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In every com er o f M oot Court, cam eras and lig h ts fo llo w e d the politicians, authors, professors and other experts who filled the room.

A s the m illennium is drawing to a close, organisers at the M cGill Institute for the Study o f Canada d e c id e d to e x p lo r e q u e stio n s o f C anada’s future through a forum entitled “ Our S o ciety in the N ext M illennium .”

Held last Sunday, the full-day c o n feren ce w as d iv id ed in to tw o s e s s io n s . T h e m o r n in g s e s s io n , c a lle d “ C a n a d a in th e N e x t M ille n n iu m ,” in c lu d e d sp eak ers r a n g in g fro m A lb e r ta P r e m ie r R a lp h K le in , w r ite r N e il Bissoondath, and A ssem bly o f First N a tio n s’ R egional C hief, G hislain Picard. In the afternoon, a second p a n e l w a s in v it e d to d is c u s s “Quebec in the N ext M illennium .”

In th e o p e n in g a d d r e ss , Premier Klein stressed the need to transfer m any o f the p ow ers cur­ rently held by the federal govern­ m en t to th e p r o v in c e s . H e a ls o d e sc r ib e d h is p r e v io u s m e e tin g w ith Premier L ucien Bouchard as demonstrative o f com m on ground.

“T h e g o a l is to run C anada more e fficien tly and e ffe c tiv e ly ,” said Klein. “To do so w ould mean e lim in a tin g the n a tio n a l d e fic it, supporting free trade, ensuring the

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rights o f ab origin als, and re-b a l­ ancing the roles o f the federal and provincial governm ents.”

Klein b elieves that w hile these are the aim s o f m o st C anadians, there are differences o f opinion in how these goals should be fulfilled.

H e s u g g e s t e d th at in o r d er fo r Canada to maintain national unity, provincial governm ents must work with one another, rather than both­ er with federal government. “ P r o v in c e s are w ill in g to prove the flexib ility o f federalism if Ottawa w ould g iv e it a chance,” Klein stated.

H ow ever, K le in ’s statem ents w e r e m et w ith o p p o s itio n from many o f the other guest speakers.

N a n cy R ic h e , v ice-p resid e n t o f the Canadian Labour Congress, b elieves that the free market must be reinforced by a strong govern­ ment.

Sh e p oin ted out the g row in g gap between the rich and the poor, the stru g g les o f w o m en w h o are running into new ob stacles, and a y o u n g g e n e r a tio n o f C a n a d ia n s w ho worry about job prospects.

“W e are encouraged to think that governm ent should g iv e w ay to m arket c h o ic e s ,” sa id R ic h e . “ T h e r e s h o u ld b e a b a la n c e betw een market forces and govern­ m ent. The m arket itse lf can on ly function with a governm ent.”

Kiké R oach, political activist and recent M cGill graduate, partic-

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By A lex M athias The popular ‘between cla sse s’ stu d en t h a n g -o u t on cam p u s has recen tly b een g iv e n a n ew lo o k .

Marking the A lley ’s recent incarna­ tion is the name A lley Cats.

The purple paint and funky cat decals appear to be heralding in a new age o f co o l on the B ig Band scene.

T here are fe w p la c e s , th ese days, for Big Band lovers to catch a live show. However, in a January 30 press con feren ce, M ontreal m edia was invited to sample the B ig Band feel o f the A lley Cats.

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A c c la im e d C a n a d ia n w riter N eil B issoondath w a s o n e o f a d o ze n g u e s t sp ea k ers a t th e F e b ru a ry 4 c o n fe re n c e h e ld b y th e M cG ill Institute f o r the S tudy o f C an ada. ularly questioned the Ontario g o v ­ e r n m e n t’s r e c e n t c o s t - c u t t in g approach.

“A ll this is done in the name o f m y g e n e r a tio n ,” sa id R o a ch , “but it is in the name o f m y gener­ ation that the Ontario governm ent slashed w elfare, increased tuition

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A s o f last Friday, a mere $3 cover-charge will buy one a night of listening to some o f Quebec’s finest at the ‘new and im p roved ’ A lley.

There are 24 B ig Bands on the bill, which will feature such musicians as V ic V ogel, Jean-Pierre Carpentier, and Denny Christianson. Music stu­ d en ts from M c G ill U n iv e r s ity , Université de Montréal, Concordia U n iv e r sity , U Q A M , and C o llè g e Saint-Laurent w ill also be featured.

V ic V o g e l, a p ro m in en t Montreal jazz piano player, hosted the press night and played with the M cGill band. V ogel, who has been in the m usic industry for decades

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and started the first B ig Band in Q uebec is very supportive o f the new venture.

“I think it will create an aware­ n ess that p eo p le play m u sic with human energy, without resorting to synthesizers. You can’t beat it.” he said.

B e n G a g n é and B en P ic h é , organ isers o f the ev en t, fe e l that Montreal is in real need o f a forum fo r th is k in d o f m u sic . G agn é explained the benefits behind such a project.

“W hen you play in a Big Band, you don’t get many chances to play in public. This allows young musi­

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R oach stated that the agenda o f c u tb a c k s m a sk s th e en d o f a com m itm ent to equality and a d ig­ nified standard o f living, to which, everyone has a right.

cians to play with a good crowd,” he sa id . “E v ery ja z z m u s ic ia n in Montreal wants to listen, practice and play jazz. This is the place for professor and student.”

M aurice C orey, P resid en t o f Miraval, the company which holdsrights to A lley Cats, is also hoping that it w ill become a prominent jazz venue.

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By M elissa Radler A fter 21 m on th s o f con tract n e g o tia tio n s , M c G ill’s te a c h in g assistants have called for a strike vote to be held on February 8.

The A sso cia tio n o f Graduate S tu d e n ts E m p lo y e d at M c G ill, Q u e b e c ’s o n ly T .A . u n io n , w a s recogn ised by M cG ill U n iv ersity on January 11, 1993. In M ay 1994, A G S E M s u b m itte d a p r o p o sa l dem anding changes in the current em ploym ent structure w hich they consider unacceptable. A g o v ern ­ ment conciliator w as appointed in April 1995 to mediate the negotia­ tions. The university administration and AGSEM have since met on 35 o cca sio n s to n egotiate the T .A .s ’ demands.

A t th e to p o f th e li s t are demands for fair w ages, over-tim e com pensation, and low er T .A .-stu­ dent ratios. There is a reported 300 p er c e n t sa la r y d is c r e p a n c y b etw een departm ents, com p lain ts o f unpaid overtim e beyond the 12 hour w e e k ly m axim u m , and student-T.A. ratios o f up to 80 to 1.

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For many, the idea o f a strike tions threaten the quality o f gradu­ vote has a resonance similar to the ate theses as w ell as undergraduate recen t strik e at Y a le U n iv e r sity , education. during w hich T .A .s w ith h eld fall “W e are having a strike vote to d e m o n s tr a te to M c G ill th a t w e h a v e the support o f membership for o u r n e g o tia tio n p o s i t i o n ,” sa id Potter.

Potter further sta te d th at th e str ik e v o te m ay h e lp to sp e e d up th e n e g o tia tio n process which w ill m a k e p o s s ib le a c o n tr a c t fo r a ll T.A.s.

“E ven if w e have a mandate to s tr ik e , th e o n ly reason w e w o u ld have to use it is if th e u n iv e r s ity does not u se Targett w a n ts strike vote to inform speedy action,” he s ta te d . “ A t th is grades in an effort to pressure the p o in t, w e ’re not ru lin g an yth in g administration to recognise a grad­ out. If w e do have to use it, it will u a te stu d e n t u n io n . T h e str ik e be a limited term thing.”

their m asters degree, pending the su ccessfu l com pletion o f a thesis.

W hat is unique about this pro­ g ra m m e is th at M c G ill w ill be adm inistering it in conjuction with fo u r o th er u n iv e r s itie s , se n d in g

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ended on January 15, w hen Y ale threatened to fire striking T.A.s.

T h is b itte r e n d in g s h o c k e d many T .A .s at M cG ill. A ccording to Potter, how ever, M cG ill faces a situ ation far le s s dangerous than w h a t Y a le c o n fr o n te d . H e a ls o pointed out that the Quebec Labour Code prevents the discrimination o f union members.

“W e have faith that the admin­ istration d oes not want to jeopar­ d is e the e d u c a tio n o f p e o p le at M cGill. The university does at least recognise the concept o f the [T.A.] union at M cG ill,” said Potter.

Another issue that A G SEM is concerned about is the current prac­ tise o f hiring undergraduate stu ­ dents to work as T.A.s. Potter feels that such positions should be con­ tingent on graduate student status.

He said that undergraduate students lie “o u tsid e the bargaining un it” b e c a u s e o f th e ir w illin g n e s s to w ork for lo w er w a g es, and he is co n cern ed that th is p ractise w ill limit the salary demands o f gradu­ ate T.A.s.

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A dm inistration is that the partici­ p a n ts w ill be e x p e r ie n c e d m an ­ agers.

By March o f this year, M cGill “ A n M B A h a s a d if fe r e n t w ill be offering a privately funded fo c u s ,” K oop said. “ [The partici­ m anagem ent programm e, together p an ts] w ill b e lo o k in g at is s u e s w ith four other u n iversities from th a t t h e y ’re around the world. w o r k in g w ith , On N o vem b er a s k in g : H ow 30, 1995 th e d oes this apply to A c a d e m ic P o lic y m y case?” an d P la n n in g K o o p a ls o C om m ittee received p o in te d out that a p r o p o s a l fo r th e th is p ro g ra m m e new p rogram m e is u n lik e an y from the F acu lty o f o th er o ffe r e d in M a n a g e m e n t .

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E n tit le d th e I n te r ­ “ T h e o n ly n a tio n a l M a s t e r ’ s u n iv e r s it y w ith P rogram m e fo r an yth in g sim ilar Practising Managers, is D u k e , w h o s e th e p r o p o s a l h as program me b een s p e c ific a lly in v o lv e s fo u r d esigned for exp eri­ s c h o o ls ,” sh e en ced b u sin ess p e o ­ stated. ple, looking to better N ew m an agem en t p rogram m e is p riva tely fu n d e d A s id e fro m prepare th e m s e lv e s b e in g in t e r n a tio n a l, th e p r o ­ participants to a total o f fiv e d if­ fo r th e g lo b a l m a r k e t-p la c e . In gramm e is also innovative in that ferent countries around the world. ord er to b e a d m itte d , h o w e v e r , it is to be privately funded with no U n iv e r sitie s in E ngland, France, applicants m ust have a m inim um allocation o f funds from M cG ill’s Japan, India, and Canada w ill each eight years o f business experience. operating budget. H o w ev er, zero host a different training m odule in The programme is to be a six ­ governm ent funding m eans a hefty w hich students w ill take part. teen m on th en d ea v o u r , w ith the tuition fee — thirty-thousand d o l­ D o r a K o o p , th e a s s o c ia t e in a u g u r a l c la s s b e g in n in g in lars fo r th e s ix te e n m o n th p r o ­ d ir e c t o r o f th e M a n a g e m e n t March 1996 and finishing in June gram m e. It is gen era lly ex p ected Institute at M cG ill, explained that 1997. A fter this tim e, participants that the com panies w ho w ill send a principle difference betw een this w ill n o t b e a w a r d e d a d e g r e e . their managers w ill be paying the new international programm e and Instead they w ill have to study for b ill. C om panies w ho h ave show n the regu lar M asters in B u sin e s s an additional six months to receive

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c o n s id e r a b le in t e r e s t in c lu d e A lcan, the R oyal Bank o f Canada, and the International R ed C ross.

The intention is that these com pa­ nies w ill send m anagers to M cG ill, w ho w ill return prepared for p osi­ tions in upper level m anagem ent.

P r o fe s s o r R e u v e n B ren n er, REPAP Chair o f E conom ics at the Faculty o f M anagem ent, has only p o s itiv e w ord s for the n e w p ro­ gramme. “ A n y th in g I h a v e to sa y [about the program m e] w ould be w o n d e r f u l,” B renner s a id .

“E veryth in g today w orks against the students. Privatising can solve this, provided adequate funding is available.”

V ice-P rincipal A cadem ic B ill Chan also indicated broad adm in­ istrative support for M anagem ent’s initiative.

“It’s what w e prefer to call a

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“This is the first tim e that there is a T.A. contract being negotiated.

It’s a bit new ,” said Sztuke.

President o f the Post Graduate Students’ Society, Stephen Targett, expressed confidence that the strike vote w ill inform more people o f the present situation.

f u lly -f u n d e d p r o g r a m m e ,” sa id C han. “T h is is o n e o f the m any ap p ro a ch es M c G ill w ill h a v e to develop — one tim id step.”

A t th e S e n a te m e e t in g on January 31, the proposal passed its final stage before becom ing a real­ ity. H ow ever, a set o f administra­ tiv e g u id e lin e s fo r p riv a te p r o ­ g r a m m e s has n o t y e t b e e n f o r ­ m a lis e d . S S M U V P U n iv e r s ity A ffa irs L isa G ru sh cow proposed an amendm ent w hich w ould make im p lem en ta tio n o f th e n ew pro­ gramme contingent on the form al­ ising o f such guidelines. H ow ever, the amendment proposal failed.

The failure o f the m otion was b est ex p lain ed by V ic e P rincipal Planning and R esources Francois T a v e n a s , w h o c it e d th e u r g en t need to join the other universities involved in order to make the pro­ gramme a reality.

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a b a ch elo r’s d egree, should have preference because they are better qualified,” said Potter.

T h e A s s o c ia t e D ir e c to r o f S ta ff R e la tio n s at H um an Resources Jacques Sztuke said that the n ex t item on the n eg o tia tin g agenda is T.A. classification, which w ill in clu d e undergraduate p o s i­ tions.

“T he num ber o f undergradu­ ates doing T.A. work is very lim it­ ed and I d o n ’t th in k that is the biggest issue, it is very far from it,” sa id S z tu k e . “T h e U n iv e r s i t y ’s position is that w e should have the best qualified T .A . for the benefit o f undergraduates.”

Both sides said that the com ­ plexity o f the issues is due, in part, to the fact that a contract w ith a T.A. union is the first o f its kind to be negotiated at a Quebec universi­

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By Elizabeth W asserman F or th e p a st y ea r, th e P o st G raduate S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie t y has b e e n w r e s tlin g w ith c o m p lic a ­ t i o n s in th e f o r m a t io n o f it s health plan.

S S M U insurance broker, L ev B u k h m a n , h as le v e lle d a c c u s a ­ tio n s o f fra u d and c o v e r -u p at m em bers o f the P G SS and at their fo r m e r in s u r a n c e b r o k e r , R o y B row n.

A p p aren tly, m utual h o stility d ev elo p ed b etw een B ukhm an and s o m e P G S S c o u n c illo r s d u rin g n e g o tia tio n s la st spring o v e r the c r e a tio n o f a g r a d u a te s tu d e n t health plan.

D ecision rev ersed : C FS b ro k er chosen o v er Bukhm an T he Health Plan C om m ittee, form ed in the fall o f 1994, began d is c u s s io n s w ith B rad T a le s k i, the o ffic ia l in su ran ce broker for th e N a t io n a l S t u d e n t H e a lth N e t w o r k , a b r a n c h o f th e C anadian Federation o f Students.

In J a n u a r y 1 9 9 5 , B u k h m a n a p p roach ed the c o m m itte e w ith an o ffer sig n ifica n tly better than T a lesk i's.

In a r e fe r e n d u m h e ld la s t M arch, stu d en ts w ere p resen ted w it h th r e e a lt e r n a t iv e p la n s .

B u k h m a n ’s d e sig n , underw ritten

by Seaboard L ife, w as ch o sen by an overw h elm in g m ajority.

A r e so lu tio n that B u k h m an be retained as broker and adm in­ istrator w as p a ssed b y the c o m ­ m ittee in A pril, and then put for­

ward at a P G S S co u n cil m eetin g th e fir s t w eek of M ay.

C o m p la in ts w ere m ad e by so m e c o u n c il m e m b ers that the c o m ­ m itte e had b e h a v e d im p r o p e r ly by n ot g iv in g the C F S broker a chance to m atch B u k h m an ’s plan.

Later in M ay, T a le sk i’s r e s­ ig n a tio n as o ff ic ia l C F S broker c a u se d a tem p orary c o lla p s e o f the N S H N . T h is m ea n t that the u p c o m in g c o u n c il v o t e w o u ld entail a c h o ice b etw een B ukhm an and a r e p la c e m e n t b r o k e r w h o had not y et been ch o sen .

A t the June m e e tin g , P G S S c o u n c i l l o r M ic h a e l T e m e li n i, w h o h eld a sim u ltan eou s p osition as a C FS ex e c u tiv e , distributed to every co u n cillo r a p ack age o f le t­ ters en cou ragin g the P G S S to jo in the N S H N . T w o o f th ese letters o u t l in e d th e b e n e f i t s o f th e N S H N and offered assurance that a n ew broker w o u ld be fou n d “in the n e x t fe w w e e k s ,” to rep la ce T a le sk i, and that “a ll the c o v e r ­ a g e p a sse d by the referen d u m ... [ w o u ld ] b e o f f e r e d b y th e F ed eration ’s n ew broker.”

P G S S d ecid ed to support the N S H N in a co u n cil v o te o f 10 to 3.

P G S S P r e s id e n t S t e p h e n Targett stated that m any c o u n c il­ lo r s op p osed e m p lo y in g B ukhm an.

“W hat they [the cou n cillo rs] w ere upset about w as the subver­ sion o f p ro cess, and the u n d em o­ c r a t ic m e a n s b y w h ic h th e [H ealth Plan C om m ittee] w as try­ ing to take everyth ing aw ay from th e [C a n a d ia n ! F e d e r a tio n [ o f S tu d en ts].”

T argett w en t on to say that h e , a lo n g w ith th e c o u n c illo r s , b e lie v e d that “ there are b e n efits to b ein g part o f a large n ational n etw ork .”

