus as the team looks ahead to Concordia.

“Hey, at least the guys learned that they’ll have to play a whole better than they did today if they want to win any of our other games this season,” concluded the coach.

Martlet field hockey anxious to stick it to opponents

BY Y V O N C A R R IÈ R E All seems well with the Martlet Field Hockey team as they prepare for the 1993 sea­ son. The final team roster has yet to be selected. This year more than ever coach Alex Philippi has a large group to choose from.

Phillipi, who is entering his fourth year as head coach of the Martlet Field Hockey team, was elated by the number of athletes interested this year.

“We are really impressed with this year’s turnout; 42 ladies to be exact. This is probably the largest turnout in the history of the team,” stated Philippi.

What makes this turnout even more impressive is the fact that none of the players Philippi an d a ssista n t co ach T ran Steinberg originally recruited came to McGill.

“Our recruiting is simple; the players call us and we send the necessary information,” said Philippi.

This season every new player that showed up for camp was a walk-on. The final roster

and Louise Gloutney all come with optimism. will include 16 players, and those “We feel very good about off a busy summer and should who do not make the team are be finely tuned for the university this year’s team," commented encouraged to play for the Martlet Philippi. season. indoor team.

“We have two new players Singh was named a Na­ “We are really excited about coming to us from Holland, and tional First Team All Star last this new indoor team,” Philippi another two from said. “This team the United States,” will provide the added Steinberg. o u td o o r team "This international with fresh play­ ex perience can ers in case we only m ake our need them dur­ team stronger." ing the season.

The regular At the same time season schedule it allows us to m a tc h e s th e d e v e lo p our Martlets against players for the _ the universities of years to come.” ^ T oronto, York, “The out­ a Trent, Q u een ’s, door team’s suc­ 1 Western, Guelph, cess is obviously q Carleton, and Wa­ im portant, but terloo. the indoor team’s “T he top success is just as tw o team s are important, if not M artlet fie ld hockey: putting the fun back into non-funded year, and Gloutney played for Toronto and York,” commented more,” agreed Steinberg. the Québec Senior team. Roper Philippi.” A realistic goal for us The coaches hope to build would be to finish in the top six; on this season, aiming for ulti­ tended goal for the Québec team in essence make the playoffs,” at th e C a n a d a G am es in mate success in the years to he added.

Kamloops. All three are well come.

Like all the other varsity The Martlets have ten play­ prepared and should provide teams that are not funded by the excellent leadership for the ers returning from last year’s McGill Department of Athletics, Martlets and enter the season squad. Nilu Singh, Gillian Roper,

the Field Hockey team looks for more exposure.

“The original purpose for the stadium was to showcase the field hockey competition during the 1976 Summer Olym­ pics,” noted Philippi. “A lot of people, including the school administration, appear to have forgotten about all that,” he added.

Field hockey is widely con­ sidered to be the third most popular sport in the world. Only so c ce r a n d b a sk e tb a ll are favored.

The Martlets, the lone Québec team in the Ontario Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Association field hockey league, kick the season off on Septem­ ber 18th when they will take part in the Q ueen’s tournament in Kingston.

The field hockey team plays its first home game at Molson Stadium on October 15th at 3 PM, as McGill hosts their annual field hockey tournament from October 15th to the 17th.

The Martlets will play in 6 tournaments for a total of 16 games this season.

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New look cross country team still the cream o f the crop

BY C H A R L E S THOM AS By th e tim e th e M cGill C ross C o u n try team s e le c ­ tio n m e e t w as o v e r last Fri­ d a y on th e s lo p e s of M o u n t R o y a l, m a n y n e w faces h a d s te p p e d to th e fo re fro n t a n d ta k e n th e ir p la c e a m o n g th e te a m ’s é lite.

O n e th in g s h o u ld re ­ m ain th e sam e, h o w ­ e v e r, th e team , w h ic h has c o n s is te n tly c h a l­ le n g e d th e to p e c h ­ e lo n s o f th e Q u é b e c a n d n a tio n a l c irc u its, s h o u ld o n c e a g a in p r o v e to b e a c o n ­ te n d e r.

R o sie M u llin s a n d K a te Leslie.

T h e M artlets, w h o took fifth p lace at last y e a r’s CIAU c h a m p io n s h ip s , w ill n e e d th e h e lp o f th e u p s ta rts to

is so m e d o u b t w h e th e r sh e will b e b a c k in tim e fo r th e p ro v in c ia l c h a m p io n s h ip s .

