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A lle n G in s b e rg "p e r fo r m s " A llen Ginsberg rocks the m ike to a hip beat­ nik in front of a jampacked Concordia auditorium.

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In s id e T h is W e e k News: SSMU Judicial Board rejects M arkowitz appeal for a n ew presidential election.

See page 3 Op/Ed: The use of anim als in biom edical research is a price that m ust be paid.

See editorial, page 6 Features: The T rib u n e offers an innovative w a y to spend the sum m er and reduce the effects o f a m onth of sitting in the library.

See page 11 Entertainment: Louise Erdrich's B ingo Palace transcends N ative and American traditions, and McGill Director's Projects get on a roll.

See page 14 Sports: The T ribune exam ines recruiting difficulties in Athletics.

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W lk a lt s Turafry.Marchg T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f H is to r y 's Staff/Sujcie n : Sem inar Series presents Prof. S. M otton speaking o n “History o f Gam bling in Canada.” 4 PM, Thom son House, 3650 McTavish.

All welcome.

There wül b e an informal seminar presented to the D e p artm e n t o f Sociology on “R e-A p p ra isin g T .H . M arshall: S o cio lo g y 's C ontrib u tio n to th e W elfare D eb ate.” 3 PM, Leacock 738.

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T he D e p a r tm e n t o f H is p a n ic Studies’ Latin-American Speakers Series presents Manlio Argueta, novelists salvadoreno, speaking o n “La novela testim onial y el re state 6e la memoria historica. Identidad national.” 4 PM, Arts Bldg. Rm. 160.

T h e S c h o o l o f S o c ia l W o r k 's Centre for Applied Family Studies presents a sym­ posium o n “Paying families for care o f their elder­ ly: social and political implications." Registration, $55/$20 students, includes lunch. CaB 396-5286 for info. 830 AM4:30 PM, Wilson HaB Room 103.

The M cG ill F i l t r e S k a tin g C kib presents its 15th Annual lee Show! 5:15 PM at the MeCormeU Winter Stadium. Everyone welcome.

The new undergraduate chapter of the P H D E . C o e d M edical F rate rn ity will b e holding a very im portant m eeting at 5 PM in McIntyre M ed Rm. 521 (Meakins Theatre), and dinner wiB b e served

LBGM has a weekly bisexual discus­ sion g roup. 5:30 PM, Shatner 432. A friendly g ro u p dealing w ith issues direcdy relevant to bisexuals , all w elcom e

T h e M c G ill C o -e d M e d ic a l F rate rn ity will b e holding the fiist o f 3 general meetings today at 6 3 0 PM in Shatner 310. All welcome.

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SAOOMSS offers 2 facilitated mutual a id s u p p o rt g ro u p s: “W o m e n Survivors o f Domestic Violence” and "Men Survivors o f Sexual Abuse.” CaB 396-2700.

T he AMI A d v a n c e m e n t F u n d sponsors “Suicide: The People Left Behind," as part o f the 1993-94 Mental Health lecture Series.

7:30 PM, South Sem inar R oom o f th e Allan Memorial Institute, 1025 Pine W. Free. Followed by a question period.

M cGill Im p r o v performs com edy every W ednesday in the ABey, 8 PM. Free for aB. Ties funny.

Faculty o f M usic concerts: McGiB Jazz Band ID. 8 PM, Pollack

The L atin A m e ric a n A w a re n e s s G ro u p needs executives for next year. Come to o u r m eeting a t 5 PM in S h atn er 310 to g et involved!

HaB. McGiB String and Mixed Ensembles.

8 PM, Redpath HaB. Both concerts are free. For m ere info caU 398-4547/8101.

The Faculty o f M edicine presents the 4th Bench to Bedside lecture for the 1993-94 season: Dr. Micfel Bazinet o n “Prostate Cancer: R ec e n t D e v e lo p m e n ts in P re v e n tio n a n d Treatm ent.” 8 PM, Leacock 232. Followed b y question period Free and open to the public

Ttairsdav. M arch 24 N o rth A m erican Studies presents another “Lunch with the Professors,” with Prof. B. Treheam e. 12-1 PM, PSSA Leacock 4th floor.

Bring your lunch and com e to chat.

T he D e p a r tm e n t o f H is p a n ic SUxBes presents H.E. The Ambassador o f Spain to Canada, Dr. José Luis Pardos, speaking on T h e Spanish Larguage an d the Ibero-American Cultures in the Context of NAFTA and the SuperHighway o f Information.” 2:30 PM, Leaoock 232.

There will be an informal seminar p re se n te d to th e D e p a r t m e n t o f P o litic a l S c ie n c e o n "The Role o f S elf-R egulatory In stitu tio n s: T h e C ase o f th e U.K. P ress Complaints Commission.” 1230 PM, Leacock 517.

M c& a C h ristian F ellow ship s bake sale held today in the Leaoock lobby. All proceeds go to CAUSE, Canada's development projects in Guatemala Call Brian W. for info at 272-8959-

S c riv e n e r C re a tiv e J o u r n a l p re ­ sents a reading as part of its annual reading series, featuring novelist Roberta Morris reading from two o f her new works. 7 PM, Thomson House, 3650 McTavish. Free.

A m n e s ty I n t e r n a t i o n a l M cG ill rivets every Tuesday at 6 3 0 PM in Shatner 435New, old and casual members welcome. For info oome to Shatner 410 o r call 398-1209.

Health Services presents N u trition D ay in Shatner 107-108. Come and help us judge our recipe contest (that means free food!) and learn about eating properly. Info on vegetarian­ ism, sports nutrition, macrobiotics an d more.

Come and check it out! 10 AM-3 PM.

T h e S e x u a l A s s a u lt C e n t r e o f M cG H (SAOOMSS) offers a “W omen with Eating Disorders” facilitated mutual aid support group.

Body image issues also addressed. Call 39&-Z700.

SACOMSS offers a “Friends and Family o f Survivors of Sexual Abuse" facilitated mutual aid support group. CaB 398-2700.

C h in e s e C h r is tia n F e llo w s h ip (English-speaking) meets every Tuesday at 530 PM. Today, Bible study o n the pow er o f prayer.

Shatner 107. All welcome!

Faculty o f M usic concerts: Student Soloists. 4:45 PM, Pollack

T he F a c u lty o f M u s ic p re sen ts McGill String a n d M ixed E nsem bles. 8 PM, Pollack Hall. Free. For m o re in fo call 3984547/8101.

HaB. McGill W in d S ym phony. 8 PM, Pollack HaB. McGiB String and Mixed Ensembles.

8 PM, Redpath HaB. AB are free. For more info caB 3 96 4547/8101.

Wednesday. Match 23 T h e M c G ill C o - e d M e d ic a l Fra te rn ity will b e holding its last 2 general meet­ ings o f the year today at 1 PM and 230 PM in Shatner 425- AB w elcom e McGill S tu d en ts fo r In te rn a tio n a l D e v e lo p m e n t E d u c a tio n (S ID E ) p resen ts G e n d e r D e v e lo p m e n t. S h ree M ulay o n “Population Policies: W ho Is In Control?” and Prof. Judy Whitehead o n "Gender Representation in D evelopm ent" 5 PM, Leacock 738.

T he D e p a r tm e n t o f P s y c h ia try p re sen ts a sem in ar b y Dr. L. D escarries o n "Adaptive capacities of 5HT neurons in the CN5.”

1230-130 PM, 1033 Pine W , Room 138 M c G ill C h r i s t i a n F e l l o w s h i p prayer and praise. 7 PM, Presbyterian College basement, comer University and Milton. CaB Jean for info at 282-7768. AB welcome!

1BGM has tw o discussion groups, both in the basement of the United Theological College (3521 University). Com ing O ut group meets at 5:30 PM, General Discussion at 7 PM Friendly atmosphere, aB welcome.

Faculty o f M usic concerts: H élen e P a n n e to n as p a rt o f th e N oon-H our O rgan Series. 12:15 PM, R edpath HaB. McGiB String and Mixed Ensembles.

5 PM, Pollack HaB. Cartier String Quartet from McGiB. 8 PM, Pollack HaB. McGiB Saxophone Ensemble. 8 PM, Redpaih HaB. AB are free. For more info caB 3 9 6 4547/8101.

Saturday March 26 LBGM S p r in g D ance! C om e o u t and celebrate summer and “G ood Vibrations” in th e S h a tn e r B allro o m fro m 9 PM -2 AM. Admission $3. Contests and prizes. For more info caB 3966822.

The Y ellow D o o r C o n c e rt Series p re s e n ts th e a c o u s tic d u o O p e n M ind o f Hamilton, Ontario. 8 3 0 PM, Y dlow Door Coffee House, 3625 Aylmer. Admission o n a sliding scale from $6-$9. For more info caB 3966243-

t tVynioy T h e McGill C o -e d M edical Fraternity's A n n u a l S pripg C h arity D rive is col­ lecting food, clothes, toys, books and household items until Match 31. Boxes are located on the first floor of the McIntyre M ed Bldg.

The M cG fl C o u ra n t is a new mag­ azine publishing the opinions o f students. Please place your submission - in prose or poetry - in our b ox at the Leacock porter’s office. For info caB 932-6739.

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T h e M c G ill S tu d e n t F ilm a n d V ideo F estival presented by the English Dept. and DESA, is accepting any and aB VHS and film format submissions. Held o n April 7 /8 the festival is an am azing p la c e to p re se n t y o u r work!

Submissions accepted in English DepL offiae until March 31. For more info call Allison (284-3630) or Mahre (284-1996).

T h e N o r t h A m e r ic a n S tu d ie s Student A ssociation is hosting free lunches with professors for students aB this month. Signup is limited to a m ax o f 10 students a lunch. Info sheets are p o sted o n the NAS b o a rd beside Leacock 611. Please join us - it's free and a great way to m eet your professors! For more info, caU Ritu at 285-2583. Professors include Shingler, Manffedi, G ibian, M oore, C ooke, Treheam e, Riggs, and Veflc.

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Monday. March26 The f l w f c a l M usic C U > holds its final meeting of the year tonight at 6 30 PM in Stratheona 0204. O n the agenda: a piano recital and elections.

Come order your tasty healthy non­ corporate organic food from the McGSl O rganic F o o d Q v o p Mondays betw een 1130 AM-430 PM in Eaton Bldg. Rm. 505. Bring a deposit; pick­ ups o n Wednesdays.

Are you questioning your sexuality?

D o you need help coming out’ O r d o you have any other concerns and you need to taBc? Phone LBGM's peer oounseBing phone line at 3966822, 7-10 PM Mon.-Fri. Strictly confidential; you can also drop by the office, Shatner 432, for face-tofaoe support

McGffl N jghifine is an anonymous, ron-judgmental telephone listening, information, and referral service open from 6 PM-3 AM. CaB us at 3966246!

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SpartsEdtors Christopher Rigney Charles Thomas

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PreductienManagers Jonathan Wasserman Tiffany Welch

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PubkcattomManager Keith Gallop MarketingAssistants Rima Zaarour Carol Tabbed

T h e A s s o c ia tio n o f Y o g a a n d M editation is offering daily m ediation sessions: Mon., Wed., Fri. 1230-130 PM, Tues. 1145 AM1245 PM, Thurs. 1:15-2:15 PM. AB sessions held in Shatner 425. These times wiB remain through the semester. Dress comfortably and please be on time. Everyone is welcome.

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The McGill E ast A sian J o u r n a l 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 o o rta a David at 843-8993.

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EntertainmentEdtors Catrin Morris

Faculty o f M usic concerts: McGiU Song Interpretation Class. 8 PM, Pollack HaB. W alicsaic F o o t P a tro l hours: SunIvfcGiB Trombone and Tuba Studio.

Thurs. 6 3 0 PM-1230 AM; Fri.-SaL 6 30 PM-230 8 PM, Redpaih HaB. Both are free. For more info caB 396 AM. CaB us! We’ll walk you anywhere you w a rt to go. 3962498 4547/8101.

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C om m itted volunteers (m ale a n d female) needed for W o m e n 's AIDS H ospice to give handson, practical support and care. Please caB Sharon at 525-9210.

M cGin S tudents fo r In te rn a tio n a l D e v elo p m en t E ducation (S IM ) holds its final rrceting to rig jl at 5 PM in CDAS Seminar Room, 3715 Peel. AB welcome! Free pizza! We'B discuss w hat w e've done this year, the role o f irtemational development in the world, and our goals for next year.

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E n tre p re n e u r’s D a y wiB b e held March 30, in Shatner 107/108 CaB Kelly at 9317174 to re n ta table!

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Didn't get elected to SSMU? D on't despair! If you are irterested in working to protect h u m a n rig h ts, c o m e o u t to A m n e s ty In te rn a tio n a l M cGH's elections for next year's executive o n March 29- For more info caB 3 9 6 1209 or drop b y Shatner 410.

SA COM SS o ffers a "W om en Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse” facilitated mutu­ al aid support group. CaB 396-2700.

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The McGill Tribune is published by the Students’ Society of McGill University. The Tribune editorial office is located in B01A of the William Shatner University Centre, 3480 McTavish St., Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1X9. Telephone 398-6789 or 398-3666. Letters and submissions should be left at the editorial office or at the Students’ Society General Office. 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. Letters without the above information will NOT be printed.

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BY STEVE SMITH The Students’ Society (SSMU) Judicial Board turned down SSMU Presidential candidate Howard Markowitz’s appeal for a new elec­ tion at a hearing held last Friday.

The decision confirms president­ elect Sevag Yeghoyan’s narrow election victory on March 11.

Markowitz submitted a writ­ ten complaint last week to SSMU Chief Returning Officers (CRO) Dave Harman and Jane Rhee con­ cerning polling difficulties which may have impaired many students’

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In an e ffo r t to str e n g th e n c o m m u n ic a tio n b etw een Arab and Jew ish stu­ dents, the Progressive Zionist Caucus (PZC) hosted a screen­ ing o f “W ed d in g in G a lile e ”, directed by Palestinian/Belgian M ichel Khalifa. A d isc u ssio n conducted by C oncordia Film Studies gradu ate, A h m ed ElKarini, fo llo w ed the show ing.

Although the discussion focused on the content o f the film, the T ribune had an opportunity to interview El-Karini and PZC rep­ resentative M ichael Silverman about their reasons for facilitat­ ing discourse betw een Arab and Jewish students.

The movie was chosen by Palestinian-born El-Karini as a counterpart to a previous show ­ ing o f Israeli m ovies presented by the PZC two w eeks earlier.

‘T he purpose o f show ing this movie was so that w e could be e n g a g ed in a constructive dialogue in a pleasant atm os­ phere. This m ovie sh o w s that w e Palestinians cannot live our lives under occupation normal­ ly, even for something as joyful as a w e d d in g ,” El-K arini explained.

B oth El-K arini an d Silverman view ed the continua­ tion of the peace process in the Middle East as positive and nec­ essary for both Palestinian and Jewish communities.

“There sh ou ld be a twosta te situ a tio n . T h e sta te o f P alestine sh o u ld c o e x ist with Israel. But if w e want the peace process to succeed, then both com m unities have to k eep on w orking to a ch iev e this. The purpose o f this discussion is to understand each other through the differences o f each other,” emphasized El-Karini.

Silverman was adamant in his support o f continued inter­ action betw een Jews and Arabs on campus.

“O n an id e o lo g ic a l and moral ground, this is the best thing for Jews and Palestinians.

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abilities to vote. Markowitz fol­ lo w ed up on his com plaint by declaring his intentions to take them to the SSMU Judicial Board.

Markowitz based his appeal on several issues he believed prej­ udiced the results against him. The first involved a registration problem encountered by law and medicine students during the first three hours of voting on Tuesday, March 8th. Students wishing to vote dur­ ing this time could not do so as they were not registering on the voting centre computers as under­ graduates. Though the problem

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was quickly resolved by the CROs, Markowitz felt he lost a significant number of votes during that time period.

Markowitz maintained that because he was the only candidate to actively campaign at the Faculty of Law, it was probable that the law students who weren’t register­ ing intended to vote for him Markowitz also presented a number of witnesses in support of his argument, including his broth­ er, second-year law student Lawrence Markowitz, who Howard asserted had procured the votes of

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P alestin ian s in Gaza and the “We are far from averse to West Bank without citizenship. creating a d ia lo g u e but each Not only w ould the security of issue is to itself. It is definitely Israel be better, but w ith the good to defuse tensions as long establishm ent o f p eace, Israel as one does not end up giving could go about creating a vital to o m u c h ,” Schechter stated.

