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TRIBUNE

February 28, 1996

In Domino Confide

this w eek N ew s The Tribune begins its extended SSM U election coverage.

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S c ie n c e Dr. Tak Mak speaks at McGill.

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F e a tu re s Ex-convicts’ identities revealed: do citizens trust the rehabilitation system?

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Finding McGill’s bid d en treasures: the twelve signs o f the z o d ia c a re housed in the Arts Building.

CROs overrule CASA referendum decision

E n t e r ta in m e n t Wexler speaks, McGill dramatises, and we apologise.

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S p o rts Martlet basketball perfect.

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C o lu m n is ts Ted Frankel............ ...Page 18 Mila Aung-Thwin.. ...Page 15

D e p a rtm e n ts Crossword............... ...Page 16 Observer......................Page 16 What’s O n ............... ...Page 27

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After approving a student-initi­ ated referendum question on SSMU membership in the Canadian Alliance of Students’ Associations, the Chief Returning Officers have since overruled their own decision.

At the February 8 meeting, the SSMU turned a council motion to hold a CASA referendum into a plebiscite question. SSMU President Helena Myers, who proposed the change, stated that council should not be “legally bound to a student mandate on CASA.” Following council’s decision, Melanie Newton of the Committee for Social Responsibility began the process of a student-initiated refer­ endum on CA SA membership.

Upon hearing of Newton’s plans, SSMU VP External Affairs Andrea Stairs expressed reservations about having a referendum.

“I’m disappointed there has to be a referendum since we decided at council to have a plebiscite which I think is a satisfactory measure to gauge student opinion on the CASA issue,” she said.

A ccording to CRO Joya Balfour, Newton’s first version of the referendum question was reject­ ed because it was “blatantly biased against CASA.” On February 12,

Newton subsequently resubmitted an amended version of which the third recital stated: “Whereas allegations of the misappropriation of funds on the part of the former Interim National Executive Director of CASA have been turned over to law enforce­ ment officials...”

This recital is in reference to the alleged fraud and theft of CASA funds by Patrick FitzPatrick.

Allegations surfaced last month and CA SA im m ediately fired FitzPatrick and filed a police state­ ment against him.

On February 13, Balfour sent Newton written approval which stat­ ed that the CROs “have deemed your question acceptable under the SSMU Constitution Article 15.3.”

After receiving news that her ques­ tion was accepted, Newton began gathering signatures. As stipulated in Article 17.1 of the constitution, a student-initiated referendum ques­ tion requires “the signatures of 500 society members from at least seven different Faculties or Schools, with not more than 30 per cent from any one Faculty or School.”

On February 14, Ian Hay, a U3 political science student, wrote a let­ ter to Judicial Board Chair Robert Korne. Hay requested that the JB

Task force responds to Shapiro’s New McGill

By T yla B er ch to ld

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The task force on “Towards a New McGill” recently released its response to Principal Bernard Shapiro’s proposal. The mandate of the task force was to prepare a doc­ ument that would advance the pro­ posals put forth in the principal’s report The task force report deals in large part with external and internal challenges facing McGill and pro­ poses alternatives to maintaining the university.

One of the greatest obstacles currently facing the university is its financial state. McGill has an accu­ mulated deficit of $66 million and unfunded contingent liabilities of $9 million. Furthermore, the deferred maintenance on McGill’s physical plant is between $150 and $200 mil­ lion. The document sums up the current financial state of the univer­ sity. “[EJven assuming that no fur­ ther reduction in government grants are announced, and assuming that we can continue to maintain current levels of enrolment so as to ensure a stable revenue stream, on any credi­ ble balance sheet exercise we are close to insolvent,” states the report.

“Independently of future cutbacks, the university simply cannot contin­

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The task force sets forth a num­ ber of possible alternatives for gen­ erating additional revenue.

Primarily, the document discusses the possibility of out-sourcing. In this case, the university would sell off non-academic services such as the Faculty Club, the bookstore, M cG ill-Q u een ’ s Press and the sports complex. Another alternative proposed by the report lies in pri­ vatising entire departments and fac­ ulties, where there is a high likeli­ hood of full cost recovery.

Scientific director of the biolo­ gy department and committee mem­ ber Martin Lechowicz pointed out that these are only suggestions and must still undergo discussion.

“We worked our way through the possibilities. On any one aspect it really wasn’t appropriate for us to say ‘yes’ to this or ‘no’ to this,” said Lechowicz. “Privatisation or any other one issue is part of a whole spectrum of large but manageable problems.”

Although several o f these options have to do with privatising certain areas, the task force report firmly states that privatisation of the entire university is not an option. “[FJully privatising McGill is

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CASA, CROs, JB: its just another referendum...

I I Continued from Page 1 convene “to rule on the legality and legitimacy” of the CASA question.

“I am contesting the referen­ dum question on the basis that specifically the third recital contra­ venes the letter and spirit contained within natural, SSMU constitution­ al, and provincial law,” wrote Hay. The same day, Balfour and coCRO Warren Tranquada received notification of the legal implications of the referendum question from CASA lawyer, Ian Warren. It was at this point that the CROs contacted the McGill Legal Information clinic for advice on how to proceed. Since they had already approved Newton’s question, the CROs wanted to deter­ mine if it was constitutionally possi­ ble for them to overrule their own ruling. Because Hay had already asked the JB to convene, it was unclear as to whether or not the appeal would be heard should the referendum question change.

The CROs sent Newton another letter on February 15 revoking their previous decision to accept the ques­ tion, citing Article 15.3 of the con­ stitution which states that the “CRO shall ensure that referenda questions are clear [and] concise...” ‘“ Shall ensure’ implies a con­ tinuing process that the referendum question is clear,” said Balfour.

“This led us to believe that there could be an overruling based on this interpretation of 15.3.”

The reversal came after Balfour learned from the CASA lawyer that no charges have yet been laid against FitzPatrick. Although this is clearly stated in the January 25 VP External Affairs report to council, Balfour claims that the reversal was based on “this new information.”

“We had no idea that no charges have been laid and that CASA took immediate action,” said Balfour. “We’re taking full respon­ sibility for not knowing that.”

Since it has now been ruled that

the third recital of Newton’s ques­ tion “is misleading and might elicit an em otional and su bjective response from the voter,” the CROs notified Newton that she has the option to resubmit a new version for approval. Because of reading week, the CRO s granted Newton the option of an extension until March 1 to submit a new question and list of signatures in order for the CASA question to appear on the spring bal­ lot. However, Newton has been unable to discuss the matter with Balfour.

“We are not withdrawing the question until we see the informa­ tion that made them change the decision. I strongly suspect that even when I see this information, we won’t change the question,” said Newton. “I think changing the origi­ nal judgement on the question goes beyond the power of the CROs.” Newton stated that she would defend the CASA question to the JB . Since the constitution does not

lim it the number o f referendum questions on the same issue, Newton also wants the option of getting a revised question approved.

“We’ve come this far with this question on the assumption that the CROs had approved the question.

On the day after we got our 500 sig­ natures in, I phoned Joya [Balfour] and found out that the ruling had been changed,” said Newton. “I think personally that the just thing to do is to allow us to get another ques­ tion together without forcing us to withdraw this one.”

Hay has stated that he will like­ ly appeal to the JB based on Article 17.2 of the constitution which stipu­ lates that all referendum questions be approved by the CROs at least 21 days before the opening of advanced polls.

“If [Newton] tries to reword the third [recital], I don’t know if she could do it without it being equally prejud icial,” he said. “If it’ s an equally unacceptable recital, I ’ll

probably make a stink about that as well as the extension of five days because there is no constitutional provision to do that,” stated Hay. In response to the possibility of another JB appeal based on the 21 day stipulation, Newton said that the student-initiated referendum ques­ tion should not be impeded because of the CROs’ mistake.

“If someone says that the next question is not valid because it was not approved 21 days in advance, then it’s not our fault — we would have changed the question. We did it before,” stated Newton. “It’s very disturbing that the CROs are sup­ posed to be facilitating us to get these questions out to the student body — they’re supposed to be helping us. To outsiders, whose interests do they appear to be serv­ ing — mine or CASA’s? I find that very disturbing.”

Advanced polls for SSM U elections and spring referenda open March 7.

Task force calls for Estates General to facilitate discussion...

II Continued from Page 1 unthinkable. There is virtually no chance that McGill could attract a sufficient number of students will­ ing or able to pay the full cost of their ed u cation,” the document explains. “In a climate where our com petitors will remain public institutions, we could probably never raise tuition high enough to generate the income necessary to run the institution.”

In terms of other financial cut­ backs, the report also looks inter­ nally to the physical plant, stating that the university must be prepared to sell o ff or demolish buildings that are no longer su stainable.

Furthermore, the document calls for the de-layering of the senior admin­ istration, a body that has grown dis­ proportionately to the growth of the student body and the professorate at McGill.

A nother concern students raised in response to “Towards a New M cG ill” was the potential threat that the new MeGill would pose to interdisciplinary programs.

However, the task force document is largely supportive of such pro­ grams, claiming that the academic climate is shifting towards interdis­ ciplinary forms of study.

“We have, in the past, accom­ modated increased disciplinary spe­ cialisation within our academic structures, and accom m odated in creased in terd iscip lin arity through programs, centres and the like. Perhaps what we now under­ stand as interdisciplinarity should become the new disciplinary basis

of the university,” states the report.

SSMU VP University Affairs L isa Grushcow explained the importance of acknowledging this academic shift.

“We can’t just assume that 100 years from now people w ill be studying sociology, history and political science [as we currently know them],” she said. “The future of the university is historically con­ tingent.”

Unique to the T ask F o rce report is a call for a “M cG ill Estates General,” a proposed set of special sessions on three separate days, where students, staff and fac­ ulty will be invited to consider the challenges facing the university.

“Anyone I ’ve mentioned the Estates General to is very enthusi­ astic,” stated Grushcow. “It’s time for this stuff to leave the James Administration Building. Everyone is saying ‘we need more specifics’.

The Estates General is a way we can get those specifics.”

Professor Lechowicz pointed out the importance of holding an event such as the Estates General.

“I think [the Estates General] is appropriate,” he said. “People work lo cally — the lo ca lity is McGill with a tradition in a large social community. With 3 0 ,0 0 0 people it’s a small village that’s got to get its priorities lined up and talk them through. T h a t’ s what the Estates General has got to do.”

Committee Chair and law pro­ fessor Rod Macdonald explained that the task force was unique alto­ gether.

“This isn’t the regular univer­

sity planning process,” he said.

“The report was written on the assumption that the regular process of collecting input would be contin­ uing.”

He further explained that many contributed to the formulation of the report. “[P]eople wrote and phoned,” he said. “There was generally a lot of input.”

The report appears to have been well received by the princi­ p al’ s o ffic e . In response to the

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report, Shapiro submitted a letter to the task fo rce and com m ented sp e cifica lly on the idea o f the Estates General.

“I agree wholeheartedly with the importance of both creating a wider understanding o f the chal­ lenges we face and engaging all of the community in developing not simply shared visions of our future

but, almost as crucial, a process for ‘getting there from here,”’ he said.

C ft £ Students can now pick up a copy o f the Task Force Report at the SSMU desk in the Shatner building.

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Problems with referendum to increase clubs and services reps

By Sara Jean G reen Students w ill be asked to decide whether or not to increase club and services representation to SSMU council in a student-initiated referendum question which is to appear on the spring ballot.

At the last council meeting held February 8, the Presidential Portfolio Committee o f Council presented a motion to decrease the number of club and services reps.

The Presidential PCOC’s motion was rejected, resulting in the main­ tenance of the status quo with three seats for clubs and services reps.

As a result, Clubs Rep Chris Carter began working towards a studentinitiated question which will ask students if they agree to have three clubs reps and three services reps.

There are currently three reps on council for both clubs and services.

“Serv ices and publications deserve better and more direct rep­ resentation. Council refused to hear the concerns of clubs and services therefore w e’re going to take it d irectly to the stud en ts,” said Carter.

SSM U Presid ent Helena M yers how ever b eliev es that increasing services representation will take away from academic reps on council.

“The main reason why they want more reps is because they feel there is a com m unication gap between services and council but I don’t think adding seats will reme­ dy that,” said Myers. “Adding more seats detracts from faculty reps to represent academic issues as well

as society issues that services think only they can represent.”

Sim ilar to the problem s encountered with the student-initi­ ated question on SSMU member­ ship in the Canadian Alliance of Students’ Associations, the Chief Returning O fficers Joya Balfour and Warren Tranquada approved the first question submitted by Carter. It was not until after Carter had collected the stipulated 500 signatures that the CROs informed him that part of his question was unacceptable.

The original version contained a clause which read “Whereas there is currently no provision in the Society’s constitution for the repre­ sentation o f Society publications” has sin ce been changed to “Whereas there are currently 100

Society activities, services, clubs, functional groups and pu blica­ tions.” Although SSM U publica­ tions do not have their own repre­ sentatives on council, this change was considered necessary since publications are in fact covered in the mandate of clubs reps to coun­ cil.

The second change that was made was in the recital which read “W hereas serv ices represent diverse interests and provides ser­ vices to meet the rapidly expanding needs of the McGill community.”

The CROs ruled that this clause was in fact a value judgement and could therefore subjectively influ­ ence voters.

Carter stated that members from the SSM U serv ices have struck a Y E S committee for this

referendum question. However, Carter is upset with the way the CROs have handled both this and the CASA referendum question.

“The clause about the publica­ tions — they told us we had to change it after we had collected our 500 signatures. Both the CASA and services questions were approved by the CROs and we got the signa­ tures in and then they told us they had to be changed,” said Carter.

“For the new services ques­ tion, we didn’t get enough signa­ tures. Even if we get another exten­ sion, it will be open to challenge because the constitution [stipulates referendum questions] be approved 21 days before [the opening o f advanced polls]. I ’m very frustrated with the whole process,” he stated.

Committee sends holy days policy back to drawing board

By Sara Jean G reen The Sen ate C om m ittee on Timetabling and Student Records has raised a number of objections to the draft policy on holy days.

As a result, the CTSR has decided to go back to the drawing board in order to revise the policy.

The C TSR was mandated by Senate last fall to come up with a p o licy to ensure that students would be accommodated should assignm ent due dates or exams co n flict with days o f religious observance.

The recom m endation for a university-wide policy originally came from Ombudsperson Estelle Hopmeyer. Currently, different faculties have different policies, and often d ecisio ns are left to individual professors. Students can appeal a professor’s decision to the ombudsperson, but this is an informal procedural channel.

H opm eyer is disappointed with the C TSR ’s decision.

“I was involved with develop­ ing the policy and I thought it was a fair and reasonable one,” she said. “Different faculties do have [holy day] policies but the idea was to have a standardised policy across the university.”

Hopm eyer further stressed that students have the right to be accommodated should religious obligations conflict with academic ones.

“There is a concern of differ­ ential treatment across faculties.

Again, it gets to be something of a privilege, but it’s a student’s right to have religious observances,” Hopmeyer stated.

“[McGill] might be a secular institution but if we want to attract a wide range of students...we must make accommodations for cultural and religious observances. It’s the university’ s responsibility,” she added.

According to Associate Vice P rincipal A cadem ic and C T S R Chair Fumiko Ikaw a-Sm ith, the concerns o f committee members ranged from the perceived need for such a policy to the adminis­ trative details of implementation.

“As for the basic issues, some members felt that there was not necessarily any need for a written policy because McGill is a secular in stitu tio n ,” she ex p lain ed .

“S p e cifically , some people felt that [the policy] was too broad and likely to create a number of problems.”

N ick D eTackasy, associate dean o f science, raised questions about the viability of implement­ ing the policy.

“We have a very large student body...and the fact is that for any exemption or special treatment, we need documentation. Whether it has to do with personal bereave­ ment or medical issues, any devia­ tion from normal process requires documentation and we’d have to do that for holy days as well," he said.

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M akin g the d istin ctio n between his administrative role as associate dean and his personal position as a professor and mem­ ber o f the M cG ill com m unity, D eTackasy stated that he is not personally in favour o f establish­ ing a holy days policy.

“It is correct that I believe McGill should be a secular univer­ sity governed by secular holidays and we should operate in that con­ text and, as a second layer, we should consid er other com m it­ ments and interests o f students,” he said. “I accept that other people will say that religion is the prima­ ry com m itm ent and the others should be subordinate to that, but 1 do not share that opinion.”

SSM U VP University Affairs L isa Grushcow is disappointed that the policy was not accepted.

She said that a number of students have contacted her to report prob­ lems such as professors refusing to accom m odate religious h o li­ days.

“I don’ t think treatm ent at this university should be contin­ gent on whether or not your pro­ fessor chooses to accommodate you. Senate gave a mandate to [the CTSR] to develop a policy...I didn’t expect the idea of a policy would be so disputed now,” said Grushcow. “It seems to be self-

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evident that religious observances should be accommodated.”

“If we say we’re not going to discriminate on the basis o f reli­ gion then I think we should be serious about it,” she added A meeting for the CTSR has been scheduled for early March so that committee members can bring comments and new ideas back to the negotiating table. Although the

first draft failed, Dean o f Students R osalie Jukier remains positive about the establishment of a uni­ versity policy on holy days.

“I want to give the p o licy another shot. I am too optimistic to give up right away,” she said.

“T he ch a ir o f C T S R said we would have another meeting by the end of the month so [the poli­ cy] wasn’t completely defeated.”

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The race for President of the SSMU castle

By Melissa Radler The president plays a key role as a student leader. The position entails being the chief coordinator of the SSMU executive and represent­ ing students at the university level through a number of committees and other forums.

Alex Waxman, U2 political sci­ ence major and current president of the Inter-Residence Council, empha­ sised the importance of undergradu­ ate job prospects. An active Career and Placement Service recruitment week, and increased communication between students, councillors and career officers are all on Waxman’s agenda.

“One of my primary stances is a major promotional endeavour for M cGill in the jo b market here in Montreal and across the country,” he said.

Waxman believes that his posi­ tion as IRC president has given him the necessary experience for the SSMU presidency.

“Residence is a 24-hour com­ munity o f students from every department and faculty. It allows one

“I think it’s time for somebody to gain insight into a lot of the issues national spheres. to be in there who knows the stu­ “I would like to see a president and concerns amongst the entire uni­ dents,” said Prohar. who will attend meetings for PGSS, versity,” he said.

He further stated that openChris Carter, a U3 North EU S, Quebec-wide meetings and will be there to be informed...and minded representatives on council American studies major and clubs rep to council, stated that the effec­ represent the student society,” said are necessary in order to better address student concerns. tiveness of the president is contin­ Carter.

“In university politics, gent on innovation, you have to know how to accessibility, and pres­ compromise and how to ence as a student leader. criticise without putting “W herever stu­ people on the defensive,” dents are involved, said Prohar. “That’ s my whenever students are defining quality. Instead of involved, the president having stalemates through should be open and council, I’d be able to get accessible, and go out the best out of people.” and represent their Issues such as views,” said Carter.

