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By Laura MacN eil

Tara Newell is the new president of SSMU, winning a decisive victory last Thursday night to replace current president Chris Carter on May 1.

Newell beat second-placed can­ didate Araya Solomon by a strong show of broad-based student support, winning the most votes at nearly every polling station on campus. Although third-placed candidate Derek Prohar had the official support of both the Management Undergraduate Society and the Inter-Greek Letter Council, winning the Bronfman polling station by 67 votes, the support was not enough to give him the lead. The final vote count was Newell with 1,285, Solomon receiving 993, and Prohar with 894, out of a total of 3,172 votes cast, or approximately 20 per cent of undergraduate students.

Newell accredited her strong vic­ tory to her past experience and involvement in student politics at McGill.

“I think my knowledge of issues made people realise that I would be a strong voice as president and that I would do the job,” said Newell. “I think I came across as genuinely car­ ing about student issues, and I do.”

Carter expressed his satisfaction with the popular choice for next year’s president, but was disappointed in the

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Entertainers with true mass appeal require thick and juicy con­ tradiction. Lead vocalist for Spirit of the West’s, John Mann, is ripe with an irony fans lick up relentless­ ly“We don’t allow body-surfing because we are a band against vio­ lence,” announced Mann after a woman crash landed on someone’s head directly in front of the stage.

“So if anyone does that again, I’m going to have to kick the shit out of them.”

The entire crowd — elbowers, surfers, and jiggers — respond with an approving roar. It’s a win-win situation when you’re one of Canada’s best entertainment get-up.

Vancouver’s Spirit of the West started their latest tour Saturday night at the Shatner Ballroom. In front of crowd that felt like over­ capacity, the 14-year old band

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“I’m very happy with the results of this year’s election, but the cam­ paign lacked debate on issues,” said Carter. “I was very disappointed with the level of debate across the board.

[Newell] was one of the few candi­ dates running on issues.”

Newell echoed Carter’s senti­ ments, arguing that this year’s cam­ paign was worse than those in previ­ ous years.

“I was disappointed in the cam­ paign. It centred mostly on images and posters, or how many classrooms you could make it to,” she said. “That’s how this year’s campaign differed from those in the past.”

In contrast to Newell’s frustra­ tion with the campaign itself was Solomon’s disappointment in the level of student participation in the election process.

“Half the people didn’t even know where the voting stations were,” said Solomon. “The general popula­ tion is apathetic. There isn’t that inbetween stage of not being involved yet still informed. If you aren’t involved, you don’t know anything.

That’s the sad part of the whole stu­ dents’ society.”

“All the issues that needed to be Prohar agreed with Newell that addressed were addressed,” said too much emphasis was put on cam­ Prohar. paign posters, but feels that students Meanwhile Newell is already got informed during the election. anticipating her first action as SSMU

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dished out more than a few reasons for their remarkable longevity.

The fact is, Spirit of the West has a polished presentation for their respectable set list. Anyone who has seen the Celtic-minded, often politi­ cally motivated rockers will recog­ nise Mann’s physical collapse when he hits the vocal crescendo in “If Venice Is Sinking.” Or the beerguzzling antics of drummer Vince Deitrich that commence the encore.

Or Deitrich’s sing-song half-time performance. They’re all part of the well-rehearsed stage show that works time and time again.

Fellow Vancouverites Veal bravely belted their provocative lyrics, somewhat audaciously for an opening act on their first national tour. Their sound is pure blues, but their cause is reminiscent of the skinny white boy “I’m a loser baby so why don’t you kill me” reject mentality. Lines like “You can do me up like Tammy Faye Baker / And if she won’t cry, we can always

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meet their own goals. I want to set the goals for next year and create a plan of action for how to get there,” she said. “It’s going to be a busy year for SSMU next year.”

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make her,” comes across as both ence member, the band launched intelligent and shockingly violent. into the social cause of “Putting Up Dabbling in many guitar heavy gen­ With the Joneses.” Placing the spiri­ res from twangy surfer music to tually feminist “Ship Named Frank” churning bass à la Stone Temple in the encore also left fans with Pilots, their ideas seem not quite something to hum and meditate on developed and worth further explo­ while disembarking from the ball­ ration. room.

The only real complaints about Quite likely drinking the evening are in regards the gener­ anthem, “Home For a Rest” is as al lack of organisation. Tickets read much a part of the university experi­ 8:30 p.m. but due to a conflict with ence as frosh, cramming and fast the Drama Festival the show didn’t food. Spirit of the West appeals to a start until after ten. Starting a show broad fan base, and is probably the at ten isn’t a problem, but its annoy­ safest bet possible to sell out a uni­ ing to wait around for two hours. versity show. Their popularity could Maybe organisers should try read­ be seen by the enthusiasm of the ing Campus Events, so that they, crowd, who jumped and clapped too, are aware of all campus goings- along, shouting out the words to all on. Nevertheless, an excellent con­ the bits they knew. cert prevailed.

Winningly, the band played up Spirit of the West’s superbly its Irish overtones. Apart from the written songs works well in a con­ new bassist’s namesake, St. Paddy’s cert setting. Their singalongability Day was well-served with a few melds melody with mentality, spec­ Irish drinking songs (as if the crowd tating with participating. After a needed instruction) and a holiday mild scolding to a talkative audi­ jig-

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“I think voters today liked my ideas, so they voted. When people Sarvesh Srivastava captured the saw me and heard me, they saw 1 VP internal affairs position, receiv­ was competent and able to do the ing a comfortable 58 per cent of the job,” he stated.

Aubin stated that, in office next vote.

“I’m looking forward to doing year, Srivastava may have to pay for the things I want to do,” said the mistakes of this year’s student Srivastava. “I want to centralise all politicians.

“I think Sarvesh is going to do a clubs and services, and simplify SSMU so more people can get really great job, but that he may have a tough time ahead of him,” Aubin involved.”

Nishi Aubin, Srivastava’s oppo­ said. “A lot of people from SSMU nent, received 1,221 of the total are not going to be back next year.

2,935 votes cast. Although she lost The volunteers and coordinators are the race, she did come out ahead of burned out. It only takes one really Srivastava at Shatner and in the bad experience to turn you off com­ pletely.” advanced poll.

Mark Feldman, current VP Srivastava, who is currently VP internal of the Science internal, felt that Srivastava and Undergraduate Society, attributes his Aubin performed well in the cam­ victory to the content of his cam­ paigning and brought up a number of issues. paign.

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Elisabeth Gomery defeated Lara Leigh-Wood and Tamana Kochar to become the next SSMU VP univer­ sity affairs, replacing Don McGowan on May 1.

Last Thursday night — with the William Shatner University Centre crawling with people — election hopefuls, curious voters, and Gert’s regulars crowd­ ed around the kiosk to see results from the dif­ ferent polling stations as they were being posted. After the first results went up at around 9:30 p.m., Gomery took an imme­ diate and deciding lead. • Winning seven of eleven polling stations, Gomery tallied up a total of 1,159 votes, compared to 947 for LeighWood, and 705 for Kochar.

After the election, criticism immediately surfaced on how the campaigns were run.

“One of the first things that I will be doing with the other execu­ tives is reforming the campaign laws,” Gomery stated. “There

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“I thought both candidates had a lot of good ideas. In terms of the biggest issue, there wasn’t really one in particular. I suppose it was a com­ bination of [the Shatner] building, diversity in activities, and new ideas,” Feldman said.

Although social events and the accessibility of the William Shatner University Centre were dominant focuses of the campaign period in the race for internal, Feldman feels that the most important issue facing the incoming executives is the nego­ tiation of the letter of agreement between SSMU and McGill over the use of Shatner. Currently, SSMU pays one dollar to McGill for the use of the building, an arrangement which some fear may change due to the climate of fiscal restraint within the McGill administration.

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should be one poster per candidate in each building, and no handbills.

What happened this year was totally inexcusable.”

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Leigh-Wood would not com­ ment on either the outcome of the election or the campaign.

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For her part, Kochar felt that important issues for this position were not adequately debated.

“I thought it was a good cam­ paign but I don’t think we debated a lot of the issues — we just discussed them,” Kochar said. “Next year’s is going to be an interesting executive, and I hope that the voters won’t be disappointed.”

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The three referendum questions presented to students during election period last week were all given a decisive ‘Yes.’ For the question which asked students to pay an additional $30 in student fees for the ‘SSMU Building Improvement Fund,’ there were 1,979 votes for the ‘Yes,’ and 1,055

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Affairs Don McGowan indicated that he is pleased with the election results. According to McGowan, voters were offered an impressive selection of candidates this year.

“I feel good about next year,” he said. “There really was not a bad candidate running this year, and that’s very lucky.”

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for the ‘No.’ Twenty dollars from each student will go towards the planned student services building, and $10 to the athletics complex.

The second question asked stu­ dents whether or not international students should be covered by the SSMU dental plan. 1,729 students voted ‘Yes,’ and 1,182 voted ‘No.’

Finally, students were asked if the SSMU VP university affairs should petition the McGill Senate annually until successful to have more classes taught in French at the university. 1,676 students voted ‘Yes,’ and 1,373 voted ‘No.’

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Last Thursday night, Duncan Reid defeated Adam Giambrone and Karan Manhas to become the next SSMU VP finance.

“We ran a classy cam­ paign, it never got dirty, it was all very fair, all very honest.

Ultimately people realised that they wanted to vote for sub­ stance and goals that were real­ istically accomplishable,” said Reid.

Reid received a total of 1,211 votes, compared to 890 for Giambrone, and 800 for Manhas. Both other candidates agreed that Reid has a lot to work on in the coming year.

“A lot of things that weren’t in Duncan’s platform will be forced upon him as a matter of course — I hope he is able to deal with them all,” said Giambrone.

Manhas felt that a lot of people were unaware of the issues in this year’s campaign.

“I don’t think the general population made an informed decision, people weren’t aware of my issues,” he said. “I tried to divide my platform between posters and I don’t think that worked. I hope a lot of changes come to the society — VP finance can make a big differ­ ence.”

According to outgoing VP Finance Jonathan Chomski, the first thing Reid should do in his new position is “clean up my office.”

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Duncan on the fine tuning of the health plan and the dental plan, along with producing the operating budget, which, although it is my responsibility, I count on including Duncan in as much as possible,” he said.

Among his objectives for next year, Reid is looking to “get in touch with my fellow executives and start building a strong team so we can actually get things done next year.”

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Taking a commanding lead in every poll, Lisa Phipps scored a huge majority in the race for VP external.

Phipps was able to gar­ ner 1,848 votes — 65.7 per cent of the students who voted. Keith Campbell, her only opponent, collected support from 1,108 stu­ dents.

Phipps was relieved after a long campaign, and is looking forward to taking over her new job starting May 1. She explained that her success was due to a popular campaign, which featured pictures of celebri­ ties on her posters, and free hot chocolate which was handed out on lower cam­ pus in styrofoam cups emblazoned with her name.