Jewish culture which is the core "Our difference with the PZC o f Zionism,” Silverman stated. lies in the fact that w e are cen­ El-Karini and Silverm an tre-right and they are centre-left. stated that their attempts to fos­ However, it is unfortunate that ter relations betw een Jews and w e d id n o t g e t to s e e the Arabs had been w elco m ed by m ovie.” many students. However, they T he P a lestin e Solidarity claim that encouragem ent had Committee (PSC) was vehement c o m e from in d iv id u a ls w h o in its criticism o f the screening. w ere not associated w ith any Though they encouraged com ­ formal student body. The only m u n ic a tio n b e tw e e n resistance that they encountered P a le stin ia n s an d J e w s, th ey w as from esta b lish ed student found the m ovie’s content inap­ groups. propriate and irrelevant to the “There is in e x iste n c e a subject o f peace talks. noisy minority on campus that “This m ovie in any w ay really just seek s to attack the d o es not pertain to the peace p e a c e p r o c e ss. U su a lly th ey talks. This m ovie is about cul­ c o m e from form al stu d e n t tural behaviours in the Middle g r o u p s, lik e th e P a le stin e East. To claim that this is a dia­ Student Associations or Jewish logue betw een Jews and Arabs o r g a n iz a tio n s ,” c la im e d Elis ridiculous. It does not pertain Karini. to the massacre at H ebron or Silverman agreed with Elthe situation there,” argued Hala Karini that there was reticence Arafat, V ice-P resid en t o f the on the part o f many Jews and PSC. A rabs w h o w ere members o f student organizations.

“Many of what w e tried to do initial­ ly w ere educational things. But w hen w e tried to m ak e it m o re, th ere w as resista n ce. M ost o f th e in te r e st cam e from u n a ffilia te d A rabs an d J e w s ,” Silverman added.

Erik Schechter, a rep resen ta tiv e o f TAGAR, an interna­ tional Jew ish group with interim status at McGill, v o iced sup­ p o rt for g reater u n d e r s ta n d in g b e tw e e n J e w s and Arabs. H ow ever he d id m aintain there w ere d iffe r e n c e s b e tw e e n th e PZC and them selves con- Concordia stu d e n t A h m e d E l-K a rin i

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“d o zen s and d o z e n s” o f his friends in law.

“No other candidate had any other connections to law,” Lawrence Markowitz said. “As a conservative estimate I would say I got well over 100 students to vote for Howard.”

Markowitz also disputed the organization of one of the polling stations at the Bronfman building on the first day o f elections.

According to Markowitz, one sta­ tion in the Bronfman lobby was not set up by 11 AM, when the polls were supposed to open.

Pointing to the fact he was the only Presidential candidate from Management, Markowitz claimed the disorganization at the one sta­ H o w a rd M a r k o w itz tion created an “unreasonable obstacle” for many students who on spoiled ballots. may have otherwise voted in his CRO Dave Harman defend­ favour. ed the validity o f the results.

T m not saying it was delib­ Harman argued that in the case of erate,” Markowitz asserted. “I’m the difficulties with voter registra­ just saying it affected me the m ost” tion, no student was deterred from Markowitz also expressed voting. concern with the eligibility of visit­ “No students w ere turned ing students to vote in the election. away,” Harman asserted. “They According to Markowitz, students were requested to return [once the attending McGill on a temporary situation was rectified].” basis were not allowed to vote, Harman noted that despite despite Article 3.1 of the SSMU the initial difficulties, voter turnout constitution which states that “All at the law and medicine polling students registered at McGill stations was above average.

University shall be members of the With regards to medicine, Society.”

Harman added that the CROs did Markowitz’s final issue dealt not receive any complaints about with the 120 spoiled ballots and 95 the polling difficulties at McIntyre. voided ballots in the election. A Harman asserted that in the sp oiled ballot is on e w hich is case of the Bronfman polling sta­ invalid for a variety o f reasons, tion, the poll clerks were at the sta­ including being drawn on, written tion before 11 AM. Though no on, or folded. Markowitz believed SEE BO A R D PA G E 4 that many of his supporters voted

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WSN and SACOMSS have received calls describing incidents similar to those that appeared in the Tribune last w eek. They are as follow s and occurred last fall as well as in January o f this year.

In the basement o f Burnside Hall, a woman was approached by a man w ho claimed he w as a dentistry student doing a survey.

H e asked her su ch q u estio n s as the date o f h er last dental appointment, a description o f her dental history and whether or not she feared dentists. When she said no to this last question, he becam e "agitated” and asked her to sit dow n so he could exam ine her teeth.

Near the Roddick gates at Sherbrooke and McGill College Streets, a woman was approached by a man w h o asked her for her name, and nationality. He claimed to be studying dentistry, w as holding a manual, and asked to look at her teeth. H e put his arm around the caller, at which point she walked quickly toward Sherbrooke. He did not follow.

The assailant is described as being a Caucasian (with dark skin), male, in his late 20s or early 30s, with a receding hairline, a moustache, unshaven, approximately 5’8 ” tall. He is said to have a thick accent that callers w ere unable to identify. The vehicle is described as an American car, blue or grey, Cadillac style.

On February 20th at 1:00 AM, on Esplanade betw een Mont Royal and Rachel, a wom an w as follow ed by a man In a car w ho repeatedly asked questions, including whether he could have her phone number. The woman felt that he was trying to get her into his car. The man is described as Caucasian, with dark hair, in his 30’s. At the time o f the incident, he was driving a boxy, small, dull-coloured car.

If anyone has any Information or has witnessed similar inci­ dents, please contact SACOMSS at 398-2700 or WSN at 398-2498.

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C O N T IN U E D FROM PAGE 3 table or chairs were delivered to the station until 11:25 AM, the sta­ tion was open on time. Poll clerk Lynda Barker was responsible for the station on the day in question.

“We got there at about 10:30 AM and set up posters and the phone. Maybe ten people voted b etw een 11 and 11:30,” she explained. “We never turned any­ body away.”

According to Harman, the position on visiting students is based on section 3.2 of the SSMU constitution which states “All mem­ bers shall pay Society fe e s .”

Harman said that according to the Registrar’s Office, visiting students do not pay SSMU fees and are therefore not considered Society members.

Noting their absolute confi­ dence in the poll clerics, the CROs argued that Markowitz did not request a scrutineer to be present at the polling stations or at last Tuesday’s recount.

After a half-hour delibera­ tion, the Judicial Board announced its decision to uphold the decision o f the CROs. The Board argued that there w as no grounds on which to accuse the CROs of any negligence in their conduct.

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no evidence presented to show that [the CROs] acted contrary to what was expected of them.”

Furthermore, the Judicial Board claimed that Markowitz did not suffer greater losses as a result of the difficulties than any other candidate.

The Board did, however, argue in favour of visiting students’ right to vote in SSMU elections.

“There is no grounds as to why visiting students shouldn’t be allowed to vote. Yet there are no grounds to assume that one candi­ date was prejudiced more than the others,” they maintained.

Despite his disappointment with the Judicial Board’s decision, Markowitz expressed satisfaction at the Board’s recognition of visiting students’ right to vote.

“I feel good knowing that at least next year visiting students will have the right to vote," he said.

‘This whole situation just goes to prove that every vote does count.”

Harman acknowledged the importance o f issues raised by Markowitz and vowed to consider the Board’s recommendations.

“We recognize that mistakes w ere made and w e ’ll take into consideration the Judicial Board’s recommendations... We appreciate Howard’s efforts in bringing up a lot of issues.”

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E lection results con tin u ed to roll in this w eek, as the Inter-Residence Council, the Science U ndergraduate Society, and the M anagem ent Undergraduate Society now present new execu­ tive council members for the 1994/95 year.

T h e I n t e r - R e s i d e n c e C o u n c il All five executive positions on the Inter­ resid en ce C ouncil (IRC) w ere acclaim ed this year, pre-empting the need for elections.

U1 Arts student and McConnell Hall resi­ dent Helena Myers rose to the seat o f president.

John Coe w ill b e taking over as VP Finance.

Alex Norman, U1 M anagem ent Student, is the n ew VP Internal, and Jennifer Enos is the n ew VP Administration. The position o f SSMU repre­ sentative will b e filled by U1 Arts student Amin Kassam.

A ccording to current IRC President and SSMU P resid en t-elect Sevag Y eghoyan, there w as initially som e interest in the elections, but it petered out in the end.

Yeghoyan com plim ented the n ew council­ lors.

“I think they have a really go o d council to work with next year,” he said.

T h e S c ie n c e U n d e r g r a d u a t e S o c ie ty The results o f the elections for the Science Undergraduate Society (SUS) w ere released last Friday evening.

The race for president was b etw een cur­ rent SUS VP A dm inistration Jana Taylor and

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Next year’s VP Administration will be U2 B io lo g y s tu d e n t Rajiv G o sw a m i, w h ile U 2 Anatomy student Andrew Moncarz will succeed as next year’s VP Academic.

The three w ay race for SUS VP Finance w a s w o n b y a s in g le v o te , w ith U1 M icrobiology/Im m unology student Jeff K wong winning 130 votes and U2 Biochemistry student Justin Gauvin getting 129 votes. U2 Biology stu­ dent Andrew Nice rounded out the field with 71 votes.

The position o f VP Internal was acclaimed

by Marco Di Buono, as w as the position o f the SUS representative to cou n cil, w h ich is n o w held by U2 Physiology student Christos Calaritis.

M a n a g e m e n t U n d e r g r a d u a t e S o c ie ty The n ew President for the M anagem ent U n d e r g r a d u a te S o c ie ty (M U S) is J o sh Silverstone, w h o will work with Lawrence Wilk in the position o f VP Finance, Martin LaGuerre as VP A cadem ic, VP C om m u n ication s Marla G reenspoon, VP Internal Danny Klein and VP External Enoch Lee. T he MUS w ill b e rep resen ted at SSMU council by Lome Daitchman.

T he co u n cil w ill a lso in clu d e U3 cla ss P r e s id e n t M arigke W a d d e ll an d U2 c la s s President Sophie Renard.

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This is the last in a series o f review a rticles w ritten a s c ritic a l a n a lyses o f th is y e a r's S tu d en ts' Society (SSMU) executive committee.

In th is a rticle, th e Tribune looks b a ck on th e p e rfo rm a n c e o f th e Society’s VP Finance, PaulJohnson.

After four consecutive years of financial losses for SSMU, total­ ing over 400,000 dollars, U3 Engineering student and VP Finance-elect Paul Johnson entered his post last year with a commit­ ment to cutb the Society’s down­ ward spiral. However, while he has enjoyed su ccess in m anaging SSMU’s finances, Johnson has been criticized for his relations with oth­ ers, as well as his lack of focus on new fundraising ventures for SSMU. Johnson noted that many changes were required when he assumed the position.

“Before this year, any student could spend any amount on any­ thing they wanted, budgeted or unbudgeted and be reimbursed by the Students’ Society,” Johnson said.

Johnson explained that his first move when he entered his position was to initiate a new authorization procedure for making expenditures. “(This] sole change has made all the difference this year—w e

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new fundraising ventures for the needed to make some budget cuts, Society. but these cuts could never have According to the 1993/94 stu­ been realized without a concrete dent handbook, Johnson’s platform method o f enforcing them ,” he said. “What w e ’re seein g as of last year was based on “reprioritiz­ February 28th is a Students’ Society ing spending and increasing rev­ that is, I would say, 95% on or below budget at this point,” he said.

In addition to the changes that were made cen­ trally to the control of SSMU finances, the Society-run Sadie’s Tabagie underwent consider­ able reorganization this year.

“Employees n ow have their own cash drawer which they are responsible for balanc­ ing at the end of their shift,” Johnson explained. “At the end of the day, the cash is counted, deposited, and picked up by security.”

Johnson confided that the control of cash flow was so poor in the past that an enve­ lope was found in the bottom of the SSMU safe this year con­ taining 3,000 dollars cash from three years ago.

“Sadie’s lost a substantial amount of money in the past seven years— this year, w e’re Johnson pulls S S M U out o f debt making money,” he assured. enues through stringent budgeting Although Johnson has and innovative fundraising.” enjoyed the success o f curbing Johnson asserted that he has SSMU’s financial trend, he has been attem pted to raise funds, but criticized for focusing on budget­ argued that his ventures will take cutting rather than trying to find

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more than a year to be implement­ ed. He cited the planned construc­ tion of a new copy centre in the Shatner Building as SSMU’s biggest fundraising initiative, and the implementation next year of a used book exchange as a further pos­ sible source o f revenue for SSMU. “I won’t deny that house cleaning and getting everything ship-shape hasn’t taken up most of my time—that was my first priority and I think rightly so,” he maintained.

Concerns regarding Johnson’s interpersonal skills have also surfaced throughout the year. Johnson has often been criticized for his sarcastic tone in his com m unications with other councillors. Off-hand comments from the VP Finance have occasionally landed him in c hot water.

During a debate regard­ 's ing the use o f the Shatner ^Building for fraternity activités, “ Johnson was alleged to have 1-5dubbed fraternity members “rapists” under his breath. When later asked to explain his com­ ment and apologize to fraterni­ ties, Johnson claimed that his inten­ tions had been misunderstood. He insisted that by his comment he had wished, on the contrary, to dis­ pell stereotypes regarding fraterni­ ties.

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Johnson acknowledged that he has had difficulty with some of his professional relationship» this year, particularly with SSMU-funded groups. He attributed this prob­ lem to the severity of his financial changes.

“With very few exceptions, no one was prepared for the bud­ getary shock that was awaiting them w hen they came back in September,” Johnson reasoned.

“The majority of VP Finances for all of our groups were expecting busi­ ness as usual... The difference between where I was coming from and where they were coming from w hen w e first met— that can account for a lot of the perceived harshness.”

When asked about next year, Johson focused on the relationship b etw een him self and the VP Finances of other organizations.

“I’d like to focus more on creating a team atm osphere between all the groups at SSMU next year,” he said.

Johnson added that this year he was faced with the problem of getting 150 groups on the same level within a month, which con­ tributed to the tension.

“Things can get very frustrat­ ing, and I tended to get impatient.

I’m not offering any excuses, but I’m not sure anybody could have done it differently and obtained the same results.”

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EDITORIAL An estim ate from the Animal Shelter Report o f the American Humane Association suggests that approximately 27 million dogs and cats are killed per year in shelters—that’s over fifty every minute.

But that’s the good news.

Not only is it intuitive, it has also been demonstrated statistically that the vast majority of animals killed— approxim ately 97 per cent, or about six billion annual­ ly—are done so for food. That’s an even more startling 11 thou­ sand every minute.

And then there’s scientific research. Few people seem to k n o w , h o w ev er, that such research is responsible for the death of only 0.3 per cent of the animals killed by humans annu­ ally in the United States.

Yet in spite of the statistics, it is researchers and not animal shelters and meat eaters w ho have been stuck with the stigma o f ev il, h ea rtless m urderers.

Animal research is the cause of often emotional and sometimes violent confrontations.

The pressures faced by sci­ en tists, b oth e c o n o m ic and humane, as w ell as checks by the Canadian Council on Animal

FOAMING AT THE MOUTH | BY ETHAN SACKS S o m eh ow I m anaged to make it through my four years at this institution w ith o n ly tw o minor scars. The recurring night­ mare where I’m being beaten by my editors, and an addiction to coffee. Author Chris Hyde once wrote that caffeine is the cause o f 85% o f the reported chronic indigestion in North America as well as a major cause o f every­ thing from pancreatic cancer to a n a n cep h a ly (a birth d e fe c t w here the child is born brain dead). I’ll consider any future u lcers as a m em en to o f my McGill career. Anyway, before I start my last column, I want to thank everyone w ho took their time to read the colum n or at least used it to curb their dogs (and thereby keep the streets of Montreal clean for the rest o f us)...

Our generation has been conned into believing that the world is in this neat adolescent p h ase b efo re w e reach the utopie political stage previously envisioned by both Star Trek and the Grateful Dead.

