The McGill Tribune Vol. 15 Issue 22

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Science McGill Student Pugwash’s Internet conference.

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Features Bombings in Israel disturb peace process.

Gender refugees face Immigration Canada.

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Entertainment Übermode, McGill bands, bad poetry. You go, girl.

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Sports Martlet Basketball brings home the bronze!

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“You should be in the media, you should be in the government, you should be on the CBC.” Carter promised to come to the defence of McGill’s libraries and threatened programs such as Religious Studies. He also proposed to work to improve McGill’s poli­ cies on safety, harassment, and dis­ crimination, which he feels are inad­ equate.

During question period, the candidates disagreed over the future composition of council. Carter stood alone in advocating more seats to clubs and services reps.

Money, money, money The two candidates for VP Finance presented contrasting plat­ forms, particularly over the issue of clubs and services funding. Ted Murata was first to speak.

“My main objective is increased funding for clubs and ser­ vices,” he said.

Jon Chomski emphasised his experience on the Financeial Planning Committee of Council and stressed that he would work to include a dental care option in the SSMU Health Plan, and to include provisions for student summer employment in all business contracts signed with SSMU. In response to Murata, Chomski explained that clubs and services have enough say in their budget through their repre­ sentatives on council.

“I have a feeling clubs and ser-

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M artlet AnneGildenhuys skies above the pack in an attempt to corral a rebound against the U o f T M cGill went on to win the bronze. See Sports, page 20.

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Candidates for the 1996 SSMU executive positions were given the chance to lay out their platforms and respond to some pointed questions from members of the audience at a candidates’ debate in Gert’s Pub last Wednesday.

Derek Prohar was the first to speak in the presidents’ debate. He promoted himself as an ordinary stu­ dent, who nevertheless has a desire to improve life at McGill. Prohar pledged to work to keep tuition lev­ els low, but also to encourage differ­ ent sources of funding for students.

“What I’m planning is setting up scholarships in order to benefit students more,” he said.

The second presidential candi­ date, Alex Waxman, explained that McGill is currently going through a process of internal and external reflection, and this will present many instances where student inter­ ests must be defended. Waxman would like to see greater account­ ability of professors through course evaluations, and also promised to embark on a major endeavour to promote McGill in the job commu­ nity.

“I want to get our name out there in Montreal, in Quebec, and in Canada,” he said.

Next up, Chris Carter explained that he is the one to bring the neces­ sary vigour and promotional skills to the position of president.

“It’s absolutely crucial we have a strong, effective, outspoken voice in the SSMU presidency,” he said.

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Ah! Spring is finally coming.

And with it, the spring collections.

But, like many others, you might be bored of the overhyped Paris runways and the pretentious prêt-àporters of Milan. All the more rea­ son to have been at Metropolis on Friday March 8 when Montreal got a touch of Berlin in McGill’s 3rd Annual AIDS B enefit Fashion Show, Übermode. Übermode is the hugely popu­ lar fashion event that raises money for the Farha Foundation, a Montreal organization established

to improve the quality of life for people living with AIDS and HIV. The Fashion Show is organized by students and sponsored principally by the Management Undergraduate Society and by other Montreal businesses. The clothes showcased are designed by a wide range of Montreal designers. And the mod­ els used to bring these creations to life are some of the more beautiful members o f the McGill student body.

To attest to the beauty of these bodies and designs, as well as the goodwill spirit of Montreal, were the throngs of people who came

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out for the show and packed Metropolis from the dance floor to the balconies. This massive crowd idled around the sleek plexiglass stage, drowned in the pulsating orange lights and the thumping techno beats. Expectations for the show were very high. And they were fully rewarded.

The show featured sixteen designers and showcased a clothing range of varied style and quality.

From the traditional to the outra­ geous, and from the serious to the absurd, everything was there — radical rave wear, slinky lingerie, elaborate fetish wear, and elegant

men’s wear.

And the models did justice to these designs — they moved grace­ fully, with copious amounts of atti­ tude and exposed skin, through carefully choreographed routines.

Each tableau was coordinated with music and with visuals projected on screens at the back of the run­ way. Together, the m usic and visuals evoked atmospheres as diverse as the mystical Orient and the forboding deep space of Star Wars.

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SSMU hopefuls discuss vision of next executive... » Continued from Page 1 vices had adequate representation throughout the entire process,” he said.

University Affairs — Privatisation and Sexual Harassment Policy

isn’t doing this for us,” McGowan said.

External Affairs — CFS and Corporations Peter Armstrong-Whitworth began by stating that he would like to strengthen SSM U’s links to CASA. Armstrong-Whitworth also declared that he would work to increase the ties between the univer­ sity and corporations.

“More corporate involvement is

First to speak was Steven Erdelyi. He pushed his experience as Senate/Board rep to SSMU Council as being a tremendous asset. He also emphasised the initia­ tive h e’s taken this year to promote stu­ dent concerns.

“I’ve been on Senate to defend your voices on privatisa­ tion, [and] on library funding,” he said.

Don McGowan pointed out that as director of the Legal Information Clinic, he has an edge for the Da Silva, Armstrong-W hitworth a n d Robichaud position. McGowan also feels that a sexual harassment policy must be imple­ possible,” he said.

Chantal DaSilva stressed that mented, but another major objective of his is to fight for the confidentiali­ more effort must be made to increase ty of the Sexual Assault Centre hot M cGill’s profile among corpora­ line. Confidentiality would require tions, in order to increase employ­ legislative amendments, and he is ment opportunities for students and prepared to lobby the provincial and to attract money for scholarships.

“We need to make McGill federal governments to achieve this.

“It’s scary that Bernard Shapiro active in the corporate sphere,” she

said.

DaSilva also specified that she would increase communication with other Montreal area universities in order to be in a better position to fight student cutbacks.

Paul-Eric Robichaud was last to speak and emphasised lobbying the government at all levels.

“One of the major issues is a constant threat of tuition hikes,” he said.

Robichaud would like to specif­ ically lobby the municipal govern­ ment for student rates for public transportation. He also pointed out a need to create a dialogue at McGill between sovereigntists and federalists in order to ease tensions during a politically volatile period. oo c:

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Mark Feldman cited his experience as a former VP Solin hall and as manager of the used text book co-op. He explained that he would improve the harmoni­ sation of SSMU frosh programs with faculty ones. He also pledged to increase awareness among students of SSMU events.

“Next year I’d like to start a monthly campus events newsletter,” Feldman said.

Jason Kleine emphasised that the Students’ Society should increase its focus on clubs and ser­ vices.

“These services and clubs are the best way that students involve them selves with the Students’ Society and it is important to pay more attention to them,” he said.

He also stressed that all policies

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of SSMU should be reviewed for their social and environmental impact before being implemented.

Kataneh Behbahanian promised that she would improve the Alley, put more fun back into Campus Fest, and would be in regular contact with faculty associations. She also emphasised increasing student enthusiasm for campus events.

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Along with the SSMU executive candidates debates, the candidate: for student representative to the Board of Governors also engaged in pub lie discussion.

The BoG hopefuls include two newcomers and a veteran. Carrie Goldstein explained that although she is only in first year she's had extensive campus involvement at her CEGEP in past years. Goldstein stated that there were many issues on which she would defend studem concerns.

“1 do care about library funding, among other issues, but class si/.e is important as well,” she said.

Luciano D’lorio also pointed out that while he is only in U l, he has been involved in community projects where he lives, including setting up a basketball court for children in his area. He stressed library funding a well, but also put an emphasis on McGill’s crumbling physical structure.

“I’m thinking of amalgamating some buildings and relocating the Students’ Society building,” he said.

Sevag Yeghoyan stated that his extensive experience, as BoG rep last year and SSMU President the year before, is an asset. In contrast to the other candidates, he promised to look into alternative sources ol funding for the university.

“By outsourcing non-academic programs we can raise revenue with out sacrificing academic integrity,” he said.

Candidates answer questions on women’s issues B y S a r a J e a n G re en

Candidates running for SSMU executive positions engaged in a panai discussion about women’s issues last Friday in the Shatner cafeteria.

President LBGTM Political Researcher Hannah Rogers pointed out to can­ didates that Queer Pride Week begins March 12. She asked how candidates would make McGill “a better place for queer, bisexual, les­ bian and transgender students.”

“I think that they deserve their voice to be heard on campus and on council,” stated current president of the Inter Residence Council, Alex Waxman.

As former political co-ordinator of LBGTM and a clubs rep to SSMU council, Chris Carter said that he supports increasing the num­ ber of clubs and services represen­ tatives to council to ensure a greater voice for queer, women and minori­ ty group interests. He further stated that he would like to see that the university’s general harassment pol­ icy include provisions for sexual orientation.

Derek Prohar, stated that as a floor fellow in McConnell Hall, he deals with a lot of these issues on a day to day basis since many stu­ dents living in residences are open­ ly queer. For Queer Pride Week, a number of round table discussions have been planned in the residences to increase awareness about queer issues.

University Affairs Since both candidates running for VP University Affairs are male, neither will be asked to chair the W om en’s Caucus m eetings.

However, Rebecca Margolis of the W om en’s Union asked Steven Erderlyi and Don McGowan if they would be willing to continue sup­ port for the December 6 memorial which commemorates the victims of the shootings at L ’Ecole Polytechnique at the Université de Montréal in 1989.

“Both of us are capable and sensitive enough to deal with this issue — I want to attend Women’s Caucus meetings,” said Erderlyi. “I give full support to the...memorial and will continue financial and political support.”

When asked about the memori­

al services, McGowan became very emotional and declined comment because o f personal reasons involved with the issue.

Internal Affairs Internal candidates were asked

by Wendy Lai of Shakti whether or not they considered feminist groups to be “special interest groups.” She asked what role these groups play in the debate about increased service representation to council.

An increase in services repre­ sentation will not effect the efficien­ cy of council stated Jason Kleine, who was for increasing represenation. He said that it is “essential that all have a fair voice” on council.

Mark Feldman stated that he believes that services benefit all stu­ dents and thinks that the issue of representation needs to be examined again next year.

Kataneh Behbahanian agreed with Feldman and wants to further look into the “communication prob­ lem” between services and council.

External Affairs Assistant editor-in-chief of the McGill Tribune and LBGTM mem­ ber Joyce Lau asked candidates to

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name an outside program available at another university or in the Montreal area which could be intro­ duced at McGill to improve condi­ tions for women on campus.

Paul Robichaud cited an initia­ tive by the Canadian Federation of Students which is extensively cam­ paigning for w om en’s issues.

Called “C hilly C lim ates,” Robichaud suggested this campaign aimed at battling sexual assault, sexual harassment, and homopho­ bia, could benefit McGill.

Peter Armstrong-Whitworth commented on the McGill Ghetto Safety Audit, stating that he wanted to ensure that recommendations of the audit would be implemented.

Chantal D aSilva suggested the establishment of a “trauma room” for the Sexual Assault Centre.

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Finance W om en’s Union member Soraya Hassanali asked candidates to comment on the general harass­ ment policy which is to be brought before Senate on March 20.

Hassanali asked if elected, would they be willing to make an explicit promise to provide funding for groups interested in educating stu­ dents about equity issues.

Jonathan Chomski stated that he was not entirely familiar with the policy and therefore did not “want to promise anything unequivocal­ ly .” His opponent Ted Murata agreed.

“Like Chomski said, I’m not going to promise anything unequiv­ ocally,” he stated. “As a member of a racial minority, this is an issue I take very seriously.”

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TAs’ one-day strike to protest university’s salary proposal B y S a r a J e a n G reen

The Association of Graduate Students Employed at M cGill announced last Friday that it will hold a one-day strike on March 19.

The decision to strike came fol­ lowing an initial salary proposal from the university that would decrease the current salaries of McGill’s teaching assistants.

Contract negotiations between AGSEM and the university began almost two years ago, after the union submitted a proposal calling for changes in the current employment structure.

On February 8. the majority of union members voted in favour of the strike. At the time, it was hoped the vote would speed up negotiations to rectify complaints of unpaid over­ time and salary discrepancies between departments. Another con­ cern was the estimated 80 to 1 student-TA ratios.

Currently, the average TA salary is about $16 per hour.

However, TAs in the Faculty of Arts, who constitute the high end of the salary scale, receive between $18 and $22 per hour, while engineering TAs are paid between $8 and $12.

These discrepancies in pay are explained by the fact that non-arts TAs generally receive additional funding from research grants and bursaries. In the Faculty of Arts, TAs receive approximately $6500 per year plus a full tuition fee waiver for working a maximum 312 hours.

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The university distinguishes between TAs who provide instruc­ tion to students and are responsible for preparing and grading course work, and those who are additionally responsible for delivering “formal presentations...stressing [the] rela­ tionship between theory and prac­ tise.”

As part of AGSEM’s demands, TAs in the first category would receive $28.75 per hour or approxi­ mately $35 with a tuition rebate. In the second category, TAs would be paid a salary of $42.52 per hour or approximately $50 with the rebate.

The initial salary offer made by the university is $10 per hour for •TAs in the first category and $15 for those in the second. Further, TAs would be required to work 12 hours per week for 15 weeks. Since the university does not consider tuition fee waivers as part of TA salaries, they were not included in the pro­ posal.

Hugh Potter, co-ordinator of AGSEM, stated that the one-day strike is meant to send a message to the university that AGSEM does not consider the proposal acceptable.

“We’re hoping that the strike will demonstrate to McGill that what they have proposed is insulting to the work graduate students do as TAs,” said Potter. “[The strike] will cause a certain amount of inconve­ nience to M cG ill...[w hich will] hopefully embarrass McGill into coming up with a reasonable first proposal, because this isn’t even a

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“I am pleased to present Stop, L ook and L iste n : A P ro a ctive S tra teg y on S exu a l A ssa u lt at McGill."

“For years, the Students’ Society of McGill University has spoken about problems of assault and harassment on campus. This report presents our recommenda­ tion for improving M cGill’s pre­ vention of, and response to, sexual assault,” wrote SSMU VP University Affairs Lisa Grushcow in the introduction to the new docu­

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Since May 1995, Carla Alexander, a student in social work, has been researching and evaluating what mechanisms exist to address issu es and incidents o f sexual assault within the McGill commu­ nity.

“We wanted to talk to the uni­ versity in a way it would under­ stand,” said Alexander. “We were not trying to get at numbers, but rather to get at qualitative effects,” she further noted.

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“We feel the kind of proposal McGill came up with at $10 per hour was such an appalling offer...You’ve got to be realistic about proposals.

They said this is their first position but it’s obvious they want to end up with below what TAs [currently] get,” Potter said.

President of McGill’s Post Graduate Students’ Society Stephen Targett stated that after AGSEM received its mandate to strike, there was “a drastic change in McGill’s atti­ tude” that showed a will­ ingness to come up with a contract. Targett hopes the o n e-d a y strike will improve AGSEM’s posi­ tion.

“They have a history of caving under this sort of pressure...M cGill is very sensitive to negative Targett w ants “realistic ”proposal fro m publicity. We’re hoping university that after the strike we’ll ing expenses have gone up approxi­ see another change,” said Targett. mately 30 per cent. He further stated “As far as I’m aware, the union is that most TAs are not protected by not asking for anything outrageous.

A major concern for the union and tuition fee waivers.

“The $28.75 an hour [was one reason it formed was so that determined] when it was taken on members at the bottom end being the terms of what TAs currently get exploited in labour terms...can be and defining the real work load,” brought up to subsistent levels — a said Potter. “When you compare it wage that is conceivable to live on.”

Speaking privately, Political with universities across the country, it’s very reasonable — the basic Science Professor and former mem­ average is between $27 and $28 per ber of the university’s negotiating committee, Rex Brynen stated that in hour with no tuition waiver.”

proposal — proposing to cut 75 per cent from some people’s salaries is obscene.”

