The McGill Tribune Vol. 13 Issue 20

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The Good, the bad, and the ugly.

A review of the executive hopefuls in this year's election extravaganza.

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Inside This Week News: Francophone commission finds McGill in need of change.

See page 3 Op/Ed: The Olympics were a golden example of why Canada’s lan­ guage debate shouldn't matter.

See editorial, page 6 Features: Environmen­ tal Awareness Week hits McGill with tales of garbage.

See page 11 Entertainment: 101 ways to crush creativ­ ity, by McGill. Also, Women Who Kill examines domestic violence.

See page 17 Sports: McGill Bad­ minton hosts Provin­ cial championships, takes 2nd.

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The McGill Tribune, March 2-7,1994

"WThai's On Panel Discussion entitled “Future

Wednesday. March 2 McGill Choral Society is desper­

Directions for Human Activity in the Face of Global Environmental Crisis” will be held from 7 to 9 PM in Stewart Biology Room S I/ 4 and will feature several prom inent profes­ sors w ho will focus on the future of the

Only a few spots left! Call Walksafe at 3982498 to register.

lecture by Macdonald College professor Stuart Hill w ho will speak about organic agriculture pesticides and human health, and other ecol­

The Yellow D oo rp resen ts Michael Harris and Susan Fleming, two Montreal

heridan, a womanist/feminist jour­ nal, is currently seeking submissions for its Spring '94 issue—any style of writing, graph­ ics and photographs. Original, creative and diverse contributions from all wom en are welcome. Please bring submissions to the W om en's Union mailbox in the Shatner lobby.

writers, at 8 PM. Admission is two dollars.

Deadline March 15. For info call 398-6823.

ogy-related issues. 6:30 PM at the Yellow D oor Café, 3625 Aylmer Street. Also at 8 PM, Tetsuro Shigematsu will be reading Japanese stories. Admission is two dollars.

meeting takes place at 5 PM in Leacock 432.

Everyone is encouraged to attend.

ately seeking wom en w ho can sing soprano for Carmina Burana. Weds., 7:30 to 10 PM. Room C310, Music Building.

environment. Sponsored by McGilL

The Yellow Door will sponsor a

McGill Concert: John Ellis, Hugh Cawker, Andrew Laubstien, and Katy Carver present works by Jolivet, Rachmaninoff, and

Friday. March 4 McGill Concert: Steve Laplante

C oncert:

W eislaw Rentowski presents contem porary organ works b y himself, Hambraeus, and others at

gathering at 7 PM at the Presyterian College.

8 PM in Christ Church Cathedral, 4441 Union

Topic: “I am the vine...”. For information call

Street.

Jean at 282-7768.

Panel discussion entitled “Did sci­ ence matter? A Retrospective on Acid Rain” will be held from 12:30 to 3 PM in Leacock 232. Jim Bradley, Charles Ferguson, Gene Likens, William Shea, John Smol, and Pierre Marc Johnson will participate.

The Global Cooperation Network of QPIRG will show two movies: Super Com­ panies about the negative impact of multina­ tional corporations of hum ans and the Earth; and In Her Chosen Field about wom en farm­

The McGill East Aslan Journal is eagerly seeking undergraduate submissions from any discipline which pertains to East Asia. Please hand in papers to the 3rd floor office o f 3434 McTavish ASAP, or contact David at 843-8993.

presents organ works by Mendelssohn, Vierne, and Bach at 12:15 PM in Redpath Hall.

Mahler at 8 PM in Redpath Hall.

M cGill

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McGill Christian Fellowship is

Saturday. March 5 McGill Concert: Laura Barron and Danielle Boucher present works by Milhaud, Tom asi and S ancan at 2 PM in Clara Lichtenstein Hall at 555 Sherbrooke W. Monday, March 7

The McGill Christian Fellowship

ers in Quebec.Starts at 6:30 PM in Arts Room

is sponsoring a Guatemalan Craft sale in the lobby of the Leacock lobby. All proceeds go toward CAUSE Canada's development projects

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in Guatemala.

Want experience in publishing, ad­ vertising or fundraising? Be the managing editor o f the Pillar (AUS literary magazine).

Call 282-6348 now!

extension for submissions for its annual pho­ tography contest. The new deadline is March 11th. For m ore info contact us at 398-6786 or drop by our dungeon in Shatner Room B06.

Shatner 432, for face-to-face support.

treal". M eakinsTheatre, McIntyre Bldg. 7 to 9

Room C201 of 555 Sherbrooke W.

McGill Nightline is an anonymous,

PM in Shatner Room 310.

World Vision .30 Hour Famine com m ences at 9 AM and ends Friday at 3 PM. Over 50 students have volunteered to forego food in order to raise awareness and money for World Vision Canada. The famine will take place in Shatner Room 107/108 and the student cafeteria.

Department o f History presents a

non-judgmental telephone listening, informa­

lecture by Professor Steven Ellis on “The Tudor State formation and the shaping of the British Isles" at 10:30 AM in Arts Council

tion, and referral service open from 6 PM to 3 AM. Call us at 398-6246!

contests, March 11 for regular submissions.

Savoy Society presents Gilbert and

Come out in droves! O r in clothes, to our meetings to find out more details. Shatner B07, 398-2142. Cool.

Sullivan's hilarious operetta The Gondelier.

March 3-5, and 9-12, at 8 PM in Moyse Hall.

Tickets are 6 and 10 dollars on MArch 3,9, and 10, and 8 and 12 dollars March 4, 5 ,1 1 ,1 2 .

Entrepreneurs’ Day is being held March 30 in Room 107/108 at the Shatner Building. Contact Kelly at the Entrepreneurs’ Club to rent a table.

ACTION Self-defence courses for wom en are being offered March 12 and 13, and are only 30 dollars for McGill students.

ST A N LEY PU B O PEN 7 D AYS

A W EEK

D A IL Y M EA L SP E C IA L S starting at $3.50

International Women’s Week be­ gins on March 7. The schedule is packed with events, so contact the W om en's Union for a full schedule.

The McGill Courant is a new maga­ zine publishing the opinions of students.

Please place submissions—in prose or po­ etry—in our box at the Leacock building’s porter's office.

Health Services is now offering a collection service for safely disposing of ex­ pired medications. D on’t flush them or throw

H A P P Y H O UR 4 - 7 D A IL Y Pitchers $6.50 SUNDAY HAPPY HOUR A L L DAY

them out—drop them off with us.

Want to quit smoking? Last call for anyone wishing to follow the “In Control" smoking cessation program at Health Services.

WATCH FOR THE NEWEST. HOTTEST CLUB IN TOWN, Opening Soon

C L U B O B S E S S IO N 1426 Stanley above Stanley Pub 2 nd Floor

News Editors RamRandham

Steve Smith Features Editors Cheryl Devoe

Cherie Payne Entertainment EtStors Catrin Morris

Brendon York

Amnesty International McGill

Charles Thomas

still m eets every Tuesday at 6:30 PM in Shatner 435. New, old, and casual members welcome. For information call 398-1209 or drop by Shatner Rm 435- Write a letter... save

Networit Editors Bamaby Cltmie

Monique Shebbeare

a life.

Photo Editors Geoff Gibson

McGill Improv hosts free comedy workshops every Saturday from 12 to 2 PM. Meet in the Shatner Lobby.

Jack Sullivan Production Managers Jonathan Wasserman

Tiffany Welch Asst Production Mg-. Nicholas Rcry Advertising liaison Sanchari Chakravarty

Come order your tasty, healthy, noncorporate organic food from the McGill Organic Food Coop on Mondays 11:30 AM 4:30 PM. Bring a deposit and pick u p is

Publications Manager Keith Gallop MaritetmgAssistants Rima Zaarour

Carol Zabbal Typesetters Barbara MacDougall

Wednesdays.

E n v iro n m en ta l A w aren ess Week. Coming soon.. Feb 28-Mar 4. Don’t miss our: scavenger hunt, speaker series, corporate showcase, 30 World Vision Fam­ ine, and m uch more. Contact Mark at 3332877 for more information.

Jonathan Poplack What’s OnCeerdnater Jennifer Ralston Letters Ceoniiiator Renée Cheng Cover Photo Joyce Lau Staff

Walksafe Foot Patrol hours: Sun. to Thurs. 6:30 PM to 12:30 AM; Fri. to Sat. 6:30 PM to 2:30 AM. Call us! We’ll walk you anywhere you w ant to go. Call 398-2498.

Red Herring deadlines: March 4 for

Committed volunteers (m ale and female) needed for Women’s AIDS Hospice to give hands-on, practical support and care.

Please call Sharon at 525-9210.

Assistant Michael Broadhu t Edtors-in-Chief MicolTarb

Are you questioning your sexuality?

music, ideology and culture." 3:30 PM in

Ongoing...

Every Friday LGBM has two discus­ sion groups, both in the basem ent of the United Theological College (3521 Univer­ sity). The Coming Out group meets at 5:30 PM and deals with issues directly relevant to coming out. The General Discussion group, a larger more politically charged group, meets at 7 PM. Friendly atm osphere, and all are welcom e at both groups.

W ednesday at 8:30 PM in the Alley. Free for all. Très funny.

presents a lecture entitled “Future tense:

Room (Arts 160).

Etftw-ln-Chief Benoit Jocqmotte

sexuals. All are welcome.

to help build sets for their upcom ing produc­ tion of 'T he Gondoliers.” Why miss this excel­ lent opportunity to play with pow er tools? No experience necessary, give as much time as you want. Call 288-1880 or 934-4854 for info.

presents Bruce Walker from STOP with a lecture on “Air, Water and Waste in Mon­

conjuction with the Students' Society, a forum w here students will be invited to present written depositions on m eans o f solving the tuition, student aid, and underfunding issues concerning Q uebec universities. 11 AM to 3

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discussion group meets at 5:30 PM on the fifth floor of the Eaton Bldg, (across from Rutherford Physics). It's a friendly group dealing with issues directly relevant to bi­

Savoy Society is looking for people

Musicologist Leonard B. Meyer

La F éd éra tio n E tudiante Universitaire du Québec will be hosting, in

Every W ednesday LGBM’s bisexual

McGill Improv performs every

SSMU Environmental Commit tee

Thursday. March 3

come.

M c G ill

Sports Editors Christopher Rigney The McGill University Photo­ graphic Society w ould like to announce an

D o you need help coming out? Or do you have any other concerns and you need to talk?

Phone LBGM's peer counselling phone line at 398-6822, 7 to 10 PM Mon.-Fri. Strictly confi­ dential; you can also drop by the office,

PM.

Tues. 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM, and Thurs. 1:15 to 2:15 PM. All sessions will be held in Shatner 425- These times will remain valid through the rest of the term. Please dress comfortably and be on time. All are wel­

March is Nutrition Month! Do you have healthy eating habits? To team more about nutrition, check out the Health Services waiting room this month.

The Association ofYogaand Medi­ tation is offering daily meditation sessions at these updated times: MWF 12:30 to 1:30 PM,

SACOMSS offers Facilitated Mutual Aid Support Groups that are open to the Montreal community and are free o f charge.

Call 398-2700.

Monday: Wom en survivors of child sexual abuse. This group is offered to adult w om en w ho have survived sexual abuse.

Tuesday: W omen with eating dis­ orders. This group is offered to adult women w ho have eating disorders such as compul­ sive eating, overeating, anorexia or bulimia.

Body image issues adressed.

Wednesday: W omen survivors of domestic violence. This group is offered to adult wom en w ho have survived battery an d /o r forced sexual contact from a spouse o r parnter in a serious relationship.

Thursday: Friends and family of survivors of sexual abuse. This group is offered to adult men and wom en who have loving relationships with those w ho have survived sexual absue.

The North American Studies Stu­ dent Association is hosting free lunches with professors for students all this month.

Lunch guests include professors Shingler, Manfredi, Gibian, Moore, Cooke,Trehearne, Riggs, and Velk. Sign up is limited to a maximum of 10 students a lunch. Informa­ tion sheets are posted on the NAS board beside Leacock 6l 1. Please join us— it's free and a great way to meet your professors, for more information call Ritu at 285-2583-

McGill Student Film and Video Festival, presented April 7 and 8 by DESA and the English Department, is seeking sub­ missions from McGill students in VHS o f film format. Submission will b e accepted until March 31, 1994 in the DESA box (porter's office— Arts Bldg.). For more information call Allison at 284-3630 or Malve at 284-1996.

Jordam Berger Dankl Borins AnneCampagm Angela Campbell Sasha Chapman Kate Gibbs Sara Jean Green Billy Khoury David Kruse TalLasman LkLau Linda Ueberman Lesley Martin Steve Pratt Juniper Ridington JomthanS. Ethan Sacks Jennifer Slone KashifZahoor

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Deadline for letters is noon Thursday.

Letters must be kept to fewer than 351 words. Comments of individual opinion must be no more than 500 words. All letters MUST contain the author's major, faculty and year, as well as a phone number to confirm.

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ew s Francophone commission concludes on positive note V BY SARA-JEAN GREEN A week-long investigation into the status o f francophones at M cGill by La C o m m ission Francophone à McGill (CFM) came to a close on February 17th.

The CFM was formed by Students’ Society (SSMU) VP Ex­ ternal Andrew Work in order to address the issu e s o f lo w francophone enrolment and the lack o f francophone participa­ tion in, student activities. Science Rep Isabelle Girard, Law Rep Marian Tremblay, and U3 Man­ agement student Isabelle Turcotte were the other commissioners involved in the project.

Approximately forty pres­ entations were given by depart­ ment deans, faculty members, SSMU executives and students, in c lu d in g P rincipal D avid Johnston and Principal-designate Bernard Shapiro. Members from Macdonald College Students’ So­ ciety, the Daily Français, Alli­ ance Quebec, McGill Québec, and Associate St. Jean Baptiste also presented and participated in the discussions.

“[The in­ quiry] w e n t well but could have been bet­ ter. We had a g lot of problems .£ askingjohnson 3 and Shapiro * questions,”she 2 said.

Isa b elle Girard was also critical o f the Francophone commissioner Isabelle G irard w ay so m e Work found the response members of the press reported to the CFM’s inquiry very encour­ on the CFM’s activities. aging. “[The] Francophone press “The reception has been was very negative— they said we overwhelming. We have received were trying to find problems. support from a number of sectors The Commission -was set up to of the university,” he said. “There solve... and unearth problems,” seems to be a definite willingness said Girard. “Thanks to the Jour­ to make changes and improve na l [de Montreal] people think the status of francophones at w e’re radicals looking for trou­ ble.”

McGill University.”

Although all the commis­ The CFM’s next challenge sioners agreed that the overall will be to compile a list of recom­ response to the inquiry was posi­ mendations based on some of tive, a few problems were noted. the ideas brought up during the Isab elle Turcotte criticized inquiry. Although still in the pre­ Johnston and Shapiro for their liminary stage of developing its limited involvement with the pro­ proposals, the CFM is focusing ceedings. on ideas that will be easy for the

university to implement.

One area the CFM is con­ cerned with is the process of recruiting french students who want to attend McGill.

While the faculties of Engi­ neering and Management have a high percentage of francophone students, other faculties such as Arts and Sciences remain low.

Tremblay says that by encourag­ ing the different faculties to com­ municate, new policies for re­ cruitment can be implemented.

“The Commission realizes w e live on a very decentralized campus. We are trying to make people communicate between each faculty,” he said. “Because there’s no central agency for them to communicate.”

“Some faculties have had good experiences [in] initiating new policies and have benefits to encourage francophone students to come to McGill. [They can] let other faculties know so they can implement [similar policies] them­ selves,” Tremblay added.

Other ideas include encour­ aging English-speaking students to take french courses in culture, history and language through the

department of Etudes Québécoise and ensure that each faculty pro­ vides access to specialized vo­ cabulary in both languages.

Girard emphasized her hope that the Commission’s report will be conducive to change at McGill and abroad.

“I think it’s going to be a reasonable, logical report that will hopefully raise awareness about francophone issues at McGill and in Montreal,” said Girard.

Turcotte explained that the CFM is not attempting to make McGill a french university.

“McGill is different and... we don’t want to change the sta­ tus of McGill as an English univer­ sity,” she said. “We just want to in crease o p p o rtu n ities for francophones to attend McGill.”

Tremblay highlighted the Commission’s emphasis on co­ operation, not competition, be­ tw een a n g lo p h o n e s and francophones.

“If people are afraid there are big tensions between-English and French students, they can forget it. There is very high re­ spect for each other and we really love that.”

R eferen dum questions face un certain future B Y RAM R A N D H A W A T w o proposed referen­ dum questions regarding the M cG ill D aily may be brought before the Students’ Society (SSMU) Judicial Board later this w eek for a ruling on their inclu­ sion on the winter elec­ tion ballot.

According to SSMU Chief Returning Officer (CRO) Dave Harman, the sponsors of the ques­ tions, w hich deal with amendments to the Con­ stitution o f the Daily P u b lica tio n s S o ciety (DPS), did not acquire enough signatures for their petition to permit the inclusion o f the questions. The count is currently b ein g c o n ­ tested.

The first question proposed to add an arti-cle to the DPS constitu­ tion, requiring the DPS to “hold a referendum not less than once every three years with the pur­ p ose o f ascertaining if the members of the Pub­ lications Society are will­ ing to continue their fi­ nancial support o f the Publications Society as o f the date o f the ref­ erendum .” The second question asks students E U S

to require that the first referen­ dum should be no later than April, 1995.

The presenters o f the ques­ tions were Engineering Under­ graduate Society (EUS) Presi­ dent Will Phillipson, Manage­ ment Undergraduate Society

(M U S) P r e s id e n t R on ald Balinsky, and Law Students’ As­ sociation (LSA) Presidentjoshua Fireman. Phillipson emphasized that the actions o f the student leaders w ere not taken on be­ half o f their respective associa­ tions.

“It’s natural for student-elected leaders to be the ones the constitu­ ents com e to [with c o n c e r n s ],” h e said.

P h i ll i p s o n explained he de­ cided to propose a referendum ques­ tion after he re­ ceived complaints from several stu­ dents regarding fi­ nancial support of the Daily.

C u r r e n tly , the D ailyis funded in part by a direct stu d en t lev y o f $6.70 per year.

P h illip s o n em ph asized ' that Balinsky, Fireman and him self had m ade the m ove p e r s o n a lly b e ­ cause they wanted individual students to decide.

“W e did this President Will Phillipson: Giving students a choice as three members

o f the Publications Society. We In 1981, the D aily initi­ ated the first student referen­ want students to vote as mem­ dum held by SSMU to becom e bers o f the Publications Society, independent. According to Ley, not as faculties,” he said. there has been a pattern across Phillipson stated the goal w as not to destroy the Daily.

Canada o f student councils try­ ing to interfere with the free­ “We took a look at the dom o f the student press. Ley D aily and they are financially questioned both the motives stable for at least one year after student funding is withdrawn. and the w isdom behind the question.

