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TAs seek arbitration

By T emo C halasani After more than two years of negotiations with the McGill admin­ istration, the A sso cia tio n o f Graduate Students Em ployed at McGill has filed a request with the minister of labour for arbitration.

Disagreement between McGill and AGSEM focuses mainly on the issues of salary and job security.

The minister of labour will review AGSEM’s request and then decide whether or not arbitration proce­ dures are applicable in this case. If they are, an arbitration tribunal con­ sisting o f the arbitrator and one member from each of the disputing parties will be formed. This tribunal will negotiate with the two parties and try to reach a compromise. If this attempt fails, the arbitrator will | A rtistic m edium a n d p o litica l weapon, graffiti provides a vivid reflection o f M ontreal culture. See story on p a g e 9. make a final decision on the issue. “[Arbitration] is like throwing our hands up in despair. W e’re enraged that McGill has a problem treating us as a professional union rather than a bunch of angry kids,” FEUQ w alks out o f socio-econ om ic summit citing lack o f respect fro m PQ governm ent throughout the summit. As Premier tuition levels. During her speech, Quebec. said Regina Harrison, joint coordi­ By Benji W einstein Marois spoke in non-specific terms, Bouchard was getting ready to deliver “Our young people must also nator of AGSEM. The request for arbitration is At Premier Lucien Bouchard’s take the initiative,” Bouchard said. referring only to the need to improve his opening address on Tuesday night, university and CEGEP stu­ the latest step in a long process of Summit on the Econom y and “They must set out on a course which the university system in Quebec. dents gathered outside the summit as “More than ever, universities negotiation between M cG ill and Employment, devoted to the future demands more rigour and more effort AGSEM. It became clear that there of Quebec society, student represen­ if they wish to expand their horizons will be at the centre of our collective part o f a m assive dem onstration efforts to build in Quebec an econo­ against the PQ. The demonstration and their chances of success.” were broad disagreements between tatives abandoned the proceedings While the summit was aimed at my based on knowledge,” Marois grew to a climax when, in front of a the two parties last March, when feeling alienated and ignored.

The SI million summit, held at consolidating different components of said during her presentation. “It is our wall of police officers dressed in riot AGSEM staged a one-day strike to Quebec society, by week’s end, Le universities which have the mandate gear, and surrounded by police on Montreal’s Centre Sheraton from protest the university’s position. to shape our researchers and our work horseback, demonstrators set fire to a Fédération des Etudiantes McGill would like to bring TA October 29 to November 1, provided dummy in the likeness of Bouchard, salaries in line with the pay TAs a forum for the Parti Québécois to Universitaires du Québec, and Le force into the most highly qualified.”

In response to Marois’ presenta­ and burned their premier in effigy. re ceiv e at other M ontreal and present its economic plans for the Fédération des Etudiantes Collegiales “I think that Bouchard wants Quebec universities. This would future, and to get feedback from the du Q uébec, representing over tion, FEUQ President Jezabel Palluy university education to be for the 200,000 university and CEGEP stu­ announced that her organisation, raise the salary of some TAs work­ groups that w ill be affected. rich, not the poor,” said Brigitte ing at McGill, but would lower the Characteristic of Quebec’s recent dents, left the proceedings out of frus­ along with the FECQ, was walking Dupuis, a CEGEP student taking part pay for the majority. Harrison point­ political history, the summit was a tration. The SSMU is not a member out of the summit.

“We want decisions right now. of FEUQ, due largely to the federa­ ed out that this approach is misguid­ tumultuous engagement, marked by a C o n tin u e d on Page 3 ed, because TAs at other universities combination of unanimous consensus tion’s official stance in support of This is supposed to be a summit on some issues, and angry disagree­ Quebec sovereignty. SSMU is, how­ about the future and about equity, and are not unionised. ever, a member of a student coalition the government is treating it like a “Teaching assistants at McGill ment on others.

F e a t u r e d I n s id e play,” Palluy said. “The government | Bouchard opened the summit on along with members of FEUQ. unionised precisely to ensure that takes advantage of us because we are On Thursday, M inister o f we are not subject to the same kind Tuesday night with a speech pointing Fundraising: Report recommends Education Pauline Marois led a pre­ young and we are sovereigntists, but to the need for Quebec to work C o n tin u e d on Page 2 that M c G ill lo o k fo r p riv a te we want a leader who cares.

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Separatism : Is the m ovem ent For her part, Marois made no Sexual Assault Centre of efforts are to be successful, everyone tion on universities did not contain apologies for FEUQ’s disappoint­ an ti-S e m itic ?....................... Pg.9 any concrete plans for the future of M cGill Student’s Society must do their fair share,” Bouchard ment.

D a n c in g up a sto rm : L o c k 's told a crowd filled with politicians, post-secondary education in Quebec.

H elp 3 9 8 -8 5 0 0 “We always respect students,” Étude w ith Les G rand s Ballets business leaders, and union presi­ As government cutbacks have shown Marois said. “This year I am looking Info 3 9 8 -2 7 0 0 C a n a d ie n s ......................Pg. 7 3 dents. “We have learned that solidari­ little sign o f easing, and tuition ty is not a pious hope or an incanta­ increases seem highly probable, stu­ for other ways to show this respect. I R ed m en fo o tb a ll: P ush past Centre Contre tion. It is an essential tool, a prerequi­ dents came to the summit looking for don’t want to ask students for more Queen's; face Ottawa in second l’Agression de a guarantee that tuition rates would m oney, but I might not have a site for success.” r o u n d ........................... P g . 1 6 l’Association des Continuing his focus on solidari­ be frozen at the present level. During choice.”

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o f ex p lo ita tio n as T A s at other Montreal u n iversities,” AGSEM stated in a press release.

Director o f Human Resources Robert Savoie rejected this argu­ ment.

“I agree that M c G ill’s TA union is the first o f its kind, but there’s nothing wrong comparing them with other TAs which are not unionised,” he said. “Since the gov­ ernment of Quebec funds the whole thing, we have to be in line with other Quebec universities.”

Harrison also argued that McGill is demonstrating hypocrisy by comparing TA salaries to the provincial average, when money was put away in this year’s budget to help raise faculty salaries.

“It’s surprising that M cG ill wants to raise the professors’ pay level to the national average and not consider the same about us,” she said.

A lso being contested are the tuition fee waivers that most TAs currently receive. Harrison wants to see these waivers included as part of the new contract. Right now, they are left to the discretion of individ­ ual faculties.

“I don’t see why all TAs should not be eligible for tuition benefits considering that all o f McGill’s fac­ ulty and staff enjoy tuition benefits for them and their fa m ilie s ,” Harrison said.

S a v o ie fe e ls that fa cu lties should be in control o f their own budgets.

“Our proposal is that it is up to the fa cu lties and p rofessors to decide, since such things depend on their budgets,” he said.

Another area of concern is the

AGSEM Join t C oordinator Regina Harrison battles the adm inistration. protection o f TA jobs from under­ graduate students.

“One o f our demands is that McGill should hire only graduate stud en ts,” Harrison said. “A s it stands now, we have no protection.”

According to Savoie, however, AGSEM should not be discussing issues involving undegraduate stu­ dents.

“The Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill was formed to cover the graduate stu­ dents. They have no jurisdiction over what others should be doing,” he said. “McGill is against any such proposals.”

W ith im portant issu e s still unresolved, both parties hope an arbitrator will be able to bring com­ promise.

“W hile the university regrets this outcome, it respects the union’s decision to exercise their rights as provided for in the Labour Code of the province o f Quebec,” Savoie stated in a press release.

For its part, AGSEM under­ stands that McGill is facing finan­

cial constraints, but still feels its demands are legitimate.

“W e agree that M cGill must exercise fiscal responsibility, but the administration must also remember its responsibility to treat its employ­ ees fa irly ,” the AGSEM press release stated.

It is clear, however, that ten­ sions between the two sides are still high.

“I think there is a basic differ­ ence between TAs and universities where they don’t consider the TAs as a true work force,” said Karen Bardsley, the philosophy department TA representative to AGSEM .

“M cGill em ploys stalling tactics constantly. T h ey ’re not rushing negotiations because they know that a lot o f us are liv in g o ff these salaries and we can’t afford to go on a general strike.”

AGSEM still has a mandate for another one-day strike, but no deci­ sion on whether a strike will be held has yet been made.

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The program officially began in September with eight students enrolled, four from each university.

The program’s professors lecture eith er in E n g lish or F rench, depending on which of the two lan­ guages they speak with greater flu­ ency. Sim ilarly, students partic­ ipate in class discussions and sub­ mit papers in the language of their choice.

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Work at M cGill, before this new program was developed the doctor­ ate was run on an ad hoc basis. As a result o f the joint project with U de M, a fu ll program w ith set courses is now available. The only other PhD program in social work in Quebec is a unilingual French program at Laval University.

“Looking at the need to devel­ op another PhD program, especial­ ly in the Montreal area, it struck us that, because o f the unique nature o f Montreal, the way that social services are set up here and the way that there are different linguis­ tic organisations based on social work activities, that w e could do so m eth in g q uite u n iq u e ,” said Rowe.

S im ilar to m any other pro­ grams and departments at McGill, the School o f Social Work is expe­ riencing financial difficulties. In order to expand its program, the departm ent o f art h isto ry a lso decided to hold some courses joint­ ly with U de M this year. Through social work’s joint program with U de M, both students and faculty w ill gain a c c e s s to a ca d em ic resources that, acting independent­ ly, neither M cG ill nor U de M could afford to provide.

“Both schools have lost a few faculty members and it was diffi­ cult for either of us to mount a full program on our own,” Rowe said.

“When you put the two languages and cultures together you find that you have an even richer dialogue, and you d isco v er that there are more exchan ges o f ideas taking place.”

A further benefit o f initiating the PhD social work program was that the Quebec government pro­ vided a grant to help cover start-up and adm inistrative costs, and to fund the purchase of some techni­ cal equipment.

As of yet, neither students nor faculty have reported difficulties with the bilingual nature o f the pro­ gram. This year’s applicants are all p ro ficien t in both E n g lish and French to be able to fulfil the pro­ gram’s requirements. Dr. Barbara N ick els o f the Sch ool o f S ocial Work was not overly concerned about a possible language barrier to students who speak only English.

“It is a problem. But the up­ side o f it is that if som ebody is planning on w orking in Quebec they will at some point need to be C o n tin u e d on Page 5

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Shift to private funding raises concern

By M arisa M usto On September 26, 1996 the A cadem ic P olicy and Planning Committee issued a report to Senate which recommended private sector fund-raising as an important measure for McGill’s future.

The main emphasis of the com­ mittee’s recommendations was the need to target private funding in the wake o f government budget cuts.

According to the report, government grants to universities have declined considerably in recent years. The pro­ jected cut to McGill’s base budget for 1996-97 is $13.6 million and similar cuts are expected for the next acade­ mic year. This decrease in govern­ ment funding has forced McGill to rely more heavily on private dona­ tions.

The APPC recommended that fund-raising be aimed at finding pri­ vate benefactors to support high pri­ ority areas. According to the APPC’s guidelines, these priorities include funding for scholarships and bur­ saries, library acquisitions and the improvement of classroom facilities.

This shift to private funding, likely to be followed by corporate targets, has raised some concern over the possible long-term effects.

“We have to look at the pros and cons — or what I call the payoffs and perils of corporate funding,” said Anna Kruzynski, vice president uni­

versity affairs o f M cG ill’s PostGraduate Students’ Society.

Kruzynski expressed her con­ cern about the effect that donors’ spe­ cific preferences will have on the allocation of resources.

“There is a difference between money that is donated to the universi­ ty for it to use as it sees fit, and money that is donated with a set agenda, or in other words, with strings attached,” she said.

However, Bill Chan, vice princi­ pal academic of McGill University, suggested that the influence which individual donors have can be easily overestimated.

“Every case is different,” stated Chan. “McGill’s general policy on fund-raising is to refuse donations intended for purposes that interfere with the academic policies of the uni­ versity.”

Chan also pointed out that one of the recommendations made by the APPC in the report to Senate was that donations for low priority projects should not be so licited or even accepted if this involves usurping funds from existing priorities.

The issue of private funding of universities is quite relevant at this time since the PQ government has recently tabled legislation that would make it more favourable for corpora­ tions to donate money to universities.

“Current law in Quebec states that only up to 20 per cent of dona­

tions to universities can be classified as a tax deduction,” explained Ginette Lamontagne, McGill’s government relations director.

The proposed legislation allows for the establishment o f a Crown foundation whereby up to 100 per cent of private donations would be used as a tax deduction. Lamontagne stated that it was a combined effort on behalf of all Quebec universities, which have been petitioning the provincial government since 1992 to revise the current law.

“Other Canadian provinces already have such legislation in place, but universities in Quebec were not able to offer donors this advantage,” said Lamontagne.

Kruzynski maintains that the issue of fund-raising is one aspect of a larger concern.

“The report submitted to Senate carries the implicit, underlying idea of a private McGill and this notion is scary for some p eo p le,” said Kruzynski. “Principal Shapiro issued his vision for a private McGill, but nobody has sat down and thought about the specific day-to-day implica­ tions of privatisation.”

Most of the fund-raising recom­ mendations made by the APPC were approved by Senate at its last meet­ ing, although the procedures laid out for initiating fund-raising campaigns were sent back to the APPC for modi­ fications.

Students walk out on summit C o n tin u e d fro m Page /

in the demonstration. “With this gov­ ernment, 1 think the only thing that we can do is strike. The only way to make change is with solidarity.”

Inside the summit, PQ officials demonstrated a significant gap in the com munication between students and government.

“It’s good to see that young peo­ ple are concerned and involved,” said Vice-Premier and Minister of Finance Bernard Landry. “No one is going to be totally satisfied. We still have a very good education system, and no d ecisions have been made at the moment.”

W hile student leaders battled with Bouchard and his cabinet minis­ ters, members from Quebec’s opposi­ tion parties suggested that the PQ is walking on dangerous ground by angering students. In response to the demonstration outside the summit, Leader of the Opposition and head of the Quebec Liberal Party Daniel Johnson stated that by leaving out students, the PQ only hurts itself in the long run.

