The McGill Tribune Vol. 14 Issue 8

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Memorial service mourns victims of Mid-East bombing B y T ed F ran kel

N ew s Principal Bernard Shapiro is a “student for a day” and visits SSMU council.

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McGill debates a sexual conduct policy. Leave it to the Trib to kiss n’ tell.

Page 9 E d itorial Llyod Axworthy’s social reforms a no-win deal.

Page 6 ENTEBTAINMENT Gerts goes drag for Halloween. Also, a dozen discs from the ancient (like ’70s, man) to the brand spankin’ new.

Page 12 SPO RTS Cross country runners dominate provincials.

Football makes playoffs.

Men’s basketball wins two in O.T. Page 15

Columnists G. Gibson.................... Page7 M. Luz.......................... Page7 P. Shah...................Page 11

Departments Crossword................... Page8 Observer.......................Page8 What’s On............. Page 23 Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Student’s Society 398 -2700 Centre Contre l’Agression de l’Association des Etudiants de L’Université McGill

Hundreds of McGill students gath­ ered Thursday afternoon in a memorial service for 22 Israelis murdered Wednesday in Tel Aviv. The Israeli victims, killed when a terrorist blew up a commuter bus, were casualties of a peace process which has exacerbated tensions between Arabs and Jews in Israel during the last few weeks.

M cGill H illel organised the event, putting out an appeal for student sup­ port just hours after the tragedy in Israei. Charlotte Kaiser, President of McGill Hillel, outlined the intent of the gathering.

“It [was] a memorial service for the... people who died and a rally for Mid-East peace by non-violent means,” said Kaiser.

The vigil took place in front of the Shatner Centre. Montreal youths from both Herzeliah High School and Marianopolis College joined McGill students in mourning. Students and onlookers stood sombrely for an hour under a steady drizzle as a variety of speakers addressed them. Aviva RazSchecter, consul from the Israeli Consulate in Montreal was the first to take the podium. She stated that Israel cannot prevent tragic incidents such as the bombing from occurring.

“We call... on the international community to help us,” Raz-Schecter said. “[We] ask PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat to take responsibility for vio­ lence in the territories under his con­ trol,” she said.

Other speakers also called for immediate action to ensure acts of vio­ lence do not disrupt the peace process.

Lawrence Bergman, Liberal MNA for the Darcy-McGee riding, commented that terrorist acts have a regressive effect on the pursuit of peace. Bergman called on all nations to commit them­ selves to bringing the terrorists respon­ sible for the Tel Aviv bombing to jus­ tice. The fundamentalist Islamic faction Hamas has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Bergman condemned the religious righteousness Hamas has cited as justi­ fication for their actions. “[The deaths were] crimes against humanity, insults against the dignity of life and expressions of cruelty and hatred,” stated Bergman.

Representatives of the M cGill community adopted a more apolitical

Vigilf o r the d e a d in Tel Aviv tone in addressing the crowd. David Galston of the M cGill Chaplaincy Service expressed his sadness at the loss of life and his hope that such inci­ dents will not upset the drive for peace in the Middle East.

“However difficult the challenge of peace... [the] secret remains perse­ vering,” Galston noted.

Prayer and meditation followed the speakers, with the singing of the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah, closing out the service.

Students attending the event gave a positive appraisal of the proceedings.

“Showing acknowledgement of what happened is a step in the right direction,” said one McGill student. “I think it opened up eyes to what’s going on in the world.”

Another McGill student credited the organisers for offering a wide vari­ ety of people the forum to speak out against violence in the Middle East.

“I didn’t think it would be that diverse,” commented U2 Arts student Helen Lewandowski.

Notably absent from the ceremony were representatives from campus Arab organisations. Zvi Engel, a 19-year-old student at Marianopolis, spoke during the service about the lack of response from these groups. Contrasting their

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Last winter on the night of February 17, the patrons of Katacombes club found themselves involved in an event that has sparked controversy and debate within the Montreal community.

A police raid on the club by the Montreal Urban Community Morality Squad resulted in the arrest of 175 people. Everyone in the bar that night was arrested on charges of attendance at a “common bawdy house”, defined in section 197 of the Criminal Code as “a place that is... for the purpose of prostitution or the practice of acts of indecency.” In addition, charges of “indecent acts” were levelled against a handful of those arrested.

The raid followed three months of undercover surveillance by Montreal police officers. Surveillance including the propositioning by police agents of bar patrons intended to lead to “acts of indecen­ cy.”

The reaction of the gay community was spontaneous outrage.

Within twelve hours of the raid a press conference convened by several Montreal community activists was held condemning the police action. Shortly thereafter a group was formed to handle the various legal and publicity aspects of the case called “Déscente de la dix-sept février.”

Over the next three months, charges were dropped against the majority of those arrested, but the Crown issued summonses to 67 individuals — approximately 60 of which were based solely on being present in a common bawdy house. Between May 15 and May 17 these individuals appeared in court to enter a plea in

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On-line user fee proposal withdrawn B y Io n a t h a n O ' B

of free access. After that, users of the computer system would be charged one or two cents per minute. A 25 dollar weekly cap was also proposed.

Resistance from student groups led to the withdrawal of the original proposal according to SSMU VP University Affairs Jen Small.

“I don’t think it’s inappropri­ ate to charge students for some sort of fee,” said Small. “I think

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The M cGill Computing Center has abandoned its proposal to charge user fees to students who use remote login to access McGill’s computer facilities.

On October 14, the Senate Committee on Computing with­ drew its budget plan due to “a fair amount of objections,” according to Computing Centre director Alan Greenberg.

“W e’re going to try and find a better way,” “ M o d e m s e r v i c e s a r e g r o w in g Greenberg said. a t a h ig h e r r a te th a n an y “Some of [the o t h e r s e r v i c e s . So n o m a t t e r objection] was that w h a t y o u s a y , t h a t ’s g o in g t o the student popula­ tion did not have b e a p r o b le m fo r so m eb o d y adequate time to have input.”

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it’s inappropriate to apply a fee without asking the students. It frightens me that stu­ dents are going to have to start paying for their education in indirect ways other than tuition.”

Nilesh Pattanayak, a student rep­ resentative on SCC, feels that the proposal did not adequately consider students’ concerns.

“Students will be willing to pay money for high quality ser­ vices, but only on condition that we Computing have been involved in budget planning and in a thorough search into alterna­ tive possibilities to finance the services,” he said.

The failure of the proposal leaves Greenberg in a difficult sit­ uation.

“The real problem is that we installed new lines in September, some are going in now, and we’ve got no budget for this,” he said.

“We have to look for an interim budget for this year, something like 70,000 dollars.”

According to Greenberg, a new budget proposal will be sub­ mitted by February.

“Our target is to have a pro­ posal accepted in time for the bud­ get cycle so that if faculties need to adjust their budgets for this they can do so,” said Greenberg.

Greenberg has also been in contact with faculty deans and departmental chairs in hopes of

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Nattanayak and Small both want the Computing Centre make a greater effort to pay for the ser­ vices.

“I think as students we want to see the people at the Computing Centre reduce their costs and go outside for sponsorship,” said Small. “I t’ s been done by the engineering students. Everyone on campus has to take a serious look at their budgets nowadays.”

Nattanayak echoed Small’s sentiment.

“We feel the Computing Centre should prioritize its spend­ ing and reallocate funds,” he said.

“If students were involved in the budget process more directly, wouldn’t this mean the funds would help streamline the system and aim it at quality and perfor­ mance rather than experimenta­ tion?”

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relative inactivity with the vocal reaction of Jewish groups this March when a Jewish settler in Israel murdered a slew of Palestinians, Engel criticised the Arabs’ quiet response to the mur­ ders in Tel Aviv. “[This March], within hours of the [massacre] every Jewish leader had condemned the act of Baruch Goldstein,” noted Engel.

Kaiser said that Hillel had contacted four Islamic or Arab groups on campus and received no response.

None of the four Islamic or Arab groups on campus — the Ismaili Students Association, Islamic Society, Palestinian Solidarity Committee and Arab Students’ Association — could be reached for comment.

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Greenberg said that the Computing Centre has already exhausted its ability to reallocate funds.

“Typically by doing things more efficiently we manage to deal with our budget cuts. In the late eighties our budget went up to accommodate new salaries. Ever since then it’s been trimmed every time,” he said. “Modem services are growing at a higher rate than any other services. So no matter what you say, that’s going to be a problem for somebody.”

Student representatives are pleased that the proposed modem fees have been dropped for now.

“In one month the vigor of the involved students managed to get the issue before the faculty and staff members of the universi­ ty,” said Pattanayak. “This kind of input shows students can come together and deal with issues.”

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On Friday October 21, the On Campus Waste Management Committee dumped six tonnes of garbage onto McGill’s lower field.

According to organisers, this repre­ sents the amount of garbage McGill produces in a day. The pro­ ject was the first of three waste audits that will take place this year and was co-operatively organised by the Quebec Public Interest Research Group and the McGill Physical Plant. The engineering environmental group C.A.R.E. was also involved, recruiting volunteers to come and sort through McGill’s trash.

Between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., QPIRG members and volunteers removed garbage collected from 33 of the largest buildings on McGill’s downtown campus and sorted through its contents. With several large dumpsters in place, volunteers equipped with snow shovels and dust masks and clad in protective coveralls lunged inside the containers.

The turnout of 100 students, prepared to endure an afternoon in the stench of refuse, was noted by organisers. Claude Lahaie, manag­ er of the Waste Management Program was surprised by such stu­ dent dedication.

“I’m really impressed by the student participation. I didn’t think you’d get as many people for this kind of event,” said Lahaie.

U2 chemical engineering stu­ dent and waste audit coordinator Alex Hill explained that the pur­ pose of the audit was to discover the contents of the trash and the extent of recycling at McGill.

“The main thing is that we are recycling anything we can. The greater good though, is the reduc­ tion of McGill’s solid waste by fifty percent everyday,” said Hill.

He further stated that McGill’s Waste Management Committee hopes to reach this fifty percent reduction by the year 2000.

The event drew a positive reaction from both onlookers and volunteers.

“I really do wonder what McGill does with all of its trash.

Also, a lot of people do want to recycle but Montreal isn’t con­ ducive to recycling,” said U2 stu­ dent Meghan McDonald.

Lisa Gallagher, U3 student and QPIRG member explained why she volunteered to climb into the trash.

“It’s important to know what is being thrown out,” said Gallagher. “If we know, then we See Audit Page 5

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‘Student’ Shapiro addresses council about the future he said. accessibility over the past four months.

Shapiro stated that it is not that the sta“I have been very, very impressed by M cG ill’s new principal Bernard J. tus quo, eighty percent government subsidis- the efforts of the Principal to establish his Shapiro gained mostly favourable reviews ation for higher education, is not an appro- presence on campus,” said Wright, Lome Daitchman, management rep to from SSMU councillors after his first formal priate solution, but simply that it is not an Council, was also impressed by the efforts of meeting with council since he started the job option for a fiscally uncertain future.

“And so to be part of the solution one in July.

Principal Shapiro addressed SSMU has to imagine a different fiscal model,” Council at its Thursday meeting as part of a said Shapiro.

The Principal warned against becom­ day-long awareness initiative organised by SOAR, the Student Organisation for Alumni ing fiscally solvent at the expense of acad­ Relations. Shapiro spent the day with third- emic standards.

“We can easily resolve our financial year North American studies student David Lederman. Their activities included having problems if we don’t care about the intel­ breakfast at Bishop Mountain Hall, attending lectual problems, the learning issues... We two classes, eating lunch in the Shatner could figure it out in an afternoon,” said Building cafeteria, and visiting Lederman’s Shapiro He also spoke of “the notion that we provide access to that which is something worth “ W e c a n e a s ily r e s o lv e o u r fin a n providing access to.” c i a l p r o b l e m s i f w e d o n ’t c a r e SSM U VP Finance Paul a b o u t th e in te lle c tu a l p r o b le m s , Johnson asked for a commitment from the Principal to include t h e le a r n in g is s u e s . .. W e c o u ld student input as McGill enacts a fig u r e it o u t in a n a ft e r n o o n “paradigm shift” — the term used to describe the direction P r i n c i p a l S h a p i r o that McGill is taking in the face of growing fiscal uncertainty.

“Students are obviously one of the Principal Shaprio tasting the fo o d at Mariott's apartment in the McGill ghetto. Lederman will spend tomorrow with the Principal at his communities in the univer-______________________________________________________ sity to which we have to [" daily routine.

Shapiro began his address to council by respond and pay attention IN STORE HO lUin- NOW! outlining his “dream” of North American and involve,” responded universities as being the productive mix of Shapiro. “But if what that several “m issions” including research, translates to is ‘never do undergraduate education, and social criti­ anything I don’t agree to’, then I ’m not interested... cism.

“The dream is that not only do these whether it’s the students, things all go on in the same institution, but faculty or anyone else.”

Overall, councillors they all mutually reinforce each other, and that each will be stronger because the other were pleased with Principal Shapiro’s willingness to is going on,” said Shapiro.

Shapiro went on to describe what he participate at the council | ]\ ! I T « 'IT I.. m ■<; feels are six threats to our current university meeting, if not with his . , , , ( 1 , I A V .i l IM U v M U M S . response to questions. system, including most importantly what he ».' \i\T| f i n m .

“It was a good ges­ describes as the “crumbling of the fiscal 1\S1\N V 1V / model upon which universities are financed ture,” said VP External in this country.” He spoke at length about the Nick Benedict. “I was a lit­ „ U 1 * 0 1 X 1 I i v «•<»>' r • Axworthy proposals — one of the hottest tle bit concerned that we topic on campus these days. However, he did couldn’t get that many not oppose tuition fee increases, but only the straight answers out of him decrease in the total amount of money going on very much. Perhaps that wasn’t really his role [at into university funding structures.

“The real issue... is the drastic drop in this meeting].”

VP Internal Cornell the amount of money in the system, not so much how it is going to be pushed around,” Wright stressed Shapiro’s B y M aggie C lay

the Principal, but is waiting to see what materialises over the next few months.

“I think that he was symbolically trying to give the impression that he’s concerned,” said Daitchman. “I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.”

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SAFETY NOTES The Walksafe Network (WSN) and the Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Student’s Society (SACOMSS) have been authorised by those reporting incidents to release the following information in order to raise awareness and increase personal safety.

Late in the evening Tuesday September 27, a woman saw a “strange-looking” man masturbating in the McLennan Library. He was described as 5 ’8”, average weight, Caucasian, around 20 years old, with black, thinning shoulder length hair. He also had “big, bulging eyes”.

A man was spotted in the women’s washrooms several times on the 11th, 14th, and 16th floors of 550 Sherbrooke St. (west tower). He was 5 ’9”, wearing baggy earth tone pants and Nike running shoes.

Anyone involved in an assault or incident is encouraged to report the incident to the Montreal police, SACOMSS (398-2700) or the WSN (398-2498).

