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SSMU Council once again refuses recognition to fraternity and sorority umbrella organisation Page 3

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Last W ednesday, federal M inister of Human Resources Development Lloyd Axworthy came to McGill to discuss the gov­ ernment’s proposed reforms to Canada’s social security programs.

The proposal to eliminate federal transfer payments to the provinces for the funding of post-secondary education has met opposition from a number of students’ organisa­ tions.

A small demonstration was organised through the SSM U External Affairs department.

Axworthy’s presentation at M cG ill was the first scheduled public appearance since the report was published two weeks ago. In his address, Axworthy outlined the government’s strategy to combat Canada’s deficit.

According to Axworthy, cost­

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cutting measures are needed to reconcile the imbalance between federal spending and debt. In the 1994-95 budget, 38.7 billion dol­ lars were allocated to social securi­ ty programs which accounts for 40 to 50 percent of federal expendi­ tures. Currently, the federal deficit is approximately 43 billion dollars.

Cuts to post-secondary educa­ tion are part of the Liberal propos­ al.

“It is impossible and fool­ hardy not to discuss social pro­ grams when discussing fiscal prob­ lems. [We] need to transfer a lot of resources...into active employment measures,” Axworthy said.

Currently the federal govern­ ment contributes 6.1 billion dollars to funding post-secondary educa­ tion through transfer payments to the provinces as well as half a bil-

The M cGill Varsity Baseball Club won the Canadian InterUniversity Baseball Association (CIBA) championship last weekend. The Redbirds, a team which won the league pennant with a 10-2 regular sea­ son record, defeated Guelph and McMaster to win their first-ever title.

In the semi-final game, first-place McGill faced fourth-place Guelph University on Guelph’s home field.

McGill jumped out to a quick 8-1 lead on home runs by catcher Yann Monnet and outfielder Ted Caron. Monnet finished the game with three runs batted in, while Caron brought in two runs of his own. Offensive heroics were backed up by the strong pitching by Dan Brock.

Although McGill had a seemingly insurmountable lead, a tiring Brock allowed Guelph to make a game of it. After retiring two batters in the fifth, a combination of solid hitting by the Gryphons and sloppy field­ ing by McGill allowed Guelph to score four runs. Redbird reliever Elan Satov came in to get the third out of the inning, but the lead had been cut and the score became 8-5 with McGill still holding tight out ahead. Satov cruised through the sixth inning before encountering trouble in the sev-

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See Axworthy Page 2 lion dollars through the Canada Student Loans program.

Axworthy’s proposal would see the abolishment of the present loan system.

This would occur within the context of a 3.6 billion dollar decrease in direct federal funding to post-secondary education.

Education is officially under provincial jurisdiction. Provinces receive income tax points, and a proportion of this revenue is allo­ cated to post-secondary institu­ tions. In order to establish country­ wide standards of education, the

Contingent Repayment loan pro­ gram. Students who take ICR loans would repay the federal gov­ ernment based upon their income “ W e h a v e t o d e t e r m i n e w h a t is after graduation. a fa ir p o r tio n fo r s tu d e n ts to p a y H o w ev er, tuition fees are fo r t h e ir u n iv e r s ity e d u c a t io n .” expected to sub­ stantially increase F e d e r a l M i n i s t e r o f H u m a n since colleges and R e s o u r c e s D e v e l o p m e n t L l o y d universities will have to offset the A x w o rth y reduction of gov­ ernment funding.

Both administrators and stu­ Axworthy proposed to decrease transfer payments and dents have expressed concern redistribute funds into an Income about the proposed reforms. Vice federal government introduced cash transfer payments in the 1970s.

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Principal Planning and Resources François Tavenas explained that the new plan does not account for research funding.

“We are extremely concerned by the idea of transfer payments being eliminated. [The new plan] doesn’t deal with the need for research infrastructure; transfer payments account for both [teach­ ing and research],” he said. “We are a university very active in research and graduate studies...we need some way to provide fund­ ing.”

SSMU VP External Affairs Nick Benedict was involved in organising the demonstration opposing Axworthy’s reforms.

“Axworthy came to talk about cutting 3.6 billion dollars and we wanted to talk about the effects.

He wanted to talk about access to education and so we talked about how doubling tuition fees stops people from going to school,” Benedict said.

Axworthy discussed the issue of appropriate division of educa­ tion costs.

“We have to determine what is a fair portion for students to pay for their university education,” he said. “Now it is 20 to 21 percent.”

Tavenas agreed. He pointed out that university graduates have higher employment and income rates than their less educated peers.

“Education is an investment by society and...by the individual.

The big issue is determining what is an appropriate split between individual and governmental responsibility,” he sâid. “Until 1989...the student [paid] only 7 percent. At a private university in the States, the student pays close to 100 percent and that’s not rea­ sonable either. In Quebec, students pay 15 percent on average.”

Tavenas recognized the need for continued access to education.

“Higher tuition fees must be accompanied by an effective loan and bursary program so that less advantaged but intellectually able students can participate in a uni­ versity education,” he said.

Axworthy stressed that Canadians will be consulted through a series of public forums before any final decision is made.

“This isn’t written in stone.

These things are so important to Canadians...that we have to come together,” he said. “We will try to build a consensus [instead of] introducing a top-down decision.”

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Ombudsperson reports on year’s work B y S ylvie B a b a r ik

Last Wednesday, M cG ill Ombudsperson for Students Estelle Hopmeyer presented her report to the McGill Senate. The report presented complaint statis­ tics for the past year and outlined some of the issues addressed by the office.

Hopmeyer, a professor of social work, completed her first year in the position of ombudsper­ son in September of 1994. The mandate of the ombudsperson is to assist students who feel that their rights have been abused by staff or faculty members of the university. Though not endowed with any outright powers, the o ffice is able to intervene on behalf of students or advise them on the approach best suited to their particular problem.

In the past year, she has dealt with two hundred official cases and a number of casual inquiries.

“Some of these cases were straight forward and only required my giving them the right informa­ tion. These could often be resolved within one or two meet­ ings,” said Hopmeyer. “Others were more complicated and are still unresolved.”

The ombudsperson can also make recommendations about uni­ versity policies and procedures that cause problems for many stu­ dents.

One of the problems Hopmeyer addressed in her report is the vulnerability of graduate students. Their dependence on an particular supervisor means that any breakdown in the relationship could jeopardise their academic future.

Aside from the common grievances of graduate students such as adm issions, academic standing, and harassment, Hopmeyer mentioned the concern of ownership of intellectual propSee Ombudsperson Page 3

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Status denied to fraternity and sorority umbrella group B y T yla B erc h to ld

The decision of the SSMU executive committee not to grant McGill Inter-Greek Letter Council interim interest group recognition was endorsed by council at Thursday’s meeting, after an emo­ tionally charged debate.

The IGLC is an umbrella organisation controlled by fraterni­ ty and sorority members. It exists to support the activities of social fraternities and sororities at McGill.

The council gallery was crowded as more than fifty mem­ bers of sororities and fraternities, clad in letter shirts and hats, turned out to support the IGLC. The IGLC submitted its newly-adopted constitution to SSMU VP Internal Cornell Wright on September 20. After reviewing this document, Wright recommend­ ed that Council not accept the group for interim interest group status. Recognition from SSMU would have given the IGLC the right to office space in the Shatner building and to representation from elected Clubs Representatives to

to whether or not groups that dis­ criminate on the basis of any other would also be acceptable.”

The argument from IGLC representatives is that the IGLC itself, as a free standing organisation, does not discrim­ inate. They believe that they have been seen as discrimina­ tory in the past because of a lack of awareness about the group. They had hoped that SSMU recognition would have increased that awareness. VP External for IGLC Natalie Frank explained this belief.

“People who are sceptical need to see for themselves,” said Frank “I think it’s sad that only some people get the advantage of being a part of it because they know somebody who is already a member. We have to increase awareness.”

Frank also stressed that membership in a fraternity or sorority is not a requirement for involvement in the IGLC. Councillors on both sides IG LC of this issue praised the phil­ anthropic activities of the IGLC and its member fraternities and

SSMU council.

The Executive voted 3 to 2 to support Wright’s recommendation on October 13th. President Sevag Yegohan and VP External Nick Benendict voted against Wright’s recommendation.

Last week’s debate at council centred around a motion, put for­ ward by Management Rep. Lome Daitchman, which would have overturned the executive decision.

The motion failed in a 13 to 10 vote.

Much of the debate centred around councillors’ interpretation of both the SSMU and IGLC con­ stitutions. A majority of councillors felt that accepting the IGLC would contravene the SSMU constitution.

Section 2.3 of that document for­ bids SSMU from endorsing or sup­ porting the activities of individuals or groups which are judged to be discriminatory.

Wright explained the potential ram ifications of accepting the IGLC. “If we were to allow a group that discriminates on the basis of even one of [sex, race etc], ques­ tions could reasonably be raised as

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on their [staff] cases, I worry that students might lose their ally,” said Small.

Hopmeyer wants to better publicise the o ffice of the Ombudsperson. She stressed that students should address their con­ cerns early rather than waiting until they find themselves in a cri­ sis.

Hopmeyer is also creating a method to evaluate how well the o ffice o f the Ombudsperson answers the needs of the students.

She stated that she often has little feedback and may not be aware of necessary changes.

Small regards the role of the ombudsperson as an essential ser­ vice to students.

“A lot of students who go to see her feel powerless,” suggests Small. “She gives them their sense of power back.”

body exists for non-student mem­ bers, she has attempted to respond to these calls with advice.

However, Hopmeyer’s own time is already strained by her work

erty. She noted that the depart­ ment of graduate studies is in the process of reviewing the policies relating to this question in “ A lo t o f s t u d e n t s w h o g o order to facilitate inter­ vention if required. to s e e h e r f e e l p o w e r le s s .

Hopmeyer noted that S h e g iv e s t h e m t h e ir s e n s e ignorance of the existing o f p o w e r b a c k .” channels for dealing with problems is an obstacle for many students with grievances. In certain cases, students may not feel comfortable under­ taking com plaint procedures themselves. They may also be in a situation where doing so might jeopardise their academic welfare.

The ombudsperson can act as a mediator and advocate for stu­ dents.

“I think that the ombudsper­ son has been met with coopera­ tio n ,” said VP Academ ic B ill Chan. “[The office] serves a very useful role in helping students resolve problems without having to go through formal channels ...it does not require as much con­ frontation.”

Another key issue Hopmeyer intends to evaluate as ombudsper­ son is the differential academic standards which exist in various faculties. For example, the faculty of management does not allow for supplemental exams to be given, whereas certain other faculties do.

“Different faculties ought to look at having more general rules,” said Hopmeyer. “I ’m sure that these faculties feel they have good reasons for this differential treatment, but I am not con ­ vinced.”

Though beyond the jurisdic­ tion o f the ombudsperson, Hopmeyer has received questions from faculty and university staff on various issues. Since no similar

S S M U V P U n iv e r s ity A ffa ir s J e n S m a ll with students.

SSMU VP University Affairs Jen Small questions the lack of such a recourse for staff members, and suggests that another office should be created to deal with their concerns “If she were to officially take

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IGLC, was one such councillor. He explained that his decision was based on the SSMU constitution he is mandated to uphold.

“There’s no denying that sororities and fraternities have in the past shown their commitment to various important causes but that does not justify their provisional

membership into SSMU. The con­ stituents at hand still violate the constitution as a result of the gen­ der exclusivity.”

Overall, the members and representatives of IGLC, while disappointed with the outcome of the vote, were happy with the turnout and the opportunity they had to present their case.

“We’re really happy, we turned a lot of heads,” said IGLC President Danielle Richardson. “I hope that if we try and put up posters now that they won’t get tom down and when people at SSMU get phone calls about us, they’ll remember us.

We’re not going to be apa­ thetic anymore. Look at us, hear us.”

IGLC member Lawrence Wilk looks forward to an anticipated appeal to the Judicial Board.

“They voted no but a lot of the council members still think it’s a great idea. I think that’s so encouraging. There were no winners or losers in this. We’re absolutely taking this to the Judicial Board. I’m very confident that we will get recognition from that.”

The Judicial Board has final authority on all constitutional issues.

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Financial concerns have once again come to the forefront at McGill. McGill’s Senate decided last week to delay approval of the university’s preliminary bud­ get for 1995-96 until next January. Principal Bernard Shapiro recommended that the Senate refer the matter to the planning and priorities subcommittee to consider how the university can further address its funding prob­ lems.

The decision to delay the budget was supported by most senators.

The university must continue to chip away at its accumulated debt of roughly 70 million dollars. McGill acquired this debt as a result of years of underfunding relative to other Quebec universities during the 1980s.

Vice-principal Finance John Armour said that the university must find a way to cut $8 million from next year’s budget because of cuts in the provincial govern­ ment’s operating grant to McGill.

Armour explained that the government will cut approximately $6.7 million from the university’s oper­ ating grant next year. That figure is $800,000 higher than the university originally expected.

“There is a need to eliminate the accumulated deficit, which is a constant diversion of funds from [other areas],” Armour said.

The preliminary budget calls for an operating sur­ plus of $2.4 million, an amount that will be applied to the debt.

Shapiro emphasised the importance of rethinking the way the university allocates its funds.

“It is unlikely that the prospects will improve in proceeding years,” he told the Senate. “It’s not a ques­ tion of a band-aid here and a band-aid there.”

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Shapiro asked senators to consider two problems : what the university does to create a budget, and what it can do in subsequent years to reorganise the financing of the university. Shapiro highlighted salary policy, budget correction, deficit reduction, and hiring freezes as potential ways that the Budget Planning Group might look at limiting expenditures.

Professor Ronald Chase of the department of biol­ ogy argued that McGill should look at new ways of approaching the deficit.

“Is there any reason why we can’t start a new cap­ ital campaign for the deficit,” he asked.

Vice-Principal Advancement Michael Keifer, who is responsible for the current Twenty-First Century Fund campaign, responded to the question.

“Common wisdom would suggest it’s inappropri­ ate to launch another campaign on the heels of the one we are engaged in,” he said. “Common wisdom would also suggest that it is less than appropriate for the uni­ versity to seek philanthropic support for servicing a deficit.”

Professor DuBow of the department of political science argued that the university must change its approach to finance.

“Moving around, I ’ve heard that we’re now the Michigan of the north, and I’m very concerned that soon we’ll become the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi of the south,” he said. “It may pay to final­ ly consider the question of what’s the new paradigm we want to be in?”

Professor Waller, the acting Dean of Arts, believes that the university will continue to face tough times.

“Government is sending a message: we can’t maintain the university in the manner that the current system is set up to maintain,” he said.

