The McGill Tribune Vol. 16 Issue 2

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T w enty-four independent organisations, representing stu­ dent, professional and community interests, have joined forces to combat the threat of tuition hikes.

La Coalition québécoise pour le maintien du gel des frais de sco­ larité held a press conference last Thursday to make clear its opposi­ tion to any increase in tuition or service fees.

“We decided today to give a clear message to the government and the Estates General that it is unacceptable to think o f any increase to tuition,” said Patricio S algado, president of La Fédération étudiante universitaire du Q uébec and C oalition spokesperson.

The Coalition presented their concerns regarding access to edu­ cation, living standards and the rate of student debt at the same time as final discussions of the Q uebec E states G eneral on Education were being held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel. The year and a half long Estates General is preparing its final list of recom­ mendations to reform the educa­ tion system. It will then submit a report to the provincial govern­ ment for approval.

The SSMU, along with the C oncordia Students Union and FEUQ, represented university stu­ dents, while other Coalition mem­ bers included the p ro v in ce’s largest teachers union, the Centrale de l’enseignement du Québec, and other big unions such as Le Fédération des trav ailleurs du Québec and Le Fédération québé­ coise des professeures et p ro ­ fesseurs d’universités. Delegates representing both high school and college students were also present.

Salgado was very pleased with the number and variety of groups which joined the Coalition fighting to keep tuition levels the same.

“I think it’s a collection of

people from different back­ grounds, and that, I think, is the beginning,” Salgado said. “Today we have a consensus — we’re going to make education a priority and that means no increases in tuition.”

Furthermore, Salgado empha­ sised the need for unity among stu­ dents.

“We are, at the beginning, students. We must work together, independent of our origins,” he said.

Caroline Bonan, VP external for the M cDonald Cam pus Students’ Society and Coalition member, reiterated the belief that there is strength in numbers.

“We all got together and made a united front to tell the gov­ ernment that they can’t push us around that easily,” she said.

During its conference, the Coalition cited a recent Statistics Canada report which indicates that 80 per cent of Quebec students live below the poverty line (defined as $15, 0 0 0 per year by Stats Can), with an average gross income of less than $9,000 per year. Moreover, students saw a 25 per cent decrease in real purchas­ ing power between 1979 and 1992 — a larger decrease than the glob­ al average during the same time period.

Although the Parti Québécois has not officially announced any tuition increases, CEGEP and uni­ versity students are anticipating hikes. CSU VP External Carl Kouri admitted that, for now, stu­ dents can only wonder about the government’s plans* “Everything is speculation but from the rumours we’re hearing, we’re thinking of around a five to seven per cent increase in January and a 30 to 40 per cent increase over the next three or four years,” said Kouri. “It’s going to reduce access a lot and we’re already in a situation that’s pretty tough for students.”

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Body piercing has become one of the most popular fashion trends of the ‘90s; people flock in droves to piercing salons, where they can pay anywhere from $40 to $ 2 0 0 to adorn various body parts with rings, studs and bar­ bells. Although piercing may be trendy, the medical problems may outweigh the aesthetic benefits in this risky and unregulated busi­ ness.

A ccording to Dr. Pierre Tellier, director of McGill Student Health Services, those considering piercing holes in navels, eyebrows or anywhere else, should carefully weigh the risks of infection, swelling, irritation and possibility

of disease transmission.

“M oist areas, such as the nose, mouth, bellybutton and geni­ tals, are especially prone to infec­ tion. The penis and labia are very dangerous areas to pierce, as they contain a large number of blood vessels which can be damaged,” said Tellier.

Tellier has seen many pierc­ ing infections that will just not quit.

“The presence of a foreign body or stud is what keeps the infection persistent. Often it has to be removed in order for the area to heal properly,” he explained.

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Senate fails to support forum for student opinion A d m in is tr a tio n , s tu d e n ts c o n flic t o v e r w h e th e r a n E sta te s G e n e r a l ca n p r o m o te u s e fu l d isc u ssio n B y B enji W

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The McGill Senate rejected a proposal last April to form an Estates General, which would have served as an open forum for the entire McGill community. Since Senate ruled against such an idea, the value of student input has been placed into question.

Concurrent with the release of his controversial report, “Towards a New McGill” in the fall of 1995, Principal Bernard Shapiro set up a task force with the mandate of sub­

stantially advancing “the considera­ tions brought forward in ‘Towards a New McGill.’”

The MacDonald Task Force issued its report last January with a series of proposals aimed at fulfill­ ing this task. Among these was the recom m endation that a McGill Estates General be established. Had the recommendation been approved, the Estates General would have con­ vened on three separate occasions, during which classes would have been cancelled. According to the report of the Task Force, the pur­

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rendered the Estates pose of the Estates General an inappropri­ General would have been ate option. for “all members of the “I thought we had McGill com m unity...to a superlative commit­ consider the challenges tee with superlative facing McGill and the ideas, but I don’t know tasks ahead.” the numbers. I’m sure After receiving the there are incredible Task Force’s report, constraints that people Principal Shapiro directed have no idea of,” it to the Planning and MacDonald said.

Priorities Committee — a “What might have sub-comm ittee of the been the thing to do in Senate Academic Program January may not have and Planning Committee. been the thing to do in On April 23, 1996, the May. I can’t make that recommendation for an call.”

Estates General was for­ While no two par­ mally brought to Senate as ties seem to agree on Recommendation 41 in why the Estates the report of the APPC. General should or Recommendation 41 was should not exist, one narrowly defeated in a popular notion is that vote of 25-21, creating a M cGill must find a great stir this summer. way to respond to con­ The defeat has left many Û0 cerns over Shapiro’s wondering what the impli­ c proposed changes.

O cations are for students’ With the sweeping input towards the future of -c u nature of Shapiro’s the university.

CkC report, the consensus For the most part, among students and critics of the Senate’s rul­ Don McGowan: with or without Senate’s approval administrators is that ing have argued that the “The idea for an Estates students should play a role in any decision represents a refusal by Senate to allow students greater General has good points, but I major decisions that will affect the access to the decision-m aking worry because it would be such a university. big meeting,” said Vice-Principal “If the concerns which the process.

“It was a power-play by Academic, T.H. Chan, who committee felt warranted a process Senate. It was a way of saying, ‘We abstained from voting. “My person­ like the Estates General are not addressed, then everyone loses,” make the rules and set the times for al opinion is one of ambivalence.”

Chan’s comments suggest that said MacDonald. discussing’,” said SSMU VP Dubow echoed this sentiment University Affairs Don McGowan. the very idea of a large forum for and argued that a workable agenda “[At the Senate meeting] I felt and overheard the opinion that you “At the Senate meeting, I felt must be arranged and put up for debate. can’t trust students to act responsi- a n d overheard the Opinion “There’s a need for communi­ bly. cation and the implementation of McGowan’s comments con­ that you can’t trust students ideas. We’ve got to set priorities stitute a common perception: to act responsibly.” and figure out a way to implement Senate’s ruling is a direct affront — Don McGowan, them,” he said. to student competence. Senators Because of frustration over from the McGill administration S S M U V P University Affairs Senate’s refusal to endorse an argue that this is not the case, and Estates General, McGowan has that the proposal was rejected based on a feeling that an Estates-General the entire McGill community could taken the matter into hand and is be a bad one — whether structured now planning a SSMU-sponsored would not be effective. open forum that will operate under The reason for his vote against or not.

Although Chan and Dubow the same philosophy as the Estates the proposal, explained Professor Michael Dubow of the department both expressed reservations about General.

“I was sufficiently annoyed of microbiology and immunology, this recommendation, some mem­ was that the proposed format of the bers of the administration have been with the decision that I am going to hold one myself,” McGowan said.

Estates General would not have strong supporters of it.

“I voted in favour of the The SSMU forum has garnered worked.

“The main reason [for voting Estates G eneral,” said Dean of support from across campus, espe­ against the Estates General] is that I Students Rosalie Jukier. “I thought cially from those who endorsed the wasn’t sure it would be anything the Estates General could have been original plan.

“In principal, it sounds won­ more than a group therapy session, a useful exercise and worth a try.”

With strong feelings on both derful,” said Jukier. “I would go out rather than having efficacious pro­ posals on the table,” Dubow said. sides o f the issue, potentially the and participate.”

While the SSMU forum has “It doesn’t seem an effective way most neutral position comes from without specific proposals. It law professor Rod MacDonald, the critics as well as supporters, there is chair of the Task Force that pro­ additional concern that, without seemed to be unfocused.”

This type of reproach is only posed the idea of an Estates administrative endorsement, student concerned with the recommended General. MacDonald reflected that participation and discussion may all format, not the principle of a uni­ the report was submitted in January, be in vain. versity-wide forum. However, there but not brought to Senate until late were also concerns that a meeting April. Therefore, he noted, the sig­ of such magnitude may be inherent­ nificant time gap may have brought a change in circumstances which ly problematic.

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This year, thanks to a student initiated project, life just got a little less complicated for some 320 first year students. First year seminars offer a unique learning experience to incoming students at the frosh level.

The brainchild of recent McGill graduate Eric Hoffstein, this five-year pilot FYS program hopes to become a hallmark at McGill University. The faculties of arts and science, under the guidance of Associate Deans Sarah Westphal and Nicholas de Takacsy, have overseen the creation of 16 firstyear seminars; eight are offered in each faculty. Starting this fall are seminars ranging from ‘Medieval Women and Men’ to ‘Physics and Biology.’ The seminars are restrict­ ed to first-year students.

In contrast with most first-year courses, these seminars have been set up to allow students to explore new academic possibilities that fullcapacity introductory classes simply cannot afford. Capped at a maxi­ mum of 20 students per seminar, each class provides a forum in which discussion becomes the focus. Attention will be paid to understanding the importance of primary research methods that are usually reserved for the senior level.

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Because of budget disparities, some

“It is a luxury for students and it gives them a great opportunity to ask ques­ tions.”

— Prof. G.T. Toussaint departments were simply unable to participate. Those departm ents which will be offering seminars, however, have had to make certain changes.

“Those departments that were able to offer seminars had to re­ deploy a professor from another class,” Westphal said. “This does mean that some upper level classes were dropped — but not enough to be noticeable.”

While certain courses have had to be removed from the curriculum in order to make way for the small­ er, more costly seminars, it has been argued that this is a more economi­ cal change for McGill. According to SSMU VP University Affairs Don McGowan, instead of just losing courses and shrinking their course variety, departm ents can now replace what they have lost.

“The policy is that if a course has low enrolm ent, then cut it entirely. The FYS program is a way to save courses,” McGowan said. “I am proud of the university for going through with this.”

A committee comprised of stu­ dents and professors working close­ ly with the Centre for University Teaching and Learning will evalu­ ate the progress of the seminars over the course of this year. At the end of five years, the university, depending on the recommendations

of the com m ittee, will decide whether or not to implement the seminars as a permanent part of the curriculum.

Danielle Goldfarb, a U3 stu­ dent sitting on this committee, has indicated that the students taking the seminars will play a considerable role in the program’s future.

“While evaluating at the end, we want to speak to students in the courses to see if they really meet the goals they were set to m eet,” Goldfarb said.