Bukhm an criticises NSHM Bukhm an said that the N S H N so u n d e d g o o d in th e o r y , but in fa c t w a s n o th in g m o r e th a n a w e ll- m a r k e t e d “g im m ic k ” .

Q u e b e c N a tio n a l E x e c u t iv e to C F S , B rad L a v ig n e , c o n fir m e d that the netw ork w as not operat­ ing according to plan, and blam ed this on T a lesk i’s m ism anagem ent.

A n offer m ade by L avign e in his June 7 letter to the P G SS w as another source o f uncertainty.

“T h e n ew b rok er w ill o ffe r th e P G S S th e $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 a l l o c a ­ tion ...to use for adm inistering the c o st o f the plan and any e x c e s s can be used by the P G SS for g en ­ eral ex p e n se s,” stated the letter.

L a v ig n e e x p la i n e d in an in te r v ie w w ith the T ribune that the offer w as not intended as an in c e n t iv e , but as c o m p e n s a tio n fo r “ a sh o rtfa ll in the in su ran ce plan” w hich had resulted from the resignation o f their broker in the m iddle o f n egotiation s. S in ce the sa m e le tte r in c lu d e d a p r o m ise that the C FS broker w ould match B u k h m a n ’s p la n , s o m e fu rth er explanation w as necessary.

Targett asserts that w hatever the rea so n s fo r the in itia l o ffe r , th e $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 a llo c a tio n w a s not in c lu d e d in the fin a l a g reem en t m a d e in J u ly . H e s t a t e d th at “ a b s o l u t e ly n o m o n e y w a s

retu rn ed to the P G S S fro m the Federation.”

In late June, further c o m p li­ c a t i o n s a r o s e w h e n T a r g e tt r e c e i v e d a le t t e r fr o m T o m M c G u ir e , a r e p r e s e n t a t iv e o f Seaboard L ife, the underwriter o f S S M U ’s h e a lth p la n . M cG u ire s t a te d th a t h is c o m p a n y h ad d ecid ed not to deal w ith the PG SS th r o u g h a n y b ro k e r o th e r than Bukhm an. Targett w as faced with a s e r io u s d ile m m a . I f c o u n c il a b id ed by its earlier d e c is io n to u se th e C F S b ro k er, th e P G S S w ould not be able to provide stu­ dents w ith the plan they had voted for in the referendum .

P rio r to th e J u ly 5 c o u n c il m eetin g, co p ies o f M cG uire’s let­ ter w ere d istrib u ted to c o u n c il­ lo r s, a lo n g w ith a r e so lu tio n to e m p l o y B u k h m a n . T e m e li n i called this resolution, w hich co n ­ tr a d ic te d the d e c is io n m a d e in June, “out o f lin e.” A ccord in g to the m inutes o f the co u n cil m eet­ in g , T e m e lin i c la im e d to h a v e straightened out the problem w ith M cG uire.

A c c o r d in g to c o u n c il m in ­ u te s, “ T e m e li n i q u ic k l y r e p lie d ...th a t h e h a d , th at v e r y day, spoken to Mr. M cG uire w ho had em phatically denied that they [S ea b o a rd L ife ] w o u ld n o t p ro ­ vid e the sam e term s as m entioned in h is letter to Targett dated July 5th, 1 9 9 5 .”

T argett im m ed ia tely left the m eetin g to phone M cG uire, w ho refuted T em elin i’s account o f the contents o f their conversation. “ It a p p e a r e d , at fir s t , th a t [T em elini] had bent the truth and perhaps lied ,” Targett stated.

C FS chosen again by g en era l assem bly D uring the tim e Targett w a s speaking to M cG uire, co u n cil had already passed T e m e lin i’s m otion to uphold its June d ecisio n to stay w ith the N S H N . B eca u se he felt that c o u n c il m ay h a v e p a sse d a m otion based on m isinform ation.

T a r g e tt c o n s u l t e d w it h g u e s t sp eak er, E u g en io B o lo n g a r o , on how to proceed.

B o lo n g a r o r e c o m m e n d e d that a d iscip lin ary co m m ittee be form ed to deal w ith T em elin i. A s to w h y su c h a c tio n w a s n e v e r taken, T argett e x p la in e d that he p h o n ed M cG u ire th e fo llo w in g m o r n in g , an d d e te r m in e d th at T e m e lin i’s sta te m e n t had not been a lie but rather “a m ix-up in w ord in g.”

A t th is p o in t, th e situ a tio n h a d b e c o m e u r g e n t. W ith le s s than tw o m onths until the b eg in ­ ning o f the sch o o l year, the PG SS had no health plan and no broker.

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At the Financial Planning Committee o f Council meeting last Friday, representatives from the Graphics C a r te l, the F o lk M u sic S o c ie t y , the U k ra in ia n Students’ Association and the India-Canada Students’ Association addressed issues o f funding.

The Graphics Cartel asked for a total o f $2,180 to cover the publication o f two issues o f its com ic book.

Because the Cartel already has $170 at its disposal and because it anticipates raising another $ 6 5 0 through advertising, the Financial PCOC approved $ 8 0 0 to ensure the publication o f at least one com ic book this semester.

Originally, a request for $ 2 2 0 was made by the Folk Music Society to cover the cost o f rental space at

the Y ellow Door. However, the society was awarded $ 150 because rent d oes not have to be paid for the month o f April.

A $589 subsidy was requested by the Ukrainian Students’ Association. Apparently, in its budget pro­ posal the club did not submit part o f its application to the SSM U . The Financial PCOC decided to give the U S A the benefit o f the doubt, and approved a $439 subsidy.

The India-Canada Students’ A ssociation’s request for $300 was approved. The ICSA had asked for the money to help pay for 6 0 members to attend a national leadership conference at the U niversity o f W estern Ontario. The club has generated most o f the funds by collecting membership fees from its 250 members as w ell as through other fund-raising initiatives.

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H Continued from Page 3 T argett d ecid ed to call a general a s s e m b ly , s o th a t a ll g r a d u a te students co u ld v o te on the issu e.

D a y s b e fo r e th e a s s e m b ly , th e C F S fin a lly a p p o in te d R o y B row n as its broker.

A t th e a ss e m b ly , B u k h m an an d B r o w n w e r e to m a k e th eir p resentations and to an sw er stu­ d e n ts ’ q u e s tio n s . A c c o r d in g to H e a lth P la n C o m m itte e C h a ir, L in d a C a r ls o n , B r o w n “ m a d e p ro m ises at that m eetin g that he c o u l d n ’t h a v e k e p t ,” s u c h a s assuring students repeatedly that h is p la n w o u ld m a tch and p er­ h a p s b ea t B u k h m a n ’s. O n th is b a s i s , s t u d e n t s v o t e d f o r th e A etn a L ife p o licy .

S h o r tly a fte r w a r d s , A e tn a c a n c e l l e d th e d e a l e n t i r e l y b eca u se o f B r o w n ’s a lleg ed m is­ representation o f the com p an y.

B ro w n refu sed to co m m en t a b o u t th e a ll e g a t i o n s le v e l le d against h im ex cep t to say that he h ad b e e n im p r o p e r ly in fo r m e d

b y C F S a n d P G S S a s t o th e d e t a i l s o f B u k h m a n ’ s p la n .

T a r g e tt h as a c c e p te d so m e r e s p o n s ib ilit y fo r B r o w n ’s predicam ent, adm itting that there w a s so m e co n fu sio n in the corre­ s p o n d e n c e b e tw e e n P G S S and C FS. B u k h m a n w a s d istu rb ed by T a r g e t t ’ s p a s s i v i t y . H e w r o te several letters and m ade appear­ an ces at P G S S c o u n c il m eetin g s u r g in g T a r g e tt to ta k e a c t io n again st T em elin i. B ukhm an a lso r e q u e s t e d th a t t a p e s o f th e a s s e m b ly p r o c e e d in g s be released in order that leg a l action c o u ld b e ta k en a g a in s t B r o w n .

T argett ignored the appeals. “ A s fa r a s I ’m c o n c e r n e d L e v B u k h m a n is a n a b u s i v e , o b se s siv e in d iv id u a l,” con clu d ed T argett. “ [B ukhm an] has threat­ e n e d P G S S a n d C a n a d ia n A c tu a r ia l [ B r o w n ’s firm ] w ith leg a l action on several o c c a sio n s, b u t u n t i l h e p u t s h is m o n e y w h e r e h is m o u th is , I c o n s id e r the m atter c lo s e d .”

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m ak es co m p lete sen se. T he nonacad em ic sta ff dropped by m ore than h a lf, an d to m e it d o e s n ’t T h e r e c e n t c e r tific a tio n o f seem fair to other groups to keep M U N A C A , the union o f non aca­ th eir rep resen ta tio n at the sam e d em ic sta ff m em b ers at M c G ill, le v e l.” has reduced the num ber o f n on In the end, the argum ent that unionised adm inistrative and sup­ a d m in istr a tiv e and su p p o rt port staff from 2 7 1 9 to staff bring diversity o f e x p e ­ 7 8 1 . A s a result, q u es­ r ie n c e to S e n a te s e e m s to t io n s w e r e r a is e d , “E v e r y t i m e t h e r e i s a p r o b l e m , t h e have sw a y ed the m ajority o f a p p r o x im a t e ly one v o te s, d e fe a tin g the m otion . year ago, as to whether s o lu tio n is a lw a y s to a d d s e a t s . N o w E v en so m e o f th e m em b ers th e r e m a in in g g r o u p [ S e n a t e ] is t o o b ig to b e a n e f f e c t iv e o f the su b -co m m ittee recon ­ sh o u ld b e a llo w e d to p o lic y s e t t in g b o d y .” sidered their proposal. k e e p a ll s i x o f it s “ I p e r so n a lly fo u n d the Senate seats. p o in ts raised in Sen ate w ere L a st y e a r , a su b ­ com p ellin g. T h ey w ere points c o m m it t e e o f th e I co u ld not rebut. S o I abstained w h a t t h e s e g r o u p s b r in g to S e n a t e S t e e r in g C o m m it t e e [from v o tin g ],” said su b -com m it­ Sen ate.” lo o k e d at w h e th e r th e s t a tu e s tee m em b er, P r o fe ss o r R o g er D e a n o f E n g in e e r in g J o h n s h o u ld b e a d ju s te d to a llo w R igelh of.

D ea ly a lso approached the q u e s­ u n io n i s e d m e m b e r s to h o ld R ig e lh o f la ter sa id that th e tio n o f se a ts fr o m th e p o in t o f Senate positions. W hen a propos­ s u b - c o m m i t t e e d id n o t r e a lly v ie w o f S en a te’s role in d ecisio n ­ al to do so w as rejected, the sub­ a p p r o a c h th e is s u e o f th e se a t m aking. H ow ever, his con clu sion com m ittee w as sent back to lo o k reduction in terms o f the contribu­ w as different, as he supported the at other p o ssib le solu tion s to the tio n b r o u g h t by a d m in istr a tiv e id e a o f r e d u c in g th e n u m b er o f change in staff status. and support staff. H e fe e ls that it seats. H is m ain concern w as that On January 31, the su b -co m ­ s im p ly s o u g h t to r e d r e s s th e Senate has b ecom e too big to ad e­ m it t e e p r e s e n t e d a m o t io n to change in numbers. quately fu lfil its intended role.

S en ate w h ich su g g e ste d that the H onora S h a u g h n essy , su b ­ “O ver the years, the trend has n u m b e r o f a d m in is t r a t iv e and c o m m it t e e m e m b e r su p p o rt s t a ff se a ts b e a n d d ir e c t o r o f th e reduced from six to three. e q u ity o f f ic e , sto o d T h e p r o p o s a l r e ste d p r i­ out during the debate. m a r ily o n th e id e a th a t Sh e to ld S en a te that b e c a u s e th e r e p r e s e n t e d “. . . w e c o m e f r o m s u c h a d i v e r s i t y o f sh e had ch a n g ed her group had b een so d rasti­ b a c k - g r o u n d s a n d h a v e s u c h d if fe r e n t m in d f o l lo w in g th e c a lly r e d u c e d in s iz e , its j o b s t h a t S e n a t e w ill b e m o r e e f f e c t i v e f o r m u la t io n o f th e S e n a te seat num bers proposal. should also be adjusted. if it s n u m b e r s a r e m a i n t a i n e d . ” “I had m ade a H o w e v e r , th e d e b a te m istake. I am n ow o f w h ich fo llo w e d the in tro ­ th e o p in i o n th a t d u c t io n o f th e m o t io n S e n a t e s h o u ld sta y f o c u s e d m a in ly o n th e th e s a m e , a n d th a t th e s e a t s b e e n to lo o k u p o n S e n a te as a nature o f S e n a te rep re se n ta tio n sh ou ld rem ain,” she said. “I w as body to represent interests. Every a n d o n th e c o n t r ib u t io n th a t persuaded by m y c o lle a g u e s that tim e there is a problem , the so lu ­ ad m in istrative and support sta ff w e co m e from such a diversity o f tion is alw ays to add seats. N o w it m ake in Senate d ecision s. b a ck grou n d s and h a v e su ch d if­ is to o b ig to be an e ffe c tiv e p o licy “T h is g ro u p is m a d e up o f fe r e n t j o b s th at S e n a te w ill be s e t t in g b o d y . L o n g d is c o u r s e s m any units that can contribute in m ore e ffe c tiv e if its num bers are paralyse Senate and do not lead to an im portant w ay to S en a te d is ­ m aintained.” reso lu tio n o f p rob lem s at h an d ,” c u ssio n s on p o lic ie s . A nd th ere­ “I share the v ie w o f m y c o l­ sa id D e a ly . “ I th o u g h t [the su b ­ f o r e , r e d u c in g th e m s im p ly leagu es. N on -acad em ic staff bring com m ittee] cam e up w ith a lo g i­ b e c a u s e th e n u m b e r o f p e o p le a lot to Senate d eb ates,” said sub­ cal p roposition.” w h o elect them has dropped m ay co m m ittee C hair M ich a el Sm ith.

S S M U P r e s id e n t H e le n a not be a w ise solu tion ,” said Arts “But it depends on what you want M y e r s a ls o e x p r e s s e d c o n c e r n Senator, P ro fesso r L yd ia W h ite.

Senate to be. If you ex p ect it to be over the size o f Senate, and su g ­ “T his is not just a numbers gam e. m ainly representative then size is gested that in debating the overall D iv e r sity is the is su e ... p o sitiv e not an issu e. If y o u ’re concerned role o f Senate that the d iscu ssion d iversity.” w ith e ffe c tiv e n e ss, then you m ay w as side-tracked.

Sharon B e z e a u , record er o f fe e l oth erw ise,” said Sm ith. “Still, “ I f e l t th a t S e n a t e s h o u ld the Student A ffairs O ffice , agreed this is som eth in g I can liv e with have dealt w ith the issu e at hand,” w ith W hite, and further noted that either w a y .” sh e said. “T o m e, [the p rop osal] neither aca d em ic, adm in istrative nor student faction s are allocated seats on a proportional basis.

“T herefore, it d oes not fo llo w that non-academ ic seats should be r e d u c e d s o l e ly o n th e b a s is o f their num bers being reduced,” she said. “Rather, w e should fo cu s on

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By Tyla Berchtold The chosen motto for tomor­ row’s student protest is undeniably “Stop the Cuts.” Although unified under a com m on m otto, there appear to be deep d iv isio n s between the organising groups.

There are a number of student groups participating in the organi­ sation of the February 7 protest including M cG ill’s Post Graduate Students’ Society and the SSMU. Although both of these groups are McGill based, there are clear dif­ ferences between them. According to P G S S V P E x tern a l Erin R u n io n s, the m ovem ent in its entirety contains two distinct ideo­ logical sides; the left and the right.

These divisions have apparently caused some organisational diffi­ culties. However, SSM U Clubs Rep Chris Carter stated that the divisions are largely political, not ideological.

“The d ivision is due co m ­ pletely to organisational politics.

I t ’s not so much an ideological division because we are all unani­ m ous,” he said. “All sides have been doing this for organisational power play. There have been peo­ ple switching back and forth all along.”

The movement underwent a division over the issue of protest­ ing deferred corporate taxes. Some members o f the SSM U felt that this should not be a princip al aspect of the protest. “ [The m arch is about] an

Illegal handgun found on Huron professor On T u esd ay , Ja n u a ry 1 6 , Huron C ollege professor R eese M iller was picked up by London P o lic e fo r p o s s e s s io n o f a re stricted w eapon. M ille r had apparently gone to a local conve­ nience store with a .32 calibre handgun visibly tucked into the front o f his pants. T his calibre hand gun has b ee n ille g a l in Canada for decades.

In a search o f M iller’s apart­ ment, police reportedly discov­ ered “a great num ber” o f other handguns and weapons.

A cting p rincipal o f Huron College Patricia Fulton said that M iller has been relieved o f his position at the college following his arrest. “ W e h av e m ad e a rra n g e ­ ments to ensure students’ needs are taken care of,” Fulton said.

David Conter, a colleague o f M i l l e r ’s, said he had seen M ille r’s gun collection but that he was shocked by the arrest.

“M y own recollection [from

opposition to cuts in education funding, opposition to cuts to the C anadian H ealth and S o c ia l Transfer, and demanding that the government listen to student opin­ ion and take us seriously,” stated SSM U VP External Andrea Stairs.

However, Runions explained that the move must be about more than just protesting cuts.

“The media loves the idea of the whiny student,” she explained.

“What the SSM U is doing is just feeding into this by only saying ‘stop the cuts’. They’re saying ‘we haven’t thought o f any other solu­ tions’,” she said.

Runions further explained that the im portance o f m arching in front o f large corporations does suggest a solution, as it points out other sources o f revenue for the government.

“W e wanted a sig n ifica n t route in front o f the corporations that aren’t paying their taxes,” she said.