For all th ose w h o share those idealistic thoughts, remem­ ber that there are almost 2,000 D ea d H ead s in U.S. p rison s, accord in g to journalist Frank .

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U n k n ow n to m any, the proced u res m en tion ed above have, since their implementation, assured the ethical and moral treatment o f animals in laborato­ ries across the United States and Canada.

Nonetheless, myths about the u se o f anim als in scien ce abound. Although it cannot be denied that abuse of animals in the sc ie n tific c o n te x t has occurred in the past, the pres­ sures imposed by the attention

that has been lavished on the scientific community have led to co n tro ls that have greatly improved the lot o f animals in scientific studies.

The truth is that 90 per cent o f animals used in research are rod en ts, fish , and fo w l.

Furthermore, in m ost research projects, an im als are n ot exposed to any pain whatsoever.

Anyone who has seen the state of chicken farms raising poultry to be slaughtered for food can attest to whether the focus of the animal rights movement on sci­ entific research has been just.

Suppose an agent w hich seemed to block the AIDS virus in a test tube w as discovered, and a scientist somewhere faced the difficult question o f testing this product on a human or a m o u se su b ject. Som e w o u ld argue that life in all forms is in valuable. T estin g this o n a human and having the patient die would be no more morally w ron g than testin g it o n a mouse. Perhaps all research for a cure should stop immediately.

Ideas also exist that most research done w ith animals is u n n ecessa ry . P e o p le have argued that experiments done on anim als for the b e n e fit o f

humanity are morally reprehensi­ b le. T h ese p e o p le , m any o f w h om are very m uch alive— who haven’t died from small pox or whooping cough, w ho have n ot b e e n k illed b y p o lio or d iptheria thanks to anim al research— seem to believe that the life o f humans is no more valuable than the life o f a rat.

Some believe that if experiments to find cures for diseases such as cystic fibrosis and cancer must be done, they ought to be done on human volunteers. After all, if hum ans are g o in g to ben efit from the w ork, then hum ans should pay the price.

It is absurd to attach an equivalent moral price on the life of a rat as on the life o f a fellow human being. What about the life o f a cockroach? Or the lives o f the millions o f microorgan­ ism s you kill w h en you start your car so that you can have the comfort o f driving to work?

Even people actively involved in the an im al rights m ovem en t cringe at the thought o f killing a cat or a dog for food, but seem to o v e r lo o k the slau gh ter o f chickens, cattle, and other farm animals. Perhaps som e animals are more equal than others after all.

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There has been a tendency for the West to downplay the politi­ cal problem s that the Y eltsin government is currently undergo­ ing, with the view that capitalism will make everything better. Sort o f like what the auto industry did to low er crim e rates and the problem of poverty in Detroit.

The e c o n o m ic crisis in Russia and the form er Soviet R epublics is greater than the Great Depression. In 1993 alone, the growth rate o f the Russian e c o n o m y d efla ted by 13%, according to Rolling Stone core­ spondent William Grieder. With the opening of markets and eas­ ing of restrictions that accompa­ nied Perestroika, unemployment

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The assu m p tio n is that m ost Russians will be content to wait out the storm, until the economy stabilizes itself-which is projected under the most optimistic condi­ tions to occur around the year 2012.

To display their dissatisfac­ tion w ith the p a ce at w h ich Yeltsin has handled econom ic policy, the majority o f Russian voters took the opportunity to vote in a collection o f right wring zealots into the new parliament.

The lead er o f the n ew Parliament, Vladimir “No Relation to Dracula” Zhirinovsky has publically threatened to use nuclear w ea p o n s against the W est, if Russia is not given more respect One o f my recurring nightmares in which I am beaten by my edi­ tors is in fact set at a summit b e tw e e n Z h irin ovsk y and Canadian Prime Minister Preston Manning.

H ow realistic is it to believe that Russia will endure 18 years o f economic crisis, without giving in to a charismatic dictator advocating a return to prosperity through m ilitary c o n q u est.

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One wonders about a soci­ ety in which injecting a drug into an animal in an effort to aid humanity is a heinous crime, but stabbing one in the mouth and letting it thrash about until it suf­ focates is considered entertain­ ment. Is there a “fishing-free” Friday—or are fish just too odor­ iferous and ugly to have the rights that lab rats do?

It’s not a perfect world. It’s a world riddled with pain and disease. Sacrifices have to be m ade, and a ch o ice m ust be made between letting millions of humans die from diseases such as m en in gitis, cancer, heart attacks and AIDS, or studying the course o f these diseases in ani­ mals with the hope o f finding solutions. Animal research is a necessity. The best w e can do is assure that the research is con­ ducted in an ethical manner, and that the animals are treated as well as possible.

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Neo-Nazis and skinheads in the past five years, none of whom know the words to “Truckin.”

With the resources o f e-mail and the information highway, hate groups have been able to circu­ late lists of people “who stand in the way of a pure Germany and must be eliminated.” The targets have ranged from leaders of the Turkish immigrant community to liberal journalists, but all share the com m on denom inator o f having their addresses m em o­ rized by every p im p le-faced storm trooper wannabee in the

country.

So fifty plus years after the end of World War n and half a decade after the West “w on” the Cold War, it seem s history is repeating itself. In fact, the U.S. military is ex cited ab ou t the prospect of justifying its budget with excursions to places that are more politically potent then Somalia or the Persian Gulf.

After all, the National Security Agency still maintains computers which screen all overseas calls for trigger w o rd s like “Communist.”

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BY GLENDA KOH T alking ab ou t reality.

Seem s like ev ery o n e has an answer: Plato, the Pope, my par­ ents. This week, in that eternal quest for knowledge and enlight­ en m ent, I w en t to the D uane Hanson exhibit at the Musée des Beaux Arts. This show , in case you missed the reality tour bus, consists o f a series o f life-sized, ultra realistic sculptures of human figures in various manifestations.

There’s a doctor and an office worker, but with few exceptions they’re your typical blue collar, low er m iddle class Americans.

Every detail of these figures, from the wrinkles on their faces to the hair on their knuckles, is re-creat­ ed to perfection.

The representation o f real life has long been a concern of the visual arts, but these figures are life-like to the extreme that one suspects there’s more going on here than pure illu sion .

Hanson is concerned not merely with physical likeness, but with everything that underlies these fig­ ures— personality, class, so cio ­ economic status. In addition, how­ ever, he’s concerned with every­ thing that backgrounds the view­ ing audience—personality, class,

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Instead, reality is what surrounds and pervades the entire exhibition sp a ce— w hat occurs w h en the audience looks at these figures, and in them seeks identification and definition.

This act o f seeing is overtly essential to the exhibition. There is little to distinguish the sculp­ tures from the b u ffoon s w h o revere the objects for their realism and their skill of creation, but who proceed to put their dirty finger­ prints all over the modem abstract canvases. There is only the distinc­ tion between subject and object and b etw een the seer and the seen. Hanson’s exhibit is an exer­ cise in looking and in defining.

One sees the figures, and chooses either to recogn ize o n e se lf in them , or to d efin e o n e se lf in opposition to them If Hanson is subverting anything, it is the inces­ sant human quest for reality, and the ways and places we seek it.

socio-economic status. In the end, they are one and the same, and the only thing separating them is the physical presence o f these sculptures.

It is the very act of looking and all the implications surround­ ing it that this exhibition relies on.

Hanson lures the public into the sh o w in g sp a ce w ith all the promises o f cultural elitism that the museum environment implies, but what he presents the audience is no more than a reflection of themselves. He is either mocking the audience, or he is mocking his ow n subjects, and in turn, the entire industry o f cultural con­ sumption.

Alternatively, Hanson is valourizing both. However, he claims that he is neither caricaturing, nor ridiculing his subjects, but only representing “types”. Yet how can a type b ecom e anything but a stereo ty p e, e sp e c ia lly w h en enshrined in the sanctioned space of the museum? There is far less dignity portrayed here than sensa­ tionalism.

Hanson purports to depict reality, but in doing so, he implic­ itly subverts reality. That is, despite the obvious effort to re­ create reality through a visual illusionism that is so effective, one

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Ballots must be returned to Thomson House no later than Wednesday, March 30th at 5:00pm

Gilbert CABANA

Charles HOOGE

George LOZANO

Marie-Claude POLIQUIN

Corinne SANTA

Jeanne SCHOENW ANDT

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Having already done two degrees here (B.Sc. and M.Sc.), 1 am admittedly an inbred McGill product; however, this time spent at McGill has allowed me to learn about the various political and bureaucratic forces that we have to deal with as graduate students.

Here are two particular topics that I would like to explore with my fellow graduate students: 1. Graduate student salaries.

Presently the policies regarding the guarantee of a certain minimum salary for graduate students vary greatly from department to department. What are the reasons underlying this state-of-affair and what could we do to change it?

2. PhD qualifying exams.

This is perhaps the most important step for PhD students (and for those M.Sc. students who plan to pursue further graduate studies). While it is certain­ ly not my goal to question in general the decisions of the Graduate Training Com­ mittees from the various departments, I would like this process to be more open.

I am working on my PhD in Physics studying earth­ quakes and multifractals. I have served as my depart­ m ent’s representative on both the PGSS Council and the Faculty of Graduate Studies Council.

One of my main jobs as VP-lntemal will be to pro­ vide for the cultural, social and other activities of grad­ uate students. Our graduate center, Thomson House (TH), is one of the finest in Canada. Yet we clearly under use it. 1 plan to make changes that, while not increasing the budget, will encourage members to visit more often. Some ideas include: an increase in the number of seasonal parties; special product promotions (T-shirts, extended happy hours, ethnic menus, etc.) enlarging the number of sp o rtin g e v en ts and leagues. In addition, I will seek your suggestions for our house whether by mail, e-mail, fax, etc.

Finally, TH should not be prim arily a p rofit­ m aking e stab lish m en t.

W ith apologies to C.S. Lewis, “Fun is the serious business of TH.”

I hope to bring some common sense to the entire process. After attending some meetings I felt that many people were simply pretending or preparing to be politicians and were seemingly more interested in the process than in results. 1 think our re­ presentatives should be accountable for their ac­ tions. I will elim inate secret deals in which we give money to individuals whose identity and circum­ stances are known only to the executive committee. I will not concern myself w ith issues of global, national, or provincial im­ portance until I am in a position to do something meaningful. I will concen­ trate on issues that affect us as graduate students; most of us are, afterall, trying to complete degrees. Financial security, office space, ac­ cess to facilities, working hours, additional fees, and excessive or irrational bureaucracy are examples of such issues. I will also be open to any suggestions you might have. By the way, my photograph above is several years old; I have less hair now.

Hi there. Before you vote for me, I feel that there are some things I would like you to know. You might wonder how I got involved in student politics. It is not a new field of interest for me, although I’m new in the action. I did a fair amount of student journalism while I was doing my B.A. (Ottawa) and had always told myself I should get involved in politics. 1 had a good under­ standing of the issues, the subject interested me, but I lacked the time.

Well, now I have il. I came to McGill in Septem­ ber to do a Master’s in History. From the begin­ ning I participated in PGSS. I have been on the External Affairs Committee since the beginning of this year. In that respect, I got the chance to participate act­ ively at federal (CFS) and provincial (RACSQ) student association meetings.

I feel that McGill is in a very important position in student politics. It is repre­ sented in both the Canadian and the Quebec student movements. If you want to know more about other things, don’t hesitate to vote for me.

I am a student of the M aster’s Program me in Administration and Policy Studies in Education here at McGill. This year I have applied for the position of VP-Administration because it is my wish to get in­ volved with the activités of the PGSS. It shall be my duty to ensure the recording of the minutes of meetings of the legislative bodies of PGSS; the completion of all necessary communication with m em bers o f the executive, council and the graduate students at large; and the maintenance of the minutes, books, records and documents as specified by PGSS. I hope to achieve a closer working relationship with the VP Internal to im­ prove communication with­ in PGS itself. I bring to this position my past exper­ ience in student politics, which includes terms as Chief Justice of the Judicial Committee, VP Communi­ cations and VP Academics of Lakehead University Stu­ dent Union, as well as President of the Education Students’ Society. I look forward to working with you, and for you, in the coming year.

My candidacy for VPInternal is supported by previous organizational ex­ perience, and by a variety of committee work during my residency at McGill.

Having been a member of the Internal Affairs Com­ m ittee (1992-93) before taking up the position of VP-Internal (1993-94) has been particularly important to providing the insight necessary for the successful organization of social activities and services at Thomson House this year.

Je crois qu’il est important de trouver une balance entre les activités qui font parties de la tradition de la Maison et les nouveaux services offerts aux membres. Mes efforts sont reflétés par la croissance du nombre et de la variété de journaux et magazines disponibles à la Maison, et par l’addition cette année d ’une Fête de B lues et d ’une Fête inter­ nationale de films des fem ­ m es. As an international student and a cultural geo­ grapher I will continue my efforts to create an environ­ ment at Thomson House which corresponds to the cultural, social and recrea­ tional needs of its users.

McGill student since 1985.

B.Sc. M icrobiology and Immunology with a minor in Environmental Studies: 1989. Doctoral student in the Department of Biology since Sept. 89. Experience in student groups: 1) CKUT Radio McGill, 1986-89.

Writer, producer, Director of Public Affairs Program­ ming, 1987. Chairperson Board of Directors, 1988 and again in 1989. 2) McGill Daily, 1987-89.

Science editor, 1987-88.

Member of The Daily Publications Society Board of Directors, 1988-89. 3) M iscellaneous: M cGill Student Pugwash, Amnesty International. Received Scarlet Key Award in 1989 for involvement and leader­ ship role in campus media organizations. Adequate ex­ perience in student groups, knowledge of the McGill community and a strong interest in academic affairs.

Particular interests include the structure and future directions o f m ultidis­ ciplinary programs, and adequate accès to McGill’s mainframe computing fac­ ilities.

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C o m in g s o o n to L e a c o c k : S a d i e 's After m onths o f negotiations, the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) and Students’ Society (SSMU) have signed a contract for the construction o f a Sadie’s Tabagie in the Leacock Building.

SSMU council ratified a m otion at last Thursday’s m eeting w hich accepted the terms o f a contract signed b etw een AUS and SSMU. SSMU ratification was the final hurdle in what has been a long and arduous process for AUS. The proposal w as initiated last year by Mark Luz, the current SSMU President, w h o w as the president o f the AUS at the time.

Joe W ong, the current AUS President and Arts Senator-elect for next year, com m ented on the process o f obtaining the Sadie’s contract.

“In my estimation, I am very happy that the project was successful and that it is going to b e im plem ented as soon as possible,” said Wong. “However, after a year o f negotiations, I must say in absolute exasperation, it was an absolute brouhaha.”

Council’s ratification o f the contract com es after confusion at the last council m eeting regarding the status o f the negotiations.

It w as initially b e lie v e d that the contract had b e e n sign ed and that in approving the 1993-94 budget, council had also approved the spirit o f the con ­ tract. It turned out how ever, that the contract had b een sign ed only by the Society’s General Manager, Guy Brisebois, W ong, and AUS VP Finance Mike Boyd. The contract lacked the signature o f a member o f SSMU’s executive com ­ mittee.

N ow that the contract has b een approved by the Society, AUS and SSMU await the approval o f the Physical Plant, the Associate Vice Principal (Physical Resources) Sam Kingdon, and Associate D ean o f Arts Harold Waller.

This will be the third Sadie’s on campus. Presently there are Sadie’s tabagies in the Shatner Building and in Chancellor Day Hall.

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Students’ Society (SSMU) Council voted unanim ously to pass tw o m otions recommending changes to McGill’s and SSMU’s sexual harassment policies at last Thursday’s meeting.

VP University Affairs Ruth Promislow said that having the sexual harassment policy recommendations for change on track has been the culmination o f her term.

“I’ve spent the majority o f my time as Vice President o f University Affairs on this issue and I’m really pleased with the results,” said Promislow.

The motion on changes to McGill’s sexual harassment policy that was passed at the m eeting resolved that Council w ould endorse a series o f recommendations, including a division o f the current job o f assessor into advisor and investigator roles for each case.