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As a step towards adding dental coverage to the student health plan, SSMU VP Finance Jonathan Chomski will be holding an open forum for ail McGill stu­ dents. The purpose of the forum.

Chomski said, is to get student feedback, for which his expecta­ tions are high.

“We are talking about major additions to the health plan, and we’re looking for student input,” Chomski said. “We want to see what things students are looking for.”

The forum will occur on two . separate days. The first is on September 10 from 4 to 6 pm in room 302 of the William Shatner University Centre, and the second will be on September 17, at the same time in room 107/108.

Sadie’s Tabagies have under­ gone some major changes over the summer in order to better serve students.

The three Sadie's have been given a new look, most noticeable in the Shatner University Centre location, where a new mural has been painted in the store.

As well, a more aggressive marketing program, including the addition of new bar code sensors to decrease checkout times, has been implemented in the hopes of mak­ ing Sadie’s a profitable venture for SSMU, which runs the stores.

In the past, Sadie’s has not generated much revenue. “Last year was the first year the store made a profit. It’s absolutely unac­ ceptable that the SSMU runs a variety store that has to be sub­ sidised by students,” said VP Finance Jon Chomski.

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So far, the response to the FYS program has been positive.

Professor G.T. Toussaint, who this year is teaching a seminar entitled, ‘Fundam ental Principles of Computer Science,’ is highly opti­ mistic about his course.

“It is a luxury for students and it gives them a great opportunity to ask questions. It allows them to be more creative and experimental,” Toussaint said. “There are a lot of unknowns, but 1 think I can make a success out of it.”

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The E states G eneral on Education began over 16 months ago to determine a course of action for reforming Quebec’s education system. It was given a mandate to look at every aspect of education, from kindergarten to the university level. After holding 16 regional conferences across the province, delegates met from September 3 to 6 to finalise recommendations that are to be submitted to the Quebec government. Everything from cur­ riculum, budgets and text book content was placed on the negotiat­ ing table.

As far as universities are con­ cerned, the Estates General learned from the public hearings that, even though most students opposed any increase to tuition fees, university administrators generally favoured increases with corresponding adjustments to financial assistance programs for students. However, the tuition fee debate took a back seat at the Estates General.

A ccording to M cGill Chancellor Gretta Chambers, the Estates General will not be decid­ ing how much Quebec students pay for post-secondary education.

“At many of the public hear­ ings, the universities all brought [tuition fees] up, but as far as I know, they’re not going to discuss

it at the Estates G eneral,” said Chambers. “The universities are all saying fees have to be raised and students, naturally, are on the other side. The government is going to have to discuss this — it’s a politi­ cal decision, not an academic deci­ sion.”

“Today we have a con­ sensus — we’re going to make education a priority and that means no increases in tuition.”

— Patricio Salgado N onetheless, C ham bers explained that with such a sharp downturn in the economy, increas­ ing tuition is “a logical place to look in order to keep programs up”, so long as students are not crippled by debt which can become “a terrible burden after graduation.”

T uition b a ttle h e a tin g up Although tuition fees were not on the agenda for the Estates General, the coalition wanted to make it clear to all delegates that it is a priority. The Coalition was specifically concerned with elicit­ ing a response from Quebec Education M inister Pauline Marois, who was present at the Estates General. When Marois was asked if her government planned to

Coaltion presents unified front against threat o f tuition hikes. raise fees, she responded by saying “we haven’t decided to do that yet.”

However, Salgado felt that the government has an obligation to keep tuition low.

“They m ust respect the promise they made two years ago not to raise tuition — it’s a ques­ tion of trust,” he said.

Student leaders are anticipat­ ing a tough battle convincing Lucien Bouchard and his govern­ ment not to raise tuition. Quebec’s socio-economic summit, which is to be held at the end of October,

will likely be a springboard for drastic changes throughout the province.

“Talk of tuition hikes have been going on for years now,” said SSMU VP E xternal C hantal DaSilva. “We hope to get through to [Marois] but hope is dwindling, especially considering the Concierge Superior’s recommen­ dation to raise tuition fees to meet the national average of $2,400 to $2,900 per year,” she explained.

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Each committee meets at least six times a semester.

T h e fiv e c o m m itte e s a n d c o n ta c t n u m b e r s a r e :

Presidential PCOC - 2 members-at-large Contact: Chris Carter, 398-6801, president@stusoc.lan.mcgill.ca

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E x e c s get a raise: new stipend approaches national average B y E liz a b e t h W

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The rest of the province may be suffering a recession, but the standard of living among SSMU executives will improve significant­ ly this year.

At the final SSMU council meeting of the 1995/96 school year, councillors voted in favour of a $2,500 increase in the SSMU exec­ utive stipend. SSM U’s former $11,500 stipend placed it sixteenth in last year’s ranking of student council executive salaries of 19 Canadian universities. Trailing behind were only N ipissing U niversity, with a presidential salary of $3,255, and Trent and Algoma Universities, whose execu­ tives are volunteers.

According to Helena Myers, former SSMU president, the new salary of $14,000 was chosen somewhat arbitrarily.

“We just wanted to bring [the SSMU executives’] pay closer to the national average,” she explained.

The new sum still falls short of the average, which is $17,344 for presidential salaries.

The principal issue behind the motion was the accessibility of executive positions. Many execu­

tives and councillors felt that because the previous salary was so far removed from the current cost of living in Montreal, fewer stu­ dents could consider running for the positions.

“I don’t think you want [exec­ utive] positions restricted to people who have no financial concerns,” said SSMU President Chris Carter.

While no councillors voiced opposition to the raise in principle, several objections were made on procedural grounds. The issue of executive salaries was never dis­ cussed officially in prior council meetings and the executive com­ mittee did not introduce the motion until April 24 — one day before the final council meeting of the year.

Though the procedure was not unconstitutional, some councillors found the introduction of a poten­ tially controversial motion on such short notice unacceptable.

“It felt like an afterthought,” said Amin Kassam, last year’s arts rep to SSMU council. “I felt cheat­ ed because it was an important enough issue that I wanted to con­ sult my constituents.”

Several councillors, including Carter and Kassam, felt that the decision should logically have been made before the SSMU elections,

when the issue of accessibility was an im m ediate concern. Both Kassam and Carter believe that the timing of the motion may have been chosen deliberately, out of fear that the raise would be unpopu­ lar among students. By the time the issue came to council, the winter semester had almost come to an end and most students were occupied with exams.

“I think it is interesting that this motion was presented at a time when both newspapers had been put to bed,” Kassam remarked.

“It had a lot to do with P.R.,” said Carter. “The Students’ Society is often far too concerned with image rather than doing the right thing.”

Furtherm ore, as was to be expected at that time of year, atten­ dance at the April 25 meeting was minimal.

Kassam and former EUS rep. to council, Doug Brenhouse, both suggested at the council meeting or April 25 that the decision be post­ poned until September, when a full discussion of the stipend issue could be held. Both said that, before rushing into a vote, council should consider such questions as whether the allocation of stipends should be extended to représenta-

tives outside of the executive com­ mittee.

Myers, on the other hand, saw no reason for further delay.

“This [raise] is something that was long overdue,” Myers told the Tribune. “And we had an executive committee that could make an unbi­ ased decision, since only two mem­ bers were returning.”

Mvers added that, while the

increase will make life easier for executives, the money still should not be an incentive in running for a position.

“When you consider the hours that these people are working, they are earning far less than minimum wage,” she stated.

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The McGill Senate's rejection of the Estates General has provoked harsh words from many students and disappointment from members of the administration. The reasons for this anger and disappointment are clear and simple: Senate has refused an open forum that would have given the entire McGill community the chance to come together and engage in productive discourse.

It doesn't seem that there are any coherent arguments to suggest that, in principle, the Estates General is a bad idea. The concept of free and open debate for all members of a community is an important pillar of both democracy and freedom. Therefore, when such an idea is rejected, it is no doubt an impingement on both of these virtues, and it is thus com­ forting to see many people taking Senate’s decision very seriously.

However, it is important to bear in mind that Senate did not reject the concept of an Estates General — what Senate did reject was an articula­ tion of this concept. Whether or not this articulated form was one that the community could benefit from is questionable.

In the fall of 1995, the MacDonald Task Force was formed with the mandate of producing a list of proposals to help make ‘Towards a New McGill" more acceptable. In their list of proposals, the Task Force mem­ bers included the recommendation for McGill to hold an Estates General.

This, the report suggested, would occur on three separate days, on which classes would be cancelled. What would be discussed at that Estates General? Whatever was on the minds of those in attendance.

The intent of the MacDonald Task Force was dearly noble. An open forum would be advantageous for all parties. However, when put into perspective, this particular forum has the potential and the likelihood of working against the students.

Last year, the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill held a one-day strike. Prior to this strike. AGSEM held a meeting for all union members to decide on the action they would take against their employers to improve their working conditions. At this meeting, several graduate students stood up and said the meeting was taking too long and they wanted to go home. At the fateful Senate meeting where the Estates General was rejected, one student Senate member stood up and walked out before the vote. Why? That’s not known, but with her vote, the mar­ gin of defeat could have decreased by 25 per cent. Both the AGSEM meeting and the Senate meeting had specific and organised agendas, and certain people still cast a negative shadow on the proceedings.

Had Senate rejected the very principle of an Estates General, that would have been a certain violation of our rights, and a cause for outcry — but that’s not what happened. Senate rejected a proposal that did not include any agenda and thus would have been disorganised, chaotic, and probably inconclusive. Just as badly as we need an Estates General to bring together the entire McGill community, we need a format which will hold the attention of students, give them reason to show up, and address a wealth of important issues. Until that happens, Senate is not restricting our rights — they are saving us time.

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* This is an open letter to all new McGill students in response to a column that appeared in last week’s T r ib u n e entitled; “McGill propaganda at its best” by Amin Kassam.

As Mr. Kassam pointed out in his column in the last edition of the Trib u n e , McGill University is cer­ tainly far from perfect. The univer­ sity must cope with a large debt while undergoing substantial cuts in the grant it receives from the governm ent year after year.

However, this is no reason for you as a first year student not to make the most of your university experi­ ence.

In recent years, students at McGill have initiated such projects as a Used-Book Exchange, FirstYear Sem inars, a Library Replenishment Fund and revisions to the U niversity’s Sexual Harassment Policy. In fact, nearly 15 years ago students held a suc­ cessful referendum to raise funds for athletic facilities. If not for their insight, we today would not have access to the modern facilities at the Currie Gymnasium which we take for granted.

McGill is a community that relies heavily on student involve­ ment. Students plan all of the social activities, run many of the services and sit on almost every university

decision-making body. If there’s something you want to change at McGill, you actually can. It’s easy to whine and complain about all the things that are wrong with McGill, but if you are going to spend the next three to four years of your life here, why not make the most of it.

Get informed about the issues that surround you and get involved in finding solutions.

Mr. Kassam’s column will not be the last time that you will read a student journalist thrashing McGill, and this is not necessarily a bad thing, after all one of the most important things we learn form an undergraduate degree is the ability to dissect information critically.