A C anadian F ed era tio n o f Students flyer sent from the Alma Mater Society at the University of B ritish C olum bia explain ed Runion’s statement. “...M inister o f Finance Paul Martin made it very clear that he intended to dismantle Canada’s social programs through a dramat­ ic reduction in funding transfers to p rovin ces...if there’s a message they [protesters] are pushing, it’s that corporations can pay more,” states the flyer. “Chevron Canada, for example, paid only 2.9 per cent

what M ille r] said to me som e years ago, was that he used to practice pistol shooting but that he had given it up,” Conter said.

“We knew he still worked on his collection.”

M ille r w as re le a s e d on $5 ,0 0 0 bail upon several condi­ tions set by the Crown.

The Crown ordered M iller not to have in his possession any firsarm s or ctmmoo111o f 10 also forbidden to consum e any alcohol or take any drug in the Food C ontrol A ct and may not e n te r the p ro p e rty o f the University o f Western Ontario or H uron C o lle g e . C u rre n tly on paid leave, M iller is scheduled for retirement at the end o f the school year.

-With f ile s from The Western Gazette

Western announces faculty budget cuts On January 25th, administra­ tion at the University o f Western Ontario announced they would cut faculty budgets by an average

on $108 million profit in 1991.”

Stairs agreed in principle with R unions over the issue o f the deferred corporate tax as an alter­ native source o f revenue. What Stairs stressed however, was that taxes need not be a fundamental part of the demonstration. “ [The corp orate tax issue] may be a concern to some under­ graduate students and can be part o f alternatives that governments look at, but i t ’ s not a cen tral issue,” she said. “[The march] has got to be used as a tool. It is a part o f ongoing n eg o tia tio n s,” said Stairs.

Carter voiced concern about the impact that these internal divi­ sions may have on the movement.

“For me, Feb 7 is completely lost in this,” he said. “Dozens of volunteers are doing this about the cuts,” he said.

Attempts to keep the move­ ment outwardly unified have been made in order to avoid harming the m a rch ’ s fundam ental goal.

Runions clarified this.

“We thought we were getting people on board,” she said. “We didn’t want to disunifty the stu­ dents. We could have been more clear about the split but we wanted to continue the good-will that we thought was there.”

In the end, most hope students will look beyond the organisation­ al splits, and participate in the march so as to send a strong mes­ sage to the government that they are against cuts to education. o f 9.3 per cent in anticipation o f fed eral cu tb a ck s to u niv ersity spending.

V ice P rin cip a l A cad em ic G reg M oran explained that the cu ts h a v e b een d eterm in ed according to a complex process.

“This is not a priority rank­ in g ,” M o ran e x p la in e d . “T h e 17.5 per cent cut to the Western Business School illustrates best that those cuts have nothing to do with ranking,” he said.

F a cu ltie s such as arts and science will receive cuts o f about 6.5 per cent in 1996-97, whereas the business, law, journalism and music schools will be cut from nine to 20 per cent.

Western University President Paul Davenport said that the cuts are only a preliminary measure, as the u n iv e rs ity h as n o t y et received word on whether or not it can raise tuition up to a 20 per cent maximum.

M eetin g w ith M in iste r o f E d u c a tio n and T ra in in g Jo h n Snobelon last week, Davenport noted that the government should look somewhere else to solve its budget difficulties.

“It is our opinion that there should be no further cuts in uni­ versity grants,” Davenport said to Sn o b elo n . “Furth er savings should be found elsewhere.”

- With file s from The Western Gazette

The Canadian A llian ce o f Students’ Associations is concerned about staying financially afloat in the aftermath of allegations of fraud and theft launched against Pat FitzPatrick, the association’s former interim national director.

FitzPatrick was fired from his position on January 9, after the U niversity o f New Brunsw ick Students’ Union submitted a comjplaint to the CASA national office in Ottawa. The UNB SU had agreed to let FitzPatrick use their credit card to pay for authorised CASA expenses. It was also agreed that this money would eventually be refunded by C A SA . However.

FitzPatrick used the card to make purchases not authorised by CASA. These included expenditures at vari­ ous Ottawa area clothing stores and restaurants.

In response to this complaint, CASA performed an internal audit at its’ national office and discovered other instances of suspicious finan­ cial handling, traceable to FitzPatrick. These involved an alle­ gation of theft of cheques and the disappearance of $7,000, intended as part of the funding for a national co n feren ce on education in the spring.

National D irector o f CASA Alex Usher noted that as a result of the apparent theft and fraud, CASA’s financial situation is cur­ rently shaky. For exam ple, the national conference has had to be postponed indefinitely.

“W e’ve really cut back on what we’re doing,” stated Usher.

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FitzPatrick came to light.

“We have enough money in the bank right now to carry us five weeks,” Usher said.

In the m eantim e, CA SA is planning a meeting of its members next weekend. At the meeting, they will discuss CASA’s future direc­ tion and ways to avoid another simi­ lar situation. Usher explained that although CASA gave FitzPatrick a lot of freedom within the organisa­ tion, there is an advantage to the way CASA currently runs.

“We are set up to be decen­ tralised and a lot of trust is put into people in positions of responsibili­ ty,” he said. “That’s the drawback, but on the plus side we make it very cheap.”

The police investigation into FitzPatrick’s dealings is still in the preliminary stages. CASA submit­ ted a police report to the OttawaCarleton Regional P o lice, who referred the case to the RCMP. Staff Sergeant Michel Guy of the RCMP Commercial Crime Unit explained that because the complaints against FitzP atrick originated from the UNB SU in Fredericton and the CASA office in Ottawa, there are jurisdictional issues to be worked out.

“I ’m going to have to look at [the report] to see if the investiga­ tion should be done by us, or by the city, or if it should be transferred to Fredericton,” he said.

The T rib u n e contacted FitzP atrick at his home in Fredericton. He stated that he would not respond to the allegations until CASA attempted to get in touch with him.

“No one from the organisation has contacted me — I ’ve got every­ thing second hand from the press,” he said. “I have no public comment until the organisation contacts me.”

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Kevin Simonar, who plays gui­ tar, hopes the new alley will bring more jazz listeners.

many students here on weekends or at night.”

Corey and others involved appear to have big plans for Alley Cats and hope it becomes popu­ lar. During the summer months the terracein front of the McClennan L i­ brary will be opened for jazz.

“I ’d like to have jazz ‘P laying with the big b a n d s n o w ...” here 7 days a “There was always jazz here week,” Corey said. but i t ’ s never been advertised.

M usic students from the McGill students should be support­ McGill Big Band also seem hopeful. ing McGill students. So, they should Erik Hove, who plays alto saxo­ come to the Alley,” he concluded. phone for the band, stated his satis­ faction.

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At around this time last year. Canadian students staged the infamous Ax worthy strikes. By agitating the student body with facts about proposed federal budget cuts, student leaders created a political presence which was spirited and effective.

Tomorrow will mark a similar event (despite unprecedented hesitancy and in-fighting among student politicians). In conjunction with the PanCanadian Day of Action, local CÉGEP and university students will march across Montreal, making pitstops at major educational and business centres.

Naturally, the popular focus of the protest will be on tuition fees for post-secondary education. If the federal government has its way, it is esti­ mated that tuition will triple or quartruple in the next few years. However, the issues being raised go beyond those of tuition. Students will be protest­ ing the federal government’s proposed $7 billion cut to all social programs.

The federal government wants to reduce the deficit. But instead of, say, collecting the $40 billion in outstanding deferred corporate taxes, it has chosen to cut funding to social programmes, such as education and health care. In comparing the two, social programmes account for only 6 per cent of the debt, while corporate tax deferrals and high interest rates account for 94 per cent (StatsCan). Cutting social programs is as financially stupid as it is cruel. The government should have an easier time looking through the wallets of corporate giants than pick pocketing students and welfare recipi­ ents.

In a SSMU poll taken last year, the bulk of students conceded that they would be willing to pay between $2,000-$3,000 in tuition, which consti­ tutes a moderate hike in fees. However, if students are willing to pay more, it is because they want to improve the quality of education. As the situation stands now, even if tuition is raised several thousand dollars, schools them­ selves might not benefit. Post-secondary education (like health care or wel­ fare) is a right, and not a financial privilege. Injecting American laissezfa ire capitalism will only hurt the social programs that set Canada apart.

Conservative economics rarely mix well with libera) politics.

It is obvious that students are opposing formidable foes. The issues are complicated, and government and businesses outweigh us in terms of wealth and influence. It is therefore important that students mobilise effi­ ciently; but sometimes, it seems that student in-fighting will do us in before the government even has a chance.

At a SSMU council meeting several weeks ago. counsellors argued whether posters would “offend”. They argued over acronyms. They debat­ ed what would happen if some crazy anarchist decided to speak, etc. In the end, they decided to decide on nothing for the time being, claiming igno­ rance.

Meanwhile, 26 other Montreal-area schools held a meeting. Chris Carter was the only member of SSMU council to attend. The other student groups (including McGill’s very active Post Graduate Students’ Society) came armed with a panel of representatives, a platform, and written propos­ als. Carter, on the other hand, felt pressured by SSMU’s non-decision to abstain from all votes and comments for most of the meeting. As my only representative that night, he just sat there silently.

Going “backstage” as a reporter, I heard venom shooting (“off-therecord”) from other student leaders. SSMU was ultra-conservative, coward­ ly, inane, elitist, afraid to represent a more liberal student body, etc. Never before was I so embarrassed to say what school I was from. So much for student solidarity.

But now that the dust has cleared, it is probably best to ignore the squabbling of student politicians. The actual facts about budget cuts are quite basic, as is the protest itself: if what’s printed here bothers you. then be at the Roddick Gates tomorrow at 2:30.

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Those SSMU blues U niversity. Aaahhh. Large mind-numbing classes, incompre­ hensible amounts o f bureaucratic nonsense and nightmarish work­ loads forced upon sub-servant captives. If it wasn’t for SSM U I wouldn’t survive!

SSM U is to M cG ill what the Royal Family is to the UK. Both have th e ir c o n tro v e rs ie s and absurdities, and SSM U d oesn’t really do anything important. It’s ju s t there fo r d eco ration . If it wasn’t, it would seem like some­ thing was missing. I am not spe­ cial; I am like everyone else. I need my daily O.J. dose to make my ordinary life seem interesting.

For all o f us, if SSM U were not around, there would be nothing to talk about.

It is comforting to know that SSM U does not really represent any o f us. I discovered this mis­ conception after SSM U council decided not to take a position on the C FS February 7 National Day o f Action. I guess Ms. Stairs and SSM U council do not believe that M cGill students care about their education. Or is it simply a con­

flic t o f interest? Naaah — the fact that M s. Stairs and SSM U are h e a v ily en tw in ed in the CA SA snake, the archival o f the C F S m ongoose, wouldn’ t have anything to do with it, would it?

If our President had her way, she would do away with all the club representatives on council: apparently the Sexu al A ssau lt Centre, W alksafe, L B G T M and B SN should not be on cou n cil p ro te ctin g m in o rity is s u e s .

[H elena] M yers and her buddy [Sevag] Yeghoyan suggest that they alone can rule on minority issues. I believe that BoG [Board o f Governors] rep Yeghoyan was quoted as saying something silly like “no arts or science rep knows as much about sexual harassment as the p eo p le at the S e x u a l Assault Centre is wrong.” I chal­ lenge Mr. Yeghoyan to a “M cGill Clubs Jeopardy”— I wonder how k n o w le d g e a b le h is an sw ers would be.

Look to the recent example o f how council already protects minority issues: the M cGill Mad Carollers fiasco. Their volunteers ra ise thousands o f d o lla rs for ch a rities every year, and th eir

1 S to p th e P r e s s P ro b lem s with the Crown Drew Cormack’s January 16 musings on the role o f the monar­ chy in Canada (“T he awkward issu e o f the C row n ,” Stop the Press) demonstrate the same lack o f insight that he accuses others o f professing on this important subject. The two major arguments that emerge from his thesis are: 1) The Queen is “like having a great-auntie,” and 2) that it would be very d ifficu lt to ju s tify our independence from the United States without her. With all due respect, if the most pivotal insti­ tution to valid ate our n a tio n ’ s sovereignty and distinctiveness w ith in N orth A m e ric a is a metaphoric, aged relative living abroad, then Canada is in a much g reater cr is is than the current n atio n a l-u n ity n a y -sa y ers can even imagine.

There are two main reasons why Canada should abolish the monarchy and become a republic.

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itself is a social anachronism, an affront to a democratic society. It is highly inappropriate that the head o f state o f our nation is cho­ sen by the rules o f primogeniture, whereby the only qu alification fo r the jo b is h e re d ity . T h e monarchy offends the principles of representative government, the foundation o f Canada’s political system.

Secondly, the monarchy is a vestige o f Canada’s colonial past, an inferior position from which we have graduated incrementally.

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The council suggested that they charge their (volunteer) members a fee. In the same session, council gran ted $ 5 0 0 fo r th is y e a r ’ s Engineering Games. Hey, build­ ing e g g -c o n tra p tio n s and dog sleds is expensive!!

I am happy to know that the executives are receiving brand­ spanking new computers (the old ones don’t work so we will use them to create a clubs computer la b ...!? !) The SSM U is capable o f matching the PQ in referen ­ dum nausea; what is more, if the SSM U GM dies, we win the lot­ tery. It is issues like these that make me proud to be a SSM U ite.

So what can we do with a government in which we have lit­ tle representation? Sim ply wait until each executive leaves in a shroud o f controversy lik e the Benedict A ffair? G et rid o f the e n tire lo t and sta rt a g a in ?

Unfortunately, I would argue no.

U n iv e rs ity is su pposed to be about gettin g us ready for the “Real World.” We might as well get used to this form o f govern­ m ent now : ju s t be glad that whatever is out there, it cannot be any worse!

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Canada, the fact that the Queen is still our head o f state is a situa­ tion that the people o f an other­ wise independent nation should not tolerate. The institution o f Canada’s ch ief executive should echo our standing as a nation free o f the shackles o f colonialism.

T he tim e has com e to end our co n stitu tio n a l tie with the British monarchy by creating an indigenous head o f state. T his change would not affect our par­ liamentary system o f government nor would it make us in d istin ­ guishable from our neighbours from the South, as Mr. Cormack would have us believe. Rather, an elected or appointed Canadian le a d er w ould s y m b o lis e our national maturity and serve as an C o n tin u e d o n P a g e 7 H

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This week, there have been several attempted coups d’état in my brain by various ideas trying to seize control o f this column. It seem ed that each time I would come up with an idea, a new one soon would arise to usurp it.

This type o f unrest is com ­ m on in the B a n a n a R e p u b lic which is my brain. However, after the latest insurrection (shooting broke out near my cerebellum and the skirmish finally came to a rest near my medulla oblongata), the grey matter cleared and it turned out that there wasn’t a new co l­ umn idea to occupy the R oyal Palace.

T h ere w ere ju s t a heap o f dead column ideas. So I have no ch o ice but to present you their lim p bod ies fo r o b serv atio n . I b eliev e I sh all dub them “The Three Martyrs o f the Revolution” and declare a holiday in my brain ev ery F eb ru ary 1st to honour them. Hooray!

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Column m artyr #1: “H ow to s a v e t h e c u lt u r a l s t u d ie s p r o ­ g ram ” The cultural studies depart­ ment is having an identity crisis.

The closest I can come to defining Cultural Studies: something to do with post-modernism, camcorders, black nail polish, sem iotics and “hypertext” (or is it “virtual sex”?

I always confuse those two terms).

W hy this colum n idea was killed: This column was relevant to a large group o f M cG ill stu­ dents. The only instruction the T ribun e editors gave me when I started w riting w as: DO N O T MAKE ANY OF YOUR C O L U M N S R E L E V A N T TO M C G IL L ST U D E N T S IN AN Y W AY. Hooray!

Column martyr #2: “An a lle ­ gory ab o u t SSMU, M cG ill’s elite ruling c la ss” In this story, SSM U would be an organised crime organisation and Clubs Rep Chris Carter would

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B u t there is a larg er issue under such co m m en ts, w hich prompts my responding this week.

Quite simply, the issue is what rights we do have. The answer might be different than you think.

The Q uébec and Canadian Charters of Rights list certain cri­ teria on which people may not dis­ criminate, and the lists are differ­ ent (which explains why you can discriminate on the basis o f sexual orientation for federal employee b en efits but not for provincial ones). These lists are in-depth, coverin g many situations (e.g . race, ethnic or national origin, sex), but they are also complete, meaning that anything which does

not fall within their terms is not covered by that Charter.

F o r ex am p le, n eith er the Québec nor the Canadian Charters lists education as a criterion upon which people may not discrim i­ nate. T h e re fo re , a p o te n tia l employer could stipulate that, for example, only people with MBAs can have a certain job, and that if you do not have an M BA, you will not be considered.

There is an overarching prin­ ciple to be remembered here: that rights only becom e rights once they have been granted. On the “National Day o f A ction”, there w ill be a lot o f drivel spouted about how we have the “right” to an ed u cation. No one has that “right”; it has not been granted by anyone in a position to guarantee its exercise.

The rights to free speech, or to unemployment insurance, or to student lo an s, are on ly righ ts because a level o f government has agreed to their terms. As I said above, education is not protected in eith e r C harter. S o , s tric tly sp eakin g, i t ’s not a “ rig h t” in

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Why this idea was killed: I found it hard to write dialogue for m em bers o f S S M U sin ce I am under the im pression that they n ev er sp eak. V P In tern a l Jen Harding was in one o f my classes last year, and she spoke not one word the entire semester.

C o lu m n m a r ty r # 3 : “ T h e A y a t o lla h ’— S c is s o r s : A S h o rt Story” This is about a guy who goes into a barber shop wanting to get his hair cut like Dan Rather’s. The barber has a rare genetic disorder that ca u ses him to see author Salm an R u sh d ie w h en ever he thinks o f Dan Rather, and cuts the guy’s hair like Salman Rushdie’s.

The man, looking like Rushdie, is apparently killed three weeks later in a bomb blast, apparently set by Muslim extremists, who mistake him for the real Salman Rushdie.

However, it turns out that he died seconds before the blast went off.

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Why this idea was killed: I ’m n ot allow ed w ritin g relev a n t columns, remember?

