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S e t t le m e n t r e a c h e d in c a s e o f M c G i l l p r o f e s s o r ’s s u ic id e A M cG ill inquiriy related to Justine Sergent’s suicide will never be com pleted

By N o a h G itterman A leg a l se ttlem en t has fin a lly b een reached b e tw e en M cG ill u n i­ versity and the estate o f a M cG ill professor w ho com m itted suicide in April 1994.

Justine Sergent and her husband Y v e s took their ow n lives only one d ay a fter th e in te g r ity o f J u stin e Sergent’s research w as questioned in a M o n trea l G azette article printed April 9, 1994. A t the tim e, Sergent worked in M cG ill’s faculty o f m edi­ c in e an d at th e M o n tr e a l N eu ro lo g ica l Institute. A fe w days a fte r S e r g e n t ’ s d e a th , M c G ill announced that an inquiry w ould be set up to review internal procedures at M c G ill related to the a ca d em ic and professional activities o f Justine Sergent.

H ow ever, representatives o f the Sergent estate requested a temporary court injunction in N ovem b er 1994 to suspend the inquiry, because they did not feel the university could con­ d u ct an in d e p e n d e n t or im p a rtia l r ev iew . A se ttlem e n t w a s reached earlier this month, after alm ost three years o f litigation betw een the tw o parties.

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U n iv e r sity R e la tio n s O ffic e states that “as a resu lt o f the p a ssa g e o f tim e and the extraordinary exp en se in v o lv e d in the litig a tio n p r o c e s s which has yet to yield a final jud ge­ m e n t, M c G ill U n iv e r s ity and the estate o f Justine Sergent have decid­ ed to settle by terminating the litiga­ tion and the enquiry.”

Sergent accused o f frau d T h e G a ze tte sto ry that q u e s ­ tio n e d S e r g e n t ’ s r e s e a r c h w a s p rom pted by an a n o n y m o u s letter w h ich accused Sergent o f scien tific fraud. The Gazette also learned that S erg en t had b een reprim and ed by M c G ill for tech n ica l v io la tio n s o f research procedures.

The story referred to the anony­ m ous letter and also to a statem ent issu ed by M cG ill w h ich responded to the allegations o f fraud. This state­ m ent explained that the integrity o f Sergent’s research project w as itself n o t at is s u e w h en sh e w a s r ep ri­ m anded by M cG ill. It also indicated that Sergent had requested a scien tif­ ic audit o f her research after being n o tifie d o f the an o n y m o u s a lle g a ­ tions.

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b e g in the s c ie n tific aud it, M cG ill a lso announced it w ou ld launch an inquiry into its internal procedures.

Clarified in a letter sent by Principal Bernard Shapiro on July 2 5 , 1994, the inquiry w as meant to “review the university p o licies, procedures, and practices in regard to the practice o f research, prom otions and disciplin e in effect at the tim e o f Dr. Sergent’s academ ic and professional activities at M cG ill.” M ontreal law yer Casper B lo o m w a s s e l e c t e d to h e a d th e inquiry.

The representative o f Sergent’s e sta te , C la u d e-A rm a n d Sh ep pard, quickly took issue with the inquiry’s proced ures and claim ed that it did not have the appearance o f indepen­ d e n c e or im p a r tia lity . S h e p p a r d argued again st M c G ill’s refusal to allow Sergent’s estate to participate in the in q u ir y , and he a ls o q u e s ­ tioned B lo o m ’s appointment to con­ duct the review , since B lo o m ’s son w a s r e g is te r e d in th e F a c u lty o f M edicine at the time.

M cGill inquiry terminated M cG ill has decided that it is no

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N a t io n u n d e r s ie g e : L u b i c o n C r e e f ig h t f o r a fu t u r e

By Sara Jean G reen W ar is raging in this country but m ost Canadians have no idea where the battle lines are drawn.

A 1 0 ,0 0 0 sq u a r e k ilo m e tr e patch o f land in Northern Alberta is arguably the m ost valu ab le on the planet. It is no surprise then that huge m u lti-n a tio n a l co rp o ra tio n s — o il and gas, pulp and paper, and logging c o m p a n ie s — h a v e p u s h e d fo r r e s o u r c e d e v e lo p m e n t. D ia m o n d exploration m ay soon com m ence in the area. And the only thing standing in the w a y o f fu ll-s c a le “d e v e lo p ­ m en t” is a sm a ll n a tio n o f N a tiv e people — the Lubicon Lake Cree.

T h e h istory o f the L u b ico n is long and com plex. First prom ised a reserve by the federal governm ent in 1939, the Lubicon still do not have a land settlem ent agreement. Although they have never ced ed any rights to their traditional territory, the Lubicon

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face constant pressure from the fed­ eral and provincial govern m en ts as w e ll as b ig b u sin e ss in terests that w a n t to e x p lo it th e r e s o u r c e -r ic h area. Sin ce 1980, over $7 b illion in oil has been extracted from the land w hile the Lubicon them selves suffer extrem e poverty.

“S o far, the Alberta governm ent has taken royalties worth $9 m illion o ff o f Lubicon land and 95 per cent o f m y p e o p le are on w e lfa r e . W e haven’t benefited one cent from any governm ent — except w elfare,” said R e in ie Jobin o f the L u b ico n L ake C ree E ld e r s’ C o u n c il. “T o d a y , w e have alcoholism , suicide...and a very short tim e ago, m y people were selfsufficient.”

U p u n til th e la te 1 9 7 0 s , th e L ubicon — isolated in their boreal forest hom e — were self-sufficient in their traditional hunting, fishing, and trapping w ay o f life. T h e first road into Lubicon territory w as construct­ ed in 1 9 7 8 . S in c e th a t tim e , th e

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m oose population — the staple o f the L u b ic o n d ie t — h a s q u ic k ly declined; in 1979, 2 1 9 m o o se w ere k i l le d c o m p a r e d to th e h a n d fu l caught last winter.

Environmental pollution caused by o il and gas c o m p a n ie s has had dire e ffe c ts on the p e o p le ’s health.

M oreover, a new ly constructed sourg a s p r o c e s s in g p la n t — b u ilt a s to n e ’s throw from the L u b ic o n ’s proposed reserve sight — is a poten­ tial threat because an accidental leak o f hydrogen sulphide could be fatal for the entire band.

A ccord in g to Fred L ennerson, an E d m on ton -b ased a d v iser to the Lubicon, there w ere 19 stillbirths out o f 21 p r e g n a n c ie s fr o m 1 9 8 5 to 1986. A lthou gh the infant mortality rate has d eclin ed , the L ub icon still e x p e r ie n c e an u n c o m m o n ly h ig h num ber o f still-b irths, sp ontan eou s ab ortion s, m iscarriages, prem ature births and birth defects.

“It’s a continuing problem but

at that time, nobody knew i f another Lubicon baby w ould be bom alive,” said Lennerson.

A sth m a , sk in r a sh e s, v a r io u s can cers and other health problem s p la g u e th e c o m m u n ity o f L it t le B uffalo, located 600 kilom etres north o f E d m o n to n , e a s t o f th e P e a c e River.

“T h eir p e o p le are d y in g . I t’s gen o cid e,” Lennerson stated. “T hey are fighting to defend them selves — they are under siege. N ot [fighting] is not an option.”

C anada’s forgotten tribe B e c a u s e o f th e L u b ic o n ’ s extrem e iso la tio n , they w ere o v er­ looked w hen Canada signed treaties with First Nations across the prairies betw een 1879 and 1908. Other abo­ riginal p e o p le s in northern A lberta s ig n e d T r e a ty N u m b e r 8 , w h ic h C an ad a m a in ta in s r e s u lte d in the

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C a n a d ia n R e d C r o s s b a c k a t M c G ill Last sem ester’s conflict over questionnaire has y e t to be resolved

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By Jennifer M intz T h e C a n a d ia n R e d C r o s s retu rn ed to M c G ill last w e e k for b lo o d d r iv es w ith th e E n g in e e r in g and S c ie n c e U n d e r g r a d u a te S ocieties, despite the contro­ v e r s y th a t e r u p te d la s t s e m e s te r o v e r th e C R C ’ s donor questionnaire.

R e la t io n s b e tw e en M c G ill s tu d e n ts an d th e C R C w ere in serio u s je o p ­ ardy last N ovem b er after the C R C c a n c e lle d th e S S M U b lo o d d r iv e . T h e C R C claim ed that the d ecision to l e a v e M c G ill w a s m a d e b e c a u se o f a p ress r e le a s e s e n t b y S S M U P r e s id e n t C h r is C a r te r to lo c a l C R C re su m e s c o lle c tin g b lo o d f r o m M cG ill d o n o rs.

Aaron chase M ontreal m edia, w hich stat­ are trying to set them straight and “W e h a v e v e ry h ig h e x p e c ta ­ ed that he w as g o in g to attem pt to perhaps shed so m e ligh t on all the tio n s o f th is b lo o d d riv e,” M énard g iv e blood. issu es.” c o n tin u ed . “W e are very happy to C a r te r ’ s p r e s s r e l e a s e w a s T h o s e at th e e d u c a tio n b ooth return to M c G ill and h o p e e v e r y ­ meant to draw m edia attention to the w ere a lso e n c o u r a g in g stu d en ts to thing w ill work out.” fact that as an openly gay man, he is sig n a petition d em an d in g that the M a rk F e ld m a n , S S M U V P p r o h ib ite d fr o m g i v in g b lo o d C R C c h a n g e its p r e se n t q u e s tio n ­ internal affairs, has been in contact according to the b lo o d drive q u es­ naire. w ith the C R C sin ce last sem ester’s tio n n a ir e . I n te r p r e tin g C a r te r ’ s In r e s p o n s e to th e w e a lth o f c a n c e lla tio n an d w a s o v e r s e e in g actions as an attempt to create a co n ­ is s u e s th at th e C R C ’ s return h as negotiations for future blood drives. fr o n t a t io n a l s it u a t io n , th e C R C b r o u g h t in to f o c u s , A r ts r ep to N oting the important role that blood decid ed to leave M cG ill indefinitely.

S S M U c o u n c i l K a ren H u r le y is d rives p lay, F eldm an is p lea sed to T h e C R C ag reed to return to planning an open forum for students. see the C R C return to M cG ill.

M cG ill this sem ester only i f certain “The goal o f the open forum is “B lood drives save lives, and as conditions w ere met: no on e w as to to facilitate a productive discussion lo n g as e v e r y o n e acts resp o n sib ly c h a llen g e the security o f the b lo o d o n i s s u e s c o n c e r n in g th e C R C ’ s th ere sh o u ld be n o p r o b le m s,” he system , n o CR C posters w ere to be q u estio n n a ir e ,” sa id H u rley. “Our said. defaced, and a com m unications plan task is to d isc u ss both sid e s o f the W h ile th e C R C h a s r esu m ed had to be d evelop ed to educate the issu e and to p rom ote fa irn ess and regu lar a c tiv itie s, certain stu d en ts stu dents about b lo o d secu rity. T he tolerance o f all o p in ion s and c o m ­ remain sceptical about the legitim a­ CR C m aintains that these conditions m ents. T he possibility o f discussion c y o f th e C R C ’s s c r e e n in g t e c h ­ should elim inate further problem s at le a d s to a p o s s ib ility that te n sio n niq ues. O u tsid e the b lo o d c lin ic , a M cG ill. w ill be reduced in the future.”

C R C B lo o d S creen in g Inform ation “G o o d d is c u s s io n s w ill bring T h e o p e n fo r u m on th e C R C Booth w as set up to inform students ou t e x c e lle n t r e s u lts,” said A n dré b lood drive w ill be held in M arch, o f the d isc im in a to ry nature o f the M énard, director o f public relations and H urley encourages all interested C R C q u e s t io n n a ir e — th e C R C for the C R C ’s eastern region. “W e stu d en ts to atten d and v o ic e their r e fu se s to a c ce p t b lo o d from m en exp ect 89 per cent o f our [blood c o l­ opinions. W ith a positive response to w h o have had sexual relations with lection ] o b je c tiv e to be m et during last w eek ’s blood drive, and efforts other men. the b lo o d d rive — as lo n g as stu­ by stu d en ts to d eal w ith q u estio n s “T h e g o a l o f th e b o o th is to dents adhere to the conditions.” and concerns, the future o f the CRC e n g a g e u n su re stu d e n ts ab ou t the D e sp ite last se m ester ’s turbu­ at M cG ill look s bright. social prejudices hidden behind the le n t e n g a g e m e n t b e tw e e n S S M U “T h e r e are p la n s fo r an o th er C R C ’ s q u e s t io n n a ir e ,” s a id N e d and the C R C , both sides seem eager b lood drive in April, benefitin g the H o w e y , a stu dent v o lu n te e r. “T h e to put the past behind them and con ­ m e d ic a l stu d e n ts,” sa id F eld m a n .

CRC is not basing their information centrate on the future. The CR C, in “That is, i f everything g o e s w ell this on e v id en ce. T hey are basin g their p a r tic u la r , is lo o k in g fo r w a r d to tim e around.” in fo r m a tio n on s o c ia l p r e ju d ic e s , r e n e w in g i t s r e la t io n s h ip w ith w hich tend to m islead students.

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For the visually or physically impaired, going to the students ’ centre may be more trouble than its worth

By Lucy Lowes___________________________________ ___________________ An accessibility audit o f the W illiam Shatner University Centre indicates that many students with disabilities are left with no choice but to “simply avoid the building.”

A ccess M cGill, a group o f students affiliated with the O ffice for Students with Disabilities, completed tw o audits last w eek to illustrate problems that stu­ dents with visual or physical impairments encounter when trying to access the students’ society building. Although the University Centre has a ramp at the front o f the building, automatic doors, and an elevator, there are serious prob­ lem s that deter students with disabilities from using their student centre.

“I don’t often go to the Shatner building because the ramp going up is fair­ ly steep,” said Erin Naef. “And because o f the elevator — [you] need a key to use it and often when you go, it takes a w hile to find [the key]. There is a differ­ ence between access and easy access.”

The final audit consists o f two parts — the first part was conducted by a student in a wheelchair and the second by a visually impaired student.

“The bathrooms on the first floor w ere accessib le once som eone could manage to open the very heavy doors...[Gert’s] is totally inaccessible for anyone in a wheelchair w ho w ishes to buy either alcohol or food,” the audit states.

“Shatner does not have any room numbers Brailled and as a result our student would not be able to figure out where the room was or in what direction he needed to go in order to find the club he was attempting to attend.”

According to members o f A ccess M cG ill, the difficulties in accessing the building have discouraged students with disabilities from using services provid­ ed for all students.

“To go to the theatre at night you have to call w ell in advance to get the [elevator] key handy. The key hole is high. There are no signs to the elevator. It is so impractical to use,” said A ccess member Eleanor Girt, who worked on the audit. “Students with disabilities are not using Shatner at all.”

Although improvements have been made to make other campus buildings more accessible, a host o f obstacles still exist.

“Involvement in anything is mostly through the phone, because mobility takes a lot o f time,” N aef said. “The biggest thing is the attitude — you can’t m ow dow n hills or fix ramps over night.”

SSM U VP Internal Affairs Mark Feldman, w ho is responsible for the man-

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V a lid it y o f S S M U

By N o a h G itterman _____________ T h e v a lid ity o f all o f S S M U b y -la w s and con stitu tion al am en d ­ m e n ts p a s s e d s i n c e 1991 w a s brought into qu estion at a m eetin g o f the Judicial Board last Friday.

S in c e th e a d o p t io n o f th e S S M U constitution in 1991. S S M U c o u n c il h a s o n ly p a s s e d a m e n d ­ m en ts in the E n g lish la n g u a g e — even though article 31.5 o f the co n ­ s titu tio n s ta te s that “ A ll a m e n d ­ m ents to this C onstitution and B y ­ law s shall be adopted in both o ffi­ cial langu ages.”

S S M U V P U n iv e r sity A ffa irs D o n M cG ow an brought this issu e to th e J u d ic ia l B o a r d fo r a r u lin g regarding the validity o f certain b y ­ law am endm ents. M cG ow an , during a c o u n c il m e e tin g on S e p te m b e r 12th, 1996, objected to the adoption o f b y - l a w a m e n d m e n t s w h ic h w o u ld h a v e c r e a te d a n u m b er o f n e w c o u n c il c o m m itte e s , b e c a u se the am endm ents w ere on ly available in E nglish . He brought his concern to the attention o f co u n cil, but c o ­ speaker Sky Jondahl ruled that the am endm ents could be adopted with only the E nglish versions available.

