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September 12th, 1995

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th is w e e k News Frats and soroities still stir up controversy.

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Science Regulating the use of everyday radiation.

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Features McGill students contin­ ue Terry Fox’s run 1 lam, this Sunday.

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Entertainment Strung out and leg kicks.

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Montreal women unite to Take Back the Night network, we can just call and fax and every­ thing would be done,” she said.

The Take Back the Night march usually ast Wednesday, approximately 500 women gathered in front of M cG ill’s Roddick occurs during the third week of September.

Gates to take part in the annual Take Back the However, organisers changed the date of this year’s demonstration in order to coincide with Night demonstration.

The event was aimed at fighting violence the opening of the United Nations Women’s against women, both on the street and in the Conference being held in Beijing. Because the home. Demonstrators walked through some of coalition did not have adequate time to publi­ cise the event to returning stu­ the most dangerous streets in dents, there were fewer partic­ downtown Montreal, includ­ ing the McGill Ghetto.

“Traditionally, universi­ ipants than in the past.

“Traditionally, university The original Take Back ty women are a big women are a big group of the Night march was created supporters for the m arch,” in the slums of San Francisco group of supporters for said Emily Paradis, coordina­ in 1978 and Le mouvement the march.” tor of the Concordia Women’s contre le viol and l ’incest C entre. “W omen who take introduced it to Montreal in 1980. Since then, volunteers from individual part from year to year may not have realised women’s groups have organised the event each that we had to change the date.”

The Young Amazons, a network of young year. However, in the hopes of creating a broader and more stable network, a Take Back women and girls fighting against social and the Night coalition was created for this year’s patriarchal injustice, was also a member of the coalition. Its coordinator, Beatrice Emanuelle, march.

Erin Atkinson of Herstory, an organisation echoed similar sentiments.

“What happened was that we had a differ­ which helps homeless women living on the ent group of women who participated, and not streets, is a coalition member.

“We wanted to create a permanent pres­ the college student body.”

Because of the change in date and limited ence instead of a different group [of organis­ ers] every year,” she said. “If we have a larger opportunity to publicise the march, very few B y L iz L a u

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“It happened so early this year, that we couldn’t send a contingent to the coalition,” said Sarah Mayo, external coordinator at the McGill Women’s Union.

In an attempt to involve a more diverse group of women in the demonstration, notices were posted in Lasalle and Verdun.

“Traditionally, the march has been organ­ ised by women in the centre-ville, for women of centreville,” said Atkinson. “We would like to extend it through the entire city, including the townships.”

Although representatives from the Verdun Centre des femmes took part in the event, organisers did not know how many women from the eastern townships participated.

A show o f solidarity In the past, it has been a tradition for pro­ testers to stop outside the Cinéma L’Amour, a pom-theatre located on the comer of St. Laurent and Duluth Sts., to demonstrate their objections to the sex-trade industry. The coalition adopted a new policy this year, inviting sex-trade work­ ers to take part in the dem onstration.

Organisers of Stella, a drop-in centre for sextrade workers, were also involved in the Take

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because [the government] didn’t look at ways to save m oney they’re just cutting funding and then getting more money from students.”

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L ast T hursday, the SSMU Council passed a motion endors­ ing the “Real Choices” campaign put forth by the Canadian Alliance of Student A ssociations.

The CASA policy book entitled New Directions for H igher E ducation in Canada is a proposed alter­ native to the continued funding cuts to post-sec­ ondary education initiated by the federal government.

CASA was formed last October to represent stu­ dent interests in the midst of human resources minis­ ter Lloyd A x w o rthy’s reform ation of C anada’s social programs. The cuts to social programs are an attempt to decrease the $43 billion federal deficit. The elim in atio n of federal transfer paym ents to the provinces for the funding of post-secondary educa­ tion over the next two years will mean inevitable increases in tuition fees.

Benedict looking at real choices.

According to CASA’s National Director, Alex Usher, the CASA puts forth in its paper is federal government’s attitude of that education is a long-term slashing spending instead of look­ investment. The demand for an ing for ways to save money is educated and well-trained work force is increasing with the grow­ counterproductive.

“The point we are trying to ing predominance of knowledge make in this document is that the intensive industries. Furthermore, government is driving blind with it is likely that more people will these cuts. Nobody is thinking in have to return to school at some terms of improving the [educa­ tim e in their lives in order to tion] sy stem ,” said Usher. aquire new skills in a changing “Tuition fees are going to increase labour market. Increased tuition

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fees would seriously limit access to education for a large portion of the population. CASA contends that continued cuts to post-sec­ ondary education will only solve short-term economic problems.

“If Canada is to remain competitive internationally, it has two choices; either it can invest in its knowledge indus­ tries through education, or it can attempt to compete as a low -w age m anufacturing/resource econom y in a satellite relationship to the U nited S tates,” argues the CASA docum ent on higher education.

The federal government has cut $2.5 billion this year and plans to cut an additional $2 billion next year from the C anada H ealth and Social Transfer. These transfer pay­ m ents were given to the provincial governm ents to fund health care, post-sec­ ondary education and welfare.

One CASA proposal is to spread the cuts across the provincial government’s gen­ eral revenue. New Brunswick and S askatchew an have already agreed to do this and U sher is co n fid en t that Nova Scotia and Alberta will soon fol­ low.

Slashing spending instead of looking for ways to save money is counterproductive.

Moreover, the CASA docu­ ment outlines ways to make the post-secondary education system more effective. As it is now, the federal government gives money to the provincial governm ents which then give money to indi­ vidual post-secondary institutions.

A very small number of adminis­ trators determine how millions of tax dollars are spent. However, adm inistrators are not publicly accountable for the decisions that they make. “ B etw een M cG ill, the U niversity o f T oronto and the University of British Columbia, there are about 18 people alto­ gether spending $1 billion. They all are spending it so they can fur­ ther the interests of their own in stitu tio n s,” said Usher. “We need a sensible system of educa­ tion. R ight now, there are no incentives for universities to work together.”

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D uring the first week of September, over 2,000 students from Canada and abroad assem­ bled in McGill’s William Shatner Building to attend Frosh Week ‘95.

They had come to McGill to be enriched not only by the univer­ sity but by the city as well. From the historic cobblestone roads of Old Montreal to the breathtaking view of the city from up on the mountain, frosh were invited to see it all.

The preparation The coordinators o f this y e a r’s SSMU frosh program , Sarah Grose and Maria Rossin, were more than enthusiastic about the outcome of Frosh Week. For four months they slaved over the organisation of this single week of festivities. One of their responsi­ bilities included coordinating the activ ities of the M anagem ent Undergraduate Society, E ngin­ eering Undergraduate Society, and SSMU into one comprehensive frosh program.

According to Grose, this was a success.

“We really worked well with other undergraduate societies.

Engineering came to our night activities,” she said.

In addition to that daunting task, Grose and Rossin had to recruit sponsors and organise the intense frosh leader training pro­ gram. Though the leaders were expected to introduce the frosh to the positive aspects of Montreal, they also had to be prepared to answer questions on the dangers of living in a large metropolitan area.

Within two days, the leaders were exposed to presentations by McGill’s Outreach program run by the McGill Sexual Assault Center, and were given seminars on topics ranging from gender inclusiveness, to racism to hom ophobia.

Furtherm ore, in anticipation of questions from frosh regarding the Montreal Massacre of 1990, the leaders were asked to watch a doc­ umentary based on the event.

VP Internal A ffairs Jen H arding got a very positive response from the training ses­ sions.

“We utilized the services of the Sexual Assault Center and the Lesbians, B isexuals, Gays and T ransgender Individuals of

McGill. We invited them to speak and it was a little more well round­ ed.” she said. “We got a lot of real­ ly positive feedback and it was fun as opposed to being looked at as boring.”

The difference it m ade These presentations, mandato­ ry for all leaders, were part of an effort to veer away from tradition­ al Frosh Week programs, mainly those involving alcohol. The pro­ gram included new events such as a day-long city tour, where groups visited everything from the Musée des Beaux Arts to Laser Quest, including the traditional visit to Ben and Jerry’s for free ice cream.

Harding explained the differ­ ent approach.

“There have always been non­ alcoholic events but we really encouraged leaders this year to do things other than take the frosh drinking.” she said. “I think we had a very clear goal and a very clear message.”

The coordinators also decid­ ed to give the environment a break this year by offering each “frosh” a computer disk containing informa­ tion about the school, rather than filling the “frosh laundry bags” with excessive amounts of paper.

The coordinators also made a special effort this year to try and include the maximum number of people in the program. To achieve this goal, projects such as a wheel­ chair ramp to Open Air Pub where undertaken, allowing the physical­ ly disabled to take part in the fes­ tivities.

The fin a l results This year, there seemed to be an overw helm ing sense of approval from the top rank, right down to the frosh them selves.

Grose asserted that the feeling was very positive.

“Both the frosh and the frosh leaders were really into it. The leaders wanted to show their frosh a really good time and they also took their positions as role models really seriously,” she said. “We also had a fantastic training pro­ gram. It was organized into small groups which was really good.”

Overall, Frosh Week went by w ithout any serious incidents.

Despite the fact that the pub tour remained a pub crawl, the students were introduced to the city and the school in a fashion which they will never forget.

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An SSMU executive commit­ tee decision to grant the InterGreek Letter Council a place at Activities Night was endorsed by Council at last Thursday’s meet­ ing.

The IGLC will be permitted to set up a table among other nonSSMU endorsed external groups on Wednesday night.

One of the primary student concerns regarding the IGLC, the um brella o rg an ization for M cGill’s social fraternities and sororities, is the issue of gender discrimination. According to arti­ cles 2.4 of the SSMU C on­ stitution, no group shall discrimi­ nate “on the basis of, but not limit­ ed to, gender, age, race, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, mental or physical ability, language or social class.”

Multiple IGLC attempts at gaining official SSMU club status have been denied by the Judicial Board on the basis of gender exclusivity.

During the summer, the exec­ utive voted 4 to 1 in favour of allowing IGLC representation at A ctivities N ight. VP Internal Jennifer Harding explained the reason for the executive commit­ tee decision.

“Activities night is not only for SSMU clubs. [Although] that’s the primary function of Activities Night, it’s not the exclusive func­ tion,” said Harding. “The execu­ tiv e com m ittee decided that because there are other external groups that are com ing to Activities Night, the IGLC will be

treated as such.”

Last week’s council session centred around Club Rep Chris Carter’s motion to over-rule the executive committee’s decision.

The motion claimed that the exec­ utive decision to allow the IGLC to set up a table infringed upon article 2.4 o f the SSMU Constitution.

S upporters o f the m otion argued that to allow an organiza­ tion which has been judged to be discriminatory would risk creating a dangerous precedent. In a plea to council, Carter explained the pos­ sible ramifications of allowing the IGLC a place at Activities Night. “[I]f we undermine gender, I ask a question of you all: How could you prevent the KKK from coming in?” Carter said. “We are setting a precedent here. A very dangerous precedent. We are underm ining a very clear-cu t unambiguous part of our constitu­ tion if we allow them [IGLC] to come in.”

SSMU P resident H elena Myers, however, emphasized the opportunity to make a compromise with the IGLC by allowing them a spot among other non-SSM U external groups.

“I think we have to look at the fact that the executives have reached a com prom ise here by saying that the IGLC will be treat­ ed as an external group... There is no other external group that is get­ ting the kind of scrutiny that the IGLC is getting here to d ay ,” Myers said.

After thirty minutes of coun­ cil debate, the motion to overrule

the executive decision was defeat­ ed by a vote of 19 to 6.

Although Shawn W olfson, president of IGLC, agrees the decision is a step forward for the umbrella organization, it has little to do with SSMU accreditation.

He says the primary purpose of Activities Night will be to provide undergraduates with information on the IGLC itself, with no men­ tion of its associated fraternities and sororities.

In regards to the issue of gen­ der d iscrim in atio n , W olfson admits that though he can under­ stand the position of the Judicial Board, he doesn’t agree with their interpretation.

“The IGLC does not discrimi­ n a te ,” said W olfson. “If you walked into our office, you would see that both genders, male and fem ale, are m em bers of the IGLC.” Further, Wolfson stressed that involvement in the IGLC does not necessitate membership in to its fraternities and sororities.

As for the future, Wolfson is unsure w hether the group will petition the SSMU again for club status. Such a petition may require revisions to the IGLC Constitution. Though he concedes that he would gladly welcome recognition from the SSMU, it is not going to be an issue that the “Greeks” will dwell upon.

“W hether we get SSMU recognition or not, w e’re ju st going to have to get on with it,” he said. “Regardless, the IGLC will always be a strong presence at McGill.”

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McGill is currently one of the only universities in Canada with­ out a general harassment policy in effect. For three years now there has been a push for the creation of a well-defined and comprehensive policy. Introduced last year as a racial harassment policy, the most recent draft is emerging to include harassment of all kinds.

Presently, if a student has a harassment complaint, he or she m ust first go through the O m budsperson. This has been deemed som ewhat problem atic since one can only follow informal procedures once a complaint has been made. Further, all students with a complaint are subject to the final decision of the Senate.

Konrad Ng, Arts Senator and member of the equity sub-committee on race relations, is concerned that some members of the Senate’s grievance committee are not quali­ fied to deal with issues of harass­ ment.

“It is essential that members of the grievance committee select­ ed by Senate recognise how they are selected and what credentials they possess,” said Ng. “We want to look at who these people are.”

Estelle Hopmeyer, Ombuds­ person and pro fesso r in the Faculty of Social Work, agrees that a general harassment policy is worthwhile.

“S tudents can feel pretty powerless to redress some of these situations,” she said. “It’s always useful to have something in writ­ ing."

Furthermore, the only harass­ ment policy that is now in effect is for sexual harassment. Many stu­ dents feel that this is inadequate.

SSMU VP University Affairs Lisa Grushcow also pointed out that a policy of a general nature is necessary.

“The push for the policy is for the recognition of a specific problem and the need for specific procedures to deal with it,” she said. “It would be an acknowl­ edgement that McGill University will not tolerate harassment of any kind.”

The general harassment poli­ cy will include everything under the Quebec C harter of Human Rights.

A revised harassment policy for McGill students is now in the draft stage and is on the table for discussion. The draft is for a gen­ eral harassment policy and is still being kept confidential. It is to be more comprehensive than the pre­ vious draft and there appears to be optimism surrounding the eventu­ al outcome.

“The specifics for the policy are yet to be determined. We have many stages to go through still.

But this is a good first step,” said Ng.

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Take Back the Night... demonstrations has been a point of controversy. Paradis explained Back the Night coalition. Atkinson that this policy was not made explained that it was imperative specifically by Montreal women’s that all women show solidarity in groups. the fight against violence.

“In all cities, Take Back the “The coalition decided that N ight has traditionally been a our stance is against violence ‘women only’ event throughout against women, and not against the the years. [It] is sym bolic of type of work women’s they do,” she empowerment said.

A new policy... [invited] and it is the S tella co ­ one night of sex-trade workers to take ordinator Karen the year when Herland pointed part in the demonstration. we are strong out that sexenough to trade workers walk without are at greater risk of being sexually the protection of men,” she said. and physically assaulted.

“I’m confident that men who sup­ “I probably stopped marching port feminism and the march will in 1988. I was frustrated by this anti-pornography, anti-sex-work attitude,” said Herland. “If we believe that prostitutes deserve [to be assaulted], then we believe wearing a short skirt and being in the wrong place at the wrong time makes one deserve it,” she said. » Continued from Page 1

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“It is always a permanent con­ troversy in Quebec.”

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First time charge for McGill Timetable Course surfing goes on-line B y St e p h R e d m o n d

Returning students may have noticed this year that the previous­ ly free timetable now costs $ 1.