SSM U ’ s membership in Carter stated that CA SA , its relationship his role as clubs rep, with FEUQ and its posi­ coordinator of Activism Front: David Bushnell, Kiwang Lee. Back: Craig Pollard, tion in post-referendum Week, and the numer­ Chris Carter, Alex W axman. Absent: Derrick Prohar.

Quebec are high on ous seats he has held on Prohar’s agenda. council committees has “I want to bring to attention Derrick Prohar, U2 political sci­ placed him in close contact with stu­ dent opinion. As well, Carter empha­ ence student, agreed with Carter’s what council and executives do. I sised the role of student clubs and view of the president as a student want to get people a lot more services as a direct link between stu­ representative. He said that his posi­ involved than they already are,” said dents and executives, and stated the tion as Varsity Hockey player and a Prohar.

Kie Lee, in U2 anatomy, is con­ importance of redefining the McGill floor fellow in McConell Hall keeps cerned with McGill’s fledgling pro­ community on the provincial and him in touch with student opinion.

Jousting for VP Internal tion between the SSMU, faculties and faculty associations. She is especially concerned about Five candidates will be on the ballot for the fact that students rarely go to events outside their own faculties or clubs. the race for SSMU VP Internal Affairs. The “Although things are going quite well this responsibilities of this position include co-ordi­ year, there’s room for improvement. I’m very nating SSMU clubs and services and various campus events such as Campus Fest, Welcome enthusiastic,” Behbahanian said. “Next year, I want to open channels of feedback.”

Week, Open Air Pub, and Activities Night.

‘The more people involved, the better the Current Arts Undergraduate Society VP Internal Ali Lavell, hopes to transfer her experi­ quality of the events,” she added.

Joshua Finkelstein, a U2 chemistry stu­ ence to the SSMU. The U3 psychology students wants to increase student awareness about the dent, is a new face on the McGill activities Students’ Society and the larger McGill cam­ scene. He said he wants students to be actively involved in the SSMU elections. pus.

“I want to bring some fun back to the cam­ “My plans for the SSMU include going out paign and bring peo­ and reaching those ple back to the students who never M cG ill p o litics ,” come into the Finkelstein said. “I Shatner Building,” want to draw us stated L avell. “I together and keep want to be able to the twenty to twen­ understand what ty -fiv e thousand students want and people in contact provide it for them. with each other.”

They pay money to Fin k elstein is the SSM U for concerned that stu­ u s...to make stu­ dents are not as dent life more aware as they in terestin g,” she should be about Ali Lavell, M ark Feldman, Jason Kleine, Kataneh said. what happens in U3 manage­ B eh bah an ian . Absent: Jo sh u a Finkelstein SSMU, and that the ment student Mark student organisation Feldman was last year’s Solin Hall vice presi­ dent and is currently the Management Youth “should use the papers more to get more issues Textbook co-ordinator. He has been working to more people.”

Jason Kleine has split his three years at with residence, faculty and SSMU representa­ tives to “harmonise the different things that McGill between the philosophy and computer happen at the beginning of the year” in order to science departments. He has written for the Daily and the Tribune, and is currently a mem­ reduce scheduling conflicts.

In addition, Feldman is interested in get­ ber of several Senate committees as well as ting Montreal students and frosh who live out­ president of LBGTM. “I’m very concerned by the lack of partic­ side residence to be more involved in campus events by giving them representation on the ipation students have on campus and the gener­ Inter-Residence Council and by organising a al apathy level,” Kleine said.

He would like to see more inter-club com­ Montreal Students Association.

Also running is current IRC VP Internal munication by way of organisational meetings.

Furthermore, Kleine would like to make SSMU and Douglas Hall floor fellow Kataneh more accessible to students.

Behbahanian who said she has experience “SSM U isn’t listening as much as they organising activities for several hundred people. should to clubs, which are the students’ link to Behbahanian is running for SSM U VP SSMU,” he said.

Internal because she wants to see more interac­

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grams and institutions. He said that he plans to alleviate the present state of McGill’s libraries through student, alumni and corporate donations.

“We should do something to get our pride back,” said Lee. He is in favour of work co-ops, which he feels must be enhanced in order to further jo b and graduate school prospects. Among his other concerns, Lee pointed to such issues as the earlier termination of exams and classes.

Craig Pollard, who goalies for the women’s varsity hockey team, attributes his drive towards politics to his days as a professional bowler, and his brief stint as ‘VP Beer God’ of McConnell Hall.

While Pollard’s goals include the restructuring of student govern­ ment in favour o f a presidential tyranny, he admitted that his vision goes no further than a “quest for power and money.”

“I did have a vision, but I found out that it’s a court order, so it sort of blew my campaign,” said Pollard.

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Chomski’s promises is to run SSMU prof­ itably.

“If I am elected VP Finance I will ensure the profitability of SSMU both in the short-term and in the long-term, “ Chomski stated. “VP Finance is the business guy, and I ’ll ensure we have the funding and the means to provide the activities we’re man­ dated to.”

Apart from finances, Chomski also has a plan for a student dental care plan. This follows Remai’s year of restructuring the student health plan.

“W e’re looking to provide affordable, quality dental care to each student," said Chomski. “One option would be a joint product with the dentistry faculty. The other we’re investigating is a general dental cov­ erage.”

Running for the position of SSMU VP Finance in this year’s election are Jonathan Chomski and Ted Murata. When students go to the polls to decide who will take the job, they will be choosing between two can­ didates who have their own unique plans for replacing this year’s VP, Kelly Remai.

Ted Murata, for one, has his own vision for the budget.

“I think that Kelly did a really good job in terms of cutting the deficit,” Murata said.

“But I would stop some cuts because I think that they’re hurting a lot of clubs and ser­ vices that SSMU needs.”

Murata indicated that clubs and ser­ vices are very important aspects of student life, and that cutting from these areas can be dangerous. In the place of cutting the budget, Murata has his own ideas for tackling the deficit problem.

“I think that there are better ways o f cutting the deficit than taking from areas which SSM U needs most,” Murata stated. “Corporate sponsorship is one option. I don’t think that’s selling out by any means. It can be done moderately.”

Apart from the field of fiscal cut backs, Murata also has what he refers to as a Ted Murata, Jon ath an Chomski plan for putting McGill back Chomski feels that a dental plan is in first place among Canadian universities.

He feels that like himself, many students important because students with tight bud­ want to see McGill improved, and to accom­ gets often cut proper dental care out of their plish this he proposes to take on the task of expenses.

“If you’re short on cash, your dental improving McGill’s libraries.

“As VP [Finance] I would find a way care is something you let go,” Chomski for the libraries to have better funding,” said explained. “We would start this program off Murata. “I would find a way to pressure the on an opt-in basis.”

Without question, both candidates have Board of Governors to make McGill number well prepared ideas for SSM U’s finances. one again.”

Jonathan Chomski, currently a clubs Presently, they are working on the cam­ rep to council, also has coherent ideas for paigns that will take their ideas to the stu­ the position o f VP F inance. One o f dents.

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VP External race divided over CASA issue

By Noah G itterman The race for VP external is promising to focus on many issues already familiar to McGill students.

Paul-Eric Robichaud, Peter Armstrong-Whitworth, and Chantal DaSilva all stake similar ground concerning the Ghetto Safety Audit and forging better links in the Montreal and Quebec communities.

However, the most contentious issue between the candidates deals with SSMU’ s involvement with the Canadian Alliance of Students’ Associations.

SSMU became a founding member of CASA over a year ago.

However, there are many CFS sup­ porters within the McGill communi­ ty. There is the possibility that a stu­ dent initiated referendum concern­ ing SSMU’s membership in CASA will take place in the spring.

Robichaud explained that while he will respect the results of a refer­ endum over the issue, he personally believes CASA is not doing its job defending student interests. He would like to see SSMU link up again with CFS. “CFS offers much more, it has

been effective in its lobbying,” he endum. Armstrong-Whitworth is However, all three felt this could be said. “It would represent us better.” chair of the External Portfolio done in a variety of ways.

Armstrong-Whitworth, on the Committee of Council while Robichaud explained that it is other hand, believes that CASA is a DaSilva is Chair of the Presidential important to soothe tensions after worthwhile student organisation.

PCOC. the divisive Quebec referendum in “I want to strength­ October. He suggested en links with CASA and that a dialogue between remain involved in that both sides would be bene­ organisation,” he said. ficial.

DaSilva also wants “We are in Canada to keep working with and we should make the CASA. However, she situation as tolerable as expressed dismay over possible for the sovereign­ the fighting that has gone tists, and as best as possi­ on between CASA and ble for the federalists,” he CFS supporters over the said. past couple of years. She Armstrongwants to repair some of Whitworth proposes to do the damage done, and a better job in reaching pointed out the impor­ out to local governments. tance of maintaining P eter A rm strong-W hitw orth a n d C h a n ta l D aSilva.

“We should lobby Absent: Paul-Eric R obichaud SSMU ties with CFS. government on the local “Students at McGill level by creating links with are pro-student movement,” she All three candidates stressed our local representatives,” he said. said. “We have a strong influence in the importance of continuing to For her part, DaSilva believes CFS and it is important to solidify implement the recommendations of that McGill has become far too iso­ those ties.” the Ghetto Safety Audit, a program lated from other schools in and All three candidates are in their implemented two years ago by then around Montreal in the past while. second year at McGill. Robichaud’s VP External Nick Benedict. As She wants to increase contact with most public involvement this year well, all three emphasised putting these schools, perhaps by organising has been as head of the McGill ‘No’ more effort into linking up with the a symposium at McGill on how to Committee during the Quebec refer­ greater Montreal community. effectively lobby the government.

“We are all fighting the same battle, we are all fighting govern­ ment cutbacks,” she said.

The candidates, however, dis­ tinguish themselves through certain unique initiatives.

“I will fight as strong as I can to lobby the municipal government to have student rates for transporta­ tion,” Robichaud said.

Armstrong-Whitworth wants to ensure that the position does not become side tracked by focusing too much on lobbying the government.

He stated that a lot of work can be done to improve student life, espe­ cially in the ghetto. He wants to work with the Sexual Assault Centre of McGill and with Walksafe to pro­ mote safety.

“At the same time, I don’t want to neglect student life,” he said.

“The whole idea of creating links with SAC and Walksafe to co-ordi­ nate safety in the ghetto is new.”

DaSilva believes an effort must be made to promote McGill’s pro­ file, especially among companies who are looking to hire students.

“We’re still a world class uni­ versity,” she said. “We need to bring the spotlight back on McGill.

Battle for Mr. VP University Affairs President...

McGowan has never held a position on SSMU council, but feels that this will, in some respects, make him a more effec­ tive councillor as he will be enter­ ing office with a “more global per­ spective.” His study of law and his experience as director of the McGill Legal Information Clinic has, he claims, given him the tech­ nical skills to create effective poli­ cies.

In this year’s campaign for the position of SSMU VP University Affairs, the primary concern for candidates Stephen Erdelyi and Don McGowan seems to be the balance of academic and equity issues.

Both McGowan and Erdelyi support the sexual harassment and holy days policies that have been foremost on the agenda of this year’s VP University Affairs Lisa Grushcow.

However, since the posi­ tion represents the official link between students and the university administra­ tion, both intend to place more emphasis on issues more broadly representa­ tive of the student body.

Erdelyi feels that his experience as a senate/board rep on SSMU council gives him an important advantage.

Steven Erdelyi a n d Don McGowan “Dealing with Senate requires a lot of tact and expertise,” One of McGowan’ s major said Erdelyi. “My experience in objectives is to fight for the confi­ Senate has taught me how to deal dentiality of the Sexual Assault with the administration and how to Hotline, a project which will get things passed through the high­ require him to mobilise students to est academic decision-making petition the federal government for body. new legislation.

McGowan further proposes to McGowan, currently a law student, has been at McGill since hire law, medical, MBA and grad 1988, and has completed four students to provide free MCAT and LSAT training. degrees in three different faculties.

He also intends to actively “I’ve seen approximately dou­ ble the amount of McGill that any­ seek students’ opinions on where one else has, and this has given me they want to see their money spent. a broad exposure and a lot of per­ Rather than relying, on large-scale spective, over time, to be able to surveys, which take a long time to see what can be done in a year at process, he would consult with McGill,” he said. smaller representative groups in

order to bring suggestions into effect more quickly.

Erdelyi, who is currently on a committee looking into the quality of life on campus, agrees that stu­ dent opinion should play a major role in university affairs policy­ making.

“If [students] have any com­ plaints or suggestions with regards to the way classes are taught, or would like to create new major or minor programs, I’m prepared to listen,” he said.

Erdelyi would also set cross-universi­ ty standards in acade­ mic advising permit­ ting students to seek advice on academic and career-related issues.

Furthermore, he proposes to organise monthly educational seminars to increase students’ awareness of their rights and of the services available to them on campus.

Erdelyi’ s other priorities include the preservation of interdis­ ciplinary and religious studies pro­ grams, the improvement of library resources, and the implementation of a general harassment policy.

An issue which is bound to come up over the course of the campaign is that whoever wins the election will be the first male VP University Affairs in over a decade. Neither man is intimidated by the prospect. Both feel confi­ dent that gender should bear no relationship to an official’s ability to deal with any important issue.

» Continued from Page 4 David Bushnell stated that his main vision is to “cut the crap” that he regards as being rampant throughout SSMU. “This is one of those prestigious universities that you read about in newspapers. We can’t have this bull stuff going on,” he said.

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SSMU VP external affairs, sitting in at two council meetings, and spend­ ing “inordinate amounts of time in the SSMU office looking through personal memos and eyeing blank checks.”

“We need someone who is loud, annoying and obnoxious, and who is not afraid to step on every body’s toes,” stated Bushnell. “That person is me.”

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QPIRG co-op café in basement of the Yellow Door

By C ullen Price The Yellow Door has wel­ comed the idea of allowing volun­ teers of the Quebec Public Interest Research Group to install a co-op café within its confines.

The Rabbit Hole, as it is to be called, will be a small non-profit student-run cooperative serving vegetarian food in the basement of the Yellow Door. The menu will include sandwiches, salads, one hot item per day, and of course, that staple of the student diet: coffee.

The café also will be a non-smok­ ing zone.

Café Coordinator Sonja Kleiman, explained that the co-op’s goal is to provide socially responsi­ ble products for students to enjoy.

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Kleiman believes the project is simply answering a demand in the student population for affordable and nutritious food.

“Our goal is not to compete with Miraval. Our goal is to provide students with a right to choose what kind of food they consume at an affordable price,” Kleiman asserted. “I’ve yet to meet anyone who doesn’t think it’s a good idea. The main thing is that even if someone isn’t a vegetarian it doesn’t mean they’re going to eat red meat three meals a day. It’s respecting a person’s choice to consume what they want and not to con­ sume [food] they don’t want.”

Kleiman stressed that as a co­ op, the volunteers will manage the

d e n t f u n d s f o r lib r a r ie s Principal Shapiro has announced that the university will match funds raised by the SSMÜ Library Improvement Fund.

At the February 8 meeting, the SSMU council approved a motion to place a question on the upcom­ ing referendum ballot. Full-time students will be asked whether or not they agree to pay ten dollars per semester to the LIF. Part-time stu­ dents will be asked for five dollars a semester.

Should the referendum ques­ tion pass, approximately $300,000 would be raised to go towards library acquisitions and other improvements. Shapiro has agreed to match any moneys generated by students for each of the next three years.

The SSMU will decide how all funds will be spent through the LIF committee composed of the University Affairs Planning Committee of Council and the two SSMU representatives to the Senate Committee on Libraries.

The SSMU general manager, the director of libraries and two repre­ sentatives from libraries chosen by the director will have non-voting seats on the LIF committee.

Funds from the SSMU LIF will be distributed proportionately by faculty.

C A S A c h a lle n g e s C F S t o r e n o u n c e v io le n c e In response to the violence that broke out in Toronto during the February 7 pan-Canadian demonstration, the Canadian Alliance of Students’ Associations announced on February 14 that it formally denounces violence as a method of pressuring the govern­ ment on educational issues.

all profits will be used to help pub­ licise social causes and for purposes

such as sending students to co-op conferences.

Kleiman also pointed out that the Yellow Door is an excellent loca­ tion. “[It’s] a won­ derful option because it is already recognisable by peo­ ple with its big yel­ low door and the space is cozy.”

General director of the Yellow Door, Pietro Bozzo, said he believes the co-op café will be benefi­ cial to both parties.

Bozzo also thinks that the idea fits nicely into the histo­ ry of the Yellow Door Coffee House, which is the longest continually running coffee house in North America. Bozzo hinted that if all is successful, the relationship might grow to become a collabora­

tive between the co-op café and the coffee house.

“We discussed it with the cof­ fee house coordinator already and he seems to be okay with it. Sonja [Kleiman] seems to open to the idea,” he said. “[The co-op project] is in fact very interesting because it does fit into the general make-up of the coffee house and its history.”

Bozzo explained that this his­ tory includes the Yellow Door’s commitment to the enhancement of McGill student life as well as pro­ moting spiritual, artistic and com­ munity development. He also point­ ed out that, like the co-op café, the Yellow Door also operates with the help of volunteers.

The Rabbit Hole will begin on a two week trial-run on February 28, and if everything goes accord­ ing to plan, it will continue until the end of the semester. The co-op café group also hopes to publish a cook­ book for fund-raising, and is think­ ing of plans to propose a referen­ dum question on possible direct stu­ dent funding of the café.

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CASA National Director described the events that took place in Toronto as “shameful” and expressed his anger with the Canadian Federation of Students.

“We have yet to hear a word of condemnation, remorse or even regret from either [CFS Chair] Guy Caron, or [CFS Chair Elect] Brad Lavigne as a result of last Wednesday’s riot,” said Usher.

“Not only does their silence show a completely callous lack of feeling for the men who were injured in the ruckus, but it also gives the impres­ sion that they approve of violence as a tactic. I think it's simply dis­ gusting.”

As a result, CASA members issued a challenge to CFS to adopt a similar resolution. However, Usher is pessimistic about the like­ lihood of CFS going ahead with such a motion. “[CFS] is controlled by a mot­ ley cabal whose views on lobbying come from watching Les Misérables too often,” Usher stat­ ed.

Questions of social responsibility The Students for Social Responsibility Committee has had two questions approved for the spring referendum period. The first asks students to endorse a proposal

for the creation of the Committee for Financial Ethics Research which would review all contracts and financial agreements prior to them being signed by the SSMU. The CFER would also be mandat­ ed to research the business ethics of companies who do work with the Student Society and to reach out to businesses which demon­ strate responsible and ethical behaviour in their dealings.

If passed, the second question would mandate the SSMU to “offi­ cially, publicly, and repeatedly condemn and petition corpora­ tions” who do business in Burma — where human rights abuses have become rampant — and to request that they withdraw from the country.

A third question was submit­ ted for approval to the Chief Returning Officers. The question asks that students endorse the immediate termination of “all rela­ tionships and agreements with cor­ porations which directly or within their corporate umbrella do busi­ ness in” Burma. The question, which would have effectively asked for the termination of rela­ tions with Pepsi Co., was rejected on the grounds that student initiat­ ed referenda cannot interfere with the financial contracts of the SSMU. The SFRC will be appealing the ruling to the Judicial Board.