Potter pointed out that TAs have not received any pay increases since the mid-1980s even though liv­

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“In the [Code], sexual assault is treated in the same way as van­ dalism. It’s the university against the accused. The survivor disap­ pears,” said Stephanie Dutrizac, a member of the Accompaniment Team of the Sexual Assault Centre of the McGill Students’ Society.

One o f the main goals that those involved in the creation of the doc­ ument set out to achieve was to force the universi­ ty to acknowledge that sexual assault is a cam­ pus issue.

For the past four years, McGill has been in the process of creating a revised sexual harass­ ment policy. However, sexual assault has either been addressed as a crim­ inal offence, to be han­ Jukier jo in s students to voice concerns dled externally by the criminal system , or internally, “It is ridiculous to forget the under the Code o f Student Rights impact it has on survivors,” she and Responsibilities. added.

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a time of budgetary cutbacks, the union’s demands are not realistic.

“AGSEM wants a single TA rate and they think they can do that by increasing everyone’s salary, but the budget is shrinking. It’s more likely that the higher salaries will fall towards the mean...The union doesn’t seem to believe that the uni­ versity is in a state of financial cri­ sis,” said Brynen.

Currently, sessional lecturers are paid between $3000 and $4000 for each course taught. This works out to between $14 and $18 per hour, assuming a work load of 225 hours per course. Assistant profes­ sors begin at a rate of $21.34 per hour based on 48 weeks of full time work.

“The university’s initial offer [to AGSEM] may have been low but it is an initial offer. AGSEM’s posi­ tion is ridiculous — they are asking that TAs, on an hourly basis, be paid more than faculty members,” Brynen stated.

Brynen, who is also the TA co­ ordinator for Political Science, stated that there are a number of professors sympathetic to TA issues.

"There are a lot of problems in the university in the way TAs are treated. Working conditions, unpaid overtime and appointment proce­ dures...are things that have to be fixed in a contract,” he said. “But the union leadership is so attracted to the idea of getting huge pay increases, that they’re not paying attention to the other issues,” stated Brynen.

Evidence used in Stop, Look and Listen includes the testimony of survivors of sexual assault at McGill. Their ideas and experi­ ences are used to demonstrate how important it is to reform the exist­ ing methods of dealing with com­ plaints of sexual assault, to better represent the survivor.

Alexander noted that it is important that the university pro­ vide a system able to respond to complaints of assault because, in many cases, survivors identify most closely with the university community. Moreover, studies cited in the document provide evi­ dence that many women do not report incidents of sexual assault because they do not regard the criminal system as sympathetic or supportive of their claims.

In the Code o f Stu d en t Rights, it is stated that the “uni­ versity has an obligation to main­ tain safe and suitable conditions of learning and study,” and that “the university has an obligation to

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University responsible for acknowledging sexual assault... » Continued from Page 3 ensure that adequate measures are taken to protect the security of stu­ dents on university property.” In light of these assertions, Alexander brought out a number o f recom­ m endations she b eliev es w ill improve policies at McGill, as well as measures that will help prevent incidents of sexual assault from tak­ ing place.

How to improve McGill To begin with, the document recommends that the university adopt the Criminal Code’s defini­ tion of sexual assault as well as the ‘nature’ and ‘intent’ rules of evi­ dence from the latter.

Moreover, the document sug­

gests that a clear distinction be made between sexual assault and sexual harassment.

“Sexual harassment is often dealt with in a mediating way, and can involve bringing parties togeth­ er to resolve the problem. The out­ come is not necessarily punitive... and may simply involve explaining [to the perpetrator] the nature of the wrong com m itted,” explained Alexander. “Sexual assault in no way should be mediated. Once a committee has decided what hap­ pened, it should take punitive mea­ sures.”

“There should be two different procedures [because], conceptually, these are two different things,” added Alexander.

The document also recom ­ mends that the survivor be included

and represented within the discipli­ nary process, by a university mem­ ber o f her/his choice, such as a member o f the M cG ill Legal Information Clinic.

A first-response plan team, trained by professionals in conjunc­ tion with the Sexual Assault Centre, should be implemented in order to properly inform survivors o f the best method in pursuing a claim.

Among the other recommenda­ tions, a number address residences specifically, and the importance of education in terms of challenging the myths and misconceptions sur­ rounding assault.

“Education must not be aimed at simply providing suggestions for women to avoid vulnerability,” notes the document.

“The only education at the uni­

versity that I know of comes from SACOM SS, not the university proper,” added Alexander. “Student Services provide good information on issues of health... Sexual assault should also be part of their agenda.”

Acknowledging assault “The university is responsible for acknow ledging that sexual assault does exist,” said Durtrizac.

“Trying to hush-up incidents may [protect] its reputation, but I would rather see a reputation built on a zero tolerance level.”

During the presentation of the document, speakers suggested that the university is not sufficiently well acquainted with its own poli­ cies.

“Everyone [at the university]

has a different idea of what consti­ tutes sexual assault. As a result, the survivor is misinformed or treated like a hot-potato,” added Durtrizac.

Professor Annette Werk, for­ mer ombudsperson and supervisor of the sexual assault document, and Grushcow have both held positions at the university that puts them in contact with sexual assault sur­ vivors.

“People would come to my office [with concerns or reports of sexual assault],” said Grushcow. “I started to feel uncomfortable saying ‘go through these channels and all will be better’.”

“McGill does not seem to con­ sider violence against women that serious...They only talk about it during International W om en’s Week,” said Werk.

CASA fights cuts with “Education Builds a Nation” campaign

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The Canadian A lliance of Students’ Associations has launched a nation-wide campaign against gov­ ernment cut-backs in education.

CASA’s week-long “Education Builds a Nation” campaign kicked off yesterday with a national press conference, follow ed by similar announcements at member schools.

The campaign focuses on three issues: guaranteeing both quality and accessibility to post-secondary edu­ cation and creating national stan­ dards to maintain the system. These themes are also being explicitly linked to the ongoing national unity debate. “[T]he betterment of youth and the advancement of knowledge is a goal which unites all Canadians, because it guarantees us all a more prosperous future,” states the cam­ paign’s policy document.

The proposal goes on to state that “the quality of our nation’s edu­ cation systems should be treated as a matter of national security.”

CASA National Director Alex Usher wants to take federal Finance

Minister Paul Martin to task for fail­ ing to live up to the message in his March 6 budget speech. In that speech, Martin stated that “post-sec­ ondary education...speaks to the heart o f our country” and also stressed that measures must be taken to “ensure there is hope for our youth.”

The new federal budget calls for over $25 billion worth of cuts to post-secondary education, health and welfare over the next seven years.

“Canada has the only federal government in the world treating post-secondary education so cava­ lierly,” Usher said. “Education is one of the building blocks o f a nation but our government is not serious about it. They are refusing to honour their commitment that access to post-secondary education should be based only on merit.”

CASA flooding Ottawa At the national level, CASA member schools will try to flood Ottawa with postcards emblazoned with the Canadian flag.

“We want to tell the federal

government that their talk about national unity is all rhetoric,” Usher said. “If we don’t invest in the future by investing in education, what future is there for this country?”

Member schools are co-ordinat­ ing other activities locally. SSMU VP External Affairs and CASA Quebec Regional Director, Andrea Stairs stated that the decentralised nature of the campaign flows out of a desire to keep it inexpensive and flexible.

“Cost was a factor,” Stairs explained. “Between CASA’s bud­ get and the executive budget at member schools, we didn’t think we needed a lot of money to get our point across.”

Although this campaign rein­ forces the same issues stressed in last October’s “Real Choices” cam­ paign, it is being co-ordinated differ­ ently.

“With ‘Real Choices,’ universi­ ties felt they had to do the whole thing or do nothing,” Stairs stated.

“This time, we’re trying more of a participate-as-you-can effort.”

Stairs admitted that SSMU’s involvement in “Education Builds a

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Nation” will be limited. Posters will be put up across campus and a debate is being organised between the McGill youth wings o f the national political parties.

“What [SSMU] can do is some­ what reduced because of the overlap with SSMU elections and the CASA plebiscite question,” Stairs said.

“But CASA’s name and policies will get out there.”

CFS mobilisation Canadian Federation of Students National Chairman, Guy Caron agreed that the March 6 bud­ get is a dark herald of the very tough times facing post-secondary educa­ tion in Canada. However, he feels that it is not enough for the hearts of CASA members to be in the right place. “[CASA’s campaign] is more emotional than rational,” Caron asserted. “It is fine to say that post­

secondary education is critical for the sake of national unity but it is also necessary to fully analyse the impact of the budget. We’d rather do something based on numbers and alternatives, which doesn’t only play on an emotional side.”

Caron reinforced CFS support for mass mobilisation techniques. He pointed specifically to the January 25, 1995 and the February 7, 1996 National Days of Strike and Action.

“We’re doing protests that will put post-secondary education prob­ lems on the map,” Caron said. “A postcard campaign won’t do that.”

Stairs however, disagreed with Caron’s critique.

“Student mobilisation is a good idea only to a point,” Stairs stated.

“After that you have to get in to where decisions are being made, so you can affect them. Our lobbying victories have come from slow, steady work — of which this is another branch.”

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Executives head ‘No’ campaign against referendum The Students for Social Responsibility Committee claims actions to be unconstitutional B y B e n ji W e in s t e in

SSM U President Helena Myers and VP Finance K elly Remai have formed a committee to oppose the referendum campaign undertaken by the Students for Social Responsibility Committee.

According to SSRC members, through this action M yers has stepped over the boundaries laid out in the SSMU constitution.

Two questions, presented by the SSRC, will appear on the refer­ endum ballot during the March 13, 14, and 15 polling period. The first asks that students endorse the cre­ ation of a Committee for Financial Ethics Research. The second ques­ tion, if passed, calls for SSMU to petition and condemn any corpora­ tion with business operations in Burma, such as Pepsi SSRC mem­ ber Simone Levine argues that SSMU has nothing to lose if stu­ dents vote yes.

“Passing the [second] question will mean that SSMU will be only

News Murata keeps his posters On February 28, the CROs ruled that SSM U VP Finance candidate Ted Murata’s election posters were discriminatory. The complaint was brought forward

by M urata’s op p on en t, Jon C hom sk i. The p osters w ere allegedly discriminatory because they described McGill libraries with adjectives such as “back­ water” and “hick-like.” Further, the poster alluded to the preven­ tion of “ultra right-wing conser­ vative freaks” from working at McGill next year.

The JB ruled that although the posters may be offensive to some students, they do not dis­ criminate against any one group at McGill.

JB hands down refer­ endum rulings A fter a w eekend long debate, the Judicial Board ruled that the referendum question asking students to determ ine SSM U’s fate with CASA, sub­ mitted by M elanie Newton, is invalid.

There had been confusion con cern in g the issu e, as the q u estion w as o rig in a lly approved by the Chief Returning O fficer s. T h is d e c isio n w as revoked three days later when the CROs were informed that the inform ation in the third recital of the question was incor­ rect. H ow ever, the CROs are prohibited by the constitution from changing any d ecisio n s after a 24 hour period. As a result, the CROs acted unconsti­ tutionally. Newton was invited to re-write and re-subm it the question. Instead, she chose to take the issue directly to the JB.

condemning certain corporations,” she said. “It will be just words.”

Levine also pointed out that, in terms of the first question, a finan­ cial ethics committee will not have any binding power, but instead be a source of student opinion.

“Following the decisions of the financial eth ics com m ittee won’t be mandatory. It will be an advisory board,” she said.

The SSRC’s efforts to monitor financial ethics come following the signing of a controversial contract betw een Pepsi and the SSMU. Pepsi is a popular target of human rights groups because of its busi­ ness involvement in Burma.

The SSRC’s cause is being challenged by the formation of a committee opposed to creating a financial ethics research group and to the denunciation of companies such as Pepsi.

While ‘N o’ committees have become common in student refer­ endums, the SSRC is particularly disturbed by Myers’ involvement,

B r ie fs The JB ruled on the consti­ tutionality o f the CROs’ deci­ sion primarily because they are also students and are thus invit­ ed to appeal any CRO decision within five days. In addition, the CROs must act with due d ili­ gence and impartiality. The JB fe e ls that “the spirit o f the C on stitu tion am ounts to an appeal to the Board of their ini­ tial decision.”

Furthermore, the Judicial Board agreed with the CROs that the question as proposed by Ms. Newton was misleading and thus, invalid.

Judicial Board rejects appeal concerning Pepsi in Burma The Students for Social Responsibility Committee was denied its appeal concerning its proposed question for the March referendum ballot. The question would have asked that students “mandate the SSMU to immedi­ ately terminate any and all rela­ tio n sh ip s w ith corporations which directly or within their corporate umbrella do business in the U nion o f Myanmar (Burma).”

The question was initially rejected by the CROs because it v io la te s A rticle 17.3 o f the SSMU Constitution which states that student initiated referenda cannot interfere with financial matters o f the Society.

The appeal by the SSRC was based on the notion that the violations in Burma are o f an ethical, as opposed to a financial nature.

The Judicial Board ruled that the political aspect would be addressed with the formation o f a Financial Ethics Com m ­ ittee.

citing her actions to be unconstitu­ tional.

“It says in the constitution that Helena is the spokesperson for the Society,” Levine said. “I’ve heard that not one quarter o f SSM U councillors would sign the petition needed to form a committee. She has already broken the by-laws of her own constitution.”

When asked about councillors approval for the ‘No’ committee — or lack thereof — Myers said that the issue had not even been raised.

“Every single day I have to comment on student issues,” said Myers. “I can’t call emergency meetings to get a response from all the councillors [before doing so].”

In addition, Myers said that she. feels a ‘N o’ committee will benefit the students. “[The committee] was formed to give students a balanced view,” she stated. “Students will be able to make an informed and intelligent

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Apart from wanting to repre­ sent the other side of this issue, Myers has her own views about the proposals themselves. She believes a financial ethics committee will add to the existing bureaucracy.

Myers feels that the role of the pro­ posed committee is already being fulfilled.

“These considerations [that the Financial Ethics Research Committee would undertake] are already being made by the [SSMU] executive and council,” said Myers.

“There is no reason to add another layer — it’s redundant.”

The SSRC rejects SSM U ’s claim that it already considers ethi­ cal issues in its financial negotia­ tions. Referring to the contract SSMU negotiated with Pepsi last summer, the SSRC argues that there were two student groups who had asked to be present at the draft­ ing of the contract, and were not

called by SSMU as they were told they would be. This, Levine asserts, is one of the reasons that the Financial Ethics Research Committee is a necessary organisa­ tion.

“This one more layer o f bureaucracy wouldn’t be needed if SSMU had done their job in the first place,” she said. “The main reason that I’m outraged is that it isn ’t a left-right issue anymore when student voices get ignored.”

The SSRC feels that the SSMU has ignored students in the past, and don’t understand the severity of the issue.

“The current President of SSMU ignored students who com­ plained about Pepsi and Burma and went along with the contract with­ out consulting the students,” said SSRC member Ashfaq Khalfan.

“There’s a sub-campaign going on throughout North Am erica, so we’re not taking an isolated stand.”

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have been, had I so chosen, sitting on Parliament Hill with my thumb up my ass and being a talking head as Mr. Caron of CFS both did and was. Instead, I chose to stay in the office until 01:00, getting vital infor­ mation on the budget out to student associations and student press so that they might react sensibly and effec­ tively to the Martin Budget. If that is ineffective, I gladly plea guilty.

CASA was founded last year by a number of student associations who were tired of being either repre­ sented by CFS or of not being repre­ sented at all. CASA presents a sen­ sible and cheap (less than a dollar per student per year) alternative to both o f these eventualities.