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Network Briefs T o ro n to private sc h o o l c h a n g e s to th e in tern a tio n a l system

Upper Canada College, an all-boys private school in Toronto, has chosen to abandon the Ontario Secondary School Diploma and grant the International Baccalaureate. The IB program takes two years and will replace Grade 12 and OAC credits.

UCC students applying to university have complained about competing with inflated marks granted to students at other high schools. The intent of the Planning and Development Committee at UCC was to overcome this problem. Under the new system, the university admissions offices will receive personal information, such as letters of rec­ ommendation, résumés and standardised test scores in addition to the student’s marks.

This will provide the university with a better profile of the student.

The IB program includes more requirements but UCC feels that its students only stand to benefit from a more liberal education. Students must choose one course from six subject groups which include Language A, Language B, Individuals and Society, Experimental Sciences, Mathematics and Electives. In addition, students will complete courses in Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge and extra-curricular and community service. The switch will be effective in 1996.

-with files from the University of Western Ontario’s Gazette C red it tra n sfers to b e m a d e e a s ie r

Transfer of credits between universities in Canada will be facilitated as a result of a two-day conference of the Council of Ministers and Education in Charlottetown on September 27. The members of the council have jurisdiction over education throughout Canada’s provinces and territories. A report will be published next fall on transfer possi­ bilities between Canadian universities. The report is intended to create a system that will ensure that first and second year students can easily transfer credits between all Canadian universities starting next fall.

The process will begin with each minister for education working with the universi­ ties in their respective provinces and then the provinces will subsequently discuss between themselves. The attempt to integrate a system at the national level will inevitably pose problems because credit evaluation differs between universities, but none that the Council foresees to be insurmountable. The major difficulties with the new pro­ posal will be the individual assessment of courses, the year-to-year change of course con­ tent, and the addition of new courses at each institution.

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-with files form The Gazette and The Sheaf F a b rik a n t story m ay b e c o m e a T V m ovie

A Toronto-based production company has purchased the rights to the Valery Fabrikant story with the intent of making a TV movie. Fabrikant is a former Concordia University engineering professor who is serving a life sentence for the murder of four of his colleagues in 1992. Fabrikant criticised the university’s research and grant system, making allegations about his colleagues regarding misappropriation of funds.

Concordia has been reevaluating its grant procedures following reports that were commissioned into the Fabrikant affair and released this spring. The university has not yet responded to the proposal for the movie and instead is trying to move on from the ordeal and focus on changes within the system.

There is presently no script for the movie and a representative of Alliance for Communications claimed that it was too soon to be sure whether the story would ever make it to the screen. Although the project is still in its infancy, William Masden, assis­ tant city editor for Montreal’s Gazette has signed a contract with Alliance to write the story.

-with files from The Gazette N ova Scotia stu d en t lea d ers re s ig n e d

The Student Union of Nova Scotia experienced a leadership crisis when three execu­ tives resigned their posts within a week. In the wake of the Axworthy social policy review released this month, the interim head of SUNS, executive officer Sue Drapeau, expressed concern about the reduction of the Union to a “minimal functioning level.”

“There’s never a good time to have a leadership crisis, but this is a particularly bad time,” she said.

The reasons for the resignations were summarised as stress and burnout.

“It was a case of juggling too many balls at one time,” said Drapeau. “We’re just going to let it ride for now, and try to get some good people in.”

Elections for the positions will be held at a general meeting on November 17.

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can decide where emphasis must be put on education and [improving] recycling facilities.”

The project itself was formed initially by the student delegates and faculty members of the so-called ‘Kingdon Committee’, chaired by McGill Associate Vice Principal, Physical Resources, Sam Kingdon. Hill emphasised that the event could not have taken place without support from McGill’s administration and praised its commitment to responsible waste management.

“The administration is looking for new ways to “ I r e a l l y d o w o n d e r w h a t recycle,” said Hill. “They have been completely co­ M c Q ill d o e s w it h a ll o f operative in providing all it s t r a s h the equipment and have worked closely with us in U 2 S t u d e n t all aspects.”

Corporate sponsorship M e g h a n M c D o n a ld of the event was another enabling factor. INTERSAN, the firm responsible for McGill’s waste disposal, transported the dumpsters and monitored activity throughout the day. INTERSAN’s * Yvon Thouin cited his company’s interest in waste management. He explained that it is beneficial to everyone to see a reduction of recyclable material enter landfill sites. “[Consider] that a landfill is good for 25 years, if you get recyclable materials out of them, then it is good for up to 40 years. Everyone should go this way because there are no more landfills in Quebec.” Thouin argued that recycling is now an inevitable future rather than a choice.

“After a while, they will stop giving permits for landfill sites,” said Thouin. “However, you won’t be needing as many landfills if you have nothing to put in them.”

consistent with our constitution and by-laws.”

Club status allows the party to The Reform Party is forging a place for itself in student politics at apply for funding, office space in McGill. At last Thursday’s SSMU the Shatner building and other club council meeting, a McGill chapter benefits.

Reaction to the decision was of the Reform Party of Canada was mixed. U1 science student Ian granted interim club status.

SSMU Vice-President Internal Slotin expressed concern with the Cornell Wright explained that the decision.

“Certain clubs at McGill, such as the [InterGreek Letter Council] were “ T h e r a c is t e le m e n ts o f not granted status because th e R e fo r m P a r ty b o th e r they were deemed discrimi­ natory,” he said. “I don’t dis­ u s v e r y m u c h , b u t it is agree with this. My problem n o t o u r jo b to h a n d d o w n is how SSMU could allow a fin a l ju d g m e n t party with a history of dis­ crimination club status. The two decisions appear incon­ U 3 s tu d e n t D a v id sistent.”

A b itb o l When asked to com­ ment on allegations that the party is discriminatory, party decision to grant status depended on whether the platform of the club member and graduate student Dean respects the SSMU constitution, not Wight expressed frustration.

“The funny thing about com­ on the politics of the party.

“It is not my job to make com­ ments like that is that you are for­ ments or judgments on such mat­ mulating opinion on little to no fact. ters,” he said. “All that we are con­ If people actually read our platform cerned with is if their constitution is they would be better aware of what B y A lexander W

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we are about,” he said. “We are not against multiculturalism. We are against official multicultualism.

That is, we do not support govern­ ment funding of any specific cultur­ al group.”

U 1 arts student Greg Mitchener expressed a similar opinion.

“I think its great that they are here. I ’ve read their platform and it’s not racist,” he said. “Most of it deals with financial matters which is what we need right now.”

David Abitbol spoke on behalf of Hillel House President Charolette Kaiser.

“The racist elements of the Reform Party bother us very much, but it is not our job to hand down final judgment,” he said. “We fun­ damentally support freedom of expression, and we have faith in the decision making abilities of the McGill students.”

Wight defended the Reform Party.

“We are all Canadians, whatev­ er group we come from,” he said.

“The Reform party is for all Canadians who have a sense of pride as a nation, and who believe in strengthening it.”

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M cG ILL T R IB U N E

T ry in g to a c c e p t A p p o o “A s s a s s i n a t i o n is t h e e x t r e m e f o r m o f c e n s o r s h ip .”

- George Bernard Shaw M ichael B r o a d h u r st

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Axworthy net full o f holes B y M ichael B r o a d h u r st _________________________________________

Recent news coverage suggests that human resources minister Lloyd Axworthy’s social program reforms are gaining support across the coun­ try. Spurred by finance minister Paul Martin, Axworthy is looking to shrink Canada’s social safety net without letting all the fish go free. He only wants to let some of them go.

The effort to trim the federal budget deficit is laudable — it’s about time someone in government tried to control spending instead of spend­ ing. Martin’s plan aims to cut the annual deficit to $25 billion within three years, down from a Mulroney-era level of roughly $40 billion per annum.

It sounds impressive, but what it amounts to is going into to debt to get the country out of it. Not a sensible move, but then very little in gov­ ernment seems to operate on the same rationale that banks and employers and university administrators expect normal people to use.

American humorist P.J. O’Rourke noted in his book Parliament o f Whores that social activists scream about defense spending every time the U.S. government mentions fiscal restraint. “Just cut the defense budget,” they say, “and all your problems will be solved.” And in the United States there would suddenly be a new, gigantic, overwhelming, and angry social class of unemployed former defense workers. Sounds like something the government should have already done.

Canadians have found another target, largely because our southern neighbours our government does not spend exorbitant amounts of money on an oh-so-impressive military. But Canadians have social programs to flog. Cut them and no one will worry about anything. The whole world will be happy and live together and hold hands like one big happy family, sharing and caring. That sounds like the large-scale experiment that failed across Eastern Europe. Hello Mikhail Gorbachev.

Once again, Lloyd Axworthy, Paul Martin, and all voters that moti­ vate their every move, are missing the point. Cutting university tuition grants will have an adverse impact on the education of our society. Maybe Axworthy’s proposed income-contingent loan repayment plan will work, but there’s a problem with perception. If a student is told that McGill costs $8,000 per year it might deter them from applying. Axworthy can trumpet government information campaigns for as long as he wants, but it’s with a nudge and a wink, because everyone knows the government will give it up in a few years in yet another round of budget cuts.

The other social program cuts will hurt too. O’Rourke had it right when he said that defense contracts exist because a bunch of people with jobs in the industry voted for representatives, who they “told” to create more defense contracts. A simple cause and effect relationship, and one that should apply to Canada’s budget process. Though extremist rhetoric about corporate abuse of the taxation system is tiresome, it does carry a valid point. Make those who can afford it, and those that benefit most from the system, pay for the operation of that system. After all, without an educated population, corporations would cease to exist. Smart people, educated people, keep the greedy ones out of jail.

What Lloyd Axworthy is doing is cutting pieces out of the net, not merely shrinking it. What inevitably will happen is obvious: Canada will be left with a deficit, still very sizeable, and a population not equipped to find innovative solutions to big problems. That’s not what you want Mr. Axworthy. That’s not what anybody wants.

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Even I can’t resist laughing at Appoo. Appoo is not a tragic or contemptible character: he is quite human, likeable, and importantly, he is depicted as a full member of the Springfield community.

Nonetheless, is he an American?

Not too long ago, I was remarkably proud of being Canadian. However, I began to realise that the majority of Canadians would only consider me as marginally Canadian. Certainly, I am probably perceived as being an Indian or a Hindu more often than a Canadian.

It is simply a fault of my own that I can only be pseudo-Canadian.

Furthermore, I can only be grateful that I am permitted to be a member of this great civilising state. As we all know, Hindu men practice female infanticide, burn their brides, destroy ancient mosques, and practice a stagnant and evil religion.

Canadians should be grateful to the CBC and Southam newspa­ pers such as the Gazette, for edu­ cating them about our evil ways and for ensuring that we are not permitted to enter the social main­ stream. Certainly, the misguided neo-nazis have much to learn from the CBC and the Gazette. The latter have also ensured, by marginalising and dutifully criticising us that real Canadians (middle-class white women and men — those who fuel our great market economy) proper­ ly benefit from the labour of their pioneering ancestors.

Certain pseudo-Canadians unfortunately believe that the main­ stream media is deceitful, exploita­ tive and racist. These people are misled. Certainly, good Canadians would not permit such a media to exist. In addition, the media is quite socially responsible. Consider the emphasis given to women’s issues and the sympathy displayed toward their concerns.

We should also be grateful that a few special individuals, such as Neil Bissoondath, have realised the evil inherent in multiculturalism.

He is not an opportunist and deserves to be the media darling that he has become.

B.N.C. Patel M.Sc. 2 C la rific a tio n Your article entitled “Students continue to fight on-line fees”

(Tribune, Oct. 12) quotes me sever­ al times. Two of these quotations are not accurate and give a very dif­ ferent slant to what I said to your reporter. Specifically, I did not say that it was “impossible” to fund the pools via corporate donations.

Indeed, as reported, I applauded the idea, but did caution that due to the number of modems and the rate of growth, it may be rather difficult to achieve. I was also quoted as saying that if we charged, “there would be very few complaints”. I am not so presumptuous as to predict what the McGill community will do. What I did say was that OTHER universi­ ties that have instituted such charges have had very few com­ plaints, and that their users were pleased with a service free from busy signals.

Two other clarifications are warranted. The article says that the alternative student proposal was presented to the SCC (allowing the reader to infer that it was rejected by the SCC). In fact, the proposal was only distributed to the SCC yesterday, and I presume will be discussed at its October 14 meeting.

The article also described this stu­ dent proposal, but did not report my comments that, as presented, it can­ not be technically implemented and would likely increase modem pool costs, and control them.

For the record, I have met with the deans and department chairs of the units most involved, and have sought their advice on what level of service is required for academic purposes within their domains. This input, as well as that from other interested parties, will be considered when the SCC revisits the issue.

Alan Greenberg Director of Computing and Telecommunications

A le s s o n in d e b t c o n tro l Large public debt is a serious problem of Canada. I would like to express my views on this issue.

Public debt plays an important role in shaping the industrial policy of Canada. For the federal level, the public debt is about 500 billion and for the provincial level, the debt is almost 150 billion, the current pub­ lic debt is about 68.3% of GDP. The twin deficit on current account and government budgets is one of the most remarkable macroeconomic phenomena of the early 1990’s.

These financial distresses place a lot of burden on the government(e.g heavy interest payment), thereby crowding out investment opportuni­ ties and closing out a lot of social programs. The major cause of increasing debt is that the politi­

cians try to sustain their position in the parliament by increasing public expenditures in order to fulfill the demands of the people. The insuffi­ cient monetary sources of govern­ ment make politicians raise both domestic and foreign capital. The debts owed to both local people and foreign countries are increasing.

Another cause of the increasing public debt is the recession. The worldwide recession attacks all industrial countries and the attack on Canada has been particularly severe. Owing to this, tax revenue continues to be very weak and can­ not finance public spending. As a result, borrowing capital from other sources is required and the debt starts to rise. The last major cause is the tight monetary policy of Canada. The aim of zero-inflation has led to high interest rates and the interest payments to the debt are increasing. High interest burden hinders the government from paying off the principal of the debt. So, the debt continues to accumulate at a high level.

I suggest two solutions to the problem and I will test the feasibili­ ty of them. The first solution being introduced is that both the federal government and provincial govern­ ment should raise taxes instead of cutting spending to pay off the pub­ lic debt. This solution also doesn’t seem to be feasible. It has long-term effects on the economy. For exam­ ple, “ As the provincial government raises taxes by $5-million, both lev­ els of governments confiscated 1% of personal income which was about half of all the gain in income expected for this year. This action damaged the economy. Consumer confidence fell. Retail sales went down.”

The second solution is that the federal government can immediate­ ly cut the spending on unemploy­ ment insurance and pensions pro­ grams. Further spending cut on unnecessary infrastructure and regional projects are required as well. The solution seems to be tough for the Canadians. They may strongly protest the cut on social programs. Moreover, the cut on infrastructure investment may cre­ ate more unemployment and the economy will continue to be in bad shape.