In h is c a s e to th e J u d ic ia l Board. M cG ow an argued that le g is­ lation enacted before Septem ber 12, 1996 should be declared temporari­ ly v a lid , p e n d in g tr a n sla tio n in to F rench. H o w e v er , he asserted that anything enacted after co u n cil w as in f o r m e d o f th e p r o b le m o n S e p te m b e r 12 sh o u ld be d e c la r ed

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“I d o n ’t want to take dow n fiv e and a h a lf years o f S S M U w o r k ,”

look in g into ch an ges regarding the stru ctu re o f the S S M U e x e c u tiv e and cou n cil — as one w hich should be declared invalid by the JB. Jondahl, along with her coun­ s e l P e te r W i a z o w s k i , a r g u e d a g a in s t M c G o w a n . W ia z o w s k i c la im e d th at th e J u d ic ia l B o a rd s h o u ld n o t m a k e a d i s t i n c t i o n b e tw e e n th o se la w s p a s se d after S e p te m b e r 12 and th o s e p a sse d b e fo r e . A ll o f th e m , h e a r g u e d , sh ould be giv en temporary valid i­ ty. W ia zo w sk i asserted that sin ce Septem ber 12, cou n cil has m ade an e ffo r t to h a v e b o th E n g lis h and French translations available w hen ad op tin g b y -la w or con stitu tion al am endm ents.

D u rin g the h earin g, Jondahl accu sed M cG ow an o f havin g susWilham Hsiao pjc j0Lls m otives in bringing h is case

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M cG ow an said after the JB hearing. “ B ut th ere’s a d iffe r e n c e b etw een w hen you don’t kn ow y o u ’re doing s o m e th in g w r o n g an d w h e n y o u know you are.”

M cG ow an further argued at the hearing that som e com m ittees creat­ ed a fter S e p te m b e r 12 sh o u ld be g iv e n tem p orary v a lid ity b e c a u se they concern third parties outside o f S S M U . T h o s e c o m m itte e s w h ic h third parties do not rely upon, h o w ­ ever, sh ould be d eem ed invalid. In p articu lar, M c G o w a n s in g le d out th e C o n s t i t u t i o n a l a n d P o li c y R e v i e w C o m m itte e — w h ic h is

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A fter the m e etin g , M cG o w a n a sserted that he w a s not iso la tin g th e C o n s t it u t io n a l a n d P o li c y R e v ie w C o m m itte e fo r m a lic io u s r ea so n s. H e e x p la in e d that he has o b jected to all o f the am endm ents p a sse d by c o u n c il w h ic h w ere not adopted in both official languages.

“I lo o k at the rules o f cou n cil as som ething you respect, not so m e­ thing you respect w h en it’s c o n v e ­ nient,” he said.

Jond ahl fe e ls that a ru lin g o f tem p orary v a lid ity for all c o u n c il am en d m en ts w o u ld be in the best in te r e sts o f stu d e n ts, as it w o u ld allo w S S M U to continue on with its work.

“It’ll recogn ise that not fo llo w ­ in g proced ure is w ron g — but w e h a v e to m o v e fo r w a r d ,” J o n d a h l co m m en ted after the hearing. “For the past fiv e years p e o p le h a v e n ’t b e e n actin g in bad faith — w e ’v e ju st o v e r lo o k e d so m e th in g im p or­ tant w h ich has n o w been brought to our attention.”

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“The report left a lot o f q u es­ tio n s u n an sw ered — it p o in ted to problems, but how do w e fix them?” he asked.

F eld m a n in d ic a te d that he is lo o k in g forw ard to w o rk in g w ith A ccess to improve the building.

“The building is not perfect — there’s a lot .more that can be done,” he said.

Girt was quick to point out that im provin g a c c e ssib ility w ou ld not require a huge amount o f effort.

“A lot o f changes would not cost a lo t o f m o n e y — fo r e x a m p le brailling the room numbers, provid­ in g a ramp to g e t a stu d en t up in Gert’s, and displaying a sign to show where the elevator is would be fairly easy. It is not necessarily the cost but education that is needed,” she said.

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C o n c o r d ia s tu d e n t c h a lle n g e s Q u e b e c g o v e r n m e n t c ia l aid. G o o ch w a s a lso no lo n g e r a b le to q u a lify for A lb e r ta ’s fin a n - ' c ia l aid b e c a u s e he had b e e n out o f h is birth p r o v in c e for to o lo n g .

F rustrated and fe d up, G o o c h has d e c i d e d to ta k e o n th e l a w s o f Q u e b e c ’s r esid en cy status.

“T h e o n ly loan that I w a s e li ­ g ib le for w a s the C an ada S tu dent L o a n , w h i c h h a s a m a x im u m

By Jo d i C u kierm an

W it h i m p e n d i n g tu itio n in c re a se s and a g o v ern m en t r eg u ­ la tio n a g a in st fin a n c ia l aid fo r ou to f- p r o v in c e s tu d e n ts , C o n c o r d ia U n iv e r sity stu d e n t D a n ie l-R o b e r t G o o c h is u r g in g o th e r s to r a lly b e h i n d h im a n d c h a l l e n g e t h e Q u eb ec g overn m en t. v a lu e o f $ 2 ,0 0 0 ,” he stated. “T h is A t p r e se n t, Q u e b e c p o lic y w a s a d e q u a t e to r e q u ir e s th a t c o v e r t u i t i o n in stu d en ts b e r esi­ Q u eb ec, but now d e n ts w ith in w ith th e th reat o f Q u e b e c fo r a a r is e in t u i t i o n p e r io d o f 12 f e e s , th is a m o u n ts c o n s e c u tiv e w ill n o lo n g e r b e l m on th s, w ith ou t su ffic ie n t.” g o in g to s c h o o l B e c a u s e th e f u ll-tim e , in Q uebec g o v ern ­ order to be c o n ­ m ent has s id e r e d r e s i­ a n n o u n c e d th a t d e n ts of o u t-o f-p r o v in c e Q uebec, and tu ition fe e s w ill be therefore b e e li------------------------ --------------------in c r e a s in g , th e C a n a d a S tu d e n t g ib le for Q u e b e c fin a n c ia l aid and L o a n p ro g r a m w ill n o lo n g e r be lo a n s. G o o c h m o v e d to Q u e b e c in e n o u g h to c o v e r tu ition , and there O cto b er 1992 from V a n c o u v e r in a re n o p u b lic s o u r c e s o f f u n d s an effo rt to fin d a jo b . A fter liv in g a v a ila b le e ls e w h e r e . T h e Q u e b e c in M o n tr e a l f o r a f e w m o n t h s , g o v e r n m e n t, h o w e v e r , m a in ta in s G o o c h d e c id e d h e w o u ld lik e to that its co u r se o f a ctio n is p e r fe c t­ return to s c h o o l and g e t a u n iv er ­ ly reason ab le. sity d egree. S o o n after m ak in g his “ O ur r e g u la tio n s are v e r y d e c is io n , G o o c h le a r n e d th at he c le a r and very fa ir,” said S y lv a in w a s not e lig ib le for Q u e b e c fin an -

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D a n ie l-R o b e rt G ooch is w a itin g f o r a resp o nse f r o m th e PQ T a n g u a y , th e m in istr y o f e d u c a ­ tio n ’s p o litic a l attaché for u n iv er ­ sity rela tio n s w ith th e a n g lo p h o n e c o m m u n ity . “T h e y are lik e th o se in any oth er p r o v in c e or sta te,” he said.

T h e p r o p o s e d tu itio n c h a n g e w i l l in c r e a s e c o s t s fo r s tu d e n ts that c o m e to Q u e b e c fo r th e n or­ m al 8 sc h o o l m on th s w ith p la n s to return to th e ir h o m e p r o v in c e or state. It is in ten d ed to protect stu ­ d e n ts w h o c o m e to Q u e b e c w ith the p la n s o f sta y in g p erm a n en tly .

D e s p ite th e s e g o a ls , h o w e v e r , in d iv id u a ls lik e G o o c h w h o h a v e m ade a recen t but perm anent m o v e to Q u e b e c, are in d an ger o f

b e in g a d v e r se ly a ffec te d . “ I t ’s r id ic u lo u s — I h a v e b e e n liv in g h ere c o n se c u tiv e ly for 4 y ea rs. I pay Q u eb ec ta x e s, I h a v e a Q u e b e c H e a lt h C a r d , a Q u e b e c d r iv e r ’s lic e n c e , a n d I s p e a k F r e n c h b e t t e r th a n m o s t a n g lo p h o n e s , y e t I s till d o n ot q u a lif y fo r a n y f i n a n c i a l a s s i s ­ ta n c e fro m m y p r o v in c e ,” G o o c h s a id . “ T h is in a d e q u a c y h a s p r o m p t e d m e to e s t a b l i s h an o r g a n is a tio n c o n s is t in g o f as m a n y m e m b e r s a s p o s s i b l e to lo b b y E d u ca tio n M in ister P a u lin e M a r o is’ o ffic e to d isc u s s th is r e g ­ u la tio n .”

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r e c e i v e w o r d fr o m th e Q u e b e c g o v e r n m e n t, G o o c h is c o n fid e n t th a t h e h a s a c a s e , a n d th a t th e p r o p o sed c h a n g e s w ill b e c o n s id ­ ered.

“T h is is o n ly a reg u la tio n , not a la w , a n d t h e r e f o r e it m a y b e c h a n g e d w it h o u t g o i n g th r o u g h the le g isla tu r e ,” he noted.

G o o c h is lo o k in g to p ersuad e M a r o is ’ o f f i c e th a t p e o p l e w h o arrive in Q u e b e c and start s c h o o l­ in g a fe w m on th s sh ort o f th e 12m o n th p e r io d s h o u ld b e a b le to sh e d th e ir o u t-o f-p r o v in c e statu s a fte r a f i x e d a m o u n t o f tim e in Q u eb ec.

& e M cGill has a vibrant and active student body. Each year, the Scarlet Key Society seeks to recognize the achievem ents o f outstanding leaders on this campus.

Students w ho build and create change. Students who leave their mark on M cG ill long after they have left.

Every year, the Students’ Society o f M cG ill University gives a number of awards to those students who successfully balance a high level of academic achievem ent with a prolonged and substantial amount o f service to M cGill Student life.

All students (except present and past S S M U Executives) are encouraged to apply for these prestigious awards. Your service need not have been with SSM U : such people as varsity athletes, charity volunteers, residence floorfellows, faculty council m em bers, and all other students w ho give o f them selves to the M cG ill com m unity are w elcom e. (If you were paid for your com m itm ent, of course, you will be required to show a level o f involvem ent far beyond the usual for your position.)

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Alberta student execs look to provincial politics T h e U n iv e r s ity o f C a lg a r y Students’ L e gislative C ouncil has approved a proposal to run a candi­ date in the next Alberta provincial election.

T h e d e c is io n f o llo w s an O ctober plebiscite run in conjunc­ tion with the Students’ U nion byelection which indicated support for putting a student on the ballot. The version o f the proposal approved at c o u n c il in c lu d e s an in fo rm a tio n c a m p a ig n to be run d u rin g th e March election.

Prior to the decision , Gunnar Benediktsson, Students’ Union V P external, stated that publicising aca­ dem ic issu es during the cam paign period is an important objective. “ W e ’re g o in g to b e d o in g som eth in g during this e le ctio n to increase public awareness o f educa­

tion. It just depends on what,” he said.

C urrent M L A for C alg a ry Varsity, Murray Smith, is support­ ive o f the SLC's decision. He feels that inform ation cam p aign s have been e ffe c tiv e in the past, and it helps combat the possibility that the student voice will be lost at the bar­ gaining table.

U n iv e r s ity of A lb e r ta S tu dents’ U nion P resident Garret Poston has been w atching U o f C closely to see what unfolds.

“I think it’s an effective way to gain m edia attention and it would be a shame not to proceed. W e have maintained that it should be done in tan d em w ith C a lg a r y ,” P o sto n explained.

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Queen’s TAs consider unionisation C o n c e r n s ab ou t d e c r e a sin g salaries and think o f the rising cost o f liv in g have prom pted Q u een ’s Teaching Assistants to consider tak­

ing their first steps towards unionis­ ing.

G raduate S tu d e n ts’ S o c ie ty President Gareth Park considers the January 15 meeting as an informa­ tion session only, and stated that the GSS has not yet taken a position for or against certification. He did point o u t, h o w e v e r , that a c o lle c t iv e agreem en t carries a co n sid erab le benefit.

“It provides a legal mechanism by which the em ployer has to dis­ cuss the terms o f em ploym ent,” he said.

Those TA s opposed to unioni­ sation are concerned that a union could encourage a confrontational relationship with the university.

In order to u n io n ise , 4 0 per cent o f the G S S ’s 1,000 members must sign membership cards. The group must make an application to the Labour R ela tio n s Board, and then ratify the creation o f the union with a majority secret ballot vote.

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C ontinued from P age 1 longer in the university’s best inter­ est to push for the B loom inquiry in court. Shapiro outlined his v iew o f the inquiry’s purpose.

“This is not a detective story, it has to d o w ith le a r n in g from the experience,” Shapiro said. "The pur­ p o se w a s to fin d ou t the e x ten t to w h ich our procedures w ere helpful or not.”

A ccording to Shapiro, anything w h ic h M c G ill c o u ld h a v e learned from the inquiry m ust be w e ig h e d a g a in s t th e e n o r m o u s e x p e n s e incurred in the litigation process with the Sergent estate.

“W e d o n ’t kn ow w hat w e w o u ld h a v e fo u n d ,” S h ap iro said.

“W e have to w eigh that with the pas­

sa g e o f tim e and the drain on our resources.”

Sh ep pard h o w e v e r has a m a r k e d ly d if f e r e n t v ie w o f th e inquiry’s purpose. Representatives o f the Sergent estate op p osed the sp e­ c ific p ro ced u res e m p lo y e d by the B lo o m inquiry, but still assert that another inq uiry h ead ed by a m ore im partial in v e stig a to r w o u ld have been appropriate. For Sheppard, the legal settlem ent w as a tactical w in, but it d id n o t r e s o lv e a n y m a jo r issu es related to Sergent’s suicide.

“The settlem ent resolved a prac­ tical matter,” Sheppard said. “It did not address the fundam ental matter o f w hat happened to ca u se Justine Sergent and her husband to take their ow n liv es.”

Sheppard indicated that M cG ill

failed in its responsibility to hold an independent, impartial inquiry.

“What is deplorable is that after all is said and done, the full truth will not be know n,” he said. “M cG ill has an e v e n g r ea te r in te r e st than the estate in the truth com ing out.”

Although the scientific audit o f S e r g e n t ’ s r e s e a r c h w a s in itia te d a lm o st three years a go, no results h a v e y e t b e e n r e le a s e d . T a n y a Gallagher, associate dean o f the fac­ ulty o f m edicine, is M cG ill’s liaison w ith the s c ie n tis ts c o n d u ctin g the audit, all o f w hom are based in the U n ited States. G allagher exp lain ed th a t th e a u d it h a s ta k e n s o lo n g b e c a u s e it m u st b e c o n d u c te d in a c co r d a n ce w ith the p r e c ise sta n ­ dards o f the United States’ National Institute o f Health.

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T h e a c tio n s o f the U .S . g o v e rn m en t and c o m m e r c ia l in terests w h ic h p r o v id e s o m u ch a m m u n itio n fo r a n t i- A m e r ic a n s are n o t a r e fle c tio n o n in d iv id u a l c itiz e n s o f the U n ite d

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“ P atrio tism is ea sy to u n d erstan d in A m erica; it m eans lo o k in g o u t fo r y o u rse lf w h ile lo o k in g out fo r y o u r c o u n try .”

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C u b a , m a g a z in e r u lin g s p a r k s tre n d o f U .S . h e g e m o n y Bv M arc G illiam A s the United States' b iggest econ om ic partner, Canada often is subjected to A m ericans’ overw eening position as the Clinton-nam ed ‘indispensible country.’ The relationship that can make the best o f friends look like foes.