Actually, what really hinders my creative process is the fact that I never want to offend anyone that I might one day encounter (what if I ’ m in an oth er c la s s w ith V P Internal Jen Harding? Yipes!). As a co lu m n ist, th is lim its me b eca u se good -n atu red rib b in g only goes so far. Therefore, I ’m hoping that D avid B u sh n e ll, Samurai of Sarcasm, will soon get hit by a large dose o f radiation, or gamma rays, and then bite me.

That way I might acquire some of his W h at’ s-Shapiro-G onna-D oE xpel-M e? superhuman irrever­ ence. But until then...

premise o f the show was a guy (lik e me) who was given these mysterious super-powers (like a colu m n ) by a su perior race o f alien beings (the Tribune editors) but did not receive instructions how to use the powers. He used to fly into buildings and trees all the time.

Once in a w hile, the aliens would com e back and give him cryptic hints about what his pow­ ers were for. This is like the sar­ castic blurbs that the Tribune edi­ tors add at the end o f my column every week.

If I were to write the blurbs m y se lf, w ould th at be a step towards gaining control over my column, and my brain?

M ila Aung Thwin is an ex cel­ lent guy an d a suprem e sensation.

W ould anyone power to stop me?

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M ila Aung-Thwin is so b r il­ liant h e should g et a salary.

Hooray!

...Until then, I have to stick with the analogy of T he G reatest A m erican H ero, which was a TV show from my child hood . The

M ila Aung Thwin is an ex cellen t gu y a n d a s u p r e m e s e n s a t io n .

M ila Aung-Thwin is so brilliant he shou ld g et a salary.

think there is no moral right to an ed u catio n beyond that w hich already exists in this country (pri­ mary and secondary school, with post-secondary education avail­ ab le fo r a h ig h ly rea so n a b le expenditure), then the law is on your side.

There are plenty of people in the world who would gladly trade our rights for theirs, which exist on paper only. (All 15 republics always had the “right” to opt out o f the Soviet Union, but just ask Hungarians or Czechs what would have happened if they had tried.)

If you demonstrate to the govern­ ment (in court) that its hiring prac­ tices violate the Charter, then they will be changed. So too, if you can

demonstrate that a private compa­ ny violates the Québec Charter, the company will have to abide by the law.

The catch is, you have to be able to show a legal entitlement. If it’s not in the list, the government doesn’t have to recognise it. The answer isn’t to stand around com­ plaining that we have a “right” not to pay tuition or to receive money for not working. The answer is to convince governm ents to make them into rights. And you can bet th at w o n ’t be happening on February 7th.

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Certainly, people may think that, morally, we have the right to an ed u ca tio n .

And the U .N .

U niversal D eclara tion o f Human Rights purports to give the right to education, but treaties aren’t bind­ ing. Neither the U.N. nor anyone’s moral sense can give a “right” to education. U nless that right is given in a law, it doesn’t exist.

Again, not all moral rights are rights in law. The right for a black American not to be a slave wasn’t crea ted by the Fou rteen th Amendment. In a very important sense, they always had that right, but the law didn’t reco gn ise it until people demanded that the law com e into alignm ent with what they believed was just.

The confusion com es from using the same word to express legal entitlements and moral val­ ues. On February 7th, people will speak o f having a “right” to edu­ cation, and if they mean it in the moral sense they may well be cor­ rect.

Moral rights are personal val­ ues, enshrined in law by the exer­ cise of moral suasion. If you think that we have the moral right to an education, then let the powers that be know what you th in k . If enough people do this, then per­ haps such a legal right will be cre­ ated.

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international platform to show­ case some o f our best and bright­ est citizens. Our distinct political and social history will continue to serve as the traditional barrier to potential American assimilation.

L a s tly , by a b o lis h in g the monarchy we would also bring an end to various ancillary practices which are inconsistent with mod­ em Canadian society. For exam­ ple, few people know that the pri­ mary focus o f the oath o f alle-

giance taken by new Canadians is E liz a b eth II and her heirs and successors. Putting Canada and the Canadian Constitution at the centre o f our most precious oath would surely increase patriotism and would reflect the demograph­ ic and political reality o f contem­ porary C anada. It is th erefo re reassuring to hear that the new minister o f citizenship and immi­ gration, Lucienne Robillard, is a proponent o f such a move.

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By Ted M urata In my book, nothing holds a torch to a good bowl o f cereal.

W hether it is R ice Krispies, the squ ashed v ersio n o f R ic e K r is p ie s , S p e c ia l K or even Frosted M ini W heats, breakfast cereal is by far my greatest plea­ sure in life. Twelve cold beers, a Ron Jeremy film, a loving fami­ ly...all are pale substitutes for my one true love.

O f course, I had never actu­ ally enjoyed an entire bowl o f cereal due to an effect scientists have dubbed “ seep ag e” — the insidious ability o f milk to turn flakes into mush. Som e cereals like Captain Crunch have decent staying power while others, like Corn F la k es, seem to d issolve almost as soon as they fall into

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S o I set out on a q u est. I would succeed where everyone else had failed: I would pour the perfect bowl o f cereal. The pro­ portions o f milk to solids would be ju s t rig h t. B la sp h e m o u s?

Indeed! From then on to the pre­ sent I analysed cereals’ densities, sw eetness, absorption rates and even compositions down into the world o f the atom (needless to say, I am under court order not to go into further detail about ANY cereal’s make-up. Apparently Mr.

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Finally, the time came when I realised I could learn no more.

C-Day had arrived. I awoke that morning more excited than I had ever been in my life. The air tem­ perature and humidity were per­ fect. Careful to avoid any distrac­ tio n s, I unplugged my phone, closed my shutters and purified myself o f waste matter.

I had chosen Raisin Bran as my test su b ject because o f the p articular ch allen g es it posed: the bran was most volatile where as the raisins were quite durable.

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When I was younger, I used to do many embarrassing things in public, whether it was crying at the grocery store with my mom or spilling food all the way down my shirt at the dinner table.

I would like to think that I have grown up at least a bit since then. My faculty o f engineering, on the other hand, seems to have trouble keeping from being a pub­ lic em barrassm ent for both me and my school.

It must have been the first day o f classes in September that pulled the wool from my eyes. I saw a mob o f “g eers” wearing funny, little, red caps, prancing around our lovely campus piping out egotistical engineering folk songs.

It was at that moment that I had a vision o f an engineer sitting in his p aren ts’ basem ent, rum ­ maging through his parents’ old university books. Suddenly he stumbles upon a gold mine. As an odd smirk comes across his face, he blows the dust off o f the 1930s Engineering Folk Song Book and re a ch es out to the telep h o n e which he will use to spread the message and set up the display I saw on that first day o f school.

A few weeks ago, my faculty celebrated the beginning o f the new term with a week o f events.

For those o f you putting your money on me not participating in this E-week, you should have fist­ fuls of cash. I did see enough of it, however, to keep me laughing and shaking my head as I went from class to class. Now, I may not be the king o f attendance, let alone

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Don’t get me wrong here... I am not stereotyping the entire fac­ ulty. I have met some good peo­ ple in engineering — although a manhunt and several months were required. In my case, it had more to do with my personality.

I am not a big fan of anyone who thinks that they are 100 per cent better than most others in this world. Anyone who believes this is obviously ignoring a greater personal reality. There is a popu­ lar consensus in this faculty that we are in fact better than many... sorry, than every other faculty.

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One thing that I would like to see is a social event that involves other faculties. I do believe that a faculty should have pride in itself and hold internal social gather­ ings, but I also feel that engineer­ ing has crossed the thin, red line and has closed itself in.

If I have offended any o f you fellow engineers, don’t get all hot and both ered by my person al opinions and experien ces. You must at least see where I am com­ ing from. There is a famous engi­ neering phrase that all o f you must have seen on T -sh irts or b a se b a ll hats around cam pus: E.R .T .W ., or, that is, “Engineers R ule The W orld ” . I prefer the phrase “E.R.A .N .,” or “Engineers Rule Absolutely Nothing”. After all, they will only work for some­ one else. So these are the two ends of the stick, the best and the most worthless. Somewhere inbetween these extremes, however, you will find the engineer and the rest o f M cG ill looking at each other eye to eye.

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By Kate G ibson On January 24, French gov­ ernment officials announced that radioactive contam ination from South P a cific nuclear tests had been d etected in the region o f French Polynesia.

Alain Barthoux, the director of the French nuclear agency CEA, stated that French o fficia ls had noted a leakage o f rad ioactive iodine 131 after one o f the 1995 nuclear tests. The information con­ cerning the leakage was disclosed during “clo sed d oor” talk s in Washington during November con­ cerning the comprehensive Test Ban Treaty currently under negoti­ ation in Geneva.

Despite news that iodine 131 is leaking into the islands of the French Polynesia, the French gov­ ernment has not yet conducted a scien tific investigation into the problem.

Iodine 131 is a highly volatile and radioactive isotope produced during nuclear reactions. The sub­ stance, whose radioactive half-life is eight days, has been known to cause an increase in thyroid cancer, particularly among children.

This correlation has been rein­ forced by studies done following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

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The dangers associated with the compound are relative to its concentration in the environment, Tracey continued.

“We must remember that the levels of iodine 131 released

by Chernobyl were far greater than those in the atolls,” he said.

Consequentl y, Greenpeace has called on the French government to release any information on contami­ nation in the area.

“The French government has lied to the public and con­ cerned governments around the planet,” said Greenpeace a ctiv ist Damon M oglen.

“Rather than spending time and energy in trying to erase the facts, [French] President Chirac should now commit to a nuclear testing moratorium w hile the C om prehensive T e st Ban T reaty is being negotiated.”

On January 2 9 , the French government announced that it had finished its controversial nuclear testing programme in the South Pacific. This announcement came just days after the sixth test had

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“We should ensure that, for the people who fall through the cracks, there will be a net.”

Author Neil Bissoondath also spoke against cuts to social pro­ grammes.

“It is more than dollars and cents. Slashing programmes means slashing universality.” Bissoondath added, “Canada increasingly has no dream s to o ffe r [its citizen s] beyond cutbacks and debt reduc­ tions.”

He pointed out that this will be a determ ining a facto r in the nation’s unity, and that it is a point which will aggravate the situation between Quebec and Canada as the next referendum approaches.

“We have at best three or four years to solve the problem o f national unity,” he said, stressing that Canada without Quebec is sim­ ply not viable.

Ghislain Picard added another dimension to the issue of Quebec sep aration, stating that all o f Canada must acknow ledge the rights of the Native communities.

Much of northern Quebec is under Native land claims, and Picard stat­ ed that, more and more, Natives are coming to terms with their identity.

“I f you ask N atives [about identity], he or she will tell you they don’t consider them selves Canadian, or Québécois,” he said.

He added that while older gen­ erations of Natives have been more tolerant, younger generations will

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Though the first half o f the conference saw a great deal of the discussion centre around questions of Quebec’s relationship with the rest of Canada, the second half was specifically intended to address the situation within Quebec. Again, economic questions took up a sig­ nificant portion of the debate.

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The blast, which was equivalent to 1 2 0 ,0 0 0 tons o f TN T and more than six times larger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, took place at the Fangatufa Atoll.

The French government stated that the tests were intended to examine the reliability o f nuclear submarine warheads and to develop

extremely minor. The government asserts that testing fallout is entire­ ly localised and that the radioactiv­ ity from the tests w ill have no effect on the environment, or on humans if proper precautions are followed.

H ow ever, in the ‘ 8 0 s, oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and other scientists who examined

a nuclear testing computer simula­ tion programme.

In o ffic ia l statem en ts, the French Government claims that the atoll structure has not and will not rupture, and that any leakage is

Fren ch n u clear testin g sites expressed concern for testing pro­ cedures. These scientific expedi­ tions also reported significant dam­ age to the structure of the atoll, and evidence of radioactive leakage.

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towards a good d ivorce — an arrangement that would foster good relations between the two new sep­ arate entities.

Michèle Tisseyre, a communi­ cations adviser, did not share the minister’s view of a good divorce, noting that such an arrangement, at the very least, requires the consent of each party — something absent

Left to right; B ern ard Shapiro, R ich ard Gwyn, a n d Kim Cam pbell L ou ise H arel, M in ister o f Employment and Solidarity as well as M inister Responsible for the Condition o f Women, opened the discussion on Quebec. Harel, a sep­ aratist, began by going one step beyond the marriage analogy, tradi­ tio n ally em ployed to d escribe Quebec’s relationship with the rest of Canada. Harel said it was time that Quebec and Canada accept the failure of their marriage and work

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M cG ill P ro fesso r Stephen Bornstein altogether rejected the marriage metaphor.

“It is a bad metaphor. There are two things definitely present behind m arriage: love and sex.

These are not aspects that lead to the formation o f a country,” he said.

“You may have had a good divorce,” he said to the minister.

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Consequently, the French gov­ ernment has declared that their test­ ing in the South Pacific has ended.

Originally having planned eight tests, only six tests have been car­ ried out.

“France has finally bowed to international pressure,” claimed Greenpeace’s Josh Handler.

Announcing the end o f the testing, Chirac stated in a press conference that “France will play an active and determined role for disarm am ent in the world and for a better European defence.” Chirac also declared an in terest in signing the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

In addition, the French governm ent declared that it would provide compensation to French P oly n esia. C hirac promised nearly $250 million a year for the next ten years in order to help develop regional industries. France also agreed to sign the Rarotongo Treaty along with the UK and the US, which would establish a nuclear-free zone in the South Pacific.

D espite tight control on information regarding the test zone, France has agreed to send a team of international scientists into the area under the au spices o f the In tern ation al A tom ic Energy Agency.

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“Most don’t. You may eventually get back together with [your hus­ band]. Once split, countries never get together again,” he added.

G iven the in flu en ce o f the global economy, Harel claimed that the need to reinforce and protect Quebec’s identity has increased.

Harel regards the state as an important instrument for the reali­ sation o f this task, and opposes “dogm atic an ti-g ov ern m en t” approaches to economic reforms.

She expressed further concern over the free market in general, and described the rise in earnings and the reduction in jobs as proportion­ ally linked.

“The economic growth is now leading to a decrease in jobs there­ fore the market alone cannot be relied upon to ensure equality,” said Harel. “Competition must be reconciled with solidarity. Luckily, in Quebec we are not subject to ‘all or nothing’ fo rces,” she further noted.

Though M onique Jérôm eForget, president of the Institute for Research on Public Policy, began her speech by praising Harel, she presented a very different view of the role of policy-making in an eco­ nomic context. She described social programs, in their current form, as solutions of the ’50s and ’60s — no longer suited to economic realities.

She claimed that many were estab­ lished with the idea that they would counter the trend o f poverty being passed on from parent to child, by creating equal opportunities for all.

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She noted that recent studies have shown that poverty still tends to stay within families, despite social programmes.

“Its not because leaders are cutting, and being fiscally responsi­ ble that they are bad. Moreover, [in the coming years] they won’t have a choice,” further stated JérômeForget.

The Guest speaker, Université de Montréal sociologist Jacques Grand Maison, tried to move away from the rhetoric of economics.

Grand’Maison described Que­ bec youth as being pessimistic and desperate. He argued that society will have to re-establish a set of social and moral “building blocks” in the next millennium to accompa­ ny the economic ones that are so frequently referred to.

“Do you think we can build a future with this constant feeling of pessimism?” he asked. “[In a few more years] we will be left with two main classes: the inheritors and the non-inheritors. We can’t leave this to weigh down our children and grandchildren.”

Before openning the floor to the audience, the microphone was handed over to writer and Toronto Star columnist Richard Gwyn.

“We never paid attention to Quebec before because we didn’t have to. We thought the sovereign­ tists were just bluffing,” he said. “I can only admire Mr.Bouchard — I don’t know if he can pull it off — but at least he has a concept, a ‘pro­ jet de société.’”

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Envision a society with no paper, no books, no phone, and no T V . Instead, a single appliance would exist: the computer. This is Canada’s future...maybe. It repre­ sents an advancement in lifestyle and an evolution o f communica­ tion, a result o f the Information Super-Highway.

As the information revolution continues its inexorable advance, keeping pace will become crucial for everyone in this country. Three members o f the McGill communi­ ty recently undertook the task o f demystifying the I-way by writing a book, G etting C a n a d a O n lin e: U n d erstan d in g th e In fo rm a tio n Highway.

Th e authors are form er M cGill Principal David Johnston, his daughter Deborah Johnston, and Sunny Handa, all three o f whom belong to M cG ill’s Faculty o f Law. Simply put, the information revolution is the general term for the onslaught o f information carri­ ers and networks that are rapidly evolving and affecting our culture.

It includes the Internet and satellite telecommunication, but it also in clu d es fa x e s, ce llu la r phones, and even the radio. The metaphor merely reflects the mas­ sive evolution o f the transfer o f information from point A to point B. “The rate o f change is so dra­ m atic. I t ’s very hard to predict answers to questions like ‘What will Canada look like years from n o w ?’ g iven the sp eed ,” said Handa. “What we know right now is that w e’re amidst fast paced change, and we seem to be moving towards digital com m unication and globalised trade.”

“This stuff happens at a very qu ick p ace, and i f you are not aware, if your laws are not up to date, and if you have a population that is not aware, you’re going to fe e l very re al c o n se q u e n c e s,” Handa continued.

But what are these repercus­ sions?

“B e ll recently fired 10,000 employees. They cut all those peo­ ple [because] Bell decided that the 1 0 ,0 0 0 people could not adapt.

Those are the consequences o f not keeping up,” Professor Johnston said.

D eborah Jo h n sto n echoed these sentiments.

“Right now I have no use for a cellular phone, but I know that in five years I ’ll have one. It’s just like the fa x : a few years ago I would have said ‘Who needs it?

It’s useless’ O f course now, every­ body has one,” she said. “Things that are frivolous toys for the rich quickly becom e everyday prod­ ucts. This technology is here to stay, it’s part o f our life.”

Given the I-w ay’s apparent permanence in Canada, it makes sense to try to identify trends asso­ ciated with it.

