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by Council. To the surprise of execu­ tives, Council was not easily convinced fter a ten year relationship with that the right decision had been made.

A “The bottom line is good, but we Coca-Cola, McGill students will should’ve seen the contract first. We now find Pepsi machines in all of the university’s cafeterias. According to wanted to see how much better the Pepsi the SSMU executives, Pepsi won the proposal was,” said Law representative SSMU contract on the basis of customer Mitch Costom. “It’s surprising that they discounted Coke’s offer on behalf of service and price.

When the Coke contract came up for company service.”

The major criticism by Council was renewal this summer, SSMU scheduled meetings in July with representatives that the executives did not give Council from both Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Though ample time to consider the motion. From it was expected that Coke would make an the executives’ perspective, there simply attractive enough proposal to renew its was not enough time to wait, because at SSMU contract, Pepsi was also the time, Frosh and Welcome Week approached to submit a proposal. The events were being planned.

“I understand where Mitch [Costom] meetings with the two representatives were scheduled back to back, with Pepsi is coming from, but we just couldn’t wait any longer. Coke should’ve presenting its probeen banging down our door,” posai first. SSMU said VP Finance Kelly Remai.

VP Internal Affairs T h e five y e a r d e a l Remai also seemed Jennifer Harding w ith P e p s i will s a v e annoyed with Coca-Cola’s was impressed with apparent lack of committment the fact that Pepsi S S M U a lm o st o n e to the contract proceedings. took the meeting million d o lla rs.

“Coke sent someone who seriously. knew nothing,” Remai said.

“It was very, SSMU appears to be on its way to very good. It blew the last Coke proposal generating unanimous support for the out of the water,” she said.

The representative from Pepsi came Pepsi deal. The Coca-Cola company to the meeting with video displays, pro­ apparently regrets not being able to motional items, and a bound proposal secure the SSMU contract. Coke pledged which warranted serious consideration. $300,000 US to McGill, which they When the Coke representative came to pointed out after their proposal was the contract table, SSMU was far from turned down. However, the SSMU con­ tinues to hold a negative image of impressed. “[The Coke representative] didn’t Coke’s public relations.

“The money [that] Coke was giving even have a copy of the last contract. We was to McGill, not SSMU,” Harding were furious. Comparatively, [Coke and Pepsi] were miles apart,” Harding said. said.

Coca-Cola’s Vice-President of “As it turned out, the contracts were also Eastern Canada, Fulvio Bussandri, was miles apart.”

According to Harding, the five year apparently upset by the dissolution of the deal with Pepsi will save SSMU almost SSMU and Coke business relationship.

“We regret the decision by the justone million dollars. Beyond the startling discrepancies in presentation and cost, elected Student Council. It was our Pepsi also surpassed Coke in other areas. strong desire to extend this relationship While Coke guaranteed SSMU that it on an ongoing basis and we did so by would provide ten summer jobs for incorporating a multi-million dollar deal McGill students, Pepsi promised a mini­ which included the $400,000 donation,” mum of 38, with the potential for more said Bussandri.

Although SSMU has committed jobs with Pepsi’s sister companies, such as Subway. Pepsi also agreed to sponsor itself to Pepsi, Costom is considering a contract with Coca-Cola for the store in Welcome Week and Frosh events.

After comparing the two companies’ Chancellor Day Hall. Bussandri has indi­ bids, the SSMU executives decided on cated that Coke would be more than will­ Pepsi, but needed the agreement ratified ing to enter into such an agreement.

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Last June, McGill selected Professor Rosalie Jukier as the new Dean of Students. Armed with visions of a new Student Services Building and a tighter budget for the Coordinating Committee on Student Services, Jukier is determined to make a fresh start with with the student population.

“I don’t want to comment about my predecessor,” was Jukier’s immediate response when asked about for­ mer Dean Irwin Gopnik. “I started on June 1 of 1995 and that’s obviously a clean slate.”

Last year, Gopnik stirred up controversy when he allegedly called McGill students “tunnel visioned, narrow minded, greasy, sleazy, self-centred and greedy.”

“I have no knowledge about what went on before I stepped inside this office, except what the [rest of] the world knows. I read the Tribune too,” said Jukier. “I sat Continued on Page 5 »

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McGill is attempting to further gybreak down the barriers between Biology professor Louis arts and sciences by offering a Lefebvre, coordinator of the minor new minor in science for arts stu­ in science, is teaching one of the dents. Introduced this fall, the 24 two required courses. “Per­ credit program is designed to pro­ spectives on Science” focuses on vide arts students with an overall the language and practices of sci­ view of the scientific world. entists and what it means to think “The point is to get the general in scientific terms. The topics pre­ populace on the arts side comfort­ sented in the course range from able with the fact that science is DNA fingerprinting to plate tecton­ just one of the variety of ways that ics. human beings deal with complicat­ “One of the concerns of the ed problems,” said biology profes­ minor was to set up one introducto­ sor Martin Lechowicz. ry course that would try to deal The two required courses con­ with the difficulty of [arts students] sist of an introductory biology jumping into science courses; and course and an upper-level cogni­ try to minimise it by providing at tive psychology course. Of the least the basic knowledge of how remaining 18 credits, 12 must be science is done and how scientists

function,” said Lefebvre. think that it will be a good entry Arts students who have a into quite a range of government strong interest in science, but who services. All the government sci­ do not want to become scientists, ence departments, such as Forestry may find what they are looking for Canada, Fisheries and Oceans, hire in this minor. lots of arts students. They will Daria Manos, a student in Hu­ jump at the chance to hire an arts manistic Studies, student [with a is working to­ minor in sci­ wards her minor “It’s ju st a s im p ortant to ence] to be in in science this the Public k n o w w h y p e o p le w e ig h year.

Liaison Office “It’s just as le s s on th e m oon a s it is and to help important to to k n o w w h o w ro te D a s com m unicate know why peo­ the works of the K a p ita l.” ple weigh less d e p a rtm e n t,” on the moon as said Lechowicz it is to know who wrote Das Kevin Dunbar, Professor of Kapital,” she said.

Psychology feels that at a political According to Lechowicz, a level, a background in science is degree in arts with a minor in sci­ even more crucial. ence might be extremely advanta­ “If you look at the people who geous when students leave univer­ make decisions on scientific poli­ sity in search of employment. cy, most of them are not scien­ “On the government side, I tists,” he said. “If politicians have a

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For the first time in almost thirty years, the Quebec govern­ ment has embarked on a wide scale mission to review and reform the provincial education system.

Earlier this year the Etatsgénéraux sur l’éducation was estab­ lished. This commission was given a mandate to look at every aspect of Quebec education from kinder­ garten to the university level, and to ultimately come up with a compre­ hensive plan for the whole system.

The Etats-généraux began regional public hearings in the spring of 1995, which are expected to continue until October. Through these hearings, the commission expects to get an overview of the T H E L IN G U IS T IC E X C H A N G E CLU 3

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s y s te m ironic because we’re the clients,” Benedict said.

Benedict wishes to ensure that as many students as possible get a chance to express their views. In an effort to do so, he is currently circu­ lating a letter, which calls on all students to get involved in the cre­ ation of the SSMU document which will be presented to the Etatsgénéraux. An open consultative forum will be held today in Shatner 435 at 6 pm.

Benedict and the Etatsgénéraux Committee have also put out a memorandum which defines the relevant issues that should be discussed.

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issues facing Quebec education from all parties that have a stake in the system. During the second stage of the process, regional forums will be set up to discuss some of the concerns brought forward during the hearings. Finally, province-wide forums will be established in order to develop a coherent course of action. A final report will be pre­ sented in June 1996.

McGill students have a chance to contribute their ideas to the Etats-généraux at the beginning of October, when SSMU will make a presentation outlining where and how post-secondary education should be directed in the upcoming years.

For Nick Benedict, SSMU VP External, this is a rare opportunity for students to speak out regarding how they feel the education system should be changed.

“Students have always had to fight to make our voices heard, it’s

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better understanding of what scien tists really do, they will be more informed on how to make deci­ sions.”

Dunbar is offering the other required course, entitled “Scientific Thinking and Reasoning.” This course is aimed at exploring the underlying strategies that scientists use to make their discoveries. It also examines the thinking and rea­ soning processes behind a scien fist’s work.

Many feel that McGill is unique in bringing science to the forefront, and in making it accessi ble to a wider variety of students.

“In terms of an undergraduate curriculum, there’s nothing else like this in Canada,” said Lechowicz.

For more information regard­ ing the minor in science, students can call Professor Lefebvre at 398 6457.

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dents for university.

“There’s a big gap between the high school and CEGEP sys­ tems and the university system.

Many professors have told me that they expected more from their first year students,” said Hoffstein. “As a result, the pro­ fessors [have] had to lower their

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On Septem ber 27, Senate will decide if a new category of courses will be offered to incom­ ing McGill students.

The proposal for new cours­ es, or ‘first year seminars’, was initiated by U3 Psychology stu­ dent Eric Hoffstein in the fall of 1994. According to Hoffstein, the seminars will concentrate on developing w riting skills, research methods, oral presenta­ tions and critical thinking among new students.

“The point of the seminars is to teach basic skills in an excit­ ing and interesting m ilieu ,” Hoffstein said. “Normally, stu­ dents have to learn academ ic skills in a highly com petitive classroom amongst 300 other students. These courses will con­ centrate on improvement, not just on performance.”

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environment.

“In the twenty-first century all products will be made by high tech means. Unless we raise the level of our mass education system, we will not be able to compete because high tech processes need workers who are literate and have basic mathematical skills,” argues the McGill brief.

Furthermore, the McGill docu­ ment proposes that there be more differentiation between university institutions. Universities should be prepared to share limited resources and concentrate specifically on their individual strengths. Another explicit proposal in the brief is that the Quebec government should allow tuition fees to be raised. The McGill paper argues that students are not paying a high enough pro­ portion for their education.

The document states that in “U.S. public institutions, up to 20% and more of the total income of uni­ versities comes from tuition fees, while in Quebec, the comparable figure is 10.9%.”

SSMU President Helena Myers is not surprised to hear that McGill wants to raise tuition.

However, she contends that there are alternative ways to provide uni­ versity funding.

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standards. That’s a terrible thing for any professor to have to do.

And this is the point of the first year seminars —to bridge this gap,” he said.

The initial five-year pilot project, if passed by Senate, will include approximately 400 stu­ dents in 20 seminars.

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H o ffste in ’s proposal has received some support from the university’s upper levels.

“I started the first year semi­ nar proposal in October of last year. The proposal was passed by the Academic Priorities and Planning Committee and, as a result, we started a work group.

We spoke to both Principal Shapiro and Vice Principal [Academic] Chan, and they’ve been very supportive of our efforts,” Hoffstein explained.

Lisa Gruschow, SSMU VP U niversity A ffairs, has been working closely with Hoffstein since the summer.

Gruschow emphasised that the courses would be neither remedial nor elitist in approach.

“In terd iscip lin ary topics seem to be what most universi­ ties like in these seminars. You w ouldn’t teach B io lO l, but som ething m ore like

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alongside [the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations] looking for alternate methods of funding post­ secondary education,” Myers said.