W itn e ss the H elm s-B u rton A ct. the latest A m erican effort to s n u ff C u b a's resilient com m unist flam e. In part, the act grants A m ericans, in violation o f N A FT A and international trade laws, the right to sue foreign corporations that operate on prop­ erty lost in the Cuban R evolution. Although a moratorium has been placed on this sec­ tion o f the bill, Canadian firms like Sherrit International Corp. have already been put on a ‘blacklist’ for ‘illegal trafficking on expropriated land.’ The H elms-Burton Act w ill rear its headlines again this weekend, how ever, as the moratorium ceases.

President Clinton w ill abolish the bill most likely — his continual w aiving o f the legislation safety m oved him through an election year vietirou s, and international p rom ises o f sw ift retaliation to the b ill have sw am p ed a surprised W ash in gton.

(Apparently, the Am ericans thought the world would appreciate having their foreign policies dictated to them.)

M uch more has happened during the b ill's six-m onth freeze. Foreign A ffairs M inister L loyd Axw orthy underscored Canada's position that engaging trade has a greater efficacy than em bargoes by visiting Fidel Castro. A xw orthy’s return last w eek sparked a range o f telling responses from the United States.

W h ile A xw orth y travelled to H avana not to broach anti-Cuba m easures with Castro, but to start a discussion on human rights, W ashington self-righteously claim ed H elm s-Burton affected the sum m it. A m azingly, after alm ost 4 0 years o f im potent em bargoes launched by the U .S ., the fruits o f Canada’s diplom acy — direct, nonexciusionary interaction — are labelled side-effects o f the confrontational American hardline. The United States certainly have catalysed many reactions with their toughtalking legislation. That does not mean they deserve the credit for Canada’s efforts on Cuba.

An even more absurd conclusion cam e from the co-author o f the bill in question, Jesse H elm s. In an acrobatic leap, the greying but agile senator spun Canada’s trip to Cuba into N eville Chamberlain’s pre-WWH agreements with Hitler. Castro is Hitler?

It is a ludicrous likening. Y et Am ericans would like to rom anticise Castro as the per­ fect arch-enem y o f the all-A m crican way: both m onstrous dictator and genocid al maniac.

If the H itler-tossing is so good, perhaps H elm s should look to his ow n country for cultural genocide. M asked by the merits o f capitalism , H elm s would neither notice nor care about the fate American split-run m agazines im pose on Canadian culture.

Last w eek, the U .S. won a case presented to the World Trade Organisation that the Canadian edition o f Sports Illustrated cannot regulate the amount o f A mereian ed i­ torial content. With the WTO ruling, policies that helped protect the Canadian m aga­ zin e industry from com petition from the south are illegal. N ow the U .S. aim s to apply a similar method to strike dow n the protection o f Canada’s other entertainment indus­ tries.

Sheila Copps voiced her fear o f a suffocating American culture when her young daughter announced that she wanted to becom e the president. So in addition to her spirited ‘free fla g ’ cam paign. Copps is currently orchestrating a think tank that brings together a dozen o f Canada’s leading media and arts distributors. As usual, critics will trivialise C op p’s efforts as flaky and suggest that her patriotic schem es lack practicali­ ty and therefore absorb Ux> many lax dollars.

W hile C opp’s ideas may be a little too new -age for widespread acceptance, she targets the issu es that matter. L iving along the w orld’s largest unprotected border can be taken for granted. C opps, through watching her ow n child grow , just happens to have one o f the best (and m ost frightening) w ind ow s onto Canada’s exposed land­ scape.

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S ta te s an y m ore than the S o m a lia d e b a c le or

th e c u ltu r a l d e p r a v ity o f th e U n ite d S ta te s fro m f e llo w stu d e n ts, p r o fe sso r s, th e m e d ia and strangers o n the street. “I’m sorry,” is the standard rep ly an A m e ric a n r e c e iv e s from a C an ad ian o n c e h is or her n a tio n a l o rig in has b e e n id e n tifie d .

T h e h o stility w o u ld n ot be so asto u n d in g i f it w e re n ot fo r its c o n sta n c y . A u stria , lik e C an ad a, an in d u stria l and d ip lo m a tic p o w e r on th e border o f a m u ch stron ger and w e a lth ­ ier cou n try w ith a sim ila r lin g u istic and h is­ torical past, tak es pride in its p o sitio n o u tsid e o f m od ern G erm an y. A u strian s d o n ot, h o w ­ e v e r , d e fin e th e m se lv e s as “n o t-G e rm a n s.” It is p o s s ib le to sp en d w e e k s in A u stria and not h e a r o n e d e r o g a to r y c o m m e n t a b o u t th e ir northern n eig h b o u rs.

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th e sa le o f C an d u n u clear reactors are r e fle c ­ tio n s o n C an ad ian s. N e ith e r the U n ite d S tates nor C an ad a c a n c la im a p e r fe c t p ast or p re­ se n t. B u t b o th c a n c la im a sh a re d p a st and p resen t. B o th c o u n tr ies h a v e g r o w n up in rel­ a t i v e i s o l a t i o n fr o m th e p r o b l e m s o f th e w o r ld w ith strong trad ition s o f B r itish c o m ­ m o n la w an d d e m o c r a tic g o v e r n a n c e . B o th c o u n tr ies ca m e in to sh ap e as e x p a n s iv e states w ith an a b u n d a n c e o f a r a b le la n d an d raw m aterials. A n d n eith er cou n try h as su ffe r e d a m ajor act o f w a r o n th eir h o m e territory in th is cen tu ry. T h e fa c to r s that lin k C an ada and th e U n ite d S ta te s are m a n y and a c c o u n t for th e s im ila r it y o f th e c u lt u r e s to a g r e a te r e x te n t than d o e s A m e ric a n cultural im p e ria l­

and m o stly p e a c e fu l h isto ry o n th e co n tin e n t o f N orth A m e ric a , c o u r a g e o u s sa c r ific e s for th e b e n e f it o f f o r e ig n e r s in th e t w o w o r ld w a rs, as w e ll as the m ore r ec en t p e a c e k e e p ­ in g m is s io n s for the U N and th e m a in ten a n ce o f a m u ltic u ltu r a l s o c ie t y w ith lim ite d v i o ­ le n c e and a strong e d u c a tio n a l sy stem .

T h e U n ite d S ta tes a lso h as r ea so n to be p r o u d , h o w e v e r . A m e r ic a n s c i e n t i s t s a n d

It is e a sy to m ak e the m ista k e o f trans­ ferrin g the im a g e o f stren gth, w h ic h th e U .S . g o v e rn m en t w o r k s so hard to p roject o n to th e w o r ld , o n to the c itiz e n s o f the U .S . w h o liv e in th is cou n try. B u t th e fa c t is that d erid in g A m e r ic a n s fo r th e a c tio n s o f th e ir g o v e r n ­ m e n t in th e p a s t o r p r e s e n t is n o d iffe r e n t fro m o th er fo r m s o f e x p r e ssio n w h ic h r eflec t p reju d ice a g a in st a p erso n or grou p o f p e o p le

e n g in e e r s h a v e c u r e d d is e a s e s , c r e a te d th e In ternet and la n d ed m e n o n the m oon .

N o o n e w o u ld d e n y that there are p rob ­ le m s w ith r a cism , c rim e and corru p tion in the U .S . It w o u ld b e in te re stin g to k n o w , h o w e v ­ er, i f th e sa m e p e o p le w h o b e g in th eir c o n ­ v e rsa tio n s w ith A m e ric a n s by d raw in g atten ­ tio n to th e v a ried fa u lts o f the U n ite d States w o u ld e v e r b e g i n a c o n v e r s a t i o n w ith an

fo r so m e th in g o v e r w h ic h th e y had little or n o c o n t r o l. T h e A m e r i c a n s t u d e n t s w h o a tte n d M c G ill U n iv e r s i t y a r e n o t h e r e a s a m b a s sa d o r s o r r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s o f th e U .S .

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R e : A r t i c l e “ S y n c h r o n is e d sw im m in g team fa c e s tests in and out o f the p o o l” — Jan 21, 1997 I w o u ld first lik e to thank The M in h L u o n g and th e T rib u n e for th eir w o n d e r fu lly p o s itiv e a rticle c o n c e r n in g th e M a r t le t S yn ch ron ised S w im m in g team last w e e k . W e d o , in d ee d , w ork very hard and i t ’s n ic e to g e t r e c o g ­ n ised for it n o w and again.

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I f y o u d o n ’t w a n t to r e a d t h is , y o u m u s t o p t o u t b y J a n u a r y M cG ill U n iv e r sity has a p o li­ c y o f ch argin g y o u for th in gs that y o u d o n ’t n e c e s s a r ily w a n t, fo r c ­ ing y o u to g o through a lo t o f b u r e a u c r a c y to c a n c e l ( “o p t o u t” o f) the s e r v ic e in order to g e t th e m o n e y b a c k .

Im a g in e i f th e reg u la r w orld op erated th is w ay: s e c r e tly , barbers c o u ld trim y o u r h a ir , f i s h m o n g e r s c o u l d s u p p ly y o u w it h m a c k e r e l a n d s p e e c h w r ite r s c o u ld w r ite s p e e c h e s fo r y o u u n le ss y o u sp e c ific a lly a sk ed them not to. A bsurd?

A b su rd lik e a fo x ! T h is w e ek , I d e c i d e d to “ o p t o u t ” o f th e M c G ill d e n ta l p la n a n d g e t fif t y d ollars back. Just lik e that. E lated, I g o s p e n d th e f i f t y b u c k s o n

form a r oot can al sim p ly b e c a u se “it’s W e d n e sd a y .” H is fe e is astro­ n o m ic a l. It’s b e y o n d astronom ical:

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c a n d y . W it h in m in u t e s p a in fu l c a v it ie s fo r m and m y w is d o m te e th fa ll o u t, e x c e p t th e y ’re not m y w isd o m teeth , th e y ’re m y nor­ m al m o la rs, and I g o to the d e n ­ t is t ’s and h e a ls o d e c id e s to p e r ­

Mila Aung-Thwin it’s the typ e o f astron om y o n e can o n ly th e o r is e e x is t e n c e o f u s in g quantum p h y sic s and an astrolabe.

S o m e w h e r e , I h ear Jon ath an D . C h o m s k i, V P f in a n c e o f th e S tu d e n ts’ S o c ie ty , g o d o f the d en ­ tal plan , lau gh in g. W a itin g for the d e n tist to b e g in , I b e g in to th in k o v e r all the other th in g s I ’v e o p ted ou t o f...

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I fe e l it is m u ch to o “ l e f t - w i n g ” and liberal. I u se the s e v e n dollars to b u y a c ig a r a n d a c o p y o f F o rtu n e m a g a zin e, and g o to bed.

W h e n I w a k e u p , B r ia n M u lr o n e y has m a n a g e d to reg a in h is p o s itio n as P rim e M in ister o f C a n a d a . In h is c a b in e t are M a rg a ret T h a tc h e r , L ee 1 j Iacocca and B r id g it ' !

Bardot. L iberalism is c o m ; j p le te ly dead. C h ris Carter iÿ-i stop s b ein g gay and b eg in s ™ to d r in k P e p s i. O u t o f d e s ­ p era tio n , I try to g iv e m y m o n e y back to the D a ily, but their o ffic e has b e e n absorb ed b y the T ribune.

I o p t e d o u t o f p a y i n g th e M c G ill L e g a l In form ation C lin ic , too. M y n e w m otto is, “T h e Law: W h o N e e d s It?” T hree d a y s later I r e c e iv e a c h e c k fo r th r e e d o lla r s a c c o m p a n ie d by hired g o o n s w h o b eat m e up and then lo ite r in m y e n tr a n c e a ll a fte r n o o n . L a w s n o lo n g er ap p ly to m e. S o I w a lk into E a to n ’ s d e p a r tm e n t sto r e and sh o p lift th ou san d s o f d ollars worth o f lin e n a n d d in n e r w a r e , an d n o o n e l i f t s a f i n g e r to s t o p m e !

H o w e v e r , b e c a u s e t h e la w o f

C au se and E ffe c t no lo n g er e x is ts, I e x it E a to n ’s r e v o lv in g d o o rs and I arrive in an In ternational H o u se o f P an cak es in S a m o a d ressed as a d u c k . I w a n t to o r d e r a s ta c k o f b u c k w h e a t s b u t a ll I c a n s a y is “q u a ck .” T h en , the la w o f G ravity c e a s e s to e x is t for m e, m a k in g it d iffic u lt to p la y h a c k y -s a c k or to e n jo y sou p.

A fter a particularly in terestin g p h ilo s o p h y c la s s , I d e c id e that I sh o u ld n o lo n g e r b e a s o lip s is t ic ist. I op t ou t o f h avin g free w ill.

A s a r e s u lt, I n o lo n g e r h a v e to s p e n d t i m e r e a d in g S a r tr e o r d e c i d i n g w h a t c o l o u r s o c k s to w e a r. H o w e v e r , I fin d m y s e lf w a tc h in g T h e B illy G rah am C rusade, c o n su ltin g m y h o r o sc o p e o f t e n a n d l o s i n g at c h e s s . I g e t in v ited to g o to a party on F riday n ig h t, but I c a n ’t g o , s e e in g as I am p r e d e te r m in e d to s ta y h o m e and w rite this c o lu m n ev er y w eek e v e n th ou gh i t ’s n ot fu n n y and no o n e w i l l l ik e it b u t i t ’ s n o t m y

r o a d in a n d a r o u n d th e g h e t t o .

T h is w ill b e e s p e c ia lly u p se ttin g fo r m e d u rin g th e w in te r m o n th s w h e n I w ill n o lo n g e r b e a b le to e n jo y th e b e a u tifu l sig h t o f urine f r e e z i n g in m i d a i r , w h i l e an e x tr e m e ly drunk p erso n ru sh es to p u ll up h is pan ts b e fo r e h is p e n is fr e e z e s.

R earview M ir ro r D an iel Farb A third p ro b lem that w ill b e fo r c e d u p o n g h e tto r esid e n ts w h o d r iv e, is that w e w ill n o lo n g e r b e a b le to ig n o r e sto p s ig n s , tr a ffic lig h t s , a n d p e d e s tr ia n s , an d th a t w e w ill n o lo n g e r b e a b le to d riv e the w r o n g w a y d o w n th e g h e tto ’s m a n y o n e - w a y s t r e e t s . It w i l l b e c o m e m o r e d a n g e r o u s for u s to p la y th a t o ld f a v o u r it e o f M o n t r e a l d r i v e r s , “ M a im th e p e d e str ia n .” I h a v e n o d o u b t that s o m e “tr u e ” M o n tr e a le r s w ill b e u n a b le to g iv e up th e j o y s o f th is w o n d e r f u l s p o r t, a n d th a t i n c i ­ d e n ts o f p e d e str ia n s b e in g rush ed to th e R o y a l V i c w ith m a s s iv e intern al b le e d in g w ill n e v e r fu lly stop , h o w e v e r , the n u m b er o f v i c ­ tim s o f th is fun g a m e w ill c e r ta in ­ ly fa ll.

A n o th e r d a n g er to th o s e o f u s w h o d a r e p a r k o u r c a r s in th e g h e tto is th a t w e w ill m o s t c e r ­ ta in ly b e g iv e n m a n y m ore “p re­ s e n t s ” fr o m o u r f r ie n d s o n th e p o lic e fo r c e . I h a v e a stron g f e e l­ in g that M o n tr ea l’s fin e st w ill be e s p e c ia lly g e n e r o u s in th is regard to th o s e o f u s w ith lic e n s e p la tes fr o m p la c e s o th e r th an L a B e lle

P ro vin ce .

F in a lly , th e n e w p o l i c e s ta ­ tio n w ill m a k e it m u ch m ore d an ­ g e r o u s f o r M c G i ll s t u d e n t s to d o w n that la st b eer or m ic k e y o f v o d k a on th eir w a y to a fr ie n d ’s h o u s e or a bar. It’s n o t th at stu ­ d e n ts w o n ’t b e a b le to d r in k on th e str ee t a n y m o r e , it’s j u s t that, i f th e y d o , th e c h a n c e s of r e c e iv in g a h u n d re d -d o llar fin e w ill b e g rea tly in creased .

In th e e n d , 1 h ave c o m e to r e a lise that the o n ly p e o p le w h o w ill t r u l y b e n e f i t f r o m th e n e w p o lic e sta tio n are th e lu c k y o w n e r s o f th e D u n k in ’ D o n u ts , th at is a ls o lo c a te d o n m y str ee t — n o w th e y w ill fin a lly g e t so m e regu lar c lie n ts.