“The students feel that the sum­ mit is for the unions and big business.

With the language issue, separation, and the cuts in education, the govern­ ment is running counter to what is productive for our society,” Johnson

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Mario Dumont, leader o f the A ction D ém ocratique, mirrored Johnson’s sentiments, arguing that cuts to education are harmful for Quebec.

“Education is one area in which no cuts should be made,” Dumont said. “I used to say that Quebec is forced to be the best educated society in North America. Raising tuition fees will do the opposite.”

Dumont went on to point out that if tuition fees are raised, the PQ will be breaking one o f its bigger

election promises.

“In the election campaign the PQ made a clear commitment to con­ trol tuition. As long as tuition fees are increased, the doors of the universi­ ties are shut down. This will be very harmful in the long term,” Dumont said.

The student coalition of which SSMU is a member, Coalition Etudi­ antes Montréal-Métropolitain, will be holding a dem onstration outside Marois’ office on November 6 , if she does not give a clear indication of the government’s position on tuition fees

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Health care professionals debate new super-hospital

Students to vote on den tal plan

By A nya Spethmann

On N o v em b er 5, 6 , and 7. undergraduate students can vote on whether to add dental care benefits to the current SSMU health plan.

As it stands now, the health plan does not cover dental care except in the event o f an accident.

The proposed dental plan would allow students to obtain 80 per cent o ff basic dental services from a preferred group o f ten dentists in Montreal. Fifty per cent o ff basic services could be obtained from any other dentist in Canada. As w ell, a student’s personal dentist could be invited to join the pre­ ferred netw ork free o f charge.

There are also varying degrees of benefits available for services that range from fillin g s to rem oving wisdom teeth.

The plan w ill co st approxi­ mately $70 per year on top o f the current health plan fees. Students with other dental coverage w ill have the choice o f opting out and receiving a full refund.

Arts Undergraduate Society VP A ca d em ic Karim B ardeesy called it a good plan, but explained that by only allowing those with a current dental plan to opt out, the proposal is just too expensive.

“It seem s pretty easy to levy fees through referenda and person­ ally, I’m convinced students would rather spend money on tuition,” he said.

The proposed amalgamation of four of Montreal’s largest hospi­ tals could dramatically change the way city residents receive health care.

The proposal affects the Royal V ictoria H ospital, the M ontreal N e u r o lo g ic a l H o sp ita l, the Montreal Children’s Hospital, the Montreal General Hospital, as well as the McGill University faculty of medicine.

According to the plan present­ ed by the M ontreal U n iv ersity Health Centre Planning Group, the four will merge into one entity and w ill eventually all share the same facility. The plan calls for the con­ struction o f one b u ild in g large enough to house all four. The con­ struction is targeted to be finished in 2 0 0 4 , and the site is not yet named.

D espite the enorm ity o f the undertaking, associate director of p la n n in g for the M U H C , Dr. Nicolas Steinmetz, denies the exis­ ten ce o f a plan for a so -c a lle d ‘super-hospital,’ calling the idea a m edia co n stru ctio n . S tein m etz C om e

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“W e know that when people start planning they don’t usually go very far from what they know,” he stated. “We have drawn a view of the future.”

In a d eb ate at M c G ill’s F acu lty C lub last T u esd a y , Steinmetz outlined his plan for an entirely new kind o f health care fa c ility . The M U H C ’s g u id in g p rin cip le s call for “in n o v a tiv e delivery m od els,” a partnership betw een patient and health care provider and support for patients’ “physical, psychio-social, cultural and spiritual needs.”

A ccording to Steinm etz, the proposed plan w ill pay for itself through the recycling o f the old fa cilities and the elim ination o f unnecessary overlap in services. A major cost-cutting factor w ill be the reduction o f beds from over 1,500 to less than 500. A shift to out-patient and community care is one of the prime objectives of the MUHC. At the debate, Jean Lapostalle, former chair o f the Board o f the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, argued C

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at the Queen E lizabeth is not a hospital, but it’s much closer to that than a CLSC.” Laudi argued that community centres such as CLSCs are not ade­ quate to cover the gap left by the closure of hospitals.

“The problem with CLSCs is that th ey are not m ed ica lly accountable. They use nurses, with little input from d o cto rs. The Royal V ic ca n ’t depend upon a s e c o n d -c la s s fo llo w u p ,” Lapostalle said.

Steinmetz, however, believes that well-educated nurses can serve many functions.

“Things aren’t as complicated as they seem. The knowledge and sciences are com plicated but the a p p lication is not. T he kind o f work that nurses would be doing in the community is easy to under­ stand,” he stated.

S teinm etz b elie v es that the current system is fundam entally flawed.

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against the MUHC, advocating the need for community-based hospi­ tals. He cited the 15,000 signatures co llected to petition against the clo su re o f the Q ueen E lizabeth Hospital, and the reincarnation of the hospital as the Queen Elizabeth Health Complex as an example of community support for local health services. Lapostalle further ques­ tioned Steinmetz’s contention that health care is currently undergoing a crisis.

“T his is life , real life . W e h ave g o o d m om ents and bad moments. We need change that is ongoing, less com plete, less pre­ cise. We have to redefine the range of services that we offer the public.

The main risk is still that o f losing the vision of a health care system that works for us,” Lapostalle said.

Stephen Laudi, chair o f the Centre-W est Comm unity Health Corporation, sees a place for both an integrated health com plex and com m un ity centres such as the Queen Elizabeth Health Complex’s new walk-in clinic.

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McGill’s industrial relations students plan their future

By Jodi C ukierman In order to defend the merits o f their program, students in the department o f industrial relations have taken matters into their own hands in an effort to market them­ selves for the work force.

Led by Industrial R elations President Ron Wexler, students are going to publish a book which will describe and promote the industrial relations program. This book will contain a six-page description of the program at McGill, and will be sent to num erous com p an ies throughout Canada and the United States. It will also contain résumés and cover letters of students gradu­ ating with an undergraduate degree in industrial relations this year.

According to Wexler, this book has two main goals.

“First, we want to get compa­ nies to understand exactly what an IR degree is, and second, we hope it will get us employed,” he said.

Wexler emphasises that find­ ing a job is not necessarily the most important aspect.

“The book might not actually succeed in getting students jobs this year. However, we want to cre­ ate a greater awareness of our pro­ gram, and allow companies to view and understand our skills.”

Steven L. Rytina, associate dean of the faculty of arts, supports this initiative.

“Industrial relations students care about the future of their pro­ gram and they show w illingn ess and m otivation to preserve it ,” Rytina said. “A book such as this has certainly been done before by graduate students, but I h aven’t heard o f a M cGill undergraduate program that has attempted it.”

M ic h e lle S im p son , a U2 industrial relations student, notes that the book is in part a response to concerns over the future of the

IR program and interdisciplinary programs in gen­ eral.

The in d u s­ trial relation s majors program at M cG ill is interdisciplinary and co n sists o f courses taught in the fa cu lty o f m anagem ent as well as econom­ ics and sociolo­ gy co u rses which are taught in the faculty of arts. Despite the lo o m in g threat o f cuts to inter­ disciplinary pro­ grams at McGill, Rytina feels that such program s w ill remain strong in to the In d u stria l Relations P residen t Ron W exler future.

“N o one knows what will happen if the uni­ to-day fear o f not having a program in the future,” she said. versity eventu ally m ust cut the The b ook, w hich is bein g budget. But this is only speculation funded by numerous sources, may and the program se em s very healthy now,” he said. “The reason help to raise the program’s profile IR will remain strong is that there and establish its place at McGill. is a job that may call for an ‘IR Advertising space will be sold in expert.’ This is in contrast to the the book, money has been raised through bake sales, and some fund­ Canadian studies interdisciplinary program for example, where one is ing has been received from the Arts not likely to find a job that calls for Undergraduate Society.

Regardless of whether the IR a ‘Canada expert.’”

Regardless, there are some IR book succeeds or not in its initial students who are still very worried year o f publication, Rytina feels that industrial relations students about the future of their program.

Simpson feels that students in IR should be com m ended for their are left in the dark much o f the efforts.

“Instead o f sitting back and time, and that rumours, unfounded simply watching the ever-growing or not, are a cause for concern. co m p etitiv e and d iffic u lt work “I have quite a few friends who transferred from McGill to the force, these students decided to University of Toronto because they take the initiative and help them­ selves.” were tired o f living with the day-

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perfectly fluent in both languages and they may as well do it at this point,” Nickels said.

Cheh Cho, w ho is the only one o f the eigh t Ph.D students w hose first language is English, agrees with Nickels.

“Language is a non-issue. In the classroom. Just because we are McGill students doesn’t mean that we speak English. I can recall situ­ a tio n s w here stu d en ts have sw itched languages in m id -sen ­ tence.”

As the student representative

for the Ph.D social work commit­ tee, Cho claims that one o f the pro­ gram ’s strengths is its ability to foster an exchange o f cultures. He claims that there are fundamental differences between the develop­ ment o f social services in anglo­ phone and francophone Quebec, and that educating students under a purely English system does not sensitise them to the realities o f French-Canadian society.

“Anglophone social services model their policies after English s o c ie t ie s o u tsid e o f Q u eb ec, w hereas h isto r ic a lly , French-

How do you feel about the services offered by McGill?

W hat ch an ges w ou ld you m ake to the Libraries, H ealth S ervices. MARS. . ?

D o y o u w a n t the adm inistration to hear y o u r concerns?

Canadian policy was entrenched in the R om an C a th o lic Church.

Providing anglophone services like th o se p ra ctised in O ntario for French Canadians would be inap­ propriate here in Q u eb ec,” Cho said.

Cho explained that the bilin­ gual program is the only way that this issue can be adressed.

“I want to live, work, practice, and teach here in Quebec and there is no w ay that you can do this without a broad understanding of Quebec culture.”

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The ongoing crisis in Quebec

By Benji W einstein S om eone has taken your m oney, spent it sh am elessly, and given you nothing in return. Y es, there is a leadership crisis in Quebec.

Good leaders can save a society. Bad leaders can ruin a society.

Quebec has a very bad leader. Premier Lucien Bouchard has led a very padded life in politics — his most recent stints have included Canadian ambassador to France, federal minister o f the environ­ ment, official leader o f the opposition in the House o f Commons, and now premier o f Quebec. Up until now, Bouchard has not done a single thing to indicate that he is a capable leader. N o, the racist demagoguery throughout last year’s referendum campaign did not constitute sound leadership. Sound leadership consists o f beliefs in certain ideals and values, and the enthusiasm and interest to govern with those beliefs. Any notion that Bouchard is committed to any social policy is laughable, considering he has been a high-ranking member o f three different political parties in less than ten years.

The evidence o f Quebec’s leadership crisis raged out o f control at last week’s $1 million Summit on the Economy and Employment at Montreal’s Centre Sheraton. In response to claims that the loom­ ing separatist option was crippling Quebec’s econom y, Bouchard argued that the will o f the people could not be ignored. That same day, when the will o f 200,000 students was to ask the PQ what its stance was on tuition hikes, the response was a feeble, “More than ever, the universities will be at the center o f our collective efforts to create in Quebec an economy based on knowledge.”

After the student leaders understandably abandoned the confer­ en ce, they w ere soon fo llo w e d by the Q u eb ec Federation o f W om en, and the Q uebec Popular Solidarity coalition. A ll this occured after dem onstrators gathered ou tside the sum m it and burned their premier in effigy. Bouchard concluded the summit by standing up and declaring the week’s proceedings to be a triumph — an indication that either he ignores his people, or he d oesn ’t understand them.

Bouchard, unfortunately, is not the first in this modem ilk of ideologically bankrupt politicians. Jacques Parizeau’s tenure as pre­ mier consisted o f doing nothing before the referendum campaign, handing responsibility over to Bouchard during the campaign, and then resigning after losing the referendum. During last w eek’s sum­ mit, Parizeau displayed his refined sense o f humour by openly criti­ cising Bouchard, citing imprudent policies. Very funny.

This current m ess points to the unm istakable reality that Bouchard and his predecessors are not principled leaders. Instead, their ardent separatism continually inhibits sincere devotion to any social values, and thus when held accountable, the people lose faith in their leaders. Separatism as a goal will not ruin Quebec. There is no reason w hy a so v ereig n Q u eb ec cou ld not fun ction as an advanced and prosperous modem state. The people, however, need to be shown that sovereignty is the best option. Scaring or exciting people into hysterics by proclaiming that separation is on the hori­ zon, then scrambling to put the economy back together will only be harmful in the long run. But, o f course, a good leader knows that.

Stop the Press The changing f a c e o f M cG ill McGill must clarify its acade­ mic, social and financial identity.

B e ca u se o f the current lack o f p olicies, decision-m aking bodies have b een le ft to m ake crucial decisions without clear boundaries to guide them. Privatisation, shar­ ing o f resources, and definitions of e x c e lle n c e are three is s u e s on which the McGill community must establish a position.

First, the trend is to accept that g o v ern m en t fu n d in g w ill dwindle. Accordingly, the McGill o f the future is envisioned as an in stitu tio n m ore d ep en d en t on funds from students, donors, and alu m n i, and le ss d ep en d en t on governmental funds. However, the community has yet to make up its m ind on p r iv a tisa tio n . D o w e agree with increased tuition? How would tuition hikes affect accessi­ bility? Do we agree with funding from industry? W ould there be strings attached? Would curiosityd riven resea rch be a ffe c te d ?

Currently, private programs are being ratified in Senate in an ad hoc m anner. C o n se q u e n tly , M cG ill is slo w ly , q u ie tly , and unconsciously becoming a private institution.

Second, M cGill must decide whether it wants to share resources with other Montreal universities.

Proposals com ing to Senate for

Against the dental plan This w eek, students w ill be asked to vote on the proposed SSMU dental plan. The plan would cost stu­ dents $70.56 annually. Students cur­ rently without dental insurance will be com pelled to pay this amount without exception. This plan has no universal opt-out clause.