One o f these trends is the notion that the TV and the phone will be merged with the computer

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into one giant super-system that handles and manipulates all sorts o f data. T he phenom enon that allows such a harmonisation o f all our daily appliances is called ‘con­ vergence. ’ “If we start to focus on what inform ation looks like, what it means, and how we will perceive it, I think what y ou ’ ll see is a m ove tow ards co n v e rg e n ce in term s o f in fo rm a tio n ,” Handa explained. “You will have infor­ mation that is targeted toward your phone system, for your computer, or your television.”

F orm er P rin cip al D a v id Joh n sto n “They might all be the same system , they m ight not, it w ill probably depend on the individual.

H opefully the inform ation w ill know where to go, but the infor­ mation packets w ill all look the same. It will all be on the same highway, but the contents in each packet will be different,” he stated.

Thus, the I-way will allow the integration o f many o f the media we use today. This can be an excit­ ing prospect for artists, business people, and especially students, but there are other reasons to be excited and wary.

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“The TV changed things for us. During war, all of a sudden the war was in our home, and we saw what was going on. In the same way, computers will be equally or more important than the television.

The technology is proliferating, it’s opening up so many doors. All of a sudden there are no borders,” said Ms. Johnston.

C learly , no one in modern society will be able to completely ignore this revolution. With this in m ind, the authors o f G ettin g C an ada Online stress the impor­ tance o f education. “ I know i t ’ s a sim ple answer that education equals su ccess, but i t ’ s tru e,” said Handa.

The federal government has begun to implement a plan called SchoolN et, a laudable attempt to link up all 16,500 Canadian secondary and ele­ mentary schools to the Internet by 1998.

Professor Johnston called the initiative both ambitious and impressive, but said that bo this is just the beginning. > “The connection is only ^ one per cent. The other 99 is c developing an environm ent ■S, that allows students to use the 2 I-way,” he said.

“The most d ifficu lt part actually is ensuring that the teachers know how to use it,” said Ms. Johnston. “Then, we need to ensure that students use it hands-on,” she said.

She suggested several tech­ niques for introducing technology into the curriculum.

Rather than have ‘Technology Class’ per se, the information rev­ olution should be integrated into ed u catio n . P ro je c ts cou ld be assigned that required electronic research on the Net or on CD data­ bases. Supplemental independent studies could be set up using con­ n ectio n s from Isra e l or Hong Kong, for example, to learn about

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Alternatively, children could be encouraged to com m unicate with pen pals from halfway across the globe in a matter o f minutes.

Regardless o f how it is accom ­ plished, our society might soon be revolutionised by the Information

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Ms. Johnston warned, “The Iway is going to be the norm...one day libraries might be a bizarre phenomenon.”

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problems. In December she was admitted to the eating-disorders unit at the Douglas Hospital. She was released from Douglas five m onths later a fter gain in g 55 pounds.

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When Alexandra Grousse suf­ fered from anorexia nervosa, she dreamed about food every night. Food that she could not eat.

“I ju st stopped eating, and I had a lot of supermar­ ket dreams,” explained the 21-year-old U2 psychology student. “I looked like a con­ centration camp prisoner.”

When she woke up, she immediately hopped on her exercise bike.

“You trick your mind into thinking that y o u ’re strong because you can do all th ese e x e rc ise s w hile you’re not taking in food — but you’re not,” she stated.

Grousse became anorex­ ic at CÉGEP when a friend began lo sin g w eight by depriving h erself o f food.

Grousse also wanted to lose w eight, and follo w ed her friend’s example.

Grousse describes her­ s e lf as being “ sev erely ig f o r a dangerous g o a l an orexic” during her first year at York University. Last year improved, but it will take a while she transferred to M cG ill. Soon for her bones and digestive system after, at 5 T 0 ” and 90 pounds, she to recover. “ People d o n ’t re a lise the was taken to a hospital for heart

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Support groups G rouse cred its the staff at Douglas with helping her build up her s e lf-c o n fid e n ce and providing her with a support system.

In turn, she now helps su fferers o f eatin gdisorders regain their confidence.

G rou sse is a board member of the Q uebec A ssociation for A ssista n ce to Persons S u fferin g from A norexia N er­ vosa and B u lim ia .

A lso , she w ill be a panelist at tomorrow’s Third Annual McGill Body Im age Forum along w ith A N AB self-help group coor­ dinator Clare Lord.

L a st O cto b er, L ord, a m ature U3 psychology student, was awarded a $10,000 grant by the T o ro n to -b a sed G en esis Foundation, an organisation com­ mitted to women’s health issues.

Lord received the grant so that she could write and publish a bilingual book on how to start and maintain a self-help group for sufferers of eating disorders.

L ord, 3 8 , su ffered from bulemia nervosa from the age of 21 to 31. She says that each indi­ vidual eating disorder case is dif­ feren t, but there are some key social, biological and psychologi­ cal factors that can trigger eating disorders.

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According to Lord, there are controversial biological theories which su ggest that w eight is g en etically predeterm ined like height, or that depression is an inherited trait that is likely to lead to an eating disorder. In addition, fam ily environment can trigger eating disorders. An anorexic is more likely to come from a strict fam ily, while a bulimic is more likely to com e out o f a chaotic family atmosphere.

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A n o rexia ty p ica lly beg in s around the age o f 14 when the body starts developing.

“Anorexia is the ultimate con­ trol o f o n e’ s bo d y,” explained Lord.

B u lim ia tends to develop around the age of 18. Lord says bingeing and purging is used like a drug to relieve stress.

“But like a drug, it often fails to do what it was supposed to do.

The effects are short and followed by a sense of guilt,” she said.

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“B u t lik e a d ru g , it o fte n fa ils to d o w h a t it w a s s u p p o s e d to d o . T h e e ffe c ts a r e s h o rt a n d fo llo w e d b y a s e n s e o f g u ilt.” ger are media images.

Merryl Bear, the programme coordinator of the National Eating D isorder Inform ation Centre in Toronto says that only five per cent of women ‘fit’ the unrealistic beauty ideal portrayed in media images.

“We need to move away from one narrow ideal of beauty, to a celebration of our natural diversi­ ty,” said Bear.

G rou sse says th ese so cia l pressures make eating disorders difficult to change, but it is impor­ tant to help friends that you sus­ pect might have an eating disorder.

“Make them aware that a nor­ mal life means normal eating. Be an example. Don’t be afraid to talk about it,” Grousse said. “When I ’m speaking, I try to encourage people, especially girls, that you will be better off if you dare to let yourself have freedom.”

Eight months after leaving Douglas, Grousse’s own obsession with food is a memory. Now she dreams about finding herself and living life.

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Facts about Eating Disorders • Anorexia nervosa is iden­ tified by drastic weight loss from dieting, accompanied by an intense fear o f gain­ ing weight.

• Bulimia nervosa is identi­ fied by frequent flu ctu a ­ tions in weight and periods o f binge eating, follow ed by some form o f purging to rid the body o f unwanted ca lo ries. Purging is done through self-induced vomit­ ing, laxative abuse, exces­ sive exercise or fasting.

• T h e m o rtality rate o f anorexia nervosa is one of the highest in the field o f psychiatry. Ten to twenty per cent o f all people with anorexia and bulimia even­ tually die from it.

• Four to five per cent o f all female university students su ffe r from a n o rex ia or bulimia.

• Five to ten per cent o f all people with eating d isor­ ders are men.

• D esp ite th e ir w eak appearance, eating disorder s u ffe re rs co n tin u e to be extremely active.

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M ost everyone has friends.

You could be a com plete odd­ ball and still have at least a com ­ rade or two. Even bad people like c r im in a ls , lan d lo rd s and R e p u b lic a n s ro u tin e ly g ain admittance into the kingdom o f camaraderie.

But all friends are not creat­ ed equal. History has shown us th at so m e tim e s the bond s o f frien d sh ip can cru m ble lik e a stale crou ton. W hen the m obs ca m e fo r K in g L o u is X V I o f France, very few o f his buddies stayed around to defend the poor schmuck. If you were “friends” w ith Jo e y S ta lin , it b a s ic a lly meant you had a stay o f execu­ tion. You were S ta lin ’ s pal so long as you didn’t question his plan to eliminate half the popula­ tion — or tease him about his moustache.

Then there are true friends.

The type that freely deliver emo­ tional support even when your tears threaten to blem ish their suede jacket. The kind that offer you cab le telev isio n in a cruel V H F universe. W hose prom ise

that “I ’ll be there for you” is a sincere gesture rather than just a cheap line to get you in bed.

O v er the la s t tw o y e a rs, m any o f us hav e b een lu ck y enough to connect with a group o f people who conform to this sp e cia l type. I ’m re fe rrin g o f co u rse to R a c h e l, M o n ic a , P h o e b e , Jo e y , C h a n d ler and Ross, neat-o kids with whom we have forged a clo se em otional compact. They are more than just characters on N B C ’ s top-rated sitcom F rien d s. W hile the show marks the crescendo o f our week, these six individuals give life to our bland existence.

Every Thursday night, we stage a sit-in with these young crusaders for hipness. For those uncultured read ers, F r ie n d s is centred around the relationship of six individuals all facing similar c h a lle n g e s in our tro u b lin g , recessionary, sexually repressed modem world. Their only solace is that, well, they each have five close friends to lean on (or, over 5 0 m illio n i f you in clu d e the friendly viewers).

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together will surely last forever, or at least until I hit 30. Who can fo r g e t when R o ss k isse d C han d ler’ s mom (m other k is s ­ e r !)? Or when the gang had a m om en t o f s ile n c e fo r th e ir recently deceased neighbour, the “icky” Mr. Heckles? I know I ’ll forever recall where I was when Rachel and Ross first smooched.

T h e se p eop le are lik e the frie n d s we n ev er had in high school. They’re all so cool, selfassured, com passionate — and their hair always looks perfect.

The show may not offer a com ­ pletely representative snap-shot o f Generation X life, but it sure is a pretty picture to gaze at for 30 minutes.

In many ways, they’re a lot lik e us. T h ey c o n s ta n tly ta lk about sex, threesomes, homosex­ uality and other formerly taboo stuff, but never seem to put their “pee-pee” where their mouth is.

T h ey w hine about u n em p loy ­ m ent, but expend le ss energy lo o k in g fo r jo b s then they do hoisting those BIG CUPS at that preppy inferno coffee place, the C entral P erk. Y e t, d esp ite the ‘90s generational blight that curs­ es their existence, they still man­ age to have so much fun together.

Aren’t they so cute?

W e ll, the w orld seem s to think so. Not only has the show spawned a whole crop o f sitcom ripoffs (like T he Single Guy), the actors have been immortalised on

T ed F r a n k e l is cu rren tly in t h e p r o c e s s o f c o n s t r u c t in g a shrine to Je n n ife r Aniston.

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e v e ry th in g from T -s h ir ts to screensavers. People may even sta rt n am in g th e ir son s ‘ Fun B obby’ or daughters ‘Jaaanice’ in honour o f the core gang’s extend­ ed friendly family.

What is the root, the pop cul­ ture cynic may ask, of this trendy m adness? Part o f the appeal o f the w ise cra ck in g group is the r e a l- life dream they em bod y.

N one o f the a cto rs w ere big names before their stints on the show. Perhaps the best known was Courteney Cox, who played Alex Keaton’s uptight girlfriend on th e h it show F a m il y T ie s .

A fte r a few y ea rs o f re la tiv e obscurity, Cox was reincarnated on F rien d s as the anal roommate Monica, thus showing her versa­ tility as a thespian. The other cast members had similarly inspiring tales o f upward social mobility, m o st n o ta b ly M atth ew P erry (Chandler), who grew up in the backwards suburbs o f Ottawa.

W h ile they may be su rro ­ gates fo r the real th in g, these friends are just too good-looking to ignore. Each week they make us feel more like their friends and less like pathetic voyeurs. And for that, I thank my tube encapsu­ lated companions. They make the world a friendlier place.

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The set is a feat of asymmetry Ah... Shakespeare! Whilst the tragic ends of a failed try at tragedy that displays two levels o f action. doth ignite no spark, the comedy At the right, the lofty parapets of the Trojans; at lower centre stage, that spawns critiq u es o f “pure comic folly” ne’er wavers from the the G recian camp o f functional mark; and whilst still speaking with tents. (A lack at the left is more than Elizabethan tongue, let’s ask the ol’ made up for by the liberalisation of Bard how not a history on a history the characters. See modernisation’s #2-4.) Also reversing the Globe’s be done.

Officially billed as a “play of lay-out, the Dome’s stage envelopes disillusion,” Troilus and Cressida is the audience more than the audience Shakespeare’s historical crack, fol­ can surround the stage. It is an orig­ inal design that is not only modem lowing the versions of Boccaccio and Chaucer, at the Trojan Wars but effective. Soliloquies being in your face is more than a dramatic depicted in H om er’ s I lia d .

Similarly, the theatre department of cliché at the Dome.

M odernisation #2: Directors Dawson College is writing itself into the long history of the ancient Doug Buchanan and John Lucas replace the setting legend through from the Golden their modem adap­ S a d ly , th e s e x u a lity , Age of Greece to tation o f love in World War One. the face of war. lik e th e s e ttin g o f th e By placing the Since this his­ a d a p ta tio n , is all events in this par­ to rica l p erfo r­ ticular period — s h o w a n d n o s ig n ifi­ mance has itself a when the sohistory of interpre­ cance. called glory o f tation s, tod ay’ s war died — the stagings often try to incorporate a modem tone so that setting embodies “the play’s extra­ the play can best address the audi­ ordinarily modem... and ironic atti­ tude,” or so claims the bill. en ce. D aw son’ s T ro ilu s a n d Unfortunately, attitude is a C r e s s id a aims to modernise in state o f mind, not the kind o f many aspects.

Modernisation #1: The play is clothes one wears. The directors do little to develop the significance of performed at Saint-Henri’s Dome their proposed time frame. In fact, T h eatre, a venue which severs Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and the costumes, which seem to pin­ retains the original shape by half, if point the exact date o f sometime you w ill. U nlike the G lobe, the between the Napoleonic Wars and Dome allows only the privileged the Cuban M issile Crisis, fail to

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The dialogue, though filled with witty puns and snappy retorts, deals with a serious theme. The cast has a monumental task ahead of them — to balance all of the ele-

Y o u ’ve probably seen the posters for Gut Girls. They’re the ones that look like yesterday’s paper bag lunch tacked up to the walls of the Arts Building. Despite its plain brown wrappings, the latest produc­ tion by the English department promises social commentary, fine acting, and theatrical engagement.

Opening amid a meat facto­ ry in Deptford, England, the q u a s i- r e a l is t ic props set the stage for this late nine­ teenth century period piece.

G ut G irls , written in the late ‘80s, explores the so cial disparity between classes. It ch ron icles the struggle o f five young women R aw m eat a n d g u tsy girls who gut animal carcasses for a living to maintain ments of the script, while creating their freedom in a male dominated an antiquated yet engaging atmos­ society. Despite appalling work phere. The actors, however, seem conditions and attacks from all sides ready. Just sitting through the first because of their choice of occupa­ scene of a technical rehearsal, I was tion, these women continue to make immediately amazed by the authen­ a decent wage, giving themselves ticity of most of the actor’s accents, which are done according to social comfort and hope for a better future.

Conflict arises when a wealthy class and dialect.

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Trojan commander Antenor.

Modernisation #4: The num­ this modem change in the play, let W hile the gender bending alone present its unique implica­ ber of women characters are doushow cases the c a s t’ s tions. The setting con­ skillful ability to delve cept appeals only as a into the identity o f a rough idea on paper, character that can tran­ for once in action, scend sex, the poorly T roilus an d C ressid a abridged script plays on front lines is any­ havoc with it. In some thing but avant-garde. scenes, the dialogue con­ M o d e rn is a tio n fuses, almost purpose­ #3: The most alarming fully, the perception of a anachronisms derive character. Act by act, not from the WWI era characterisations puzzle setting, but from the the audience to the point a cto rs’ range of o f overshadowing the expressions. A shock­ events and detaching ingly current urban itself from the story. street smarts is reflect­ F in a lly , in an ed in most of the char­ engagingly original acters.

From scene, a veiled b elly C ressid a’ s sly ‘ 90s dancer visually seduces relationship practicali­ both the audience and ty to her aunt’s twothe G recian troops. s n a p s - a n d -a - tw is t Although the choreogra­ d issin ’ , it becom es phy and acting is vision­ clear early in the play ary, the script once again that when they want does not rise to match to, those Trojans do the modernity — when live up to the experi­ the m usic stops, the ence and savoir faire dancer reveals his chest implied on the wrap­ and leaves to gaping per. shock value.

Modem, yes - the Sadly, the sexuali­ acting talent shines in Troi takes Cressie in a headlock: d o w n f o r the co u n t ty, like the setting of the drawing the disparate adaptation, is all show and no sig­ poles o f fiv e minute chunks of bled in the new production. King iambic pentameter and off-the-cuff Priam becomes Queen, the Trojan nificance. The script must take the delivery of today’s wit together. priest, Calchas, transforms into a blame for not adjusting to better priestess, and Uncle Pandarus nice­ articulate these modem issues.

N atalie Tannous as the m anic Buchanan and Lucas clearly Grecian, Thersites, especially excels ly assumes the role as aunt to depict want to experim ent with some in presenting a realistic character a more vital relationship with potentially fascinating dynamics of Cressida.

Additionally, sexually ambigu­ identity and era. In this case, how­ ous characters are further developed ever, T roilus an d C r essid a is an unwilling guinea pig. from Sh ak esp eare’ s version by inserting women actors into male Rob Cohen (both members of the roles of questionable orientation. cast and known for their work in last & The G recian prince P atroclu s, year’s C a b a ret), this production thought to be more than a good Troilus and Cressida is p lay ­ highlights some of the best acting at friend to A ch illes, and N estor, ing both evenings and m ati­ McGill. Cohen sees few discrepan­ another Grecian prince, somehow nees until February 10 at the cies in acting styles, as overall con­ symbolised as the Mother o f the Dome Theatre in Saint-Henri. trol and consistent character por­ Greek operation, are both played by T ickets f o r students a r e $6. trayal give the production an ele­ women. Elsew here, two women F o r r e s e r v a tio n s c a ll 931ment of gloss. actors retain the masculinity of the 5000.