The D aily is a fu n d a m e n ta l “What I p art o f th e really see this McGill com mu­ as is that every “The D aily is a nity. This is not th r e e y ea r s fundam ental part of a ‘kill the D a ily w e ’ll have to the McGill campaign,” he fight student explained. politicians to community. This is D aily Co­ su rv iv e. D o not a ‘kill th e D aily' ordinating Edi­ p eop le want cam paign” tor D ave Ley th e D a ily argued that spending time w r itin g or Phillipson’s as­ — EUS President fighting stu­ sessm ent o f the W ill Phillipson Daily’s finances d e n t p o lit i­ was inaccurate. cia n s? ” h e “It simply asked. isn’t true. W e’d Ley also b e breaching contracts with ad­ explained that should student vertising agencies and the uni­ funding to the D a ily b e with­ versity, w hich w ould lead to drawn, the D a ily F r a n ç a is even more loss o f revenue,” he w ould b e the first to go, due to explained. its low attraction for advertis­ ers. The D a ily F rançais is the Ley was critical o f the m ethods used by Phillipson, only french language new spa­ per at McGill.

Balinsky and Fireman.

“They’ve never com e to a Phillipson maintained that Board o f Directors meeting or the most important issue w as our annual general meeting. I’ve allowing students to decide.

“The question is no more never talked to them person­ than giving students a ch o ice.” ally,” he argued.

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BY E T H A N SACKS A N D JA C K S U L L IV A N The students contending for the office o f president repre­ sent a diverse mixture o f facul­ ties, experience, and ideologies.

The candidates for SSMU Presi­ dent include U2 Engineering student Fadi El-Jaouni, U2 Arts student Rich Latour, U2 Man­ a g e m e n t s tu d e n t H ow ard Markowitz, U3 Engineering stu­ dent Eddy Saad, U2 Science student Tracey Solomon, and U2 Arts student Sevag Yeghoyan.

While Fadi El-Jaouni has never held an official position at SSMU, he has been involved in the organizing committees for several McGill events. El-Jaouni felt his lack o f political experi­ ence will keep him in tune with students’ need. “(As presidentl I am going to cut down the time I spend on dealing with the government and spend more time providing services,” said El-Jaouni.

In particular, El-Jaouni wants to improve the condi­ tions o f McGill’s libraries and provide students with a pack­ age o f past final exams for each o f their courses. El-Jaouni also promised to initiate assistance for students after they graduate, in the form o f a list o f em ploy­ ment opportunities in their cho­ sen field.

Current Arts Senator and SSMU Senate/Board Rep Rich

Latour is the most politicallyexperienced of the candidates.

Latour believes that the incom ­ ing president must repair rela­ tions with faculty associations and cement good relations with Bernard Shapiro, w h o will re­ place David Johnston as Princi­ pal o f McGill in September.

“I w ould invite Dr. Shapiro to com e to an [executive com ­ mittee] or council meeting to find out what w e are all about,” said Latour. “I’m sure he will have a fair amount of respect for the Students’ Society and what w e are trying to accom plish.”

Latour indicated that one o f his primary concerns is the prospect of tuition increases.

“We have a 1.9 per cent increase for next year, but I feel the reason why the rate is so low is because it was an elec­ tion year in Quebec,”said Latour.

“I will be looking at alternative forms o f funds such as the in­ com e contingent program— where you pay your tuition after you get a job.”

O th er k ey is s u e s o n Latour’s platform include con ­ stitutional reform for the execu­ tive portfolios suggested by the Policy Review Committee of SSMU and to implement the recommendations o f the Stu­ dents’ Society Accessibility Au­ dit.

SSMU Transit Network CoFounder Howard Markowitz is the third candidate hoping to win the office o f president. His

platform consists o f his “Three P’s”, Production, Pride, and Pri­ orities. Markowitz was critical o f the SSMU budget.

“Certain things are getting priorities that are not related to s tu d e n t i s s u e s ,” h e sa id .

Markowitz said that the Transit Network had difficulty obtain­ ing SSMU funding, while stu­ dents’ m oney was being spent on causes like the sponsorship o f two foster children, which costs 640 dollars per year.

Markowitz w as also criti­ cal o f current SSMU President Mark Luz, suggesting he could have made him self more visible and representative to students at McGill.

“I’d sew ‘President’ on the b a ck o f m y ja c k e t,” said Markowitz. He also pledged to place his desk on the lower field for the first w eek o f September, so that students w ould be able to approach him.

Eddy Saad, w ho is cur­ rently on e o f three SSMU Clubs Rep, promised to build a presi­ dential administration that in­ corporates students’suggestions.

"M aclean’s ranked McGill first, but our Students’ Society was ranked last in terms of budget, revenue and services, and to improve this w e need to get more students involved in [student] govern m en t,” said Saad. “My platform is going to be built on [input] from the students— one student, for ex­ ample, gave m e the idea of

putting a post office in the Shatner building.”

Saad, a former member of. the Engineering Undergraduate Society council, advocated a bet­ ter relationship betw een SSMU and faculty association s. If elected, Saad promised that he will sponsor a summit to ad­ dress faculty association needs before the summer to alleviate the tension. Saad also indicated that he is opposed to tuition hikes.

Science Undergraduate So­ ciety (SUS) VP Finance Tracey Solomon is another candidate for the position. If elected, Solo­ m on’s plans include increasing communication between the fac­ ulty associations and SSMU. She w ould also like to introduce bulk-buying practices for SSMU and other student organizations in order to facilitate more fiscal responsibility. Solomon feels that as she nears the end of her degree, she will have more time to devote to the running of SSMU. W h en a sk ed about McGill’s new Principal, Bernard Shapiro, Solom on expressed enthusiasm concerning his ar­ rival. “[He has a] healthy new approach. I like the idea that h e’s going to be more visible,” she said.

Solomon praised the of­ ten-criticized Mark Luz. “I think he does more than people realize,” she said.

Solomon did indicate that

the divisive nature o f the present SSMU executive was dangei >us and potentially self-destructive.

According to Solomon, Luz's relationship w ith VPs Paul Johnson, Cornell Wright and Ruth Promislow has som etim es been marked with conflict.

Change is the key word for Inter-R esidence Council (IRC) P r e s id e n t S evag Yeghoyan. His election platform includes reacting quickly to the recommendations that will be made in the upcom ing Safety Audit o f the McGill ghetto, and instituting a new and effective recycling program on the McGill cam pus. As IRC President.

Yeghoyan has already begun tc institute a com prehensive recy­ cling program in residences, in­ clu d in g th e elim in a tio n ol styrofoam cups from the Bishop Mountain Hall cafeteria by Sep tember, 1994. “[This is] not a persona agenda, but rather a vision foi every student at McGill Univer sity,” Yeghoyan said.

While Yeghoyan lookec forward to incoming Prindpa Shapiro’s “hands on” approach he felt that this year’s executiv< had been limited by a lack o initiative.

“I don’t want to be an other bureaucrat, I want to bi som ebody w ho makes change, em phasized Yeghoyan.

The elections will be heli from Tuesday, March 8th t< Thursday, March 10th.

Six students vie fo r position o f VP University Affairs

BY J E N N IF E R ST O N E The election campaign for the position o f Students’ Soci­ ety VP University Affairs fea­ tures six candidates this year: Lesbians, Bisexuals and Gays of McGill (LBGM) Administrator Chris Carter, U2 Arts student Steven Douglas, U3 Engineer­ in g s tu d e n t Lucy G eorgakopoulos, U2 Arts stu­ dent Jose Saban, SSMU Science Rep Jen Small and U2 Manage­ ment student Salman Syed.

The responsibilities o f the VP position revolve around the relationship b etw een SSMU and the university. Equity issues, including sexual discrimination, racism, and accessibility, and a c a d e m ic is s u e s su c h as timetabling and exam schedul­ ing make up a significant part of University Affairs docket. The VP also acts as an informal ombudsperson for students with academ ic or disciplinary prob­ lems.

Chris Carter, a U2 political science and sociology student, is im pressed with the work of

current VP University Affairs Ruth Promislow, particularly in the areas o f sexual harassment policy, daycare, and the pass/ fail course option. Carter out­ lined his plans to continue in the same vein.

“My platform is based on upholding student rights. I plan to focus on equity issues, such as diversifying curriculum and eliminating hostile working en ­ vironments. I will actively work against discrimination on the basis o f sex, race, and sexual orientation, as w ell as acting as an om budsperson for all stu­ dents at McGill,” he said.

U2 humanistic studies stu­ dent Steven Douglas stressed that his ideas w ere best pre­ sented through discussion, due to the nature o f the position.

“Some candidates are hesi­ tant to express their view s. My goals and ideas are not for selffulfilment. I am running for this position in order to fight rigid bureaucracy, and for that rea­ son I want to hear the students’ input,” he stated.

Some issues that Douglas

intends to address include ex­ tending the course add/drop period, making the course cal­ endar b ook understandable, changing D courses to A/B courses, and most importantly, improving communication b e­ tw een faculty and students.

Lucy G eorgakopoulos, a U3 mechanical engineering stu­ dent, presented McGill’s new administration as her top prior­ ity. She outlined her wish for clear communication with the n ew university Principal, and the Vice Principals.

“It is very important that these p eop le know what stu­ dents want and expect, as well as what has gon e on in the past.

This new administration marks the upcom ing year a landmark year at McGill,” she explained.

Georgakopoulos also ex­ pressed interest in student rep­ resentation on professors’selectio n c o m m itte e s.

G eorgakopoulos com m ended Promislow’s work, and said she w ould like to see course evalu­ ations made available to stu­ dents and a more receptive ad­

ministration.

U2 political science stu­ dent Jose Saban focused on the new issue of campus jobs for international students.

“The campus is the only place w e can work, so I w ould like to see the ratio o f jobs betw een Canadian students and international students working at McGill more equal," said Saban.

Saban com m ended the concept o f pass/fail courses and m entioned he w ould like to see it implemented.

Jen Small, a U3 student in biology and environmental stud­ ies, noted that the two main com ponents o f the job, aca­ dem ic and equity responsibili­ ties, are equally important and must be kept in balance. On the academic side, she suggested that the distance growing b e­ tw een SSMU and undergradu­ ate faculties w as problematic.

“I w ould like to work par­ ticularly in this area, perhaps working with the students to organize a course evaluation b ook,” she said.

Sm all com m en d ec Prom islow ’s work regarding sexual harassment policy, anc expressed a desire to extend th< work to include racial harass ment as well. She also listec accessibility for disabled stu dents and daycare as priorities U3 m anagem ent p o lio and environmental studies stu dent Salman Syed focused oi issues o f academic program ming and diversity, a policy t< deal with racial harassment, anc the environmental friendlines o f McGill.

Syed pointed to the entre preneurship program at Water loo University as a model tc mobilize resources betw ee i fac ulties. He expressed the need t< deal with racial harassment out side o f the general grievano policy, similar to policies a Q ueen’s and York universities and em phasized the importano o f dealing with the environ ment.

“Many things are ignored such as textbooks. W e must bi recycling and reusing more ma terials on cam pus.”

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It’s on e o n on e fo r SSMU’s in side position s

BY DAVID KRUSE, RAM RANDHAWA AND STEVE SMITH i u fc Though the race for the posi­ tions of VP Finance and VP Internal has a field only four candidates, it is unique in that it features the incum­ bents PaulJohnson and Cornell Wright vying for re-election. Johnson is be­ ing challenged by U2 management student Carol Zarb and Wright’s bid for a second term as VP Internal is being opposed by U2 engineering student Matthew Paterson.

VP FINANCE The VP Finance is responsible for preparing the yearly budget, a duty that is realized largely by chair­ ing the Financial Management Com­ mittee (FMC). The position also be­ stows the onus of financing the vari­ ous dubs and organizations supported

by SSMU. Faced with a crippling debt, the VP Finance is often forced to make important and unpopular decisions in an attempt to reduce this impediment to financial stability.

Zabbal remarked that although financially many things were sorted out this year for the Students’ Society (SSMU), organization was a serious problem. ;7 i ;.

“Clubs didn’t get their budgets 0 in on time,” she said. "I think there are too many people involved with the Interest Group Financial Commit­ tee QGFC) right now—seven people in total—and it’s very hard to get all these people to meet at the same time.”

Zabbal proposed replacing the IGFCwith a commissioner who would work with clubs and the VP Finance.

Zabbal also said she intends to reshape the role of the position.

“I think the VP Finance should focus much more on increasing rev­ enue than on cutting the budget,”she explained.

Pointing to Sadie’s and SSMU publications as services that have drained funding in the past, Zabbal noted that these organizations could be self-financing.

“Sadie’s for the first time was closely monitored, and that was good.

I think more has to be done with the publications, however. The yearbook [an SSMU publication] last year lost 13,000 dollars," she said.

Johnson explained his desire to build on the groundwork he laid as VP Finance this year. So far,Johnson’s efforts have been oriented towards cutting costs and rendering SSMU financially viable.

“Increasing revenue is my pri­ mary goal,” Johnson asserted. “This year we did a terrific job of control­ ling expenditures. People in every facet of SSMU are scraping by, and 1 want to make it my job to find some relief.” pro Johnson argued that Students’ Society has never been properly ori­ ented towards making money, a prob­ lem which he claims he has tried to rectify over the course of this year.

“Very few things we (SSMU) do have been designed to make

revenue, but that wasn’t the case this year,” he said. “Everyone has been conscious of money and gen­ erating revenue.”

Johnson said that his goal for next year is to take in more revenue at the administrative level of SSMU and thereby remove this burden from the smaller aspects of SSMU, such as clubs and services.

“The push has been towards making these groups self-sufficient, and this is an unreasonable bur­ den for clubs and services to main­ tain in the long run,” Johnson explained. “The emphasis has to be on shifting the burden of fundraising off of the small clubs and services back to the adminis­ trative level.”

Johnson’s efforts to cut cor­ ners have proven successful yet often controversial. Eddy Saad, Club Rep to SSMU council, com­ mented that thoughJohnson’s per­ formance was impressive overall, the VP Finance’s relationship with SSMU clubs has been problematic.

“Clubwise, he wasn’t very accessible and I often had trouble getting in touch with him,” Saad asserted. “He was agreeable on the fact that clubs should be get­ ting more money... The plan for a lump sum allocated to clubs was implemented but overall I don’t think it was allocated properly.”

Johnson has played a vital role in turningthe SSMU-run Sadie’s Tabagie around financially, an ef­ fort which has been applauded by Sadie’s student co-managers. Stu­ dent co-manager Mary-Margaret Jones told the TribunelhalJohnson has been helpful and fair in his relationship with the student-run Sadie’s Management Committee.

“I think a lot of VP Finances past would’ve pulled a power trip, but Paul’s been supportive and helpful in putting things through quickly,” she said. “We didn’t re­ ally know what to do and he was very patient.”

VP INTERNAL Incumbent Cornell Wright will be challenged for the position of VP Internal by MatthewPaterson, a U2 engineering student.

Paterson told the Tribune that the level of student involve­ ment in SSMU activities could be improved. Paterson also stated that he would like to see more coordi­ nation and communication be­ tween SSMUand the various facul­ ties, clubs, and students.

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When asked about specific plans for next year, he declined to comment, stating that he preferred not to share his plans at this time.

However, he did promise to unveil some programs in the future.

Paterson expressed his desire to unify and be receptive to the needs of McGill’s students.

“As VP Internal I want to be there for the students... and to pro­ mote a student atmosphere which feels like a group,” he said.

He explained that his aim is to get students back into the Shatner Building.

In an interview with the Trib­ une, Wright reflected on the success of programs he instituted this year.

Specifically, he pointed to the dou­ bling of frosh attendance, the crea­ tion of the SSMU Telephone Direc­ tory and SSMUJournal, a summer orientation package for frosh, and an increased level of bilingualism in SSMU activities.

Wright feels that the past year has been a year of “good risks which altered the direction of the SSMU.” When questioned on criticism he has faced, Wright explained that his new programs faced difficulties because the focus was placed more on participation levels than on the quality of the actual programs. For this reason, he hopes to receive another mandate to refine the poli­ cies put in place this year.

Wright pointed out that over twenty new clubs had been added to the halls of the Shatner Centre this year. Recognizing the need for lead­ ership training in the new organiza­ tions, he pledged to hold a leader­ ship conference in the late summer.

Wright’s performance over the past year has been both highly ac­ claimed but also heavily criticized for an alleged lack of communica­ tion between his office and the various organizations for which he is ultimately responsible. Lara Nahas, a U3 Science student, has been involved with Wright as both Presi­ dent of the McGill University Photo­ graphic Society (MUPS) and a staff member of the SSMUJournal Nahas claimed that Wright has taken the criticism seriously and created the SSMUJournal in an attempt to solve the lack of communication.

“Cornell noticed the commu­ nication criticism and tried to work on it,” she said. “The SSMUJournal was a first step towards achieving this.”

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Mary-Margaret Jones argued thatWright’s efforts in terms of Sadie’s has been negligible, despite the fact that the Tabagie falls under the auspices of VP Internal.

“Sadie’s does fall into Cornell’s portfolio but we never see him. He’s never sat down with us and dis­ cussed issues nor has he approached us,” she claimed.

As the former political co­ coordinator for the Lesbians, Bi­ sexuals and Gays of McGill (LBGM), Jones stated that her involvement with Wright at a club level was not characterized by openness.

“Cornell never came up to see us. He called us during the summer and helped us move offices but you’d only see him on specific is­ sues, never on any general con­ cerns,’’Jones argued. “Cornell’s very fair but I've questioned his sincer­ ity.”

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O EDITORIAL For the past two w eeks, the attention of the world fo­ cused on Lillehammer, Nor­ way, as the world’s best ama­ teur and professional athletes com peted for Olympic glory.

Long gone are the days when C anadians and A m ericans w hined incessantly about the East Bloc athletes that quali­ fied as amateurs stealing all their thunder. The Olympics are rapidly becom ing an exhi­ bition of the finest athleticism one can find on the face of the earth, the Tonya HardingNancy Kerrigan controversy notwithstanding.

Speaking o f notw ith­ standing, that ubiquitous word in Canadian parlance, Pearson’s pennant flew with alarming frequency in Lillehammer, par­ ticularly for a nation that has refined self-deprecation to a form of art that rivals Shake­ speare, Da Vinci, and Henry Moore. Canada took hom e thir­ teen medals, including several golds, principally because the Olympics were not held on Canadian soil. (Canada remains the only country to not win

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Olym pians should hold their heads high gold while hosting, and did it twice! One has to wonder, as a canny observer mentioned this w eekend, why Q uebec City wants to have the games any­ where near Canadian soil.) The most interesting feature of Cana­ da’s podium parade, though, was the number of Q uébécois that stood proudly with the best the world has to offer. Marc G a g n o n , Myriam B ed ard , Isab elle Brasseur, Jean-Luc Brassard and Nathalie Lambert were among the francophones to proudly wear the Maple Leaf at the acme of athletic accom­ plishment.

Meanwhile, back at home, Canadians are debating ciga­ rette taxes, the closing of mili­ tary bases in Quebec, and Lucien Bouchard’s imminent visit to Washington. Consistently, the subtext o f all these debates som ehow involves Quebec sov­ ereignty and the alleged English-Canadian conspiracy to de­ stroy everything francophone remaining in the nation.

As Parti Q uébécois leader Jacques Parizeau sounds off about calling a snap referen­

dum on Quebec sovereignty af­ ter this year’s provincial elec­ tion, one has to wonder what all the fuss is about in the Great White North. Canadians con­ stantly worry that Q uebec will separate and that eventuality will ruin both Quebec and the rest of Canada. Much like fourteen years ago when René Lévesque led the first formal effort to separate la Belle Province, it seem s in­ creasingly unlikely that sover­ eignty for Q uebec is anything more than a dream. Polls re­ leased last w eek indicate that only thirty-seven per cent of Quebecers support independ­ ence, and for the first time in almost a year, Daniel Johnson’s Liberal government is ahead of the PQ among decided voters— a fact no doubt related to Johnson’s decision to put 100 dollars a month of disposable income back into the pockets of Q uebec’s 2 million smokers. In­ dependence, it seem s, is som e­ thing that scares French Canada as much as it d oes English Canada.