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M cG ILL T R IB U N E “It is not enough to have a good m ind; the m ain thing is to use it w e ll.”

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Editorial

Decisions botched

By Sara Jean G reen___________ It's amazing how referenda breed controversy. It was only last semester that pages one through five of this publication were filled with the latest news o f the Daily saga. CASA is now the buzzword filling the ears of Shatner moles.

Since the council motion to hold a referendum on SSM U mem­ bership in CASA failed, efforts to hold a student-initiated referendum have been somewhat thwarted. Both sides o f the debate are equally responsible for the mess that has been created.

On her part, Melanie Newton should have known that her ques­ tion could be deemed prejudicial. Although it is true that the interim national director o f CASA was fired for the alleged misappropriation o f funds and is now being investigated by federal law officials, it is clearly an incomplete picture o f the FitzPatrick affair. CASA fired FitzPatrick immediately after allegations surfaced. Furthermore, CASA released to the press copies o f the police statement against FitzPatrick as well as copies o f the internal audit performed at CA SA ’s national office in Ottawa.

Her move to include only partial information on the ballot is indicative o f Newton’s personal bias against CASA. If the desire for student opinion and not political allegiance is the true motivation behind this referendum question, the clause referring to FitzPatrick is completely irrelevant. Undoubtedly, CASA has been financially hurt by the alleged crimes which may impede the organisation’s ability to lobby the federal and provincial governments. However, this informa­ tion should be used during the official campaign instead o f being included on the ballot.

It is no secret that a number o f students may well have preferred to choose between CASA and the Canadian Federation o f Students. It should not be forgotten that Newton’s beloved CFS has been plagued with allegations o f embezzlement for so long that it is not even news­ worthy. As her colleague Chris Carter is so fond of saying, “Shame on you.”

As for the CROs, let it be said that the level of incompetence has reached new heights. Joya Balfour and Warren Tranquada rejected Newton’s first version o f the referendum question because it was “blatantly biased against CASA.” The second question submitted by Newton was approved. It wasn't until after she had collected the required 500 signatures that the CROs informed Newton that they were overruling their own decision. The reversal came after Balfour was made aware of “new information” which is indeed very old news, namely that no charges have yet been laid against FitzPatrick.

The CROs are supposed to be SSM U ’s own experts on the con­ stitution. However, they had to go to the Legal Info Clinic to figure out how to justify the overruling o f their own decision by using a somewhat questionable interpretation o f the constitution.

Although Balfour stated that the CROs accept full responsibility for the mistake, it is but one in a series of erroneous judgements. If the CROs had bothered to educate themselves about what is going on with the CASA/FitzPatrick situation, this constitutional double talk could have been easily avoided.

In the words o f SSM U Political Researcher Damion Stodala “The CROs are brainless twits.”

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S S M U d e s c e n d s in to a d ic t a t o r s h ip Within the span of seven days (Feb. 8-15), SSMU made two unde­ mocratic decisions regarding mem­ bership in the Canadian Alliance of Students’ Association (CASA) that are quickly reducing both organisa­ tions to a mockery.

At the Feb. 8 SSM U council meeting, SSMU President Helena Myers and VP External Andrea Stairs assumed the helm of what is increasingly resembling a dictator­ ship. By successfully convincing council, with the exception of Clubs Rep Chris Carter, to change the question over continued CASA membership from a referendum to a plebiscite (a non-binding poll) dur­ ing March elections, they effectively undermined the democratic process.

During Myers and Stairs’ notso-subtle descent into a dictatorship, they “conveniently” forgot to men­ tion some basic facts. According to CASA by-laws, student unions can join CASA through a simple council vote (which SSMU council did in Jan. 1995), but must go to referen­ dum to pullout. Stairs, C A SA ’ s Quebec regional director has contin­ uously praised its “easy in, easy out” policy. Either she is unaware of her own organisation’s by-laws or she is deliberately misinforming McGill students. Either is unacceptable.

So is silencing the voice of stu­ dents. Even if 99 per cent of students voted to leave CASA (and its $17,000 price tag) in a plebiscite, and even if SSMU wanted to uphold the democratic process (just imag­ ine...), it could not legally do so.

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Myers and Stairs know this. So, when Myers opposes a referendum on CASA membership on the grounds that the results would be “too inflexible,” she is, in essence, challenging the basic principles of democracy. When Stairs says that a plebiscite is a good way to “gauge student opinion,” she is, in reality, negating it. When council voted against the referendum question because it “feared being bound by a student mandate,” ask yourself: Whom does Council think it repre­ sents? Stairs, Myers, and the rest of Council should not fear a student mandate, but make decisions by it.

Why did they behave in such a reprehensible way on February 8?

Turn to the present state of CASA and its distorted vision of post-sec­ ondary education to find your answer.

Formed January 1995, CASA is currently embroiled in a scandal sur­ rounding a police investigation of its former interim national director for misappropriation of funds. With its depleted budget, it has indefinitely postponed this year’s only planned event, a conference on post-sec­ ondary education. CASA does not offer its members any services.

The only campaign that CASA has organised, “The Real Choices Referendum Campaign” (students were asked if they preferred CASA’s policies on post-secondary education or the federal government’s, which is the same as asking if they pre­ ferred being burned by the frying pan or the fire), has been nationally dubbed as “Really Bad Choices.”

Rather than lobby against the massive cuts of post-secondary edu­ cation, it proposes that students

cough up the difference, which would reduce universities in Canada to institutions that resemble what Shapiro has planned for McGill (find out about CASA’s “grad tax” and its position on the Income Contingent Loan Repayment Plan).

In response to this affront to democracy, a group committed to students' rights wrote a referendum question, got it approved by the CROs [Chief Returning Officers], collected well over the required 500 signatures, and presented it to the SSMU on February 15. Successfully putting forward a student-initiated referendum, they effectiv ely reserved council’s dictatorial deci­ sion of February 8. Unfortunately the story doesn’t end here. It gets much worse.

The CROs, who approved the referendum question on February 13, reversed their decision two days later, despite the 600-plus signatures.

Explaining that they had ju st received “pertinent information from a third party” (an executive member or employee of CASA perhaps?), they said the question was “mislead­ ing” and one which would “elicit an emotional and subjective response.”

According to SSMU by-laws, a referendum question must be dear, concise, and fair. Nowhere in the by­ laws does it refer to “subjectivity” or “emotionality”. The 600-plus stu­ dents who signed the petition thought the question was clear and fair. Clearly stepping well beyond the bounds of their jurisdiction, the CROs are following their leaders’ descent into a dictatorship.

The SSMU’s stated “fear” of a student mandate is nothing more than a cover for blatant corruption. I strongly urge you not to forget what SSMU and CASA have done.

Sarah Schmidt M.A.2, History

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r e p r e s e n ta tiv e C h ris C a r t e r _ In these times o f budget cutting and privatization our programs o f lk f e study, environment, accessibility, and quality of education are threatened. Now more than ever the Students’ Society needs to have a strong, dedicated and powerful voice. We need some one who will tirelessly lobby the McGill administration, to protect threatened ■ H B major and minor programs, and to ensure a harassment free environI liS iü M ment for study. Some one who knows the system, has the contacts and will convince the government to ensure accessible education.

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C r a ig P o lla r d So a h am sand w ich w a lk s in to a b a r a n d orders a beer. T h e b a rte n d e r says, "Sorry, w e d o n 't serve fo o d h e re ."

L u c ia n o D 'l o r io Feel y o u r concerns a b o u t M cG ill a re n o t b e in g addressed? As re p re s e n ta tiv e , I w ill m ak e it m y d u ty to ensure th e s tu d e n t voice is a m p li­ fie d . Responsibility, d e te rm in a tio n , a n d k n o w -h o w a re es­ sen tial in o rd e r to d e al w ith issues concern in g th e fin a n ­ cial s ta b ility a n d th e b u d g e ta ry p la n n in g o f o u r university.

Possessing these q u a lific a tio n s , m y focus w ill be on lib rary acquisitions, res tru ctu rin g th e bureaucracy, as w e ll as a d ­ dressing th e concerns s u rro u n d in g tu itio n fees. These are b u t a f e w issues, a lo n g w ith y o u r suggestions, w h ic h w ill h e lp k e e p w ith o u r re p u ta tio n fo r excellence. "Because M cG ill's fu tu re , is ours."

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D a v id B u s h n e ll There is a curtain hanging at 3480 McTavish. It is an Iron Curtain, keeping hidden the incompetent, selfish, and petty nature of Students’ Society politicians. “Integrity” and “accountability” are words no longer associated with SSM U. As author o f the Tribunes’s most egocentric column, I can safely say that I’m the only person qualified to be the President o f the Students’ Society o f McGill University, All the other candidates are losers! David Bushnell: A glorious and popular leader today for a bleak, apocalyptic existence tomorrow.

K ih w a n g L e e A n o th e r year, a n o th e r e le c tio n . As P resident o f SSMU, I can a n d w ill ta k e deci­ sive steps to b e tte r im p ro v in g cam pus services a t M cG ill.

W e c a n 't sit id ily w h ile o u r n a tio n a l ra n k in g drops. I w ill d o m y u tm o s t as p re s id e n t to u p d a te o u r a g in g lib ria ry sys­ te m . W ith m e a t th e h e lm , w e can re c a p tu re o u r n u m b e r o n e spot in th e n a tio n a n d re k in d le o u r school sp irit fo r M cG ill's 1 7 5 th A n niversary. A v o te fo r m e is a v o te fo r c h an g e .

A le x W axm an M cG ill is fa cin g m an y challenges in th e n e x t f e w years w h ich w ill call fo r responsible a n d progressive le a d ers h ip fo r th e f u ­ tu re o f th e in s titu tio n a n d th o s e w h o a tte n d it. A m o n g th e m ost pressing item s o n th e a g e n d a a re g re a te r a c c o u n ta b ility o f professors to th e students w h o m th e y te ac h a n d p re p a re fo r th e fu tu re , a m o re e ffic ie n tly run s tu d e n t society, a n d to raise th e M cG ill p ro file in th e jo b c o m m u n ity a n d w ith a lu m n i.

I have a p ro v en record o f le a d ers h ip a n d in v o lv e m e n t as IRC P resident. As SSMU P resident I w ill w o r k actively in h e lp in g M cG ill fa c e its challenges h e a d on.

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D e re k P ro h a r University politicians sometimes take themselves too seriously. Life continues with or without them, and even, at times, in spite o f them. My name is Derek Prohar. I am a Varsity Hockey player, and a residence floor fellow. I know the value o f hard work, and the price of an inflated ego. I believe in the President’s accountability to the students, and if elected, will work towards that goal.

B o n jo u rn o . C arrie A . G oldstein h ere, ru n n in g fo r u n d e rg ra d rep to BoG (B oard o f G overn ors). I'm a science s tu d e n t m a ­ jo rin g in psychology a n d likely to be m in o rin g in m a n a g e ­ m e n t. O h, a n d I'm a G em in i; b u t seriously, I'm a responsible in d iv id u a l w h o sincerely cares a b o u t M cG ill students and th e ir concerns. It's a p re tty sim p le concept; I w o u ld n 't run fo r this p osition if I d id n 't care. R ight? R ig h t. O n e fin a l ite m - I'm in U1, b u t I t h a t sim ply m eans I have th re e less years o f b u rn o u t th a n a U 4 c a n d id a te . Just call m e 'th e little e n g in e t h a t c o u ld '. V o te fo r m e. Buh-Bye.

Sevag Y eghoyan T h e B oard o f G overn ors is th e h ig h e st d e cisio n -m ak in g b o d y a t M cG ill. N e x t y e a r it w ill have to m a k e d iffic u lt decisions in lig h t o f a decreasing g o v e rn m e n t g ra n t a n d a re p o rt fro m th e task fo rc e m a n d a te d to m a k e rec o m m e n d a tio n s a b o u t th e fu tu r e o f o u r university. S tudents w ill n e ed a strong voice w h o w ill strive to re p re s e n t th e ir interests, express th e ir c o n ­ cerns a n d ensure th a t th e ir in p u t is acted u p o n . As th e cur­ re n t re p re s e n ta tiv e to th e B oard a n d fo rm e r P resident o f th e SSMU (1 9 9 4 -9 5 ), I am fa m ilia r w ith th e w o rk in g s o f th e Board a n d w ill m a k e it w o rk fo r you. V o te Sevag!

internal affairs K a t a n e h B e h b a h a n ia n K o m m u n ic a tio n . A w areness. T o g eth e r. It's v ita l th a t students a re a w a re o f b o th social a n d p o litic a l activities o f SSM U. To increase c o m m u n i­ c atio n I w ill ensu re re g u la r c o n ta c t w ith fa cu ltie s th ro u g h m ee tin g s a n d n e w s le tte rs. As a flo o rfe llo w in D o u g las Hall this y e a r a n d VP In te rn a l o f th e IRC last year, I have o rg a n ­ ized activities fo r students in a v a rie ty o f fa cu ltie s a n d p ro ­ gram s. I u n d e rs ta n d th e ir needs a n d I k n o w I have th e e x p e ­ rience a n d enthusiasm to g e t th e jo b d o n e . Life is short m ak e th e m ost o f it! It's in y o u r hands - ta k e th e in itia tiv e V o te K a ta n e h fo r VP In te rn a l.

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If e le c te d , I w ill: 1) Establish a m o n th ly , c a m p u s -w id e events b u lle tin . A v a ila b le across cam pus, you w ill be in ­ fo rm e d a b o u t e very e v e n t a t M cG ill. 2) P ut SSMU o n th e In te rn e t. 3) H a rm o n iz e th e SSMU Frosh P ro g ram w ith fa c u lty association frosh p ro g ram s so t h a t students can p a rticip ate in b o th . 4) Increase o p p o rtu n itie s fo r M o n tré a l a re a students to beco m e in vo lved . I have th e re la te d ex p e rien ce in th e S tudents' Society by s ta rtin g up a n d m a n ­ a g in g th e n e w SSMU Used T e x tb o o k C o -o p. I have th e enthusiasm , lead ersh ip a n d d e d ic a tio n to run th e In te r­ nal p o rtfo lio a n d to tu rn m y prom ises to you in to reality.

J o s h u a F in k e ls t e in " N o o n e can g e t really d ru n k o n a novel or a p a in tin g , b u t w h o can h e lp g e ttin g d ru n k on B eeth o ven 's N in th , B artok's S o n a ta fo r Tw o Pianos a n d Percussion, o r th e Beatles' W h ite A lb u m ? " - K u n d e ra , T h e U n b e a ra b le L ig h t­ ness o f B eing. "Jerry w as a race car d riv e r a n d he d ro v e so g o d d a m n e d fast, he n e ve r d id w in no ch eckered fla g , b u t he n e v e r d id com e in last. Jerry w as a race car d riv e r h e 'd say 'El Solo N u m b e r O n e ' w ith a bocephus sticker on his 4 4 2 h e 'd lig h te n up ju st fo r fu n ." - Primus, "Jerry w as a Race C ar D riv e r"

P e te r A r m s t r o n g - W h i t w o r t h This y e a r g o v e rn m e n t cuts w ill a ffe c t you, th e s tu d e n t. To d e a l w ith this a n d o th e r critical issues requ ires s tro n g a n d accom plished le a d ers h ip . O nce e le c te d , I w ill i) im p ro v e re la ­ tio n s w ith M o n tre a l universities to fo rm a c o m b in e d fro n t; ii) s tre n g th e n ties w ith CASA, th e largest n a tio n a l s tu d e n t lo b b y o rg a n iz a tio n ; iii) c re a te e ffe c tiv e relatio n s w ith local rep re se n ta tive s o f g o v e rn m e n t; Lucienne R o b illard , M in is te r o f C itizenship a n d Im m ig ra tio n a n d Jacques C h agn on, fo rm e r M in is te r o f E ducation; iv) p u b lic ize o u r in itia tiv e to im p ro v e th e q u a lity o f life . As VP E xtern al y o u a n d I w ill m a k e this year!

J a s o n K le in e S tu d e n t a p a th y a n d d isin teres t have lo ng b e e n p roblem s t h a t SSMU's lack o f vision a n d c o m m u n ic a tio n have con­ tin u a lly re in fo rc e d . As th e crucial link b e tw e e n students a n d th e SSM U, clubs a n d services n e ed to play a stronger, m o re p o w e rfu l ro le in th e m as ter p lan th a t constitutes th e S tudents' Society. In o rd e r to achieve goals o f increased visibility, accessibility a n d e n h a n c e d c o m m u n ic a tio n , w e n e ed a stro n g voice w ho 's g o a l is to speak fo r STUDENTS. D o n 't le t SSMU g e t o u t-o f-to u c h , v o te Jason K lein e fo r VP In te rn a l.

A li L a v e ll Hi! I'm A li Lavell. I am c u rre n tly th e VP In te rn a l o f AUS. This y e a r I have in itia te d activities such as th e ARTS TA V­ ERN. I have also run tra d itio n a l events, fo r e x a m p le th e Red a n d W h ite g ra d u a tio n Ball. I w o u ld be tre m e n d o u s ly excited to have th e o p p o rtu n ity to reach a la rg e r p o p u la ­ tio n o f students as VP In te rn a l o f SSM U. D id you k n o w th a t th e re a re m an y students w h o n e ve r set fo o t in th e S h a tn e r b u ild in g d u rin g th e ir e n tire stay a t M cG ill? For n e x t y e a r is to g o o u t in to th e cam pus a n d b rin g SSMU to th e students.

external affairs C h a n t a l D a S ilv a It is tim e fo r th e E xternal P o rtfo lio to resurrect its voice bey o n d th e M cG ill c o m m u n ity . As a second y e a r s tu d e n t, active É w ith in th e S tudent's Society, I have th e e xp e rie n c e a n d th e k n o w le d g e to re p re s e n t stu d en ts' interests. M y vision fo r th e e x te rn a l p o rtfo lio includes: 1 ) h o s tin g a province w id e sym posium o n th e fu tu r e o f post s eco n d ary e d u c a tio n in Q uebec, 2) c o o rd in a tin g e ffo rts w ith QPIRG to launch a n e w recycling p ro g ra m in th e g h e tto , 3) fo rc ib ly lo b b y in g a g ain st g o v e r n m e n t cu tb a ck s, 4 ) d e m a n d in g im p le m e n ta tio n o f g h e tto safety a u d it recom m en d atio n s, 5) J'aim erais concrétiser nos relatio n s avec les a u tres universités a M o n tre a l. U n ifie z vos e ffo rts . V o te z C h an ta l Da Silva!