This is the first time that stu­ dents have had to pay for the nec­ essary pamphlet. The ‘free’ alter­ native is a surf through infoMcGill, the on-line computer system which is accessible at various locations around the McGill campus.

According to the administra­ tion, the goal of the $1 charge is to encourage students to use infoMcGill, whose advantages are two-fold. InfoMcGill provides the student with up-to-date information regarding scheduling. No more addendum s to the addendum , which previously left students with a multi-colored array of revisions to sort through before finding a suitable course. InfoMcGill is also updated regularly, and the informa­ tion reaches students before it would have had a chance to reach the printing press.

As for the paper time-tables, “by the time classes start, [the inform ation] is out of date.

InfoMcGill provides constantly renew ed in fo rm atio n ,” said Registrar J.P. Schuller.

The reduction of printing costs is crucial this year. When Schuller was asked about the cost, his answer was right to the point.

“My budget has been cut and I need to recoup money to balance it... [The one dollar fee] provides

disincentive to throw copies away, reducing wastage,” said Schuller.

“In the past, we were printing 24.000 copies and were still run­ ning out. This year we printed 12.000 and have sold between 7.000 and 8,000 copies”, he stated.

The funds generated by the timetable sales are going back into the Registrar’s office, since the 1995-96 budget was reduced by $30,000. The timetable is not cov­ ered by student fees because the infoMcGill alternative has been made available. Student fees cover only broad-based costs such as the building of the new C urrie Gymnasium. Because the timetable is accessible through infoMcGill without any cost to the student, the charge was implemented for those who choose not to go on-line. The ever-handy paper product is looked upon as a convenience, which is why it comes with a price tag.

For most, the on-line system is relatively easy to use. It is the get­ ting there that causes the aggrava­ tion. Patient, modemless students can be found around campus lined up to use the system. The lines are relatively short, but the terminals tend to be occupied for long peri­ ods of time while students peruse new courses.

A major concern is accessibil­ ity.

“I would be opposed to the one dollar charge if it wasn’t as equally accessible as the paper product. I am one hundred percent

behind it,” said Jen H arding, SSMU VP Internal Affairs.

The general student response appears to be quite muted. From behind the desk at Dawson Hall the students seem “not too happy about the inconvenience of having to go and buy [a timetable] elsewhere, but are generally understanding”.

“There have been no lines and students seem to be using the hook-ups in their rooms,” said one RVC receptionist.

A small m inority have had complaints but once told of the benefits, students appear to be understanding.

Regarding the future of the paper timetable Schuller stated that “it was a question of seeing how things evolve.”

For those who remain fearful of the land of the electrode, there will be a paper alternative for a while longer. It’s availability how­ ever will depend upon students’ responses. Schuller’s goal is to print a mere 5,000 copies, available for a fee, to dissuade the use of paper and thus limit printing costs.

Using infoMcGill reduces the cost of the paper trail, monetarily as well as environmentally, and provides the student with updated data. Given that it is necessary to plan a schedule, one is either forced to brave the cyberworld, or forego morning coffee and spare the dollar for a timetable — both daunting tasks for the uninitiated.

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CASA Quebec regional director N ick B enedict argues that Canada’s post-secondary educa­ tion system is not cost efficient because each u n iv ersity is attempting to provide too many programs.

“We have to make the system more effective. We can ’t have every u n iv ersity trying to do everything. No other country in the world does it so I don’t know why we think we can manage it here,” said Benedict.

CASA believes that by co­ ordinating higher education poli­ cies, all of the provinces can reduce the costs of the education system without reducing its quali­ ty or accessibility.

“We are not serious about education in this country and that has got to change. This is about Canada’s future,” Usher said. “We

have to make sure everyone can get into school, ensure that the system has goals and that [those goals] are being met and that we are doing it in a cost efficient manner.”

CASA will officially begin its “Real C h o ices” cam paign on September 21 when it will send copies of its “New D irections” document to all members of the federal and provincial parliaments as well as to university presidents, labour and business groups and community organizations. CASA is asking all of its member associ­ ations, along with interested nonCASA members to hold student referenda on October 25. Students will be asked whether they prefer CASA’s or the federal govern­ ment’s approach to higher educa­ tion. R epresentatives from the federal Liberal Party will be invit­ ed onto campuses to defend the

government’s proposed reforms to post-secondary education.

“It’s a democratic process we’re going to invite the federal government onto campuses to pre­ sent th eir side o f the story.

Som ething like this has never been tried before,” said Benedict.

“If the government of this country isn’t willing to defend its policies to the people these policies effect, then I think its a pretty sad state­ m ent on where this country is headed.”

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Editorial

Published by the Students’ Society of McGill University.

McGILL TRIBUNE Who runs this university?

‘The world must be all fucked up when men trav­ el first class and literature goes as freight.”

- Gabriel Garcia Marquez Sylvie Babarik

Editor-in-chief lOYCE LAU Assistant Editor-in-chief

Liz Saunperson

Assistant Editor-in-chief

Editorial

Why Science?

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his year, for the first time, the Tribune has a science editor on its editorial board.

What compelled them to take this step? What necessitated the creation of the position of science editor?

In short, it was acknowledged that the Tribune lacked science content. In the last half a year, however, 1 have become intrigued by the fact that this insufficiency even existed.

People are genuinely interested in learning more about science.

The arrival of the Discovery channel, science and technology shows and sections in the print media attest to that.

There is a noteworthy feature about the publicity that science is now receiving. It is being presented in a much more interesting way.

ER, Outbreak, and Jurassic Park are some good examples.

More astonishing evidence about people’s interest in science comes from a professor at the University of Calgary. In a recent sur­ vey of 2,000 Canadians, the professor found that about 80 percent felt it was important to know about science in daily life.

If there is a significant interest in science, why does the insuffi­ ciency in science reporting exist? Maybe it is because of a lack of people willing to report on science. This was a comment I had heard at the Tribune. It may have been true in the past, but I can not accept this now. There seems to be a growing interest in reporting on sci­ ence.

To begin with, the hottest competition in last year’s race for spots on the editorial board was for the position of science editor.

Additionally, an Internship for Student Science Writers is being held this year at the McGill Reporter as well as at other universities across Canada. The amazing thing is that for only a handful of posi­ tions at the Reporter, the program received over 50 applicants. Diana Grier Ayton, the McGill Reporter's editor, said that the number of openings in the internship program was increased because of the high level of interest expressed.

There is an interest in knowing more about science. There is also a pool of people interested in writing about science. Given these two facts, why did the insufficiency even exist?

Whatever the reason, the Tribune has embarked on eradicating it by having a science editor.

Science is woven throughout almost every aspect of our daily lives. It is not something distant or far removed. The food we eat, the streets we walk on, the books, pens and computers we use, the movies we watch, how we play the sports we do....everything involves science.

One reason I ran for the position of science editor was to end the underrepresentation and marginalisation of science in the student press. Now I see things from a different perspective. I feel that hav­ ing a science editor is necessary not to demarginalise science, but to improve the article balance in the newspaper.

I welcome everybody who would like to report on science issues. I would like to especially urge science students to do so. The ability to communicate clearly is something everyone should devel­ op. Additionally, there are very obvious advantages for a journalist to have a strong background in the topic (s)he is writing about.

This year’s science writers will try to emphasise the fact that sci­ ence is present in almost every aspect of our daily lives. A wide vari­ ety of science stories will appear in all the sections of the Tribune.

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It is nearly impossible to find out how McGill is administered.

Even if one knows what questions to ask and to whom they should be posed, it is not always clear who makes the decisions.

In short (and terribly general), academic policies go through Senate. Financial questions are decided by the Board of Governors. And, attached to both of these bod­ ies, is a dizzying number of issue-specific committees.

Beyond such structures, there are other individuals with more confusing power limitations. The most obvi­ ous is the unofficial, yet seemingly om nipotent, Planning and Priorities Committee, comprised of a cou­ ple of VPs and the principal.

And then there are the other executives... What is their role in the university power-structure? For exam­ ple, McGill is planning to create a new senior executive position in the Department of Human Resources. In this time of budgetary constraints, it was felt that because salaries occupy nearly 80 percent of the university’s expenses, the responsibilities of the HR departmentinvolved in hiring and retiring- should be expanded.

VP Finance Phylis Heaphy told the Tribune that a survey of some 30 executives was conducted in order to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Human Resources. She said that though many were satisfied with the performance of the director and of HR as a whole, the VPs and the principal came to the conclusion that a new senior executive should be introduced to lead the department.

The administration (read principal and VPs), con­ tacted Price Waterhouse to head-hunt for a candidate to fill the new executive position. The “help wanted-type” ad which was spotted in the Globe and Mail, was a mas­ terpiece of ambiguity.

“We wanted to attract as many qualified candidates as possible,” was one explanation as to why the job

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requirements were not outlined in the ad.

“Anyone truly qualified for the position would have understood the type of skills and experience we are looking for,” was another explanation.

So, does this mean that the ad is in some executive code?

Once a list of candidates is compiled by Price Waterhouse, the principal and a “small group of admin­ istrators” will choose the new executive, said Heaphy.

There is no formal selection committee. Neither Senate nor BoG need ratify the choice.

Somewhat concerned about the lack of process, I called the McGill Association of University Teachers and the McGill University Non-Academic Staff Association (MUNACA could not be reached).

Though the administration had never consulted him, MAUT President Ted Meighen said that he was aware of this proposed HR change.

“A couple of staff members contacted me about it,” he said.

MUNASA President Trevor Garlland noted that though he too was left out of the process, he continued to hope that he might eventually hear from the adminis­ tration.

If both academic and non-academic staff associa­ tions were excluded from a decision that may eventually affect them, where is this “collegiality” that one so com­ monly hears of? Is it simply a thing which exists between a couple of VPs and the principal?

“No,” said Garlland. “It’s one person. They all debate in front of the principal so that he can make a decision.”

Surely this cannot be true. Were it so, the implica­ tions seem endless. It is even imaginable that the princi­ pal could try to privatise McGill. For all students know, he could already be looking into the idea.

One way to be certain that McGill is not serving “cafeteria” style educations is to administer the school as a private club.

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A fter a warm sum m er, the first brisk days of September have injected Montreal with university students migrating back from their summer pastures. A telltale sign that the students have returned to the ghetto is the fact that local bars have once again begun adver­ tising their soirées with brightcoloured ads taped to the side­ walks. One can argue that adver­ tisers know us better today than historians ever will. Following that line of thought, it is indeed distressing that the ads are placed at foot-level. The location of the ad shows th at the ad v ertisers know w e’re so generally depressed about the atrophied job m arket, and the death of Jerry Garcia, that we chronically bow

our heads in defeat. Oh, to stroll through a campus where the ads for Ladies Night at Annie’s float above the trees, suspended by colourful helium balloons, because our eyes, like our thoughts, are permanently aimed at the heavens!

Anyway, to all you students new or just returning to the city, be forewarned that M ontreal is now a city of bombs. I don’t want to sound alarmist, but anything could explode at any tim e, so WATCH OUT! There has been a turf war (as in the phrase: “Hey, this is our TURF, mister”) in areas of the city, with members of vari­ ous biker gangs blow ing each other up in disputes about the dis­ tribution of illegal narcotics. Jeeps

o f alleged bikers have been T N T ’d in different residential neighbourhoods; a few biker hangouts have been molotov cock­ tailed. Some dead, some injured.

These public disturbances raise many q uestions. For instance: If you were in a bike gang right now, w ouldn’t you leave your vehicle at home and take the M etro? Or at the very least park in a locked garage? And doesn’t the fact that we only seem to hear about Jeeps being blown up, and not motorcycles, make the struggle seem to be between rival Jeep gangs (and not “motorcycle” gangs)? If nothing else, it is pretty clear that most of today’s “bikers” are nothing but posers who own motorcycles, but drive Jeeps and even, in extreme cases, sedans.

Perhaps the w ar is being waged by elder, orthodox mem­ bers o f the gangs who can no longer tolerate these blasphemous young ‘uns who can be seen dri­ ving cars and other non-Harleys, thus breaking the cardinal rule “Live to Ride/Ride to Live” of the

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health insurance, so they did. We, as students, asked that we be allowed to give blood to the Red Cross, so SSMU continued the blood drives. If something is a SSMU policy, and they want to change it, they have to ask us first.

D on M c G owan You may not like Shatner; that’s your prerogative. But SSMU isn’t binding. One of the non-bind­ has to abide by its own policy and ing sections in the IGLC judgment suggested that SSMU and IGLC call it the Shatner Building. SSMU could work out an “administrative also has to abide by the rest of its agreement”. Apparently, according policies, and not use its resources to SSMU, this should include a to endorse a group which directly contravenes SSMU policies. At table at Activities Night.

On the face of it, giving a present, if we want to change the table at Activities Night to organi­ way our money is spent, we can sations which do a significant have a referendum, and change the amount of charity work and which policies, and thereby the spending. serve substantial numbers of stu­ Now SSMU seems to think that it dents seems sensible. After all, can act however it wants, no mat­ who could take issue with people ter what its policies may say. Like who hang around lower campus in I said, it’s a shame that fraternities the freezing cold watching David and sororities contravene SSMU’s Letterman or sitting in rocking policies; they do a lot of good chairs for inhumanly long periods work, and sometimes ( feel badly to raise money for the homeless or seeing their names dragged through the mud. But if SSMU can for women’s shelters?

But this is where those pesky defy the w ill of students, and policies kick in. You see, the endorse an organisation which its IGLC decision said that these own policies said it can’t endorse, groups cannot be m em bers of then there’s nothing stopping them SSMU. But by allowing IGLC to from endorsing organisations be at Activities Night, SSMU says which do a lot less public good, or that they can have the privileges of joining us into groups with which a SSMU member. Six one way, we have no desire to be affiliated.

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Onion Building, or to take away I didn’t write the rules. We all did. And until we all decide to our health insurance, or to stop change them, by voting to have collecting blood for the Red Cross, SSMU adopt a new policy, SSMU the procedure is the same. They is bound to respect the wishes of have to ask us first. This time they the people who pay its fees. We, as didn’t.

Hell’s Angel.

Since Laval, N.D.G. and the east end of Montreal (where the bombings for the most part have been happening) are relatively removed from the M cGill area, does this mean that we should not be concerned? W ell, if what is blown up in Montreal are Jeeps, than that means that the McGill security crew is quite safe because they do their crim e-fighting in Geo Trackers. Why bother blow­ ing up a Geo Tracker?

But don’t be lulled into the false assumption that you are safe.

If there is something that deserves to be blown up in the McGill ghet­ to, it is most certainly the black “Miller Genuine Draft” minivan that I am sure has no owner, but instead is an intelligent, KnightRider type automobile. The vehi­ cle’s prime directive, as I under­ stand it, is to brainwash impres­ sionable frosh engineering stu­ dents into red helmeted minstrels who trav el in tipsy sw arm s, enchanting people with chants about ale. Could there be any other explanation?

The m ain b ik er riv alry in M ontreal is, between the H ell’s A ngels and the Rock M achine

(who thought up that name?). The best way to understand the rivalry is through the film The U n to u ch a b les. R em em ber the scene where Sean Connery’s char­ acter is explaining the facts about A1 C apone to Kevin C ostner’s character? Connery says some­ thing like, “If one of Capone’s men pulls a knife, you pull a gun, see? If he sends one of your men to the hos­ pital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago way.”

The biker mentality in this city is less complex. Biker logic: “If one of his men blow up one of ours, then we blow up one of his, see?

If they blow up another one of our guys, we blow up another one of theirs. Etcetera, etcetera.” That’s the Montreal way.

I ’m not going to sugarcoat this: no one is safe. All we can do is hope that pretty soon the bikers run out of explosives, or that the gangs run out of bikers. And do not stand next to the M iller Genuine Draft minivan. Especially if it talks.