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Hate group spreads its m essage at Q ueen’s B y M ic o l Z arb

The H eritage F ron t, a Toronto-based white supremacist group, has been active at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, in the past w eeks. The group began their disturbances with a poster campaign consisting of thinly veiled racist and hate pro­ paganda.

Posters warning students that they were being indoctrinated by leftist professors and that they should not lose sight of their white heritage were discovered on campus. The posters also pro­ vided a Toronto phone number and address where they could obtain more inform ation. The posters were removed and the administration emphasised that

they would not tolerate this type of racism.

“Freedom of expression does not include the right to incite hatred, to humiliate, intimidate, discriminate, or in any other way to demean or diminish another hum an’ s in te g rity ,” stated Principal W illiam Leggett in a speech given at the welcome cer­ emony for first-year students.

Follow ing the poster in ci­ dent, a second-year history class was the involuntary subject of the filming of a Heritage Front docu­ mentary.

A film crew working on a documentary about the day in the life of a Heritage front member entered Professor Geoff Smith’s class on 20th Century American Society and Politics and began

filming without having notified the university administration. The documentary was commissioned

by CTV and the course was cho­ sen because a student in the class was a Heritage Front member.

Professor Smith subsequent­ ly met with the Dean of Arts and Science and Queen’s legal coun­ sel. Principal Leggett wrote to CTV requesting that the footage not be aired. Professor Smith then held an open class discus­ sion on racism and ethics during which the producer was present and answered questions from the students regarding journalism and ethics.

“The next step is to wait and see what we hear from CTV and from the crew ,” said Tom Williams, Queen’s Vice-Principal

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Professor Smith has request­ ed to deal personally and exclu­ sively with any questions from the press but he was not able to be reached for comment.

The events in the past weeks are not the first signs o f The Heritage Front group at Queen’s.

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last February, public reaction resulted in a student protest against racism. In response to this recent occurence, the university is focusing on education against supremacy and encouraging open debate on the issue.

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vide rights to its members, in essence, it is a docum ent A proposed referendum question which would have had which restricts,” said serious financial repercussions Strom-Olsen.

Melanie Newton, for the M cGill Daily has been ruled invalid by the SSMU Chief the co-ordinating edi­ Returning Officers Eddie Look tor of the Daily, con­ siders the proposed and Cedric Neo. The Daily is governed by a question to be a constitution and the CROs are politically motivated empowered by that constitution attack by people who to rule on the validity of referen­ do not like the con­ dum questions. Look explained tent of her publica­ tion. She the basis invoked the for the rul­ “W h at w e w ere democratic ing. tr y in g to d o w a s to principle of “ W e the fr e e ­ p r o v id e t h e c o m fe lt that it dom of the was uncon­ m u n ity a t la r g e press and is stitutional, w ith th e o p p o r tu con cern ed unfair and n ity to d e c id e about the inappropri­ attack on ate w ithin a b o u t h o w th e ir finances. the context m o n e y is s p e n t . ” Strom-Olsen: questioning the Daily “ The of what the scope of this particular “I think its dangerous to attack constitution R o l f S t r o m - O l s e n question goes way the editorial freedom of a news­ sa y s ,” he beyond ju st attacking paper through its finances. If you stated.

The proposed question the student press,” said Newton. want to m ake ch ang es, get would have forced the Daily to donate h a lf o f the m oney it re ce iv e s from students to D e a n o f th e M cG ill’s Financial Aid office.

Students currently each co n ­ F a c u lt y o f M e d ic in e tribute $6.70 to the D aily each year. Over six hundred signa­ The present term o f office o f Dean Richard L. Cruess of tures were collected in support of the Faculty o f Medicine comes to an end on May 31, 1995. the referendum question. Only Accordingly, an Advisory Committee to review the five hundred are needed before a referendum question can be sent Deanship has been established. The Dean of Medicine to the CROs for a ruling. supervises and administers the programs, budgets and all The ad-hoc group o f stu­ activities o f the Faculty. Appropriate scholarly and dents who wrote the question administrative experience is required; facility in French is and organised the petition are desirable. disappointed with the ruling.

Group spokesperson Rolf StromOlsen, a history graduate student, McGill University is committed to Equity in Employment. stated that his group sees the issue as one of accountability.

Nominations to, and applications for, as well as comments “What we were trying to do about, the position are invited. A curriculum vitae and the was to provide the community at large with the opportunity to names and addresses o f three referees should accompany decide about how their money is the application or the nomination. These should be spent,” explained Strom-Olsen. addressed to: He is disappointed with the Dr. T.H. Chan C R O s’ ruling and complained Vice-Principal (Academic) that the D aily co n stitu tio n restricts the rights of students.

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M cG ILL T R IB U N E “ I f y o u c a n ’t a n n o y so m e b o d y , th e re is little p o in t in w ritin g .”

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Editorial

Journalistic doubt

By P a t r ic k F r u c h e t ___________________________________________ Journalism is ostensively a public-service profession, in a democratic society. By keeping the populace well-informed about the activities of those with power, the journalist acts to check misuse of this power, or so goes the theory.

This democratic watchdog theory rests on a key assumption: that the people want the information they need to be effective democrats. The reality is, that, for the most part, they are not getting it.

Arguments across the political spectrum blame various elites for this state of affairs. Conservatives place the blame squarely on the shoulders of journalists, citing the fact that a solid majority classify themselves as liberals. Liberals see conspiracy in the actions of the corporate ownership of newspapers and television stations. Both sides see the media as advocating a certain set of elite values, instead of striving for objectivity. The reality is much more mundane.

The blame, in fact, rests with the people who would rather be entertained than informed and the advertising driven media industry that caters to this desire. Thus, it is a mass-driven phenomenon.

For the democratic journalist the resulting trade-off is a simple one: giving people the information they need or giving them the entertainment that they want.

For the television journalist, the key is to have as many people as possible in front of their sets and on the right channel when the commercials come on. This increases the value of the advertising which makes television stations profitable; the more people watch­ ing, the more the commercial airtime is worth to the advertiser.

Competition comes, not from print journalism, but from what the other channels are showing. The TV news is competing with Baywatch and Home Improvement.

Thus, the news becomes infotainment; it is what fills up the time between the commercials. The result is an emotionally driven news­ cast, complete with dramatic footage and attractive anchors, all of this designed to keep the viewer glued to their seat. The entire script of an hour-long newscast will fit on the front page of a newspaper.

Not exactly the best situation for the transition of the raw material that a rational democrat needs.

Print journalism is also sustained by advertising. Newspapers and magazines sell readership figures to their advertisers. Because they need to physically fill up the space around the ads, print reporters are potentially able to transmit more information. It would seem that this provides an opportunity for the journalist to inform the public. It is true that print journalism often gives a more com­ plete picture to a story, but it must also compete for the precious time of a public that is not particularly inclined towards reading.

The result is a reliance on mindless, entertaining fluff. The democratic relevance of the fashion section may be ambiguous, but it sure does provide a great opportunity for retailers to pitch their wares to an audience that is most likely interested in clothes.

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Letters.**

...to the editor

A d d in g two m ore cents to the S h a h debate I would like to put in my two cents worth about Paromita Shah’s article concerning the question, ‘So where are you from?’.

First, a little background infor­ mation. I am a Malaysian citizen, mostly Chinese. When asked ‘So where are you from ?’ I gladly respond “Malaysia” for I am proud of being Malaysian. If prodded for more information on my origins, either if asked explicitly or implic­ itly of my race, again, I willingly state that I am Chinese.

There are three major races in Malaysia — Malays, Chinese and East Indians. Over there it is com­ mon practise to inquire about a per­ son’s race, and there is no (or neg­ ligible) shame or political incor­ rectness attached to this.

I think blame should rest on non-whites for not asking the ori­ gins of white Canadia/Americans and on white Canadians/Americans for not volunteering information of their origins. Myself, I have rarely (2 times) discovered the origins of a white Canadian.

I believe that with races of many traditions and/or long histo­ ries, your culture forms an integral part of your identity, so your race is who you are (even nowadays, if you don’t follow many of your tra­ ditions.) So, for me, if I somehow feel that either my Malaysian her­ itage or Chinese race is being belit­ tled in favour of the other, I would not be very happy (as maybe is the case of Ms. Shah.) Ths does not mean, however, I would want to be accepted as either a person without race or without nationality; both are very important to me.

Audrey Foo Mei Yen U2 Engineering

In defense of Q u iz S h o w I am always fascinated by the absurd reasons that people invent for liking or disliking a film. Case in point: Nicole Armour’s review of Quiz Show lacked so much basic understanding of the consequences of history that her conclusions bor­ dered on plain nonsense. In making her case that Quiz Show is trivial, Amour argues: “Having grown up with TV, you can’t help but be aware of its importance and its questionable practices in the name of good ratings. The fact that tele­ vision is corrupt is not startling

news.” But here Amour begs the exact question that Quiz Show asks, namely: how did we ever become so numb to corruption and cynical about our institutions in the first place?

Of course, Quiz Show goes beyond the questions, it also takes great pains to provide some answers as well — a fact which has entirely eluded Amour. The quiz show scandals marked the begin­ ning of the steady erosion of our public trust: from the Kennedy assassinations, to Watergate, IranContra, and the Clarence Thomas hearing of a few years ago — a point made clear through the film’s references to then vice-president and future nation-betrayer Richard Nixon and its indictments of the Washington establishment toward the end of the film. Yet the bril­ liance of the filim is its depiction of the loss of trust, not simply in a political sense — but in the most personal way: how it affects fami­ lies (Van Dorens vs the Stempels), class (suburban upper-class vs inner-city New York), religion (Protestant vs Jewish), and educa­ tion (Ivy League vs City College).

Amour’s b elief that Quiz Show’s indictment of television “lacks magnitude” is ludicrous. To her credit, she seems to realise that the film is refreshingly anti-nostalgic, yet she hasn’t the vaguest clue why this is so.

Todd Krainin U3 English

Public consultation on the budget Last Wednesday, Principal Shapiro announced that the 199596 budget will not be put together and recommended to the Board of Governors by November. Instead, the Policy and Planning subcom­ mittee of the Senate Academic Planning and Priorities Committee will serve as a forum of discussion.

By January 1995, the Senate will receive a new financial report, after which the Principal will submit the budget to BoG. It is a fact that university fund­ ing has always been in crisis. As of ‘93^94, federal finance minister Paul Martin made clear that feder­ al-provincial equalisation payments regarding post-secondary education were to be frozen at current levels.

The effort to keep the federal deficit to 3 percent of GNP, the Liberal government is looking at different ways to cut spending.

“We have to fight hard to maintain [excellence in basic research]...” said secretary of state for science

and technology Jon Gerrard.

Human resources development minister Lloyd Axworthy’s discus­ sion paper put a number of items about “learning” on the table.

Among them are university research, reducing funding to post­ secondary institutions, increasing accessibility through income-con­ tingent loans to students and allowance to dip into RRSP, and studying abroad. On the top of all these, the separatist provincial government promised to cap tuition fees at existing levels. In short, the money has to come from some­ where just to maintain the situation at McGill now, let alone improving it.

Which is why the principal’s announcement was important. At the end of this semester, we will see whether any creative ideas will come out of this phenomenon of ever-increasing public consulta­ tions.

So talk to SSMU/PGSS/MACES, the dean of science and the chairperson of microbiology — they all have seats to either P&P or APPC. Arnold Kwok U3 Science

A n g ry about c o m p u te ruser fees As a regular user of McGill’s computing service, I was appalled by some of the remarks made by Alan Greenberg concerning the implementation of modem user fees.

Mr. Greenberg states that the computing centre offers a “range of classes of services”. I ’d like to know, aside from MusicA/B what these services are and why they aren’t made aware to the student body.

In an attempt to defend the user fees, Greenberg goes on to say that the computing centre’s expens­ es have already been cut, and that the needed funds must come from a new source. Try again, Mr. Greenberg, because students are not a ‘new source’ of funding. It seeems that every time the admin­ istration needs money they end up charging us instead of trying a little harder to look elsewhere.

Finally, Mr. Greenberg states “T h ere’s a certain class of researchers and graduate students willing to pay for a good service...”

For one, Mr. Greenberg has over­ looked the fact that the computing service is an essential service which, by university policies, is available to all and not only ‘cerSee Letters Page 7

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Sports medicine for the ’90s: strike counselling Nomad’s Land This past week has been a try­ ing one indeed. Confused and upset, I had to resort to seeking professional help from a local heal­ er. My symptoms were as follows: pupils as big as baseballs, my face flush with “Canadien” red and my remote-ready right thumb sore and raw. Walking to the clinic, I kept recoiling in pain from what seemed like mini-goons in my stomach slam dancing to Stompin’ Tom Connors. My doctor’s appointment finally gave me some answers.

“Doc,” I said as I pocketed a package of tongue depressors which I could use to dress nachos, “I have nowhere else to turn.

Howard Cosell hasn’t replied to the voice mail I left him. Can you help?”

He fidgeted with his Rolex and

gazed downward as he addressed me.

“Son, I ’m afraid your condi­ tion eclipses my expertise as a medical practitioner,” he solemnly stated.

“You must mean I ’m not cov­ ered for this visit or something, right?” I stammered. “I can’t go on living like this D o c...I’ve been reduced to a meek, dare I say it...informed member of the elec­ torate!”

“Alright now,” he said as he politely tossed me a box of tissues, “L et’s not start tossing around euphemisms. I can tell you this: your blood pressure is high, you seem to have unusually sweaty palms plus an embarrassing case of hat head!” he exclaimed, slamming down his dictaphone.

“What can I do, D oc?” I implored. “Last Saturday night all that was on CBC was ‘Legal Eagles’ and I watched the whole thing!”

“I believe that you must sub­ ject yourself to spectator sports for an inordinate amount of time or you may just start feeling com­ pelled to exercise!” he sternly pre­ scribed.

Herein lies my predicament and that of my fellow couch jock brethren: the games are not forth­ coming. And for some of us, the effects of this deprivation can be lethal. My nervous system had been so well conditioned to over­ ride all bodily functions around this time of year it has blitzed me-only this time pre-emptively. Heck, I started to have heart palpitations as I freed the October 10 edition of Sports Illustrated from my mail­ box. My watering eyes did not find Rickey or Joe or Marquis chugging around the basepaths. A portrait of Wayne or Mario or Doug rested nowhere beneath my shaking

Massively middle class McGill Beattitudes B eatrice van D ijk

How many middle class mas­ ters and misses mill about McGill?

The majority of M cGillers are middle class. Ours is a massively middle class market.

Mmmmm... Maclean s.

If you appreciate the class sol­ idarity you share with your fellow students, you appreciate Minister Axworthy’s slicing of post-sec­ ondary social security. But don’t assume absolute class homogene­ ity ju st yet. Those celebrated Canadian cultural contrasts crop up even on this campus.