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U n d e r th e n e w d e n ta l p la n , M r. C h o m ski a n d M r. A u n g -T h w in a r e th e o n l y d e n t i s t s in th e M o n trea l a rea se rvin g M c G ill s tu ­ dents.

SO y o u H A D TO VISIT ^OUR SICK 6 R A N D A A0 TH £ R D UR1N 6 OUR 6 £ N £ R A L M £ £ T I N 6 A N D SL£PT TH R 0 U 6 H A C T I V IT E S N I6 H T ? W £ S T ILL L O V £ ÜOU! C O M £ VISIT US I N S H A TN £ R BOIA A N D S £ £ H O W Ü O U C A N 6 £ T IN V O L V £ D (ONLV N I N £ ISSU£S L £ F T TO PROV£ yO UR W ORTH).

Y o u h a v e th e r ig h t to r e m a in s ile n t A fe w m o n th s a g o th e p o w ­ e r s t h a t b e in t h i s g r e a t c i t y d e c id e d to o p e n a p o lic e sta tio n o n m y street in the m id d le o f the M c G ill g h e tto . A t first I w a s r ea l­ ly h a p p y a b o u t th is as 1 th o u g h t that th e n e w sta tio n w o u ld c a u se a d e c r e a se in c rim e in the n e ig h ­ b o u rh o o d . H o w e v e r , u p on further r e f l e c t i o n I r e a l i s e d th a t t h e n u m e r o u s c r i m in a l a c ts th a t o c c u r d a i l y in th e M c G ill g h e t t o are a part o f th e c h a r a c te r o f b o th m y n e ig h b o u r h o o d and o f M c G ill it s e lf and part o f,w h a t m a k e s th e g h e tto a great p la c e to liv e . F u rth erm ore, I fe lt th a t th is n e w p o lic e p r e s e n c e c o u ld in fa c t, h a v e se r io u s n e g a ­ tiv e r e p e r c u ssio n s on stu d en t life in th e g h e t t o a s it c o u ld p u t an en d to m an y o f th e “extra cu rric­ u la r ” a c t iv it ie s th at M c G ill s tu ­ d e n t s p a r t ic ip a t e in w h e n th e y a r en ’t a tten d in g c la s s.

F or e x a m p le , lo c a l drug d e a l­ ers w ill m o st lik e ly e x p e r ie n c e a su b sta n tia l d rop in b u s in e s s as a r esu lt o f b oth th e fear and h ig h er d ru g p r ic e s th a t w i l l in e v it a b ly r e s u lt fr o m th e in c r e a s e d p o lic e p r e se n c e . W h ile I h a v e n o w a y o f k n o w in g th is , I am c e r ta in th at the n e w p o lic e sta tio n w ill c a u se th e p r ic e s th a t M c G ill s t u d e n ts cu rren tly p ay for their d a ily fix o f h a s h , m a r ij u a n a , m u s h r o o m s , e c s ta s y , and cra ck c o c a in e to rise d r a m a tica lly as a d irect r esu lt o f the in c r e a se d “w o r k h a za rd s” that w ill n o w be fo r ce d u p on s o m e o f M c G i ll ’ s m o s t s u c c e s s f u l e n tr e ­ p reneurs.

A n o t h e r p r o b l e m w i t h th e p o lic e sta tio n is th at it w ill n o w b e m o r e d a n g e r o u s fo r p o te n tia l th r ill s e e k e r s to u r in a te o n th e

fault.

S o th at’s w h ere op tin g out o f th in g s g e ts y o u . B a c k in th e d e n ­ t i s t ’ s c h a ir , I c a n s t i l l h e a r Jon C h o m sk i lau gh in g at m e. But wait: n o t in m y im a g in a tio n , th o u g h , I hear him in the room . I rea lise that H E ’S T H E D E N T IS T ! E veryth in g m ak es se n s e n o w , d o e s n ’t it?

H e a s k s m e w h a t k in d o f a n a e sth esia I w an t, but I ’m angry so I op t o u t o f an a esth esia . I’m so up set I a lso opt out o f proper to o ls, h y g ie n e and th e c o m fy chair. H e han ds m e four d o lla rs and b e g in s to r e m o v e m y in c is o r s u s in g h is b elt b u ck le w h ile h u m m in g “Y e s, W e H a v e N o B an an as” o ff-k e y — bu t w h a t r ea lly b u g s m e is that I w an t to tell him h o w I fe e l but all I can say is “q u ack .”

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L es moniteurs et monitrices à temps partiel poursuiv­ ent simultanément des études collégiales ou universi­ taires dans la province qui les accueille. Les moniteurs et monitrices à temps plein se consacrent entièrement à cette tâche. Ils doivent avoir terminé au moins une année d'études universitaires. La rémunération offerte est de 3 500 $ pour huit mois de travail à temps partiel et de 11 400 $ pour neuf mois de travail à temps plein.

GhislainDaigle

Pour participer au Program m e en 1997-1998, il faut s'y inscrire au plus tard le 15 février 1997.

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W h y I s t o p p e d w o r r y in g a n d le a r n e d to lo v e th e b o m b aq u ariu s (Jan. 19-Feb. 18) I got a call from a long lost aquarius friend. She told m e that she had won the lottery. A quay (I ca n ’t think o f any other cute-sy abbreviated p et n a m e s), n o w is you r time in the sun. Shine on, you crazy diamond!

tau ru s (April 20-M ay 20) D id y o u k n o w P r in c e s s D i w a s a lm o st b o m b ed at a D uran D uran concert? M akes you kinda wonder if

H o r o s k o p

pisces (F e b . 19-M arch 20) D o n ’t let the bastards tell you that your lack o f disciplin e is a sign o f laziness. Y ou have taken an active and calculated stance against the corporate lie, refusing to buy into the system that perpetuates modern day alienation. aries (March 21-April

19)

D e ta ils j u s t c o n fir m e d m y b e lie f a b ou t le a th e r p a n ts. Ju st a n o th er rem inder that the stars actually can predict the ebb and flo w o f fashion trends. Just rem em ber, tw eed good, brown polyester bad.

S. Le Bon a n y o n e’s ever safe. I su ggest akido c la s s e s and a b a seb a ll bat — y o u n ever k n ow w h at c o u ld happen in

M oral Philosophy.

gemini (M ay

21 -June 20) I w as wrong, Entertainment reporters are not the workers o f the devil. The real perpetrators o f e v il are th o se M iraval d istrib u tors, p la g u in g the Shatner building in a suprising take­ over. Stop the insanity! Bring your ow n veggie sandw iches to munch on at Gert’s.

ca n cer (June 20-July 22) Garlic pills do not provide the bene­ fits o f fresh cloves. Clorets made lab rats grow a third ear. W hat to do?

In sert the c lo v e s in to another c a v it y . I k n o w , it so u n d s g ro ss at first, but o oh , the e n e r g is in g tin g le and the revitalization o f spirit (w it­ ness Jambone Jambone). leo (July 23-A ug. 22) D a m n th o s e M a llo m a r s . A lw a y s creeping into your c lo set space and foiling your N ew Year’s resolution to lose the third spare tire. I sm ell a con­ sp ir a c y . C h e c k y o u r r o o m m a te s ’ journals to see if a bet lies behind the efforts to keep you “pleasantly pro­ tected against the harsh cold o f w in­ ter.”

the icey conditions if you want, but your heart has frozen over for student politics. B ecom e a true anarchist and stop going to classes. lib ra (Sept. 23-O ct. 22) A ll you wanted w as a date with des­ tiny. What you got was a flair up o f c o ld sores. R em em b er, there is no such thing as too m uch protection when it com es to safe sex.. A sk your stu dent rep for so m e free con d om sam ples and try wearing tw o at once (double the barrier means double that carefree pleasure!).

Scorpio (Oct. 23-N ov. 21) N o one ever thought Reagan w ould be president in the ‘50s. E xpect the unexpected now and laugh at the nay­ sayers at the turn o f the milennium.

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4 2 W hat y o u call so m e o n e w h o is a real stinker

virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) W hy is our prez getting so much bad press? W hat are you doing to support the organising pow er structure? W hy don’t you seem to care? Blam e it on

Y o u r s f r e e w it h a n y

Sagittarius (N ov. 22-D ec. 21) G od died w hen G eorge B um s died.

The d evil m ade a gu est appearance on the Drew Carrey show last week.

What does it add up to? Taking arms in the attic and rock in g to and fro until the third p h ase o f the a p o ca ­ lypse.

I A c itize n o f T hailand 4 British w a y o f sayin g som eth in g is full o f shit 7 Aural universal m ode 10 The first three letters o f the lan­ g u a g e v ie w e d by te c h n o -g e e k s as an ou t-m od ed w a y o f co m m u n ica ­ tion I I W rathful Irish organisation bent o n w orld dom ination 12 R e fer s to a p erso n . A stran ge lim e y doc in the ‘60 s 13 T he g ross m eat lo a f left on your plate is ------15 A n ew t in its terrestrial stage o f d evelop m en t 16 C ou nts on 18 G et togeth er 21 D eparture o f a surface from the horizontal 2 4 — Shankar, Indian m usician 25 Surrounded by 2 6 C apital o f G uam (ha ha, y o u ’ll never g u e ss this on e — fill in the other c lu es and g u e ss w ild ly ) 2 8 T ak es dictation 2 9 W h e n y o u are a b le to d o th is w ith so m e o n e , p eop le say you get alon g 31 N e w s organisation 33 Seaboard 37 A n other w ord for scrotum 38 B ob b y — , N H L cham p 3 9 S m all am ount 4 0 A s e r v e th a t th e r e c e i v e r is unable to reach 41 Edgar A llan — , p oet (R eally?!)

1 F o llo w s sigm a 2 A irborne, abbr.

3 D ecorate a cake w ith frosting 4 G e n ita l m u tila ­ tion is a — o f p as­ sa g e in so m e r eli­ g io n s 5 S o v ie t city 6 A n c ie n t c ity o f E gypt 7 ‘ 8 0 s s l a n g fo r totally rad 8 U lt r a h ig h f r e ­ q u en cy 9 Flaubert c a lled it ju s t 14 P oison ou s gas 17 In a w ay, stirs 18 A ryans Ran Around 19 G lo s s y b o u n d m o n th ly b o o k t h in g y w ith c r a p p y a r t ic le s a n d purty p ics 2 0 D ea d ly sin 2 2 W hat the M A R S lady ask s you for after your student ID 23 E lephants d an ce o p en ly 2 7 Stew art — , c olu m n ist 2 8 L o o k at w ith fix ed e y e s 3 0 A b ou t aviation 31 T oronto is o ften c a lled its 51st 3 2 V id e o ga m e popular in the ‘80s, had gh osts and a strange round ball that ate things 3 4 B e lo n g in g to a thing 35 T aoism 3 6 D octor o f Education

C rea te d b y the C o g ix C ro ssw o rd W izard

Solution to last week’s puzzle

January 28th , 1997

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D e a d m a n w a lk in g : S is t e r H e le n P r e je a n r e a c h e s o u t to th e d a m n e d

By Eric B. H eath S i s t e r H e l e n P r e j e a n , th e w o m a n w h o s e sto r y in s p ir e d th e A c a d e m y A w a r d - w i n n i n g f i lm D e a d M a n W a lkin g , b r o u g h t h er cru sad e to en d capital pu n ish m en t in the U n ited States to M cG ill last F riday.

S p ea k in g in front o f a p ack ed auditorium at the M cIn tyre C entre, S iste r H e le n r e c a lle d th e jo u r n e y th a t b e g a n o v e r t e n y e a r s a g o w h e n sh e b e g a n c o r r e s p o n d in g w ith a d e a th r o w in m a te in h e r h o m e s t a t e o f L o u is ia n a . S i n c e th en , her e ffo r ts to e n d th e death p e n a lty in th e U .S . h a v e b rou gh t h e r i n t e r n a t io n a l a t t e n t io n a s a hu m an righ ts a ctiv ist.

C o n v i n c e d th a t a w e l l in f o r m e d p u b lic w i l l r e j e c t th e d e a th p e n a lty a s s h e h a s , S is te r H elen sp o k e abou t the in iq u ity o f th e U .S . j u s t ic e s y s t e m , an d h er o w n p e r s o n a l e x p e r i e n c e s w ith death row prisoners.

W h ile m o s t w e s te r n n a tio n s h a v e put an en d to capital p u n ish ­ m ent, the U n ited States is o n e that c o n tin u e s th e c o n tr o v e r s ia l p ra c­ tice . A n d alth ou gh capital p u n ish ­ m e n t i s n o l o n g e r a p r o m in e n t

i s s u e in C a n a d a , S i s t e r H e l e n c la im ed that e v e n here it still gar­ ners pop ular support.

C ap ital p u n ish m en t’s le g a lity w a s r e a f f i r m e d b y th e U . S .

S u p r e m e C o u r t in 1 9 7 6 , a n d a lth o u g h e x e c u tio n s w e r e rare in th e d e c a d e f o llo w in g th e r u lin g , th ey are n o w b e in g carried out fre­ q u e n tly . In 1 9 8 6 , G e o r g ia d e a th r o w in m a te W a r r e n M c C l e s k e y u n s u c c e s s fu lly c h a l l e n g e d th e c o n s t it u t io n a lit y of th e d e a th p e n a l t y , u s in g sta tis tic a l e v i­ d e n c e to a r g u e that it is prim ari­ l y an a r b itr a r y p u n i s h m e n t reserved for th ose o f p o o r o r darks k in n e d p r o v e ­ nance. “ T h e U .S .,” rem ark ed S iste r H e le n p i t h i l y , “ i s w h e r e t h o s e w ith ou t the capital g e t the p u n ish ­ m en t.” M c C le sk e y , w h o w a s black and p o o r , w a s s u b s e q u e n tly e x e ­ cuted.

S h e w e n t on to illu stra te the s y s te m ic r a cism o f th e U .S . ju d i­ c ia l s y s t e m w ith an a c c o u n t o f

th r e e w h it e m e n w h o r a p e d and m urdered V ir g in ia S m ith , a b la ck teen ager in Shreveport, L ou isian a, and did not e v e n r e c e iv e life se n ­ te n c e s as pu nish m en t.

S ister H elen p oin ted ou t so m e o f the bizarre r u les that surround c a p it a l c a s e s in s o m e s t a t e s . In V irg in ia , th o se sen ten ced to death h a v e o n ly 21 d ays after sen ten cin g to p r o d u c e n e w e v i d e n c e th a t m ig h t sa v e th em fr o m th e e x e c u ­ tio n cham ber.

A fte r that period o f t im e , it m a y not be introduced in a n y a p p e a l .

R e c e n tly , th e se rules appeared to c o n d e m n C a th o lic in m an te Joseph O ’D e ll to V i r g in ia ’ s e l e c ­ tric chair — on ly an e m o tio n a l a p p e a l fr o m P o p e John Paul II sa v e d him .

S ister H elen put a hum an fa c e o n th e U .S . d e a th p e n a lt y . S h e r e c o u n t e d h o w in 1 9 8 3 , s h e b e c a m e th e sp iritu a l a d v iso r to a c o n d e m n e d m u r d e r e r , P a t r ic k S o n n ie r . S o n n ie r an d h is b roth er E d d ie w ere c o n v ic te d in 1 9 7 7 o f a

Critics regard her not as a human rights activist but merely a bleeding heart nun, naively demanding com­ passion and for­ giveness where none is warranted.

brutal d o u b le m urder o f a teen aged c o u p le in M a r tin v ille , L o u isia n a .

E d d ie r e c e iv e d life im p rison m en t, w h ile P atrick w a s e x e c u te d e le c ­ trocution.

S i s t e r H e le n b e g a n w r it in g S o n n ie r in 1 9 8 3 w h e n h e r p a rish d e c id e d to take a m ore a c tiv e role in p r o m o tin g C h ristia n v a lu e s in th e c o m m u n ity . A f r ie n d s h ip d e v e lo p e d an d S iste r H e le n so o n began v is it in g S o n n ie r on L o u is ia n a ’ s d e a th r o w , a K a fk a e s q u e w o r ld w h e r e p r i s o n e r s , m a n y o f w h o m a r e t o o p o o r to afford adequ ate le g a l c o u n s e l, are lo c k e d in s ix by e ig h t fo o t c e lls for 2 3 hours a day to aw ait e x ec u tio n .