The Olympic Games, once the Cathy Turners and Tonya

Hardings were dealt with, were a glow ing example of how Ca­ nadians of all ethnic and linguis­ tic backgrounds can produce something— anything, really— of which all Canadians can and should be proud.

Despite an unfortunate fall, Canada’s men’s short-track speed skating relay team is a prime ex a m p le o f h o w la n gu age doesn’t have to matter. McGill’s Steve Gough, a native o f New Brunswick, fell in the relay final, relegating himself and his FrenchC anadian tea m m a tes Marc Gagnon and Frederic Blackburn, and Ontario’s Derrick Campbell, to fourth-place, out o f the med­ als. Afterwards, CTV talking head/turkey Rod Black inter­ view ed Gough, and asked if he hurt himself. G ough’s pain and embarrassment was evident as he responded: “Not where you can see it.” Blackburn later told the world that Gough was taking his misfortune very hard, but that he and his teammates were doing all they could to support him. That, unquestionably, is the Olympic spirit. French and Eng­ lish, Q uebec and the rest of

Canada, Turner, Kerrigan or Harding, didn’t matter to Gough or Blackburn. What mattered was the team, the country, and the pain.

Canadians stood together throughout these Games, and Gough, Kurt Browning and any other athlete, Canadian or not, deserves our admiration and respect for the amount o f time and effort they sacrificed to represent their country, not­ withstanding any unfortunate developm ent at the Olympics.

To the Olympians, thank y o u , for making such an eloquent statement, without speaking a word, a statement that politi­ cians and dem agogues have searched for decades to make.

And for proving that, Jacques P arizeau n o tw ith sta n d in g , Canada can work together to be a triumphant nation.

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BY KATE GIBBS By now, of course, Amy Fisher’s bio is out in print and featured prominently on su­ permarket book stands across the continent. No surprise, when you want the ham, head for the deli counter.

But if you don’t have your own sensational drama that was made into three net­ work movies and featured on talk shows, you could try capi­ talizing on som eone else’s. Ac­ cording to the Washington Post, the strangest in a long line of people who disagreed with the disclaimer that read "All events and persons depicted are fictitious and any resem­ blance is purely coincidental” is an architect from central California. It appears this man has filed suit against the mak­ ers o f Fearless. This film de­ picted the emotional after-ef­ fects o f survivors of an airplane crash struggling to come to terms with the incident. Al­ though the Californian claims to be the uncredited inspira­

tion for Jeff Bridges’s character, he has in fact never been in a crash. Hopefully the judge will dismiss this nonsense and take the opportunity to remind Aus­ tralian director Peter Weir that he hasn’t made a good film since Gallipoli.

At least three other movies have been targeted in similar, although less preposterous suits.

Last Thursday, a judge dis­ missed a $5 million lawsuit filed

by The Big Mouth herself. Martha Raye, singer-actress-denture wearer claimed that Bette Midler and her For the Boys collabora­ tors based the story of a toothy war time entertainer on her expe­ rience. It appears— for Raye— that the adage “you can’t put a price on fame” still rings true. As for Midler, som e say love is like a river.

This could all change, how ­ ever, as the estate of a San Diego lawyer is suing the makers of Philadelphia. The lawyer, who has died of AIDS and was fired from his firm when they found out he had acquired the disease, was the true unacknowledged story behind the film’s story, ac­ cording to his family.

The question that these law­

suits raise, is whether som eone who has achieved no fame to date should receive credit for a story made famous through the hard work and finances of som e­ one else. Once these films are made without acknowledging the people w hose lives bear resem­ blance to these stories, should the people get a share of the fame of the stories? Can fame be a legalized right?

“You can’t handle the truth,” quoth Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men. But that doesn’t seem to bother five ex-marines who would like to handle a few dead presidents. These marines hope that a court will find that since they were the ones charged with beating a fellow marine at Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay (the subject of A Few Good Men), and since they were defended by the screenwriter’s sister, that they are the ones that the m ovie is about. What price fame... feh!

What price infamy!

Apparently there is a price to fame. It’s acceptable for these five defenders of freedom to be labelled as killers, unswerving subservient automatons, or how ­ ever the movie portrayed them, as long as the colour o f their new

uniforms is not marine blue, but financial green. Libel me, slan­ der me, I shan’t protest; but do it anonymously and mess with the best.

Speaking of the military, Peter Weir’s best film, Gallipoli (for the mainstream among you, it features that hot Australian guy naked) could not have been the success it was, indeed could not have been made at all were it not for the historical events that took

place at Gallipoli.

Should those w ho fought on the island be entitled to a share of the film’s profits? Aft er all, the story was about their story.

There has to be a point where the work of the artist, in taking a previously unknown story, and raising it to the level o f fame, gains rights that super­ sede the rights of those factu­ ally involved.

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Z e ro T olerance D o y o u sm oke? If not, have the reduced cigarette taxes led y o u to run out and take up the habit? If so , have the cheaper cigarettes inspired you to indulge in all night tob acco binging sessions? In m ost cases, the respon ses to th ese q uestions will probably b e negative.

I yr Many have touted the high taxes levied o n tobacco products as a m eans to deter­ ring w o u ld -b e and existing sm okers from dam aging their lungs to an ev en greater d e­ gree. Most also recognize the very con ven ien t sou rce o f in­ com e for the governm ent, b e­ cause they k n o w p eo p le are g o in g to sm ok e n o matter what.

For w h a tev er reason s o n e supported the high tax on cigarettes, h ow ever, it seem s that the cost o f im plem enting such high taxes b ecam e too great. T he d egree o f crime surrounding the procurem ent o f cheaper cigarettes escalated to such a d egree that it could n o longer b e ignored. It w as actually worth the risk for sm ugglers to face p o ssib le criminal prosecution. Sm ug­ gling w as so lucrative, contra­ band cigarettes w ere in such high dem and that legal deter­ rents w ere a b usin ess hazard necessarily undertaken, dis­ proportionate to the incom e gained.

T h is c a s e , h o w e v e r , seem s s o clo sely to parallel another that it cannot b e ig­ nored. T he m agnitude o f vio ­ lent crime surrounding the traf­ ficking o f so called “drugs” (thus differentiating them from other drugs such as alcohol and tob acco), is astronomical.

As T im e M a g a z in e reported ! in May o f 1988, “The 74 years ! o f federal prohibition that have : p assed since the Harrison Nar; cotics Act o f 1914 have b een a | costly and abject failure.” As a d ir e c t r e s u lt of th e crim inalization o f drugs, in j m any American cities violent crime has flourished, involv­ ing not on ly those selling. \ There are innum erable cases f o f y o u n g children w h o , b e­ yon d the reach o f the harsher legal penalties, find it m ore lucrative to transport drugs than to g o to sch ool. So m uch death and suffering has b een a s s o c ia te d w ith th e crim inalization o f drugs, w h y hasn’t it b een realized that the cost in this situation is also m uch to o high?

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BY JO N A T H A N S. A lcohol and tob acco are drugs as w ell (not to m ention caffeine and sugar), yet if you op en u p alm ost any m aga­ zine y o u ’ll find attractive ad­ vertisem ents seductively e x ­ tolling the virtues o f som e brand o f w h iskey or som e sm oother sm oke. W hile th ese drugs are prettily p ackaged and w id ely sold, other drugs such as marijuana m ust be procured clandestinely and under fear o f penalty.

The num ber o f autom o­ bile accidents and incidents o f dom estic violen ce associ­ ated with the consum ption o f alcohol is staggering. Many p eo p le feel that if other drugs w ere legalized, a fury o f fren­ zied consum ption and co n se­ quent addiction w o u ld b e u nleashed. As Reagan’s drug advisor told T im e in 1988, if drugs are legalized “family violen ce, sp ou se abuse, child abuse, incest will all increase.”

There is nothing in history, how ever, to support th ose claims. From 1975 to 1991 marijuana w as decrim inalized in Alaska for personal use.

Within that period o f tim e not o n e case o f dom estic vio ­ len ce or criminal activity w as con n ected with its use.

In North America billions o f dollars are spent every year in the war for drug preven­ tion. As w ell, our prisons are filled with p eo p le incarcer­ ated for drug-related crimes (in 1988. more than one-third o f federal prisoners in the U.S. w ere convicted o f drugrelated crim es). Many, if not m ost o f th ese costs cou ld b e avoided if certain (perhaps a ll) d rugs w ere decrim inalized. As w e ll, if drugs w ere legalized, th e tre­ m end ou s costs involved with drug p revention co u ld b e turned into tax incom e for the governm ent. Perhaps it is time to take this reduced tax on cigarettes to its logical co n ­ clusion and reduce the high price involved with the con ­ su m p tio n o f oth er drugs.

W hile there are ob v io u sly myriad problem s associated with the legalization o f drugs, w e must assess w h eth er the continuing violence surround­ ing the criminalization o f drugs is a cost w e are still w illin g to pay.

Re: C overage o f McGill Nordic Ski Club activities In her article o n th e McGill N ordic Ski Club’s par­ ticipation in th e W interlude Triathlon ( “Cross country ski team “re c s” at W interlude triathalon”, T ribune, Feb. 8 14), A nne C am pagna fo cu sed on w h at sh e con sid ered to b e the “p o o r show ing" o f the Club. In her con clu sion , sh e su ggested in rhetorical fash­ ion that “h ead co a c h ” A ndrew May (m e ), by n ot being present at the W interlude event, w a s derelict in perform ance o f his coachin g duties. This letter sets th e record straight.

T he W interlude Triathlon is a participation oriented, fun event. W e did not h ave a “p oor sh o w in g ”, as Campagna ad du ced from Chris Sum ner’s c o m m e n ta r y . S e v e n C lub m em bers participated. M ost had fun; so m e did w ell (w ith tw o in the to p tw enty, from a field o f 300); all finished. It w as a beautiful day, and McGill skiers w e re ou t there skating, skiing, and running enthusi­ astically.

Cam pagna's co n cep tio n of m y role as “h ead co a c h ” is uninform ed. I w o u ld b e m ore accurately ch aracterized as coaching co-ordinator. I set practice sch ed u les, and m ake sure that our talent, w h eth er it be in ski instruction or w a x ­ ing, is best utilized. I d o m ake use o f m y o w n exp erien ce and exp ertise for the b en efit o f the team , but I w a s under n o obligation to b e present at th e W interlude event. Each trip to an ev en t is organised by a d esign ated Club m em ­ ber. That p erson en su res that all asp ects o f th e trip run sm oothly, from travel to w a x ­ ing. W e h ad several exp eri­ en ced skiers in Ottawa last w eek en d . T hey did fin e w ith ­ out m e.

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B efore casting d oub t o n my character and com m itm ent to th e McGill Nordic Ski Club sh e sh ou ld h ave researched this top ic m ore carefully.

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w a s still p a y in g a tten tio n (slack-jaw ed idiots can have su ch a short attention sp an ) I w o u ld h ave ask ed him w h y h e w o u ld ever v o te for so m e ­ o n e for th e s o le reason that th ey ‘dared’ to a llo w the p ub ­ lic to v ie w their genitalia.

I w o u ld h a v e ex p ressed to this unusually sm all-m inded and large-m outhed creature that u p o n s e e in g A n d rew W ork in all his m eager glory, I w a s struck w ith th e ironic b eau ty o f ele c te d officials.

Thankfully, w e , as an elector­ ate, can ensure that the elected official, w h o is s o fo o lish as to d o so m eth in g as p oin tless, u n n ecessary and dam aging to the respectability o f the cau ses th ey are in v o lv ed in (su ch as th e celeb rated co m m issio n A ndrew is h ead in g o n th e p o sition o f French students at McGill), w e can en su re that this p erson never b eco m es an elected official again.

R ecently I w a s talking w ith so m e friends w h en the top ic cam e u p o f th e special se x issu e o f th e rag w h ich had just co m e out. B ein g th e o p in ­ ionated and prolix individual that I am, I said so m eth in g to th e effect that th e little p oliti­ Rob Crampton cian A ndrew Work, w ith his U2 Arts recent b u ff ap pearance in the said rag, had probably ruined P.S. Speaking o f nude: any future political career h e h o w typical that th e sam e is­ cou ld have aspired to. The su e o f th e McGill Daily, th e u n solicited answ er that I re­ su p p o se d p ro p o n en t o f fem i­ ce iv e d from an individual that nism and all things politically overheard w as m ildly d isco n ­ correct, sh o u ld c h o o se to ad­ certing. vertise for a STRIP BAR. Ap­ H is resp on se to m y state­ parently, w h en m o n ey is in­ m ent w as, “I think that’s fuckin’ vo lv ed , th e principles o f th e cool. Every politician’s g ot one. editorial staff are as h igh as Fuck, ev e n if I d id n ’t k n o w th e quality o f its journalism. him I’d v o te for him just b e ­ cau se o f this.” Y ou can im ag­ C h a n ta i W hite: y o u r let­ in e m y surprise, firstly, at the te r is w a y too long. P lease c o m e u n exp ected lack o f apathy and to th e o ffic e a n d e d it it. sec o n d ly at th e stunning dis­ play o f ignorance. I ch eck ed to en su re that I w a s in fact at an institution o f higher learn­ du Maurier^Ud. ing. That w a s probably a m is­ _______ r f i t f take becau se w h en I attempted to resp on d to the originator o f P erfo rm in g A rts this breathtakingly ridiculous G rants remark h e had disappeared, Dance / M usic / Theatre p ossib ly to th e nearest w a sh ­ 18 to 30 year olds room w ith his effigy o f Andy.

W hat I w o u ld h ave said j Six grants are offered - tw o in each discipline: to this political scientist I d o n ’t $5.5 00 for a young artist k n ow . I think I w o u ld have w ho has experience ask ed him if h e had m eant $3,000 for a promising w h at h e ’d said. H ow ever, I young artist fear that h e did. T hen, if h e Eligibility criteria apply.

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Dramatized violence rattles Model United Nations

BY B A R N A B Y C L U N IE The actions of two stu­ dents at a Model United Nations (MUN) conference at Kingston’s Q ueen’s University in February have sent shock w aves through the Q ueen’s community.

The incident occurred dur­ ing a meeting of the MUN Com­ mittee on the Status of Women, that had domestic violence and w om en in developm ent on its ag en d a . Fawn M orrison, a Q ueen’s delegate, becam e in­ creasingly dissatisfied with the debate as the conference pro­ gressed.

“We were all pretending, role playing as politicians, and nothing was being done,” said Morrison. “The debate was very superficial and'shallow.”

According to Morrison, she tried to introduce more depth and meaning into the conversa­ tion before realizing that more drastic measures had to be taken.

Morrison enlisted the aid of McGill delegate U2 Arts stu­ dent Richard Latour, not to be confused with the presidential candidate, to stage what has been referred to as ‘guerrilla

theatre.’ Morrison applied fake bruises to her face to simu­ late the effects of a beating and then ran into the committee’s co n feren ce room screaming for help.

Latour was close be­ h in d , y e llin g at Morrison. He then pushed a desk and yelled “bitch”.

“Nobody did anything, no on e § helped me, and no Jo one tried to protect O me. Why that was so significant was q that in real life, noth­ ing would be differ­ ent,” Morrison told the Q ueen‘s Journal.

“The demonstration was to prove that what they were dis­ Guerilla thespian R ich Latour cussing in the com ­ General of the conference, told mittee was totally out o f touch the Jo u rn a l that the demonstra­ with reality.” tion left the committee members According to both Morrison stunned and distraught. She said and Latour, the organizers o f the event immediately interpreted that she was forced to expel the incident as a joke and ex­ Morrison and Latour for violat­ ing conference rules. pelled them.

Latour noted that, accord­ Karen Klein, the Secretary-

ing to the conference rules, they were entitled to a warning b e­ fore being expelled; a warning which he claims was not given.

Latour also claimed that one of the student organizers o f the conference knew of Morrison’s intentions and even suggested what should be said, w hen and where.

“The ramifications o f their actions were far too severe to overlook,” said Klein. “Our loy­ alty is to the delegates and get­ ting the issues out in a manner that facilitates discussion. Their actions could have halted that, and did, for a while.”

A letter to the Journal, written by the only male member o f the committee, Craig Rosario, said that the demonstration had a damaging effect on the confer­ ence and its members.

“I have been on an em o­ tional roller coaster ever since the incident and do not know if I will ever be able to forgive (Morrison and Latour) for putting me through this ordeal,” wrote Rosario.

Morrison explained that any trauma that might have been caused by the event could have easily been diffused had the

organizers dealt with the situa­ tion more effectively.

Latour claimed that the mentality which surrounded hi; and Morrison’s expulsion, which he referred to as “a strangling ol ideas,” was indicative o f a gen eral attitude at Q ueen’s.

“Because the topic wa; swept under the rug, no one was allow ed to digest whai (Morrison and myself) were say ing,” said Latour, adding tha there is a general attitude a Q ueen’s which states “don’t sa} anything out o f line.”

Morrison w as hesitant æ to whether this attitude is exclu sive to, or more apparent a Q ueen ’s, but co n ced ed tha Q ueen’s is “som ewhat closed minded for such an elitist inSti tution.”

M orrison an d Latou stressed that their guerrilla tile atrics were very w ell receiver on the whole, with only a few people expressing anger toward them.

“I’m not sorry for my ,ac tions,” said Morrison. “Just lool at the coverage this is getting It’s just too bad that the focus L on the guerrilla theatre and no on domestic violence.”

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Reflections on a turbulent year at the SSMU helm B Y S T E V E SM ITH This is th e sec o n d in a fiv e -p a rt series. This w eek the Tribune reviews th e p e rfo rm ­ a n c e o f SSMU P resid en t M ark L uz.

Last year Mark Luz asked students to vote for a president w h o could “lead, support, unite and listen to the issues and concerns o f all McGill students.”

Ironically, Luz’s leadership over the past year has b een marred by frequent criticism on the grounds o f his ability to lead and unite students.

In the op en in g months of this academ ic year, Luz weath­ ered h eavy fire for his noted lack o f participation during SSMU Council debates and his tendency to abstain on votes.

Though Luz acknow ledged that criticism, he maintained that what appeared to b e a lack o f leadership w as sim ply a reflec­ tion o f his personal approach to politics.

“I d o n ’t do things just for sh ow . If I did then I w ou ldn ’t draw the sam e criticism. I try to balance what I b elieve to be reasonable with what I deem the politically smart thing to

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W hen asked about his duty as president to initiate and lead the debate on issues, Luz clarified his interpretation o f his role.

“I always let p eo p le set the stage. I try to m ediate w hich

has m ade him weary o f the reality behind student politics.

“In a sen se I’ll b e glad to see this year com e to an end because I’ve b ecom e very dis­ illusioned with politics. To m e the most important thing is to treat others as you want them

S S M U President M a rk L u z muses on politics at times is probably too idealis­ tic. There have b een and will b e times w h en I’v e had to step in and define where the argu­ ment is goin g,” he em phasized.