“I used an approach where I was actually able to reach out to a lot of people,” she said. “I did it through creativity, and I used a lot of humour.”

Although obviously happy with her campaign, Phipps was not completely satisfied that students were adequately informed about the issues concerning the VP external portfolio.

“I think that the issues could have been discussed more thor­ oughly,” she said. “The debates touched a lot of the issues, but only superficially.”

Phipps thought that students responded most to her promise to

Phippsandfriendscelebrate RachelOng implement internships for students in all faculties, and she pledged again that internships will be the first thing she focuses on.

“I think that every student should have an opportunity to grad­ uate with work experience, and I think it increases McGill’s profile,” she said.

Current VP External Chantal Da Silva also had some advice for Phipps once she takes over her position.

“McGill should remain active members in CASA, and should contribute more, policy and cam­ paign wise,” she said.

Keith Campbell did not wish to comment about the campaign.

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Carrie Goldstein won the race for undergraduate represen­ tative to the Board of Governors, with just over a hundred votes separating the three candidates.

Although law student Michèle Legault soundly beat both Zahoor Kareem and Goldstein in the Chancellor Day Hall poll, gamering 113 votes to a combined 28 votes for the other two candidates, Goldstein was able to score large victories in the Bronfman and Shatner polls to come out on top with a total 1,050 votes. Legault came in sec­ ond with 982 votes, and Kareem was in third, with support from 943 students.

Goldstein was relieved after a hard campaign.

“It was a pretty tough cam­ paign, because all three of us had similar ideas,” she said.

What put her ahead, she explained, was her experience and positive attitude.

“I didn’t enter the campaign coming out of nowhere,” she said. “It was a question of style, we all had different attitudes to what the voters were looking for.”

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“There were three really good candidates, each of us worked really hard, and it came down to the wire,” Kareem said.

Legault also emphasised that out of all the campaigns in the SSMU elections, the race for BoG rep was the most successful in informing students.

“In our race above all, the three candidates definitely focused on the issues,” she said.

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The following is a list of the results from the races for the position of representative to Senate from the different undergraduate faculties.

The winners’ names are printed in bold.

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Yeghoyan hopes that Goldstein will be able to implement the promises she made.

“I have a lot of faith in Carrie. I think she’s got some very realistic goals,” Yeghoyan said.

Goldstein explained that the first project for her is to get another vote for students on BoG, hopefully for the SSMU president.

“I will work with Tara [Newell] to come up with strategies for how we will get her a vote,” she said.

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A recent comment made by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien regarding student loan repayment has aroused concern among sev­ eral national student organisa­ tions.

Speaking at a meeting of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada on March 4, the prime minister told his audi­ ence that “the government of Canada is ready to pursue with interested provinces and lenders an additional option for repaying student lo a n s,” by which the schedule for repayment would depend directly on a student’s earnings after graduation.

Chrétien was careful to note that such a program would not replace the existin g form of repayment arrangements, but rather that “students would be able to choose between the two.”

The prime minister did not elabo­ rate any further on this alterna­ tive plan.

This would not mark the first time that Chrétien’s Liberal gov­ ernment has brought to the table an Incom e-C ontingent Loan Pepayment Program. During the preparations for Lloyd A xw orthy’s 1995 budget, the federal government put forward a “pure” incom e-related plan, under which monthly debt repay­ ments would be drawn as a fixed percentage o f the graduate’s earnings. This proposal, howev­

er, was accompanied by several more controversial items, includ­ ing a possible increase in tuition costs, and the package was ulti­ mately shelved.

Both the Canadian Federation of Students and the Canadian A lliance o f Student Associations, national student lobby organisations with which M cG ill’s graduate and under­ graduate student societies are respectively affiliated , have responded to the prime minister’s recent remarks by pointing to the proposals o f 1995. The two groups suspect that, as was planned in 1995, the incomedependent program would be used by the federal government to make cuts to education fund­ ing and tuition increases more acceptable to the public.

“The incom e-contingent repayment plan is a student-aid mechanism which will allow the government to deregulate tuition costs even further,” said Brad Lavigne, national chairperson of CFS. “Because rises in user fees are bound to provoke popular hostility, the government is seek­ ing to attach to them a palatable loan repayment scheme.”

Though Chrétien made no explicit reference to federal fund­ ing cuts in his March 5 speech, Lavigne b eliev es that “Mr. Chrétien has simply learned a lesson in political shrewdness from the events of 1995.” The 1995 package, Lavigne main­ tains, was brought down largely

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A crowd o f students filed into Gert’s last Wednesday after­ noon to hear Progressive Conservative party leader Jean Charest deliver an early election speech, with a federal election expected as early as this spring or summer.

With a wall of McGill Tories surrounding the stage behind him, Charest addressed the Liberal governm ent’s handling o f the national unity question, but was ambiguous about whether his own party would propose a constitu­ tional amendment to recognise Quebec as a distinct society.

The unity issue

“One o f the challenging issues is whether or not w e’re going to continue to propose entrenching the notion of distinct society in the Constitution, and how will I sell it to the country,” said Charest. “What we are attempting to do is to recognise that we have in Canada a French language and culture that’s alive and well and part of our identity.

Now our challenge is to be able to say that in our Constitution.”

The Tory leader added that he had a responsibility as a national leader to prepare for what could be an “inevitable ren­ dez-vous,” that is, another refer­ endum on Quebec independence.

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Although he said Canadians must be prepared for another ref­ erendum, Charest was especially critical of the Liberal govern­ ment’s reference to the Supreme Court regarding the legality of a potential unilateral declaration of independence by the governm ent of Quebec.

“There is no country that I know o f where a prime minister or head of government has sent such a signal about the doubt that he has about the future of his own country,” Charest said.

by student resistance to tuition increases, with over 100,000 stu­ dents nation-wide participating in protests against the proposals.

Comments made by Ontario Education M inister John Snobelen, suggesting that tuition could be deregulated once an income-contingent program is in place, have only added to the two student organisations’ concerns.

CASA National Director Matthew Hough suspects that “in a cla ssic case o f p o litics as usual,” the Ontario government only approved reforms to the Canada Pension Plan in exchange for a federal government promise to look into the creation of an ICLRP. CASA raised a further objec­ tion to the proposed repayment option. Under the existing sys­ tem, interest on student loans is covered by the federal govern­ ment through the first 30 months following graduation; according to Hough, the program under consideration would not include this interest-relief period.

“The income-contingent loan program is being presented as a viable alternative to the existing plan, yet no student would be likely to choose this arrangement over another with 30 months of governm ent support,” Hough said. “This strange option appears only to have been pro­ posed to facilitate the govern­ ment’s further privatisation of education.”

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CASA advocates the principle of income-sensitive loan repayment, and might be more receptive to an ICLRP given certain condi­ tions.

“If it was guaranteed that tuition fees would not rise, and that the interest-relief period would be protected, CASA would be willing to work with the government on such a plan,” he explained. “These issues aside, any student loan program linked to an individual’s ability to pay is better than not.”

CFS — self-styled “leaders of the anti-ICLRP movement” — have adopted a more uncompro­ m ising stance v is-a -v is the income-related option.

“Within the current political context, the income-contingent loan repayment program brings with it the baggage of tuition fee deregulation, and it cannot be separated from this problem,” Lavigne said.

Moreover, Lavigne regards the income-dependent option “no better than the status quo,” and as prejudiced in favour of higherincome earners. He stressed that, w hile the incom e-dependent option might allow lower-income earners to extend their repayment over a longer stretch of time, interest continues to accumulate during this period.

“Consequently, those who enter into better-paying jobs, and are able to repay their debts more quickly, emerge as the winners under this system,” he said. “A

more progressive, equitable pro­ gram would involve a greater amount of up-front grants, loan remission for those who satisfy certain academic criteria, and loan forgiveness for those unable to pay.”

By contrast, the AUCC sup­ ports the prime minister’s stated plans to introduce new repay­ ment alternatives.

“The AUCC was not unhap­ py with Mr. Chrétien’s speech,” said Sally Brown, a spokesperson for the organisation. “The exist­ ing Canadian Student Loan Program is a system which works, but needs new elements w hich would provide both greater assistance to students as well as greater flexibility for debt repayment.”

Brown emphasised that her organisation is sensitive to the student groups’ concerns about tuition increases accompanying a new repayment plan. However, Brown proceeded to state that “the AUCC believes that a pack­ age can be developed which both includes options for repayment and is attentive to students’ needs.”

Brown added, though, that the existing loan system, which upholds the federal role in educa­ tion-funding, must not be dis­ mantled. . “Any changes must be made within the model of the current Canadian Savings and Loan Program,” she explained.

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are saying what’s needed in Canada is wholesale devolution of powers from the federal gov­ ernment to the provinces.”

In an apparent swipe at the Reform Party, Charest said that it was important to have national

without being accountable, with­ out having to answer for the choices they’ve been making,” he said.

Charest stated that a PC gov­ ernment would reduce personal income tax by at least 10 per cent,

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In contrast to the Reform Party’s position, Charest cautioned against proposals for mas­ sive decentralisation o f powers to the provincial govern­ ments.

“If there’s one lesson we need to draw from Meech and Charlottetown it’s that re-balanc­ ing the federation should not, and must not, be a one-way street,” said Charest. “And be careful with those who are out there who

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“Canadians know that after three years with this parliament, there is something that is terribly wrong when a national govern­ ment can go about its business

TanimAhmed and unlike other parties promising tax cuts, Charest’s tax cuts would be immediate.

“Our econom y in Canada only really works if people can reap the rewards of their work, if they can go out there and earn their way,” he said.

Education and health

Charest laid much o f the blame for university budgetary constraints on the Liberal govern­ ment which cut cash transfers to the provinces in the area of health and education by 40 per cent.

Charest claims that the unilateral decision of the federal govern­ ment to cut transfers was a bad choice. By contrast, Charest called for a “new covenant” in Canada in order to rebuild a part­ nership between the federal and provincial governments regarding how services are delivered and financed. In addition, Charest sees privatisation on the horizon as a means of curing the ills of Canada’s university system.

“I want a policy in Canada where every young person is either in school, in training, at work, or doing community ser­ vice. And I’m to practice a form of federalism that will be different to make that happen,” he said. “I will call a national conference that will enlist and conscript the private sector [and] governments to make that happen.”

According to the Tory leader, this is the best alternative facing young Canadians today.

“I don’t want to live in a country where we are paying a young person so that th ey ’ll remain at home or idle,” he said.

“Those days will be over.”

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W a it a lm o s t o v e r f o r o p e n in g B y S ara Jean G reen

Although McGill has long lagged behind other Canadian univer­ sities in providing services for aborig­ inal students, Native and Inuit stu­ dents will soon have a facility geared to meet their needs with the creation of the McGill House for First Peoples.