Both Myers and Benedict hope that these issues can be more fully discussed during the course of the hearings. Benedict believes that the Etats-généraux has come along at the right time.

“It’s an exciting opportunity, and it could be a major turning point,” Benedict said.

‘Biogenetics and Ethics’, or ‘The Weimar Republic’,” explained Gruschow. “The topics are really all over the board and are tuned to people’s interests. The argu­ ment is not that students will be coddled, but that they’ll be given the impetus to learn.”

According to Janet Donald, professor at the C entre for U niversity Teaching and Learning and m em ber of the Seminar Planning Committee, learning has become more diffi­ cult in the modern classroom.

Such difficulties have made the first year seminars necessary.

“For the last 20 years, we’ve been receiving complaints from students who have been saying they feel anonymous in their courses,” she said.

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McGill University VicePrincipal Academic Bill Chan, who was one of the people to present McGill’s brief to the commission, also hopes that serious reform can result from the Etats-généraux.

“The last time when a commis­ sion was formed — the Parent Commission in the 1960s — it led to tremendous changes in the sys­ tem. One would hope similar pro­ found changes can oqcur this time,” he said.

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Donald explained that it is difficult for students to instantly acquire university level skills.

“It’s become a question of developing high order thinking processes that are more neces­ sary now than ever before. These students will have contact with the professors, and the topic that they explore will be studied in depth. More contact and the development of scholarly apti­ tude is what we’ll be shooting for,” she stated.

D onald’s role in the pilot project will be assisting profes­ sors by finding teaching materi­ al, solving problems and stream­ lining the seminar process.

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through those ugly Senate meet­ ings just like everybody else.”

Jukier received her Bachelor of Civil Law and Bachelor of Law degrees from McGill in 1983, and her Masters in Law from Oxford in 1985. In the same year, Jukier became a McGill law profes­ sor. She started working in the adm inistration in 1991.

“I was named A ssociate Dean of the Faculty of Law. I was in charge of the admissions process.”

The Dean of Students plays an integral role in regards to the CCSS, and Jukier has set a goal to replace the Powell building as the centre for stu­ Dean Jukier: dent services.

“My long term goal is the relocation of student services to a new building... physically linked to the Shatner building. Then we will have a centre for student life.”

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Jukier also noted her rela­ tionship with the SSMU President.

“I’ve already created a rela­ tionship with the people on SSMU. I have, what I consider to be a very close, very nice work­ ing relationship with Helena Myers in particular.”

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ing... It is certainly not out of the question to ask students, over a long period of time, to pay a spe­ cial levy for the new student ser­ vices building, akin to what was done in athletics,” she said.

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book’ (Handbook of Student Rights and R esponsibilities), Jukier is content for now to maintain the status quo. “I don’t think the tim e is right for a wholesale revision of the green book. I’ve already done my best to implement the green book in the fairest possible way.”

“We’re all working together.

We all want to make this univer­ sity the very best that it can be in terms of student life; and I think if we put our energies together, we can really do great things,” she said. “That’s the message I want to give to students. I’m on their side, and I want to work with them to do all the great things that we can do for them.”

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The Dean has stated her commitment to managing her budget in an effective and effi­ cient way. “I certainly intend to have a very responsible budget.

I’m not into waste... It’s not my wish to cut anything. I hope we don’t have to cut any [services].”

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for the upcoming Senate vote, G ruschow , H offstein and Donald hope to see Senate approve the project.

“It’s an excellent example of student initiative,” Gruschow commented. “Eric [Hoffstein] started off the whole program and is seeing it through until it’s end. It just shows if we’ve got som ething and if we do our work well enough, we can take it pretty far.”

D espite the p ro je c t’s advanced stage, and a target date for September 1996, Hoffstein does not know what Senate will decide.

“The real battle is on September 27,” Hoffstein said.

“If we can get it through Senate, then that’s the final governing body on academ ic program s, and then the project will go on.”

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“Out of the nursery and into the college and back to the nursery; there’s your intellectual pattern for the past five centuries or more.”

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This week, the Tribune interviewed Concordia’s Lance Evoy, who praised McGill Students for Literacy, a student-run group which provides free basic tutoring for adults and children in the Montreal area.

This week, the Tribune also spoke to the MSL about their severe bud­ get cuts, and the provocative e-mail correspondence from VP Finance Kelly Remai which went with it.

Ironically, the reasons Evoy used to support student-run social work were the very same reasons Remai used to argue against it.

“Why should every SSMU member be forced to pay for a service that ‘literates’ individuals outside of McGiil?“ asked Remai.

"If I did not get that kind of tutoring in secondary school, it would have severely limited my options as far as university... There is a myth that these people are illiterate,“ said Evoy.

“How does rMSLJ directly benefit any member of SSMU?,“ asked Remai.

“It helps the university legitimise its work... and prepare students to work in the community,” said Evoy.

Although funds have been restored to the MSL, it seems that many questions of ideology remain.

When the Tribune asked Remai if he had any explainations or retrac­ tions regarding his sentiments, Remai stuck to his initial e-mail antago­ nism. He equated the MSL with the Sexual Assault Centre, another service he did not think deserved extensive SSMU support because of the number of non-students it serviced.

The problem has obviously moved beyond MSL’s $700 cut. The prob­ lem now lies in Remai’s statements, which set a dangerous precedent.

If Remai has already publicly expressed doubts about supporting the MSL and Sexual Assault Centre (which, incidentally, gets no SSMU money anyway), then who will be next? Amnesty? The Volunteer Bureau?

It would have been acceptable if Remai were supportive of the MSL, but forced to enact cuts because of financial necessity. However, Remai publicly questions financial support to student groups, explicitly because they are too involved in external social work for his tastes.

Remai is right when he says that SSMU does not have the money to fight world poverty Student services that do not serve students should be cut.

Unfortuneately, Remai’s biggest folly is in overlooking the fact that the student groups that try to “fight world poverty” in fact greatly enhance campus. He is also unwise in believing that a group must accomplish tangi­ ble, internal deeds in order to ‘serve’ students.

The MSL serves students by providing a channel for those who feel strongly about societal issues. The MSL also serves students because it educates in a very active way. It brings issues like illiteracy onto campus, and provides intense training for those who are interested. As for the stu­ dent volunteers who coordinate services like the MSL, it is an exercise in finance, public relations, and personnel management.

University supposedly prepares us to go out into the world by provid­ ing us with the background and critical thinking skills needed to organise and coordinate real-life problems. Any service-orientated group which is run by student initiative is inherently important, because student initiative is inherently important in itself.

Whether it directly services students or non-students is not the issue.

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It is a phenomenon which has been mothered by a society hun­ gry for information. It is a prodi­ gy which has grown and matured with such rapidity and to such largesse that, in a twist of fate awash in irony, even its own cre­ ator has fallen prey to the cre­ ation.

On the grandest of scales, this manifestation, known simply as the media, is a globe-encom­ passing network of seemingly lim itless inform ation, which informs the public concerning news it needs to know. Or rather, news that the network deems suit­ able for us to be privy to.

Through regulating our intake of information, the power of the media has become unparalleled in its ability to influence the very people it caters to.

During the process of informing the general public, the media, as comprised by its vari­ ous mediums, exercises an influ­ ence which has allowed it to flourish into a single most cogent force; the most effective source of information for billions. Almost single-handedly, it can effectively shape and mold the viewpoints and beliefs of a world.

The information wielded by the media is a very powerful tool.

Therefore, proper management requires much in the way of responsibility on the part of its distributors.

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Being the largest English daily in the province, the Gazette holds a unique position in this pantheon of efficacious media outlets. It is both an influential and (according to some) respectable paper, widely regard­ ed as being a highly conservative source of inform ation for M ontreal’s anglophone and increasingly prominent allophone communities. Both of whom the Gazette enjoys a virtual strangle­ hold information-monopoly over [sic].

Common sense dictates that, along with the heightened influ­ ential rank of such a media outlet, comes the need for a heightened sense of civic responsibility.

Unfortunately, it is a sense of responsibility which the Gazette has proven it sorely lacks. By not utilising its vast influential pow­ ers wisely, the paper has failed to conduct themselves in the compe­ tent manner required of the pre­ mier anglophone daily, in our dominantly francophone society.

Rather than use its influence to heighten awareness amongst its readers, regarding issues of real importance, it has opted to pro­ mote cheap sensationalism in its stories simply to sell a few more copies.

Relatively obscure issues of true importance, which would require the publicity of a widely read and influential paper (such

as the Gazette) in order to attract public awareness, are pre-empted in favour of more glamorous sto­ ries concerning celebrity murders and soap opera trials; sensationalistic [sic] stories which are designed solely to sell copies.

At the height of the Bernardo trial’s popularity, numerous arti­ cles appeared on a near daily basis in the Gazette, side by side with those concerning the O.J. proceedings further down south.

During the long months of the two trials, the Gazette felt it was necessary to provide an elaborate account of every facial expression issued by the defendants and gris­ ly testimony of their celebrity lawyers. Rather then treating the stories as the sensationalistic issues they are, the Gazette has gone out of its way to provide details of every non-sensical pro­ ceeding and court injunction, as if it were news imperative for the publics’ [sic] awareness, and not m erely a m edia m arketing scheme.

With the boldly-fonted head­ lines, glaringly depicting every sordid detail of O.J and Bernardo’s accused crimes, the Gazette has finally managed to degrade itself to the level of a sleazy tabloid. And by overlook­ ing its accountability to the pub­ lic, it can be argued that the Gazette, as well as any other information medium of similar stature who places self-promoting sensationalism on a pedestal of importance, has both effectively and hypocritically sold itself out.

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e com e To the Editor, Ms. Babarik’s 9/6/95 editori­ al “MUC Cops: Armed and Dangerous”, sends some mixed signals. She very admirably and responsibly points out that the PCUM “as a whole is an asset to the city”, the effect of which is somewhat marred by her admo­ nitions to refrain from looking suspicious, being mentally unsta­ ble and being black around “MUC Cops”.

On the bright side, we should all be thankful that Bergeron et a 1 have been held accountable, however mild the sanctions were, and realise that this is an important first step. In the US, Charles Sarabyn and

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Phillip Chnjacki, the BATF bully boys largely responsible for pre­ cipitating the Waco massacre, were briefly suspended and then re-hired with back pay. FBI gun­ man Lon Horiuchi, who mur­ dered Vicky Weaver while she was cradling her infant daughter the year before during the siege of Ruby Ridge, was never sub­ ject to any seroious sanction.

W orst of all, Larry Potts, the F B I’s head honcho at Ruby Ridge and Waco, was promoted!!

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My first attempt at selfexpression recalled some sordid souvenirs of first-year. The Doctrine of Equal Time dictates that this second Chatterbox include a few choice words on a matter of conspicuous concern to the campus’s sophomoric elite.

Romance, it seems to me, is a sufficiently seductive subject to address during the sunset season of September. You will no doubt be relieved to learn that I shall spare you the details of my own activity in this regard. Permit me instead to don the attire of Campus Cupid and to disrobe the ruins of Campus Romance.