Luz admitted, how ever, that his experience this year

to treat y o u ,” h e said. “You have to k eep your integrity and keep in mind w h o y o u ’re here for.”

D espite this dishearten­ ing realization, Luz feels that on the w h ole his term as president

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has been a success and insists that h e maintains a genuine passion for student leadership.

“Maybe I’m a bit naive but I love student leadership and being involved with McGill stu­ dents, but it can get nasty and w h en it does that’s w h en I d on ’t enjoy it anym ore,” he claimed. “But that’s politics.”

Luz lam ented the fact that he w o n ’t be around to see the major­ ity o f his efforts com e to fruition, a fact w hich he admitted is difficult to accept.

“It’s som etim es difc ficult to deal with— that .> all the changes I’ve im3 plem ented and had to 1/2 deal with will happen in g the next three years,” he 1-9 noted.

Yet Luz pointed to a number o f more im­ m ediate and tangible results that h e has ob ­ tained in order to validate his b elief that this year has been generally successful.

“You have seen som e im­ m ediate on es I’d consider suc­ cesses like redoing Sadie’s, w orking on [the Coordinating

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What about Luz’s prom ­ ise to unite students? The ap­ parent lack o f harmony b e­ tw een this year’s execu tive m embers was a constant fea­ ture o f SSMU-related issues.

Considering the popular n o ­ tion that a united executive is crucial to the creation o f a strong and confident council, this lack o f unity w as often criticized.

Luz argued that the ex ­ ecutive’s differences through­ out the year w ere not a w eak ­ ness, but w ere in fact indicative o f its talent and strength.

“It’s very difficult w h en you have an executive with very strong personalities,” he said. “It’s a very talented group and it’s im possible to steer ev e­ ryone in the sam e direction all the time. I think it’s important becau se it sh ow s w ere not hid­ ing anything from council.

“It is frustrating th ough.”

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Et par ailleurs, compte tenu du fait que: Cette traduction est incorrecte Nous proposons: Par l'entremise d'un référendum, un amendement à la traduction officielle du nom de l'association: L'Association des Étudiantes et des Étudiants de l'Université McGill serait remplacé par: L'Association Étudiante de l'Université McGill (l'AÉUM). (Oui/Non/Pas d'Opinion)

Question Two Pending the acceptance of the Judicial Board of the Constitionality of the Question.

Given that question 12 of the Canadian Red Cross Blood Donor Questionnaire states this: The following activities put you at risk for AIDS: •if male, having sex with another male, even once •sharing needles or taking street drugs by needle •receiving regular treatment with blood or blood products •accepting money or drugs in exchange for sex •being the sexual partner of someone who has taken part in any of the above activities, who has contracted AIDS or has tested positive for AIDS Given that article 2, section 23 of the Students' Society of McGill University Constitution states this: All Society endeavours shall be undertaken with full respect for human dignity and without discrimination on the basis of, but not limited to, gender, age, race, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, language or social class.

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eatt Hires Ecofeminism: an ‘ism ’ with something to offer B Y G E O F F G IB S O N A N D LESLEY M A R T IN

ture to b e on this Earth for the u se and con ven ien ce o f the elite,” observed Plant, hinting

w h en applied to the planet’s total hum an p opu lation ...w e w o u ld so m e h o w have to find

So, w hat’s going on here?

Here is yet another ‘ism ’, and w here is it going other than into another dogm a dead-end?

Exactly what is ecofem inism other than a d o u b le-ed ged cause?

At first thought, the envi­ ronmental m ovem ent and femi­ nism seem to have no more to d é with each other than any other tw o fronts in the m odern day struggle. There are, how eyer, con n ection s b etw een the tw o, and these connections shied m uch light on both the feminist and the ecologist side o f the term. At the forefront o f this visio n are eco fem in ist Judith Plant explains value in ecofeminism thinkers such as Vandana Shiva at a com m on solution to se x ­ o f India, and Judith Plant o f tw o m ore planets,” sh e re­ British Columbia. lated. ism and anti-environmentalism.

Plant sp ok e at McGill on It is w ithin this context Inherent in that vision is a Thursday, February 10th, cour­ co n ce p t o f b ioregion alism , that Plant criticized the seem ­ tesy o f the Q uebec Public In­ w hich is closely linked to the ingly responsible, yet truly u n ­ te r e s t R e se a r c h G ro u p realistic sou n d bite, ‘sustain­ notion o f the environm ental (QPIRG). Her lecture offered footprint— a measure o f the a b le d e v e lo p m e n t ’. P lan t little m ore than a taste o f all the amount o f land n eed ed to sus­ q u oted Shiva in order to e x ­ directions her thinking has tain a given lifestyle. In her plain that fallacy. taken her, but it certainly ex ­ lecture, Plant referenced her “D e v e lo p m e n t has re­ p o s e d th e v a lu e o f an p la c e d c o l o n i a li s m , a n d colleague Bill Rees’s research ecofem inist approach. throughout the Third World, to describe the reality o f land (ab)use.

“An ecofem inist perspec­ w o m en , peasants and tribal “The lifestyle with w hich tive en h ances fem inism ’s basic p e o p le are struggling for lib­ m essage by adding that all life most o f us here are familiar is eration from developm ent, just is see n b y the dom inant cul­ as they earlier struggled for so highly consum ptive that,

liberation from colonialism .

F e llo w e c o - f e m i n i s t Ynestra King, quoted by Plant, sum m ed it u p best.

“W e d o not want an equal slice o f a rot­ te n p ie ,” s h e c o m ­ m ented.

Plant w ent on to talk o f her o w n strug­ gle, even in W estern culture, the su p p o sed beneficiary o f that d e­ velopm ent. Her co m ­ m unity on Gabriola Is­ G land, o ff the coast o f O C 0 JO V a n co u v er, h a s p u t o much frustrating effort 44-1-* O talking with and fight­ <u in g a g a in st fo r estry o m u l t i na t i o n a l W eldw ood, only to be put d o w n by slick pub­ lic relations and fear o f the disproportionately huge la w su its r e c e n tly b ro u g h t against environmentalists.

Undaunted, Plant pushed on, insisting that the problem s are not planetary but personal, and the solu tion s must be based locally.

“What m akes bio-region­ alism radically different from m ost other com m unity d ev el­ opm ent sch em es is that such e c o lo g ic a l c o n s id e r a tio n s w ou ld not co m e after profit margins have b een secured, but b efore,” said Plant.

Although sh e is hailed as an ecofem inist, Plant admitted that sh e is not terribly com fort­ able w ith the term, particularly in a W estern context. In co n ­ trast, in an interview with T o­ ronto’s N o w m agazine, Shiva see m ed at ea se with the e x ­ pression.

“W om en carry traditional agriculture on their backs and... they n o w hold the k ey to to­ m o r r o w ’s fo o d se c u r ity ....

W om en b eco m e m ore active w h en things g o w rong. T hey turn to nature, w h ereas m en turn to the cash eco n o m y ,” sh e asserted.

T he loss o f touch w o m en feel in W estern society ac­ counts for m uch o f Plant’s dis­ trust in the W estern u se o f the term. She exp ressed an urgent n eed for both w o m en and m en to take u p the w ork o f nurtur­ ing again.

In closing, Plant ech o ed Shiva’s claim o f ecofem inism b eing a total celebration o f diversity. She displayed a clear sen se o f the im portance o f avoiding dogm atism , and at­ tem pting to se e that n o on e solution n eed stand alon e as the only route to take.

“W hen w e take rigid p o ­ sitions in our activist work w e leave ou rselves w id e o p en to public relations sch em es to divide u s.”

M en’s studies: the new approach to masculinity

BY TA L LA SM AN O n February 15th Dr. G erm ain D ulac, an a sso cia te in th e Centre for A p p lied Fam­ ily Studies in M cG ill’s S ch ool o f S ocial W ork, s p o k e o n th e issu e o f m e n ’s stu d ies.

“M any factors h a v e in ­ flu e n c e d th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f m e n ’s studies," D u lac e x ­ p lain ed . “First is th e failure o f th e se x role p arad igm an d the re-appraisal o f this theory, and th e s e c o n d factor is the d e v e lo p m e n t o f fem in ist re­ search a n d k n o w le d g e .”

D u la c in f o r m e d th e sm all a u d ie n c e that th e s e x role parad igm a ssu m es fix ed g en d er ro les for b o th m en and w o m e n . T he p aradigm ign ores th e ex ten t to w h ich ou r c o n c e p tio n s o f m asculin ­ ity a n d fem in in ity are related to ea c h other. H e n o te d that b e c a u s e g e n d e r r e la tio n s h a v e b e e n historically a n d socially co n d itio n ed , th e d efi­ nition o f m asculinity d ep en d s o n th e d efin itio n o f fem in in ­ ity a n d v ise versa.

T he se x role p aradigm rearing b e c a u se it w a s b e ­ has b e e n criticized for its as­ lie v e d that w o m e n w e re in­ sum ption that gen d er-specific stin ctiv ely m o r e nurturing b e h a v io r a l th a n m en. c h a r a c te r is­ T h is le d to tics ex ist an d le g is la tio n are en a cted b a r r i n g “Many factors have in everyd ay w o m e n from influenced the life . It h a s th e w ork a ls o b e e n development of men’s p l a c e . R e ­ criticized for studies... the failure cen tly th e s e x m in im iz in g role paradigm of the sex role th e fact that has b e e n re­ paradigm and... the g en d er rela­ fu te d by tion sh ip s are scholars. development of b a sed o n the S om e refeminist research and d ifferen ce in search ers knowledge.” — Dr. pow er b e­ p r o v e d th e tw e e n m e n Germain Dulac abilities o f fa­ an d w o m e n . thers to fu n c­ D u l a c tio n as p ri­ p o in t e d to m ary c a r e ­ th e historical con stru ction o f givers. O thers stu d ied the am ­ d efin ition s o f fem in in ity an d b ig u o u s d iv isio n s b e tw e e n m asculinity as rep rod u cin g m a scu lin e a n d fem in in e b e ­ th o se p o w e r relationships. haviou rs, esp e c ia lly in the H e cited th e role o f m e n a n d ro g y n o u s typ e o f p erson . in child-rearing as an e x a m ­ D u lac id en tified th e latest p le o f h o w g en d er roles are th eory in th e stu d y o f c o n ­ translated into p o w e r roles. structed g e n d e r roles as ‘se x U ntil th e 1970s, th e c o n c e p t role tr a n sc en d e n c e’. A ccord ­ o f fath erh ood e x c lu d ed child­ in g to this th eory, individuals

m o v e from stage to stage, tow ards a n e w p erson ality structure.

“In this flex ib le orien ta­ tion, g e n d e r is m o stly irrel­ e v a n t,” sta te d D u la c .

“B eh avior is freely c h o s e n from th e total range o f p o s s i­ b le alternatives o n th e basis o f w h a t is u sefu l, a n d is c h o ­ se n w ith o u t co n sid era tio n o f m asculinity or fem inin ity is­ s u e s ,” h e co n tin u ed .

A c c o r d in g to D u la c , th e se stu d ies are dism antling th e se x role paradigm , and are o n e factor en co u ra g in g th e d e v elo p m en t o f m e n ’s studies. The other factor p u sh ­ in g its e m e r g e n c e is th e grow th o f fem inist studies.

S om e m en b eliev e that fem in ism is the o n ly cultural route to their o w n p ersonal grow th and so cial ch an ge.

H o w ev er, D ulac n o ted that th e p erceiv ed ex c lu sio n o f m en from fem inism , c o m ­ b in ed w ith the n e e d to d efin e m asculinity, u rged scholars to c o m m e n c e th e n e w field o f m e n ’s stu d ies.

T h e m a in su b je c t o f m e n ’s stu d ies is to in vesti­ gate th e w a y s m en ex p er i­ e n c e life as carriers o f m a scu ­ linity. T he latter is b a sed o n th e a ssu m p tio n that to b e m a scu lin e is to h a v e a par­ ticular p sy ch o lo g ic a l identity, so cia l role, cultural script, and p la c e in th e w o rk force. O n e o f th e g o a ls o f m e n ’s stu d ies is to a ssess th e diversity o f m asculinity.

D u la c in d ic a t e d th at there are m an y p o ten tia l ar­ e a s fo r further research in m e n ’s stu d ies, su ch as m e n ’s subjectivity in th e d e v e lo p ­ m en t o f fa th erh o o d identity, m e n ’s in sen sitivity to their p h y sica l a n d m ental health.

H o w ev er, s o m e m e m ­ bers o f th e a u d ien ce felt that m e n ’s stu d ies has m isse d an im portant issu e co n ce rn in g m e n ’s behaviour. In re sp o n se to q u e stio n s raised at th e e n d o f h is lecture, D u lac adm it­ ted that th e issu e o f m e n a n d v io le n c e has n o t b e e n ad ­ d resse d b y th e n e w fie ld o f m e n ’s stu d ies.

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Investigating garbage: Green Plan to improve McGill

BY A N G ELA CAM PBELL To the majority o f McGill students, university recycling fa­ cilities mean little more than the blue b o x es next to library pho­ tocopiers. This is on e of the things w hich McGill’s Waste Management Committee hopes to change by devising a plan to m ake on -ca m p u s recyclin g more effective and accessible.

The committee, comprised o f members o f the university’s administration, faculty and stu­ dent body, has discussed the issue of waste management for two years. Yet, it was just last summer that a thorough inves­ tigation into McGill’s recycling and garb a g e p o lic ie s w as launched.

A federal Challenge Grant enabled Alison Dudley, a McGill Q uebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) member, to b e­ gin researching how much gar­ bage the university generates and what happens to it. With the help o f a group o f volun­ teers, D udley’s research pro­ vided the first steps in the draft­ ing o f a plan to assess waste management and make recom­ mendations for its improvement.

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“Right now , the plan is aware o f the recycling program “W e need to look at the pretty much speculative, since already in existence at McGill. reasons w hy w e ’re only getting w e need an accurate idea of According to Kingdon, the uni­ about one-third o f recyclable exactly how much waste w e are versity boasts a major recycling material actually recycled,” she producing, and what is in the program in 80 campus build­ explained. garbage,” said Dudley. ings.

The first “Last year, w e recycled recom m enda­ about 550,000 pounds of pa­ tion in the draft per,” said Kingdon. “This year o f the w aste w e ’re capturing about 20 per m a n a g em en t cent more than that.” plan calls for But the draft for the waste an o ffic ia l management plan is less enthuwaste audit on * siastic about McGill’s recycling the downtown <u record. McGill’s failure to recycampus. Cur­ >. cle to its full potential is blamed rently, it is b e­ ® on a lack o f student awareness lieved that the about on-campus recycling fa­ university gen­ cilities. O f the students polled erates about blue boxes not enough during the researching o f the six tonnes o f plan, only 53 per cent are aware In order to determine the solid waste each day, totalling that it is possible to recycle at amount o f solid waste McGill 1536 tonnes o f annual garbage. produces, a preliminary waste McGill, and scored an average But as Associate Vice-Prin­ audit has b e e n se t up by o f four out o f six w h en asked to cipal (Physical Resources) and Kingdon. Intersan, the company name which products could be chair o f the Waste Management that collects garbage from sp e­ recycled on campus.

Committee Sam Kingdon attests, Sarah Dalle, another mem­ cific campus buildings, agreed these numbers do not necessar­ ber o f the Waste Management to w eigh garbage twice w eekly ily provide accurate figures for Committee, perceives the lack during the month o f February McGill’s garbage output. o f student awareness as imped­ b efore d um pin g it into its “This figure is only a gross ing the effectiveness o f the pro­ landfill. estimate. H owever, w e think gram for recycling paper, which W hile the figures from the that o f what is being thrown w aste audit are being compiled, accounts for 65 per cent of away, two-thirds can b e recy­ members of the Waste Manage­ McGill’s solid waste. cled,” he said.

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D udley agreed and added that the lack o f facilities to recycle larger quantities o f pa­ per.

“The paper recycling still isn’t that effective since it’s aimed at the individual per­ so n ,” Dudley said. “There is no mechanism to deal with things like newspaper, cardboard, and all the exam booklets w hich get thrown out at the end o f each year.”

“Ultimately, w e ’d like to see the administration set sp e­ cific goals for waste m anage­ ment at McGill,” Dudley con ­ tinued. “At UBC and in many state universities they’re saying that by the year 2000, they’d like to cut w aste by 50 per cent.

In a w ay these numbers are a bit o f a joke, but w e ’d like to see McGill do the sam e thing.

At the moment, it’s haphazard.

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D efence o f the Iv o ry T o w er

Unless y o u ’ve had your eyes and ears closed since you’ve com e to McGill, you ’re aware that there are instances of harassment and discrimina­ tion, b e they racist, sexist, homophobic, etcetera, in na­ ture. But while McGill is far from perfect in dealing with the politics o f difference, so called by political theorist Iris Young, the university’s problems are no different from schools across the country. In trying to draw the line with what students and teachers, but predominantly teachers, can and can’t say, can and can’t demonstrate, policy writers are faced with the di­ lemma o f posing the right to be free o f oppression against the right o f free speech and aca­ demic freedom. The common misperception in dealing with these concepts is that they are on a continuum - give too much free sp eech and academic free­ dom, and you ’ll be plagued by harassment and discrimination.

This argument is being thrown about once again in the Ontario universities, vexed over the pro­ vincial government policy re­ leased last fall, titled Fram e­ w ork Regarding P revention o f H arassm ent a n d D iscrim ina­ tion in O ntario Universities.

Produced by the Ontario Ministry o f Education, Frame­ w ork sets out ‘minimum exp ec­ tations’ o f what university har­ assment and discrimination poli­ cies should look like. It is a farcical attempt to force univer­ sities to design policies of which the province approves, giving a deadline o f March 1st to submit policies for government review and audit— farcical because it supplies definitions which are more vague and meaningless than a where-do-babies-comefrom book for five-year-olds.

You know there’s something called sex, but have no idea what it is. For example, Fram e­ w ork includes in its definition o f sexual harassment som e ex­ am ples— “gestures, remarks, jokes, slurs, invitations, leering, the display o f sexual material,... unwanted attention,...”

This ridiculous definition, w hich universities are expected to base their policies on, in­ cludes just about anything. If you ’re a female and don’t like your T.A. because he wears the same shirt to class w eek after w eek, you can find something within that definition to accuse him of. He invited you to com e to office hours and you didn’t want to. He smiled at you the wrong way. There is no doubt that sexual harassment takes place, betw een professors, be-

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Tibetan community to protest Chinese occupation B Y M O N IQ U E SH EBBEARE

BY CH ERYL DEVOE tween students and professors, and betw een students. This policy’s definition o f it makes a mockery out of a very unfunny reality.

Unfortunately, instead of attacking this policy for its con­ tent, professors around Ontario are speaking out against the infringement on academic free­ dom. “Universities are supposed to offend people, to challenge the status quo, the very core of our value system and beliefs,” the most clever, but overused, excuse to b e obnoxious in the classroom is true. I found it offensive to learn what hap­ pened to blacks in the Ameri­ can south in the 1960s, and I should. It w as offensive. And watching it on film will b e a lesson I’ll never forget. Cer­ tainly blacks found it offensive also— but should w e then not be taught what happened? We can’t hide from history. Nor can w e turn our backs on p eo ­ ple like Philip Rushton, the University o f Western Ontario professor w h o researched links betw een intelligence and race, and turned the academic world on its ear in the process.