Just keep in mind that as a new stu­ dent at McGill, you have various opportunities to genuinely make a difference within the university community. As opposed to dwelling on the negative aspects of McGill, pick-up the nearest tele­ phone and get involved. If you are interested in joining a student club, writing for a campus publication, volunteering for a campus activity, supporting your college team, or starting a student service call the Students’ Society at 398-6800 or come out to Activities/Clubs Night in the Shatner Ballroom this Wednesday or pick up the most recent issue of the Campus Events.

If you want to get involved with university committees call Don McGowan, V ice-President (University Affairs) at 398-6797 or with the provincial student move­ ment call Chantal Da Silva, VicePresident (External) at 398-6798.

There are other ways of getting involved at M cGill besides the Students’ Society, if you have an idea for social or environmental change call the Quebec Public Interest Research Group at 3987432, or talk to a representative from your faculty association. If you live in residence you can talk to someone on your Hall Council or Inter-Residence Council President Karen Hurley.

As a new student at McGill, we can only hope that you will be motivated to get involved in the diverse array of things that are going on around you rather than watching them go by. Don’t wait till your third or fourth year to get involved, start now while the work­ load is still relatively light.

Anybody can talk the talk but it’s a lot more impressive to walk the walk.

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equally, an avid appetite for what you describe as myth-making.

Please speak to my boss, Principal Shapiro.

Truly, this is not the case. If you ever have time or inclination to talk about these issues over coffee, a sandwich or merely a table — call me. I’d welcome the chance to try to disabuse you (if only to be sure you graduate on time, as the T r ib u n e hinted so darkly...heh, heh, heh).

Students from Ontario should know that, although this fund is not available for them, OSAP is under no such restrictions. Students at McGill can still receive OSAP fund­ ing.

I have called the Ontario Ministry of Education, and have been told that OSAP is still available for students at McGill for the 199697 school year, and as yet there are no plans ever to change this.

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Re: Amin Kassam's column “McGill Propaganda at its best” I read your recent column in the Tribune with interest, curiosity and no small degree of ruefulness. As a member of the University Relations Office, 1 might be expected to have some part to play in the so-called “propaganda machine” you claim to see working at McGill. Alas, I have to confess that all those messages (i.e. McGill cares about you, the stu­ dent is our #1 priority, residence is a safe and clean environment, and McGill values and encourages stu­ dent input) have quietly and subversively managed to emerge as authen­ tic concerns with wide consensus from faculty and administration — almost a form of spontaneous com­ bustion, I’m embarrassed to admit.

The notion that there’s a machine at work, a co-ordinated propaganda message, and a conspiracy to sup­ press anything whatsoever implies that at the very least the university should not only have a much larger budget for communications but

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M o re e x tr a c u r r ic u la r in fo rm a tio n , p le a se I wish to commend the editors of the 1996-97 SSMU Handbook for its fresh look and nice font. I have to hold my applause, though. Much to my disappointment, the section on student life merited only two more pages than on bars. While McGill provides us an education, to some of us, McGill is the stage after high school where we discover more about ourselves and strike new friendships and relationships. This year’s edition devoted a meagre page on athletics and simply listed four pages of SSMU clubs. One would believe that apart from an institution of higher learning, a uni­ versity serves as a meeting place where people can associate with oth­ ers. The lack of coverage of athletics and clubs is indeed too bad. 1 hope that SSMU itself recognises the importance of athletics and clubs and gives them credit where it is due.

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Our Man in Burnside: efficient administrate» or scholastic assassin?

If he didn’t like our teacher, What made this particular fellow stand out were his eyes. could he ju st have yelled out They were both sleepy and shifty “ Y o u ’re fired , lo ser, now at the same time, only alarmingly SCRAM!” in the middle of the so, magnified by half-inch thick class?

The teacher, slightly appre­ Buddy Holly specs. His tie was a confusing pattern, both loud and hensive, handed out a blank map bland. It didn't take more than one glance for me to fig u re out th at this was the most powMila Aung-Thwin erfu l man in McGill. of Southeast Asia, and asked us Shapiro.

W hat was he doing in my to identify as many countries as class? Surely the principal of we could. F o rg ettin g fo r the such a large institution as McGill m om ent about Shapiro, I tried must have better things to do than filling in the map. Later, as I pre­ to sit in on a 300-level anthropol­ tended to go to the washroom, I noticed that S hapiro had also ogy class.

Or did he? It was my job to been given a map. He h a d n ’t find out: each m em ber o f the filled in anything. He couldn’t Tribune staff must take an oath to even find Burma!

When the teacher dismissed find out as much about Bernard Shapiro as is possible. W e’re the us, Shapiro left right away. He Media, and he’s The Power that hadn’t fired the teacher. But for all I knew, he might just go from Be. The Power that Is. Whatever.

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class to class until he found a teacher he disliked and then fire him/her.

I knew I had to follow him.

I w alked about 20 paces behind, stopping at water foun­ tains and at b u lle tin boards, always keeping him at the edge of my vision. He moves faster than most principals I’ve known: my high school principal was much more of an ambler.

He turned down a lonely pas­ sage where there was a bathroom, and I assumed — this is always the fatal mistake, the assumption — that he entered the bathroom.

I waited, just out of view, for him to come out. I fought the urge to follow him in — I figured that might be a little weird.

He was taking a long time, especially for a man who walks so fast. Glancing back down the passage, I realised that right next to the w ashroom was another door, one that led to a stairwell, and presumably, to an exit. From my vantage point, I hadn’t been

able to see which door he’d used.

Clever man!

I rushed into the washroom, all casual-like. He wasn’t at a uri­ nal, but I never took him to be the urinal type. People who wear suits look ridiculous using uri­ nals. I don’t know why.

Scanning the bottoms of the sta lls, I n o ticed one p air of orphaned feet might belong to him: black leather, well polished, navy slacks, and socks, I sup­ pose. W ith a new -found confi­ dence gripping me like a firm handshake, I returned to the hall­ way.

Finally, the feet I’d spied on in the w ashroom w alked out, only they w ere attac h ed to ANOTHER MAN: an obvious lower body double, strategically placed and perfectly timed!

I ran to the staircase and ran out of the building. There were students everywhere, frolicking, I suppose, oblivious to the fact that Shapiro had ju st given me the slip! It was almost useless now, but I ran to look for him. I went to the only two places I would be if I were principal of McGill: the Open Air Pub, and The House of The F uture. B ut he w a sn 't at either attraction.

I told myself I’d be ready the next time, deep down knowing that I’d blown what may prove to be my only shot. The way that man moves, I’m not likely to see him again.

W arning to Shapiro: M ila always gets his man. Be afraid.

Be very afraid.

Neophyte’s guide to September at M cG ill It doesn’t get much better than this. Not even dogs have it this good and all they ever do is sleep, eat, sleep and have sex.

W hat I ’m talk in g about is S ep tem b er at M cG ill. In September, the weather is great, there are no midterms, there are no papers due, you don’t have any readings because unless y o u ’re a real a ll-s ta r you h a v e n ’t g o tten around to buying any of your books (I know this b ecau se I w ih once captain of the all-star team. Since that time, I have evolved into a suave sophisti­ cate, and this is why the editors have so wisely decided to give me th is forum to share my en lig h ten ed view s with you).

Everyone you bump into on cam­ pus looks ju st incredible with their beautiful tans as a result of countless hours spent in the hot summer sun or courtesy of the friendly people at RX Soleil.

As you sit back at the Open Air Pub after making your daily donation to the Molson corpora­ tion, you have to think to your­ self that life is grand; if your friends back home could just see you now. Around this time most students’ bank accounts are full, (at least at the beginning of the month), and no matter who you are, you just can’t help but meet new and interesting people.

Many first-year students will be fooled by the festive atmos­ phere and the wonderful display of hedonism that is September at McGill. They will form the mis­ taken belief that this is what the university is like all year round and will not party as hard or as long as they should. The goal of this column is to inform these

students of September’s unique­ ness and to give them the impe­ tus to m ilk S eptem ber’s p lea­ sures for all they are w orth.

Because they are new to McGill, these students may be unaware of the frig id w in ters and sh itty marks that lie in store for them and, as a result of this naiveté.

Rearview Mirror Daniel Farb they may not enjoy September as much as they should. I want to make sure that this does not hap­ pen. But enough talk about banal things such as school work and the weather. Right now life is good and those in the know are living large, and why shouldn’t they because, if they don’t, then who will?

As university students it is our duty to have fun. We owe it to ourselves, to our families, and to our future children to have as much fun as we possibly can while at university to make up for all the work and worrying we will inevitably do once we leave.

At McGill there is no better time

to have fun than in September, before the drudge and responsi­ bility of school fully sets in, and before the deep freeze of winter overtakes the city causing our hydro bills to rise in direct pro­ portion to the decrease in o_. mobility.

Yes, guys — this is it. It is your responsibility to have fun during your un iv ersity years; this is a given. And at M c G i l l , S eptem ber is the best month to do it in. So, to all you new and returning students I offer you my first of many hum­ ble suggestions: Go crazy now; if you don’t, you’ll regret it. Once midterms set in at the beginning of October your social life will begin to unravel. I urge you to play now and pay later because if you don’t play now, you’ll pay later anyway and all you’ll have earned for your tro u b les is a starting spot on the all star team.

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Sex Etiquette

Dr. Smooth is not a real doctor. We ju st call her D r . S m o n ih L o v e Doctor to make her feel important. For this rea­ son, her statistics may be less than accurate. However, she still knows Dr. Smooth, I don’t like sex. a lot about sex and related topics. How come?

Feel free to submit your questions —Frustrated about asphyxiation or concerns about nasty rashes to the Tribune I would like to ask you a few office, at B01-A, William Shatner questions, that may help to clarify University Centre basement. the problems in your own mind.

Unless the question is just really Do you have negative associations gross and inappropriate, there's with sex? From an early age, were more than a good chance Dr. you taught that your penis was Smooth will answer. shameful? Have you tried different types of sex? It could be you just Since I’ve left home to come to haven’t found a type of sex you M cGill, I ’ve recently sta rte d like. Try to answer this question as m a stu rb a tin g . I do it late at honestly as possible: What is your night. The next day, when I go favourite body of water and why? to class, I have difficulty facing I won’t rush you, take as much other people. I feel embarrassed time as you need to answer this and uncomfortable. I can’t stop before you continue reading the masturbating, but I don’t know column. how to deal with people after­ Finished? Your favourite body of wards. Please help. water draws a direct parallel to the — Itchy Fingers type of sex you like. For example, is your favourite body a glass of I assume you have been raised in a water because it is contained and controlled atmosphere, and proba­ manageable? This indicates you bly led to believe that masturba­ are repressed, afraid of sex, in tion is something dirty and worthy general, a neurotic whose first of much guilt. It’s a difficult topic concern should be to seek help for to bring up for discussion, even the other myriad of problems you with the closest of friends. Do you most certainly carry. Is your feel guilty because people favourite body an ocean because it “know”? If you do, rest assured, is vast and endless? In such case, at least 75 per cent of the people you are sexually well developed, who surround you, the very people com fortable in exploring, and who you feel are judging your probably not prone to wear con­ behaviour negatively, masturbate. doms (unless you clarified and It’s simply not a big deal. You said you liked oceans only when need positive reinforcement. This in a wet suit). doesn’t mean you should whip it I hope these questions will make out in the FDA auditorium to you want to explore. Try to re­ prove to yourself and others that teach yourself. Keep in mind, no you love your body and your per­ one said you have to like sex. In son. It simply means that you need fact, you never have to have sex to realise that, just because some­ again, if you don’t want. Keep thing feels good, its not bad for spirit, though — many who you. Perhaps if you have a low thought they couldn’t hold their calorie brownie after every self­ breath in a bathtub without swal­ touching session, you will come to lowing a mouthful have ended up associate the act with a delicious skinny dipping in the Pacific — treat that is sinfully delicious but usually, with someone they love. suprisingly low in artery clogging fat and, hence, nothing to feel guilty about.

virgo (Aug.23-Sept.22) So your “best friend” revealed your inconsistencies to the two room­ mates you scammed on the same night? No one said skipping on the wild side would be easy, but if it were, would it be worth it?