Linda Arkwright, the coordinator for the project and a Kahnawake Mohawk, pointed out that the McGill House for First Peoples will be an important facility to help aboriginal students overcome numerous barriers in the education process. Coming to McGill from their home communities, many students have expressed feel­ ings of isolation and frustration in the attempt to adjust to city and university life. According to Arkwright, the McGill House is long overdue. “[McGill] is on Mohawk territo­ ry so how can we not have a First Peoples’ House?” she asked. “Let’s not criticise them but applaud them for at last taking this initiative and let’s begin to sensitise the McGill community to the needs of aboriginal students surviving at McGill.”

There has been a significant increase in the number of aboriginal students continuing their education at the post-secondary level in the past 20 years. Despite a large First Nations

and Inuit population base in Quebec, McGill has failed to attract a propor­ tionate number of staff and students largely because of a lack of services and educational policy geared at abo­ riginals. Instead, students have chosen to attend universities such as Concordia. Trent, UofT and UBC, which have comprehensive services, higher numbers of aboriginal academ­ ic and non-academic staff, and educa­ tional programs and policies related to First Peoples.

When the project for the Aboriginal House was first conceived in 1993-94, McGill ranked fourth in the number of on-campus Native and Inuit students among universities in Quebec, with only 68 First Nations students and 1 Inuit student. At the same time though, McGill has had great success in the development of off-campus programs in social work and teacher education in which a larg­ er number of students have participat­ ed.

An informal survey through Student Services indicated that to date, there are approximately 150 Native and Inuit students studying at McGill at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. This number, howev­ er, is considered modest since not all students have identified themselves as aboriginal.

Briefs Libraryfunding recommendations at standstill A committee which recom­ mends how resources among McGill libraries should be delineat­ ed reached an impasse last week.

In lieu of a unanimous recom­ mendation for dividing the budget, David Ronis and Mary MacKinnon, members of the Senate sub-com­ mittee for library funding formulas, will prepare two separate reports for the director of libraries.

“We spent 12 hours going over exactly the same points that the previous groups went over in 1993 and 1992...and we got two for and two against our initial formu­ la,” said McGill student Cabot Yu, another committee member.

Ronis, a professor in the chemistry department, also took issue with SSMU VP University Affairs Don McGowan, who wrote in an advertisement in last week’s that a proposal had been launched by the funding formula committee to cut the acquisitions budget for the McLennan Library by nearly»$l million and for the Law Library by $425,000.

“No recommendation has been made to the Senate committee on libraries yet. Furthermore, [the work group] is only an advisory committee; the director [of libraries, Frances Groen] will even­ tually decide,” said Ronis.

He called McGowan's fullpage paid advertisement “irrespon­ sible crap” because it highlighted only one of several analyses which never reached consensus.

Many law and arts students fear the formula in Ronis’ upcom­ ing report will seriously impair their libraries’ ability to maintain their collections.

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“[His report] will shift money away from heavy undergraduate libraries towards physical sciences and engineering libraries for jour­ nals for mainly faculty and some undergraduate use,” said Yu. The reports are expected at the next meeting of the Senate commit­ tee on libraries, which will not be held until April at the earliest.

Not enough PGSS candi­ dates tofill positions Two positions are vacant, and the rest of the candidates are uncon­ tested in the current Post Graduate Students’ Society elections.

Campaigning ended last Wednesday and graduate students at McGill have received mail-in ballots which they will have to return by March 26. No one is run­ ning for the position of president or VP internal, and there is only one candidate for each of the other executive positions and the two Senator positions. Graduate stu­ dents are still expected, however, to vote yes or no for those who are running. PGSS Chief Returning Officer Christi Stephenson explained the reasons for this unusual elections practice.

“Historically, we’ve had low numbers in terms of nominees,” Stevenson said. “In order to still give people a choice, they can vote for or against candidates.”

Current PGSS President Linda Carlson pointed out that part of the reason for a lack of interest is that graudates are expected to fill these positions on top of their regular workload. Also, it is hard to find committed people.

“You’re not going to do it to build up your CV, because you will probably be an academic— you’re doing it because you care,” she said.

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“We don’t really know how many aboriginal students there are at McGill,” said Dean of Students Rosalie Jukier. “[The First Peoples’ House] is what aboriginal students have been asking for for a long time and most other Canadian universities have them. By having a service and increasing the profile of aboriginal students it will increase [McGill’s] attractiveness... since a lot of students veer towards Concordia because the services are there but not at McGill,” she said.

Moving date delayed

In September, McGill purchased a house at 3505 Peel St. that is to become the centre for aboriginal stu­ dents. Previously the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house, the structure was bought by McGill after the frater­ nity’s Housing Corporation stopped making mortgage payments to their guarantor, Royal Trust. Although McGill wanted to begin renovations in order to open up the centre this semester, there have been delays because three McGill students belonging to the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity currently live in the build­ ing. Since two of the three occupants have valid leases, McGill has attempt­ ed to negotiate with the students but misunderstandings between the two sides have resulted in numerous delays.

Under Quebec law, tenants’ lease agreements must be respected even when a property changes owner­ ship. McGill has been unable to begin renovations to the house because the

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occupants have indicated that such moves would be extremely disruptive.

Alex Kee, who has a lease but is cur­ rently not living in the house, explained that he does not want reno­ vations to commence until after the final exam period.

“I don’t understand where their frustration is coming from because we have valid leases which will end in August. Basically, [McGill] bought the house and expected everyone to leave,” he said. “...I would like to say how disappointed I am with how McGill is dealing with this situation. I feel like I was treated like a punk — like I wouldn’t know what my rights are.”

However, Charles Adler, McGill’s manager of physical resources, stated that the university has dealt with the students in accor­ dance with the terms of Quebec’s Régie du logement. As the landlord, McGill has the right to renovate the location so long as residents are given appropriate notice of the work to be done. Although Kee did express some of his concerns, Adler stated that the students have not provided McGill with a specific list of details about what kind of renovations they deem necessary to ensure the basic safety of the building.

“We were willing to hear them out and be flexible but they don’t want to talk to us — they’re very reluctant to talk about details,” he said. “We have tried to get in there and...fix it up but haven’t had a great deal of a success. We would like to accommodate the students...but it is

certainly within our rights to try and fix things up.”

Adler acknowledged that the change of ownership “hasn’t been easy for [the students]” but to date, there “hasn’t been much coopera­ tion.” On his part though, Kee stated, “I’d be willing to move out earlier or something to accommodate them but I want them to know that I don’t have to do anything.”

Karl Helle, an Anishnabai from Garden River working on his PhD in history, is frustrated with the delays in getting the First Peoples’ house oper­ ational.

“I’m really annoyed that we haven’t got our house [but] we don’t want to be the bad guys. I think McGill really screwed up because McGill could have ensured that the leases would be up before they bought the house — or they could have bought another house,” he said.

Even though the First Peoples’ House is not likely to open before late summer, Arkwright remains opti­ mistic about the project’s future.

Plans for offering counselling, tutor­ ing, cultural activities as well as establishing a common meeting place will all enable aboriginal students to feel a little more at home in the McGill community.

“It’s really positive and there’s a really good, healthy spirit around this.

I’ve been getting so many calls from all the communities with offers of help,” she said. “Once you plant a seed and you’re on a positive path, it’s natural that the spirits will help and it will just grow and grow.”

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This year’s SSMU election campaign is probably the poorest example of political process in recent memory. Instead of representing active democracy, these elections were more akin to a high school popularity con­ test.

In the opening days of campaigning, one executive candidate remarked to me that she had truly believed that it would become readily apparent who the best people for the respective positions were once debat­ ing commenced. Her political naïveté blunted, she acknowledged — including herself in the statement — that this year’s group of candidates was the most pathetic ever.

But alas, politics is a mere game and student politicians are no differ­ ent then their provincial or national counterparts — it’s all a matter of degrees. Kissing hands and shaking babies has become a veritable art form.

In the SSMU context, the best example of this was in the “race” for VP External. Lisa Phipps slaughtered Keith Campbell by more than 700 votes, ft’s true that Campbell ran an uninspired campaign and began to sound like a CASA broken record. In contrast, Phipps demonstrated that she makes a mean hot chocolate and that she is quite adept at cutting and pasting. I do not remember her mentioning concrete plans to deal with dif­ ferential tuition, ICRLs, lobbying tactics or university resource sharing. The closest she came to making a political statement was with her Kate Moss “I-don’t-feel-safe-in-the-Ghetto” poster which I feel was both insulting and trivialising with regards to safety issues.

The contest between Sarvesh Srivastava and Nishi Aubin for VP Internal was another lop-sided race. At the outset of campaigning, it looked as though Aubin had victory in the bag. With her extensive experience in portfolio-related activities and her numerous contacts on campus, it really was Aubin’s campaign to lose. Srivastava seemed to come out of nowhere.

Although I believe he will make a competent VP, I do not think Srivastava’s near 500-vote victory can be seen solely as an endorsement of his ideas. More likely, he was able to take votes away from Aubin because she came across as abrasive and aloof •— not exactly the best attitude for someone running for a position that entails working closely with clubs and services.

As far as the University Affairs portfolio is concerned...well, there’s reason to be concerned. Arguably the most important VP position, choosing between the three candidates in the running this year was an attempt to pick the lesser evil. Liz Gomery, Tamana Kochar and Lara Leigh-Wood were all very poor candidates and none of them seemed to have a grasp of the issues. The most disturbing thing about this contest was the number of comments on election night that singled out the “cutcness” or “sex kitten” factor as the reason for Gomery’s victory. Whether true or not, the very per­ vasiveness of such remarks certainly does not reflect well on the SSMU version of democratic process.

The races for President and VP Finance were divided much along right- and left-wing lines. Although Tara Newell was clearly aligned with the left, she ran a much more moderate campaign then her predecessor, Chris Carter and so let Araya Sololmon and Derek Prohar split the rest of the votes. Similarly, Duncan Reid attracted the most support since his plat­ form fell nicely between those of Adam Giambrone, who advocated increased spending, and Karan Manhas who campaigned for fiscal restraint.

If anything, it will be interesting to see how the new executives live up to their campaign promises. Although each and every one of the candidates highlighted increased accessibility for students with disabilities as a priori­ ty, someone failed to make sure that brailled ballots were available. Ah well, at least the new SSMU execs are a photogenic bunch...

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Quality of life for women deplorable International Women’s Week at McGill University revealed deplorable conditions young women students contend with daily; these conditions have been compared to a zoo.

McGill University attracts brilliant international and Canadian professors, doctors, scientists, and students; their research in science and medicine is acclaimed world­ wide.

The prestigious status the uni­ versity enjoys would be improved if human rights and specifically women’s rights and safety issues were addressed immediately.

Administration, alumni, parents and chaplaincy teams need to listen to the concerns of women students.