Students visiting dentists who are part of the plan’s “preferred net­ work” w ill get discounts ranging from 20 to 80 per cent. However, the preferred network currently only includes ten dentists for over 15,000 students. Therefore, most students at McGill will be forced to visit “non­ network” dentists.

Without this plan, the average student would pay $75 for one basic check-up a year. Under the plan, stu­ dents would pay $85.56 with a net­ work dentist and $108.06 with a non­ network dentist. In other words, sub­ scribing to the plan w ill actually increase the price o f services the average student pays for dental hygiene.

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approval often contain goals such as “c o n so lid a tio n o f c o u rses b etw een c a m p u se s.” H o w ev er, McGill has no formal position on the values implicit in such propos­ als. What are the implications of shared resources? What w ill we share? Under what conditions will we pick up our toys and go home?

Finally, we must define excel­ lence. We are told that priority for funding w ill be given to “e x c el­ le n t” program s. Is e x c e lle n c e d e fin e d in term s o f tea c h in g ?

R esearch p ro d u ctiv ity ? Fam e?

Financial feasibility?

Resistance to the development o f policy takes many forms, from “sounds great, but we don’t have the tim e” to “w hy bother, its a waste o f time.” W e are pleased to inform those who don’t have time for policy-making that the research on these issues is already being done and lo g ica l argum ents are being drawn up.

The Post-Graduate Students’ S ociety is organising the Future V isio n s C o n feren ce: G raduate Students’ Perspectives on the New M cGill, to be held on Novem ber 29th, 1996. The goal o f this con­ ference is to bring together gradu­ ate stu d en ts, a ca d em ic s and a d m in istra to rs to d isc u ss the changing face o f our university.

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cows. Vote No, and tell SSMU not to offend common sense.

Khusro Saeedi, U3 Economics Karim Bardeesy, U3 History

On kosh er insects Re: Aaron Feinstein’s letter to the editor (October 29): We, the undersigned, were quite concerned by possible misinterpreta­ tions of Mr. Feinstein’s letter claim­ ing that broccoli is often not served in Jewish restaurants as it might con­ tain non-kosher insects. We are dis­ turbed that your readers might inter­ pret this as meaning that all insects are not kosher. This is in a fact a fal­ lacy.

We would like to draw your readers’ attention to the Book of Leviticus, setting out correct dietary practice, as revealed to M oses by God. Specifically, we would like to call attention to a particularly inspira­ tional section of this text. 11:20-23, which cites no less than four insects as being permissible under dietary Law. To put an end to all speculation, we are including the passage in its English translation: A ll winged insects that walk Staff

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upon all fours are detestable to you.

But among the winged insects that walk on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with w hich to leap on the ground. Of them you may eat: the locust according to its kind, the bald locust according to its kind, the cricket, according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind.

But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.

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Religious comments show ed ignorance: Re: Mila Aung-Thwin’s column entitled “Being Pontiff means rarely having to say you’re sorry” A few corrections to the October 29 “Italics Mine.” The state­ ment by the Pope that evolution is okay came as such a surprise because the church started supporting the Darwin idea a long time ago. I grew up in the 1970s thinking creationists were wide-eyed Bible thumpers and playing with dinosaur sticker books.

Second, the glowing religious symbol over the city is a cross, not a crucifix. If it were a crucifix, it would have a neon Jesus nailed to it.

Frequent trips to Dollarama have not yet turned up one tall enough.

Lastly, the cross is supposed to turn purple on Good Friday. Purple is the C atholic liturgical colour o f mourning.

Stephanie D. Renolino U2, Religious Studies Letters C o n tin u e d o n Page 7

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The Incredible Hulk vs. Spiderman in a tale of two cities I don’t know what the actual numbers are, but it seems to me that a huge proportion of McGill students are from Toronto. They’re the ones who play a lot o f frisbee, though they call it Ultimate, and they like to use the word “rock” as a verb. When I think of Toronto itself, I think of the colour beige and Degrassi Street and the West Edmonton Mall.

In its latest issue, Fortune mag­ azine named Toronto as the top city to live in internationally, based on “work and family.” Which settles the Montreal vs. Toronto debate forever.

I’m wrong, Toronto rocks.

Or am I? Does it? I suppose it’s necessary to see why Fortune wants everyone (well, everyone of a specif­ ic demographic) to move to Toronto.

Here are some reasons: 1) Toronto takes so much pride in its green space that it keeps a count of each of its trees, 2 ) it has b lossom in g biotechnology and telecommunica­

tions industries, and 3) has 122 golf that Mr. Kraar was describ in g courses. In comparison, Montreal Singapore, which ranked third, and has blossom ing flow ers, and 12 2 not Toronto. Apparently, Toronto A .L . Van H outtes lo ca tio n s. has a much larger theatre district “Toronto is New York run by the than Singapore.

Swiss,” said Peter Ustinov once. If What makes me qualified to that is true, then Montreal is Paris slander Toronto? Hey: I was bom in run by Ukraine, or maybe Seoul run Ontario, and I m oved to Quebec

by Pyuongyang. when I was three days old. Once, Is Toronto’s orderliness a good when I was eight, I landed at thing or a bad thing? “It may sound Pearson International Airport, on my like a p olice state,” writes Louis way somewhere else, and the plane Kraar in Fortune, “but in fact this small island is an exceptionally pleasant place to conduct busi­ M ila A u n g -T h w in ness and raise a fa m ily .”

W hich proves that Fortune likes Toronto was full o f CBC celebrities: I saw because it is a police state, an inher­ either W ayne or Schuster on the ently evil megapolis where you can plane, and when I went to the bath­ raise your children easily because of room in the airport, Tommy Hunter their fear of corporal punishment. In (or maybe Knowlton Nash) used the fairness, though, I should point out urinal next to mine.

[italics mine]

Then this summer, I landed at Pearson one more time (again, going somewhere else) and my connecting flight had left without me. Canadian Airlines gave me a free hotel room and a food voucher, and I wandered around the hotel like Leisure Suit Larry, trying to figure out how I could use the food voucher to buy alcoholic beverages. I don’t know if the Airport Delta really counts as Toronto, but I found it kind of bor­ ing, even after several gin and ton­ ics.

My point is, vaguely, that you should be wary o f form ing your opinions of places based on colour­ ful p erio d ica ls. W hen I was younger, I had a special large-size Spiderman com ic book, w hich I kept for m any years. In it, Spiderman battles The Incredible Hulk in Montreal, “the largest city in Canada.” That was true, when the

new s, and he has never heard of Paul Bernardo, Jeffery Dahmer, or Charles Manson. As far as Bilko is concerned, these people and the hor­ rible deeds that they have committed do not exist.

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And m ore ignorance I b e lie v e that the M c G ill Tribune is a perfectly respectable weekly; but I know that if I wanted to form, and especially publish, an informed opinion about, say, the US Congress policy on nuclear disarma­ ment, the McGill Tribune would be inadequate as a source o f informa­ tion. That is why the “Opinion” by

D an iel Farb Furthermore, Bilko has never once worried about how he was going to pay the rent, where his next meal was going to come from, or how he would pay for that trip to Cancun. Bilko doesn’t know what money is nor does he care to find out. In Bilko’s world money does not exist.

He doesn’t worry if that cute she-pup from down the street is goin g to return his phone ca lls because he has never called her. He would never even think to call her because he d o esn ’t make phone calls; he doesn’t even know what a telephone is. (For those of you who w ere w ondering, B ilk o is fu lly equipped and extrem ely w ellendowed.)

B ilk o sle ep s w henever he wants, and when he wakes up he can just go back to sleep if he is tired and no one w ill care. B ilko has never had to wake up to the sound of an alarm clock, and he has never had to work a day in his life. Bilko has unlimited amounts of free time in which to do whatever he wants yet he never seem s bored, lonely, or Mila Aung-Thwin, formed from a selection o f N ational G eographic and B oy’s Life magazines is, to say the least, unfortunate.

Reading that article, one gets the impression that Mr. Aung-Thwin has plenty o f dislike for anything Roman C atholic, that is why he would like to ridicule everything from John Paul II’s intellectual abili­ ties, to pontificial institutions, down to the cross on Mont-Royal. And to suggest that the Pope’s statement on

upset. Bilko receives unconditional lo've from at least four people, and he is constantly meeting new inter­ esting dogs and people on his daily treks around the neighbourhood.

B eca u se of the m acked up life that B ilk o lead s, he is incredibly happy and he has a w onderful d isp o sitio n . He is extrem ely fun to be around and just hang out with and even if you aren’t that nice to him, Bilko will never speak badly about you to anyone. The thought would never enter his mind. Doing mean things is not what B ilko is about. He is not aware of bad, mean things so he would never think of doing them. A ll B ilko knows is love, kindness, friendship, and hap­ piness. All other concepts are for­ eign to him. I hope that after describing Bilko’s lifestyle to you that you can gain a greater apprecia­ tion for why I admire him so much.

But like all great humans’ heroes, Bilko has a flaw. And that flaw is that as much as I love and care about Bilko, as much as I take him for long walks, shower him with affec­ tion, and bring him home special treats, Bilko my beloved dog doesn't even know my name.

D aniel Farb, whose m usical collection includes the albums o f Snoop Doggy Dog and Three Night Dog, would not have you believe that he physically wants to resemble a dog, or that B ilko’s well-endow­ ment is any reflection unto his own. evolution had something to do with that very ordinary surgical operation he had gone through would earn Mr. Aung-Thwin, a “dubious” score for good sense. However, it must be said in Mr. Aung-Thwin’s favour that he is very honest: he confesses his ignorance o f just about every­ thing he sets out to criticise.

Adelheid Onyango PhD V, H. Nutrition

Mr. Aung-Thwin does not usu­ ally advocate the use o f alcohol to make Toronto bearable, nor does he usually make philosophical parallels betw een cartoon ch a ra cters and Canadian m etropolitan centres — unless h e’s had a few too many free gin and tonics.

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Kibbles and Bits: my life as a dog Have you ever asked yourself what exactly you want out of your life? I’d guess that most o f you would answer no, but if you did have an answer, it would probably be that you want to be happy.

As someone who will soon be leaving the wonderful, sur­ real, university lifestyle, and entering the real world, I have recently begun giv in g the rather weighty topic of happi­ ness w ith resp ect to my life much thought. Through my reflec­ tions, I have decided that I want to pattern my life after someone who is very special to me. Someone whom I hold in the highest regard, and som eon e w ho is alm ost alw ays happy. This someone, who I think has got life all figured out, is none other than Bilko Farb, my dog.

I b elie v e that B ilk o has achieved perfect happiness and the reason for this is that he lives his life in complete ignorance. That is not to say he is stupid, because Bilko happens to be an extremely intelli­ gent animal; it’s just that Bilko is unaware, and thus ignorant o f all things except for my home and the one-mile square radius in which he takes his daily walks. Because of this ignorance, Bilko has never wit­ nessed, or for that matter ever heard of, poverty, crime, famine, mental or physical abuse, and a host of other horrible things that plague our mod­ em world.

Bilko has never awoke to read a newspaper filled with terrifying ev en ts from around the world.

Bilko doesn ’t watch the evening

comic was originally published, in the 1970s. So I grew up with the m isconception that Montreal was bigger than Toronto, and also, that Spiderman was somewhat evenly matched with the Hulk.

But the comic still taught me a lesson. Like Toronto, The Hulk is large, powerful, and green. Like Montreal, Spiderman is witty, noc­ turnal, and sw in gin ’. I just can’t seem to remember what the lesson was, but it had something to do with not making The Hulk angry.

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scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) I feel a strange kindrance with you. I don’t know if it is because I’m a leo, but baby, I think this is love. It’s delightful, it’s delicious, it’s delovely.

Oops. Um, watch out for falling pianos and your lucky number this week is 23.

aquarius (Jan. 19-Feb. 18) Flipping through Venus in Furs, your past suddenly started to make sense.

Rest easy, better Sacher-Masoch than the Marquis de Sade. Or maybe it’s all the same...

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You keep getting mistaken for Chelsea Clinton at Playground.

Ride it through, the election is almost over.

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Mobilising for change: First Nations fight for Aboriginal rights F eelin g a s though their con cern s have been disregarded by the M inister o f Indian Affairs, First N ation s’ representatives are gathering their p eo p le to fo rm a united fron t against p ro p o sed am endm ents to the Indian Act. P art two o f a sp ecia l Tribune series.

By Sara Jean G reen “Pass it along, M. Irwin...

“You have got to be kidding.”

“Here you go, Ovide.'

An alert has sw ept across N ative com m unities in Canada.

Claiming a corrupt and dictatorial 1969 consultation process, Native leaders are mobilising their people to protest amendments to the Indian Act which they say will lead to the termination of Aboriginal rights.

Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ron Irwin, first mailed out a letter to all Native ch iefs in Canada in April 1995, Irwin stated that the Indian Act, first passed in 1876, “does not reflect modern realities and is counter-pro­ ductive in reflecting the govern­ m ent’s initiative for self-govern­ ment.”

Claiming his desire to clean up follow your advice.” the Indian Act by “eliminating the most archaic In a subsequent letter dated September 17, and objectionable provisions of the Act,” Irwin 1996, Irwin assured Native leaders that the fed­ closed his letter by stating, “your suggestions eral government was only attempting short­ and advice are essential to the success of this term, cosmetic changes to the Act in order to endeavour. I will listen to you carefully and streamline procedures without jeopardising

Aboriginal rights.

“I again give you my assurance that the federal government will continue to respect its fiduciary relationship with First Nations. It is my clear intention that Aboriginal and treaty rights will not be affected. None of the changes

Is there anti-Semitism in the sovereignty movement?

By Samantha Lapedus Since last year’s referendum on Quebec’s separation, tension has mounted between Montreal’s Jewish community and members o f the so vereig n ty m ovem ent.

And many Quebeckers are asking why.

R anging from accusation s concerning the breaking o f lan­ guage laws to outright anti-semitism, the confrontations between so v e r e ig n tists and Jew ish Montrealers have been repeatedly sprawled across media headlines.