Septem ber is not the time for morals or diligence. Get naked, get crazy. Just remember, don’t kiss and tell. libra (Sept.23-Oct.22) It’s time to realise the subversive urges you’ve had of late are caused by excessive net surfing into the wee hours. Stop it before you start growing hair on your palms. scorpio (Oct.23-Nov.21) The strange smell coming from under your bed isn’t rotting Raman noodles, it’s your conscience. Time to bury those skeletons once and for all. After you’re finished, eat a tootsie roll and pat yourself on the back.

Sagittarius (Nov.22-Dec.21) After a nasty case of insomnia, it looks like you’re finally going to get some sleep. You haven’t dis­ placed the culprit anxieties, you’ve just forgotten them. There are still a hundred possible birthdays you could forget, and you won’t avoid CLUES ACROSS I Bovine noise 4 Muslim 7 Senior officer 10 A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric II Small two-wheeled horse -drawn 12 Auricle 13 Rub out. Also name of ‘80s pop duo 15 Drunkard. Also abbrv. of “single only today” 16 Vertexes 18 Make froth, become bubbly 21 A Caucasian who speaks a Semitic language 24 An atom having a valence of one 26 About sun 27 Tasks 29 13-19 30 Spicey dish-served in maize husk 32 A speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel 34 Having or showing Solution to last week’s puzzle

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Chances are, you will, but not any time soon. Try to remember this when you turn down yet another date for fear of being struck by lightning. cancer (June 20-July 22) TV is the governm entally-controlled drug of the m asses.

Remember this when your friendly cable guy comes a knockin’. Just think of the extra cash you’ll have for the Casino as you hand him a Marxist Leninist Daily and slam the door. leo (July 23-Aug.22) So what if only three friends showed up to your last free keg party? You’re smart enough, good enough, and, dammit, people like you. Yaah right.

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L u cra tiv e ecotourism can cause m ore dam age than good

B y A le x a n d r a S tik e m a n

This past year, over a million visitors ventured through the primi­ tive w ilderness of British Columbia’s Pacific Rim National Park Reserve in pursuit of pristine watersheds and awe-inspiring red cedars. However, such a boom in ecotourism may be detrimental to the environment if a sustainable ecotourism strategy is not put into practice.

Professor Simon Milne of the McGill geography department has been focusing on how tourism can be a sustainable form of economic development, while minimising negative social, cultural and envi­ ronmental impacts.

“I steer away from the word ecotourism just because I think that it’s an ideal,” said Milne. “Even if I went to Costa Rica and I only spent money on local shops and stayed only in a local accommodation and helped plant trees and did all the ecotourism things, I would still be flying there in a 747.”

Although the word ecotourism in itself may appear as an oxy­

Ironically enough, nature trails are suffering from overuse by wildlife enthusiasts moron, it encompasses a whole series of criteria which act as guide­ lines in creating tourism with a con­ servation purpose.

According to Professor Bob Healy, of the Nicholas School of the Environm ent at Duke University, ecotourism in the truest sense of the word protects natural resources, provides educational benefits for the tourist, and pro­ vides benefits for the protected area as well as local populations.

Healy is currently on sabbati­ cal from Duke and is teaching a course at McGill entitled “Tourism, protected areas and local develop­ ment.”

Places in Latin America are hot spots for ecotourism simply because of their high degree of bio­ diversity. Healy argues that due to the increasing amount of nature shows broadcast on television along with affordable flights to the Amazon, the most exotic regions of

the world are attracting increasingly high numbers of nature lovers.

“If you have a world where you have large numbers of people who are both educated and urban, these natural areas look interest­ ing,” said Healy.

Although the revenues generat­ ed from ecotourism do benefit local populations, much of this is at the expense of their culture and their environment.

In an area such as Nepal,

which receives more than 325,000 tourists a year, the tourism boom poses a serious threat to its fragile ecosystem. Above an altitude of 4,000 meters, the vegetation grows at such a slow rate that hikers tram­ pling these soils may unwittingly be accelerating the degradation of the environment.

The whale watching industry has also enhanched its popularity among wildlife admirers. Every summer in Tadoussac, Quebec, thousands of boats race up and down the St. Lawrence river chas­ ing whales, looking for that special Kodak moment. Although the prof­ its generated from boat tours do sustain the local community during the summer months, the question as to whether or not this is true eco­ tourism is questionable.

“If I was living in my house and 20 people were coming through my bedroom every day and were watching me cook, and watching me sleep, I’m sure that it would start to aggravate me,” said1Milne.

“I think we have very little under­ standing of how tourism affects the wildlife.”

Adrianne Carr, the Clayoquot Sound Campaign co-ordinator for the Western Canada Wilderness C o n t i n u e d o n P a g e 11

B o urq ue trying to reverse M ontreal m alaise w ith g lo ssy ad B y B a r r y C a m pbell

Staggering under the weight of a flaccid economy and the recent departure of the CP Rail headquar­ ters, the city of Montreal is looking for new ways to revitalise the spir­ its of Montrealers.

With the help of several cor­ porate and government sponsors, the city has launched a two-year “feel-good” advertising campaign with a price tag of over $7 million.

Under the slogan, “M ontreal, you’re my city,” the government hopes to remind Montrealers about the city’s potential for economic success and an improved quality of life.

Major corporations such as Bell Canada, Bombardier, Alcan Alum inum, Via R ail, Gaz Métropolitain, Jean Coutu, AT&T Canada, and investm ent bank Lévesque Beaubien Geoffrion have each contributed $ 100,0 0 0 to the project.

However, not everyone is thrilled with the campaign. The city’s efforts have come under fire from the media, cynical students, and advocacy groups who would prefer that the money was spent elsewhere and see the campaign as a band-aid solution to real structur­ al problems.

“I wish my city had more jobs,” argued James Levinson, a native Montrealer and U3 English student at McGill.

Other groups would prefer to see the money spent on affordable housing or street repairs. They argue that the campaign is propa­ ganda, designed to conceal press­ ing problems such as high poverty and unemployment in the city.

“M ontreal should address some real issues and attack the problems that have plagued the city for so long now, rather than avoid­ ing the difficult decisions that must be made,” said Levinson.

One of the issues that people believe is being ignored by the city is the political turmoil that has sur­ rounded Montreal since the refer­ enda of 1980 and 1995.

F ederalists argue that the seemingly interminable sovereignty and language debates have hurt Montreal’s business sector as com­ panies either defer investments or move to more stable regions in Canada or the United States.

“Doing business in Quebec is never as easy as elsewhere in the country, and the city’s bureaucracy can be stifling,” noted a spokesper­ son for a large Montreal company who asked the Tribune not to reveal his identity.

“We would welcome a resolu­ tion to the sovereignty debate before we made any more large investments here.”

However, Patricia Lowe, a spokesperson for the city, dismiss­ es these complaints.

“The city is trying to stream­ line its bureaucracy, but many

issues are out of our hands and rest with the provincial government.”

N onetheless, city officials claim that the campaign has been extremely well received.

“Only a small portion of the budget for this campaign is public money ($2.2 million) and if it were spent in other areas, it would disap­ pear w ithout a trace. I t ’s not enough to cut taxes by half a cent or build a couple of houses. The

city hopes to enjoy greater returns just by getting Montrealers to think about how wonderful it is to live here,” Lowe commented.

However, many people just cannot relate to the images present­ ed through the campaign.

“I think the cam paign is ridiculous,” said Diane Higgins, a U3 French translation student. “I see the commercials as tacky and artificial. You can almost see the

mayor behind it, trying to push his idea. I feel like this is my city any­ way, without the campaign.”

Others agree. Amrik Singh, a U2 physics student was appalled by the campaign.

“When I saw the TV ad I thought that the ad company was suffering from the same malaise as the city is. That song sounds like som eone w ho’s depressed and wants to sound as if he’s happy.”

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It may come as no surprise to nihilists that all cells in our body are able to commit suicide. What has rec.ently come to light is the important role this plays in deter­ ring cancer.

The process by which cells are destined to die is called apop­ tosis. Dr. Phil Branton is the chair­ man of the McGill biochemistry department and is interested in the role apoptosis, or programmed cell death, plays in cancer.

Branton explained that cancer is a program in which cells contin­ uously divide without paying heed to normal growth controls. What goes wrong with cancer cells is that they lose the genes involved in stopping growth, or the genes involved in promoting growth are overactive.

“A big advance in our under­ standing of cancer in the last five years has been the identification of the pathways by which cells are told to die. And in the case of can­ cer, it’s as if these cells want to die, but can’t,” said Branton.

In the last five years, research has shown that most, if not all, cells have the machinery to com­ mit suicide. There are many differ­ ent signals that can induce or sup­ press the cell death pathway, but they all ultimately affect the final suicide act.

Dr. Phil Barker of the Centre for N euronal S urvival of the Montreal Neurological Institute studies cell surface receptors that regulate apoptosis in neuronal cells.

“W hat’s been found is that apoptosis is an efficient way to design an organism. That is, to make more cells than you need, and then to prune some away,” said Barker.

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“It is a critical defense to assaults occurring at single cell state: if a cell is able to commit suicide, it’s useful to the organism as a whole because a virus or can­ cer can’t spread,” said Shore.

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stomach and a couple of needles can set up shop. There is no regulatory board to ensure that piercers are practising safe procedures, and to Richard’s knowledge, there has been no movement to establish one.

Katy Phillips, a U2 manage­ ment student, had her tongue pierced. It healed quickly and she suffered no complications. However, she still believes that a regulatory organisation “would definitely be a good service to have.”

Getting a body pierce is an important decision to make. While a pierce can be fun and sexy, it can also have some pretty painful after­ effects. Be sure to weigh the options.

And remember, the human body is worth a million bucks (maybe even more), so safety over price is a good rule to follow.

“Don’t be cheap. A lot of peo­ ple are cheap. That’s where you run into problems. Price should not be considered — you should be con­ cerned for your body,” advised Richard.

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recalled Malkin. It eventually healed, but the pain, swelling and puss that she experienced almost caused her to remove the ring.