There are tensions between different middle class camps. The marginal middle class camp has barely secured its financial stabili­ ty, while the mainstream middle class camp has mastered the bour­ geois bastion. The majestic middle class camp is pitched close to another dimension, well beyond fear of mortgages and Master Card.

I have seen an encounter between a marginally middle class miss and a majestically middle class madam. Although they were physically separated only by a din­ ner table, they were divided by a gulf of understanding.

Majestic madam told an anec­ dote about how her family had donated a grand piano to a concert hall. Marginal miss had no such history of familial philanthropy.

Her turn for talking came when it was time to tell anecdotes of embarrassment.

She spoke of the first visit her best friend from junior high paid to her house. This friend was from Forest Hill (a posh place in Toronto), and had a home equipped with a swimming pool and such sundry necessities. When Forest Hills friend visited marginal miss, the latter’s semi-detached townhouse decided to disintegrate.

A front step collapsed when trod on by a Forest-bred foot and later the plumbing backed up in the basement. A mouse ran across the kitchen when the two young women were in the process of their sleep over-sanctioned midnight snack.

Marginal miss described her adolescent embarrassment. What humiliation she had felt in her col­ lapsing kitchen as she thought of the white, crackless, crumbless kitchen settled serenely in the hills! And thought of the firm stone front steps, and the quantity o f well-functioning bathrooms!

When the marginally middle class anecdote was finished, majestic madam responded: “Oh yes, we had a mouse at our cottage once.”

Once. A mouse. At the cottage.

The dinner table widened and became a chasm between middleclass cultures — the marginally middle class understand embar­ rassment and loss of face quite dif­ ferently from the majestic mem­ bers of the bourgeoisie.

There are ways to enjoy such cultural differences. If you lower

yourself carefully into the cultural chasm, feel your way around, and explore it gently, you can avoid alienation from your friends. Just don’t make the mistake of one majestically middle class miss, who flung herself across the gulf and fell flat with her unfelt sympa­ thy.

Although there are genuine gulfs, some strange folk try to cre­ ate cracks in our class solidarity where there are none. One mal­ content middle class modernist in a class of mine tried to distance himself from the rest of us. He spoke passionately of how T. S. Eliot levels wonderfully bruising blows on bourgeois babbling.

(You know — the bit about the women coming and going and Michaelangeloing.)

M alcontent modernist couldn’t mislead me! I know he’s one of us — he’s at McGill. For all his angst you know mum and dad chose his high school oh-socarefully. You know he was dri­ ven dotingly from one kind of les­ son to another. Maybe from swim­ ming to tennis? Or from tennis to piano? You know he must have been to a camp. And maybe Saturday morning classes. Mum and dad probably also funded some sort of language exchange.

Lovely Lloyd is going to maintain these common cultural reference points just for us. Isn’t Mr. Axworthy kind? We’ll be able to assume campus class cama­ raderie well into the future. So long as we’re mindful of the bor­ ders between the marginal, main­ stream and majestic middle class­ es, we can all mingle merrily at McGill together. Forever.

Beatrice van Dijk wears Karl Marx underoos.

hands. The cover flashed a picture of a guy named Pemell, apparently the welterweight king of the boxing world. Duh? Civilised society as we know it is certainly coming to an end. The only mediating factor in the world not ceding completely to mayhem is of course, NFL football. We have already lost two integral diversions from our mundane lives as North Americans. For those of you who are counting, get the red pen out for baseball and hockey, leaving us with only sex, Wheel of Fortune, Bill Clinton’s sex life and Dr. Ruth, as the kicks that make life worth living.

As attractive as these options may seem, my head still pounds for a pennant-winning locker room report or a good scrum on the ice.

Sports penetrates more than just primal levels of enjoyment.

Outside of ethnic hatred, it is the most pervasive common ground people share. Why join the Reform Party of Canada when you can just as easily meet friends and identify

with others while cursing the Habs and sharing a Labatt’s at the Forum! On an individual level, the glory I felt when the Blue Jays won the World Series far surpassed the next biggest accomplishment in my life to that date: the Jays’ A.L East pennant in 1985. I doubt that it’s midterms that are causing me to vomit each morning. The strike has stripped the mustard from my bratwurst (interpret that one, Freud).

Don’t fear fair reader! The darkest year of sports (sorry Buffalo fans) will soon fade into Disneyland, added to the annals of human misfortune and wasted rev­ enue. The good face of sports will soon again grace our fine continent.

As for me, I’ll take the curt advice of sage and fireballer Nolan Ryan, “Pop Advils until I feel like a kid again”. Yes, I can hear the sweet crackle of bone jarring checks now...

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Axworthy really wants to take a piece off the deficit, he should tell his own government to restructure its own internal affairs and get rid of some of the dead wood up in Parliament.

Privatising Canada’s educa­ tion will carry a real long-term cost. The question is, can our soci­ ety afford it?

tain classes’ of students. He is also forgetting that although grad stu­ dents and researchers may be will­ ing to pay, undergraduates (who make up the majority of computing centre users) are not. Think again, Mr. Greenberg, and stop taking advantage of the student popula­ tion at McGill.

Marco DiBuono U3 Science

G iv e m e a break, Lloyd...

I am a U3 science student with a problem. The problem’s name is Lloyd Axworthy. Last week, he proposed a plan which would revamp our country’s social pro­ grams. Unfortunately, one of the social programs he plans to revamp is post-secondary education. Mr. Axworthy wants to eliminate $2.3 billion in transfer payments to provinces. This money was to be used to subsidise our education.

But now, it is projected that our tuition fees will more than double — maybe by next year! This is out­ rageous. It does not take a degree in nuclear physics to know that investment in higher education is essential in developing a skilled workforce.

Can you imagine graduating with a Bachelor’s and a debt of $20,000? What kind of a chance do we have at making a decent living for ourselves. Mr. Axworthy would argue that he will make available a greater number of loans and bur­ saries for students demonstrating financial need, but is that the solu­ tion to the problem?

This is obviously an attempt to reduce the deficit but at who’s expense? Heck, that’s the argument the Tories used whey they imple­ mented the GST, and the deficit has certainly not decreased. If Mr.

Ted F ran kel is often p ick ed last fo r pickup slowpitch games.

Marc Zerey U3 Science

A he a d lin e o r tw o h e a d ­ lines....

A stupid propagandist gives us all lies, such fantastic lies that no one believed him. A clever propa­ gandist covers his venom with a sugar coating of half-truths and quarter-truths. Consequently there are quite a few true statements in Mark Luz’s article “CNN makes the world go round” (Tribune, Oct. 12). One of them is: “The United States does not want the sanctions lifted until Iraq is so devastated that civil unrest or a coup attempt finally ousts Hussein from power.”

To give him credit Luz does call a spade a spade. What is amaz­ ing and disgusting is the cynicism with which he accepts the US/UN hunger siege of Iraq as morally jus­ tifiable because of an alleged fail­ ure on the part of the Iraqi govern­ ment to obey UN resolutions.

Most neo-Nazis deny that the Holocaust had taken place. A very few particularly degenerate neoNazis claim it was justifiable for political reasons. Luz claims that the holocaust perpetrated by America and her allies against the people of Iraq is politically justifi­ able. He is in good company.

Jan W. Weryho Librarian, Islamic Studies See Letters Page 19

October 18th, 1994

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Dear Mr. Manners, Dear Sleepless,

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Mr* Manners

Ah, the fall. Amid its ticker tape parade of shedding trees, life returns from its exile imposed by summer’s sluggish tyranny. Limbs rendered servile by summer’s heat are pos­ sessed by the ticklish knowledge that it will soon be time to fill them with whiskey’s fire and strap on the skates. To many, fall is a time for somber reflection on life’s imperma­ nence. Fools. Let them stew in their despairing juices while the rest of us celebrate fall’s many splendours.

As with any celebration, you can rest assured that someone is going to screw it up for somebody else. From the many letters and desperate calls directed to Mr. Manners’ desk, it appears that the opertives of vice have opted for a hideous, new weapon of choice: the Public Display of Affection. PDA’s are particularly offensive because they are carried out in pairs — though not always, as we shall see.

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Dear Mr. Manners, It is indeed a tragedy that we need a column such as yours, yet I shudder to think where we, the respectful, would be without your insight and wisdom. Nevertheless, you are only human (I think) and your words cannot curb the errant ways of those who litter life’s high­ way with the debris of their decaying lives. Take the other day for example.

Overcome by Mount Royal’s beauty, I decided to make a day of wandering its winding paths with my dog, whom 1 have respectfully named after yourself. Rounding an especial­ ly scenic bend, my attention was dis­ tracted by an unnatural rustling in the bushes opposite the lookout. I will avoid the details but I can say that I have been made a unwitting witness to a vulgar display of self-gratifica­ tion. Sleepless nights have plagued me since this incident and Mr. Manners won’t eat dry dog food any­ more. Please help me.

Sleepless on Sherbrooke

First of all, to know that I have touched just one reader as deeply as I have you makes my job a little easier to bear. Reading of and responding to the obscenities visited upon the decent is not an enviable task and you are not alone as you lie awake at night in fear of your dreams.

However, I must object to naming your dog after me. Their claim to the title “man’s best friend” pays tribute to the pathetic state of society’s decline. Like the tattered, slimy roughhide bones on which they so greedily chew, propriety lies used and abandoned in the presence of dogs. What does it take to be consid­ ered a best friend? Someone with whom you have a lot in common comes to mind. Best friends are influ­ ential. Dog’s relieve themselves in public... But I digress. Your haunting encounter on Mount Royal is a recur­ ring problem in a city full of travel­ ling businessmen. While there are many ways to celebrate fall, I must disagree with your opponent’s chosen form of self-expression. His dog should be taken away. I would address this fact with him and city officials over custards.

second recorded virgin birth.

However, a less well-known but equally bizarre medico-ballistic event came to an end six years ago.

In 1952, Major Richard Bingley of A lex U sher Devon, England was shot four times in the thigh during a battle in Korea; yet doctors only found three exit holes. It later transpired that the fourth bullet entered his blood­ stream. Over the course of 36 years, the bullet moved up through his legs and torso, passed through a pre­ existing hole in the central wall of the Major’s heart and kept straight on for Bingley’s head. In 1988, he was taken to hospital complaining of a pain behind his left eye. X-rays revealed the bullet, and it was removed through simple surgery.

American D-day veteran Joe DeMarco had a very similar experience. Mr. DeMarco took a bullet in the head as he was knee-deep in water at Omaha Beach.

In April 1993, he coughed the bullet out while watch­ ing Jeopardy. It had taken just under 49 years for the bullet to work its way into his nasal cavity, from whence he horked it out.

Another medical mystery currently being exam­ ined by the faculty is the “death tear”. A study done last year in The Journal of Palliative Care suggests that three-quarters of people who die shed a single tear at or shortly before the moment of death. The study chose not to investigate whether or not the tears were physi­ cal or emotional (there are chemical differences between the two), nor, maddeningly, did it specify from which eye the single tear was more likely to emanate.

Afraid that we’re ignoring the physical sciences?

Not at all. In fact, the Faculty of Ephemera is on the verge of offering a major fellowship to Nelson E. Camus, a former Westinghouse employee and nephew of the noted existentialist writer Albert Camus. Mr. Camus wowed the engineering world at last year’s Inventor’s Convention in Pasadena with his remarkable “urine battery”. He has created a battery out of a lithi­ um compound, which, when hooked up to a DC/AC converter and supplied with urine, can produce power just like your everyday Duracell. Mr. Camus claims that five gallons of urine should provide enough “fuel” for one of his batteries to meet the needs of an ordinary household for four days.

This means that the next time the Vice-Principals piss me off, I will be able to “channel” this feeling into something positive.

The Faculty of Ephemera More bitching from those tiresome bores in the McGill administration: I just got back from a meeting with the Vice-Principals.

“Why do you always write about the humanities,” they shrieked. “Why can’t you do more work in Medicine or Science? That’s where the money is, you know!”

(Why does money concern them so? Is it a need to improve education? Or is it to cover the expenses of the Administration, whose budget over the last five years has grown faster than any faculty at McGill save Music?)

And so, in order to satisfy McGill’s slavish desire for ever more NSERC and MRC dollars, I now present some of the recent work done by the scientists within the Faculty of Ephemera.

Ecologists and marine biologists worked hard to save wildlife from Prince William Sound after the hor­ rific Exxon Valdez disaster. They also spent a great deal of government money: the average seal rehabili­ tated after the spill had $280,000 spent on it. Two of the most badly harmed and therefore expensive seals were put back into the water at a special ceremony over three years after the spill. Within two minutes, both had been eaten by a killer whale.

Ecologists were even less successful in their scare tactics over the Brae tanker collision off the Shetlands two years ago. Headlines across the world screamed that four (count 'em!) otters had died in the oil slick.

This was a slight exaggeration. It later turned out that two of the four had died of natural causes and a third had been run over by a Norwegian film crew.

Botanists have still to come up with an explana­ tion for the discovery made by Finnish logger Heino Srippi in October 1969. He was transporting logs from trees which had been felled the previous winter and cut into lengths of 10-15 feet. When he split one of the logs, he found its middle rotten, forming a hollow con­ taining a foot-long dried fish which resembled a perch.

There was no clue as to how the fish got there.

The Faculty is currently researching medical oddi­ ties as well. Most people know the story about the bul­ let fired in the American Civil War which tore off a soldier’s testicles, lodged in a young woman’s womb a half-mile away and was thus the cause of the world’s

Alex Usher will not be sitting on any granting councils anytime soon.

I guess I tend to associate Dunkin Donuts with my childhood and have henceforth seen it in the light of innocence. When I had one of those donuts in my small, nervous hands, everything seemed right with the world. And when I didn’t you could bet I was thinking about those rings of joy. I suppose that's why I'm so upset. It was a typical October Sunday and the lure St. Catherines street got the best of me. So out I went. After a couple of hours brows­ ing, I was overcome by that old familiar craving. So I found my way to the nearest DD and quickly ordered my childhood favorite and a coffee. As I was stuffing the last morcel into my mouth, my wandering eyes landed upon a scene which will forever taint the once innocent glory of Dunkin Donuts. Arms entwined, dipping their respective donuts in each other’s coffee, was a couple locked in a gaze that betrayed the lusty thoughts steeping in their heads.

As they began to feed one another, I fled, spilling coffee all over my favorite chinos. The stain seems to be permanent. What should I do?

Innocence lost at Dunkin Donuts

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by THOMAS JOSEPH ACROSS

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Dear Innocent, Losing one’s innocence is a diffi­ cult thing to accept. But staining one’s favorite slacks is impossible. Your plight brings to mind an incident that occurred to me at Mannersfest ‘79 in Tucson, Arizona. The night was hot so I decided to go with my cotton safari suit and white patent leather loafers with polished gold buckles.