P a u l R o b ic h a u d As v.p. e x te rn a l, I w o u ld w o r k very h ard try in g to ach ieve m y six e le c to ra l p ro m ­ ises w h ic h are: h o ld in g a re fe re n d u m on o u r p a rtic ip a tio n in CASA o r CFS, h av­ ing re g u la r E xtern al U p d a te Forum s, lo b b y in g th e m u n ic ip a l council fo r Stu­ d e n t pub lic tra n s p o rta tio n fa ir [sic], w o rk in g w ith th e g o v e rn m e n t t o m in im iz e tu itio n increases, w o rk in g w ith c o n cern ed g roups o n th e im p le m e n ta tio n o f th e M cG ill G h e tto S afety A u d it a n d w o rk in g w ith b o th Sovereignists a n d Fed­ eralists t o m a k e a consensus o n M cG ill's p o s itio n vis-a-vis th e im p ro v e m e n ts C a n a d a should m a k e to its C o n s titu tio n to a m e lio ra te Q uebec's p a rtic ip a tio n in th e fe d e ra tio n .

university affairs S t e v e n E r d e ly i W e a re e n te rin g a p iv o ta l tim e in th e life o f th e university. I have th e d e d ic a tio n a n d m o tiv a tio n to ensu re t h a t s tu d e n t needs a n d concerns on a cad em ic a n d e q u ity issues w ill be adressed. M y p rio ritie s include: 1) T h e im p le m e n ta tio n o f policies on Sexual Harassm ent, G e n e ra l Harassm ent, a n d H oly Days. 2) A n a u d it in to acad em ic advising in o rd e r to set n e w u n iv e rs ity -w id e stand ards. 3) Increasing s tu d e n t aw areness o f th e ir rights th ro u g h e d u c a tio n a l sem inars a n d b u lle tin s .

M y y e a r on S en ate a n d SSMU council has g ive n m e v a lu a b le e xp e rie n c e in d e a lin g w ith students a n d th e university. I'm h ere to address y o u r concerns.

Don M cG ow an T h e VP U n iversity A ffa irs has to d e te rm in e if th e U niversity is s p en d in g o u r m o n e y a n d s e ttin g its policies in th e w a y Jr t h a t best suits o u r needs. Som e c o m in g issues w ill in clu de a n e w sexual harassm ent policy, e -m a il a n d c o m p u te r privacy llR * i t cluestions' a n d Principal Shapiro's plans to tu rn M cG ill in to M m an A m e ric a n -s ty le u n iversity w ith A m e ric a n -le v e l tu itio n .

Being a D ire c to r o f th e Legal In fo Clinic has ta u g h t m e h o w th e U niversity w orks; it is tim e to p u t th a t k n o w le d g e to w o rk fir J B fo r a ü ° f us- M y n a m e is D on M c G o w a n ; v o te fo r m e as your H k Æ ÈÊÊL n e x t VP U n iversity A ffa irs.

finance J o n a th a n C h o m s k i As C h air o f th e Financial C o m m itte e o f SSMU a n d Clubs R ep­ res e n tativ e , I have a cq u ire d a clear u n d e rs ta n d in g o f th e f i­ nances o f th e SSM U. If e le cte d , I w ill a p p ly m y a b ilitie s a n d e xp e rtis e to m a in ta in in g th e p ro fita b ility o f th e SSMU, a n d w ill ensure th a t m o n e y is a v a ila b le to run th e variou s clubs a n d activities th a t m a k e such an im p a ct o n y o u r life . W ith m y e xp e rie n c e in th e SSMU a n d m y studies in a cc o u n tin g , I fe e l th a t I am th e p e rfe c t c a n d id a te fo r th e jo b o f VP Finance. V ote

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Ted M u r a ta M a n y o f yo u k n o w th a t I fin d a lm o st a n y th in g fu n n y . W h e n it com es to M cG ill, th o u g h , I stop la u g h in g . A lth o u g h o u r school is o n e o f th e best universities in th e w o rld , it is s u ffe rin g fro m te rrific fin a n c ia l p ro b le m s m ost n o ta b ly re p re ­ s en te d in o u r u n d e r-fu n d e d libraries. I am ru n n in g f o r V ic e -P re sid en t Finance a n d O p e ra tio n s because I in te n d t o b a d g e r th e B o ard o f G o vern o rs in to b e ­ c o m in g fiscally responsible by s e ttin g m o d e l e x a m p le m a n a g in g SSMU's b u d g e t.

W h ile K elly R em ai d id a fin e jo b in 1 99 5 -1 9 9 6 , th e re a re still m an y changes th a t n e e d t o b e m a d e if M cG ill is t o be co m e #1 a g a in .

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Elijah R aw lyk A lo h a , m y n a m e is E lija h R a w ly k . If I'm e le c te d A rts S e n a to r, I w ill s p e a k as a s tu d e n t, ju s t lik e y o u , r e p ­ r e s e n tin g a ll o f o u r c o n ­ c ern s, w h e r e it c o u n ts . I'm v e r y c o n c e r n e d t h a t s tu ­ d e n t s ' v o ic e s a r e h e a r d w h e n it c o m e s t o issues such as s e x u a l a n d ra c ia l h a ra s s m e n t p o lic ie s a n d d e c re a s e d f u n d in g f o r lib ra r y h o u rs a n d a c q u is itio n s . U n iv e rs ity b u d g e t cu ts s e e m in e v it a b le , b u t t h e a v a ila b ilit y a n d q u a lit y o f e d u c a t io n m u s t b e m a in t a in e d . I'm o n e o f y o u , a p o t e n t ia l lit t le g u y a m o n g t h e b ig c h e e s e , b u t g iv e m e t h e o p p o r t u n it y t o s p e a k f o r y o u o n t h e S e n a te a n d y o u w o n 't b e fo rg o tte n .

V incenzo Field H i, m y n a m e is V in c e F ie ld , a n d I a m r u n n in g f o r t h e p o s itio n o f A r ts S e n a to r. I a m c u r r e n tly in m y s e c o n d s e m e s te r o f P o litic a l Sci­ e n c e a n d C a n a d ia n s tu d ­ ies. I d o n o t k n o w h o w m a n y s tu d e n ts h a v e a c t u ­ a lly h e a r d o f t h e M c G ill s e n a t e b u t I a m h o p in g t h a t if I a m e le c te d I c a n c h a n g e th is . S e n a to rs r e p r e s e n t t h e s tu d e n ts n t h e ir f a c u lt y o n such issues as s t u d e n t e v a lu a t io n a n d a c a d e m ic p r o ­ g ra m s . I s tr o n g ly b e lie v e t h a t m y e x p e r ie n c e in s t u d e n t g o v e r n m e n t b o t h a t t h e h ig h s c h o o l a n d c e g e p le v e l w ill b e g r e a t assets in b e s t r e p ­ r e s e n tin g y o u r v ie w s a n d in te re s ts .

Shuah Roskies T h e F a c u lty o f A r ts is f a c ­ in g a n u m b e r o f s ig n if i­ c a n t p r o g r a m c u ts w h ic h , o v e r t h e n e x t f e w y e a rs , w ill a f f e c t a ll o f us. D isc i­ p l in e s s u c h as A f r i c a n S tu d ie s , N o r t h A m e r ic a n S t u d ie s , a n d R e li g io u s S t u d ie s a r e a ll u n d e r t h r e a t . T h e n e e d f o r s tu ­ d e n t in it ia t iv e t o o p p o s e p r o g r a m c u ts is p ress­ in g . A s A r ts S e n a to r, I p r o p o s e t o lo b b y a g a in s t a d m in is t r a t iv e slashes. H o w e v e r , as w e ll as p r e ­ v e n t in g cuts, I see t h e n e e d f o r p o s itiv e r e fo r m s in t h e a rts a c a d e m ic p r o g r a m , p a r t ic u la r ly o n t h e fir s t y e a r le v e l. F o r a n e f fe c t iv e a n d p r o ­ g re s s iv e c h o ic e in t h e F a c u lty o f A rts , S h u a h R o skies is y o u r v o ic e .

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Je ff Rogers M y n a m e is J e f f R o g e rs (M a tu r e S tu d e n t, U 1, B .E d .), a n d I h a v e e n t e r e d t h e ra c e t o b e t h e S e n a te re p f o r E d u c a tio n . T h e p o s itio n o f s e n a te re p . is o n e t h a t in v o lv e s t h e t r a n s f e r o f in f o r m a t io n f r o m t h e EUS t o t h e s e n ­ a t e a n d v ic e v e r s a . T h e n e x t f e w y e a rs w ill b e f ille d w i t h h e a t e d d e ­ b a te s - a ll d ra s tic c h a n g e s a re . D e liv e r in g o u r c o n c e rn s a n d o p in io n s c le a r ly a n d c o n c is e ly w ill b e p a r a m o u n t in m a k in g s u re w e a r e h e a r d . " H o w ? " I w a s a B .C o m m . 'S U IT ' f o r s e v e ra l y e a rs a n d I lo v e a g o o d d e b a t e - s h o r t a n d u s e fu l.

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e n g in e e r in g s e n a to r A ly El H am am sy H i I a m A ly El H a m a m s y . I a m r u n n in g f o r t h e s e n a te b e c a u s e I b e lie v e e n g i ­ n e e rs , as w e ll as a ll o t h e r M c G ill s t u d e n t s , a r e in c ritic a l n e e d o f s tro n g r e p ­ r e s e n t a t io n o n t h e s e n a te t o a c tiv e ly v o ic e t h e ir c o n ­ c e r n s o n is s u e s s u c h as f u n d in g c u ts, t u it i o n fe e s in c re a s e s , as w e ll as m a in t e n a n c e a n d u p g r a d ­ in g o f fa c ilitie s . By t r u s t in g m e w i t h y o u r v o t e , y o u a r e e le c tin g a f o r c e f u l a n d a c tiv e v o ic e t o p r e s e n t Y O U R v ie w s o n a ll th e s e v it a l issues t o t h e a d m in is t r a t io n in o r d e r t o m a k e s u re s tu ­ d e n ts a r e n o t t h e v ic tim s o f u n f a ir m e a s u re s .

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Don D im itrie v ic h H i m y n a m e is D o n D im itr ie v ic h a n d I'm r u n ­ n in g as a c a n d id a t e f o r la w r e p r e s e n t a t iv e t o t h e S e n a te . In m y fir s t y e a r a t M c G ill L a w , I'v e s e e n a n d fe lt th e n e e d fo r c h a n g e .

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N un o G am a H i! M y n a m e is N u n o G a m a , a n d I a m v e r y in ­ t e r e s t e d in r e p r e s e n t in g a n d p r o te c tin g y o u r v ie w s a t s e n a t e . O v e r t h e la s t y e a r I h a v e s a t o n EUS c o u n c il, F a c u lty m e e tin g s , EU S P r e s id e n t's c o u n c il, a n d D e p a rtm e n ta l m e e t­ in g s as P r e s id e n t o f t h e C ivil E n g in e e r in g U n d e r g r a d u a t e S o c ie ty . I a m f a m il ia r w i t h issues c u r r e n t ly fa c in g s e n a te in ­ c lu d in g t u it i o n , b u d g e t r e v ie w , m a r k in g p o li­ cies, p r io r it y a n d p la n n in g . In m y p o s itio n as P re s id e n t o f CEU S a n d m a n a g e r o f o t h e r c o m ­ m itte e s , I h a v e d e a lt w i t h u n iv e r s ity o ffic ia ls , h a v e b a la n c e d b u d g e ts a n d h a v e r e p r e s e n te d s t u d e n t r ig h ts . F o r s tr o n g e n g in e e r in g s tu d e n t le a d e r s h ip v o t e f o r N u n o G a m a .

D an iel Farb As y o u r c u rre n t M a n a g e ­ m e n t S e n a to r I h a v e v o te d o n such issues as t h e f u ­ t u r e o f M c G ill's g r a d in g p o lic y, t h e s ch o o l's s e x u a l h a ra s s m e n t po licy, a n d o n th e im p le m e n ta tio n o f f ir s t y e a r s e m in a r s . F u r­ t h e r m o r e , as a re s u lt o f m y p o s it io n I h a v e h a d t h e p r iv ile g e o f s ittin g o n t h e M a n a g e m e n t U n d e r ­ g r a d u a t e S o c ie ty C o u n c il. T h r o u g h th e s e a c tiv i­ tie s I h a v e g a in e d a g r e a t u n d e r s ta n d in g o f h o w th is in s t it u t io n ru n s . By r e -e le c tin g m e t o t h e S e n a te y o u w ill b e v o t in g f o r e x p e r ie n c e , d e d i­ c a tio n , a n d in te g rity . So o n e le c tio n d a y RE-ELECT F a rb t o S e n a te , t h e c a n d id a te y o u c a n tru s t.

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K arin Rashcovsky T h e S e n a te is t h e h ig h e s t a c a d e m ic d e c is io n m a k in g b o d y a t M c G ill. O n S e n ­ a te , s tu d e n ts h a v e th e o p p o r t u n it y t o h a v e t h e ir v o ic e s h e a r d b y M c G ill's t o p p ro fe s s o rs a n d a d m in ­ is tra to rs . Y o u r d u t y is t o e le c t y o u r r e p r e s e n t a t iv e t o a c o u n c il w h e r e y o u r o p in io n o n issues has a d i­ re c t in flu e n c e o n M c G ill's f u t u r e . W h e t h e r t h e issue c o n c e rn s g e n e r a l h a ra s s m e n t p o lic y , o r a c h a n g e in t h e G P A scale, I as y o u r s e n a to r w o u ld a d d re s s t h e m a t t e r a t h a n d w i t h t h e in te r e s ts o f a ll s tu d e n ts in m in d . T h is is w h a t I w o u ld e x p e c t f r o m m y s tu d e n t s e n a to r, a n d th is is w h a t I w ill S TR IV E T O A C H IE V E .

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K aren H urley R e s id e n c e m a t t e r . A n y ­ o n e w h o liv e s t h e r e k n o w s a u n iv e r s ity e d u c a ­ t io n is n 't lim it e d t o le c ­ tu r e s . A n e n jo y a b le re z e x p e r ie n c e s ta y s w i t h y o u ... IRC s h o u ld t o o . It s h o u ld b r in g t o g e t h e r a ll six r e s id e n c e c r e a tin g a v is ib le , d y n a m ic , a n d a c tiv e p re s e n c e . I s in c e re ly b e lie v e IRC has g r e a t p o t e n t ia l t o m a k e a n im p a c t o n s tu d e n ts ' lives.

A f t e r t w o y e a rs o f s e rv in g IRC, th is y e a r as S S M U R e p , la s t y e a r as RVC 's W o m a n 's Issues R e p , I'v e r e a liz e d t h a t c re a tiv ity , e n e r g y a n d e x p e r ie n c e is n e e d e d a t t h e h e lm lik e n e v e r b e f o r e . I w ill w o r k w i t h in te n s ity t o im p r o v e r e z lif e . A n d I w ill e n jo y d o in g it.

c k u t b o a rd Alexis T. Roshuk ....... H a v in g p re v io u s ly b e e n a n e le c te d s t u d e n t v o lu n t e e r d e le g a t e t o t h e C K U T B o a rd , I a m n o w r u n n in g as t h e S S M U r e p r e s e n ta tiv e . A s a la w s t u d e n t a n d c o o r d in a t o r o f C K U T 's L e g a le a s e , a le g a l in f o r m a t io n s h o w s p o n s o re d b y t h e M c G ill L e g a l In fo r m a tio n C lin ic , I c a n b e a n e ffe c tiv e v o ic e fo r s tu d e n ts c o n c e rn s o n th e C K U T B o a rd . T h e r a d io is a n id e a m e d iu m to d is s e m in a te tim e ly in fo rm a tio n to s tu d e n ts a n c I h o p e t o e n c o u r a g e m o re s tu d e n ts a t M c G ill t o t a k e ad v a n t a g e o f th e p r o g r a m m in g a n d fa c ilitie s o f th is a w a r d w in n in g c a m p u s a n d c o m m u n ity r a d io s ta tio n .

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S u z a n n e B ra d le y I h a v e a lw a y s b e e n a n a c ­ t iv e p a r t ic ip a n t in a v a r i­ e ty o f c o m m u n ity a n d s c h o la s tic e n d e a v o r s . P e r­ h a p s o n e o f t h e m o s t in ­ f lu e n t ia l d is c o v e rie s h e r e a t M c G ill, has b e e n m y in ­ v o lv e m e n t in t h e Q P IR G o r g a n ic fo o d c o -o p (L O A F ). W it h i n th is g r o u p , I h a v e b e e n in tr o d u c e d t o a u n iq u e c o m m u n ity c o m p ris e d o f v e ry v iv a c io u s , a w a r e a n d in v o lv e d p a r tic ip a n ts . T h e c o -o p as w e ll as o t h e r Q P IR G in itia tiv e s p r o v id e a n a c c e s s ib le o u t l e t t o p u t g r e a t id e a s in t o a c tio n . F o r th is re a s o n , I w is h t o f u r t h e r m y c a m p u s in v o lv e m e n t as a m e m ­ b e r o f th is y e a r's Q P IR G B o a rd o f D ire c to rs . I a m c u r r e n t ly a P o litic a l S c ie n c e m a jo r.

J o n a th a n D a w r a n t S M , 21 s e e k in g SF, 2 0 -2 3 f o r fr ie n d s h ip a n d possi­ b ly m o r e . I e n j o y lo n g w a lk s , b ik in g a n d lis te n ­ in g to ja z z .

I am s e e k in g ...o o p s , I a m g e t ­ t in g m y a d s m ix e d u p . I a m a 3 r d y e a r B io lo g y s tu ­ d e n t r u n n in g f o r a b o a r d p o s itio n b e c a u s e I w a n t t o c o n t r ib u t e m y le a d e r s h ip skills a n d e n th u s ia s m t o Q P IR G , a g r e a t o r g a n iz a t io n t h a t I'v e w o r k e d w i t h f o r t w o y e a rs . In t h e p a s t I h a v e g a in e d v a lu a b le e x p e r ie n c e c o -c o o r d in a tin g su ch g r o u p s as W a lk s a f e , M c G ill S tu d e n t's In t e r n a ­ t io n a l D e v e lo p m e n t In it ia t iv e a n d C a m p u s a n d C o m m u n it y W a s te M a n a g e m e n t . T h is w o r k has g iv e n m e a g o o d b a c k g r o u n d in t h e p ro cesses o f p la n n in g .

C la ire H e e n a n H a v in g s p e n t t h r e e y e a rs n o w in a c o m p le te ly a c a ­ d e m ic e n v i r o n m e n t , I'v e b e e n f e e lin g t h e n e e d t o c o m p le m e n t t h e s tu d y o f e n v iro n m e n ta l d e g r a d a ­ t io n a n d s o c ia l in ju s tic e s w i t h A C T IO N . Q P IR G is a f o r u m f o r th is in t e g r a t io n o f a w a re n e s s a n d a c tiv is m .

H a v in g b e e n in v o lv e d w i t h a n u m b e r o f Q P IR G p ro je c ts in t h e p a s t y e a r, I f e e l t h a t t h e p o s itio n o f b o a r d m e m b e r w o u ld a llo w m e t o w o r k w it h e a c h o f t h e p ro je c ts t o s o m e d e g r e e , a n d p e r ­ h a p s d e v e lo p n e w p ro je c ts w h ic h c o m b in e t h e g o a ls o f e n v ir o n m e n t a l p r o t e c t io n a n d so cial e q u ity .