Cohen and Baden attribute the quality of the production to Director Steven Lecky’s approach. His focus on text gives the cast a clear under­ P o o r D a d i s l o c k e d u p standing on the structure of the script. This illuminates the lines, and gives the actors a good grasp of i n P l a y e r s ’ T h e a t r e their respective characters.

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By A nya Spethmann “view towards student theatre is involves a mother, a son and their more of a process than a final prod­ love interests while on vacation in Asked to reel o ff the first uct.”

H avana. E x cep t that th e re ’ s a Baden sees her experience words that come to mind about corpse involved somewhere. And working with the script as “fer­ Arthur L. Kopit’s Oh D ad, P o o r menting the idea that the text itself i t ’ s a co m ed y. T h e play was D ad, M am m a’s Hung You In the is the foundation of the play.” She described by the N ew Statesm an C lo s e t a n d I ’m F e e lin ’ S o S ad , and other cast members have great as “a sick and bitter joke, but one d ire cto r N ina S t e ig e r ’ s firs t respect for Gut Girls. Besides the­ o f considerable beauty and not a response is “incest.” atre’s ability to entertain, Lecky little tru th .” D esp ite the grim Sh e g oes on to lis t stresses the importance o f the sounding publicity, Steiger reas­ “voyeurism ,” “o b sessio n ,” and themes dealt with in the play and sures that it’s “black humour, but “neurosis” as key to the essence their relevance in today’s society. very, very funny.” o f the p la y , and o th erw ise Gut G irls makes you wonder just The characters are, according remains tight-lipped. Usually pre­ how far we have progressed over to Steiger, “clichés, almost carica­ view s o f p lay s co n ta in som e the past one hundred years. information about plot, ch arac­ tures... These are the kind o f peo­ ple you will never meet.” ters, etc. (then again, directors Th ough S t e ig e r ’ s d e ta ils don’t usually describe their plays Gut G irls is p la y in g fr o m about the plot are s c a rc e , as as “ sex u a lly e x p lic it but very February 7-10th, and the 14twisted”).

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Thoughts o f E ig h tb a ll (the title its e lf a referen ce to Russ M e y e r’ s 1 9 6 6 film F a s t e r P u ssy cat! K ill! K ill! ) dominate my fears as I dial Meyer’s office telephone number. Meyer stands right in the gulf between high and low culture, sleaze and schadenfrau d e, art and trash. E n d less debates could take place about the merits o f his cinematic corpus — why complain o f the prurience of films like M ondo T opless without blinking an eye at the virtues o f arthouse erotica like In The R ealm O f The S en ses? Why laugh at the kitsch o f S uper Vixen while cele­ brating artists like Douglas Sirk?

M eyer is America, and as such should be acknowledged with the sam e reverence as every other auteur o f her national cinem a.

Maybe John Waters is right, that every film school geek entranced

by Citizen K an e would do much better to watch F a ster Pussycat.

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Steiger is apprehensive about giv­ ing the story away, she is clear about what impression she wants to leave on its audience.

“What I want is for people to be hooked — to want to come and see the play.” To that effect, the com pleted list o f key words to intrigue potential theatre goers: “Nuns, whores, murder, stutter­ ing, pirhanas and Venus flytraps.”

On a subtextual level, Steiger fe e ls that the la r g e r-th a n -life characters are based on funda­ mental truths. She stresses the im p o rtan ce o f the idea o f voyeurism in Oh, D ad... Because everyone is interested in seeing what goes on in other p eop le’s lives and minds as a reflection of their own, part o f the fun o f going to see this play is the chance to get into the minds o f people even m ore out o f w hack than o u r­ selves.

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“T h e y ’re M e y e r ’ s f il m s ’ going to show 1 1 o f my perfect pacing and at film s over two days. I ’ll tim es Sh ak esp earean speak, and they pay me for clowning can be attrib­ speaking $3,000.” uted to another source.

Ju st when you think “I was influenced M eyer has abandoned his largely by A1 Capp, the interest in drive-in titilla­ fam ou s c a r to o n is t ” tion, he announces how he states Meyer, who will he plans to spend his time be 71 this year. “I had in E u rop e, w orkin g on this great background, location.

I had to go on to do “ I think th e r e ’ s an what I really wanted to opportunity to m ake the do. I was really more g re a te st war film o f all influenced by that — tim e,” M eyer enthuses. “I T h e m en are alw ays have these incredibly abu n ­ klu tzy d um m ies, the dant girls.” women are alw ays in It would be foolhardy charge.”

Ubervixen p u ssy ca t - “that's h o w M eyer w orks ” to have any discussion o f Meyer apologists M e y e r’ s w ork w ith ou t always refer to state­ m entioning his at tim es alm ost most distinctive feature brilliance ments like the above to show that deranged fascination with surrealin editing. Tongue far from cheek, he’s actually a sex-positive, fe m i­ ly large breasts. This is clearly not it is quite safe to say that no one, nist filmmaker. While this usually simply an artistic obsession, as is in the history o f cinema has ever seems ludicrous, M eyer’s work is evinced by the following Meyer edited with more economy, style, always in a parodie mode— just account o f one o f his marriages: or wit. Meyer attributes this skill as he mocks the complacency and “...it was worthwhile, because she to his apprenticeship. stu p id ity of sm all tow n Americans, he also mocks gender roles and sexuality with aplomb.

A fte r P u s s y c a t , M e y e r’ s r e s , m u r d e r i n g . . . ” finest work is surely B en eath The V alley O f T h e U ltra -V ix en s. A M egan K aeenberg, last seen as rotic and messed up.” scathing parody o f sm all town O u isa in S ix D e g r e e s o f A m erica, it tells the story o f a S eparation , Matthew House, and bored n ym p h o m an iac h o u se ­ t ft ^O Daniel Maté, praiseworthy for his wife... well, you get the idea. But perform ance in Tuesday Night Oh Dad. Poor Dad, Mamma’s there is a subversive edge to it C a fe ’ s W h ite B itin g D o g last Hung You in the Closet and that ev o k es every co n ceiv a b le semester.

I ’m Feelin’ So Sad is playing sexual dysfunction as it slashes Though the ch aracters are a t P la y e r s ' T h e a tr e fr o m America’s mythology to ribbons. exaggerated, their eccentricities February 6 - 17. It is part o f a are universal, and lead the audi­ double bill with Seven Stories. ence to a “very, very dark place.”

Even nights it starts at 9:15 By getting into their minds, we a n d o d d n ig h ts a t 7 :3 0 .

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To speak nothing o f its sacrilege — Ann Marie stars as an ample chested radio eveangelist, whose “laying on o f radio” becom es a literal, deu s ex m ach in a cure for the lead yokel’s ‘problem’.

“It’s an exaggerated thing, by and by. Y o u ’ve got these great women — Ann Marie, marvelous jo b she did. Sh e’s kind of a run­ ning gag,” Meyer recalls.

It’s what one might naturally ex p ect from pornocrat scree n ­ writer Roger Ebert. That’s right, the cuddly P B S cinéaste has a lit­ tle-d iscu ssed past. “R og er was taken by my films, because o f my picture V ixen," M eyer explains.

“It grossed a tremendous amount o f money. It was the only film he gave a critique on. I said, ‘You and I should collaborate on some o f these things.’ Ebert and I retain a close friendship. I was the best m an at his w edding. He has a very fine wife, and she’s got big breasts. Just like Meyer, he’s got to have it.”

One wonders if M eyer has respect for any o f the directors working in the current cinema.

“I don’t watch films” Meyer says. “I ’m always editing— for the past three years on two very e x c itin g film s docudram as on [strippers] M elissa Mounds and Pamela Peaks. [Peaks] just did a film with Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds. She did a very good jo b , she did nudity, and she has remarkably large breasts.”

D oes M ey er have any last words for his acolytes?

“Like the girl said, ‘let go of my ear, I know what I ’m doing.’

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Tools a n d tricks o f the trade f o r organizing a n d lobbying on campus. With S S M U an d PG SS executive members. 3 -5pm. Shatner B 09/B 10.

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successes on reforming education policy andcuHéMFdMédifraÜenges. W ith Brad Lavigne, Canadian Federation o f Students, N a tio n a l Chair Elect a n d a member o f the M ouvem ent pou r le D ro it à ("Education. 12-2pm . Shatner 1 0 7 /1 0 8

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G arden B ard s D id that ju st happen?

(Warm lick Records) The lyrics from their song, “ He K n o w s How T o M ak e a Bom b” pretty much sum up the e f f e c t o f the G ard en B a r d ’ s album — “protons and electrons doing cartwheels out o f space... th is s tu ff is so g reat when it m ix e s w ith your c e l l s .. ” M u sicia n s who c a ll M o n treal home (one may even venture that they’re a... gasp!... M cGill band, but they have a hell o f a lot more scope — nay, talen t — than the standard ‘E n em a’ ty p es), their CD has really cool graphics and music that keeps your toes a tapp in ’ and your lip s a hu m m in’ (and your p rotons doing c a r t­ w h eels). T h e se guys ce rtain ly aren’t your standard, angst-is-theo n ly -v alid -feelin g types. T h eir m usic never dips down too low, but this musical ethos, remember, brought us suburban Som a m er­ chants like the Barenaked Ladies and Hootie and the B lo w fis h . T h e p la y fu l lyrics (like, “I ’m a brain” repeated fo r three m in­ u tes) are su pported by acco u stic guitars mixed with their electric coun­ terparts, and the occasion­ al tam bourine is thrown in for good measure. The v o c a ls have an o v era ll g ro gg y q u a lity (th in k C rash T e st D u m m ies life ), but otherw ise vacc ila te w id ely betw een raspiness and nasality. Their style is too e c c le c tic to be p ig e o n ­ holed as “fo lk y ” (though they certainly have elements o f this) or collegiate-alterna-slam (though they certainly have elem ents o f this as well). Their song, “Flesh

Monkey” is a perfect example of their grab-bag in flu en ces — it starts o ff with wonky, ‘70s guitar (rem in iscen t o f the C l e o p a t r a J o n e s soundtrack) and unexpect­ edly morphs into hie accoustic à la B lu es Traveler. T h eir m usic has a raw, earnest energy with a young heart and a good sense of spontaneous, yet solid, jamming.

— R a ch el S tokoe Son thriller (Independent) Not but two years ago, Jason B e c k reig n ed su prem e as the King o f the M cGill music scene (a d ubious t it le ) , p a ck in g his many fans into the pre-Pizza Hut A lley or G e rt’ s, w hich sucked even m ore than it d oes now .

B eck is back: Jason and his bandmates are now working under the

e s p e c ia lly when co n sid ere d together: E lv is C ostello, Stevie Wonder, Ween, Beastie Boys and that Dr. Dre West Coast G Funk keyboard whine.

B eck ’s quest for the ulti­ mate pop song co n tin ­ u es, as stand ard s lik e “jo k e ” and new school m a teria l lik e “Je w ish Ja z z ” have an amazing ability to stick in your head and keep you boppin’ all day. The most rem arkable thing about the CD is its absolutely b rillia n t p ro d u ctio n — voices are processed and intricately overdubbed, B -B o y scratches under­ lin e Y id d ish ch a n ts, feedbacking guitars and disguised keyboard sam­ ples, while songs decon­ struct and reassemble before your ears. It’s B eck ’s pop sensibilities combined with these incredible p ro d u ctio n v a lu es th at m ake thriller truly rewarding for repeat listeners.

— M ark D avies

Ruby

but that’s a different doctoral the­ sis), Ruby never quite seize the yin-yang dynamics that make the

abstract, the traditional and the fu tu ristic. Sk y lab create sonic headscapes with the same philos­ ophy — u b iq u itou s a m b ien t aquarium sounds m in g lin g with m in im a lis t, e f f e c ts p ro c e sse d g u ita rs a ll over a fa t soundsytem dub bass. Like all good a m b ien t tin k e re rs , Skylab create undulating w aves o f te n sio n and re le a s e . I g u ess that might have something to do with its roots in dance music, but as a traumatic 13th year o f bar mitzvah parties forever ended my a s s c o c ia tio n with that form o f e x p r e s s io n , I wouldn’t know. It seems that Skylab, whose con­ n e c tio n s to both the Bristol and M o’ Wax scenes are apparently quite strong, are much more in the tradition o f krautrock like Can and Faust, and further back the experiments o f just-tun­ in g d ron e co w b o y L a M o n te Young and psychedelic vikings Hawkwind. # 7 ’ s spacy ex p e ri­ m ents pick up on the prom ise o ffe re d by the A phex T w in ’ s Seefeel remixes, a band that can play a studio board as well as it p la y s a fin g e rb o a rd .

U n fo rtu n a te ly , m ost w ill find th e y ’re ju s t plain bored. The “p o st-ro ck ” fa ith fu l, how ever, will be pleasantly surprised.

form v ia b le. D an ce beats and in d u strial w h eezes prove that Ruby aren’t afraid o f technology, but in the a b se n c e o f stron g so n g s, en gagin g d y n am ics, or in sp ired p e rfo rm a n c e s , th ese efforts seem to be little more than token nods to the fashion gods.

— Kurt N ewman

Salt P eter (Work)

name ‘ S o n ’ , and have recently released this independent CD, precociously titled thriller. And while Son may never have heard o f Michael Jackson, the range of in flu e n c e s ex p re sse d on th is album are diverse and impressive,

Skylab #1 (Astralwerks)

R uby sin g er L e s le y R ankine claim s that her album’s title is a reference to both the key ingredient in dynamite, and the com­ pound used to decrease the sex d riv e in A m erican male prisoners. At its best, R u by can be a m u sica l equivalent o f this, embrac­ ing both the e x p lo s iv e m an o eu v ers o f stud io indie rock, and the asexual irony o f dance and techno m u sic. H ow ever, unlike similar music-dude, singer-chick projects (Ruby’s other member is former Pigface industrialist Mark W alk) such as the Pain T een s, M ecca Normal or even M azzy Star (not to mention Timbuk 3, Portishead and Sonny and Cher,

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Page i s E n t e r t a i n m e n t face at S a d ie ’ s tormented yet ebu llien t soul gives the audi­ ence a definite understanding of what she means when she blurts out that Sadie “swallows people up” — the protag­ onist, though trou­ ble, has an earnest naivetee that

G oin g dow n to Georgia Picture Courtney Love as an impish ingenue, and you get Sadie Flood (Jennifer Jason Leigh), an alcoholic with ambition who dreams of the success o f her folk-singing sister. Such is the rather simple premise of G eo rg ia , a drawn-out tale of sibling rivalry whose initially engaging character co n flicts devolve into tedium by film’s end.

W hen raccoon-eyed Sadie arrives in Seattle and meets up with her sister G eorgia (M are Winningham) and brother-in-law Jake (Ted Levine, still grumbling and mumbling like Buffalo Bill in Silence o f the Lambs), her desire to succeed burns brighter than ever.

Stuck with a series of dead-end club gigs in a band headed by her ex­ boyfriend, she eventually deterio­ rates into a fragile shell from being soused morning to night.

She is temporarily reborn after marrying Axel (Max Perlich), an honest grocery-delivery boy/man who does his best to give her stabili­ ty .Things eventually sour as Sadie repeatedly em barasses G eorgia through on-stage behaviour that, while well-intentioned, simply fails to uphold the shining image o f a wholesome, beloved musical star.

The performances in G eorgia, like the adjective heard time and again in the dialogue, are “great”.

As usual, Leigh allows herself to be swallowed up in a role to such an extent that she is hardly recogniz­ able. Her disintegration at an airport and drunken rendering o f a Van Morrison song before an audience of thousands are powerful scenes.

The pain in Mare Winningham’s

seduces.

Leigh has said in interviews that G eorgia was a labour of love because it was written by her moth­ er, Barbara Turner. Perhaps because of this connection, producers were hesitant to cut scenes — after a while, though, one begins to wish the film would simply end. After a prom ising hou r-and -a-half that peaks with the scene at the airport, one begins to tire in the homestrech.

As Georgia and Sadie struggle to resolve little, the refrain from one o f the film ’s outstanding original songs echoes in your head: having to sit through yet another prolonged sibling confrontation is indeed “hard tim es”. At this point, characters have been put through the prover­ bial wringer along with the audi­ ence, and over the last twenty min­ utes of the film, the viewer has little emotion left to give.

— J.S. Trzcienski M a r g a r e t’s M u seu m : P rice o f C o a l”

“The —Erika Fuchs

In Mort Ransen’s M arg aret’s M useum, mortality is the central theme.

The backdrop is a small mining town in Nova Scotia. The charac­ ters’ lives revolve around coal min­ ing, the source of the town’s inhabi­ tants’ livelihoods. Paradoxically, it is also the site o f many o f their deaths.

M argaret M acN eil (H elena Bonham Carter) reacts to death in a slightly different manner than most.

She recognizes that, although mor­ tality is humanity’s common lot, it

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Science-fiction films work hard at putting one over on us. The spe­ cial effects department down there in Hollywood can now simulate anything the mind can conjure —

spaceships no longer dangle on strings past the screen and Spock makeup has come a long way. It takes m ega-bucks to match the imagination behind sci-fi films, and Scream ers is no exception.

Costing over $11 million to produce, Scream ers is based on the short story Second Variety by sci-fi genius, Philip K. Dick (the inspira­ tion for such box o ffic e hits as B lade Runner and Total Recall.)

With horrors of Cold War poli­ tics, supreme technology and a slagheap of radiation in the air, a far off galaxy struggles with the conse­ quences of human interference. The surviving humans left agree to a truce. The robots (mechanically pro­ grammed to kill) however, cannot be halted and the characters must struggle to survive.