In conclusion, I strongly request the Canadian government to stop the rising of public debt. Public debt is a big problem of Canada.

The interest payments on these debts hinder the growth of the coun­ try and place burden on future gen­ eration. Although the solutions have flaws, it is necessary for Canada to stop the rising of debt immediately.

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Staff M ila Aung-Thwin, J o r d a n a Berger, Chris Bestwood, A ndrew B oon, Jo y c e Boro, Christina B ou chard, H ugo Cam eron, M aggie Clay, Cecily Eckhardt, Rick Evans, Ted Frankel, D orian K endal, G abriel Levine, R ebecca Margolis, Scott Matthews, Kurt N ewman, Jo n a th a n O ’B rien, A lice Rhee, S han n on Ross, L ain a Scolnick, M erwin Siu, Alyson Slater, J a c k Sullivan, Trish Snyder, A lexan der W axm ann, K a s h if Z ah oor

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Longing for belonging: the urban dilemma G

I ’m trying to let people know that I’m here during this period of time. Let it be remembered or for­ gotten, that’s up to the people. — New York graffiti artist COST, Artforum magazine interview, march 1994.

In my last column, I looked into ideas of claiming space as brought to my attention by a new method of directing our understand­ ing of urban space and its true use.

“Queer Space”, as coined by Vancouverite G.B. Ingram, uses the urban homosexual community to illuminate the ‘dirty truth’ that, despite urban planning to the con­ trary, the vital, complex and often contradictory life of the city will set its own path. To quote R E V S, COST’S partner in crime, “Some people use the front door. Some people use the back door. W e’re

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crashing through the side of the house.”

This ‘secret life’ of the city is in content flux. And it is exactly this flux that allows it to escape the tight reins of ‘the powers that be’.

To maintain autonomy, queer space must remain unmappable.

Globe critic John Bentley Mays noted the significance of this.

“The classic liberal answer to this question has always been active intervention... queer space... would emphasize neglect, a general light­ ening of the coercive power contin­ ually being brought to bear upon... marginal citizens.” In an article in the September Utne Reader entitled “Cities Don’t Suck”, the base of the problem is succinctly stated. Too few people make all the decisions.

Now approach the issue from the other side — the micro scale. I

think we’ll see that the symptoms match the problem, and that solu­ tions come to mind when we make the connection.

As the title says, we are all longing for belonging — a feeling found with a prevalence that relates quite directly to the size of the com­ munity we live in. It is an urban dilemma. In a small town or rural environment, people know you and your roots. Certainly it can be claustrophobic, but at least you feel involved with your world — as if your presence was integral to the structure of your environment.

In the urban environment, one must more actively participate in order to make roots and find mean­ ing. However, for the most part, we are not taught how this is done, or even that it is important. We are bom into families — instant roots, instant community. But when it comes time to leave the nest, it is also time to develop your own eyes and skills to engage yourself in your life.

This seems pretty commonsensical. But what happens if you

Harsh lessons from the Balkans In Flagrante Politico M

There have been two major developments in the Balkans in the past few weeks, both of which are cause for reflection.

Mandated by an impatient Congress, the United States had set a deadline of October 15 for the Bosnian Serbs to accept the pro­ posed peace settlement reducing their controlled territory from 70 percent to 49 percent, or the US would ask the Security Council to lift the arms embargo which has thus far left the Croats and Muslims in Bosnia and Croatia at a great disadvantage to counter the Serb attack. The battle that will surely ensue in the Security Council and in the “contact group” composed of the U S, Russia, Britain, France and Germany will be an international display of diplomatic chaos from which seri­ ous lessons had better be learned to ensure the blunders made over the past four years do not happen again.

Lifting the arms embargo, while emotionally tempting, will hurl the war into an even bloodier quagmire. While it may give the Croats and Muslims a chance at countering the brutal onslaught of the Serbs, it amounts to an admis­ sion that the situation is absolutely hopeless, and that no further inter­ national effort will make a differ­ ence. The war will thus continue on unchecked while millions are massacred as we stand by and watch the war get worse and worse. Lifting the arms embargo

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would compel Canada, Britain, France and other countries with peacekeepers in the former Yugoslavia to pull their troops out, leaving absolutely no humanitarian assistance to the 2 million refugees the UN is currently protecting.

While fashionable to heap scorn on the UN, we tend to forget how many lives our peacekeepers have saved while war continues around them.

Not only will lifting the embargo put off any negotiations for peace indefinitely, it will be inevitable that countries (i.e.

Serbia, Albania, USA, the EU, Russia) will start to take sides in the absence of a relatively neutral and slightly united negotiating team, whose presence is better than the alternative. This would be the most dangerous development imaginable: everyone rushing to arm and support a side, jostling to influence the outcome of the war.

Has everyone forgotten what hap­ pened here in 1914?

It is tempting to give up now, but if the embargo is lifted, thou­ sands more will be massacred on both sides, and no one will come back to the bargaining table for a long time. It is a horrible decision to have to make, especially faced with the pleas of those who have no weapons to defend themselves, but the consequences could be cat­ astrophic. Long-term thinking was missing before the war started, and we must not succumb to short­ term, quick-fix solutions.

The second development is the American appeal to Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to recognise the borders of Croatia and Bosnia, putting greater pres­ sure on the Bosnian Serbs to accept the peace plan. The tactic of recognition of borders and eventu­ ally of sovereignty was utterly misplayed between 1991 and 1992.

The United Nations, including an almost instantaneous recogni­ tion by Canada, were stupid to recognise any of the newly-formed states so quickly after their decla­ rations of independence and sover­ eignty referendums in 1991-1992.

Quick and unconditional recogni­ tion of Croatia and Bosnia was a mistake that hopefully will not be made again. No state deserves international recognition until agreements as to the peaceful divi­ sion of territory and just treatment of minorities in accordance with the UN Declaration of Human Rights are fulfilled.

State-collapse is one of the greatest challenges to regional and international security, especially when there are displaced minori­ ties in the territory of a new state.

To deal with this, the UN and regional organizations must get involved in high-risk areas before conflicts even start. In the Balkans, the deployment of peacekeepers and constructive diplomacy in Macedonia may help to prevent the Balkan War from spilling south. It represents a chance for the EU and UN to redeem itself and not make the same mistakes it did in 1991 with the rest of the for­ mer Yugoslavia.

Preventing an outbreak of vio­ lence in Macedonia should be an absolute priority. Everything must be done to keep Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece from interfering

are turned away at every attempt to find a space for yourself? The enfranchised have a vested interest in keeping (dare I say, hoarding) the space. (That is, after all, how they became the enfranchised.)

They have also mostly lost the modes of thinking that allow for the understanding of diverse spatial/environmental needs. For certain groups such as the homo­ sexual community, the progression into an enfranchised state is never allowed. As Mays voiced, the solu­ tion doesn’t lie in active participa­ tion (which necessarily demands an understanding/acceptance). We must remember that one is always capable of being both the victimizer as well as the victim. Thus, our first solution to longing for belonging: everyone must stop thinking their proposals are broadly applicable.

Put the decisions for the many in the hands of the many.

The other solution is some­ thing the victim can do to start to become empowered. We all must find our space and claim it. We must stop feeling guilty about pro­

claiming our need for connection to the world. In reading on graffiti artists, the issue comes up again and again that their actions are based on a fundamental need to feel involved, and not on the simple egotism or vandalism that the city ‘experts’ attribute it to.

This claiming of space I am prescribing the urban dweller has nothing to do with possessiveness.

We all have to live here together.

However, simply by the presence of memory, any temporary making of space is permanent — at least in your perceptual world, and proba­ bly the worlds of a few witnesses.

My friend and I will forever have a bond with the marble sculpture I mentioned in my last column. This bond helps me feel that Montreal is my home.

As the article said, “Cities Don’t Suck”. They are stages for exciting and fruitful lives, if we know how to use them.

G eoff Gibson has drafted plans fo r a new, im proved viewm aster viewer.

militarily, and that will require constant negotiation and diploma­ cy. Fortunately and wisely, this is happening before serious violence has erupted. The EU and the UN must concentrate on Macedonia, offering incentives to all the par­ ties involved to avoid degeneration into the conflict the rest of the

Balkans are involved in. It is a rare opportunity to be assertive in pro­ moting peace before war breaks out. There are no guarantees, espe­ cially in the Balkans, but it is an investment in peace worth making.

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Ireland from the British not the English Government. Britain and England are not one and the same and perhaps a look at a map might dispel any doubts.

You make no mention of why Adams was previously refused entry to Canada. The fact that his organisation advocates violence may be the reason and although the IRA has declared a cease-fire it has not been made permanent. Perhaps the British government’s caution over talks is related to this fact. In the 25 years of violence you fail to mention the majority of people were killed by the IRA instead you try to lump everyone together including the British forces as if the Republicans were a mere minor part of the killing.

Much as Gerry Admas would like to believe the problems in Northern Ireland are not based on religion the facts do not back up his personal analysis. Unionists are Protestant and Republicans are Catholic and nothing he says makes the religious issue any less impor­ tant in any future plans for Northern Ireland.

I support Mr. Adams’s new found enthusiasm for peace.

What I do not support is your news­ paper giving a very lopsided view of a very complex issue that you obviously felt no need to check a few facts about. I thought one of the rules of journalism was to get a second opinion? I didn’t find one in your article.

My recommendation falls on the solution -cutting unnecessary pro­ grams and public works projects.

These can help to create financial slack for the government to pay off the debts.

I want to thank the McLennan - Redpath library for reminding us of the highest point of world history when the most ethical and courageous of people demon­ strated for all time what is means to be civilized. It can only be hoped that one day all people will act like the Danes.

Respectfully, David S. Rovins, Arts W ell it is n ’t...

R.E. “Even a Fungus is a plant” by P.S. A fungus is not a plant.

Matt Rory Eng U3 S in n F e in in g jo u r n a lis m This is regarding the visit of Gerry Adams, President of Sinn Fein to Montreal and the views he expressed that your paper and “journalists” saw fit to report. In the process you have let yourselves be used as a tool of propaganda for the Republican cause in Northern Ireland.

The Irish Republicans are trying to wrest control of Northern

Mark Luz thinks these blurbs are irrelevant and silly.

Yours sincerely, Nicholas Houseman

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pound of butter on the keyboard of your computer. Now start on that essay that you should have handed in last week. When you are done call up Telley on the Phoney and go for a lit­ tle AAAAIIIR hockey. Never take off those mittens —they gave you life, they gave yoti love, they gave you radio.

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ARIES (MAR 21- APR 19) Say hello to Indifference. Peanut juice cram jellied Report on Business may entice you to stay but beware; cream cars don’t slice it on the high­ way. And so you languidly linger in front of the television set wondering whether or not to lick that salsa off the floor. And we are filled with wonder at your rancid splendour, your putrid odour, your loving demeanor. Sleep now.

TAURUS (APR 20- MAY 20) You’ve had one slice too many of that delicious curdled hummous.

James Gamer. A Post-Sensitive blood oar was left on your balcony. Yes the same day you made a hat from the corpse of Walt Whitman. You're angry—-we accept that, just don’t abuse your barbiturate privileges.

GEMINI (MAY 21- JUNE 20) Controversial proverbs bloodlet your psyche as the Alfa Romeo out­ side your apartment explodes into a ball of flames. Crying, tears stream­ ing down your face, you mn outside holding a two litre bottle of ketchup.

You squirt it into the molten exhaust pipe screaming: “That floor is plumb!

That floor is plumb!” The little ticks in your armpits...

CANCER (JUNE 21- JULY 22) While harvesting monkey wrench sores around your lower backside, a thought strikes! “Why don’t I shave off all my body hairs (eyebrows too, comrades) and have a parade in my shower?” Oh Cancer you are so happy, sure they call you a dullard, but you found the only unbruised green pepper at Warshaws.

Chin Up Cordomoy Face! ! 10-4.

LEO (JULY 23- AUG 22) Your teeth are killing you today.

Put on some mittens and slap a

VIRGO (AUG 23- SEP 22) Free yourself from your obses­ sion with the man with the brown stain on his pants. Free yourself my brothers and sisters, FREE YOUR­ SE L F!!! The time has come to declare your alliance. Don’t be a wuss, you’re either for the world dominating powers of the ant people or against US. Be strong my children, keep a stiff upper lip and your swanky pornography on the coffee table and lets polka.

LIBRA (SEPT 23- OCT 22) After your press release, you return home tired. You make some pancakes and dance to your own tune. You go to the the den to check on your gerbils which have recently undergone chemotherapy. One of them is dead, it’s Don Juan. You weep, and the phone rings it ’s Leonard Cohen, again, it’s Leonard Cohen. Then you sleep.

Philadelphia urologist, was startled when a man entered his office, and pulled down his trousers to reveal a scrotum about twice the size of a melon, black and blue and giving off A lex U sh er a very unpleasant odour. Morton claimed that he almost fainted when Many people at McGill make fun of the Université the man told him that though the injury had hurt, he had du Québec à Montréal. They say they look down upon it known enough about doctoring to close his scrotum because it has few resources, fewer intellectual standards, wound with heavy duty staple gun. During the surgery and gives honorary degrees to Rwandan mass murderers. Morton performed to remove eight inch-long rusty sta­ There is a way to describe these intellectual snobs: to ples from the man’s scrotum, he discovered that the man them we may apply the tag “correct”. was also missing a testicle. When asked about this, the However, what these people overlook is that UQAM man explained what had happened: is the only university in the province to be blessed with a The patient had worked in a toolshop and had bona fide, degree-granting department of “sexology”. No, enjoyed masturbating during his lunch break by putting seriously, they do. And a good thing, too; sexual gratifi­ his penis on a canvas drive-belt. One lunch break, he got cation is an incredibly important aspect of human behav­ a little too enthusiastic and began leaning further and fur­ iour, not to mention a fertile ground for ephemeral sto­ ther over the drive-belt. His scrotum got caught between ries. I therefore present to you some of the recent work the belt and a pulley, and as a result he was thrown across done by members of the faculty on the subject of sex — the room and through a window. Stunned, and without and in particular, the pathetic attempts of men to procure realising he had lost a testicle, he had stapled himself up sexual satisfaction when they aren’t “getting any”. and gone back to work.

Lonely business travelers often seek sexual solace Grotesque as that incident might sound, it is pale when they are on the road with women other than their compared to some other acts of man-machine love. The wives. Last March, however, one traveler in Tampa, Journal o f Forensic Sciences, for instance, has compiled Florida who couldn’t (or wouldn’t) attain gratification in a number of stories of men dying while trying to have this manner came up with a novel solution. He decided to sex with tractors. One 62-year old man was found try and have intercourse with the filter on the wall of his squeezed to death between his John Deere 1520 and a hotel’s pool. However, as is often the case with one-night bam wall wearing only a pair of red high-heeled shoes. stands, this romantic interlude was not as easily ended as Another man was found dead of autoerotic strangulation it was begun; his penis became jammed in the filter. The while tied to his John Deere 410. Apparently, he had pool had to be drained so that the local paramedics could bought himself this tractor as a Christmas present and perform a 45-minute surgical procedure in order to free named it “Stone”. Police found long poems addressed to the man. Two Tampa TV stations played footage of the “Stone” among the man’s possessions. pool draining on their evening news broadcasts.