In addition, there are changes to the definition o f sexual harassment, which include actions that create “an intimidating, hostile or offensive working, living or educational environm ent.”

The council also passed a proposal for an SSMU sexual harassment policy *1 for complaints o f sexual harassment in the SSMU office.

The policy recommendations must be approved by the Board Committee on the Regulations Concerning Complaints o f Sexual Harassment and McGill’s Senate before being sent to the Board o f Governors for a final vote.

Fiona Deller, w h o se 1992 report was the foundation on which the policy recommendations w ere based, indicated that she was pleased that the policy rec­ ommendations cleared most o f the major hurdles to implementation.

“On the one hand it has been watered dow n [in the bureaucratic process], but it’s far more than I expected,” said Deller. “From what I understand there are p eople on the Judicial Board w ho voted for the changes that may not have done so a year and a half ago.”

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A p p e a ls C o m m issio n (CAC), an ap p ea l b o d y for th e B.C. Registrar o f C om p an ies. T he After p olitica l and legal CAC d eclared that the SFSS’s wrangling dating back to 1990, m an d atory stu d e n t m em b er­ the British Colum bia Court o f ship provision b e struck from A ppeal threw out a ca se last its b y - la w s a n d th a t th e W e d n e sd a y th at c h a lle n g e d M inister o f F inance b eg in an th e S im o n F ra ser S tu d e n t s ’ in v e stig a tio n in to th e affairs Society’s (SFSS) right to have a and conduct o f the SFSS. b y -la w req u irin g m a n d a tory T h e r e c e n t C o u rt o f m em bership in th e SFSS. A ppeal decision stated that the The Court o f A ppeal case CAC h ad s ig n ific a n tly o v e r ­ was the final stage o f a series s t e p p e d its ju r isd ic tio n and of cam paigns on the part o f a m ade a decision it w as in no g ro u p c a lle d S tu d e n ts a n d position to take. \ l u m n i fo r F r e e d o m of Chief Justice M acEachem Association (SAFA) to radically c o m m e n te d d u rin g th e trial liter or sh u t d o w n the SFSS. that the case lacked a concrete F o u n d er P h il E id s v ik w a s basis. quoted in a 1992 V a n c o u v e r “A ll y o u are d o in g is S u n s to r y as d is lik in g th e w a stin g valu a b le p u b lic tim e ‘in ten sely political” nature o f and m on ey to conduct univer­ h e SFSS. sity politics. Y ou’re asking us T h e SAFA p r e v io u s ly to su p p o rt so m e th in g w h ic h jn su ccessfu lly took the issu e w ill n o t a c h ie v e w h a t y o u of mandatory student m em ber- w ant to a ch ieve,” he said. >hip to the SFSS an d to th e “Y ou h a v e n ’t m a d e a o n iv e r s ity ’s B oard o f p r o p e r c h a lle n g e to th e b y ­ jo v ern o rs. In 1991, the B.C. la w s o f th e S im o n F raser s u p r e m e C ou rt r e f u s e d an Students' Society," he added.

SAFA b id to h a v e its c a s e oeard b y th e court. s o u r c e : U n iv e r s ity o f In M arch 1 9 9 2 , SAFA British C olum bia Alm a Mater :o u n d its first s u c c e s s in a S o c ie t y r e s e a r c h e r , D e r e k ie c is io n b y th e C om m ercial Miller

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lished via Internet. Under the Criminal Code “it is an offence to p u b lis h or d istr ib u te o b s c e n e m a teria l." In a F ebruary 1993 d e c is io n , the S u p r e m e C ourt o f C an ad a d eem ed obscenity a justifiable r e s tr ic tio n o n fr e e d o m o f expression.

Any com plaints lod ged at UW concerning ob scen ities in

A s th e r e a lity o f th e m u c h -to u te d in fo r m a tio n s u p e r h ig h w a y a p p r o a c h e s , Canadian universities are deal­ in g w ith eth ical d ilem m as, a s itu a tio n th a t m a y in d ic a te future p ro b lem s as th e co m ­ puter assum es a larger role in our lives.

Earlier this year, Dr. Jim K a lb fle is c h , U n iv e r s ity o f W aterloo (UW ) VP A cad em ic “ Free sp eech is a n d P r o v o s t, b a n n e d fiv e s u b je c t to lim ita ­ p o r n o g r a p h ic a lly - o r ie n t e d new sgroups accessible through tio n s th a t a re Intern et, the in ter-u n iv ersity d ee m ed to be re a ­ com puter network. so n ab le in a fre e UW P r e sid e n t J a m e s and d e m o c ra tic D o w n e y r e c o m m e n d e d that th e n e w s g r o u p s b e b a n n e d s o c ie ty .” after the UW W om en’s Centre, a m o n g o th e r g r o u p s , c o m ­ - Jam es Downey, plained that the material w as ob scen e. Exam ples o f the latter U W P re sid en t are s t o r ie s o f s e x u a l in te r ­ co u rse w ith ch ild ren , in cest, and depictions o f violent rape n e w s g r o u p s , as w e ll as scenes. m o tio n s to r e in s ta te n e w s D o w n ey said that h e did groups, w ill b e forw arded to consider the principles o f free the Ethics C om m ittee. As yet, sp e e c h and exp ression in the student protests, including the academ ic environm ent in for­ s ig n in g o f a p e t it io n , h a v e mulating a decision. He added, b e e n la r g e ly in e f f e c t iv e in h ow ever, that “free sp e e c h is changing the policy. subject to lim itations that are Waterloo is the only uni­ d eem ed to b e reasonable in a versity to take such action thus free and democratic society.” far. The University o f Calgary, A c c o r d in g to D o w n e y , for ex a m p le, has not ban n ed W a te r lo o w o u ld b e le a v in g its n e w sg r o u p s outright, but itself op en to legal prosecution d o e s h a v e a p o lic y u n d e r under the Criminal Code if the w h ic h th e y e r a se a n y f ile s material continued to b e pub­ d eem ed obscene. The problem

lie s in th e fact that th e files must first b e found. D u e to the m assive am ounts o f inform a­ tion that g o through the institu­ tion, any attempt at control is u n lik ely to b e anything m ore th a n c o s m e t ic . A n a v e r a g e institution m ust process rough­ ly 25 gigabytes every day.

Alan Greenberg, Director of C o m p u tin g and Telecom m unications at McGill, said that McGill currently has n o p o lic y restricting o b sc e n e m aterial o n n e w sg r o u p s. He s tr e s s e d that n o c o m p la in ts h ave b e e n receiv ed , but that o th e r p o te n tia l is s u e s h a v e been raised such as the trans­ gression o f copyright laws. The latter are relatively easy to deal w ith, se e in g as the definition o f cop y rig h t in frin gem en t is, co m p a red to th e d e fitio n o f “o b sc e n e ”, rather straight for­ ward.

“We are n o t e n g a g e d in c e n so r sh ip ,” said G reen b erg, “[however] w e will and d o try to control our o w n m em bers [e n g a g in g in] in a p p r o p r ia te b ehaviour. T h o se w h o ab u se th e ir p r iv ile g e s risk h a v in g them taken aw ay.”

G reenberg ad d ed that if com plaints w ere received , the relative lack o f a concrete poli­ cy on obscenity w ou ld have to b e reevaluated. source: the University o f Calgary’s The G a u n tle t and the U n iv e r s ity o f W a te r lo o ’s Im print.

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T h e s u b c o m m i t t e e is p la n n in g to h o ld a p u b lic fo r u m at th e b e g in n in g o f April to fa cilitate d isc u s s io n c o n c e r n in g th e racial clim ate o n cam p u s.

T h e d ir e c to r o f th e E q u it y O ffic e , H onora S h au gh n essy, S tu d e n ts' S o ciety R ep resen ta tiv e to th e J o in t S e n a te /B o a r d C o m m it t e e on E q u it y S u b ra ta D e , a n d S t u d e n t s ’ S o ciety VP U n iversity Affairs R uth P r o m is lo w c o n s t it u t e t h e m e m b e r s o f th e r a c ia l d is c r im in a t io n s u b c o m m it ­ tee.

O n t a r i o ’s M in is tr y o f E d u c a t io n a n d T r a in in g in tr o d u c e d a H a r a ssm e n t and D is c r im in a tio n P r e v e n t io n P o lic y th a t h a s b e e n i m p l e m e n t e d in a ll O ntario c o lle g e s an d u n iv er­ sities. B a se d on th e O ntario H u m a n R ig h ts C o d e , t h e p o lic y o u t lin e s th e c o m ­ p lain t an d r e v ie w p r o c e s s e s th a t w o u l d d e a l w it h a n y form o f h a r a ssm e n t or d is ­

You’re fishing on Beaver Lake up on Mount Qoyal, trying to hook your­ self a bite to eat because your parents have cut you ofF when you feel a tug on your line. You give the line a yank and start to reel it in, your stomach rumbling with the anticipation of eating for the first time in six years.

Much to your horror, you realize that you’ve reeled in the body of a prehistoric man wearing Air Jordans and clutching a Ben’s smoked meat sandwhich-so you eat the sandwich and now you don’t know who to tell.

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Q u e e n ’s U n iversity, for e x a m p le , h a s c r e a te d a report o n race relations that o u tlin e s s p e c if ic o b je c tiv e s an d g u id e lin e s that are to b e f o llo w e d b y ad m in istrators, f a c u lt y m e m b e r s a n d s t u ­ d e n t s . C u r r e n tly , M c G ill U n iv e r sity d o e s n o t h a v e a sim ilar fra m ew ork for d ea l-

“T h e m o re s tu d e n ts w h o v o ic e th e ir o p in io n s t h e m o re lik e ly w e ’il b e a b le to* g e t a re s p o n s e to o ur c o n c e rn s ” -- R u th P ro m is lo w , V P U n iv e rs ity A ffa ir s

in g w it h v a r io u s k in d s o f harassm ent.

M c G ill s t u d e n t s a re p r o te c te d b y th e Q u e b e c C h a r te r o f H u m a n R ig h ts a n d F r e e d o m s a s w e l l as g u a r a n te e d e q u a l treatm en t u n d er M cG ill’s H a n d b o o k o f S tu d e n t R ig h ts and R e s p o n s i b i lit ie s . T h e s u b ­ co m m ittee is, h o w ev er, aim ­ in g to esta b lish a se t o f s p e ­ c ific r e g u la tio n s c o n c e r n in g racial h a ra ssm en t sim ilar to

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“W e h a v e a s p e c i f i c p ro ced u re to d eal w ith c o m ­ plaints o f sex u a l h arassm ent b ut w e d o n ’t h a v e a s p e c if­ i c ... p r o c e d u r e to a d d r e s s racial harassm en t w h ic h has b e e n structured to b e s e n s i­ tive to the d y n a m ics o f this is s u e ,” P ro m islo w said . “W e w a n t to cr e a te s o m e th in g ... w h e r e th e d e f i n i t i o n s a r e clearly laid o u t.”

A r e c e n t in it ia t iv e b y v a r io u s g r o u p s , in c lu d in g SSM U and th e B la c k S t u d e n t s ’ N e t w o r k (B S N ), has b e e n to circu late a q u e s ­ tion n aire d e sig n e d to gath er e v id e n c e o f in c id e n ts o f racial h ara ssm en t at M cG ill.

T h e su rv ey a lso p r o v id e s a m e a n s fo r i n d iv id u a l s t u ­ d e n ts to b e c o m e a c tiv e ly in v o lv e d in th e p r o c e s s o f c r e a tin g a c o n c r e t e s e t o f regu lation s.

“T h e m o r e s t u d e n t s w h o v o ic e their o p in io n s the m ore lik ely w e ’ll b e ab le to g e t a r e s p o n s e to ou r c o n ­ c e r n s ,” e x p la in e d P rom islow .

T h e s u b c o m m i t t e e is still in th e in itia l p h a s e o f d e te r m in in g a c o u r s e o f a ction that w ill b e st ad d ress th e issu e s o f racial discrim i­ n ation and harassm ent.

“W e are still in th e p re­ lim inary sta g es o f in v e stig a ­ tio n ,” S h a u g h n essy said . “W e w a n t to r e v ie w th e [ q u e s ­ tionnaire] su b m issio n s, lo o k

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T h e s u b c o m m i t t e e is h o p in g to attract a n u m b er o f g ro u p s that w ill represent th e d iv e r s e in te r e s ts an d co n cern s at M cGill.

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BY SARAH DALLE As the sem ester whirls to an end with chocolate-covered coffee bean crunching, frantic keyboard punching and printers out-to-lunching, you may con ­ so le yourself with im ages o f the carefree adventures y o u ’ll em ­ bark u pon w h en (and if) you em erge in May. O ne adventure you may care to schedule into these m om ents o f procrastina­ tion is a bike trip.

Traveling by bike m ay very w ell b e the perfect student trip.

First, it’s cheap, particularly if you ch o o se to camp, and if you already ow n or can borrow most o f the equipm ent. Second, it allow s you to enjoy the nature, p eo p le and sights along the w ay that you w ould otherw ise w hiz b y im personally in a car.

Best o f all, just about anybody can do it.

The first thing you need, o f course, is a bike. Practically any type o f bike will do as lon g as it is in g o o d condition, and you feel com fortable riding it (m ake sure you have a g o o d seat!).

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With the revelation last w e ek that Dr. Roger P oisson o f Montreal’s Hôpital St-Luc falsi­ fied data for his research on breast cancer, alarms have b een so u n d ed regarding the preva­ len ce o f such fraud in the scien ­ tific field. The McGill com m u­ nity has v o iced m ixed opinion on occurrences o f this type in labs here on cam pus.

In a front p age article in the M o n trea l G a zette last w eek , John Bailar, a p ro fesso r in McGill’s departm ent o f ep id e­ m io lo g y and b iostatics, w as quoted as saying that severely unethical practices, such as in­ venting or falsifying data, and plagiarizing “are probably rare events.” H e declared, how ever, that iesserfinfractions]... are very com m on in d eed .”

Bailar gave an exam ple o f i lesser infraction, w here a re­ searcher sam pled 200 patients, Dut reported only the 100 re­ sponses w hich w ere relevant to the study. H e su ggested that scientific fraud is spurred by “a system that requires scientists to publish research in academ ic ou m als” to advance their caeers.

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prepared to patch up flat tires. Y ou can defi­ nitely g et by on a m oun- L * . « tain bike, although you m should probably invest in sm ooth tires to k eep up with the pack. Spe­ cially d esigned touring bikes also exist, but are only necessary for the die-hards.

N ow , on this bike you n eed to have a bike rack and som e panniers (bags w hich m ount on the w h eels). D epending on the length o f the trip you may ch o o se to have only back panniers or back and front w h e e l­ ers. In terms o f distribut­ ing the w eight o f your load, the latter is prefer­ able but not essential.

What is essential is that you have room to bring along a tire patch kit, a spare inner tube, On the road again tire irons, oil for your chain, a first aid kit, and som e B o o k b y Tom Cuthbertson (Ten basic tools (usually Allen keys Speed Press) or his travel size will suffice, but it d ep en d s on The B ik e B a g B ook will bail out your bike). If you aren’t already even the m ost m echanically in­ familiar with basic bike m ainte­ ept. Y ou will also want to pack nance and repair, A n y b o d y ’s B ike along a cou p le water bottles,

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Obviously, a bike tour req u ires a fair amount o f preparation.

But not to worry, all spontaneity is not lost that com es later, like w hen you are on the road and the country dogs chase after you.

This, in fact, can occur quite com m only - keep a bike pum p handy just in case. If you have the bucks, and d on ’t'w ant the hassle o f all this preparation, you can join an organized tour, with the local cycle club.

O ne thing to con ­ sider in planning is how much distance can be covered in on e day. Last summer, a group o f sen­ ior citizens cycled from British Colombia to Nova Scotia in a period o f four m onths. It d o es not, how ever, take four m onths to build up cycling m us­ cles. After the first three or four days your m uscles will have

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Dr. Margaret Somerville, before his actions w ere discov­ director o f McGill’s Center for ered.

M edicine, Ethics and Law, su p ­ “T a m p erin g w ith data ported Bailar’s view s. She as­ sh ou ld n ’t b e too difficult to d o ,” serted that the num ber o f reported incidents o f data , fa lsific a tio n b y N orth American researchers is increasing.