Feeling rather swank, I got up the nerve to approach the delegate from Salt Lake City in whom I had devel­ oped a hearty interest after her thought-provoking presentation on “Edible etiquette: manners for a mate­ rialist society”. We talked the night away; she, enthralled with my views on Marxism and manners and I, by her revolutionary use of silverware.

All in all, a near perfect evening. With the lounge still crowded, she reached across the table and took my hand in hers, knocking the remains of my keylime pie onto my lap. Horrified at her attempted public display of affec­ tion and the citric acid staining my slacks, I left, confused and my disap­ pointed heart in knots. I understand your pain, Innocent, and your loss.

The offending couple should compen­ sate you, perhaps over something without a fruit-base. Mocha cheese­ cake would suit this dour occasion.

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October 18th, 1994

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Sinn F e in ’s Gerry Adams calls for self-determ ination B y M ichael B r o a d h u r s t and

S t e v e S m i t h ___________

Independence is a topic that dominates Canadian politics.

Canada, however, is not the only nation with nationalist elements.

Northern Ireland has been embroiled in a state of virtual war for 25 years, as Irish republicans seek to wrest control of the trou­ bled region from the English gov­ ernment.

Gerry Adams, President of Sinn Fein, the political party repre­ senting Irish republicans, spoke to an audience at Concordia University Thursday night. Adams is currently involved in a campaign to bring about lasting peace in Northern Ireland. Previously banned from entering Canada, Adams recently obtained federal consent to address Canadian audi­ ences on the issue of a united Ireland.

On August 31, the Irish Republican Army declared a cease­ fire in its 25-year old guerrilla war against the British military pres­ ence in Northern Ireland. The ceasefire, which continues to hold, was matched Thursday by para­ military groups in favour of main­ taining the union with Britain.

Since the IRA ceasefire was declared, Adams and Sinn Fein have been lobbying the British gov­ ernment to re-open negotiations with Irish republicans.

“Here we have a situation where the British did the right thing last year,” he said in reference to the secret discussions the British had with the IRA and Sinn Fein. “And this year they’re doing the wrong thing. The mes­ sage is that peace talks must start now.”

Adams stressed that the conflict in Northern Ireland is not based on religious divisions, a popular misconception.

“It is not a reli­ gious war between Protestants and C ath olics,” he assured.“The division is one of political alle­ giance. There are those who give their allegiance to the union, and the majori­ ty who give their alle­ giance to the repub­ lic .” According to Sinn Fein’s peace pro­ posal, of the five mil­ lion people living in Ireland, the unionists represent 20 percent of Gerry Adams, the population. They are, however, a majority of the pop­ ulation in Northern Ireland.

But Adams emphasised that his mission is. not to expel the

which is a long and divisive one, lies in the British involvement in the affairs of the Irish people,” he said.

Outlining Sinn Fein’s main objectives, Adams argued for the need to allow the Irish the right to deter­ mine their future free of British interference.

“I don’t come here to gain support for Sinn Fein, I come here to gain support for the Irish people’s right to self-determ ination,” Adams maintained. “A united Ireland will not be achieved unless it’s democ­ ratically achieved.

Whatever the Irish people say, free of British interfer­ ence, is good enough for us.”

Adams spoke of the need for all sides to talk in order to bring lasting peace to Ireland.

“Our policy is talking with everyone without pre­ conditions,” Adams said.

“It’s a political problem that has to be resolved in a '-J political way.” ^ “The heart of the whole process is to talk,” President o f Sinn Fein, at Concordia he said. “We need a heal­ said. “We don’t want to visit on the ing process, and one of reconcilia­ unionists what the unionists have tion.”

Adams suggested that the visited on the republicans.”

“The root of the conflict, ceasefire indicates that the factions unionists.

“An Ireland without the union­ ists is not worth struggling for,” he

are willing to talk.

“Ironically enough, the only military force still in operation in Northern Ireland is the British,” he said. “The onus is on [British Prime Minister John] Major to respond to the many changes.”

In the 25 years of armed con­ flict, 3,000 people have been killed by both the British and the various para-military forces in Ireland.

Adams explained the need to end the violence.

“We need to set all of the vio­ lence behind us,” he stated. “We can have no more Maria Fullers.”

Ms. Fuller, a friend of Adams, was imprisoned by the British for four­ teen years, and later joined the IRA. She was killed along with two other members of the IRA by British spe­ cial forces in Gibraltar in 1987.

At the conclusion of the lec­ ture, Adams recalled the words of Irish poet Seamus Heaney, who referred to Ireland as a space in which hope can grow.

“We have a responsibility to deepen it, to widen it, and to nour­ ish the hope.”

“Our victory will be the libera­ tion of all, and our revenge will be the laughter of our children,” Irish activist Bobby Sands once said.

Reflecting on that sentiment, Adams offered the audience one final thought.

“I think our victory will be that our children can laugh in a free, lib­ erated and united Ireland.”

Les femmes bosniaques oubliées Atwood strikes a prose P a r La r a N a h a s

Mardi dernier s’est tenue une conférence ici même à M cG ill, dans l ’immeuble Leacock, sur la situation actuelle des femmes bosni­ aques. Le Dr. Faiza Mustovic, ancienne directrice du projet BISER à Zagreb et l ’invitée spéciale de cette conférence organisée par les Islamic Cultural Network et Amnesty International (SSM U ), a partagé avec son auditoire quelques une de ses expéri­ ences avec les femmes réfugiées à Sarajevo.Elle a parlé des debuts des bom­ bardements de Sarajevo en avril 1992, et des premières organisations offrant de l’aide aux réfugiés à Zagreb, notam­ ment l ’organisation BISER, qui veut dire “perle” en croate. Cette organisation s’est révélée de grande importance puisque toutes les femmes qui se sont réfugiées en Croatie devaient passer par la capitale, Zagreb. Cette organisation comprend des médecins qui fournissent leur aide psy­ chologique et médicale. A Sarajevo les médecins travail­ lent pour seulement quelques Deutsch Mark par mois.

Ces femmes sont trauma­ tisées par la guerre et tout ce

qui l ’accompagne, tel que le pillage et le viol. D ’apres BISER, elles ont désespéré­ ment besoin d’être écoutées, et d’être aidées. Il est mieux pour ces réfugiées de chercher l’aide en Croatie et non pas à l ’étranger, puisque les médecins et autres volontaires parlent leur langue. Dans l ’opinion de Mustovic, la meilleure façon de surmonter leurs traumatismes a été à tra­ vers la thérapie par le travail, manuel ou autre. L ’organisa­ tion leur a offert des cours de couture, de langues étrangères et d’informatique.

“L ’important était de leur donner le sentiment de revivre, de se sentir utiles, presque indispensables.” affirmait Mustovic en parlant de son dessein dans l ’organisation.

“Mais il est difficile de les écouter, car comme elles, je suis moi-même réfugiée et avant que je pusse les aider il a fallu que je suive une thérapie psychologique. Il est difficile de ne pas rechuter lorsqu’on travaille avec les trauma­ tismes.”

Mustovic a ensuite lu le témoignage d’une jeune fille de seize ans qui a été violée, mais elle n’a pas réussi à le lire au complet sans en être chancelée, et dû s ’arrêter

maintes fois pour récupérer.

L ’aide de l ’étranger est minime, et une des seules grandes “aides” venues de l’étranger a été l’adoption de milliers d’enfants victimes de la guerre. D’apres Mustovic, les avantages d’une telle migration sont évidents à court terme, à long terme ils se trou­ vent noyés par les incon­ vénients: la génération de ces enfants, qui sont le futur du pays, se trouve réduite, de plus, ils ne connaîtront pas leur culture.

“Un enfant éxilé est un enfant perdu pour le pays” déclare M ustovic, c ’est pourquoi Mustovic croit qu’il faut apporter l ’aide à l’intérieur du pays. En plus, la guerre a fait 6000 orphelins et a tué 1500 enfants.

Les gens ont besoin de l’essentiel comme la nourrit­ ure, l ’électricité, des vitres pour leurs fenêtres. Comme dans toute guerre on apprend à survivre même dans les pires conditions, mais quand l’aéro­ port de Sarajevo a fermé, l ’aide humanitaire n’arrivait plus et les gens ont commencé à perdre espoir. Mais d’après Mustovic, les bosniaques sont fiers et ne veulent pas d’aide.

Ils voudraient travailler, mais

ture is so widely read by Quebeckers, she responded in French, “I don’t exactly At a small gathering last Thursday know why, but my books are read by evening, one of Canada’s most interna­ more than just Canadians. They’re read in tionally renowned writers celebrated the many countries all over the world.”

Through her works, Atwood has translation of her latest book, La voleuse d ’ hom m e, from English to French. become associated, for many people, with the term “fem i­ Margaret Atwood greet­ n ist”. Her works ed her readers and the tend to focus on press alike on the top women; their social floor of Champigney, a problems, ch al­ French book store on St. lenges and dilem­ Denis. mas both on an Anyone who has not individual and seen Margaret Atwood large-scale basis. may expect this contem­ But when asked porary literary giant to be whether she in­ a tall, imposing individ­ tends to write about ual. But she stands little women, or for more than five feet. women, she quick­ It is certainly not for ly denies any such lack of popularity that idea. “I have a very Atwood made her hum­ large male readerble appearance to such a ship”, she answ­ small crowd of thirty or ered, this time in so people. The event was English. “I write announced at the last for the pleasure of minute and the word the reader. If a seemed to be that people Atwood at Champigney Bookstore book is well writ­ were “lucky” enough to have found out in time. Atwood sat by a ten, I will read it whether it is be written table laden with hard copies of her works by a man, woman or gerbil.”

But looking around in the dimming translated into French, and signed books while exchanging a few words to fran­ light of Champigney, the room is predom­ inantly women with the exception of a cophones.

Atwood was able to overcome any few photographers and a CBC camera­ political boundaries which may separate man. Atwood seemed well adjusted to the French and English Canada. When asked flashing lights and attention. Already a why she thinks that her anglophone litera­ long time celebrity and established artist.

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Ban on drug literature and instruments repealed in Ontario B y J oyce L au

attained a warrant to search Iorfida’s residence/ NORML head­ quarters for drug-related docu­ ments or “instruments” including “any machinery (photocopiers, fax machines) used to distribute and

tion 2(b) of the Charter” which guarantees the basic freedoms of speech, expression and press.

MacDonald also points out the inconsistencies of Code 462.2.

“While Mr. Iorfida puts himself at risk for being in possession of literature advocating the legalisation of marijuana, he could, for example, call a radio phone-in show and... give a public speech.”

In her statement, MacDonald explains that “this legislation is overly broad. It catches not only lit­ erature which glamorises or promotes the use of drugs, but also political speech advocating law reform, med­ ical and health related speech, scholarly speech, artistically inspired speech and popular speech.”

On October 5, the Ontario Court of Justice legalised drug related-literature and instruments by repealing s.4 6 2 .2 of the Criminal Code which had once prohibited the importa­ tion, exportation, manufac­ ture, promotion or sale of drug-related objects.

The law was perceived

by Madame Justice Ellen MacDonald to be a censor­ ship law which was poorly defined and arbitrarily enforced.

MacDonald described the law as one which rationalised an unjus­ tified infringement on the basic freedoms of speech, expression, and press.

Although the law was aimed mostly at drug “head shops” and was only applica­ ble provincially (the afore­ The Pro-Hemp stance mentioned literature and In an affidavit, Les instruments have already Fowlie, Chief Librarian of the been legalised in Quebec), Toronto Public Library MacDonald cited in her deci­ voiced his concerns, “If the sion the possibilty of legal purpose of s. 462.2 is to repercussions across Canada. reduce drug usage..., it is important to allow them to If Code 462.2 were to read both fact and fiction.” have remained, there might have been what MacDonald “Education is best referred to as the “Chill A on ce illegal postcard distributed by the Hemp accomplished by allowing readers to have access to all Factor”—the possibility that B.C. organisation of the ideas... and not by pro­ over-zealous enforcement would lead to a fear of prosecution duplicate written literature for illic­ hibiting access to publications expressing a point of view not which could discourage and restrict it drug use.”

Justice MacDonald cited favoured by the government.” everyday freedom of speech. One might be intimidated to speak Iorfida’s case as an example of about the environmental and med­ police action not justifiably propor­ ical uses for hemp, to write about tional to the severity of the alleged the religious uses of hallucinogens, crime.

Code 462.2 had once invoked or even to simply possess such lit­ the most severe fines in the entire erature as Alice in Wonderland.

Consequently, this repeal may criminal code: up to $100,000 for a represent a landmark in the ongo­ first offence, or $300,000 for a sec­ ing battle over the right to freedom ond offense.

Ottawa Police C hief Brian of expression and the utility of drug legalisation.

Ford commented in a G lobe and “This is a precedent case. This Mail article that, in his opinion, will go to the Supreme Court. The the possession of a small amount of ramifications will come back to marijuana should be decrim i­ Quebec and B.C. sooner or later,” nalised— in other words made an offense for which one gets no more said Marc Emery of Hemp BC. Although the government may than a ticket like a parking viola­ seem to be leaning towards a more tion. “ [Government officials] are accommodating stance with pro­ drug interest groups, it may replace asking for stiffer penalties for these the now defunct Code 426.2 with relatively minor offenses,” stated Bill C-7. This bill would allow Ford.

According to a representative greater freedom in search and seizure, and increase fines; but of the Toronto P olice F o rce’s would also legalise hemp with low Central Drug Information (CDI) Department, “there has been no grades of THC. harassment and no raids without The history of enforcement warrants. If illegal merchandise is displayed in a public place, we behind s.462.2 Before 462.2 was struck down, don’t need a search warrant.”

“Some stores have been cau­ several “hemp-friendly” stores in Canada had merchandise seized tioned. Drug promotion, and arti­ without warrants. Bob Lavic, of cles that explain how to grow man­ Shakedown Street, a store in ufacture or use drugs should be Kitchener, Ontario was arrested on seized.”

When asked about the new August 5, 1994 for selling the American pro-drug magazine High legislation, the officer replied, “I Tim es. The Magazine has long haven’t seen it yet. Our legal been available in stores in department has not yet notified us.”

Montreal, including La Maison de Constitutional challenge la Presse Internationale.

The crux of the defense in the On April 3, 1992, the York Region police laid charges against repeal of Code 4 6 2 .2 centred Umberto Iorfida, President of the around the argument that “the mere National Organization for the fact that Parliament has decided to Reform of Marijuana Laws in criminalise an activity does not Canada (N ORM L). The police render it beyond the scope of sec­

Studies have demonstrated the beneficial medical aspects of hemp.