Finally, I would like to share with you a small piece Deliberate penile self-mutilation is not of course of World War One-era doggerel which I have recently confined to pool filters. Vacuum cleaners are also a big come across. According to Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld of the favourite. According to the British M edical Journal, Stockholm Institute of Sexual Science, one of the most there have been several cases of men attempting to use popular songs among German soldiers in the trenches vacuum cleaners for the purposes of penile stimulation. was: “Es steht ein Elephant am Titicaca See/Der steht | Take for example the case of the man who arrived at the und hebt sein Schwanzlein in die Hoh/Laura, Laura, hospital claiming that while changing the plug of his vac­ wenn ich bin bei dir steh!/So geht’s mir wie dem Elefant uum cleaner — in the nude, mind you — the vacuum am Titicaca See”. This translates roughly as: “There is cleaner “turned itself on” and caught his penis, thereby an Elephant at Lake Titicaca/who stands and raises his causing multiple lacerations. The BMJ cautions anyone tail (penis) in the air/Laura, Laura, when I am by your thinking of trying to stimulate themselves in this way to side/I will be just like the Elephant at Lake Titicaca”. either be extremely careful or not very well endowed: As I have said before, it should not come as a sur­ vacuum fans, on average are only 15cms from the inlet. prise to anyone that none of history’s great lovers were Still, this stuff is pretty tame compared to those men German. who try and get it off with industrial machinery. The Journal Medical Aspects o f Sexuality reported one truly Alex Usher wonders what kind o f elephants live in gruesome incident in 1991. William Morton, a South America

The Faculty of Ephemera

SCORPIO (OCT 23- NOV 21) We should all get Amigos cause then I says we could like talk if there was like an emergency. Your friends may not want to hear from you now, but when you hook up with a cell­ phone, that all changes. Now they bleed, right? Right. Those Ayrton Senna trading cards are the hobby of the decade. Time to cash in. Look out, look up, look Radio Uno Los Angeles.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22- DEC 21) You try and cover up your devil like horns with stylish hair gel, but to no avail. We know your little secret.

We’re watching you. We all like to watch you. You can sit in your little groups playing your Stella Olla Olla hand clapping games trying to look like a little angel, but we know better.

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McGill policy of sexual conduct: over 8 billion served The debaters for the affirma­ tive argued that the latter of the On October 17, the M cGill Antioch policies be adopted at Debating Union, in association M cG ill. The Antioch Sexual with Walk Safe and SACOMSS Offense policy is founded upon the (Sexual Assault Centre), presented premise that all sexual conduct and a debate as to whether or not the contact between individuals be university administration has a consensual. Furthermore, the con­ place in the bedrooms of students. sent must be obtained verbally. The The resolution before the House most controversial component of was “Be it resolved that McGill the Policy is that the verbal consent be estab­ should implement lished at a policy regarding “ O u r a c tiv ity w ill b e every level sexual conduct in lik e r e g is te r in g o n of sexual its student code.” behaviour.

Speaking for M A R S — fo r th e p e o ­ “If one the affirmative was p le w h o fo r g e t to p r e s s person Kabir Ravindra of # it w i l l n o t b e a s a t i s ­ wants to LBGM and initiate fy in g e x p e r i e n c e .”

Rebecca Margolis moving to of the W om en’ s a higher Union. The speak­ L o m e D a i t c h m a n level of ers for the negative o f M U S sexual inti­ were Christine macy in an Ahn o f EUS and interaction, that person is responsi­ Lome Daitchman of MUS. It should be duly noted that ble for getting the verbal consent of the views expressed by the speak­ the other person(s) involved before ers were neither representative of moving to that level...”

The distinction between their personal opinions nor of their respective organisations. As such Antioch’s Sexual Offense Policy the opinions portrayed in the and a sexual harassment policy like debate were solely for the purpose that implemented at McGill is as follows. Sexual offence policy dic­ of discussion.

The code of sexual conduct tates what conduct is permissible proposed by the affirmative was a while a harassment policy provides derivative of the Sexual Violence a framework for sexual behaviour. and Safety Code of Conduct at Students at McGill can be repri­ Antioch University in Ohio. Unlike manded for participating in certain most universities, Antioch distin­ types of behaviour while students guishes between sexual harassment at Antioch are reprimanded for and sexual offence as outlined in failing to do so.

Ravindra’s argument for the its introduction to the policies.

“Antioch has two policies, a affirmative began with a criticism sexual harassment policy and a of McGill’s current sexual harass­ sexual offence policy, which have ment policy. “An environment con­ been designed to help deal with ducive to learning is a safe envi­ these problems when they occur on ronment. The present student code campus and/or when they involve does not properly address issues of sexual conduct,” said Ravindra. an Antioch community member.”

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Accordingly, it is the preroga­ tive of the university to establish a difference between appropriate and inappropriate sexual conduct whereby offenders (i.e. rapists) face expulsion.

Ravindra advocated that sexu­ al offence workshops operated by the McGill administration as well as Walksafe and the Sexual Assault Centre. In the event of an accusa­ tion of inappropriate conduct, an “assessor” from one of these groups would mediate between the alleged offender and the victim/survivor. Such a process in Ravindra’ s opinion would be the best means to address these sit­ uations. “It will bring us up to date with 1994 and not 1984.”

Ahn’s rebuttal was to question not whether the institution of the code was inherently bad or good but whether it was realistic.

She stated that the enforce­ ment of the code would be virtually im possible at McGill.

“Antioch is a different situation in which all of its students live in resi­ dence...on college proper­ ty.” Added Ahn, “McGill is not a nation unto itself.”

Ahn expressed that the policy would be redun­ dant and create further bureaucra­ cy. The Student Code, she main­ tained, already addresses the issues at hand. McGill should not over­ look the problem of false accusa­ tions and the dilemmas involved in one person’s word against anoth­ er’s. In her opinion, this system would perpetuate an atmosphere of “guilty until proven innocent”.

The First Speaker for the affir­ mative ended her rebuttal with a strong assertion: “How dare this academic institution tell me how to behave in my bedroom — this res­ olution must fall.”

M argolis reiterated the Affirmation’s claim that their pro­ posal was not one synonymous with the society portrayed in George Orwell’s 1984. “We are not proposing an Orwellian state...but a comprehensive sexual

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conduct policy in our student code.”

It is deemed necessary by Margolis because students value safety and freedom of thought.

Margolis maintained that McGill’s responsibility extends beyond aca­ demics. McGill must foster aware­ ness and give students a clear idea as to what proper sexual conduct

entails. In her closing argument she stated: “We want to change reality and influence people in society with the things we learned here.”

“The goal is noble, I agree, but do the ends justify the means?” retorted Daitchman. The policy proposed by the affirmative is an infringement upon the rights of stu­ dents. Daitchman likened sexual activity under policy to the pur­ chase of fast-food. “There’s more to a Big Mac than its ingredients...I don’t order two all beef pat­ ties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun...”

He vehemently opposed the establishment o f consent at every new level of sexual activity.

“Our activity will be like registering on MARS — for the people who forget to press # it will not be a satis­ fying experience.”

Daitchman stated that the policy was an abuse of power which would not ben­ efit the McGill community better than the legal system.

0 He quoted from 1984: _o “The object of power is Qpower.” He concluded the ~ argument for the negative ^ by asserting that M cG ill § jurisdiction did not extend ^9 beyond campus. “To imple•— ment such a policy will require cameras in the bed­ room.”

Whether or not Antioch is an Orwellian state is a matter of opin­ ion. Whether or not institutions like M cG ill should implement codes of sexual conduct is an issue of great debate. Such resolutions are not confined to Shatner and will most likely accompany us into the 21st century.

Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize B y T rish S n yder

Lester B. Pearson had one. So did Theodore Roosevelt. Neither Sigmund Freud or Gandhi had them, but some say they should have. Sir William Bragg was the youngest to get one at age 25 and Ferdinand Buisson was the oldest at 86.

This year, a Canadian scientist, two Israeli statesmen, a Palestinian leader and a Japanese writer, among others, got one.

These individuals were all recipients of the Nobel Prize.

For more than 90 years, the announce­ ment of Nobel Prize winners has attracted worldwide attention and debate. And while the 1994 Nobel laureates announced last week will be pulled into the spotlight, the man behind their prizes will inevitably remain in the shadows.

Bom in Stockholm, Sweden on October 21, 1833, Alfred Nobel was an accomplished scientist who is credited with developing dynamite. Two of his biggest interests were literature and war: he admired great writing and despised armed conflict.

Nobel died alone but wealthy on

December 10, 1896. He wanted the bulk of his estate be used to establish a fund to award five prizes “to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.”

Three of the prizes were science-based.

A fourth was for outstanding work in litera­ ture. The fifth award was designated for the person who accomplished the most in reduc­ ing standing armies, promoting cooperation between nations and holding peace congress­ es.

Nobel figured the peace prize would only last a limited time. If conflict remained after 30 years, he imagined the world would relapse to barbarism.

Nobel instructed that an award could be given to institutions or individuals but could not be shared by more than three winners.

Each prize was to be granted at least once in every five year period and no award could be given posthumously.

Up to 3000 nomination forms per prize group are mailed to experts around the world who are asked to name a candidate by January 31st each year. Personal nominations are not accepted.

Deliberations are kept confidential until the winners are announced each October.

The award ceremonies take place on the anniversary of Nobel’s death in Oslo for the peace prize and in Stockholm for the rest.

Despite the confidentiality of the process and the strict regulations set out by Nobel, exceptions have been made stirring up everything from amusement to controver­ sy.

When Mother Teresa was given the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, she was horrified that a feast would follow the presentation and asked that the banquet money be used to feed the hungry in Calcutta.

Sir Winston Churchill got a literature prize but Leo Tolstoy and Joseph Conrad never did. When Einstein got his physics prize, it was for the photoelectric effect, not the theory of relativity. The posthumous stip­ ulation was broken first when writer Axel Karlfeld got a prize after his death. Many have wondered why the same exception was not made when Gandhi was assassinated in 1948.

Kristina Fallenius, a spokesperson at the Nobel Foundation which administers the

funds in Stockholm, says the prizes for peace and literature have always drawn the most discussion.

“I t ’s because everyone can sort of judge...And for the peace prize, it’s the same.

Persons who get awarded that prize may not be popular with everyone,” she said, adding that science prizes meet with less debate because the average person knows less about these fields.

A ritual of press speculation about win­ ners before they are announced began in 1901 and continues today. The New York Times predicted a day early that Israeli Prime M inister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chair Yasser Arafat would win the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize.

Their forecast was only two-thirds cor­ rect. The two leaders shared the prize with Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.

Fallenius says speculation and disagreements only help to maintain the high status of a Nobel Prize.

“The interest is as big as ever for these events. It’s the most famous, influential prize in the world, I think, and with a lot of money involved.”

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Rage against the MUC...

Continued from Page 1 response to the charges. Almost all of the defendants pleaded not guilty. The commencement of pro forma proceedings will begin on these cases on December 12.

M ontréal’s gay community denounced the raid as one more example in a pattern of police dis­ crimination and harassment of gays and lesbians.

Douglas Buckley, a member of the Comité sur la violence of the Table de concertation de gays et lesbiennes du grand Montréal, com­ mented on the relations between the police and the gay community.

“There has been a consistent pattern of discrimination against the gay community by the police until very recently,” Buckley asserted.

Another aspect to be consid­ ered concerns the timing of the raid. The police were conducting their surveillance of the bar at the same time the Quebec Human Rights Commission was holding a series of hearings on the issue of violence and discrimination against gays and lesbians.

Chris Carter, administrator of Lesbians, Bisexuals and Gays of McGill, was troubled by these cir­ cumstances.

The nature of the raid appears things is inherently homophobic... after the series of murders of homo­ to be based on two factors, legal The structure seems coordinated to sexuals last year, the Commission and structural: the use of the com­ harassment whether they realise it is comprised of representatives from the city, the Quebec Human mon bawdy house law and the pre­ or not.”

Fusco believes that the police Rights Commission, the police, the emptive-style policies with regard to police intervention. The invoca­ force as a whole is not biased MUC, the Regional Health Board, and spokespersons from the gay tion of the “common bawdy house” against homosexuals. and lesbian community. law was somewhat unusu­ JK Two new policy al, and has called into innovations have been question the basis of proposed with regard to direct police action. police intervention in It appears to be Montréal bars and clubs. recognised by all parties Rather than conduct involved that police inter­ surprise raids, police may vention policies con­ in the future choose to tributed to the inflamma­ warn an establishment tory nature of this affair. that it may be in viola­ Therefore, Ducheneaux’s tion of current laws, concession is regarded as allowing the bar to con­ being particularly impor­ duct self-corrective mea­ tant given his standing in sures. the community.

Police raids - a pattern o f police discrimination?

In addition, commu­ “ [Ducheneaux] is “As far as I am concerned, it nity leaders and organisations will very moralistic. He doesn’t drink coffee. He doesn’t drink alcohol. has got nothing to do with homo­ be informed of any situation that He doesn't smoke. He’s very sexuality. We have training ses­ may lead to direct police action. It sions in this city to sensitise the is hoped that this will prompt an straight and narrow,” said Buckley. police and civilians for all types of added measure of prevention by cit­ Carter also voiced worries izens and the community in general about the attitude of important fig­ issues,” he stated.

Such an orientation may make while facilitating communication ures in the policy-making process.

“The police are only doing the substantive changes desired by with the police.

Some issues will still meet their jobs — it’s someone higher up many groups in the city more diffi­ giving them orders,” Carter said. “I cult to achieve, but there are signs with controversy, including think the structure which controls which would indicate that the whether the emphasis in policing should be on prevention or repres­ process is underway.

Despite the negative reverbera­ sion, and to what degree police tions generated by the raid on activities should be accountable to Katacombes, an improved dialogue the community. There still remain, may be developing between the gay however, some 60 members of the community, the city, and the police gay community facing court dates CALLING MONTREAL UNIVERSITIES FIRST-YEAR towards the end of this year. The force.

UNDERGRADUATES FOR One avenue for this new-found tenacity with which the police and dialogue has been the Multiparty the Crown pursue their prosecution Commission on Violence Against may be an indicator of how matters Gays and Lesbians. Established will develop in the future.

“A favourable arrangement seemed to be appearing between the city and the queer community.

Suddenly there’s this raid, it was a bit suspect, as if the police were trying to paint a picture of strange, promiscuous people who hang out in bars and have sex,” Carter said.

“It wasn’t just coincidence I don’t think.”

Martin Landry of the Déscente de la dix-sept février echoed Carter’s sentiment.

“That coincidence is suspi­ cious. It is possible that Katacombes was targeted because of its high-profile in the gay club scene,” stated Landry.