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Last May, I received an invi­ tation “to spend an evening with Maya Angelou.” For those of you who read Penthouse instead of poetry, I should note that Dr. Angelou is among the most ele­ gant of African-American poets.

An “evening” with her seemed like the perfect occasion to cele­ brate the ecstasy of my escape from the routine of the Roddick Gates. Having forked out forty dollars to purchase a personal audience with this popular poet, I was not at all amused to discover that 1800 other Torontonians had decided to disrupt my evening of eloquent entertainment.

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Only those who are simply too lewd to be called liberal will believe that a crowd of 1800, gath­ ered in Roy Thompson Hall, could possibly have enjoyed a romantic evening with the poet laureate.

Nevertheless, Dr. Angelou’s pre­ sentation - part poetry, part song, part speech - was a lament for the romance we lack in our midst today. However, she wasn’t refer­ ring to the romp ‘n’ roll that, as frosh, we learned to confuse with intimate interlude. Nor was she referring to those regrettable rela­ tionships that tend to thrive on the delusions and indiscretions of darkness and drink. She spoke instead of the passion and poetry that propel those partnerships which last beyond the first light of dawn. She said that a world with­ out romance could be both brutish and bland. I was certain that she was referring to McGill.

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restaurants in Toronto and Montreal fail to include pemmican on their menus. We need to sepa­ rate in order to preserve our mos­ quitoes amidst a continent full of flies and wasps.

Critics may argue that S u s a n P eters Manitoba is too small and too poor a province to support itself finan­ duels. With the Quebec cially. My response is: wheat.

Referendum, we’re told it’s going W e’ve got plenty of grain, so to be a close vote. Alas, neither the we’re not in any danger of running Yes nor the No side is going to be out of food. But economics isn’t content to shut up and go home what makes our winter-filled after a close vote, even if we hearts beat faster. I’ll admit it, threaten them with hockey sticks Manitoba separation is more of an emotional than a rational decision and “beavertails”.

Obviously, the problem is that for us. It comes down to what we people involved in the referendum decide is right for us. And if we, don’t have more important things the people of Manitoba, decide to to do. I suggest these disciples of leave Canada’s sweaty embrace, the referendum be assigned theses then it’s not up to people from on relevant Montreal topics such Vancouver, or Cape Breton, or as the spatial distribution of biker anywhere in the southern Ontario bombings. If that doesn’t work, we region I gloss as “Toronto”, to tell can give them email accounts and us we can’t.

Now, the difference between introduce them to IRC and Myst; this should take up the rest of their me and Parizeau is that I know exactly what my province will do free time.

I can’t help but compare the after separation. First, the plan for Quebec independence Republic of Manitoba will estab­ with my own plan for Manitoba lish diplomatic ties with North independence. Both our visions Dakota, open an embassy in are grounded in a history of Bismarck and consulates in Fargo Ottawa ignoring or slighting us. and Grand Forks. Then we’ll for­ In Manitoba’s case, this has been mally invite the state government happening ever since Ontarians to join our republic. Once North hung Louis Riel. We’ve never had Dakota joins us, bringing their meaningful cabinet ministers. arsenal of nuclear weapons with Sure, there’s Lloyd Axworthy, but them, the Republic of Manitoba the last Manitoban minister before will be the third nuclear power of that was Charlie Meyer, Minister the world. Winnipeg will join the ranks of Washington and Moscow, of Grains.

Culturally, too, the world has as it so rightly deserves. Yeah, long ignored Manitoba’s unique once we’ve got those missiles, and distinct heritage of buffalo, then we’ll see what Ottawa has to crocuses, Red River ox carts, polar say about the Crow Rate. bears, the Crash Test Dummies, Sometimes we call Susan and the world’s largest mosquito statue. For. instance,, five^star . “Prairiegirl” in the office* ■

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I promise, though, that if I can make Manitoba separation a feasi­ ble idea, I’ll make sure it isn’t as overhyped as the Quebec Re­ ferendum. In fact, the Referendum is almost as big a news story as O.J., at least in Canada. Heck, it’s as big as Windows 95. And just as with Windows 95, everyone seems to have forgotten that Quebec independence would be an operat­ ing system, a way to run programs or implement policies, but nothing much in itself. Nobody explains what real difference separation would make. This reminds me of that tiresome debate about legaliz­ ing marijuana, which always obfuscates the most relevant ques­ tion: Will it make it cheaper?

When Manitoba decides to separate, we’ll naturally hold a ref­ erendum to make sure that’s what a clear majority of the people want, if only just to prevent irate citizens from holding skidoo

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Evidence abounds. Condom behind McGill in September, it’s sales, for example, indicate that impossible to miss the squirrels the rate of campus copulation has chasing one another through the been manifestly unaffected by trees. Perhaps we’ll one day look romance’s demise. Three years back at our own lack of treetop after arriving at McGill, I’m still adventures and wonder why we astounded by the speed with which put so little store in the rituals of people here seem to meet and mating and the rapture of mate. Foreplay, it seems, is freely romance.

Dr. Angelou observed that foregone in exchange for a fast frolic or for some free-lance fun romance gives society a civilised on the futon. Strangely enough, quality. What that says about the same tree-huggers who scorn McGill, I do not know. Perhaps anything that’s even remotely dis­ we should emblazon her poetic posable seem quite content to put observation above the entrance to their used-mates out with the other Gert’s. Adding romance to that trash in the morning. Surpassed district, where the lights are red only by the sex-shops on Ste. and the sidewalk is hot, would Catherine, Scholastic McGill lives surely require more magic than even Maya Angelou could com­ between classes as a vessel of sin.

I remember my mother brag­ mand. Maybe I could lend her ging to me once that when she and some candles. Maybe my dad my father were dating, they would could play his harp. And maybe rendezvous at lunch time in a you could invite some rainbows. piano studio somewhere in down­ Cornell Wright is seeking a town Toronto. My father, undoubtedly bearing wings and a SF who enjoys sky diving and harp upon his back, would buy walks on the beach.

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With Maudite we end sobriety, we are a distinct society, of some­ what notoriety, our preamble in its entirety.

This, our declaration, to create a separate nation, for French heritage preservation, and our relations with First Nations, who reside on reserva­ tions. Without further hesitation...the anglophonic crude translation.

WE QUEBECERS BOTH GIRLS AND GUYS, demand dis­ tinction with economic ties.

Federalists turn Canada into a house of lies, from east to west and the territor-i’s.

So to them we bid not so fond good-byes (Parizeau, are those tears in your eyes?).

We’re leavin’ the beaver, and the maple leaf scene, au revoir Constitution — alio poutine!

The heart of this land beats in French today, like the heartbeat of America, like an old Chevrolet.

Except we do not falter, stall or delay, greeting each day with café

WE KNOW THE WINTER, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, at 40 below it gets kinda cold. Still, we like to go on dates, and when we’re naughty we tow foreign plates.

With unilateral patriation in 1982, we knew exactly what we'd have to do, To even the score with you rot­ ten finks, you tricked and you duped us — we were “hoodwinked”!

Bitter and angry we sat home with Rikki Lake, then you duped us again — avec L’Accord de Meech Lake! We fretted a little but tried not to frown, a third time we were duped — Charlottetown!

We’re distinct, unique, one of a kind, but like Frosty the Snowman, looks like we’re in a bind. We’re poets, we know it, we’re here to show it, to quote Mel from “Alice”, English Canada can “Stow it!”

WE THE PEOPLE OF QUE­ BEC DECLARE IT IS OUR WILL TO BE IN FULL POSSESSION OF ALL THE POWERS OF A STATE: A YES VOTE IN THE REFEREN­

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DUM WILL PUT AN END TO THIS DEBATE. TO LEVY OUR TAXES, AND VOTE ON OUR LAWS, WE’LL DO WHAT WE WANT NOTWITHSTANDING YOUR CLAUSE. FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE THE WARP AND WEFT OF IT AND ITS EROSION, WE CAN THANK THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR THE POPULATION EXPLOSION. Committed to democracy and the rule of law, we’ve come, and seen, and conquered, and resolved to f—k’em all. If you’re missing the point, if you’re stupid and slow: Hey, Hey! Ho-ho! English Can has got to go!

We, the people of Quebec, strongly do hereby proclaim, the red and white and igloo myth is looked on with disdain.

Quebec is a sovereign country, once more do we declare separation is much easier since we got rid of ol’ Pierre.

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can’t do it execution-style (my per­ sonal favourite), go for the safe shot.”

At this point I have to ask myself, “Will there be people, name­ ly those brainless simps who are not members of fraternities, who will be D a v id B ushnell unnerved by these statements? Will they be stopping me on the street and at them on the street; they take it as a saying, ‘Hey, Dave, that’s not cool. compliment.”

Why bother the frats? What have Oookay. A week later, this guy they done to you?”’ invited me to a frat party. Under the If there are such people, that is impression that frat parties are closed really too sad, because frats are an to rational, thinking humans (i.e., affront to all that we as McGill stu­ you and me) I said, “Er, thanks, I’ll dents hold dear. Frats harass us on see.” our way to Leacock, saying, “Free I related this incident to one of hot dogs.” They watch TV for 24 my editors during our weekly hours outdoors and expect us to pay Tribune “nachos and hot oil mas­ for this ultimate sacrifice, which in sage” sessions. some twisted way is effective This editor (I’ll call her “Tyla”) because the average person will feel said, “You should rush a fraternity - sorry for a person huddled in the cold like, undercover - and report on it overnight, but it does not occur to for the Trib.” most people that there are more than I instantly came down with a three people in any given frat and cold sweat. that these people are probably work­ “But ... but ... they’ll take one ing shifts with their Greek letter sib­ look at me and say, ‘Well well, lings. lookee here: a longhair pretty-boy,’ Actually, it occurs to me that and then they’ll put things in my most recently I saw not frat boys but anus!” sorority chicks doing the TV-watchYes, my massage was ruined. ing thing, but I don’t like writing Do frats deserve such prejudice? about sororities because they don’t Is that an inherently moronic have shorthand version, e.g. fraterquestion? nities=frats. Maybe we should abbre­ All frat-boys must die. But they viate “sororities” to “sores”. If both won’t. Frat-boys are like roaches. sexes had dumb abbreviations, the Roaches in baseball caps.

IGLC would be less discriminatory, [Author’s note: I completely wouldn’t it? forgot to mention sorority chicks.

When contacted, the IGLC They, too, must die. My apologies for seemed ambivalent. “You have the omission.] reached the Inter-Greek Letter When G. Gordon Liddy tells his Council of McGill University. There audience to aim high when shooting is no one available to take your call,” at federal agents, some people get all said spokesperson Shawn Wilson. huffy and upset. Some people, “Please leave a message and some­ though, take him seriously. If anyone one will get back to you as soon as out there in Readerland is paying possible.” attention, what I’m trying to say is, Editorial note: Address your mail to “Don’t go for the tricky shot. If you Dave himself..this is a column.