There was the O ffice de la Langue Française’s crackdown on the packaging o f kosher goods last Passover; B loc Q u éb écois leader Michel Gauthier’s request to the Canadian Jewish Congress to disassociate itself from anglorights activist Howard Galganov; a colum n in Le J o u rn a l de M o n tréa l by Pierre Bourgault ca llin g the Jew ish com m unity “racist” for voting an overwhelm­ ing “N o ” in the referendum; a pro-Bill 101 protest outside the Jewish General Hospital; and the most recent anti-Semitic rants by form er Front L ib ération du Q u éb ec m ilita n t R aym ond Villeneuve.

Som e sovereigntists admit Jews a re associated with fed era lism that Jacques Parizeau’s referen­ m ovem ent dum -night com m ent, partially blaming the “ethnic vote” for the them selves from his 1992 book Oh! C a n a d a Oh! Q u e b ec : d efea t o f the “Y e s ” sid e, w as directed particularly at Montreal’s Requiem fo r a D ivided Country.

A cco rd in g to Dr. Esther Jew ish com m u n ity. A nd even before the referendum, those who D elisle, recent events in Quebec b elieved that Mordecai R ichler politics are reminiscent o f early 20th century fascist tendencies. In was an able spokesm an for the anglophone Jews o f the province her b ook, The T ra ito r an d the demanded that the leaders o f the Jew, Delisle describes the climate in Quebec during the early sepa­ two groups publicly disassociate

a n d the anglophone rights ratist days, when the term pure laine, which literally means “pure w o o l,” w as first coined. “Pure w ool,” similar in concept to that o f the German Aryan, was used to describe certain French-speaking C a th o lic s w ho cla im to have many generations o f ancestors in C o n tin u e d o n Page 7 0

affect taxation, Indian registration, band membership, or the protection from arbitrary sale and expropriation that reserve lands currently have,” Irwin wrote.

H ow ever, ch iefs representing Canada’s Native peoples have thrice rejected proposed amendments to the Indian A ct. D esp ite the M inister’s promises of consultation and respect of Aboriginal rights, there have been warn­ ings that Irwin’s proposals w ill have dire effects on the lives of First Nations ^ people. A press release issued by the 3 Assembly o f First Nations stated that jg Irwin’s 63 proposed amendments — —_ which affect over half of the Indian Act aj — were being carried out “without seri.o ous consultation and without any formal ^ consent from the First Nations.” The release went on to state that “Our analy­ sis indicates that Minister Irwin’s proposed amendments are prejudicial to First Nation interests, particularly in light o f the parallel measures that are being imposed by Canada...

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The oldest art form

By A lex M athias Ridding Montreal of graffiti is a frustrating problem for the political leaders o f this city. Removal is not enough — graffiti just keeps coming back.

Walk around the Plateau, and read the writing on the walls: ‘Toronto is like a bad night at Bifteck” and “Kill Jojo before Collective Insanity takes o v er!” Look for E nglish graffiti crossed out with “101” or “En Français Tabemac!” emblazoned over top. Look at the walls around stores and aban­ doned lots and see massive, brightlycolored murals.

Last Spring, in partial response to public com plaint, M ayor Pierre Bourque launched an anti-graffiti cam­ paign. The aim was to encourage a community effort to find answers to this “social phenom enon.” This involved neighbourhood residents chipping in to remove graffiti, helping to fund the repair of damaged private property, and form ing d iscu ssion groups with school-age children, graf­ fiti artists, and other Montreal resi­ dents.

“We really wanted to open up dia­ logue,” said Marie-Claire Dumas, the campaign’s planning advisor. “We’re not against youth expression. But when someone graffitis on someone else’s property, that’s not O.K.” The worth of grafitti as a cultural medium has been a topic of interest for popular culture theorists for quite a while. According to McGill cultural studies professor, M ichael Bristol, depending on the spirit in which it is created, graffiti can be either a valu­ able art form or a form of assault. “[Graffiti] can add a note of irrev­ erence and wit to [the study of culture], and highly artistic graffiti can also have an impact on the style of visual arts,” said Bristol. “But there’s a possi­ bility that it might get used as a form of violence and contribute to an atmos­ phere of tension and divisiveness.”

Despite preventative measures, the graffiti community in Montreal is thriving. Pieces of graffiti art, colloqui­ ally known as ‘flix ’, are becoming highly stylised and flourishing as com­ mercial building owners concede wall space. The community of ‘writers’, as graffiti artists call themselves, remains firm ly underground, but with the recent proliferation o f graffiti maga­ zines and graffiti-related Internet sites, attention is increasingly being paid to the peculiar art form.

One Laval writer, whose tag is C*LOQ, is a predominantly legal graf­ fiti artist whose most prominent piece of work is a depiction on a St. Laurent Boulevard wall o f “a guy smoking a big fat spliff.” According to C*LOQ, the anti-graffiti campaign is not likely to be successful unless kids are given other venues for their artwork.

“It’s stupid because [Bourque] is just washing graffiti thinking it won’t come back. But I don’t think it’s going to work that way. He’s going to have to get some legal places for kids,” said C*LOQ. According to Dumas, the cam­ paign was intended to “give back to the community” so it could be “a win-win situation.” As much as $150,000 o f the cam paign’s $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 budget was reportedly funneled back into youth organisations and five murals around Montreal were organised. Committee members will prepare a draft of recom­ mendations to be presented to politi­ cians in December, with the aim of finding a more permanent solution for 1997.

Regardless o f stiffer by-laws that Bourque may decide to enforce next year, C*LOQ does not believe that graffiti will die.

“It’s an instinct,” he explained.

“All the cavemen used to do graffiti too; they used to write on the walls.

Basically, it’s the same stuff, it has just evolved into a new style. They were writing using their environment; that’s what the kids are doing today.”

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November 5th, 1996

Libertarians say best government is least government A bolition o f w elfare an d incom e tax, legalisation o f drugs am ong P residential c a n d id a te’s prop osals

By Lynn A brahamian Elizabeth W asserman

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As Republicans and Democrats continue to debate the main business o f the government and Ross Perot proposes to run the goverment like a business, a lesser-known American political party is cam paigning to essentially put the government out of business.

The Libertarian Party is A m erica’s third official national party. Founded in 1971 by a group of disaffected Republicans, Democrats and independents, it currently has active organisations in all 50 states, has had hundreds of members elected to public office, has run thousands of candidates, and has received millions of votes. Among the Libertarians cur­ rently in o ffic e are one State Representative in New Hampshire, one mayor in California, and more than 30 city councillors across the country.

These are no small accomplish­ ments in view o f the difficulty of acquiring campaign funding for third party candidates.

Harry Browne, the Party’s cur­ rent presidential candidate, is an investm ent advisor, a new sletter writer, a public speaker, and the author of nine books. He is officially qualified to be on the ballot for the 1996 presidential election in all 50 states.

The fundamental tenet o f Libertarianism is that, on the whole, “governm ent does not w ork.”

Government reforms and programs have only succeeded in aggravating the problems that they were designed to solve.

Thus, w hile Dem ocratic and Republican politicians propose new government measures as solutions to pressing problems, Libertarians main­

tain that the best thing the govern­ ment can do for people is to leave them alone. They claim to stand for a return to the principle of civil lib­ erty which was the top priority of America’s founding fathers — a principle which they feel has been betrayed by the Republicans and Democrats. Browne proposes to restore “the land o f the free” by retracting the arm of government from every activity not explicitly mentioned in the constitution.

Libertarianism offers a simple recipe by which the tangled mess created by overgovemment could be unravelled. Browne’s first move would be to abolish federal income tax, leaving individuals free to determ ine how to spend their money. Parents could thus afford to educate their children in the schools of their choice. Health care would also improve, in terms of both quali­ ty and affordability, once freed from government control.

While Browne is categorically opposed to intervention in foreign con flicts, there are three major domestic wars that he would end once and for all: the ‘War on Poverty’, the ‘War on Drugs,’ and the ‘War on Crime.’ Once again, the answer is to get the government out.

“Federal urban renewal pro­ grams, the war on poverty, welfare, rent control, and housing regulations are the primary causes of enduring poverty and h om elessn ess,” said Browne. His solution would be to “end welfare entirely and return to the traditional American system of rely­ ing on churches, charities, and private compassion.”

The cancellation o f w elfare would have the added effect of solv­ ing America’s growing immigration problem, Browne stated, by creating a system which would attract only pro­

“Are they with you?”

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ductive immigrants.

To so lv e the drug problem , Browne would simply put an end to “prohibition.” The government, he points out, has no constitutional authority to prohibit drugs o f any kind. A lcohol prohibition in the 1920s required a consitutional amendment.

“End[ing] the war on drugs [would] end the financing o f gang warfare and the criminal profit in drug-dealing,” Browne declared.

If elected, he would immediately pardon all federal, non-violent drug offenders, “free[ing] prison space for murderers, rapists, and child offend­ ers.”

Last but not least, by cutting the federal budget by 50 per cent, Browne would balance the budget his first year in office.

As for the problem o f moral decline in America, to which politi­

cians have been devoting increasing rhetorical attention in recent years, Browne says that if a solution exists, it is not a political one.

“It is ludicrous to look at Washington for moral and ethical leadership,” Browne explained in a question and answer session posted on the Libertarian Party’s internet site. “Politicians deceive and pander as a way of life. We must get govern­ ment out of the way so that individu­ als can take care of themselves and their families... [and] return to our native virtues of individual freedom, self-resp o n sib ility , civ ility , and decency.”

The Libertarian Party’s populari­ ty has grown over the past few years.

Its membership, voter registrations, funds and the number of Libertarians in public office have soared to record levels. According to the party’s direc­ tor of communications, Bill Winters,

the reason for this upturn is that Americans are growing frustrated with politics in general.

“The American public is increas­ ingly distrustful of government— of Republicans and Democrats — and is looking for a new alternative,” said Winters.

McGill professor o f American history, Leonard Moore, does not believe that the party will get much further. Libertarianism , M oore claimed, is painting a distorted pic­ ture of American politics and consti­ tutional history — a picture which is out of keeping with popular views. “[Libertarian] views are roman­ tic,” Moore stated. “They revolve around the notion that government is a bad thing. But the government has done much that is good.

[Libertarians] are pursuing an image of an American past that never exist­ ed.”

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W hile attitudes have greatly changed in Quebec since the fascist era, repeated co n fro n ta tio n s between the Jewish community and sovereigntists have caused some to associate the separatist movement with underlying vestiges o f anti­ semitism.

P re sen tly , the a n g lo p h o n e Jewish community in Montreal is about 95 to 99 per cent in support of Canadian unity.

A ccord in g to Jack Jedw ab, executive director of the Canadian Jewish Congress (Quebec), clear distinctions must be made between what is a n ti-se m itic and other, more dubious attacks.

“I think you have to describe specific incidents as anti-semitic.

Raymond Villeneuve and [Pierre] Bourgault were clearly anti-semit­ ic, w h ile other in c id e n ts were clearly not.”

Jedwab em phasised that the OLF’s attack on the packaging of m atzoh w as not a n ti-se m itic .

Rather, it was the result o f the actions o f one over-zealous bureau­ crat who decided to crack down on products with English packaging.

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H ospital, nor the attack against been here for over 200 years and is very attached to C an ad a,” he Schwartz’s delicatessen to change its English-only signs were consid­ explained. “Sovereignty is an eth­ ered anti-semitic by the Canadian nically motivated m ovem ent. O f course that’s going to cause tension Jewish Congress.

“There is no firm evidence of and perhaps spill over as anti-semi­ anti-semitism in these cases, and I tism at times.”

However, Josée Legault of Le think people should only make that charge if they’re on extremely firm D ev o ir feels that the root o f the tension lies in the hands o f the ground,” insisted Jedwab.

Jewish leaders.

A ccording to a “The prob­ spokesperson for Le P r e s e n tly , t h e lem is that per­ M o u v e m e n t haps m ore than N a tio n a le des a n g l o p h o n e J e w i s h any other minor­ Q u é b é c o ise s et c o m m u n i t y in ity rep resen ta ­ Québécois who pre­ M o n tr e a l is a b o u t ferred to rem ain tiv e s in anonymous, they do 9 5 t o 9 9 p e r c e n t in Montreal, Jewish leaders tie their not fig h t for in d e­ su p p ort of identity to co n ­ pendence on a d is­ stitutional ques­ criminatory level.

C a n a d i a n u n ity tions, effectively “W e d o n ’t w earin g three agree w ith antisemitic charges. We, as an organi­ hats when they speak: a federalist sation. work with everyone. And one, the anglo-rights one, and the we have a good relationship as a Jewish one,” she said.

D elisle, how ever, maintains movement with the Jewish commu­ the age-old argument that the Jews nity.”

If not rooted in anti-semitism, tend to be easy scapegoats in times of political uncertainty. where does the tension betw een “For people like [Raymond] Montreal Jews and Quebec sover­ eigntists lie? Jedwab believes that V illeneuve and Jacques Parizeau, it stem s from the fa ct that the the big fight o f their life is almost Jewish community is overwhelm­ lost,” said D elisle. “So instead of facing the fact that they failed to ingly federalist.

“The Jewish community has convince most French-Canadians

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First Nations form a united front against federal government C o n tin u e d fro m Page 9

But M inister Irwin has already obtained drafting instructions from Cabinet and intends to proceed with the amendment process in fall 1996.”

Over 1,000 delegates attended the A FN ’s General Assembly last July when a resolution was passed rejecting Irwin’s amendments, stating in part that “the federal Crown must allow the First Nations to implement their own laws...and not under the current or an amended Indian Act.” Similarly, in an emergency Special Chiefs Assembly held at the end of September which Irwin attended, the elected chiefs again rejected Irwin’s proposals because they “[have] been imposed unilaterally, ignore the pri­ orities of First Nations and avoid many of the critical issues to the fed­ eral Crown’s...responsibilities.”