The A rkansas Times states that “AIDS sufferers have reported that the drug enhances their appetites”.

Hemp has also been known to con­ trol the nausea caused by cancer chemotherapy. Furthermore, The A m erican M ed ical A ssociation states that “taking a hit of marijua­ na has been known to stop a full blown asthma attack.”

According to pro-hemp advo­ cate Jack Herer, hemp “could sub­ stitute all wood pulp paper, all fos­ sil fuels. One acre of it would replace 4.1 acres of trees.”

As quoted by MacDonald, from a human rights point of view, groups such as the Rastafarians of Jam aica, aboriginal North American people “cannot describe their religious experience without potential prosecution” under Code 462.2.

Bill C-7 and industrial hemp In the wake of this repeal lies the impending decision to be made on B ill C-7, which has already passed through two of the three readings required for it to become law. In some aspects, Bill C-7 con­ tains stricter penalties on marijuana users and promoters. It doubles maximum penalties for first time possession offenses and expands the list of drugs considered to be illegal. Furthermore, a police offi­ cer could search for drugs as well as for non-drug evidence under the

same warrant. The officer has police jurisdiction to search anyone in the area mandated by the war­ rant.

Bill C-7 may facilitate culti­ vation for industrial purposes by legalising the low THC strain of the plant. One World, a Montreal pro-hemp clothing and variety store, is one of the many local busi­ nesses that might be affected by Bill C-7.

“The growers are all checked by the government. The big prob­ lem is that materials are very expensive because the prices are protected by the government,” said Carol Husband, co-owner of One World. “It’s almost a monopoly, no competition, no demand and sup­ ply. People who want to start grow­ ing can’t get permits to grow.”

“We import the majority of our fabric from India, Holland and our garments from China. We’re selling simple draw-string we sew ourselves, and we’re not even breaking even. It’s hard because we’re shopkeepers, not clothing manufacturers... We’re just keep­ ing hemp products around for the principle. If it was just hemp prod­ ucts, we wouldn’t survive. That’s for sure.”

When asked about the legisla­ tion, Husband commented, “It won’t change a thing. The govern­ ment is still in control. Prices won’t go down unless people have the right to this product on their own without permits and interference.”

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B reak free or cash in: the choice o f a new generation By

Ia c q u i e Io r d a n ___________________

Last February, in an effort to crackdown on the cross-border smuggling of Canadian cigarettes, the Chrétien government cut federal taxes by 5 dollars per carton.

Additional cuts offered by any of the provinces would be matched by the federal government up to a maximum of 10 dol­ lars. This event has affected both smokers and non-smokers alike across Canada.

The black-market cigarette trade grew con­ siderably in 1991 when federal Finance minister Michael Wilson hikedup cigarette taxes to almost 3 cents per ciga­ rette. With the addition of the GST, smokers were eventually being taxed a total of five times before they even had a chance to light up.

Smokers were left with two choices: kick the habit or look elsewhere for tobacco products.

In 1993 alone, the illegal trade peaked when an estimated 19 billion cigarettes crossed the border. The federal government had three differ­ ent solutions at their fingertips. First, to intensify the RCMP surveillance of cross-border activity; second, a suggestion to the United States to raise their own tobacco taxes which

are presently among the lowest in the industrialised world; or thirdly, to open up the Canadian domestic market.

The federal government went

with this last option and cigarette prices plummeted, to the dismay of many non-smoker’s lobby groups in Ottawa. The Non-Smoker’s Rights Association spearheaded the fight against smoking.

In an interview with the Tribune , NSRA spokesperson Luc Martial commented on the nature of the tax cut-backs.

“It has nothing to do with health, even less to do with fiscal policy, but a lot to do with politics,” said Martial.

It has now been almost eight months since Ottawa’s plan took effect and the time has come for Canadians to measure the effects of such a contro­ versial policy.

One such organisa­ tion involved with the assessment is Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada. Cathy Rudick, spokesperson for the Ottawa branch, commented on the rise of tobacco consumption among young persons, particularly within provinces that have lowered their taxes the most. For example, in Quebec an estimated 41% of persons between the ages of 20-24 are smok­ ers.

“That’s our particular area of concern” she explained, “They are going to be tomorrow’s smokers.”

The province of Québec, with its estimated 34% adult smoker population is 5 points higher than the national average.

Statistics have been compiled from a number of sources ranging from Health Canada to the financial reports from the three major tobacco companies. Released by The Nonsmoker’s Rights Association, these statistics show that the rate of ciga­ rette consumption has been steadily dropping for the past 30 years, decreasing 7%, 1.5% and 4% respec­ tively over the last three years.

Nonetheless, between January and

Continué de page 9 ne peuvent pas car il n ’y a pas d’emplois. Sans intervention poli­ tique rien ne changera et, sur ce sujet, les politiciens se reposent sous leurs lauriers.

Mustovic est à la recherche d’un moyen de supporter les femmes qui ont des enfants à nour­ rir. Le concept le plus efficace et le moins coûteux au niveau adminis­ tratif a été instauré par l’organisa­ tion italienne Associazione Amici dei Bambini, à Milan, qui envoit l’argent directement aux comptes en banque au nom de chaque enfant sans passer par des organisme? intermédiaires. Les paiements men­ suels sont de 100 DM par enfant, pendant une durée minimale de 2 ans et se font par l’intermediaire de la Deutschebank.

Pour le moment c ’est tout ce que les bosniaques peuvent faire, attendre avec beaucoup de patience que la scène politique interna­ tionale leur fasse une petite place.

En attendant la fin de cette léthargie politique, les bosniaques apprennent à survivre de leur mieux.

August 1994, the average Canadian purchased 9% more cigarettes.

“This is the first time in two decades that it’s gone up,” main­ tained Martial. “Unfortunately the government is not as convinced as we are that consumption is on the rise.”

The statistics are sending con­ flicting messages to both the nation­ al community and the community of McGill. Are there more or less McGillers in the Alley sneaking glances at their watches, patiently waiting for the witching hour of 3 p.m. to finally roll around so they can light up?

Rachel Kotick has been employed at Sadie’s for three years

and remarked on the purchase of cigarettes in Shatner.

“People are always buying smokes, but I don’t think we’re actu­ ally selling more. They’ll complain about cigarette prices, but will always end up buying,” she noted.

Many students have observed a rise in the number of purchases among social smokers.

U2 cultural studies student Martha Boddington tended to dis­ agree. She is of the opinion that a new sub-culture of “cigarette jonesers” is manifesting itself in bars and pool rooms across Montreal. “I con­ sider asking someone for a cigarette a great way to initially break the ice.”

SIlaky CGrounds JJL

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You’ve spent sleepless nights consumed by feelings of hopeless­ ness and anxiety, wondering “what’s my part in the cast of five billion in this on-going play called life?” All your thinking has conspired to make you self-conscious, and with all mat­ ters of the self there rises the inevitable question of identity - the thin and tenuous membrane that defines the self from its societal con­ text. You could dance around in a hopeless attempt to evade category, but the jig would quickly become tiresome. It’s a grim and empty moment when the realisation sets in that any thought which you may have deemed unique has been pon­ dered, documented, edited, pub­ lished, criticised and finally ridiculed by people more infinitely respected than yourself.

Besides, change always has its opponents. Think of the opposition and rivalry which would ensue - old school conservatives shaking their fists and gagging in exasperated dis­ belief when confronted with pro­ gressive thinking. Nobody likes to have their fundamental perspective on life questioned and criticised.

Your friends might accuse you of being “intentionally different” in order to gain the coveted “centre of attention”. Being a true individual would simply be no fun, and what’s life if it’s not fun? Tedious, aggra­ vating, frustrating and generally unimpressive.

The extremities present two equally unacceptable situations. On the one hand, you can resign your­ self to a plight as an inconspicuous gear in the universal machine. A mastless barge carried by the tides and waves of society, offering no resistence to the currents of fashion, appropriating sit-com humour, hop­ ing no one in your small audience has seen that particular episode of The Golden Girls.

Do you really want to be differ­ ent? Wouldn’t the isolation become unbearable? I’m not saying that the Vatican will have you imprisoned and tortured for implying that the earth might not be the centre of the universe, or that your intellectual preoccupation with the mediocrity of man will send you spiralling into a state of incommunicable insanity. If

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the monkey’s paw were to grant you your wish, it might not be what you expected.

Examine the tragic life of the misunderstood genius, whose chosen creative medium is so accelerated that it could not be appreciated for hundreds of years to come. Would you really care if society began to applaud you a hundred years after the cemetery you were buried in has been turned into a post-apocalyptic housing project? What would noto­ riety be in the absence of the notori­ ous?

A common ground must be found between the fastidiously fringe and the dementedly dull. A remedy for the crisis lies in compro­ mise. I propose to strike a balance, a moderation of sorts. The social structure is primed for the advent of the undistinguished individuals.

Here are some examples: An undistinguished individual embraces political correctness, but only its less militant facets. They sympathise with dwarfs, but find the politically correct term of “vertically challenged” to be extreme. A UI (convenient acronym) adores the word “homophobic”. A liberal treat­ ment of the term is occasionally fol­ lowed by a curt smile, and an assur­ ance of orientation - “straight as an arrow”. Vegetarians by nature (chicken is a widely accepted veg­ etable), although there has been a recent shift to red meat because veg­ etarians are becoming too common: action-reaction.

Smoking is good, coffee is essential, and ideally there would be plenty of talk. It’s only elementary that a great deal of time is spent in cafes. Did I mention that they love to talk? Animated by spirited discus­ sions about attention spans and dis­ placed memories. Talking about a multitude of things. Talking about everything and anything, about num­ bers and letters names and places. It never amounts to more than a dis­ cussion about the mind or the body.

Some would say that’s enough.

Others would reply that words have no meaning.

Paul Darvasi finally almost got a column in on time.

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ENTERTAINMENT Down By Law loves almost everyone B y Kurt N ewman

The media hype machine has been churning out a whole lotta pro­ paganda about the “punk renais­ sance”. The new found popularity of old-school style punk rawkers Green Day, Offspring, Rancid and a bunch of other cats have kids rummaging through the garage for mom and dad’s old Ramones albums, Manic Panic and dog collars. One of the best and least pretentious of these bands (who all seem to be on that Bad Religion dude’s Epitaph records) is Down By Law. Their new album, punkrockacademyfightsong, bristles with energy, and strong tuneage (and a hilarious cover of fratboy favourite “500 Miles”) that melds the kooler elements of harDCore and California surf-punk. This aggro-gumbo can be partially credited to the even agesplit of the band: the lead guitarist, Sam and drummer, Hunter, are youngsters from Florida, a state more

notorious for its hostility to German motorists than its punk scene, and Dave Smalley and Angry John (gui­ tarist/ vocalist and bassman, respec­ tively) are, as Hunter puts it, “relics”; Dave Smalley should, in a perfect punk world, have his own postage stamp, having played in such stal­ warts as Dag Nasty, All and DYS. When asked to explain the new explosion of punk, DBL drummer Hunter Oswald credits, somewhat reluctantly, Los Angeles alternabrain police radio monolith KROQ, who apparently influenced the tastemakers at MTV to start playing the Offspring video ad nauseam.

When asked about the feasibility of a nihilistic, anti-establishment socio­ musical movement in an age where The Man hawks over-the-counterculture at the mall, Hunter expressed some sadness about the absence of the movement’s previous “romance”.

He also laments the lack of commu­ nity, and the violence of that whirling

L’Agora’s modem dance B y A lice L in a n d I e n n i f e r B u d c e l l ________________________

Finding alternatives to main­ stream dance productions in any locale can be frustrating, even for the seasoned aficionado. While Place des Arts represents, for most students, the bastion of high culture in Montreal, smaller-scale works are not only cheaper but more innovative. L’Agora de la Danse, a small theatre in the east end, recently showcased the world premiere of Du Souffle de sa tourmente, j ’ai vu, (“In the eye of the storm, I see you”) chore­ ographed by D a n i è l e

Desnoyers and performed by the company she founded, La Car­ re des Lombes.

F o r ma l l y trained in ballet and modern d a n c e ,

Desnoyers has continued her training at Université du Quebéc à Montréal while choreographing several pieces which have won acclaim in both Canada and Europe. She began work­ ing on the present piece with compos­ er Gaëtean Leboeuf last year.

A minimalist feel runs through the set, music and costume design, rendering the piece an exercise in understatement. The five female per­ formers, dressed in cropped tops, men’s stovepipe trousers and black Peter Pan boots, take turns donning an Eastern-inspired ensemble. The juxta­ position of the clothing, the barren set design and sparse musical orchestra­ tion lends itself to an aura of ambigui­

ty regarding the time and place of the work. Whether the dancers were in the past, present, or future remains unclear to the end.

Bathed for the most part in dim yet intriguing lights, the dancers per­ formed contorted, jerky movements, as ugly as they were interesting.

Desnoyers demands much from her dancers with movements which chal­ lenge the natural laws of balance and gravity. Desnoyers’ unique choreogra­ phy can be properly appreciated by recognising her use of the full range of the stage, as well as never allowing her dancers to be stationary. The effect of these techniques gives a frustrated, intense atmos­ phere to the com­ position, tran­ scending from the dancers’ faces to the audience itself. The sense of frustration remains sus­ tained, never quite erupting into a full-fledged climax.

Wat chi ng this Du Souffle is like waking from a dream, and not quite knowing what to make of it all.

Whether this was Desnoyers’ purpose or not, she has succeeded in creating a masterpiece out of mere suggestion.

Du Souffle de sa tourmente, j ’ai vu is showing at L’Agora de la Danse, 840 rue Cherrier E. (Metro Sherbrooke) until October 22. Also watch for “Bras de plomb”, playing November 17-19 with soloist Paul André Fortier. Student pay $12 for general seating. All shows begin at 8 p.m.

mass of Iron Johnstupidity, the mosh pit. However, when questioned on the topic of “selling out”, he states that he “was never a believer of punk rock being about not making money.”

In what seems to be a growing trend, punkrockacademy­ fightsong has a number of songs that attack Grunge Inc. “Haircut”, in particu­ lar, ridicules a cer­ tain band of innerchild nurturers from Seattle, with all the subtlety of a sawedoff shotgun. Hunter explains polemic diatribe against the Stone Gossard Pilots S h irt ’rt tie g u y s by recounting an evening where Dave Smalley’s with seven Pearl Jam clone other band played on a bill bands.

Upon relentless hounding by myself, Hunter revealed the connection that I have long assumed to be the adhesive that holds the whole punk rock world together— Glam rock geniuses Poison. Hunter actual­ ly owns the first Poison album, and at one point, Down By Law actually did some record­ ing at drummer Rikki Rocket’s studio. Strange, but true. You heard it here first, kids.