T h e P a t r ic k S o n n i e r th a t S is te r H e le n k n e w w a s a s “terri­ fie d as he had b een terrify in g ,” as h e aw a ited h is fate in the e le ctr ic chair. E v id e n c e later r ev ea led that E d d ie h ad in fa c t c o m m itte d th e m urders and d e sp ite E d d ie ’s o w n im p a ssio n ed a d m issio n o f g u ilt to L o u isia n a ’s govern or, P atrick w as e x e c u t e d in A p r il o f 1 9 8 4 . A n au top sy c o m p lete d after the e x e c u ­ tio n r ev e a le d that P atrick S o n n ie r had b een a liv e for o v e r four m in ­ u te s w h ile an e le c t r ic c u rren t p a sse d through h is bod y.

W itn e s s in g S o n n ie r ’s e x e c u ­

tio n in itia te d S is te r H e le n ’s c r u ­ sa d e, and sin c e th en sh e has b een the spiritual ad visor for other c o n ­ d e m n ed prisoners.

R ea ctio n s to P rejean ’s sp eech at M c G ill w ere g e n e r a lly fa v o u r a b le . S h e r e c e iv e d a stan d ­ in g o v a tio n fr o m th e a u d ie n c e at th e P a lm e r A m p h ith e a tr e . F ather F r a n c e s M c K e e o f th e M c G ill C h a p la in c y S e r v ic e sa w h er m is ­ sio n “as a c a llin g ” and w a s “e x c it­ e d ” by th is “w o n d erfu l c o m m u n i­ cator.”

S h e is n ot w ith ou t her critics, h o w e v e r — m any o f w h o m regard her n ot as a hu m an righ ts a c tiv ist b u t m e r e ly a b le e d in g heart n u n , n a i v e ly d e m a n d in g c o m p a s s io n a n d f o r g i v e n e s s w h e r e n o n e is warranted.

A t the P ard on B oard h earin g o f P atrick S on n ier ju s t prior to his e x e c u tio n , S iste r H e le n w a s c r iti­ c is e d by L lo y d L e B la n c, the father o f th e 1 7 -y e a r -o ld te en m urdered by the S o n n iers, for not c o n so lin g the parents and fa m ilie s o f m urder v ic tim s . S is te r H e le n n o w o ffe r s su pp ort to the fa m ilie s o f m urder v ictim s, in clu d in g L lo y d L eB la n c, w h o se p o w ers o f fo r g iv e n e ss h ave m a d e h im a “ h e r o ” in S i s t e r H e le n ’s e y e s.

M u lt i- n a t io n a l c o m p a n y p o s e s th re a t to L u b ic o n n a t io n C on tin u ed from Page 1 relinquishment o f aboriginal title over land in e x c h a n g e for r ese r v e s and hunting and fish in g rights. In 1930, the federal govern m en t transferred large tracts o f land to provincial juris­ d ic tio n through the Land T ransfer R esou rces A greem ent. The transfer in clu d ed all land rights the federal g o v e rn m en t had o b ta in e d through Treaty 8. The Lubicon first met with g o v ern m en t o ffic ia ls in 1 9 3 9 w h o r e c o g n is e d th e m as a b an d and p rom ised reserve land. A lth o u g h a provisional reserve had been marked on the map, World War II intervened before a deal could be signed.

After the war, oil and gas com pa­ nies w ere given authorisation by the Alberta governm ent to begin e x p lo ­ ration in and around Lubicon territory — without consultation or consent o f the Lubicon. Betw een 1979 and 1983, more than 100 gas com panies drilled over 4 0 0 w ells within a 15-mile radius o f L ittle B u f f a lo . A lth o u g h th e L u b icon h ave entered n e g o tia tio n s w ith both the federal and provincial govern m en ts three tim es in the last decade, talks have broken o ff because the parties in v o lv e d h ave fa ile d to agree on the size o f the land m ass and m onetary com pensation that should be allotted to the Lubicon Lake Cree.

Fighting a giant The latest threat to Lubicon terri­ tory and w ay o f life is D aish ow a, a J a p a n ese m u lti-n a tio n a l p u lp and paper company.

The A lb e r ta g o v e r n m e n t, betw een 1987 and 1989, issu ed 20y ea r c u ttin g p e r m its to n u m er o u s com panies for o ver 2 2 1 ,0 0 0 square kilometres in the province. Daishow a r e c e iv e d c u ttin g r ig h ts to 2 9 ,0 0 0

square kilometres which includes the traditional territory o f the L ubicon.

T h e D a is h o w a -o w n e d su b sid ia r y , B r ew ster C o n str u c tio n , c u ts up to 11,000 trees to produce 1,000 metric tons o f pulp per day. Jim M orrison, media liaison for Daishowa-Marubeni International, claim s that the company harvests 0.3 per cen t o f the 2 9 ,0 0 0 sq uare k ilo m etr es a year w h ic h is “reforested im m ediately.” M oreover, M orrison contends that “it’s not like using up a resource — it’s a renew­ able resource.”

H owever, Jobin stated: “that’s a bunch o f crap — w e live right there and th e y ’re not rep lan tin g, th e y ’re clear cutting.”

The Lubicon nation issued a cry

fo r h e lp in 1 9 8 8 and h a s s in c e received international support. It was at that time DM I made an agreement with the Lubicon not to clear cut on their traditional land until a land set­ tlement could be reached between the band and the federal and provincial governm ents — an agreem ent DM I broke in 1990 when they sent contrac­ tors to start harvesting on L ub icon land.

In 1 9 9 1 , th e F r ie n d s o f the Lubicon, a Toronto grassroots organi­ sation, began a boycott cam paign o f D aish ow a pulp and paper products.

The Friends convinced 47 companies rep resenting 4 ,3 0 0 retailers to stop purchasing products from D aishow a and its subsidiaries. B eca u se o f the

boycott, DM I has refrained from cut­ ting on Lubicon territory since 1991, but has refu sed to m ake a bin ding com mitm ent not to cut until a settle­ ment agreement is reached.

H ow ever, the F rien ds’ b oycott a ls o a f fe c te d D a is h o w a F o r e st Products Ltd., which operates smaller pulp and paper m ills in Q uebec and the M aritim es. A lth ou gh ow n ed by th e sa m e c o m p a n y in Japan, D F P D irector o f Corporate D evelop m en t Tom Cochran contends that his “com ­ pany has nothing to do with Alberta.”

DFP took the Friends o f the Lubicon to court in Ontario and won an inter­ locutory injunction last January 26 to stop the boycott and picketing. A trial date has been set for this September

and D aish ow a is claim ing over $8 m illion in lost revenu es and dam ­ ages.

A dem onstration w as h eld at the D aish ow a sales o ffice in V ille St. Laurent last week to com m em o­ rate the one-year anniversary o f the O n ta r io in ju n c tio n a g a in st th e Friends o f the Lubicon. Les Amités L u b ico n s-Q u éb ec w ere jo in e d by approxim ately 4 0 demonstrators to sh ow solid arity w ith the L ubicon Lake Cree and O ntario Friends o f the Lubicon. Lubicon elder Reinie Jobin presented a D aishow a repre­ sentative with letters to be sent to the com pany’s Toronto, Vancouver and Tokyo offices asking the corpo­ ration “to m ake a pu blic com m it­ ment neither to cut nor buy trees cut on Lubicon land until a lands rights agreement” is reached and to “drop the legal proceedings... against the F r ie n d s o f th e L u b ic o n .” T h e D aish ow a representative refused to comment.

In s p ite o f D a is h o w a ’ s silence, Jobin is appreciative o f the support shown for his nation.

“D aishow a doesn’t like outsiders lik e the F rien ds o f the L u b ico n to e x p o se them for what they are — a greedy multi-national,” he said. ‘T h e boycott o f D aish ow a has been a big moral boost for m y people.”

W hen asked what it is his people want, Jobin responded: “W e want a land base with full com pensation from the governm ents and corporations that have stolen our resources...[we want] to be self-suffi­ cient again w here w e d o n ’t have to depend on w elfare, where w e w o n ’t be a burden to society. W e want to give our children and our grandchil­ d ren and th e o n e s n o t y e t b orn a future.”

January 28th, 1997

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W ir e le s s c o m m u n ic a t io n s c h a n g in g th e fa c e o f w o r k p la c e

By Sa m ]. H orodezky T h e c o m p u t e r in d u s tr y h a s been hailing the advent o f a fiction c a lle d th e “ p a p e r le s s o f f i c e ” fo r years, but with this goal now here in sig h t, a n e w b a ttle cry is a lread y b egin n in g to reverberate w ithin the te c h n o lo g y co m m u n ity : “bring on the w ireless o ffic e .”

A “w ireless” w ork environm ent is e x a c t ly w h a t it so u n d s lik e : a

place w here com puters d o not need physical connection s to interact with th e w o r ld o u ts id e . A cu rren t d ay exam ple w ou ld be a laptop com put­ er w ith a c e llu la r m o d em . S u ch a contraption can m aintain a c o n n ec­ tion w ith the Internet and be running a w ord processing docum ent sim ul­ tan eou sly. But in term s o f the real w orld, these m achines are ex p en sive and unacceptably slow .

H ow ever, the present notion o f w ireless com m unication is about to undergo a m assive evolution.

“W ire less com m u n ication w ill a llo w m a c h in e s th a t ca n p r o c e s s

YO U CAN A LW A YS STU D Y ON T H E PLA N E.

data, v o ice , and low -grade m u lt im e d ia . A good e x a m p le is th e N o k ia C o m m u n ic a t o r 9 0 0 0 , ” said P rofessor Harry Leib, in the electrical en gin eer­ ing department at M cG ill.

A cell phone from the skies I n d e e d , th e N o k ia 9 0 0 0 i s a r e m a r k a b le e x a m p le . T h e c o m m u n i­ cator is a com puter and a p h o n e a ll b u ilt in to o n e tin y c o m p a c t u n it. In appearance it seem s to be nothing but a regular c ell p h o n e , b u t it m a g ic a lly p o p s o p e n to b e c o m e a w h ole com puter.

“D igital cellular tech­ n o lo g y and the quality o f netw orks have matured to a stage w h ere N o k ia sees a great opportunity to take a g ia n t lea p to w a r d s th e w ir e le s s p o c k e t a b le o f f i c e fo r m o b ile s u b ­ scribers in the A m ericas,” s a id K .P . W ils k a , P r e s id e n t o f N ok ia, in a press release.

T h e c o m m u n ic a t o r c o m e s stocked w ith 8 m egabytes o f m em o­ ry and an Intel 3 8 6 processor. The product is set to be released in North A m erica in the secon d h a lf o f 1997, although it has already b een released in Europe.

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Modems and the Devil Perhaps the k ey problem w ith tod ay’s w ireless com m unication lies w ith in a w o r d that h as b e c o m e a h o u s e h o l d n a m e : th e m o d e m .

M odem s ta n d s fo r M O D u la t e /D E M o d u la t e , w h ic h m eans that it converts digital infor­ m a t io n in t o an a u d io s tr e a m o f inform ation that can be transm itted

C h a n c e s a re y o u r T A an u n d e rg ra d : T A R ight now m y am bition in life is to becom e a TA . This is the only reason I’m applying to grad school, a lth o u g h I ’m not a c tu a lly w ritin g this on m y applications.

I g u ess I’v e ju st been sedu ced by the glam our o f it all. T A s are the peel on the orange o f academ ia, the ring around the bathtub that is a uni­ v ersity , the tugb oats a lo n g sid e the m an-o-w arships o f professors.

True, T A s aren’t alw ays per­ fect. The m ath department seem s to h ave m any T A s w h o d o n ’t sp eak English. The T A in m y tutorial for fir s t-y e a r c a lc u lu s k e p t a sk in g us students i f w e spoke C antonese. The ability to speak C antonese is a skill I tr u ly w is h I p o s s e s s e d ; it w o u ld p ro b a b ly m ak e fin d in g a jo b that m u ch e a sie r . B u t at th e tim e , m y thou ghts w ere fo c u se d on the n ext assignm ent, and I changed sections.

In r e t r o s p e c t , m y d e c is io n w a s sh ort-sigh ted , as no dou bt i f I had stayed in the tutorial I w ou ld have learned both derivatives and an extra language.

A n o th er p rob lem is that T A s are o f t e n j u s t p art o f a c y c l e o f a b u se . C h a n c e s are y o u r T A w a s abused as an undergrad b y another T A , and now is on ly continuing the c y c le b y in flic tin g p u n ish m en t on you. “Ha ha ha, you want your paper back? I’v e m arked it, but the other T A s and I have d ecid ed to let you peons squirm for three w eek s w h ile w e h old on to them . A ctu ally, right n o w m y c a t is u s in g th e p i l e o f

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U n d e r g r a d u a te s o f b o th th e m ale and fem ale persuasion must be careful to avoid the sexual lures o f T A s . D e s p it e th e ir m e e k , d o w d y appearance, T A s are often sexu ally dissipated creatures w ho seek young flesh to prey on, sort o f lik e Dracula in Francis Ford C op pola’s film . Be

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V o ic e and sound is the m edium o f the phone; unfortunately, that is n o t th e m e d iu m o f c h o ic e fo r the com puter. A com p u ter w orks w ith d ig ita l data, data that can b e c o n ­ verted in w ords, graphics, m ultim e­ dia projects, or, i f o n e w ish es, voice.

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w ary o f th o se lec h e ro u s T A s w h o h a v e o f f i c e h o u rs w h ile w e a r in g their silk dressing gow n s, and hold a brandy in o n e hand and a cigar in th e o th e r . L in e s lik e , “ L e t’s ta lk about your paper over dinner,” are also com e-ons.

M a y b e th e w e ird th in g abou t T A s is h ow they start out as normal people. But they then mutate into a s p e c ie s w ith b row n c lo th in g and poor hygiene. There are departments w h ere the entire sta ff o f T A s does not change their cloth in g from day to day. I’v e a lso n o tic ed a sp ec ia l b a ld n e ss pattern that attack s both m ale and fe m a le T A s, so that hair thins on top o f the head in a pseu do­ m o n k ’s tonsure sty le . P erhaps it’s the responsib ility o f havin g the job o f a prof w ithout the privileges that m akes them all seem 2 0 years older than they are.

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nature also m akes it easy to befriend y o u r T A a n d w in e x tr a m a r k s.

R e m e m b e r th e y h a v e sp en t m ore y ea rs in sc h o o l than P ea c e C orp s m e m b e r s sp en d in th e ir o v e r s e a s m issions. T A s lack all social sk ills, and w ill be o b s c e n e ly grateful for any inform ation you can g iv e them a b o u t w h a t’ s “ h e p ” these days. D o tell th em about rock n ’ r o ll, or “that th u m p -th u m p thump m usic” as th ey m ay c a ll it.

H ow ever, d o n ’t g iv e in to your im p u lse to m islea d your T A s about w hat “you kids” are c u r r e n tly d o in g , as in: “ K e v in , I think the baby-doll T-shirts are real­ ly your style.” T he k ey lies in being prop erly sy m p a th e tic , particu larly w hen they w h in e about how under­ paid and overw orked they are.

U ltim ately, having learned n ei­ th er c a lc u lu s n or C a n to n e s e , m y m arketable sk ills are c lo s e to zero, and I am attem pting to fu lfil m y life ­ lo n g d ream s and b e c o m e a T A . I have decid ed to fo llo w the advice o f all those ad cam paigns and “Stay in S c h o o l .” P erh ap s th e s lo g a n w a s m ean t as a short form o f “S tay in s c h o o l u n til y o u g r a d u a te w ith a d e g r e e ,” but th en I ’m n o t a m in d reader; and i f m y B .A . has taught m e anything, it’s the art o f selective reading to ju stify an argument.

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C i v i l s o c ie t y o r c i v i l w a r ? T h e fu tu re o f Q u e b e c a n g lo s

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r ig h ts are b e in g v io la te d an d are p r e p a r e d t o c h a l le n g e th e P a rti Q u é b é c o is .

O n J a n u ary 2 1 , J o a n F ra ser an d R o b ert L e c k e r m e t at M c G ill to d e b a te th is is s u e as rep re se n ta ­ t i v e s fr o m e a c h c a m p . T h e d i s ­ c u s s io n , e n title d “ A n g lo A n g s t?

D o E n g lis h S p e a k i n g Q uebeck ers H ave a F u tu r e ? ” g o t to th e heart o f th e c o n tr o v e r ­ sy. T he d eb a­ t e r s ’ c o n f l ic t ­ in g o u tlo o k s fo r th e fu tu re , s a n ­ g u in e fr o m F raser an d a p o c a ly p ­ tic fro m L e c k e r , p r o v o k e d c h a r g ed r e s p o n s e s from the a u d i­ ence.