They have the responsibility to assure female students that their problems concerning human rights and safety issues are a top priority and will be dealt with appropriately and quickly.

Students need to be encour­ aged to report all rapes and per­ verse behaviour they encounter so that appropriate and immediate action can be taken against these perpetrators that prey on women, even to the extreme measure of expelling them from the university

Election woes I am writing to express my disappointment with the Management Undergraduate Society’s decision to publish an official ‘endorsement list’ of SSMU election candidates. The poster reads, “The MUS recom­ mends that you vote for the fol­ lowing people if you have not fully informed yourself on your own : President, Derek Prohar, VP Finance, Duncan Reid, VP Internal, Sarvesh Srivastava, VP External, Lisa Phipps, VP University Affairs, Elisabeth Gomery, Board o f Governors, Michèlle Legault.”

Upon discovering copies of this list posted on the walls of the Bronfman cafeteria, I was shocked at the lack of respect for democra­ cy inherent in such a publication.

Since when does an 11-member council (of which only five voted to endorse) have the right to impose their opinions on 1,500 students? And the last time I

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laced with drugs to make them more compliant need to be addressed.

I was impressed by the young men who attended discussions on women’s issues on safety. Their open support for women’s search for equality and safety measures is commendable. They are the vision­ aries who have the sensitivity to know that equality, respect and lack of fear are the basis for improved male-female relation­ ships leading to better communica­ tion and understanding.

Empowering women to achieve their goals in today’s society assures more wholesome partner­ ships in business and personal rela­ tionships.

Alumni members of McGill need to give their full support to assist their daughters, young female friends and women from other countries studying at McGill to continue their studies without fear. Men can do only so much to improve women’s lives, however; women must be encouraged to speak out against all injustices towards women. Women empow­ ering women to achieve their high­ est potential in a safe environment is a goal to which we should strive.

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for unacceptable behaviour.

Young women are stalked, inappropriately touched, subjected to lewd sexual remarks and some have been physically abused in libraries, especially late in the evenings.

Also, women’s bathrooms are problematic; peeping Toms and men walking in at inappropriate times create fear. I am a senior, mother and grandmother; I had the experience at the Shatner Building of walking out of a bathroom on Wednesday March 5 at 2 p.m. after a women’s discussion. A man car­ rying a roll of toilet paper was walking into the women’s bath­ room. He had no janitorial uniform or identifiable badge. It could easi­ ly happen at 11 p.m. that a stalker or rapist might walk in.

Furthermore, housekeeping staff need to designate certain hours in the day with an appropriate sign for cleaning women’s bathrooms and replenishing supplies as they do in other universities and colleges.

Signs are posted for women to enter bathrooms in pairs. Is this the best that can be done to safeguard against undesirable characters?

Young women who attend university social functions need the assurance that their presence is not to be interpreted as an invitation for unwanted sexual advances and rape. Fear that their drinks may be

checked, encouraging uninformed students to vote by spoon-feeding them the right choices is not the way a fair election is conducted.

The MUS would better serve their constituents by encouraging them to take more interest in what goes on outside of the Bronfman walls.

It also strikes me as odd that incoming council-elects are not allowed to vote in the endorse­ ment selection, considering it is they, and not the outgoing council, who will have to deal with the future SSMU executives. In addi­ tion, what becomes of the relation­ ship between the MUS and a newly elected council member who was not endorsed? No other undergraduate society at McGill publicly endorses candidates in such a manner, and perhaps the MUS should follow suit. And one last thing — if you’re going to endorse candidates, at least have the courtesy to spell their names right!

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More election woes This last week o f SSMU election campaigning stands out as one of the more memorable weeks of my four years at McGill.

It was in this week, after all, that more paper was wasted on vain­ glorious politicking than in any other I can recall. Shame on the SSMU for allowing this environ­ mental nightmare to occur. It is easy to limit the number of plac­ ards candidates can post — like the AUS does.

Many candidates should also be reprimanded for their degrada­ tion of our academic environ­ ment. Students are sick of witless words and uninspired platforms.

“Accessibility” is something we can all agree on. Indeed, most stu­ dents came to McGill to have “access” — but primarily access to the best minds and teaching in Canada. I do not find it encourag­ ing that the declining quality of our education was a non-issue in the campaigns this year; perhaps it says something about the detachment of Students’ Society executives from the academic life of McGill.

The academic integrity of our university is the issue facing stu­ dent representatives next year: let’s hope that all our new leaders bear this in mind. Best of luck to each and every one of them.

JohnProvart AUSPresident

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You fall forward, suddenly conscious, and your head strikes a wooden desk. You’re dazed. Your vision slowly returns. Blurry objects gain definition and become people. You seem to be in some sort of classroom setting.

You realise that you must have been drugged, because you seem to have lost an enormous chunk of time.

Your digital watch tells you that it is 1997, so it appears that you’ve lost somewhere between three and four years of time.

The class you are in seems to be growing restless.

The teacher resolves his lecture, and reminds the class that term papers are due in a week.

Term paper? You don't know why, but upon hearing that term, you have the sudden urge to write 10-12 pages.

Looking in your wallet, you find a McGill University identifica­ tion card. You vaguely remember something about an open air pub, a frosh week, introductory courses.

You stumble home, as you are fam­ ished.

You decide to make some muffins. An odd thought, perhaps, but you want something simple, familiar. You know the recipe quite well: a cup of flour, a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of baking pow­ der....

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ment involves a witty wordplay of Hammer as a double agent and baking soda as a rising agent.

You write the entire essay in 15 minutes, complete with bibliog­ raphy.

You force yourself to go to a movie. Soon, you begin to notice that each of the characters repre­ sents one of the countries involved in World War I. And then you realise that each character has been plucked from a different genre of film. Or is it simply a single char­ acter which is being viewed through a warped kaleidoscope lens, resulting in the appearance of several individuals?

You don’t care. You pull out a laptop computer and begin to write three term papers simultaneously.

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I was talking to a good friend of mine named Bobbie K. the other day and he was complaining to me about the sad state of the world as he saw it. He said to me, “Dan, seeing as there are so many earth-shattering events occur­ ring in our world each day, how can you be so silly in your selection of column topics?”

I’ll be the first to admit that I was quite taken aback by this com­ ment. I had always considered Bobbie K. to be a close friend who possessed a keen insight into the social mores of student life. So if Bobbie K. thought that my columns were silly then maybe they were. If this was indeed the case then drastic actions would have to be taken as I did not want to end my career as a columnist as the laughing stock of my school.

I decided to approach Bobbie K.’s sage-like friend Gary Hot Nuts to ask him for some advice.

“Gary Hot Nuts,” I said, “Do you find the topics of my column to be silly?”

As I asked him this question Gary Hot Nuts sat back, dug deep into his pocket, pulled out two roasted almonds, and popped them slowly into his mouth. And then he said to me something that I will never forget. “Dan,” He said, “Only you know if your topic ideas are silly. What is silly to

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It used to be different writing term papers. You would sit in front of a blank monitor and stare at the reflection of your empty mind.

Distractions were everywhere. You would read anything if it meant respite from your task: old comic books, the classified ads in the the operating manual to your VCR. Obviously, some! thing drastic has changed during the three blank years spent at McGill, You are now an analytical machine.

An MLA style mercenary, a sultan of synthesis. There must have had a fierce training in the technique of the essay. Now, every crossed thought becomes a thesis.

It is obvious that this McGill University, in the tradition of and has snatched you from society in order to make you into some sort of ultimate weapon.

However, you are trained in rhetoric and not firearms, and the bionic implants must be in your brain. Yes, that explains the metal­ lic swoosh-swoosh-swoosh-swoosh sound whenever you think.

But surely you must be in great danger. The CIA isn’t care­ less with its trained killers, the Mafia doesn’t let its members come and go as they please. McGill will be after you, perhaps they have

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Bobbie K. and me may not neces­ sarily be silly to you. You are a weird, whacked-out, nutty individ­ ual. However, I will tell you what I would write about if I were in your shoes.”

Rearview mirror Daniel Farb

“Dan Farb,” he said, “you must write about the world’s most serious and most important topic.

Only then will you get the respect you deserve as one of the world’s pre-eminent writers.” 1 was sitting on the edge of my seat as I lis­ tened to Gary Hot Nuts speak.

Finally, when I could wait no longer I shouted out,“What is it?

What is this wonderful topic?”

“Dan Farb,” he said, “You must write about the poomps. The poomps are life ’s great secret.

Once you understand them you will truly understand the meaning of life. And then you will no longer be silly.”

Upon hearing Gary Hot Nuts’ words, William Shedletsky, who had been eavesdropping on our conversation, burst into angry screams.

“No! Dan Farb,” he said, “You cannot write about the poomps. They are too sacred to be

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the subject of your silly column.”

Just as William was in the midst of his violent outburst, the prophet Nedi, possessor of all knowledge, burst into screams even louder than William's. He said: “I have had enough.

I will not allow you four fools, and Q to continu­ ally disrupt my policy classes. I demand that you tell me what you are talking about!”

No one moved. We were all too afraid to speak. Then, as if inspired by some higher power, William Shedletsky broke open his banjo and began to play. It took a few moments, but as soon as Bobbie K. realised what was going on he began to belt out the words to his favourite song, “Old Susanna.” As soon as Gary Hot Nuts heard Bobbie K.’s melodic voice he whipped out his dancing shoes from his knapsack, jumped up on top of his desk, and began to tap dance around the class. No one in the entire class stirred as Nedi, the possessor of all knowledge, continued to rage at the five of us.

As I sat back and took in the pandemonium that surrounded me, I thought to myself, maybe my columns aren’t so silly after all.

Mr. Farbmaybewell-advised not tolistentohisfriends.

fo o tn o te running aimless through an unsus­ pecting public, what with all the important knowledge in your head.

They must be terrified right now.

They have to do something. They wouldn’t just leave you.

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had a man following you all this time.

They only have three choices: One, they will either find you a job by transferring you to the private sector as a hired thinker. Maybe this is why you were trained. Two, they will funnel you into their internal structure: grad school, doc­ toral research, professorship, tenure, making sure you never leave the academic world. Or option three, they will kill you.

Because they can’t just have you

Mr. Aung-Thwin’s last three orfour unaccountedyears were actually spent at the Tribune as a slavecolumnist.

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M ontreal’s new low-floor buses, and why M ayor Bourque and Sheila Copps m ight be to blame B y Ja so n S ic u r d s o n

The person who designed those new low-floor buses seems to have no concept of what life in Montreal is like. Perhaps they’ve spent too much time immersed in the whole “c’est toi ma ville” campaign, buying into Mayor Pierre Bourque’s warm and fuzzy conception of what Montreal’s all about. In the shower and at work, they croon the “you are my city” song, their heads spinning with the happy Montreal images from the ads on TV. The lackeys at the civic bureau of propaganda didn’t have the foresight to realise the piece of havoc their little campaign would yield.