H ouse cleaning A ccording to the A ssistan t Deputy of Indian Affairs, Gordon Shanks, Irwin’s main objective in proposing the amendments is “to take the Minister’s approval out o f the process.” As the Indian Act now stands, the Minister has the authority to approve or disapprove any initia­ tives taken by individual band coun­ cils. The passing of by-laws, use of natural resources, transfer of reserve lands to band members, and even the election o f band councillors and chiefs are all subject to Ministerial approval.

“Most o f the amendments are [aimed] to remove the Minister from intruding in the lives of band coun­

cils and giving band councils more authority. They’re directed towards self-government and self-determina­ tion,” stated Shanks.

However, in a recent interview in the Globe and Mail, AFN National C hief O vide M ercredi criticised Irwin’s assertion that he wants to get rid o f the racist and paternalistic aspects of the Act. “In important areas, [Irwin] retained the pow er and in fact expanded the power in terms of by­ law authority so that he still is a final arbiter of Indian law in Canada and he is still the Great White Father,” stated Mercredi.

When asked to comment on the charge by Native leaders that these current amendments are a continua­ tion o f the 1969 W hite Paper put forth by former Minister of Indian Affairs Jean Chrétien, Shanks reject­ ed the allegation.

“It’s very different what [Irwin’s proposed amendments] are meant to accomplish. The 1969 White Paper removed status and contributed to assimilation. These proposals are just tidying up little annoyances.”

However, Peter D iGangi, an advisor to the AFN, contends that First Nations cannot trust the federal government to act in good faith.

“The amendments are part of an unstated federal agenda that can be traced back to the White Paper of 1969...The Minister has assured the people that changes w on ’t affect treaty rights or the inherent right to self government. But the Crown and Canada have very different defini­

tions of what rights and self-govern­ ment are,” said DiGangi. “We can’t really trust the C row n’s word.

Experience hasn’t really proven that they’re acting [in accordance] with the interests of First Nations.”

DiGangi continued by pointing out that Irw in’s revisions to the Indian Act, coupled with existing policy, will have vast consequences. “[ I r w i n h a s ] e x p a n d e d th e p o w e r ... s o t h a t h e s till is a f in a l a r b it e r o f I n d ia n la w a n d is s till i s G r e a t W h i t e F a th e r .”

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“Ron Irwin said that the Indian Act is offensive and paternal...but the way in which he’s proceeded, he’s been quite paternalistic and h e’s offended [the chiefs] badly,” he said.

“The Minister has reiterated that he’s only doing housecleaning but, when you put the amendments together with ex istin g p o licy , [Irw in’s changes] are actually quite alarm­ ing.”

DiGangi cited one proposal that would change the definition o f a band council in order that it could be deem ed a corporate en tity, thus allowing councils to sue and be sued.

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bers would in essence be “share hold­ ers.”

“First Nations each have their own forms o f government and they can’t be equated with the corporate regime.”

Further concern has been voiced regarding changes that affect land tenure on Canadian reserves. One amendment allows lending institu­ tions the use of leased reserve land as security on loans — a measure which could negatively effect the integrity of land should business deals fail.

Further, the extension of mortgages and liens to all reserve lands and the establishment of a land-registry sys­ tem go against Native concepts of land usage. Deputy C hief o f the Union o f Ontario Indians Vernon Roote, explained that land is held in common with a focus on the commu­ nity’s responsibility for maintaining the land for future generations.

“What we don’t have is recogni­ tion com ing from the federal or provincial governments recognising our laws...Native people still have laws they live by,” he said. “There is so much emphasis on the land and our environment — we are to protect it, because it is a guardianship. We’re not to be greedy by clear cutting it or putting pollution into our lakes and rivers. We have laws and guidelines passed down to us for generations.”

No consultation Although Irwin has repeatedly stated that he will not go forth with any changes to the Act without full

consultation, chiefs from across the country have condemned Irwin for refusing to allow them time to meet and discuss the issues with their p eo p le. In a Septem ber press release, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs President, C h ief Saul Terry, denounced Irwin’s dealings with Canadian Aboriginal people.

“Indian peoples have not been consulted and do not support these ch a n ges...In d ian p eo p les from across the country have rejected these changes outright. Rather than listen in g to Indian p eo p les, the Liberal Government will use their House majority to impose their will on the Indian people o f this coun­ try... We will fight these changes, we are not going to turn the other cheek.”

Not only have the AFN and other Native organisations planned lobbying and media strategies, but they are also organising civil dis­ obedience events which will likely include occupying the offices o f Department o f Indian Affairs and Northern D evelopm ent o fficia ls.

Roote is confident that Canada’s Native people can join together in order to make their voice heard.

“If Ron Irwin and Jean Chrétien want to pass legislation on us, that’s fine and dandy, but it’s dictatorial,” stated Roote. “W e’ll make our own laws — our people will stand up straight and it’ll be our laws. Now all we have to do is gath­ er together our thoughts and our ways.”

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Getting in touch with my inner American This fall I’ve been trying to get in touch with my inner American, following the suggestion o f an arti­ cle in S aturday N ight M agazine.

I’ve tried drinking lite beer, carry­ ing a cell phone, making large ges­ tures w hile I talk, even wearing H aw aiian shirts and plaid g o lf pants, together. But the results of g ettin g -to -k n o w the A m erican in sid e me have been som ew hat mixed. I tell her she’s rude, igno­ rant, and d oesn ’t know anything about Canada. She says Canadians are w im ps, and I tell her w e ’re polite. Then she threatens to come north and take our water.

I cou ld a lw a y s tell her my favourite America-bashing story, culled from the pages o f one o f the

concluded its article with a warning to readers not to try this at home.

The problem with this story is that Canada is thinking of jetti­ so n in g health care, while the US has moved clo se r to g e t­ * V : Susan Peters ting its own C a n a d ia n -s t y le finer American tabloids. A student medical system, in much the same down in Utah developed tonsilitis way that the States have adopted the and needed to have her tonsils out, originally Canadian sports of hock­ but lacked health insurance. So she ey and lap-dancing. Other differ­ used an Exacto-knife and ice cubes ences between Canada and the US to take them out herself. The tabloid have also disappeared. Canadians

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used to be shocked by the outra­ geous costs o f American universi­ ties; did Bernard Shapiro decide to privatise M cGill? We laughed at righ t-w in g p o liticia n s lik e Bob Dole; we found Preston Manning.

We bemoaned the US habit of beat­ ing up on sm aller countries; we have our peacekeepers. We couldn’t understand Am erica’s difficulties with race relations, for example the L.A.P.D; but the MUC officers are still carrying their guns. We made fun o f American hicks — 55 per cent of Americans believe the Bible is literally the word o f God; but Roseanne Stokes reportedly said,

after hearing her 18-year-old daugh­ ter was pregnant out o f wedlock, “Well, at least she’s not a lesbian.”

If foreign ers keep thinking Canada is part of the US, maybe it’s not their map skills that are at fault.

Canada is more like the US than any other country. Often you can’t hear an “American” accent, because it sounds the same as a Canadian one.

The culture is the same — same Hollywood movies, same American sitcoms. The Beachcombers added boat ch a ses, b ecau se it thought v ie w e rs w anted to see m ore “American-style” action and adven­ ture. Relic, by himself, wasn’t suffi­ rent.

Canadians are into US-bashing partially because it’s such an easy target. Maybe we also project our own problem s onto A m erica because we don’t like to realise that, for exam ple, racism ex ists here.

And we can console ourselves with the thought that as bad as things get here, at least it’s not as bad as the US. Or perhaps Canadians bash the US because w e’re secretly envious and want to be just like them; the Spanish Fish War was our own little attempt at being a world power.

And perhaps Canadians exaggerate the differences between Canada and the US because w e ’ve built our identity on what w e’re not, and if we ever stop being un-American, w e’re nobody.

But the problem with Americabashing is that w e’re kicking our­ selves in the head at the same time.

And picking differences between the two countries reduces them to homogeneous little icons, as though there was only one Canada, and the US was the same from the Eastern Seaboard to California. Geography often means that Cape Bretonites have more in common with the resi­ dents of Maine than they do with those of Toronto.

Maybe Canada is already part o f the U S, and w e ju st w o n ’t acknowledge it. This might be what my inner American has been trying to tell me. But I just respond that Canadians are still less likely to per­ form surgery on themselves.

Ms. Peters is writing her hon­ ours thesis on Canada as the 51st state.

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Not a play for Dummies: Main theatre group enlightens viewers

By C ory M c Kay Few people notice the many empty buildings peppered amongst clubs and stores lining St. Laurent.

However, Anna Papadakos and her Dummies Theatre Company make a point o f on ly presenting their p la y s in v acan t or ab and oned buildings on the Main.

“W e w ant to m ake p e o p le aw are o f th e se p la c e s ,” sa y s Papadakos. “You can really get im m une and ju st w alk by these p la ce s right in the com m u n ity w ith o u t r e a lly n o tic in g them .

W e’ve been working on changing perceptions o f what is professional theatre. We want to communicate that you don’t necessarily have to go to polished places to see good theatre.”

The presence o f Dum m ies is permeating the Main. Aside from banners and sig n s a lo n g St. Laurent, the actors also stand out­ side the ‘theatre’ just before the

play, explaining it to passers-by.

A s P apad akos sa y s, “W e often get people that are on their w ay to so m ew h ere e ls e w ho have no interest in going to the theatre or they have no money for going to the theatre, and we end up introducing theatre to a lot o f people.”

The D u m m ies’ latest pro­ duction, Go Weast, is the story of a group o f friends w ho travel from Montreal to Vancouver in search o f the ‘prom ised land.’

A lo n g the w ay, they ex p lo r e their reasons for making the trip, and in the process try to come to terms with the alienation that they see all around and in them­ The cast o f Go Weast: w h ere w o u ld y o u selves.

The p lay, w ritten by Papadakos with strong input from a mixture o f real things that hap­ the rest o f the Dummies, is based pened and imagination.”

There is an important element on an actual trip that the group o f experimental theatre in the pro­ took across the country. “There’s a d u c tio n , in c lu d in g m u sic and blend o f fiction and reality,” says m ovie fo o ta g e from the a ctors’ Papadakos. “The journey becomes actual trip. There is also a photo

Eduard Lock explodes the rules of Les Grands Ballet Canadiens

By N atasha M itchell Les Grands Ballet Canadiens sparked their 1996-97 season with a blast on Hallowe’en at Place des Arts.

Everyone was waiting to see what happens when Eduard Lock (a rtistic d irector for La La La Human Steps) mixes with the clas­ sical technique o f one of Canada’s stro n g est b a llet co m p a n ie s.

Montrealers’ cool anticipation was still burgeoning as the curtain rose.

With mounting suspense, the punch line eludes the audience until the second act.

The program is h ead ed by B a la n c h in e ’s The F ou r T em peram ents. This p iece, first performed in 1946, revolutionised ballet. As a result, Balanchine has been coined the Picasso o f ballet.

His works deconstruct the form of ballet (usually jettisoning the story­ line), and reduce it to dance for the sake o f dance. The striking and fer­ vent choreography is matched with an em otionally charged m usical score.

U n fortu n ately, L es Grands saves their real dancers for later.

The corps de ballet is largely made up o f stu d en ts from L ’E c o le Supérieur de la Danse who have not yet reached a maturity o f train­ ing to do the piece justice. Since the work p resen ts d ance in its rawest form, it depends on techni­ cally strong dancers to get it off the ground. Instead, it look s lik e a

w alk-through. Tem peram ent, it seems, takes the night off.

N acho D u a to ’s C o r P erd u t rescues the show with a sexy pasde-deux. In sensual burnt orange costumes, two impassioned dancers fire their energy across the stage. In a typically Spanish fashion, they toy with the music, drawing it out, then rushing to catch up with it at times.

By intermission the audience was convinced to stay for the rest of the program.

L o c k ’s É tude (1 9 9 6 ) is the featured work of the program. Les G rands B a lle t b rin gs out its strongest dancers to pull it o ff.

Lock explodes classical conven­ tions to get right down to raw, vis­ ceral expression. Jagged and vio­ lent movements destroy the pore­ less, restrained, sweat-free fairy­ tale image o f ballet. The dancers do not float lik e an g els eth ereally above the stage. These are ground­ ed humans — grunts testify to their humanity.

On a theoretical level, Lock is playing with concepts o f framing.

Beginning the dance in silence, he a sserts its au ton om y sin c e the dance b eco m es its ow n m u sic.

Only once this has been established does the cello start up. Moments of silence are interspersed throughout the work and the dancing continues w ithout so much as a hiccup o f acknowledgement towards its pres­ ence or absence.

What is particularly interesting

about L ock ’s piece is his use o f mirror images. One couple is frag­ mented into images o f itself con­ veying that the emotion o f the rela­ tionship is too much for them, or anyone, to handle. The result is a shifting reality. It is never clear what is an image and what is real.

E ven the id ea o f o n e role being played by one dancer is chal­ le n g e d . T w o or three dancers appear to share one role. The con­ cept o f orig in a lity is lo st in its copy. We are lost in the funhouse.

The last piece, Axioma 7, by Israeli Ohad Naharin ends the pro­ gram on a lighter, humourous note.

He seems to be saying that perfor­ mance is all about taking o ff your clothes and having a good time.

The dancers do just that — they get drunk and strip with free abandon.

Quick syncopatic movements work in striking counterpoint with the music to defy the natural laws o f time. The piece is not only bril­ liantly choreographed, but also per­ formed with a kinetic energy that blasts through the theatre.

It is refresh in g to see L es Grands B a lle t put on such an intense program. It’s like a moving art gallery or a rave for your eyes.

In both cases, a triumph o f expres­ sion for dance.

Les Grands Ballet Canadiens p erfo rm th eir cu rren t p ro g ra m , including Étude, until November 9 at Place des Arts. Tickets f o r stu­ dents are $20.

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exhibit o f people that the cast met en route. The actors asked each person where they would like to be if they could be anywhere in the world, and the response o f each person is written under his or her photo. Many o f the answers are

to u ch in g , and the ex h ib it is an essential part o f the production.

The play is fo llo w e d by an open cabaret featuring invited per­ formers o f all kinds. The acts tak­ ing part in the cabaret vary from day to day.