The suspense lies with the screamers, killer robots masquerad­ ing as human life forms. While you are trapped within the spell of its telling, you are in no better position than one of the movie’s invariably overwhelmed characters when it comes to knowing what will happen next. Thrilling, grotesque, slapstick, satirical, iron ic... none o f these words quite fits to the point of gen­ erality, though all may be found without stretching too far.

Having very little science back­ ground, I have tended to avoid sci-fi film s. Admittedly, before being dragged to see Scream ers, I could only imagine two hours of unrecog­ nisable words, scientific theories and far-fetch ed technology.

Surprisingly, S crea m ers is a lot more approachable than expected.

The movie is more than a plethora of special effects — it involves the understanding o f human relation­ ships, the true effects of technology and a reflectio n o f our social actions.

S c r e a m e r s : a m ovie about madness, pain deception, death, cru­ elty, solitude, imprisonment... and it’s a joy to watch!

—Robin Glube M esm er -ized Ever find yourself staring at the ceiling all night and obsessing about

John Henry Cardinal Newman L E C T U R E S O N T H E ID E A O F T H E U N IV E R S IT Y T O D A Y

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is not the end-all of existence — especially her own. In her museum, she captures the essence of what each family member’s life means to her. Margaret’s museum is both a celebration of life and an acknowl­ edgement of mortality.

A strong cast adds to the movie’s overall success. Such pow­ erful performances include Kate N elligan as M argaret’ s cyn ical m other, and Kenneth W elsh as Angus, Margaret’s uncle, who seeks to obliterate his awareness of mor­ tality in alcohol. Especially wonder­ ful is Craig O jeln ik as Jim m y, Margaret’s adorable and sexuallycurious adolescent brother, who undergoes a transformation from boy to man.

The weak of the movie is that, at the onset, it tries to develop a rea­ son for Margaret’s strange passions (which can’t be revealed without ruining the film). However it does not pursue in this vein. It would have been better to cut the first scene from the m ovie — M a rg a ret’s M useum is powerful enough without it.

The audience benefits from the movie’s simplicity. It does not offer pat psychoanalytic motivations for M argaret’ s bizarre behavior, although viewers may expect it too.

Its power lies is in its ability to make us empathize with her lot.

However, the movie does not drown the viewers in pity for the heroine.

Margaret is strong and resourceful.

We feel for her, but never worry about her.

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This lecture is sponsored by the McGill chaplains and the Newman Centre.

The Newman Lectures are a semi-annual event designed to provoke discussion on the idea of the University today.

where a word comes from? Take ‘mesmerized’, for example.

Wouldn’t it be beautiful if it had some fairy tale of consumptive passion and moonbeams lying behind the gilded and gliding “zzz” sounds? The period film M esmer, built on the human inspiration for the word, follows the ebb and flow that its elocution exalts.

Mesmer (Alan Rickman), part charlatan, part diviner, spends his life penetrating the mentally ill by examining their interior state (rather than their physical condition) while summoning the cosmic energies of the universe. His hands-on unre­ strained mitigation o f their pain attracts the attention of rational doc­ tors (the kind who believe in tangi­ ble, superficial penetration, like the m edicinal ben efits o f bleeding patients). Feeling the need to sup­ press his effects (despite his suc­ cess), they summon him to a hear­ ing, maintaining all the while that passion is the antithesis to medicine.

The film starts and dovetails into the courtroom after a series of memo­ ries.

The actual Mesmer (if any­ thing like the portrayal in the film), while certainly a neurotic, idealist flake, delved into the possibilities of the human psyche. He proved the influence of affection on the human spirit and acted as a shaman, bridg­ ing the gap between inner-strength and cosmic wellness.

A combined effort of Germany, England and Canada production teams, the film is most successful visually. Director of photography, Elemér Ragalyi, conjures a luscious and ethereal settin g, one that reminds the viewer of attentive and well-placed brushstrokes on a still canvas (in one scene, an epileptic female is lay out and bled â Maratsty le). R a g a ly i’ s style seems inspired by the forces guiding Mesmer — he has an acute aware­ ness of detail, and an ability to fully engage the world he creates.

This highly stylised approach is also applied to the action and char­ acters. The theatrical perfection makes the pace lag by the fast-cut standards of today. It also limits the characters, turning them unsubtley into archetypes o f pure good and evil.

Perhaps for e ffe c t, director R oger Spottisw oode decided to paint the picture in black and white — the bad guys are clearly identifi­ able (corpu lent, w rinkly, and obscenely materialistic) and the sav­ ior, Mesmer, is (for the most part, but not always), just as unfairly sim­ plistic (a misunderstood genius, upholding morality and romantic respect for the universe).

The bulk of the story deals with Mesmer’s relation to a blind patient (Amanda O om s). This is where Spottiswoode most successfully sweeps the audience away in a Mesmer-like spell. Oom’s charac­ te r’ s p sy ch olog ical problem is frighteningly real and unreducably painful. The intensity o f her moment of self-discovery elucidates exactly the importance of Mesmer’s methods.

Though with limitations, the film (like the man) conveys the unharnessed, cosmic power of the mind. It lifts possibility from inner imagination into palpable reality and, in these moments, creates (or perhaps discovers) the sublime.

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In case you haven’t noticed either, M cGill is hom e to a b a sk e tb a ll pow erh ou se w hose prow ess seem s to have gone unnoticed outside our pages.

B a rrin g an in c o n ­ ceivable tragedy, the now 9-0 McGill Martlets bas­ ketball team are on a mis­ sion to win and their train will stop at only one des­ tin a tio n , the n atio n al championship.

Coach Lisen Moore’s troops travelled to that epicentre o f booming Canadian cities known as Lennoxville this weekend and dumped the Gaiters by a score o f 78-54.

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McGill 9 Queen’s 3 Another chapter was added to one o f the oldest rivalries in hockey last Friday night at the McConnell Winter Arena.

The M cGill Redmen and the Q u e e n ’ s G o ld en G a e ls fir s t squared o ff on February 2, 1895 in K ingston, O ntario, with the Gaels winning 6-5. Exactly 101 y ea rs to the d ay, M c G ill and Queen’s faced o ff for the 128th time. The Gaels had defeated the Redmen earlier in the season, 6-4, in a game that saw the Red ‘n ’ W h ite blow a th ree-g o al third period lead.

The Redmen clinched their 12th p la y o ff berth in 13 years with a 9-3 victory. In addition to securing a playoff spot, M cG ill also m athem atically elim inated the Concordia Stingers from post­ season play.

M cG ill set the tone for the game early, jumping 2-0 lead in the first two minutes. Just 19 sec­ onds after the opening faceo ff, Stéphane Angers netted his 11th g o a l o f the sea so n , and gave M cGill a 1-0 edge.

Less than two minutes later, the Q ueen’s d efence collapsed a g ain . M ike B u ffo n e d ashed down the left wing after taking a pass from B e n o it L ero u x and hammered a shot past G aels’ netminder Mike Love.

Queen’s pulled within one on the pow er p lay . W ith L u c F o u rn ier o ff trip p in g, G a e ls ’ d efen cem an Sh an n o n S to rr

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Gildenhuys and Jen Stacey tallied 19 and 18 respectively.

A lthough im p ortan t, this weekend’s game was a gimme for the Martlets - who have not really

things up in typical Martlet style w ith a 39 point seco n d h a lf.

Three-time All-Canadian forward T e ssie r scored 21 points while

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RMC 3 Pierre Gendron, M cG ill’s leading scorer, and second in the OUAA, The M cGill Redmen contin­ continued his torrid scoring pace ued th eir w inning ways on with his 19th goal o f the year.

Saturday n ight, d efeatin g the The Redmen put the G aels Royal Military College 7-3. This away with a solid second period. extends M cG ill’s streak to eight G o a ls from G end ron (2 0 th ), wins in their last ten games, and Leroux (8th), and Angers (12th) keeps them within six points o f allowed M cGill to skate into the d ivision leading U n iversité du second interm ission with a 6-1 Quebec a Trois Rivieres. lead.

In spite o f the co m ­ fortable five g o a l c u sh ­ io n , the Redmen w ere s till w eary. T h e Gaels scored fiv e u nan ­ swered goals in the third period la st N o v e m b er, and had sim­ ilar plans in Friday’s contest.

Queen’s scored a Q u e e n ’s w as no m atch f o r the streaking Redm en q u ick g oal in the first minute, and had their An u nlik ely hero, David sights set on a comeback.

Butler, was the game’s first star.

Leroux’s second goal o f the He scored two short-handed goals night (9th), and Martin Routher’s in the second period and was fourth o f the season put the game instrumental in the team’s penalty out o f reach. Kelly Nobes (13th) killing. The goals tied a M cGill added one for good measure and record for the number o f shortturned the game into a rout. handed goals in a game by one Angers, the game’s first star, player. Butler shares the record had five point night. with Mike Teolis and Martin Hety, who performed the feats in 1988

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exciting as watching that fat old game while their competition has ground hog wake from his winters scored only 5 3 . T e s s ie r and slumber only to declare that there Gildenhuys are on pace for record is another six weeks o f winter. breaking seasons with 191 and The story here is how, in the 159 points respectively. The clos­ name o f Punxataw ney Phil the est scorers have about 40 points to Martlets have not been granted a make up before even getting close top five ranking, with more than to catching either o f these stars. half the season already over?

With only three league games A fte r a 5th rem aining in the sea­ place finish at the son , th is sports T h e y have out n a tio n als la st rep o rters hope that year, the Martlets so m eon e at C IA U ju m p e d , o u t were not even a headquarters will take s c o re d a n d o u t granted a p re­ notice o f one o f their c la s s e d all th e ir season top 5 le a g u e ’ s e lite , and ran k in g .

Now fin a lly grant the o p p o n e n ts w ith a 2 0 -3 M a rtle ts the re sp ect record overall, 9they deserve.

0 in Q U B L play In the end, the and a current 13 game win streak, M artlets probably d o n ’t really the Martlets are still hanging out give a hoot about their ranking, in top ten limbo, teetering on the the w ins are w hat co u n ts, the edge w ith the b est o f the respect comes later. The women mediocre! in Red ‘ n ’ W hite w ill continue In the nine league games the doing what they’ve been doing.

Martlets have played so far, they And who knows, maybe another have out jumped, out scored and six weeks of winter are just what out classed all their opponents. To the M a rtlets need to prove to put th in gs in p e rsp e c tiv e , the everyone that they are the real Martlets have scored 77 points per deal.

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“I ’m confident in my speed, so I was able to ov ertake the defencemen, and I got my opportu­ nity to take a shot on n e t,” explained Butler.

The goals, both scored on par­ tial breakaways, doubled Butler’s league output to date in the season.

M cG ill took ch arge o f the game early, scoring twice in the first six minutes o f the game to take a lead they would not relin­ quish. Forw ard L uc Fou rn ier opened the scoring with his fourth goal o f the season on pass by F red eric Brais at 1:59 of the firs t period. At 5 :1 8 , B en o it Leroux potted the first of three powerplay goals on the night for McGill.

RM C got one back midway through the period, but were clea rly c outplayed, being O outshot 22-7. While ^ enjoying their best u season in a long tim e, RM C had trouble producing a sustained attack on McGill. Marred by six penalties in the first period, and fourteen over­ all, RMC was forced to play most of the game in their own end zone.

“They [RMC] were not very aggressive in their own end killing penalties,” explained coach Terry B an gen . “They gave us a fair amount of time and space to work with.”

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M cG ill’s scoring with a powerplay goal at 0 :3 2 o f the second period. Tw enty seconds later, David Butler scored the first of his two short-handed goals, taking the score to 4-1.

RMC bounced back to within one on a pair o f goals by Nick Bodnar b efore the fiv e minute mark o f the period. At 7 :4 7 , though, Butler scored his second goal o f the night and with that, took the charge away from the vis­ ito rs. K e lly N obes and M ike B u ffo n e added g oals to take McGill out of reach at 7-3 by the end o f two. M cG ill played solid defensive hockey in the third peri­ od, holding RM C to only eight shots, and preserving their four goal advantage.

The Redmen begin the last stretch of the regular season next week in Ontario, where they will fa ce Toron to and G uelph, two strong teams in the OUAA MidEast division. Toronto’s record of 6 -1 3 -2 is d eceptive. They beat M cGill 5-1 earlier in the season, and are fresh off an overtime win over number-one ranked UQTR on Friday night.

“W e’re not going to be going in there expecting two easy wins,” said B u tler. “Ju st like tonight, we’ll just keep working hard.”

C H £ & After the trip west next w eek­ end, M cG ill R edm en h ockey returns hom e f o r the fin a l two g am es o f the reg u lar season ag a in st the division lead in g UQTR P atriotes on February 1 4 th , a n d th e C o n c o r d ia Stingers on the 17th.

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With an impressive outing by their fem ale cou n terp arts, the Redmen were hard pressed to make a clean sweep o f the w eekend.

D esp ite some great individual efforts they failed to do so losing by a score of 93-98.

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By Tribune Staff The Université de Montréal decideD to stop in at McGill this past Saturday and take a dip at the W eston Pool. W aiting for them were the aquatic equivalents o f Bruny Surin and Florence Grifith Jo y n er in the form o f C raig

A ctio n a t the Weston P ool w a s w ild a n d , well, wet! and 100m freestyle, and was also a member of the gold medal 400m freestyle relay team. Léo Grépin won the 200m, and was a member o f the relay team that captured gold. Finally, Sebastien Paddington captured gold in the 400m freestyle and was a member of the winning free team.

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Hutchinson and Chiang paced the M cG ill swim team to an impressive finish as the women won and the men came close.

C arol C hiang, P atricia H utchinson, Anna Leong and Natalie Hoitz each won three indi­ vidual events and combined to win gold in the 400-m etre freestyle relay, as McGill women outpointed the Université de Montréal 125-21 in this dual swim meet.

Chiang won the 50 m and 100 m freestyle; Hutchinson the 100 m b u tterfly and 400m fre e sty le ; Leong the 200m free sty le and 200m individual medley; and Hoitz

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Whelan is a middle-blocker for the M eatloaf sang it, but the Martlet Martlets who tallied 47 kills, 43 Volleyball team lived it. Despite digs, 20 stuffed blocks and had an their hectic schedule, the Martlets impressive 2.49 passing ration in were able to win two out o f the these three league games. three m atches they played last Belliveau recognises the talent week. on her team, however, she suggests F irst on the agenda, the that losing may be a M artlets were hosted positive reinforcement

by Sh erbrooke last for the Martlets.

W ednesday. Though “T h is loss to away from home, the Concordia is a posi­ M artlets made their tive defeat because it presence known, forces us to regroup defeating Sherbrooke and com e together. by the scores of 6-15, Recovering from that 15-11,15-12, 6-15 and game will help us to 2 2 -2 0 . B ritta W eise concentrate and focus encouraged her team our attention to the with 15 kills, 2 stuffed p la y o ffs ,” o ffered blocks and 8 digs. coach Belliveau.

On F rid ay, the The Martlets are M artlets m et the 2 9 -1 6 o v erall and Concordia Stingers in remain in third place the first of two matches with a record o f 7-8. this past weekend.

They have one more W hile C oncord ia regular season game offered the Martlets a this w eek against challenge, the Red ‘n’ U n iv ersité de W hite pulled ahead M ontréal. However, securing a victory by the outcome will not the scores of 15-4, 15§■ affect their standings 9, 13-15, 10-15 and 15O before the playo ffs, 11. Here, the Martlets c They will meet U of were supported by Anie -2, M again in the semi­ de la Fontaine as she fin a ls on February produced 19 k ills, 15 The M artlets ivere in Fine Form w in n in g 2 o f 3 16th. stuffed blocks and 23 W ith two wins under their belts, the Martlets were stopped short on Sunday in their second meeting with the Stingers.

“After a couple of wins, the team might have had too much confidence going into the game on Sunday,” said coach Belliveau.

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Wendy Whelan, a first-year m iddle-blocker on the M cGill women's volleyball team, tallied 47 kills, 43 digs, 20 stuffed blocks and had an impressive 2.49 passing ratio in three league game last week. Her efforts helped the Martlets to a 3-2 win at Sherbrooke on January 31 and a 3-2 win over Concordia on February 2. McGill lost the third encounter 3-1 at Concordia on Feb. 3.

Whelan, the 19-year-old native o f Beaconsfield, Quebec, is a physical and occupational therapy freshman at McGill. A CCAA col­ legiate All-Canadian with John Abbott College in 1994-1995, she played for Team Canada at the World University Games in Japan last August. She was also the recipient of a Quebec Foundation recruit­ ment bursary in the fall.

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“I think the fans appreciate the effort the girls give every night,” said Coach Madden, following a 50 defeat to UQTR last Saturday evening at the McConnell Winter Arena.

“I admire the girls on this team for their work ethic. It’s not easy to keep a high intensity when you’re always battling from behind.”

M cG ill captain Beth Brown concurred with her coach and praised her teammates for a hard fought game.

“It was d efinately our best game of the season. We had some decent scoring opportunities, but didn’t cap itialize on them. The score was not indictative o f the game,” she said.

Caroline Gelinas scored twice to pace the Patriotes, who led 2-0 and 5-0 at the period intervals.

L ucie ‘ Hold d a’ Fortin had another strong game in nets for the Martlets, who are 0 -1 0 in league play.

Brown also provided some insight on the Martlets problems in league play.

“The competition is very tough in our league,” she conceded. “In addition, a lot o f players on our team don’t have the hockey back­ ground that the players on teams like Concordia and Trois-Rivières have.”

McGill improved its exhibition record to 5-3-2 with a 4-0 blanking C o n tin u e d o n P a g e 2 2 »

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T r i b : Is goalten der your favourite position?

J.D .: Oh ya, for sure. I like to frustrate the other team.

T rib: Was hockey a consider­ ation when choosing a university?

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Jarrod D aniel is in his first year at McGill, living for the first tim e in M ontreal, and as g oaltender, playing his first season with the Redmen hockey team . And people’s first impressions o f him?

The student athlete has been very well received.