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S in c e th e p e r ilo u s ly n a rro w fe d e r a lis t v ic to r y in th e O c to b e r 1 9 9 5 r e fe re n d u m , Q u e b e c h as s e e n a m a jo r fla r e -u p o f “ A n g lo A n g s t.” S ig n la w s , lim ite d a c c e s s to E n g lish la n g u a g e s c h o o ls , and th reats to E n g lish la n g u a g e h ea lth a n d s o c ia l s e r v ic e s h a v e r e c e iv e d in c e s s a n t c o v e r a g e in th e a n g lo ­ p h o n e m e d ia , le a v in g m a n y a n g lo p h o n e s to f e e l in c r e a s in g ly

Joan F raser, r esea rch d irector o f th e C o u n c il fo r C a n a d ia n U n ity an d fo r m e r e d it o r - in - c h ie f o f th e M o n tr e a l G a z e t te , d e l i v ­ e re d a so o th in g m e ssa g e . “ W e a r e n o t p r i s o n e r s in s o m e so rt o f g u la g ” sa id F raser.

“W e lik e it h ere fo r a m illio n rea­ s o n s — e v e r y th in g fr o m n e a r b y sk i h i l l s , t o b a g e l s , to g r ea t in s titu tio n s lik e M c G ill.”

Fraser believes anglo discontent has been engendered mostly by anglos’ own pessimism.

lik e an o p p r e sse d m in o r ity .

Q u e b e c ’ s a n g lo s ca n be r o u g h ly d iv id e d in to tw o c a m p s: th e m o d e r a te m a jo r ity w h o are in t e n t o n m a in t a in in g p e a c e in Q u e b e c to p r e s e r v e th e u n ity o f th e c o u n tr y ; a n d th e r a d ic a ls , su c h as th e r e n o w n e d H o w a r d G a lg a n o v , w h o b e l i e v e h u m a n

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F ra ser w e n t on to sa y th a t a n g lo d isc o n te n t h a s b e e n e n g e n d e r e d m o s t ly b y a n g l o s ’ o w n p e s s im is m . S h e c a l l e d fo r a n e n d to “ p a r a n o id a n g lo r h e t o r ic ,” o f w h ic h sh e c ite d L e c k e r ’ s a r g u m e n t as a p r im e e x a m p l e . S h e r e m i n d e d a n g lo s to k e e p th e u n ity and sta ­ b ilit y o f C a n a d a a s th e ir p r io r i­ tie s, and n o t to g e t h y ste r ic a l.

“W e m a y e n d up fr ig h ten in g o u r s e lv e s in to p o te n tia lly d a n g er ­ o u s fit s ,” sh e w arn ed .

R ob ert L eck er, M c G ill E n g lis h p r o f e s s o r an d a u th o r o f an a r tic le e n title d “C h a o s, terror­ ism and v io le n c e a sa fe b e t,” p u b ­ lis h e d in th e J u ly 1 9 9 6 is s u e o f S a tu r d a y N i g h t m a g a z in e , p r e ­ se n te d a c h illin g sc e n a r io a s th e

p o s s ib le futu re o f Q u e b e c.

“I r e a l i s e th a t I t o t a lly d i s ­ a g r e e w it h e v e r y t h i n g [F r a s e r ] s a id ,” w a s L e c k e r ’s o p e n in g rem ark.

In sharp c o n tra st to th e lig h t­ h e a r ted n e ss and hum our e m p lo y e d b y F ra ser, L e c k e r ’ s to n e w a s g lo o m y and fo r e b o d in g .

T h e p rim e o b je c t o f h is c r itic ism w a s th e P Q ’ s e t h n o c e n t r i c a n d u n co n stitu tio n a l “pu rsu it o f in d e ­ p e n d e n c e at an y c o s t ,” s p e c ific a l­ l y , t h e ir th r e a t o f a U n il a t e r a l

c o u p d ’e ta t.”

T h e d r a m a tic c lim a x o f L e c k e r ’ s p r e se n ta tio n c a m e w ith h is flo u r is h in g o f a 1 5 0 -p a g e rep o rt w h ic h h e c la im e d to b e a c o n fid e n tia l P Q d o c u m e n t o n the im p le m e n ta tio n o f a Q u e b e c a rm y . H e w o u ld n o t d is c u s s th e d e ta ils o f th e rep ort, b u t u s e d it as an illu stra tio n o f h is m o st d istu rb ­ in g p oin t.

“T h e P Q h a s n e v e r r u led ou t t h e u s e o f f o r c e to a c h i e v e it s e n d s .”

D e c la r a tio n o f In d e p e n d en ce . “ O n c e a U D I is i s s u e d , ” L e c k e r sa id , “n o o n e c a n p red ict th e o u tc o m e o f th e e v e n ts or p re­ v e n t h o s t ilit ie s fr o m g e t tin g o u t o f c o n tr o l. T h e r efo r e, a U D I is a r e c ip e for a n arch y and c h a o s .”

L e c k e r a tta c k e d m o d e r a te m e m b er s o f th e a n g lo p h o n e c o m ­ m u n ity fo r th eir w illin g n e s s e v e n to a c k n o w le d g e a U D I a s a le g it i­ m a te p o s sib ility . “ T h e y h a v e w o r k e d hard to n o r m a lise and sa n itise th e id e a o f th e U D I to th e p o in t that it is p r e ­ se n te d as a ration al o p tio n in the fa c e o f fe d e r a l in tr a n s ig e n c e rather than w h a t it r ea lly is — the m e a n s b y w h ic h a ru lin g p o litic a l party d e c id e s to c re a te a r e v o lu ­ tio n a r y s ta te th r o u g h a n i ll e g a l

T h e r e s p o n s e d u r in g th e q u e s tio n an d a n s w e r p e r io d w a s o n e g e n e r a lly o f d is a p p o in tm e n t an d a n g er. A lth o u g h L e c k e r had s o m e su p p orters, he w a s str o n g ly c r i t ic i s e d b y m e m b e r s o f th e a u d ie n c e as b e in g p o lit ic a lly n a iv e . “ P r o f e s s o r L e c k e r s e e m s to e n v is io n s n ip e r s f ir in g fr o m W e s t m o u n t r o o f t o p s , ” s a id arts u n d e rg r a d u a te stu d e n t J a so n T h o m a s . “ H is a r g u m e n ts fo s t e r an a t m o s p h e r e o f p a r a n o ia a n d in c a u tio u s c o n fr o n ta tio n .”

I r o n ic a lly , b o th s p e a k e r s r e c e iv e d u m b r e lla s fr o m th e M c G ill In stitu te fo r th e S tu d y o f C a n a d a a s th a n k s , p e r h a p s a s a fo r e c a s t o f th e sto r m y d a y s ah ead .

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to work instead with sound signals th at m u st b e tr a n sla te d in to o n e form and then translated back again.

Such a com m unication sch em e is a considerable bottleneck for w ireless and w ireline interactions alike.

D r. S a lv a to r e M o r g e r a is an engineering researcher, as w e ll as a p r o je c t le a d e r w ith th e C a n a d ia n In stitu te fo r T e le c o m m u n ic a tio n s R e a s e a r c h h e r e at M c G i ll . T h e

nications.

“CITR is playing a large role in assu rin g that C anada is w e ll-p o s i­ tioned to be a leader in the d ev elo p ­ m ent o f the Inform ation H ig h w a y , the transport pathw ays o f w hich w ill be both w ir elin e and w ir e le s s,” he said.

T h e in s titu te is a r e se a r c h e d based, non-profit organisation w ork­ ing on w ays to speed up both w ired a n d w i r e l e s s tr a n s m is s io n . D a ta transfer rates are e x p e c te d to sk y ­

organisation is aware o f the d ifficu l­ ties in v o lv ed w ith w ireless com m u ­

rocket w ith new types o f signals and processin g tech niques, all o f w h ich

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A social Evening with Mgr Willard, beginning with mass at 5 p.m., followed by supper and SAUTI YA MALAIKA (swahili for Voices of Angels), an African Gospel Choir from 7:15 to 8:15 pm, Newman Centre Feb. 4

A history of the Newman Centre by Prof. Peter McNally, 7:30 p.m., Newman Centre Feb. 5 Newman Lecture Series on the idea of a University

Claude Ryan, Moot Court, Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel Street, 5:30 p.m. * For Montreal Students

Feb. 6 Theological Themes: Catholic Sacraments and Spirituality

Heart Speaks to Heart: Newman’s Spiritual Journey by Dr. Daniel Cere, 7:30 p.m., Newman Centre Feb. 7

Social Justice Evening ‘The Mission” - followed by discus­ sion, 5:30 p.m., 3475 Peel Feb. 8

Ski Day and tobogganning in St. Saveur*

w ill h ave a p rofoun d e ffe c t on the pow er o f com puterised com m u nica­ tion. C ITR w orks directly w ith busi­ n e ss a ffilia te s so as to red u ce the tim e that it tak es fo r a c o n c e p t to

“CITR is playing a large role in assuring that Canada is well-positioned to be a leader in the development of the Information Highway, the transport pathways of which will be both wireline and wireless.”

— Dr. Salvatore Morgera Canadian Institute for Telecommunications m a k e th e le a p fr o m i t s in it a l research phase to a final com m ercial product.

T here is currently a c o n sid e r ­ ab le slo w d o w n b e tw e e n th e se tw o stages, creating w hat is c o m m o n ly know n as the Innovation Gap. “ C IT R k n o w s a ll a b o u t th e N ok ia product. I have m y se lf spent tim e w ith N o k ia and the affilia ted research groups,” said Dr. M orgera.

B u t a c c o r d in g to h im , th e N o k ia 9 0 0 0 is n o t h in g to w r ite h o m e about.

“Our rates and expectations for capacity far e x c e e d the capabilities o f the N ok ia terminal and the a sso ­ ciated w ireless netw orks o f today, ” he said. “C ITR w ork s on a fiv e to seven-year horizon; i f y ou think that th e N o k ia term in al is the e n d -a ll, then w ait fiv e years.”

V is it th e C IT R s ite a t www. citr. ee. m e gill. ca. In form ation on the N okia C o m m u n ica to r 9000 can be fo u n d a t w w w .nokia.com .

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I s m a n ic d e p r e s s io n th e “ f in e m a d n e s s ” th a t h a u n t s g r e a t a r t is t s ?

By Shaun G o h o

“M adness is a nobler thing than sober sense... m adness com es fro m God, w hereas sober sense is m erely human. ” — Plato, Phaedrus Lord Byron. Robert Schumann.

E m ily D ic k in so n . G u stav M ahler.

Virginia W oolf. Mark Rothko. Sylvia Plath. T hese are som e o f the greatest a r tis ts o f r e c e n t c e n t u r ie s . Y e t, according to recent studies in histori­ cal psychiatry, that is not all they had in com m on. They were also all manic depressive.

M an ic d e p r e s s io n , or b ip o la r a ffec tiv e disorder, is a g e n e tic a lly b a sed m o o d d iso r d e r . E v e n in its milder form, known as cyclothym ia, m oods, energy lev e ls and clarity o f thought can vary w ildly. Severe cases can resu lt in life -th r e a te n in g p s y ­ chosis.

M anic depression is character­ ize d by flu ctu a tio n s b e tw e en great h ig h s and lo w s — th e m is ts o f depression alternate with the burning lu c id it y o f m a n ia . A s M ic h e l F o u c a u lt pu t it, m an ic d e p r e ssio n “unites in the sam e fire both sm oke and flam e.”

The idea that there is som e link b etw een m ental illn e ss and artistic creation is hardly new. It goes back at least to Plato. Even in Roman times, sp ecial atten tion w as drawn to the creativity o f p eo­ p le w ho suffered fr o m e x tr e m e m ood sw in g s. In ou r c e n tu r y , as m anic depression has becom e r e c o g n is e d as a d is t in c t m e n ta l _______________ c o n d it io n , its a sso cia tio n w ith crea tiv e tem p era­ m ents has gained increasing accep ­ tance.

In d e e d , tw o o f th e A m e ric a n Psychiatric A sso c ia tio n ’s diagnostic criteria for m ild m anic ep isod es are “sh arp en ed and u n u su ally crea tiv e thinking” and “increased productivi­ ty.” W ith the 1993 publication o f Dr. Kay Jam ison’s authoritative volum e,

information about the condition, “that there are plenty o f us out there who are not especially gifted.”

There is also the issu e o f treat­ m en t. T h e stan dard treatm en t for m anic depression is a combination o f drugs and psychotherapy. Lithium is the m ost frequently prescribed m ed­ ication. For som e, it elim in ates the d an gerou s h ig h s and lo w s w ith ou t any serious sid e effects. For others, the flattening o f m ood s it produces c a n s e e m to d e p r iv e th e m o f an important part o f them selves, leaving them in a catch-22 situation.

“W hen I’m on m eds,” explained Page, a subscriber to an on-line sup­ port group, “I d o n ’t have a creative thou ght in m y head. In fact, I can hardly remember anything creative I ever did. W hen I’m o ff the m eds, my world is ‘colourful’ again, but m y life is a wreck.” ity.”

D espite the side-effects o f treat­ W hile none o f ment, the consequences o f non-treat­ th e se stu d ie s m ay m e n t are s till w o r s e . O n e in fiv e b e c o n v in c in g in untreated manic dépressives com m it isolation, their near­ suicide. u n a n im ity is s u g ­ M anic depression’s genetic basis gestive.

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“The very fact W hat w ill happen w hen “g e n e s for that there are many b ip o la r ity ” are d isc o v e r e d ? T here d iffe r e n t k in d s o f may com e a tim e when prenatal diag­ s tu d ie s [ s h o w in g n o s is g iv e s p a ren ts th e c h o ic e o f the sam e th in g] is aborting fetuses carrying such genes, w h at is m o st c o n ­ or when gene therapy can elim inate v i n c i n g ,” sa id their effects. W hat w ill w e do when G rea t a rtists w h o s u ffe r e d f r o m m a n ic dep ressio n : (c lo c k w ise f r o m to p le ft) S ylvia P lath, Jamison. fa c e d w ith su c h c h o i c e s ? I f w e Several kinds V irg in ia W oolf, a n d L o rd B y ro n . choose to save countless people from o f explanations for lives fraught with pain and uncertain­ those already struggling to cope with “ It c u ts b o th w a y s ,” sa id th is lin k h a v e b e e n p r o p o s e d . ty, w ill w e be m ak in g our so c ie ty a painful disease.

Jamison. W ith public awareness that Harvard University psychiatrist Ruth m ore so b er, but le s s n o b le — n ot “It’s im portant to rem em b er,” m any fa m o u s artists w ere b ip olar, R ich ard s and her c o lle a g u e s h ave blessed, but “merely human?” said Juli L aw rence, w h o is bipolar “ th e r e m a y b e l e s s o f a s tig m a p r o p o sed a “co m p e n sa to r y advan and maintains a w eb site devoted to attached.” On the other hand, people _______________ l a g e ” h y p o th e s is : patients have scored higher on cre­ a tiv ity in d ic e s than h a v e c o n tr o l groups.

The creative output o f affected artists seem s to vary with their cycles betw een mania and d e p r e s s io n .

F or in s ta n c e , R o b e r t Schum ann c o m ­ posed an average o f 12.3 works in years w h en h e w a s p r e ­ d o m in a n tly h y p o manic, compared to 2 .7 in h is d e p r e s­ sive years. “ W h a t m a n ia increases,” asserted Dr. Bruno R epp, a m u s ic o l o g is t at Y ale, “w ithout any doubt, is productiv­

m a n ic d e p r e s s io n r e p r e s e n ts th e e x tre m e form o f a trait w h ic h , w h en present in a m ilder form, can be benefi­ cial. Extreme mania --------------------or d e p r e s s io n can be in c a p a c ita tin g , but the f le x ib ility o f th ou gh t they confer could have been favoured by natural selection.

Jam ison’s view o f the nature o f the link is both more com plicated and subjective. She has suggested that the rapid shifts in m oods characteristic o f the d ise a se can g iv e bip olar artists origin al com b in ation s o f id eas and allow a greater identification with the cycles o f nature.