Captain Detective Ben Fusco of the Morality Squad denied these charges.

“I firmly believe that there were acts that were going on that were indecent and that [the raid] was justified," he said. “Whether it be homosexual or heterosexual, the laws are there. We are there to uphold those laws.”

However, in the immediate aftermath of the raid the chief of police, Jacques Ducheneaux, for­ mer head of the Morality Squad, admitted that a mistake may have been made.

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This year Concordia University has implemented a fullyear interdisciplinary course cen­ tred on AIDS. The co-ordinator and pioneer of the course is Fine Arts Professor Dr. Tom Waugh.

Forty students from the arts and science and fine arts programs as well as ten students from out­ side the university are currently enrolled in the 300 level course entitled “HIV/AIDS: Cultural, Social and Scientific Aspects of the Pandemic.”

According to the syllabus, the goal of this course is “to provide an interdisciplinary framework for learning about the challenges and questions raised by HIV.” “The course grew from the idea that it was time to seriously educate people on AIDS,” Waugh told the Tribune. In his course out­ line, Waugh explains the wideranging obstacles that have result­ ed from AIDS. “The AIDS pandemic is a medical phenomenon and a com­ plex social, scientific, economic and cultural challenge. AIDS focuses attention on sex, the body and death. It calls into question preconceived notions of sexuality and identity (sexual orientation, race, class, gender), the role of sci­ ence in modem life, and values of individual and collective rights.

Added Waugh, “It exacerbates

geopolitical inequities.”

For this reason, Waugh has integrated three streams of study into the course, which he main­ tains is “based on a co-operative learning model.”

The three sections are scien­ tific, social scientific and cultural.

In each section guest speakers come and give lectures on their area of expertise.

For example, in the natural science section, biologists, profes­ sors and researchers from all over North America are scheduled to come and share their knowledge in a scientific but not overly techni­ cal manner. They focus on what is currently known about the vims as well as what is being done to fight it.

The social science section is centred around people with AIDS. It covers such topics as discrimi­ nation, empowerment, women and HIV and the media portrayal of people with AIDS. The arts and culture section looks at the art produced about AIDS as artists attempt to come to terms with affects of the virus. The analysis includes a study of films, visual art and literature.

A large part of the course evaluation (33% ) is based upon community internship. Each stu­ dent is required over the entire course period, to partake in an activity that appeals to the student See AIDS Page 11

October 25th, 1994

The social contract o f the new age

Peacekeeping: a permanent UN military brigade?

B y H u g o C am ero n

Spit It Out Paromita Shah

Through some rather unreliable gossip chains, it has been made known to me that sexual consent forms — literally, forms made out of paper — were distributed to all male students at the University of Western Ontario during the first few weeks of school. A form had to be signed if both male and female decided to engage in any type of sexual activity. (It really comes as no surprise to anyone that Western would forget that homosexuals do exist in the world — but I digress). Antioch University’s sexual harassment policy demands that “if one person wants to initiate moving to a higher level of sexual intimacy in an interaction, that person is responsible for getting the verbal consent before moving to that level.”

In other words, if you’re kissing someone and you, in a fit of unbridled passion, decide to reveal yourself in all your awe-inspiring glory, you must get your partner’s verbal approval of your intention.

The question for me is not whether obtaining explicit verbal or writ­ ten consent is good or bad (God forbid I be labelled as a Razorback cow­ girl again) but rather how would you eroticise it? Or are we doomed to interrupt les momentes extraordinaires with awkward pauses of “Is this OK for you? Yes, is it OK for you? Can we proceed? Oh, yes.” NEXT LEVEL. The awareness campaign advocating the use of condoms confronted the same problems. Condoms easily have the potential to be the most awkward phenomenon one will ever have to cope with. It was generally felt that the competence one displayed donning this nasty, slimy, and undeniably essential tube of latex correlated with the amount of activity going on in one’s brain. (It was along the lines of “Can you, duh, walk and chew gum at the same time?) On top of executing the best perfor­ mance of hand gymnastics ever devised, you and your partner are plagued with the possibility that this arduous effort will all be in vain — that your “moment” will dissipate into feelings of humiliation that will make you want to leave the premises now.

The campaign set out to change those fears. Condoms transformed from becoming a nightmare necessity to being inherently sexy. Or at least they tried to. Have fun with them, they said. Remember: not only are they available in convenient “flesh” tones but in hot-pink and green, strawber­ ry-kiwi-mango flavour. You and your partner can savour the flavour!

Make a fashion statement! Keep twenty because you’ll never know how much fun this little addition can be!

These ideas and other similar ones were plastered all over posters, billboards, pamphlets, and bus stops. And eventually, the stigmas against using condoms were slowly but surely chipped away and stigmas against not using them were erected in their place. Now, if you decide not to wear one for the sake of preserving the mood, not only are you incredibly stu­ pid but highly unimaginative as well (and wouldn’t be all that interesting, especially in bed).

If they did all that with a piece of latex, what could they do with a piece of paper?

Maybe various types of pens could be made to attach to various appendages all over the body to be used at various times. I think it is inevitable that in the process of signing these forms, the birth of a radical new form of gymnastics (transcending all previous ones) will occur. It’s possible that the underwear industry can introduce a new line of under­ wear — complete with consent forms. (As a tribute to the predecessors of every piece of underwear ever made, it could be called “Consentaroos”.)

If you cannot be depended upon to have enough co-ordination to sign right on the line, an underwear made entirely of consent forms could give you several opportunities to correct yourself. And for those who insist on reading documents in the dark, I’m sure a glow-in-the-dark variety num­ ber could be made available (with, of course, glow-in-the-dark pen and ink).

Granted your imagination will have to be stretched a wee bit precari­ ously; to introduce a small writing session while engaged in the art of love is no easy thing. However, when we get right down to it, we are all capable of doing a little creative squirming.

Paromita Shah is evaluating the effects o f underoos on sexual perfor­ mance.

The issue of a standing United Nations peace­ keeping brigade is again in the fore and the focus this time is on Canada. In discussions with the UN General Assembly recently, Canadian foreign affairs minister Andre Ouellet proposed that Canada con­ duct a year-long study on the viability of a UN rapid deployment force.

The UN recently initiated peacekeeping opera­ tions in situations where there is no official ceasefire.

These engagements have increased the financial and military demands on the traditional troop contribu­ tors, including Canada. According to the G lobe and Mail, Canada presently has 2,745 military personnel engaged in five major locales around the world. In addition to stresses in military resources, many of these new missions have required quicker response times to deal with emergency situations, such as that in Rwanda.

By proposing a standing UN force, Ouellet is attempting to kill two birds with one stone. Not only would a permanent force be able to react within days or hours of a crisis, but it would also presumably be cheaper to deploy than a coalition. Canadian MajorGeneral Baril, head of UN peacekeeping operations, proposes a force of about 5,000 soldiers that would theoretically prevent the development of crisis situa­ tions. Once a certain level of order is established, this “emergency force” could be replaced by stan­ dard peacekeeping troops.

The logistical problems involved in establishing such a body are daunting.

“I don’t see the possibility of nations giving up the right of sending troops or not, which such a ven­ ture would require,” explained history professor Jack Granatstein of York University. “Different armies employ different strategies, and to standardise train­ ing would be next to impossible. In addition, UN administration tends to be a shambles, and it’s guar­ anteed that any UN-administered force would be the same. I see no likelihood at all of this becoming real­ ity.”

M cG ill p olitical scien ce professor Mark Brawley also expressed scepticism about the imple­ mentation of a standing force.

“Although it’s a good idea, it’s unlikely to come about. The greater the aspirations of such a project, the less likely it is to become reality. It must be will­ ing to start with high demands but settle with less than if asks for. And there must be guarantees that UN decisions to use it will be swift but not reckless.”

Brawley added that it would be easier to gain support for a standing brigade if it espoused limited aims. The example offered was taking action only in cases of foreign aggressions against existing states.

McGill students had varying opinions on the project.

“Before anything like that could work,” says U3 McGill student Geoff Hawker, “it would be neces­ sary to convince the Americans to phase out their role as world military policemen.” Hawker added that a standing UN force with quick response times would drastically alter this state of affairs, and may not be welcomed by the United States.

U3 North American studies student Jane Rigby believes that a standing UN force is an issue worth studying, but is sceptical of its immediate response capabilities.

“The unavoidable UN bureaucracy and the stan­ dard UN practice of using peacekeeping as a last resort after diplomatic measures and economic sanc­ tions would prevent it from becoming an ‘emergency force’. The lag time between crisis and deployment would be too great to prevent it from spiralling out of control,” she said.

The question of sovereign decision-making on the part of participating nations is an overriding con­ cern. Who would make the decision to stay or to deploy? What channels would this have to go through? How does the UN convince nations to con­ tribute troops and other support? While the project is still in its initial stages, the obstacles confronting it are many. Ouellet’s study will attempt to overcome these in order to provide a practical model for a standing UN force.

A ID S education at Concordia...

Continued from Page 10 and is centred on AIDS awareness and education.

According to Waugh, applica­ tion of the information taught in the course is vital in order to fur­ ther the education and treatment of the disease. In short, students are encouraged to “apply their knowl­ edge, develop individual tools and skills, enhance activism and field­ work, link academia and the world, dare to think that the epi­ demic can end and act on that belief.”

Options for the internship pro­ jects range from fundraising, poli­ cy development, telephone help line or hotline work, acting as a buddy, doing community archival work and research assistance in either the science or social science areas.

One of the places that several students volunteer is the AIDS Community Care Centre Montréal.

It is an organisation that provides an AIDS hotline, helps the victims of AIDS deal with their sickness through therapy as well as publish a newsletter on the subject.

John Woolfry is the Director of Communications at the organi­ sation. When the Tribune asked how he felt about the AIDS course

“The department of science is at Concordia, he gave a very posi­ considering creating a science tive response: “I support it 100%.”

The program also receives minor program for arts students financial support from the although nothing has yet been Burrows and Welcome Corp., the finalised. If this does occur, then makers of AZT, the commercial the topic of AIDS could be a pos­ drug used in the treatment of HIV sible course.” and AIDS. Mc Gi l l currently does not offer an interdiscipli­ nary AIDS course similar to W augh’ s.

The Dean of Scien ce at McGill, Dr. L. Butler com ­ mented on the possibility of such a course. Inter-disciplinary study o f AIDS offered at Concordia

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Everything, everybody, everyone: LBGM’s Halloween Dance B y R e b e c c a M a r g o l is

Hallow’s Eve, a night associated with spooks, tricks, and masquerade, is just around the comer, coinciding with ‘Faces’, L BG M ’s dance extravaganza. However, ‘Faces’ is anything but a mere Halloween costume ball, shrouded in mystery and dis­ guise. It is an evening of celebration of diversity and openness, and of the many faces of bisexual, lesbian, and gay culture.

This Saturday night, October 29th, Gert’s will be transformed by a dazzling sound and light show, live D J’s, dancing, and a wide assortment of special performances.

The doors open at 10 p.m. to greetings by charming hosts Jorge/Cherry Blossom , Sean/Miss Honeysuckle, and Mattie, who will be attired in an ever-changing assort­ ment of lavish and elaborate outfits through­ out the evening.

D J’s Ugh and Goo will churning out the tunes on the dance floor — from dance music to ani difranco, and everything in between — and will be playing not only requests from their collection but just about anything they are handed. Bringing your own CD’s is thoroughly encouraged.

The live entertainment commences at 11:30, and features performances ranging from musical impersonations to Drag Queen Acts. It all begins with LBGM ’s own Beti doing a wild and wicked Carol Channing

impersonation; her own special brand of Carol’s musical talent with added flair. Also in store will be the lovely and talented Derek/Magnolia doin’ Vogue, Beti and Peter as the alternative Edith and Archie Bunker, and a potential act in the works involving none other than Elvis.

The main attraction will be a Runway Act featuring the illustrious Jorge/Cherry Blossom , Derek/Magnolia, and JeanFrançois/Lady Ivory. The act will be a spec­ tacular dance and lip-synch to Gloria Gaynor’s T Will Survive’, in drag (seen Priscilla yet?)

There will be hours of dancing for all throughout the night, with “masculine/ femi­ nine,” butch/femme, and drag queen dancers — a rich diversity of Faces — interspersed in the dancing crowd.

Alcohol specials will be offered throughout the evening, as well as lollipop distribution for everyone. Donations will also be gathered for an AIDS organisation.

The location of Gert’s for the LBGM dance is not incidental — an intimate yet central area on the main floor of the Shatner Building was chosen over the impersonal, more remote third floor Ballroom site to reinforce the presence of gays, lesbians and bisexuals in all communities and in all walks of life.

“We are here, on the main floor and we are not going to hide upstairs,” said Sean,

dance co-ordinator. “We want McGill to know who we are, and that we are here.”

There is more to this dance than an evening of fun; Faces carries with it a clear message of pride.

Sean pointed to the rash tearing down and defacing of the Faces promotional posters, and remarked, “they can rip them all down; we will not be silenced. The dance will still happen, and we will not go away.”

The dance is for everyone who wants to have a good time in an open, social environment.

The only dress code is an open mind and the bottom line is to come to have a good time.

In one o f the coolest even ts to hit g o o d ‘ol Gert’s, LBGM and friends liv e it up at F a c e s — a Dance, Saturday, Oct. 29, starting at 10 p.m. Tickets are $3.50

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Death alive and well in the art world B y C h r is t in a B o u c h a r d

An entirely different media is used for the second exh ib it, S o m etim es S qu are, Alain Paiem ent’s computer-enhanced view of Tim es Square in New

Winter: time for dead leaves and breakups — a generally mis­ erable time for self reflection, at least accord­ ing to the visual art community of Mont real .

Death is in the air, and the Museum of Contemporary Art has embraced this idea in three new exhibits.

For those interested in S e r r a n o ’s Rat Poison S u ic i d e II ap p reciatin g native M ontreal talent, T he York City. A fifteen foot high Origin o f Things, the first of the tunnel of photographs display a three exh ib its, show cases the view of the buildings and city life works of seven prominent artists. which pass from day to night as The works prim arily include one walks through. Paiement uses sculpture, with some use of col­ his computer to warp the pho­ lage and pencil sketches. Naomi tographs generating a unique view London’s work When I ’m Sixty of this constantly turbulent site.