Critics of the policy are right in saying the path to know ledge includes offensive content in courses. What they have failed to recognize is the difference betw een presenta­ tion of offensive material for research and discussion, and actions and words by peop le which have no academic foun­ dation or justification.

The Framework, poorly written as it was, attempted to protect people from being dis­ criminated against and har­ assed. Just as academics must learn to separate academics from basic human interaction, so must those whom this policy was meant to protect.

Nonetheless, w hile I de­ fend to a certain limit the inten­ tions o f the Ministry o f Educa­ tion for trying to light a match under university policy mak­ ers, I cannot condone their actions. The heart o f the uni­ versity is its autonomous, self­ regulating nature. That is at the centre o f academic freedom.

The government has no right to think that a group of officials in the midst o f government bu­ reaucracy can design a policy any better than university bu­ reaucrats. If there’s one thing w e ’re supposed to b e able to do at school, it’s think.

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T he Canada Tibet C om ­ m ittee (CTC) is organizing a silent protest March 10th at the C hinese Em bassy in Ot­ taw a to protest China’s 35 year occu p a tio n o f Tibet.

A ccording to th e CTC, 1.2 m illion Tibetans have d ied as a result o f the C hinese occu p ation . In addition, Ti­ betans have suffered severe religious p ersecu tion, includ ­ ing th e destruction o f over 6,000 m onasteries.

T enzin, a Montreal area student w h o ask ed that her last nam e remain an onym ous, stated that m assive p o p u la ­ tion transfer o f C h inese into Tibet threatens th e Tibetan culture by m aking T ibetans a m inority in their country.

“Pop ulation transfer has taken the b iggest to ll,” sh e said.

T en zin Tsering, a McGill student involved with the CTC, ex p la in e d that several federal p o litic ia n s in c lu d in g MPs Sven d R ob inson and Warren A llm and w ill b e participating in th e protest.

• “T he MPs w ill b e giving sp e e c h e s, w e ’ll hear a letter from His H olin ess [the Dalai Lama] and th en w e ’ll w alk to the E m bassy,” sh e said.

T he im m ediate goal o f the protest is to raise p ublic aw aren ess o f the Tibetan situ­ ation.

“Everything w e d o is in h o p e s o f raising aw aren ess so that w e can gain m ore su p ­ port from the Canadian p e o ­ ple and govern m en t,” T enzin exp lained.

T serin g a sse r te d that there is a particularly strong n e e d for public a w aren ess in

Canada.

"The U.S. g o vern m en t has b een d o in g a lot m ore for th e Tibetan ca u se than the Canadian g o v ern m en t,” sh e said.

T he eventual g o a l o f the T ib e ta n c o m m u n ity is to prom pt drastic ch a n g es to the situation in Tibet.

“O ur g o a l w o u ld be to g et a d ialo g u e m ediated by the U.S. or Canada,” sh e said, “...and in the lo n g term, the liberation o f ou r country.”

Tsering b eliev es that the Tibetan com m u nity w ill be su ccessfu l in its struggle.

“I think w e w ill have our freed om , but I’m not sure h o w s o o n ,” sh e said. “Several T ib etan m o n k s h a v e sa id ‘D o n ’t worry, y o u ’ll s o o n be free’ and I b eliev e that.”

T enzin w orries that Ti­ betan culture m ay b e lost in the m eantim e.

“The gen eration o f p e o ­ ple ou r age [in Tibet] are g row ­ ing u p faced w ith s o m uch

C h in ese cu ltu re that th eir se n se o f Tibetan culture w ill b e lost so o n e r o r later,” sh e said.

“T he o ld er gen era tio n still rem em bers the Tibetan cu sto m s o f p re-occu p ation so th ey are still ab le to m aintain th e lan gu age an d cu ltu re,” sh e ad ded. "That’s w h y the tim e factor is s o essen tia l h ere.”

T he Tibetan co m m u n ity is m ade u p o f o n ly 300 p e o ­ p le in Canada b ut protest or­ ganizers h o p e to unite m ore than 1,000 p e o p le for the pro­ test. T en zin an d T sering are trying to find 500 participants from Montreal alon e.

Organizers have b een s o ­ liciting su pp ort from cultural grou p s in th e Montreal area.

T he CTC is providing free bus transportation b etw e en Montreal and Ottawa. T he bus w ill b e leavin g from the inter­ sections o f D ecarie and Q u een Marie St. at 11:00 AM March 10th.

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Commitment. Communica­ tion. Experience. Undoubtedly, the buzzwords of any serious presidential candidate. Greater interaction between faculties and SSMU through consolidation of services and buying power will make SSMU, the faculty societies AND the students better off overall. As V.P. Finance of the Science Undergraduate Society and Management CC, I have the necessary experience to achieve these goals.

Etudions plus en detail la formation d'un rapprochement plus étroit entre les anglophones et les franophones. Je crois qu'on peut promouvoir notre excellence académique tout en améliorant les services bilingues au francophones.

March 8lh, 9th and 1Oth VOTE TRACEY SOLOMON for SSMU PRESIDENT.

As president of SSMU, S tu d e n t* ' r ig h ts w i l l I m a p r io r it y There should be no unjustified tuition fee hikes. Students' safety on and off campus should be improved.

Cooperation among faculty societies is essential. I'll investigate ways to increase SSMU revenues to provide more services to students. Photocopy centre in Shatner bulding by August 1994.

E x p e rie n c e : Two years as Clubs Representative on SSMU council.

Member of Financial Management e, Policy Review. Involved in Photocopy Centre negotiations.

Member of many more committees (Environmental, Room allocation, Interest Groups Finance Committee, Hiring). Organized and volunteered for many activities (yearbook editor, O-Week, PubNites Walksafe, etc.)

Since 90% of M c G ill students aren't expected to even vote in these elections, let alone join a club, you'll probably agree that SSMU priorities must shift a w a y from politics and into production.

As co-founder of M cG ill's Transit Netw ork, I drove SSMU resources into action by providing 8 5 0 0 rides to and from school for M cG ill students, teachers, and staff.

Frustrated with M c G ill cutbacks, I recently met government officials and earned SSMU a $9000 Provincial grant. As President. I'll introduce incentives f a others to do the same instead of burying their heads in the sand. So remember: P O N T BE A COWARD...VOTE FOR HOWARD!

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CHRIS CARTER If electe d I w ill be d e d ic a te d to m eeting the fo llo w in g five goc farm s Firstly, Ih e elim ination o fr aalf lffo o f discrim ination a t M c G ill.

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including last year as Editor-in-Chief, coupled with m y experience as Arts Senator and SSMU Councillor this year, give me the base necessary to be an effective intiator, leader and coordinator. Je crois connaître les besoins de la population étudiante.

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If you've had enough of student repfesentatives who are more concerned with their CVs than their constituents; If you're fed up your vote counting only in M arch; If you want financial responsibility and account­ ability in spending your money; If you want someone who will listen and voice your concerns ALL YEAR LONG; Then vote JA N E T B IN G LE Y for BETTER S EN A TE R EP R ES EN T A T IO N !

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programs geared to the job market and attempts to establish c o o p programs in certain departments.

Being a member of a visible minority myself, I feel it is important that a racial harassment policy is formulated, as none exists presntly. ' M y initiatives would be geared towards making the campus more enviro-friendly'', in a cost efficient manner. I have been actively involved in various campus groups during my three years and feel capable and enthusiastic about working on these and other equity issues.

SENATOR: E n g in e e rin g ROCCO VARANO Hi! I'm Rocco Varano, a Metallurgical Engineering student, s The executive position of which I am . running for is that of Engineering/ Architecture Senator As Senator I would act as representative for oB I engineering and architecture I students on the SSMU senate council ! and I w ould be o Liaison beiween the SSMU ond the EUS. M y job • would be to lobby issues proposed by and for the benefit of the I students. If elected, I would like to join the timetable committee, since

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ZEINA HATEM As an engineering repre­ sentative to senate, I wish to ensure that the students' L interests, opinions and needs are brought forwatd and taken into consideration. I hope to tackle important »lf|wftf1ssues with new ideas and vigour, and always ^æ P students informed. A serious, reliable representative is needed, and if I am elected, I will devote my time and energy to fill the position as best as I can.

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changes to O ntario high schools, served the university Res C o uncil - 1 even d id my E W C project on education. I war protect your university investment from being devalued b budget cuts. C a ll 9 3 5 - 1 3 0 9 to hear my ideas or to share

SENATOR: Mnnageme INDER GREW

G IVE YOUR V O IC E A VO IC E. You w ill und oubtedly hea r other con d id a te s telling you w h a t Y O U w a n t; w h a t Y O U need; w h a t’s g o a d for Y O U . I a m not you a n d to b e your v o ic e in senate, w e must together o p e n lines o f com m unication. That is m y fundam ental platform . I have m y concerns a b o u t cam pus safely; libraries; course evaluations; fees; but it's m ore c rucial to hear yours. I w ill take m y experience as President of the Arts U n derg ra d u a te S ociety, co m b in e d w ith your id eas for cru c ia l issues a n d m ake your v o ic e effective in senate.

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KMU VP External A ffairs SSMU VP External A ffairs M c G ill students have been m ade w ith o u t our input.

W h e th e r the issue is university funding b e in g slashed in Q u e b e c C ity , or the perpetually in ad e q u a te security in the ghetto, it is cle a r that the voices o f students a re no t be in g hea rd.

If I a m elected VP External, I p le d g e to fig h t for the interests o f students, b y m eans ranging from a m ore aggressive stance a t the b a rg a in in g table , to actively m obilizing student pressure in the form of demostrafions. It is our future; w e must b e hea rd. C 'e s t notre utur; nos voix doive n t etre entendus.

SSMU V P F in a n ce

M aking our voices heard; It's about fighting for fairer tuition fees, because studies show that M c G ill contributes more to Quebec's economy than it receives in subsidies; It's about implement­ ing the M c G ill Ghetto Safety Audit, because it's the city's responsibility to ensure neighbourhood safety.

It's about working with other universities, because everyone benefits from interuniversity libraries and cross-promotion of events; Il s'agit également de faire ouvrir M c G ill aux francophones et de profiter de l'occasion de créer une université bilingue; It's about applying my experience from the External Affairs Committee, to Commission Francophone, and the Safety Audit to SSMU External.

SENATOR: M ed icin e

Finance w ith tw o m andates: 1) not to raise student fees w h ile p a yin g back o u t $ 3 6 0 , 0 0 0 d e b t; a n d 2) to put a n e n d to needless losses through services such as S adie's. This y e a r I led a team w h ic h m a n a g e d to save

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$ 8 4 ,0 0 0 to p a y b a c k our debt, a n d Sadie's is turning a p ro fit for

'm k

the first time in seven years.

I have inintiated the "Funny

Aoney" c a m p a ig n to poll students on h o w they w o u id prio ritize ne spending o f the $ 5 7 .0 0 they g ive to SSM U each year.

D on't hand your m oney over w ith o u t a say!

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Vote Paul Johnson!

SENATOR: M anagem ent

B o a rd of G o v e rn o rs is the highest adm inistrative b o d y in the university. It deals w ith issues such as finances a n d the bud get. A s students w h o p a y

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P o litica l S cience. M y ■

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e x p e rie n c e in A U S in clude s b e in g a m em b er o f the Internal C o m m itte e a n d c o ­ ARTS W IN T E R C A R N IV A L. A s

m any tim es have w e been

President, I in ten d to c o n c e n tra te o n c re a tin g an

threatened w ith tuition increases?

Arts Student B o dy

Does this w o rry you? D o you ever w o n d e r h o w your tuition fees are

C o m m u n ity. W ith the c o n tin u e d g ro w th o f our m a n y

pu t to use? F ellow students together w e can send a strong

events a n d a c tiv itie s , a lo n g w ith g re a te r a c c e s s ib ility to A U S

m essage out aga in st a n y tuition hikes a n d in favour o f fiscal

for a ll ARTS students, I a m c o n fid e n t o f the possib ility. A U S is no t a p o litic a l m a c h in e , a n d w ith y o u r su p p o rt, I in ten d to

responsibility.

Please vote Roy fo r Student Rep

B o a rd of G o v e rn o rs WILLIAM PHILUPSON

G overnors is responsible for m aking the finan cial decisions for the University, including tuition fe e increases. It is therefore very im portant to choose the right person to be your representative.

This past year, I w a s president o f the Engineering U n dergra du­ ate Society. I have expe rience d e a lin g w ith the University Adm inistration and have spent much o f the year fightin g for students' rights. I am no t a fra id to stand up and be counted.

a v o id turn ing it in to a S S M U clo n e .

AUS E x e c. P re s id e n t LESLIE RAVENSTEIN H o w often does an Arts Under­ graduate Student find out too little, too late? As I enter my f inal year at M cG ill, I realize that, though this university has much to offer, accessibility to information is severely lacking. As President of AUS, I w ould initiate the publication of departmental ha n d b o o k, with detailed course descriptions, required texts, and grading schemes included, as well as course evaluations and an Arts Undergraduate "update," concerned with the goings-on within our departments and the faculty as a whole. W ith wider distribution o f this information, w e , as students w ould have a basis on which to express our informed concerns.

SENATOR: D e n tistry

AUS V P A cadem ic

SENATOR: Ed u catio n

BREAK D O W N THE BARRIERS AROUND YOU. I have three goals for 1994-1995. I w ill break down professor-student barriers by expanding informal studentprofessor lunches, establishing Department Open Houses for firstyear and CEGEP students and publishing student course evaluations. I w ill increase AUS student interaction through establishing an Academic Lobby Committee, distributing an Academic newsletter, continuing and improving the AUS Handbook, and b / leading the AUS drive to publish course readers. Finally, I hope to break down cultural and national boundaries b / enriching university exchange opportunities for Arts students. DB FOR VP...ACADEMIC!

DANIELLE BOURGEOIS

JEFFREY CRITTENDEN

KAREN KW OK

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have a vested interest in w h a t

o f G overnors. The Board o f

K M

HAROLD VARAN I'm in my third y e a r o f four in

g oe s on a t Board m eetings. H o w

a te is elected to sit on the Board

STEVEN SHERMAN

AUS Ex e c. P re sid e n t

c h a irp e rs o n o f this ye a r's

representative position ope n for

SENATOR: Science

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tuition I believe that w e all should

elections. O n ly on e undergradu­

I am campaigning for the position of Senator of Religious Studies. Previous to studying at ■T X McGill I receivgckrE.Â, from ** Laurentioa-Wiversit ^ iaorinQ irv-Reiigious Studies and PMoscphy. At McGill f am Cuffenly entoifec! in a BTh degree teasing to ordination in life United Church of Canada.

Presently I am serving on the United T yp e rfcal College Board of Governors and am afso a member of CCSS. I hope that through the position of Senator, I can reach beyond the Faculty of Religious Studies and out into the community of McGill as a whole.

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ROY tHANTANU

the most obscure student

SENATOR: R e lig .S tu d ie s

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H i there! The Board o f G overnors

I am running for w h a t is p ro b a b ly

PAUL JOHNSON Last year, you elected m e VP

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SHAWN J. KHAN

CAROLINE ZABBAL

I'd increase SSMU revenues (such as a new photocopy centre, monitoring Sadie's activités) without resorting to cutting budgets as a solution. Total money allocated to clubs/services should increase, I'd speed budget approval for clubs and services. Clubs/services must become involved and informed in financial procedures. It is equally important to raise health plan awareness and benefits.

M y finance major and extensive Experience in marketing at SSMU (my job is getting sponsorship and honey for SSMU events and publications) have increased my knowledge of the running and mangement of SSMU and where and how revenues need to be made.

SSMU V P F in a n ce

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NICK BENEDICT

DAVID D'ANDREA For too lo ng, decision s affectin g

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SENATOR: La w SENATOR: M usic

VACANT SENATOR: Science t

VICTORIA ANN

AUS V P A cadem ic RICHARD C. LATOUR

A s the IRC rep to S S M U , I felt a

There a re a p p ro xim a te ly 1 0 0

M y nam e is Richard Latour, a

w o u ld b e to attend Senate

responsibility to keep m y

voters on senate, o n ly sixteen o f

seem ingly pop ular nam e in

meetings for three hours, every

constituency in form ed o f m otions

w h ic h a re students; g o o d student

these elections. I am running for

other w e ek. M y o b lig a tio n to you

passed a t SSM U a n d to be responsive to its o pinio ns.

representation is im portant.

Lobbying for support w ith

the A c a d e m ic Representative of

Therefore, I in itia te d a series o f SSMU updates w h ic h I posted in

professors is essential a n d I am

the Arts U n dergra duate Society.

I'm no t g o in g to use up my

the residences.

com fo rta b le and con fid e n t in this j c a p a c ity . I am interested in the

sp a c e w ith self-congratulating com ments so I w ill g iv e you m y

students o f M a n a g e m e n t d o n 't ge t

I believe that the position o f Science Senator is one in w h ic h

| harrassmenf, and student

to ju dge fo r themselves. N e x t

the representation o f students'

year, expect to see the m eeting

interests is p rim ary w h ile the

As M a n a g e m e n t senator, m y job

the students o f M a n a g e m e n t, how ever, is much greater than that. A lthough much o f w h a t is discussed is o f lim ited interest to most students, I believe that the

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age ndas posted in a d va nce o f the meetings, minutes posted

v o ic in g o f personal o pinio ns is s e c o n d a ry .. Therefore, I w ill

follo w in g the meetings, and a rep w h o'll be proud to speak out on behalf o f M a n a g e m e n t students both in dividually and collectively. Vote Steve Sherman for M a n a g e m e n t Senator.

inform m y constituency o f upcom ing motions a n d w o rk fo r its interests. W h e n issues such as tuition hikes a n d harassm ent are

SENATOR: M anagem ent

SENATOR: Science

STEFAN HAWES

brough t forth, I w ill not sit back idly.

« M A IN E TSANG

But also for several other

As students, our role in the decision making process at M c G ill is limited b y the information m ade availab le to us.

reasons, here are two; M a n a g e m e n t students k n o w that

I wont Senate held responsible in seeing that university issues and

fees are go n g to skyrocket, w e

policies are directly presented to

just need to look a t Q ueens'

students. W ith this increased accessibility, w e can then pressure the administration to commit

W h y d o I w a n t to g o to boring Senate meetings w ith stuffy profs? Because I like to kiss ass.

$ 2 0 ,0 0 0 M B A program . Senate must m ake sure that w e have loan program s that ca n m eet the rising cost of education. Also,

M anagem ent students understand that particip a tio n from the

Drivate sector a t M c G ill ca n b e nothing but ben eficial, Senate

îeeds to w o rk to help foster these relationships.

V o t e f o r S t e f a n H a w e s , M a n a g e m e n t R e p t o S e n a te

themselves to im proving facilities for the disabled, access to student financing, better libraries, increased department funding and a revision of their stand on sexual harassment. As treasurer for the Choral Soc., a W alksafer and a W elco m e W e e k volunteer, I see students w orking to change policies at M c G ill. Elect me to Senate.

issues o f gender e qu ality, sexual em ploym ent a n d I intend to have I an a ctive v o ic e on these and

tw o highest priorities w h ich I w ill fulfil to the best o f my abilities. 1) I w ill g iv e m y 100% on a n y a n d all issues w h ich

other relevant issues. N o w for the cheesy pa rt o f m y pensketch:

concern a n d affe ct Arts students. 2) M y second priority is to

I plan to c a rry out m y duties a s your student senator w ith w ill,

a lw a y s rem ain acco u n ta b le to the Arts students w hen they

enthusiasm, and a faithful devo tion to the SUS. Cheesiness aside, on election day remember to vote.

com e to me or to the council for assistance on a n y issue. M a k e your vote count.