“The atmosphere at the place was questionable. I think that if a piercing is being sold, it should be regulated,” she said.

Dr. Tellier does noLpreach against body piercing, and claims that most complications are avoid­ able. However, he urges students to consider the dangers involved.

“Whenever you are penetrating the body with an external substance, there are risks involved. It has to be done in a sterile environment, with sterile equipment.”

Richard agrees. Although he claims that his own parlour is extremely safe, most establishments do not use hygienic equipment.

“There should be standards because a lot of people don’t know what they’re doing. They don’t wear gloves, and don’t use fresh needles.

This shouldn’t be allowed.”

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the ages of 16 and 60 who come in to pierce noses, eyebrows, bellybuttons, tongues and genitalia.

“Facial piercing in particular can be very dangerous if the piercer is inexperienced. There is a major nerve near the eyebrow which can cause facial paralysis if it is acciden­ tally punctured. If a tongue is pierced in the wrong place, the result could be dead taste buds, numbness, or permanent excessive drooling,” said Richard.

Richard, like Tellier, also cited allergic reactions as the most com­ mon complication causing infection.

“If the jewellery isn’t surgical stainless steel, Niobium, Titanium or 18 karat gold, you could be seriously injured,” said Richard.

Sairah Malkin, a U2 biology student, had her navel pierced in the back room of a head shop.

“It was something fun that a friend and I decided to do.”

The hole was consistently infected for the first six months,

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because roughly h alf of all tum ours have lost p 5 3 ,” said Branton.

In addition to genes that can be “turned on” to encourage apop­ tosis, others have the opposite effect. Dr. S h o re’s research includes one such suppresser gene called BcL2. If a cell is proliferat­ ing out of control and Bcl-2 is overexpressed, the apoptotic sig­ nal cannot stop the tumour from growing.

W hat Dr. Branton and Dr. Shore believe is that such cells could be convinced to reinstate the cell death pathway. This could be accom plished by therapies that either bypass defective pathways or block the overactive su p ­ presses. Together, they are work­ ing on ways to target tumour cells with a virus that turns on the cell death pathway independent of p53.

Dr. Shore is confident that this breakthrough into understand­ ing the delicate balance between life and death signals will be fruit­ ful to the study of cancer therapy.

“I would predict that within the next four to five years, very different treatments will emerge,” said Shore. Dr. Branton is equally positive about these developments.

“Apoptosis is a very hot topic.

It may be the hope for cancer.”

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What is now believed is that viruses and cancers can harm the body by circumventing the cell death pathway.

“It’s a basic defense mechansim that has developed over mil­ lions of years, but viruses and tum our cells have also been around for millions of years, ” said Shore.

The importance of disrupting the cell death pathway in persis­ tent tumours can be seen when the role of a protein called p53 (so called because of its m olecular weight of 53 000 Daltons) is con­ sidered.

Branton describes how this “ sentinel p ro te in ” can detect whether the cell has errors in its grow th regulation m achinery.

When an error is detected, p53 instructs the cell to die, and the potential tumour is squashed. In this way, most cancers are caught and undergo apoptosis before becoming a tumour. The problem lies with those cancer cells that have lost p53.

Dr. B ranton stressed that identification of this death path­ way is crucial to cancer research.

“Chem otherapy treatm ents work by activating the cell’s p53 machinery. This means that such treatments are often ineffective

entiated m ass of cells can be sculpted into an organ by telling some cells to die and others to live. Naturally occurring apoptosis is fundamental to the development of mature organs that make up the body.”

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B u rn , baby, bum Arsonists torched my apart­ ment Thursday. Why renovate when you can burn?

I used to live at 4244 St. Dom inique, on the corner of Rachel. The fire started or was started on the ground under­ neath our apartment; the f ir e fig h te r’s first question was if we had seen som ebody pouring gasoline on the ground.

It started at 6:45 a.m., when my roommate smelled smoke, and realised there were flames outside our kitchen windows. A man pass­ ing on his bike had also reached that conclusion, and started bang­ ing on doors. My room m ate pounded on our bedroom doors, and the four of us got out. The building was an old triplex, with all the fire-proof properties of kin­ dling with decorative mouldings.

Two minutes after we left, there were flames leaping through my bedroom window. We were lucky that nobody was hurt — all 12 ten­ ants escaped uninjured, as did our Irish setter Clyde.

When the firefighters finally arrived, they sprayed water until it dripped out of the windows and off the balcony as though this were Niagara Falls. A fine mist, part water droplets, part charcoal from our sofa and other furniture, fell lightly on the crowd. It was a great block party. A B uddhist nun prayed for us. It didn’t help.

N eighbour Holly kindly brought us coffee, as we specified very distinctly whether we liked our coffee with cream and sugar, or black. Others brought us shoes, as we escapees were rather under­ dressed. Eric, who lived across the hall from us, left in boxer shorts and brought only a pack of cigarrettes and a paperback when he left. He thought his roommate was exaggerating, and that he would have a smoke and read his book while they watched the fire.

A very witty cyclist stopped, stared, then whipped out a cigarette and asked Carlie: “Got a light?”

We escapees chatted merrily, jok­ ing we should change our voice mail messages to the sounds of either “Disco Inferno” or “I Will S urvive.” A m bulance chasers

arrived in the form of a company that cleans fire-damaged buildings.

We told them there was nothing to clean. We thought of mugging them for their really cool uniforms, as it was still more clothing than

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My room m ate was in ter­ viewed several times, showing off her new haircut to her mother via the early morning news. A Gazette reporter interviewed another of my roommates, and looked down at the chicken scratches on his pad.

“Can you read that? I can’t. I guess I’ll just have to make it up,” he said. “I do the same thing all the time,” I reassured him. “I write all my papers that way.” It was kind of him to let me use his cell phone while I made a collect call to my parents, although it turned out he really did mess up the story.

Sun Youth arrived and took care of us. They gave us clothes, they gave us meal vouchers for McDonalds and the Peel Pub, and they found us hotels to stay in (free) for two nights. I stayed at the Queen E, a fine establishment with marble bathrooms and Sega in the rooms, and I recommend it to all sim ilarly homeless people. We checked in with our matching lug­ gage — black plastic garbage bags.

I was given room 1313. We stole extra shampoo from the cleaning cart.

We didn’t have fire alarms in our apartment. Only one of my room m ates had real insurance.

Either, or even both, might have been useful. My apologies to all guests I had invited for supper that night. The evening potluck turned into a breakfast barbeque, and I understand you may have been puzzled as you converged on the smouldering rubble with casseroles in hand. And my apologies to McLennan-Redpath. Sorry, I lost your book.

Her apartment burned down, but Susan Peters still wrote her column

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Committee, is actively working with environmental groups and First Nations people in order to cre­ ate a sustainable Clayoquot econo­ my.

“The temperate rain forest is on the brink of disaster,” said Carr.

“Our concern has been with the protection of biodiversity of the Sound.”

Three wilderness trails have already been built in the area so that visitors will be able to witness the beauty of the Clayoquot River Valley and to also see the red flags that loggers have placed on the sur­ rounding trees.

“Our goal is to motivate peo­ ple to ask politicians to protect these areas,” said Carr.

However, some people argue that protecting a wilderness area should mean that visitors be denied all access to the land in order to preserve its biological and physical integrity. Why then should protect­ ed areas be subjected to various forms of ecotourism? “ [Untouched w ilderness reserves] can happen in an environ­ ment where you have no people

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— Prof. Simon Milne Healy argues that governments could try and turn protected areas into areas for strict scientific research but this would likely pro­ voke a large response among local com m unities and people who derive much of their sustenance from the natural resources.

“People would say, why am I paying for national parks when I can’t even go and visit them,” said Healy.

Another issue is the potential damage caused by the local com­ m unities to the environm ent in terms of exploiting their resources.

“Whale watching, for example, can be good in that it produces an

income for fishermen who other­ wise would deplete the fisheries which is happening in the St. Lawrence and the Atlantic,” said Healy.

But how much whale watching can an area support and what kind of management policies and patrols should be enforced in order to ensure the sustainability of the tourist industry?

“I think that a lot of the poten­ tial force of sustainable tourism development actually comes from the local level,” said Milne.

Another crucial element in the success of ecotourism lies in tourist education. People should be educat­ ed on how to minimise their impact on the environment before they arrive at their final destination.

“I believe that it is possible to take tourism, the largest and fastest growing industry in the world, and make it a more sustainable indus­ try,” Milne stated.

As more and more of the world’s remote and exotic places become overloaded with tourists, ecotourism — if it is done right — may be the best tool for the conser­ vation of biodiversity and rural development.

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audience and primed the crowd for the next act, but considering the quality of their disc, one might have Free concert, cool bands, air expected more. As it turned out, conditioning, and Pepsi up the “Paste” is a shameless studio song wazoo — clearly the Welcome that tries to rock out but ends up get­ Week concert in the Shatner ting caught up in their own stage Ballroom last Friday night was presence. Ian: Put your tongue back poised to be an unqualified success. in and play the guitar — you’re not Gene Simmons. Pluto peaked half­ Chixdiggit, Pluto way through with the Doughboys promised to well-executed “When be an unstoppable com­ Expectations She Was Happy.” bination of guitar-laced Spiralling to pop. And memories of weren’t quite met, last year’s intimate at least for those midnight now, the Doughboys took the evening under the stars who weren’t stage and expecta­ with the late Crash tions were high.

Vegas actually made totally S S M U ’d Unfortunately, the many welcome on the brew expectations weren’t Welcome Week. quite met, at least for Regardless, the evening proved unsatisfying and it wasn’t those who weren’t totally SSMU’d on the brew. Opening with just the oil-slick SSMU beer.

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Vancouver’s Pluto were eagerly seemed a little uninspired. Perhaps anticipated by many. Coming in to that is what happens when the the show, rumour had it that the band’s job of enervating the audi­ band played the previous night at U ence is left to intoxicants. Well, it of M to an audience of about 50 stu­ wasn’t all bad. In the end, the audi­ dents. Their solid set pleased the ence served up something to watch.

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If films like Eraser and Cable Guy didn’t exactly do it for you over the summer, the Best of FantAsia may be the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.

As its title suggests, this festi­ val showcases a score of the pre­ mier movies that were featured in Vision Globale’s Fant-Asia Film Festival, which took place this summer from mid-July thorough mid-August at Cinéma Impérial.

Ian Jones (a.k.a. Gene Simmons) had a tastefo r glam-rock One can’t help feeling a little disillusioned and weary with the whole thing. A vast interchangeable array of dreadlocks, ugly glasses, and bad haircuts has a limited appeal for the average concertgoer. The music was not bad, it just seemed to

be pre-packaged ffosh fare. That is to say, a successful concert, unlike a frosh event, needs more than just booze to get off the ground. One was left lacking a good reason not to just sit at home and listen to these bands on disc.

Q ueer Chim era: playing with m ale perspectives B y K aren L a R o se

The C oncordia V.A.V. Gallery is currently hosting Queer Chimera, a co llection of pho­ tographs by M ontreal artist Sheldon Goldberg. The focus of the exhibit is to question and chal­ lenge society’s perception of mas­ culinity. Goldberg attem pts to push the boundaries of perception with dedication and honesty. His sense of fun and play is pervasive throughout his pictures, filled with vivid colours and quirky images.