W e n d y Lai W e c a n n o t ( u n f o r t u n a t e ly ) r e m o v e o u rs e lv e s f r o m g o v e r n m e n t a l s tru c tu re s w i t h w h ic h w e d o n o t a g re e . W e can, h o w e v e r, c o n trib u te to o r g a n iz a t io n s t h a t c o n ­ s t r u c t iv e l y o p p o s e t h e s ta tu s q u o . I t h in k t h a t PIRG is a n im p o r t a n t c o n ­ t r i b u t o r in h e lp in g us b e ­ c o m e a w a re o f, a n d c h a n g e , t h e w a y w e t h in k a n d b e h a v e . B lu n tly p u t, I a m f r i g h t e n e d o f t h e w o r ld a n d t h e w a y it is g o in g . S o m e th in g m u s t b e d o n e .

C a t h e r in e M a s o n It is e a s y t o f e e l o v e r w h e lm e d b y t h e m a n y s o ­ cial a n d e n v ir o n m e n t a l issues t h a t a re p r e s e n te d

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W i t h i n Q P IR G h o w e v e r , th e re a re g ro u p s re p re ­ s e n tin g a w i d e r a n g e o f issues a n d t h e r e is a lw a y s o p p o r tu n ity fo r m o re .

O n e o f Q P IR G 's m a i n g o a ls is t o in flu e n c e issues a f f e c t in g s tu d e n ts a n d t h e c o m m u n ity as a w h o le . A s I b e lie v e t h a t a h e a lt h y c o m m u n ity is v e r y v a lu a b le , I w o u ld lik e t o h e lp M c G ill s tu d e n ts im p r o v e o u r s o c ia l a n d p h y s ic a l e n v ir o n m e n t t h r o u g h Q P IR G .

J u lie P e rk in s I e n t e r e d t h e Q P IR G B o a rd la s t S e p t e m b e r w i t h a m b iv a le n c e . I h a d a lw a y s a s s o c ia te d b o a r d w o r k w i t h p o w e r suits a n d d a u n tin g s k y s c ra p e rs .

S o m e h o w I k n e w th a t th e Q P IR G B o a rd w o u ld b e d if ­ fe re n t, b u t I n e ve r e x ­ p e c te d it t o b e so r e w a r d ­ in g . I w a s f o r t u n a t e t o b e in it ia t e d in to such a w o n ­ d e rfu l b o a rd . T h e re w e re s o m e fre s h n e w fa c e s lik e m e , a n d s o m e w i t h t h e w is d o m o f p a s t B o a rd e x p e r ie n c e . It w a s c le a rly im p o r t a n t t o h a v e t h e e le m e n t o f c o n t in u it y t h a t o ld m e m b e r s p r o ­ v id e d . I h o p e t h a t t h e in v a lu a b le e x p e r ie n c e I g a in e d th is y e a r c a n p r o v id e s o m e c o n t in u it y f o r n e x t y e a r's B o a rd . lo a n a M . S p in u T h e N o r th A m e r ic a n c o n ­ s u m e r s o c ie ty is n o t sus­ t a i n a b l e a n d it s u re as h e ll is n o t ju s t. W a t e r e d d o w n p o lic ie s a n d " n e w " t e c h n o lo g y w ill n o t im ­ p r o v e t h e s i t u a t i o n , it w ill ju s t m a k e it s o u n d o r lo o k b e t t e r . T h e s e c o s ­

m e tic s o lu tio n s c a n n o t re p la c e t h e re a l c h a n g e s t h a t n e e d t o t a k e p la c e in in d iv id u a l a t tit u d e s a n d b e h a v io rs . W e , as in d iv id u a ls a n d as c o n ­ s u m e rs , h a v e b o th p o w e r a n d re s p o n s ib ility . W e a r e g lo b a l c itiz e n s b u t m u s t b e lo c a l a c tiv is ts .

T h is is t h e p h ilo s o p h y I t r y t o a p p ly t o a ll t h e th in g s I d o .

M a r t h a S tie g m a n I'v e b e e n o n t h e Q P IR G b o a r d since t h e b e g in n in g o f J a n u a ry , a n d a m r e a lly e n jo y in g t h e o p p o r t u n it y th is b rin g s t o k e e p u p t o d a t e o n a ll t h e g r e a t s t u f f P IR G e r s a r e d o i n g a n d h e lp m a k e th e s e p ro je c ts h a p p e n . Q P IR G is a n in ­ v a lu a b le re s o u rc e f o r a c ­ tiv is ts t o fin d t h e h u m a n a n d f in a n c ia l res o u rce s n e e d e d t o g e t p ro je c ts g o in g , a n d f o r in te r e s te d f o lk t o g e t in v o lv e d , e d u c a t e th e m s e lv e s a n d t h e c o m m u n ity . I h a v e a lo t t o c o n t r ib u t e t o t h e Q P IR G b o a r d w it h m y b r o a d k n o w le d g e a n d in te r e s t in e n v ir o n m e n t a l a n d s o c ia l ju s tic e is­ sues a n d m y e x p e r ie n c e as a b o a r d m e m b e r th is y e a r.

Z a k P a tte r s o n I w a s e le c te d t o t h e b o a r d o f d ire c to r s la s t y e a r, d u r ­ in g t h e p a s t y e a r I h a v e w o rk e d h a rd w ith o th e r m e m b e rs o f th e b o a rd to h e lp im p r o v e t h e f u n c t io n ­ in g o f Q P IR G a t M c G ill. T h e re a s o n I a m r u n n in g a g a in is t h a t I t h in k PIRGs a r e v e ry im p o r ta n t, p a r tic u la r ly th e s e d a y s w h e n so m a n y s tu d e n ts f e e l p o w e r ­ less t o h a v e a say in t h e r a p id c h a n g e s o u r c o u n ­ t r y is u n d e r g o in g . I b e lie v e t h a t PIRGs a r e im ­ p o r t a n t , b e c a u s e t h e y p r o v id e a n o u t l e t t o c h a n g e t h e d e s p a ir t h a t m a n y s tu d e n ts f e e l, in to a c tio n a llo w in g us t o g u id e o u r s o c ie ty in a m o re p o s itiv e d ir e c tio n .

A u d ry R o b u rn Q P IR G is a n o n - c a m p u s o r ­ g a n iz a t io n w o r k in g f o r social a n d e n v ir o n m e n t a l c h a n g e .

Q P IR G is a n e x c e lle n t b a s e f o r s tu d e n t a c tiv is m , a n d I w o u ld lik e t o w o r k t o w a r d s m a k in g Q P IR G m o r e a ccessib le t o s tu ­ d e n ts , a n d m o r e k n o w n t o th e g e n e r a l c o m m u n ity .

W it h i n Q P IR G , I w o u ld w o r k f o r b e t t e r c o m m u n ic a t io n b e t w e e n t h e b o a r d a n d w o r k in g g r o u p s a n d a m o n g t h e w o r k in g g r o u p s th e m s e lv e s . I h a v e t h r e e y e a rs w o r t h o f e x p e r ie n c e w o r k i n g w i t h Q P IR G a n d o t h e r M c G ill s t u d e n t g ro u p s . M o s t im p o r t a n t ly , I'm v e r y c o m m it t e d t o Q P IR G 's g o a ls o f p o s itiv e s o c ia l c h a n g e in M o n t r e a l a n d a ll o f Q u e b e c .

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The V atican ju st released a list called Some Important Films, their 45 favourite movies o f all tim e. A m ong them : I t ’s a W onderful L ife , On the W ater­ front and The Bicycle Thief.

What was interesting about the list, if not unnerving, was that I agreed with almost all o f their choices. Does this mean that the church is trying to reflect chang­ ing times, or that I am actually a deeply pious person?

O ther ones: F a n ta s ia , T he Lavender Hill M ob and 2001 : A Space Odyssey.

Although I ’m not Catholic, I attended a C atholic elem entary school, and did extremely well in religion class. I was even allowed to take the Host once in a while, but only in training runs. I never saw active duty.

O th ers: B en -H u r, The Mission and The Wizard o f Oz. What excites me about The List is this: the Pope and I have something in common. Until now, I ’d always assumed that if I ever met the Pope, say, sitting next to him on an airplane, that we would have very little to talk about: “Nice to meet you, child,” the Pope would say. “I’m Pope John Paul the Second.” “ W ow ! U h, you know , what’ s interesting is, my Dad’ s name is also Joh n . His middle name isn’t Paul, it’s David. David was one of the apostles too, eh?” and then I would close my mouth and smile awkwardly and stare at the sequins on his hat.

Thus would begin an uncom­ fortable silence o f B ib lical pro­ portions. The Pope would then look out the window and stare at

the clouds for a while (seeing the Pope boarding the plane, I have abdicated the window seat). Then he would probably lo o k at his watch.

What kind of watch does the Pope have? Someone must have given him a really nice watch, sometime. Or does the Catholic Church have some sort o f rule against giving gifts to the Pope, like the NCAA has with college athletes?

A p p aren tly , the C a th o lic Church has no rules about the Pope watching movies. Do they have their very own theatre in Vatican City, or do the Pope and a bunch o f Cardinals all climb into the Pope-M obile and drive to a cineplex in Rome? Has the Pope seen S ister A ct 2 ? How about

W h a t’s Up T ig er L ily ? Who Fram ed Roger Rabbit? Shaft?

S in ce the V atican released The List, I am reassured that the Pope and I would indeed have plenty to ta lk about. Now if I meet the pontiff, say, in a YM CA, I know we can have an extended conversation about movies: “Yeah, The Wizard o f Oz was really good. I liked the way the W itch m elted . From a pail o f

water!” I would say.

“I liked the Wizard. He was ju st a “normal guy — and people treated him like a god or some­ th in g . In c r e d ib le !” the Pope would say. “Have you seen The Bicycle T hief ?”

At this point, I don’t know if I could tell a lie. I ’ve never seen The Bicycle Thief. To anyone else, I would probably lie and say that it was “ex trem e ly m ovin g, a touching portrait o f life and an excellent example o f Italian NeoRealism.”

But lie to the Pope?

T h at would be a lie o f Biblical proportions!

I ’m sure that John Paul the S e co n d can te ll when y o u ’ re lying, because you would tend to get extremely nervous when you lie to the Pope, because at the back o f your mind, no matter how agnostic you claim to be, there’s always going to be the slightest chance that you’re lying to God’s A nointed O ne. W hat i f he got fu rio u s, started sp eakin g in tongues and got vengeful in a fire and brimstone sort of way?

Actually, if you do lie to the Pop e, I ’ ll b et he ju s t ro lls his eyes.

I wish I co u ld ’ ve seen the new movie Broken Arrow with his Holiness. If I would have seen the movie with him, say, in AlexisN ihon P la z a , th is is what he would have said: “Boy, John Travolta wasn’t nearly as good as he was in Pulp Fiction. And how about that love interest for Christian Slater? Just a bland Sandra Bullock. Okay, a few o f the actio n scen es were neat, but nothing unbelievable.

And couldn’t they have written any dialogue that was interesting or original? Hell, besides all the explosions, it might as well have been a silent movie!” “ Y e s , it did su ck , your R everence,” I would say. “You know , the new Adam San d ler movie Happy Gilmore is playing in the theatre next door, and I don’ t think th e re’ s any ushers around — want to sneak in?” “ Do I ev e r! I loved B illy M adison,” the Pope might say.

(Officially, Billy Madison did not make The List, but I have a strong feeling it was number 46.)

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The Tribune has published 17 issues thus far. We have made mis­ takes, great and small. We have been threatened with lawsuits and experienced in-fighting. We get complaints and criticisms; some­ tim es people w on’t talk to us.

Sometimes the wrong people talk to us. Often people are angry with us.

Only two of us make any money.

Our office doesn’t have any win­ dows and it contains the air condi­ tioner. We, however, have no con­ trol over the operation o f the air conditioner.

As a result, I have decided to apply for a position at the Condor, C alifornia U niversity’ s campus newspaper. Most of you may know this publication better as the one Brandon Walsh writes a column for on “Beverly Hills 90210”.

I would like to make clear that essentially, my intention is to go to the Condor for a little while, reap the benefits and come back to the Tribune, learned, grown and brim­ ming with suggestions.

In all seriousness, I question why everyone in the whole world d oesn ’ t want to work for the Condor. I believe I only need to illustrate a few com parisons in order to explain my position.

At the Condor, there is a beau­ tiful glass office like the one at the Daily Planet (with a closing door and private telephone line for the Editor-in-Chief). At the Tribune, we have a classroom made out of bricks.

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Some are broken and I think one is a PET. Or maybe a Commodore 64.

The computers at the Tribune are also set up on something similar to a picnic table. There is an elec­ tric jungle underneath. The wall leaks and the cables lie in puddles of water. Everyone at the Tribune must wear rubber soled shoes.

Once I kicked the jungle by acci­ dent and everything turned off.

There is no Electrical Jungle at the Condor.

Nothing leaks at the Condor.

Condor Columnists are paid 50 dollars a week. Fifty. Five-O. Tribune columnists get a blurb at the end of their columns. Words of acknow ledgem ent are Tribune “money.”

Angry little men don’t write letters to the Condor's rival news­ paper. This is because the Condor has no rival paper. Everyone loves the Condor. They are never faced with any legal suits and no one ever writes hate mail to the Condor.

One time I got a letter where the guy asked me if I knew how to read.

They have comfortable chairs to sit on at the Condor.

The T ribune has Salvation Army furniture. It’s broken and silverfish live inside.

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She has a good editing jo b ; she never has to edit. She’s really very stylish and always has time to go out all weekend.

There are no rival student groups at C alifornia University.

The C on d or d oesn’ t cov er any protests. People in Beverly Hills chant things like “DONNA MAR­ TIN GRADUATES!” A few weeks ago, Brandon and Susan got to go to the “best a rtic le ” awards cerem ony. The Condor won for an article that was written by the Editor-in-chief about h erself, using a fake name.

E veryone loves the C on d or so much that even in the wake of a collapse of journalisitc integrity, it will win the best article award over Harvard.

I really want to go to the best article awards ceremony.

But I w ill return to the Tribune. This is because the word “Tribune” is defined by the Grosset Webster Dictionary as “a represen­ tative of the people” and “A speak­ er’s platform.” I like the sound of that.

The Condor is defined as “a large South American vulture.”

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C opies o f th e c u rre n t and draft Constitutions w ill be distributed during th e campaigning period and w ill be available at eve ry polling station.

Four experts offer insights into global warming stopped.

The “Conveyor Belt”, a series of ocean currents that join the Gulf Stream, would shift warming pat­ Watch Scien ce terns on the Earth’s surface if pre­ sent co n d itio n s co n tin u e. He described this as a “cardiac arrest” On F rid ay , Febru ary 30, M cG ill’s Centrer for Climate and scenario for the globe.

“W e would know Ju r a s s ic Global Change played host to four internationally renowned scientists P ark -like temperatures in North who research the mechanisms of Am erica, as well as in areas o f global warming, and the economic Siberia,” he warned.

“T em p eratu res would impact it will have on the future. increase 7 to 14 degrees above Dr. André Berger, from the current levels.”

Catholic University in Louvain, Dr. Sam uel F ran kBelgium , presented a speech on ‘T he A stro n o m ical T h eory o f hauser, a clim ate change at the Climate.’ Studying long term fluc­ eco n o m ist tuations in the earth’s orbit around Secretariat of the Global Environmental Facility the sun, B erg er predicted that human interference in CO 2 pollu­ of the World Bank, dis­ cu ssed the eco n om ic tion would in ten sify a com ing shifts that would occur warm period.

Berger said that depending on due to global warming.

“Each ton o f car­ the concentration o f C O 2 in the atmosphere, the Earth could take bon that we release into up to 50,000 years to compensate the atm osphere could for the industrial era. In those cost $5 to $125 of dam­ 50,000 years, CO 2 pollution could age in the fu tu re ,” Frankhauser said. “But you p o ten tially m elt the entire c a n ’ t ju s t talk o f co sts Greenland Ice Cap. Dr. Syukuro Mahabe, a pro­ incurred from a CO 9 increase.

You have to consider the costs fessor at the Princeton University department o f atm ospheric and of prevention.”

A ccording to Frankhauser, oceanic science, presented his 3-D modelling of climate change over agricultural change, migration of diseases and demographic shifts the last century.

A cco rd in g to M ahabe, a will contribute to a different politi­ cal and economic clim ate in the n o tice a b le w arm ing trend has future. occurred over the last 100 years “By sequencing our actions, a that w ill irreversibly affect the o c e a n ’ s cu rrents if it is not lot o f co sts can be sa v e d ,” he B y Jon O 'B rien

argued. “B y putting a carbon emissions tax on polluters, money could be re-routed to the poor, or to the sectors of the economy that will be adversely affected.”

Finally, Dr. David Schimel, senior scientist at t h e

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spoke on carbon cycles. Carbon cycles are the ecological systems that absorb and re-emit carbon.

According to Schimel, a por­ tion of carbon in the earth’s bios­ phere cannot be accounted for, leading to uncertainties in clim a te p re­ diction.

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end o f the sp eech es, the four researchers discussed the social implications o f science and em phasised the need for change.

Dr. Mahabe stressed the diffi­ culties in getting people to change their attitudes.

“I always wonder about capi­ talist systems,” he said. “People are reluctant to try and protect th eir environm ent because the environment is everybody’s. It is not your own property.”

Dr. B erg er contended that politicians should not ignore new technology.

“If [the government] does not start, nothing will ever happen concerning this,” Berger said. “I am not at all in agreement with the fact that we have to invest a lot to develop new technology.

My question is why are we not yet using technologies which are existent right now and which will improve this situ­ ation?”

By drawing reference to the au tom otive industry, Berger illustrated his point.

“For exam ple, we have cars that do not take more than three litres to cover 100 kilome­ tres. Why are they not on the m arket? This has nothing to do with developing new technology.

It is totally related to the will of the policy-makers and the indus­ tries to implement these new tech­ nologies,” Berger concluded.

“And so I refuse the blame placed on scientists that they do not have the final solution for the problem that is well within our potential right now.”

Past offenders face obstacles re-entering the society

By Erika Fuchs In V ic to r H ugo’ s L es Misérables, Jean Valjean’s identity is forever linked to his criminal past. He is to forever carry an identity card that states that he was once a convict. In our era, ex-con­ victs no longer carry criminal iden­ tity cards, but many still feel they are still singled out from and stig­ matised by the rest of society.

The most obvious reason for disclosing ex-convicts’ identities to the public is to announce their re-in teg ratio n into so ciety .

However, doing so would under­ mine the rehabilitation system, stating that the ex-convict is in fact unfit to enjoy the privacy granted to other citizens.

According to the A ccess to Inform ation A ct, anyone is allowed to go to their local court­ house and find out whether some­ one has been the defendant in a crim in al, or other proceed ing.

Information on whether someone is an ex-convict, or whether that person has been to trial for a con­ viction is public property.

Ja m es, an e x -c o n v ic t who would only give his first name, commented on everyone’s right to privacy.

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does his full sentence, I don’t think sen ten ce, as crim in al d efen ce that his name or picture should be lawyer Jeffrey Boro pointed out, revealed to anybody,” James stat­ “in theory, they enjoy the same ed. “Because the same way that rights and privileges as any other you would like your privacy, he citizen.”