Also o f c o n c e rn to th e team is th e h e a lth o f n a ­ tio n a l tea m m e m b e r Linda

“N o b o d y h a s b u ilt u p to o u r level in th e p ro v in c e yet. For natio n als, w e ’ll have to w a it a n d s e e , ” s a id B arrett. “But w e g a in e d a lo t m o re th a n w e lo st. We

In th e a b s e n c e o f a ll-C a n a d ia n s M é l a n i e C h o in iè r e and Linda T h y e r , the w o m e n ’s race was d o m in a te d by U1 S c i e n c e s t u d e n t A sh ley Hahn.

The C o llin g w o o d , Ontario n a t i v e t o o k t he race , w h ich was sligh tly l o n g e r t han 5 k m in 21:49. H e a d coach D en n is Barrett w as p l e a s e d w i t h t he y o u n g a t h l e t e ’s p e r f o r m a n c e .

“A shley w as a n ic e s u r ­ p rise ; for h e r first y ear, sh e h as a b rig h t f u tu re ,” c o m ­ m e n te d B arrett. “S h e ’s in t h e c la s s o f a M a e v e M u ld o w n e y [M u ld o w n e y , w h o h a s n o w g ra d u a te d , fin is h e d s ix te e n th at th e 1992 C anadian In ter-U n iv er­ sity A th letic U nion (CIAU) c h a m p io n s h ip s ] a n d s h e ’s o n ly 30 s e c o n d s b e h in d Linda [T h y e r’s] first y e a r tim e s .”.

S tro n g p e rf o r m a n c e s w e re a lso re c o rd e d b y th ird y e a r tea m m e m b e r K elly F allo n , ta k in g a lm o st tw o m in u te s o ff h e r tim e from last y ear, a n d n e w c o m e rs

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C h o in ière is ta k in g p a rt in an e x c h a n g e p ro g ra m m e at th e U n iv ersity o f B ritish C o lum bia for th e 1993-1994 sc h o o l y ear. D e sp ite th e re ­ lo c a tio n , s h e w ill b e e lig i­ b le to ru n for M cGill, b u t d o in g so will b e d ifficu lt a c c o rd in g to B arrett.

“M élanie can o n ly run at n a tio n a ls if s h e ru n s at th e Q u é b e c p ro v in c ia ls, b u t [McGill] refu se s to p ay for h e r tr ip ,” sa id B arrett.

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“I ’ll b e in th e re again th is y e a r. I a c tu a lly th in k I ’m sta rtin g o ff a h e a d o f last y e a r in term s o f fitn e s s ,” sa id T h y er. “My go al is to fin ish in th e to p th re e n a ­ tio n a lly — I ’m a lo t m o re fo­ c u s e d th is y e a r.”

A lth o u g h so m e q u e s ­ tio n s a b o u t th e te a m ’s c o m ­ p o s itio n rem ain , B arrett still b e lie v e s th a t th e M artlets w ill b e th e c re a m o f th e c ro p in th e Q u é b e c c o n fe r­ ence.

b a s ic a lly re p la c e d M a e v e tM u ld o w n e y ] w ith A s h le y H a h n a n d R o sie M u llin s.”

T h e m e n ’s te a m also h a d few fam iliar fac e s in th e to p six p o s itio n s at th e tria ls. O n ly B rad Y o u n g re ­ t u r n e d fro m la s t y e a r ’s e ig h th - p la c e te a m a t th e CIAU c h a m p io n s h ip s . O th e r t o p s ix f i n i s h e r s , J e r r y Z av o rsk y , Pat M errin, a n d M arc T ru d el a re re tu rn in g from last y e a r's team , b u t d id n o t p a rtic ip a te at th e CIAU's.

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“I h a d to tak e s o m e tim e o ff from ru n n in g th is s u m m e r,” s a id th e U2 p h y sic a l e d u c a tio n s tu d e n t. “R u n n in g w as g e ttin g re a lly to u g h for m e. It to o k a lot to ru n th e tim es I w as r u n ­ n in g — I s h o u ld h a v e b e e n d o in g a lot b e tte r.