The work is done using a process called “photo gram,” and involves overlaying images and “painting with light.” Goldberg’s use of vibrant colours and photo negatives lends a feeling of surre­ alism as he seductively parades before us the men of our dreams, perhaps for some, nightmares.

A finished photo consists of a number of pictures juxtaposed and enhanced with colour. This process the artist refers to as “metamor­ phosing structured images into unstructured com m entary.” In some cases G oldberg uses the same photograph in more than one picture, extrapolating from the image and building upon a specific

A favourite example is the body building, Speedo-wearing nymphs tiptoeing lightly through a forest.

Pli o t o g r a m m e s bv S h e l d o n Go l d ' concept.

The subjects of Goldberg’s pictures range from bodybuilders to Grecian urn paintings of buff athletes to street corner transves­ tites. He melds these characters

with flowers, forest-scapes, hand­ cuffs, stars and many other m etaphoric images. One of the m ost refreshing aspects of Goldberg’s style is that he leaves his pictures open for individual

interpretation. There are many ways for one to decipher the intri­ cate collages.

The longer I studied G oldberg’s p ictures, the more obvious his playful sense of hum our becam e. A favourite example is his picture of three beefy body building, Speedo-wear­ ing nymphs attempting to tiptoe lightly through a sultry russetcoloured forest glen. Also intrigu­ ing was Goldberg’s self portrait. It captured attention at first with its strange cacophony of shapes and further delighted me when I realised how fully it displayed Goldberg’s wit and ingenuity — showing the “inner workings” of the man via X-ray.

Some of Goldberg’s subjects have been lifted from magazine ads of the Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger variety. He trans­ forms the homo-erotic titillation of Continued on Page 14

Festival-goers are not your standard crowd of teen- and middle-aged males that can generally be spotted anywhere that serves beer in plastic cups.

The summer festival was so suc­ cessful that co-ordinators Pierre Corbeil and M artin Sauvageau decided to tap the spring once more and deliver “some of the most exciting movies of the past decade.”

Screening Asian fantasy/ action films through the festival is a good idea legally. Video compa­ nies hold copyright privileges which prevent most of these films from being shown at repertory the­ atres such as Cinéma du Parc. It’s nothing short of a blessing that the original Fant-Asia’s bill containing a wide variety of films from Hong Kong and Japan, in genres varying from the kung fu flick to the mon­ ster movie to that oft-revered icon that is Japanimation, can now be re-released.

The Best of Fant-Asia is a bit different from its predecessor as it shows material exclusively from Hong Kong. There is a strong con­ centration of martial arts flicks, but the line-up is quite impressive and proffers a good sample of fresh cinema. The festival presents such legends as John Woo and Ringo Lam, as well as films by talented directors who are virtually unknown in the West.

Perhaps it’s that same fresh­ ness that gives the festival its dis­ tinctive atmosphere, “It’s a plea­ sure to be in the audience,” is how one person described it. Iron Continued on Page 15

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What could a biology student and a poli-sci major have in com­ mon? At the 1996-1997 McGill Players’ Theatre, a great love for drama.

Liz Duffy, Players’ president, and Lorenzo Pederzani, VP produc­ tion, stress that what holds the upcoming season together is not solely drama students, but rather a diverse field of students who all share an appreciation for theatre.

“There are five workshops offered to all students. The aim of these workshops is to create less intimidation for any future partici­ pant,” says Pederzani.

The September workshops are Costuming, Design, Lighting, Stage Managing, and Set Design and Construction. Student sign-ups for the workshops will be tomorrow at Activities Night.

Besides the mandate for increased student awareness and encouraging greater participation, Players’ is now operating a more streamlined organisation. The inter­ nal restructuring that has reduced the Players’ Executive from seven to five members, will result in “more responsibility in operation, which will differ from last year’s adminis­ tration — but not from its amazing level of talent,” says Duffy.

Pederzani adds, “We won the SSMU Service of the Year Award last year. Now we’re really excited about coming out of our most suc­ cessful year.” He punctuates his point by noting that Players’ is the oldest English theatre group inside Quebec.

This season’s harvest of shows is a crop replete with Broadway pro­ ductions. It’s merely a sign of being a service — not a club — that selects its proposals and budgets from stu­ dents, and students only. None of the student directors this year have directed before, although the direc­ tors all have lengthy lists of previous

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McGill’s Players’ Theatre is always looking fo r new faces. work with Players’.

Talk To Me Like The Rain And Let Me Listen and I Can’t Imagine Tomorrow

By Tennessee Williams Director: Jennifer Campbell Performance dates: October 8 12, 15-19 Two one-act Tennessee Williams plays are performed together to highlight their insights on relationships. Talk To Me poignantly depicts how a wife decides to leave her husband while I Can't Imagine details the struggle of a man who unsuccessfully tries to affect an ill woman.

Bodies, Rest And Motion

By Roger Hedden Director: Alex Simon Performance dates: October 29November 2, November 5-9 Simon claims Bodies is

“extremely relevant to university stu­ dents. When it’s time to do some­ thing with your life, what the hell do you do?” It’s the story of a couple who try to find themselves, and through the search, discover that their partner may no longer be “the one.” What remains is a ringing moral that the audience will have no choice but to take with them.

Little Shop of Horrors

By Howard Ashman and Alan Menken Director: Kevin Clement Performance dates: 12 shows beginning January 9 Players serves up another musi­ cal this season with pride. A hysteri­ cal romp that reveals the kind of trouble false idols can create, Little Shop features the plight of Seymour and his two Audreys -— one is the object of his love, the other a freak­ ish monster-plant.

The Heidi Chronicles

By Wendy Wasserstein Director: Ian Ryan Performance dates: scheduled for February “Although this play is a work of fiction, I believe it to be a modem epic as it documents a radical period in American history, through the eyes of a woman,” said the director.

Ryan chooses to present this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama within a multimedia framework to better convey the large ‘60s to ‘80s time span.

these ads into tender, even senti­ mental scenes. These men are pre­ sented in a rom anticised light, inheriting from Goldberg a sphere of existence inherently female through the glorification of their physical beauty.

Upon further investigation, a num ber of shots of attractive women in beautiful clothes turned out to be transvestites in full glam­ our. Goldberg’s careful treatment of these individuals display his sincere efforts to “take an object of derision and allow it to become a romantic object.”

Goldberg wields his tool of contradiction like a true master, toying with figures generally con­ sidered to be the essence of man­ hood and placing them in his elec­ tric wonderland of lace and roses.

He grants a truly unique and inno­ vative perspective, as haunting as it is beautiful.

Sheldon G oldberg’s Queer Chimera at Concordia’s V.A.V. Gallery, 1395 René Levesque, Mon-Fri lOam-lOpm, Sept. 3-13.

The 10th Annual McGill Drama Festival, which holds enormous opportunity for young playwrights and directors, is sure to be a huge event this season. Collaborative Players’ efforts like Le Theatre de la Grenouille and the McGill Contemporary Dance Ensemble are not to be missed as well. Watch for them all at a theatre near you.

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Monkey, which opened the current stint at the Impérial, engendered a surprising amount of exuberance and participation from the audi­ ence.

The festival is also drawing a heterogeneous group of viewers. It was not your standard crowd of teen- and middle-aged males that can generally be spotted frequent­ ing Hollywood action movies and anywhere that serves beer in plastic cups. This alone suggests a certain universal appeal in the genre.

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from the fact that, although the action genre is no stranger to a western audience, the presentation in these films is remarkably differ­ ent from your typical Schw arzenegger or Segal fare.

Make no mistake, these are violent movies. But where their $ 100-mil­ lion American counterparts tend to use violence for glamour and rely prim arily on special effects for

visual stimulus, the Fant-Asian films, as Iron Monkey demonstrat­ ed, use violence as a form of expression and utilise deft cine­ matography, and in some cases, physical humour, in lieu of studio tricks.

Iron Monkey also comes high­ ly recommended for its rich script and insightful statements. It’s a well-produced movie rife with his­

torical references and class-struc­ ture political commentary, neither of which obscure the fact that it’s an incredible kung fu flick.

So if you had that feeling of existential despair when Independence Day was touted as “one of the greatest movies of the decade,” maybe you should consid­ er the Best of Fant-Asia. At the very least you’ll be able to tell all

your friends that you saw Sex and Zen on the big screen.

The Best o f Fant-Asia is being held fro m Sept. 6 - 15 at the Cinéma Impérial, located at 1430 Bleury. Tickets, programs and a free 20-minute video montage pre­ viewing all the fdms are available at the theatre. Admission is $5.

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Thankfully stripped of the sass of his debut, Love, Pussycats & Carwrecks is as mysterious and untouchable as the ninja from whence it came.

—Harris Newman Neneh Cherry “Woman” (Virgin) Taken from the forthcoming album, Man, Cherry's first single in about four years clearly realigns her musi­ cal muse from the social to the sexual. Buffalo Stance and “Moneylove” directed her previous releases toward socio-economic critique, whereas “Woman” focuses on gender. “There ain’t a woman in this world/Not a woman or a girlAVho can’t deliver love in a man’s world” can be taken a couple of ways, but none without Cherry’s trademark injection of positivity. Two other previously unreleased tracks on the single find Cherry’s production team musically conservative. Regulated to innovative arrangements with little more than strings, Cherry sounds folkier than ever. "Woman, ’ an exception, picks up a nicely-formulated, swaggering rhythm reminiscent of Portishead. Of course, that only makes sense. That Brit band formed after mixing Cherry’s Homebrew in 1992.

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It’s mostly because Terry Tompkins of L & P doesn’t write pop songs. To this, Lisa Boudreau often supplies Whitney Houston-like vocal melodramatics. L ove’s Sweet Messenger does a lot to dispell this weakness.

Boudreau’s voice is now sultry and soft-spoken on songs that may not be Top 40 material, but at least they push the envelope as to what adult comtemporary will accept. The band newly explores ringing atmospherics and guitar nuances on stunning tracks like “Sleep,” “Delight” and “Downfall.” However, the band really turns over a new leaf on “Asshole,” a song so claustro­ phobic and maddening that you’d never believe their last song was the upbeat “Miracles Happen” from 1994’s Memory Thief. Unfortunely, the most haunting verses on the album are from “Forcefield” — a song that takes Boudreau’s vocals to new heights and show­ cases Tompkins’ keen guitar prowess, but is penned by neither one of the twosome.

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R ed m en trounce C o n co rd ia, keep pace w ith 2-0 C arleto n es, botched plays, and an offside penalty on a key third down and inches.

According to third-year defen­ Something big may be hap­ pening on top of cam pus at sive end M att N ichol, the Percival Molson Stadium. For the R edm ens’ success was a group second week in a row in this young effort, based on taking away the football season, a large crowd run and putting pressure on the watched the Redmen soundly beat Stinger quarterbacks. Linebacker a conference rival. Last Friday it Andray Wellington, a transfer from was the Concordia Stingers to go Concordia whose brother Franz is a former McGill standout, led the down, by the score of 18-0.