In practice, however, there is would like his privacy too.”

Weighed against the ex-con­ disagreement over the rights of ex­ vict’s rights is the victim’s right to convicts. As they attempt to re­ safety. Currently, victims of previ­ adapt to so cie ty , they often encounter obstacles that make their ous o ffe n c e s may request the tra n sitio n C o r r e c tio n a l difficult. In Services of Canada the case of to notify them o f W eighed against the ex­ jo b a p p li­ the release date and convict’s rights is the vic­ cations, exlo catio n o f the c o n v ic ts offender. tim’s right to safety. have the D iana Y aros legal right from M o n tre a l’ s to not reveal their criminal record.

M ouvem ent C ontre le V iol (Movement Against Rape) ques­ This can, however, be self-incrimi­ tioned the e ffe c tiv e n e s s o f nating. “[The employer] has the legal Canada’s rehabilitation program “Victims should know when right not to give them the jo b ,” said Boro. “You can’t discriminate their assailants are being released, and if they’re planning to re-inte- against a person by the mere fact that they have a criminal record. grate into the community,” Yaros said. “The minimum amount of On the other hand, you can say protection that the police can pro­ that the nature o f the crim inal record is such that he’ s not the vide is knowledge.”

However, the release o f such type o f person that you want to information is a direct challenge of have working for you.”

James believes that ex-covicts the correctional system. By sen­ tencing convicts to a prison term, fa ce a con stan t dilem m a over whether or not to be truthful to a society, through means of a judge, possible future employer. punishes them for their offences.

“You try to get back into soci­ When they have completed this

ety. And what happens? Society is putting a block in front o f you to start w ith ,” Jam es continued.

“They want you to be truthful to them, but telling the truth is going to cost you a job.”

A cco rd in g to B o ro , this is often complicated by an employ­ er’s duty to the rest of his employ­ ees.

“If [an employer] hires an ex­ rapist or an ex-murderer, and the person re-com m its a sim ilar crim e,” Boro said, “he might be sued for negligence for having put the other employees at risk, having known that this person had a potential for danger.”

Often, the issue boils down to the effectiveness of the correctionial services. Loretta M azocchi. regional manager of communica­ tions for Correctional Services of Canada, outlined the general pro­ cedure involved in a c o n v ic t’ s rehabilitation program. The main responsibility falls on a case-man­ agement team which consists of various p ro fessio n a ls, such as teachers and psychiatrists, working to g eth er to design a program addressing the specific problems o f every inmate. Then the case management o fficer works with the convict to carry out this pro­ gram.

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It is, according to Mazocchi, “a team effort” that is involved in a convict’s rehabilitation. It is only by a consensus of its members that a recommendation for release of the co n v ict is subm itted to the National Parole Board. The Parole Board then decides whether or not the convict will be released.

After the release, the convict must still go through a period of parole or statutory release supervi­ sion, which can involve a stay at a halfway house.

M azzochi stated that if an offender is considered dangerous, that that person w ill not be released. Nonetheless, the decision made by the case-m anagem ent team and the N ational Parole Board is often questioned. Still others believe that certain individ­ uals simply cannot be rehabilitat­ ed.

While one way o f overriding some o f the decisions made by these organisations is by revealing an ex-convict’s identity, another way would be to go to the politi­ cians. It is from that end that even­ tually a change will be implement­ ed.

However, at present, there is often a no-win situation for both reh a b ilita ted e x -co n v ic ts and offence victims.

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M cG ill’s Prof. Guttman awarded for research Sipping pina coladas

By Shea C hia Scien ce

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Just as the new year rolled in, M cG ill m edical professor Dr. Ronald Guttmann, a leading contrib­ utor in the field of organ transplants, was recognised with a lifetim e achievement award.

The Institute o f Kidney Diseases and Research Centre in Amedabad, India issued the honour.

The awards were given as part of the Institute’s tenth anniversary.

Alongside Dr. Guttmann were some heavyweights of the kidney trans­ plantation and dialysis field, includ­ ing Dr. Wilhelm Kolff, the inventor o f the artificial kidney, and Dr. Thomas Starzl and Sir Roy Caine, two well-known transplant sur­ geons.

Guttmann, also a staff physi­ cian at the Royal Victoria Hospital and the director of the Transplantation Centre, has been at

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He became interested in trans­ plantation biology as a medical stu­ dent, and follow ing his internal m edicine residency in Boston, Guttmann began to get involved in the newly developing area of clini­ cal transplantation.

Soon after, he came to McGill to head the Kidney Transplantation Program, and later on to establish M cG ill’ s Centre for C lin ical Im m unobiology and Transplantation.

His experience in this field encompasses many disciplines: clin­ ical work, immunology, experimen­ tal surgery as well as the ethical issues of transplantation.

His original research work déveloped immunological models for the different forms of transplant and graft rejection. Rejection of a transplanted organ involves many physiological events, most impor­ tantly the body’s immune response.

Circumventing the body’s defences The initiation of the immune response occurs when a foreign, “non -self” elem ent (usually the transplant) is identified. This foreign element will eventually be identified by the body’s “s e lf’ markers, and thus eliminated. Everyone, except for identical twins, have a unique genetic makeup, and hence have dif­ ferent “self’ markers.

Fortunately, the development of im muno-suppressive drugs has made transplants between non-related donors and recipients highly suc­ cessful. These drugs have the effect of dampening the immune response, allowing the body to tolerate a for­ eign transplant.

Guttmann’s work was impor­ tant in advancing our understanding o f the rejection mechanism. He developed models for the four vari­ ous forms of transplant rejection in animals — a contribution which has greatly benefited the medical com­ munity. The identification of the immune system as a player in rejec­

tion has led to improved therapeutic practice, and has initiated innovative research in immuno-suppression.

Guttmann current conducts research in his capacity as a consul­ tant to biomedical companies. The development of new immunosup­ pressive drugs are the focus of many such companies.

Unethical organ donation In addition, Guttmann is involved in the ethics of organ pro­ curement, has and actively cam­ paigned against organ sales and traf­ ficking, as well as the use of organs from executed prisoners, as prac­ tised in China. In addition, Guttmann has written many articles and given lectures on the topic.

“The one very repugnant level to me, personally, is that there is a likelihood that before the execution, the doctor is involved in carrying out médical acts on the prisoner in order to obtain better organs,” he stated.

These “medical acts” include the administration of anti-coagulants (which thin blood and prevent clot­ ting), muscle relaxants, anesthetics, and the creation of a mechanical air­ way. The airways serve to oxy­ genate organs as efficiently as possi­ ble after the bullet is delivered to the prisoner’s brain.

This kind of activity on the part of the doctor, “violates every known medical ethical code of behaviour,” Guttmann espoused.

Guttmann initiated an interna­ tional letter-writing and training boycott campaign to battle this prob­ lem. The campaign discourages transplant centres and laboratories from training Chinese physicians who have been involved in carrying out organ procurement from prison­ ers.

“One way to get the people in the [People’s Republic of China] to stop is to have the supply of funds for training opportunities dry up,” he said.

ARTS G R A D S

Ted Frankel My slack week was much more than just a pilgrimage to the sun shrine known as South Florida.

Between sipping pina coladas at the pool and hanging with the old people (who are now, apparently, required by law to move to Florida by age 65) I soaked up some old-fashioned American political culture. My visit coincided with the start of presiden­ tial campaigning season, a factional fiesta which occurs every four years south of the border.

Americans do not take presiden­ tial politics lightly. Unlike their taste for beer, our southern neighbours hold their presidential candidates to the highest standards. Having a good president is almost as important as the promise of life, liberty and the easy acquisition of firearms. This helps to explain the immense buzz surrounding last week’s presidential primary. The initial primary, held in New Hampshire, serves as the starter pistol of the presidential marathon.

This year that opening shot packed a lot of punch.

The big story out of New Hampshire was, of course, the victo­ ry of ultraconservative Pat Buchanan in the Republican primary.

Buchanan’s win in New Hampshire is scary for a couple of reasons.

Firstly, it gives u Reserved legitamacy to the reactionary ideas espoused

by Buchanan. Even more significant­ ly, it lifts the spirits of irresponsible demagogues who have begun to pro­ liferate in Canada and the United States over the last few years. These days, it’s not so much what politi­ cians do that’s so damaging — it’s what they say.

What Buchanan has said puts him in an elite class of slimy speak­ ers. His populist message seems meritable at first glance. Like other grassroots protest leaders, Buchanan critises the government “establish­ ment”. He argues big government is out of touch with the public, making it essential that power be returned to

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the masses. Yet rather than limiting his focus to legitamite reform of the polity, Buchanan unfurls a disturbing social agenda. He couches honest political dissent in social terms, incit­ ing the emotions of his conservative supporters where only an appeal to reason is justified.

According to Buchanan’ s warped logic, the deterioration of American values are to blame for the country’s sagging growth rate. While nationalist policies like isolationism and' protectionism have earned the candidate support, he gets the biggest cheers for his nativist, anti-homosex­ ual and anti-abortion platforms. To be totally fair to Pat, I say he’s just an all-round, narrow-minded bastard.

Buchanan’s message is some­ thing like this: American individual­ ism must be restored — so long as undesirable individuals, like immi­ grants and homosexuals, are exclud­ ed. Playing on the frustrations of his less affluent backers, Buchanan has prompted what he might qualify as ‘real’ Americans to peel back their blue collars and reveal their rednecks with pride.

Reactionairies like Buchanan have made more than cameo appear­ ances on the Canadian political stage.

For example, the legitamite effort of Quebeckers to free themselves from Canada’s paternal control was tainted by the demagoguery of its political leaders. Jacques Parizeau made the nationalist agenda of Quebeckers o fficial when he railed against “money and the ethnic vote.” Like Buchanan, Parizeau contorted a polit­ ical movement into an ethnocentric struggle. Buchanan’ s America doesn’t include Jews, gays, immi­ grants or anyone else who doesn’t believe Jimmy Swaggart is the sec­ ond coming. Parizeau and his former PQ chums envoke similar bigoted classifications when asked to define Quebec. By pandering to the angry voter, these politicians promote a divided society.

It would be counter-productive to stifle the ramblings of these bitter leaders. What is needed is a greater flow of rational political discourse.

We don’t need more reactionaries like that M arxist-Leninist pest Arnold August who pounces on stu­ dents as they enter McLennan with his plan to recreate Soviet Russia (which wouldn’t work in Canada, although that domed hell Olympic Stadium would finally be put to good use as a prison for bourgeois subver­ sives). It is high time for students, professors, janitors, bureaucrats and anyone else with reasonable ideas to start seizing the microphone away from demagogues and bigots. The important thing is to counter-balance the negative static with a more pro­ gressive tune. Until we do that, well, Pat Buchanan and friends will con­ tinue to serve as entertainment for the hopelessly bored.

Ted was going to be on the New Hampshire primary ballot, but he handed the appplication in late.

February 28th, 1996

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Dr. Tak Mak honoured as Thomson lecturer T h e s c ie n t is t f a m o u s f o r th e c lo n in g o f th e T C e ll R e c e p t o r s p e a k s a t M c G i l l

Last Thursday, the darkened Martin Theatre in the M cIntyre M edical Scien ces Building was graced by Dr. Tak M ak, one o f Canada’s most well-recognised and respected medical research scien­ tists.

Dr. Mak was invited to lecture at McGill on the development and function of T cells, key players in the body’s immune system.

After a lengthy introduction — lengthy due to the list of M ak’ s achievements and awards, Mak got off to a comedic start when he took a look at the clock.

“I was wondering if I was going to get any tim e,” he remarked.

The lecture was filled with descriptions o f previous work, directions for the future, and includ­ ed a cameo appearance by Rhett and Scarlett.

During the lecture, Mak revealed that a paper to be pub­ lished this week gleans the function o f a new cell-su rface molecule, CD30, as a player in T cell develop­ ment.

“I’m sure most of you do not know what CD30 is. It’s not very important for immunologists... until now,” he said.

His collegial education began at the University o f W isconsin, where he graduated with a BSc and an M Sc in biochem istry. He obtained a PhD at the University of Alberta.

At the University of Toronto as a post-doctoral fellow and a staff scientist, his work involved, among other things, retroviruses and leukemia. It was during this time that Mak cloned the T Cell Receptor gene.

It was this achievement that earned him international recogni­ tion and honours.

“For 20 years people didn’t know what the T Cell Receptor

“We made so many knockouts the significance of his work. [was],” he said.

I can’t even count [them],” he said.

By cloning a gene, scientists “It’s not for me to evaluate my Knockout mice are genetically work, it’s for my peers to evaluate are able to look at that specific gene engineered to have a normal com­ my work,” he responded. in an isolated system. This makes the task of examining the function As a m ajor contributor to plement o f mouse genes but are Canadian research, Mak’s success of a gene much easier. In Mak’s missing one gene of interest. By and recognition has not seemed to growing knockout mice, scientists case, cloning the TC R gene has allowed for greater understanding of can get a good picture of what a have changed his work ethic.

“I don’t know about success,” its role in the broader scope of the knocked-out gene would do if it were present in a normal body. For he said. “It’s about having fun.” immune system.

The TCR is an important M ak’s lecture was the sixth chapter in the David L. Thomson m olecule on the surface o f T Lecture Series, recognising out­ cells and is responsible for the recognition of foreign particles. standing contributions in molecular biology and biochem istry by When foreign particles, like bac­ Canadian scientists. teria or viruses, enter the body, This series of lectures are pre­ specialised ce lls are able to sented by M cGill’s department of engulf the matter and degrade it biochemistry, and are supported by into little pieces. the M. E. Foundation. Winners of The bits and pieces are then presented on the surface of the the honour are chosen by McGill B io ch em istry ’ s Chairm an, Dr. cell to circulating T cells. T cells Branton. respond to this warning signal by initiating some o f the Previous invitees include Michael James (recognised by many immune system’s defence mech­ anisms. It is the TCR, therefore, as Canada’s top X-ray crystallograthat forms sp ecific contact pher), three of the University of between T cells and presenting Toronto’s top molecular and med­ ical g en etics’ professors, Tony cells.

The maturation o f T cells Pawson, Lap-Chee Tsui and Alan has been a topic of intense inter­ Bernstein, and M cG ill biochem­ est for immunologists. Scientists istry’s own Nahum Sonenberg.

Mak speaks at McGill about T cells are able to follow the growth With the inclusion of Dr. Mak, and differentiate between classes the lecture series rounds up some of of T cells by recognising specific example, a knockout mouse without the most prestigious and important surface molecules, like the TCR. a gene for iris development would Canadian medical research scien­ Other researchers have been have radically different eyes than a tists of our time. able to build upon Mak’s work. For normal mouse. example, he pointed out new expan­ Mak was asked to comment on sions in knowledge on the subject of the TCR. “Many other different labs have contributed to this particular understanding that at the very early T h e M c G ill A c c o u n tin g C lu b stage there is indeed a pre-T cell receptor,” he said.

The recognition of a premature TC R is important to the overall understanding of T cell develop­ ment. Without Mak’s cloning of the TCR gene, this finding would have been much more difficult to obtain.

Mak’s laboratory has also engi­ T A X R E T U R N S P R E P A R E D neered a series of “knockout” mice, to isolate and elucidate the function FR E E O F C H A R G E o f many molecules found on the surface of T cells.

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Spies, comics, and puppet shows at the McGill Drama Festival

By Joyce Lau The McGill Drama Festival is a second semester theatre workshop which has resulted in the production of six 30-40 minute plays, both main­ stream and fringe.

Despite the recent shut-down of M cG ill’s only playwriting class, there were once again more submis­ sions received than could be pro­ duced. However, as part of the work­ shop, each student submission, whether produced or not, was returned with criticisms marked by a professional reader.

The degree to which the perfor­ mances were workshopped varies.

Some playwrights leave their works alone while others were still rewrit­ ing throughout the process.

“It’s a rare chance that any play­ wright will see his or her play per­ formed, especially if it is a student playwright,” said P layers’ VP Publicity Meregith Caplan. “It is also a chance to give new directors a first chance.”

Caplan added that these plays may benefit from the workshop and performances, and thereafter move on to more professional stages. But first, McGill students will have to be the judge.

The Tribune has provided a short preview of all the plays to be performed over the next two weeks...

Archie Loves Nathan (Feb. 26, 29, Mar. 6,8)

By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Directed by Melanie Wiesenthal & Lori Chodos Plot Synopsis: Archie Andrews, leaves Riverdale High for the

University of Chicago and comes out of the closet. He falls in love with Nathan Leopold, infamous partici­ pant in the Neitzsche-inspired Leopold and Loeb Murders of 1924.

According to Wiesenthal, “sugary blossom perfection meets up with psychotic murder” in this play.

Starring: Julius Chappie, Oliver VanPraet, James McGowan, Meredith K elly, Liz Haydn-Jones, Daniel M até, Bradley Neuseld, Aaron Brindle, Adam Weiner File Under: The Great Hero Fantasy, sensation­ alised both as bubblegum com ic and as Unsolved Mysteries news story.

Special E ffects: Multimedia war, with 20s film footage vying with modernised homoerotic colour Archie slides.

(They’re banned in England, for those of you impressed by the risqué).

File Under: Drama replete with eerie childhood flashbacks and skewed bedtime stories from the dead.

Special effects: Video montage

equally boyish roommates. Kelly is the aggressive roomie, while Matt lives as the pathetic dilletante artist.

Injected into this banal scenario is a spoofy subplot involving a Parisian spy, a true-to-life femme fatale working on ‘Operation Defrost Walt’.

Starring: Scott Sandler, Megan Keenberg, Justine Byne, Adam Weiner, Andrew Prior File Under: A com ic take on the hard-boiled spy adven­ ture. Sitcom tinged with the sleuthy charm of a faulty espionage o r g a n is a tio n .

According to Ryan, “It’s just really weird to see.”

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She Is Who She Is (Feb. 26, 29, Mar. 6,8)

By Suzanne Schmidt Directed by Tamar Tembeck & Caroline MacKinnon Plot Synopsis: A young A ch ildhood ghost in She Is Who She Is women comes to terms with her work in a women’s shelter, the and puppet shows. death of her black companion and her own inherent and past prejudices.

Defrost Walt The play’s underlying themes are (Feb. 27, Mar. 1 ,4 ,9 ) based on an adult understanding of

By Robin Neinstein childhood.

Directed by Ian Ryan Starring: Karen LaRose, Plot Synopsis: Richard, an aspir­ Adrienne O’Riain, Leanna White, ing writer/ home telemarketer is Jane Warren. entangled in the lives o f his two

(Feb. 27, Mar. 1,4,9) By M elissa Curley Directed by Jason Laino Plot Synopsis: Three Gen X-ers live in an apartment together.

Two Jehovah’s Witnesses come to the apartment.

One of the women is a lesbian, and she falls in love with one of the Jehopvah’s Witnesses.

Starring: Elizabeth HaydnJones, Meredith K elly, Charlie Rishoer, Stanleigh Byrne, Jason Laino.

File Under: Brad Fraser, TV Sitcoms.