Moreover, we present realistic poli­ cies on higher education, ones which were massively endorsed by McGill students in a plebiscite last fall.

If this plebiscite were being fought by the “No” side about issues — that is, do McGill students believe in CASA’s message — then I would be welcoming debates from the “N o” committee. But Chris Carter, Melanie Newton, Paul-Eric Robichaud and the rest of the “No” committee are too gutless to do that; instead, they have descended into cheap demagoguery. McGill stu­ dents desesve better than that.

CASA, unlike the “No” committee, has always been honest with McGill students, and I expect that honesty will prevail when McGill students vote this week.

Alex Usher National Director, CASA

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Last Thursday, a student came into the SSMU executive offices in a wheelchair, looking for the elevator key.

Although the office was packed with lounging SSMU exec hopefuls, no one offered to help, because no one knew where the key was, and no one cared to look. The student waited. Finally, a bystander (not a SSMU councilor or hopeful) found the key, and all seemed to be settled.

About half an hour later, the student came back into the office (still packed with would-be politicians) to return the key. Again, there was no response (for, isn’t it the receptionist’s job to put keys away?). It was only when the student made a rather provocative statement that people turned to listen.

According to this student, last year’s Dalhousie student council elec­ tions were cast null and void because polling stations were not disabled accessible. She, as a first year student, wanted to know what the situation was at McGill.

The office erupted in a flurry, now that the precious elections were threatened. The VPs University Affairs and VP Internals were fetched. A Chief Returning Officer was found. But no one really knew what to say.

The immediate response was that the student herself could vote in the Shatner Building, which is wheelchair accessible.

The student responded that her question was not based specifically on her individual voting rights, but of the voting rights of all disabled students. For example, how could someone who was visually impaired vote?

The response was that the Chief Returning Officers would have to read the ballot out loud to the student.

But what about the right to confidentiality granted to all students, including those who are visually impaired?

The student brought up another point. Without anyone who knew sign language, how could someone who is hearing impaired listen to debates, or to polling clerk directions?

Again, there was no good response.

The problem was partially resolved when the student offered that the Office for Students with Disabilities could transfer any document into Braille or large-font type, free of charge. The office could also probably find someone who knew sign language.

According to the Quebec Charter of Human Rights, legally, one can not discriminate against those with physical disabilities. In the case of SSMU elections, not all polling stations would have to be disabled acces­ sible, but at least one of them would have to be. In addition, the loca­ tion^) of the accessible poll(s) would have to be publicised in advance.

The crux of the problem rests not in the accessibility of SSMU elec­ tions, but on the general unawareness of these problems.

One can blame neither the SSMU exec nor the CROs for not know­ ing the answers to this student’s questions off the tops of their heads.

However, one can blame them for having gone through weeks of election preparation without having given the matter any thought.

It is unfortunate that few people seriously consider this kind of dis­ crimination until it is forced upon them.

The Tribune is just as guilty. For the last three years at least, there has not been a single article written about accessibility unless it was tied into the release of some ‘newsworthy’ SSMU or university document.

The last decade has seen increased awareness in the areas of sexism, racism, homophobia and classism. Now we must come to realise that dis­ crimination against those with physical disabilities is just as harmful.

During the SSMU referendum period, a number of pieces of misin­ formation and outright lies appear to have been spread about the Canadian Alliance of Students’ Associations (CASA), which is the subject of a plebiscite this week. I would like to take this opportunity to dispel some of these untruths.

1) There have been financial misappropriations at CASA. This is a gross distortion of truth. CASA was robbed by the gentleman who replaced me as National Director during a period of extended illness last fall. Upon discovery of this theft, CASA fired the person respon­ sible, instituted a police investiga­ tion and informed its members and the press fully about the situation.

We acted quickly and prudently to resolve the situation. Blaming CASA for getting robbed is like blaming the victim for getting raped, a shameful stand for the so-called “progressives” like Chris Carter and Melanie Newton to take.

2) CASA is not a bilingual organisation. Faux. L ’Alliance Canadienne des A ssociations Etudiantes est, par Article 22 de ses Reglements Generaux, une organiza­ tion complètement bilingue. Une haute competence dans les deux

Demystifying CASA Because there are no sound rea­ sons to stay in CASA, CASA sup­ porters at McGill have been spread­ ing untruths to convince you to vote ‘yes’ in the upcoming plebiscite.

Here are a few myths you may have read about in CASA propaganda on this campus: Myth N o .l: “CASA is Canada’s largest undergraduate stu­ dent lobby organisation.” WRONG! The Canadian Federation of Students is by far the largest with 420.000 members, of which over 350.000 are undergraduates.

Compared to 65 student associations that are members of CFS, CASA has about 10 members. Already six times smaller than the CFS, CASA has lost the UBC, UNB, University of Calgary, and Carleton undergrad­ uate associations in the last month.

It is simple mathematics.

Myth No. 2: “Canada’s leading schools are members of CASA.” WRONG! First, the elitism that this comment evokes is despicable.

Secondly, the vast majority of stu­ dents from the “high-ranked” schools are actually members of CFS, including undergraduates at York and Acadia and graduates at U of T, McGill, Western and UBC. Myth No. 3: “CASA is the most effective organisation for gov­ ernment lobbying.” WRONG! CASA is insignificant in Ottawa and

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langues officiels du Canada est req­ uis pour toutes les postes a l’ACAE. 3) CASA costs SSMU $17,000 which could help fund clubs.

Inaccurate cheap demagoguery.

SSMU pays $13,000 a year to CASA. Either one is willing to pay for political representation or one is not. Given that this line is being peddled by people who want to enter SSMU into CFS (at a cost of $90,000 per year), this sob-story on behalf of the clubs is highly suspect.

4) CASA is not an “effective” lobby group— CASA was not even present on Parliament Hill on Budget Night. Define one’s terms.

Unlike our rivals at the CFS (whom Mssrs. Robichaud and Carter would have you believe are “effective’), we do not condone violence at rallies, such as we saw in Toronto last month, nor do we condone throwing macaroni at ministers, or picketing ministers’ children’s schools, tactics used in the past by CFS. Instead, we work steadily and quietly, talking to ministers, MPs, bureaucrats and provincial officials about the need to reform higher education and the need to ensure that access to higher education is based solely on merit.

We are not showy and may not make the headlines, but the job gets done — that is all that matters.

As for budget night, I could completely absent in the provincial capitals. While CASA continues to support the Income Contingent Loans Repayment Plan, the CFS forced the federal government to halt the implementation of this pro­ gram in May 1995. If you really want to know why one does not pay GST on tuition or a 3% tax on one’s Canada Student Loan, it is because CFS has been lobbying government for over 15 years on behalf of stu­ dents. CASA did not even bother to show up at Parliament Hill on Budget Day last week! With no provincial infrastructure, CASA can­ not even begin to lobby provincial governments. The facts speak for themselves. Vote NO to CASA.

SSMU under fire with Pepsi Co. In August 1995, SSMU drafted a five year contract with Pepsi Co., with the option of a two year renew­ al. Although drafted in the middle of the summer, two groups did manage to hear about the hushed contract: advocates for Coke and advocates against Pepsi due to its current bene­ fit from the slave labour system in Burma.

Both groups went to SSMU representatives requesting to speak in front of council before the con­ tract was drafted. Both groups were assured they would get a call over the date they could appear. Neither group got a phone call; the contract was drafted regardless.

No one did research on Pepsi or

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Last semester, the only class I did badly in was Literature of the Romantic Period 1. I’m not exactly sure why I did so poorly, as I enjoyed the poetry we studied, and I thought I’d learned quite a bit.

Apparently, though, I learned only slightly more than 50 per cent of what I was supposed to.

This didn’t stop me from enroling in Literature of the Romantic Period 2 this semester. I am doing just as badly, perhaps worse. Why did I take the second part of this course if I knew I’d do poorly again? Why ignore the lessons of past experience? Consider this: -I’ve owned four Aiwa walkmans, and each of them has broken within a few months, yet I keep buying them; -Every few months I make oatmeal for breakfast because I forget that I

hate oatmeal; -I always burn m yself because I never remember which knob on my stove controls which burner; -In the past three years I’ve had two and a half bicycles stolen from me, yet I keep buying them. Et cetera!

That’s not to say I never learn anything. I definitely would not go so far as saying I’ve received noth­ ing from my Romantics class. For example, by reading the poetry of Byron, I have acquired a love of the rhyming couplet! It has changed my life.

By rhym ing my thoughts and endeavours, I make myselffeel happy and clever.

Of course, this is exactly what I shouldn’t have done, since almost all Romantics abhorred the use of

Coupleted rhymes! I wanna shout 'em!

No chance I ’ll ever live without 'em!

Balanced: they swim, they fly, they sing!

So what if I never really learn a thing?

Listen: Several weeks ago, I lost a library book, somewhere on campus. It was B reakfast o f Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. I’d only read the prologue. I decided to accept fate and pay for the book immediately (having noticed that most student politicians had made “library reform” a high priority in their campaigns, and I didn’t want to be made into a scapegoat). At the library counter, I was informed that to replace my book would cost around $100 (!) when factoring in the costs of binding and processing.

I decided to go with plan B: renew­ ing the book, every two weeks, until graduation.

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P r o d ig a l B o o k , But every so often humans will surprise you. About a month after I lost the book, trying to renew it for only the second time, I was pleas­ antly surprised to find that someone had returned it for me. Wow! Isn’t that poetic?

W oe! I have lost a book by Vonnegut!

The moral issue, tried to ponder, but 1 have in su fficien t fu n d s. M ust renew E v’ry two weeks. Hmm, would you?

Constant renewing makes me ner­ vous Perhaps they have touch-tone ser­ vice?

W ait!

M USE says this: RETURNED! For me?

Jolt o f altruism! Jolt o f glee!

K indness o f strangers, hooray, hooray H ello D olly! G oodbye Blue Monday!

I got seven postcards from my friend Amy on Friday. They weren’t mailed individually, but in an enve­ lope. She wasn’t even on vacation either, which is when you’d expect someone to send you seven post­

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Postcards from an old flame (seven) Seizing my mailbox. Oh my heavens!

Suddenly I ’m in grade 9, no spine Twine, as memory. I ’m tied in time.

Sort of. I mean, it’s different now (all apocalypses averted, somehow) H er words, her fa ce, no longer lethal, We can finally talk like normal peo­ ple!

How come grade 9 wasn’t like this?

Living a silly adolescent life o f bliss?

I f only! The fun we might’ve had Hell, we might even have spoken at grad!

Oh, cruel Fate! Oh, clumsy Timing!

I f I only knew then, o f couplets, rhyming!

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So the weak job market has got you down. You just bought two new business suits, but your only offer requires you to be clad in pastels and a hair-net. Or maybe you got some interviews, but your prospective employers chafed at all the “useless” philosophy and anthropology courses cluttering your academic record.

“Haven’t you ever taken math?!” one questioner fumed during an interroga­ tion. The first summer without a Dead tour on the agenda, you think to your­ self, and there’s absolutely nothing to do.

And you want to know: why are we being forced into a life of vagrancy and shiftlessness? Do students have ‘labour force flunky’ branded on our backs? Is it my deodorant? Why is it so hard to get a job?

There are a few answers, each equally unsatisfying. The staggering 16 per cent unemployment rate for people aged 15 to 24 suggests we are casualties of a diseased system. Of course unemployment jumps to around 35 per cent if you exclude gra­ nola painters and window washers whose jobs mainly consist of pestering frightened old people for permission to do “an estimate”. Despite the imposing work shortage, baby-boomer job hogs sneer that young people today are just not diligent enough.

This kind of attitude only perpet­ uates the problem. Young people today are just as ambitious as their bead-wearing ‘60s generation parents.

Unlike previous eras, however, struc­ tural changes in the economy have made the full-employment club an exclusive domain. A couple of decades ago, when lads like Richie Cunningham were coming of age, searching for a job was a groovy expe­ rience. You would go to school, then join the army, then slip into a cushy junior executive position or run your dad’s hardware store.

These days the script has been radically rewritten. In the ‘90s, the idea is to accumulate four or five degrees, each separated by periods of self-contemplation, unemployment and heavy drinking. Then, once your TAship fortunes are exhausted, you’re forced to hit up your local hardware store to pay back your student loans.

Hopefully in the end you’ll land in a low security prison where you can teach reading to convicts who also happen to be former Concordia stu­ dents.

So maybe things aren’t that grim.

If you market yourself effectively, there’s a decent chance of scoring a summer spot. Start by padding your credentials like a flat high school girl.

Embellish jobs like “shelved books” into “organised resource materials according to the Dewey model.” Lie when necessary. Is any employer real­ ly going to call Washington to check if you actually advised George Bush during the Gulf War? Heck no.

Search out potential positions. I went to the Career Placement Service

(CAPS) recently and they had at least four babysitting positions available.

Most of them didn’t even require an undergraduate degree and offered an air conditioned workplace. When I asked about other openings, the CAPS staff was astute enough to point me to the Yellow Pages. Who says the administration isn’t helping any?

In general, a liberal arts educa­ tion seems to be a false cure for employment ailments. Employers these days value “practical training” in stuff like memorising accounting fig­ ures and appearing cocky even when your only commendable virtue is the Tag Heuer on your wrist. This calls for a prompt switch to the Management C A S A

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faculty. Scorn training in trite pursuits like writing or thinking and invest in a leather portfolio! Grease up stiff employers with free passes to Annie’s.

Now you’re on your way to a reward­ ing career.

It’s not your fault that a growing abyss exists between academia and the real world. Technological innovations and a service-based economy have altered the workplace. And how has your university responded to this assault on traditional society? Clouded by intellectual blinders, Principal Shapiro et al have done little to increase the students’ stock. Never mind that occupations like public school teaching and law have become N A T IO N A L

as prolific as standing in front of McLennan-Redpath with an out­ stretched arm. Improve the staff-stu­ dent ratio and pray your underlings will one day be fortunate enough to earn tenure themselves and live the good life. Who says the university’s big heads are a stagnant lot?

Don’t let the system rob you of your self-esteem. Perseverance always pays in a free market society, regard­ less of failed summer plans. Besides, I hear Phish is touring the East coast...

Ted Frankel was twice named McDonald’s employee o f the month during 1995.

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I was recently informed that Jean Chrétien is not com ing to speak at McGill. He was supposed to, but now he’s not. Although it has since been announced that he w ill be attending a sum m it in Egypt, we have still heard nothing about a rescheduling of events.

When this information was first released, there was a lot of “O h h h h ! W hy is n ’t Chrétien rescheduling? He promised.”

I however, did not say any­ thing like that at all.

Because I think I might know why he d o e sn ’t want to com e here.

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do business with them again we will build a Great Wall of China around you,” I would be mad and I would tell my secretary to cancel all of my other appointments.

Also, if I were Prime Minister and my secretary told a university that 1 w ould com e and speak because it was the university’s birthday and then I went to a Flag ceremony and a man in a blue hat ran at me “full force” and then I pushed his neck but I didn’t mean to and then my constituents called into radio shows and said 1 needed psychiatric aid, I would tell my secretary that I didn’t want to be in any more big crow ds for a while.

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Leacock 12 where orange stuff runs out of the wall and corrodes the chairs beneath, I would proba­ bly be unhappy. As a preventative measure, therefore, I think I would just cancel the appointment.

I’m not the Prime Minister but I sure know what it feels like to have people throw macaroni at me. And eggs. C’mon, we all do.

Right?

So, if I was the Prime Minister, I don’t think I would go to a place where a lot of people eat Kraft Dinner and probably have a fair bit o f macaroni on hand.