SENATOR: Science

AUS V P A<ademi<

RAGHU VENUGOPAL M y name suggests I'm for your pasta I'm really for your future! Here's some issues I'm standing for: .1) Tuition repayments based on post­ grad income (goods first, please.)

2) Definite exam schedules available by Drop/Ad Week (Jock be nimble, Jack be quick) 3) Accessibility to our profs' evaluations (I lore you, I love you not) 4) Internet computer privacy (Dear Santa...)

5) M a e interdisciplinary study (outside Science) (Oh Romeo, Oh Romeo) I'm proud to be a McGill Science student, yet there's much to be done to make us better. F a dedication and Representation through consultation Vote RAGHU VENUGOPAL FOR SCIENCE SENATE!

DAN FURST W henever I look around the Arts Faculty, a couple of questions generally spring to mind. First and foremost, w hy don't w e have an anti-calendar up and ready yet?

This is essential, especially in a Faculty like Arts where choices can be bewildering. Secondly, w h y doesn't AUS have an efficient distribution system for students to adequately be informed on a regular basis about issues affecting them? These are the main concerns wich need to be addressed ever the next year of AUS operation. Ensemble, nous pourrions résoudre ces problèmes et améliore la vie académique pour tous. Let me start the solution.

CANDIDATES AUS V P A d m in is tr a tio n

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RAJESH JOSH I OM ON

I would like to make the Daily a financially independent organization which no longer relies on student money to operate yet still distributes copies for free. I intend to make up for the budgetary shortfall by: (1) diversifying the Daily's buisness interests to include a profitable

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phtocopying outfit in the Shatner Bldg, and (2) pursuing advertisers more vigorously.

There are several government agencies which w ill guarantee our loans if they percieve the project to hold promise. Yes, there is enough demand for a student-run

No p a n aketches a v a ila b le

photocop/ing and yes I do have the business experince. So save yourself some money. Vote for me.

DAILY B o a rd of D ire cto rs

Q PIRG B o a rd of D ire cto rs

KELLY MATSUMOTO W h y d o I w a n t to d o this? I e n jo y e d w o rk in g

LAURA VAN ITERSON

RAJESH JOSHI

Laura Van Iterson (U2F Psychology) is currently an active rnemtefr<#<QPIRG's Board of Directors.j®ntfis sÉgki)

w ith the A U S this y e a r a n d I'd lik e to in c re a s e m y in volvem ent. I h a v e d o n e a v a rie ty o f jo bs in Infernal A ffa irs in c lu d in g p u b lic ity , n ew slet­ ters, a n d W in te r C a rn iv a l. N e x t y e a r, I'd lik e to

JONATHAN ALBERTS

c o n tin u e to o ffe r fun a c tiv itie s for M c G ill students, b u t I'm a ls o in te re s te d in m a k in g a

reelection^^--**^

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DANI COLT

fe w c h a n g e s . W e n e e d m o re c o n c e rts , m ore festivals, a n d m o re v is ib ility . Students h a v e to k n o w that the A U S exists for them . T he A U S is th e best student fa c u lty a s s o c ia tio n o n C a m p u s .

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I'd lik e to h e lp the le g a c y live o n .

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MARY FOSTER

AUS V P In t e r n a l A f f a ir s LAILA BRABANDER

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My name is laila Brabander and I'm in Sociology U l. In recent years, students have voiced complaints about concerts and events that the Arts Society tias chosen. Because I feel that these opinions need to be heard, if elected I intend to organize more committees which would make the decision-making process more reflective of the vast student body. Hopefully such committees would increase the publicity of such events and thus yield a greater student turn-out.

CKUT B o a rd of D ire cto rs PAUL VANDERBERG

VACANT

No p e n sketches a v a ila b le

AUS VP F in a n c e RICK SAVONE Experience, like your m o n e y , counts. That's w h y you should elect Rick S a vane as VP Finance for the Arts U n d e rg ra d u a te ^o ® t^ ly .\R ic k has bee n an a ctive m e m b e rd L ^ r ^ ’A U S Fif®n<§e C o m m itte e this

Stu den ts' S o cie ty of M cG ill U n iv e rsity

Association des étudiantes et édutiants de l'Université McGill

past yegt«sefvfng as ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ o ^ i p t r o l l e r . Fie j^ - ÿ a in ^ w M e p a rtic ip a tin g iess that m onitors the ^ n s a c tio n s . Rick d o e s n 't m athem atics o f p o litic s that lets you b y subtracting a n d m ultiply b y d iv id in g . Fie believes in k e ep ing a careful e y e on the bottom line. Put your m oney w h e re your mouth is.

S S M U G e n e r a l E le c tio n s P o ll L o c a tio n s a n d H o u r s: M a r c h 8 , 9 , 1 0 th 1 9 9 4

C h oose ex p e rie n c e beca use it counts. Elect Rick.

AUS Council R e p r e s e n t a t iv e CHRISTINE MOORE I am a second ye a r student m a jo rin g in S o ciology. I am running for the positio n o f Arts Representative to the Students' Society.

In regards to e x p e rie n c e .JJgfa v 'ë ^c x k e d w ith SSM U P r o g r a m m i p g t ^ l ^ ^ o ^ h ^ in q w ith the ] 9 9 3 / 9 ^ A t f f t o H e s N i g h t ^ ^ p t ^ C a rn iv a l, » P a ^ ^ r ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t q p , f o r Septem ber g jd ja n u c % '^ ^ S M U 'P î b g ra m m in g is * wiping to o rg a n iz e a A w a rd s N ig h t. ^ §rn c a p a b le o f w o rk in g to h e lp cre a te a etter link, one o f c om m u nicatio n a n d understand­ ing betw e en the Arts Facility a n d the Students' Society.

AUS Council R e p r e s e n t a t iv e LISA GRUSHCOW W h y me? In 100 words...

E xp o rio n co : cofounder and coordinator of G roup Action, which organized dorm rags on racism, religious discrimination, homophobia; coordinator of th^jSHëffo Safet$tPrà$ect; involved with AIDS A ^ w r tÉ fT W e e k ^ ^ w H k ^ g a K ^ p ^ ^ W B ^ J in d SSMU • u n c ij^ o ^ f ^ ^ ^ p r a ^ ^ o F O f d e r ! ) , and want to be /a n d other issues at both.

Fll work hard to be accessible to you, iut your opinions and concerns and bring them ***> SSMU council.

Arts (that means you) deserves to be heard. I promise to be loud.

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Bronfman Burnside Currie Gym Education Chancellor Day Hall Leacock McConnell Engineering McIntyre Music Redpath Library RVC Stewart Biology (South) Thompson House Union Building

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Official List of Nominated Candidates for March 8,9, & 10th GENERAL ELECTIONS Co-CR0s: Jane Rhee & Dave Harman

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Creativity deferred: the McGill muse greatly overlooked

BY SA S H A C H A PM A N Creativity? At McGill? You might well sound sceptical. While McGill has been pursuing aca­ demic excellence, creative out­ lets for students, including fine arts and creative writing, have fallen by the wayside. Due to M cG ill’s “a ca d em ic” focu s, courses in fine arts are few and far between, and can accommo­ date only a small percentage of the undergraduate population.

For example, a well-kept secret at McGill is the free-hand drawing course offered by the Faculty o f Architecture. But enrollment is seriously limited.

Why is the selection of such art courses at McGill so insuffi­ cient?

"It’s a matter o f historical accident,” said Irwin Gopnik, McGill’s Dean of Students.

But historical accident does not an effective program make.

Although the Faculty of Education offers a variety o f art courses such as drawing, paint­ ing and ceramics, the enrollment in such courses is limited. This can turn the registration process into an administrative nightmare.

“It’s more than difficult, it’s

Imagination a t M cGill? Imagine that! impossible in som e cases,” said Gopnik.

M oreover, the p rocess changes from year to year.

“You have to be on the ball if you want to take an art course at McGill,” said U3 Arts student Kate Nowell-Smith, a veteran of the process.

Why is it so difficult to take these courses?

“It’s usually a question of space,” said one administrative assistant in the faculty. Limited enrollment is intended to guar­ antee Education in the Arts ma­

jors studio time. Such students, especially those admitted late to McGill, are forced to compete with the rest of McGill for class time. As it stands, about half the students taking fine arts classes are from outside the faculty. This system is no t very effective.

Education in the Arts can­ not be expected to provide a creative outlet for the rest of McGill, especially w hen it is at the expense of the students in the program.

“McGill should be funding electives separately,” maintained

one official.

Committee on the Creative and The situation is even worse Performing Arts has been meet­ if you want to take a creative ing for over a year to discuss writing course in the English these issues. According to the D e p a r tm en t. P ro fesso r R. chair, Professor Zuk, o f the Reichertz, w ho teaches a poetry School of Architecture, the sub­ workshop, is on leave this year. committee’s mandate is “to initi­ So what is left ate proposals for the student for the devel­ population is a opm ent of McGill’s academic s i n g l e physical facili­ agenda does not ( e n r o llm e n t ties for the crea­ lim ite d ... o f tive and per­ provide adequate course) class forming arts at outlets for the on playwriting.

McGill.” But the To obtain per­ development of com m ittee is mission to take m ore con­ student creativity. this course in cerned with ex­ the fall term, a posing students th ree page to the creative statement of purpose must be and performance arts than pro­ submitted to the professor by viding programs which involve April. the students directly.

The alternatives?

McGill’s academic agenda There are extracurricular does not provide adequate out­ student-run workshops, such as lets for the development of stu­ the Drawing Society and the dent creativity. The irony, of Photographic Society. As well, course, is that any great aca­ there is a creative writing work­ demic work is itself creative. shop presented weekly by the “Y our q u e s tio n s are Department of English Students’ timely,” said an assistant in the Association. But little is in place office o f the VP of Planning and on an official level to help change Resources. “These are issues w e the status quo. have been discussing for more A Senate Ad-Hoc Subthan a year.”

Reach out & touch someone, or at least yourself

BY J U N IP E R R ID IN G T O N

the exception o f the Tele-Per­ fect service w hich is free for everyone, m en have to put their Are you lonely? Tired o f m oney w here their m outh is.

(This seem s to b e an electronic gazin g at that unattainable version o f the Ladies’ Night beauty in psych class? Then you could be a perfect candi­ principle with the aim to lure date for the exciting world o f men w h o are willing to shell out only if there are plenty o f telepersonals. The touch-tone telebabes present.) p hon e (do I hear a double But despite the large con ­ entendre?) has revolutionized the personal ad. M.A.R.S. has tingent o f men leaving the “Hey there ladies” kind o f m essage finally met its match.

My com pletely unscien­ (all claiming to b e “well-built and athletic”) there w as quite a tific survey o f four Montreal spectrum o f te le p h o n e ad s p la c e d , m eeting servso m e w ildly ices revealed s u r p a s s in g a juicy world "I’m not picky in th e r u n -o fo f sexual blus­ terms of personality th e-m ill bar ter w h ere talk ... I have no hobbies, pick-up line. is the action.

The m essage Telepersonals just sex.” s e n d e r s are not those ranged from a 1-900 n u m ­ — Random Tele-hunk self-described b ers at ten ^ " “cat lover” to dollars a shot. a man mak­ N o, th e in g th e te le p e r so n a l is populated by relatively ordi­ hubristic claim to b e “the king o f se x ”. The m essages them­ nary folks just wanting to make selves ran from the inane to the a connection. offensive. Personal favourites All o f the telepersonal w ere “I got nothing to do, so s e r v ic e s (T e le -P e r fe c t, Telepersonals, Mt'rrorTalk Per­ ca ll m e ” an d th e L uther son als, 24 H our Night Ex­ Vandross crooner w h o tried the musical (I use the word loosely) change) allow w o m en to place approach. And for the N ew voice ads or brow se through the selection for free. But, with Age lover there w as the self-

termed “sky dancer” looking hit the pound button) funnelled for “som eone to ran with the the caller into the “right” cat­ w olves.” egory without the option of If your idea o f a dream listening to sam e sex m essages. date d oesn ’t include Iron John, The Mirrors' Talk Person­ there are plenty o f categories als and the Telepersonals com ­ from w hich to choose. You pany, are the most user-friendly, d on’t have to sit through every w hile the oxym oronic 24 Hour heavy breather and inaudible Night Exchange and the (not shy guy. From the marriage minded to the " a ltern a tiv e” (read S&M and group sex plus those desiring ‘discreet’ encounters) there is a niche for every age an d a lm o st every inclina­ tion.

H o w ever, with the ex c ep tio n o f AONTRÉAL'S TELEPHONE DATING LINE FOR FRIENDSHIP, RO M ANCE A N D CASUAL ENCOUNTERS, th e M irro r's Free to call. Free to place your voice personal ad.

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What really unifies the four co m p a n ies sa m p led is the ch eese factor. Every service fea­ tured gem s like “I like to g o out or if you prefer, to dine in, if you know what I m ean” and “I’m not picky in terms o f per­ sonality”. Although points must b e awarded for the direct ap­ proach to the caller w ho claimed he had “no hobbies, just se x ”.

U ltim a te ly , su r fin g through the telepersonals is much like skimming the n ew s­ paper classifieds— g o o d for a voyeuristic chuckle, but leav­ ing a m essage is another matter entirely. The innocuous “Hi I’m J e s s i c a ...” m e s s a g e I le ft prompted a heavy breather to respond with “D o you want to have p h on e sex?” My threshold for embarrassment was im m e­ diately reached and I hung up on my hang ups. But for the brave and dulcet voiced, the 24 Hour Night Exchange’s “I’m a very, very pervert m an” awaits.

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Some artists have the abil­ ity to leave a lasting impression by creating works that are time­ less, meaningful and unique.

Some artists have the ability to shock. In view ing the Atilla Richard Lukacs exhibit currently at the Musée d’Art Contemporain, it is apparent that this highlytouted artist has made his mark.

But contrary to the popular m e­ dia co n sen su s, Lukacs has achieved his success through the weak vehicle of shock value.

Like a flash in the pan, these paintings flare up— stimulating the viewer’s mind— only to fiz­ zle out into an unmistakable void.

Thematically, Lukacs at­ tempts to illustrate facets o f con­ temporary society. He explores the sexual tensions of his sub­ je c ts, fe llo w “p e a c e f u l” skinheads, while illustrating the gaps that exist between a much sought after “ideal” and its foil, reality.

Yet, there lies an extreme ambiguity behind Lukacs’s work, a certain incohesiveness of ico­ nography and subject matter.

Maybe Lukacs should not be put to b lam e b eca u se painting skinhead culture— an oxymoron in itself—is an ambiguous task that ultimately results in a failure of expression. Lukacs has tried to create pow erful didactic w ork s. T he nature o f the skinhead has been (if uninten­ tionally) exposed. The confu­ sion, anger, violence, weakness and sexual aggression of these young men, rather than the in­

tended statement on non-vio­ lent skinheads and their experi­ ence, is beautifully apparent.

O ne of the first paintings encountered— or should I say confronted—is en­ titled “My Father’s H o u se ”. On an enormous canvas o f ep ic propor­ tions, skinheads assemble in a fac­ tory (their version of a cathedral) and lo o k o u tw a rd .

C entral to th e painting are three s u c c e s s iv e and p a in fu lly c o n ­ sp icuou s sw asti­ kas. Three times this u n d en ia b le image of evil and violence is raised before a view er w h o is thus forced to worship it. One skinhead gives the viewer the finger w h ile the other two blindly raise their hands in a World War Two Nazi salute. Other sk in h ead s b en d over, their anuses blatantly exposed, and b ow to the swastikas and the ta tto o s o f Nazi icons which litter other skinhead bodies.

Is Lukacs forcing a duel gaze on the viewer? Is the viewer s u p p o s e d to b e c o m e the skinhead w ho submits? Or, is the viewer supposed to pen­

etrate the anus to which he/she is subjected? If so, the supposed anti-violent skinhead message is somewhat diminished. In fact, any attempt at narrative is tar­

nished by an overflow of visual information. Lukacs does not realize that his total lack of sub­ tlety and the juvenile level of thought turns his painting into a piece of shallow shock art.

In another picture, “Wild

Kingdom”, Lukacs reveals the void that exists in the skinhead cultural world. Against the back­ drop o f Greek classical architec­ ture, the skinheads are depicted with human bodies and animal heads, th eir g r o te sq u e ly large penises ripping through their pants, e x p o s e d as m ale w eap on s.

T h ey march in step, play­ ing their part. Once a g a in , it s e e m s Lukacs has b lu n ­ dered. By painting s o m e te c h n ic a lly w eak backgrounds replete with allusions that are so ambigu­ ou s they b eco m e nonsensical (a Greek temple with scaffold­ ing? Hmmm), Lukacs makes the viewer see beyond the symbol­ ism and iconogra­ phy.

So much space is filled in Lukacs’s paintings. So many allusions to great masters in art his­ tory. But an artist w h o w ishes to make su c h a llu s io n s should make damn sure they add up. It is ob viou s that a sense o f everything-ness is b e­ ing used to obscure a sense of nothingness. Skinheads are just actors, they are superficial. And so is Lukacs.

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A ll a man needs to know is between the covers MAG HAiG

BY B R E N D O N YORKE Most avid male consumers of pop culture are well acquainted with women’s magazines like Cos­ mopolitan, Ms., and Glamour, but the men’s faction of the mag industry is presently enjoying a boom. Sure, w e’ve seen those glamorous faces staring down at us from the covers o f Esquire or GQ, challenging us to admit we don’t know all the answers, but w ho actually buys this stuff?

These days, with the indus­ try’s successful colonization of the female psyche by mags that tout themselves as having the answers to the troubled modem woman’s problems, publishers are increasingly focusing on the other half o f the market. As long as magazines can convince us of their necessity to our lives, they’ll sell like hardhats in a hailstorm.

Diving into the world of men’s mags uninitiated could be a confusing enterprise, so here’s a guide to a random sample of the most popular ones, conven­ iently categorized for your read­

ing pleasure.

M ags you p rob ab ly d id n ’t know w ere aim ed at men:

that “no” always means “no”).

What w e ’re supposed to glean from such attempts at enlighten­ ing the penised populace is any body’s guess, but the message is clearly “Women want you”. Es­ quire is a fluffy general interest magazine that just happens to have a sec­ tion ca lled “Gentleman”, S H W iN I N D 0 H E R T T wherein you «A RIEL HE1 NGWAÏ SONIA BRAGA may discover CARLA BRUNI what suits are MINI ROGERS “in” or how to IN A have sex the SAFE SEX PICTORIAL right way. I gu ess som e poorshmucks just d o n ’t know.