Down By Law passed the final test of koolness by cor­ rectly answering the question that has been consuming the entire nation: Whether O.J Simpson or Tonya Harding makes a better role model? In the words of Hunter, “Tonya is totally punk.” I think that just about says it all.

Down By Law play with Samiam, the Toadies and Foreground on Mon. Oct.24., at the Spectrum. $11.50 plus taxes.

Punk revival in P u lp F ictio n B y M ia K i r s h n e r

Pulp Fiction is Quentin Tarantino’s latest foray into the world of gangster chic. This world will grab you by the neck, shake you, titillate you, amuse you, then leave you numb and speechless -— paralysed in your theatre seat with awe. Pulp Fiction is a brilliant neo-punk gangster odyssey, that chronicles the escapades of two hitmen, in a series of four inter-woven vignettes.

John Travolta plays Vincent Vega, an eerily calm gangster with an affinity for heroin, assigned to take Mia (Uma Thurman) on a date by her hus­ band. He has been warned to keep his association with her on a business-like level, as the last man who gave Mia a foot massage was killed by her powerful gangster husband. Conflict arises when Vega attempts to restrain his obvious attraction to Mia as she goes on a cocaine binge and becomes more flirtatious as the evening progresses.

In one of the more amusing vignettes, Vega and Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) have finished a hit.

Driving away, the car hits a bump in the road, causing Vega to accidentally blow their hostage’s head off. Mr. Wolf (Harvey Kietel) is brought into the situation in order to help the dispose of the body as neatly and quickly as possible. Kietel

plays Wolf with unfazed, deadpan innocence.

Tarantino plays a small role as a family man, extremely concerned that his wife will come home from her shift at the hospital and find a dead body in the garage.

The performances of the ensemble cast are of stellar quality. John Travolta handles Vincent Vega with slick understatement, marking his best and most intriguing performance since Saturday Night Fever. Jackson’s performance is loaded with subtextual understatement. His actions and dia­ logue are as rich as his inner life. Other notable performances include Amanda Plummer, Tim Roth, Harvey Kietel, Maria De Medeiros,, Eric Stoltz and Bruce Willis.

The film will transfix for an entire two hours and thirty five minutes, with emotions ranging from sheer terror to wind-sucking amusement. The dialogue is sharp and biting as shrapnel. With cin­ ematic sense that combines refinement with punk grit, Quentin Tarantino is in a class of his own. He is a master of disguise. He is the first director since Scorsese who has been able to make such undesirable characters so desirable, horrifying events hilarious, and the expected so unexpected.

This is truly one of the greats. Pulp Fiction is a unique cinematic experience.

Runrig’s genuine Celtic rock B y Io y c e L a u _____________________

Runrig brings the spirit of their native western Highlands to Montreal in a Canadian tour starting next week. They pre­ sent a more genuine version of what other Celtic groups like Sinead O’ Connor, the Pogues or the Rankin Family have tried to achieve.

Hailing from Scotland, Runrig play pounding, multi­ layered folk rock, singing sometimes in Gaelic, some­ times in English, while some­ times delving into a New Age instrumental mode.

Back home, Runrig are long-time living legends, their music wildly popular in Scotland as well as in the rest of the UK and Europe. In the twenty one years of their exis­ tence, Runrig have written over two hundred songs, and have released ten albums.

In the Celtic music event of the year, Scottish rock super­ group Runrig dances up Metropolis with Liam Callaghan and the Water of Life October 21. Tickets are well worth the $19.95. See you there.

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----------- ♦ T rib u n e L ite r a r y S u p p le m e n t ♦-----------A look at this season’s newest paperback releases...

Spend vour drinking time and money on a good, long read -o r start compling your holiday gift list now. T h e T r i b u n e has provided you with some excellent instrum ents for procrastination. gives few clues as to what future issues hold in store.

The first issue, as interpreted purely through the images, is about a woman giving birth to twins. Brown, never one for linear style, flashes from image to image, making it difficult to relate to the comic's theme. However, his competent whitePerhaps it's been a while since you've read a comic- against-stark-black art is consistently intriguing and powerful.

Even with all the psychological reso­ book. Those Archies back in grade four nance and quality this first issue contains, aren't what we're dealing with here. High it is uncertain that this storyline will turn quality comics aimed at a more mature out to be as interesting or as stimulating age group are receiving more attention as Brown's Yummy Fur. Throughout that every day. Comics Ibng ag o transcended series (a semi-coherent series of stories most p e o p le 's limited ex p e cta tio n s. written at different times), he presents such Today, they're easily as witty, intelligent diverse phenomena as a man whose and literate as any modem 'sophisticated' anus is a portal to another dimension, media, yet not subject to the bulk of cen­ and his own autobiographical experi­ sorship and other restricfrwe conditions. ences with Playboys and women. Brown Of the growing number of comic cre­ has always been consistent in presenting ators being published these days, few are simultaneously comforting and horrific a s renow ned a s C a n a d ia n C hester images.

Brown. His past works have teen herald­ The U nderwater series, planned to ed as the best in his genre, and his latest span at least 2 0 issues, does not appear and possibly strangest effort. Underwater, to hold the same promise of enlighten­ shows similar potential. ment, absurdity and revulsion that his pre­ This comic makes for quite a distress­ vious comics so insidiously granted. Due ing read which is mostly due to Brown's to issue one's inherent incomprehensible eerie 'underwater' language, where all nature, many readers unfamiliar with the text is written as if it's being spoken Brown's works may be turned off. Those underwater. To make maters worse, there readers may bolt, even though Brown has doesn't appear to be any way to deci­ promised to gradually return to the English pher the language. This major communi­ cation barrier prevents the text from advancing the story, and language, evidence of which exists towards the end of the makes readers feel os if they're missing out on at least half of first issue. Based on past experience alone, it's safe to give Chester Brown the benefit of the doubt that Underwater will what's delineated in the pages.

Nevertheless, there is a tale to be told here. Brown plans turn into something phenomenal. to give an account of several weeks in the life of a woman

By Jordan Raphael through the course of the series. Enigmatic as always, he U n d e rw a te r B y C h e ste r B ro w n Drawn and Quarterly $ 3 .5 0

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Fiction does not have such easily taught rules.

One does not have to look any farther than Anne Lammott's Bird By Bird to see this. Lammott, a published novelist, has written a whole book of advice on success­ ful writing. This portable fiction seminar makes it hard to ignore the perils that the aspiring author faces when looking to others for guidance. The success of writing classes has not been proven; cre­ ative writing faculties churn out hordes of pseudo-writers, their liter­

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Peeoshow: it's funny, witty, intelligent and all true fat least most of it.) With each issue, creator Joe Matt shares autobiographical stories of life, love, friendship, sex, stinginess and masturbation. Matt's self-effacing quality makes Peepshow one of the most engaging and entertaining comics around.

Drawn & Quarterly: A Picture Story Book. This new volume of the Montreal-based company's anthology magazine is worth the $6.95, if only for the beautifully executed WW1 story by Jacques Tardi. Add the incredibly unique format and the sto­ ries by Maurice Vellekoop and others, and you have yourself one hell of a comic.

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Cerebus: A long-time running Canadian classic from Mike Sims, this comic's aardvark protagonist and company are thrown into a meticulously crafted fantasy world. Look to back issues for some great Oscar Wilde spoofs.

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ary ambitions sidetracked into a whirlpool of self-justification and self-righteousness.

It is somewhat pointless to ponder the credibility of some cre­ ative writing instructors. A Ph.D in a creative writing program is a hollow credential indeed. Too often a frustrated student will ask their teacher, "Well, what have you published lately?" But even if the teacher is a published writer, the institution of the creative writing class can turn what are at best suggestions, into steadfast rules.

Authors can talk about the strate­ gies that work for them, but these are not universal rules. The advice of published writers can be ineffec­ tual.

Lammott's Bird By Bird is filled with suggestions like "try keeping a notebook" and "it's alright if your first draft sucks." However,

she also lays down strict rules (such as forbidding authors to take any inspiration for characters from other literary characters) which might interfere with natural writing styles. Advice of substance, if taken too reverently, is potentially meddlesome. The young student of creative writing will write well despite his education, not because of it.

I feel that one of the greatest myths about creative writing cours­ es is that they provide a good source of constructive criticism.

Actually, the classroom serves only to protect mediocrity. Sometimes the class ends up being its sole audience. This self-sufficiency can create an atmosphere where hon­ est criticism is difficult. The rejec­ tion of a colleague's work risks hurting the feelings of a rare and thus valuable reader. Everyone

benefits by a universal acceptance of the mediocre. Writers must be able to handle criticism more bru­ tal than the classroom allows.

Writing is dangerous. Writers must write their way through fear and a sometimes lethal level of self-questioning. Young writers must accept marvellously misguid­ ed and oft failed experiments; this will breed brave words.

Submission to an authority removes the need and opportunity for this risk. Burroughs is right when he refers to the written word as a virus — writing is something that comes from deep inside the writer that can never be fully harnessed or controlled. The antiseptic class­ room, or books like Lammot's, will boil the writers dean of the infec­ tions they so desperately need.

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never predictable) account of a woman's brief yet all-encompass­ ing affair with a married man. The vocabulary is souped-up and deft­ ly positioned, but this is where the similarity between Ernaux's work and your average supermarket pocket romance thankfully ends.

Instead of furnishing the read­ er with a predictable succession of long, lurid seduction scenes and their aftermath, Ernaux choos­ es to place her passion for this man squarely in the context of the events in her daily life, during and after the affair. This decision immediately arouses the interest of the sympathetic reader. W e can't

all exist between satin sheets in a sweet-smelling boudoir — but we all have to buy groceries. This is why most (if not all) of us will be able to strongly relate to Ernaux's work (it's autobiographical nature becom es evident less than ten pages into the book.) Whether the woman is reading a maga­ zine, peeling an orange, or tak­ ing out the garbage, her desires affects every facet of her exis­ tence, and one thing becomes abundantly clear — the simple passion Ernaux describes is any­ thing but.

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October 18th, 1994 T h e E v o lu tio n M a n : o r H o w I A te M y F a th e r B y R o y L ew is Vintage, 21 3p. $ 1 4 .0 0 Swift, Wilde, Dickens— Great Britain has been home to some of the world's greatest satirists, its damp environs an ideal breeding ground for dry, acerbic writers. With his novel Evolution Man, Roy Lewis aspires to join the ranks of his country's finest wits, but instead undermines their legacy. Heir to an unparalleled tradition of humour, he has none the less shamed himself and his kingdom's honour.

Lewis, ex-writer for the London Times and ex­ editor at the Economist has decided to focus his manifold talents in the direction of fiction. While his style might be well-suited for an editorial on interest policy or the decline of the pound, it fails him in the field of creative writing. A man who has spent his life writing for two of the most staid and dour publications, in one of the most staid and dour countries in the world has no business trying to write a parody. Not only is his style defective, a mix between Jean M. Auel and Bob Hope, but the subject matter would be uninteresting to anyone outside the field of anthropology.

Evolution M an chronicles the life of an apeman family recently descended from the trees.

Lewis's family discovers the secret of fire, the bow and arrow and many other wonderful technical Fire w ith Fire B y N a o m i W o lf Vintage, paperback 3 7 3 p. $ 1 5 .9 5 Fire with Fire, Naomi Wolf's new tribute to power feminism, vehemently attacks the tendencies within the feminist movement toward "victim feminism", or the belief that women are inextricably fixed in their role of victim — vic­ timized due to the extent of their oppression. She also explores some of the reasons for the pre­ sent discord and lack of progress within the feminist movement and suggests ways to change it.

The premise of this book can be easily understood by looking at the two quotations with which Wolf opens. Audre Lorde's wise statement that "the Master's tools will never dismantle the Master's house" is contrasted with the proverb "fight fire with fire".

Wolf's belief is that women must use the existing system in order to create practical change. In other words, that women should in fact use "the Master's tools" to dis­ mantle his house. This is a prob­ lematic concept for anyone who believes that the overarching insti­ tution of patriarchy can be dis­ mantled only by fundamentally changing the way society works.

In order to improve the situa­ tion of women, Wolf encourages them to make use of what is already available within society.

This includes the vote, consumer V o ic e s o f t h e X ile d : A G e n e r a tio n S p e a k s fo r Its e lf E d ited b y M ic h a e l W e x l e r & J o h n H u lm e Doubleday, 3 1 5 p . $ 1 9 .9 5 Voices o f the Xiled is a col­ lection of short stories edited by M ich a e l W e x le r and John Hulme. It is an uneven collection.

While some material is very inno­ vative and clever, other pieces are less imaginative. The cover of the book states that these are "the best stories by the best

innovations. While this concept has no apparent humour in it, Mr. Lewis does make an honest effort to turn it into a farce.

The main premise is that Lewis's apemen of 2 5 ,0 0 0 BC share the same characteristics of those of the '5 0 s . Each member of the family is an archetype of an element of British society. The father is an overbearing technocrat. His brother Vane, who choosès to remain in the trees, is por­ trayed as a technology fearing neo-Luddite. While the interplay among these two might provide enough opportunity for rib-tickling humour for the average writer, Lewis feels the need to add many other characters a l his little poke at society. In his stone-age family is a microcosm of Britain. Lewis bludgeons the reader over the head with a steady stream of anachronisms, including stereotypes of lazy artists, over-eager warriors and nerdy technobuffs in his world of cavemen and woolly mam­ moths.

Lewis also includes a strong misogynist view­ point. He apparently finds it extremely funny to write about husbands beating their wives for he continually makes witty reference to this type of behaviour. Thus Evolution Man has committed the double sin of being not only boring but offensive as well. This book should bloody well be relegat­ ed to the dustbin or pre-history from whence it came.

By Adam Taylor

power in relation to products and media, and control of charity donations, to name a few (obvi­ ously addressing women with the financial means.) She insists that women have numerous resources at their disposal which are not being used in a useful or empow­ ering way. Much of her emphasis is on w om en's voting power (women being a majority), some­ thing she insists could cause sig­ nificant change if utilised.

One particularly interesting section deals with the media's m anipulation of fem inism 's image. Wolf writes about how feminism has as its spokespersons various philosophers and theo­ rists, which leads to a "literalisation of theory" with which most political movements do - not have to deal. As well, she addresses the problem of academ ic femi­ nism whose ideas and language are removed from "the real world of politics and action." Another valuable notion is that those who insist that women as a group nec­ essarily possess certain common characteristics (intuition, peaceful­ ness, etc.). They are defeating feminist goals, for this relegates women to the sphere out of which feminists have fought to escape.