Mila Aung-Thwin has chosen not to drive through our lovely city.

Legal Briefs In 1992, the students of McGill voted in a referendum that SSMU should adopt as a policy that it call the University Centre at 3480 M cTavish the “W illiam Shatner University C entre” . So now, because this is an official SSMU policy, SSMU and all clubs and services have to refer to the building as the Shatner Building, and anyone who doesn’t is in vio­ lation of SSMU policy.

Over the years, this has been criticised as a somewhat silly poli­ cy. Even this newspaper has ques­ tioned it. I ran the referendum, so I like the name, but I can understand why some other people m ight think the building should be named after a bootlegger (like Bronfman) or a racist (like Leacock).

But, in the end, it doesn’t mat­ ter. B ecause as of last night, SSMU policies are no longer bind­ ing.

In March, a group called the IGLC (Inter-Greek Letter Council -an umbrella group for social fra­ ternities and sororities) petitioned SSMU for club status. When SSMU denied their petition, the IGLC appealed to the SSMU Judicial Board, which decided against IGLC. Judgm ents w ritten by tri­ bunals and courts consist of two parts: important stuff, and anything else the court wanted to say but

students, asked SSMU to refer to the building as the Shatner Building, so they have to. We, as students, asked that SSMU get us

Like SSMU, Don McGowan’s word is no longer binding.

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And thus, an idea is bom.

A. I could have rented a limousine and a tuxedo for an hour each and then crashed a high school prom.

A. I could have watched a Kirk Cameron movie while on cocaine.

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Stum bling hom e from the Main, you may have come across it. It reads: “Toronto is like a bad night at B ifte k ” . Kind o f a refreshing statement amidst all the “enigma” tags and signs for souvlaki.

I first read this four years and as I return to this fine institu­ tion of higher learning from my sum m er in Toronto it hits me: M ontreal is looking m ore and more like Toronto.

A nyone w h o ’s sauntered down Queen Street will tell you that however “artsy” its reputa­ tion, Queen S treet’s cafés and bohemian boutiques are infested with suits and styrofoam. There’s little atmosphere to be had and a whole lot of weak espresso. It used to be that you could count on Montreal for a good coffee and some decent people-watching. But the additions and renovations on St. L aurent, sp ec ific ally the Second Cup, are m otivation enough to enjoy coffee at home.

If you could judge a city sole­ ly on its java, you’d have to con­ clude that M ontreal is getting weak. Perhaps the person who invented the eatable coffee cup was a visionary. Dispose of the litter and savour the aftertaste in a few mouth-pleasing bites. But as St. Laurent transforms into Ste. C ath erin e’s, like a M etropolis drag queen, there are some things cosmetics cannot conceal.

The sidewalk sale defies the Main’s mid-life crisis. In a world

where change is said to be the only constant, the sidewalk sale has more than emerged in the 20th century. Storekeepers on the main unload their contents for con­ sumption out onto our beloved bar-infested strip. For a few days you needn’t worry about getting clipped by some speeding bass­ beating boom box, complete with ago fuzzy dice and crown-shaped air freshener.

M usic is piped in over a cheap set of speakers. Even the la test in techno sounds like Muzak™ on the tin stereo, more suitable for a suburban ice rink than the b u st-b earin g , thighrevealing, high-heal clicking, acid jazzin g , to o -co o l-an d -still-in school St. Lawrence Street.

And just where is this midriff thing going? I always thought you should wait till the third or fourth date to find out whether (s)he has an inny or an outy. With all the lint on the Main, it’s easy to tell where your partner’s been at a glance. So much for mystery.

Like a younger sibling, McGill has bought into the world o f platfo rm s, piercing and midriffs a little too late. You can now get your own cut off-t at the Bookstore. This is not an attempt to plug the most expensive paper­ back peddling establishm ent in the East. Rather, a statement that begs the question: What gives?

Assuming the midrift special is for those of us with xx chromo­ somes, they’ve got the oh-so-hip gas attendant’s jackets for that beastie boy in your life. “McGill”

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Is this university or a $50 make­ over? You may not get a B.A., but rest assured you’ll get into Purple Haze.

All this pressure to be hip, who can keep up? Disturbing that the typical five-year-old M ont­ realer is a lot cooler than most of us will ever be. It’s like they’re born with fashion sense. Maybe these kids should be in charge of merchandising at the Bookstore.

The items at the Bookstore may be said to reflect versatility. In­ decision seems more like it. As St. Laurent undergoes a facial, the Bookstore is awaiting its transfor­ mation, like a college newcomer who must choose between “frater­ nity” and “literary society”.

If change is the only constant, then the sidew alk sale is the exception to the rule. On a cam­ pus full o f change, i t ’s alm ost com forting to know that your advisor’s office hours are still 7:30 am. Somehow knowledge of the early morning rendez-vous makes the B iftek = Toronto = Montreal equation bearable.

It makes up for the fact that the last boy who kissed you looked you dead in the eyes and called you “rad”. It’s compensa­ tion for the fact that you were speechless and stuck in the street somewhere between “walk” and “don’t walk”. Definition and deci­ sion-making- more constants.

Make your own coffee, con­ tinue to kiss boys and girls, occa­ sionally retreat into cynicism, and ramble on. A Gold earring gleam­ ing from underneath one of your many baseball caps and a black tshirt makes for an excellent back­ drop in case the script is forgotten and you’re playing to a full house.

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Jersey and stayed on the phone for 12 hours. (On second thought, I’d rather do the bookstore thing A. I could have enjoyed a $1 shooter every minute and still have had enough money to gener­ again.) ously tip the paramedics.

A. I could have treated five of my new “pro­ A. I could have had phone sex for 48 minutes. fessor friends” to Fresca and falafel and watched to see whether intellectual discourse could over­ ride morning-after-the-night-before breath. Rate A. I could have impressed Judy, the Time-Life operator, by ordering all 12 volumes of the Time- each one according to dedication.

Life Home Repair and Improvement series.

A. I could have paid the mime to talk.

A. 1 could have ordered the Star Trek chess A. 1 could have gotten a tattoo on my rump. set, the Star Trek commemorative porcelain plate, 20 Star Trek neckties, or lunch for James “Scotty” Tee hee. I’m so naughty!

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A. One word: Ammo.

A. I could have pissed off the kids at the WalMart by refusing to get off the motorised horsie A. One more word: Clocktower. ride for 16 hours.

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where they met up with other C anadian C hallengers before departing for Guyana.

“I went without a clear idea of what I ’d be doing when I got there,” said Pelletier. “Three days after I got to Guyana I still didn’t know. Projects were being created and cancelled all the tim e.”

In the end there were six projects to choose from, which ranged from medical assistance to construction.

Work destinations were in nearby

While most students were at home this sum m er w aiting on tables and wading in pools, two McGill students were packing their bags for Guyana, South America.

Social Work students Chantal Bourgeois and Marc Pelletier spent three months working on develop­ ment assistance projects for Youth Challenge International.

“I wanted to experience life furthest away from what I am used to,” Pelletier said.

Pelletier was sta­ tioned in Bethany, a small, remote Ame­ rindian com m unity on the Supenaam Creek, a secondary branch of the Essequibo River. He worked with a group of G uyanese and Costa Rican C hall­ engers, along with local loggers and local villagers to build At work in Annai, Guyana a community centre.

“The project was organized by cities and in the most outlying vil­ the community. We had very few lages and communities.

Both Bourgeois and Pelletier carpentry skills when we started out. We would just show up for questioned their motives before work at sunrise and get directions and while they were in Guyana.

“For me it was a cultural from the foreman,” he said.

Meanwhile, Bourgeois trav­ exchange,” Pelletier said. “My atti­ elled to the southern flatlands to tude going down there was that I work near the border of Brazil in was a sponge and I was going to Annai, a village inhabited by a tra­ absorb as much of it as possible.”

B ourgeois was concerned ditional tribe of Macushi Indians.

She helped to build a brick about the way community mem­ community centre which would bers perceived her.

“We go there as helpers, not serve as a library and nursery school. She also did prenatal and to do the work for them or to tell postnatal exams, and carried out them how to do it right. We don’t want to take away their initiative, health surveys in nearby villages.

“It was right up my alley,” but rather, provide motivation and commented Bourgeois. “Doing assist them to help finish faster,” social work, providing medical said Bourgeois. “That’s the objec­ assistance and learning a different tive of the program.”

Countries take the initiative to culture were all directly applicable apply to YCI for assistance. In to me and where I am headed.”

After an extensive selection return, YCI provides individuals process, Bourgeois and Pelletier with the opportunity to do volun­ attended a three-day orientation at teer work in these countries.

YCI, a non-profit, non-govthe YCI Head Office in Toronto,

emment organisation, is sponsored largely by the Canadian International D evelopm ent A ssociation. The rem aining 40 percent o f required funds are raised by program participants.

Pelletier put together and sold a cookbook, sought donations from schools, offered to do slide presen­ tations for students upon his return, and sold tickets for a bene­ fit keg party to raise funds.

“It was the hardest part of the YCI program . If you didn’t raise the money, you didn’t go. That was part of our challenge.”

McGill politi­ cal science profes­ sor Rex Brynen dis­ cussed the value of program s such as YCI. “From the point of view of the stu­ dent, programs such as this are an extremely valuable process.

They acquaint you with the realities in a developing coun­ try that you could not possibly learn from reading course-based material,” said Brynen, an expert in third world politics and develop­ ment.

Bourgeois said it was a real eye-opener to discover that 80 per­ cent of the children she examined were malnourished.

“It makes you less ignorant afterwards,” said Bourgeois.

For Pelletier, leaving Bethany was a hard thing to do.

“It was an incredible life experience,” said Pelletier. “You learned about different people and you learned about yourself.

“I slept in a hammock, bathed in the creek and ate bora and man­ goes. I was from Bethany for three months,” he said. “I lived a basic way of life like the Amerindians.

They are some of the richest peo­ ple I ’ve ever met. I saw smiles everyday.”

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W hether you’re looking for the P laym ate o f the M onth, a Grateful Dead discussion group, or information for your next term paper, you can find it all on the internet.

B ut for m any o f us, the cyberworld still remains a mys­ tery . Some find the concept intimidating, while others are dis­ couraged by expensive user fees.

B ut in te rn e t access cafés are m aking the in te rn e t a little warmer.

The first internet access café opened last Jan u ary , in Cambridge, MA near the home of the M assachusetts Institute of Technology.

Since then, they have been sprouting up in cities all over North America, including New Y ork, Los A n g eles, H alifax, V ancouver, T oronto, and now Montreal.

Le Café Electronique, locat­ ed in Old M ontreal, opened its doors in May and rem ains the only of its kind in the city. It is the second largest internet access

café in the world, with 14 com­ puter term inals, and four more planned for N ovem ber o f this year.

H ow ever, Le C afé E le c ­ tronique is more than a group of computer geeks clicking mice.

“This is a café in the tradi­ tion of a European café. A café should be a place w here you meet, chat, talk about politics, anything. You eat and you have a drink,” said Café Electronique sp o k esp erso n H ervé F isch er.

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The marathon of hope never ends of quitting. The only thing that could have stopped him was the It was fifteen years ago that cancer.

“He was always a strong per­ Terry Fox ran out of time.

It was just outside Thunder son — he never quit at anything.

Bay that he took his last strides in We used to scold him a lot for his Marathon of Hope, 5,342 km doing the things that made him after he dipped his artificial leg in strong. Unfortunately for his father and I, we didn’t realise how special the Atlantic ocean at St. John’s.

The cancer had spread to his our son was until he was gone,” lungs forcing him to stop just after she said.

Now Fox travels across the the halfway mark.

Running 42 km a day on an country, spreading Terry’s mes­ artificial leg, Fox had become a sage.

“It’s probably the hardest job national symbol of courage.

Although Terry wasn't able to that I’ve ever had to do — telling complete his run, Canadians vowed Terry’s story several times a day, to continue the Marathon of Hope talking to people who have lost a loved one to cancer, and people for him.

On September 13, 1981, just who are struggling with the disease now.” m onths after She says a Terry died, 760 big part of her ten kilometre run life is meeting sites were set up people who across Canada. have been This year marks inspired by the 15th anniver­ Terry. sary of the run “I also and there will be hear people close to 4,000 who saw Terry runs s held in 52 run and said he countries. inspired them “Quite hon­ to quit a job estly, I do n ’t that they hated, think he under­ or people that stood the magni­ w ent back to tude of the impact school saying he had on the ‘if Terry can Canadian peo­ do that...’.” p le,” T erry ’s Fox finds mother Betty Fox Terry Fox, a portrait of courage inspiration in told the Tribune. travelling to Terry was finishing his first year at Simon elementary schools that hold Terry Fraser University when his right Fox runs. She is especially leg had to be amputated six inches im pressed by the children who above the knee because of a malig­ were born after Terry died but think of him as a hero. nant tumour.

Monique Levesque believes While still in the hospital fol­ lowing his surgery, Terry started that her son, Jean Dominic, who planning to run across Canada. He was diagnosed with cancer in was determined to do anything he 1994, wouldn’t be alive today if it weren’t for Terry’s efforts. could to fight the cancer.

“If this had happened 15 years Keeping his plan to himself, Terry trained for two years. His ago he wouldn’t be alive. Now mother was one of the first people with new treatments, he has an 80 percent chance of survival because he told. She thought he was crazy.

“I hit the roof. I was angry and of Terry Fox,” said Levesque.

During his 143 days of run­ he was angry at me,” said Fox. “He said that he was training for the ning, Terry raised more money for Vancouver Marathon, never did he cancer research than any other mention anything about running individual before him.

Levesque remembers sitting across the country.”

She said it would be hard by her son’s hospital bed worrying enough to imagine an able-bodied that he would die. Jean Dominic person accom plishing what he told her not to be afraid.

“He told me to pull myself planned, let alone her son who had together. He said look at Terry Fox only one leg.

“I soon realised that he he had cancer and look what he already had everything ready in his did,” said Levesque.

After a year of chemotherapy, head. He was going to do this run — even if no one was behind him” Jean Dominic’s cancer is now in remission and he’s busy organising said Fox. She said that despite nearly a Terry Fox run for three Montreal being run off the roads by transport public schools on September 17 at trucks, being pelted by hailstones Beaver Lake.

“Terry Fox never finished his the size of golf balls, and dealing with winds which nearly blew him run, and now his run will never off his feet, torrential rain, and end,” Levesque explains. “It’s up constant pain, Terry never thought to us to make sure it continues.”

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SPORT

COST

R E G IS T R A T IO N

N U M B E R O F P LA Y E R S T O R EG IS TER

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C A P T A IN S ’ M E E T IN G

PLAY B EG IN S

Draw posted Campus Rec Office Oct. 26, 1 7 :0 0 hrs.

Oct. 28

Oct. 28 & 29 1 0:0 0 - 1 8:0 0 hrs.

Currie G ym

Reid House

G A M E D A Y S A N D T IM E S

L O C A T IO N

BADMINTON TOURNAMENT

MEN WOMEN DOUBLES

$7.00 per player

Oct. 18, 0 9 :0 0 to Oct. 2 5, 17:00

1

N/A

BASKETBALL LEAGUE

MEN A,B WOMEN

$70.00 per team

Sept. 19. 0 9 :0 0 to Sept 27, 17:00

10

16

Sept. 27, 1 8 :3 0 hrs.

Field House

Oct. 2

Mon. Tue. Sun.

CROSS COUNTRY

CO-REC

$20.00 per team

Sept. 5, 0 9 :0 0 to Sept. 26, 17:00

3 Men & 2 Women

7

Oct. 1, 0 9 :0 0 hrs.