Anyways, it’s not easy being the Prime Minister. If the country o f which I was the leader was holding an emotional referendum and I decided to go to Ottawa that weekend and then everyone said I was “hiding,” I think I would say, “Fine then, why don’t you get another speaker?”

Also, if I was Prime Minister and everyo n e was allow ed to know my address and then people thought that it would be okay to scale the walls o f my house and “come on in” and I was being pro­ tected by the “Ralph Wiggum of p o lice departm ents” I think I

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O ver 60% o f all n e w jobs n o w require so m e form o f post-secondary education. Yet as tuition fees rise, it is b ecom ing m ore a n d m ore difficult for stu d en ts to continue to m eet the costs asso­ ciated w ith atten d in g school.

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would feel a little shaky and not want to give any big speeches.

I used to watch the O.J. Simpson trial with my mother.

She would watch the candidates being interrogated by the Dream Team and she used to turn to me and say, “You know, if I was a w itness on the stand and they were talking to me like that, I think I would say, ‘You’re very rude and I’m not the one on trial here’ and then I would leave.”

“Good thing you’re not a wit­ ness,” I would say to my mom.

The point is, I think Chrétien might also just “feel like leaving” because if I were him, I would

feel like everyone is being pretty mean to me. It’s not easy being the Prime Minister.

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on any possible alternative beverage corporations. Whether such research would have been done is doubtful as half of the Financial PCOC [Planning Committee of Council], a group whose presence is obligatory at the drafting of such a contract, was not invited, and other members had pre­ viously ignored anyone not in favour of the contract. In their outrage, some students have decided to bring to ref­ erendum the creation of a Financial Ethics Research Committee (FERC), a check on the SSMU representatives no longer listening to us, a check on those holding their own agenda as a first priority.

SSMU President Helena Myers and VP Finance Kelly Remai are the sole members of the ‘no’ committee against the forming of FERC. What students do not know is that both of these representatives were active in ignoring student protests this summer.

When asked to comment on Pepsi’s use of slave labour in Burma, Kelly replied, “they’re there [in Burma] to help the people by supply­ ing them with beverages.”

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that Helena is, according to the con­ stitution, “the spokesperson of the society”, and she can not even obtain agreement from a fourth of SSMU representatives against the FERC. One council person even went so far as to state, “I was so disgusted with Helena’s idea of a ‘No committee’, that I couldn’t do anything but hand the signature sheet back where it came from.”

Now Helena and Kelly are cam­ paigning that such a committee would be bureaucratic, when such a research committee doing research on investments was extremely suc­ cessful in the South Africa case on campus. One wonders if these two SSMU representatives had properly performed their job, whether there would be need for such a committee.

In a time when budget cuts have become a major issue, we implore SSMU representatives to be wise with our precious finances. Although they would not have a mandate over SSMU, the FERC would advise, research, and provide a proper check to the people no longer properly rep­ resenting us.

WTiile I trust my choices for the SSMU positions this year, I also

trusted those we elected last year.

When they do not do the job for which we pay them, students believ­ ing in freedom of expression must take matters into their own hands, making amends where necessary.

Simone Levine Political Science, U3

Denouncing terrorism The recent wave o f terrorist bombings in Israel have saddened Jews around the world. Many peo­ ple, including myself, now despair that the future of the peace process is in doubt. While one knows that there will always be people whose hatred is so strong that they would rather kill than have peace, it is still shock­ ing to see these brutal actions taking place on either side of the conflict.

One thing which has bothered me in recent days is the reticence of moderate Muslims to condemn the actions of Hamas militants. I should qualify this immediately, for at the time that I write this I have not heard of any; it is possible that groups such as the Palestinian Students Society have since made efforts of which I am currently unaware. I must also note that a demonstration against vio­ lence was in fact held in Gaza by Palestinians last Sunday and, that furthermore, in many Islamic nations

SSMU’s Mayo for MP

L e tte rs Nightline seeks support The SSMU referendum period has arrived and undergrads are being asked for 25 cents per term to allow Nightline to continue to serve the McGill community.

Nightline is a confidential tele­ phone listening information, refer­ ral and crisis service organised and operated by students for the McGill community since 1984. We are not affiliated with any political or reli­ gious group. Nightline is open from 6 p.m. - 3 a.m. every night during the school year. You can call us at 398-6246.

From 1984 until this year, N ightline was funded by the McGill Alma Mater Fund — how­ ever, they can no longer give finan­ cial support, and so we are asking McGill students for just 25 cents per semester. Without your sup­ port, Nightline will close and this essential service for the McGill community will be eliminated.

Why call McGill Nightline?

• Listening: If you can’t sleep, if you’re upset or worried about something, if you’re lonely, or if you just want to talk, give us a call.

That’s what we’re here for.

...to the Editor • Information: For information about McGill, or Montreal social events, clubs and activities, gym or library schedules, student services or the number for 24-hour pizza delivery — call us!

• Referral: If you want profes­ sional, legal, medical, or social help, we can refer you to appropri­ ate services, both at and outside McGill.

• C onfidentiality: All calls received by the service are kept strictly confidential.

• Anonym ity: N ig h tlin e’s anonymity allow s the caller to speak openly and freely, without restraint. Talking to a concerned, friendly person can be a great relief, and sometimes it’s easier to talk to someone you don’t know personally.

Vote “yes” for Nightline — 25 cents / term gives you over 2,000 hours of listening, information and referrals.

Hugh Potter External Co-ordinator McGill Nightline, 398-6246 http://www.es. megill. ca/~niteline/

In your SSMU VP External Affairs Questionnaire, you refer to Stéphane Dion and Pierre Pettigrew as being elected MPs in the House o f Commons. In fact, these byelections will not take place until March 25th. Out of respect for the other candidates in these ridings, including the eminent and distin­ guished SSMU councellor, Sara M ayo, running in St.LaurentCartierville, a closer verification of your facts would be much appreci­ ated in the future.

Merci Thompson U2 Canadian Studies Official Agent fo r The Sara Mayo NDP Campaign, St.Laurent-Cartierville

it is dangerous to speak out in any manner that could be construed as being pro-Israel. Nevertheless, here in North America, one does not hear a strong voice coming from the mod­ erate Islamic community. Their complaint that the world perceives all Muslims as radical militants is only partially indicative of media bias; it is even more so in their silent response to Hamas. I have no doubt that religious or morally sensitive Muslims do not approve of terrorism against innocent civilians (especially when the implicated governments are negotiating peace). I remember the feeling I had when Baruch Goldstein went into a mosque and killed all those people...anger at that despica­ ble man and guilt for being a member of the same faith. As a religious Jew, I felt the need to explain that what he did was fuelled not by any religious precept but by pure hatred. It was the moral obligation of every rabbi at that moment to denounce Goldstein as having violated principle religious values of Judaism as well as stating that his actions should not be tolerat­ ed by any ethical society. I have never fully read the Koran but imag­ ine it does not condone murder.

Why does not a Montrealarea Iman come forward in public and loudly condemn Hamas? I do not think this is because every Muslim wants to kill every Jew. I

think it has to do with a reticence to criticise anything that slightly resem­ bles one’s own point of view. This is very sad in that at worst it indicates an unwillingness to think for one’s self, and at best an unwillingness to stand by one’s own values. Just because one has a problem with the State of Israel of the terms or the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord does not mean that one cannot denounce people like Goldstein or Hamas.

Nothing saddens me more than to see the sort of wishy-washy shrugs from my Muslim friends when asked how they feel about the bombings.

Not criticising the radical, racist and/or militant individuals within one’s own group reflects badly on the group as a whole. This is some­ thing we have seen here in Quebec if on a smaller scale.

Goldstein killed those worship­ pers because he hated Arabs. The Hamas bomber who tried to blow-up a store filled with children did so out of a hatred for Jews. The religious of political motivation about which peo­ ple talk is only secondary to the deep-rooted hatred and bloodlust of these people. We should not for a moment try to justify their words or actions. These people are scum.

rocket and student indebtedness would be a lifelong reality for stu­ dents. A study conducted by the New Brunswick government found that if the ICLRP was implement­ ed, the average age for men to pay off their student debt would be 65 and women would, on average, die

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CASA and tuition hikes In her letter to the editor dated March 5th, SSMU’s VP External Affairs Andrea Stairs wrote that CASA “does not support increased tuition fees” and that it is “current­ ly lobbying strongly against increased student indebtedness.”

Ms. Stairs must be unaware of the proven effects of the Income Contingent Loans Repayment Plan, a program CASA has supported. If the ICLRP was to be implemented in Canada, tuition fees would sky-

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A bomb goes off in the Middle East peace talks Jews and Palestinians are still reeling in the aftermath o f recent violence. The Montreal community discusses the ramifications on the peace process.

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On the brutally cold afternoon of March 4, over 600 McGill stu­ dents stood in silent mourning out­ side the William Shatner University Centre.

The memorial was held on the eve of Purim, a Jewish holiday. It was the second such memorial ser­ vice in eight days.

A moment of silence was preceded by a recital o f the names o f those killed in the recent bomb­ ings in Israel, Rabbi Merling of McGill Hillel led the group in M isheriberach, a prayer for the sick, and K el M aaleh R ach a m in , a prayer for the dead. The prayers were followed by a singing of “Hatikvah” the Israeli national anthem.

During the speeches, Rabbi Merling reminded the crowd that they still had God, each other, and remaining hopes of peace in the Middle East.

“We should never have to gather here like this again,” he stat­ ed.

“It was very emotional,” said Mark Zarecki, director of Montreal Hillel. “Some Palestinian students came over and offered their condo­ lences. There is a much greater understanding than four or five years ago in the university environ­ ment.”

The recent terror began on February 25 with two bus bomb­ ings. A third suicide attack ripped apart a bus in Jerusalem on March 3, killin g 19. In total, 56 were killed.

A m ilitant faction o f the Islamic group Hamas has claimed responsibility for the attacks. It is suspected that the faction was act­ ing in retaliating to the murder of Hamas bomb-maker Yahya

Ayyash, known as “the Engineer.”

This faction o f the Hamas has promised further violent action.

The Hamas Parts of the Jewish community have lashed out against the Hamas.

“This memorial was a way for people to express outrage at the

senseless murder and insanity of the Hamas,” said Zarecki.

The Hamas is a fundamental­ ist group comprised by at least 15 per cent of the Palestinian popula­ tion. However, many Palestinians and Hamas have distanced them­ selves from the more readical fac­ tions.

Anis Anani, vice president of the SSM U’s Palestine Solidarity Committee, stated that the PSC has publicly denounced the bombings, explaining that “no violence is jus­ tified.”

Anani wishes to separate the bom bings from the general Palestinian or Hamas populace.

“It’s terrible the way Palestinians have been portrayed in the media because of one radical group,” said Anani. “Most PLO leaders condemn the attacks. Most

Palestinians are against violence.”

A lya Azar is a member o f SAME, Students for Awareness of the M iddle East, a Jewish and Palestinian group which discusses Middle East issues on a weekly basis.

Azar explained that martyrdom is a part of the Hamas mentality.

“The Hamas believe in the

Holy War of Islam. Their martyrs die in the name of the war. Many of them are against the creation of Israel,” she said.

“Many feel that [Palestinian leader Yasser] Arafat has betrayed them. The bombings were the only way out,” Azar stated. “Do you think they enjoy k illin g them­ selves? They have seen their fami­ lies die.”

“The bombings were a crazy thing, but you must understand where these people are coming from,” added Ashfaq Khalfan, U1 political science. “They probably saw their friends being shot by the Israeli Guard. Every Palestinian has such a martyr in his or her extended family.”

However, for Steven Spodek, director of McGill H illel, these murders cannot be justified.

“You can’t separate the cause and the action,” countered Spodek.

“In other words, you cannot con­ demn the bombing and still support the cause. What [some Palestinians] are saying then is that it’s okay to hate the Jews, it’s just not okay to kill them.”

peace process.

“The bombings will keep peo­ ple from romanticising about the peace process,” she continued. “It’s unfortunate that it took a bombing to wake up the world.”

“The peace process has the potential to be good, but the Israelis have not given enough,” stated Khalfan. “The Palestinians are only accepting the peace process because they know they did not have the power to get a better deal.”

Doubting peace This week, international world leaders will meet to discuss ways to mend the peace process. Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres has temporarily halted peace negotia­ tions. During the hiatus, both Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have seen their popularity drop at home, a sign of growing dismay over peace negotiations.

“With four bombings and over 50 murders in eight days, you can’t expect Israelis to not question whether the peace process is good,” said Spodek. “We want peace, but at what cost?”

Sarah Tatham, student presi­ dent of McGill Hillel, also foresaw problems with the peace process. “[The bombings] have hurt the peace process in the short term. All we can hope for in the long term is [that the peace process] is not harmed. Without hope, there is nothing left to live for,” she stated.

“If [these bom bings] are allowed to hurt the peace process in the long run, it will just mean more death. It will give people more time to kill others. And if the peace process stops entirely, we will have a war.”

Though the bombings have undisputably stalled peace talks, they have also been seen by some Palestinians as a means to express problems inherent in the peace process.

According to Azar, “the bomb­ ings were very inhumane, but they were done for a cause. [The Hamas] just desperately want to show the world they don’t like what the Israelis have given in the

Continued on Page 131» This letter was distributed by the Canadian branch o f the North American Jewish Students ’ Network and signed by students across the nation. It was also read during the memorial service held in front o f the William Shatner University Centre on March 4 by Bena Medjuck. It will be sent to the victims' families in Israel.

March 3, 1996 A LETTER TO THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS OF THE RECENT BOMBING ATTACKS IN ISRAEL: On behalf of the Jewish student community in Canada, we would like to extend our sympathies to your family and your friends, at this time of great tragedy and loss.

We hope and pray that with great strength of spirit and love you will be carried through this difficult time. Our thoughts are with you.

We, as students, are part of a generation which hopes to see the end of such violence in our time, for all time.

Oseh shalom bim’romav, hu ya'aseh shalom aleynu, v’al kol Yisrael, v’imru, Amen.

B’Shalom u’bivracha.

Students can contact the Jewish Students ’ Network at 931-3281, or jsnet@io.org

McGill Student Pugwash hosts virtual conference B y S a m J. H o r o d e z k y

“How can we preserve our humanity in the age of technolo­

gy?”

This was a question posed by the keynote speaker, Carol Baroudi, at the M cGill Student Pugwash convention last Friday.

Pugwash is a small club that meets weekly to discuss the rela­ tionship between science and soci­ ety. Each year, Pugwash also hosts an open conference on a current issue. The subject this year: “The Internet: A Virtual Revolution?”

Laura MacKay was the coordi­ nator for this year’s Pugwash con­ ference.

“We examine issues that are very topical, and this one just

seemed to fit our mandate,” said MacKay. “The panel discussions focused on whether the internet is in fact a revolution, and we wanted to play with that idea, [and] with the word ‘virtual’. We thought that this would really catch people’s attention.”

The conference comprised of several sections. On Friday, Baroudi, well known in the comput­ er world as a co-author of the popu­ lar book The Internet fo r Dummies, spoke before the audience.

The Tribune asked her about the book.

“It just came out in its third edition, but it had to be re-written completely because the world has changed so completely [since it was first published]. It’s not just the technology, but who is using it [that is different],” said Baroudi.

In her speech, she addressed

concerns about how technology will affect our humanity and our society.

She adopted a tone familiar to fre­ quenters of Net literature; she spoke with cautious optimism about the

“Folks, computers are not sexy. Get a life!” vast changes that are occurring. Her opening remarks were particularly salient.

“We’re all in the habit of using buzzwords, to look cool, but we don’t necessarily know what they mean. We think w e ’re hearing everything, but in fact we’re hardly hearing anything.”