Some of the problems facing feminism today are associated with its fragmentation and the fact that many women, despite identi­ fying with many of its beliefs, feel alienated from it. Fire with Fire is

an attempt to show mainstream women how to take control of the power they possess in order to work for feminist goals. It tries to explain that feminism is for all women, and that diverse opin­ ions are not only healthy but also a requirement for its growth. It could be described as a kind of feel-good, self-help book. While it does contain much important information, it would not be too helpful if one were interested in radical political changes. Also problematic is her tendency to constantly interject personal life stories, which tend to be unneces­ sary and at times even ridiculous ("The male body is ground and shelter to me, my lifelong destina­ tion", etc.)

The purpose of her book is to show women that the goal of equality is "within w om en's grasp, if they choose to seize it."

The idea of power feminism is important within the women's movement, in that it asserts women's ability to bring about change, though this is not a radi­ cal concept. I find it unlikely how­ ever, that the goals toward which feminism strives could be achieved simply by following Wolf's advice in this book. Fire with Fire seems to be little else than a manual for people who have a bad impression of femi­ nism. As a catalyst for change, its role is uncertain at best.

young writers in America". If this is true, then American literature is in deep trouble.

However, America is based on an advertising culture, and perhaps these stories should be considered as ads for the writers.

There is no great talent to be found in this book. There is no one who even comes close to achieving mastery of the English language. There is no one who has a concept of literature as a moral force and an intellectual and cultural striving. The strength of these stories is the bleak love­ less portrait they paint of a cul­

ture that has no heart, true to the generation X theme.

Some of the stories within do benefit by the nature of their sud­ den and unpredictable endings.

A number of the pieces are truly entertaining and com pel the reader to finish the story without surcease. Others, however, are quite tedious, forcing the reader, however grudgingly, to finish just to see where the writer is going with his work. This book is rec­ ommended if you're prepared to sift through the dead spots.

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McGill Football rallies from 20 down to upset Concordia 34-33 B y Kashif Z a h o o r

Unbelievable. Just go and ask the Stingers what they thought about the last three minutes of last Saturday’s contest. It wasn’t a game for the faint hearted. Having had a flair for the dramatic in the past few weeks, McGill finally had one go their way. It turned out to be one of the Redmen’s most memorable comebacks in recent history.

Still feeling the bitter taste of a year ago, the Redmen felt they had something to prove. The last time the two teams hooked up at Concordia Stadium in the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference semifinals, the Stingers came back after trailing 21-3 at the half to beat the Redmen 34-30 in the dying moments of the game. McGill got their vengeance for the playoff game and the 42-10 regular season drub­ bing earlier in the year. The Redmen orchestrated two touchdowns in the final three minutes to snap a threegame losing streak and even their overall mark at 3-3.

The Redmen, who had been mistaken for dead after last week’s game against Bishop’s, came storm­ ing back from a 20-point deficit in the second half to edge out the Concordia Stingers 34-33 in the eighth annual Shrine Bowl game before a record crowd of 6,700 and viewers across Canada on national

television.

The inconceivable began after Concordia had kicked a 20-yard field goal with 2:35 left in the game.

McGill was fortunate to hold the Stingers to a field goal. Concordia could have put the game out of reach, but a dropped ball in the end zone gave McGill a chance, a chance the Stingers would later deeply regret.

M cGill quarterback Andy Lucchetta quickly moved the Redmen to the Concordia 35 with 1:30 remaining. On the next play, Lucchetta found Steve Papp on a perfect pass over the middle for a 35-yard touchdown. The seven play, 75-yard drive trimmed the Concordia lead to 33-27.

Wes Barbour, forced to handle kicking duties because of an injury to Andrew Boon, attempted the improbable onside kick. The moonshot from Barbour went high and apparently a little too deep down the left side, but it was mishandled by the Concordia upback and McGill recovered the loose ball at the Stinger 42 with 1:13 left.

Lucchetta tried to go for the long ball on the first play, but Papp was triple teamed and the pass fell incomplete. A screen pass to wide receiver Alex Trépanier on the next play only went for four yards to the 38, bringing up third and six. With the game on the line, Lucchetta

found Papp again for a first down at the 31.

Lucchetta kept the ball on a designed play and scrambled 22 yards to just inside the Stinger ten. A quick pass to Papp moved the ball to the 4-yard line with just 28 ticks on

McGills defenders swarm hapless Stinger. the clock.

Cornerback/running back Pumulo Sikaneta followed with his second touchdown on a sweep to tie the game at 33. Barbour, not usually known for his extra points, complet­ ed the Redmen comeback when he narrowly kicked the ball through the

B aseball team triumphs...

Continued from Page 1 enth which resulted in two more Gryphon runs and a score of 8-7.

He retired the final Guelph batter with winning runners on second and third, allowing McGill to hang on to the slim victory and to advance to the final.

McGill started the league’s top pitcher Brian Titherington in the championship game against McMaster. Although Titherington was suffering from a back injury, he battled hard, pitching a complete game and allowing no earned runs.

M cG ill took advantage of McMaster’s sloppy fielding to build a five-run lead which was led by the offensive prowess of Savage, Monnet and Caron. Not looking back, McGill went on to win the championship by a 6-1 score.

The championship match brought an end to the CIBA’s inau­ gural season. The league, composed of four teams — McGill, Durham College, McMaster University and Guelph University— enjoyed such a successful season that it is seek­ ing to expand in 1995.

In addition to winning the championship, M cG ill players claimed numerous individual hon­ ours. Centre fielder Todd Savage was named league MVP for his excellent defence and strong hit­ ting.

“H e’s a human specim en,” Redbird Tyler Levine noted in high praise of Savage. “He quietly led our team to the championship.”

“Savage always leads by example. He’s always positive and

is a good all-around athlete,” com­ mented fellow player Owen Terreau.

Brian Titherington was named the league’s top pitcher.

Titherington, a left-handed finesse pitcher, won several key battles for McGill, not losing a single game all season. Titherington’s battery mate, catcher Yann Monnet explained.

“Brian is a gutsy pitcher. He battles the whole game. Even when he doesn’t have his best stuff he’s tough to beat,” said Monnet.

Terreau concurred with his teammate.

“He’s a smart pitcher— not overpowering, but crafty,” said Terreau.

In addition to laying claim to the league’s top hitter and pitcher, McGill placed three players on the league All-Star team, second baseman Ron Bugeaud, catcher Yann Monnet and right fielder Steve Munroe .

For McGill, the success of its first season came as a bit of a sur­ prise. Although the Redbirds knew that they had a core of experienced and talented players, they were unsure of the calibre of play that they would face. According to Levine, the secret to McGill’s suc­ cess was their ability to “outclass, outwork, and outhustle the competi­ tion.”

Monnet agreed with Levine’s assessment, noting that the Redbirds used a “combination of hard work and talent” to win the title.

In addition to the McGill’s AllStar cast, the club boasted a roster

uprights giving McGill its first lead of the game with 23 seconds in the contest, stunning the largest crowd ever at Concordia University.

The Stingers had jumped to a early 10-0 lead after the first quarter.

McGill responded with a 20-yard

deep in talent. Players such as pitchers Dan Brock and Mitch Shipper, outfielder Ted Caron and infielders Robert Bohbot, Steve Morganstein and Levine all con­ tributed in important ways.

The championship was a fit­ ting end to the Redbird’s season.

“It was our first season in 99 years and it couldn’t have ended in a better way,” M cG ill General Manager Steven Singer noted. “We can’t wait until next year when the league expands.”

For the players it was a payoff for long hours of practice and per­ sonal sacrifice. Because the Redbirds are a club team, they are self-financed, paying most of their expenses from their own pockets.

Club President Dan Brock hopes that this will change in com­ ing years. He anticipates that the success of the Redbirds with allow them to increase in scope. Brock hopes that McGill will recognise a full-fledged varsity baseball team and perhaps even a women’s softball program. A full-time baseball coach is also needed. This year’s team was coached by John Elias on a volunteer basis.

All in all, the Redbirds feel proud of their victory. Tyler Levine summed up the season saying that the team was elated with what they have achieved over the course of the year and that the McGill com­ munity should be proud of their baseball program.

“Hopefully the Redbirds will be front-page material,” he said with a smile.

Indeed, they are.

touchdown connection from Lucchetta to Papp. Papp, who caught 13 receptions for 212 yards, made an outstanding catch in front of excel­ lent defensive coverage to make it 10-7 midway through the second.

Lucchetta had nothing but praise for his little teammate with a big heart.

“He’s always open, and he always run his routes on a dime.

He’s a small guy but easy to find.”

Concordia head coach Pat Sheehan had a different perspective on the 5 ’ 6 ” 140 pounder from London, Ontario.

“Obviously we didn’t cover him very well,” said a disappointed Sheehan.

After Papp’s touchdown the Stingers went on a scoring binge, racking up 17 consecutive points.

McGill would finally answer on a 21-yard touchdown strike to WR Robert Second.

The Redmen would score again « 1 their next offensive possession. Sikaneta, usually a comerback, came in as a tailback in the second half.

Sikaneta provided instant results. On the first play following a Concordia punt, Sikaneta bolted 37 yards into the end zone thanks to a great block from Secord. The Sikaneta touchdown would pull the Redmen within seven after a missed two-point con­ version, 27-20.

Concordia would extend their lead to 3320 on the strength of two field goals.

McGill’s offense conjured up a season high 513 yards.

Lucchetta, a native of Welland, Ontario, in his best performance of his young quarterbacking career, completed 22 passes on 31 attempts for 334 yards and three touchdowns.

Sikaneta rushed for 93 yards, all of them in the second half, on 6 carries.

He also sooted a pair of touchdowns, including the game winner.

The win, although huge in the moral victory department, didn’t do much for the Redmen’s postseason bid. McGill’s playoff picture is sim­ ple. Beat Carleton this weekend and they are in, lose and the Redmen can start reserving tee-times. The Ravens visit Molson Stadium this Saturday at 2 pm.

Women’s soccer still hot B y Io r d ana B erger

The McGill women’s soccer team won yet another game on Sunday against the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières to extend their winning streak to a perfect six games. McGill goal scorers were Julie Maughan and Odile DesBois, with two goals a piece, and Heidi Bloomfield and Sarah Pentland, each scoring once in the 6-1 win.

Once again, there were two goal keepers for McGill. Fourthyear veteran Carolyn Teng, who allowed the lone goal by Trois Rivières, pulled a hamstring and was replaced by rookie Debra Keitzke.

During the first half of the game, McGill coach Tony Iachetta changed the positioning of the players, hoping that an altered game plan would throw off the opposition.

“In the beginning, we really mixing things up a lot, switching players around from mid-field to front and front to mid-field. But, as soon as our players saw that [things] weren’t working, they applied more pressure and were able to change strategies. We also

won a lot of the air balls,” Iachetta explained.

The team played consistently throughout the entire game and the players achievements were highly praised by their coach.

"There was good man-to-man marking and the players were able to get the ball out of the defensive zone quickly whenever they were in trouble.” Added Iachetta, “the girls are very mature and very strong and are able to adapt quick­ ly and successfully to any situa­ tion.”

“I am really happy with all the players. I have been coaching many o f them for the past three years and we have been able to work on our weak spots. They are all playing with a lot of heart and they are playing to win,” he contin­ ued.

The M cG ill so ccer team scored five times out of nine shots on goal in the first half.

“We played an excellent game offensively and capitalised [on scoring chances] against the oppo­ sition as much as we could,” said co-captain Maughan.

Bloomfield, the other co-cap-

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The game was decided early.

Only ten minutes after the open­ ing whistle, Université de Sherbrooke’s star striker Matthieu Carrier broke away from the pack and fired the ball out of the reach o f M cG ill’s goalie Brian Rae. It would prove to be the crucial turning point in the matchup of the Quebec University Soccer League’s top two teams.

Sherbrooke, the reigning men’s CIAU soccer cham­ pions, are now far ahead in first place in the QUSL standings with M cG ill struggling to keep up.

The Redmen looked uncharacteristically ner­ vous, even hesitant, facing Sherbrooke’s well-tuned offense, which is com ­ posed of exceptionally good ball han­ dlers. Sherbrooke controlled the ball so well, for so much of the game, that McGill always seemed a little off bal­ ance, constantly trying to catch up with the play.

The margin of victory would have been much greater had it not been for excellent play of the Redmen defense, which despite Sherbrooke’s strong attacking game, managed to repeatedly break up scoring drives.

Sweeper Chris Drysdale emerged several times as a saviour for McGill, interfering in Sherbrooke’s efforts to carry the ball downfield. Drysdale, often the last man between the ball carrier and the goalie, was repeatedly able to get the ball away from the attacker, to clear it downfield and to preserve McGill’s chances in a close game.

However, the ball just kept com­ ing back. Every time the Redmen would fight off a Sherbrooke attack.

another one would begin. McGill had difficulty in the transition from defense to offense and it impeded their momentum. On the rare occa­ sions when they did manage to get into scoring range, their shots were hurried and their passes often failed to find their target.

Despite their troubles, there was a turning point for McGill in the final quarter of the match. Drysdale injured his right ankle in a sideline collision and had to be helped off the field, sit­ ting out the rest of the game. A few minutes later, M cG ill midfielder Kadima Lonji attempted a tough bicy­ cle kick near the Sherbrooke goal and was then issued a yellow card on the play. The combination of the injury, the tough call by the referee, and the fact that the end of the game was quickly approaching, seemed to rally the Redmen. They played with an unprecedented ferocity, and had, by far, more good shots on goal in the final ten minutes then they had had all game long. Their extra energy did not really appear to come out of despera­ tion, but rather from the realisation that they’d been able to hold arguably the top university soccer team in Canada to one cheap, break-away

goal.

McGill came incredibly close to putting it all together in the final min­ utes, missing on a good deflection and a near break-away to tie it all up. But despite the effort, the final whistle blew, and the score remained 1-0 in favour of Sherbrooke.

The Redmen stayed on the field for a couple minutes, tapping team­ mates on shoulders and shaking hands in a way that was somehow uncharacteristic of a team who had just lost a game. McGill was aware that a strong effort had kept the game close and that, with the playoffs so near, anything is still possible.

Lonji seemed opti­ m istic about their chances.

“We made that one mistake early that got us. Soccer’s like that, you make one mistake, you lose the game. But we know we can beat them, we had more chances, and we’ll see them again in the playoffs.”

On Sunday afternoon, the Redmen travelled to Trois-Rivières to face les Patriotes, a team they’d beat at home earlier in the season. UQTR scored early in the game on goalie Rae. McGill halfback Nick Giannias tied up the game soon after. Shortly before halftime, UQTR scored twice within the span of a minute and padded their lead to the final score of 3-1, handing the Redmen another unwelcomed loss. In the process, McGill dropped to third place in the standings and the playoff picture looks murky.