I am, of course, referring specifi­ cally to the problem created by the set of facing seats at the rear of the new buses. Before you peg me as the accessibility anti-Christ, I will stress that low floors are important and long overdue in Montreal. But why the set of facing seats? It’s fine when travel­ ling as a group of four friends, but sit­ ting with strangers and having nowhere to look except for at each other?

Perhaps the designer knows all too well what it’s like to live in Montreal and, with a streak of ideal­ ism, they have set out to radically transform the social aspects of riding the bus. Maybe public transit users can look forward to developing their

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social life during rush hour, making exciting and new friends due to this new configuration of seats.

Those facing seats at the back, however, also bring you face to face with the seediest elements of Montreal. Yes. Confront your stalker.

Instead of having Mr. X-Ray vision pierce the back of your skull with his glares, pondering your future as he sits three seats behind you, why don’t you just sit ? What the hell, enjoy the ride. Engage in the small talk and discuss... hmmm... how he’s going to kick your ass once you get to Villa Maria, steal your wallet, and make you bleed all over NDG. Nice.

We may be complacent with merely attributing this situation and its implications to a brainwashed design engineer at NovaBus, but per­ haps our idiosyncratic level of analy­

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B y E lvis C o s t o ik o

People are always coming up to me asking how to better their lives.

Most recently a friend came up to me and asked “Elvis, how can I meet a girl, cause her to fall so madly in love with me that she becomes completely infatuated with me, starts dressing in my clothes and threatening to disem­ bowel my friends and family if I so much as look at another girl?”

Well, answers to questions like these are never easy to come by.

Oftentimes you will find less knowl­ edgeable columnists making some inane response such as, “Just be your­ self’ or “if they can’t accept you for who you are than they aren’t worth the trouble”. Well, pishaw, I say.

Such remarks are clearly those of a fool who knows not the many subtle joys inherent in living a lie.

Being yourself on a date is the worst possible mistake anyone could make. Why on earth would anyone want to go out with boring old you when they could go out with someone exciting and dynamic! Someone loved and revered by millions. I myself once won a girl’s heart by convincing her I was Jimmy Durante (this being achieved through the use of a prosthetic nose and ending all my sentences with Rah-cha-cha-cha!).

My point is this: thinking that you are interesting enough for anyone to want to go out with is mere hubris on your part. Let’s face it, you are boring, your anecdotes are tired and worn, and you possess all the charis­

sis is inadequate. It’s clear that we can’t afford to ignore the possibility of something more sinis­ ter and contrived. Yes. It’s all the fault of the people who brought you the free flags — a nasty Federal attempt to crush the nationalist drives for self-realisation of the Québécois people.

Sheila Copps has managed to get her nose into NovaBus and the STCUM in her drive for Canadian unity. The beauty (?) of her little scheme is as such: facing seats, which will act to facilitate discussion and social interaction, can be placed on a bus route (ie. 24 Sherbrooke) that runs from a predominantly French speaking area (ie. East Montreal), through an area with a high concentration of Canadians from out of province (ie. McGill ghetto), and ends up in a relatively anglo neighbourhood (ie. Westmount/ NDG). For Copps, national harmony starts on the number 24, with federal­ ists and sovereigntists coming togeth­ er to achieve a beautiful synthesis.

Of course, the long term effects of this new seating arrangement are uncertain, but we can only hope that our future transit experiences are happy ones.

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ma and animal magnetism of a threeyear-old child.

I mean look at it this way... everyone tells little lies. Lies like “Oh yes, I too find dermatological ento­ mology fascinating” or “Yah, I got this scar from a knife fight, back before I straightened myself out...Like what was I supposed to do?

He was on my turf!” While such fibbery is all very well and good, I sug­ gest you take lies like these one step further, go on to the next level for god’s sake and start telling some real doozies!

Take, for example, telling the person you are trying desperately to woo that you are an ex-con, just paroled, looking for some action. Or, if that’s not quite your style, try telling someone that you belong to an elite group of genetic supermen and are on a mission to find a compatible mate for you and your brethren.

C’mon people! I’m telling ya these lines are dy-no-mite!

If perhaps you find it too taxing for your TV-impoverished mind to think up a whole new identity for yourself, why not use famous charac­ ters from literature or history? What girl could resist the phlegmatic charm of Melville’s Captain Ahab, the megalomaniacal delusions of Napoleon, or the air of mystery to be found in Fitzgerald’s Gatsby. And I am sure that few guys could refuse an Anna Karenina to call their own, or a lascivious little Joan d’Arc to get them through those cold Montreal nights.

• Speed with which the library claims to respond to problems with photo­ copiers: “immediately.”

• Percentage of photocopiers identified as “Out of order”: 33 • Percentage of complaints on Ms. Slavin’s board which mention the photocopiers: 33 • Percentage of library e-mail terminals which are out of order: 28 • Ratio of library users to library staff at reserve desk Saturday at noon: 1:3 • Ratio of library users to library staff at main desk Saturday at noon: 3:1 • Number of rolls of toilet paper that are used up or stolen every day: approximately 60 • Number of entries in MUSE for K=toilet paper: 65 • Number of times the bell is rung to signal closing time at the library: 65 • Number of garbage cans being used to catch leaks in the library: 6 • Ratio of books in MUSE with keyword “McGill” to books with key­ word “USA”: 4.76:1 •Number of European countries on the library’s globe which no longer exist: 4

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There’s also a tremendous amount of fun to be had in taking credit for great works of art or natu­ rally occurring phenomena. Try wow­ ing your date with comments like “You know those earthquakes in Guatemala... Mine... all of them mine!” or failing that “...so I say Mona, can’t you make that smile a lit­ tle more... you know... enigmatic?” I am sure that your date will find the prospect of going out with someone who possesses the delicacy needed to create such works as the Sistine Chapel, coupled with the awesome power to control the very earth and destroy whole cities at will all too enticing.

However, there exists a danger in telling lies which are too grandiose in nature. This more often than not occurs when the liars begin to believe the lies themselves. I once heard of a girl who told a prospective suitor that she was a roll-top desk and demanded to be treated as such. They eventually married, but tragically, after many blissful years together, she found her­ self dissatisfied with the relationship and ran away with a guy who claimed to be a pile of junk mail and pizza fliers.

Sadly, the husband never quite recovered from this experience. He tried to love again but found himself increasingly vexed by his significant other’s repeated unwillingness to have things “stuffed in her cubby­ holes.”

He died old and alone, still look­ ing for love in all the wrong places.

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K a U m ' f è a . ’i d e e s n T h e F a cu lty of Arts is b eing h o od w inked from all d irectio n s. I will not

H a v e you h e ard of th e A .U .S ? D o you know

I w a s born an d raise d ir. the rug g ed w ild e rn e ss of central

b e cy n ica l ab o u t it a n y m o re . T o g e th e r, w e c a n build a F a c u lty that

w h e re the office i s ? In th e p ast, th e A .U .S

Verm ont. My fam ily su rv iv ed by trapping a n d hunting, an d

m e a n s so m ething to all of u s.

h a s had a low profile--1 w an t to c h a n g e this

Rebuild the Social Com munity — W h y c a n ’t w e h a v e an Arts-

1 wifi m à k e the A .U .S m ore re s p o n s iv e to the

it w a s during th o se frigid w inters, hauling tim ber through w aist d e e p sn o w , that I g ained r e s p e c t for p h y sica l labour

n e w s p a p e r ? T h is publication w ould b e a n intellectual forum for Arts

stu d e n ts’ n e e d s through o p e n foru m s an d

an d discipline. W hen I w a s 12, m y p are n ts, w ho a lw a y s

stu d e n ts W e sh o u ld took into m oving th e C o m p u te r L a b to the

activ e lobbying. B e c a u s e of m y e x p e rie n c e

hunted a s a pair, like w o lv e s, w e n t o ut to track an d kill a

Lib rary a n d creatin g a stu d e n t lo u n g e n e a r the L e a c o c k lobby.

a s S S M U s p e a k e r, I h a v e w itn e s s e d how

rabid b e ar an d n e v e r returned. I w a s transp orted to

Rebuild the A cadem ic Com m unity — A s Arts stu d e n ts, w e

petty an d p e rso n a l d iv isio n s c a n affect the

S ib e ria to live with m y only surviving rela tiv es. It w a s not

c a n fill M cG ill’s le a d e rs h ip v a c u u m . If p a s s e d by referen d um , a

o verall e ffe c tiv e n e s s an d reputation of a

s o different from Verm ont, though in addition to lab o ur an d

“F a cu lty R e n e w a l Fu nd " co uld r e v e rs e M cG ill’s brain drain an d g ive

stu den t co un cil. I bring a d iplom atic but

d iscip lin e, th ere w a s a strong e m p h a s is on fear. N ow I

stu d e n ts in flu en ce in hiring priorities.

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w ould like to s h a r e s o m e of w hat I'v e le arn e d with M cGill.

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Students need to feel like they themselves can make changes to their school. I want to be the VP External to make that happen. I have experience organizing events and dealing with the media. I served as President of the Toronto Association of Student Councils. Next year I want us to organize a COMMUNITY CH A RITY CA RN IV AL for anyone interested to take part in. I would also like to expand the C A R E E R FAIR to include SUM M ER JO B and IN TERN SHIP opportunities. Let's renew our P R ID E and SP IR IT at the country's most renowned Arts Faculty. The time for change is now.

Hi! Bonjour! As V.P External my Job would consist of representing the A.U.S. to other student and external associations. I believe I would bë capable of fulfilling the position because of my extensive participation on the McGill campus and in the Montreal communfty at large. Besides expressing the Society's official positions, my major goal would be to work with the external organization to implement a work study program for Arts students who are Often left out of tile hiring processes. Donc, pour un v.pl aux affafres extérieurs dynamique, qui veut travailler pour vous f i an prochain, veuillez élir Paul Robichâud.

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Hi, my name is Yousuf. I lived in Bahrain, a little island in the Middle East, for the past 18 years.

While in Bahrain, I studied at a British school for nine years, after which I went to the (I say the, because there was only one) American school for 6 years I have completed my IB diploma, and am presently a U1 student at McGill. Presently, I am in the Joint Honors program of Economics and Political Science, tn addition to academics, I have been involved with the Inter- Residence and University Residence Councils as President of Molson Hall; moreover, I was co- Publicity Coordinater for the AUS.

l am a Geography and EvironmentalStudies Student in my third exciting year at McGill. In rtiy experience, I found that the majority of Arts students do not realize that there are activities throughout the year geared towards tlheir needs and priorities, ft is my goal and objective to make every Arts student aware of the fantastic opportunities that exist within our f aculty for involvement and for enjoyment. I would like to prove this to you by increasing your pride of the Arts faculty and by being apporachable and dedicated to you.