Having warned her audience of the perils of using semantically empty catch phrases, she went on to

speak about the actual term ‘virtual reality.’

“Everything becomes trivialised when we use this word...We tend to think that something that is virtual is not real. In my experience, most of my on-line time is not vir­ tual, .... it’s as real as I choose to make it,” she said.

Baroudi suggested that while there are still fundamental differ­ ences between computers and peo­ ple, we increasingly value relation­ ships with machines. For example, people in the workforce often have dinner ‘with’ their computer, or refer to them with adjectives previ­ ously reserved for humans such as ‘sexy.’

“Folks, computers are not sexy. Get a life!” said Baroudi.

In general, Baroudi is con­ cerned about retaining our human qualities in the face of technology.

She argued convincingly that we often attempt to emulate computers, that we admire them for their power and efficiency. In the process, how­ ever, we forget that we are people who need more than electricity to function.

During the second day of the conference, a panel discussion was held. It included Matthew Friedman, a Gazette columnist and Sunny Handa, a McGill law profes­ sor.

In addition, several concurrent workshops were offered to partici­ pants. Among the topics addressed were questions about how the Net will affect our personal life, how it will influence economics, and what types of legislation might be imple­ mented with regards to the Net. Not coincidentally, these themes all related to Baroudi’s comments the day before.

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Deadly men or deportation: gender refugees face the system B y S y l v ie B a b a r ik

Seychelle representative to the United Nations who stated that Sabadin was right in fearing for her life, as the state would be unable to protect her.

In addition, petitions were cir­ culated in a LaSalle parish and in her son’s school, asking that Sabadin be allowed to stay in Canada.

Ofaldo Nunez, the MP for the federal riding of Bourassa, heard of Sabadin’s case through the media.

He was so touched that he contacted the minister of immigration himself and appealed on her behalf.

“I will always tell people

“It was very scary. I just kept thinking ‘I have to do this for my children.’ ” Susan Sabadin was the first woman in Canada to gain refugee status on the basis of domestic vio­ lence.

Sabadin and her nine year old son came to Canada from the Seychelle Islands, located off the coast of Africa. Sabadin was to meet up with her husband, who was wait­ ing to hear if he would be granted permanent residence in Canada as a political refugee.

Sabadin’s dossier was automatically filed under her husband’s claim.

While the family waited to hear from I m m ig r a tio n Canada, Sabadin’s husband beat her, threatened her life and began to sexu­ ally abuse her son.

Sabadin told the Tribune that her husband had engaged in similar practices while they lived in the S a b a d in ’s case sets a precedent fo r wom en refugees to S e y c h e lle s .

However, when he Finally threatened ‘Don’t keep to yourself,’ ” said her with a knife, she decided to call Sabadin. “I had a lot of support. But the police. Her action resulted in her if I had kept my problems to myself, I probably would have been sent husband being detained in jail.

Before this incident occurred, back.” the family had received notice that their refugee claim had been rejected and that they would be deported.

During a visit to a doctor for wounds inflicted by her husband, Sabadin was given the telephone R evisions made to the number o f the National Action Canadian refugee policy in 1991 Committee for the Status of Women allow for the specific treatment of (NAC). gender persecution claims. Still, Describing herself as initially many problems continue to compli­ too afraid to seek help, Sabadin cate the process. found the courage to call NAC once In order to apply for refugee her husband had been jailed. status, claimants must be provided Upon doing so, she was advised with legal aid. However, difficulties to obtain legal assistance, and was can arise upon arriving at the airport, immediately put in contact with as immigrants are not initially met refugee lawyer Marie-Louise Côté. by a lawyer, Côté said. Anything they say to a customs official can be used against them when they come before the refugee board.

Other difficulties can stem from Côté tried to open a new a lack of interpreters, illegal entry refugee dossier with Immigration into Canada or can be caused by fear Canada for Sabadin and her child. and trauma.

As refugee status can be claimed Manon Guilbaut, a representa­ only once, the attempt failed. Côté tive from the research department of appealed to the minister of immigra­ the Canadian Statute of Refugees tion, asking that her client be described the process a woman must allowed to remain in Canada on go through when claiming refugee humanitarian grounds. Sabadin status on the basis of gender perse­ claims that if she had been sent back cution. to the Seych elles, her husband “The burden of proof is on the would have killed her. claimant,” said Guilbaut. “She has to “He sent me letters saying that prove to members [of a CSRJ board he would kill me because I had put that she has been prosecuted based him in jail,” she said. on her gender.”

Though the appeal extended The committee makes its deci­ Sabadin’s stay in Canada, a year sion based on evidence such as the later she was served deportation individual’s experience and her rea­ papers a second time. Her appeal sons for fearing return to her coun­ had been rejected. try, explained Guilbaut.

“1 was so scared. I talked to Louise Aubin, regional legal everybody. I tried everything they officer for the United Nations High told me to do.”

Commission on Refugees, elaborat­ Just before the date of her ed on the workings of such commit­ deportation, Sabadin contacted tees.

Action Refugee Montreal. The “Under international law, a per­ group organised a press conference son has to show her grounds [for and published a letter from a claiming refugee status],” she said.

Difficulties faced by refugees

‘The committee is not there to crossexamine her, but will try to assess the credibility of the claimant.”

“The board can seem intimidat­ ing, but hopefully all is being done to make [claimants] feel comfortable and that the process is confidential,” Aubin concluded.

case, the woman’s side might never be heard,” said Côté. “A lot of times, women are too afraid to bring up their experiences with conjugal vio­ lence until they are turned down.”

depend on the individual board members hearing the case and how good a lawyer a person has.

“In the case where the hus­ band’s lawyer is dealing with the

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Advances to the process Some advances have been made to respond to the specific needs of gender persecution cases.

For example, female claimants can be heard by womenonly refugee boards.

Attempts are also being made to edu­ cate and sensitise refugee board mem­ bers.

Persuading a refugee board often requires objective evidence and expert testim ony, docu­ ments on a coun­ try’s legal system, or police records.

“It is very diffi­ cult to prove that the state cannot, or will not protect you.

There aren’t always Canada documents, statistics or reports of the problems of women [in particular countries],” said Côté. “[In their countries of origin,] many women w ill not address authorities, or report what they suf­ fered because they feel it is point­ less,” she added.

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Where is the black struggle headed?

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Dr. Barbara Ransby’s insight on the North American movement class-specific. At one end of the class spectrum, there are people like Oprah Winfrey and OJ. Simpson.”

These people experience racism o f a different sort, said Ransby. “O.J. Simpson was able to purchase insulation from the racism that the poor experience every day.”

Ransby also stated that the suc­ cess of those' involved in business, entertainment, or politics could sometimes have a detrimental effect on the black community as they

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Those who assem bled in Leacock 26 on the blustery March evening listened attentively to the long-time activist’s speech entitled “Yesterday and Today: Historical Perspectives on the Role of Black Youth in the Black Freedom Movement.”

Dr. Barbara Ransby, professor, of history at DePaul University in Chicago and director of the Centre o f African Studies and Research, spoke to an extremely responsive audi­ ence in a lecture last Friday.

All seemed entranced by Ransby’s comments on racism, class, poverty, wel­ fare, social movements and gender politics.

Placing particular emphasis on the importance of youth involvem ent in social movements, Ransby touched on several events and areas in which youth were instrumental in over­ coming oppressive regimes.

She pointed to the role played by black South African youth in the anti­ apartheid struggle in Soweto, Capetown and Alexandria. Another time­ “We m ust accept to fig h t where we are. ly inclusion was the mobilisation of youth in have been used to justify the the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In relation to the evening’s removal of social programs from the topic, Ransby stated that youth were poor and middle classes.

“A long with the material “cutting edge” in the United States’ civil rights movement in the 1960s. attacks, there is a parallel ideologi­ According to Ransby, youth partic­ cal attack on poor black people. It is ipation is intrinsic to the struggle for a classic victim-blaming scenario. It racial equality because “it is young is not poverty that is held under people who are least corrupted by attack.”

Within the context of this dis­ cynicism.”

Ransby prefaced her explo­ cussion of poverty, Ransby touched ration of the current status of peo­ upon “the criminalisation” of black ples of African descent in North youth, referring to the newly-estab­ America with the observation that lished “boot camps” for young blacks are “still confronted by the offenders and the policing of lowincome housing com m unities. reality of a colour line.”

“Racism in the 1990s is very Ransby also espoused the startling

statistic that one in ten blacks stopped by the police are stopped for no apparent reason.

Another issue Ransby explored was the “vilification” of young black single mothers, pointing to characteristics defining them as promiscuous and lazy.

“Morality and measures of morality are at the centre of the wel­ fare debate,” stated Ransby. “The images of poor black women are symbolic of a society gone wild.”

However, Ransby does not look favourably on what she calls “the elusive appeal patriarchy has regained among some of our black leaders.”

“Patriarchal families are not the solution,” she stated.

Furthermore, Ransby states that this new celebration of patriarchy is in fact a betrayal of many African traditions.

Turning finally to the organisa­ tional aspect of the black struggle, Ransby briefly outlined the history of two important organisations in the United States: the Student NonViolent Co-ordinating Committee, and the Black Panther Party. With regards to current mobilisation, she stressed that the university battle must take place on two levels.

“We must accept to fight where we are, the struggle being access regarding who and what is taught.”

Critical to this fight, in Ransby’s opinion, is the need to defend and protect African and Black Studies programs.

The second aspect to the cam­ pus struggle is the importance of linking campus movements to the outside struggle.

“We have to strive to break down some of the physical barriers separating the two.”

According to Dr. Ransby, the key to the success of the black struggle is open communication.

“There has to be an open dia­ logue and reciprocity between intel­ lectuals and activists.

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Looking for a solution Though possible solutions for peace in the M iddle East have varied, suggestions on campus have centred around improving the future, instead of dwelling on the past.

“I think both sides have to look less at the historical wholived-where and who-did-what, and honestly try to solve the prob­ lem on both sides. This is what the peace process has not done,” stated Khalfan.

Similarly, Spodek hopes for a temporary reprise from the past until tensions cool.

“There are people who advo­ cate the com p lete d ivorce between Israel and Palestine. And perhaps there should be a wall, separating two people, with two separate lands,” offered Spodek.

“The Israelis want peace. The Palestinians want peace, too. But perhaps this is the most pragmat­ ic.

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take several generations to rebuild the trust between the Israelis and the Palestinians.”

The same despondency and hopes for resolution have surfaced here in campus groups. In spite of the conflicts between Jewish and Palestinian students, Azar remains confident that groups like SAME can still work to find solutions.

“Our group [SAME] has tried to talk before, but it has never worked in past years. This year is unique, and w e’re good friends,” said Azar. “We have fights, but we are trying to deal with it. We have to deal with it.”

“You have to know how the other side thinks,” she added.

However, for many, it is still d ifficu lt to overcom e personal grief. For many students like Tatham, finding a solution for peace is inherently linked with personal tragedy.

“On campus, all we discuss is politics. This is not the focus right now at Hillel. Now, there is only mourning. The politics will come later.”

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“College Radio, you make me feel so different, yeah/ ‘Cause even though during the day, you’re a stockbroker/ At night you read French symbolist poetry.” In 1991, the San Francisco agit-hip hop band Consolidated had a minor hit with their jangly song “C ollege Radio,” mocking the self-righteous university indie scene with its mantra-like chorus “Alternative, P r o g r e s s iv e /A lte r n a tiv e P r o g r e s s iv e /P r o g r e s s iv e , Alternative.” Has the state of col­ lege music progressed beyond the narrow co n fin es described by Consolidated? A new CD of music from M cG ill bands hopes to answer with an emphatic yes.

Six Candles, No Label is the brainchild of Haim Gorodzinsky, a project designed to stimulate inter­ est and community among McGill musicians. The CD was funded in .part by SSM U and in part by McGill’s Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and Institutions. Mark Davies, bassist for the band Sapphires In The Mud spoke of the necessity of removing the cloak of shame that surrounds being a McGill musician.

“T here’s a kind o f elitism around musicians in Montreal hat (M cGill just isn ’t c o o l,” Davies jsaid. “Just the fact that (the bands) | go to university really shouldn’t matter.”

The disc is remarkable in that it does not seek to represent a uni­ fied ‘sound.’ The raison d ’être of comps is generally to establish the

existence of a scene, with an indi­ vidual aesthetic to the outside world. Gorodzinsky argues that the heterogeneity of the disc is the aes­ thetic.

“When people listen to the CD, what jumps out is the amazing

snobbism that Davies speaks of, and of the general shift away from interest in indie rock in the student body. While some may take issue with the absence of even a second or two o f guitar amp feedback from the disc, there is the simple

diversity, which definitely reflects the populace,” stated Gorodzinsky.

So what do the bands sound like? It would be fair to say that the musical directions of the vast majority of the bands lurk squarely within the mainstream. This has something to do, surely, with the

question of who might provide a “Progressive Alternative” edge.

Sadie’s might manage to sell a few copies of indie-friendly mags like College M usic Journal, but it’s clear that few M cG ill students aspire to the angstoned grandeur suggested by the term ‘college

music.’

The CD’s sonic palette runs the gamut from the folky to the mainstream, with a pronounced focu s on the F and the M. Sapphires In The Mud explore the electric/acoustic approach of Blind M elon and The Cranberries, though Leila Mouammar’s voice recalls slightly less radio-friendly bands like Velocity Girl and Bettie Serveert. Steamer has a split per­ sonality, somewhere between The Smiths and Alice In Chains, simul­ taneously exuding testosterone and weltschmerz, the key to success for all post-metal bands. Let’s hope they have good hair. Aum Banda bring a little Knitting Factory to the proceedings, with two Kronos/Zorn-esque compositions that suffer from self-conscious arti­ ness — though their tracks evi­ dence creativity and prom ise, there’s a fine line between artful confusion and, well, fusion. That beast rears its head on Polaris II’s tracks, jazz/p op S teely Dan homages verging on the dubious terrain of the Doobie Brothers. All a little phishy, it seems, though for a compilation more fit for hackeysacking than headbanging, this might have been the intention. The Garden Bards are purveyors of Barenaked Ladies-esque wackypop, fin ely represented by the songs on Six Candles. Rounding out the CD are El Camino, whose sound recalls Blues Traveller and The Spin Doctors. The players’ obvious virtuosity makes up for the not-entirely-original songwrit­ ing.

It should come as no surprise that Montreal, a city whose music scene has always revolved around three m agic words (“pint o f rouge”) would spawn an anglo uni­ versity scene making bar rock for les bars-rock. It is fitting, then, that S ix C andles, N o L a b el Was released last Saturday at the Prince Arthur watering hole Voltaire.

According to Gorodzinsky, the release was all that could be hoped for.

“It was h u ge,” stated Gorodzinsky. “It was a massive success. Voltaire was packed from 10 o’clock to 2 in the morning. It’s getting the aw areness o f how important this project is to every­ one.”

The slightly cryptic title of the CD has been the source of confu­ sion for some. “Six candles makes reference to two things. The work­ ing title o f the CD was The Birthday Party (which would have left a lot of Nick Cave fans and McGill band-ophiles scratching their heads — E d.),” explained Gorodzinsky. “Also the idea that the bands are candles, that every­ thing’s just been lit with them. The ‘No Label’ refers to it being an indie release. This is a true, solid, independent release.”

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Ubermode: a show without limitations... » Continued from Page 1 tableaux included sleek male mod­ els sporting the crisp casual men’s wear of Dénommé Vincent to the twanging guitar of the Peter Gunn them e.