Esquire. COVER: Ever-sultry Drew Barrymore (ugh!). “The Rise of ‘Do Me’ Feminism” and “Esquire Poll: Does No Mean No?” To the ENTERTAINMENT f O * MEN casual observer, «ASTERS AND JOHNSON E sq u ire m ight ON FURTISS AND look like a more PHILANDERING p r e t e n t io u s ly INTERVIEW: named Us, but ANTHONY the articles about HOPKINS our pop culture h ero e s and GLOBAL newsmakers are PLAYBOY'S written with a HOTTEST INTERNATIONAL male slant Ex­ PLATRATES I pect to learn how Details.. to get in touch 20QUESTIONS COVER: Real­ with your sexu­ WITHHALLE BERRY ity B ites' ality, and dis­ Ethan Hawke cover the dark and “The secrets o f “The What would Mr. Walsh say?

Spring Fash­ A m e r i c a n Woman”— from the “YES” femi­ ion Issue”.

I have been an avid reader nists such as Naomi Wolf and of Details for years, and it never Susie Bright (a.k.a. Susie Sexpert) occurred to me that it had an to the anonymous female masses implicit male slant until I checked in Esquire's polls 02% disagree

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out the ads. Also, like the GQ of old, Details almost always has guys on the cover, and Anka Radakovich’s (usually asinine) sex column is a regular “what women want” exposé.

H ow ever, by generally avoiding alarmist gender-specific issues, Details assumes that the gap between the sexes is exag­ gerated; w e have a lot more in common than w e think. Most articles just deal with stuff that’s cool in our crackerjack North American popular culture— and, well, relationships o f course— targeted at a twentysomething audience. For the stylistically chal­ lenged the fashion keeps both sexes up-to-date, although, in ac­ cordance with the women’s mags it’s all ridiculously expensive ($300 ‘grunge’ jackets).

The GQ category GQ.. COVER: Geena Davis and “Ah, Women. What do they want from us?" There was a time, not so long ago, when the sight of a GQ magazine on your bed­ room floor would have caused your mother much more anguish than a Playboy. Archaic attitudes about what made a man a wuss

are, thankfully, on the wane, and GQ is becom ing increasingly popular among the over-thirtyites as a result. From the cover caption it is obvious that GQ hopes to explain the mysteries of sex and womanhood. Why? be­ cause there’s a war on, dammit, and “in the paranoid PC nineties, loving women has never been dicier”. Expect the occasional worthy article on books, movies, or personalities, but any attempt to bridge the gender gap is bound to either exaggerate or to trivialize the issue in a generally lame-ass uninformative way.

O ffensive I n s id e E d g e f o r M en.

COVER A nonym ous bronzed hunk with anonymous bronzed babe at anonymous beach, “Great Beaches - more than just sand” and “Confessions o f a two-timer”.

This rag makes the Commerce C om m uniqué look like R anger Rick. It’s about sex, chicks and beer, usually all at the same time.

Features a quiz.- “How Psycho is Your Girlfriend?” Not to mention

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R e a lity B ites: Winona rydes the Gen. X. bandwagon

BY STEV E PR A TT Remember Sixteen C an­ dles, the John H ughes m ovie about the problems o f grow­ ing up as a teenager in the 80s? At the time, didn’t w e all love Molly Ringwald’s roman­ tic dilemma and the predict­ able fairy tale ending? Couldn’t w e all really relate to the characters because they were going through the sam e living hell that w e w ere in high school? Didn’t w e all love to giggle and guffaw at Long Duck D on g’s silly antics? Ad­ mit it.

Well, it seem s that Real­ ity Bites, a n ew film directed

by Ben Stiller, is attempting to pick up w here Sixteen Can-

Reality Bites milks our generation for all it's worth.

goatee. young adult life in the 90s on dies left off. That sam e high which films such as Reality Unfortunately, the love the other. In my hum ble opin­ school audience is n ow gradu­ Bites will b e judged against: ating from university and dis­ plot is m ade too much o f a ion, this m ovie n eeds som e­ the “G eneration X” rating. central focus in the m ovie. As thing to get it off the fence. covering that they have no Therefore, on a scale o f on e to Finally, in replacement future. Yes, that’s right, this on e character advises Lelaina five, I hereby bequeath three m o v ie is an d T roy, o f the traditional five-star rat­ X’s to Reality Bites. a b o u t th e (P.S. Just for the record, “Will you two ing system for m ovies, the p o s t -b a b y just d o it and Tribune is pleased to an­ I’d give Sixteen C andles at Yes, it's the age-old boom er gen­ g et it over nounce a new standard by least four!) eration real­ Campbell’s Chunky with?!” It’s too iz in g th e Soup dilemma: do you b ad th e y 75 Pine Ave.W. hopeless­ d o n ’t, b e ­ eat this movie with a cause while ness o f it all DELIVERY Montreal, PQ fork or with a spoon? the romance in to d a y ’s w o r ld of aspect is pre­ closed doors dictable and and u n e m ­ boring, th e GREEK & ITALIAN SPECIALS ployment. Just what w e need: rest o f the m ovie is quite en­ Submarines & Steaks ^Full Meal > another “Generation X” movie. joyable and funny. Post-mod­ ern society and the way in ' Golly, good thing that them e 5 Souvlaki Pita ♦ Pay for 4 hasn’t been overdone yet! w hich it treats young adults is 2 Large Pizzas ♦ 1 Small FREE Just like in Sixteen C an ­ satirized: th e u n iversity’s dles, w e have a cheezy and Valedictorian can’t even find contrived love triangle. Re­ work at “The W ienerdom e”, w hile Troy is fired from his member how Molly had to ch oose betw een Jake, the cashier job at a newsstand Bright Venus sets in the West soon after dusk. Nearly rich, cool jock with a nice car because he steals a Snickers as bright, Jupiter dominates the Eastern sky after it bar. and Anthony-Michael Hall, th e scraw ny, brace-faced In all, the m ovie suffers rises in the late evening. There will be very close cham pion dork (in what I from an identity crisis. Is it a conjunctions of Mars and Saturn on the 14th, and thought w as an Academ y comedy? Yes. Is it a romance?

Mercury and Saturn on the 24t are so low in the East Award w in n in g perform ­ Yes. Is it a sombre look at just before Dawn, that binoculars w ill be needed to ance)? WELL, h ow ’s this for a “Generation X?” Yes. It’s the spot them. twist? In Reality Bites, Lelaina age-old Campbell’s Chunky (W inona “Forever” Ryder) Soup dilemma: do you eat must choose between Michael this m ovie with a fork or with Come write for the Entertainment, the ( “Big” Ben Stiller ), a rich, a spoon? section most in touch with the Age of yuppie champion dork with Reality Bites straddles a nice car, and Troy (Ethan the proverbial fence betw een Aquarius.

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In 1993 StatsCan found that 51 per cent of Canadian wom en have been physically assaulted and 5 per cent have been threatened with a deadly weapon.

Over the past ten years, domestic violence has led 300 Canadian wom en to kill their abusive husbands. Coincidence?

W hen Women Kill, a new documentary at the NFB Cin­ ema examines the controversy surrounding women w ho kill their violent partners. Is the socalled Battered Women’s Syn­ drome a viable diagnosis? Or does it presuppose that such wom en are irrational and de­ pendent? Is it a matter of selfdefense?

Andrea D w orkin calls W hen W omen Kill “an impor­ tant documentary about the nightmare of battery. It gets the issues right: male violence and female self-defense in a society that has always protected the right of the husband to bully, control, punish, even torture the wife. This film is part of the fight for w om en’s equality.”

When Women Kill is di­

CKUT is a lso s o lic itin g enteries for their Noisy Neighbours Series. All local musicians are asked to drop off master demos o f any material, with a recorded introduc­ tion, that they wish to grace the CKUT airwaves. For more info call Geneviève or Robert at 398-6787.

Ask Mike: “Dear Mike, My boss is this fifty-year-old female w h o’s ugly.

But she hits on me all the time.

She even said sh e’d buy me beer if I did the deed. I d on’t want to have sex with her, but the beer...”

Mike: “That’s like, sexual harassment! Take a stand! Men’s rights, dude! At best, try getting the beer up front and reneging.”

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M e n ’s Journal-. COVER: A middle-aged shirtless guy who has escaped the rat-race navi­ gating a small inflatable raft in som e tropical setting, “Condom expertise”, and “The art and anguish of John McEnroe”.

This mag, unlike GQ, as­ sumes a degree of Iron John self-confidence w hile it cel­ ebrates the manly spirit of ad­ venture, with nary a mention of the phallically-impaired.

T&A Playboy: Entertainmentfor Men. COVER Shannen Doherty!

Yikes! Also, “Interview: Anthony

Hopkins Unleashed” and, er, “Play­ b oy’s Hottest International Play­ mates”.

Playboy is a publication of paradox: the standards o f the arti­ cles (I d id read them) are generally high, from book and movie reviews to articles about, for example, gun control (just don’t get them going on the pornography issue). But, alongside that are more naked, over­ ripe wom en, (photographed with auto-mechanic paraphernalia and what not) than you can shake a stick-shift at. OOPS, bad pun. Much more offensive, however, is the golf humour (oxymoron?) and the idi­ otic “PartyJokes" which were seem ­ ingly made up by a horny Bob Hope.

Many w o m en ’s m agazines have been criticized for the destruc­ tive m essages they convey, per­ petuating the B eauty Myth, and being the cause of, rather than the solution to much female grief. While in m en’s mags the advertising pro­ motes an outrageous masculine ideal — perfectly toned and tanned hunks com pletely devoid of body hair— w e are generally spared the accom­ panying “Is Your Breakfast Making You Fat” articles that reinforce these harmful ideals. What w e men get, though, is a massive variety of pub­ lications which, if you are selective, can make that hunker-down on the john that much more satisfying.

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Buffalo Tom rides wave o f English hype back hom e

BY LESLEY M A R T IN Like the Grateful Dead, Buffalo Tom do a lot o f im­ provising during their highly praised live show s, but does that m ake them a deadhead band? W e’ll have a chance to survey the crow d and see for o u rse lv e s w h e n B o sto n ’s princes of pow er-pop-rock stam pede into tow n to pro­ mote their latest record, [big red letter day]. Through the magic of instant audio trans­ mission fibre optic technol­ ogy, the Tribune recently caught up to singer-guitarist Bill Janow itz in som e o b ­ scure part of middle America.

T rib u n e : Is there any sort of attitude involved with being from Boston? For exam ple, are you com pared to bands lik e The Lemonheads orD inosaurJr., w hom yo u ’ve w orked with, o r the Pixies?

B ill Ja n o w itz : There is a kind of a similarity of philosophy maybe shared betw een all those bands, a very stripped dow n, back to basics type o f approach. I d o n ’t really think it matters so m uch, the geography of it, but I think being in close proximity to other bands w hen y ou’re first forming can sort of influence you.

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Trib : You did a recent

“I barely consider myself ‘a guitar player’ because I think the philosophy of our band and bands like us is not technical proficiency.

That’s the way classic bands like the Stones and the Beatles all sort of felt.”

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tour in England. There seem ed to be a lot of hype.

B.J.: Ya, w e ’ve b een going to England since our first record in ’88. We w ere actually headlining in Eng­ land before w e w ere headlin­ ing in Boston. The hype ma­ chine, if it’s working with you, can really help, but if it w orks against you it can really bury you. Ya, hype is definitely the w ord you can associate with the English press.

Trib: I hear Buffalo Tom puts on quite an intense show.

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switching around instruments, playing piano and things like that.

T rib: In the bio that Polygram sent you w ere re­ ferred to as “the redheaded guy with a red-blooded voice”.

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sources o f in­ s p ir a tio n is w h e re th e so n g cam e fro m .

B ut w hen p er­ forming, it d e­ pends. Some show s are less in ten se th a n others. I d o n ’t think w e ever put on a really re a lly g r e a t Catch 'em March 5th at Café Campus for 10 bucks show . I d o n ’t B J .: (laughing) I d on’t think w e ever put on a really know w hat a red-blooded really b ad show.

T rib: You w ere origi­ voice i's. I guess it m eans sort o f passionate or w hen you nally three guitar players. Do hear the term red-blooded y o u th in k th a t Chris a p ­ American... I d o n ’t know , it’s proached the bass o r Tom just that sort of bio fodder, approached the drum s with a you know. different attitude or style than T rib: I noticed on [big som eone w ho has only ever red letter day] your voice played bass or drums? became more toned or smooth B J .: Oh ya certainly. I com pared to som e o f your m ean people that have only played bass in life are kind of older stuff. Is this an em o­ a strange thing (he laughs). I tional transition or just expe­ rience? barely consider myself ‘a gui­ B J .: I think it’s just ex­ tar player’ because I think the perience. One of the main philosophy of o u r band and differences in using the Robb bands like us is not technical proficiency. That’s the way brothers, w ho produced this classic bands like the Stones record, as opposed to past and the Beatles all sort o f felt. records is we actually spent a Y o u ’d see th o se guys all lot m ore time getting vocals

right. Right m eaning sort of in tune. I’m learning m ore things a b o u t singing. Som etim es your voice can be m ore open and relaxed and som etim es it’s just really tense.

T rib: Can you explain the term 'big red letter d a y ?

B J .: Oh ya, the literal m e a n in g is from c a le n ­ d ars. W h en you have calen d a rs in black ink but the holidays are in red ink, the holidays are red letter days. It w as sort o f an old fa s h io n e d phrase. A lot of people just m e a n t it to m ean a good day o r a special day but it also gets used very cynically and sarcastically. W here I first re­ m em ber it sticking into my head w as in I t’s a W onderful Life w hen Jimmy Stewart had a horrible day and he com es ip and says “it was a big red ' letter day in the Bailey fam­ ily”. It’s really kind o f cynical, I think. It sounds so over­ whelm ingly positive too so w e like the duality o f it.

T rib : Well, is there any? thing yo u ’d like to say to the students at McGill, perhaps to get more people to your show?

B J .: (la u g h in g ) Um, that’s a good question but no, there’s really nothing. I can’t think o f anything really ex­ cept just....PLEASE COME.

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ports McGill takes second in Quebec badminton final

BY A N N E GAM PAGNA McGill’s Douglas Molson fought tooth and nail with Laval’s Sylvain Noël in a tight men’s singles final matchup at the Que­ bec University Badminton League (QUBL) championships in the Currie Gym Saturday and Sun­ day, February 19th and 20th.

Long exchanges and heighten­ ing tension punctuated the equally contested match. Molson took the first set of the two-ofthree final, 15-11, before Noël battled back with a 15-12 win in the second. The third set was to be decisive. Players and fans from Laval and McGill gathered ïround, encouraging both com­ petitors. With the score 15-15, he players were both only two points from victory.

Noël took the lead. Next am e the last exchange. Noël .truck the birdie to the net; Molson could not recover. Laval von 17-15. Though McGill lost his singles event in Sunday’s ndividual games, it succeeded n reaching one of its biggest ;oals of the year, beating its lemesis from the Université de Montréal to take second-place in laturday’s team competition.

“Our main goal in this event vas to beat U de M,” said team

member Bruno Dion. “All year, the only thing that prevented us from beating them was men’s doubles.

They always won it over us.

So what we did, all year long, was to prepare our­ selves for this particular evenL We put all our en­ ergy in it. Motivation was our main goal. We had to believe we could do it.”

Only the top three teams in league tournament standings were allowed to compete for the team tide.

First-place Laval got a bye to the final, while thirdplace McGill had to batde second-place U de M in the semi-final. Again and again, throughout the season, both teams were ded two games apiece going into the men’s doubles match, and McGill would lose to finish third.

In order to prepare themselves, McGill’s duo of Dion and Alvin Loh prac­ McGill finished strong behind Laval tised their basic techniques. They we got on the court, we had a put in many hours visualizing maximum of confidence. We themselves on the court, men­ were highly modvated. Even tally seeing themselves winning, though I knew it wouldn’t be controlling the game. easy, I felt ready to fight.”

“We knew from January After splitting the first sets, that this encounter would be the the teams were ded 8-8 in the decisive one,” said Dion. “When third. Then McGill exploded for

four quick points.

“We had a psy­ chological edge over them, because they acted very nervously, but we stayed calm,” said Dion. “We were in a confident posidon. Af­ ter it became 12-8, men­ tally we had won. We scored three other points and won it all. It took four decisive min­ utes in the entire game to win over them.”

The victory, com­ bined with wins by Molson in the men’s singles and the mixed n team of Sanjay Gandhi t and Meryse Filion, pro~ pelled McGill on to cn challenge Laval.

“These were our ► 4 performers all year long,”said McGill head coach Frank McCarthy.

“If any one of these came up short, we would lose because our wom­ en’s singles and doubles were weak.”

After McGill dropped the women’s doubles and singles matches, Gandhi and Filion stormed back to take the mixed doubles game. Smelling a come­

back, men’s doubles Dion and Loh valiandy fought their second match of the day, but fell to fresher opponents. Sadly, the Red and White’s second objective, to beat the Rouge et Or, could not be achieved. For the first time in many years, however, Laval was threatened for the champion­ ship.

In Sunday’s individual fi­ nals, Dion and Filion teamed up to capture the mixed title, but it was Molson’s near win versus Noël that earned the greatest praise from McCarthy.

“I almost cried when he lost by a couple of points, be­ cause he gave all that was asked of him,” said McCarthy. “No one from McGill has ever beaten Laval [in singles].”

In other individual action, Derek Holt reached the men’s singles semi-finals only to lose to eventual champion Noël. The men’s singles teams of Dion and Loh, and Gandhi and Molson both lost in the semi-finals, while McGill’s women’s singles and doubles teams were eliminated in the early preliminary rounds.

McGill’s competitive sea­ son ends on this note. All players who scored for the Red and White, except Holt, are return­ ing to next year’s team.

Swimmers mediocre at provincials but looking to nationals B Y B IL L Y K H O U R Y

The McGill m en’s and vo m en’s swim m ing team s iidn’t bring home the big wins rom the provincial championhips at Université Laval last veekend, but Head Coach rrançois Laurin couldn’t be îappier. Laurin was in the highst of spirits upon his team’s rrival from Laval despite rather irdinary statistical results.

While the men finished a listant second and the women (laced third in the four-team leet, Laurin explained that the nal results were not repreentative of his group’s strong erformance.

The scoreboard showed 57 points for McGill to Laval’s rst-place 405 points, while Jniversité de Montréal finished 4th 137 points, and Sherbrooke funded off the men’s meet nth 112 points.

On the women’s side, the Irtiversité de Montréal led with 87 points, barely edging out te Rouge et Or’s 273 points. lcGill and Sherbrooke were in different league, finishing with 54 and 113 points, respecvely.

Coach Laurin stressed that the victorious teams have many national team members who have taken part in Olympic and Pan American com petition.

While McGill has a young group, Laurin refused to downplay their youth, though he did acknowl­ edge the benefits of experience in important meets.

“Finishing first is not im­ portant or realistic right now ,” explained the ninth-year coach.

“However, meeting our objec­ tives is vital. Sure, w e’re a young team, but I expect a great deal from my swimmers and they have answered the call all year.”

This disciplined w ork ethic, which includes two daily practice sessions adding up to 25 hours a week, is surely the most demanding of all the McGill athletic teams.

“Our team is always physi­ cally and mentally ready,” said Laurin, adding that his team was victorious in that many swimmers erased their previ­ ous personal best times.

In this group were Carol Chiang, who placed second with a 58.81 time in the 100 metre freestyle. Chiang. one of

many rookies on the team, is currently ranked fourth nation­ ally in this event. Anna Leong had a respectable meet, plac­ ing fourth in the 200 metre breast stroke and fifth in the 400 metre individual medley.