The final and Four... most morose exhibit attracts the A s w ir l o f c h a o s to is the visually stun­ most atten­ le a v e o n e u ltim a te ly ning and controver­ tion, as she th in k in g r a t h e r d a r k sial work of Andre in terp rets Serrano. Already crit­ the views th o u g h ts icised by American and fe e l­ ings of the elderly, as well as the politicians and religious groups contemporary perception of age­ for his shocking mix of bodily ing. Her work incorporates rock­ fluids and religious themes, the ing chairs, embroidered cushions infamous Serrano creates more and audio-visual equipment to jo lts for the art world with his depict the elderly in a more newest exhibition The M orgue. human way, bringing us face to To walk into this large room and face with the fact that they are look around at the beautiful, strik­ often not treated with the respect ing photographs with their bril­ liant red and black frames setting they deserve.

off grey flesh and fresh crimson stomach, an ability to analyse wounds is enough to make one abstract art or a pure love for sick to their stomach. Possibly the modem sculpture. Otherwise, just most disturbing aspect of the dis­ wait for yet another Impressionist play is that each work is titled by exhibit to hit Montreal. the cause of death. Imagine if you T he O rigin o f T h in g s, will a stark grey/peach pair of b aby ’s legs with the title P a ie m e n t’s S om etim es S q u are ‘Meningitis’ and see if your lunch an d S erra n o ’s The M orgue a re sh o w in g a t th e M useum o f sits well.

Regarding the entire three­ C o n te m p o r a r y Art (1 8 5 S te. some, some aspect of the cycle of C a th erin e O .) fr o m Oct. 21 to life is incorporated, all evoking a Jan .8. The cost is $3 fo r students. rather sombre mood. Each exhib­ it is sepa­ rate and s e lf-c o n ­ tained but the o p ti­ mism of N a o m i London’s work on aging is off­ set by the lurking doom b e­ hind Andre S erran o ’ s The Morgue and P a ie­ ment’s con­ tortion of daily life into a swirl of chaos leaves one u ltim a te ly thi nking rather dark thoughts.

These exhibits are only for those with a strong P a ie m e n t’s S o m e t i m e s S q u a r e

Jennie’s Story B y D o r i a n K e n d a l _________________

The delicate music o f the early 1900’s plays blissfully in the background. The audience sits, not knowing what to antici­ pate. The program reveals nothing and the stage is set. What is to follow is a complex tale of deceit, betrayal, sin, love, and lies.

The story revolves around the life o f a girl named Jennie(played by Jen n ifer Finestone), who at first glance seems to be content and fulfilled with the life she is living. This could not be any farther from the truth. Her past torments her, as she uncovers the lies hidden from her by the neurotic town priest Father Fabrizeau (Jason Daniel L ain o), and her mother Edna Delevault (Meredith Evans). Her mental state decreases as the play presses on, until it becomes the ultimate messenger of her doom.

The basic concepts behind Jen n ie’s Story are intriguing, but the play tends to lack on more than one occasion. The first half is long (about an hour and a half), and it tends to drag on, not reveal­ ing anything substantial until it is too late. It tries to be complex when it should be simple, and it overindulges itself with imagery, making many aspects of the play hard to comprehend. The second half is an improvement, as things come together, and confrontation ensues. But unfortunately, the See Jennie’s Story Page 1 3

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Classic albums from the ‘70s B y A n d r e w B o o n a n d C h r is B e s t w a r d

With all sorts o f boys making all sorts o f noise in many o f today’s “groundbreaking” new bands, it’s easy to fo r g e t who they’re borrow ing from so lib era lly . The Tribune o jfe r s this lo o k at som e music from the rea l ro ck era.

Rolling Stones: Exile On Main Street Just as sceptics said that Mick and the boys could strut no longer, they rocked the ‘72 scene with what is by far their greatest accomplishment.

From the opening track ‘Rocks O ff’ to the last drum hit, this album rocks hard enough to send Cy Sperling’s toupee right back to the nearest pet shop.

Lyrics like “the sunshine bores the daylights out of me” make me want to bungee. Charlie W atts’ steady drumming and Mick Taylor’s lickety split strumming, make Exile on Main Street the Stones’ finest moment ever.

Patti Smith: E aster Simplistic in its music and often crazed and con­ fused in its lyrical content, E aster falls eloquently into the mold of late ‘70s semi-punk. The opening track ‘Till Victory’ establishes the mood that carries throughout. I t ’ s a mood that rocks over the Springsteen penned ‘Because the Night’, chants dirge-like on ‘Ghost Dance’, and speaks anger-laden poetics on ‘Babelogue’. An album so confusing in content that by the end of it, you’re not quite sure what has transpired, so you listen again only to realise you had it right the first time.

Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key o f Life From the opening notes, you know you’re step­ ping backwards into a ‘70s radio show. Flowever, the magnitude of these consumer-friendly tracks does not reflect the path of this ‘76 double album. Comprised of twenty-one songs and well over a hundred minutes of music, this album finds Wonder swaying back and forth between that which influences him as a musi­ cian and that which concerns him as a citizen. The one-man-music of ‘Loves in need of Love today’ and ‘Have a talk with God’ flow beautifully into the socio-political ‘Village Ghetto Land’. Following this, Wonder spent three years on Journey through the

Secret Life o f Plants, an album built on the New Age sounds that would prevail in the early ‘80s. Thereby Songs in the Key o f Life truly marks the end of an era.

Carol King: Tapestry This singer/songwriter made an album worthy of the label masterpiece. Never mind the fact she has the best hair in showbiz, this voice for women musicians had constructed a full and solid album. Songs like ‘You’ve got a Friend’ are touching, but my personal favourite is ‘You make me feel like a Natural Woman’. You may remember Aretha Franklin’s ver­ sion from The Big Chill, but King wrote this and sings it with utmost sincerity. Listening to this, I ’d have no problem singing along as loud as I can in front of a viewing audience at a WWF battle royale.

Press play and get your lawn chair and beverage ready for Carol.

Steely Dan: Katy L ied Although P retzel L og ic ( ‘74) remains Dan’s most critically acclaimed effort, I personally find myself swayed towards Katy Lied (‘75) as their finest hour. The music is as tight as it’s ever been, the lyrics beat-poetic and slick. Throw in a few booze and pot references and there’s your perfect Steely Dan album.

However, Katy L ied seems to harbour more than usual. ‘Rose Darling’ presents the band using an unorthodox, upbeat three minute wander, while ‘Your Gold Teeth Two’ gives the listener a chance to see how they’ve grown since the first album’s ver­ sion.

Sly and the Family Stone: There’s a Riot going on Believe it or not, Sly and company did go on after Everyday People. I strongly suggest this release for people who are fans of great albums, not hit sin­ gles. The album should be played through as a con­ tinuous song. If you want funk, these guys funkin invented the term. Never mind the get-down-andboogie riffs within this album. What I like about this band is their willingness to be different, and not just for this sake of being different. A critic once wrote that the quality of this album emerged out of Sly’s discovery that “a pot of gold at the end of the rain­ bow doesn’t mean shit.” Words to live by. The kings of funk ride on.

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The most positive aspect of Jen n ie’s Story was its five-mem­ ber cast, who are dynamic in por­ traying their given roles. The most compelling and enrapturing per­ formance is given by Jen n ifer Finestone, playing the lead role.

She holds the role with grace

throughout the play, never looking uncomfortable in her emotions.

Probably the most impressive scene in the play is when Jennie reveals the secrets to her husband Harry(Jeff Roop) sworn to her by the Father. The emotions are gen­ uine, and the strength o f the chemistry between the two is so magnificent, it evokes tears. In

addition, Kelly Macintosh does a wonderful jo b at directing.

Everything seems to work, but the script.

If you have three hours to spend, see Jennie’s Story. The cast is worth the cost.

Jen n ie’s Story plays Shatner until Oct. 29. It begins at 8 p.m. and costs $6 fo r students.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Giant Sand Glum (Imago/BMG) It breaks my heart to say it, but Giant Sand’s southwestern stew of rock, country, and melan­ choly seems to be headed for big­ ger and better things. On their m ajor label debut, songwriter Howe Gelb and his rotating cast of ramblin’ players (including the angelic Victoria Williams) have assembled 11 strong songs, with little of the aimless misdirection that flawed last year’s Purge & Slouch. Gelb manages to corral his often vague musings on fate and failure into a refreshing coherence.

Focused yet laid-back, Glum just might be the album that brings Gelb’s Arizona-baked wanderings and wonderings to the masses.

— Gabriel Levine Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Orange (Matador/ EMI) So what’s with this Spencer fellow anyhow? Pussy Galore, the Gibson Brothers, a handful of intense Blues Explosion releases, and now O ran ge. I mean, why doesn’t he just charge the Rolling Stones a handsome fee, teach them how to really rock ‘Cowboy’ style, and retire in peace? A classic ’70s album that the stadium rock

movement. Following in the foot­ steps of such legends as Rush, Yes and ELP, the Long Island quintet offer a musical approach outside of the run-of-the-mill grunge-metal and thrash that are now radio and record store staples. With a dynamic range of musical styles which integrate acoustic guitar and piano into melodic progressive metal, they manage to bring musi­ cianship to the forefront without

tycoons forgot to make, Orange is a winner from the intro’s string section right through Spencer’s theremin solos. As usual, there’s no room for bass, it’s too jammed packed full o ’ soul. Brilliant cockiness, raw funki­ ness, undiluted sexi­ ness and unmatched lo-fi grooviness, all in a neat take home pack­ age (vinyl please, for true authenticity.)

Spencer cries “I wanna daaance” in ‘ B ellb ottom s’ — I dare you to try and sit still yourself. If you need something to keep you warm this winter, pick up O ran g e, and “turn your stereo UP!” Blues E x p lo sio n p la y s F ou fou n es N ovem ber 11th.

That’s the sweat... o f the Blues Explosion.

—Harris Newman sacrificing the quality of their Dream Theater songs. Standout tracks includes Awake (East/West Records ‘Lie’, a recent MTV debut, the 21/Atlantic) minute ‘Mind Beside Itself’ trilo­ With their third album, Dream gy, and ‘Space-D ye V e s t’, an Theater may have single-handedly eccentric piece by (now ex-) key­ resuscitated the entire art-rock boardist Kevin Moore. In an indus­

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try dominated by three-chord careers and a fear of odd time sig­ natures, Dream Theater is a breath of fresh air. Breathe it in, and dust off those old Yes albums while you’re at it.

— Scott Matthews Digable Planets B low ou t C om b (Pendulum /EMI) Critics always give sopho­ more releases a hard time, but when your first release was praised across the board by every major music institu­ tion, you just know you’re in for hard times. Doodlebug, Butterfly and Ladybug have returned, and if you liked their debut’s laid back acid grooves, than B low ou t C om b should stick you right back in a New York state of mind.

The style’s the same, and outside of a few token guests (includ­ ing Jem the Damaja and some fresh beat poetry), there’s nothing obscenely fancy going on here. Quality musi­ cianship abounds, but it had trou­ ble keeping my attention with some tracks droning on and quick­ ly become a little too laid back, almost ambient. This is as mellow

as jazz-gypping hip-hop gets. The Planets have a lot to live up to, and it looks like they’re reachin’ in the right direction.

—Harris Newman Eric’s Trip Forever Again (Sub Pop) I have a weird hallucinatory vision of a utopian Canadian theme park. It would all be, one huge B each com b ers set, with ten-foot wandering A1 Waxmans and Eric’s Trip playing constantly. The shocking news that Erica Ehm, Canada’s own Gaia, was retiring almost saw me lose faith in all things Canuck; but luckily the magistrates of Maritime lo-fi came through. Eric’s Trip have always had a hard time balancing their little-kid-with-a-very-loud-guitar aes­ thetic with their folky/psychedelic tendencies, but on Forever Again, they achieve an organic synthesis that is as close to perfection as you can get in a Fisher Price universe.

The songs are mostly confessional haikus, sounding at times like Sebadoh without the atonal noise jive, and at times like “Variations on the Theme from Dr. W ho.”

Julie, who has been shafted out of appropriate Sassy coverage (Jane Pratt must be stopped!) has a cou­ ple o f absolutely beautiful, slinkster cool tunes on this record, and the boys have thrown down what are easily the best songs ever to be recorded at Stereo Mountain.

Makes ya wanna go out and hug Mounties and stuff, eh?

—Kurt Newman

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McGill X-Country team cleans up at Provincials f

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By C hristopher R igney Heading into last Sunday’s Quebec provincial championships, both McGill’s men’s and women’s cross country teams were confi­ dent in their belief that they con­ trolled their destiny; run a smart race and avoid mistakes and victo­ ry would be likely. Led by head coach Dennis Barrett, the Redmen and the Martlets stuck to the game plan, and as a result, reasserted their provincial domination with an overwhelming victory.

The event, hosted by Université de Sherbrooke, was held on a hill-lined golf course in Lennoxville, a stone’s throw from the Bishop’s University campus.

Université de Sherbrooke initially had a difficult time finding a spot for the Quebec Student Sports Federation’s season-culminating race, before settling on the Lennoxville venue.

The importance o f the race was evident to all competitors, as a finish in the top seven overall

spots would secure a position in the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union national champi­ onship race, to be held on November 12th at the University of Western Ontario.

From the starting gun of the women’s 5 km race, the Martlets clearly showed their determination to dominate the Quebec contin­ gent which would be dispatched to London for nationals. To no one’s surprise, Linda Thyer crossed the finish line in a time o f 17:48, crowning her as the top female runner in Quebec. Finishing hot on her heels, only one second behind, was teammate Melanie Choinière, who earned the silver finish. Martlet Rosie Mullins com­ pleted the McGill 1-2-3 sweep in a time of 18:47.

All three women are headed to the nationals, along with Martlets Sophie Monjour, who finished in fifth place with a time of 19:43, and Rosalind Smye, who was one place and two seconds behind Monjour.

The Martlets’ strong individ­ ual performances resulted in a team victory romp. The McGill women finished with 17 points, follow ed by Sh erbrooke’s 81 points, and the U niversité du Québec à Rim ouski with 88 points. Concordia, Bishop’s and Laval finished with incomplete point totals, as they did not have the requisite five runners entered in the race. The score for a team is calculated by adding together the placings of each squad’s top five runners.

The Redmen, in their quest for the nationals, also placed five runners among the top seven plac­ ings. They were led by David O’ Hara, who completed the five-lap, 10 km course in 32:17. Redmen Jean-Nicolas Duval earned a podi­ um spot with a third place time of 33:24. McGill’s Alex Hutchinson, Mark Houser and Gerry Zavorski finished fourth, sixth and seventh respectively, earning a trip to London in the process.

As a team, the Redmen fin­

ished with a team best 21 points, as Sherbooke finished second, accumulating 42 points. Rounding out the field was Laval with 81 points, UQAR with 9 4 , and Concordia with 157 points. The Bishop’s Gaiters, with too few runners, finished with an incom­ plete status.

Barrett believes that the next few weeks leading up to the cham­ pionship race are crucial.

“We now have time to regroup, both individually and as a team. This will be important as to how we do in the race,” said the coach.

Last year at nationals, the women took sixth place, while the men finished in seventh spot Barrett, acknowledging that this year’s squad is a year better, is looking for strong performances at Western.

“W e’re heading into stage three o f our season .” Added Barrett, “The first two stages have gone as we had hoped, and hope­ fully it will continue.”

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Getting high on Redmen hoops B y A llana H enderson Action, drama, and excitement. All of the above could describe M cGill men’ s basketball play this past weekend as the hoop squad jumped to a start with games at Carleton and Ottawa universities, before hosting the Western Mustangs in a thriller at Currie gym on Sunday afternoon.