The Redmen travel to Concordia Friday night and host Sherbrooke the following evening at Molson stadium in a soccer doubleheader.

M artlet rugby socks it to Ottawa U.

BY Y V O N CARRIERE

It was an uncharacteris­ tic start for the M cG ill M artlet rugby squad last Sunday, facing off against Ottawa University at Leiber Field. They showed up to play right from the onset of the game, controlling play for the opening fifteen minutes.

For a team that has a pen­ chant for awakening ten min­ utes after the clock has start­ ed, taking an early lead was certainly a positive sign. The high level of intensity, how­ ever, seemed to disappear just as quickly as it began and the Martlets found them­ selves spending much of the rest of the first half in their end if the pitch.

They managed to keep the Gee-Gees off the scoreboard and produced some offense of their own though near the end of the first half, as Nadine Robert ran the ball in for a try.

The roller-coaster type of play continued for the rest of the game, but M cG ill played well enough to win by a tally of 46-0. The sporadic play seems to be the only plague for the talented team.

“We either play superb rugby or we play really poor­ ly, without in ten sity,” explained the team’s captain, Kim Ivanko. “There are no in betweens and this lack of consistency could definitely hurt us, especially against the stronger teams.”

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The cross country Martlets and Redmen virtu­ ally assured themselves of the Quebec title and solidified their respective second and third-place standings in Canada with a pair of convincing wins at the Université Laval Invitational last Saturday in Quebec City.

Once again led by All-Canadians Linda Thyer and Mélanie Choinière, the McGill women swept the top seven positions, underscoring their domina­ tion of the Québec circuit this year. Thyer’s time of 14:41 over the 4.3 km course broke her own course record by almost 20 seconds.

Following a difficult summer season on the track, Thyer is now steaming right along to her fifth straight undefeated season in QSSF races.

“I’d come off a couple of weeks of hard train­

ing and I had a chance to rest for a couple of days before the race,” she said, explaining her record set­ ting performance.

On the men’s side the big story was overall winner David O’Hara, who led his McGill team­ mates to five of the top seven spots on the 6.3 km course. A veteran of the U.S. university circuit with Brigham Young University, O’ Hara competed for the first time in Redmen colours.

Only in Montreal since early September, O’ Hara was at first reluctant to join the team when approached by McGill head coach Dennis Barrett.

“I only ran to keep fit now, I rarely compete,” O’ Hara explained. “I didn’t want to take any young runner’s place on the team, ‘cause I’ve had my time,” he added, referring to his years at Brigham Young.

Hurried by a busy schedule, the Ph.D. student

in history was only able to join the squad at this point in the season and will now focus on helping the Redmen at the CIAU championships on November 12.

In other results: following Thyer across the line were Martlets Choinière in second-place, Rosie Mullins in third, Rosalind Smye in fourth, Melanie Bassett in fifth, Kelly Fallon in sixth, and Sophie Monjour in seventh. Sherbrooke, Concordia, Laval and Rimouski followed McGill in the team scoring.

In the men’s race, McGill outpaced Sherbrooke, Laval, Rimouski and Concordia, respectively, for the overall title. Close behind O’ Hara, the top Redmen were Alex Hutchinson in third, Jean-Nicolas Duval in fourth, Gerry Zavorsky in fifth and Mark Hauser in the seventh spot.

McGill is now gearing up for next Sunday’s QSSF championship race.

Monica Conway agreed.

“The year began with a lot of intensity, but [it] has decreased ever since [the beginning],” she commented.

Things will have to change if the Martlets hope to avoid upsets for the rest of the season. The team is cer­ tainly capable of playing bril­ liantly. At times, the women in red play like champions, and last Sunday’s match against Ottawa showedevidence of that.

Carlene Bacchiocci, for example, played an impres­ sive game, running many times right through the oppo­ sition. Her hard work paid off late in the second half with a burst through the Ottawa con­ tingency and past the try line.

The other three tries were credited to P atricia MacDonald, Nadine Robert, Dez Liden, with two, and Conway, who chalked up three tries in the win.

Charlotte Daughney succeed­ ed in converting three of the eight tries, often facing severe angles in her attempts.

The update on the post­ pad dilemma of late is that, for this encounter, the Martlets were provided with only two of the required four post-pads needed to play the game safely. Handy improvi­ sation by the team made up for the deficiencies, but it remains an ongoing problem with McGill Athletics.

The M artlets host Bishop’s at their home field on October 23rd at 1 p.m.

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Continued from Page 17 tain, who was named player of the game, reflected on the UQTR vic­ tory.

“We expected the game to be really tough because they came out strong against us the last time we met. This time we were prepared and played a good, solid game,” remarked Bloomfield.

When asked if the Montreal Im pact’s comeback victory inspired her McGill team at all, she replied: “Yes. We were very excited about their win and we were really happy that soccer is finally getting more recognition. But, it rein­ forced the fact that all of the teams that we play, we have to take seri­ ously. We can’t let success get to our heads. Many teams are capable of coming from behind to win.

Added Bloomfield, “though we are on a winning streak right now, we can’t think of how many games we’ve won but how many more we have to win in the future.”

The Martlets’ next match is at Concordia on Friday, October 21.

On Saturday, the team hosts Sherbrooke at 7 p.m.

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Rugby fields woes B Y Y V O N CARRIERE

McGill’s 28-7 win against Sherbrooke last weekend capped a frustrating week for the rugby Redmen. In addition to the com­ petition offered by the Vert et Or, they were forced to square off against the department of athletics to get practice time on Forbes field.

Two weeks ago, the club was told they would be unable to use the practice field as it was getting damaged and needed time to recu­ perate from weather conditions, intramural sports and rugby wear and tear. Last week, Facilities Manager Eyal Baruch informed team President Sam Lupton that Forbes would begin closing at 6:30 every night, precisely the time that the Redmen start prac­ tice.

With no home field on cam­ pus and no funding as a club team, the Redmen faced the elimination of practice facilities entirely.

Lupton argued with athletics that without the use of Forbes field, both the men’s and women’s rugby programs would collapse.

For his efforts, he has managed to reverse the department’s decision

to close the field for the time being.

This incident is the latest in a series of struggles between the rugby club and the department of athletics. Numerous times this year, the lights have failed to come on as scheduled or they have been inexplicably turned off midway through practice.

Practices have also been cancelled by a new policy which closes the field for a few days if it rains. This lack of practising is hurting the team.

The executive committee has been sidetracked by the problems and the dealings with athletics and has been unable to set up enough games for the B Team, which feeds the first team with players for the following year. Thus, the distractions could compromise the program in the long run as well as for the short term.

With a win against the Bishop’s Gaiters this weekend, the Redmen can secure first place and assure themselves of a home field advantage in the playoffs.

Let us hope for their sake, in the wake of practice field woes, that their home field remains available to play on.

Swimmers make splash B y A lyso n S later

The new philosophy of the McGill swim team combines dedi­ cation, hard work, confidence, speed and a high level of intensity.

It began at training camp where veterans and rookies alike compet­ ed for a limited number of posi­ tions on the team. Since the try­ outs, the survivors of the tough team selections have been endur­ ing eleven practices a week, both in and out of the water. The hard training definitely paid off this weekend at Laval as the women’s team edged out Laval and Sherbrooke for first place with 142 points. The men, who are looking to win their first provincial cham­ pionship in 22 years, took second place behind Sherbrooke.

Rookie Particia Hutchinson, from Beaconsfield, Quebec, clinched the gold in the gruelling 400 metre individual medley and shattered a seven-year-old McGill record in 5:01:30. No less than 10 minutes later, Hutchinson stepped up to the blocks for her second gold of the day in the 200 metre butterfly, finishing in 2:21:26.

Top women’s sprinter, Carol Chiang, qualified for the CIAU

Tuesday. October 18

A m erica T oday: 502 y ea rs o f r e p res­ s io n featuring speakers, videos,

The Faculty of Music pre­ sents Bridget Hunt, violin with Lydia Wong, piano. 8 p.m., Pollack Hall.

Andean music and literature. For info call 398-5820.

The Latin American Awareness Group presents a talk on

LBGM’s Womyn’s Group meets today. 6 p.m, Women’s Union 423.

El Salvador. 5 p.m., Shatner B09.

The Association of Yoga and Meditation is now offering ses­ sions. Please dress comfortably and be on time. 12-1 p.m., Shatner 425.

The Department of Psychiatry presents Dr. Deborah Golub speaking on C u ltu re, trau m a a n d a rt: C lin ical application s. 4 p.m., Research and Training Bldg.

Conference Room. 1033 Pine Ave. W.

Wednesday. October 19 The Alumnae Society and Women Associates of McGill present the McGill Book Fair. '1 hanks in donations of new and used books, you save money and raise money for scholarship funds at the same time. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Redpath Hall.

LBGM’s Bi-sexual discus­ sion meets today, everyone welcome.

5:30 p.m., Women’s Union 423.

SEFUM (Société des étudi­ ants Francophones de McGill) invite français et franco-fun a venir 20-21 octobre: randonée dans les Laurentides. For more info call 8762577.

The Association of Yoga and Meditation is now offering ses­ sions. Please dress comfortably and be on time. 12-1 p.m., Shatner 425.

Friday. October 21

McGill Improv performs in the Alley at 8:30 p.m. Free comedy for everyone.

The Faculty of Music pre­ sents a L icen tiate R ecita l with Karen Buck, soprano and Lenore Alford, piano. 8 p.m., Pollack Hall.

McGill Christian Fellowship bible study meeting. 7 p.m., Shatner'Cafeteria. For more info call Jean at 288-9741.

The Association of Yoga and Meditation is now offering ses­

LBG M ’s Coming Out Group meets today, everyone wel­ come. 5:30 p.m., basement of the United Theological College (3521 University).

sions. Please dress comfortably and be on time. 12:30-1:30 p.m., Shatner 425.

LBG M ’s General Discussion Group meets today, every­

Thursday. October 20 The Alumnae Society and Women Associates of McGill present the McGill Book Fair. Thanks to donations of new and used books, you save money and raise money for scholarship funds at the same time. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Redpath Hall.

October 12 marked 502 years since Columbus arrived in the Bahamas. The Latin American Awareness Group presents L a tin

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Championships in both the 50 and 100 metre freestyle events. Dana McLymont won the 50 metre breast stroke event in an excep­ tionally fast 35.7 seconds. Later on, McLymont, Chaing and Hutchinson teamed up with Natalie Hoitz to capture gold in the 400 metre freestyle relay.

The mens 400 metre freestyle relay also took the gold.

Swimmers Craig Hutchison, Jeff Lloyd, Luke Paddington and Leo Grepin beat out their closest com­ petition by a whopping 11 sec­ onds. Grepin also took the gold in the 200 metre butterfly!

Hutchison, a rookie from Pointe Claire, Que., has been touted as McGill’s top sprinter this year. He quieted his skeptics by taking the gold and qualifying for the CIAU championships in the 50 metre freestyle and the 100 metre fresstyle. His time in the 50 metre sprint is the fastest in Canada thus far.

Coaches Richard Tapper, Christopher Lampert and Francois Laurin feel that this weekend’s results are merely a taste of things to come. The team is hosting Brock and Carleton this Saturday at Currie Pool.

one welcome. 7 p.m., basement of the United Theological College.

The Faculty of Music pre­ sents the McGill Percussion Ensemble. 8 p.m., Pollack Hall.

On Campus Waste Management at QPIRG invites every­ one to our Garbage Party/Waste Audit. Enjoy donuts, coffee and music while sorting garbage on the main campus. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more info or to sign up call QPIRG at 3987432.

Monday. October 24 The HUNS, M cGill’s Hungarian Student’s Association will be holding a commemoration for Hungary’s 1956 Uprising. Featuring a short film with the wrileis present and presentations by prominent Hungarian artists. Everyone welcome.

6 p.m.; Leacock 429.

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Problematic Picture On October 12, the Tribune published a feature on the band Stress Magnets, accompa­ nied by a picture of a driver honking the hom of a car, as s/he drives toward an Arabic phrase. The phrase in question is the “Shahadaah”, or foundation of belief of Islam.

It translates as “There is nothing worthy of worship except the One God (in Arabic, “Allah”) and Muhammad is His messenger.”

This creed is held sacred by 1 billion Muslims throughout the world, including many hundred Muslim students who study at McGill University. It is uttered at birth and death, repeated daily in prayer, and spoken by those who embrace Islam. In fact, a Muslim revolves one’s entire life around this very phrase.

While it may not have been the intention of the T rib u n e, this photograph was quite offensive. Consider for a moment, an equiva­ lent picture if the shahadaah were replaced by a Crucifix or a Menorah.

We hope the Tribune will exercise greater sensitivity toward all religious beliefs in the future.

We thank you for the opportunity to clari­ fy our position.

Sheema Khan, Samira Qureshi Noreen Majeed Islamic Cultural Network E d ito r: T he p ictu re in qu estion w as the co v er o f Stress M agnets’ s 7” single “Lindsay ” , an d not a p h o to p ro d u ced by the Tribune. The Tribune regrets any m isunderstanding.

Moyse Hall. For tickets call 398-6070.

McGill AIDS Benefit Fashion Show will hold model audi­ tions, everyone welcome. Tuesday October 25 and Wednesday 26th, 6-9 p.m., Shatner Cafeteria. The fashion show will be held at Club Metropolis on Friday, March 10, 1995, with all proceeds going to the Farha Foundation.

McGill Improv hosts free comedy workshops every Saturday.

Meet in the Shatner lobby at noon.

Are you questioning your sexuality? Or do you have any other concerns? Do you need to talk? Call the LBGM peer-counselling phone line at 398-6822, Monday to Friday 710 p.m. (Strictly confidential.)

The new R ecreational Running Club wants you! Come dis­ cover the joys of group running while

getting into the best shape of your life.

For more info please call Randy at 935-1455.

We are Locutus of Herring.

Resistance is futile. You will submit to the Red Herring. In addition to our annual horrible haiku (5-7-5) contest, you will submit to our Steven Seagal movie title contest and our religious icon look-alike photo contest. Leave submissions in our box by the SSMU desk or in our office in Shatner 112.

Our number is 398-MUCK, though this will all become irrelevant when we assimilate the campus. Deadline Nov. 4.

The Sexual Assault Centre of McGill’s Students Society is now open. For info/referrals, Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 3982700. New this year, a night time Helpline, Sunday to Thursday 6 p.m. to midnight and Friday and Saturdays 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. at 398-8500.

LBG M ’s Coordinating Committee meets today. 7 p.m., Shatner 432.

The McGill Organic Food Co-op takes orders every Monday from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the QPIRG office (5th floor Eaton Bldg.). For more info call 398-7432.

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