Molson Stadium

Oct. 1

Sun. Oct. 1, 1 0:0 0 hrs.

M ount Royal

FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE

MEN WOMEN

$70.00 per team

Sept. 5, 0 9 :0 0 to Sept. 12. 17:00

12

18

Sept. 12, 1 8 :3 0 hrs.

Field House

Sept 16

Mon. Frl. Sat. Sun.

1 8:0 0 -2 1 :0 0 1 8 :0 0-2 1 :0 0 0 9 :0 0 -1 7 :0 0 0 9 :0 0 -1 7 :0 0

Forbes Field and Lower Campus

CURLING BONSPIEL

CO-REC

$20.00 per team

Oct. 18, 0 9 :0 0 to Oct. 25, 17:00

4

4

Oct. 28, 0 9 :0 0 hrs Thistle Curling Club

O ct. 28

O ct. 28

0 9 :0 0 -1 8 :0 0

Thistle Curling Club

HOCKEY LEAGUE (FALL & WINTER)

MEN A.B.C WOMEN

$360.00 per team

Sept. 2 0 0 8 :3 0 - 17:00

13

20

Sept. 20, 1 8 :3 0 hrs.

Currie, Rm. 408

Oct. 1

Mon. Tue. Wed. Fri. Sun.

1 9:1 5 -0 0 :3 0 2 0 :1 5 -0 0 :3 0 1 9 :1 5 -0 0 :3 0 1 9:1 5 -0 0 :3 0 1 4 :3 0 -2 4 :0 0

McConnell Winter Stadium

SOCCER LEAGUE

MEN A.B.C WOMEN

$100.00 per team

Sept. 5. 0 9 :0 0 to Sept. 12. 17:00

13

20

Sept. 12, 1 8 :3 0 hrs.

Field House

Sept. 16

Mon. to Fri. 2 1 :0 0 -2 3 :3 0 Sat. & Sun. 0 9 :0 0 -2 3 :0 0

Molson Stadium

SOFTBALL LEAGUE

MEN CO-REC

$70.00 per team

Sept. 5, 0 9 :0 0 to Sept. 12. 17:00

M e n • 12 Co-rec 7 Men & 5 Women

18

Sept. 12, 1 8 :3 0 hrs. (M) 9 :3 0 hrs. (Co-Rec)

Sept. 17

Mon. to Fri. 1 6:0 0 -1 8 :0 0 Sat. 0 9 :0 0 -1 8 :0 0 Sun. 0 9 :0 0 -1 8 :0 0

Middle Reid and Molson Stadium

Draw posted Campus Rec Office Sept. 13, 1 7:0 0 hrs.

Sept. 15

Sept. 16 to 25

Forbes Field Tennis Courts

Field House

1 8:4 5 -2 3 :0 0 1 8:1 5 -2 3 :0 0 1 0:3 0 -1 8 :0 0

TENNIS TOURNAMENT (OUTDOOR)

MEN A.B WOMEN

$7.00 per player

Sept. 5, 0 9 :0 0 to Sept. 12. 17:00

1

N/A

ULTIMATE LEAGUE

CO-REC

$70.00 per team

Sept. 5, 0 9 :0 0 to Sept. 12. 17:00

5 Men & 5 Women

18

Sept. 12, 1 8:3 0 hrs.

Field House

S ept.16

Sat. Sun.

0 9 :0 0 -1 7 :0 0 0 9 :0 0 -1 7 :0 0

Forbes Field

VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE

MEN WOMEN

$70.00 per team

Sept. 19. 0 9 :0 0 to Sept. 2 7 ,1 7 :0 0

10

16

Sept. 27, 1 8 :3 0 hrs.

Field House

Oct. 2

M on.

Tue. Wed.

1 9:1 5 -2 3 :0 0 1 9:1 5 -2 3 :0 0 1 9:1 5 -2 3 :0 0

Currie G ym

VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE

CO-REC A.B

$70.00 per team

Sept. 19. 0 9 :0 0 to Sept. 2 7 .1 7 :0 0

5 Men & 5 Women

16

Sept. 27, 1 9:3 0 hrs.

Field House

Oct. 4

Wed. Thur.

Fri.

1 8:4 5 -2 3 :0 0 1 8 :1 5-2 3 :0 0 1 8 :4 5-2 3 :0 0

Field House

3 ON 3 VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

MEN WOMEN

$20.00 per team

Nov 15. 0 9 :0 0 to Nov. 22. 17:00

3

4

Draw posted Campus Rec Office Nov. 23, 17:00 hrs.

Nov. 25

Nov. 25 & Nov. 26

Reid House

WATERPOLO LEAGUE

MEN WOMEN

$70.00

Sept. 19. 0 9 :0 0 to Sept. 27.1 7:00

10

16

Sept. 27, 1 8:3 0 hrs.

Field House

Oct. 1

Sat. Sun.

Currie Pool

• In many sports space is limited — registration is on a first come first served basis.

• Please note that registration deadlines are strictly enforced.

• A representative from each team must attend the captains' meeting for that sport.

SPORTS OFFICIALS Students interested in sports officiating should apply to the Campus Recreation Office and attend the Officials’ Training Clinic. Experience is an asset but not a necessity.

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Basketball Football Hockey Soccer Softball Ultimate Volleyball Waterpolo

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Sept.

Sept.

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17:30 17:30 19:00 17:30 17:30 17:30 17:30 17:30

Currie, Room 305 Currie, Room 305 Arena Currie, Room 305 Currie, Room 305 Currie, Room 305 Currie, Room 305 Currie, Room 305

CAPTAINS’ MEETINGS A representative from each team must attend the Captains’ meeting for that Sport. League schedules are planned and rules are distributed.

A team that is not represented will not be in­ cluded in the league. Note carefully, that an individual can only represent one team.

Please consult the Intramural schedule for the date, time and location of the specific meeting for your team.

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Instructional Athletics Program CO O RDINATO RS:

Philip Quintal & M arla Gold

The Instructional Athletics Program at McGill University features a wide variety of non-credit physical education and recreational courses. The pro­ gram provides an opportunity to use the athletic facilities and to acquire or improve athletic skills. M em bers of the Departm ent of Athletics staff, as well as qualified part-time instructors, teach in the program.

ALL C O U R SE S AR E C O -ED

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YO U M U ST R E G ISTER IN PERSO N W ITH A FU LL-TIM E M cG ILL STU D E N T I.D. OR M E M B E R S H IP CARD

FALL 1995

AQUATICS

SEPTEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 3

COURSE

DAY & TIME

YELLOW. ORANGE YELLOW. ORANGE RED. MAROON RED. MAROON RED. MAROON BLUE. GREEN. GREY. WHITE BLUE. GREEN. GREY. WHITE BLUE, GREEN, GREY, WHITE PRE-SCHOOL (AGES 18 MONTHS - 5 YEARS; AQUACISES SWIM FIT (Cardio-Respiratory Endurance) SWIM FIT (Cardio-Respiratory Endurance) STROKE IMPROVEMENT STROKE IMPROVEMENT DIVING (1 M Elementary) LIFESAVING 1 ,2 .3 (Introduction to Program) BRONZE MEDALLION

THURSDAY-1 7 :3 0 -1 8 :2 5 SATURDAY-0 9 :3 0 -1 0 :2 5 TUESDAY -19:30 - 20:25 THURSDAY-1 7 :3 0 -1 8 :2 5 SATURDAY-10 :3 0 -1 1 :2 5 WEDNESDAY -1 9 :3 0 - 20:40 THURSDAY- 1 8 :3 0 -1 9 :4 0 SATURDAY-11 :3 0 -1 2 :4 0 SUNDAY -1 1 :0 0 -1 1 :5 5 TUES & THURS-12:15 -12:55 TUES & THURS -12:15-13:10 TUES & THURS -1 8 :3 0 -1 9 :2 5 MONDAY -1 8 :3 0 -1 9 :2 5 TUESDAY -1 7 :3 0 -1 8 :2 5 THURSDAY-19:30 - 20:25 SATURDAY-11 :3 0 -1 2 :4 0

BRONZE CROSS (Prerequisite Bronze Medallion) S.C.U.BA (Good Swimmer Screen Test Required MUST ATTEND FIRST CLASS)

FALL 1995

THURS. CLASS 18:30-19:30 POOL 19:30-21:00 WED. CLASS 18:30-19:30 POOL 19:30-21:00 TUES/THURS CLASS 18:45 - 20:15 POOL 20:30 - 22:30

FACILITY

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 8 8 8 8 8 8

WESTON POOL WESTON POOL CURRIE POOL WESTON POOL WESTON POOL CURRIE POOL WESTON POOL WESTON POOL CURRIE POOL CURRIE POOL WESTON POOL CURRIE POOL CURRIE POOL WESTON POOL CURRIE POOL WESTON POOL

45/65 Plus Exam Fee 65/90

8

WESTON POOL

10

WESTON POOL

240/270 Plus Exam Fee

6

408/409 CURRIE POOL

SEPTEMBER 1 8 -DECEMBER 3

DANCE

COURSE

DAY & TIME

FLAMENCO JAZZ I JAZZ I JAZZ II JAZZ III SOCIAL DANCE I SOCIAL DANCE I SOCIAL DANCE I SOCIAL DANCE I SOCIAL DANCE I SOCIAL DANCE I SOCIAL DANCE I SOCIAL DANCE I

TUES &THURS-20:15 -2 1 :1 0 TUES & THURS-08:30 - 09:55 TUES & THURS-18:30 - 19:55 TUES & THURS- 20:00 - 21:25 M0N\WED\FRI-18:00 - 19:25 M0NDAY-19:00 - 20:25 M0NDAY-19:00 - 20:25 M0NDAY-20:30 - 21:55 MONDAY-20:30 - 21:55 WEDNESDAY-19:00 - 20:25 WEDNESDAY-19 :0 0 - 20.25 WEDNESDAY-20:30 - 21:55 WEDNESDAY-20:30 - 21:55

FALL 1995

/WEEKS

COST M/NM 28/48 28/48 28/48 28/48 28/48 30/50 30/50 30/50 28/48 40/80 40/80 40/80 25/45 25/45 30/50 30/50

FITNESS

COST M/NM 43/88 43/88 43/88 43/88 67/112 33/53 33/53 33/53 33/53 33/53 33/53 33/53 33/53

# WEEKS

FACILITY

8 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

AUXILIARY GYM DANCE STUDIO FITNESS ROOM FITNESS ROOM DANCE STUDIO AUXILIARY GYM AUXILIARY GYM AUXILIARY GYM AUXILIARY GYM AUXILIARY GYM AUXILIARY GYM AUXILIARY GYM AUXILIARY GYM

SEPTEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 3

FACILITY

67/112 32/77 21/46

10 10 10

AUXILIARY GYM FITNESS ROOM FITNESS ROOM

TUES & THURS-18:15-19:10 TUES & THURS -19:15 - 20:10 TUES & THURS-17:00-18:10 MON & WED-16:00-16:55 MON &WED-08:00 - 08:55

33/78 33/78 62/107 46/91 46/91

10 10 10 10 10

AUXILIARY GYM AUXILIARY GYM AUXILIARY GYM DANCE STUDIO FITNESS ROOM

STEP STEP STEP STEP & PUMP

M0N\WED\FRI12:30-13:25 TUES & THURS-16:00-16:55 TUES & THURS-18:15-19:10 TUES & THURS-08:00 - 08:55

57/102 46/91 46/91 46/91

10 10 10 10

DANCE STUDIO DANCE STUDIO DANCE STUDIO FITNESS ROOM

SUPER STEP SUPER STEP SUPER STEP & PUMP

TUES&THURS-12:00-13:1 TUES & THURS-17:00-18:10 M0N\WED\FRI17:00 -18:10

52/97 52/97 62/107

10 10 10

DANCE STUDIO DANCE STUDIO FITNESS ROOM

ACTION AEROBICS (High/lo*) ACTION AEROBICS (High/low) ACTION AEROBICS (High/low) ACTION AEROBICS (SUPERFIT) BODY DESIGN BODY DESIGN

MON & WED-16:30-17:25 TUES & THURS-12 :00-12:55 TUES & THURS-16:00 - 16:55 MON & WED-17:30-18:55 FRI-17:00-18:25 MON & WED-13.15 - 13:55 SATURDAY-11:00-11:55

CARDI0 FUNK CARDI0 FUNK ADVANCED LOW IMPACT ADVANCED INTRO STEP STEP

FALL 1995

FITNESS

SEPTEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 3

C0URSE/C0URS

DAY & TIME

COST

SUPER STEP & PUMP TOTAL BODY CONDITIONING TOTAL BODY CONDITIONING

SATURDAY-10:00-11:25 MONWVEDNFRI -12:1 -13:10 TUES & THURS-16:00-17:10

33/58 67/112 52/97

TUES & THURS -17:30-18:2 PAY-AS-YOU-GO AEROBICS FRIDAY -1 6 :0 0 -1 6 :5 5 ’ Booklets of 10 Tickets for $17.00 purchased in advance (Members Only) SAT & SUN-12:00-12:55 PAY-AS-YOU-GO STEP •Booklets of 10 Tickets for $17.00 purchased in advance (Members Only)

M0NIWEDNFRI -17:00-17:55 SAT & SUN-13:00-13:55

/WEEKS N/NM 10 10 10

FACILITY DANCE STUDIO FITNESS ROOM FITNESS ROOM

$1.70*

FITNESS ROOM DANCE STUDIO FITNESS ROOM

$2.50

DANCE STUDIO

$2.50

COURSE

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A differential fee will be charged

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Registration for this group only will begin Thursday, Septem ber 14, 1995.

DAY

TIME

COST

TOTAL WORKOUT M/Tu/W/Th Friday Sat & Sun

17:00-18:00 16:00-17:00 12:00-13:00

$2.50 $2.50 $2.50

$1.70* $1.70' $1.70*

STEP

17:30-18:30 13:00-14:00

$2.50 $2.50

$1.70* $1.70*

Friday Sat & Sun

'Booklets of 10 Tickets for $17.00 purchased in advance (Members only)

FALL 1995

AUXILIARY GYM FITNESS ROOM AUXILIARY GYM

COST

CASH, C H EQ U ES, M A S TER C A R D , VISA AND DIR EC T PAYMENT A C C EPTE D .

PAY-AS-YOU-GO FITNESS

WEIGHT TRAINING (PRIVATE) PERSONAL FITNESS APPRAISAL FITNESS INSTRUCTOR TRAINING STUDIO PERSONAL TRAINER DEVELOPMENT STUDIO

33/78 33/78 33/78

DAY & TIME

•

FALL 1995

WEIGHT TRAINING WEIGHT TRAINING WEIGHT TRAINING WEIGHT TRAINING WEIGHT TRAINING CLINIC

/WEEKS N/NM 10 10 10

C0URSE/C0URS

REG ISTRATIO N IS C O N D U C TE D ON A FIR ST CO M E, FIRST SERVE BASIS

Non-m em bers m ay participate in the Instructional program without pur­ chasing a m em bership, if space perm its. For this group:

Courses are open to all full-time McGill students holding a validated stu­ dent ID card. Full-time McGill Students are entitled to register for courses at the m em ber’s fee. The G eneral Public, Staff, Faculty and G raduates hold­ ing a gymnasium m em bership card m ay also register for courses.