With a total of 19 games with the Redmen under his belt, he has saved 659 shots and allowed 75 goals, with a save percentage of .886.

D aniel started skating when he was seven, and by the time he was twelve, he was playing all year round, travelling during the sum­ mers on a ll-sta r hockey teams.

The anatomy student has spent the last two years in Major Junior Hockey, taking summer courses in his home­ town o f Edm onton at the University o f Alberta.

Daniel has tried out for various NHL team s, but decided to go back to school D an iel tendin g to M cG ill’s success full-time, and is now guard­ ing the nets at McGill. coach that I played for last year In an interview with the was a M cG ill grad. He called McGill and told them I was a good T rib u n e, Daniel spoke about his hockey career and new experiences student and suggested that I might at McGill and with the Redmen. want to go there. So last summer I saw Montreal and decided that I T rib : What attracted you to had to study here. I didn’t want to hockey? go anywhere else. But it wasn’t as J.D .: W ell, it ’s a Canadian if I could just come to university sport and I always watched it on and quit playing. I had to be play­ ing.

TV. So I decided I wanted to try it.

The competition and the fun also T rib: Do you find it difficult made me want to play. I just love to balance school and sports? being on the ice and playing the J.D .: Definitely. When I was game. playing Junior I wasn’t going to T rib : Have you always been school so I didn’t have anything to goal tender? do during the day but watch soap J.D .: No, the first few years I operas or whatever. But now, com­ played forward, but they found me ing here, I have a full course load going to the defence end all the and I ’m also playing hockey. The time so they put me on defence. first semester 1 found it really hard Then I ended up standing in front to ju g g le every th in g , but this

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semester I know what to expect and at least now I know I have to have an exact schedule. School probably does come first now, but hockey’s still a big thing and you always want to do well in what you’re doing.”

T rib: How do you like play­ ing for the Redmen, is it different

from what you’re used to?

J.D .: It’s very different from Major Junior. Last year we would average about 5,000 fans per game, and here you’re lucky if you get a hundred. There, all the guys are really trying to make NHL, where­ as here it’s mostly the older guys who went through, played Junior an decided they wanted an educa­ tion, so they cam e and played.

[Playing for the Redmen] is more intense, you don’t play as many games and it’s a lot of fun.

T r i b : How would you describe the dynamics of being on the ice?

J .D .: W ell, when y o u ’re practising on the ice and playing ,you have this bond with the other guys on the team. Y ou ’re always competing with each other, and you

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It’s just such a team game. I think that’s the big key to hockey is that you have to play like a team and be out there for each other.

T rib: What was it like trying out for NHL teams?

J.D .: It was awesome. It’s just neat to see all the guys that you grew up w atching, seeing them in the dressing room. I actually played in an exhibi­ tion game against New Jersey and it was just so much fun.

It’s like your dream to actual­ ly wear a jersey o f an NHL team and play.

T rib : Do you feel a lot responsibilities being goal tender?

J .D .: Y a, the g oalie’s the last line o f defence. It doesn’t matter if it gets past the forwards or the defence, but if it gets past you, it’s a point for the other team. So there is a big responsibility.

But you c a n ’t really think about that during the game, or else it gets too brutal. You just have to forget about it, relax and ju s t play your game...but you have to learn from your mistakes. The big thing about goal tending is that you have to learn, everyday, even at practice.

T rib : How does your family

feel about your hockey career?

J .D .: They’re totally sup­ portive o f whatever I want to do.

When I first was making the deci­ sion to go to Junior or go on schol­ arship, my mom wanted me to go on scholarship, so she’s now happy that I ’m going to school. My dad is fine with either. Basically he says: “whatever you decide to do, you know what to do.”

T rib : Do your future aspira­ tions include hockey?

J.D .: Well, this year I turned down a pro try-out, which most people would never turn down, so I guess I was saying that I was going to go to sch o o l. B ut I guess if something really intriguing came up I ’d have to consider it. I think now it’s basically school, but we’ll see how it goes.

The Redmen are now tied for second place with eight games left in the season, and playoffs coming up later this month.

C oach T erry B an gen , who knew Daniel prior to his coming to M cG ill, is especially pleased to have Daniel on the team.

“H e’s done very well in his first year here. He’s a quality indi­ vidual and quality goaltender and w e’re anxious to have [on the team] for years to come.”

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Forward Chad Wozney lead McGill in scoring with 15 points.

Chris Emergui chipped in with 14.

competed in the OUAA East sec­ tionals. In the men’s epee, McGill d efeated R M C 4 4 -4 1 , b efo re fa llin g to O ttaw a 4 5 -4 2 . The men’s foil beat RMC 45-49, and then fell to Ottawa 4 5 -1 5 . The

included a record breaking perfor­ m ance by M c G ill’s w omens 4x400 relay team. Members Marie H ildebrand, K a te A rcher.

Meredith Mottley, and Stephanie Welsh finished the race in a time o f 3 :5 8 .2 9 breaking the M cGill record and setting a C.I.A.U. stan­ dard.

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The M cG ill’s fencing team travelled to the nation’s capital.

The women competed in the OWIAA individual sectionals. In the individual sab re, H eather MacKianen placed 14th out of 16 fencers, and Karen Abrahem fin­ ished 13th out of 16. In the team sabre, McGill came in dead last, sixth out of a field of six teams.

In the individual epee, Mita S en -R o y cam e in first, and advances to individual finals on February 17. The team epée came in third, and will also advance to the finals.

The m e n ’s fen cin g squad

En gu arde! men’s sabre was defeated by both RMC and Ottawa, by counts of 4 5 -2 1 and 45-33 respectively.

make her presence felt in the run­ ning world as she captured her heat in the women's 1000m in a time of 3:00.65. Other firsts went to Step h an ie W elsh in the Track and Field team women’s 500m (1 :2 2 .5 9 ), Alex completes successful H utchinson in the m en ’s m ile ( 4 :1 6 .9 ) , Kate A rch er in the weekend at Syracuse w om en’ s 500m (1 :1 8 .4 0 ), and club athlete Andrew McGuigan in The M cG ill track and field the men's 1000m (2:25.7). team travelled down south this Other finishers for M cG ill past weekend to compete in the were Kelly Maloney who finished Syracuse Invitational. in second place in her heat o f the Highlights o f the weekend w om en’s 500m . Tamara Costa finished fourth her heat in the women’s 200m dash, Luc Morin and Michael Thomas finished first and fourth respectively in their M a r t l e t m i s e r y . . . heats o f the m en’s m ile, Rosie Mullins finished fourth in her heat around the net.” >►Continued from P a g e 2 0 o f the w om en’s m ile, w hile Septem ber W eir earned the Meredith Mottley finished second of Westmount last Tuesday at the shutout. in her heat of the women's 500m.

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Peter Pound had a strong showing Kathleeen O ’Reilly notched in the men’s 55m hurdles finish­ i the hat tr ic k (4 ,5 ,6 ) and C laire ing in a time o f 8.33 which was ‘Razor’ Sharpe also scored a goal, T he M artlets w ill continued good for second place in his heat her seventh of the season. th eir ex h ib itio n s e a s o n on while Craig Borgeson finished in “K athleen has been a nice M onday, F e b . 5 w hen they third in his heat of the same event. addition to our club,” said coach play Dorval.

In the fin als o f the m e n ’s M adden. “ She has great hands 55m hurdles Peter Pound grabbed a bronze medal in a time of 8.22.

In the final o f the women’s 55m hurdles Marie Hildebrand finished sixth in a time o f 8.54.

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In their first game the Redmen lost to host Laval by a score of 3-0. Laval won 15-4, 156. 15-12. In their second game of the tourney the Redmen lost to C o lleg e de L im oilou by a 3 -0 score. The Redmen lost by scores of 5-15, 10-15, and 12-15. In their final game o f the tourney the Redm en faced the W indsor lancers and lost again by a score o f 3-0. Windsor beat the Redmen by scores of 15-1, 15-11 and 15-4.

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Tuesday. February 6

Thursday. February 8

•Lightbulbs and Lasers: Advances in Phototherapy for Skin Disease, presented

by Elizabeth O ’Bien, M D, F R C P (C ).

Leacock 232 at 20:00.

•Last day to register for the begin­ ner’s Esperanto course! The Esperanto Club offers Monday or Thursday classes, 18-20:00 until the end of March, for only $30. Leave a message at 933-3321 and learn the international language.

•Dr. Robert Sladek presents a lecture on “ The Mouse Estrogen Related Receptors*' in the Hersev Pavilion, 68?

Pine Avenue West, at 12:00.

•Mark Sherman of MSfDl will give a presentation bn his international devel­ opment experiences in Sierra Leone, Shatner302at 19:00.

•Are you a person of colour who is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender?

Come to the first social event of a new discussion group for queer people of colour. Shatner 435 from 18:00-20:00.

•the M cG ill Contemporary Music Ensemble presents works by Archer, Burke, Hawkins et al. 20:00 in Redpath Hall. Call 398-5514 for details.

•Dr. Paul Piehler of the Eng.Dept. holds a seminar on “R e-Th in kin g the University” at 19:30 in the Jack Cram Memorial Auditorium, 3700 McTavish.

•the Red Herring meets as per usual in the Scary Place. We can’t tell you where (it is too scary) but it is at 16:30.

Good Luck!

•the Executive Committee of the Arts Undergraduate Society unveils a plaque today in the lobby o f the McLennan Library, 12:30. You’ve waited all year for this...don’t miss it!

•the next presentation of the Group for Research on Immigration is at 12:00 in A rts 160. Dr. Sherry O lson of the Geography Dept, will address the subject “Are there lessons from history? 19th Century im m igrant populations in Montreal.”

•the C B C /M c G ill Lecture Series continues with William Benjamin, U.B.C, lecturing on music theory during and after the Cold War. Room C209 of Pollack Hall, 16:00; free admission.

Wednesday. February 7 •a M cG ill Sinfonietta at 20:00 in Redpath Hall; Swedish string music con­ ducted by guest Hans Ek. Call 398-5514 for details.

•Professor Robert ter Horst of the Rochester University presents “Literary Tectonics: Architecture vs. Poetry in Calderon’s E l nuevo palacio del retiro.”

18:00 in Bronfman 678.

•“Catastrophic Events and M u ltifracta ls,” a sem inar by D r. S. Lovejoy of the Physics Dept., is being held at 16:00 in Burnside 1B36.

• L B G T M ’ s Bisexual D iscussion Group meets at 17:30 in Shatner 423.

•Andrzej Zyb e rto w icz from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland will lead a lecture on “Communist Elites and the Transition to Market Economy in Poland” at 16:00 in Leacock 429. A ll welcomed.

•the Third Annual M cG ill Body Image Forum presents “Still K illin g Us Softly,” a short film to accompany an ‘eat-without-guilt-feast’ and a panel pre­ sentation. Leacock auditorium between 19:00 and 21:00. Contact Daria at 3986017 for more information.

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•there will N O T be a meeting of the Vietnamese Students’ Association this week.

•M cGill Student Health Services offers an information session and screen­ ing for eating disorders as part of National Eatin g Disorder Week. 16-18:00 in Leacock 232.

•the McGill Cancer Centre presents Michael Phelan in a seminar on “The Interaction of Hox gene products with their DN A targets.” 11:30 iti room 903 of the McIntyre Medical building.

•Natasha Yavanmardi speaks today as part of National Eating D isorder Awareness Week. Subject: “Health and Nutrition: A Baha’i perspective." 16:30 in the Wendy Patrick room, Wilson Hall (3506 University). For more information, contact Bita at 848-0794.

•“The Irv in g W hale: To Contaminate or not to Contaminate, That is the Question.” Lecture by Daniel Green as part of MAW. 17:00 in Shatner 425.

•Project 10 has a group for women, aged 16-25, who are lesbian, bisexual or unsure. Call 989-4585 between 13:00 and 17:00, Mon. to Fri.

•P.R.O .B.E. is a Q P IR G working group whose aim is to promote conscious consumerism 11trough the examination of m ulti-national corporations. Every Monday at the Q P IR G office, 18:00.

Every singleone of yOu is welcome!

•M cGill University Photographic Society holds photo classes. Drop by Shatner B-06 for details.

•“Greenhouse Gasses and Climate Change," A M A W lecture bflMUPrence M ysak. Depl o f - O ceanic and Atmospheric Sciences. 19:30 in Thomson House.

• L B G T M ’s “A ll Women” group meets at 18:30 in Shatner 423.

•the M cGill Debating Union holds its weekly practice rounds promptly at 17:30 in Leacock 15. A ll debaters, old and new, are welcome to attend and sharpen their skills.

•“Building Bridges and Breaking Down Walls,” a M AW discussion on anti­ poverty drives from a Jewish perspective.

Hillel House (3460 Stanley) at 15:00.

•MAW presents a lecture entitled “Signorile Speaks” at the Palmer Howard Theatre, M edical M cIntyre building.

19:00 with a $3 student charge.

Sponsored by LBG TM .

• A E IS E C holds a Can ad a-A sia Business luncheon today at the Holiday Inn Select. Contact the A E IS E C office for details on how to participate at 3986821.

•“Soul Perspective,” a radio show on C K U T , 90.3 FM. 19:30.

•LB G TM ’s “Queer Café” meets at 20:30 in B ar C a lifo rn ia (north of Ste.Catherine on Ste.Elisabeth).

Other Listings •Dr. Donald L . Lu se o f the Cleveland C lin ic Foundation Research Institute holds a seminar at 12:00 on Feb. 13 in the Hersey Pavilion on “The mechanism of transcript elongation by R N A polymerase II.”

•12:00 Organ series continues with Raphaël de Castro in Redpath H all at 12:00. Call 398-5514 for details.

•Music Faculty in Concert presents Donald Patriquin and several of his com­ positions, in clu d in g “Requiem (the Titanic)” and “Earthpiece One.” 20:00 in Redpath Hall. $5 for students/seniors.

Call 398-5514 for more information.

•Alice Kieran, Actuary of C P Rail, lectures at 16:00, Feb. 14, in Burnside Hall B36, on “ New Challenges Faced B y Actuaries.”

•Professor M argaret G reer of Princeton University presents a lecture in conjunction with the Dept, of Hispanic Studies on Calderon, Feb. 14.

Saturday. February 10 •the Savoy Society of M cG ill in conjunction with Da Capo Productions shows their last night of the Broadway review. See Feb.9. for details.

•Alley Cats, the former Alley in the Shatner Basement, has more than just a changed name! Thursday nights have jazz “jam”” sessions with professional musi­ cians and, better yet, each Friday holds a 15-member jazz ensembles to play the Big Band sounds of Count Bassie, Tommy Dorsey and the like. Contact Evelyn Mailhot for more details at 465-9544.

Monday. February 12 •the C lassical M usic Club meets tonight in Strathcona C-205 at 18:30.

Subject: Religious music and the “Stabat Mater.”

•M cGill Activism Week (M AW ) opens with an information session in the Shatner Ballroom. Over 40 displays and tables by various campus and community groups as well as food and music. 1316:00.

•Writers on North America needed!

The first ever North American Studies journal requires entries on any area of such studies. Please submit entries to Prof. R iggs on the Leacock 6th floor.

Deadline: March 1, 1996.

•UNSAM meets to discuss the UN Model Assembly as part of MAW. 18:30 in the Shatner Cafeteria.

• M cG ill’s Vietnamese Student’s Association will hold a variety of events this semester (ski trips, party the Chinese New Year, etc.). Contact Chi at 256-0745.

•the M cG ill Debating Union holds its weekly Show Debate at 18:00 sharp in

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•Loaf Organic Food Co-op orders produce and bulk dried goods every Monday between 11:30 and 17L30 at the Q PIRG office. If you want to eat well and responsibly, drop by and check us out.

•Call for Papers! The M cGill Review o f Interdisciplinary Arts is accepting

•Cressida Heyes leads a M AW dis­ cussion entitled “Feminist Organising in a Campus Environment.” Shatner B09/10; 15-17:00.

• L B G T M ’s Co m in g Out Group meets at 17:30 in the U T C Basement (3521 University), followed by the Men’s Groupât 19:00.

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•the Sexual A ssault Centre of McGill has support groups for both men and women. Call 398-2700 (Mon.-Fri., 9:30-17:30) or 398-8500 (7 days, 18:00midnight).

•“Assessing Montreal’s Media,” a M AW workshop about expanding beyond media constraints. 12-14:00 in Shatner B09/10.

•Da Capo Productions and the Savoy Society of M cG ill present their third annual Broadway review; a funfilled evening of song and dance. 20:00 at St.Jam es United Church (1435 C ity Councillors). $5 for students. Also plays Feb. 10.

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•the A lley continues its legacy of ja z z bands, Mon. to Thurs. at 20:00.

Professional bands Fri. and Sat. at 21:30.

Side entrance at 3480 McTavish.

•the R ed H e rrin g meets today!

16:30 in the Yicky Crypt (Shatner B01-B) Secret surprises for those in costume (yeah, be enthusiastic)!

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•Living With Lo ss: bereavement support groups for “A dults,” “Young Adults,” Peri-natal and “Family Survivors of Suicide” who have suffered the loss of a family member or friend. Run through the M cG ill School of Social Work, no charge. For more information, contact Estelle Hopmeyer at 398-7067.

•Phillip Martin, a guest pianist with the Faculty of Music, presents works by Gershwin, Barber and Copeland. 20:00 in Redpath Hall. Call 398-5514 for details.

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papers by undergraduates that combine two or more arts discipline. Contact Mitra at 844-4907.

Tuesday, February 13

•Shakti, the women of colour collec­ tive, meets every Thursday at the QPIRG office at 18:00. Call 398-7432 for more details.

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•“ B reakin g Bureaucracy and Mobilising M cG ill,” a M AW workshop held to teach tricks and tools for organis­ ing and lobbying on campus. With SSMU executives in Shatner B09/10; 15-17:00.

•the Historical Discourses, an annu­ al undergraduate magazine for history stu­ dents, is calling for submissions. Please place in the History Students’ Association Box in the History Office (Leacock, 6th floor). The deadline is February 15.

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