Trouble one! Desire Fraternities.

Why do so many people get annoyed by them? Why do fraterni­ ties hate being called “frats”? Can I call them “frats” if I’m just express­ ing my personal opinion and not edi­ torialising on behalf of the Tribune?

Why do a lot of the publications around here seem to be anti-frat?

Couldn’t the frats have come up with a better acronym than IGLC (InterGreek Letter Council)? Aren’t they missing a hyphen? If not, what is a “letter council”? Is souvlaki plentiful in ffat-house kitchens? Why the hell do they need Greek letters anyway?

Aren’t hieroglyphs cool, too?

Are Greek people angry that their alphabet (or the ancient version, any­ way) is being co-opted by palefaced, alcoholic, baseball-cap wear­ ers? What’s the story on those caps?

Is playing Nintendo to benefit arthri­ tis research some sort of joke? Why isn’t it a funny joke? Why does the IGLC want SSMU recognition?

Don’t they know that SSMU consists almost entirely of back-stabbing-yetineffectual ogres who want to screw over as many people as possible to win the coveted “SSMU Councillor of the Year” award? Is it a secret plot of the International Jewish Media Conspiracy (tm) that the ffat guys on Beverly Hills, 90210 are the most annoying characters on that show, which truly requires some effort?

I don’t know.

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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.

According to director Lance Evoy, Concordia’s Institute in Management and Community Development is working towards “redefining communities not by their deficiencies, but by their assets”.

Bridging the gap between academia and hands-on social work, the IMCD’s goals are two­ fold. On the one hand, the institute dives into local neighbourhoods to create structures, such as commu­ nity banks, so as to allow tradi­ tionally underprivileged people to take control of their own lives. On the other hand, it gives university students and community leaders a chance to learn how to deal with the realities of today’s social prob­ lems and “grapple with more glob­ al, social, political and economic issues.”

Since the IMCD’s emergence in 1993, the institute has often been viewed as being the first of its kind in Canada.

The institute’s goal is “to assist low-income communities to move towards self-reliance by implementing programs that foster and build new long-term alliances between the university and com­ munities,” explained Evoy.

The IMCD’s projects include youth leadership programs, an annual summer training program,

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The IMCD has also engaged in university cours­ es, including seminars at M cG ill’s school of social work and courses through Concordia’s department of continuing education, which include ‘Fundraising for Non­ profit O rganizations’ and ‘W omen’s Economic Development’.

“Helping the university define how it can participate in the community, in turn, helps the university legitimise its work, alter its curriculum to face real issues and prob­ lems, and prepare students to work in the comm unity,” explained Evoy.

people take control over capital, to teach them how to invest. We decided that we had to become

Inspired beginnings In the twenty years before he created the insti­ tute, Evoy worked in the fields of social justice, anti- IMCD Director Lance Evoy discrim ination and anti­ poverty at the 3rd Avenue Resource Centre on the Plateau. It reactive instead of just active, so was here that he and his colleagues that we could, say, react to a began to look at what other com­ Medicare system which did not fit munities did to help people help everyone’s needs.”

When Evoy and his col­ themselves.

“We began to wonder what in leagues looked to the US, they the world we would do that was were “flabbergasted at other com­ not service-oriented,” said Evoy. m unity-service organisations “For us, this was a new area that which had loan funds and peer required us to take on new skills. training.”

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Unions, churches, and individuals alike lend money to the loan fund; in turn, this money is lent out to people who need it.

Another project in the works is ‘innovation forums’, intended to be a meeting ground for new part­ nerships and coalitions. These forums would help combat such problems as racism and poverty through centralising projects (i.e. housing projects) and popular edu­ cation.

The IMCD at work Evoy maintains that the insti­ The IMCD’s projects tute is important because there are include a summer training still many university administra­ session, community exch­ tions which do not see the need for anges, and liaisons with the social work to be done for those Montreal Community Loan who are not directly a part of the university.

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To demonstrate the need to .2 The annual summer ÿ programme consists of over break down walls between acade­ o' 40 educational sessions held mia and street-level social work, over a four-day period at Evoy ended his interview with an the end of June. Volunteers, example taken from his own life.

“There is a myth that these community organisers, board members and professionals people are illiterate, or that these from around Canada come to learn people have no connection to the how to help disadvantaged people university. Most of these people can make it to university with help themselves.

“It’s an opportunity for practi­ some help. In fact, if I did not get tioners to share experiences,” said that kind of tutoring in secondary school, it would have severely lim­ Evoy.

An additional project, the ited my options as far as university M ontreal Community Loan went,” said Evoy.

“It is a powerful feeling, using Association, is one which was originally based on the US untapped resources and skills.”

ing like that in Montreal, or even in Canada,” said Evoy.

In an attempt to initiate social work programs founded upon education and struc­ ture, Evoy found himself asking local universities to implement the programs help him.

“Both Concordia’s and McGill’s Continuing Edu­ cation Departments were very open,” said Evoy, “but McGill couldn’t move on it as quickly as Concordia.

That was at the beginning of 1993.”

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It involves adjusting to acade­ believes that critical thinking is mic pressures, moving at a faster another skill university should foster pace and adopting a new style of in the minds of students.

But university presents students learning. University may be a cross­ with more than academic chal­ roads to the rest of your life.

Experts say that your experi­ lenges, said Chapman, it challenges ences during first year will have a who you are as a person.

Her colleague, Sid Gilbert, a large impact on your future years at sociology professor at the university.

Judy Chapman, the coordinator University of Guelph, is also work­ of the entrance program at the ing on “The First Year Experience”.

University of Regina, has conducted He tells the story of a fellow profes­ two national surveys on the transi­ sor who was walking through a uni­ tion from high school to university. versity residence and saw a sign on She is currently working on a report one freshman’s door that read ‘Life entitled “The First Year Experience” under construction’.

Gilbert thinks the slogan to be released in December.

According to Chapman, most embodies perfectly a university stu­ universities fail to tell students about dent’s state of mind.

“Students are starting to think all that their institutions have to about what they’ve done with their offer.

“What we fail to tell them is lives. It’s incredibly important for what the purpose of a university is,” them to get a sense of who they she said. “It’s hard to succeed when want to be, and where they want to you don’t know what the purpose of go,” he said.

Gilbert said that being away your being there is or what can be done with resources.”

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in an apartment on the comer of de The NFCM also supplies informa­ B y S ara J ean G reen Maisonneuve and Bishop streets to tion about government social ser­ Moving from a reserve, where a larger building on Côte-des- vices. One of the most important close family ties and community Neiges. Because of the rapidly and widely used service is the networks provide support, to a expanding need for services and employment training and job refer­ large city can be extremely alienat­ social programs, the centre has ral program.

The Local Aboriginal Man­ recently moved to its new location ing.

In its twenty years of exis­ at 2001 St. Laurent Blvd., at the agement Board is responsible for identifying training needs and tence, the Native Friendship Centre comer of Ontario St. David Mohan, the socio-cul- funding those programs. The of Montreal has been working to develop and improve the quality of tural coordinator for the NFCM, LAMB is a project funded through life for Montreal’s urban aboriginal explained that for the 16,000 peo­ Human Resource Development ple the centre serves annually, a Canada, and is in its fourth year of population. a five- year trial period.

The NFCM’s mandate is to larger facility was needed.

Debbie Dedam, the LAMB “One thing that the centre has help ease the transition to urban living by offering a sense of com­ always done is discover the needs coordinator, stated that it is impera­ of the aboriginal population in the tive that decisions on job training munity for native people.

From its modest beginnings as city,” he said. “We moved to this be made at the local level.

“We moved to the local level a student-run drop-in centre at location because there is a greater Concordia University, the NFCM need. In this new building we are because our priorities are underrep­ has evolved into a community cen­ able to provide more services for resented in the work force. [We have to] let aboriginals decide on tre, offering services and support to our clientele,” said Mohan.

Approximately 50 programs aboriginal projects,” she said. “At native people. There are more than 44,000 aboriginal people from a are ran through the NFCM, includ­ the national level, they’re asking us dozen different nations living in the ing day-care facilities, temporary what our priorities are — what ben­ Montreal area, constituting the sec­ residences, a food bank and a cloth­ efits us the most is aboriginal ond highest urban aboriginal popu­ ing depot. An employee from the employment,” said Dedam.

Over 100 people have requestOnen’to:kon Treatment Centre lation in Canada.

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Canada has become the testing ground for a device that allows parents to block out programs containing violence, coarse language or sexual content on television.

The “Vyou Chip” or “V-Chip” was devel­ oped in 1993, by Simon Fraser University Laboratory Engineer Tim Collings. Its primary purpose is to enable parents to censor adult tele­ vision programs watched by children. The chip functions by responding to the signals transmit­ ted by regular television broadcasts.

These codes tell the chip how each individ­ ual scene of a show rates in terms of violence, sexual content, or explicit language. Television owners adjust the chip level from one to nine.

The chip then blocks out scenes or programs that the viewer deems unacceptable.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is particularly interested in the device. “[The chip] certainly is one of the interest­ ing options in addressing [TV violence] especial­ ly since it places responsibility with the viewer as opposed to any formal censorship,” said Montreal CRTC Regional Director Linda Audet.

But Audet added that one of the biggest hur­ dles to overcome will be devising the one to nine rating system.

CF Cable Spokesperson Linda Ahem said that all parties involved are reluctant to set guidelines.

“Producers, cable companies, or broadcast­ ers did not want to become censors,” said Ahem.

“There is the need for an independent body to set up a ratings system. It’s a very complicated issue.”

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However, CF Cable is having difficulty finding volunteers to test the chip.

The trial chip allows parents to lock their children out of films on the Movie Network, Super Écran, Quatre Saisons and Télé-Métropole depending on the movie’s rating. CBC program­ ming will also be coded.

In the US, the V-Chip has brought freedom of speech issues to the fore.

Bill Clinton has called for the mandatory installation of the V-Chip on all television sets 13” or larger. Public reaction is mixed. Some favour the chip as a necessary aid to parents in the world of 500-channel cable. Others see the device as an assault on their first amendment constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression.

Kunjilika Chaima, a Ph.D. research fellow at the McGill Centre of Medicine, Ethics and Law doesn’t feel the chip will limit people’s rights.

“I think that it’s positive empowerment,” said Chaima. “I don’t see why people should feel the installation of the chip is a violation of their freedom of expression. The choice to use or not use the chip will be the responsibility of the par­ ent.”

Chaima also recounted how he, as a parent, had difficulty in controlling what shows his eight-year-old daughter was watching. “If I had a V-Chip installed it would be a great help as a parent. I wouldn’t feel so helpless to limit the violence that my daughter is exposed to on TV,” said Chaima.

To date the CRTC has consulted 160 groups and individuals concerning the implementation of a Canadian ratings system for the V-Chip.

The results of the Alberta, Ontario and Quebec tests will be presented to the CRTC next month.

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If you feel you are being swept along the information superhighway, or you just want to keep abreast of all the latest developments, the “McGill in Cyberspace” forum will provide the answers to many of your questions.