The graceful style of the clo th es in this sequence was paral­ leled by design er Prasad’s works which featured elegant w om en ’s pants and d resses in flo w in g black and white. But what made this num­ ber remarkable was that the clothes were all worn by men — who were so graceful and volu p tiou s that they fo o led ev ery ­ body.

On the more p o litica l end o f the fashion spectrum, the d esign s o f Couture Catharine alternative­ ly mocked and elevat­ ed wom en’s roles in so c ie ty . Her final design was an amaz­ ing w hite costum e

with a headress and flowing wings that evoked the image of a soaring spirit bird. The design w as a show-stopper that endowed the

w hole event with a sen se o f majesty. Another stand-out was the II Bolero fetish wear number.

This sequence featured spiked metal bras, plate metal thongs, and a plastic Catwoman dominatrix suit.

It was tableaux like these that gave the audience the real feel of a fashion show. Being next to the runway with the pounding lights, blaring music, gorgeous bodies, and spectacular clothes gave rise to an infectious, sensual energy that touched everyone present.

Because of the power of this ener­ gy, I would have thought the show was next to flaw less had I not strayed away from the stage. But once I saw the show from the bal­ cony, I started to notice that it did have some limitations — especial­ ly with the lighting. The models were inadequately lit and often plunged into complete darkness in the more upbeat numbers. As well, the colour range was limited to a stifling orange and white in the repetitive lighting sequences.

Moreover, the lights lacked cohe­ sion with the m usic and often obscured the visuals which were lacklustre at best.

Structurally, the show worked

quite w ell except for the huge intermission which brought the energy lev el o f the audience straight down. This gap in the

show would have been well served by some half-time spectacle.

These, however, are relatively minor quibbles in relation to the overall success o f the event. Beyond helping a worthy cau se, the fashion show gave M ontreal designers and m odels a w elldeserved showcase for their talent and put McGill back in touch with the larger Montreal community — a phenomenon that this university desper­ ately needs to foster.

The directors o f the show , Dana G ornitzki and Yana M irkin, need to be congratulated for putting together this mammoth and noble production.

The show’s vibe and chari­ table sentim ent demonstrated what can be accomplished when creative energy and commitment are with­ out limitations.

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Yawp! Stop!

B y A lex M a t h ia s

The spoken-w ord scene in Montreal is flourishing but disap­ pointing. Bistro 4 began hosting Yawp! a few months ago. The last Yawp! night I went to in January had been touted as “refreshing spoken word cabaret”, but this has since been dropped from their posters. A wise move.

T his Saturday, there was more music than poetry, but the scene was the same. As before, there were some strong moments but it lacked a fundamental cohe­ sion that was desperately neces­ sary.

Julie C rysler, a veteran young poet, began the evening with an amusing short story called “Cleaning House.” She proceeded to tell us about two crazy live-in lovers w h ose o b se ssio n with clean in g products ruins their lives. Crysler’s performance was the high point of the evening.

Andrew S w een y was the headliner of the evening and his first set was strong (I am always im pressed by a performer who sweats). He belted out some folky

son gs w ith his guitar such as “H an d s,” “L aying My Body D o w n ,” “S w eet B eautiful N othing” and “Hummingbird.”

His songs carried an air of poetry with them. Most were expressed as love-songs which simultane­ ously expressed confusion, clarity and seeming honesty.

Martha W ainw right and Sim on Stow e also perform ed.

W ainright draw led out som e folky-country ditties about cow­ boys, lilies and lace. Her strongest song was “Rock-and-Roll Queen” as she poked fun at herself and her music and longed to be a rock star. Stowe, a poet, kept people laughing with his quirky ditties.

One such poem proceeded “Me and Michael Jackson had a tragic affair/ But it ended as soon as I got pubic hair.”

As the evening progressed, it fe ll apart. Martha W ainwright played a second set where she repeated the songs o f her first, excusing herself by saying “I’ve been aw ay, I ’ve been really busy.” Sweeny also did a second set where his performance spi­ ralled down into a self-deprecat-

ing folk blur. Sweeny, who kept going on about how drunk he was, later admitted to just saying so as a d efen ce. When asked about his lyrics, he said he was not good at explaining him self and that it would be better if I called him later in the week.-' “Master” Jake Brown swept in half way through the show, w ith the sm ell o f lem on -lim e shaving cream spread over his face, and the rancour w afting behind him. He was MC for the rem ainder o f the even in g and filled space by asking the crowd obscure music and literary trivia for the coveted prize of a Sweeny demo tape. (I have since heard through the grapevine that Jake is a former Concordia professor and a brilliant man. He leaves me con­ fused.)

I really want to like Yawp!, I really do. But sadly, it sunk into a haven for self-deprecation, shel­ tering artists who I sincerely hope will one day be as good as they think they already are. i £ & Next show is Saturday March 9 at 9:00 pm, featuring poets P eter G reen and D ylan Sometimes, music from Crib D eath o f the U ncool and Steve R o sen b erg , a book la u n ch o f G olda F r ie d ’s Check the Floor and once again hosted by Master Jake.

Andrew Sweeny will next be performing at Cafe Sarajevo on M arch 21, w ith P riya Thomas. Martha Wainwright and Simon Stowe are back at Yawp! on April 6. $3 at the door.

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E n t e r t a i n m e n t page 17 songwriter/guitarist Luke Haines balanced by a tightly wound string quartet. Like PJ Harvey, the string quartet is deployed more for tone poetry than fleshed-out harmonic support. Albini’s trademark dry pro­ duction is here thankfully lighthanded on the vocals, allowing Haines’s brilliant lyrics and Silk Cuts-damaged crooning the clarity they deserve. Unlike the vast majori­ ty of Amerinide bands who mistake lyrical obscurity for profundity, the auteurs craft each song into creepy set pieces about betrayal and bore­ dom, offering up the dirty realism of “more hate mail through the

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Mekons/Kathy Acker Pussy, King o f the Pirates (Quarterstick) The idea of the rock and roll album as novel is a pretty dubious one. The song cycle can only ever sketch the sort of narrative and char­ acter developm ent of a literary work; furthermore to ask the listener to listen to a record with the sort of attention that must be paid to a work of literature means that the music has to be at least as good as that on great records without visions of intellectual grandeur. Kathy Acker, of course, is at the forefront of the postmodern literati, liberally chal­ lenging the role of the author, freely tying visions of repulsive sexuality with literary bricolage. On Pussy, King O f The Pirates, Acker works with standard pirate tropes while jamming with Artaud, The Story O f O, and Sophocles. The album is a companion piece to her novel of the same name, supported here musical­ ly by the Mekons, a band that every­ body respects, but nobody listens to.

My previous exposure to them is admittedly very limited, but their accompaniment here defies expecta­ tion, sounding mostly like a lo-fi Erasure, setting Acker’s relatively straight readings to generic electro pop winks at the listener. The feel­ ing is that both Acker and The Mekons are content to bask in their own porno wondefulness, without committing to a cohesive vision of the project. The album’s one tri­ umph is the author’s reading — Kathy Acker has long professed to be a punk writer, whatever that means. It translates here to a multiphonic chorus of voices, snide and bitter, glib and cynical, that manage to embody the spirit of punk in both presentation and content. Without the support of a solid band, howev­ er, and with the limited appeal of repeated listenings, this is a record that begs for the benefit of the doubt.

— Kurt Newman the auteurs After Murder Park (Hut/Virgin) The auteurs initially struck me as part of the whole wounded-innerchild school of fey, British rockers, though they have previously assert-

their authenticity by collaborating with experimental ambient folks uziq. The liner notes of their new album contain one line that pretty much outlines the record’s appeal: “recorded by Steve Albini at Abbey Road.” It could just as easily read “Steve Albini vs. Abbey Road”— After Murder Park is a tense, brood­ ing epic, the petty melodramas, rem­ iniscent of the Beatles darker looks at provincial life, described by

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Blood, sweat, and tears.

These three words best describe the effort put forth by the McGill Martlets as they battled their way to a bronze medal finish at the CIAU W om en’s Basketball Championship.

The tournament, which ran from the 8-10 of March in Ste. Foy, Quebec, featured the best teams in the country from Western, Laurentian, Manitoba, Dalhousie, Victoria, Toronto, McGill and the host team Laval.

Sweat.

The Martlets did a lot of this, especially in their first round matchup with the N o.4 ranked V ikes from the University of Victoria.

The Martlets’ lack of competi­ tion this season was evident in this first-round game. Victoria roared out of the blocks like no team the Martlets have faced this year and built a seemingly insurmountable 23-8 lead.

Although the Martlets were definately sweating at this point, they did not lose their composure or sight of what they had accomplished this season.

Led by veteran Vicky Tessier and by rookie guard Alison Shafer, the Martlets fought back and left the half time score at 31-28 in favour of the Vikes.

The second half was all McGill, and a whole lot of Shafer.

The young Martlet, in no way resem bled a rookie, scored 13 points and set up numerous baskets for her teammates. Shafer looked right at home playing with some of the best basketball players in the country and the level of her play was an inspira­ tion to all her teammates.

The final score of 6860 for the Martlets was also inspired by the play of McGill’s All-Canadian post Tessier. She scored 21 points, going 8 for 16 from the field and 5 for 6 from the charity stripe. The stage was now set for the Martlets to take on the No.l ranked U niversity o f Toronto Varsity Blues in the semi­ final game.

Blues which sent the Blues to the national final and the Martlets to the bronze medal game. The loss was the Martlets’ first in their last 20 games dating back to November 16.

They entered the tournament as the only unbeaten team and may well

Having lost only three games all season, tears were certainly not something the The Martlet bench watches in disappointment Martlets are used to. But when they lost a game that they have left it that way were it not for clearly could have won, the tears U of T. The Varsity Blues have been flow ed like the M ississippi in the top-ranked team all season and spring.

“It was in our grasp and we let with five players over six foot it is it get away. We had our sights set no wonder. Toronto is the home of on being in the finals,” commented CIAU player of the year Justine third-year forward Anne Ellison and although the Martlets were able to contain her, the Blues Gildenhuys.

The Martlets fell 71-66 to the bench came up big and shot down

On W ednesday March 6, members of the McGill track and field team travelled to Windsor, Ontario to participate in the CIAU track and field cham pionships where the University of Windsor played host. This national event featured talented athletes from universities all across Canada.

The participation o f top Canadian track athletes spurred many outstanding performances, including several by McGill ath­ letes. Due to the fact that the meet was a national event, competitors finishing either first or second were awarded All-Canadian sta­ tus. McGill track members achiev­ ing such honours were Tambra Dunn and Pumulo Sikaneta.

Dunn achieved All-Canadian recognition for the second time this year for her performances in the 1500m and 3000m races; earli­ er this year Dunn was named an All-Canadian for her performance on the cross-country team. At this year’s Nationals, Dunn was partic­ ularly quick, taking gold in the 3000m even t, with a tim e o f 9:44.54. Not content with only one medal Dunn came right back and, in a photo finish, took silver in the 1500m, missing the gold by a mere four seconds. Sikaneta was also his usual im pressive self, recording a personal best while

taking the silv er medal in the 600m, with a time of 1:19.47.

“I ’m very happy w ith my tim e, it was a serious P.B. for m e,” remarked a tired Sikaneta after enduring the eigh- hour bus ride hom e from W indsor.

“Everyone was very positive after the event and the coaches also seem ed quite pleased with our performance as a team, which is always a good indication,” added the third-year math and science student.

Max O ates added to the McGill medal count with a bronze in the triple jump, recording a per­ sonal best of 14.72 metres. Alex Hutchinson was also impressive, fin ish in g fourth in the 1000m event while breaking the previous M cG ill record w ith a tim e o f 2:26.14. Another McGill record was broken by the w om en ’s 4x400m relay team which finished with a time of 3:57.13. This fifth place finish, which was the fastest ever run by a Martlet 4x400m team , was recorded by M arie H ildebrand, Kate Archer, M eredith M ottley and Andrea Taylor. Taylor who has suffered from various ailments throughout the year was a tad disappointed, despite the impressive time.

“It was a pretty remarkable time but because we were in the slower heat and weren’t pushed we had to ‘run by ourselves’. If

Martlet coach Lisen Moore on the defence in a post- game interview.

“I don’t consider it blowing a lead,” noted Moore. “Everybody knows that if we had executed and did everything that we possibly could do, we would feel good about ourselves...unfortunately we don’t feel good about ourselves and we’re upset, very upset.”

“We haven’t had many games where it was close down the stretch,” exclaimed Gildenhuys, “We needed the experience of play­ ing in tight games.”

The Martlets fought with resilience but unfortunately failed in their quest for the finals. The task at hand now for the Martlets was to put this game behind them and come out focused for the Bronze medal confrontation with the No.3 ranked Western, Mustangs.

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the Martlets hopes.

“Overall we played some great defence...but in a game like this it’s the others that you have to shut down and we didn’t always shut down their people,” said a dejected Martlet coach Lisen Moore.

we were in the faster heat we may have done even better,” Taylor stated.

Overall on the men’s side of the event, University of Manitoba took first place followed by the University o f W indsor and the University o f Alberta, who fin­ ished in second and third places respectively. On the women's side of the competition, University of Windsor was victorious followed

by York. The U n iversity o f M anitoba rounded out the top three positions.

The M cG ill squads were lower in the standings with the Redmen finishing in ninth posi­ tion, while the Martlets finished in eighth. There were 14 teams com­ peting in both categories.

However, the standings does not represent a lack of success. In fact Coach Barrett was happy with the team’s performance.

“We did quite well for our­ selves, here at the national level.

It’s very different from the Provincials and some of the per­ formances recorded here by our athletes were really quite good,” Barrett said.

A fter a long season , the McGill track and field program will try and enjoy their position as Provincial champions before turn­ ing their attention and efforts towards adding to their provincial and national successes next year.

as their title hopes are dashed.

The game was very physical and very close as McGill battled back from a slow start early in the first half. Tessier and seniors Jose Deloretto and Debby Morse provid­ ed most of the offence for the Martlets but the story of the game could very well have been the offi­ ciating.

Both Alison Shafer and Lesley Stevenson fouled out for the Martlets which hurt them down the stretch. In total, McGill was charged with a total 26 personal fouls while Toronto was charged with only 14.

Despite this lopsided stat, the offi­ cials took a lot of the momentum and excitement out of a game that was easily the tournament’s best matchup.

When McGill did step up to the foul line, the Martlets shot a measly 46.7 per cent to Toronto’s 57.1 per cent. Tessier, who is usually a clutch shooter seemed affected by the pressure of this big game and went 3 for 11 from the line.

What was clearly the most upsetting aspect of this confronta­ tion for the Martlets was the fact that at one point in the second half they had an 11-point lead. The Martlets led 48-37 at the 14:44 mark of the second half but failed to stave off an emotional Toronto attack led by guard Elizabeth Hart who scored a game high 22 points.

A 13-point run in the span of four minutes ensured Toronto that they were still in the game. A deflated McGill team failed to take a time out during this scoring streak and subsequently, were unable to bounce back losing by a final score of 71-66. The Martlets did come close trailing 63-60 with under two minutes to play but the Blues held on for the victory and a place in the finals.

The loss was a heart breaker for the Martlets who never stopped coming at the bigger, more physical Toronto team. The diligent play of her team brought a belligerent

The most descriptive of the three words would best describe the final game of the tourney for the Martlets.

Led by the play of fifth-year senior Debby Morse, a bruised and battered McGill team fought tooth and nail for the bronze medal.

Morse, who left McGill basketball after a supposed career ending injury two years ago, rejoined the Martlets this season and played with all her heart in this final game. With a horribly injured eye (the result of a nail gouge in the semi-final game) an unstable knee and enough bruises covering her legs and arms to make a boxer jealous, Morse inspired her teammates throughout the game.