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Here I am undertaking my second campaign in a month! Do I love kissing babies that much, or am I clinging on to the notion of serendipity? But seriously, I care about the university and I don't give up that easily. In particular, there are two academic changes, that I would like to see instituted at McGill by the end of next year.

I find it unacceptable that unlike other universities 1) we don't know our exam time table before the end of the drop/add period, and 2) we don't have a student written course calendar within the faculty.

My experiences at McGill are as producer of McGill Players' Theatre and Clubs Representative to SSM U.

AU S needs to enhance and strengthen its role at McGill. If elected VP Academic I promise to increase Arts students' influence and involvement in SSM U and the university a s a whole. I will implement student administered course evaluations and revise our current ineffective advising system, i have * extensive experience as SSM U elections coordinator, A U S Chief Returning Officer, and as a student rep to both the Faculty of Arts &the Arts Computing Committee. I am aware of Arts issues and committed to making AUS a more visible and effective body.

M elissa is the informed ch o ice for VP Academ ic!

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The key to having good representation lies in having & good representative. Enter ; Wojtek, motivated, dedicated and responsible individual This past

Students should be the creators of our system, not the observers. In the Faculty of Arts, we have the opportunity to make important (manges to our libraries, curriculum stiu bur computer labs The quality Of our education is declining and our accessibility to post- secondary education is being threatened with Increasing fees As Arts Rep. to the SSM U , I will ensure that we have a strong voice. We need to increase communication among Arts students and encourage greater consultation I have the dedication and knowledge to make a real difference. Vote LARA LEIG H - WOOD for Arts Rep to SSM U council

My name is Arjun Tanejaand I believe that good communication skills will allow me to effectively represent the Arts Undergraduate society to SSM U council. My goal is to maintain the quality of education at McGill.

While currently this is a daunting task, I believe that by getting involved I can better work towards achieving this goal. In addition, as my friends can attest, I am a really nice guy.

f am not running for AU S Rep to SSM U because I have a fantastic vision of a "new" McGill. I am running because I want to ensure students are able to get a quality education in a comfortable environment. I see issues of equity, tolerance, and indusiveness as crucial to maintaining that comfortable environment.

As a self- proclaimed philosopher and Jedi Knight, I believe my job will be to question and criticise the pragmatic nature of student politics. We need a critical voice.

wt» 'wiM »v«it4»a««re «mu1*1 owwwv ytiM t?eA n. iLK tttuytn many issues affecting Arts students which haye yet to be dealt with effectively. These are my goals for the 1997-98school year: - Larger voice for Arts students through more representation - Reform of current SSM U election laws : the huge waste of paper and money must stop!

- Greater emphasis on consensus- building within both AUS and SSM U councils.

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The AUS is an important organiz ation that represents all undergraduate Arts students at McGill. Through my involvement this year as a Clubs Representative and a Financial f>vlanagement Committee representative at SSM U, 1have gained a lot of exp ■erience regarding finances. 1have always felt that getting involved was importsant, and 1look forward to working with other Executives on the AUS to make Arts an exciting, vibrant Faculty next year.

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1am an Econorrncs/History stud ent who will bring both ideas and expenence tg AUS. As AUS E xecutive Liaison, 1have contributed to many projects. 1also have accounting and management experience. Due to funding cutbacks, we need to ere sate new and better sources of income, to take responsibility for our own ft rture. As VP-Finance, 1will implement projects that (Mil simultaneously increase our revenue and improve the quality of Arts students' life at M cGill. Taking control of selling course readers would raise money for s tudent events while reducing the costs to students. Similarly, AUS manag lement of Sadie's in Leacock would generate more revenue VoteMARIAMf or ideas, responsibility and ACTION.

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Rodrigo Ferro is a U1 Economic s and Political Science student. Although his only experience with finance is t reing responsible for the bills around his appartment and being Treasurer ■of the student council at his junior high school(which meant he decided how much pizza to get for school parties), Ro feels he is ready to move to a bigiger financial management position. But seriously, I want to offer my full cledication to this position, and not only draw from my studies, but make this :i part of my learning at McGill.

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Etes- vous d' accord que l'Association Étudiante de Ici Faculté des Arts d e I* Université McGill retire l'adhésion de tous les étudiants(es) de premier cycle inscrites à la Faculté des Arts de I’ Université McGill de l'Alliance Canadienne des Associations Étudiantes?

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Conrad Black’s takeover of the Southam newspaper chain last May granted him control over 43 per cent of the total daily circula­ tion in Canada. Currently filing a lawsuit against Hollinger International on behalf o f the Council of Canadians, Toronto lawyer Clayton Ruby is challeng­ ing not only Black’s monopoly over newspaper media, but his alleged manipulation of news and views.

In a forum sponsored by the Anne & Max Bailey Centre for Human Rights and Cultural Diversity held at Concordia last Wednesday, Ruby argued that the Federal Competition Bureau’s decision to permit the takeover of the Southam chain should be declared void, and claimed that the current president of the Bureau failed to ensure the maintenance of diversity and local interest which he feels is-v ita l to Canadian national identity.

“In Canada, we have nothing but the Competition Act...In order to win we have to show that Conrad Black takes over a chain of newspapers and an inferior prod­ uct results,” explained Ruby.

In support of this claim, Ruby produced the example of the purchased by Hollinger in March last year.

A study by the University of Regina School o f Journalism found that after the transfer of ownership, 25 per cent of the staff was fired, the quality of news declined immediately, and cover­

ReginaLeader-Post,

ClaytonRuby:fightingagainst themonopolyofCanadianmedia age of specialised beats such as agriculture, health and civic poli­ tics was cut by as much as 80 per cent.

“Advertising took up four times more space than local news.

Local news is how we learn about each other. It’s our own communi­ ties we care about the most,” Ruby argued.

Ruby criticised Black’s wellknown conservative stance and his alleged tendency to hire staff who support his views. He also sug­ gested that Black’s reputed heavyhandedness poses a threat to notions of democracy and a free

press.

“It is in my submission laugh­ able that a reporter who wants to keep his job will bè oblivious to such vile opinions. Instead, we get views that reflect back to the reign of Queen Victoria,” Ruby com­ plained.

He did not explicitly oppose B lack’s right to freedom of speech. Instead, Ruby implied that it is the current situation, which he feels allows Black’s opinions to dominate his papers, that needs rectification.

“His enterprises are so large and pervasive that no one has the

SamanthaLapedus power to buy him out. 3.4 million households every day read the world according to Black.”

Max Wallace, an organiser of the forum, agreed with Ruby that the takeover should be reversed.

“Someone has to resist the Conrad Black juggernaut. There has to be some alternative voices,” he said. “Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.”

When asked what he felt was Black’s incentive for amassing such an empire, Wallace remarked: “I think he’s doing it for the power.”

However, not all are in agree-

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m o n o p o ly ment with the views of Ruby and Wallace. Concordia journalism professor, Enn Raudsepp, has a far more moderate opinion of Black.

“In all fairness to Black, he is putting his money on the line and taking a risk that no one else is willing to take. I don’t think it’s any nefarious plot to take over the world...And that’s what we buy when we buy a paper — someone else’s editorial judgement,” he argued.

Raudsepp felt that the enormi­ ty of Black’s influence is not only a result of the number of papers owned by Hollinger, but is also due to the transfer of information from newspapers to other media forms.

“Newspapers do the most thorough reporting. Radio and television rely on that,” he said.

Raudsepp also commented on the slump in the newspaper indus­ try which, while it did not frighten Black from investing, has caused reluctance among his competition to bankroll extravagant ventures.

Despite stating that “one of B lack’s personal heroes is Napoleon,” Raudsepp rejected the démonisation of the mogul perpet­ uated by Black’s more ardent crit­ ics.

“I think he’s doing it quite innocently. I think he just likes newspapers. But I don’t think society can afford to indulge an individual’s dream for that when there’s so much at stake. I don’t think any one person needs that many papers,” Raudsepp conclud­ ed.

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Although most people agree that our society is plagued with excessive consumerism, not many are trying to rectify the situation.

However, McGill students are attempting to tackle the issue by hosting “Over consumption: Are We Wasting Away?” — the sub­ ject of this year’s Pugwash con­ ference.

Pugwash is an educative group, but you come to educate yourselves — Laura MacKay, co-president of McGill student Pugwash Pugwash is an international organisation dedicated to promot­ ing discussion of the social and ethical implications of scientific and technological developments.

Establihed in 1957 by Albert

Einstein and Bertrand Russell, from many different faculties, all Pugwash was a response to the of whom share a common interest threat of nuclear war. The purpose in science, technology and its of Pugwash was to bring scientists local and global implications. from all over the world together, where more open discussions would foster a greater global concern and understanding.

The name “Pugwash” was itself coined in a Canadian context.

The first meeting, consisting o f 22 scientists from ten countries, took place in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.

Currently, Pugwash Their annual conference, to boasts a membership of over 2,000 scientists worldwide. The be held next weekend, will feature McGill Student Pugwash, howev­ a dynamic blend of workshops, er, is the only student Pugwash panel discussions, interactive pre­ sentations and lectures. within Canada.

Workshops have been spe­ “Pugwash is an educative group, but you come to educate cially designed for teaching and yourselves,” said Laura MacKay, debating and will cover topics co-president o f the M cGill such as “Consumption and the Student Pugwash. She stressed Economy,” “Global Implications that the group consists of people of Consumption,” “Cross-Cultural

Perspectives on Consumption,” and “Consumption and Technology.”

In line with the over-consumption theme, the posters advertising the conference throughout the McGill campus have all been designed on recycled posters from the recent SSMU e le c ­ tions.

Although a global view of over-consump­ tion w ill be addressed, the conference is also designed to get each person to examine his or her own person­ al consumer habits.

“The conference looks at overconsumption in our day to day lives,” said Sinead Collins, an active member o f the M cGill Pugwash. “The goal is to inform people...to get people involved in thinking [about consumption].”

This year’s keynote speaker

is Claude Bellefeuille, a member of the New Road Map Society.

The society is a non-profit organi­ sation established by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez, co-authors of the book entitled The group’s mandate is to teach people how to change their values and live more frugal lives by promoting the book’s nine-step program.

B ellefe u ille’s lecture will focus on the book’s content and is designed to help people re-evaluate their priorities. The theme of money, specifically its power and society’s incessant desire to spend more of it, will be central to the lecture.

“The book empowers people to find out what is enough for them,” said B ellefeu ille, who swears by the book’s revolution­ ary program.

While discussing the impor­ tance of his lecture, Bellefeuille went on to say that “money may not be in line with one’s deepest values.”

This sentiment, he believes, is particularly applicable to uni-

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Dr. Murray Katz, medical direc­ tor of Tiny Tots Medical Centre in the West Island, attested to perform­ ing thousands of circumcisions with­ out any complications. He applies a cream to freeze the area and a Jewish clamp to perform the proce­ dure. “It takes 20 seconds. Babies are fine an hour later.”