There was excitement in the team with eight tackles, while J.P. stands as well as on the field. The Darche and Martin Denault each game was attended by a large, ani­ had interceptions.

McGill led 4-0 at the half on a m ated crow d that included Montreal A louettes’ coach Bob 27-yard field goal and a single on a Price and Olym pic swim m er nicely angled punt by Bentley M arianne Lim pert. M cGill and Harris. On the second drive of the Concordia fans traded insulting third quarter they appeared to score chants and generally made a com­ a touchdown on a trick play.

Dana Toering tossed the ball motion, at least while the Stingers to running back Shawn Linden, were still in the game.

McGill used a formula similar who punted the ball into the end to their opening day win over zone, where it was recovered by Bishop’s. The defense shut down Craig Borgeson. McGill claimed the run and didn’t let Concordia’s that Borgeson had lined up onside offense get any sort of flow. The and thus was eligible to grab the McGill offense kept its attack bal­ ball, but the referees disagreed and anced, 135 yards on rushes and 121 gave Concordia the ball on their by the air, and made big plays. 35-yard line.

The Redmen avenged the con­ Special teams excelled, especially troversial call by scoring on their on returns.

The Redmen’s performance next two possessions. First, Linden was efficient rather than spectacu­ caught a short pass and ran 57 lar, and more methodical than pret­ yards to set up a one-yard touch­ ty. They made typical early season down run by fullback Dan Pronyk.

Their second touchdown was mistakes, such as a couple of timecount violations, but their lead was set up by a long punt return and a first down reception by Borgeson, never seriously threatened.

Flead coach Charlie Baillie who had his second straight strong expressed satisfaction with the vic­ game. A Linden touchdown was tory, but he cautioned that the team called back for holding, but on the cannot keep waiting for the second next play he got the ball again and half to get going. He singled out scored on a highlight film play.

He took the ball off-tackle and their speed on defense as a key to the shutout, and predicted that if cut to the right, and just as he was the offensive line keeps improving, about to be engulfed by a pile of Stingers, did a complete spin as he the offense will be tough to stop.

McGill’s defense was domi­ cut back the other way to score nant, preventing their opponents almost untouched.

The win left the Redmen tied from putting together a serious drive and holding them to a missed for first place in the O-QIFC with field goal, though the Stingers hurt the Carleton Ravens, both with a 2their own cause with dropped pass­ 0 record. Players and coaches alike B y D a n Sa r a g o s t i Pa u l C o n n er

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talked about areas for improvement and small steps, but it is clear that th ey ’ve got the season off on the right foot.

The Carleton Ravens continued their winning ways this week, defeating Le Rouge et Or de Université Laval 32-12 over the weekend. The game started out low scoring, with a m issed field goal single by Carleton’s Marco Dinardo. Laval responded with a two-point safety at 8:54 of the first. Before the end of the first quarter, Dinardo made good on his second attem pt, giving C arleton back the lead 4-2.

Laval, in its first season in the league, looked to overtake the Ravens with a 1yard touchdown run to start off the second quarter.

From there, though, the game was all Carleton.

By the end of the half, they had doubled L aval’s Redmen runningbacks kept Concordia o ff balance all game. output, 18-9, and The Redmen will lock heads it only got worse as the game drew Laval would be a team to watch out for. He described scouting the with Laval in three weeks’ time in to a close.

Despite their 0-2 record and team last year in an exhibition Québec. After McGill’s impressive league-worst 54-points against, the game and being impressed by their start to their season, though, the Rouge et Or will be in tough.

Rouge et Or have not been out­ play. classed by the rest of the division.

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N ew “w inning attitude” pum ps up M artlet field h o ckey team B y F r a n k l in R u b in s t e in

With little exposure, limited funding and a lack of adequate p ra ctice tim e, the M cG ill Martlets field hockey team will attempt to exercise the one aspect of the season that they do con­ tro l: th e ir e ffo rt a g a in st the Q u e en ’s G olden G aels on September 14th.

The 1996 field hockey team will have a very different look this year. The team ’s transition can be attributed to the Martlets’ new and innovative coach and fresh blood after the team lost a number of veteran players.

Y ves L esv eq u e takes the helm o f the M a rtle ts, a team which finished fifth in the league last season. Lesveque brings with him a cred ib le background in field hockey, including valuable experience as a former member of Canada’s national team.

Lesveque hopes to employ a more offensive scheme for the M artlets in an attem pt to com ­ pensate for the team ’s lack of output last season. More impor­ tantly, he is trying to instil a win­ ning attitude in team members.

Team Captain Kristen Banham says Lesveque “brings a totally d ifferen t outlook to the team ,

including the goalie, taking the which is great.”

A goal is scored when the N um erous team m em bers field for each team. The playing ball is played in the circle by an graduated last year, but a few field is 1 0 0 yards by 60 yards, attacker and does not go outside veterans h a v e returned to hopefully an ch o r a younger team . Jodi Wi l s o n re tu rn s for her third * y ea r to an ch o r the M artlets defense.

Christine Watson also re tu rn s to play h a lf fie ld , and ap p ears to h a v e improved h er stick control after ■O spending the summer Martlets making McGill proud despite little exposure, funds, and support in B.C. Martlet rookies are working hard which is divided by a centre line the circle before passing com ­ to make an impression — both and a 25-yard line at each half of pletely over the goal-line and on team members and the compe­ the field. The striking circle is a into the goal. Players use a stick tition. sem i-circle which surrounds a which has a flat face on its leftField hockey is a fast-paced, goal measuring 7 feet high and 4 hand side only. aggressive sport with 11 players, yards apart.

The M a rtle ts’ first tryout was held September 4th, with 27 women coming out to play. Since the football and soccer team s were given priority, field hockey w orkouts were held extrem ely early in the morning which tested the commitment of all those who tried out. For three days, team hopefuls battled for 16 travelling spots.

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rival Queen’s; the team’s physi­ cal nature and comparable ability always provides a reliable test for the Martlets.

The tra d itio n a lly tough University of Toronto and equally strong York University have also lost some older players, so the Martlets look to be in for some good competition. The favourite in the d iv isio n ap p ears to be defending champion W aterloo, whose experience and wealth of junior national players makes the team a formidable challenge.

M cG ill’s team faces many challenges in the upcoming sea­ son. Not only are the M artlets saddled with poor practice times, the team is also lacking a finan­ cial sponsor. The team has been left responsible for raising their own capital which has put a sig­ nificant amount of pressure on the players to search for funds.

The Martlets only have one home game this season — which seems to reflect a scheduling bias in favour of Ontario schools. On W ednesday O ctober 16th, the Martlets will face off against the Carelton Ravens. Martlet players are hopeful that fans will show up to support the team on this special occasion.

“The gam es are fun to w atch. We hope to p ro v id e entertainment to the fans, and we really hope they show up and cheer us on,” said team member Jodi Wilson.

Since they will have to battle as many challenges on the field as they will off, the Martlets are hoping to have a little help and support from all of field hockey’s friends and fans.

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equaliser during the rest of the game, but were unable to capi­ talise on several opportunities, including a penalty shot late in the second half. McGill forward Sean Sm ith and m id -field er Gabriel Gervais turned in strong performances in McGill’s secondplace effort.

D espite the loss, M cG ill coach Pat Raimondo felt the pre­ season had been a good one for his team.

“We are far ahead of where we were at this time last year. We have had nine pre-season games as compared to two last year and our record is 7-1-1.”

Coach Raimondo feels the Redmen have reason for high expectations this year due to extra preparation and the maturity the team gained last season.

“We have 15 of 20 play­ ers returning form last year’s team which finished fifth at the N ational C h am p io n ­ ships,” he explained. “We’re going for it all this year.”

went on to defeat Sherbrooke in Blues forward hit the post with a the consolation final by a score of shot off a breakaway. The shot 2-0. Sherbrooke lost their first rebounded back in front of the net gam e to the --------------U n iv ersity of “We are far ahead of where we T oronto by a were at this time last year.” score of 4-0.

In the final, the Redm en — pat Raimondo, team head coach squared o ff against a tough U of T V arsity Blues team . The confusing the McGill defense, B lues took the gam e and the which was unable to recover in Tournament Championship over time to stop the Blues from scor­ the Redmen by a score of 1-0. ing off a mad scramble.

The Redmen pressed for the The only goal resulted when a

The McGill Redmen's soccer team wrapped up their pre-season this weekend with a second place fin ish at the Old Fours Tournament.

The tournam ent took place rig h t here at M cG ill’s own M olson Stadium and involved team s from the U n iv ersity of Western Ontario, the University of T o ronto, S herbrooke University, and McGill.

The Redmen won their first gam e ag a in st the W estern Mustangs by a score o f 1-0. The lone marker in the game came in the first half, courtesy o f M cGill mid-fielder and cap­ tain Marc Mouricot.

Mouricot rose above a Mustang defender to head a cro ssin g pass from Sean Smith into the back of the net.

The McGill def­ ense, led by strong perform ances from P eter B ryant and goalies Pierre-Anger N guyen and D avid Simopnetti, was then able to secure the win by holding off a more physical second half Mustang game.

The M u stan g s Men’s team strength attributed to extra prep and maturity

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On a w eekend when m ost McGill students were “celebrat­ in g ” the return to school, the m embers o f the M cGill soccer family were engaged in the Old Fours tourney.

the University of Toronto com­ peted in this revered tournament which provides a blast-off to the season.

On the women’s side, a swel­ tering Saturday pitted W estern against U of T while Queen’s and M cG ill faced o ff in the other

Young Martlet squad looks to keep pace this season.

Instead of engaging in wild revelry to kick off the start of the school year, the soccer players of W estern, M cGill, Q ueen’s and

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A much needed break from the heat was the order for Sunday as Western and McGill duelled in the morni ng. A late goal by Western tied the score at one and sent the game into penalty kicks.

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Later in the after­ noon, play­ ing under overcast s k i e s , Q ueen’s and U of T faced off in the final.

Another defensive duel result­ ed and despite chances by both sides, the gam e e n d e d s c o re le s s .

So fo r the second time in the day, a women’s soccer m atch woul d be d ecided by penalty kicks. Much to the antici­ pation of the crowd, in thrilling, edge of the seat excitement, U of T came away victorious 4-2 in penalty kicks.

Thus the women’s side of the draw ended with the U of T team going home with shiny gold m edals ar ound th eir necks, Queen’s finishing second, and the Martlets picking up the third spot on the podium.

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Victory is no stranger to the McGill women’s soccer team and, despite the loss of ten members of last year’s squad, expectations remain high as they open their 1996-97 regular season on Friday at Molson Stadium against the University of Laval, a team they defeated in last year’s Quebec University Soccer League semi­ finals.