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MON &WED-08:00 - 08:55 MON & WED-18:15 -19:25 TUE&THURS-08:00 - 08:55 TUE &THURS-16:00-17:10 TUE &THURS-17:15-18:25 MON & WED-17:00-18:10 TUE&THURS-18:30-19:40 WED & F R M 6:00-16:55

FALL 1995

DAY & TIME

SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO SQUASH INTRO

MONDAY -0 8 :3 0 - 09:15 MONDAY -0 9 :1 5 -1 0 :0 0 MONDAY -1 6 :0 0 -1 6 :4 5 TUESDAY -1 6 :4 5 -1 7 :3 0 TUESDAY -1 7 :3 0 -1 8 :1 5 WEDNESDAY-09:15-10:00 WEDNESDAY-12:15 -13:00 WEDNESDAY-13:00 -13:45 THURSDAY -1 6 :0 0 - 16:45 THURSDAY- 1 6 :4 5 -1 7 :3 0 FRIDAY -08:30 - 09:15 FRIDAY -09:15 -10:00 FRIDAY -1 4 :3 0 -1 5 :1 5 FRIDAY -1 5 :1 5 -1 6 :0 0 FRIDAY -1 6 :0 0 -1 6 :4 5 SATURDAY -10:45 -11:30 SATURDAY-1 2 :1 5 -1 3 :0 0 SUNDAY -1 1 :3 0 -1 2 :1 5 SUNDAY -1 3 :0 0 -1 3 :4 5

232/WEIGHT ROOM 232/WEIGHT ROOM 232/WEIGHT ROOM 232/WEIGHT ROOM 232/WEIGHT ROOM

1 1 185/220

14

305/306 DANCE

COURSE/COURS

WEDNESDAY-19:00-21:30

185/220

14

305/306 DANCE

FALL 1995

SEPTEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 3

MARTIAL ARTS

/WEEKS

FACILITY

10

TURNER BONE

67/112

10

FITNESS ROOM

MON & WED-17:30-19:25 MON & W E D -18:15-19:40 MON & W E D -19:45-21:10

60/105 46/91 46/91

10 10 10

TURNER BONE FITNESS ROOM FITNESS ROOM

TKD/MUAY THAI/SAVATE

MON/WED/FRI -14:00-15:25

67/112

10

FITNESS ROOM

WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE

TUES & THURS-16:00-17:25 SATURDAY-1 0 :0 0 -1 1 :2 5

70/115 35/80

10 10

TURNER BONE TURNER BONE

AIKIDO CAPOEIRA/KALI/ESKRIMA

TUESDAY &-18:00 -19:55 FRIDAY -17 :0 0 -1 8 :5 5 MON/WED/FRI-15:30 -16:55

JUDO SHORINJIRU I SHORINJIRUII

VARIA

DAY &TIME

BASIC FIRST AID SAT.. SEPT 2310:30 -17:30 * Includes CPR Heart Saver SUN., SEPT. 24 SAT.. SEPT. 30 & CPR BASIC SUN.. OCT. 1-10:30-17:30 SAT.. SEPT. 30-09:30-17:30 CPR RE-CERT CURLING CLINIC SAT.. OCT. 21-12:00-14:00 MON &WED-08:00 - 08:55 FENCING I TUES & THURS-19:15-20:10 FENCING I TUES & THURS -20:15 - 21:10 FENCING II HOCKEY I * WEDNESDAY-15:15 -16:45 FRIDAY -1 4 :0 0 -1 5 :3 0 HOCKEY II * STAFF HOCKEY * MONDAY -1 5 :1 5 -1 6 :4 5 WEDNESDAY-14:00 -15:15 SKATING * SATURDAY -10:45 -12:05 SKATING * SKATING (Private) * by appointment MON &WED-16:00-17:00 TAI CHI I* Classes begin week of October 2nd, 1995

SEPTEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 3 COST M/NM 87/92 *

/WEEKS

FACILITY

2

305/306

80/87

2

305/306

38/48 10/15 40/80 40/80 40/80 32/52 36/56 80 27/42 36/56 17/19 46/86

1 1 8 8 8 8 8 26 6 8 1 8

408 THISTLE CURLING CLUB DANCE STUDIO DANCE STUDIO DANCE STUDIO WINTER STADIUM WINTER STADIUM WINTER STADIUM WINTER STADIUM WINTER STADIUM WINTER STADIUM MEMORIAL HALL

$1.70*

R E G IS TR A TIO N B e g in s W e d n e sd a y, S e p te m b e r 13, 1995 0 8 :0 0 - 18:00 hrs. C u rrie G ym n a s iu m and c o n tin u e s th ro u g h Friday, S e p te m b e r 29, 0 8 :3 0 - 18:30 hrs.

M o st c o u rs e s be gin M onday, S e p te m b e r 18, 1995

3 9 8-70 1 1

RACQUETS

COURSE/COURS

5 5 5 5 2

COST N/NM 60/105

FALL 1995

HATHA YOGA I HATHA YOGA I HATHA YOGA I HATHA YOGA I HATHA YOGA I HATHA YOGA II HATHA YOGA II IYENGAR YOGA

27/40 27/40 27/40 27/40 17/22

DAY & TIME

COURSE/COURS

DAY & TIME

MONDAY-20:00-21:30 TUESDAY -08 :3 0 -1 0 :0 0 WEDNESDAY-20:00 - 21:30 SATURDAY -09:00 -10:30 SAT & SUN-11:00-13:00 SEPTEMBER 23 & 24

BY APPOINTMENT 27/40

BY APPOINTMENT 36/45/60 MONDAY-18 :3 0 -2 1 :3 0

COURSE/COURS

SEPTEMBER 1 8 -DECEMBER 3

VARIA

COURSE/COURS

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September 12th, 1995

Crosss-Checking Uncle Sam off his pedestal C olu m n

Nomad's Land Ted F rankel

The United States used to be my frontier of hope. Like many of my cynical Canuck cousins, I too fantasised about a place with opportunity, excitem ent and a Wal-Mart at every turn. As a child I would peer out of my frost-lined window dreaming of sun-baked Disney World. In recent years I lustily envisioned attending schools where revenue flowed as readily as the ivy blanketing the campus.

Now, it seem s, my w inter dreams have been shattered. After working this summer in the oP U.S of A., I’ve been cured of my south­ ern fever. It seems my grand ideas about our American neighbours

were merely induced by glitzy Yankee marketing. Heck, I never even got the com plim entary revolver I thought everyone was awarded when they crossed the border.

The USA has always been painted as a bright lights, big city kinda place. Canada, by contrast, is billed more like a great white abyss with a few roadside taverns.

The USA is the land of entrenched liberty, sponsor of world harmony and home to the Super Bowl.

Canada has a constitution as bind­ ing as a pinky-swear and a military more fit for a halftime freak show than a major conflict. This makes it clear why the more densely pop­

ulated land below us gets all the headlines.

My list of gripes starts the way every day should for an American citizen, with the Pledge of Allegiance. As an employee at a summer camp in New Hampshire, I was com pelled to repeat this patrio tic prayer alongside my youthful campers. Born in Canada to American parents, I didn’t feel I was committing nationalistic blas­ phemy by repeating the oath. I stood complacently while my other Canadian compatriots mumbled things more fitting of their roots under their breath, like the tune to Degrassi Junior High or Hockey N ight in Canada. But when I reflected on the pledge (and actual­ ly deciphered the words) I began to doubt the breadth of its mean­ ing.

The com m unal m essage implicit in the pledge, “one nation under God, indivisible...” pulled at my American adoring heartstrings.

It tickled my spine with hands-

across-America-hosted-by-Rev.Billy Graham type warm fuzzies.

Yet what I witnessed around me was more like a circus. My co­ w orkers generally referred to myself and my Canadian friends as “the Canucks”. Like an L.A.P.D cop on Rodney King, the Americans never missed an oppor­ tunity to bash us “Canucks”. We took the harmless ribbing in stride, and being good-natured Canadians after all, resisted the urge to strike back. Things got ugly when we attem pted to poke fun at both Canadians and Americans in our version of “Bob and Doug et al visit the USA.” When they booted us off the stage and tossed insults and soda cans at us, we knew just how welcome foreigners were in their home.

While the ideals of patriotism and community attract me to the US, some Am ericans seem to endorse these things in theory but not in practice. Many Americans I’ve met are fiercely competitive,

interested in individual glory over team satisfaction. When I attempt­ ed to coach the softball team which consisted of 13-year-olds, I was heckled by other staff mem­ bers who thought I was going too easy on the kids. “I t ’s not the World Series, you know,” I grum­ bled to get them o ff my back.

“That’s the biggest misconception in sports,” one staff member retort­ ed. “Every game is the W orld Series,” he said. Of course, I was always quick to remind everyone who had won the past two actual World Series.

So it seems the United States is not the promised land after all.

Yet while my recent experiences taint my impressions, America is a land with a rich history and a lot to offer. And there are a plenty of Wal-Marts. The truth is I’d just rather spend my days with Captain Canuck than Mickey Mouse.

Ted Frankel is just waiting for the Leafs to kick som e m ore Yankee ass.

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Neighbours are quiet in the east end Montreal neighbourhood which was shattered by biker vio­ lence last month when an 11 -yearold boy was killed.

No one was watching when a bomb detonated and a piece of metal three centim etres long lodged itself into Daniel Desrocher’s brain.

Since last fall, a motorcycle gang war has claimed 21 lives in

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The first innocent life was taken on August 10 in one of the worst out­ breaks of organised crime ever to face this city.

The incident took place in Montreal’s crime-infested east end, where 11-year-old Daniel D esrocher was playing with a friend in front of Saint-Nom-deJesus School on Adam St. The bomb, planted under a nearby jeep, exploded at 12:40 p.m. The blast killed 26-year-old Marc Dubé, a drug dealer believed to be a m em ber of the H ell’s Angels biker gang. Desrocher was rushed to the M aisonneuveR osem ont hospital, where he passed away five days later from severe head injuries.

The day after the jeep bomb­ ing, a shooting occurred at a Rock Machine accessory store on nearby Ontario St. East. An employee suf­ fered injuries while a client was killed from a shot in the head. This last shooting was supposed to have been an act of retaliation perpetrat­ ed by the Hell’s Angels gang.

Det. Lt. Claude Lachapelle would not confirm that the two incidents are linked and saying it is too early in the investigation to know for certain.

“It is a possibility, but there is nothing positive,” he said.

One east end resident said there is no end in sight to the vio­ lence.

“There are so many gangs and affiliate groups it is difficult to dis­

tinguish who has done what, but the violence has been going on for a very long time and it may not be stopping anytime soon.”

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Many of the residents in the neighbourhood were hesitant when asked about the biker wars. Yet a neighbourhood watch sign posted blocks from the sight where D esrocher was fatally injured reads “Your neighbours are watch­ ing” in French and English.

What they have been watching is a turf war between the H ell’s Angels and the Rock Machine.

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September 12th, 1995

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Most of our entertainment and information is produced, packaged, and distributed by US-based multinational corporations.

For this reason, it is important to keep tabs on the nature and evolution of media corporations and the people who own, control, and run them.

Recently, corporate mergers have become all the rage in the entertainm ent and information industry.

Walt Disney and Capital Cities On July 31, the W alt D isney Com pany announced its in tention to purchase C apital Cities/ABC for $19 billion.

Michael D. Eisner and Thomas S. Murphy, chairman and chief executive officer of Disney and Capital Cities/ABC issued a joint statement.

“The combined company will become a vital and dynamic force in the entertainment and media business, reaching family audiences world-wide and providing them with unparallelled news, infor­ mation and entertainment both inside and outside the home.”

A uthor and social critic C arlos Fuentes responded to the merger in his international col­ umn.

“Who is afraid of Mickey Mouse? I am.”

Westinghouse and CBS Shortly after the Disney/Capital Cities ABC buyout, Westinghouse Electric Corp. and CBS Inc. announced the sale of CBS to Westinghouse. This $5.4 billion purchase is one of a relatively small scale. However, it is interesting that an industrial manufacturer is entering the media ownership cir­ cle. This buy is reminiscent of the days when Gulf and Western, General Electric, and Proctor and Gamble had their respective fingers in the enter­ tainment pie. On the other hand, in this digital age, it makes little sense for a refrigerator manufacturer to control a media corporation.

Time Warner and Turner After the CBS deal went public, plans for a gargantuan media buy were annouced. On August 30, USA Today reported that Time Warner Inc. intended to buy Turner Broadcasting System in a

$8 billion stock swap. If this deal goes through, Time Warner would actually become the largest media company in the world. Its combined revenue would equal $19 billion, compared to the $16.5 bil­ lion of Disney-Capital Cities/ABC deal.

These three deals would lead to a considerable concentration of media ownership. Among the properties changing hands are two of the four national American television networks, dozens of cable channels, (including the three largest: CNN, ESPN, and A&E), television and film production companies, and hundreds of newspapers, radio sta­ tions, and television stations across the globe.

Recently, only the Time Wamer/TBS merger has encountered any sort of snag.

On September 7, The New York Times report­ ed that John M alone, chairm an of T elecom m unications Inc., is holding up the process. The Times commented that “Malone con­ trols 21% of TBS stock, and is holding out for pre­ ferred stock options and long-term agreements for Turner and Time Warner programming to be car­ ried on TC I’s [m ultinational] cable system s.”

Malone has been long acknowledged as a shrewd businessman, and his tenacity was demonstrated through the failed negotiations to merge TCI with Bell Atlantic.

Mike Ovitz and Disney Another recent corporate event must be noted and acknowledged. Mike Ovitz, the founder of the Creative Artists Agency, has left his company to join his old friend Michael Eisner as successor of the Disney company. Ovitz has been regarded as the man who runs Hollywood, and is famous for his technique packaging movies. Ovitz was offered to head the MCA company, recently acquired from Matsushita by Edgar Bronfman. Ovitz turned down the position, and has now placed himself in Walt’s line of succession as Eisner’s right hand man.

The media content that feeds us will increas­ ingly be determined by events such as these. To say that Mickey Mouse will be reporting the news is absurd; however, the personalities and goals of the individuals who control these empires influence not only what we see, but how we see it.

To date, none of the parties involved have expressed any interest in acquiring a student news­ paper.

Biker war...

Continued from Page 12 The feud reportedly started when a meeting between the two gangs went sour. Ever since then, the Hell’s Angels has attempted to close in on Rock Machine territo­ ry. While Hell’s Angels is notori­ ous for its alleged Mafia ties, Rock Machine is said to control much of the eastern downtown drug scene.

The police did not confirm any of these speculations.

Anti-gang legislation The barrage of turf wars in recent months has generated a push for anti-gang legislation.

Canada is the only G7 country which does not have specific legis­ lation prohibiting involvement in organised crime.

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police fear that Canada may become a haven for organised crime. In response, they have been lobbying for the anti-gang legisla­ tion to pass quickly.

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stands now does not allow legal action quickly enough to penetrate the very strong walls of crime erected by the biker gang crime circles,” said Montreal City Hall spokesman Robert Coté. “In order to combat new criminal activity, you need a new tool, which is a new law.”

Justice Minister Allan Rock has told Montreal Mayor Pierre Bourque that the M inistry of Justice is working on new anti­ gang laws.

Meanwhile, sisters Melanie and Natalie Tremblay have begun circulating a petition demanding new anti-gang legislation. JoséeAnne Desrocher, Daniel’s mother, has jo ined the women in their fight.

Martine Bertrand of the Sun Youth Foundation is also helping circulate the petition.

“We are doing our best we can to help the family get back on their feet and back to a normal life.

We really hope that a new law will follow,” she said.

Meanwhile, the investigation is continuing, and so is the pain in the shadow of a young b oy’s death.

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September 12th, 1995

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E v eryday each o f us are exposed to radiation. However, few know of the stringent regula­ tions protecting the public, or of the risks we all face from low level radiation.

The rules Hugh S pence, C h ief of Public Information at the Atomic Energy Control Board in Ottawa, said institutions where radioactive m aterials are produced or used are hightly regulated.

“W ith o u t a license it is impossible to obtain radioactive materials in Canada,” he said.