The two-day event starting on September 21 at Moyse Hall, promises to explore the effects cyberspace will have on society, and universities in par­ ticular. Admission to the forum, which will be open to McGill faculty, stu­ dents, and the gen­ eral public, is free.

Professor Ma­ rianne Stenbaek, director of the Cultural Studies Program of the English depart­ ment, is one of the forum ’s main organisers. She believes that the effect of technolo­ gy is already appar­ ent at McGill.

“We are already offering courses by video conferencing, but soon it will be vir­ tual conferencing, where you can see the other person and the body of material being discussed on screen, and then actually manipulate it,” Stenbaek said. “The focus of the confer­ ence is education, and what the gains and losses brought about by technology will be.”

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Another highlight is the tele-robot­ ics demonstration. A small tank with a mounted camera, the robot can be con­ trolled via satellite from anywhere on earth.

“We will have a little...tracked robot, which could be used for mining places that you cannot get to. It could also have arms, used to trans­ port m aterials in dangerous areas, ranging from pollu­ tion to radioactivi­ ty,” Stenbaek said.

“They can go places where it is difficult, dangerous or impos­ sible for humans to go, including the moon.”

Other demons­ trations include tele­ medicine, tele-edu­ cation and tele-edit­ ing.

Jeremy Daly, a student assistant for the conference, is one of several McGill students who have put much time and effort into organising the event. He is optimistic that the conference will be a success.

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After a summer at home recov­ ering from the previous school year, thousands of McGill students have returned to campus and classes.

Many of them will be moving into their first apartments with their first roommates; people who seemed great when they were look­ ing for a place to live, but whose lifestyles may become difficult to bear over the coming year.

McGill Off Campus Housing coordinator Pauline Nesbitt told the Tribune that roommates can be cat­ egorised into two main groups.

Some are looking for somebody to share rent and expenses, and others are looking for companionship.

Although many people look for a combination of the two, Nesbitt noted that money is often the cen­ tral element.

“A lot of people don’t want to live with a roommate, but their bud­ get won’t allow them to live alone,” she said.

Often students choose their roommates from friends made in residence or from hometowns.

However, Nesbitt revealed that some students have explored other options.

“We do get students who meet each other here in the phone room at Off Campus Housing,” she remarked.

Two McGill students who have enjoyed a fairy tale relationship are U3 Physiology student Rachel Scott and Jodi Rice, a recent graduate in English. The two had lived together in residence, and Scott confessed that they did not know each other incredibly well.

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“There is an increase in the number of people wanting training and education,” Dedam said. “This year, LAMB put aside $50,000 for group training and $20,000 for an individual who needs training but cannot get funding elsewhere.”

Not only is the NFCM inter­ ested in serving the urban aborigi­ nal population, but it is also active­ ly involved in cultural sharing.

Volunteer coordinator Annette Goodwin is one of the organisers of the annual Native Cultural Festival.

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“Address your concerns and never had a fight, at all,” confided attack the problem, not the person, Scott.

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Communication may have pre­ time they were different enough to vented the tragedy at Dalhousie have their own interests and friends outside the realm of their apart­ University. On January 13 of this ment. “Having the same taste in year, Lisa Corra approached her music is a definite bonus though,” roommate Nusya Campbell in a crowded section of the campus, and added Scott.

The two remain close despite shot her twice with a 12-gauge the fact that Rice has moved on to shotgun. Campbell survived study at Brock University in Saint wounds to the face and arm just days after she had Catharines. “I was planned to move out pretty upset when after a term filled she went,” said ’’A d d r e s s y o u r Scott, “but we can c o n c e r n s a n d a tta ck with problems.

It is rare that still finish each oth­ th e p ro b lem , not the roommate disagree­ ers’ sentences!” ments escalate to Peter Yates, a p e rso n , right aw ay." such a level of vio­ U3 Industrial lence. However, Relations student, knows the flip side of the roommate students should try their best to experience. Last year he found him­ treat their problems with patience self with three other undergraduate and understanding.

According to Tanya Lovemales sharing an apartment.

Disagreements started to arise just a grove, a receptionist at Off Campus month and a half into the school Housing, the best plan is to address year. Yates’ problems centred potential problems before they largely around money, and the lack arise.

“You should discuss the kinds of responsibility shown by his of duties and responsibilities that roommates.

“Make sure you know some­ you are going to share,” said one’s living habits before you live Lovegrove, adding that rulesshould with them,” advised Yates. “It’s be considered and agreed to before important to know that they will be roommates decide to live together.

“The number one thing is not responsible before you enter into a to have overly high expectations of contract.”

He also stated that students the other person,” counselled should not hesitate to speak openly Nesbitt. “The most successful are to their roommates. Yates found those with a more open attitude to that when he avoided tackling the life.”

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new issues concerning the rapid the way in which we take classes. evolution of technology. The pan­ Everyone feels the shift, and the C y b e r s p a c e . . . els will be moderated by Whit source is computers and all the Fraser, Chairman of the Canadian accompanying peripheral equip­ W Continued from Page 10 Polar Commission and former ment.”

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Daly is excited about the con­ “McGill is one of the first uni­ Topics for discussion range from vention, and hopes that the event versities that is having a confer­ On-line Arts and Entertainment, to will be well attended. If the show ence devoted to cyberspace and the Ethics and Legal Problems in is a success, it may become an technological breakthroughs,” the cyberspace environment. annual event.

Daly said. “It is unique because it Finally, Professor David “The biggest thing is that it’s will be giving students, faculty, Johnston, Chair of the Canadian not often students have the oppor­ business professionals and policy Advisory Council on the tunity to talk to people in the busi­ makers an opportunity to exchange Information Highway, and former ness field. It will give them the views on cyberspace and the tech­ Principal and Vice-Chancellor at chance to debate the effects of this nology of the future.”

McGill will give a progress report new technology, and to learn more Other activities will include a on the council’s work. about it,” Daly said. “Hopefully it video demonstration of the Thomas Fedoryak, a will keep taking place every year.”

National Film Board’s Robothèque Computer Graphic Artist and and a hands-on demonstration of English Department Lecturer, is the internet in the Faculty of Arts also one of the event’s organisers.

Computer Lab. The impact of For more information “The main idea behind the computer technology on the uni­ conference is that the changes tak­ about the McGill in Cyberspace versity will also be covered, as ing place are going to change forum, call 398 6052. Alternat­ well as the impact of this technolo­ many things radically,” Fedoryak ively, e-mail cyber-conf@mcgy on society and business. gill.ca, or visit the World Wide said. “The educational environ­ A number of discussion pan­ ment will be drastically different, Web site at http.VAvww.mcgill. els will examine some of the many in the way that we do research and ca/Cybercon. html. vides an opportunity to reflect on the type of self you want to develop.

“Learn about yourself - not just what’s in your first year classes,” he » Continued from Page 9 said. from home, family and friends proThere are several avenues for first year students who want some down-to-earth advice. Returning stu­ dents and professors are excellent resources.

“First year students should build a support system — it could be a professor. It’s guaranteed there is someone who cares. These are car­ ing institutions — have the courage to ask for what you need. There are people who are approachable,” said Chapman.

Murray Baker, the coordinator of first year programs at the University of Western Ontario agreed that professors can be help­ ful.

“An interested professor will share their experiences. It’s amazing how many of the faculty flunked first year. If they’re interested in you it’s amazing how quickly they can

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Baker said that it’s normal for first year students to feel lonely and recommends getting involved in extracurricular activities.

“In terms of isolation, there has been a lot of research done. Students who are involved feel more connect­ ed with the university and reported happier experiences,” said Baker “During the first six weeks, get involved in the school newspaper, clubs and teams and once involved you’ll start to develop friendships,” he said The most important thing is to establish a balance between acad­ emic, social and extra-curricular activities during the first two weeks.”

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thing awe-inspiring about seeing a burst of stars when Wil. E. Coyote Remember way back when is hit by an oncoming truck. your biggest worry was getting up Distorted dream sequences in “The early enough to catch the first hour Hypo-Chondri Cat” and “Duck of Saturday morning cartoons? Amuck” which you accepted with­ Remember when huge corporate out questioning as a naive youth mergers didn’t loom over your TV become subjective dabbling in viewing, and you could curl up on existentialism. The explosions on the sofa with a bowl of Fruit Loops the pumped-up audio system shake and full reign of the remote control the ground beneath you, and you for that one morning a week? Well, are returned to a state when you tomorrow (or any time in the next were an inch off the matchbox and two weeks) sleep in, crawl over to dwarfed in a giant fantasy world.

In the selection, three of the the Cinéma de Paris in your PJ’s, top five best and relive your cartoons of childhood for an B u g s is the m a n . W h a t all time hour and a half (according to o th e r a c to r c a n p la y with a theatre full Jerry Beck’s of your closest s u c h a v e rsa tility of famous “The friends. The Bugs ro le s s o f la w le s s ly ?

Fifty Greatest Bunny Film C a rto o n s ” Festival carries list) are fea­ twelve cartoons you are sure to remember, unless tured. “Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 you lived on Mars or your parents Century” (the cartoon that inspired were the evil kind who limited ‘make my day, earthling’-Marvin the Martian T-shirts) shows Daffy your TV intake to PBS. This screening offers what in all his machismo glory with his you can’t get with your own crude sidekick Porky, complete with experiments with VCR recording ACME disintegrating pistol.

— a huge screen on which to “Duck Amuck” is a series of surre­ watch the true art of Chuck Jones al drawings by a god-size paint and Friz Freelig. There is some­ brush which successfully twists B y R a chel S t o k o e

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Through actual footage just recently discovered in Paris archives, the film shows Bedaux’s expedition in Canada and his life as an egomaniacal world explorer. In planning to trailblaze a path across the

Fresh from a successful run at the Toronto Film Festival, George Ungar’s revealing docu­ mentary, The Champagne Safari, premiered Friday evening at the National Film Board Cinema.

The warm reception given to the film and its guest of honour, director Ungar, suggests an equally prom ising stay in Montreal. Before the launching show, Ungar gave a short speech and some thank-you’s, during which he specifically acknowledged film composer Normand Roger, also in atten­ dance. But even without the director’s presence, the docu­ mentary can captivate an audi­ ence.

Part of the attractiveness of The Champagne Safari is the subject — the enigm atic Charles E. Bedaux. A young and penniless French emigrant at the turn of the century, Capturing an enigmatic Bedaux made his mark in stretching from America as the inventor of Rockies, Scientific Management and the Edmonton to Telegraph Creek Bedaux Unit, two time manage­ and elapsing over five months, ment systems designed for facto­ Bedaux incorporates into his trek ries. The inventions were extreme both a film crew (to make him measures to increase efficiency in the star of a real life adventure), industry and shocked as well as and several cases of champagne, they worked. Bedaux believed to be consumed in a premature “the only way to know [the celebration of conquering the employee] is to know his [pro­ Great White North.