It m ay also be that creative indi­ viduals w ho are bipolar end up in the arts rather than in business or science becau se their irregular behaviour is better tolerated, or even encouraged, in su ch c ir c le s . J a m iso n w r o te o f how , as poet Robert L ow ell slipped yet again into mania, his w ife strug­ g le d to inform h is c o lle a g u e s that som ething was am iss. They patronisingly ignored her, certain that L ow ell was behaving just as a genius should.

T h e s e e x p la n a t io n s are n o t m u tu a lly e x c lu s iv e . H o w e v e r , the reason, or reasons, w h y w e see this pattern is still a matter o f debate.

T h a n k s la r g e ly to J a m is o n ’ s

efforts, such research has attracted a great deal o f attention in recent years.

H ow ever, what impact w ill it have on those w ho are living with the condi­ tion?

“What mania increases, without any doubt, is productivity.”

— Dr. Bruno Repp

Touched with Fire: M anic-depressive illness and the artistic temperament, th e id e a h as n o w a c h ie v e d broad acceptance.

In recent years, this association has been supported by several kinds o f stu d ie s. In te r v ie w s w ith liv in g artists, and the biographical exam ina­ tion o f deceased ones, have suggested a disproportionate number o f “bipolars” among their ranks. W hile about one per cent o f the general population is m anic-depressive, in these studies, betw een five and thirty-eight per cent o f artists have been thus diagnosed.

Researchers have also exam ined the q u estio n from other a n g le s. In s o m e s t u d ie s , m a n ic - d e p r e s s iv e

m ay “get the im pression that it is a creative illness. This is not true.”

Som e worry that the expectation that all bipolars be creative geniuses w ill only im pose another burden on

M o v ie o f th e W e e k Hamlet A lm o s t e v e r y o n e is fa m ilia r with H am let. A fter all, the story o f th e g l o o m y D a n e is o n e o f Shakespeare’s m ost often performed w ork s. It is gu aran teed , h o w e v e r , th a t y o u h a v e n e v e r s e e n a f ilm a d a p ta tio n q u ite lik e th e n e w Kenneth Branagh release.

For those not in the know , the play w orks on tw o lev els. T he first centres around a you n g prince w ho inherits the throne after the death o f his father. N ot H amlet, but his uncle Claudius b ecom es king by marrying H a m let’s m other. W hen H am let is told by his father’s gh ost that he had been poison ed by C laudius, H am let looks for vengeance, using a band o f travelling actors to ensnare the guilty king.

A nother lev el deals m ore with m etap hysics than reality. Searching fo r m e a n in g w ith in th e w o r ld o f m adn ess he se e s surrounding him ­ s e lf , H a m le t b e c o m e s d e p r e sse d , erratic — mad?

H am let finish es at 238 minutes; prepare to m ak e an e v e n in g o f it.

Branagh, as both director and star,

r e f u s e d to e d it a n y o f th e te x t.

Preferring to k eep it e xactly as the B a r d w r o te it, B r a n a g h o u td o e s Law rence O livier and Orson W elles in m ounting the first com p lete ver­ sion o f the play.

E x c e l l e n t p e r fo r m a n c e s are g iv en by D erek Jacobi (C lau d iu s), R ichard B riers (P o lo n iu s) and the stu n n in g K ate W in s le t (O p h e lia ).

M ic h a e l M a lo n e y (L a e rte s), T im othy Spall and R e e c e D in sd ale (Rosencrantz and G uildenstem ) and Julie Christie (Gertrude) do solid, if not inspiring, jobs. The sm aller parts brim w ith fam ou s nam es: Charlton H e s t o n , S ir J o h n G ie lg u d , J a c k L e m m o n , B i ll y C r y s ta l, R o b in W illiam s and Gérard Dépardieu.

D espite the star pow er, m ost o f them d on ’t get m uch o f a chance to d o a n y th in g w ith th e ir r o le s .

L e m m o n stic k s ou t from h is very first w ord and, apart from a slurred q u estio n , D é p a r d ie u ’s o n ly lin e is “Y e s, sir.” R obin W illiam s tries to in f u s e h is m in u s c u le c h a r a c te r (O sr ic ) w ith c o m ic g r e a tn e ss but c o u ld h a v e d o n e m u c h b e tte r as Crystal’s com ic gravedigger.

R e v o lv in g cam era shots, ligh t­

in g and a score by lo n g -tim e c o l­ leagu e Patrick D o y le all lend added interest to the film . Shot at B lenheim P alace (the actual r esid en ce o f the D uke o f M arlborough), the settings are su m ptu ous, c o n v in c in g ly regal and, paradoxically, som ew hat sparse — w ith su c h a m a s s iv e s e t, o n e w onders w hy everything happens in or is situated near the main hall.

It is easy to be too critical, but rightfully so. H am let has a long his­ to r y and e m in e n t r e p u ta tio n .

A udien ces want to be captivated and a m a z e d . A s w e l l , a n y f i lm th a t d em an d s an en tire e v e n in g sh ould stand head-an d-shoulders ab ove its contemporaries.

I t ’ s a g o o d film : e n g a g in g , worth seein g , so lid and w e ll-d o n e .

There are no real fla w s in the pro­ duction, but it sim ply does not shine the w ay it ought to. H am let is cer­ tainly not the “definitive” version for w hich Branagh hoped.

I f the th o u g h t o f sp en d in g an e n tire even in g d a u n ts you, C astle R ock E ntertainm ent is scheduled to relea se a tw o -h o u r versio n o f the film to theatres soon.

— D rew Cormack

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“ T h e c a p it a l ‘g ’ is a n u g ly le t t e r ” a n d o t h e r l in g u is t ic t r u t h s Chris H ooper o f ginger speaks his mind while answering our mindless questionnaire on Canadian music

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R is in g fr o m the a s h e s o f th e h u gely su ccessfu l G rapes o f Wrath, the H o o p er brothers, Tom (vocals, b a s s ) a n d C h r is ( d r u m s ), a lo n g w ith g u ita rist L a n n y H ussey, c o n ­ tinue to test the fo n tie r s o f p o p with th eir new outfit, ginger. T heir c u r­ re n t release, S u d d en ly I C am e to M y S en ses, fin d s them da b b lin g in trip -h o p — e lec tro n ic dru m loops a n d all. So w h a t d o es th e b a n d ’s fle s h -a n d -b lo o d d ru m m e r th in k o f all o f this? R ea d on...

Tribune: F ir st o f a ll, w h o ’s that o u t-o f-fo c u s w o m a n o n the c o v e r o f your new album ?

Chris Hooper: W e d o n ’t k n o w , actu ally. That picture dates back to 1 9 7 0 . W e fo u n d it in a b o o k and lik ed it. T h e im a g e has a tim e le ss qu ality to it, and g o e s w e ll w ith the album title.

Trib: Y our band d o e sn ’t ca p ita lise its nam e. W h at’s up w ith that?

Chris: T ve a lw a y s foun d the c a p i­ tal “g ” to b e an u g ly letter.

Trib: Y o u se e m to b e c h a s in g a trip-hop m u se on this record. W hat w a s that lik e?

Chris: It w a s d ifferen t for us. W e u s e d r u m l o o p s o n th r e e o f th e s o n g s . It w a s w e ir d at fir s t, but th en w e th o u g h t, ‘I t’s righ t th a t it f e e l s w e i r d . ’ W e d id n ’t w ant to get stuck in a routine, for o u r se lv es and for o u r a u d ie n c e . I t ’ s g o o d to k e e p p u sh in g in n e w d ir e c ­ tions.

Trib: H o w d o e s it translate to a liv e sh ow ?

Chris: P la y in g liv e w a s n 't fo rem o st in our m inds w hen w e r e c o rd ed . W e w r o te the so n g s for the stu d io . B efo re w e w en t out on tour, w e sat d o w n a n d l i s t e n e d to th e r e c o r d a n d r e - l e a r n e d th e s o n g s in a fo r m a t th a t w e c o u ld p la y l iv e . It w o r k e d out really w e ll, actu ally. It’s a g a s to p la y t h e s e s o n g s l i v e . W e u s e b a c k g r o u n d d ru m lo o p s at our sh o w s, and I’m okay w ith that. It’s fun and c h a lle n g in g

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to play along.

Trib: H o w d o e s th e s o n g w r itin g p ro cess w ork in ginger?

Chris: I t’s u s u a lly T o m ’s th in g .

W ith t h i s r e c o r d , h e r e c o r d e d e v e r y th in g as a 12-track d e m o in

his h om e stu d io, then g a v e Lanny and I the tapes. W e fle sh e d it out, and d isc u sse d the so n g s, but w e get a p r e t ty g o o d id e a o f h o w i t ’ s gon n a turn out from T o m ’s d em os.

H e ’s r e a lly in to it. P la y s a ll th e instrum ents, m akes everyth in g ju st so . T h a t’s w h y w e p r o d u c e d th is r ec o rd b a s ic a lly b y o u r s e lv e s . I f y o u k n o w e x a c tly w hat y o u w ant,

w h a t’s the p oin t o f a pro­ ducer?

Trib: Y ou r n ew C D c o n ­ ta in s e x tr a s th a t c a n be p l a y e d in a C D -R O M com puter, right?

Chris: Y e a h , ju s t

Interview Data Name: Chris Hooper (ginger) Hometown: Vancouver M usical backg ro u n d : 9 years in the Crapes of W rath; before that, various stints in hardcore/punk bands like the Gentlemen of Horror.

M ost in s p irin g Canadian a rtis t: The Band, for the old stuff; Sloan for the new stuff.

"Y ou can te ll my m usic is Canadian because ... " "W e drink beer between songs."

The current Canadian Ambassador to th e m u s ic a l u n i v e r s e is ( a = A l a n i s Morissette, b=Shania Twain, c=Celine Dion, d=None o f the above): b) Shania Twain ... "because she's mar­ ried to a guy named Mutt."

lik e th e la s t o n e , e x c e p t th is tim e it w a s m o r e b a s ic .

T h e a lb u m ’s pretty lo n g , so th e r e w a s n ’ t a lo t o f sp a c e le ft o v e r for e x t r a s . W e a ls o w an ted to get aw ay from the ‘clic k here fo r p h o t o s ’ th in g .

That sort o f thing is so lam e. It’s ju st a f i lm o f u s in th e stu d io , w ith a s e g ­ m e n t t h a t ’ s in 3 - D , s o i f y o u ’v e g o t th e g la s s e s , the screen lo o k s lik e it’s a w in ­ d o w in to the com puter.

Trib: Y o u ’re n o w o n th e m o n o ­ lith ic E M I. H o w ’s that g o in g for you?

Chris: I t’ s b e e n c o o l. B a s ic a lly they ju st le a v e y o u alon e. T h ey put up the m o n ey , let y o u do w h at you w a n t, and w e se n d th em th e f in ­ ish ed product, p ackagin g and all. If they have any su g g estio n s, it’s u su ­ a lly ju st co n cern in g the m ix in g or

so m e th in g m in o r lik e that. I t’s a great arran gem ent, i f y o u can g e t it.

Trib: W h a t’s can w e ex p e ct at the liv e sh ow ?

Chris: W e pretty m u ch c o v er the n e w record, play a little o f the last o n e , and , e v e r y n o w and th e n , throw in an old G rap es so n g . U p ­ tem p o so n g s. M o o d y so n g s. W e do it all.

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be best described as a m ove from a - video for the first single, “This D ay.” p o litic a lly -c h a r g ed area w h ich d is“B y participating in all aspects agreab ly “a ffec ts e v er y th in g ,” to a K im B ingham kn ow s w hat she o f the m usic, the work w ill be more moderate zone that distances politics w an ts to do and s h e ’ s d o in g it as c o h e siv e,” says Bingham . “I have a from life.

Mudgirl, a self-orchestrated solo pro­ str o n g v is io n o f h o w I w an t It to A lth o u g h B in g h a m n o te s that sound.” je c t. H er tradem ark fun , e n e r g e tic som etim es “c o n flic t m akes for cre­ alternap op captures a u d ien ce s and P art o f c a r e f u lly o v e r s e e in g a t i v it y ,” h er Name: Kim Bingham (aka stress-free e n v i­ Mudgirl) ronment out w est n u rtu res h er Hom etown: Montreal m use perfectly.

Musical Background: Me, B in g h a m ’s Mom & Morgentaler m e ta m o r p h o s is Most inspiring Canadian from her form er artist: Joni M itchell M o n tr e a l-b a s e d "You can tell my music is band M e, M om Canadian, because ..." & Morgentaler to "It is either shamelessly M u d g ir l is th e overrated or shamelessly to p ic of her underpublicised." s o n g s o n F ir s t The current Canadian B ook.

F or Ambassador to the musical B in g h a m , so n g ­ universe is: a) Alanis w riting b eco m es Morissette... "because she's a catharsis when sold 14 m illion records." sh e h a s s o m e ­ [Duh.l thing to get out.

“A s o n g is e v e r y th in g , is p ic k in g p e o p le that lik e a b r a in or help achieve her final vision. In this heart surge,” she w ay, her band is her “little orchestra.” e x p l a i n s .

But she is m uch more than just a B in g h a m c a lls conductor. Bingham is also the prod­ th e p r o c e s s a uct o f her ow n creation. M udgirl is “happy accident” the name o f a character from a chil­ w h en h er o w n dren’s story she wrote. “The charac­ f e e l in g s are ter connects one form o f creativity to shared by others. another,” Bingham elaborates.

A b it o f a U sin g her writing and m usic as c o n tr o l fr e a k , G ettifl d o w n a n ’ d ir ty W ith M u d g ir l Permanent Records Bingham wants o u tlets for exp ressin g her ch ild lik e v ita lity , K im B in g h a m c r e a tes an to be in charge uplifting surge o f sound and energy. and take responsibility for “absolute­ has helped her succeed in all o f her ly everything” that goes into the cre­ incarnations.

B e b o th a k id a n d a d u lt w ith ation o f her music. On her debut EP, A M o n tr ea l n a tiv e , B in g h a m M udgirl as they open up fo r M o ist First Book, she wrote four o f the five n o w r e s id e s in V a n c o u v e r . S h e so n g s, contrib uted both guitar and a n d I M o th er E arth a t the V erdun deem s the relocation “a good thing,” Auditorium tonight. v o c a ls, and produced the d isc. She as it has influenced her both person­ continued the trend by directing the ally and creatively. The transition can

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The current Canadian Ambassador to the musi­ cal universe: d) none of the above ... "It's Neil Young ... Are you gonna ask any real ques­ tions...?"

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If y o u ’re anything like the hip and sou l-less G en X -er 1 am , you love going to live sh ow s even though your know ledge o f contemporary m usic is ... w ell, lacking. But thanks to m> m edia-drenched brain, I d on ’t need a history o f alternative rock to enjoy the blues! A s som e old ju d ge or senator or som ebod y said. “ I d on ’t know what [good alterna­ tive m usic] is, but I know it when I [hear] it.” W ell said, man. Another sid e o f this m usical im becility is that you think all texts, or “bands,” are sim u­ lacra o f o n e form or another, i.e. that everything is the end product o f myriad influences, that every­ one sacrifices bold originality for vapid banality.

W orks for m e, man.

T ak e, fo r e x a m p le , the b ig sto m p in ’ J esu s Lizard sh ow at Cabaret on January 18. T he first band to g o on w as called U V B C . I said, "W hat’s that stand lor? U ltraviolet British C olum bia?” A s soon as they started their ‘set,’ I said, “What, did B lu e s T r a v e lle r an d th e Jon S p e n c e r B lu e s E xplosion get into a plane crash, and the survivors w ent on tour?” U V B C w as fronted by a w oefully ou t-of-sh ap e D on nie “N K O T B !” W ahlberg, or at least that’s what it looked like.

N ext on the ‘b ill’ w as Brainiac from Dayton, O hio, or so they (repeatedly!) told us. Think Six F in g er S a te llite fr o n ted by a g u y w ith a ‘6 0 s Jagger com plex.

Around 11:30 J esu s Lizard took over. Four old gu ys w ho know how to rock? I w as skeptical until the lead singer said, “W e ’d like to thank the U l t r a v io l e t B r it is h C o lu m b ia fo r p l a y i n g .”

Synergy, I tell ya. A n yw ay, I d o n ’t remember any o f the so n g s because I w as too busy gettin g my chest constricted by the am phetam ine-laden audi­ ence, but 1 do know that if you ever g et a chance to pay $ 1 4 to have your head slapp ed by a singer w ho looks like a cross betw een Mark Leyner and my dad, g o for it!