“Virtually all fraudulence S o m e r v ille s u g ­ [in scientific research] is g ested a major problem is committed by medical that c h e a tin g e n c o m ­ passes a w id e spectrum doctors, practitioners, o f acts— from a sen ior who decide they’d like to professor claiming author­ try their hand at ship w h en Ph.D. students d esign ed m ost o f the ex ­ research.” perim ent, to “borrow ing” facts from another paper ■ w it h o u t q u o t in g th e source, to outright m isrepresen­ said Y osh io Takane, professor tation o f experim ental results— o f statistical theory in McGill’s and researchers m ay not recog­ p sych ology department. “I hear nize the gravity o f their actions. o f [data falsification] n o w and “What constitutes falsified then, but there’s really n o w ay to data is quite broad,” explained tell h o w often it hap p en s.”

Somerville. “Som etim es it’s not Other professors contested clear w hether so m eo n e has out­ the idea that deception and fal­ right cheated. P eop le m ust be sification in scientific research inform ed as to w hat constitutes w as rampant. fraudulent research.”

“If you publish false data, An additional challenge to you lo se your job ,” argued biol­ dealing with the problem is that o g y p ro fesso r Sarah G ibbs. it is difficult to recognize falsi­ “Poisson lost his position as head fied data. P oisson ’s data had o f o n co lo g y for w hat h e did.” b een published over tw o years P oisson w as divested o f

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O ne o f the m ore popular cycling spots in Canada is Nova Scotia, and particularly Cape Breton’s CabotTrail, w hich som e describe as the cyclist’s m ecca.

Many p eo p le bike all the w ay out there, b y follow ing the StLawrence valley and the N ew Brunswick coast into Nova Scotia.

The main advantages to biking in the Maritimes (other than the natural beauty) are the proxim ­ ity o f the tow ns to o n e another, the abundance o f cam ping sites, and the network o f scen ic slo w ­ paced roads.

In any case, w hether you decide to bike across the coun­ try or just beyond your backyard, a bike tour could be just what you need to recover from sch ool and experience the real world, for a change.

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directorships o f on co lo g y and surgical on co lo g y at Hôpital StLuc, but has b een retained as a m edical practitioner.

O ne anatom y profes­ sor w h o requested ano­ nymity insisted that data falsification is not com m on am ong all scien ce profes­ sors, but is lim ited to ama­ teur researchers.

“Virtually all fraudu­ lence [in scientific research] is com m itted by m edical doctors, practitioners, w h o decid e they’d like to try their hand at research,” the professor asserted. “The statistics on this are w ell established.”

According to this profes­ sor, academ ic researchers with graduate degrees do not com ­ m only falsify data; they under­ stand that inconclusive results are a normal part o f the research process.

“Real researchers k n o w that 90 per cent o f the time, they w o n ’t get results; and this is recorded, in terms o f m edical [and research] grants for w hich 10 per cent o f the research com es to fr u itio n ,” th e p r o fe s s o r claim ed. “T he mentality o f the [medical] practitioner is to get

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Others argued that the ten­ d en cy to u se false data starts w ith undergraduate students, w h o co p y labs from previous yeans’ students. Som erville su g­ gested that such actions in un­ dergraduate study m ay lead to m ore serious actions in later years.

“Just as y o u ’re d oing sci­ en ce n o w to get grades, later on y o u ’ll b e doing it to get m on ey and prestige," sh e said.

Som erville asserted that cheating at the undergraduate level desensitizes students to the error o f fraudulent research prac­ tices. Undergraduates w h o cheat will later b e ill-equipped, as graduate students and post-doctorate fellow s, to discern unethi­ cal scientific practices. Som e pro­ fe sso r s c o n te n d that e th ic s courses sh ou ld b e offered in all scien ce departments.

“W e n eed a g o o d ethical tone, a particularly serious re­ sponsibility o f p eo p le at the top, and w e n eed to have ethics courses,” Som erville said. “[To elim inate cheating, students and researchers] have to b e given the right to o ls.”

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have en o u g h sp a ce for all o f its student clubs, a lo u n g e might n ot b e w hat it n eed s m ost.

H ow ever, there are several or­ ganizations in n e e d o f charita­ b le donations.

There are a few g u id e­ lin es in volved in giving aw ay o n e ’s surplus go o d s. Perishable

After four (or five, or six) years at McGill, students gen er­ ally have en o u g h clothing, fur­ niture, kitchen stuff, and aca­ d em ic accesso ries to establish a sm all student lo u n g e. C onsid­ ering that McGill d o e s not ev en

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fo o d item s are generally not accepted, nor are rusty or dented cans. Clothing, furniture, and app lian ces sh o u ld b e in g o o d c o n d it io n , a lth o u g h s o m e grou p s w ill accep t g o o d s in n e e d o f sm all repairs.

T he fo llow in g listings ex ­ plain w hat each organization w ill accept, and w hether or not they w ill pick up the items.

Friday, 8 AM to 1 PM.

C e n tr e d e s F e m m e s d e M o n tr e a l 3585 St. Urbain 842-4780 It takes clothing, non-per­ ishable food, kitchen accesso­ ries, dishes, small appliances, b o ok s, and m agazines. It can­ not not pick u p items. It is o p en M onday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM.

S u n Y o u th 4751 St. Urbain 842-6822 It takes clothes, sm all ap­ pliances, kitchen utensils, and so m e furniture. It w ill pick up bigger item s if it has tw o w eek s n otice. It is o p e n M onday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM.

St. M ic h a e l’s M is s io n 137 President-K ennedy 844-8727 It takes non-perishable fo o d , m e n ’s clothes, kitchen item s and b o o k s. It cannot pick u p item s. It is o p e n M onday to

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O ld B r e w e r y M is s io n 915 Clark 866-6591 It takes non-perishable food , clothes, small appliances, furniture, and b ook s. It can re­ pair so m e item s. Call ahead for pick up. It is o p e n 24hrs.

C h e z D o r is 2196 d e M aisonneuve W. 937-2341 It takes clothing, u n u sed to iletries, sm a ll a p p lia n c e s, b o o k s, and m agazines. It can­ not pick u p items. It is o p en M onday to Thursday, 8:30 AM to 4 PM; Friday 8:30 AM to 1:30

N D G A n ti-P o v e r ty G roup 6525 Som erled 489-3548 It takes non-perishable food , cloth es, lin en s, knickknacks, kitchen item s, sm all ap­ pliances and furniture. It can pick up M onday, W ednesday and Friday from 9 AM to 12 PM, w ith 2 days notice. It is o p e n for donations M onday to Friday 9 AM to 5 PM. S a lv a tio n A r m y H ead Office: 1620 Notre D am e W. 935-7475 It takes non-perishable food , clo th es, lin en , d ish es, kitchen items, appliances, and furniture. It can d o so m e re­ pairs. Call for pick u p tw o w eek s ahead if possible; drop b o x e s are available around Montreal, and information is available at the head office. It is o p e n 8 AM to 4 PM.

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Class A ction has recruited a chairperson in m ost faculties and sch o o ls. T h e chair sp e a k s to stu­ dents in h er/h is departm ent to g et an idea o f w h at typ e o f projects students w o u ld like to s e e started, and o f h o w m uch m o n e y n e e d s to b e raised.

Class A ction is a division o f McGill’s Alma Mater Fund.

T h e project is targeting the graduating class o f 1994 for p led g es o f don ation s. T h e pro­ gram is to b e paid in annual installm ents over a three year p e ­ riod after gradua­ tion, w ith th e first C L A S S A C T I O N '9 4 p a y m e n t to b e m ade o n e year af­ ter con vocation .

T he m o n ey d o n a t e d h e lp s f a c u l t ie s and sc h o o ls at McGill to m a in ta in or a c q u ir e u p - t o date eq u ip m en t and b o o k s. An­ n u al F und C o­ ordinator o f the Alma Mater Fund, C y n t h i a B e n j a m i n , stressed that the m o n e y r a is e d g o e s to pay for student initiated projects, and not to th o se selec te d F U N D b y McGill bureau­ crats.

“T h e p r o ­ g r a m is v e r y G R A D U A C T IO N 1 9 9 4 g r a ss-r o o ts o ri­ e n ted ,” sh e said.

“It’s n ot lik e the M olsons or the B ased o n statistics o f the Bronfm ans are d on atin g all o f am ount o f m o n ey raised in past the m o n e y for this fund. It’s y e a r s, th e c h a ir p e r s o n w ill actual graduates [of McGill] w h o present a proposal to the d ean in are d ecid in g w h ere th ey w ant h er/h is faculty or sc h o o l, asking their m o n e y to g o .” for approval for th e project.

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Benjam in a ck n o w led g ed so m e difficulty w ith this step o f the process.

“Som e d ean s are m ore dif­ ficult than others to w in over for student-initiated groups. But fe w w ill turn d o w n m o n ey for their faculties,” sh e stated.

T he m o n ey raised is b e ­ ing u sed b y the different facul­ tie s or s c h o o ls fo r v a ried p r o je c ts . In O c c u p a t io n a l Therapy the m o n ey is b ein g u sed to update the su p p lies n e e d e d in the sch o o l. T h ese su p p lies m ay b e as sim p le as sharp scissors, but such an item is usually ex p en sive, often as high as 100 dollars.

In Engineering, the m oney is u sed specifically for eq u ip ­ m ent funds. Benjamin noted that the m o n ey raised for the E ngineering faculty m ust b e k ep t flexible, so that it can b e u sed in varied areas in order to k e e p the faculty o n the e d g e o f t e c h n o lo g y . A c c o r d in g to Benjam in, Class Action is par­ ticularly useful in this regard b eca u se the m o n ey it raises is n ot fu n n eled into lon g-estab ­ lish ed funds, but rem ains o p e n for u s e in stu d en t-in itia ted projects.

U n d e r g r a d u a te “s e e d ” projects are o n e aven u e (Engi­ n eerin g ) stu d en ts can take.

T h ese projects a llo w students to g e t funding to w ork o n a project throughout the su m ­ mer, and then con tin u e them in the fall, perhaps w ith a grant.

T he advantage o f su ch projects is that th ey teach innovation, and not just learning.

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“I g u e ss th ey k n o w , and h ave an understanding that [the fund drive] is important. A lso, th ey d o n ot w orry about the m o n e y b e c a u se th ey are all pretty con fid en t that th ey w ill have jo b s,” h e stated.

Benjam in also ex p ressed enthusiasm for the program ’s ability to in volve students in the university.

“I s e e m ore opportunities n o w than I k n e w w ere avail­ able [before joining the Alma Mater Fund], I’v e fo u n d m ore w ays to get in volved , and it’s fun,” sh e stated. “I can put so m eth in g back... This is o n e w a y o f d oin g so m eth in g c o n ­ crete.”

"I can put so m eth in g b a c k ... This is one w a y of doing so m e th in g c o n c re te .”

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BY GATRIN MORRIS Y o u a n d y o u r p a r tn e r , H u ffy , a r e b o r e d w ith th e s a m e o ld m is s io n a r y p o s itio n . O n e n ig h t, a fte r A rsen io, y o u d e ­ c id e , to g eth er, th a t y o u w ill tie B u f f y to th e b e d p o s t a n d p l a y ­ a c t a m a s te r -s la v e s c e n a r io .

A w o m a n ’s a r c h e d s a n s c e llu lite t a n b o d y is w r a p p e d i n a s p a r k ly r e d c h iffo n bo w , lik e a p r e s e n t. Y o u s i t a t th e b u s s to p a n d h a v e to lo o k a t it.

I t ’s a la r g e r -th a n -life a d f o r D io r.

J i m r e a d s P la y b o y , n o t a n y o f th o se h a r d - c o r e m a g s, j u s t P la y b o y . I t h e lp s h i m es­ ca p e . B u t h e w o u ld n e v e r c h e a t o n C in d y a n d h e ’s a re a lly n ic e g u y . W o rk s a t SSM U. I n a m a g a z in e , th e p h o ­ to g r a p h e d w o m a n is ly in g o n h e r b a c k , i n a f a u x j a i l cell. A g u a r d s ta n d s a b o v e h e r a n d u r in a te s a ll o v e r h e r b a tte r e d body.

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Why? D e fin in g p o rn o g ra p h y is central to any d eb a te o n c e n ­ sorsh ip , fem inism or rape. P o m is sh r o u d e d in a m atrix o f m isu n d ersta n d in g s, issu e s o f c o n se n t, a n d lin gu istic p er­ p lex ities.

P o rn o grap h y is: “...th e heart im p riso n ed , o n its k n e e s , r e n d e r e d s i­ le n t.”— N o t a L o ve S to ry “...s o u n sex y . Sex is [seen as] e sse n tia lly evil... an d th e ev il is fe m a le .”— Kate M illet “... fantasy m ag a zin es that h e lp p e o p le ’s liv e s .”— P orn p u b lish er D a v id W ells At a forum o n p o rn o g ra ­ p h y last M on d ay, six p a n elists a n d a c r o w d e d lectu re hall a ttem p ted to con fron t fu n d a ­ m en tal q u e stio n s an d c o n fu ­ s io n su rro u n d in g p o rn o g ra ­ p h y . F o llo w in g a sc r e e n in g o f N o t a L o v e Story, an 8 0 s d o c u ­ m en ta ry o n p o m , th e d eb a te fo c u s e d o n c e n so r sh ip an d d e fin itio n s o f p orn. P rofessors

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W ith in d ivid u al p le d g e s m a k in g u p a large p ie c e o f C K U T ’s a n n u a l o p e r a t in g b u d g e t, th e sta tio n h a s d e ­ v o te d 2 40 h ou rs, from M arch 17th to th e 27th, to a sk in g their listen ers to g iv e a little so m e th in g back.

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A m ericans ex p ress an u n ca n n y d isco m fo rt w ith th e n a k e d b o d y . Y et, se x is everyw h ere: th e s o a p op era is w e ll-sto c k e d w ith p s e u d o -s e x s c e n e s sa n s c o n d o m s, sa n s realism , sa n s b o d y parts. T his inability to confront se x full-on con stitu tes a d a n g ero u s m oral p erversion .

S ex is eq u a ted w ith dirty, sin ­ ful an d sh am efu l in th e m ar­ g in s o f p o p culture. W e n ev er s e e n u d ity w ith o u t sexu ality.

But p orn flou rish es in Eu­ rop e, w h e r e n u d ity is le ss ta­ boo.

W hich lea d s u s into the essential ist argum ent d efen d ed b y m a n y at th e forum : h u ­ m ans, an d m en in particular, are p r e d isp o se d to e ro ticize a m aster-slave p o w e r d yn am ic in se x . If it w e r e n ’t for p o m , m e n w o u ld g e t th e p s y c h o ­ lo g ic a l e q u iv a le n t o f b lu e b a lls— if s e x u a l a g g r e s s io n w e r e n o t co n ta in ed in th e p o m fantasy land, it w ill su rely m ani­ fest itself in acts o f rap e in the real w orld . Porn is d e e m e d a h ealth y outlet.

Y et, others w o u ld sa y that w h ile p o m m ay reflect a p re­ ex istin g h u m an te n d e n c y , s o ­ ciety sh o u ld n o t facilitate the ob jectification o f w o m e n as s e x ob jects. W hile p o m m ay n o t c a u s e v io le n c e a g ain st w o m e n , it h as b e e n p r o v e n to tap into p re-ex istin g te n d e n ­ cie s to w a rd s an ger a n d v io ­ le n c e , p ro v id in g th e w a y s and m eans.

T h e issu e b e c o m e s o n e o f d efinition: W hat is erotic?

W hat is ob scen e? W hat is pom ?

T h e b o tto m lin e is that m ar­ k eta b le rep resen ta tio n s o f s e x d o n o t e x ist in a v acu u m .

T h e y ’re currently c o u c h e d in corruption, s e x ab u se, v io le n c e an d a fear o f w o m e n .

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W omen’s Union. The words im­ ply a nexus, a pact between w om en in a unified struggle against a unified problem. Of late, feminism has attempted to accommodate for difference and multiplicity from within this en­ tity called Women.

But w e need to go fur­ ther—by retreating backwards: what really went on behind our birthday party photos, our first periods, our first kisses.