G o W east is a very sombre, introspective play with moments o f bizarre, alm ost tw isted humour.

Those looking for a strong plot line will be disappointed, for the play is a brilliant exploration o f the psy­ che. Go Weast often relies on mak­ ing the audience feel uncomfort­ able, so don’t go if you’re looking for a brainless, cheery evening.

However, those looking for a pow­ erful experience should definitely travel on down the Main and climb aboard.

G o W east, a D u m m ies Theatre production, is shown every W ednesday to Sunday a t 3997 St. L a u r e n t a t 8 :4 5 p .m . u n til D ecem ber I. Admission is free.

The Tea Party’s Stuart Chatwood speaks...

On the merits o f hi-fi, p sy ch ed elic drugs, an d the Knights Templar

By K ristofer M ichaud

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The Tea P a r ty is d ec id e d ly fa sh io n a b le f o r basin g th em selves in M ontreal but decid­ edly unfashionable f o r th e ir f u s io n o f ro c k m u sic a n d e a s te r n in stru m en ta tio n . One might think, upon first listen, that their music h a s e v o lv e d f r o m a s te a d y d ie t o f th e D is c o v e r y C h a n n el a n d L e d Z e p p e l i n ’s H o u ses o f the H o ly .

N ot exactly the kind o f c o r n -fe d , in d ie - c r e d m u sic th a t c o lle g e stu d en ts are known f o r em bracing. R ecently, S tu a rt C h a tw o o d , b a s s is t/k e y b o a rd ist fro m the band, o ffered w o rd s a b o u t th e ir n ew r e le a se Alhambra. Chatwood helps to cast the ba n d ’s efforts in a new light.

Tribune: Your new release, Alham bra, is a special disc. Tell me about it.

Stuart Chatwood: Alhambra refers to a p a la ce in G ranada, Spain, that was built during the height o f M oorish architecture.

The CD has 6 audio tracks on it. If you put it into your computer, you can check out 45 minutes o f mul­ timedia content. But it’s not one o f those products out there that just exploits the technology with

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W e ’v e g o t so m e stu ff on there about the eastern instruments that w e u se on the album . Y ou can hear them played individually and find out where they com e from.

It’s also got some videos and live performances. The audio portion consists o f out-takes from the past album s, and a few sp ecia l pro­ jects.

T rib : Are you into eastern religion, mysticism?

SC: I’m not overtly religious.

I’m into the unknown, the secrets that are hidden in the ancient texts and r e lig io n . F o lk s lik e K ing Solomon to the Knights Templar.

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November 5th, 1996

Cinémania: a French film festival for a bilingual city

By Leslie Stojsic Foreign films must hurdle cer­ tain o b stacles that m ost m ovies don’t even have to face; the lan­ gu age barrier and lack o f mar­ ketability deter mainstream audi­ ences from partaking in this type of marginalised cinema.

The forces behind the French film fe st, C iném ania, know this o n ly too w e ll. T h ey tack le the problem by presenting their second annual engagement, which empha­ sises its English subtitles, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art. Cinémania was conceived last year by film b u ff M aidy Teitelbaum. She was astonished at the scarcity of French films avail­ able to anglophones “T oo o fte n , great fo re ig n m ovies are overshadowed by the American market because they are never released with English subti­

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tles,” she maintained.

The success o f last year’s fes­ tival dem onstrated the p u b lic ’s ready d esire to see such film s.

T eitelb au m affirm ed , “W e had hoped to show that there is a size­ able market for English-subtitled French films.”

Cinémania is the only festival o f its k ind in N orth A m erica .

Teitelbaum chose Montreal as its location with good reason.

“It is the perfect city. We are able to play to a limited but mixed audience,” she said. In the past, h ow ever, the E n g lish -sp ea k in g community of Montreal has shown the strongest interest in the festi­ val.

This year, 20 film s are fea ­ tured over eight days, six o f which are Canadian premieres. With the ex c ep tio n o f tw o film s, all are French productions.

Several of these openings will

be punctuated by appearances from cast and crew members. Director Karim D ridi w ill prem iere Bye Bye, November 7 at 7:15 p.m. and will present Pigalle November 8 at 9:30 p.m. Alain Centonze, director o f C ’e st ja m a is loin (N ever Too Far), will present on November 9 at 9:15 p.m . A s w e ll, d irector M ich el T hibaud w ill prem iere Pourvu que ça dure (Hang on in There), starring Jean-Pierre Bisson, November 10 at 2:00 p.m.

Open forums for d iscussion w ill fo llo w all o f the premieres.

The panel will consist of the film s’ director and various members o f the Montreal media, including crit­ ics John Griffin, Bill Brownstein and M atthew H ays. La P re s se reporter F ran cine G rim aldi, Maurice Elia, editor of Sequence, and Anne-M arie Losique o f Box Office will also appear.

Despite Cinémania’s focused

mandate, various genres w ill be featured. Le H u ssard su r le to it (The Horseman on the Roof), with b ea u tie s J u liette B in o c h e and Olivier Martinez, is adapted from Jean Giono’s novel set during the cholera epic in 1830s Provence.

Another historical drama is Les Milles (Man of Duty), about a World War II French general who is ordered to hand over a camp of J ew ish , A ustrian and P o lish refugees to the Nazis, but refuses.

For those who prefer com e­ dies, the French farce has a strong presence in the festival. In addition to Pourvu que ça dure, Cinémania yuks it up with L ’Année Ju liette (Juliette’s Year), Le bonheur est dans le p r é (Happiness is in the F ield s) and Les an g es g a rd ie n s (The Guardian A ngels), starring everyone’s favourite oaf, Gérard Depardieu.

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Fiction, gets under your skin and m akes you shake all over. You know that gut-wrenching feeling you get when all the characters are stereotypes. Yikes! Makes me nau­ seous.

This novel is eerie indeed. All the men either curse or drink pro­ fusely and the women are confused and cower at approaching signs of rain. Hagberg has created a real roller coaster ride that spins you

through holes in plot and leaps of logic. No matter. Like the inside flap says: “Nothing ever was going to be quite the same after the first funnelshaped instrument of total destruc­ tion hit, sweeping their lives togeth­ er and tearing them apart.” Right on.

Hagberg pens pure pulp. Note the jarring narrative non-flow he mas­ terminds by writing the story in chunks, each subtitled by the charac­ ter that holds the current point-of-

view.

Further, chapters are arranged by the time that reads on the clock at the National Weather Service (that’s central standard time and coarse, gritty realism). All that’s left for Hagberg to do is send an unprecedented three tornadoes through a rural hub in Wisconsin over 12 hours. Mayhem, carnage, and good old non-computer-simu­ lated destruction.

U n lik e the T w ister o f ‘96, Twister ‘75 left little dent in sales.

While the movie went on to break b o x -o ffic e records, the book bounced from the best-seller list to the bargain basement bin. It’s a sad state of affairs that the decade pop­ ularising disaster flicks is shad­ owed by a slick Speed-quel. And all you high-brow wannabes that compare books to Hollywoodised summer money-makers, save your breath. These Twisters share only a

Over the next few days, you’re (hopefully) going to go vote in the referendum on the dental plan. When you get there, you’re going to he given a rather long questionnaire.

I’m sure you’ll give each of these questions all sorts of long, in-depth consideration.

Of course you will.

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Think about it. You pay how much for this alleged education? In exchange for^hich we all tend to be getting leaking classrooms, classes taught by teaching assistants, and mid-terms which may as well be marked by a good swift toss down the Arts steps.

Some days, I think that if McGill was a horse, I’d shoot it.

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I’m Don McGowan, Vice-President (University Affairs) of SS]\IU, and I think we deserve better. Whatever’s wrong, and whatever needs to be made right, let me know, and I’ll work with you to help get it done.

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auditorium will accommodate this y ea r’s ap rès-festival audiences.

T eitelb a u m h o p es that it w ill encourage interaction between the viewers — both francophone and anglophone, cinéphiles and film novices alike.

W hether y o u ’re lo o k in g to impress your ex-provincio friends with an expanded French vocabu­ lary or are interested in delving in to ‘la c u ltu re f r a n c o p h o n e ,’ Cinémania is worth catching.

C in é m a n ia runs u n til N o v e m b e r 10 in th e M a x w e ll C u m m in gs A u d ito r iu m a t the M o n trea l M useum o f Fine A rts.

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There are no bad guys in Steve Buscemi’s Trees Lounge

By Liz Lau Sometimes, in the fantasy world o f H ollyw ood m ovies, the parade of pretty people just never seems to end.

Thick makeup, buff pecs and the blem ish-hiding softfocus lens is the style du jour.

However, Steve Buscemi has created the perfect antidote in h is latest in die flic k , T rees Lounge. The actor makes his writing and directorial debut with this offbeat fdm, and he is rightfully garnering a lot o f praise.

Buscemi is no stranger to the independent film industry.

He has played memorable roles in such fdms as Reservoir Dogs, Living in Oblivion, and Fargo — all obscurities when first

released. Physically, Buscemi falls short o f the poster boy ideal; perhaps the prostitute from Fargo said it best when she commented that he’s “even more funny looking than most people.” Thanks to a face that makes him look like a perpetual junkie/scumbag, Buscemi has made a name for himself play­ ing the neurotic, w ea selly lowlife that everybody loves to hate.

In Trees Lounge, Buscemi portrays Tommy, a thirty-some­ thing unemployed mechanic liv­ ing in a backwater suburb called Valley Stream. His relationship of eight years is officially over now that Theresa (Elizabeth Bracco) is pregnant and married to Tommy’s former boss, Rob (Anthony LaPaglia). Looking

for love in all the wrong places, Tommy spends his days and nights at the local dive, Trees Lounge. The bar is the meeting place o f the lost and the pro­ found, and Tommy seem s as trapped by the bar as he is by the stiflin g suburb. When Tommy’s uncle, the neighbour­ hood ice-cream truck driver, keels over on the job because of a heart attack, Tommy takes over. Soon, Theresa’s 17-yearold n iece D ebbie, played by Chloe Sevigny of Kids ’ renown, joins him on the route, and sex­ ual sparks go a-flying.

Trying to understand Trees Lounge by its plot is a hopeless endeavour. Though this movie rolls along at a snail’s pace, it is one of those rare beauties that grows on you by the minute.

Instead o f being fixated on action, special effects and good guy/bad guy themes, Buscemi has scripted a film about peo­ ple’s insecurities, their loneli­ n ess, and their need to find some sort of comfort in the face of pain and rejection.

Buscemi also gets a lot of help from the cast — each char­ acter, no matter how much screen tim e he or she gets, seems to live independently of Tom m y’s life. A ccording to B uscem i, this world d oesn ’t have bad guys, just people who make m istakes. L iving with these mistakes is the biggest achievement these characters will ever realise, and Buscemi’s success lies in his ability to con­ vince the audience of this stark reality.

Buscemi: actor, w riter a n d director o f Trees Lounge

D is c e lla n e o u s Tea Party: playing at Madhatters?

Silver Jews

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Natural Bridge (Drag City) “The stars don’t shine upon us / w e ’re just in the w ay o f their lig h t.” So laments David Berman, co ­ founder o f Virginia’s Silver Jews.

F ittin g som ew h ere between the vocal style o f native Montrealer Leonard Cohen and the slacker per­ son a o f P avem en t, S ilv er Jew s’ Natural Bridge takes you over the landscape o f country lo-fi at its most random.

It w as b e lie v e d that S ilv er Jews was solely a side project for the Pavement boys, Steve Malkmus and Bob N astan ovich , but with their latest d is c , the m yth is destroyed. Berman as com poser, guitarist, and vocalist fronts this album whole-heartedly, bringing in a new crew to assist him in his rus­ tic song sculpting. Natural Bridge

is a foot-tapping, dusty-sounding country experience, marked with Berman’s lyrical ingenuity. Berman shows his strange ability to wrap a mild mood o f slow ly meandering lyrics around a simple country riff on tracks like “Inside the Golden Days o f Loving You.” Count on the Silver Jews to keep it plainly con­ fusing.

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W e had Solom on’s seals put into the design o f our last record. He wanted to keep these secrets from ev e ry o n e, and had them cod ed into these seals. It’s stuff like that that w e’re interested in. There’s a great book on the Templar called H oly Blood, H oly War. There’s a lot out there.

Trib: Some see your music as reminiscent o f Iron Butterfly and L ed Z e p p e lin , a m on g o th ers.

What are some bands from today that you’re into?

SC ; P e o p le g e t the w rong idea about us. Too many folks see our high production value as anti­ in d ie or to o co rp o ra te. W e ’re more indie than some o f the indie bands. If w e use a producer — and we don’t usually — we get to pick him. I design all the cover art. W e just care a lot about the m usic, and try to set it down as perfectly as possible. W e’re actu­

ten. The people that react poorly when the walls fall down are those that have built themselves up with all these falsehoods. All the mys­ tics and greats from the east were very much into altered states, and were respected as seers. We don’t have any o f that here and now.

Tim othy Leary was on to som e­ th in g , but he w as la u g h e d at.

Sigmund Freud would take transA tla n tic v o y a g e s and do e ig h t lines o f cocaine a night.

Trib: Tell the kids why they should com e and see you at the Cabaret this Sunday or Monday.

SC: It’s going to be a special show. W e’ll be performing for an hour acoustically, and then bring out the electric stu ff after that.

The only other city w e’re going to be doing that in is Toronto.

ally pretty contem porary in our musical taste. On our new record, you’ll hear parts that remind you o f Tricky and Massive Attack, and w e’ll try to pick up on some o f the things going on in industrial/electronic music.

Trib; What’s on your record player right now?

SC; Soul Coughing.

Trib: W hat’s the last thing you read?

SC: Actually, I’m reading an article in the Buddhist magazine T ric yc le about the in flu en ce o f psychedelics on Buddhist thought, and how they brought a lot o f westerners over to Buddhism and its way o f thinking.

Trib: D o you ad vocate the use o f psychedelic drugs for spiri­ tual growth?