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T he R edm en ro ste r m ay b e b o ls te re d w ith th e p o ssib l e a d d i t i o n o f C h r is W a ss e n a a r, a U3 H isto ry tra n s fe r s tu d e n t from th e U n iv e rsity o f W e ste rn O n ­ ta rio C ross C o u n try team .

W a sse n a a r m ay b e e lig ib le to c o m p e te for M cGill, this s e a s o n , s u b je c t to CIAU ru le s a n d reg u la tio n s, w hich s h o u ld b e c la rifie d s h o rtly .

T he McGill Cross C o u n ­ try tea m w ill b e g in its s e a ­ s o n this S atu rd ay , S e p te m ­ b e r 18th, at th e U n iv ersity of W e s te rn O n ta rio in v ita tio n a l. T h e team w ill c o n sist o f th e first six fin ­ ish e rs in e ach o f th e w o m ­ e n ’s a n d m e n ’s rac e s at last w e e k e n d ’s trials.

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The McGill Tribune, Septem ber 14-20,1993

___________________ Sports___________________ W om en’s rugby back on stom ping grounds

BY JA M IE D E A N C o m i n g of f a sil ve r m e d a l p e r f o r m a n c e at last y e a r ’s p r ov in c i al c h a m p i ­ o n s h i p s , th e McGill W o m ­ e n ’s Ru gb y Club is l o o k i n g for g o l d this s e a s o n .

T h e “A” t e a m fin is he d s e c o n d in th e “A” divis io n of the Q u eb ec W om en's In tercollegiate Rugby L e a g u e (QWIRL) last year, b u t fell to the C o n c o r d i a Stinge rs in t h e p r ov in c i al final. T h e U n d e r - 1 9 t e a m a l s o f i n i s h e d s e c o n d in t he ir QWIRL div ision , a n d c a p t u r e d silver in th e c h a m ­ pionship tournament.

T h e “A" d iv is io n f e a ­ tu r e d M a cD o n a ld C o lleg e , C o n c o rd ia U n iv e rsity a n d

B i s h o p ’s U n iv e rs i ty . T h e U n d e r - 1 9 di v isi o n i n c l u d e s M ontreal CEGEPs M ar i a n o p o li s , J o h n Abb ot t, St. La m b er t a n d D a w s o n .

T h e club also pl ays e x ­ hibition m atches against t o u r i n g t e a m s . This y e a r t h e t e a m h o p e s to h o s t th e U n iv ersity of B uffalo, Sw arthm ore College a n d Q u e e n ’s University. In late N o v e m b e r t h e te a m p l a n s to travel to N e w York City for t h e M a n h a t t a n S e v e ns T o u r n a m e n t , w h e r e l as t season both teams reached t h e semi-finals.

W hil e m a n y o f t h e “A” t e a m s ta rte rs h a v e g r a d u ­ a te d , t e a m m e m b e r s are optim istic about the u p com ing season.

“W e h a v e lost m a n y of o u r p l a y e r s fro m last year, b u t s o h a s C o n c o r d i a , ” said c lu b p r e s i d e n t Bet h Wylie.

“W e h a v e m a n y p r o m i s in g p l a y e r s u p fro m last y e a r ’s “B ” t e a m a n d s e v er a l p l a y ­ e rs a re b a c k after a y e a r o ff. ” A m o n g r e t u r n i n g “A” players are fo rw ard s C h a n d y Davis, w h o p l ay e d o n O n t a r i o ’s p r o v i n c i a l t e a m at this y e a r ’s Can a d a G a m e s , All iso n T r a y n o r , Tori O a k m a n and Deb Gom es. Returning backs Carlene Bacchiochia and Sta cey Ru bi n will a n c h o r the defence.

T h e c o a c h i n g staff is h e a d e d by n e w c o m e r Dave Ha rd y, w h o will b e assisted

b y m e n ’s t e a m m e m b e r s R ob B u ffam a n d Sam Lup ton .

R e tu rn in g b a c k A lexa S a m u e ls is o p tim is tic a b o u t th is y e a r ’s te a m , d e s p ite all th e c h a n g e s .

“W e h a d a h u g e t u r n o ­ v e r from last year: it’s a c o m p l e t e l y di ff e re n t l o o k ­ ing t e a m . But I am o p t i m i s ­ tic a b o u t o u r c o a c h i n g staff and the n e w players c o m ­ ing u p from t h e U n de r-1 9 t e a m , ” said Samuels.