The Montreal Neurological In stitu te is no ex cep tio n . Dr. E rnst M eyer, R adiation Safety Officer at the MNI, explained the precautions imposed for radiation safety in a typical McGill labora­ tory. He secures licenses and reg­ ularly monitors radiation badges

called dosimeters. All lab workers are required to wear dosimeters which m easure the cum ulative ex posure to ra d ia tio n for the entire body.

“Nobody has exceeded the level as of yet, but there have been some who have been given w a rn in g s about their levels of radiation.

The extre­ me case has not yet b e e n s e e n , ” Me y e r said.

If a technician exceeds the maximum allowable limit, he or she would be sent home.

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Canada, decides the maximum permissible dose of radiation to which someone may be exposed.

Institutions must be careful not to exceed this maximum dose. The standards that AECB sets are adopted from a higher regulating body, the prest i g i o u s In tern atio n al C o m m issio n on Radiologic­ al P rotection in B ritain.

M ost o f the world accepts the reco m ­ mendations of the ICRP. Unlike its UScounte r p a r t.th e A E C B req u ires its licencees to minimise exposure to lev els “ as low as reasonably achievable,” a concept known by the acronym ALARA.

“Nuclear power stations are expected to reduce exposure to employees to one percent of the maximum allowable dose,” stated Spence. The requirement is rea­ sonable and ex p ected o f all nuclear power stations.

Careless licencees who fail to m eet th ese ex p ectatio n s risk im prisonment. To date, no one has been ja ile d for exceeding minimum exposure levels.

Safe and secure “The two main hazards of radiation exposure include acute exposure (caused by tremendous overexposure) and development of cancer,” Spence said, though he did not know of anyone ever dying in C anada from acute exposure.

Epidemiology is the study of the risk factors for those who are in contact with low-level radia­ tion, to w hich ev ery o n e is exposed.

Dr. Eduardo Franco, a newly appointed associate professor in M c G ill’s D ep artm en t of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is researching the effects of elec­ tromagnetic fields (EMF) on fish and rats. EMF fields come from h y d ro lin es, h eat, lig h t, microwaves and radio waves.

“This type of radiation does not physically damage DNA, but can p ro d u ce b io lo g ic a l sideeffects nonetheless. The mecha­ nisms by which this occurs are not well known,” said Franco.

A landmark study involving Hydro Quebec workers published earlier this year by Dr. G illes Thériault, chair of Occupational Health at McGill, concluded that EMFs cannot be linked to cancer.

This challenges the validity of concerns arising from previous studies suggesting that people living by hydro lines are twice as likely to develop leukemia.

Making cyberspace a little warmer in Old Montreal...

I I Continued from Page 9 office,” said Fischer who is also co-chairman of La Cité des Arts et des Nouvelles Technologies de Montréal.

With the purchase of $10.00 of food or for $3.50, a customer can receive thirty minutes of CDROM tim e, and a short lesson from one of Le C afé Electronique’s staff. CD-ROMs

allow you to watch music videos, tour countries such as Egypt or Rome, or play a variety of games.

The price for thirty minutes of internet access with a brief ori­ entation period is $5.00. This allows full internet access to fea­ tures such as electronic mail, bul­ letin boards and chat lines.

Eyal Kattan is the publisher o f the M o n treal M irro r, the

w eekly neew sp ap er th at runs Babylon, a local on-line commu­ nity which provides some inter­ net access.

Kattan believes that internet ca fés are o v e rra te d . “I d o n ’t think internet access will make a café popular or an y th in g ,” he said.

H ow ever, o th e r bars and cafés are considering hooking up to the internet to bring a different element to their establishments.

F ouf (form erly Foufounes Electriques) is currently consid­ ering a lim ited access internet service which will provide infor­ mation about local music, band profiles and sales charts. Owners hope the two terminals, one for CD-ROM and the other for inter­

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Cyberblack is the company seeking to provide this service to Fouf and other clubs in Quebec.

Sylvain Houde, spokesperson for Fouf, said the club is considering the offer but has a lot of adminis­ trative details to figure out.

“For me, it’s a way to inter­ est the crowd,” said Houde. “The idea would fit really well with Foufounes.”

Another important factor to be co n sid ered is the fact that there is no ce n so rsh ip on the internet. This is a concern for Fischer, who will occassionally stum ble on a custom er who is surfing internet sites that aren’t exactly conducive to the café

atmosphere.

“Som etim es y o u ’ll see an o lder man looking at a porno site,” said Fischer.

B ut F isc h er said th ese m om ents are ra re at Le C afé Electronique.

There have been many com­ p a riso n s draw n b etw een the in te rn e t and the telep h o n e , because both provide an instanta­ n eo u s link to the w orld.

Everyone is on-line for a differ­ ent reason — to look for infor­ mation about different countries, to send e-mail, or to go on a chat line.

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California liber ailes: an interview with Strung Out Guitarists Jake and Rob, singer Jason, and bassist Jim round out California punks Strung Out the quintet.

Touring for Another Day has must make a killing on their mer­ chandise whenever they come to been alm ost constant since its M ontreal. At one point in last release earlier this year, but nei­ Thursday’s show, I counted seven ther Jim nor Rob seems to mind.

As Jim puts it, in his charm­ t-shirts with the same distinctive logo on seven different backs. ing SoCal drawl, “I come home, Some were brand new, others a dude, and I ’m serio u sly like, little more worn. Playing this ‘God, when am I leaving again?”’

“It took us a lot of shows to tow n for the fourth tim e, and finally get a fol­ opening for the low ing. F or a Vandals, it makes w hile it was ju st sense th at ju s t “The kids should our frien d s, but ab out every o n e grow up and realise then our album and their grand­ that money does not cam e out. A fter m o th er w ould change everybody.” that, we suddenly have som ething had fa n s ,” Jim proclaiming alle­ smiles. “We had people coming giance to the band.

Hailing from Simi Valley in up to us saying, Dude, yer album Southern California, the band has is so cool!”

With the resurgence of punk, released one album on Fat Wreck Chords. Another Day in Paradise any band that achieves even a is a blistering thirteen-song romp m odicum of popularity, not to that lasts less than thirty minutes. mention the phenomenal success Having only been together three of the Offspring or Green Day, years with “four or five” different stands a good chance of being drum m ers, the five piece is labelled with the nasty moniker remarkably tight, both live and ‘sell-out’.

“W e’re so victims of that,” recorded.

T h eir cu rren t drum m er, Jim stresses. “I think it’s bull­ Jordan, took up the slack left by shit,” adds Rob. “Especially when his predecessor and learned all of you don’t bring it on yourself - it Strung Out’s repertoire one week happens to you. Just because, before the album was recorded. woah! your dream cam e true, by

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let’s get offended by it! It’s real­ like with m usic th a t’s a little ly, really lame and I think the slower than the last album, it’ll be kids should grow up and realise like: ‘oh, dude they’re selling out, th at m oney does not change th e y ’re try in g to get on the everybody. If you like the music, radio!” ’ As far as musical influences you like the music.”

“The O ffsp rin g guys - go, both band members list Bad th e y ’re g reat!” Jim continues. R eligion and the Descendents, “I’ve toured with bands that are tw o of S o C al’s great m elodic on our level and they’re bigger punk groups. Revealing the oftrockstars than those guys have hidden truth that m odern west ever been. I remember one time coast punk is as indebted to Black touring with them, there were the five o f us sleeping in our tiny little van and the Offspring guys are like, hey, come sleep in our hotel. You can tell anybody in the w orld th at I say ‘fuck o ff’ to any­ body who says the Offspring sucks.”

S trung Out plan to re le ase their next record on Fat in F ebruary.

A lready having been tarred with Strung Out emerging from a vortex the sell-out brush for playing with Offspring, they Sabbath as it is to Black Flag, Jim are fully aw are that they face states, “We’re all descendants of more of the same with this next the m etal years. We love old album . “On this next reco rd ,” Slayer. Old Slayer’s rad.”

“I couldn’t play for Skynyrd, said Jim. “If we do anything we

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After causing quite a buzz around campus and Montreal last year, McGill’s Players’ Theatre bursts back onto the scene, hoping to outdo yester­ y ear’s success w ith a very ambitious sche­ dule. Their fall lin e-u p has been expanded from a three to fiv e p e rfo r­ mance season.

Following last y e a r’s w idely acclaimed pro­ d u ctio n of C a b a ret!, the W in ter term features anoth­ er larg e cast musical.

reconsider our critical practices, specifi­ cally, “If this is progress, do we really want it?” Gamham’s writing is peppered with wonderfully idiosyncratic connec­ tions: fascinating, funny and invariably

Van Linden in Surrounded by Water Surrounded by fast. P layers’ is offering fre e pairs o f Water tickets to the first ten U1 students who September 13-16 and 19-23. pass by the office at room 308 in the Student Union Building.

The season gets under way with a production of this one-man show, writ­ Oleanna ten by Ken Garnham. The production Sexual Perversity in Chicago stars R o b ert van der L inden, and is directed by Jill Sweetin. The play takes October 3-7 and 10-14 place in a post-apocalyptic future, where This show is a double bill of two inform ation replaces know ledge and works written by the Pulitzer-prize winprogress is measured by the tonnage of data g en erated . The play asks us to Continued on Page 16 I t

though,” Jim states solemnly, but then ruins the statement’s moral gravity by adding, “I’m not tal­ ented enough.”

Finally, we talked about why they keep coming back to our fair isle. T hey stated in unison, “M ontreal is the best place to play. We love it.”

“I love the city, I love the people here and in Quebec City, too,” Rob says. “We love snow boarding. We play­ ed at that festival in M ont S te.-A nne last year. Hopefully there’ll be one this year and w e’ll do that, too.”

“I t ’s the best place in the world to play as far as kids showing up to shows,” Jim adds.

“T here may be places with better scenes, where punk kids tak e care of each other, but we always get a lot of su p p o rt w hen we com e, so we love it.” “ And I ’m using ear plugs now so I can hit my harmonies right,” states Jim. How punk.

Revolution Jale-style now! tive world (cf. Smashing Pumpkins, Primus).

Stein cites the Breeders first album, Pod as Jale is yet an o th er band from the an influence. “The parts and arrangements Maritime music mecca, Halifax. Guitarists are simple. There’s not a lot of wanking on Jennifer Pierce and Eve Hartling along with it.”

Although Jale’s style has matured in the bassist Laura Stein comprise the original core of the group. Just after the recording of past three years, they remain true to their th eir la te st EP C losed, M ike B elitsk i roots in sim ple m usic. Stein com m ents, rep laced A lyson M acL eod on drum s. “You can make music and not have to be a Essentialist feminists and armchair Lester virtuoso that has been wanking off in the basem ent for 5-15 years.

B angs w annabes may You can still m ake good now commence the dis­ “You can make music m usic th at’s pow erful and cussion of whether Jale im portant to people. Any­ can still be considered a and not have to be a “girl band.” virtuoso...anybody can body can do it.”

On th e ir CD D ream D uring the three do it.”

Cake, Jale’s subjective lyrics years of their existence, cover a range of depressive Jale has been exposed to a broader audience, mainly due to their sign­ characters. Pierce says their songs focus ing with Seattle-based indie giant, Sub Pop. m ostly on the dram a of boys and girls.

True to their home roots, they remain on “T hey’re perspective songs,” says Stein.

Halifax-based murderecords (operated by “They’re all from our perspective on any members of Sloan). They have previously aspect of life.” Jale’s songs have more to do released material on another Halifax-based with personal experience than with issues, indie lab el, C innam on T oast. F ellow though the political necessarily filters in.

Music aside, the members of Jale are Maritimers Eric’s Trip were instrumental in Jale’s signing with Sub Pop. Soon after part of a grow ing num ber of indie rock Eric’s Trip signed to Pavitt and Poneman’s hyphenates. Photography, painting, sculpture maison de grunge, a Sub Pop rep journeyed and installation work supplement their lives to Halifax to witness a marathon murdere­ in rock. Jale turns a time-honoured rock tra­ cords recording session that included the dition on its head — musicians are supposed band. Shortly thereafter, Jale inked a deal at to meet at art school, not actually enjoy it.

The three women incorporate their other the house that Kurt built.

Stein told the Tribune that when her pursuits into their music, by creating their friends first suggested the idea of forming a videos and designing their album covers.

Jale’s simple but m aturing indie pop band, she d id n ’t taken them serio u sly enough to even attend practices. Inspired by sound thrives in what Stein calls the “youththe simple 3-chord songs of punk music, the oriented” music world. This is probably a original members of Jale began a gleeful result of what Stein and Jale have adopted as defiance of the Berklee-bred “professional­ a mantra: “Simple things can have a lot of ism” that still^plagues much of the _a.lte_rna: effect. by

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The many displays at The C hem istry Show explain the chemistry behind many everyday items (i.e. food, medicine, drinks, consumer products, synthetic and organic materials), with scientific explanations presented in a fresh and comprehensive manner.

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Heather Watson and Jonas underwater under the direction of five time Emmy award-winner, Vanderzwan, science students at Howard Hall. Hall has created a the University of Western Ontar­ io, paid The Chemistry Show and In to the D eep a v isit after read in g about it in a tour guide.

“I really did enjoy the m ovie. It felt like we were swimming with the fis h ,” said Watson, sporting a McGill t-shirt.

Caution: objects are closer that they appear “T his 3-D film which feels much more like a was a lot better than others I’ve series of small adventure tales seen,” said Vanderzwan.

The Chemistry Show and Into than a documentary.

“I do not make films that say the Deep are both fascinating ‘this is an angel fish ’. In each options for a w ell-spent after­ sequence, I catch a series of noon. behaviours that let you know the animal,” says Hall.

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D ire cto rs Je n n ife r C am pbell (O lea n n a ), H arry C rane (P erversity), and the P la y e r’s executives deserve applause for this ingenious coupling. Oleanna w ill be of p a rtic u la r in tere st, detailing the b attle for pow er between a young female student and her professor in the confines of his office, as it comes on the heels o f the debacle at U B C ’s Graduate Department of Political S cience. Sexual P erversity in C hicago plans to end the evening on an up note. Written

by M amet in the late 70s, it is ribald with the sexual frustrations and “dating-gam e” attem pts of the four characters.

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P la y e rs ’ p re sen ts John Guare’s Tony-Award winning Six Degrees o f Separation. It is the story of class struggles and limi­ tations directed by Simon Wong Ken. The protagonist, Paul, is tantalised by the material rewards of New York City’s upper-class society. Although he is able to infiltrate this phoney world and receive a warm welcome, it ulti­ mately shuns and discards him.

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Auditions are still being held fo r the production, anyone interested is encouraged to contact Caplan through Player’s Theatre.

Director Ryan Levitt, musi­ cal director Craig Fleming, and choreographer Diane Klich, team up to do th is v ery am b itio u s m usical production. A uditions are being held this month and sign up is in the Arts building.

7 Stories Oh Dad, Poor Dad, M o m m y’s L ocked You in the Closet and I ’m Feeling So Sad F ebruary 5 -9 a n d 12-17 The presentation of another double bill will round out the sea­ son. Shawn Steil directs Morris P a n y c h ’s 7 S to ries and N ina Steiger stages Arthur Kopit’s Oh Dad... Panych has long been a n o tab le c o n trib u to r to the Vancouver scene and his quirky off-th e-w all work is now fre­ q u en tly p erfo rm ed across Canada. Together, K opit’s and Panych’s plays assure a madcap theatrical evening.

M c G ill D ra m a F estiva l F ebruary 26-M arch 2 Six student-written one act plays will be selected for produc­ tion. Often, something reappears months later at Montreal’s Fringe Festival. The call for submissions will be posted soon.