SC: If you can h ave so m e se lf-c o n tr o l, p s y c h e d e lic s can really enrich your life, and open you up to the truths that western thought has repressed or forgot­

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Redmen bewitch Queen’s in 19-9 home playoff victory Team looks tow ard rem atch with Ottawa in O -Q IFC fin a l after L in den ’s rushing display

By Louis Pearson H allow e’en came and went this w eek and, in the p rocess, McGill’s football Redmen almost got spooked out of their knickers.

Their hopes o f going to Toronto and winning the Vanier Cup were threatened by several chilling moments Saturday. After jumping out to an early 8-0 lead, Queen’s ghouls, ghosts and goblins haunted McGill’s fate for phantas­ magoric moments in the third quar­ ter.

Like all happy Hallowe'ens, the moment passed: the Redmen ploughed into the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football C onfe­ rence final with a 19-9 victory over Queen’s Golden Gaels, in front of 2 ,5 9 8 freaking fans in creaking Percival.

On McGill’s second possession, QB Dana Toering pump faked right, then slid the ball to all-star tailback Shawn Linden, who rumbled 17 yards for a first down. Linden subse­ quently cruised through an opening wide enough for the armies o f the undead, giving the Redmen an early 7-0 lead.

W hile M cGill dominated the entire first two quarters, they tacked on only one measly point to lead 8-0 by the half. Spoiled opportunities almost squelched their dreams of a trip to Toronto.

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Royal, the Gaels charged out of the locker room. Queen’s tailback Paul Correale, who ran for only 31 yards in the first half, came up with rushes of 5, 8, 29, and 4 yards, finally dri­ ving into the endzone with a dazzling 22 -yard run-and-dive over the comer pylon. Q ueen’s end John Thelen caught a wounded-duck for a twopoint conversion to tie the score at eight.

The Gaels rolled down the field again, but settled for a single point when Dan Coderre’s 22-yard field goal sailed wide left. Coach Baillie noted afterwards, “I was worried.”

Linebacker Craig Larmer was sent in to exorcise the demons of Correale’s play. Defensive coordina­

tor Mike Maurovich was pleased with their adjustment: “Instead of worrying about what we couldn’t do, we focused on what had to be done and dictated their play.”

Redmen defensive end Andray W ellington one-armed QB Dustin Falscheer to the ground for a 9-yard sack, then trampled him on next pos­ session to thwart Queen’s momen­ tum. M cG ill’s M ichael V erville sprung a block to free Craig Borgeson for a 25-yard punt return.

F acem asking and o ffsid e ca lls against Queen’s landed the Redmen on the 4-yard line. Two hops, no skips, and one thump later, hard-run­ ning Linden hit paydirt. Toering zipped a two-point try to slotback

M cG ill cam e home with a full bag o f go o d ies. With every good running game comes a good defense. Facing two all-star wideouts for the second consecutive week, as well as all-star tailback Correale, the Redmen held the Gaels to 202 yards total o ffen se. M cG ill’s o ffen se racked up 291 yards.

Linebackers J.P. Darche and Olivier Lefebvre wreaked havoc in Queen’s backfield, ruining Falscheer on a QB sack.

“If they can’t run, they won’t m ove the ball against u s,” said Darche afterwards. Of Correale’s 150 yards, 105 were gained during a 13- minute span in the third quarter.

The G ael’s all-star receivers Matt Carlyle and Chris Gear had a combined total of 45 yards on four

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Linden once again carried the Redmen this week, running for 96 yards on 17 carries and adding a pair of touch­ downs versus Queen’s.

Linden was named OQIFC player of the week for the third time this sea­ son.

M cG ill sp ecia l teams ruled Rookie Mathieu Darche tomb­ stoned Q ueen’s returner Paul G reenhow three tim es and sent Thelen flying on another. Borgeson kick returned for 19.7 yards on four punts; kicker Gord Hoogenraad boot­ ed a field goal in the dying minutes to seal a Redmen victory.

A vexing loss last week against Ottawa might have signaled a prema­ ture demise for the Redmen. Instead, McGill’s gridiron warriors responded with a focused, determined, and grit­ ty effort.

This Saturday's Dunsmore Cup showdown against the Gee-Gees at Frank Claire Stadium will determine whether our Redmen are still as pos­ sessed as they were this Halloween Saturday.

Redmen return to nationals by defeating UQAM

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The outside centre for the Martlets rugby team had another outstanding game as McGill beat B ishop’s 14-12 in the QURL semi-finals. She scored the winning try to put McGill into the cham­ pionships next week.

receptions. Bypassed as O-QIFC allstar, Sal Brohi proved something. “I was upset, I wanted to show people I’m a good comer.”

Gaels’ Gear snagged three pass­ es from Falscheer early, including a 3rd and long deep in Redmen territo­ ry but on the next play, Brohi broke in front of Gear and picked off his nation-leading eighth pass of the sea­ son. Everything else thrown at Gear was knocked, batted, and swatted away by Brohi. Darren Sumarah and Lefebvre had the other McGill inter­ ceptions.

Redm en trounce Citadels a n d a re on th eir w a y to n ationals

By Franklin Rubinstein In front of their largest crowd of the season, the McGill Redmen soc­ cer team secured their place in the national tournament by defeating the UQAM Citadels 2-0.

The Redmen had not experi­ enced previous su ccess with the Citadels, who had provided McGill with their only loss and tie this sea­ son. With this in mind, the Redmen knew they would have to make some changes.

Quebec all-star Anthony Watine noted that “in the other gam es, UQAM had a lot of counter-attack­ ing. They have a lot o f offensive players. We slowed them down with Peter Bryant and Sean Sheppard.”

The Redmen asserted their claim on the Quebec title quickly.

McGill pressed into the Citadels’ zone early, and scored in the fifth minute. Game MVP Maher Yehia

notched the goal, finding the net after the Citadels were unable to clear their zone.

The Redmen continued to press, and Quebec all-stars Sean Smith, Marc Mounicot and Gabriel Gervais sparked a slew of offensive opportu­ nities.

McGill also received excellent defensive work from Quebec all-star M athieu Carrier, Bryant and Sheppard. The latter two were instru­ mental in removing UQAM offen­ sive players from opportunities.

“Their o ffen siv e players are very talented. In the other games, they got a lot o f chances. Sean [Sheppard] and Carrier frustrated their team,” said Bryant.

This frustration became evident in the Citadels team, as they racked up yellow cards. Late in the first half, Marc Mounicot was fouled hard by a UQAM forward, drawing a red card for the incident.

“At 1-0, we didn’t have to take any risks. We knew we would have enough chances, and we didn’t want to make any errors,” said Watine.

Throughout the remainder of the game, the Redmen had many offensive chances, while limiting the Citadels to a few lacklustre opportu­ nities.

The consistent effort of goalie Jason Forsyth was once again pre­ sent, and he sk ilfu lly met every UQAM challenge.

The second h alf saw K evin McConnell barely miss a shot from 15 yards out. McConnell’s play adds even more depth to an incredible set of McGill forwards. Hampered by injuries throughout the season, he seemed ready to play a large role in the McGill scheme.

League MVP Marc Mounicot continued his incredible offensive efforts, as he delighted the crowd with fancy footwork and skilful pass­

ing. M ounicot team ed up with Gervais for many scoring opportuni­ ties, although none finished in goals.

The Redmen hit three posts in the second half, but finally scored on a brilliant M ounicot shot. He received the ball on the right wing, and dribbled to within 20 yards of the net. With his left foot, Mounicot guided the ball past the goalie and into the left comer of the net.

M cG ill travels to York University for the Canada soccer finals this weekend. The Redmen will be immediately tested in their first game, matching up against the defending national champions, the UBC Thunderbirds. With their expe­ rience and talent, the Redmen have an excellent chance o f bringing home the gold.

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McGill rugby at Concordia, Sunday, TBA.

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McGill tennis returns Inaugural season ’s successes — a tennis p lay er’s diary Quebec with a tennis team, and all o f the team ’s m atches are away games as arrangements have not yet been made to host other schools.

This can sometimes play a factor.

During Ben Zigelstein’s tight threesetter at Queen’s, the local gentry showed themselves to be less than the picture of tennis etiquette.

“C-H-O-K-E, Choke! Choke!

C hoke!” and “You S uck!” were some of their more cerebral jabs.

W ithout transportation to Ontario schools, the team has com­ missioned the services of an EasyR ide sty le van. The van, or ‘Behemoth’ as it is fondly referred to by the players, comes equipped with a driver, Hector. Hector is the team’s inspirational guru.

What do you want now? You want respect. You want to com e back with the guys and win next year’s championship. You want hun­ dreds of adoring fans. Right now, however, you would be happy if any of your fellow students were actual­ ly aware that their school had a ten­ nis team — and a damn good one at that. You are part of an unheralded troupe at the moment, but your crys­ tal ball tells you that after the com­ bined title that’s sure to come next season, the fans will flock to you in throngs, TSN will come knocking, and McGill will transfer all funding from football to tennis, including the personal tutors and masseurs. The crystal ball says so and H ector believes in you. It is only a matter of time.

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You are not happy when the alarm goes off at 6:30 a.m.. Practice starts in half an hour. Your want for slumber grapples with your sense of guilt. Guilt wins.

You get out of bed, dress, grab your racquets and a nutri-grain bar and head for the gym. When you walk through the front doors o f Currie, Mildred, the golden-aged security guard, greets you from behind her desk with a cool stare.

“Student card,” she demands, but you know that what she is really saying is that you are personally responsible for her chosen career path which long ago went horribly, terribly wrong.

You make it to the fieldhouse where all o f your team mates are warming up.

The first player you spot, taking volleys at the net, is Horky. If the Ontario-Quebec University Tennis League had an All-McEnroe Team, Michael Horky would be at the top of its list. Not only is he the first McGill player ever to win a match, he is also the first to receive a warn­ ing. Multiple warnings actually. In a recent battle against Ottawa U ’s number three player, Horky, frustrat­ ed by his opponent’s incessant drop shots, yelled out, “F— You! I’d need a f—king motorcycle to get to your cheap-a— shots!” McEnroe would have been proud.

You and the rest o f the team have had plenty to laugh about in this, the first season of competition for McGill Tennis. To be sure, there has also been plenty to cheer about.

You lost your voice whooping and hollering after you watched M ichael Ghazal hit a scream ing backhand passing shot down the line for a winner at match-point against, breaking the will o f his opponent fom York. You witnessed your boys embarass defending league champ Western 5-2.

You were there at the playoffs at the York Tennis Centre one week ago, w here a rook ie team from McGill captured the women’s title and finished second only to York in the men’s. To get to the final, the men beat Toronto 4-3 in the semis after Fisher won the seventh and deciding match 7-5 in the third.

As a successful but young team with no seniority, the financial times are tough for your squad. All money is raised by you and the rest of the crew. This means working the cover and coat-check countless times at Gert’s and the ski sale, begging McGill Athletics for free court time for practice (no such luck) and, more often than not, shelling travel and competition expenses out o f your own pocket.

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By Ryan M urphy The M cG ill Redm en ended a dramatic weekend of play with an inspiring victo­ ry on Sunday over the Guelph Gryphons.

The victory secured third place for host McGill in this w eekend’s Redbird Classic Tournament, which featured a selection o f this year’s top contenders for the C anadian In teru niversity A th le tic s U nion crow n, in clu d in g the UBC Thunderbirds, the A cadia A xem en and the G uelph Gryphons.

It was the second tour­ nament o f the year for the R edm en, who so far have G u ard P eter Fraser hustles hack on defense. been a paltry 1-4 in pre-seait’s pre-season, and w e’ll improve,” son play. he said.

The R edm en’s Friday night M cG ill did im prove as they tip-off was against a perennially cam e fly in g out o f the gates on strong and explosive Acadia team.

Saturday a gain st U BC . R ick The Axemen jumped off to an early Varisco led a charge o f shooters, lead and never looked back, mount­ co n n ectin g on sev en o f tw elv e ing an im pressive 107-59 victory three-point attempts, to notch 27 against a lethargic and apprehen­ points and lead the Redmen to a 48sive M cG ill squad. The Redmen 42 advantage at the half. were v ictim ised throughout the The story of the game, howev­ game by frequent lapses in concen­ er, was the dominant inside play of tration. tournament MVP Curtis Mepham, McGill forward Joel Pearlman, who was uncontrollable. who came away as tournament allIn the second half, McGill got star, finished with 19 points and 6 gutsy performances from new com­ rebounds. ers Pat Inglis, who finished with 19 “W e’re very embarrassed. No team should come into our gym and score 107 points on us. Fortunately,

p o in ts, and h ig h -fly in g rook ie Hubert Davis, who finished with 11 points and 14 boards.

M iracuously, M cG ill stayed c lo s e behind a 1 0 - 2 run w ith Mepham on the sidelines, tying the game and leading Rick Varisco to foul David Buchanan with five sec­ onds remaining. Buchanan missed both shots, sending the game into overtime and the fans into a frenzy.

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Martlets breeze through Redbird Classic

By Richard Retyi The M artlet basketball team showed off its fine form this weekend by sweeping all the games at the Redbird C lassic Basketball Tournament.

The team hosted the tourney, which featured teams from Cape Breton, Guelph, and cross-town rival Concordia this weekend.

Led by tournament MVP Vicky Tessier, McGill buried the competi­ tion en route to the championship game. They proceeded to polish off a tough Concordia bunch, 61-54, before the hom etown crowd. On Friday night, the Martlets began their weekend demolishing a weak Cape Breton Capers squad, 101-38. The next evening, they followed with a 71 -5 4 victory over the Guelph Gryphons.

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With the regular season approaching, the Martlets are riding high as they out-score their opponents by an average of 22 points a game.

Ranked first in the Quebec University Basketball League and expected by many to go undefeated in this year’s campaign, McGill is the team to beat.

The Martlets are confident about their upcoming season “We have incredible support from M cG ill, its alumni and our coaches,” said coach Lisen Moore, who is in her third year with the Martlets. “The only pressure we have to face is the pressure we put on our­ selves. We’ve got a mature club this year.”