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“T h e r e is a lot to b u i l d on h e re . T h e y a re all d o i n g really w e l l . ” With m u c h a d v i c e a n d e n c o u r a g e m e n t from t h e sidelines, th e t eam c o n t i n u ­ ally i m p r o v e d t h r o u g h o u t th e g am e. T h e ba ck s p l a y e d pa rt i cu l a rl y wel l o n c e th e c o n c e p t of k i c k i n g w a s i n ­ troduced.

McGill’s on ly try o f th e g a m e w a s s c o r e d by te a m c a p t a i n Mon ica C o n w a y in t h e first half. She n o t e d t h a t this t e a m h a s on l y p r a c t i c e d t o g e t h e r just a f e w tim es a n d s o m e p l a y ­ ers h a v e n e v e r e v e n p l a y e d be fo re .

“W e have only practiced seven hours to­ g e t h e r so far, bu t I w a s really p l e a s e d to s e e h o w well w e c a m e t o g e t h e r t o ­ d a y , ” sa id C o nw a y .

B e c a u s e r u g b y is clas sified as a c l u b s p o r t b y the D e p a r t m e n t o f Athletics, McGill’s t e a m s d o n o t r e ­ c e iv e a n y f u n d i n g f rom the university a n d hav e last pri ority in u s i n g u ni v er s ity fa cilities. Last ye a r th e c lu b w a s r e l e g a t e d to p r a c t ic i n g on F o r b e s Field, an a l l e g e d s e w a g e r u n - o f f fo r t h e M c C o n n e l l r e s i d e n c e . In t h e pa st th e t e a m s h a v e s o l d c o o k b o o k s to raise m o n e y a n d are c o n s ta n t ly l o o k i n g for n e w s o u r c e s of fin an cin g.

Despite these o b sta­ cles, b o t h t e a m s in t h e c lu b should be strong c o n te n d ­ ers for t h e pr ov in c ia l title this year.

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The McGill Tribune, S ep tem b er 14-20,1993

McGill soccer teams return after roller coaster tourney

S c o re b o a rd Soccer-Old Four T ou rn er

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After venturing to Kingston for the annual Old Four soccer tournament, both the Redmen and the Martlets began their sea­ sons with mixed success, as the squads each returned home with a win and a loss to show for their weekend efforts.

The Redmen lost their first game 3-0 to a star-studded Uni­ versity of Toronto side, and ac­ cording to first-year Head Coach Valerio Gazzola, were clearly less experienced than the opposing Varsity Blues.

“They [Toronto] always have one or two players who also play in the Canadian Soccer League,” said Gazzola, “and they’re always very tough.”

Gazzola also felt that To­ ronto’s first two goals were ques­ tionable ones.

“Aside from those two goals, we played right with them," he said.

Fielding the same lineup on Sunday, McGill gained a meas­ ure of satisfaction, beating Bish­ op’s 4-0. Goals were notched by Cameron Hogg, Nick Giannis, Marc-Antoine Lachappelle and team captain Chris Drysdale.

Many were surprised that Gazzola and Assistant Coach Nick DelGrosso opted to field the same lineup against the the Gaiters as they had in their earlier loss. Gazzola, looking to develop a team chemistry early on in the season, explained his decision.

“It’s important to find your lineup early, ” he said. “We don’t have a lot of star players, so this team is going to have to leam quickly and mature quickly.”

The Redmen will open their regular season against Bishop’s this Saturday in Lennoxville.

The M artlets d e fe a te d Q ueen’s 1-0 on a goal from vet­ eran Luciana Cifarelli and a shut­ out perform ance by keeper

Carolyn Teng. On Sunday, in second-round action, the Martlets fell to the University of Toronto Blues 3-0.

The Martlets fielded a team that did not contain many of their regulars, who have commitments to club teams around Montreal.

The Old Four provided a golden opportunity for Iachetta to take a good look at this year’s rookies. Tony Iachetta, the head coach of the Martlets, was not concerned with playing the sec­ ond-string.

“We were missing quite a few starters, so I was not expecting much," said Iachetta.

“The rookies got a chance to play.”

This w eekend notw ith­ standing, the Martlets look to be in very good position for another run at the National Champion­ ship. With the eventual return of eight starters from last season, the team’s level of play should only improve.

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