D ead Poets 'Society-Catcher in the Rye-Stand B y Afemale com ­ ing o f age tales have a stronghold in our imagination. Yet, w e are deprived o f the female equiva­ lents— pop culture touchstones w h ic h cap tu re th e fe m a le bildungsroman. We are deni­ grated to the psychological and cultural subplot.

Be warned: this is no airy fairy grass roots nostalgia for a golden age of female bonding.

What w e have forgotten is that pre-teen and adolescent girls are cruel to each other. Vicious.

Sixth grade: Stacy Certner calls my house during dinner to explain that my “friends” had gotten together and decided I was “no longer in the group."

Seventh grade: The princi­ pal calls an em ergency meeting for parents because girls were making exclusionary birthday party invitation lists.

Eighth grade: In prepara­ tion for a field trip, the girls in my class planned w ho was to be in what cabin weeks in advance, creating elaborate systems o f seg­ regation.

Reality made Judy Blume’s B lubber look like Little H ouse on the Prairie.

What unites many w om en is a status as objects o f “the male gaze”, valued for our packaging.

Ironically, central to the collapse o f female solidarity is this preoc­ cupation with appearances, cul­ minating in the eating disorder.

Obviously, eating disorders stem from a matrix of power dynamics which depend on female subser­ vience and self-hatred. It could be, and probably is, a plot: keep w om en self-divided to secure a male dominated hierarchy o f con­ trol.

But I think this answer is too easy. And too paralyzing.

Instead o f exclusively re­ defining ourselves in the face of male oppression, w om en should focus on ways to subvert femaleon-female brutality.

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knew less about weight, cool clothes, etc. than girls) but to outwin each other. Young wom en are chronically insecure. Certainly, w e com pete for the omniscient and institutionally pervasive male gaze. But, more directly, w e com ­ pete for the female gaze.

A late developer, and there fore som ewhat out o f it while my buddies were starving their little lacrosse bodies in high school, discovered bulimia after entering university. Bulimia fueled a selfperpetuating drive for control through means which were inher­ ently void o f any control. Looking back, I attribute my eating disor­ der to myriad causes, rooted pri marily in a demand for and am bivalence toward power. My great est regret about bulimia, though is the scars it left on my female friendships. I translated my frus trations with myself and with my world onto other women: My pre­ occupation with food and por­ tions and Reals andTotal Workout was channeled into a close scru tiny o f other women: What were they eating? My friends w ho also had eating disorders (and there are still many) were catty and bitchy towards me during the or deal, so afraid that I w ould per­ haps beat them at the skinny game: “Why aren’t you eating that5” “You’ve only eaten that to­ day??".

Shrouded in a pretense of concern for fellow screw ups wom en with eating disorders of­ ten harbour a perverse envy for those friends w ho are actually succeeding in the game. “We worry about you” really means “D on’i beat me”. There is something stoic and powerful about starvation and self-control, but diets have been proven to lower cognitive func­ tions. They are a tragic waste of talent and intelligence.

Fem ale c o m p e titiv en ess poses no threat to the status quo.

Think about it. Instead o f pointing our anger, dissatisfaction, frustra­ tion and pain o u tw a rd to subvert prescriptive (and damn confus ing) gender roles, w e direct it at each other. We are taught from Day One to be kind and accom modating towards our fathers, our boyfriends, our husbands, our children. But female alliances especially homosexual ones, have always been view ed with a de gree o f suspicion. We save our tempers and jealousies and frus­ trations for other wom en. Mass female self-mutilation in the form o f eating disorders and plastic surgery is a perverse extension of self-control, em powerment and self-improvemenL Let’s channel these qualities in a new way. Let’s allow ourselves to be crass and funny with each other. Let’s trans­ late our focus on appearances for a love o f each others female bod­ ies. Let’s place ourselves on a pedestal for once.____________

BY DIANTHA PARKER When I see Ms. in a store, I feel a twang o f something like guilt. I pick it up— it’s heavy and the paper quality is good— and flip through iL Issues pertinent to w om en o f my time- education, employment, the arts, international news— call out from its understa te d -y e tslick ly-layed ou t p ages. I Exclusive’ FromH«f look again at MewBook: the cover. $5.50 US, $6.50 Gloria Steinem CAN. I put it down. So who, if not sociallya w are, n o t- Cfian[ starving u n i­ a n t ci v e r sity s tu ­ s h r i n k s dents, are buy­ thhi es o r s e ; ing Ms.? The d o w n io s i z e magazine’s en­ during success m ak es you wonder.

Right n o w M s.and other magazines face a poor pub­ lishing market. In the late 80s countless monthlies appeared and went under in search o f young readers. The N ew Yorker, fearing its stodgy image, recently changed editorial hands (to Tina Brown, w ho The N ew York Times deem ed one o f the most feared people in Manhattan). Mademoiselle schizophrenically changed format thrice in 1993 and once (so far) in 1994.

But in 1990, Ms. made som e cou­ rageous decisions. It reduced to six issues per year, increased its page length, changed the paper from glossy to a durable matte, and- most significantly- declared itself ad-free. And while popular reads like Spy decline, it thrives.

Before reviewing Ms. I had thought that the scholarly, politi­ cal pieces by the likes o f Alice Walker and Andrea Dworkin were a 90s touch, but they’re more akin to the magazine’s early content.

Topics covered in 1974— “Ten W om en W ho In flu en ce the Economy”; “What You Should Know About Vaginas” and p o­ lemics on, for example, the his­ tory o f witchcraft are again stand­ ard; they compare to the Oct.Nov. ‘93 cervical cap exp osé and a piece on w om en’s autobiogra­ phy. As always, lesbians and w orld-m ajority w o m en have places in the masthead and table o f contents.

The self-proclaimed “New Ms." o f the 1980s, though, had a flashier feel. The stars of L.A. Law appeared on the cover; a “When To Have Your Baby?” story fea­ tured floppy-tie-sporting execu­ tives. But it’s clear that, monetary concerns aside, Ms. felt the adver­ tising industry compromised their message to wom en. Alongside political commentary by Gloria

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Steinem and friends in “the maga­ zine for wom en... w ho don’t read w o m en ’s magazines", fashion models pose with cigarettes, cars, alcohol and make-up. Advertisers trip over themselves to make their co p y ‘w om an-friendly’, as in “Maxfactor: D on’t you love being a womarf" And Save The Chil­ dren urges: “You’re liberated— now save som eone from pov­ erty.”

This last is a crucial point.

Despite its concern for w om en in all parts- rich and poor- o f Iss C h n to n 's Hsaith Ran the globe, Ms. G o o d for W o m e n '? still has the feel o f a clique, one w h ic h ex­ c lu d e s m any w om en due to its cost and edi­ torial ap­ p ro a ch . T he March-April ‘94 issue’s “Guest Room” column is by a former welfare recipi­ ent. “When did it b e c o m e a crim e to be p oo r? ” sh e asks. Writing now from a “w ell­ paying” profession, she does not address welfare w om en but those w ho might scorn them— Ms. read­ ers. Their club is not something you browse through with food stamps in a checkout line. But even the $ 1.00 and $2.50-priced Ms. o f former decades seem ed directed toward more financially independent, educated readers.

f r e e Wealth notwithstanding, the ‘stars’ on the cover now are academic feminists: Naomi Wolf, Gloria Steinem, Urvashi Vaid and bell hooks shared the spotlight last fall. Yet the articles are well writ­ ten and often quite disturbing on a visceral a n d intellectual level: “I lo o k fo rw a rd to you r magazine...with a mixed feeling o f em pow erm ent and dread... every issue... has made me feel deep emotion, and I cry” writes one reader.

The 90s Ms. greets the con­ cerns o f teenage feminists and other new readers with enthusi­ asm, and many o f the older de­ partments such as “No Comment”, featuring sexist ads sent in by readers, have been maintained.

But so has the aura o f politicallyaware elitism. Like the yuppie/ hippie journal Utne Reader, Ms. does not make itself available to everyone it discusses. Still, the letters to the editor support the idea o f a cross-cultural ‘commu­ nity’ o f wom en. “You strengthen m e” says one. “Getting my copy of Ms. is a day-stopper” writes an­ other. “Thank you” write count­ less others. I once heard that Sassy, another magazine often derided for its progressive yet clique-ish stance, was the brain­ child o f Ms. affiliates. Whether or not this is true, a look at the mastheads confirm that they are published at the same address.

Ms. is beautiful to look at and can be a moving, funny, and always inspiring read. But reading it is a privilege- one that might be more valuable to those it eludes

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BY SASHA CHAPMAN and thought-provoking account other novels, and in Lipsha w e find the culmio f a young man nation o f gen ­ w h o se identity The B in g o Palace e r a tio n s of is caught b e ­

by Louise Erdrich The danger, of Chippewa In­ tw een tw o cul­ (Harper Collins) dians depicted tures. Using an co u rse, is th a t th e $29.00 in th e L o ve u n d e r sta te d , novel could easily M e d ic in e s e ­ u n p reten tio u s It all begins with a wanted tu rn into a serm on ries. style, Erdrich poster, stolen from the post of­ N ever­ e x p lo r e s the ab o u t w h a t it is lik e fice. t h e le s s , T he differences b e­ Lulu Lamartine sends the to be Indian. B u t th is B in g o P a la ce tw een the two poster to her grandson Lipsha as never happens. remains acces­ cultures and the a warning o f what he might b e­ sible to those anguish o f hav­ com e in an effort to sum m on him n o t fa m ilia r ing to ch oose back to the reservation and to with Erdrich’s b etw een them. rescue him from the drudgery of The protagonist and part-time earlier novels. spiritually m eaningless work at a Essentially a love story, the narrator o f this striking novel is sugar-beet factory. novel follow s Lipsha’s hapless Lipsha Morissey, the abandoned What ensues w h en Lipsha pursuit o f Shawnee Ray, a prom­ son o f June Morissey and Gerry returns to the reservation is an ising and ambitious w om an w ho Nanapush.

O dyssean journey. is everything Lipsha is not. At Through the course o f the The B ingo Palace, the fourth times his courtship is amusing— at other times it becom es tedious.

But Erdrich’s mastery consists in portraying Lipsha’s position sen­ s it iv e ly w ith o u t b e c o m in g 9 0 4 , Rue Sherbrooke 0 \ schmaltzy. Erdrich manages to Montréal, Québec H3A 1G3 com bine romantic and spiritual E x o tic L e b a n e s e C u is in e elem ents with an unsentimental realism and an eye for detail: a D a ily B r e a k f a s t & L unch S p e c ia ls night o f love takes place at a àâ^Shish Taouk ^S h a w a rm a Burgers motel, with a pit stop first to pick a n d m u c h , m u ch m o r e up a package o f condoms.

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Lipsha both admires and despises Lyman, and must choose either to follow him and go for the big bucks, or rely on the luck that is his birth-right: the Pillager heal­ ing power.

At first glance, the novel might seem trite. After all, co u n tless n o v els have been written about a com ­ ing o f age and quest for identity. But Erdrich’s treatment o f the subject avoids cliché. For one thing, the focus is specifi­ cally on the Native Ameri­ can problem o f identity, and Erdrich uses Lipsha to bring this problem to the fore. T h e d an g er, o f course, is that the novel could easily turn into a sermon about what it is like to be Indian. But this never happens.

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While som e o f the blackclothed, spritzer-sipping, “What a wonderful show , darling” thea­ tre set abhor comparisons b e­ tw een theatre and film, the afore­ m entioned analogy is useful in spotting both the faults and suc­ cesses o f La Bête.

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There are not a lot o f twists in this plot.

Fortunately La Bête, like Ace Ventura, d oesn ’t rely on plot to entertain— or there w ould have b een som e serious snoring. In­ stead, the production elicited uproarious, although sporadic, laughter for this 25 year old thea­ tre company.

Both A ce V entura and La Bête rely on the bizarre, whackedout energy o f their main stars (McMurty and Jim Carey, respec­ tively) to carry the production through to the end.

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out a doubt the key to the sh ow ’s success. As Valere, he is part Groucho Marx, part Ed Grimely and part that pretentious chuckle head sitting on the Arts steps w axing on about their misunder­ stood art.

McMurty recently finished a one-m an fringe show , The E n­ th u s ia s m o f th e Species, for Centaur and now seem s to be continuing in that vein. The main focus is always on Valere, and it’s a good thing too because, to be honest, the rest o f the characters simply aren’t funny. This is not the fault o f the talented support­ ing cast, but rather Hirson. In his script the secondary characters are as dull as Reform Party back­ benchers.

The first act is one big injec­ tion o f McMurty, w h o never ceases to dominate the stage.

The problem is that during the second act, w hen there is slightly less o f him, the production be­ gins to die.

The Centaur production is worth seein g for the over-the-top Valere but little else.

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BY CHRISTOPHER ORANGE Is you r id ea o f a c h e a p d ate h ik in g o v er to H arvey’s w ith that sp e c ia l s o m e o n e an d a fistful o f valu a b le co u p o n s?

Really?! T hat’s sad. W ell la d ies a n d germ s, c h e a p d a tes just g o t a w h o le lot ch ea p er. Y es that’s right, it’s tim e o n c e again fo r th e M cG ill D ir e c t o r ’s Projects.

W hat th e @*$% are D i­ rector’s Projects y o u ask? H o w u n b eliev a b ly c h e a p are th e tickets, y o u w onder?

First o f all, w e ’re talkin’ theatre h ere, p e o p le . T h e D i­ rector’s Projects are p resen ted b y McGill theatre stu d en ts w h o h a v e b e e n sla v in g all year o v er a h o t script.

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Selkirk ex p la in s that th e m ain fo c u s o f h er D irectin g class is th e relation sh ip b e tw e e n actor an d director. “T h rou gh script a n alysis a n d an in ten siv e re­ hearsal p r o c e ss th e stu d en ts are g iv e n a ste p p in g -o ff p oin t from w h ic h their w o rk can d e v e lo p . Student directors can sh are their id ea s a n d co m p are n o te s ,” Selkirk said.

S o w h a t p lays are g o in g to b e p r e se n te d n e x t w eek ?

W e’v e g o t fiv e A m erican p lays, tw o C h ek h o v s, a n d o n e b y a Brit p layw right. M ost o f the s h o w s p rom ise to b e hi-larious.

T h ere are eig h t fan tab u lou s p la y s to c h o o s e from . S e e o n e , h ell s e e th em all! H ere’s a h elp fu l g u id e to w h a t y o u can e x p e c t to s e e . S upport you r artiste p e e r s a n d im p ress you r profs.

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• J o h n L e w itt k ick s o ff th e D irector’s Projects w ith A N e e d F o r B r u s s e l S p r o u ts by M urray S h ish g a l. J o h n d e ­ scrib ed h is p la y as a “rom antic c o m e d y ”. K inda lik e S in g le s ?

D irector’s p lo t sum m ary: “It’s w h a t h a p p e n s to tw o n e ig h ­ b ou rs w h e n o n e a n n o y s the oth er an d that p e r so n h a p ­ p e n s to b e a c o p .” M aybe m ore lik e U n la w fu l E n try.

•C h r is P e a k e is direct­ in g S q u irre ls b y D a v id M amet.

Chris g o t h is first u lcer w h ile d ir e c tin g th is s h o w . Chris stresses that th ere’s le ss sw ea r­ ing than m o st M am et plays.

Fam ily s h o w — c o o l. D irector’s p lo t sum m ary: “Students can relate to this s h o w — it’s about th e perils e x p e r ie n c e d b y three p e o p le trying hard to w rite a

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• C e c i l e L a s s e r r e is directing T h e B e a r b y A nton C h ek h ov. I d o n ’t b e lie v e this o n e is a k n e e slapper, but a c o m e d y n on eth eless. Director’s p lo t sum m ary: “It’s ab ou t the g a m es p e o p le p lay w h e n they first m eet ea ch o th er.”

• A le x a n d r a M e n k e s is directing A M a rria g e P ro p o sa l-another C h ek h ov play. T his o n e d ea ls w ith fam ily feu d in g (n o t the g a m e s h o w ) and ro­ m antic sq u ab b les. D irector’s p lo t sum m ary: “An attem pt to p r o p o se en d s u p in a property d isp u te.”