Repeating last year’s success will not be easy for the Martlets, who lost starters Josée D eloretto and Debby Morse to graduation. This puts added pressure on team leaders Vicky Tessier, L esley Stevenson, Anne Gildenhuys and Jennifer Stacey.

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T essier heads into her fifth and final season, spear­ heading the Martlet attack and providing much-needed leader­ ship to some o f the younger players on the team. Tessier has garnered four league MVPs and allCanadian honours as well as having led the league in scoring four straight years.

Senior forward Anne G ildenhuys, who ranked second in the league in scoring last year, gives the M artlets another potent o ffen siv e weapon as well as a strong defen sive presence.

Forward Lesley Stevenson adds a strong physical pres­ M artlets looking to co n tin u e w in n in g w ays ence inside, an area that may be the only weakness of a is steadily becoming a mainstay with dominant Martlet team. the Martlets, using a deadly shot as In the back-court, Jennifer her greatest weapon. Sophomores Stacey contributes to the already Nadya Dhalla and Jennifer deLeeuw lethal Martlet offence averaging 13 add to McGill’s already deep bench, points a game last season. Stacey also as do rookies Karen Shaw, and Brock showed heart, being selected as a University transfer Darnell Williams.

Redbird Classic all-star despite sitting If the Redbird Classic is any out the first game of the tournament indication of how good the Martlets and playing the remaining two on a will be this season, McGill can look bad ankle. forward to a special homecoming on Sophomore A lison Schafer, March 24, if the Martlets return from QUBL rookie-of-the-year last season, H alifax with a national cham pi­ is rock solid and rounds out the back- onship. court. She averaged 5.2 points a “It’s my dream ,” all-w orld game last season.

Vicky Tessier commented. “We have Aside from the starting five, the team, we have the talent. I think it McGill is deep in talent. Defensive is a realistic goal.” specialist Ingrid Marchand utilises The Martlets have an unstop­ her lightning speed and aggressive pable offense and five potential all­ play to disrupt her opponents. stars in their line-up, not to mention a Redbird Classic all-star and Canada p ossib le CIAU MVP in Vicky Games gold medalist Caroline Malo Tessier.

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D arcy D eu tsch er w ent coast to coast for a lay up, clearly charging into a McGill defender. The contro­ versial no-call cost an emotionally charged McGill squad the win.

Despite the disappointing and questionable lo ss, Matt W atson said, “we were really pleased with how we played. The game showed that, although w e’re a young team, w e’re learning to play with each other.”

McGill hosted Guelph in the consolation final o f the three-day tournament. In the early going, the Redmen led by as many as seven points, but saw their lead diminish to a half-time tie.

M cGill came gunning out in the second half, led by the spirited play of game MVP Watson. He fin­ ished with 17 points, and Varisco contributed 14.

With 17 seconds remaining and the fans upon the edges of their seats, Pat Inglis was fouled and put upon the line. He made both shots to put M cG ill ahead by three points.

Watson later nailed two free throws, leaving only seven ticks of the clock remaining and McGill up by five. Guelph raced down the court, fired and swished a despera­ tion three. W ith 2.5 seco n d s rem aining, R ick V a risco was fouled, sent to the line and made both o f his shots, clin ch in g the McGill victory.

The Redmen will be in action again next weekend at the Waterloo tournament, where expectations ol success remain high. According tc Watson, “w e’re going to start on i roll here. No one expects too much of us, so I think w e’re going to sur­ prise a lot of people.”

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The M cGill w om en’s soccer team traveled to Q uebec City Saturday look in g for a win to advance them to the national CIAU finals. Instead, they were beaten by the Laval Rouge et Or by a score of 4-0.

“Laval was the stronger team on paper,” commented McGill coach S ylvie B eliveau, “and they were stronger on the field today.”

The Martlets had finished the regular season in second place with a 9-1-2 record, and entered the play­ offs ranked sixth in the country.

However, the Martlets’ second playoff game seemed plagued by bad luck. A late departure o f the team bus from Montreal resulted in a game postponement o f more than half an hour. Things just didn’t seem to be going their way when McGill also lost its starting goaltender to injury in the second half of the game.

Laval’s speedy forwards domi­ nated play in the opening minutes.

The hosts capitalised in the 1 1th minute, when Marie-Eve Cantin outraced the Martlet defenders and loft­ ed the ball into an open net.

The play evened out as the half ended, with both teams exchanging weak scoring chances. The teams’ performances are indicative of two

championship calibre teams, as the two clubs’ defensive systems took over.

McGill’s strong attack was neu­ tralised by an equally proficient opposing defense.

M cG ill goalk eeper Debra Keitzke kept the Martlets in the game with solid stops in the second half, but eventually paid the price. A brilliant save ended in a collision midway through the half. Sweeper Sue B elair, who had not played goalie this season, had to leave her fullback position to replace Keitzke.

She did not look out of place in the net and made some difficult stops.

K eitzke eventually returned later in the half but was run into on a couple more occasions. She finally left the game with a slight concus­ sion late in the second half, after Marie-Eve Laflamme’s end-to-end rush resulted in Laval’s second goal in the 75th minute.

“We were unlucky to lose our goalkeeper, because she’s the key to our defense,” said Beliveau. “Since we also had to replace our keeper with our sweeper, our whole backfield was affected.”

With its back to the wall, the Martlets tried to pull off the improba­ ble comeback. Their best chances came after they fell behind by two, but their opened-up play ultimately

resulted in two more Laval goals.

M elanie Baribeau scored Laval’s third goal in the dying minutes to ice the game. Annie-Helene Samson’s last-minute goal was made on an empty net, as Belair had left the net to play as an extra attacker.

Team Captain Luciana Cifarelli, playing her last gam e with the Martlets, was disappointed that the team’s season had to end on a downnote. “The loss didn’t at all reflect our season. The ball just didn’t roll our way this time,” she said.

However, the disappointing end to the season did nothing to blemish the young Martlet team ’s accom ­ plishments. With more than half the team made up of rookies, they could have alm ost all o f their players returning next year.

There were also six Martlets named to the Quebec League all-star teams. Cifarelli, Keitzke, and rookie midfielder Amy Walsh were selected to the first team. Midfielder Joanne Hager, and defenders Sarah Pentland and Sue Belair were named to the second team.

“It was a great season. We’re a young team and we experienced a lot together,” said Cifarelli. “I think we reached a lot of objectives and went further than a lot of people expected us to this year.”

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November 5th, 1996

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Rugby teams give Bishop’s the chills M cG ill’s men an d wom en both advan ce to cham pionship B y D a n Sara g o s ti

Each winter, M cG ill’s rugby teams get together for a co-ed tour­ nament they call the Snow Sevens.

They got an unexpected preview of it on Sunday when they eked out close victories over Bishop’s in their semi-final games.

The w om en’s team upset the first-place Gaiters 14-12 in the day’s first game, and the men follow ed that by winning 17-12.

The team s arrived in Lennoxville to find the ground cov­ ered in a coat of white. Bishop’s had shoveled out the sidelines and writ­ ten “Kill M cGill” behind one end zone, but the only concession to the weather was that a few players wore long johns under their shorts.

Bishop’s dominated early in the w o m en ’s gam e, k eep in g the Martlets pinned in their own end with crashes in the centres and scor­ ing the game’s first two tries.

McGill came back just before halftime with a try by wing Joanna Guertin, and Button M acD onald converted the kick to bring them to within five, at 12-7.

Kathy Morrison scored the only try of the second half on a spectacu­ lar play. Bishop’s took a risk by run­ ning the ball in their own end and got burned when Morrison picked off a pass, sprinted to the end zone, and touched the ball down under the posts.

MacDonald made the conver­

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SACOMSS and McGill Women’s Union holding an OUTREACH for volunteers and any others interested at 17:30pm. Shatner B-09. Info: 3982700 or 398-6823.

McGill Students for Literacy holds its annual Read-a-thon in the Leacock Lobby 9:00-15:00. Find out about our programs and literacy in the Montreal community. Contact: Chris Chung 398-5100.

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Jewish W om en’s Potluck.

Vegetarian Shabbat dinner and discus­ sion of Jewish women’s issues. Info:

sion again to put the Martlets up 1412 and set up a thrilling finish — enough to make fans forget the cold.

Bishop’s spent the last ten min­ utes deep in McGill’s end attacking in every possible way; they seemed to be in several times, but somehow the Martlets kept them out o f the end zone.

With a minute left, M cG ill’s forw ards won a clean ball and scrum-half Des Lidon kicked it out o f harm’s way to seal the victory.

The team celebrated by wiping out the “Kill M cGill” sign with snow angels.

Martlets coach Linda M iller called the result a huge victory for morale after an up and down season, and stressed that it w as a team effort.

Men sea l the twin-bill M ille r’s counterpart on the m en ’s team , Sandy T ow n sen d, talked o f how im pressed he was with the way the Redmen coped with the arctic conditions and other difficulties in the second game.

“The guys rose to the occasion despite the cold and the snow, shod­ dy refereeing, and some chippy play

by Bishop’s. They weren’t explosive but they were very solid defensive­ ly,” explained Townsend.

The gam e-w inning try came late in the second half thanks in large part to the work of two veteran forwards. Hooker Mark Cameron burst through for a long run and

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LBGTM’s M en’s Discussion Group meets in the basement of UTC at 19:00. We usually go out for food and drinks afterward.

Saturday, November 9 Bilingual Women’s Dance — Concordia, UQAM and McGill women holding a gigantic dance at Thompson House (3650 McTavish) $2.50. Starts 22:30.

McGill Concert Series presents Louis Pelletier and Co. on percussion, alto saxophone, and piano. Pollack Hall, 20:00.

Monday November 11 McGill Debating Union Show Round Monday nights in Shatner 302 18:00. No experience necessary.

Lecture by Vesanto Melina on vegetarianism. 19:00. Stuart Bio Sl/4.

Earthsave and META members free.

Students $2. Others $5. Info: Mark Berman at 289-0843.

Ongoing and Upcoming Judges needed. McGill Debating Union hosting largest high school debating tournament in North America, Nov. 8, 9. No experience necessary.

Info: 398-6824 (leave your name/number) or drop by Shatner 419.

McGill Concert Series presents the Master’s Recital with Monik Mordine on the jazz saxophone.

Pollack Hall, 20:00.

Curl with the McGill curling club.

Every Friday from 16:00-18:00. Free.

Thistle curling club, 1420 Fort St. Info: 934-0724, or 938-4807.

Interested in volunteering?

Opportunities on campus or in Montreal communities. Check the Volunteer Bureau Board outside of Shatner 414 or phone 398-6819.

Debating Union has a show on Monday nights in Shatner 302 18:00.

after a couple o f rucks, prop Sam Laggis picked up the ball and bar­ relled over for the score.

Much o f the talk before the game centred on Shane Thompson, a starting running back for the Gaiters football team who’s played basket­ ball for B ish o p ’s and rugby for Quebec’s provincial team, moon­ lighting in this game as BU’s scrumhalf.

T hom pson played w ell and scored a try, but for the most part M cG ill managed to contain him before he was ejected, along with Redmen second row James Daniels, midway through the second half.

The teams alternated tries in a 12-12 first half, with McGill’s com­ ing from Daniels and Dave Shields.

Simon Ellison made one of two con­ versions.

After Laggis’s try, the Redmen held Bishop’s at bay with ease, with centres Graham Withers and Andy Harrison tackling and supporting especially well, to keep the score 1712 .

The Redm en w ill v isit Concordia in the championship next Sunday. They’ll have to do without Daniels, who got an automatic onegam e suspension along with the ejection, but Bernie M cM ullen’s return to the line-up should give them a boost. Both teams advance to the finals next week, where they hope to defend the titles they won last year, hopefully without risking hypothermia.

M Practice rounds (i.e. option to debate) Friday nights in Leacock 15 17:3. All welcome. No experience necessary.

On Tuesdays, The Red Herring, McGill’s humour magazine, has brain­ storming sessions. Shatner 303, 14:30.

Living With Loss: afternoon and evening bereavement support and selfhelp groups offered free through the McGill School of Social Work. For anyone who has suffered the loss of a family member or friend. Info: Estelle Hopmeyer at 398-7067.

The Canadian Studies Graduate Students’ Association announces a Call for Papers for the Third Annual Canadian Studies Conference.

Submissions welcomed from graduate students in all fields who are interested in the study of Canada. Deadline for abstracts: Fri., Dec. 2. Info: 398-2974.

Brain tumour support groups. 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month from 19:00 to 20:15. Groups in English and French, patients and family groups are seperate. Montreal Neurologincal Hospital, 3801 University St. Info: Saroj Gupta 398-1916.

The Gamers’ Guild is running its own Chess League. We supply space, materials. $5. Info: Shatner 401, 3986814.

Heridan: M cG ill’s Women’s Literary Journal is looking for volun­ teers for typing, proofreading, layout, and good ideas. Submissions also accepted; prose, poetry, graphic art, etc. Dedaline Nov. 20. Contact the Women’s Union, Shatner 423.

Evening adoption support group offered free through the School of Social Work for adopted adults, birth parents, and adoptive parents on the topic of serach for biological relatives.

Contact: Carol Speirs at 398-8450.

the individual competition.

In the m en ’s tournam ent, McGill took the silver medal. The team upset the U n iv ersity o f Toronto 4-3 in the sem i-finals, powered by an ex citin g Adam Fisher win in the deciding match.

The team was defeated 4-1

by York University in the finals.

Ben Z ig elste in w as the lon e bright star, winning both o f his m atches. H is second win was most impressive, as he beat a pre­ viously undefeated Wake Forest University graduate.

Women crow n ed ten­ nis cham pion s In their inaugural season, the w om en 's tennis team shocked York University 5-4 in the year­ ending tennis championship.

After disposing o f McMaster 5-2 in the semi-finals, the team beat York on their home court.

In the individual cham pi­ onships, McGill picked up silver and bronz.e medals. The doubles tandem of Pam Trafton and KarriLee Cartwright finished second, while Cartwright finished third in

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