According to Katz, infant cir­ cumcision lessens the likelihood of urinary tract infections and the trans­ mission of AIDS across the inner mucosal lining of the foreskin.

“The best reason is that you never have to get it done when you are older,” said Katz. “[The foreskin] is not a protective organ. It is a sex organ.”

The medical information that Antonopolous draws from contradicts Katz’s.

According to Antonopolous, the

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Infant male circumcision, tradi­ tionally considered a medically and ethically sound practice in the west, is slowly but persistently being brought into question.

The Circumcision Information Resource Centre, a Montreal non­ profit organisation established last October, is intent on presenting options to new parents and lamenting circumcised males. Their mandate is: “To provide information and resources regarding circumcision and its alternatives; to sensitise the public and professionals to the ethical and bio-ethical issues raised in non-therapeutic infant circumcision; and to provide information and support for persons affected by circumcision.”

John Antonopolous, president of CIRC, thinks that the act of circumci­ sion is a medically unnecessary pro­ cedure which removes a healthy and functioning tissue from an individual who has not granted consent.

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For both religious communities, circumcision rituals are celebratory

foreskin performs three primary functions: protective, mechanical and sensory. The forêskin protects and maintains the suppleness of the glans.

Circumcision removes that protection, resulting in a progressive thicken­ ing and drying of the glans surface called keritanisation, which can hamper sexual activities for the male and his part­ ner later in life.

Secondly, as the only moveable part of the penile shaft, the foreskin provides a natural mechanical-lubricating, rolling action. Thirdly, the foreskin, as the most nerve-laden part of the penis, provides “unique sensation” that is lost when circumcised.

Circumcision: An American Health Fallacy, as an example of a vocal Jewish insti­ gator in the 1980s. Also active are the Jewish Associates of CIRC who are “inviting Jews not to circumcise sons” and tracking the experi­ ences of those who do.

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Circumcision has a long and deep-rooted history. In the early 19th century, British doctors began circumcising males to curtail mastur­ bation. As well, members of the Jewish and Muslim communities have held circumcision as central tenets of their religion for centuries.

McGill sociology professor Morton Weinfeld, who specialises in Jewish culture in Quebec, explained circumcision’s religious centrality as the covenant of Abraham, and of all the Jewish people with God. “It commemorates the founding event of the Jewish people,” said Weinfeld.

McGill Islamic Studies profes­ sor Issa Boulatta explained that “there is a long tradition [of circum­ cision] in Arabia before Islam. The prophet Mohammed was circumcised and everyone continued the tradi­ tion.” Boulatta’s colleague, professor Wael Hallaq, described the rite as “a form of purity tantamount to wash­

and honourific. Boullata described the Islamic ritual, performed when the boy is generally between 10 and 12 years old, as being “like a BarMitzvah or a baptism. The child has been recognised as a member of the community. There is a lot of happy celebration in the family with food and dancing and the boy is dressed up in beautiful clothing. It is a very happy occasion.”

Antonopolous is sympathetic to the Jewish experience regarding cir­ cumcision.

“They are up against a strong cultural imperative. Bringing the debate into the family is enormous.

I’m sensitive to all of that,” Antonopolous said.

He maintained, however, that the Jewish community are not removed from this fight. He contin­

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The method cur­ rently favoured utilises T-tapes, devices that are worn several hours daily for one to three years depending on the restoration desired and the amount of foreskin that was removed. It is not possible to fully restore what has been lost, but a con­ siderable degree of sensitivity and coverage can be regained.

Antonopoulos commends the courage of the men who are able to admit to their loss and take a positive step towards their physical and psy­ chological healing process.

“It’s a trying process for a man to awaken to the fact that he’s lack­ ing a normal integral part of his penis he once had, that had no good med­ ical reason, and of which he had no choice. Imagine the sense of impo­ tence. It’s not an ear lobe here, but a symbol of one’s autonomy, one’s power, one’s penis,” said Antonopolous.

CIRC offers monthly restoration support groups to approximately 30 men in Montreal in various stages of the procedure. On the Internet, one can connect to “Paul’s Foreskin Restoration Progress,” a photo diary of his 14-month experience.

“Today was a kind of break­ through. I went to the gym and before I went into the pool I took the tape off. To my surprise my new foreskin stayed in place the whole time from the pool, to the shower, to the steam room, and even home.

Cool!” Paul recounts on his home page.

Foreskin advocates have not yet made a significant impact in the mainstream community, but they are gaining visibility. Weinfeld believes this group is so small that “they can hold their conferences in phone booths.”

Antonopoulus prefers to refer to the group as part of “a small but bud­ ding movement.” Regardless of the impact and popularity foreskin advo­ cates make in the future, they offer a choice to males of which they may not have been previously aware. In the words of John Antonopolous: “Circumcision not only removes a foreskin, it removes a choice.”

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This winter, the North American Amphibian Monitoring Project held its third annual meeting through the Internet, making it the first ever scientific meeting to take place entirely on the Web. Formed in 1994, NAAMP is a loose confederation of individ­ uals com m itted to greater amphibian research and conser­

vation in North America. Its aim is to develop large-scale monitor­ ing programs and protocols for frogs, toads and salamanders.

Why the strong interest in amphibians?

“Amphibians are important indicators of a healthy ecosys­ tem, simply because they are so abundant,” said David Green, a M cGill biology professor and participant in the çyberconference.

Green and McGill biology doctoral student Martin Ouellet presented their research in abnor­ malities in wild frogs and toads

G lo b a l n u c le a r w a r p r o v e s s u r v iv a l s k ills I have poster-child envy. You know the ones, the cute four-yearolds playing in a daycare as the camera pans across their beaming faces, while the off -camera announcer intones: “The government said budget cuts now will benefit these children when they grow up.”

It makes me feel so superfluous.

It makes me feel that instead of spending on education and job-cre­ ation programs for people my age, the government is willing to sacrifice a transitional generation. The genera­ tion between the baby boomers and the kids growing up now with mouse in hand, the poster-children of the budget cuts, the ones who will sup­ posedly reap the benefits. Call GenX the “sacrificial lamb” caught in the middle of economic restructuring, subject to the end of social programs and the start of the “new economy” that eliminates permanent full-time jobs.

Essentially, by the time the baby boomers retire a new genera­ tion will be ready to take their places in the workforce. My generation is unnecessary. Twenty years down the line, who will hire a 40-year-old with a spotty work record when there are these fresh, enthusiastic young kids just coming out of school?

One prof told me this fall that McGill’s cost-cutting now means this will be a great university in the future, say ten years from now. I guess I was short-sighted in wanting an education now, and should instead have waited ten years. Or maybe my mistake was in waiting so long to come to university, and I should have done it ten years ago. In any rate, I seem to have picked the wrong time.

Of course, the result of all this budget-cutting is that youth today are far more job-centred than they used to be. What we study, how we pad our CVs, and the careers we choose are all affected. We’re mercenary, money-grubbing materialists looking for a quick buck and not above stab­ bing a few people in the back to get it.

Supposedly, the “new econo­ my” will make everybody entrepre­ neurs; actually, that just means we’ll all be salespeople. On the positive

in agricultural habitats in the St. Lawrence River V alley. In recent years, there have been increasing reports of deformed amphibians — mostly involving extra or sometimes even missing lim bs. Much of this has been attributed to human-induced water pollution.

The cyberconference, which began on November 14, 1996 and ended February 14 of this year, was conducted via NAAMP’s Web site.

With links to other sites, par­ ticipants were able to read up on the various scientific papers and

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o f G e n -X side, a “transitional generation” has great survival skills.

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True, a society with the survival skills of used car salesmen is likely to forget about the big-picture of human existence (art, pure science, little niceties like that.) But call that just another sacrifice the government is forced to make.

All we need now is a large dis­ aster to prove the value of survival skills. Say nuclear war. It’s a great way to level the playing field, and Gen-X would obviously be the sur­ vivors in any global nuclear war.

What’s nuclear fallout but a rave without the music? We’re already used to ingesting large quantities of poisonous substances into our body.

Overall, we’re fitter, leaner, and meaner than the cushy executives whose mail we deliver.

A string of McJobs have taught

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us some powerful survival skills, including not to be too squeamish about serving the burgers that dropped on the floor. Polyester aprons can double as radiation shields — hey, you don’t think those contamination suits used to clean up toxic waste spills are made of natural fibres, do you?

McJobs have taught us to tolerate environmental extremes — the chill of the walk-in freezer and the searing heat of the grill and deepfryers.

Managers in their air-conditioned offices just aren’t prepared for what’s coming. And if you were Mad Max on a recruiting spree for Thunderdome warriors, who would you hire: tough and hungry squeegee punk, or ex-office manager?

Obviously, the lean and hungry Gen-Xer has it all over baby boomers and poster-children when it comes to surviving. I confess; bud­ get-cutting isn’t such a bad thing after all. Come the nuclear holocaust, we’ll see who’s cutting what.

abstracts ‘pub­ lished’ on-line.

As w ell, com ­ ments and ques­ tions regarding the papers were posted on the sites so that the authors could respond in a similar manner.

The Web site also includ­ ed a bulletin dater board posting several other comments or ques­ tions from the general public. For comic relief, the virtual frog fest had an amphibian poetry section with odes to toads and a list of local eateries sp ecia lisin g in frogs legs.

The aim of the conference was to present new ideas, research and on-going discus­ sions on conservation and man­

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agement policies for amphibian populations.

Sam Droege, a biologist at the B io lo g ica l Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey and member of NAAMP, headed the on-line conference.

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dens; by having the conference o n -lin e, NAAM P was able to attract m ore p articip ants on a broader and more global scale. “ W e d ec id e d to have a cyberconference to save travel costs, as well as to make ideas more available to interested par­ ties, and to allow those ideas to be passed around freely,” said Droege.

He co n tin u ed , “ the g e o ­ g rap h ic scale in v o lv ed was broad. If we did it the usual way,

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D roege hoped th at the cy b erconference w ould allow participants to review materials, digest information and comment directly to the presenters at their own pace — a luxury that few con v en tio n al co n feren ces are able to offer.

Also, the format meant that new and p o ten tially valuable in fo rm atio n could be spread more quickly to a larger audi­ ence, as opposed to traditional

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Nonetheless, the conference received some criticism regard­ ing the lack of human contact involved.

“The conference was a suc­ cess in the sense that we could get new information without buy­ ing a plane ticket. But interaction is important too,” said Green.

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Another concern of Ouellet’s was that the information provid­ ed by the v ario u s sc ie n tists would be subject to greater abuse due to its increased exposure on the Internet.

How ever, the em phasis of the conference was to unveil new ideas and approaches which were not to be considered final works but merely new initiatives in con­ se rv a tio n and re searc h on amphibians.

“That’s the risk we take, that anything we say in public can be

re s e a rc h manipulated in a nefarious way.

This can happen not just on-line but in any s itu a tio n ,” said Droege.