Morse dove for loose balls, jumped higher than any one for rebounds and generally sacrificed her body for the team. For her gritty effort Morse was named player of the game. She scored 12 points, had three assists and seven rebounds.

The game itself was a heart stopper from start to finish. The Martlets looked tired and uninspired in the first 20 minutes and trailed 38-32 at the half time buzzer.

McGill was definitely fatigued, and thus forced many of their passes and played an un-aggressive and loose defence. For the first time this year the Martlets were playing badly.

N evertheless some tenaciuos rebounding and sharp foul shooting kept the M cGill women in the game. McGill out rebounded the Mustangs 52-38 by the end of the game.

The Martlets were plagued once again by foul trouble as both Jen Stacey and Leslie Stevenson fouled out. Continued bad defensive play in the second half left the Martlets frustrated and looking for answers. That’s when V icky Tessier, with the help of Morse, took things into their own hands, and guided McGill on a 14-1 run.

The score at 8:31 of the second read Western 62, McGill 49. At 1:38 of the second, the score read Western 63, McGill 63. Then, with 13.8 seconds left in the game, McGill rookie Shafer stepped to the

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Au revoir ma chère Forum and thanks for the memories B y A lex C h u r c h il l

The Montreal Forum, a Mecca for hockey fans since 1924, is no longer on active duty.

In what is the latest in a rash of such actions by team owners and civic officials across the National Hockey League, the Forum is giv­ ing way to a glittery new “Cathedral of Commerce” called the Molson Centre.

We can now add “The Keg” to our lexicon of reference for face­ less vessels of luxury boxes and the new brand of “show time” in the NHL. Ottawa lost the Ottawa Civic Centre/Brian Smith M emorial Arena to the Palladium /Correl Centre/OK Correl. Boston uprooted venerable old Boston Garden in favour o f the F leet Center. St. Louis chose the Kiel Center over where-ever-it-was-they-used-toplay; then they bought the greatest player ever to skate pirouettes for those folks in luxury box land.

However, in none of these cities (no, not even Boston) did the build­

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The Forum was o fficia lly opened November 29, 1924, with a capacity of 9,300. The Montreal Maroons held court in the confines of the Forum for its first two sea­ sons of active duty and in 1926, the Forum welcomed Les Habitants on a permanent basis.

Thus began the legend.

The photo archive shows the Forum of the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s to be a smoky, dirty little bam packed to the gills game after game and season after season. Sprague Cleghorn, Dickey Moore and Toe Blake graced the rink, sweating blood for the assembled throng.

(This was a time when the Habs did not dine at Buena Notte after the home matches.)

However, as the legend of the bleu, blanc et rouge grew, so did the appetite of Montrealers to see and not just hear their heroes glide over the Forum ice. This growing appetite for the Habs necessitated the addition of 3,163 seats in 1949

at a cost of $600,000. The shrine on Ste. Catherine as we know it today was starting to take shape, and the legend of the Habs grew with the building that housed them. Rocket Richard, the Pocket Rocket and Jacques Plante all kept the Forumfaithful thrilled.

Business around the Forum exploded. Barbershops, sporting goods stores, dépanneurs, and above all, bars and restaurants catering to the growing legions of Canadiens fanatics making the pil­ grimage down to the building that was quickly becoming the heart of the city.

The amount of attention cen­ tered on the Habs necessitated another addition. In 1968, some 6,000 seats were added to the building, bringing seating capacity up to the current 18,000. Costing $10 million and completed during the hockey off-season (MayNovember in those days, no irony intended), the 1968 added air con­ ditioning, the upper level press catwalk and the outward appearance

to the building currently standing at Atwater and Ste. Catherine. After the renovation, the focus centered once again on the raison d’être of the Forum, the excellence of the Montreal Canadiens. Ken Dryden, Guy Lafleur and Patrick Roy had their names in turn etched on the Stanley Cup and the collective memory of Montreal.

The mid ‘60s saw a new avenue of income open up to arenas across North America. In the mania of the Beetles, arena rock was bom, and the Forum was, during down time, no exception. The final alter­ ation to the building was in this direction. 1993 saw the introduc­ tion of Théâtre du Forum, a 5,500 seat curtained concert venue with a more intimate feel than the wide open Forum could offer. It seems slightly ironic, in light of what the Forum has meant to hockey, that one of the final events held therein will be an AC/DC concert in late March.

With the Molson Centre comes the latest chapter in the saga of Les

Habitants. The game is different, the players are different, there is no reason the building should stay the same. In this era of sky rocketing salaries and free agent signings, the Habs staying in the Forum would be as incongruous as Guy Lafleur playing in front of 9,300 fans were the Forum not renovated. The team, as always, will (hopefully) create its own aura of success.

As Montrealers both new and experienced prepare for the legend of the Habs to move into its new home, certain segments of the city wail and bemoan the sacrilege of Molson selling off the Stanley Cup banners and the penalty box bench­ es from the Forum. What must be remembered is that the building did not make the team; the team made the building. For an organisation like the Montreal Canadiens, win­ ning follows where ever they go.

In time, “The Keg” w ill no longer carry the derisive tone cur­ rently applied to it, and the home of the Habs will be a Mecca once more.

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The bleachers are a wonderful place. They provide the perfect place from which to observe and second guess; a safe distance from the responsibility and pressure of coaching and playing basketball at the university level.

So what are the bleachers say­ ing about this year’s men’s basket­ ball team and their recently ended season? The bleachers say the Redmen were the victims of their own strengths and weaknesses.

McGill’s strength was its out­ standing ability from beyond the three-point arc. McGill connected on roughly 34 per cent of its down­ town shots for the season to lead all teams in Quebec. Rick Varisco was the team’s leading three-point shooter with 31 bombs this season.

Not only was McGill an excel­ lent three-point shooting team, but the Red ‘n’ White possessed an excellent outside shooting game with Ryan Sch oen als, Chris Emergui and Sammy M endolia, leading the way in this department, shooting 55 per cent from the floor for the season, while Matt Watson and Emergui led the Redmen from the foul line.

The Bishop’s Gaiters’ assis­ tant coach Jeff Harris attests to McGill’s potent perimeter game.

“We limited McGill, which is obviously a perimeter team. We didn’t let their perimeter shooters feel comfortable, like Varisco and Schoenals. Any time they had the ball on the perimeter they always had somebody in their face.”

Despite the presence of Chad Wozney in the post, the Gaiters seemed more preoccupied with containing M cG ill’s pèrim eter game. McGill clearly lived and died by its outside game.

Although their offence was a threat, it was limited due to its lack of diversity. This made it easier for opponents to defend themselves against the Redmen.

From the bleachers we saw outside shot after outside shot put up by the Redmen. But where, we wondered, was the inside game?

Gazette sports columnist, Pat Hickey, saw the same things that many of us did from the bleachers: the Redmen had no inside game.

To be fair, Wozney did his share and more. As the only post McGill consistently used, and at 6’ 5”, he carried a heavy burden for the team. McGill did not have a big enough man to support Wozney (Mike Johnston does his, but only in a limited role, his playing min­ utes were few and far between). It also lacked a legitimate post-up threat; defenders were not suffi­ ciently drawn away from the shoot­ ers. Until McGill acquires that elu­ sive ‘big man’ the bleachers will be watching a one-dim ensional team.

M cG ill is every co a ch ’s dream, and worst nightmare.

Coaches seek the outside shooting game as crusaders seek the holy grail. The only problem is very few teams can rely only on a perimeter game.

The jumper is statistically the lower percentage shot. In a perfect world a team would have an out­ side game and an inside game, cre­ ating a balanced offensive attack.

When your outside shooting — your main offensive weapon — decides to take a vacation on you, and the inside game is not your strength, you can be sure that you are in for a rough ride. The oppo­ nent loves the one-dim ensional perimeter shooting team — the far­ ther away from the basket, the bet­ ter!

From the bleachers we also saw how the Redmen matched up to their opponents. They did not seem to possess the athleticism of

the teams they faced. Both Concordia and Bishop’s were con­ sistently able to defeat the Redmen this season. Was it really the plays o f M axim e Bouchard and J .P f Rentier for Concordia, and Stewart Clark of Bishop’s which carried their teams to victory over the Redmen? The bleachers say no.

Although they were significant fac­ tors, both Concordia and Bishop’s shared a common quality which seemed to overwhelm the Redmen: their intensity and speed at the

d efen sive end. Concordia and Bishop’s seemed to react faster to the movement of the ball, creating the illusion that their defenders were arriving almost at the same time as the McGill pass. In addi­ tion, the intensity both teams brought to the d efen sive end seemed to provide the necessary edge for victory.

This is not to say that McGill was a poor defensive team. In fact, I personally found McGill to be an excellent defensive team, with one

notable weakness — the defensive boards. The Redmen seemed to give up more defensive boards, creating more shots for their oppo­ nents, forcing M cG ill to work harder and longer on the defensive end. Offence is the chance to rest and make your opponent work.

The bleachers also saw a team capable o f putting together an ex cellen t scoring run on their opponents, but then watching it

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Soon winter will be winding down, and while the majority of us are craving the first shot of that intoxicating spring fever, there remain some individuals who still dream o f flurry forecasts and accept the lingering layers of snow without contempt.

Even after four long cold win­ ter months, these students wouldn’t mind if Spring delayed her arrival.

With a Canadian winter that can nip Jack Frost’s nose, only a unique disposition elucidates this rare attitude.

Rare as it is, this attitude is proudly embodied by the McGill Ski Club. To them, snow isn ’t shovelled, but powdered or packed.

To them, the cold isn’t something to avoid, but something to endure.

To them, Winter is a friend, not a foe.

The Club is com prised o f approximately one hundred mem­ bers, and any McGill students can join for a small membership fee.

These skiers actually enjoy what our unforgiving winter has to offer, and take advantage o f it as they spend the majority of their Tuesday and Thursday nights on the slopes.

Although the main purpose behind the Club is to encourage recreational skiing, approximately a third of the members represent the Ski Team at McGill. These dis­ tinct athletes participate in interuniversity competitions Made up o f M artlets and

Redmen, these skiers are collec­ tiv ely known as the M cG ill Vultures. Vultures ? ?

“We dubbed ourselves the Vultures because, like the bird, we have the ability to swoop down the course and take our competitors by surprise,” explained captain Kate Hurtig.

Indeed, they have taken the circuit by surprise. Their gruelling season has them training twice a week, and competing on weekends.

After eight regular season races, the Vultures have maintained a more than respectable standing.

Just over two w eeks ago at Le Relais, rookie Susie Owen and Ken N aef each took home a bronze medal.

Furthermore, the Vultures have remained consistent with approximately six skiers in the individual top fifteen at all times.

Both men and women have per­ formed brilliantly this season, com­ bining skill and enthusiasm in the race towards the finals.

The team consists of students from first through fourth year who share a common bond other than skiing — they like to have a good time. Involved in a sport where ath­ letes find themselves in high pres­ sure situations, the Vultures are serious about their high level com­ petition but maintain a lighhearted attitude.

“Som e people think w e ’re turkeys,” Hurtig exclaim ed in response to comments made about the birds on their team caps.

They maintain good communi­ cation and have developed a cama­ raderie that is cemented by the road trips sustained in their infamous white van, affectionately dubbed Christine. An allusion to Stephen King's possessed Cadillac (because the windows fog up and it looks like no one is driving), and not the actual driving skills o f Duncan Wilcock and ‘Steeve’ Doubt.

As well, instead of petitioning to Ullr, the Norse god of skiing, the Vultures rely on Paulette — their fearless Hawaiian dancing doll for inspiration and guidance.

The Vultures will head to the Provincials this coming weekend, March 16th and 17th at MontGarceau in second place overall, behind UQAM. They are coached by Nick Robichaud, a McGill law student who is no stranger to skiing com­ petition. Formerly a member of the national Ski Team, Robichaud also attended the University of Utah on a skiing scholarship. He continues to compete and earlier this season clinched third place in the Slalom at Val-St.Cone.

So while you might not recog­ nise their faces, they can be easily identified. The Vultures were the only ones smiling after last week’s snow fall. Apparently, Mother Nature let them in on her little “P 11-tease-them-with-a-few-warmday s-then-dump-more-snow-onthem” joke.

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“I didn’t put to much pressure on myself. I just saw it as any other situation and was very relaxed.” said Shafer.

Shafer sunk both shots and so it seemed that McGill would take home the bronze on the strong shooting of their sensational rookie.

But with 0:03 seconds left on the clock, a Western player slashed to the basket and sunk a lay up to put the game into overtime.

The five minute overtime saw Debby Morse take McGill to new heights, as her tenacious defence, especially a huge stuff with 1:30 left resulted in a basket that tied the game at 70. From then on it was Tessier’s time to carry her team, as she drove the lane and put a beauti­ ful move on W estern’s A llCanadian Michele Vesprini to score a deuce and gain a foul shot. The three point play gave McGill a one point lead which was then cush­ ioned by Gildenhuys two foul shots with 14.5 seconds left. No miracle came to the Mustangs this time and the McGill Martlets jumped for joy at the sound of the final buzzer and a 75-72 victory.

“It was a great way to finish.

We’ve never gone this far before so it feels good. I’m very satisfied fin­ ishing my career like this” said Morse who, when asked about her

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TUESDAY. MARCH 12 • Svend R obinson lectures at M cG ill. 2 p.m . S ponsored by LB G T M and N D P M cG ill. C ontact 398-6818.

• A m nesty International m eets in the Shatner C af at 18:30 to w ork on the R om anian file and urgent A ctions. All w elcom e.

• “G ender and H eresy: W om en and M en in L ollard C om m unities, 1420-1530” : Prof. Shannon M cSheffrey o f the C oncordia H istory D ept., 16:00 in T hom son H ouse (3650 M cTavish).

• E lizabeth D aw son co-ordinates the M cG ill Student Soloists perform ance at Pollack H all, 17:00 and 20:00.

WEDNESDAY. MARCH 13 • “C anada’s H ealth C are System : A P erspective” w ith D r. L loyd M aclean, presented by the Phi D.E. M edical F raternity, to be held in M cIntyre 522 at 18:00. Free.

• L B G T M 's Bisexual D iscussion G roup m eets at 17:30 in Shatner 423.

• M cGill Student Health Services pre­ sents its annual Nutrition Day. 10-15:00 in Leacock 232 Pick up recipes, nutrition tips, FR E E food sam ples and pam phlets.

C ontact 398-2915.

• Dr. P. C aines o f the Elect.Eng. Dept, presents a lecture at 16:00 in Burnside 1B36: “F eed b ack C o n tro l, Logic and A rtificial Intelligence ” • “ Straight Facts on Healthy E ating,” a w orkshop held today at 16:00 in Shatner 435 as part Nutrition Day.

THURSDAY. MARCH 14 • Jean C harest speaks to students on the “F uture o f F ederalism .” D .B. C larke T heatre (1455 M aisonneuve O.), C oncordia University, at 17:30. Presented

by P C M cG ill and P C C oncordia.

C ontact 982-0337.

• T he Savoy Society presents its second w eek run o f Ruddigore by G ilbert and Sullivan. $8 students/seniors $12 adults.

M oyse H all (A rts) at 20:00. C ontact 3986826. Runs until M arch 16.

• T he E quity Forum , held by the E ng.D ept., m eets to discuss sexual and racial harm ony at M cG ill. A rts 160, 11:30-13:00.

• M arxist-L eninist study group holds its inaugural m eeting at 18:30 in Shatner 435. C ontact 522-1373.

• C B C /M cG ill Series presents “T he V oice o f the V iolin” in Pollack hall at 19:30. M usic by G rieg, S aint-Saëns and Paganini. Tickets $7 for students.