To finish the year, Players’ and the McGill Dance Ensemble co-produce a one-week showcase o f ch o reo g rap h y d ev elo p ed throughout the year. Long held in the seclusion of endless repetition and barre-w ork, these dancers will burst from the wings in their week of flight. f t £ O' Ticket reservations can be made by phoning Players ’ at 398-6813 or they can be purchased at the door. Prices are $6 fo r students and $12 for non-students, with special discounts fo r P la y e rs’ Theatre members and groups o f 20 or more.

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“Two-piece band, full meal deal,” promises Inbreds drummer Dave, as he bids the Tribune farewell. “Come to our show, eh?”

Fresh from their stint at New York’s CMJ conference, Kingston’s infamous bottom-heavy duo roll into town with their rockin’ pop tunes.

The Inbreds take their cue from early 80s New York m usicians like Glenn Branca and Suicide, who questioned the necessity of conservative bass-guitardrums line-up. Their unique bass and drums music has garnered them a lot of interest in the independent music scene.

This year, their independentlyreleased 1994 album, Kombinator, caught the ears of the industry, leading to a recording deal with Tag/Atlantic in the US and a distribution deal with Warner in Canada, which means that their own PF label will still be issuing Inbreds albums domestically.

Over the summer they toured exten­ sively behind Kombinator, playing at Another Roadside Attraction as well as with Jale and Superfriendz from Thunder Bay to Vancouver. In the US they trav­ elled down the west coast, stopping in L.A. to stock up on free Led Zeppelin and AC/DC discs (courtesy of Atlantic) for the ro ck -filled three-day road trip to Minneapolis.

Mike O ’Neal (bass/ vocals), and Dave Ullrich (drums) grew up together in Oshawa, Ontario, where Mike was Prime Minister of his high school and Dave was a self-avowed “metal guy.” They started up the Inbreds as students at Kingston’s

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Queen’s University (where the lack of com patible m usicians ensured they remained a duo), producing their first fivesong EP, Darn Foul Dog (now out of print), for a grand total of $40 (including the cost of four-track rental and copying).

Subsequent releases include the EP’s “Let’s Get Together” (now out of print), and “Egrog, and a Split 7” with the (now defunct) Shermans, most of which were assembled for their Hilario compilation.

Kombinator was produced by exRheostatics drummer Dave Clarke, who is rapidly becoming a serious bigwig in the southern Ontario indie scene. Clarke mixed it at Toronto’s Gas Station studios, said scene’s most important recording facility. It includes the M uchM usicapproved single “Any Sense of Time,” a new version of “Link,” an experimental piece called “Last Flight,” and other mem­ orable cuts. The m aterial show cases Mike’s own instrumental and compositional take on the pop-rock genre, mixing its Beatles/ Byrds/ Beach Boys heritage with the modern influence of the post­ punk indie scene. O’Neal’s super-rich bass sound has led to frequent fan inquiries about suspected back-up tape or MIDI use (I guess Ween tours of years gone by have put the hip kids on guard). Dave holds down the percussion front solidly, and adds right-on harmony vocals to the mix.

The Inbreds’ wall of sound is a lot more than the apparent sum of its parts.

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Throughout September, Vox Populi will be presenting the 4th edition of “Le Mois de la Photo à M ontreal 1995,” “L ’E ternal et L’Ephere” (for all you non-French speaking Quebec residents, that’s “The Eternal and the Short-Lived”). The title alludes to the impor­ tance placed on time, the general theme of the works displayed.

“L’Etemal et L’Ephere” offers an eclectic collection of photographs from both national and international artists. Examples include selected works from Montreal photographer Louis L ussier, a retro sp ectiv e of the author/traveller Ella Maillait, and an exhibit of five contemporary Japanese photographers. | “Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 1995” also includes three expositions by young Canadian artists: Configurations Changeantes, A Suivre and Du Reel Subjugue, Aspects de la releve Canadienne. | [

Each one of the 51 galleries involved in the festival offers a different body of work.

For exam ple, G alarie Vox, displays pho­ tographs of the two artists, D om inique Pelletely and Romona Lacholand. Pelletely’s work is intended to be an obscure, cosmologi­ cal, and paradoxical interpretation of everyday objects. This reviewer, for one, saw a mattress and a man with an umbrella. Lachland’s dis­ play offered something a little more challeng­ ing and provocative, using slide projectors and mirrors to create clear pictures and parallel reflections.

The works at the 51 participating galleries will warrant a wide range of responses, not just because of quality of pictures but also because of the subjectivity of the viewers. A major drawback is the distance between dis­ plays. Nevertheless, “Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 1995” should promise a rewarding experience for those disciplined enough to peruse all of the venues.

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More specifically, it features album cuts from W hite Zombie and Leftfield, as well as three new tracks from The Cure, The The, and the Cocteau Twins. The last seven songs which complete the album sound moderately similar in both style and form. They are composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri, also known for his accom plish­ ments in Forrest Gump and The

“repeat” , and you’re set for the night. T here’s even a cover of M arvin G aye’s “W hat’s G oin’ On”.

A lot of fun, a lot of Lauper.

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— Liz Saunderson

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— Kurt Newman

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(Radioactive/MCA) If Sid was the snot-nosed kid of punk, the Ram ones are the fathers. Now more than 15 years since the serrated blades of the Ramones’ guitars sliced through ether, they have decided to pack it in. Thus, their farewell album, l'Adios Amigos!. It’s a tradi­ tional Ramones album, inas­ much as it’s short: 40 minutes of whiplash songs, none more than four minutes long. The freshness may be gone, but they have not yet outlived their usefulness. Unlike bands that ride success into the sun­ set and beyond, trying to appeal to the indifference of the next generation, the Ramones have decided they have nothing new to say. And gone home, much to their credit.

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Take a good long listen...

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Cyndi Laup er

Great pun Cyn. In fact, it’s a little misleading. “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” appears tw ice.

Remember Goonies? How about good ole Cap’n Lou Albano with the rubber-banded beard? Same girl. This is a greatest hits compila­ tion, which, in case you’re wonder­ ing, spawned the thirteen-year-old girlie flick and youth anthem of the same “Just Want to Have Fun” fame. Think Shannon Doherty preBrenda, pte-Playboy. Truth is, you either like Cyndi Lauper or you don’t. Nothing in print is going to sway you otherwise. That said, the album ’s great! It reeks of that relentless '80s energy, a by-product of the birth of MTV. The music may be mediocre but the feeling’s there and her voice just booms.

What with “Money Changes Everything,” “Time After Time,” “She Bop,” “All Through the Night,” and “I Drove All Night,” this collection is essential for any­ one hosting an 80s party. Plus, it’s low maintenance. Press “play,”

The recent Alternative Press listed nearly every Sonic Youth record in its list of “ 100 Most Important Albums of the Last Ten Years.” While it is still up in the air (though highly improbable) that Thurston Moore and co. will pro­ duce equally groundbreaking work in the next decade, it is clear that their solo projects have become way more innovative and gee-whiz cool than the band’s latest product.

Kim Gordon’s Free K itten, Lee R analdo’s poetry/noise experi­ m ents with drum m er W illiam Hooker, and now Thurston Moore’s pop noodlings with SY drummer Steve Shelley all evade the paradoxical syndrome from which the Sonics suffer —- avantgarde predictability. Perhaps on the basis of M oore’s blues concrète track on the m arvelous Guitarrorists comp, critics seem to have been surprised by the rather straightforward verse-chorus busi­

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Special teams shine as Redmen triumph in Lennoxville Wes B arbour w ould make Bishop’s pay dearly for the mis­ take. Gathering in the punt at his M c G ill 21 own 18, th e - v e te r a n from G a ite r s 14 Markham, Ontario darted to his right behind a wall of blockers, If there is any truth in the found a seam, and raced down the adage “revenge is sw eet” , the right sideline. A McGill Redmen may need to pay few key blocks a v isit to the d en tist. L ast and 92 yards November, the Bishop’s Gaiters later, B arbour cam e to M olson S tadium and found himself in walked away a win and the Othe endzone, but Q IFC ch am p io n sh ip .

The a p en alty flag Redmen returned the favour last seemed to nulli­ Saturday with an electrifying 21fy the go-ahead touchdown.

“I saw the McGill completely flag lying on the erased the 14 point ground and all I could remember deficit midway was a play a through the fourth few years ago quarter. when we had a touchdown cal­ led back b e ­ 14 come-from-behind victory in cause of a rainy Lennoxville. p e n a lty ,” said With the score knotted at 14 Barbour. with ju st over tw o m inutes to Fortunately play, the Gaiters had the ball on for Barbour and the McGill 48 and were threaten­ the re st o f the ing to tak e th e lead. On first R edm en, the in fra c tio n was dow n, B ish o p ’s q u arte rb ac k ag ain st the G a iters, and the Trevor Lovig spun away from the touchdown counted. The implau­ McGill pass rush with a beautiful sible TD silenced the otherwise fake, but instead of running with boisterous crowd at Coulter Field, the ball into the vast open field and gave McGill its first lead of ahead of him , L ovig opted to the game with 1:46 remaining. dump the ball off. The errant pass The co n test was far from was behind the receiver and fell over. Lovig and the Gaiters made harmlessly to the moist grass. So things riveting as the outcome in stead of being in field goal remained doubtful until the last range with a chance to take the play. Starting at their own 30, lead, the Gaiters were forced to B ishop’s m arched down to the punt one play later.

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Redmen 20 in eight plays, includ­ ing a critical third down conver­ sion. With 11 seconds left, Lovig fired the ball towards the endzone, but was d enied o f the p o te n tia l g am e-ty in g score.

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wide receiver Nigel McGilvery turned on the afterburners and outran the w hole M cG ill sec­ ondary for a 106-yard to u c h ­ down.

Trailing 14-0 at halftime, the Redmen launched their comeback

in front and intercepted-the pass and preserved the McGill victory.

The G aiters vaulted ahead 14-0 in the first h a lf on the strength of two Lovig touchdown passes. Bishop’s opened the scor­ ing on th eir second offensive series on a 20-yard touchdown pass. The R edm en d efence looked like overcooked toast as they w ere badly ch arred for Bishop’s second TD. After catch­ ing the ball at his own 30, Gaiter

in the second half. On M cGill’s second drive of the third quarter, the Redmen punctuated a 71 yard, eight play drive with a two-yard touchdown run by Dan Pronyk.

The key play in the drive came on 38 yard pass from McGill pivot D ana T oering to w id eo u t Jay McHarg on a 2nd and 15 from the Redmen 34.

McGill completely erased the 14 point deficit midway through the fourth quarter. The Redmen

Rugby rolls over Dartmouth College

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Last Tuesday, September 5th, the McGill m en’s “first” rugby football club kicked o ff its season w ith an impressive 29-16 rout with visitor, Dartmouth College.

R o b ert D ubeau, McGill’s director of athlet­ ics, presented the 1st annu­ al Gresham Cup to Redmen captain J.F. Charland fol­ lowing the victory.

M c G ill’s “ se c o n d ” team , rid d le d w ith new faces, followed the “first” team ’s precedent, edging Dartmouth’s second squad by a 6 to 5 margin.

The “f ir s t” te a m ’s game featured many daz­ zlin g ru n s by such s e a ­ soned v eteran s as Charland, Leigh White and Oyvind Larsen.

T he N o rw eg ian , L arsen was cap p ed this past summer in an interna­ tio n al rugby m atch, in

which he played for his home country against the R ussian national team . Based on his performance, he is expected to

add both speed and power to the club this season.

R ookie Jam es D a n ie ls, 6 ’7, was among those dom i­ n ating the lin eouts. The strong backline helped provide support th ro u g h o u t the co u rse o f the match.

“S eco n d ’s” coach Day Benoit was im p ressed w ith his te a m ’s efforts. However, C lub P resid en t R ich ard H arris jo k e d about the games.

“Our boys in red played well in all aspects of the game except for our running, tack­ lin g , p assin g , kicking, rucking, mauling, and fit­ ness level.”

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Saturday, McGill also hosted the Quebec University Rugby L eague 7 ’s T o u rn am en t.

Though McGill’s win was all too easy, many are hopeful that the tournament will attract some better competition.

The club’s next game will take place at Parc La Ber on September 17. The team will m eet the d efen d in g league ch am p io n s, B ish o p ’s U n i­ versity. The Redmen have not defeated the B ishop G aiters sin ce S ep tem b er o f 1992.

H ow ever, they hope to end their dry spell with the “first” team kicking off at 3pm and the “ sec o n d ” team g ettin g underway at 4:30pm.

A rookie game will also take p lace on T h u rsd ay , September 14, on lower cam­ pus.

Team tryouts will contin­ ue on Tuesday, September 12, at Forbes fields. Any students in tere ste d in play in g rugby should show up as experience is not necessary.

cashed in on divine field position.

Starting at the Gaiter 27 follow­ ing a punt, the Redmen got on equal terms four plays later on a Toering QB sneak.

Chad L uedtke and Pronyk led the running attack, as they com bined for 134 yard s and one to u chdow n. The p assin g gam e accounted for only 120 yard s, as Toering completed six out 20 passes.

Lovig, on the other hand, went 16 for 31, racking up 299 yards via the air, and threw for two touchdowns.

The v icto ry did not come withg out setbacks. Star 2 ru n n in g back ■q Shawn Linden suf§ fered a likely bro■*- ken an k le, w hile c P um ulo S ik an eta ^ was sidelined with an u n d isclo sed injury.

Next week the Redmen will square off against the preseason favourites, the Ottawa Gee-Gees, in their first real test of the sea­ son. The passing game will have to be factor if McGill looks to stay unbeaten.

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Men’s soccer in a slump

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The 1995 ed itio n o f the Redm en men’s soccer team came home disappoint­ ed Sunday night after an unspectacular weekend abroad. Having endured a twelve hour bus ride to the University of Western O n tario , the d efen d in g O ld Four T o u rnam ent cham pion team lo st both games and came home with little more than ‘numb-bum’, and some game experi­ ence.

The first game of the weekend pitted the Redmen against the eventual tourna­ ment champions from the University of Western. McGill barely lost to this strong side from Western, falling by a score of 32. Western built up an early 2-0 lead, and then w atched helplessly as Sean Smith scored for the Redmen in the 57th minute, and as the “ 95 player-to-watch” Roland Singh tied it up in the 70th minute. Some great goaltending from goalie Jean Charest could not save the Redmen in this one, as Western stunned the boys in Red ‘n’ White with the winning goal with less than two

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McGill Sports Medicine Clinic is one team that can’t lose

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pists at McGill.

The clin ic ’s head football therapist Steve C ross felt that only two words were necessary when comparing the past to the present: “Dark Ages.”

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As a new season of intercol­ legiate sports springs to life, so do the accom panying tastes of victory, the agony of defeat and —worse yet - the horror of sit­ ting out a full season due to injury.

For those athletes unfortu­ nate enough to succumb to a season-ending injury, hope lies in the hands o f the men and women who operate the new McGill sports medicine clinic.

Built last year, the clinic is a leader in the field of sports m e d ic in e . W hen ask e d to describe their work-place, staff m em bers com m only choose terms such as “state-of-the-art” and “first class” . In fact, the new clinic has been compared to medical institutions as pres­ tigious as Stanford University and th e U n iv e rs ity of California, Los Angeles.

A clin ic o f this calib re, housing the latest in eq u ip ­ m ent and services, has only b eco m e p o s s ib le w ith the advances made within the past ten years in the field of sports medicine.