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Bugs is the man. What other appreciation you are sure to have. actor can play such a versatility of These cartoons, unknowingly, roles so flawlessly? Who else com­ warmed us to ‘high’ culture. For bines MacGyveresque moves and many of us, Bugs’s Carl Stalling —

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piece to Bedaux’s life. The expe­ dition unfolds in segments throughout the film that parallel the often traum atic tim es of Bedaux’s fall from power. During World War II. Bedaux was impli­ cated in treasonous industrial deals with Nazi Germany. His arrest form ulates the biggest question in the film: was Bedaux a Nazi sympathiser or simply a perfectionist who wouldn’t turn down an opportunity for industri­ al growth?

The support for either answer is not clean cut, and-Ungar does not try to give a simplified posi­ tion. Similarly, Bedaux’s life, including his ego-inspired Rockies expedition and associa­ tion with Hitler, is neither clearly dismissed nor praised. There are no value judgements made, per­ haps the most tempting pitfall for a documentary film maker, and the film bounces the audience between loving and hating Bedaux.

Ungar should be praised for letting personal film reels create the most telling perspective on such a charismatic, yet baffling, man. As the film poster beckons: Judge for Yourself. In fine docu­ mentary form, Ungar lets the his­ torical documentation speak to the audience, and allows only the touching testimonials of eye-wit­ nesses and living relatives serve ug -opinion-.---------- .------------

penned soundtracks gave us our first taste of Wagner, and we prob­ ably can’t listen to Barber o f Seville without thinking of “hare tonic.” Witty characterisations of famous paintings in the Louvre are easily recognised as Pepe le Peu romps through the gallery in “Louvre Come Back to Me.” Even the violence is an art form. It is easy to forget the cur­ rent dogma of politicians and media “experts” trying to convince us that all violence is gratuitous when you see Bugs pirouette around a bull as it unsuccessfully tries to charge him.

These cartoons are staples for die-hard fans, and those less so.

Like Mozart’s Overture in The Marriage o f Figaro and Beethoven’s 5th, these are the best of the classics. Not just because they succeeded when we were chil­ dren to transport us to a world where you could burrow through the ground to get to the North Pole, but because they still can.

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With the opening credits, Spike Lee reveals the theme for his latest movie, Clockers. The hosts of black, male corpses tell the tale of victims of an unforgiv­ ing climate. There are shots of the beautifully painted memorials paying tribute to the fallen men of the ghetto, contrasted against murals glorifying the violence.

The film examines thug life in a housing project neighbour­ hood in Brooklyn. It centres around a park and its clockers — dealers who are so low they will peddle crack at any time.

The main character of the film, Strike (Mekhi Phifer), though arguably a hero, is both misguided and misunderstood. He tries to take Shorty, a local youth, under his wing and in the process teaches him how to be a pusher.

In Strike’s mind, he is helping the youngster to survive.

Strike himself is adopted by the local kingpin, Rodney (Delroy Lindo), and soon becomes his protégé.

Although tough, Strike is also quite naïve — he does not seem to realise that he is being used, and he obeys Rodney as a good son. All illusions are shat­ tered when Rodney gets scared that Strike is an informant, and subsequently threatens Strike’s life.

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For the most part, C lockers’s characters seem to have a lot of depth. Yet many remain underde­ veloped — Lee’s Achilles’ heel.

The two strongest aspects of the movie are the cinematography and choice of music. The camera angles are extremely innovative, and the music charges several moments of the movie with intense emotion. The dream sequence is impressive in its sim­ plicity and originality — the lighting is slightly brighter, and the colour is thicker and slightly grainy (no stereotypical fuzzy borders, no black-and-white). But herein lies the biggest problem with Clockers. Many of the really interesting parts are repeated so many times throughout the course of the film that they lose most or all of their impact by the end. The dream sequence, for example, is used seven or eight times. The music, initially quite powerful, begins to just seem overly melo­ dramatic.

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Sooyoung Park’s Chicago quartet Seam are part of a small league of bands who dare to make plaintive, reflective post-punk music in this age of heart-on-sleeve histrionics.

If the history of punk could be traced directly to the Velvet Underground, these are the bands who dug “Pale Blue Eyes” more than “Sister Ray.”

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There is something jarringly sentimental (call it Merchant-Ivorycore) in the output of bands like Codeine, Low and latter-period Superchunk — the sound of patience, resignation, powerless­ ness.

Speaking of the title of their new album, Are You Driving Me Crazy? Park says, “Well, it’s a line from a song, ‘am I driving you crazy?’ We were playing around with it, and after wavering back and forth, we realized that ‘are you

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driving me crazy? worked just as drum sound. Describing their whole thing,” states Park, clearly well.” recording experience, Park says, bored with journalists looking for The current Option magazine “we’re not a one-take band.” an exotic ‘angle’. “I dunno, we got isolates the title as the along well with all the other central question that bands, got a lot of coverage each of the songs on MTV. Hopefully, we’ll answer, but the sound sell some CDs.” of Seam is really one Annoying as questions based on the confu­ regarding its politics may be sion between the two the Ear o f the Dragon questions. Like Oberextravaganza is also pretty lin college pal Liz interesting. Those poor Phair, Sooyoung Park unfortunate souls who is part of a new gener­ attempt to marry cultural ation of literate, theory with contemporary image-unconscious popular music often posit bands who are willing the rock and roll spectacles to delve deep into the they dub “mega-events” ambiguities of rela­ (Live Aid, Woodstock) as tionships. Like Seam, evidence of the incompati­ they all share a love bility of celebrity and poli­ for guitars that sound tics. The Ear of the Dragon like they’re being project is distinguished in played by that stoned that it is essentially about weirdo with the recognition, and not capital, Spacemen 3 T-shirt and, as such, the lines across the res hall. between popular and ethnic Seam formed out culture blur. of the ashes of semi­ Further, the Seam press nal Chapel Hill angstpackage includes a clipping mavens Bitch Magnet. from an Asian- American Featuring a revolving magazine, in which Park line-up of players Seam comes undone states, in effect, that Asian larger than the aver­ rock bands present an alter­ age summer-stock production of Lest anyone thinks that Seam native vision of the future for Oliver, Seam can essentially be are Replacements-style slopmon- Asian-American youths. considered the Sooyoung Park pro­ gers, Park contrasts Seam in the “How boring the world would studio with his recent appearance be,” Park comments,“if everyone ject.

Seam released their first sin­ on the Mercury Rev offshoot, was a doctor or a lawyer.” gle, “Days of Thunder” in 1991, Shady’s record Another inter­ followed by the 1992 LP World. esting thing about Headsparks. Their star began to “He said, the politics of the rise with the 1993 release of the hey, next week Ear of the Dragon T h e r e a r e n ’t that critically acclaimed album, The do you wanna is that punk rock Problem with Me. come record with has apparently m a n y th in g s that Boasting, at various points in me? I flew down become the new yo u do for fun that their history, journeymen veterans to Baltimore and ‘Ben and Jerry’s’of Superchunk, Unrest and Bastro, did the song. It style American a r e a ls o y o u r c a re e r. the lazy sound of Seam has also was a lot differ­ dream. Artists like been undoubtedly affected by their ent than Seam, Seam and move from the cozy collegiate where we come Superchunk pre­ hamlet of Chapel Hill, to the Mad in well-rehearsed. World was sent themselves as successful small Max-style musical warground of kinda the reverse.” businesspeople, offering a product Attention has been diverted for which there is some demand, Chicago. Sensationalist rock crits make much of the tensions between away from Seam’s music of late, “I’ve never really thought of Wax Trax robogeeks, Albini-heads, by journalists focusing on Park’s indie rock as a career,” counters and fans of Urge Overkill that have involvement in the promotion of Park.“There aren’t that many things transformed Chi-town into a rock Asian- American indie rock. Park, that you do for fun that are also and roll Balkan powderkeg. Park Seam member William Shin, and your career.” states curtly, “Chicago doesn’t Chicago journalist Ben Kim orga­ “They aren’t always great bed­ seem any better than any other nized a CD/tour called Ear of the fellows,” Park continues. “It’s town.”

Dragon, which featured artists such something we grapple with — it’s Are You Driving Me Crazy? as Versus, aMiniature, the not like it’s grossly unethical, just was mixed by Liz Phair producer Dambuilders, and Canada’s own stuff like our personal lives. You Brad Wood, which accounts for its Venus Cures All and Cub. tend to lose friends a lot quicker — “I had a personal interest in the unwillingly put into the role of hav­ mournful atmosphere and god-like ing to talk about what you do. It’s kinda annoying.”

Currently touring the east coast, and having successfully avoided indiecest-fest CMJ (“I B j* e « T < t S * # fP j O JL S P E C I A L don’t like playing at those conven­ tions,” says Park. “There’s always SYSTEM M ID -T O W E R P E N T IU M -9 0 M H z zillions of record people around.”), 2S6 K CACHE PCI, IN TE L TR ITO N C HIP SET Seam look forward to playing in 8 M b RAM, VID EO CARD I0 2 4 K PCI (e x p . to 2 M b ) Montreal again. The band has 1.44 M b FLOPPY DRIVE, 8 4 0 M b E -ID E HARD DRIVE jË Ê F Ê ^ * become notorious for its particular­ 2 FAST SERIAL, I E-PARALLEL ON BOARD ^ W 1 ly un-indie vice — red meat.

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Take a walk on the wild side with To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar, the highly entertaining story of three big city drag queens and one small town.

Remember the studs from Dirty Dancing and Passenger 571 Well, these guys have stretched their sex appeal and their legs in a totally different direction, and have proved action heroes are not scared of strapping down their livelihood to fit into a tight skirt.

Noxeema (Wesley Snipes) is a loudmouth quick to voice her opinion, take on anyone who gets in her way and swish her tush in the odd guy’s face. Patrick Swayze, the soft spoken Vita, is a lady in the truest sense of the word. Dignified and refined, she gets things accomplished in her own way - with class. John Leg-

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Mop tops and solid licks were to be had at Cafe Campus, the official Canadian launching pad of hip and happenin’ limeys Supergrass, Sunday the 10th.

Opening act was the triple-yourpleasure, Triple Fast Action. For those who missed the show, there m ight be cause for worry, as the British music press will undoubtedly ruin these guys’ lives, and within a few weeks they will probably all be sheep farmers.

Though Triple Fast Action did not get the most enthusiastic response, they got everyone standing and tappin’ their feet.

Hailing from Chicago, they were mere kiddies with Toys ‘R ’ Us T -shirts to prove it. They had blank looks and traditionally angst ridden grunge with heavy feed-back. For those who like Smashing Pumpkins and Radiohead, this is a much, and unfairly, underrated band — they had the kinda songs that vibrate in your head for a couple of minutes afterward (no it was not just the loudness of the speakers). They were best at their most brooding moments, hanging their heads over their instruments, and letting the music scream at the audience.

Triple Fast Action’s show was dominated in more ways than one by the giant Supergrass logo behind them. Before their last song, they promised the audience that Supergrass would emerge soon and sulked off after a res­ onating, heart-wrenching, repeti­ tive chord-drenched song. And, sure enough, the hyper-active Supergrass jum ped on stage shortly afterward and attacked Montrealites with an onslaught of their album.