• L B G T M ’s A ll W om en’s G roup m eets at 18:30 in Shatner 423 • M arch 14 deadline for subm issions to Fire With Water, the journal for survivors o f sexual abuse. P lease bring subm issions to the Sexual A ssault Centre: Shatner 430. N ous accepterons aussi le travail en français.

FRIDAY. MARCH 15 • A IESEC holds its annual Business Luncheon at the glam orous Rit/.-Carlton Hotel. The topic will be “ H ow does T om orrow ’s T echnology affect T oday’s Business?” Contact D avid at 465-1022.

• Redpath Hall continues the tradition of the noon-day organ recital; Steve Laplante plays at 12:15.0 • Yacl T am ir o f H arvard, presents a sem i­ nar from 14-16:00 in L eacock 429 enti­ tled "C an N ationalism be L iberal?”

• L B G T M 's C om ing O ut G roup m eets at 17:30 in UTC (3521 U niversity), fol­ lowed by the M e n 's G roup at 19:00.

• Ruddigore continues tonight w ith a per­ form ance at 20:00. Sec M arch 14.

• Q ueer Café, held by L B G T M , m eets at 20:00 in B ar C alifornia (Ste.C atherine and Ste.Elisabeth).

• The M cG ill Percussion E nsem ble, play­ ing under the sponsorship o f the C onsulate G eneral o f A rgentina, presents w orks by G inastera, M ather, B uddn and Chavez; Pollack hall at 20:00.

4570 or E sund@ pobox.m cgill.ca or http://w w w .canusam ex.com /unity. All invited.

•T he 17th annual figureskating show will be held at 19:15 at the M cC onnell Arena.

A dm ission is $2.

• Ruddigore w raps tonight, 14:00 and 20:00. See M arch 14.

MONDAY. MARCH 18 • O pen forum w ith Principal Shapiro.

Students are invited to share their vision o f w here M cG ill University should be heading in the next decades. D iscussion from 15:00 to 17:00 in L eacock 232.

• M cG ill Students for A ID S E ducation (M SA E) presents Dr. V inh-K im N guyen, “T he ‘90s view o f AIDS: has it changed?” with guest speakers, including Dr. Pankonao o f Burkina Faso. L eacock 738 from 17-18:00. C ontact G am brelli at 989-9122.

• The M cG ill Student Soloists perform at 20:00 in Pollack Hall: E lizabeth Dawson co-otdinator.

• The Classical M usic C lub m eets at 18:30 in C-205, Strathcona.

• The E speranto Club presents a gala evening with lectures on the cultural, social and educational aspects ot the “ international” language. 18:30-20:30 Shatner 310. Speakers include N orm and Fleury, Dr. Konrad Hinsen and Z dravka M etz.

• Hélène Richm an, flautist, perform s as part o f the M aster’s Recitals in Redpath Hall at 20:00.

• Open House V olunteer M eeting for the M cG ill 175 event in Septem ber; 17:15 in Shatner 107.

• NSID1 presents ‘International D evelopm ent O pportunities D ay ’ in the Shatner B allroom from 10-16:00.

V arious organisations will give inform a­ tion on w orking at hom e and abroad for change.

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TUESDAY. MARCH 19 • “A Special Status for M ontréal?” , by Prof. L uc-N orm and T ellier o f the U rban

disappear just as quickly as it had appeared. The Redmen, against both Concordia and Bishop’s, were able to put together some good runs, scoring 6-10 points in rapid succession, while severely limited Studies Dept., UQAM. Thomson House (3650 McTavish) at 16:00.

• The McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women presents Professor Beth Moore Milroy, “Women, Space and the Work of City Planning” at 15:30 in Leacock, rm. 738.

• Steve Brams of New York U. speaks today on “Fair Division: From CakeCutting to Dispute Resolution.” 12:3014:00 in Leacock 738.

• GEMS, the Group of Electronic Music Studios, presents a concert tonight in Pollack Hall at 20:00; Alcides Lanza and Bruce Pcnnycook, directors.

ON-GOING EVENTS • the Faculty of Management holds sum­ mer school abroad for students wishing lo expose themselves to real business situa­ tions. The courses last 5 weeks and pro­ vide one or two full-semester courses. 20 students limit. First-come, first-serve basis. Contact Pablo Martin de Holan at 398-400 (ext. 0229).

• The YMCA is looking for volunteers to help out with the 17th Annual Bill Lewis Spring Race, slated for the 28th April. Tshirts and buffet. Proceeds go to the Downtown Y Youth Centre. Contact 8498393, local 734 or 792.

• The Whitewash Campaign: interested in information about alternative menstrual products? Come by the W omen’s Union (Shatner 423).

• Leant Esperanto, the world’s true international tongue! Beginner’s course offered by the McGill Esperanto Club starting March 25/26. Contact 933-3321 or e-mail at bbqp@musicb.mcgill.ca.

• Alley Cats! Thursday nights have jazz

injuries, answered, “It was a very physical game and I’m sure I’ll be feeling it all over a little later.”

Vicky Tessier was instrumental in the McGill victory, scoring 26 points. Tessier went 6-15 from the fieled and was an outstanding 14 of 17 from the charity stripe. For her efforts, Tessier was selected to the tournament all-star team.

The third place finish was the highest ever for a Quebec team at the national championship. For the Martlets, the third place finish was not enough. The general sentiment among the players and the coaches was that they should have been in the final. In retrospect, being the third best team in the country will surely provide many memories for this talented group of athletes.

Graduating players Morse, D eloretto and Stevenson will remember one thing for certain, and that is that the 1995-96 Martlets were a team that fought to the end and gave all their blood, sweat and tears for a shot at the title.

The University of Manitoba beat the University of Toronto in an exciting overtime finale that saw the lead change more than a dozen times. The final score of 81-77 for Manitoba gave them their first championship since 1988. Bison guard Terri-lee Johannesson was named the tournament MVP. their opponents’ offensive output.

Yet the Redmen were never able to maintain a streak for long.

Too much reliance on the perimeter game made defending the Redmen an easy task. This combined with an offence of spurts and a weakness on the defensive boards, made McGill season one of missing pieces. “jam ”” sessions with professional musi­ cians. Friday holds a 15-member jazz ensembles to play the Big Band sounds of Count Bassie, Tommy Dorsey and the like. Contact Evelyn Mailhot at 4659544.

• Project 10 has a group for women, aged 16-25, who are lesbian, bisexual or unsure. Call 989-4585 between 13:00 and 17:00, Mon. to Fri. • The Sexual Assault Centre of McGill has support groups for both men and women. Call 398-2700 (Mon.-Fri., 9:3017:30) or 398-8500 (7 days, 18:00-midnight).

• Living With Loss: bereavement support groups for "Aduhs,” “Young Adults,” Pre-natal and “Family Survivors of Suicide” who have suffered the loss of a family member or friend. Contact Estelle Hopmeyer at 398-7067.

• Loaf Organic Food Co-op orders pro­ duce and bulk dried goods every Monday between 11:30 and 17L30 at the QPIRG office.

• Tel-Aide needs volunteers! We are a listening service available free of charge, 24/7. We are seeking people who have a few hours a month to listen to distressed people. Contact 935-1105.

SUBMISSIONS • The McGill University Photographic Society’s annual photographic competi­ tion; open to all alumni, students and staff. Deadline this week. Call 398-6786 or visit Shatner B-06.

• The McGill Review o f Interdisciplinary Arts is accepting papers by undergradu­ ates that combine two or more arts disci­ pline. Contact Mitra at 844-4907.

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N O T IC E O F M E E T IN G STUDENT SENATORS & B O A R D OF G O V E R N O R S REP to e le c t th r e e r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s to S S M U C o u n c il

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N O T E S 1. Where the incoming student senator is not available, the outgoing student senator for the faculty involved will be the only alternate.

2. The alternate senator is NOT eligible for election, although may vote.

3. There will be N O replacements to this meeting for the incoming STUDENT GOVERNOR if unable to attend.

4. Only incoming student senators and governor shall be eligible for election.

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The organizations listed below must register the name, address and the phone number of their delegate to this election meeting by completing the official delegate registration form at the Students' Society General Office, 3480 McTavish Street, Room 105 NO LATER THAN 4 : 0 0 P .M ., MARCH 2 1 , 1 9 9 6 .

Completed forms must be signed bv the President/Coordinator or chief returning officer of each respective organization and should be submitted to Kathy Bowman, at the Students' Society General Office by the deadline noted above.

O R G A N I Z A T I O N S E L IG IB L E T O S E N D D E L E G A T E S ams DEBATM GUNION LEBANESESTUDENTS'SOCIETY STUDENTORGANIZATIONFORALUM NI SEXUALASSAULTCENTREOFM cGIUSOCIETY U(I) advertisingSSM DOOM ERSGUILD,M cGIUSTUDENTS LIBERALM cGfll RELATIONS(SOAR) VOLUNTEERBUREAU AFRICANSTUDENTS'SOCIETY DRAW INGSOCIETY,M cGIU.STUDENTS'(I) L 'A S S O C I A T I O N R O C H A M B E A U S Y M P O S I U M P U B L I C A T I O N S S O Œ T Y ( I ) W A L K S A F E N E T W O R K & F O O T P ATROL ADSEDUCATION,M cGIU EARTHSAVE,SSM U(I) L'CHAIMSTUDENTS'SOCIETY,THEM cGIU TAIW ANESESTUDENTSASSOCIATION,M cGIU W OM EN'SUNION STUDENTS'FOR ENTREPRENEURS'CLUB U N I V E R S I T Y T A M I L S A N G A M S T U D E N T S A S S O C I A T I O N AM ATEURRADIOCLUB ESPERANTO-KLUBODEM cGIUSTUOB'ITS' M ADCAROUERSGUILD TH EATREDELAGRENOUILLE(I) SSM UPUBLICATIONS AM NESTYW TERNATIONAL FOLKM USICCLUB M ATURE&RE-ENTRYSTUDOTTS'ASSOCIATION TURKISHSTUDENTS'SOCIETYOFM cGIU OLDM cGIUYEARBOOK ARABSTUDENTS'SOŒ TY FOSTERPARENTS' M A U R I T I A N C L U B , T H E A A c G I U S T U D E N T S ' U K R A N I A N S T U D E N T S ' A S S O C I A T I O N S S M UOPERATOR(PHONEDIRECTORY) ARM ENIANSTUDENTS'CLUB GAM ERSGUILD M ONTREALYOUTHORGANIZATIONFOR UNITEDNATIONSSTUDENTS'ASSOCIATIONOF REDHERRING ASSOCIATIONDESFRANCOPHONESETDES GRAPHICCARTEL,TH E C A N A D I A N & A A A E R I C A N A S I A N S M c G U ( F O R M E R L Y 1 R S ) SSM UHANDBOOK FRANCOPHILES(FORM ERLYSPHERE GROUPACTION M cGIUASSOCIATIONFORM TERNATIONAL UNITEDZIONISTCOUNCIL(FORM ERLYTAGAR CLUBHANDBOOK FRANCOPHONE) H ELLENICASSOCIATION STUDENTS(M AIS) STUDENTS'SOCIETY) M cGIUTRIBUNE BAHA'ISTUDIES,ASSOCIATIONFOR HttiElSTUDENTS' REPETITIONSSM U(I) UNIVERSITYBIBLEFEUOW SHP(I) STUDENTLEADERORGANIZATIONBULLETIN(SLOB) BIGBUDDIESTUTORINGCLUB HONGKONGDRAGONSTUDENTS',M cGIU ROM ANIANSTUDENTS' VIETNAM ESESTUDENTS'SOCIETY SSM UJOURNAL BREASTCANCERRESEARCH,THEFUNDINGOF iUT.V. ROTARACTSTUDENTS'CLUBOFMcGU W ATERS»CLUB,M cGIUSTUDENTS' CAHBBEANSTUDENTS'SOCIETY IM AGEENSEM BLE UNIVERSITY(I) W O R L D U N I V E R S I T Y S E R V I C E S O F C A N A D A (W U S C ) I N D E PENDENTSTUDENTGROUPS CHESSCLUB,M cGttiUNIVERSITYSTUDENTS INDIACANADA RUSSIANSTUDeTTS'(I) YOGA&M EDITATIONSTUDENTS', ASSOCIATIONINTERNATIONALEDESETUDIANTES CERNESECHRISTIANFELLOW SHIP INDIANPROGRESSIVESTUDYGROUP ANTROPOLEROUANT,M cGIUSTUDENTS'(I) ASSOCIATIONOF ENSCIENCESECONOM IQUESETCOM M ERCIALES CERNESESTUDENTS'SOCIETY M TERNATIONAlDEVELOPM ENTINITIATIVE,M cGIU S S A S K A T C H E W A N S T U D E N T S ' A S S O C I A T I O N ( I ) YOUNGSOCIALISTS (AIESEC) CEBNESESTUDENTSANDSCHOLARSASSOCIATION STUDENTS'(I) SAVETHECHILDREN YOUTHACTIONNETW ORK-M cGIUSTUDENTS' M cGIUDIALY CHORALSOCIETY IRANIANSTUDENTS'ASSOCIATION S A V O Y S O C I E T Y Z O R O A S T R I A N S T U D E N T S ' S O C I E T Y ( I ) AAcGIULEG ALINFORAAATIONCLINIC CHRISTIANFELLOW SHIP ISLAM ICCULTURALNETW ORK SK ICLUB QUEBECPUBLICNTERESTGROUP(QPIRG) CHURCHOFJESUSCHRISTOFLATTER-DAYSAINTS ISLAM ICSTUDENTS'SOCIETY SPANISHANDLATINAM ERICANSTUDENTS' RADOAAcGIU(CKUT) STUDENTS'ASSOCIATION ISM AIUSTUDENTS'ASSOCIATION,M cGIU A S S O C I A T I O N ( S A L S A ) B U C K S T U D E N T S N E T W O R K CLASSICALM USICCLUB JAPANAW ARENESSCLUB SOUTH-EASTASIANSTUDENTS' M cGIUSTUDENTSFORLITERACY COM M UNICATIONS,M cGIU.STUDENTS'SOCIETY KOREANSTUDENTS'SOCIETY ASSOCIATION(SEASA) LESBIANS,BISEXUALS,GAYSANDTRANSGENDEROF (M aSS) LACOALITIONDESAAAISDURW ANDA STUDENTELECTRONICCOM M UNICATION AAcGIU(LBGTM ) CURRENTAFFAIRSEXCHANGEPROGRAM LATMAM ERICANAW ARENESSGROUP CO LLECTIVE LAYER'STH EATRE

PLEASE BE REMINDED>PLEASE BE R E M IN D E D 1. Quorumfor this meeting is two-thirds (2/3) of the total number of organizations registered by 4:00 p.m. March 24, 1996.

2. Organizations eligible are onlythose DIRECTLYrecognized by the SSMU Students' Council.

3. All delegates must have been active members of their respective clubs forat least two months prior to the meeting.

4. All delegates must be members of the Students' Society (i.e. any McGill student except those registered in Continuing Education).

5. Adelegate who is not the Chief Officer/Coordinator of a particular group must be approved as the official delegate by the organization he or she is representing.

6. Only registered delegates may be nominated as club representatives.

7. Only registered delegates may vote for club representation.

8. Organizations NOTlisted above which AREeligible to send a delegate should contact Kathy Bowman at the Students' Society General Office as soon as possible.

9. Organizations NOTregistered by the deadline will NOTbe permitted to take part in the meeting.

10. Organizations which are recognized byone of the fourteen (14) facultyand school societies or through the Students' Athletics Council are NOTeligible to be represented.

11. Residence has its own representatives to Students' Council and is, therefore NOTeligible to send a delegate to this meeting.

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