It sounds more like a movie review than a basketball report, but even Siskel and Ebert would give the Redmen two thumbs up in the entertainment category.

If M cGill’s season continues at this pace, they might hit the big screen as C B C ’s Canadian version o f the Hoosiers in a made-for-TV inspirational sports flick.

Game summaries, by no means, tell the whole story and play-by-plays are somewhat lacking. They merely give evi­ dence of the type o f weekend that the Redmen had, without truly capturing the excitement. Three games; two overtime wins and one loss. The regulation-time defeat aside, the Redmen are two-for-two in overtime. The coaches may have to start paying extra attention to their cholesterol intake, for fear of heart attacks at courtside, but the fans and players are loving it.

Friday night, the team faced the Carleton Ravens in their first matchup of the season. Regulation time ended in a 7474 tie after Rick Varisco hit a three-point­ er in the final seconds of the second half to send the game into O T. The shot by Varisco was the picture-perfect peak in a fairytale finish.

Varisco was 5 for 6 from three point range and finished the game with 21 points. Todd M cD o u g all, who cam e through in the clutch in overtime, also pro­ vided M cGill with 21 points. Rounding out the scoring were Doug McMahon and Chris Em ergui with 13 and 10 points respectively in the 86-81 win over the Ravens.

Saturday’s contest against Ottawa University proved to be a little disappoint­

ing after the OT win the night before. The Wozney, who had 12 points, and Fraser, Redm en started out strong but lost who finished with 10 points in his limited momentum, succumbing to the GeeGee’s time on the court. in a 7 4 -5 4 decision not indicative of how close the game was at times.

A disappointed Ken Schildroth, the Redmen’s head coach, commented on the game, referring to “maturity” as a key factor in the loss.

“We let a game get away that we had control o f,” he said. “The first half was characterised by hustle, enthusiasm and [a positive] attitude. The second half was a mirror of that.”

Rookie Matt Watson, a native of Ottawa, play­ ing his first weekend for the Red and W hite in fron t o f a hometown crowd, summed up the game succinctly.

“W e ju s t stopped playing,” he said. “We were up in the first half and then we stopped hus­ tling.”

W hereas the threepoint game was a positive fa cto r in the previous night’s win for McGill, in the game against Ottawa, the three-point attack was all but non existan t.

A gainst C arleton , the Redmen were 9 for 18 from three-point range, as opposed to 3 fo r 13 in Satu rd ay ’ s m atchup. N a il-b itin g a c tio n a g a in s t W estern a t C u r r ie R o o k ies W atson and Sunday afternoon, the Redmen hosted Peter Fraser took credit for the limited the Western Mustangs in a thriller that number of three’s.

High scorers for the game were Chad entertained a crowd of AWOL churchgo­

ers at Currie gym.

Coming back from a 10 point deficit late in the game, M cG ill’s Varisco hit another off-balance “in your face” three pointer with three seconds left on the clock to shock the Western players, tie the score and send the game into overtime once again, evok­ ing delirium in the gym in the process.

Smart play, a three pointer and a steal converted into a two point lay-up by Redmen Sammy Mendolia put McGill out front in the extra minutes but the Mustangs continued to fight back and even-out the score. À jum per by captain M cD ougall would put the Redmen up by two, 86-84, with little time remaining.

The M ustangs had one p ossession le ft and, after repeated missed attempts to put the ball in the hoop under pres­ sure, were fouled with no time left on the clock. The foul, on the shot, sent one o f the W estern players to the line with the potential to tie up the game with two free throws.

The first shot bounced on the rim a couple o f times before sinking into the hoop, adding a little extra drama to the intense finish and making the crowd howl in d isb elief. W ith the score 86-85, the player on the line succumbed to the pressure, missing the second shot clearly and handing the Redmen an incredible 86-85 win.

High scorers for M cGill were Ryan Schoenals with 16 points and Doug McMahon with 18.

An in cred ib le win, an in cred ible weekend.

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Martlet b-ball on horizon M artlet volleyball rises to the top B y Ka sh if Z a h o o r ________________

McGill feels it has something to prove after a disapointing end to last season. The Martlets were des­ tined for the nationals, but a season ending injury to league Most Valuable Player V icki Tessier ended any talk of a championship finish as the team simply did not have the depth to continue after her loss.

The Martlets began their 55th season this past weekend and seem to be headed in the right direction, pocketing two preseason wins. In her head coaching debut at McGill, Lisen Moore found herself orches­ trating her team in two very differ-

Hockey hopeful after loss B y M ark Lu z

In their regular season opener Friday night, the McGill Redmen dropped a disappointing 6-4 deci­ sion to cross-town rival Concordia.

The game marked the beginning of what promises to be an extremely competitive season for McGill.

The Redmen stung the Stingers four times with Kelly Nobes, Benoit Leroux, Marc Thibeau and Todd Marcellus net­ ting singles past the Concordia netminder, but it was not enough to give the Redmen the victory they wanted. Richard Boscher stood stalwart between the pipes for M cGill but could not repel the Concordia attack.

Scoring for the Stingers were fifth-year veteran Patrice Martineau, who netted two goals, Marc Drouin, also with two, Daniel Picard and Benoit Therrien, each with one goal in the win.

The Redmen have had mixed results against division rivals in preseason play and look forward to sending out their strongest troops in an uphill battle towards the playoffs. They suffered a stagger­ ing 13-1 defeat to division power­ house Université du Québec à Trois Rivières three weeks ago, but showed scoring prowess with pre­ season victories against Laurentian and Ryerson.

Redmen winger Dave Vecchio anticipates a good season for the club, but admits that “being in the most competitive division in Canadian university hockey” will make their task a tough one.

UQTR will once again be the team to beat this year, but the Redmen should be strong contenders in a division rife with talent.

On Saturday, M cGill faced the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers in exhibition play in Troy, New York. RPI defeated the Redmen convincingly in a 10-3 decision.

M cG ill scorers were Todd Marcellus, Jean-Guy Daigneault and Frederic Brais with one goal apiece. RPI's Craig Hamelin was the key player in the Engineers' attack, finishing the game with a goal and four assists.

ent match-ups.

In the preseason opener, McGill walked all over a develop­ ing Carleton squad 64-35. Anne Gildenhuys led the way in the game against the Ravens with 24 points and seven boards. The Martlets built a 12-point halftime lead thanks to their effective press.

The half court press forced the inexperienced Carleton backcourt to turn the ball over on numerous occasions. In support of the impressive defensive play, Lesley Stevenson added 17 points to the scoreboard on the offensive side of things.

Coach Moore had a simple outlook on the season opener against Carleton.

“We were a bit too quick for them,” she said.

The second game was a differ­ ent story. For the first 35 minutes, McGill failed to execute properly and fell in a deep hole against Ottawa. The Gee-Gees dominated on the boards and got McGill into early foul trouble. The Martlets were fortunate to only trail by nine at the half, 39-30.

Ottawa compounded McGill’s problem in the second half, as they scored six quick points to take a 15 point lead. The game see-sawed back and forth with Ottawa still very much in control. Around the five-minute mark, however, and much to the Gee-Gees dismay, the Martlets’ Jennifer Stacey sparked a comeback. Forcing turnovers and hitting key baskets down the stretch, the 5 ’ 5” guard from SeptIles, Quebec, sent the Martlets on a comeback run to win the game by a final score of 63-61. Annabelle Ambroise played an excellent game and was key in containing Ottawa’s top scorer Stella Igherewu. Josée Deloretto led all McGill scorers with 18 points.

McGill looks to add to their winning ways when, they travel west to Edmonton this weekend to compete in the University of Alberta tournament. They will test themselves against some of the top teams in the nation, including thè University of Lethbridge and the University of Victoria.

B y A llan a H e n d e r so n

The women’s volleyball team has reared its head on the varsity sports scene at McGill and, after years of maintaining a low profile at the university, the team is looking good.

Last weekend, the Martlets hosted the fourth annual McGill Invitational Volleyball Tournament at the Currie Gym. The team has spent past years watching the trophy leave with visiting teams after all was said and done. This year, the Martlets decided to give the trophy a rest from travelling.

They decided that it was high time it stayed at home and they followed through on making that happen.

McGill won the four-team tournament in the final game on Sunday afternoon in front of a crowd of impressed — albeit a little surprised — onlookers. The Martlets defeated Université de Sherbrooke’s Vert et Or in three sets by scores of 15-12, 15-3, 1512. Prior to this weekend, McGill had never beaten Sherbrooke.

Veteran Maryam Moayeri, who started with the team four years ago when the first Martlet Invitational was held, was excit­ ed about the win and the team’s outlook this season. She has seen the program develop greatly in recent years and believes that winning the tournament title is indicative of how far the team has come.

“So much has changed,” she said. “The team has improved a lot. W e’re aiming to make the CIAU’s this year. It’s definitely a goal for us.”

In the preliminary round of the tournament, McGill defeated Concordia 7-15, 15-4, 15-12, 154 and Sherbrooke 15-11, 10-15, 15-11, 15-4. Seneca C ollege rounded out the playing field in the four-team competition, but went home with three losses in tow, after losing both of their W eekend action at preliminary round games and then the consolation final to Concordia, 15-8, 15-8, 15-7.

Named to the all-star team from McGill were Anie de la Fontaine and setter Sheila Huang. De la Fontaine has already made her mark at McGill this year, winning McGill Athlete of the Week honors as

well as Quebec Student Sport Federation female player o f the week for her performance at the Concordia University tournament two weeks ago.

Maoyeri commented on the year ahead.

“Playing Laval will let us know exactly where we stand,” she said in anticipation of the Martlets first league game against the Rouge et Or. I f they can beat Laval, the Martlets would improve their chances of going to the national cham­ pionships in Edmonton in the spring, but that’s “a long way away,” according to Moayeri. They hope to

Currie Gym meet the top teams in the country, Winnipeg and Manitoba, at some point in the year, but aim to stay focused on winning in Quebec first.

The Martlets fa c e Laval this Friday night, in the Currie Gym at 6:30 p.m.

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Redmen soccer stumble to final playoff spot B y M ila A u n g -T h w in

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The M cG ill Redmen soccer team ended their regular season on Friday night, losing to the Université de Québec à Montréal Citadins 3-2.

Early in the game, it became apparent that injuries, which have pestered the Redmen considerably in recent weeks, have weakened the team substantially, especially at the defensive end of the field. W ith fullbacks Cameron Hogg and Chris Drysdale reduced to spectator status, U Q A M started the scoring early. A n attempted shot bounced off the Redmen goal post and U Q A M ’s Daniel Borros stepped in and knocked the rebound in for the first goal of the game past M cG ill keeper Matthew Maennling.

U Q A M ’s second goal was scored on a strange play in which Maennling was caught rushing out of the net towards unchallenged Citadins forward Philippe Eulaffroi. The striker was able to loop the ball past Maennling to inflate U Q A M ’s lead to 2-0.

One of the most distinctive aspects of the U Q A M team was the goaltender’s tendency to challenge attack­ ers by meeting them much farther away from the goal than is usual. Although this aggressive style worked well for most of the game, M c G ill’s Kwesi Ewool-Robotham managed to capitalise on the fact that the Citadins’ goaltender was too far out of position to knock in M c G ill’s first goal of the game. The goalie had charged out at the attacking Ewool-Robotham, who was able to keep control of the ball and to direct it into the back of the net, cutting U Q A M ’s lead to 2-1.

The elation over the hard fought goal was to be short lived. O n a trick play, the Citadins surprised everyone in Molson Stadium by marching all the way downfield to score directly off the kickoff following the M cG ill goal. It would prove to be the game-winner, unknown to either team, but, nonetheless putting large grins on the faces of the Citadins as they walked into their locker room at halftime.

The Redmen were able to get cut the lead to one point again near the end of the game. Baudoin Dessart centered a pass perfectly to fullback Adam Mar, who was able to get the ball past U Q A M ’s goalie for the score.

Although it appeared that a comeback might be possible, it failed to materialise, and the final score remained 32 for U Q A M .

Fortunately for M cG ill, they had already clinched the fourth and final playoff spot the night before when they faced the Concordia Stingers. M cG ill needed at least a tie against Concordia to enter into post-season play.

Neither team managed to score and the game ended 0-0.

The Redmen’s first obstacle in the playoffs will be a formidable one as they square off against reigning national champions Université de Sherbrooke in a home-and-home series next weekend. They play the first game on Friday night at Molson Stadium before visiting Sherbrooke on Sunday afternoon.

Swimmers Strike Gold B y A ly s o n S la t er

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Three weeks of midterms and high-mileage workouts did not seem to phase the M cG ill swimmers as they blasted Brock University out of the water this weekend, racking up 314 combined points against Brock’s respective 102. Fabulous performances by both the men’s and women’s teams resulted in a surplus of gold medals.

Not appeased by her own record-breaking performace last week, Patricia “the hurricane” Hutchinson racked up three gold medals, and yet another M cG ill record this weekend. The 800 m freestyle record was shat­ tered in 9:21:18, her other golds came in the 200 m breaststroke and the 200 m butterfly.

Carol Chaing swam her fastest times so far this year, clinching the 50 and the 100 m freestyle events handi­ ly. The stack of first place finishes was added to by Anna Leong (100 fly, 400 individual medley), Natalie Hoitz (100 backstroke), and Dana McLym ont (100 breaststroke). In addition, Leong, Chaing, McLym ont and Jody Picard teamed up for the win in the 400 m freestyle relay.

There was no lack of hardware on the men’s side of competition either. Chris Graham led the way with two wins in the 50 and 100 m backstroke events. Leo Grepin added two firsts in the 100 fly and 200 freestyle. The seventeen year old rookie Sebastian Paddington finished the mile in 17:05 for the gold. Captain Eric Potier secured gold in the 100 m breast stroke. Craig Hutchison (50, 100 freestyle) and Chris Masson (400 individual medley) swam to easy first place finishes, posting their best times so far this season.

Even though the swim team seemed to be in Olympic form this weekend, coach Francois Laurin looks for­ ward to their matchup against Laval in a week’s time to test the waters in a more challenging fashion. Laurin has “high hopes” for his athletes against the team which beat M cG ill and put them out of contention last year.

“The dual meet at Laval will be the true test to see how good they are,” he said.

The team is definitely off to a great start with the provincial championships in sight.

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Flame still burning for women’s soccer B y Io r d a n a B er g er ___________________________________________________ The M cG ill women’s soccer team is blazing hot, having completed the regional soccer season with a perfect 8-0 record.

Th e second to last game of the regular season, played against Concordia University on Friday evening, proved to be a tough game for the women, who had to deal with a terribly messy surface. With Carolyn Teng in nets, however, they went on to defeat Concordia by a score of 1-0.

Julie Maughan netted the winner as the only goal scorer of the game.

The goal, Maughan’s seventh of the season, tied her for first place in the league.