Leong is also ranked in the top ten in her events.

On the men’s side, Leo Grépin came in third in the 400 metre freestyle and is currently ranked third in the country.

Teammate Mark Hutchinson also finished third in the 50 metre fly event. However, un­ doubtedly the most remarkable achievement for the men’s team was a second-place finish in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay, a race in which they shattered their previous times and where they actually had a lead over the very strong Rouge et Or team.

There may have been no first place finishes, but Laurin saw only positive things at the provincials.

“People do not realize h ow strong the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union (CIAU) field is,” said the coach.

“Laval and Montréal are right at the top and we competed very

well against them.

I ’m ex trem ely proud of my team and my expecta­ tions are running,” added Laurin.

T he CIAU c h a m p io n s h ip s that will taking place March 11 to 13 in V ictoria.

McGill is sending n in e sw im m ers, five women and, four men, all of whom are ranked in the top ten in th eir resp ective events. They in­ clu d e G rép in , Craig Perfect, Eric P o tie r, and Hutchinson for the men. The women’s squad will include Leong, D ana M c C 1y m o n t , A lyson Byrd, Déjà vu, Redmen number 2 Chiang and Meagan Smithexpected to do well.

Windsor. Laurin will choose Before heading for Victo­ from these team members to ria, Laurin is taking three of his form the three men’s and wom­ swimmers, Leong, Grépin and en’s relay teams.

Poitier, to the Commonwealth Most of these swimmers games trials this coming week­ are rookies, but they are all end.

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Redmen come up short in quest for playoff berth

BY MICHAEL BROADHURST McGill’s men’s hockey team had a simple task: two games before spring break, and they needed to beat Concordia and tie University of Ottawa in order to qualify for the playoffs in the Ontario Universities Athletic As­ sociation Far-East Division. Ty­ ing Ottawa was the easy .part.

The Ottawa Gee-Ge8s vis­ ited McConnell Winter Arena Feb­ ruary l6th for the first stage in McGill’s do-or-die week. With McGill’s star goalie Patrick Jeanson on the sidelines, rookie Richard Boscher got the start.

Early in the First period, Boscher made his presence felt, but in an unfortunately negative fashion.

Wandering behind his net to han­ dle an Ottawa dump-in, Boscher misplayed the puck onto the stick of Ottawa forwardjason Corrigan, who fired the puck to Stéphane Beaulieu in front of the open net.

Boscher tried in vain to get back into the net, but Beaulieu needed no undertaker to bury this one— Ottawa 1, McGill 0.

McGill, which had been playing a sloppy game itself, was the beneficiary of an Ottawa pen­ alty for too many men on the ice.

Working the puck around the Ottawa end nicely with the man advantage, third-year forward Stacey McGregor tipped home a Luc Latulippe point shot to tie the game. That didn’t last long, though, as McGill gave a soft goal to Ottawa’s power-play. Joey St. Aubin carried the puck through the entire McGill defence before passing to Corrigan behind the net. Corrigan stepped in front of the net, fired one at Boscher, and then picked up his own rebound and lifted it over the sprawling McGill netminder to restore Otta­ wa’s lead.

McGill went to the dressing room having played one of its sloppiest periods of the season.

Evidently, coach Jean Pronovost’s motivational talk worked, because McGill came out flying in the second frame. Guy Boucher and Kelly Nobes both missed breaka­ way opportunities, but Nobes made no mistake when he potted a rebound past Ottawa goalie Phil Comtois at 6:45 of the pe­ riod. McGill had several more great opportunities, and played a tight defensive game to maintain a 2-2 final score. David Vecchio was stoned twice by Comtois with less than eight minutes to go, and Mark Shewfelt came up

short on a beautiful chance just seconds be­ fore the final siren. The t e a m s

played to a standstill in the fiveminute over­ time frame.

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And a test it The Redmen celebrated against the Gee-Gees before bowing to Concordia in the neutral zone and carried Kelly Nobes brought McGill bade was.

Despite taking an early lead the puck towards Boscher, who to life with a high shot over on a goal by Mark Shewfelt, McGill again got the start on Friday. Stinger goalie Angelo Karitsiotis.

All hopes McGill had of quickly became the victim of its Balleux passed off to Patrice chippy play, with several players Martineau, who rifled it past coming back to win were taking early vacations in the sunny Boscher to put Concordia up by dashed by Concordia winger Daniel Queenton’s goal less than climes of Club Ref. Concordia’s one.

OUAA all-star defenceman three minutes into the third.

Martin Balleux tied it up with a redirection of a point shot just Derek Potts scored the eventual McGill couldn’t get back into thé 2:47 into the game, and the Sting­ game winner just six minutes into game after that, and Concordia the second, slipping one past hung on to beat McGill 4-2, ers never looked back.

Just less than five minutes Boscher on the short side. Mid­ securing the third and final playoff later Balleux intercepted a pass way through the period, McGill’s spot.

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goals and three assists. Granato’s teammate Karen Bye, who starred for St. Lawrence College in years past, contributed a goal and five assists in the romp.

Geoff Philips, head coach of the Martlets, chose not to dwell on the Martlets’ poor record, but rather focused on the progress the team made this year.

“The improvement in this team from our training camp to now has been remarkable,” said Philips. “But we’re playing in a powerhouse league with teams like Concordia,Trois Rivières and CEGEP St-Laurent. and we sim­ ply can’t compete” “A few weeks ago, in non­ league play, we beat the Bish­ op’s Gaiters by six goals, and played two close games against Guelph,” he continued. “Those are the teams which we should be playing.”

Playing in an Ontario league would most likely be an impos­ sibility, due to the distances which the Martlets would be forced to travel on a regular basis.

So for now, McGill must find a way to compete with the schools in their division, schools which have chosen to take ad­ vantage of the new Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union

(CIAU) rule changes. Instead of putting a cap on the years of eligibility which a player may have, the CIAU now allows a player unlimited eligibility, as long as the player continues to improve their academic level. ; For instance, the Stingers have five players, including Granato and Bye, who have al­ ready used up four years of eligi­ bility at other universities, and are currently pursuing one-year degrees in sports administration at Concordia, a degree which McGill does not offer.

Philips also explained the differences in recruiting prac­ tices between schools like McGill and Concordia.

“While we’re working hard to recruit 17 and 18-year-olds, they’re going after 22 and 23year-old players who already have years of collegiate il not international experience,” he said.

As for next season, the Martlets look to the solid nucleus from this year to lead the way, while bringing in a host of new faces.

“We know what we need for next year, and w e’re working hard to get it,” Philips empha­ sized.

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2 and 1 over the break, Redmen hoops set for playoffs

BY JORDANA BERGER The McGill Redmen bas­ ketball team beat Bishop's Uni­ versity 64-57 on February 18th.

It was a big win for the Redmen because they were missing starting point guard, Sammy Mendolia, one of the key play­ ers on the team, who is out for the seaso n w ith mononucleosis.

Team co-captain Keith Driscoll said that Mendolia’s presence made an important difference on the team and that he will be missed.

“Mendolia is really fast and his absence has taken a lot of speed out of the team plays. He relieved the other players of a lot of pressure.

Nowthat there are only two point guards left, myself and Chris Emergui, it is much tougher. He was also very spirited and added tons of energy to the team,” stated Driscoll.

H ead Coach Ken Schildroth said that this win was a really big comeback for the Redmen. McGill has a 4-0 league record against Bishop's. The last time the two teams met in a tournament match-up, however,

the Redmen performed poorly and consequently lost.

“When Bishop's beat us last time, we knew we hadn’t played our best against them,” explained Schildroth. “This time around, we played really well.

“Fortunately, Laval's offence wasn't any better than our's was."

-McGill Redman forward Todd McDougall

We were a lot more prepared for the game and a lot more fo­ cused.”

Team m em ber Jon Campbell, one of the main con­ tributors to the game, accounted for a team-high total of 18 points.

Second-year player Rick Varisco made a key contribution to the game with his 15 points.

If the Redmen were riding any emotional high from their victory over th e G aiters,

Concordia offered the Redmen a dose of reality as they hosted the Stingers last Friday night.

Despite keeping the score close with Chris Emergui’s buzzer-beating three-pointer to tie the score at 41 heading into half time, the Redmen folded in the second half, losing by a final score of 82-61.

Redmen forward Doug McMahon led the way for McGill with 18 points and seven boards, while Chad Wozney poured in a dozen in the losing effort.

The Stingers, who had five players with double fig­ ures in points, were led by guard Stephen Thomas of LaSalle, Quebec, who notched fifteen points.

Last Sunday night, the Redmen played their twelfth and final game of this year’s regular season at Université Laval. With an eleven point lead at half time, McGill went on to beat the op­ position by a substantial margin of twenty-one points for a final game score of 74-53.

Campbell said the win on Sunday was another big one for the Redmen. According to Campbell, the last time these two teams met, McGill was out­

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We c o u ld n ’t possibly allow ou rselv es to lose face, so we really needed to w in this o n e ,” said Campbell.

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Redmen were able to keep th e ir lead against Laval, despite having a lot of trouble with their pe­ Air Stinger Arsenault denies Redman Campbell rimeter shooting of late. The with a 7-5 league record, are set two top scorers were McDougall to play third-place Bishop's, with with 18 points followed by a 4-8 record, in the playoff open­ Wozney with 16. ing round at the Currie Gym on C o-captain T odd Friday, March 4th, at 8 PM. Most McDougall said that it was their of the players seem to agree that especially strong defence that despite a great record against won them the game.

Bishop’s this year, they are not “Our defence was excel­ getting their hopes up too high. lent but our offence was not Last season, the Redmen came exactly what you would call into the post-season in the same brilliant. We hardly made any position and lost to the Gaiters successful shots from the out­ in the opening round. A win will side. Fortunately, Laval’s offence move McGill on to the Quebec wasn’t any better than ours was,” University Basketball League added McDougall.

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Martlets win Q U B L title but playoffs without Tessier look dim

BY KASHIF ZAHOOR

McGill began the last week of league play conducting busi­ Three w eeks ago the ness as usual. The Martlets em­ McGill Martlets were undefeated. barrassed the winless Bishop’s They were systematically tear­ Gaiters on their home floor, 85ing up opponents in the Que­ 45. The game was also known to bec University Basketball League those in attendance as the (QUBL) limb for limb, week “Sandra Veillette show.”

The 5’7” junior guard from after week. Ranked sixth in the nation, the Martlets appeared to Val d’Or, Quebec, drained five have ticket and boarding pass in three-point shots, tying a team hand for Calgary to make a run record previously set by former for the Canadian Interuniversity Martlet Mélanie Gagné in Janu­ Athletic Union (CIAU) national ary of 1992. Veillette led all championship. That, however, scorers with a career-high 21 points. McGill had four other was three weeks ago.

Martlet basketball suffered double digit scorers; Josée its biggest loss of the season on Deloretto, Lesley Stevenson, February 5th, not on the score- Martina van der Vlist, and board but in the loss of first- Jennifer Stacey. The victory over team all-star Vicki Tessier. Tessier the Gaiters clinched first place successfully underwent knee sur­ for the Martlets in the QUBL. McGill returned home last gery last Wednesday to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament, Friday looking to even the score and will not return to the lineup with the third-place Concordia Stingers who had handed McGill until next year.

Without the league’s most their only loss of the season on valuable player (she was aver­ February 11th. Concordia, how­ aging 18 points and nine re­ ever, had other ideas and made bounds per game), the Martlets good use of their outside shoot­ have gone 2-3 in their last five ing, bombing McGill five times games, including back to back from three-point range. Coupled lo sses to division rivals with McGill’s inability to score Concordia and Laval. Despite lay-ups, the Stingers jumped out the losses, McGill closes the sea­ to an 18-point first half lead, 3921. The Martlets shot an anemic son atop the QUBL at 9-3.

23 per cent from the floor and only converted on two of eight layups.

McGill attempted to mount a comeback early in the second half. Taking advantage of Concordia miscues, the Martlets slowly kept trimming the Stinger lead. With just under five min­ utes remaining, McGill pulled within ten points. Unfortunately for the Martlets, Concordia drib­ bled away the final few minutes, and when the buzzer sounded, the Stingers had come away with a 62-49 win. The loss was not to be blamed on the absence of Tessier. McGill shot itself in the foot by committing 29 turno­ vers and missing nine layups.

The Martlets ended the regular season on a dismal note against the Université Laval last Sunday. The host Rouge et Or beat McGill 70-65. The Red and White once again fell victim to the three-point shot. Laval capi­ talized on six threes, while McGill only hit from three-point land once.

H ard w orking rookie Jennifer Stacey led the Martlets with 17 points. Van der Vlist added 12 points, while Anne G ildenhuys and Stevenson chipped in with 11 each. The game really did not mean much

to McGill, but it was a defi­ nite telltale sign of the Martlets’inabil­ ity to win with­ out Tessier.

Mc Gi l l will have to find a way to win quickly. Its bench, which has been silenl all season, will have to step up and contribute quality m in­ utes to give the starters a rest.

Kelly Davidoff and Danielle Goldfarb have shown prom­ ise all season, and w ith Tessier gone and Stevenson n u rsin g a sh oulder in­ jury, the rook­ ies will most probably have to play in the post-season.

By virtue of their first place finish, the Martlets earned a first round bye in the QUBL playoffs.

McGill will await the winner of this Thursday’s QUBL semi-final

gam e b e tw e e n Laval and Concordia. If McGill should hap­ pen to win the QUBL champi­ onship game on March 5, they will advance to the CIAU na­ tional championships held in Calgary, Alberta on March 10.

Basketball all-stars nam ed

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program dominated the awards.

Redmen forward Todd McDougall, ofWestmount, Que­ bec, was chosen as one of three forwards for the first team, along with Emerson Thomas and Maxime Bouchard of Concordia.

Bishop’s Gaiters guard Tom Van Alstine and Concordia’s Robert Ferguson rounded out the first team.

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was named to the second team, with Concordia Stingers Frederic Arsenault and Bishop’s Glen Fauchery the other two forwards chosen to the team. Bishop’s guard Greg Southward and Stinger Gaétan Prosper were named to the second-team backcourt.

Ferguson was named the men’s league Most Valuable Player, while Bouchard was named the Rookie of the Year, and Concordia Head coach John Dore took top coaching hon: ours.

On the w om en’s side, McGill fared better, as injured Martlet forward Vicky Tessier was named the league’s Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive year.

In addition to Tessier, rounding out the first-team are Patricia Demers and Sharon Sandy of Concordia, along with Isabelle Turcotte and Sophie Morin of Laval.

The Martlets dominated the second-team selections as Martina van der Vlist, Lesley Stevenson and Josée Deloretto were recognized for the high caliber of their play.

Concordia’s Eya Samore was named the Rookie of the Year, while Coach of the Year honours will be bestowed upon the winning coach in this week­ end’s QSSF championship.

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The McGill Tribune, March 2-7,1994

Page 27

Duval gets second chance, but McGill only third overall

BY CH A R LES THOMAS When Jean-Nicolas Duval races the 3000m at the Cana­ dian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) track champion­ ships on March 12th and 13th, he should have a medal on his mind and perhaps also a sense of redemption. At last year’s CIAU final, Duval was unable to compete in the event be­ cause of a mixup in qualifying times that left him one-tenth of a second behind the national standard and off the starting line for the race. This year, Duval took out some extra in­ surance. Two weeks ago, he crushed the CIAU standard by ten seconds with a clocking of 8:24.3. That finish places him fourth in the country at this point in the season.

“I don’t want to think about what happened last year; I hold no grudges," he said. “I am confident and I want to medal.”

Last weekend, Duval and the rest of his teammates from

the McGill Track Team were at Université Laval for the Quebec Student Sport Federation (QSSF) track championships.

Duval did not compete in the 3000m, but was impressive in the 1500m, taking the tactical race in a time of 4:06.04. He is not the only star on this talented team, however. The Red and White got five individual gold medals in total, but was still relegated to third places in both the men’s and women’s divi­ sions. It is the first time since Head Coach Dennis Barrett has been at McGill that his teams have failed to capture a first or second place in either category.

“There’s no excuses, we just got beaten,” commented Barrett. “But we weren’t beaten badly, we didn’t have Linda [Thyer] orMélanie [Choinière]— our best runners. [The McGill women’s team’s 73 points com­ pared to Laval’s 86] was nothing we couldn’t overcome with those two athletes there. On the men’s side, their were too many runners who quit after last year.

“It’s a tough year for us because of our lack of funding, ” continued Barrett.

Thyer was in Asia with the Canadian team for a distance relay event, while Choinière cur­ rently is sidelined by an injury.

In those absences, others on the team picked up the slack, impressing Barrett and other coaches at the meet.

“A coach from Sherbrooke summarized it for me,” said Barrett. “He came up to me after the meet and said ‘con­ gratulations on the performance of your women’s mid-distance team’. No one had seen them before and all of a sudden they were running good times and winning. There is also a whole slew of people who peaked and scored for the team,” he added.

Among those runners, Rosie Mullins’ 1500m triumph in 4:44.73 figured prominently.

“I took it out fast and then stayed ahead,” said Mullins.

“Melanie Bassett was on my heels so I was basically running

Globetrotting Thyer back from Asia

BY CHARLES THOMAS On a cold and windy day, on February 20th, McGill’s Linda Thyer led the Canadian team down the somewhat disinterested streets of Beijing, China, in the Beijing Inter­ national Women’s Ekiden, a 6 x 5km distance relay race. Ahead of her, a member of the now muchrenowned Chinese women’s team was setting the pace. Beijing-ites seemed unaware of the event and its world leading competitors.

“There were a lot of people passing by who stopped to watch because there was a lot of commo­ tion on the streets, but they were just passing by,” said Thyer. “Few people seemed to have showed up for the race.”

Despite appearances, how­ ever, Thyer assured the Tribune that Chinese sentiment is squarely

behind the hometown runners.

“The Chinese national team are the biggest heroes in China, people are very proud of them,” she suggested.

Once again, the Chinese women proved worthy of that af­ fection by overcoming the tough course to pull away for the win.

For her part, Thyer’s 5km personal best of 16:10 helped her five Canadian mates to eighth-place in the 19-team event.

The following week, the team flew to Yokohama, Japan, for an­ other race on the ekiden circuit.

Running the last leg of the race this time out, Thyer was less pleased with her effort, despite moving up in the standings to seventh-place.

“I had been sick that week and I was very tired and that kind of plays havoc with your mental attitude,” she commented. “My race

started off OK, but then I slowed down in the last kilometre and just died at the end.”

Back in Canada since last Monday evening, Thyer will now concentrate on the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) track championships, where she will compete for McGill in the 1500m and 3000m. She is defend­ ing champion in the 3000m race.

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on fear. I picked it up in the last three laps and finished strong.

Melanie is a faster runner on the shorter distances.”

Bassett proved that in her 1000m win in 3:03.91.

Others on the team also increased their efforts, provid­ ing golden moments for McGill.

Ingrid Marchand won the triple jump and a ticket the CIAU’s with a leap of 10.81m. Shotputter

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Samir Chahine took first with a 13.76m throw.

The top three for the men’s title race were Sherbrooke in first, Laval second, and McGill third. On the women’s side, Laval was ahead of Sherbrooke and McGill.

All the winners, in addi­ tion to Linda Thyer, make the trip to Edmonton for the CIAU championships.

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