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*T am i G a b a y is directing A V isitor f r o m F orest H ills b y N eil Sim on. I think it’s safe to sa y it w ill b e c h o c k full o f gu ffaw s. D irector’s p lot su m ­ mary: “It’s ab ou t the antics o f a w e d d in g fia sco an d the d i­ lem m a o f the parents in said fiasco.” Sounds to m e like Simon sto le this am azin g script idea from C h ek h ov.

•B e th A le x a n d e r d e ­ scrib ed the p lot o f her p lay T hree M o re Sleepless N ig h ts as “a p la y ab ou t not gettin g to s le e p at n ig h t.” Vague? Yup. •Finally M itc h H o g g is d ir e c tin g C h ic a g o b y Sam Shepard. D irector’s p lot su m ­ mary: “T his is an im agistic p lay ab ou t th e stifling effects o f civi­ lization... an d it’s also about a g u y w h o s e girlfriend lea v es h im ,” h e said. S ounds d eep .

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BY GEOFF GIBSON Allen Ginsberg played to a capacity crowd of well over six hun­ dred at Concordia last Thursday.

“Played” seems a bit of an odd word to use to describe a segment of Concordia’s Liberal Arts speaker se­ ries, but no other term could really be broad enough to encompass Ginsberg's appearance. He talked, joked, rambled, read and sang his way through two hours. Simultane­ ously footstomping and provocative, Ginsberg had the audience instantly captivated.

As promised, the evening was a poetic autobiography to date, with selected readings chronologically arranged, landmarking key events and evolutionary moments in his life and writing. The range of selection (and casual, interactive tone of the evening) is perhaps best exemplified

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ings. Thankfully, the presentation made no pretence of being a 'great­ est hits’(Wow;/was not read). Ginsberg chose instead to present revelation filled poems—bracketed explana­ tions. To Ginsberg’s self-editing credit, the bulk of the poems were chosen for their aural strength, including the use of song, steering away from more visual or longer pieces. After all, something like Howl or White Shroud is better studied on pa­ per—with their overflowing and in­ tense stretching imagery too much to ingest on one verbal passing. Clearly Ginsberg felt his short time could be better spent.

The first poems recited were, self-adm ittedly, from before Ginsberg’s mature style. Writers are rarely willing to exhibit their forma­ tive poems, preferring to maintain the image of having been born fully developed. What truly struck was not the words so much as the deliv­ ery. When spoken, the words seemed

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the space between. This idea is key to the meaning of Ginsberg’s work, demanding not a linear thinking, but a “montage acceptance.” As Ginsberg moved into his later works, the most recent only a couple of months old and read from a piece of loose-leaf, it was clear his focus was changing.

Once a revolutionary, and some­ thing of a spokesperson for a genera­ tion, he is now content to just be Allen. He stays current in topic and ex­ pression, ben­ efiting now from the open­ ness of lan­ guage he h elp ed for­ ward. Feeling no need to be the Xers’ m outhpiece, Ginsberg, now

to take hold of Ginsberg again, as if rushing through his veins like a drug. Poems such as Pull My Daisy, rooted in Ginsberg’s constant dra­ matic rhythm and dynamics and intonation, had him gesturing with his hands and cocking his head.

Ginsberg is one of the few poets who truly addresses both the oral and visual aspects of poetry.

Like most concerts since the Beat generation, some of that poetic 'mu­ sic’will be predetermined, and some improvised, not out of laziness, for who ever called Coltrane lazy, but for excitement. It keeps the 'musi­ cian’ interested and passionate, and thus the audience the same.

In the lecture he talked exten­ sively of the need to make poetry more variable, reflecting the way we talk, particularly when excited.

He emphasized the ability of the mind to fill in gaps, thereby creating a whole new meaning from the two sides and, most importantly, from

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BY CHRISTOPHER Baillie informed Nkeyasen that athlete’s applica­ RIGNEY said there was no chance that he tion,” bm could attend or play football for Johansen. “We, at Zifl 9^ At the time of year when McGill. the admissions n>ost of the Canadian “There’s nouse inmislead­ office, do every­ Interuniversity Athletic Union ingrecruitsinthinkingthatMcGill thingthatwe can (CLAU) sports are drawing to a is an option, or in tempting our­ to assist the close, the general absence of selves with blue-chip players coaches in their McGill’s athletic teams fromthe which we can’t have, so we bite recruiting proc­ championshiptournamentsheld thebullet early,”saidtheveteran ess, suchasmak­ across the countrymakes itpain­ coach. “We know that academ­ ing them aware fullyclearthat most Redmenand ics is first priority and we’ve of application Martlet squads are experiencing accepted the fact that we must dates and letting difficulty competing at top lev­ base our programaround it and them know els. Thispastseasonforinstance, hope that we are successful.” which recruits the football teamlost in the first That acceptance was not have submitted playoffround, men’s hockey did always the case, however. The applications. As njht even qualify for the post football team saw four of its an office, how­ sèason, thewomen’shockeypro­ assistant coaches resign in Feb­ ever,' that’s all : gramwentwinlessinleagueplay, ruary 1984, due to their frustra­ we can do.” the swimmers finished 13th in tion over the “the administra­ Still, there the nation, and neither the tion’s unwillingness to improve arecoaches who Redmen nor the Martlet basket­ McGill’sathleticdepartment.”Ac­ believe that are­ ball teams qualified for the na­ cording to an article which ap­ cruit’s athletic Admissions officer Mariela Johansen lets Redmen football recruits know what to expect tional championshiptournament. pearedinthe Tribune onFebru­ timecommitmentshouldbecon­ houseschoolssuchasConcordia Baillie and Marchildon, in Ratherthansimplydismiss­ ary 22, 1984, the coaches were sidered when examining their andUniversitéduQuébecàTrois- theirrecruitingwork, whichspans ing the disappointing results as angeredbythe factthat 60of the application.JeanPronovost, head Rivières (UQTR). all of Canada and includes the the norm for McGill athletics, players they had recruited were coach of the Redmen hockey “Teams like Concordia are northeasternUnitedStates, often however, thereasonswhyMcGill denied admissiontoMcGill. Ron team, is forced to deal with a choosing to take advantage of face an arduous process of sell­ has trouble fielding competitive Tondino, one of those coaches, uniquesituationwhen recruiting new changes in the CLAUrule- ingrecruits onthe ideaofMcGill teamsshouldbe examined. One explained that the coaches “got players. book, which extend an athlete’s as agreat place toattenduniver­ commonexplanationisthatmany tiredofbeatingtheirheadsagainst “Because youth hockey in eligibility. They’re recruiting sity and a great place to play of the nation’s top athletes are the wall.”

Canada is not under the banner women such as Cammi Granato football, a pitch that often fails. ending up in universities other Less than a month after ofhighschools, thecommitment and Karen Bye, who have al­ “Last week, the father of a thanMcGill. Thereasons forthis, those resignations, Eddie which the players have is truly readyuseduptheireligibility’s in recruit, astrongplayerwithsolid hpwever, are not al­ extracurricular,” said the States,”said Philips. grades, informedme thathisson ways clear.

Pronovost. “The time which “The [Concordia] Stingers would not be considering Charlie Baillie, they must spend playing, look to recruit players who are McGill,” recalled Marchildon. head coach of the practicing, andtravellingadds about tofinishtheirundergradu­ “When I asked why not, he told “T h e re 's no use in m islead in g Redmen football up, andwhenexaminingtheir ate degrees atAmericanschools, me that he hadgreat fears about re c ru its in to th in k in g th a t team, who handles grades and application, I be­ and offer them the chance to the separatists and that he did the team’s recruiting lieve that it should be taken pursue a one-year degree in not want his son to come to M cG ill is an option, or in duties alongwithAs­ into consideration.” sports administration while al­ Quebec.” te m p tin g ourselves w ith bluesistant Coach Joe “Ofcourse, athleticsare lowing them to extend their Philips, recruitinginplaces Marchildon, offered chip players w h ich w e c a n 't at a premiumhere at McGill, hockeycareers anotheryear,”he as close as Cornwall, Ont., has what he believed to but I believe that many stu­ added. “McGill does not offer comeacrossrecruitswithserious have, so w e b ite th e b u lle t bethebiggest reason dent-athletes who play full such a degree, so while they’re misconceptions about attending ea rly.” for McGill’s inability hockey seasons have yet to recruiting 22 and 23-year-olds school at McGill. to field teams with tap their academic potential with collegiate and often inter­ “Girlswhowere takingpart top players, and I think we owe it to them national experience, we’ re going in the Cornwall tournament and -C h arlie B aillie m “HereatMcGill, to recognize their commit­ after 17 and 18-year-olds from considering universities where the academic en­ R edm en fo o tb all head co ach ment,”said Pronovost. high school.” they might want to play hockey, trance standards are For student-athletes Chris Hunter, head coach didn’t even knowabout, or con­ so high that most of who apply to McGill, as with of the Martlets basketball pro­ siderMcGill,”saidPhilips. “Girls, therecruits, individu- tmmmmmtm ""/ normal applicants, thereisno gram, one of McGill’s strongest whileintriguedwithMcGill, were alswho have the po­ / minimum mark which guar­ varsitysquads, workscloselywith asking questions such as ‘Do I tential to be blue-chip players, Pomykala, head coach of the antees their acceptance. While many of Quebec’s most talented have to take all my classes in simply have no chance of mak­ men’s basketball team, resigned thecutoffdoesnotvarytoomuch female players through his par­ French.’

That’s the degree ofmis­ ing it into the school,” he said. fromhis positiontotakeoverthe fromyeartoyear, factorssuch as ticipationwiththeprovincialteam understanding which we face.”

“We are aware of the fact that topspot forthe Bishop’s Gaiters. budget cuts, number of appli­ each summer. Because of the A s M archildon Baillie many of the players which we While Pomykala, according to a cants, andacademicprogramcan strongwomen’s leagues inQue­ bothagreed, thereareand sim ply not look at could help make our March 20, 1984 Tribune article, dictate where the cutoff is for bec, the province has become enough strong football players teamreally strong, but we have believed “that academics were a that year, and ultimately who the major recruiting ground for inQuebec withthe grades toget to be straight with the recruits top priority,”he felt that “recruit­ gets in.

Hunterandothercoaches. While intoMcGill. It is thereforeneces­ andwith ourselves. Ifthe player ing is difficult when a person’s While high acceptance everyonce inawhileablue-chip sarytogo furtherto findplayers. does not havethegrades, there’s worth to McGill is judged solely standards maybe the most com­ player comes along such as the Unfortunately, the further they nochances that he’s going toget on the basis of his marks.” Said mon reason suggested for the Martlets’ Vicky Tessier, a large go to recruit, the harder selling Pomykala, the Deans of McGill difficulties of McGill’s varsity proportion of the other existing in’.”

Kennedy Nkeyasen, a “should understand that a per­ teams, the circumstances with talent, as Hunter explains, ends McGill“Fis. ifty of the sixty players standout recruit fromThon Col­ son is more than a transcript.” which each coach must contend up going someplace other than on our team are fromoutside of legiate Institute in Regina, Sask., MarielaJohansen, Director intheirindividual recruitingproc­ McGill. the province, and I guarantee contactedBailliesoon afterscor­ of McGill’s Admissions office, esses cannot be overlooked.

“Much of the best talent in that ninety-five percent of them ingsixtouchdowns intheleague explained the current situation Geoff Philips, head coach the province either doesn’t have wouldn’t be here if they hadn’t championshiplast fall, about his regarding admission to the uni­ of the Martlet hockey team, that the grades to get into McGill or been heavily recruited,” said interest in attending McGill next versity for possible recruits for recently completed a trying, they are offered scholarships to Marchildon.

“McGill’s reputation year. Immediatelyafterinquiring McGill’s athletic teams. winless season, explained the play at an American university,” sells itself to a degree, but the “All of our coaches know situationwhichhe andhis assist­ he stated. “We do end up with players simply don’t find their about Nkeyasen’s grades, which were too lowto even be consid­ thatacademicsarewhat’s looked ant coaches face. The Martlets many talented players, but a lot way here without a lot of work ered by McGill for acceptance, at when considering a student- play in a league with power­ slips away fromus.” on our part.”

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Yes, spring is in the air.

Theboys ofsummerarefrolick­ ing amidst the palms of Florida, musing about seasons past and pennants yet to be won. It’s enough to melt that icicle hang­ ing fromyour nose. The Mon­ treal Expos, the kids from the concrete can (Olympic Sta­ dium), seempoised to actually contend for a playoff spot in Major League Baseball’s new expanded post-season format.

Yet somehow all is not jolly in the belle ville. As per usual this time of year, Expos’ manage­ ment, bemoaning their sorry financial status, share the headlines with the Alous and Wettelands. They whine that Montreal fans just won’t show up to their lovely dome, and as a result, the city is on the verge of losing their apparently notso-beloved perennial brides­ maids. Who’s to blame for the demise of this once glorious franchise? The culprits are not the players nor the fans, but the people who wear the designer pants in the Expos’ family, the front office.

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o n t r e a l b a s e b a ll la c k s E x p o - s u r e one morning at the requested time of9 AM, the interviewwas again postponed. This time the Tribune reporter was referred to Mr. Griffin himself. In the nowtypical Expo spirit of mak­ ing simple requests into giarit impositions, stated that an in­ terview with Mr. Wetteland coulddefinitelybe arrangedon Fridayafternoonandwouldpro­ ceed once the team called the Tribune reporter between 12 and 12:45 PM of the agreed afternoon. Youguessedit,sports fans! The Expos were about as true to their word that day as Steve Rogers was to Cy Young formon fateful Black Monday.

In both cases, the Expos really blew it.

So how do the Expos ac­ count for their pathetic failure to capitalize on free, easy expo­ sure?RichardGriffin’s secretary here inMontreal suggested that M id-season crow d a t E xpos gam es -church w a s n e v e r th is quiet “Richardcouldhave mentioned it to Wetteland and Wetteland ing an interview with a player. reprisal of “Romeo and Juliet” receptionist who informed us forgot... we don’t control our M r.

G riffin was once again ab­ than aNational League contest. that while Griffinwas busy, she players.”

Soundlike a franchise sent, so we spoke with the could arrange for the requested An obvious remedy would be interested in attracting more at­ same receptionist.

This tim e the 15 m inute phone interview w ith toincreaseexposureoftheteam to attract more fans. Enter the Mr. Wetteland. The only stipu­ receptionist was less encourag­ tention to their team? If the M cG ill Tribune, a newspaper lated condition was that the ing about the prospects of the Expos don’t even seize the with a circulation of nearly 13, interviewwas onlypossiblebe­ interview. She even went as far chance for publicity that others 000, approximately the same tween 9 and 9:30 am, when the as suggesting that the Tribune seek to give them, can they number who attend the aver­ players were due to arrive for borrow players’ quotes from honestly suggest that they are age game at the big O. We the day. The Tribune agreed to the M ontreal Gazette, which is making any efforts to improve inquired, twoweeks ago, about these terms and the reporter the journalistic equivalent of theirsorryattendance andbuoy interviewing a player (prefer­ covering the story was prom­ the Red Sox lending Roger theirsagging franchise?The an­ ablyJohn Wetteland) over the ised that the Expos would call Clemens tothe Expos foropen­ noyingExpos’front officewhin­ phone for a profile of the 1994 his home on one of two week­ ing day. In other words, it’s ers will once again eventually day mornings, with Mr. absurd. When the Tribune in­ be on the news, complaining Expos.

We were initially given Wetteland or another player sisted on conducting the inter­ that baseball fans in Montreal thenumberoftheExpos’media ready for an interview. The call view, the Expos agreed that are too lazy to come and visit one couldbe grantedunder the theirbargain basement teamm director, Richard Griffin, who never came.

The next week, the Trib­ same conditions stipulated ear­ their domed hell and that the was in West Palm Beach with the team. Acall was placed to une placed another call to Mr. lier, only this time the Tribune teamis being minedbecause of Griffin and was received by a Griffin’s office, again request- reporterwouldcall the teamon it. When the Expos ask why a weekday morning and pro­ they suffer the way they do, ceed with the interview at that they should remember that it is oftenbecause they, just like the time.

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As March Madness takes over our television sets, and studentsfindthemselvescaught between watching “just one more basketball game" and going to the library to avoid temptation , we find another school year coming to a close.