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Technically, she is only a “princess,” wet behind the ears and, according to her compatriots, “just a little Latin boy in a dress.”

Chi Chi must enter a four step pro­ gram to reach divadom and become a full fledged “queen.”

Oddly enough, Chi Chi is the one who looks most like a woman from the motley crue, but perhaps true queendom lies in not being the most believable woman, but being the most believable man in drag.

The Madames lead the back­ ward town through a series of hilarious transformations, teaching them how to enjoy life and embrace diversity. Preaching just ain’t their style, and the movie does not delve into the subject of sexuality beyond its mere fringes.

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Chris Penn heightens the comedy as a redneck cop. He has a confrontation with the girls (who, incidentally, think they’ve killed him), tries to assault Vita, and spends the rest of the movie cruis­ ing “where the homo’s hang” in a fruitless search.

Though the movie does raise a few inevitable questions — the most obvious being how in hell do these hulking pin-ups convince the town, no matter how far removed from the rest of the universe, that they are girlies — it is both enter­ taining and intelligent. The over­ used but still important theme of self-acceptance is hard to miss even if it is too simply solved. Weshould-be-who-we-are-regardlessof-what-others-think - hackneyed,

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but it is delivered with style and sensitivity.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about this movie is that it is a sign of the rapid mainstreaming of drag queens. When drag queens hit Hollywood (off of the sunset strip, that is), they inevitably become tame, so that their sexuality is palatable to large masses.

While the movie may claim to

offer a window into a different world, it still must follow Holly­ wood conventions, and inevitably becomes as unrealistic as any other Hollywood stereotype.

No Priscilla nor Thelma and Louise, this is a movie to enjoy, not analyse. And who is gonna get too hung up on the plot when they can see Swayze and Snipes in fish­ nets?

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more Glam than angry. The highpitched oooh-wah-oohs on “Mansize Rooster” are not, as I had previously thought, digital alterations but the actual wails of the bassist.

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W hile their slower songs didn’t make much of an impression, their faster paced, three-chord won­ ders were the ones the audience came to see.

When “Strange Ones” was performed, the audience response was impossible to ignore. Sadly missing, was their helium induced song, “We’re Not Supposed to” which, on their album, sounds like a soliloquy by the chipmunks about young lust.

Fun-loving boys who bask in their youthful, attitudes, they are hu-u-u-uge in England and deserve an equal response in the Americas which, hopefully, their tour will cinch.

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The Gee-Gees set the tone of 21 unanswered points en route a the game on the opening drive. 21-14 win. back-seat to winning as a team.

Starting for their own 27-yard The only bright side in the “With the loss it doesn’t Ottawa 26 line, Ottawa pranced 83 yards in second half, however, had nothing mean as much, I just wish it could McGill 10 under three minutes, capping the to do with the outcome of the have come on a winning field goal six play drive with 18-yard touch­ game. McGill’s next three points, or a drubbing of Ottawa.”

Steve Clarke. down run from running back A name the Redmen defence Carlo Disipio. would rather forget. Clarke led the After McGill kicker seventh-ranked Ottawa Gee-Gees Andrew Boon put the Redmen in a 26-10 win over the No. 9 on the board with a 51 yard McGill Redmen before a crowd of rouge, Ottawa stuck again just 3,169 at Molson Stadium. three plays later.

The Ottawa quarterback spent In the waning moments of the better part of his Saturday the first quarter, Clarke con­ afternoon dismantling the McGill nected with WR Angelo Miceli defence, as he completed 16 of 27 for a pass-and-run touchdown. passes for 349 yards, and threw After gathering the ball at the for one touchdown.

McGill 45, M iceli dashed C la rk e , down the left who racked up sideline, break­ 238 yards ing through a “I think it w a s a c o m ­ alone in the host of would-be b ination of a lot of first half, fired Redmen tacklers, strikes to his lu ck on m y part a n d cut back towards receivers all the centre of the g re a t c a t c h e s b y m y day long with field at the 30, r e c e iv e r s .” pinpoint accu­ turning the last Typical o f the whole day, McGill tries to catch up to Ottawa. racy.

The Redmen defend­ fifth -y e a r er inside out. Some although not profound on the McGill provided the crowd quarterback completed passes 70 yards later, Miceli and the Gee- scoreboard, placed Boon in with a glimmer of hope after with ease into double and triple Gees were enjoying a 13-1 advan­ McGill’s record book. The 31- Ottawa turned the ball over on its coverages. Despite his prominent tage. yard field goal at 13:49 mark of own 16 yard line. Two plays later, role and obvious skill, the modest Ottawa extended their lead to the third quarter, made the fifth- McGill running back Dan Proynk pivot chose to attribute his success 15 points before half-time, on a 35 year senior from Welland, Ontario scampered for the Redmen’s lone to his teammates and a bit of good yard field goal. The 16-1 deficit at McGill’s all-time leading scorer. touchdown. The tally trimmed the fortune. the midway mark, was nothing Boon eclipsed the record previ­ Gee-Gee lead to nine points, 19“I think it was a combination new to the Redmen. Only a week ously held by Glenn Miller with 10 with 5:35 remaining. McGill of a lot of luck on my part and ago, McGill rallied from 14 down 174 career points(41 FG’s, 40 head coach Charlie Baillie opted great catches by my receivers.” against Bishop’s, before scoring PAT, and 11 rouges). to go for the two point conversion B y Ka sh if Z a h o o r a n d D o u g S h a r p ______________________________

M a u g h a n

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Sherbrooke 1 McGill 0 McGill 11 Concordia 0 A 1-0 loss to Sherbrooke last Friday should not be con­ strued as a step back in the McGill Martlets’ quest for a return to the Nationals.

McGill’s first reg­ ular season game was a display of “touch”, grace, and more importantly, frustra­ tion.

The game had a choppy start. The arti­ ficial turf acted as a trampoline as the ball spent 70 percent of the time in the air.

The Martlets set­ tled down after 20 minutes and began to look for the one-two punch of Julia Maughan and Luciana Ciferelli to come alive. Unfortunately, before the ball could get rolling, Sherbrooke

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The fans, the Martlets, and even the Sherbrooke players were sur­ prised at the sudden turn of events.

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Martlets attempted to re-adjust.

They roared out like a contingent of army troops and completely dominated the second half. They passed, headed, and shot. They did everything except score.

Maughan hit the crossbar, and the ball itself seemed unwilling to go in.

One of the Red and White’s bright spots was Sascha McLeod.

The shifty m id­ fielder created innovative oppor­ tunities and pene­ trating passes.

“We dom i­ nated the second half, and certainly we played a little better, but we couldn’t seem to buy a break,” said McLeod.

On Sunday, Septem ber 17, McGill was hop­ ing to make amends when c they faced off o . .g against perennial O rivals, Concordia.

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in the hopes of bringing the Redmen within a touchdown. The conversion failed, and Ottawa tacked on another touchdown in the final minute to put the game out of reach.

The loss drops McGill into a three way tie for second place with Carleton and Bishop’s, m eanwhile, Ottawa grabbed sole possession of first, improving to a perfect 2-0.

McGill should have no problem gearing up for their next game, when cross-town rival Concordia comes to Molson Stadium for the homecoming game, c Boon boldly § expressed his sentiments for the Stingers, û“We hate Con2 cordia. I really hate —1 Concordia. It is nothing personal,” said Boon.

“The rivalry is so fierce, I just want to kill them. They are coming to our neck of the woods, and anything less than a win is unacceptable.”

C McGill and Concordia kick off the homecoming game at 1pm, Molson Stadium

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win. By spreading out their had rolled on Loyola field when wingers and halfs wider, the Donna Prahacs smashed a free Martlets were hoping to utilise kick from thirty yards. It almost Maughan and Ciferelli, which is tore the net off the bar. Spectators exactly what happened. covered their ears as the sound Maughan lead the way with barrier broke and Prohacs’ sonic the natural hat-trick. Last year’s boom had the canine population A ll-C a n a d ia n of Quebec yelping. felt the en­ “Usually Kirsten M artlets a ttem p ted hanced space ‘The Tackier’ Greer increased her to re -a d ju st. T h e y takes our free kicks, opportunities. but I had the oppor­ ro a re d out like a “Today we tunity and I was able co n tin g e n t of a rm y opened it up, to place it in the per­ much more then tro o p s a n d c o m ­ fect spot,” said on Friday. This p lete ly d o m in a te d Prahacs. way, we were McGill fans able to use a th e s e c o n d half. probably had sore quick two touch hands after applaud­ style that created many through ing the other M artlet scorers. balls,” said Maughan.

The team effort was clear in Included were Odile Desbois who the fact that M aughan’s three had two goals — one a smashing goals assisted by three different header. Jessica Mingo, McLeod, and Ciferelli all had one goal Martlets.

The game involved not only a each.

Carolyn Teng and Debra sound offensive, but also a ‘Diego Keitzke shared the shut-out. In à-la P élé’ touch. M id-fielder fact, each keeper could have done Jaime Sochasky potted two goals, including a Beckenbauer patented their homework as the Stingers back heel that had the Stinger managed zero shots on goal.

The Martlets will have the keeper fuming.

“It was on a corner, the ball week to prepare for another two just landed there for me, and I game stint this weekend as they reacted. A funny goal, the kind of face off against Trois-Rivières on goal that doesn’t happen very Friday at Molson Stadium, and often,” said Beckenbauer. then travel to play UQAM on It seemed as though cannon Sunday.

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September 19th, 1995

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Every year, there seems to be a team that rises out of the depths of oblivion, shocking the McGill sports world, and drawing atten­ tion to themselves in an otherwise merciless sports community. Last year, the rookie baseball team made their presence known by winning the championship in their inaugural season. This year, the women’s field hockey team could very well prove to be the team that finally gains long awaited recogni­ tion.

Having frequented a few games last season, it was very upsetting to see these athletes play­ ing their hearts out in front of maybe a handful of people.

Although field hockey is not the most watched sport on campus, the athletes compete at levels just below Olympic calibre. The sport itself is intensely popular in Europe and other Commonwealth McGill

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The reason for this early sea­ tion in 1995. So far, Tannahill has Banham added some insurance son prediction for the McGill done good things with the McGill with a third goal.

Saturday, the team played women’s field hockey team, you women, as their record now stands against Queen’s University might ask? Well, the and struggled to a tie in a team barely scored game that seems to have four goals all of last been decided by a contro­ season and this week­ versial goal. In a scoreless end they managed to game, the referee apparent­ score four in two ly granted the Gaels a games. Team captain penalty shot for a trip that Natascha Von never actually happened.

Boetzelaer, a U3 stu­ The Queen’s player subse­ dent from The Hague quently scored on the shot in the Netherlands felt putting the Gaels up by a that this years team score of 1-0. Fortunately, “is going to be really the Martlets were able to tie good. We have 12 tal­ when star player Banham ented rookies and 10 scored on a break-away late veterans which we McGill Martlets - future champions? in the game. The final score chose from more than of 1-1 was disappointing to the 30 girls who tried out. Plus we at a respectable 1 win and 1 tie.