In reference to the Concordia matchup, M cG ill soccer coach Tony Iachetta explained that “the field was really muddy, [it] made it extra hard for both teams to play. But even though the girls missed some good scoring opportunities, on the whole, they played very well.”

The women approached this game with as much dedication as they did in all of their other matches. They did not concern themselves with the pos­ sibility of finishing the regular season with an undefeated status.

“The players weren’t thinking about their next game or about a poten­ tial perfect record. They just take each game one at a time, but they’re out to win them all,” Iachetta said.

O n Saturday night, M cG ill kept up the pace and took an early lead in their game against Université de Sherbrooke, just sneaking by to win the game 2-1. Maughan scored in the eighth minute of the first half and M cG ill kept the lead until Sherbrooke came back to tie it up in the second half.

For a while it appeared as if the opposition was going to ruin M c G ill’s chance of winning the division with a perfect record. In the eighty-sixth minute of the game though, Luciana Cifarelli saved the day with a great goal, enabling her team to complete a terrific season.

Coach Iachetta commented that it was a really important goal not only for the entire team but especially for Cifarelli herself. “ [Cifarelli] was in a bit of a scoring slump so this goal was a big one and hopefully will help her [get on] her way for a great playoff record,” he said.

Cifarelli gave credit to the whole team.

“W e really took control of the game from the very beginning and I think that our first goal really messed up their game plan. In the final twen­ ty minutes or so, we picked up our intensity a lot,” she said. “ We distrib­ uted the ball well and all the players were really driven and determined to win. O f course, it was an excellent way to end the regular season.”

The Martlets host the Quebec Student Sport Federation semi-finals this Friday night at Molson Stadium when they square off against fourth place Concordia.

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October 25th, 1994

Martlet rugby blanks Bishop’s in league play matchup

BY YVON CARRIERE T h e ro lle r coaster rid e that ne ve r seems to end reached a peak last Sunday for the M c G ill W o m e n ’ s Rugby team. Th e Martlets entertained their guests from Bishop’s University in front of an enthusiastic crowd on a glorious afternoon. Th e Martlets took control of the ball right from the kickoff, marched down the field and scored on a Charlotte Daughney try. Th e game would prove to be much like the initial minutes as the Martlets m ain­ tained their level of intensity and superior play for the whole game and went on to triumph 24-0. The intensity level, or its consistency during this game pleased every­ one, especially team captain K im Ivanko.

“ W e played so well as a team and we stayed intense for the whole game,” explained Ivanko.

M uch of the team’s improved intensity level can be credited to a pre -ga m e m eeting held b y the players.

Whatever was said brought the team together, and Ivanko agreed that this was reflected in their play on the pitch. “ It was a really positive experience for the team and you could see it on the field; we played 15 person rugby,” Ivanko commented.

Bishop’s did prove to be a tough opposition on this d a y , p r o v id in g the fans w ith m a n y W W F a n tics.

H o w e ve r, the L a d y Gaiters could not muster m uch of anything as they were in a quandry for much of the game due to M c G ill’s fine play.

Th e often unheralded forw ards were particu la rly strong in every ruck and maul. In fact, forwards Ivanko and A llis o n T r a y n o r accounted fo r tw o o f the four Martlet scores. Th e beauty of this contest, however, was the team play. Th e backs were always in sync with the forwards, talking to each other constantly.

The smiles on all the Martlet faces were a clear indi­ cation o f h o w w e ll they p la ye d together. T h e other M c G ill try was scored by Claire M cM a hon . Daughney converted two more tries, giving her nine points for the game.

Next game for the revamped Martlets is to be played on W ednesday, O ctober 26, as they host M a c D o n a ld College at Leiber Park.

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D o o r die. T h e M c G il l Redmen had been hearing those three words all week in preparing for th e ir re gu la r season finale against the Carleton Ravens. A loss w ould have eliminated the Redmen from the post season and given Queen’ s someone to play golf with next week. The Ravens on the other h and, came to Molson Stadium looking to beat the Redm en fo r the first tim e since 1986, and more importantly to earn themselves a playoff spot.

U n fo rtu n a te ly fo r C a rle to n , M cG ill had other ideas.

A f te r a in a u s p ic io u s first quarter, the Redmen outscored the Ravens 33-0 in the last three quar­ ters and w ent on to an o v e r­ whelming 39-7 victory.

In the early going it appeared M cG ill was going to have one of those days. The Ravens fumbled away the ball on the first play of scrim m age, g ivin g the Redmen possession on the Carleton 26.

M c G ill however, was unable to take advantage o f the gold e n opportunity, as A n d y Lucchetta was intercepted three plays later inside the ten-yard line.

A n d re w B o o n put the Redmen on the board with a pair field goals of 30 and 32 yards.

The Ravens took the lead on the first play of the second quarter. A n in e -y a rd to u c h d o w n run by Carleton pivot Sean O ’ N eil put the exclamation mark on a eightplay 75-yard drive.

It was all M c G ill from there on in. Lucchetta found the end zone on a o n e ^ a rd quarterback keeper on the next possession to put the Redmen ahead for good.

A field goal and a 15-yard to u c h d o w n fro m Lu cch e tta to Sh a w n L in d e n added to the Ravens misery, as M c G ill led 227 at the break. The Redmen dis­ missed any ideas Carleton might have had of a comeback two plays into the second half. Facing a sec­ ond down and 13 at the M c G ill eight yard line, Lucchetta found a streaking A le x Tré p a n ie r for a 1 0 2-yard touchdow n d ow n the left sideline. Lucchetta’s second touchdown pass of the afternoon put the Redmen ahead 29-7. “ It’s a great feeling I turned around and as soon as I caught it the defender lost a step, and I saw nothing but open field ahead of me,” said Trépanier.

M c G ill tacked on another ten points before the afternoon was over. A n o th e r B oon field goal, and an astounding catch by W R Jason Tsadilas rounded out the scoring.

Lucchetta completed seven passes fo r 219 ya rd s, m ost of them c o u rte sy o f T ré p a n ie r.

Linden had his second 100-plus game, running for 103 yards of M c G i l l ’ s 449 yards o f total offence. The defence did its part as well. Th e y held the Ravens to 208 yards.

W ith the victory, M cG ill fin­ ished third in the O -Q IF C . In the first round of the playoffs this S a tu rd a y, a fa m ilia r foe, the Concordia Stingers, w ill play host to the Redm en in the O - Q I F C semifinals. Concordia, still feeling the sting from the M c G ill’s lastsecond w in two weeks ago, w ill try to settle the score. A t stake for the Redmen, is a chance to play in the Dunsmore Cup and an oppor­ tunity to erase the horrid memo­ ries of the playoff loss a year ago to the S tin g e rs . T h e battle o f M o n tré a l takes place this Saturday at 1 p.m. at Concordia’s Loyola campus.

N O TES & Q U O TES QSSF Players o f the Week are tops in CIAU M cG ill cross-country run­ ners, Linda Th y e r and David O ’Hara, were named female and male Athletes of the Week in both the Q S S F and C I A U after their performances at the provincial championships this past weekend. It is a fitting end to T h y e r ’ s career at M cG ill as she is finishing her fifth year o f e lig ib ility as a M a rtle t runner. T h y e r has placed first in seventeen con­ secutive races in the Q S S F , making her the only Martlet to go undefeated in five years of c o m p e titio n w ith in the province. In her final season with the team, she has contin­

ued to break her own record­ setting times. Last weekend, she placed first in the provin­ cial cham pionship race and w ill go on to compete at the upcoming nationals.

D a v id O 'H a r a , a n e w ­ comer at M c G ill this season and n a tive o f C o lg ra w e , Ireland, completing a Ph.D. in history, also finished first at the provincials in Lennoxville, Q uebec. He jo in s T h y e r as Q S S F Athlete of the Week in the men’s category after w in­ ning his last two consecutive races as a m e m b er o f the Redm en team. O ’ H ara was also recognised by the C I A U as the top male athlete in the c o u n try a lon gsid e T h y e r ’ s female honour.

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October 25th, 1994 Tuesday. October 25 M c G ill AIDS Benefit Fashion Show will hold model audi­ tions, everyone welcome! The fashion show will be held at Club Metropolis on Friday, March 10, 1995, with all proceeds to the Farha Foundation. 6-9 p.m., Shatner Cafeteria.

McGill Jou rn al for Developing Areas Studies-is looking for editors. We Latitutes-the

need people who can determine if a paper is interesting and well written.

We also need help organizing the printing and distribution in the spring.

Meet at 12:30 in front of C K U T (Shatner basement). For more info call Elizabeth at 279-5413 or leave a note in our mailbox (Shatner, across from SSMU desk).

The Faculty of Music pre­ sents M cG ill Faculty Members in Concert. 8 p.m., Pollack Flail. Free admission.

The Faculty of Music pre­ sents McGill Early Music Ensembles.

8 p.m., Clara Lichtenstein Hall. Free admission.

tions, everyone welcome! 6-9 p.m., Shatner Cafeteria.

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

LBGM’s Bi-sexual discus­ sion group meets today, everyone welcome. 5:30 p.m., Women’s Union 423.

The Faculty of Music pre­ sents the CBC/M cGill Series. 7:30 p.m., Pollack Hall. Free admission.

Monday. October 31

the Alley at 8:30 p.m. Free comedy for everyone.

The Association of Yoga and Meditation is offering sessions.

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

McGill Students for Literacy is having a short general

Friday. October 28

McGill Improv performs in

meeting. All tutors are asked to attend (including Reading Circle people) and any other interested McGill students are welcome! 7 p.m., Union 107/108.

For more info call 398-5100.

The Faculty of Music pre­ sents M cG ill Jazz Combos. 8 p.m., Pollack Hall. Free admission.

The Association of Yoga and Meditation is offering sessions.

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

Thursday. October 27

The Association of Yoga and Meditation is offering sessions.

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

M c G ill Chinese Students’ Society presents movie night, $2 for members, $3 for non­ members. Fee includes drinks and pizza. 6 p.m., Bronfman 426.

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M c G ill AIDS Benefit Fashion Show will hold model audi­

The Drama and Theatre Department presents The Duchess o f

Malfi. Wed. through Sat., November

Science

M c G ill C areer and Placement Service presents Eli Lilly dents. 11:30 a.m-1 p.m., Bronfman 426.

Peter Madden Graduate Studies Michael Thomas Science Education Brad Young F ie ld H o ck ey

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Patricia Heath Music Benjamin WincurGraduate Studies Bruno Dion Graduate Studies Arts James Derek Holt Constantine Karvellas Science Medicine Gilbert Sebastien B asketball

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Ann Gildenhuys Danielle Goldfarb James Daniels Todd McDougall

Engineering Management Management Engineering

C ross C ountry

Melanie Bassett Katherine Leslie Jacob Brennan Jean Nicolas Duval Alex Hutchinsons Joshua Lall Todd Kramers

LBG M ’s General Discussion Group meets today, every­ one welcome. 7 p.m., basement of U TC .

W ant to try curling but don’t know how? The McGill Curling Club invites you to bring your friends and have a game. Every Friday from 4:30-6 p.m ., Thistle

Science Kristen Pederson Science Rachel Starr P&OT Frances Vice Bruce Crombie Graduate Studies Arts Patrick Gay Graduate Studies David F. Juck Arts Darren Jukes Science Sharig Lodhi Arts Michael Peters Arts Jacob Pendergrast Science Jonathan Ponesse Science Benjamin Storey

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Dale Bracewell Chad Luedtke Doug Naudie Steve Papp Mark Reesor Mark Sauvé Jeff Starr Alex Trépanier

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

W o m en ’s A lp in e S k iin g

Erica Panet

Science Arts Arts Engineering Science P&OT Arts

Engineering Science Medicine Graduate Studies Science Education Management Graduate Studies

Education Fiona Balkenede Alyson Fournier Graduate Studies Science Danielle Sarbit Education Annette Vanderlinde Education Mike Buffone Education Stacey McGregor Engineering Chris Varga Science David Vecchio

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Education Virginia Armeni Education Carlene Bacchiochi Science Kathryn Greer Science Colleen McDermott Science Susan Medynski Science Paul Benoit Science David Fortier Science Spiro Getsios Michael Henderson Management Arts Peter Martin Engineering John McDougall Science Richard Preuss

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Engineering Rachel Carson Bettina K . Hold Graduate Studies Arts Megan MacGravie

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M cG ill Researchers are looking for students 18-30 years old, right-handed, and w ho have spoken English from birth. Testing will take 20-70 minutes and you may be asked for further sessions.

Volunteers will be compensated for their time.

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The Organic Food Co-op’s weekly ordering day is Monday.

Newcomers are always welcome.

12:30-6:30 p.m., Eaton Bldg. 505 (QPIRG office). For more infor call 398-7432.

welcome! 7 p.m., Shatner Cafeteria.

For more info call Jean at 288-9741.

Mandatory meeting for all members of the Big Buddies Tutoring Club. See you there! 7 p.m., Shatner Cafeteria.

Louise Gloutney

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

M c G ill Christian Fellowship presents John Beech. All

1993-94 Principal’s Academic Honour Roll In recognition of M c G ill student atheletes w ho have achieved a cumulative G P A of 3.5 or greater while playing on a club or varsity team.

The Classical Music Club presents the music of sorcerers and witches! 6:30 p.m., Strathcona Music Bldg. C-204.

Ongoing

Canada for B.Com. and M B A stu­

Wednesday. October 26

Curling Club (1420 Fort St.). For more info call 932-4141.

9-12 and 16-19, 8 p.m., Moyse Hall.

For tickets call 398-6070.

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 Political Science Students Association presents a Law

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Casim Khan Saad Khan S o ccer

Education Julia Maughan Law Gayle Noble Arts Donna Prahacs Michael Abbott Graduate Studies Graduate Studies Kadima Lonji Graduate Studies Adam Mar Science David Rossman Medicine Didier Serero S w im m ing

Caroline Ahmarani Monica Bienefeld Sarah Clark Katrina Einhom Deborah Hambly Anna Leong Marketa Maur Léo Grépin Fred Hutchinson

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P&OT. Science Arts Science Education Science P&OT. Engineering Agriculture

Seminar featuring Prof. Manfredi (Political Science Department) on The Application Process, and Prof Jukier (Faculty of L a w ) on McGill Law School. Wednesday, November 2, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Leacock 26.

Interested in alternatives to chlorine bleaching? Q PIR G ’ s Whitewash offers 100% cotton unbleached tampons and reusable pads. Every Monday, 12:30-5:30 p.m., Eaton Bldg. 505.

The Recreational Running Club wants you! Come discover the joys of group running while getting into the best shape of your life. For more info 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 3 98-M U C K, though this will all become irrelevant when we assimilate the campus. Deadline Nov. 4.

The Sexual Assault Centre of M cG ill’s Student Society is now open. For info/referrals: Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. at 398-2700.

New this year, a night time Helpline, Sunday to Thursday 6 p.m.-midnight and Friday and Saturdays 6 p.m.-3 a.m. at 398-8500.

Edward Rybinski Mark Sherman

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