The Fortune Tellers (Feb. 28, Mar. 2 ,5 , 7)

By Lori Chodos Directed by Eli Lederman Plot Synopsis: A nomadic for­ tune teller and her daughter travel the modem, suburban lanscape until they hit a small town. Here, the daughter meets a naive young man on whom she has particular influence.

Starring: Krista Muir, Jon Mendelsohn, Gabriella Gershenson.

File Under: A serious drama staged with fly-on-the-wall realism.

Do not expect this ‘slice of life’ pro­ duction to placate the viewer with any easy resolutions or endings.

In The Car (Feb. 28, Mar. 2, 5, 7)

By Harry Crane Directed by Farrell Kaufman Plot Synopsis: A father and son with a frightful relationship head off on a road trip with the son’s best friend and girlfriend. The end result is something that goes terribly, terri­ bly wrong.

Starring: Mauro Nunez, Brett Shanefield, Amber Day, Jean G laister, Trevor Nutley, Greg Calpakio, Matt House File Under: Tarantino meets Mamet. According to Kaufman, “a tragic comedy with lots of music, pom and salami.”

C A on e-n ight ticket ($6 student/$12 general) pays fo r a double bill. A festival ticket ($12 stu d en t/$ 2 4 g en eral) includes all six shows. Shows start at 8 p.m . in P layers' T heatre. Call 398-6813 fo r reservations and information.

Writing rhymes, hooked on phonics Profile: Gerald Wexler

By M arc G illiam

McGill’s budding poets have come out of the closet en masse to participate in English professor, Brian Trehearne’ s new poetry workshop.

At least, that was the metaphor Treheame used at a pre­ liminary session held in the English student lounge before the study break. He explained that poetry is today’s “new closet,” and proved his point by ducking his head, tentatively raising his hand and murmuring “I write poetry.”

The poetry workshop address­ es six to eight student-written poems per two hour session.

However, each workshop is not a drop-in session. It is a committed group of students responsible for attending the ongoing sessions as regularly as their classes.

Treheame sees his role in the workshop as an organiser and moderator of the gathering. He remarks that he has wanted to implement his own free time towards a creative writing Work­ shop for a couple of years. The

absence of creative writing cours­ es at McGill has been blamed on financial restrictions.

Treheame adds that he finds it quite shocking that M cG ill stu­ dents must go to Concordia and transfer credits in order to even see creative writing courses on their transcripts.

When asked how he sees the predominantly critical curriculum of the English program entwined with creative writing, Treheame responded that they are “...two dif­ ferent activities from different sides of the brain... and both should be embraced to fulfill a symbiosis [within the student].”

Treheame has focused on poetry as the artistic medium for the creative writing workshop because of his own background, as well as because of logistics.

It is relatively “easy to access a poem in a short period of time,” he said.

Treheame believes that the workshops will offer students something that they will not find in student journals like Montage and Pillar. The workshop provides feedback, stressing both a sense of

community and an outlet o f ener­

By Andre Demers gy. As well, Treheame hopes the workshop can become “a monu­ Gerald Wexler runs upstairs, ment” for M cG ill’ s current and slightly out o f breath, holding a future enrollment. He remembers bundle of mail. He drops it on his how A. M. Klein rose to fame on desk except for one magazine. He our campus years ago and equated flips through the pages o f The an “active forum” with an active ; Hollywood Reporter until his face student writing community. lights up.

If one could prematurely In the magazine is a full page judge the success of an extracur­ ad: “Congratulations to Gerald ricular event, the enormous inter­ Wexler, winner of the 1996 Genie est that spawned two separate weekly sessions (one session per Award: B est Screenplay for

week originally planned) acts as a Margaret’s Museum.”

Wexler’s smile is real. It is good indication of a fruitful j obvious the thrill of the award endeavour. Treheame already has hopes for continuing the workshop hasn’t worn thin despite the long list of other citations the film has in years to come.

As participation is limited by won. Margaret’s Museum, a film based on Sheldon Currie’ s The size, it is repeated that all poets Glace Bay Miner’s Museum, has must out themselves now or be garnered Genies in five other cate­ subject to writing in the closet gories, as well as The People’ s until next year.

Choice Award (Atlantic Film Festival), Best Canadian Film Hr £ (Vancouver) and The Golden Shield 1 Professor Treheame’s Poetry (in San Sebastian, beating out [Workshop is held every Leaving Las Vegas).

[Monday at 4:30 and Tuesday You may not recognize his I at 4:00 in the English student name, but chances are you’ve seen I lounge. something he wrote. Included in

this list are H eritag e M inutes (shown before a movie at the Cineplex), Urban Angel, Are You A fraid o f the D ark?, and even

Sesame Street.

His o ffic e is a small room tucked beside the entrance of his modest W estmount home. He works here, surrounded by his chil­ dren’s drawings — when the door closes “the office” is camouflaged by bright crayon and paper murals.

The coffee table is piled high with film industry magazines, a clutter only rivaled by his desk. Across from his computer, above the fire­ place is a surprisingly heavy Genie Award. It is guarded by a tiny Mountie.

Cozy in the relative showbiz isolation of Montreal, Wexler spins his unique screenwriting web. “My films are different. I tend not to write ‘women in jeopardy’ or ‘boys with toys’ films... I don’t think I would ever write a film like that... I like to write about the working class.”

Wexler grew up in a working class family in a working class neighborhood: Mile End on the

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B o o b s , b o y s , a n d h ig h h e e ls in B e a u t if u l G ir t s Men. What goes on in their little pea brains? Why do they make such stupid non-reflective life d ecisio n s? W riter S c o tt Rosenberg, in the 20-som ething crisis flic, Beautiful Girls, is con­ cerned with this very topic (pretty misleading title, eh?). In the end,

su prise! There actu a lly is a method to their m adness, and guys, in all their seem ingly sim plistic bumbling confusion, are ju s t as prone to Freudian neuroses as the fairer sex.

The three main male charac­ ters fulfill the three major person­ ality complexes in which men can be categ o rized the scared N abokov who d o esn ’ t want to grow up, the high sch o o l hero turned snow plower, and the para­

noid, borderline misogynist who stays up nights staring at pictures o f supermodels and discussing with vehemence the “sisterhood.”

The leitmotif governing these men is th e ir search (how ever unconscious) for an ideal, the idea that their “beautiful girl” lies in some far-away-so-close realm, — their past, the future, in the preco­ cio u s, next-d oor ja il-b a it. The material form o f this ideal, the ever transient beautiful girl, offers hope in a bottle, a promise o f a brave new w orld, jo y dancing around in stilettos.

Its hard to know why I found the psychoanalysis so compelling and believable. Either, as a female, I easily buy into m ale-cerebralcortex-dissection, or, more to the film’s credit, director Ted Demme really has tapped into some insight. (Of course, the other pos­ sibility is that the cast — including Uma Thurman, Mia Sorvino, Matt Dillon, Lauren Holly, and Timothy Hutton — provides enough beauti­ ful reel to fool me into believing the movie is som ething worth­ while.)

W h ile B ea u tifu l G irls has

some pretty nasty clichés o f the 20-som eth in g -w e’ re-g en -X ersand-we’re-confused-dammit genre (like the moody, funk guitar that leads the action, and the rampant whiskey shots), the film has some­ thing to articulate that is really worth hearing. C ertain scenes, in clu d in g one with R o sie O ’ D onnel sing le-han d ed ly d estroying the beauty myth to Dillon and Hutton in a drug-store, make the movie thoroughly watchable and perceptively hilarious.

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Yukkingit upat Comedyworks Gerald Wexler.

Comedyworks has opened its doors to Montreai-area institutions of higher learning (that means McGill!) on Monday nights. The reason behind this is quite simple. Historically, it’s been a night of “newness” — weekend performers trying out new material, up-and-cotriers polish* ing their craft and raw rookies going up for the first time.

So, since the beginning of this year, Comedyworks turned their Monday night “wide-open mike” nights into CAMPUS nights

What exactly is Campus Night?

With the presentation of a student card, the admission is ONLY 1 thin, shiny (not necessarily) loonie!! AND, on specially designated Mondays, holders of student cards for specific institutions get in F R E E !!

Plus, if any of you budding Gallaghers out there think you have the stuff to strut, call them on the preceding Sunday (before 3:00) and they’ll set it up.

t tt> £ & Monday, March 25 is M cG ill’s campus night. F or more info, call 398-9661. Comedyworks is located at 1238 Bishop.

T R IB C O N T E S T For those people who just can’t wait till M cG ill’s free Monday, the Tribune is kickin’ a contest. Tell us a joke. If we fall to the ground in hysterics (which is easier to do than you think), we’ll give you a pass for two for Comedyworks.

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ber of the Film Society, he learned a lot about films right on campus.

“M cGill gave me a whole lot of ideas and helped shape my world view.”

Even though Hollywood is

and becomes a star Quebec fiddle player during the depression. Gerald Plateau. “I feel sorry for the French Wexler doesn’t let the struggles of working cla ss... they’re getting filmmaking get in the way of inspi­ shafted the m ost.” W exler has ration. A prime example of this is always held a soft spot for this M argaret’s Museum. It’s his pride group and it is from them that and joy. He struggled for he draws his inspiration. “Their six years to bring it to the problems are problem s. They As long as Gerald W exler is screen. “My own vision have stakes. You lose your job, was vindicated,” beams around, someone will always be your house is gone. Like the W exler. The miners and there to tell their story... whether miners (in Margaret’s Museum) fam ilies he met in Cape — you go to work, you might Hollywood wants to hear it or not Breton showed him how to get killed!” face fear and despair with Wexler often initiates his humor, impelling him to own projects and then shops calling his name, Wexler isn’t plan­ tell their story. them around. He did this with ning on leaving the land of smoked Although the Genie hasn’ t Manuel, aired as a movie o f the meat and bagels just yet. “My inspi­ changed his life, Wexler admits get­ week on Radio Canada in 1990 and ration is in Montreal,” he said. ting offers since his nomination. later released in theaters in France His latest p roject is a film “Producers tend to come to me with as a feature, as well as with based on his father, Bernard quality stuff... (even though) it’s not Margaret’s Museum.

Wexler. It is the story of a Jewish the biggest thing up there in terms Gerald Wexler graduated from im migrant from Rom ania who of the market place. the English Honours program from changes his name to Alex Bernard Today, he walks through his McGill in 1971. He says as a mem­ home turf, past the littered streets and boarded up stores of Mile End. Some neighbors are still there, oth­ D E N T A L C A R E ers long gone, but as long as Gerald W exler is around, someone will w i t h Q E N T L E N E S S always be there to tell their story...

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Martlets sweep regular season Offensive outburst vs. Concordiapropels McGill toa 12-0finish.

By Kashif Z ahoor 12-0. The perfect season.

Entering the final game of the regular season, the McGill Martlets had to get past their cross-town rivals, the Concordia Stingers.

It had been a long time since a w om en’ s team in the Q U B L wrapped up a regular season unbeaten. Pierre Trudeau was the prime minister and most of today’s Martlets had not reached the age of ten when the Bishop’s Gaiters fin­ ished a perfect season in 1984.

Never in McGill’s women bas­ ketball history had a team gone unbeaten. The previous best finish came in the 86-87 campaign, when the Martlets had only two losses.

The fifth-ranked M artlets defeated the Concordia Stingers 9470 in their regular season finale and completed their bid for a perfect regular season last Friday night.

Before the game on Friday, the thought of a possible perfect year did not cross the mind of McGill head coach Lisen Moore.

“It w asn’t something I was thinking about before the game,” admitted Moore.

The Red ‘n’ White established themselves from the outset. The pressure defence forced turnovers and resulted into numerous offen­ sive opportunities.

Twelve minutes into the con­ test, M cGill had built a 13-point lead. At half-time, the Martlets led the host Stingers 47-30.

Offensively, the second half

was like the first; 51 per cent shoot­ ing helped the Martlets rack up a total of 94 points.

M cGill’s offensive guns were playing extremely well, with three Martlets reaching double figures.

M artlet forward Anne Gildenhuys led all scorers with 27 points. Vicky Tessier notched her ninth double-double o f the season with 16 points, and 11 rebounds.

Jennifer Stacey shot 8 for 14 from the flo o r, and finished with 16 points.

Josee Deloretto returned to the McGill lineup after nursing a injury for the past few weeks. Although she only scored six points, her return will instrumental in McGill’s playoff journey.

The Martlets are not satisfied with a 12-0 finish. Their focus rests on their task at hand this Saturday night.

“The 12-0 finish is a nice land­ mark. Our major focus is Saturday night,” said Moore.

M cGill was well-represented in this year’s Q SSF women’s bas­ ketball all-star team . T essier, Gildenhuys, and Stacey all made the first team. T essier was also named the player of the year for the fourth consecutive season. She led the conference in scoring and rebounding, averaging 19.9 points per game, and 9.3 rebounds a con­ test.

Stacey led the conference in free-throw shooting (86.4 per cent), and was fourth in scoring.

Gildenhuys finished second in the

league in scoring (17.3 ppg) and fourth in rebounding(6.4).

Alison Schafer was voted the rookie of the year. The 5’ 6” educa­ tion student led the M artlets in assists, and started in 11 o f 12 games.

“Alison helped us tremendous­ ly this year. She’s versatile, confi­ dent and knowledgeable about the game. She does all the things you could ask from a point guard,” said Gildenhuys of her team-mate.

The winner of the QUBL semi­ fin al game between L aval and Concordia this Wednesday will earn a showdown with the Martlets in the league championship game this Saturday at the Currie Gym. Coach Moore is indifferent as to a preference for the opponent for the league final.

“W e’ ve handled Concordia well, but it doesn’t really matter who we play. They have to come to us, and we’ve been playing super basketball recently.”

In spite of their perfect record, M cGill remains conscious going into Saturday’s final. It would be very easy to think about nationals, and skip an obvious task inbetw een. M oore has her troops thinking one thing and one thing only: Saturday night.

“Anything can happen in one game, we have to take it one step at a time,” said Gildenhuys.

The winner o f the cham pi­ onship game goes on the nationals in Quebec City the following Friday hosted by Université de Laval.

Redmen beat Laval; clinch final playoff spot

By Sarah Ewing The game again st L aval proved to be the most important this season for the Redmen. In order to reach the QUBL playoffs, they had to win.

Though they had a 2-1 season record against the Rouge et Or, Laval had a psychological advan­ tage over McGill having won their last meet, 7 7 -6 8 . But the game could have swung either way as both teams battled it out for the last playoff spot.

M cG ill opened the scoring with a tw o-pointer by Ryan “Archie” Schoenhals one minute into the game. However, during the first half, the Redmen seemed to lack the intensity warranted by such an important game. Their defensive rebounding was almost non-existent and they appeared sluggish getting down the court.

This gave Laval the chances to score.

Sammy Mendolia helped the team recover control o f the game by scoring two field goals in quick su cce ssio n . S till, C oach Ken Schildroth couldn’t find the offen­ sive plays to break through Laval’s impenetrable defence around the M cG ill key. As a resu lt the Redmen were unable to convert many scorin g opportun ities.

Despite its weak offence, McGill seemed like the better team, as Laval was inconsistent and sloppy

in its passing, giving the Redmen some easy points.

Th e clo se 3 6 -3 4 h alf-tim e score was all the Redmen needed to make them realise how close they were to losing their playoff ch a n ces. In the second h alf, M cG ill exploded out with Chris Emergui opening for the Redmen with a two-pointer within the first m inute o f play. Th e h a lf-tim e seemed to have invigorated the team as their field goal percentage soared to 68 per cent, up from 42 per cent in the first half.

Three minutes into the period, McGill finally started to pull away, leading Laval 43-36. The Redmen offence began to chip away slowly at the Laval defence and M cGill’s outside game d ram atically improved as they were able to con­ vert on 50 per cent o f their threepointer attempts.

The combination o f Sammy M endolia, R ick V a risco , Chad Wozney and Matt Watson led the Redmen to a 62-46 lead over Laval with eight minutes left to play. The Redmen were unstoppable. In pen­ etrating the key, they had numer­ ous chances to score.

With three minutes left in the game and tra ilin g 5 7 -6 6 , the Rouge et Or were getting desperate and launched a barrage o f fouls against the Redmen. The Redmen answered back decisively, making

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Gee-Gees peak just in time to spoil Redmen hockey season

By Kashif Z ahoor

finals series. It was year ago that the Redm en were beaten two games to one in a disputed divi­ sional finals.

Statistically speaking, McGill should have won this game hands down. The M cG ill Redmen had never lost in one-gam e sudden death playoff games this decade (40). Ottawa’s last victory versus the Redmen had come over a year ago — not to mention M cG ill’s 8-4-1

Unfortunately for the Redmen, no one made these statistics avail­ able to the Gee-Gees, as Ottawa eliminated McGill with a 5-3 victo­ ryGreat forechecking allowed Ottawa to open the scoring. After forcing, M cG ill to cough up the puck in their zone, Gee-Gee centre G reg E is le r tipped a shot past McGill netminder Jarrod Daniel.

M cG ill’s best chance o f the

Good teams and great teams have always been separated by a fine line.

The good teams win in the regular season, but the great ones win in the playoffs.

All season long, the M cG ill Redmen owned the Ottawa GeeGees. In the five regular season games between the two teams this season, McGill posted a 4-01 record against the G eeGees. The Redmen outscored Ottawa 23-14 in those five contests. All those points and the su ccess with the G eeG ees came undone in five minutes, spanning from the dying moments o f the first period to the quarter mark of the second.

The Red ‘n’ White fin­ ished second in the division, and earned the right to host the OUAA sudden death divisional semi-final playoff game last Wednesday night at the M cC onnell W inter McGill vs. UQRT. The series that should have been?

Arena.

A win would have allowed the record at home this season, in addi­ period came with a minute remain­ ing, but O ttaw a’ s J .F . R ivard Redmen to take a crack at the num­ tion to McGill’s unbeaten head-tohead record against the Gee-Gees thwarted Stéphane Angers’ wrap­ b er-one ranked T ro is-R iv iè re s this season. around attempt.

Patriotes in a best-of-three OUAA

O ttaw a sent M cG ill to the locker room deflated after taking advantage o f a napping Redmen d efen ce. G ee-G ee rookie Dave Andre received a long lead pass and went in all alone on a break­ away. Daniel had no chance, as Andre gave the G ee-G ees a 2-0 lead with just 1.3 seconds remain­ ing in the period.

M cGill responded with a big goal in the early moments o f the second period. A minute into the second frame, Todd Marcellus put the Redmen on the board, shelfing a rebound into the Ottawa net.

M cGill then fell apart in the next two minutes.

The turning point of the game came on Ottawa’s next goal, just 33 seconds after Marcellus’ goal. A long shoot-in took a funny bounce o ff the end boards, over Daniel’s stick , and right on the tape o f O ttaw a player, who promptly deposited the puck into a open net.

“That was a big factor. We were building some momentum, and that took a lot out of us,” said McGill Head-coach Terry Bangen.

Ottawa extended their lead to three, a minute later. J.M . Morin elected to shoot, on 2-1, and found the five-hole at 2:39 mark.

M cG ill pulled within two

goals five minutes later on a goal

by Kelly Nobes, but a controversial goal late in the second restored Ottawa’s three-goal edge.