On Friday, September 15 the Martlets who felt they were cheat­ have a new coach who really Martlets beat Carleton by a score ed out of a game by the referee. knows her stuff.”

Obviously happy with their The coach is Beverley of 3-1. Belgium exchange student Tannahill, a former junior national Frederique Steels scored a pair for showing in these two games, Von J

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Clearly, the absence of national team players from the other teams around the league have increased the chances of the McGill team. With a lot of talent­ ed new faces, a solid core of veter­ ans, experienced leadership and a new coach, the McGill Martlets Field Hockey team will certainly be challenged to live up to some great expectations this year.

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McGill 27 Bishops 5 Last Sunday, a confident group of Martlet rugby players took to the field at Le Ber Parc for their first league game of the year against Bishop’s.

Poor weather and a wet field could not deter McGill from unload­ ing a flurry of talent which eventual­ ly would result in a 27-5 crashing of Bishop’s.

The women in black and red came out to a flying start with early scores by Suzanne Mclssac and Kim Ivanko. A lucky score by Bishop’s and a late tackle of Ivanko provided the Martlets with enough incentive to finish off the visiting Gaiters.

Prop Allison Traynor, flanker Yolanda Kapetyn and centre Patricia MacDonald rounded off the scoring for McGill.

Head coach Dominic Schodield was satisfied with the win. “[Sunday] was a day to work out the cobwebs from the off-season and practice the things we do best.

Bishop’s may have had a bigger pack pound for pound, but we continually blew them off the ball in almost all of the rucks and mauls,” said Schodield.

Assistant coach Richard Harris had a few words of his own.

“We started the game off with a few problems in the back trying to run the ball straight but ended up running circles around Bishop’s by the end.”

McGill will face cross-town rival Concordia U, Wednesday,

Martlets play Con. U. on Weds., Sept. 20 at 8:00 pm at Le Ber Park field. The developmental squad’s next game is also on Weds., Sept.

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September 20 in what will probably be the preamble to the league cham­ pionship. Although, Concordia has won the championship for the last two years, McGill is poised to take on Concordia U. and take ‘the sting’ out of the Stingers.

The McGill Martlets’ develop­ ment squad also had a game this past weekend with Dartmouth University.

The game was a great learning expe­ rience for McGill but unfortunately they were defeated soundly by a superior Dartmouth team, 28-0.

Although injuries seemed to plague McGill throughout the course of the match, the Martlets stayed tough and focused. They came away with experience to build on from in the future.

A rookie game followed the Dartmouth match in which 30 women who had very little rugby experience took to the field to battle the opposition. Both sides showed a great deal of promise, in a game that ended in a 0-0 draw.

Coach Harris was extremely pleased with the matches.

“This was our first game of the year and all we wanted to do was give the girls some experience in a real game situation,” said Harris.

“Now that the girls have this fresh in their minds we can use it to improve our skills and build for future games.”

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• M e n ’s soccer com es awax with a win a n d a tie

The McGill men’s soccer team had a very successful week end and seemed to be poised for a great season. The Redmen beat the Université de Sherbrooke on Friday night by a score of 2-0.

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by Kevin McConnell and Brian Vincze. On Sunday afternoon, the Redmen played to a gruelling 0-0 tie with the Stingers at Loyola field in Montreal. The highlight of the weekend was goalie Sebastien Charest’s two shutouts. The Redmen continue regular season play when they play the Université de Quebec : Trois Rivières this Friday night at Molson Stadium. Game time is at 9pm.

• Redhirds edge Concordia 4-3 McGill climbed to .500 for the season with its second con­ secutive win, edging Concordia 4-3 at TMR last Tuesday night.

Trailing 2-0 in the top of sixth, rookie Mark DeBoer blasted his third home ran of the season to tie the game. Concordia regained the lead in the bottom of the sixth with a ran, making the score 3-2.

The Redhirds, needing to score at least one in the top of the seventh to stay alive, ended up getting two. Ronnie Bugeaud scored the go-ahead ran on the backend of a double steal. Brian Titherington shut the door in the bottom of the seventh, as McGill hung on for a 4-3 win. Titherington went all the way, holding the Stingers to just two hits.

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On Sunday, September 17. the McGill Men’s Rugby team met their long-time arch-rival; the Bishops’ Gaiters for a rainy afternoon match at Parc Leber.

The game proved to be a hard­ hitting, fast paced affair. McGill took the early lead when Norwegian Oyvind Larsen, a U4 Engineering major, scored in the far corner on a brilliant run.

Many observers were reminded of a similar play performed by little Chester of South Africa this past summer, during the World Cup of Rugby. Larsen’s try was converted by team captain J.F. Charland to put McGill up by a score of 7-0.

Later in the half, the boys in Red and White struck again, as prop forward Alex Hrirstoski made a solo dash deep into Bishop’s territory in setting up wing forward Marty Elgart Elgart was playing his first game for the Redmen, having spent the summer playing for the Quebec Senior Men’s Rugby team in the Canada Games. Charland increased McGill’s lead to 14nil, following another successful conversion.

The second half proved to be even more ragged as the rivalry between the two teams became more intense. Fortunately for McGill, Charland scored on two more penalty kicks and the Redmen kept their cool and com­ pleted a 20-0 whitewashing oi the once unstoppable Gaiters.

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Tuesday. September 19 The Latin American Awareness Group will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. in Shatner BIO. Jorge Gerre and a representative from the Cuban Youth Tour will speak.

The Red Herring is holding a general information meeting in Shatner B110 from 4-5pm.

Amnesty International meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Shatner 435.

The CBC/McGill Lecture Series presents Georges Nicolson in “Georges Nicolson s’entretein avec le pianiste Michel Dalberto” at 4 p.m., Strathcona C-209. Tickets are $5. For more information, call 3985145.

Wednesday. September 20 The Quebec Public Interest Research Group is holding a general meeting in Shatner 107/108 at 6 p.m.

The McGill Choral Society will hold a meeting today in Strathcona C-310. All singers welcome; no audition necessary. For more infor­ mation, contact Marven at 483-5201.

Students interested in the Women’s Studies Minor Program are invited to a luncheon at 3487 Peel Street at 12:30.

The McGill Newman Centre is holding a free pot-luck dinner at 6 p.m., at 3484 Peel. For more infor­ mation, contact 398-4106.

The first UN Student’s Association of McGill meeting of the year will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Shatner cafeteria. All are welcome to the 1994/95 SSMU’s best club.

The Red Herring is holding their second general information meeting today from 5 -6 p.m. in Shatner B10.

The McGill Students for the No Campaign will hold their first meet­

ing today from 3 - 5pm in Shatner 107/108. Everyone interested in the referendum is invited to attend.

Thursday. September 21 The McGill Students for Literacy are holding their first meet­ ing today at 6 p.m. in the Shatner Cafeteria. Available programs include adult tutoring, youth tutoring and children’s reading circles.

Tickets $35 including buffet.

Pollack Hall, 7 p.m. For more infor­ mation, call 398-4547.

Redpath Hall at 8 p.m. The concert includes works by Misck, Shostakovich and Johnson. For more information, call 398-4547.

The Montreal Sexual Assault Centre begins its training course today for its crisis help-line. The second half continues on Sept. 24.

For more details, call 934-4504 or 934-0354 ext. 452.

The Classical Music Club meets tonight at 6:30 pm, Strathcona C205. All newcomers welcome. For more information, contact Nigel at 284-4485.

Saturday. September, 23

Dr. Monique Frize, Northern Telecom/NSERC Chair in Women in Engineering, will hold a free, infor­ mal discussion on engineer career planning tonight at 5 p.m. , at the Thomson House, 3650 McTavish.

For more information, contact Andrea Godfrey at 843-4978.

The McGill Faculty of Music is holding an open house musical con­ cert in Pollack Hall with different presentations throughout the day.

The gala, in honour of the 75th anniversary of the faculty, runs from 10 a.m. - 6:30 pm. For more infor­ mation, call 398-4547.

“McGill in Cyberspace” will be presented by various McGill depart­ ments today and tomorrow in Moyse Hall. Guest speaker David Johnston will discuss various ‘cyber-impacts.’

Free admission. For more informa­ tion, call 398-6052.

The McGill Newman Centre is holding a Friendship Day at Camp Kinkorra. Meet at the Centre, 8:45 am. Everyone welcome. 3484 Peel, near Dr. Penfield. For more informa­ tion, call 398-4106.

Friday. Sentemher 22 The McGill Christian Fellowship invites you to a weekend away at Camp Livingstone. Events include: fellowships, speakers, out­ door activities, etc. Contact Matt at 935-6880 for more details.

‘McGill in Cyberspace” contin­ ues today in Moyse Hall. Free admission. For more information, call 398-6052.

Sunday. September 24 Softball game at the reservoir sponsored by the McGill Newman Centre. Meet at the Centre at noon, 3484 Peel. For more information, call 398-4106.

Monday. September 25 The McGill Faculty of Music presents a freè Master’s Recital in

ONGOING AND UPCOMING The Montreal Assault Prevention Centre presents ACTION, a self-defence course for and taught by women. Courses will be held on Sept. 30. and Oct. 7, or on Nov. 19 and 26. The cost is $100. For more information, call 282-1212.

The Language Exchange Club is looking for new members. For more information, call 931-0215.

A celebration in honour of Sandra Chipman-McAuliffe will be held in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Sept. 30 in order to raise aware­ ness of ovarian cancer. Tickets are $50 ($20 deductible). For informa­ tion, contact Penny Chipman at 6264110.

The Red Herring Contests con­ tinue! Events include: horrible haiku; prove Gretta Chambers exists; what if you were indestructible?? Other topics sure to follow. Contact The Red Herring at 398-MUCK. Tel-Aide, a 24-hour, daily Montreal help phone line, is seeking

McGill Faculty of Music pre­ sents composer/musician Violet Archer in a conference at 4 pm., Redpath Hall. Free passes available at the Pollack Hall Box Office, noon to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

For more information, call 39874547.

volunteers. Time requirements are minimal (several hours a month) to help distressed Montrealers. The next training session is in late September. For more information, call 935-1105.

The YMCA Yellow Door’s Elderly project is seeking volunteers to accompany seniors on common­ place outings one morning or after­ noon per week. A car is not neces­ sary; a STCUM pass is helpful. For more information, contact Carolyne or Leigh Ann at 398-6243.

The Montreal Sexual Assault Centre is currently seeking bilingual, concerned women to volunteer for its 24-hour, daily telephone crisis ser­ vice. The next training session begins this week (see Sept. 22). For more information, call 934-4504 or 934-0354 (ext. 452).

The Player’s Theatre and House of Chaos Productions present Surrounded By Water, a play by Ken Garnhum. The show begins at 8 p.m., running until Sept. 23. Tickets prices are: general $12, students $6; to be presented in the Player’s Theatre, 3rd floor Shatner building.

For more information, call 398-6813.

Players’ Theatre is holding audi­ tions for the January production of A Chorus Line from Sept 19-22. Check the audition board outside the English and Drama office, Arts Building. For more information, contact Ryan at 499-3921.

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