That means that it is “that”time of year again for McGill’s ath­ letic community—time for teams to celebrate, or mourn, their past seasons at an ath­ letic “New Year’s" of sorts.

The Seventeenth Annual Athletics Awards Banquet, to be held at the Delta Hotel on April 8th, not only marks the endof anothersportsseason at McGill and the end of some illustrious careers, but also sig­ nals the coming of a new year of anticipation and prepara­ tion for varsity athletes.

Amidst all the awards and formalities, the banquet is per­ ceived by the athletes as a chance to celebrate their ups and downs. It’s also a time when basketball players put on heels and become two heads taller than everyone in­ stead of just one; when “the boys”trade in their turf shoes and baseball caps for dress shirts and funky ties, even though a bright pair of white sports socks can still be de­ tected under the occasional dark blue suit.

But, the big issue sur­ rounding the event this year has more to do with conduct

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edly celebrated by “letting loose” being rowdy and dis­ rupting the awards ceremo­ nies. Both the student-athlete body and the McGill athletic administration expressed their feelings that such conduct is embarassing to the athletic community as a whole, and that it is unacceptable. Some athleteshavevoicedcomplaints that the excessive alcohol con­ sumption by certain teams in­ terferes with everyone’s ability to enjoy the evening.

The McGill Intercollegi­ ate Sports Council (MISC) has decided that the banquet will be held on a probationary ba­ sis this year and that if teams do not conduct themselves ap­ propriately, then it will be the last event of its kind. The stu­ dent-based committee made this decision because the stu­ dents themselves are con­ cerned about the negative im­ age of McGill intercollegiate teams that it portrays.

The men’s rugby and al­ pine ski teams were asked not to attendthebanquet thisyear.

Onpast occasions, teammem­ berswere allegedlyintoxicated, unruly, and disruptive during the ceremonies. Both teams appealed the decision to MISC and were eventually allowed to attend under the condition that they demonstrate class, respect and decorum.

The Master of Ceremo­ niesthisyearwill be RobFaulds of CFCF-12. Outgoing McGill Principal DavidL.Johnstonwill be in attendance for the first

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awards which will be given to the outstanding member of each team, aTeamof the Year will be chosen. The nominees for the team that has brought most credit to the universityby athletic achievement are Martlet basketball, women’s cross-country running, men’s cross-countryrunning, Redmen soccer and Martlet soccer — last year’s recipient of the award.

There are four major in­ dividual awards presenteddur­ ing the evening to male and female athletes who have brought credit totheuniversity and/orhavedemonstratedpro­ ficiency and leadership in ath­ letics.

Nominees for the Gladys Bean Award for best female athlete are Vicky Tessier (Martlet basketball), Linda Thyer (cross-country running and track and field), andJulia Maughan (Martlet soccer). In the running on the men’s side for the ForbesTrophy for male athlete of the year are Guy Boucher (Redmen hockey), Chris Drysdale (Redmen soc­ cer), and Val St-Germain (Redmen football).

Nominees for the Roscoe Award are Martlets in their fi­ nal year of eligibility or gradu­ ating year of university that have demonstrated leadership and proficiency throughout their athletic careers. They in­ cludeMonicaBienefeld(swim­ ming), Gayle Noble (soccer), Martina Van der Vlist (basket­ ball), NiluSingh(fieldhockey), and Beth Wiley (rugby). The men’s equivalent ofthe Roscoe Award is the Pound Award and the nominees are Jason Blair (rowing and alpine ski­ ing), Ken Friedman (football), and David Huck (hockey).

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BY CHARLES THOMAS

The Friends ofMcGill Foot­ ball honoured the Redmen’s in­ dividual trophy winners at their annual awards banquet, last Sat­ urday, at the Montreal Badmin­ ton and Squash Club.

The big winnerthroughout the year for McGill football, of­ fensive guard Val St-Germain, once again came up roses, cop­ ping the most valuable lineman trophy. The honourcaps astellar season forthe Ottawanativewho has already been selected an Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference (O-QIFC) All-Star, a Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CLAU)All-Canadian, anddrafted first overall by the Hamilton Ti­ ger Cats in the CFL draft. In addition, he was chosen the Redmen’s MolsonCupOffensive Player of the Year.

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Running back Chad Luedtke, the O-QIFCrookie of the year won the Redmen version of the prize, andas aresult, went home with the Fred Dupre trophy.

Running back Dan Pronyk, the most improved player, walked away with the Lois Obeck trophy, while the NorthernTelecom-Charlie Baillie trophy for best team player was handed to linebacker Dale Bracewell.

Finally, the Fred Wigle memorial trophy for most sportsmanlike player was awarded to linebacker Ken Friedman.

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Fieldhouse to open January 1995

BY JAMIE DEAN

Atour of the site revealed that construction is progressing well. The roof supports are in place and all the structural foun­ dations have been poured. But the roofstill needs tobe installed

pletion of the fieldhouse shell, including the indoor mechanical and electrical features, and eve­ rything on the floor of the track.

The other floors will be roughed in, butnotcompleted,”explained Grazys. “Once we get the building up, we will be going out tosecure the funds neces­ sary to complete the activity areas.”

Once these funds are secured, Phase III will com­ mence. While no date has been set for its completion, the plans include adancestu­ dio, international squash courts, a main weight room and several multi-purpose rooms, in addition to offices, classrooms andstorage areas.

McGill is hoping to secure some of its future funding through sponsor­ ships of specific rooms, like the arrangement made with the Weider body buildinggu­ ms for the varsity weight room. But as Director of Athletics Robert Dubeau said in an interview with the Tribune last year, most of the complex could not have been accom­ plished without the support of the st udents who have been paying into a special fund since 1979.

“The project would never have gone ahead without the levy. The decision by the stu­ dents was a catalyst to get the universitytomove, andhas been the prime selling point for fundraisers,”said Dubeau.

So you thought that you would never see the day when McGill’s ageing athletics facilities wouldberenovated?Youthought that you were doomed to a crumblingstadium, anageing pool and no place to sit for basketball games?Thinkagain. “ P hase II involves th e One year ago, the reno­ co m p letio n of th e vated pool inthe Currie Gym fieldhouse shell, wasopened, markingthecom­ pletion of the first phase of inclu d in g th e indoor the athletics complex facelift. m e ch an ica l and The pool was deepened and e le c tric a l fe a tu re s , lengthened to bring it up to international standards, win­ and ev e ry th in g on th e dows were added to bring in floor o f th e t r a c k .” sunlight, and a spectator gal­ lery will soon follow.

On the floor above the - Al Grazys, F a c ilitie s pool, offices, a sports injury M a n a g e r for M c G ill’s andscience centre and avar­ D e p a rtm e n t of sityweight roomwere added.

That was Phase I of the A th le tic s renovations. PhaseIIinvolves the construction of the fieldhousestructureatthecor­ ner of Pine and Park Avenues. and the track level is still a con­ Soon all the construction work crete slab.

So when is all of this sup­ on the east side of the existing structurewill becompleted, leav­ posed to open?Al Grazys, Facili­ ing McGill with amodern athlet­ ties ManagerforMcGill’s Depart­ ment of Athletics, says to pencil ics fieldhouse.

Some of the features of this January 1, 1995 into your calen­ fieldhouse include: a competi­ dar as the opening date for the tion-level, six-lane, 200-metre in­ new fieldhouse.

He explained that this in­ door track, an infield which can beutilizedforsportsrangingfrom auguration, markingthecomple­ tennistobasketball, andagallery tionof Phase IIoftherenovation, overlookingthe trackable toseat will not mark the completion of the complex.

450 spectators.

The work being done on “Phase IIinvolves the com­ the north-east corner of the Currie Gym, be­ hind gyms numbers threeandfour, will be­ come a spectator gal­ lery for varsity athlet­ ics, such as basketball games. Also included in this “north exten­ sion” is a new varsity team room and stor­ age areas for Molson Stadium.

When the fieldhouse opens, ac­ cess will be gained ei­ ther from the existing entrance on Pine Av­ enue, or from a new entrance near the east end of Molson 'Sta­ 12y e a rs in the planning, M cG ill's B ig O w e in f i n a l construction phase dium.

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BY CHARLES sented the award to this year’s THOMAS winner, Dana McClymont, a 20year old physical and occupa­ The beer and good cheer tional therapy junior. flowedfreelyattheMolsonBrew­ “I really didn’t know her, eryBanquetHall last Saturday, as but it hits close. I’mfromBarrie theMcGillswimmingteamhosted and I’malso in physiotherapy,” its inaugural banquet. The occa­ said McClymont. sion allowed the Red and White After a brilliant swimming tohonourlastseason’sbestswim­ career as ateenager(topthree in mers. Butinaneasygoingatmos­ Canada), the breaststroker re­ phere, the awards only provided turned to the pool this season backdrop, asreunitedalumni and followingasix-yearabsence and present team members let the was one of the team’s best per­ party take centre stage. formers.

OK, they weren’t hanging “Itwas good forme totake fromthe chandeliers, but former thetimeoff; Ihadtofindout who Redmen swimmer Dick Pound’s I was,”commented McClymont. tale of a race fromhis years on “I can go back to it with a more the international circuit did get fun outlook now.” the evening rollingwith alaugh.

McClymont qualified for “Nobodywouldbelievethat theCanadianInteruniversityAthr on that day, that the water was letics Union (CIAU) champion­ thatcold,”hesaidofaracewhere ships. he forgot to tie up his bathing Assistant CoachChris Lam­ suit. AndrewWorkcouldn’tagree bert presented the other major more. awards, whichwere voted on by Taking Pound’s cue after theteam. AnnaLeong, a 19-yearthe roast beef dinner, teambard old biology frosh fromVictoria, David “Space”Fultonserenaded BC, was selected Martlet Swim­ the 90 orso guests inattendance meroftheYear, whileLéoGrépin, withhisproseinhonourofBenoît an 18-year old mechanical engi­ Janvier, winner of the Dimock- neering sophomore from Meloche award for revelry, for Chamalières, France, took the lack of a better word. No com­ men’s top prize. Both athletes ment fromJanvier on how cold qualifiedfortheCIAUchampion­ the waterwas at the team’s train­ ships, but theiraccomplishments ing camp in Barbados, though. out of the water were just as Rebekah Young won the wom­ impressive. Leong was a recipi­ en’s version of the award. ent of the Greville Smith En­ Athletes were not the only trance Scholarship at McGill. recipients that evening, though. Grépin, for his part, earned the Head coach François Laurin re­ highest frosh grade point aver­ ceived several gifts frompresent age inthe faculty ofengineering.

The rookies of the year last andformerswimmersforhisnineyear were The Pas, Manitoba year commitment to the team.

Laurinwas touched by the native Carol Chiang for the gesture, but he was even more Martlets and Redman Sean visibly moved earlier in the cer­ McKenna, from Hamilton, Ont. emonies, duringthepresentation Agnès Fromont, fromBordeaux, of the Marie-Claude Saumure France and Westmount’s Janvier Award to the Red and White were the most improved swim­ swimmer who best combines mers. academicandathleticexcellence.

The Red and White took The trophy has been introduced advantage of the occasionto an inmemory of Saumure, aformer nounce the team’s new captains McGillswimmerandphysiothera­ fornext season. Alyson Byrdwill pist who died violently in De­ take over the duties for the cember 1993 at her home in Martlets and Eric Potier will be­ Barrie, Ontario. Alumni Robin come Redmen head honcho.

RoggiereandCynthiaAita, former The awards ceremony fol­ teammates of Saumure, moved lowed an afternoon swim meet theaudiencewiththeiremotional attended by almost 40 alumni tribute to the athlete. They pre­ fromthe 1950s to the present.

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James Stewart: the end o f an era

BY CRAIG BERNES

ThepositionofAthleticsRep­ resentative totheStudents’Society (SSMU) council is an unenviable one. It commands little to no re­ spect fromother members of the BlackHand. Itdemandslonghours instiflingboardrooms. Itcombines theresponsibilityofbeingthevoice of McGill Athletics oncouncil with alackof any real power; kindof a masochist’s dream job. It has beenoc­ cupiedbythesame person for the last three years.

JamesStewart says that he origi­ nally got involved because the job broughttogetherhis two main loves— politics and athlet­ ics. In addition to attending SSMU council meetings, theAthleticsRepsits on the Students’ Athletic Council CSAC), the McGill Intercollegiate Stu­ dents’ Council CMISC), and the McGill Athletics Board. Stewart has oeenthe vice-chair of the Athletics Board for the past wo years, andwas he first student to lold that position.

Last year, he also :haired the committee which un­ dertook the Cyclical Review on Classification of varsity teams CROC).

Theabundanceofacronyms, lowever, doesnotnecessarilymean inabundanceofclout. Whileother sectors of the McGill Community, ;uchas theArtsandScience faculies, have twoorthree représentâ­ mestotheSSMU,theAthleticsRep requentlyfindshimselfoutmanned md outgunned. But when your lame is Jimmy Stewart, well, you iren’t going to take a backseat to myone. Stewart’s boldness instatnghisopinions hasoftenkept him tornbecomingbuddieswithother nembers of council.

“Iguessyoucouldsayhehas i more conservative view [than nanyof theReps toCouncil],”said tich Latour, an Arts Senator and general SSMU council watchdog.

While we’ve frequently been on ippositesides of issues,James isa rue parliamentarian, very profes­ sorial, and a good friend outside he boardroom.”

Of course, all is for the sake >fathletics.

I “It’s an important position," itewartsaid. “WhenIlookatother ichools like Toronto and Alberta, vhere they have been close to panceiling their varsity teams, I ealize that we have to make sure hatnothinglikethathappenshere, ifake no mistake, athletics is im­ portant to McGill."

butJames has beenverysuccess­ ful inhis position[which has dis­ couragedmanyotherpeoplefrom applying],”Drummie added. She did not, however, refer to himas a true parliamentarian.

The choice for next year's Athletics Repwill be made bythis Friday.

As with many positions on SSMUCouncil, findingaqualified Athletics Rep can be a difficult process. People who are both interested in politics and seriously involved in athletics, and are willing to put in the necessary time commitment can be hardtocome by. That explains why Stewart, who was involved in athletics as a former Tribune sports editor andall-aroundgymrat, was a perfect choice for the job.

“I’mhappywith how the three years have gone,” Stewart said. “I think it’s im­ portant to maintain a limited focus, to real­ ize that there are things you can and can’tdo. Student poli­ ticians don’t have real power; we have influ­ ence. I’m satisfied withbeingabletoraise the awareness of ath­ letes and of the gen­ eralMcGillcommunity notices of the vacancy, and then regarding athletics," added considertheapplicationsitreceives. Stewart.

“We have had other appli­ Spoken like a true parlia­ cantsineachofthelastthreeyears, mentarian.

Stewartgraduatesthissemes­ terwith his Bachelorof Education in(what else?) physical education toaccompanytheBachelorof Arts degree which he also earned at McGill. Will it be hard to find a replacement? Ann Drummie, the SACchair, thinks not.

“The position is open every year,”she pointed out, “and most people know that.” It is standard procedure for the SACto put out

Notes & Quotes Cage national championship decided in H alifax

At the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) men’s basketball championship held in Halifax, NS, last week­ end, the University of Alberta Golden Bears defeated the McMaster Marauders by a score of 73-66 in the final match-up.

Prior to the championship game, which was played before a crowd of 5,615 spectators, the University of Cape Breton defeated the Concordia Stingers in the tournament’s highscoring consolation final, 95-87, to snare third-place in the season-culminating tournament.

Concordia’s head coach, John Dore, was ejected fromthe game after he charged that the tournament officials had lost control of the game. Dore was angered by the way that the officials had handled two incidents involving Cape Breton’s Michael Dailey. Daileypicked up atechnical foul afterslapping the armof referee Mike Thompson, who made a call which Dailey found questionable. Dailey later picked up a second technical, and upon leaving the court, tossed the ball and hit Thompson. Dailey then proceeded to attempt to attack Thompson, but luckily was restrained by teammates.

Cape Breton head coach TimMcGarrigle did not defend his players’ actions, but suggested that the officiating contrib­ uted to the deterioration of the game.

The Stingers had advanced to the national championship after knocking off the Redmen in the Quebec provincial final.

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