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Restaurant Review Le Restaurant Vietnamien 14 Prince Arthur I t’ s th e w e e k e n d and y o u ’ v e had a ll y o u ca n o f s p a g h e tti co n Prego and stir fry. Y o u ’ve decided to splurge on a nice m eal. After getting all d olled up and ready to see-andbe-seen on the strip, you find your­ se lf learning the terrible truth. Soupy linguine, w ilty salad and a glass full o f g u tte r c h a r d o n n a y to w a s h it dow n. The worst part is, y o u ’re out thirty bucks (that’s i f you decid e to order a half-baked crèm e caramel).

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m e, it w ill. It’s better to abandon the fa u x fr e n c h b is tr o s c e n e s o o n e r rather than later.

L e R esta u ra n t V ie tn a m ie n is ju s t the p la c e fo r a q u ick e sc a p e from the M ain. L ocated on P rince Arthur, it’s a few steps aw ay from the bustling traffic o f the boulevard.

F unn y h o w a fe w ste p s can m ake such a sizeable difference.

A lth o u g h it lo o k s a bit lik e a dépanneur from the outside w ith its y e l l o w n e o n s ig n an d im m e n s e plan ts h an gin g in the w in d o w , it’s m ore than your average com er estab­ lishm ent. The decor m ay not be as

chic as the restaurants governing the area, but when do am bience and gas­ tronom ie have anything in com m on in Montreal?

T h e b a m b o o m en u u n ro lls to o f f e r a h u g e s e le c t io n o f m o u th ­ watering dishes. There are eight dif­ ferent sou ps, ranging from duck to tonkinese to hu-tui. H ot and sour is alw ays a safe bet. Here, the staple is so chock-full o f vegetables and tasty m o r sels that the large portion is a meal on its own.

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steam ed vegetables served on crispy n ood les. W ith their student-m inded p rices, w h y not fo llo w up w ith an order o f the grilled lem on pork? The w h ole experien ce is pretty frighten­ ing when you realise how much you can actually eat after y o u ’ve already had your fill.

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My intent was to write a piece on why McGill should change the McGill’s men’s sports teams are name Redmen, thereby eliminating known as the Redmen. Despite the the possibly offensive association name’s existance over several with Native culture. As it turns out, decades, most students have no idea my superstitions were somewhat incorrect. what the origins of this moniker are.

As I was informed by McGill’s Having been raised on a diet of professional sports which featured Director of Athletics Robert Dubeau, teams with nicknames like the the origin of McGill’s nickname is a Redskins and Braves, I assumed the Scottish tale regarding Men in Red. nickname Redmen was a reference to It has nothing to do with Native peo­ Canada’s indigenous population. In ple.

Why was a Native chief fea­ fact, at the annual ‘Kill McGill’ game, some members of our faithful tured prominently as the symbol of student body decided to start the the Redmen?

Apparently, at some point sev­ tomahawk chop — the same one made popular by the fans of the eral decades ago, it was thought to be Florida State Seminoles and the appropriate and fashionable and was thus incorporated into the uniform Atlanta Braves.

My assumption was further design. However, four years ago, the accentuated by the fact that photos of McGill Athletics Board voted to previous McGill teams prominently replace the Native chief as the sym­ featured a profile of a Native chief in bol of the Redmen with that of the McGill shield. This was done specif­ the Redmen insignia.

It actually surprised me that ically to break the possibly offensive there has been no liberal minded association with Native culture.

Despite M cGill’s attempt to groups up in arms over the abuse of Native heritage. During recent rediscover its roots, some confusion World Series games in which the still exists over the nature of the Atlanta Braves have participated, nickname. This may be representa­ Native groups have protested that the tive of a larger problem with apathy mock chops and chants of the Braves that seems to plague the McGill fans ridicule sacred and spiritual rites campus, but also has roots in the of Native culture. Moreover, some Athletics Department’s past associa­ collegiate teams in the United States tion with the Native symbol. Such an have, in the face of pressure from association cannot be broken Native groups, changed their nick­ overnight.

Should the name Redmen be names to ones of a less contraversial changed because of the confusion nature.

In light of such criticism, over its origin? Such an extreme defenders of the status quo are quick action may not be necessary. to rebuke such claims as examples of Tradition and McGill may be better political correctness gone too far, served by disassociating the Redmen and despair that changing the name name with Native culture.

For those who doubt the neces­ of ‘their’ teams would break with sity of such action, one can question tradition.

At the same time, these argu­ whether it would be acceptable to ments give no consideration to the have a team known as the tradition of Natives. The chants and ‘Blackmen’ or the ‘Whitemen’? The nicknames used by some fans are negative stigma that has been nothing but a parody of Native peo­ attached to ‘politically correct’ ple’s cultures. Many find this stereo­ action should be ignored if a segment typing to be offensive and demean­ of the population is legitimately offended by the action of another. ing.

By Arjun Taneja

Eleven different schools competed in Saturday’s meet

By Aron Tonon Utilising the university’s stateof-the-art facilities, McGill hosted the third annual McGill Invitational Track and Field Meet.

Saturday afternoon’s event fea­ tured universities from Southern Ontario. Quebec, New Brunswick and northern New York and Vermont.

The meet allowed some of North America’s finest athletes to show their talent; Syracuse boasted Big East 60m sprint champion Cory Ward, while fieldhouse record holders such as Western’s Angela Shwan (3000m), York’s Jeff Hayhoe (pole vault) and Laval’s Caroline Vachon (long jump) were also present.

Each of the competition’s ath­ letes possessed different goals. For many first-year athletes, their focus was to improve upon their “PBs” (per­ sonal bests) for their given events; for these athletes, victory is achieved when they complete a race in a time which is faster than any they have pre­ viously posted.

The ultimate goal of athletes at any organised meet is two-fold. First, they would all like to go home with a medal; second, and more importantly, they want to get their time below, or their jumps and throws beyond the given standards set for each event.

A race run in a time which is under the set Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union Track and Field Championship standard, affords a CIAU athlete the right to compete for the National Championship in their given event.

McGill headed into this meet led by coach Dennis Barrett who explained in a pre-meet interview that the team has been battling injuries this year, making it impossible for many

Coming up this week Men's hockey: vs.

Concordia, Thursday, 7 p.m.; vs. Sherbrooke Sunday, 7 p.m.

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athletes to compete.

McGill saw CIAU double-bronze medalist Max Oates competing in the long jump, Tambra Dunn (the 1996 National Champion in the 3000m, and silver medalist in the 1000m) compet­ ing in the 3000m, and Alex Hutchinson (1996 CIAU silver medal­ ist in cross-country) competing in the 1000m.

Coach Barrett expressed pleasure with some up and coming athletes.

“I’ve been very happy with the performances of Kelly Maloney and Stephanie Welsh, who have both shown vast improvement this year and should be very competitive today,” he said.

As a team, McGill finished fifth to Western in Saturday’s competition.

McGill qualified for the CIAU Championships in five events: Max Oates for the long jump, Samir Chahine for shot put, a victorious Alex Hutchison in the 1000m race, the McGill men’s 4x800m relay team, and defending national champion Tambra Dunn in the 3000m.

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Zbigniew Rudzki Men’s fencing The Montreal native finished first in the men’s epée at the OUAA quarter-finals, and will lead the team to the semi-finals in two weeks.

Lucie Fortin Martlet hockey, goal Fortin backstopped the Martlets their first league victory since November 1992. Her 39 saves led the Martlets to a 2-1 victory over St. Laurent.

should be very competitive,” said Dunn in a post-meet interview con­ cerning her chances of defending her title.

“Competition is a lot tougher this year and it will probably take a per­ sonal best from me to repeat.

Hopefully, I can do it.”

True to Coach Barrett’s predic­ tion, Kelly Maloney turned in a strong performance, finishing third in the 1000m. In the 600m, Stephanie Welsh came second, and missed standard by only .62 seconds.

“I was really happy with the race.

1 improved upon my personal best by 2 seconds since our last meet, which was especially satisfying after a hard week of training,” commented Welsh.

“Last year I wouldn’t have dreamed of making standard, so to be so close is very exciting. I’m confi­ dent I can make standard provided I have someone to push me like I did today,” she said.

Others who nibbled the edge of standard times included Marie Hildebrand, who finished third in the 60m hurdles and 300m, missing stan­ dard in the latter by .83 seconds. Kirk McNally finished sixth in his 300m race,' yet he fell short of standard by .54 seconds.

The women’s 4x200m relay team finished third in their event, while fourth-year veteran Doug Penick turned in a personal best in his second place performance in the 1500 m.

“I was happy because I did well at home, and this is my last race here.

It was nice to go out under four min­ utes,” said Penick, who started with McGill when they used to travel an hour to club Robillard for practices.

“This team has really grown dur­ ing the time I’ve been here and it’s probably due to this facility,” he said.

“The fieldhouse has one of the fastest tracks in North America, and the ben­ efits of its use have shown in the improved results of our team.”

McGill has won the provincial championship the last three years in a row. They hope to repeat this year, but expect a tough battle from the Université de Sherbrooke. With two meets left to prepare for provincials, athletes close to standard have three meets to try and shave off the tenths of seconds needed to send them to the CIAU National Championships.

Nationals take place in Windsor, Ontario on March 7 and 8.

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By Paul Conner The McGill Redmen hockey team cannot seem to buy a win. For each of the last eight games, they have scored the first goal. Six times, they have lost. Add this weekend’s 3-2 overtime loss to Ottawa to the list.

After taking a 2-1 lead on goals

by Kelly Nobes and Stéphane Angers, the Redmen lost their momentum and gave up the tying, and eventual win­ ning goals to Ottawa. The latter came at :32 in the overtimes on a goal by the Gee Gees’ Jean-François Morin.

Jarrod Daniel was in nets for the Redmen, posting 28 saves. The Redmen have now lost four league games in a row.

The Redmen powerplay went stale again in the nation’s capital, going 0-8 with the man advantage.

After starting out over 30 per cent before the break, the Redmen have drooped to a paltry 15 per cent power

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play scoring percentage.

While they have struggled with the extra man, the Redmen have con­ tinued to shine in the man-down situa­ tion. After going 8-9 penalty killing against Ottawa, the team has moved to 44 for 47 in the last six games.

They next play this Thursday and Saturday, coming home after a long nine game road trip. Both games will be critical for McGill, as they try to keep hold of the third and final play­ off spot in tough games versus Concordia and second-ranked UQTR at McConnell Arena._____________

Last week, the Tribune misidentified two members of the McGill squash team.

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Leah B a s s e t Alex J o rd a n .

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Coming into the weekend, the Redmen were in a do-or-die situation.

The team, 2-7 in league play, was up against the wall — win one, or be forced to sweep Concordia in February. Friday night, the Redmen travelled to Bishop's, but came home on the short end of a 91-62 rout. The Gaiters took charge early, leading 4331 at the half before running away with the game in the second.

McGill’s bright spot came from Peter Fraser, who led the team in scoring with 15 points. Matt Watson chipped in 13 for the Red ‘n’ White.

Saturday night, the Redmen went to Laval, in desperate need of a win. A loss to the Rouge et Or would mean McGill would have to win both contests against Concordia to have a shot at the playoffs in the division .

With this in mind, the Redmen took it to Laval, taking charge early. McGill set the slow pace, taking a 27-23 lead into the half. The defense held strong for the second half, keeping the Rouge et Or at bay, while taking a 12-point, 56-44 victory back to Montreal. Hubert Davis led the squad with 14 points and 11 boards, while Watson came away with 12 points.

The win moved McGill into a three-way tie for second place with Concordia and Laval, well behind the division-leading Bishop’s Gaiters, who stand at 8-4 on the season.

W o m e n ’s v o lle y b a ll ta k e s s ilv e r in H a lifa x The McGill Martlets travelled to Dalhousie Friday to take on what seemed like an endless stream of teams en route to the gold-medal match. The women took on four teams to get to the finals of the 16team tournament, only to lose to their cross-town nemesis Université de Montréal in four sets. McGill and U de M have traded off wins this sea­ son, neither one showing a clear dominance over the other. In this final, however, it was Montreal tak­ ing the gold, 15-10, 13-15, 15-12, and 15-11.

En route to the finals, the Martlets made short work of Dalhousie and Guelph in the prelimi­ naries, and Moncton in the quarters.

The semifinals against York proved to be a test of the M artlets’ resilience, getting the win after los­ ing the first two sets in the best-offive match. The Red ‘n’ White blast­ ed 64 kills and had a team passing ratio of 2.51 in taking York out of the finals, 15-17, 6-15, 15-4, 15-11, 16-14.

The real story to the tournament was Wendy Whalen, who took home MVP honours, a very rare appoint­ ment for a player on the silver-medal team. Whalen had 90 kills, 49 digs, and a 2.41 passing ratio over the weekend, including 24 kills and 15 digs in the gold medal game. Anouk Lapointe was also named to the alltournament team for her strong all-

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F e n c in g h a s m ix e d re su lts in K in g sto n The women’s fencing team took on the region in the Ontario Women’s Interuniversity Athletics Association preliminaries Saturday, taking home a pair of victories and advancing four players to the next round. In the epée, Natasha Ogryzlo finished second of 17, while Beth Young was fourth. The team won convincingly over RMC but fell short in a matchup against Ottawa. In the foil, Kim Cochrane was sixth of 20, but the team came up short against both RMC and Ottawa. In the Sabre, Diane Grbavec took 12th of 17.

On the m en’s side, five advanced to the semifinals of the Ontario Universities Athletics Association. Zbigniew Rudzki led the charge, taking first place honours in the epée, of 23. Yves Konigshofer and Maher Amé also advanced, with 11th and 16th place finishes. In the team competition. McGill won over Queen’s, but lost to a strong Ottawa team. In the foil, Nicholas Kenny and Erik Spence advanced, with 7th and 15th place finishes of 18. The team beat Carleton, but lost to Queen’s. In the Sabré, no McGill fencers advanced, losing all three matchups in the team competition, to Queen’s, Carleton, and Ottawa.

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By Tribune Staff After 44 league games without a win, the McGill women’s hockey team defeated College St. Laurent 2-1 Friday night.

In ending a losing-streak dating back to November 7, 1992, the Martlets staved off 39 shots, while notching only 13 themselves.

Kathleen O’Reilly scored the first marker in the second period, while Harmony Church sealed the victory at 5:19 of the third on a deflection from

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By Franklin Rubinstein The nationally second-ranked McGill women’s basketball team con­ tinued their winning ways this week­ end, making short work of both Bishop’s and Laval in Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union league play.

Friday night, the Martlets trav­ elled to Lennoxville to take on the Gaitors. After taking a 47-21 half­ time lead, the Red ‘n’ White cruised to an easy 93-42 victory.

Vicky Tessier led the way again with 24 points and 8 rebounds, while four others scored in double figures.

Anne Gildenhuys notched 17, while 3-point ace Jen Stacey lit up the Gaiters for 13 points. Ingrid Marchand and Leslie Stevenson each added 10 in the win.

Tessier entered the weekend sec­ ond in the nation in scoring, averag­ ing 26.8 points per game. Not only is Tessier tied for tenth in the country in rebounding, she also leads the Quebec conference with a 79.8 free throw per­ centage.

The following night, the women travelled to Quebec City for another sleeper — a 72-57 win over Laval.

The Martlets took their usual 15-point plus lead at the half, taking a 42-26 pad into the locker room.

Tessier, Gildenhuys, and Stacey led the barrage with 20, 19, and 12 points respectively. Stevenson netted 13 and added 7 boards in the win.

Gildenhuys entered the weekend ranked ninth in the country in field goal percentage, making an incredible 61.3 per cent of her shots from the field. Her continued low post pres­ ence has taken some pressure off Tessier, and has enabled the team to have a more balanced attack.

The Martlets, now 22-0 in CIAU play dating back to the last game of last season, travel to Queen’s and the sixth-ranked University of Toronto.

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The win marks something of a turning point in the Martlets’ pro­ gram. The team is looking to advance to tier II in the sport reclassification, while the entire league is on the move toward Canadian Interuniversity

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Saturday, the Martlets continued their momentum and beat the New Hampshire State Selects 3-2 in exhi­ bition play. McGill took a 2-0 lead in the first with goals from Megan Hewings and Carolyn Head. Once again, Church scored the winning goal.

The wins leave McGill at 1-8 in league play and 6-7-1 in exhibition play. The Martlets travel to UQTR next Sunday to take on the Patriotes.

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