Last year, the Martlets rolled over the opposition, outscoring them 93-18 on the way to a near flawless 10 - 1-1 record and second place overall. The University of Sherbrooke came even closer to perfection finishing at 11-1. The team picked up the pace in the playoffs, disposing of Laval in the sem is, then handing favoured Sherbrooke a 2-1 home loss to earn the QUSL title. The Martlets made a seventh straight appearence at the CIAU National Tournament, just missing a bronze medal in a lastminute 2-1 loss to UBC. Head Coach Sylvie Beliveau, who also coaches the national team, returns for her second year at the helm, as do assistant coaches Gail Noble and Terri Ciani. The coaching staff will have to contend with the loss of ten players from last year’s team including forwards Julia Maughan and Odile Desbois, both all-Canadians who combined for 38 goals last season. Maughan set a team record with 26 tallies; Debois was named league MVP. Goaltender Carolyn Feng is also gone.

The Martlets did receive a bit of good news, however. Forward Luciana Cifarelli of Dollard des Ormeaux, who notched 12 goals last year, will return for another season. Her offensive talents and experience will certainly be an asset to an otherwise young team.

O ther than C ifarelli, the Martlets will rely on mid-fielders Johanne Hayer of Vancouver and Elaine Cobb of Beaconsfield. On defense, Kingston natives Sarah Pentland and Tanaquil Chantrill, and Krista Chin of Brossard will hold the fort in front of the goal­ keeper Debra K eitzke of Scarborough.

The loss of such a potent attack is expected to necessitate a more defensive strategy on the part of Beliveau and her staff. The term “rebuilding” has been heard more than once. Even in a state of recon­ struction, the experience and talent of the coaching staff and a solid defensive core returning to the Martlets should prove a formidable foe in the 7-team league. Other local teams to look out for are Concordia, who are looking to improve upon a 2 - 8 -2 record in ‘95, and UQAM, who can only get better following a winless 0 - 12-0 record last year.

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R ed b ird s lose two o f three in third season opening w eekend

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The w eather Sunday was reflective of the McGill Redbirds’ fortunes. Losing two of three to rivals Laval and Concordia, the team ’s first weekend was dissapointing.

As the remnants of Hurricane Fran passed over Centennial Park, McGill blew an early 4-0 lead and eventually lost to the Concordia Stingers 5-4.

The Redbirds looked to be in control in the 3rd as they scored three runs, thanks to some timely offence by the top of their order.

Key errors later in the game, how­ ever, led to three unearned runs and allowed the Stingers back into the game.

With the score 4-4 in the top of the 7th (the last inning in what was supposed to be the first game of a doubleheader), C oncordia looked to blow the game open.

After the Stingers led off with a sharp single and a walk, a success­ ful sacrifice bunt was put down.

The next hitter was intentionally walked, loading the bases with only one out.

Eventual losing pitcher Cam Davies seemed to have let some of the air out of Concordia’s offence; the next batter hit a shallow fly ball to right fielder Dan Vexler that failed to advance the runners.

But a ground ball to third baseman Dan Jarosz was too slow for the infielder to make a play, and the

eventual winning run scored.

2-3 first inning, starter Scott header the previous day at the U of had good movement on his pitches There seemed to be a feeling G a l l i n ----------------------------- -----------------------------Laval and was hitting all his spots.” of déja-vu in the bottom of the cl earl y “Our goal is to make it into the nationals The team ’s offence also inning, as the m iddle of the seemed rebounded in a big way. Savage and to perform well there.”

Redbirds’ order loaded the bases uncom­ hit a pair of homers, while Monnet with nobody out. Last year’s team fortable and DeBoer each had one. Brian MVP, Mark DeBoer, led off with in the Titherington had a perfect day as — Redbirds manager a walk. Pinch-runner M ichael d o w n ­ he went 3-for-3. Monnet drove in Ernie D’Alessandro Consul stole second and advanced p o u r ; four runs, while Shiraz Rehman to third on Yann Monnet’s infield the game was postponed, and against last year’s champions, the had three RBIs. In all, six single. After M onnet’s steal of eventually cancelled.

Rouge et Or. Redbirds had multi-hit games. second forced the Stingers to The Redbirds split a doubleM cG ill failed to get their It was a good perform ance intentionally walk Todd Savage, they went to the bullpen for a reliever.

The Redbirds’ fortunes soon changed. Wi t h the potential winning run in scoring position and nobody out, pinch-hitter Fred Fafard hit a ball just foul of left field. This case of bad luck seemed to con­ tinue on for the rest of the inning. Fafard struck out looking and, two pop-ups later, the S tingers had pulled off an upset.

“What happened today was that guys were trying to pull the ball out of the ball­ park,” explained Redbirds manager Ernie D’Ales-sandro. “We popped it up a lot.

We didn’t execute the way we wanted to execute.”

The second match of the double-bill was rained out in the second inning after the S tingers had Redbirds hope consistent bitting and strong pitching will hold fo r playoffposition. scored four runs. After a 1offence together in the first game, from a team described by DeBoer as they were limited to three hits as one that should have no trouble in a 7-1 loss. S tarter Michel putting up runs.

Carrier had some control prob­ Despite the disappointing start lems, walking six and hitting two to the season, D ’Alessandro did batters. not seem at all discouraged: “It’s The Redbirds rebounded in not a long season, but once you’re the second game in pounding the in the playoffs, anything can hap­ Rouge et Or 17-1. Rookie John pen. My job is to make sure that R e g i s t r a t i o n Boadway solidified his place on we’re peaking at the end of the the team by pitching a gem. He season and into the playoffs.” went the distance, allowing no He continued, “Our goal is to Da t e : W ed n es d a y , S e p t e m b e r 18, 1996 earned runs and just three hits in make it into the nationals and to the seven inning game. perform well there. If our pitching T im e : 0 8 : 3 0 t o 1 7 :0 0 h r s “He threw a beautiful ball holds up, w e’re going to be a game,” stated D ’Alessandro. “He tough team to contend with.”

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You’ll never know what wonders await you at the Tribune unless you come to our general meeting on Sept. 1 8 th, 5 p.m. in B- 0 1 A in the William Shatner University Centre.

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September 10th, 1996 Tuesday, September 10

6:00 p.m. in the Union Ballroom.

There will be an open forum on the possibility of adding Dental coverage to the SSMU Health Plan from 4:00 to 6:00 pm in room 302.

Sunday, September 15

Used textbook exchange, September 10-14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Shatner Centre, room B09.

Monday, September 16

Bar Au Hasard: “Les Dimanches au Show” - Gina Seram et Co., 803, rue Ontario Est, des 17h30.

LBGTM will hold its first co­ ordinating (planning) meeting tonight at 7p.m. in Shatner build­ ing, room 432.

Wednesday, September 11

The Montreal Sexual Assault Centre is cur­ ie ntly recruiting con­ cerned, bilingual „women interested . in becoming volunteers on the tele­ phone cri­ sis line.

Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal is celebrating its 90th aniversary this year. First lec ture of the fall season at 1:30 p.m. at the Montreal Citadel, 2050 Stanley Street.

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Come find out what all of McGill’s many clubs and ser­ vices have to offer Activities/Clubs Night in the Shatner Ballroom and cafeteria from 5:00 9:00.

First" in a series of Weekly Discussions * on contempo­ rary MarxistLeninist thought " at 6:30 p.m. in the Shatner building, room 435.

935-1105.

Living with Loss: Bereavement support and self-help groups are being offered free of charge through the McGill School of Social Work. Sessions , for adults, children and parents, young adults, peri­ natal,

Training sessions will take place September 20-22 and 28-29. For further infor­ mation call 934-4504/0354 ext. 452.

H P family survivors of suicide. For ' anyone who has suffered the loss of a family member or friend, please contact Estelle Hopmeyer at 398-7067.

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LBGTM is holding a wel come back wine and cheese tonight at 7p.m. at UTC (3521 : University at Milton). Everyone is welcome to attend. Find out what’s in store for the fall, and meet new people.

Thursday, September 12 McGill Varsity Squash Team (Men and Women): General Meeting at 7 p .m ., room 152, Fieldhouse Curie Gym. Tryouts: September 16-18, 7 p.m., Squash Courts, Curie Gym. For more info: Leah 845-1653, Frank 9372126, Sara 842-6609.

Saturday, September 14 McGill Taiwanese Students’ Association welcome party at

speaker, W Donna Nebenzahl, Women’s News Editor, the Gazette.

Ongoing and Upcoming Get involved and become a CKUT volunteer! General infor­ mation sessions: Tuesday, September 17 at 6 p.m. and Tuesday September 24 at 8 p.m.

Student Union Building, 3480 McTavish, room 435.

For more information, call Volunteer co-ordinator Martin at 398-6787 ext. 3545 Santropol Roulant is looking for community-minded, energetic volunteers to help out with our non-profit Meals-on-Wheels organisation. For info about our volunteer gatherings, contact Kelly at 284-9335.

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O ffic e F u r n itu r e FILES • FILES • FILES Used and new office furniture.

Ask for your special student H o u s in q FURNISHED BACHELORS 5720 Decarie. Monthly Lease.

Large, bright, sep. kitchen.

Tasteful decor, Metro

SUCCESS TO ALL STUDENTS. Wordperfect 5.1.

Term papers, resumes, appli­ cations, transcription of micro­ cassettes. Editing of gram­ mar. 28 years experience. $1.75 D.S.P. 7 days/week.

Campus/Peel/Sherbrooke.

Paulette/Roxanne P a r k in q Underground parking 7 blocks from campus $85.00

We need volunteers! Tel-Aide is a listening service, available free of charge 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to all Montrealers who are in distress. Tel-Aide is looking for individuals who have a few hours each month to listen to people who need to talk about their problems. For more info call

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Women’s Studies Luncheon, to be held at the McGill Centre for

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Research and Teaching on Women, on Thursday, September 19th from 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.

La Maison de Jeunes de la Cote des Neiges is looking for volun­ teers to help with their mentor program which runs from Monday to Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30. The program runs from September 23 till June 5th 1997.

I Another forum on the possibility of adding Dental coverage to the SSMU health plan will take place on September 17th from 4:00 to 6:00p.m. in room 107/108 in the Shatner building.

The Arts Undergraduate Society has extended its Peer Advising services this year. Until the end of this week there will be advising every day in RVC and the lobby of the Arts building.

Starting at the end of September will be a series of “Success cours­ es” for arts and science students which will teach study techniques, approaching profs, etc. Interested students can call the AUS at 3981993, or the SUS at 398-6679.

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Eleven Rhodes Scholarships are now open for Canadian stu­ dents. These Scholarships are tenable at the University of Oxford, England, and the value is approximately £12,000 per year. They are granted for two years with the possibility of a third year. The winners w ill be required to commence their studies in October 1997. The eleven Scholarships are allotted, three to the Western Region (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta), two to each of Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Region (N ew Brunswick, N ova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) and one each to British Columbia and Newfoundland.

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W ed n esd ay 11 S ep tem b er 1996 at 10:30 a.m.

F rid ay 13 S ep tem b er 1996 at 1:00 p.m .

T uesday 17 S ep tem b er 1996 at 1:30 p.m .

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D E A D L IN E : W E D N E S D A Y 25 SEPTEM BER 1996 In order to receive the University's recommendation appli­ cants MUST participate in the internal screening process.

(NOTE: American students can obtain information on the Rhodes Scholarships competition for their home state from this office).

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