Today, it is almost consid­ ered sacrilege to refer to a “ther­ apist” as a “trainer” ; the word trainer is now considered politi­ cally incorrect among the thera-

New equipment, knowledge, training and treatm ents enable therapists to get athletes back on the field faster, and in b etter

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Cross also had thoughts on the future of sports medicine. He feels that the already specialised field w ill becom e even m ore intensely specified.

greys, blues and whites o f the clinic give it a very fresh and uplifting look and feel for those s u ffe rin g . A hu g e s k y lig h t allo w s fo r am p le s u n lig h t, adding to the clinic’s appeal and

Research is constantly being upbeat atmosphere. conducted by the McGill Sports A esthetics aside, som e of S cience C entre to ensure that the most commonly used thera­ Cross and the rest of the thera­ peutic methods include manual pists will not only have jobs in th e ra p y , h y d ro th e ra p y the future but will be at the fore­ (w h irlp o o l tre a tm e n t), e le c ­ front of sports medi­ tro th e ra p y c in e as new te c h ­ (muscle stimulation), nologies reveal the New equipment, knowl­ outer lim its of this and the ever edge, training and treat­ fie ld . S p e c ia litie s advanced ments enable therapists B iodex isora n g e from o rth o p a e d ic s , to to get athletes back on kenetic test­ ing machine m anual therapy, to the field faster. (state o f the acute care coverage art stren g th and osteopathy.

Because of the clinic’s affil­ training and evaluation). iation with the Montreal General Such techniques and tech­ H o sp ital, it not only services nologies would be useless with­ athletes but many patients from out the aid o f an experienced and highly recognised team of the hospital as well.

Patients in search of thera­ physicians, therapists and stu­ p eu tic aid w ill be set at ease dents. The clinic is run by Lynn upon their admittance. The clin­ B o o k alam , th e head a th le tic ic is designed in such a way as therapist at M cG ill and C hief to make the patient feel as com­ therapist for the Canadian Team fortable as possible. The light at the 1992 Albertville Games.

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Other familiar names affili­ a ted w ith th e c lin ic in c lu d e M o n tre a l C a n a d ie n s ’ O rthopaedic surgeon Dr. Eric L e n c z n e r, and M o n trea l C anadiens’ team physician Dr. David S. Mulder.

C om bined w ith a team of highly trained therapists and stu­ dent therapists the clinic staff will ensure that patients leave with the fastest, best and most innovative therapy there is.

W hen asked about a clinic p h il o so p h y , S te v e C ro ss responded, “Our philosophy is that we work together as a team.

At some clinics the doctors walk around like they own the place, here we all help each other with th e w e lfare o f th e p a tie n t in mind, not rank or position.”

T he clin ic is op en to the| community at large, in addition to serv ic in g M cG ill students} s ta ff and alum ni. So w h eth er injury strikes at home, at worki or on the playing field, do not be shy to go to the clinic.

Men’s Soccer Continued on Page 19 » minutes to play in the game. The final score o f 3-2 was a good showing for the Redmen in their first game of the season.

The n ex t gam e saw the R edm en k ick o ff a g a in st the U n iv ersity of T oronto B lues.

Clearly exhausted from the effort p u t o u t the day b e fo re , and refresh ed with the thought of getting back on the bus for yet a n o th er tw elv e h o u rs, the Redmen dropped this one by a score of 3-0.

The W estern M u stan g s ended up w inning the to u rn a­ ment by a score of 3-2 over the Golden Gaels from Q ueen’s in the championship final.

The R edm en so ccer team will certainly not fail to impress in th is cam paign. F o r a team which has practically dominated the soccer scene in Quebec over the last ten years, last season’s early exit was a real disappoint­ ment; and the Redmen are look­ ing to regain the form that once made them the best. Sophomore coach Valerio Raimondo is look­ ing to lead this group of athletes b ack in to so ccer su p rem acy .

Although weak in the backline, losing two-time M cGill athlete o f the year and All C anadian Chris Drysdale in the off-season, the Redmen will be anchored by a good veteran core and budding superstar Roland Singh.

C ( t £ oThe R ed m en ’s home opener is this Friday, when they take on the defending Quebec league champions fro m the U niversity o f Sherbrooke.

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September 12th, 1995

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“She may just be the miss­ ing piece of the puzzle in our bid

T he 1995 e d itio n o f the M artlet Soccer Team embarked on its annual pre-sea­ son, Old Four to u rn a­ m en t in C a n a d a ’s F o re st C ity , L o ndon, Ont. W ith v ario u s in ju rie s , a new head co ach , and a 10 hour bus ride, both fans and o n lo o k ers q u estio n ed whether the girls could recapture the glorious form that earned them the M cG ill Intercollegiate Team of the Year in 1994.

McGill’s first game pitted them against the P u rp le P rep s of W e ste rn .

M a rtle t senior, Ju lia M aughn, stepped in to score two g o als in a gam e th at ended 2-2 after 90 min­ utes.

G o o d b y e so ccer gam e, h ello p en a lty to win the nationals,” stated the shoot-out.

In a game that was reminis­ veteran sweeper.

D espite the fru stratio n of cen t o f last years W orld Cup final, McGill could only pot one such a lo ss to W e ste rn , the Martlets battled goal courtesy of b ack w ith the K irsten “The re so lv e of Tackier” Greer.

Goodbye soccer Melville’s “ T he gam e game, hello penalty C ap tain A hab. was quite even, The fo llo w in g shoot-out. and penalties are day p itte d alw ays a tough M cG ill against way to lo se, esp ecially since there was no the Queens’ Gaels, in the conso­ overtime allowed. But we have a lation final.

A fte r a slig h t slip th at lot to be proud of,” stated Greer.

She also com m ents on the allow ed Q ueens to take a 1-0

h a lf-tim e lead , the M artlets sto rm ed back lik e a pack o f Raging Bulls to win 3-1.

Tanaquil Chantrill netted the e q u a lise r in the 64th m in u te, w hile L u cian a Cifarelli potted the win­ ner in the 81st minute.

In the 85th m inute, Sascha M cLeod nabbed the insurance goal with a header that mirrored the fa ta l m usket b all that killed Sir Isaac Brock in the War of 1812. “ The O ld F our Tourney is always a good in d icatio n o f w h a t’s to com e,” stated M cLeod.

“There’s work to be done, but the outlook is posi­ tive.”

M c G ill’s new head o co ach , who is also the 5 ju C anadian national team lC coach, will have the week QJ to sharpen up the Martlets C 3 -Q as they face Sherbrooke (S at M olson S tadium in th e ir season o p en er, September 15 at 7:00 p.m.

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Sports fans who frequented McGill football games last season might remember one play in par­ ticular. A flash of burgandy and yellow barely caught M cGill receiver Jason Tsadilas in the endzone-but to no avail. On a miraclous 102 yard pass-and-run play that earned McGill a spot in the O-QIFC championship game.

That player was Mark Montreuil, a Montreal native now wearing num ber 40 for the San Diego Chargers in the National Football League. Montreuil managed to make the team’s 45 man roster and he is their starting nickelback. Known throughout the CIAU for his unreal speed and strength, Montreuil should do Canadian athletes proud by play­ ing in the big league.

In a sort of pre-season warm up, the McGill Cross-Country runners travelled to Plattsburg this weekend and proved that they will once again be a competitive team.

The women’s team was the real story of the day as McGill runners finished first, second, third and fourth. Tamara Dunn was the winner followed closely

by Rosie Mullins, Sue Grise and Caroline Wybar.

The best finisher for the McGill men was Doug Pennick who finished a strong third.

The next event for the team is September 23, when they will travel to London Ontario for the U niversity of W estern Invi­ tational. The teams first home meet is at McGill on September 30.

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Redbirds encounter turbulence upon takeoff

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The C an ad ian In te rc o lle g ia te Baseball Association kicked off the 1995 season this weekend as 15 teams across the country geared up for action in a league that has tripled in size since its inauguration last year.

Added to the original four CIBA teams are Brock University, George Brown College, University of Toronto, Concordia, Laval University, Queen’s University and Dalhousie University.

In addition, the CIBA has merged with the Maritime league to include Acadia, U niversity College of Cape Breton, Mount Allison and St-Mary’s.

The defending champion McGill R edbirds took flight into their new season, but encountered turbulence on opening day. They posted two losses to the Laval Rouge et Or in a Saturday d o u b leh ead er. The R edbirds cam e back, however, to redeem themselves on Sunday and succeeded in posting their first win of the year in the third game of the weekend series.

The Saturday sweep came as a bit of a surprise to university baseball fans as the Redbirds are touted again this year as strong contenders for the title.

For player-manager Dan Brock, how­ ev er, L a v a l’s stre n g th w as to be expected.

“They are probably, at this point, the best team in the division,” stated Brock. “They have good players of m in o r-le a g u e c a lib re . As fo r the Redbirds, we’re going to get a lot bet­ ter when we start playing more togeth­ er as a team.”

In the first game of the doubleh ead er, M cG ill was ou tsco red 8-6 even though last season’s Pitcher of the Year, Brian Titherington, was on the mound for M cGill. Titherington pitched five innings before reliever Brock came into the game, but lost the lead that McGill had acquired early on.

Strong o ffen siv e perform ances were posted by rookie Mark DeBoer, and the 1994 C IB A M VP, T odd Savage. DeBoer, an agriculture student from McGill’s MacDonald Campus in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, was 3 for 4 in his first outing as a Redbird, scoring one run. Savage was 2 for 4 in the game, smacking a double and scoring

one run as well.

In the second half of the twin bill, McGill suffered much of the same fate as they did in the opener, fin d in g themselves on the losing end of a 9-6 score.

This time it was Scott Gallin on the hill for the Redbirds, posting a loss in his first game of the year. Despite another strong outing by DeBoer, who went a perfect 4 for 4 in the game, McGill could not pull out a win. “ M ark D eB oer had the m ost impressive start to a season in hitting I’ve ever seen,” said Brock. “He was unbelievably dom inant. H e’s a real ball player.”

On Sunday, the Redbirds managed to find redem ption and saved them ­ selves from a weekend sweep when they rallied to beat Laval by a score of 17-7. Led o n ce ag ain by D eB oer, McGill established a lead and never looked back.

D eB oer w ent 3 for 5 w ith two doubles and three runs scored, going an incredible 10 for 13 for the series.

The winning pitcher was Tom Steffler, who came in to relieve centre-fieldertumed pitcher, Todd Savage after five innings.

Brock had only good things to say ab o u t team -m a te S avage a fte r the weekend.

“H e’s such a talen ted baseball player,” he said. “H e’s smart, wise, a big leaguer on this team.”

Despite the shaky start to the season, Brock and the rest of the team are confident that they will be a top con­ tender again this year. With the expansion of the CIBA into three provinces across Canada and the addition of eleven extra teams, the com­ p e titio n has c e rta in ly improved.

In the newly expanded baseball environm ent, the Redbirds have a tough road ahead to a repeat cham pi­ onship, but at M cG ill the expansion has m anaged to give the R ed b ird s som e much deserved respect as a team and baseball as a uni­ versity sport

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What's On

September 13th, 1995 Tuesday. September 12 Nightline, McGill’s studentrun information, referral and lis­ tening service, is currently seek­ ing volunteers. Information ses­ sions will be at noon and 3 pm in Shatner, room B-10.

M o n trea l Pro A rté, a ‘R en aissan ce to M o d ern ’ 18voice chamber choir, is holding a u d itio n s fo r new m em b ers.

Times are 4-7 pm at the Erskine and A m erican U nited C hurch (S h e rb ro o k e and du M usée).

C ontact R obert Rowat at 2775509 to arrange an appointment.

The Co-Ed Medical Society and Phi-D elta-Epsilon Medical F ra te rn ity are p re sen tin g Dr. Jam es W h itliff at 7 pm in the Palmer Theatre room 522, in the McIntyre Medical Building.

The V ietnam ese S tudent’s Association will host a General M eeting at 5:30 pm in Shatner 302. N ew and old m em bers welcome. For more information, contact Chi (256-0745) or Thao (398-9464).

Saturday. September 16

Dalberto”. Admission $5. 4 pm, 555 Sherbrooke W. (Strathcona) room C209. For inform ation, call 398-5145.

Ongoing and Upcoming T he M o n tre a l S ex u al Assault Centre is currently seek­ ing concerned, bilingual women to volunteer for its 24-hour, 7 d ay s-a-w e ek telep h o n e crisis line. The next training session is S ept. 2 2 -2 4 , 30 and O ct. 1.

P lease call 934-4504 or 9340354 (ext. 452) for more infor­ mation.

M cG ill’s Faculty of Music

The Latin A m erican Awareness Group will be having its first meeting at 6 pm in Shatner, room B10. New m em bers w el­ com e. jB ie n v e n id o s a todos!

Auditions for The Player’s T heatre’s production of Lillian Heilman’s The Children’s Hour c o n tin u e to d ay . C heck the Drama and Theatre Board in the Arts Building for times, or con­ tact Ryan at 499-3921.

Thursday. September 14 The Quebec Public Interest Research Group will hold a veg­ e ta ria n B BQ at th e 3 -B ares Fountain, lower campus, 11am3pm. For information, call 3987432.

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presents ‘In M em oriam : Allan Fast.’ Works by Handel, Purcell and Bach. Tickets $20/$ 10 (stu­ dents and seniors). Proceeds to the A llan F a st M em o rial Scholarship. 8 pm in Redpath Hall.

(Strathcona). For inform ation, call 483-5201.

T here w ill be a lu ncheon gathering for faculty staff and students both registered and/or in te re s te d in th e W o m en ’s Studies Minor Program at 3487 Peel Street on Sept. 20 at 12:30 pm.

The McGill Choral Society is looking for new m embers...no auditions necessary. The season started on Sept. 6 but continues on W ednesdays in Room C310 o f 555 S h e rb ro o k e W est

The YMCA Yellow Door’s Elderly Project is seek­ ing volunteers to accom­ pany seniors to and from various appointments in the downtown area one m orning or afte rn o o n per week. A car is not n e c e ssa ry ; a STC U M pass is h e lp fu l. F or m ore inform ation, call Carolyne or Leigh Ann at 398-6243.

W e d n e s d a y .

September 13

T he M cG ill C en tre fo r R esea rch and T each in g on W om en is proud to present a work­ shop d is c u s s io n w ith Francine Descarries on the topic: “Grantwomanship: Fem inist Studies and the SSHRC.” The seminar will be at noon in the MCRTW Seminar Room (3487 Peel, 2nd floor).

Bring a lunch. For more infor­ mation, call 398-3911.

deductible). For inform ation, please call Penny C hipm an at 626-4110.

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T he M o n treal A ssa u lt P re v e n tio n C en tre p re se n ts ACTION, a self-defence c o u rse fo r and by w om en.

A ge and stre n g th are not im p o rta n t.

Courses will be held on Sept. 30 and Oct. 7, or on Nov. 19 and 26. The cost is $100 and the Centre is a non-profit organisa­ tion and registered charity. For m ore in fo rm a tio n , call 2841212.

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For m ore inform ation, please call 935-1105.

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HEALTH PLAN opting out If you are already covered by another Extended Health Care Plan (not Provincial Medicare), and wish to use this plan, you may o p t o u t o f the Prescription D rug benefit o f the S S M U H E A L T H P L A N by com pleting a special fo rm at the SSMU office in the W illiam Shatner University Centre.

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Come and check out SSMITs seminars on higher education. They're FREE! All sessions will be held in the Shatner Building, ROOM 107/108.

McGill Faculty of Law Information on LSATs and preparation for law school Monday, Sept. 18 Session #1: 11:30 - 12:30 Session #2: 12:30 - 1:30

including Anderson Consulting, London Life, Bell Sygma, Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperations, Care Canada, Medical Recruiters International Canada

McGill Faculty of Medicine Information on MCATs and preparation for med school Tuesday, Sept. 19 Session #1: 11:30 - 12:30 Session #2: 1:00 - 2:00 MeCill Faculty of Craduate Studies Information on CREs and admission to graduate programs Wednesday, Sept. 20 Session #1: 11:30 - 12:30 Session #2: 12:30 - 1:30

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