O ttaw a’ s P ascal Jo a n e tte ’ s skate redirected the puck into the net, but referee Marc Joannette(no relation) was out o f position, and the goal stood. With 20 minutes left in the season, McGill trailed by three.

The Redmen came out firing on all cylinders in the third period, in an admirable attempt to save their season. In the final frame, McGill out-shot Ottawa 18-2, but only scored once at 12:23 on a goal

by François Lajeunesse.

“We never gave up. I’m proud o f the way the guys responded in third in a desperate situation.

[O ttaw a’ s] g oalten der played extremely well, and made some big saves,” said Bangen. “They were able to get some breaks, and we showed up too little too late.”

O ttawa advanced to face Trois-Rivières for the divisional championship. The Gee-Gees sur­ prised the top-ranked Patriotes with 5 - 1 v ictory in game one. The Patriotes evened the series with a 6- 4 win in game two, and ended up taking the series with a 4-3 victory in double OT Sunday night.

February 28th, 1996

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Stingers conquer Redmen in last game of regular season C o n c o r d ia q u ic k s t a r t a n d c r is p f i n i s h b u r ie s M c G i l l B y S arah Ewing The air was charged as the two cross-town rivals met for their final encounter o f the regular season.

This game seemed to be almost an exact replay of the game last week against Laval: ineffective defence and rebounding, yet the Redmen redeemed themselves with some extraordinary three-pointers always at crucial times.

Stingers’ powerhouse Maxime Bouchard opened the first half with an easy two-pointer which set the tone for the rest o f the half. The Redmen got off to a slow start as has been the case all year, with Chris Emergui opening with a field goal for the Redmen.

McGill had possession of the ball often, but their hesitating and inaccurate passes often got the bet­ ter of them. The Concordia combi­ nation of Maxime Bouchard, Justin Padvaiskas and J.P. Reimer were

unstoppable as they built up a com­ guard Matt Watson went down in agony and had to be helped off the fortable lead with their aggressive rebounding and hustling — some­ court. Watson had just come back thing which the Redmen are usually from a knee injury that has dogged capable of doing but haven’t shown him for the last year.

The R edm en’ s o ffen siv e us recently.

The Redmen coaching staff rebounding was considerably better seemed determined to play an out­ than the week before, but neither team had good side game, despite it defensive rebound­ proving ineffective. It ing in the first half. led to their eventual They hustled and broke through C oncordia clearly downfall. They were dom inated, with also unable to get the the Concordia more accurate pass­ team moving more offence like a ing and aggressive quickly off the gun. o ffen ce. The first S till, there were demolition ball. many shining half was also marred by several controver­ moments for the Redmen in the first half. In a quick sial and dubious calls against the turnover, Sammy Mendolia fum­ Redmen. The period ended with bled the ball and was able to retain Concordia leading the Redmen by a 15-point margin, 48-33. possession despite three attacking Something happened during Stingers. Ryan Schoenhals scored half-time, not unlike the previous an astonishing 13 points which helped keep the Redmen in hot pur­ week’s game against Laval. It was almost as if a new team had come suit of the Stingers. Unfortunately, on. The Redmen were not going seven minutes into the first half,

down without a fight, and what a fight they gave in the first ten min­ utes of the second half! They hus­ tled and broke through the Concordia offence like a demolition ball. T h eir defence rebounding came alive and converted many plays. They made it harder for Concordia to penetrate the key, and as McGill stepped up their efforts, Concordia started getting sloppy with their passes. A quick succes­ sion o f th ree-poin ters by R ick V arisco and Ryan Sch oen h als brought McGill back into the game with the score 49-50.

U nfortunately, their quick com e-back was short lived. The trouble started after a “blown” call against C oncordia when Chris Emergui was fouled. Angered by the referees, Emergui promptly returned the favour to Concordia and was called for a foul, thus caus­ ing him to foul out of the game.

With four minutes left to go, the Redmen were down 6 3 -7 3 .

However, McGill seemed to be run­ ning out o f steam . The players rushed many shots, when accuracy and caution were more in line.

Peter Fraser and Rick Varisco made two field goals with less than 90 seconds to play, but it was too late.

The second half had started with a bang, but ended with a whimper, with Concordia winning 86-74.

The Redmen repeated the same mistakes over and over again with­ out learning from them. They will have to get off to quicker starts and work on their defence. They have many excellent individual players, but they should focus on playing more as a team i f they hope to suceed against the strong Gaiters.

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On February 17-18 M cG ill men and women both finished sec­ ond o f four teams at the Q S S F ch am p io n sh ip s held by the Université of Montréal. Laval won the meet with 248 points, ahead of second p lace M cG ill (2 4 3 .5 points). Patricia Hutchinson paced the Martlets with four golds and

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two silv ers. H utchinson, a 23year-old physical education stu­ dent from Beaconsfield, Quebec, was named Q S S F and C IA U fem ale ath lete o f the w eek on February 19.

Hutchinson won gold and met CIAU standards in the 100m but­ terfly, the 200m butterfly and the 400m m edley relay and in the 200m individual medley.

H utchinson, C arol Chiang, Karine Ligneau and Anna Leong won the 40 0 m fre e s ty le relay while the 400m medley relay took home silver (Hutchinson, Nathalie H oitz, A ndrea B a c s fa lu s i and Chiang). Chiang won a total o f three golds and three silvers while Leong captured a silver and two bronze to go along with her gold in the 4 0 0 m fre e s ty le relay .

H utch in son , C h ian g, L eo n g , Ligneau and Holly McComb were rewarded for their performances

with trips to the CIAU champi­ onships.

Meanwhile, the Redmen were running up som e im p ressiv e results themselves. Laval won the meet with 237 points finishing ahead o f M cG ill who combined for 188 points. Craig Hutchison paced the Redmen once again with two gold s, two silv ers and a bronze. Hutchison was a part of the winning 400m freestyle relay (with Sebastien Paddington, Je ff Lloyd and Léo Grépin) and won the 100m freestyle. Grépin won two gold s, two silv ers and a bronze on the weekend. Lloyd won two golds and a silver, while Chris Masson won a silver and a bronze. H u tch ison , G répin, Masson, Luke Paddington and his brother Sebastien Paddington were also rewarded with trips to the CIAU championship in Guelph.

M c G ill’ s six men, fiv e

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women team travelled to Guelph for the Nationals the weekend of February 2 3 -2 5 with dreams o f gold and a national championship swimming in their heads. As usual a competitive field was on hand to welcome the M cG ill representa­ tives but the Redmen and Martlets finished strong placing seventh and sixth respectively.

The highlight of the weekend was the m en’ s 800m free sty le relay victory. The team o f Grépin, Sebeastien Paddington, Hutchison, and Masson won the race in a time o f 7 :3 0 .8 9 . The women’s 800m freestyle relay team o f Chiang, Hutchinson, Leong and McComb captured the silver.

Other highlights included the bronze won by M cGill’s women’s 400m freestyle relay. The team consisted of Chiang, Hutchinson, Leong and Karine Ligneau.

In the in d iv id u al even ts G répin and M cC om b led the charge for the M cGill team. Leo G répin was a standout fo r the Redmen winning a gold in the 100m butterfly and a silver in the 200m freestyle. Holly McComb won a silver in the 200m butterfly and also captured a bronze in the 400m Individual M edley. Carol Chiang wrapped up the M cG ill medal winnings with a silver in the 50m Freestyle.

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“Hockey will survive as Canada’s national sport!” - Ken Dryden

By Dana Toering While “the true north strong and free” continues in its quest for political stability, and the question of Quebec’s future in Canada still plagues us like a bad case of halito­ sis, Canadians from east to west can rest assured that hockey, our coun­ try’s national sport, will continue to thrive and prosper for years to come.

This assurance was issued to a cap acity crowd which packed Leacock 219 on February 13. Those in attendance were there not only because they care about the future of our national sport, but came to listen to two of Canada’s foremost sports scholars. The speeches were part of the twelth seminar given by the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada in collaboration with the M cG ill Centre for R esearch on Canadian Cultural Industries and Institutions.

Ken Dryden, lawyer, former Youth Commissioner for Ontario, goalie for the Montreal Canadiens, and author o f The G am e , Home Game and In S ch ool , along with Rick Gruneau, professor of sociolo­ gy at Simon Fraser University and author of Hockey Night In Canada:

Sport, Id en tities an d C ultural Politics, were the key note speakers at the seminar. The ever pressing question that was addressed was “Can hockey be saved as Canada’s national sport?”

The McGill Institute chose an opportune time to hold this particu­ lar seminar: some hockey clubs have been forced to abandon Canadian c itie s for the United States (i.e. Quebec and Winnipeg) while our junior teams continue to win world championships. It has been a concern of many in the last few years that one o f Canada’ s foremost icon of cultural heritage,

the sport known as hockey, is on Canadian, and Canadian city for the brink of disaster; and consider­ that matter, would be able to afford ing the evidence, there is definitely and support.

“It is a very volatile time right reason to be concerned.

Still, both Gruneau and Dryden now. Going to see an NHL game is seemed to feel confident of the fact equal to, say, going to see L es that hockey is embedded in the Misérables. You’re looking at $250 Canadian psyche, and that it is here for an evening for a family of four.

How many Canadians can afford to stay.

“People have the maddening that?” asked Gruneau. “There is a tendency to equate the health o f market for smaller leagues.” hockey with the health of the National Hockey League, when evidence shows that attendance in minor hockey has esca­ lated rapidly in the ‘90s and the popularity o f w om en’ s hockey is greater than ever,” said Gruneau. “At the com­ mon lev el, hockey is doing very well.”

Gruneau made an exam ple of the Winnipeg Jets. Although Winnipeg is small mar­ ket economy, and could no longer afford to com­ pete — and now find themselves south o f the border for the 96-97 sea­ son — Gruneau points to the outpour of communi­ ty solidarity that tried to save the team.

“You could under­ stand the sense of loss,” Ken Dryden playing fo r les Glorieux.

Gruneau said.

Gruneau went on to discuss the future of the NHL, and Although Gruneau expressed highlighted the movement o f the concern about Canada’s ability to league, and others like it, towards harbour NHL teams in the age of the creation o f super-leagues. He globalisation, he does see the gold felt that this movement will revi­ at the end of the rainbow with the talise hockey at all levels, especial­ creation of smaller more accessible ly at the junior level. He stressed professional leagues offering a high that the movement towards global calibre of hockey for an affordable super-leagues will create a market price. for sm aller more afford able “I ’ m not overly concerned leagues, which the average about the future o f hockey or

Canadian culture because o f the departure o f a few professional sports teams,” concluded Gruneau.

Ken Dryden is à living sports legend — especially in Montreal.

He may be best known for his prowess between the pipes during the legendary Summit Series o f 1972. He started off his speech by saying “Yes! Hockey will survive as Canada’s national sport.”

Dryden, who defies all contemporary stereotypes o f profes­ sional athletes, backed up this statement with energised and convinc­ ing evidence.

“Hockey is a game that gets under your skin and th at’ s not something that disap­ pears overnight. There is a huge infrastructure in place that supports the game and that infrastructure won’t let it f a ll,” stated the McGill graduate.

“There is a very expensive rink in every town, small or large, in Canada. It serves not only as an arena for play but as a meeting place... the focal point o f the city. Hockey is more in place now than ever b e fo re ,” said Dryden.

So what’s all the fuss about then, you might ask? Why has this question been raised? Dryden feels that “change” has been responsible for the uneasiness of late.

“W ill [h o ck e y ’ s] nature ch an g e?” Dryden asked. “The answer is yes. Places change, times change, hockey changes. One has

only to travel the path of hockey to see how it has evolved over the years.

“People have to develop a whole different relationship with the game as it starts and continues to evolve. It will change as it has done over time and it will change as we continue to change. We have become more fragmented and as a result, hockey will continue to slip away from the centre,” Dryden con­ tinued. “I think for the most part, this is a natural thing.”

When it was time to field ques­ tions, the d iscussion generally digressed from the prominent dis­ course on culture to one of numbers and dollar signs. Both Dryden and Gruneau skirted around the issue of whether the NHL will survive out­ side the B ig Three (M ontreal, Toronto, Vancouver). Both speak­ ers mimicked each other when dis­ cussing the opportunity for a resur­ gence of hockey at the grass roots level and junior level.

In response to the question of a “global super leagues,” both men believe that hockey will recreate itself as an industry of culture and that “very strong niche markets do exist.”

Gruneau ended the conference by reiterating what he had said from the beginning.

“There is no reason why peo­ ple are fans and follow the major leagues and at the same time sup­ port the minor leagues. Our national game is not necessarily something the NHL is a part o f,” assessed Gruneau.

Dryden echoed this sentiment by recounting the words o f Yogi Bera, who when asked about a cer­ tain restaurant in New York City answered, “No one goes there any­ more, it’s too crowded.”

IN T E R N A T IO N A L

M c G ill to h o s t Q S S F T r a c k C h a m p io n s h ip f r o m M a r c h 1 -2 The M cG ill track and field team will be hosting teams from around the province at the annual Q SSF championships March 1-2.

The venue for the event will of course be the new M cG ill Fieldhouse, located next to the Arthur Currie Gym. The m en’ s and w om en’ s teams were in action before the break participating in the Sherbrooke Invitational on February 11.

Tambra Dunn won gold in the 1500m, Marie Hildebrand won the 60m hurdles and was part of the winning 800m relay with Kate A rcher, Tam ara C osta and Meredith Mottley for the No. 7 ranked Martlets.

The No. 8 ranked Redmen had strong performances from two sport wonder Pumulo Sikaneta, who won gold in the 600m and broke his own McGill record with a time of 1:20.3. He also ran the anchor on the silver medal win­

ning 800m relay team. Hrve Edongo, Ravind Grewal and Kirk McNally were also part of the sil­ ver medal realy who qualified for the N ationals with a tim e o f 1:30.8.

In the 1500m , Alex Hutchinson won the event and qu alified for the N ationals.

Finally, Samir Chahine “the love machine,” won the shotput while Maurice Ennis finished second in the long jump.

M a r t le t v o lle y b a ll f i n ­ is h e s s e a s o n r a n k e d No. 9 A lthough the M cG ill Martlets were unable to advance to the Q U V L final this season, they did accomplish one major feat: they have made a name for them selves. The M artlets have successfully built a program that will undoubtedly be a force to reckoned with in the future.

McGill lost 3-0 against No. 8 Montreal by scores of 15-5, 15-9,

15-10. Wendy W helan had 11 kills, 7 stuffed blocks and 13 digs.

Brita Weise had 9 kills, 2 stuffed b lock s and 5 digs. Anie de la Fontaine had 5 kills, 4 stuffed blocks, 7 digs and a 2.71 passing efficiency.

The M artlets fin ished the season with an impressive 30-17 over-all record, going 7 -1 0 in QUVL play.

B i r d i e s d i d n ’t b o u n c e M c G i l l ’s w a y , b u t te a m f in is h e s t h i r d The Q SSF badminton cham­ pionships were held the weekend o f February 24-25 and the McGill team was very competitive plac­ ing third o f five teams.

The highlight o f the weekend for the McGill team was the indi­ vidual effort o f Dougall Molson who made it all the way to the men’s singles final before losing out to J -P G o yette o f L av al.

M cG ill placed members o f its team in four semi-final competi­ tions but all failed to advance except for Molson.

Laval won the event as they have done for the past thirteen years.

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Wednesday. February 28

University until March 3. Features guest lectures by Desmond Morton and D aniel W alkow itz. Please contact Celeste Chambers at 8480933 for more details.

•Music, Prisms and Compositional Design, a lecture by Dr. B. Alegant o f the Faculty o f M usic, will be held at 16:00 in 1B36 of Burnside Hall.

#£3* mm j| j| •the Ind ia-C anada S tu d en t’ s A sso ciatio n proudly presents "Manzil,” a celebration of culture.

At the Spectrum (3 1 8 Stc.Catherine W) at 18:30. Tickets $14; call Raymon at 842-7785.

•LBG TM holds the B ise x u a l D iscu ssio n Group at 1 7 :3 0 in Shatner 423.

Tuesday. March 5 Thursday. February 29 •the McGill History Dept, presents Suzanne Langlois in “Post-w ar Film and History o f the Resistance, 1 9 4 4 - 4 6 .” 3 6 5 0 Thom pson at 16:00.

•the CBC/McGill Music series pre­ sents “le goût anglais,” a celebra­ tion of works by Purcell, Blow and Handel. Redpath Hall at 19:30. $7 for seniors.

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•another Master’s Recital springs tonight at Pollack Hall at 20:00, featuring works by Stravinksy and Rachmaninoff.

Friday. March 1 •the M cGill Christian Fellowship is having a prayer meeting in the Shatner cafeteria at 19:00. Call Jean at 848-1720.

•the M cG ill C an cer R esearch Centre is having its annual ball on March 9 at the Montreal Museum of Humour; $20 tickets. For more in fo rm atio n , co n ta ct D ebbie Lebtein at the M cG ill Volunteer Bureau.

•the M cG ill U n iv ersity Photographic Society is holding its annual photographic competition; open to all alumni, students and staff. Deadline for submissions is March 5. Call 398-6 7 8 6 or visit Shatner B-06 for more details.

•LBGTM holds both its Coming Out Group ( 1 7 :3 0 in the UTC Basem ent) and its M en’s Group ( 1 9 :0 0 , UTC basem en t). The Queer Café starts at 20:00 at Bar California.

•planning has begun for In tern atio n al W o m en ’ s W eek!

There are weekly meetings to dis­ cuss events and they are open to all. Contact the W omen’s Union (398-6823) for more details.

•History in the Making III, a forum for history graduate students, will be conducted at C oncord ia

•the Whitewash Campaign: inter­ ested in information about alterna­ tive menstrual products? Come by

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•a M a ster’ s R e c ita l show cases works by Debussy and Vaughn Williams at 20:00 in Pollack Hall.

•the W o m en ’ s G roup, held by LBGTM , meets at 18:30 in Shatner 423.

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•The M cG ill R eview of Interdisciplinary Arts is accepting papers by undergraduates that combine two or more arts disci­ pline. Contact Mitra at 844-4907.

•Living With Loss: bereavement support groups for “A d u lts,”

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•Project 10 has a group for women, aged 1 6 -2 5 , who are lesb ia n , bisexual or unsure. Call 989-4585 between 13:00 and 17:00, Mon. to Fri.

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•Writers on North America need­ ed! The first ever North American Studies journal requires entries on any area o f such studies. Please submit entries to Prof. Riggs on the Leacock 6th floor. Deadline: March 1, 1996.

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Thursday nights have jazz “jam ”” sessions with professional musi­ cians and, better yet, each Friday holds a 15-member jazz ensembles to play the Big Band sounds o f Count Bassie, Tommy Dorsey and the like. Contact Evelyn Mailhot for more details at 465-9544.

“Young A dults,” Pre-natal and “Family Survivors of Suicide” who have suffered the loss of a family member or friend. Run through the McGill School of Social Work, no charge. For more information, con­ ta ct E s te lle H opm eyer at 3 9 8 -

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