Although Ouellet and Green do not see cy b erco n feren cin g re p la c in g norm al m eth o d s, Droege is optim istic about the concept.

“I think it will take off. It’s a simple idea. I’ve received many calls for more information.”

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Captain Boycott was no super­ hero, though the mere mention of his name is enough to make power­ ful villains all over the world trem­ ble in their boots.

In 1880, the English captain refused to lower the rent on his Irish land to compensate for poor harvests. His tenants, members of the newly formed Land League, collectively ceased farming and refused to pay rent altogether — and the captain’s name became the verb we know today.

Now, only a century later, the strategy of “using your dollar like a vote” to change corporate America is gaining widespread consumer acceptance. The tactic has even acquired a ‘90s twist: the Internet is cluttered with pleas to boycott the products of countries governed by oppressive regimes like the one in China, environmentally unfriendly foods like beef, and offensive fin­ ery like fur.

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“It can be a futile effort,” acknowledged Jim Cesnik of the American Federation of Labour.

But, after successfully combatting the labour infractions of Firestone Tires, Tyson Foods, and a dozen other big-name conglomerates, his organisation may illus­ trate that a boycott, “if properly put together and targeted, can be an effective tool.”

Cesnik’s secret for media success?

“Become a severe annoyance.” These days, an AFL boycott is always accompanied by a “corporate campaign,” with tactics ranging from high-profile protests to leaflet distri­ bution in CEOs’ neigh­ bourhoods.

“We hand out handbills saying ‘You’ve got a jerk liv­ ing next door,’” Cesnik said.

“I tend to think that corpora­ tions are cowardly, craven, and ter­ rified of bad publicity,” agreed McGill economics professor William Watson. But, he added, resorting to a boycott may bear undesirable connotations.

“It implies your cause may not be popular enough to win [on its own merits].”

Some cases are best left to the old-fashioned media campaign.

The campaign against Nike is a classic example. CBS News has managed to finally document what human rights groups have long been claiming: Nike’s Korean sub­ contractors. in Vietnam pay their

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workers half the average monthly wage, employ child labour, and even allow corporal punishment. A recent series of embarrassing episodes spawned a sad neologism:

cial at Nike, the company has been taking steps to improve the condi­ tions of their factories.

“We established a code of con­ duct in our factories in 1992, and

a Vietnamese journalist reported that in some quarters, “to Nike” means to take out one’s frustrations on one’s co-workers.

But vocal critics, including Montreal’s Development and Peace Foundation, refrain from discour­ aging consumer sales.

“Other companies are not nec­ essarily better than Nike,” one MDPF spokesperson explained.

Reebok, for example, has not escaped scrutiny, and boycotts can enrich unworthy competitors, mud­ dling the message, she added.

Instead, a united coalition is currently in conversation with Nike. And according to Michelle McSorley, a public relations offi­

recently we hired Andrew Young, a human rights activist who used to work with Martin Luther King Jr., to audit our factories in Asia and ensure that the code of conduct is being adhered to,” claimed McSorley.

In organising its boycott of baby formula, Action for Corporate Accountability found a simple way to avoid the pitfall of punishing one offender only to benefit another.

ACA boycotts both of the major corporations which produce formu­ la — Nestle and American Home Products. The boycott, which pro­ scribes popular products like Advil, Anacin, Chef Boyardee, Guilden’s Mustard, and Nestle Chocolate, is a 20-year-long response to mislead­ ing marketing practices in develop­ ing nations. Failure to properly educate mothers in developing countries about the sterilisation of baby bottles and to warn them about the dangers of diluting for­ mula have led to an estimated million-and-a-half infant deaths from malnutrition and “baby bottle dis­ ease.”

Jan Richter, ACA’s program coordinator, remembers the late 1970s when Nestle salespeople

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dressed like nurses and indiscrimi­ nately dispensed formula. Since 1984, Nestle and its competitors have voluntarily agreed to abide by an International Code of Marketing, a development Richter credits in part to the high-publicity boycott. But transgressions, she says, are still “glaring.”

“The boycott is very impor­ tant...It’s not enough to get them to change, but it is enough to keep them alert and get them to obey the more visible elements of the code,” said Richter.

Such lengthy campaigns are not exceptional, according to Kelle Louaillier of InFact, which mount­ ed a successful six-year boycott of General Electric. Absolute perse­ verance, Louaillier said, is essential to any boycott campaign. “If you’re not committed, you undermine consumer credibility, so don’t call the boycott,” she cautioned.

A far cry from the humble campaign that unseated Captain Boycott, a successful modern cam­ paign, in Louaillier’s view, must be international, unmerciful, and on the airwaves: “Use strategies that tell the truth behind the corporate image. Money spent on defensive PR is easier to tabulate than sales lost to a boycott. But the boycott is always the most fundamental ele­ ment.”

The Rainforest Action Network shares Louaillier’s philos­ ophy: its seven-year boycott of the Mitsubishi Corporation, including associated name brands like Nikon, Kirin Beer, and Value-Rent-a-Car, relies on over 100 other environ­ mental groups all over the world to protest M itsubishi’s reckless importation of rainforest timber.

RAN claims that Circuit City, one of the largest personal elec­ tronics chains in the U.S., dropped Mitsubishi products in response to consumer pressure. A Circuit City switchboard operator expressed disbelief.

“I wish they would do that, but I can’t imagine they would give up the dime in their pocket over a tree.”

• Perhaps the genius of the boy­ cott is that, in the resulting equa­ tion, a dime in the pocket and a tree saved become the same thing.

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versity students, who may feel pressured towards choosing a career based on money, rather than interest.

In keeping with the confer­ ence’s main theme, not only will most of the food offered be organic, but participants are advised to bring their own mugs — cups will not be provided.

Indeed, there w ill be nothing wasteful at this year’s conference.

Sign-upsfor the conference will be Thursday inthe William Shatner University Centre and Friday in Leacock. The keynote address will takeplace onMarch 21 at 7 p.m. in Moot Court, ChancellorDayHall. Workshops, panel discussions andpresenta­ tions will beginat 9a.m., March 22, at the McIntyre Medical Building. Minimumfee is $10 (includingfood).

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Animal print, vinyl and sexy lingerie made this year’s McGill fourth annual Kaleidoscope fashion show worth attending.

A committee made up of almost entirely management students orchestrated the show for a crowd of over 700 peo­ ple at the Medley last Saturday night. Their objective was to create a “collective success,” symbolised by a kaleidoscope of ideas and styles.

Beyond the glamour, the goal of the evening was to raise money for the FARHA Foundation, an organisation that distributes funds to Quebec agencies that either care for AIDS patients or increase the public’s awareness of the virus. Thus, Kaleidoscope has become a philanthropic event — the time and energy of the models, designers, and organ­ isers must be applauded.

Whether it was the crowd’s mellow mood, models who didn’t seem to be having much fun, or the fact that most of the clothes were ‘70s or club kid rip-offs, something was missing from the evening. Katie Mulligan, a McGill arts student, declared with no hesitation that “last year's show was much more impressive.”

The 1996 fashion show that took place at Metropolis was a highly stylised, glossy affair with a strong party atmosphere. The Medley (the former Old Munich) perhaps could not pack the same punch. If last year’s fashion show was a celebration of idealised but unattainable beauty and superficiality, this year’s Kaleidoscope assumed a “be-whoyou-want-to-be” attitude with McGill students playing dress-up for friends.

“The fashion was terrible, it wasn’t hip or with it. It was random fashion,” exclaimed management student Doug Penick.

Although many of the scenes displayed hackneyed

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garb there were a few interesting and innovative designers.

D’Arcy Moses made stark contrast between sombre, ele­ gant black dresses and regal ball gowns in the vein of Louis XIV. Nadia Menard and Frederik Grant of Zygote designed the most innovative outfits of the evening; between floral and animal prints, velour, and see-through plastic and spandex, the stage was alight with their creativity. The animal print and vinyl dominatrix-like gowns of Carmine Luciano ended the evening with a bang. He also designed Shawna Mclntee’s bridal gown. But Mclntee, the show’s star model, certainly wasn’t blushing during her sexy lingerie scene.

Leigh Elliot deserves congratulations for the choreog­ raphy: the moves, music, and clothes all gelled even though some of the models seemed so scared of missing a step that they lacked the energy required to own the stage.

Moreover, a few problems in planning created lengthy waits between scenes which broke the momentum and caused silent lapses. Finally, the ridiculous emcee styles of the CHOM-FM representatives made the crowd feel as if they had just won something on a game show.

As DJ Twist played on into the after party, the com­ mittee was able to take some time out and comment on their efforts. One organiser mentioned her disappointment with the turn-out since Kaleidoscope did not attract the 1,200 spectators expected.

However, Sponsorship Coordinator Doreen Iskander proudly boasted that the show raised $12,550 although the final earnings will not be determined until ticket sales are counted.

Co-director Nathalie Kristo seemed ecstatic and relieved — ironically unsure of what to worry about after the big night ended. She attributed Kaleidoscope’s success to the fact that “if it weren’t so tight-knit, it wouldn’t have worked.”

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It’s often difficult to find a really decent café. Atmosphere doesn’t matter so much in bars — people are just drinking. Cafés howev­ er, are about something different.

Atmosphere can make it happen, trans­ forming a dark, smoky room into that caffeinepowered escape. Cafés need to be a relaxing, comfortable experience and above all, they need to serve a mean coffee. The sam­ pled a slice of chocolate cake and a coffee at several cafés. Out of 13 lesser-known places, here are a few you might want to check out: Brûlerie St. Denis (1587 St. Denis) is in the Berri-UQAM area. It is an open, red, multi­ level café that’s pretty chic. The service is a lit­ tle on the slow side, but hey, you’re there to take your time over a slow brew. They serve a stylish cake (chocolate a l’ancienne) for $4.25; the coffee will set you back $1.10. Don't go to top off the evening when you’re tired — the bright lights and music won’t let it happen.

Just a little closer to Sherbrooke (1765 St. Denis) is Café Croissant de la Lune, an ideal student hang-out — everything on the menu is under $5. It is temporarily closed and will open with a new look soon.

Bacci (3553 St. Laurent, 4025 St. Denis) almost made it on the list but you get tired of waiting in line to get in. After heading down the street, Shed (3515 St. Laurent), a tried-but-true late-night joint, beckons. It’s definitely the most shi-shi resto-bar-café (they put nuts on their hamburgers).

The lighting is dark, the walls and ceiling garish, but cool; the Shed logo is burnt into all their tables. The waitresses are like hard nails and the waiters are sassy. Shed’s best features include the round bar, some plush seats, and

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Mmm... coffee conveniently, the Chocolala cake ($4.95). A coffee to match costs $1.35, making Shed a lit­ tle more pricy, but you get a whole lotta ambi­ ence.

St. Laurent is a paradise for cafés. If you can bring yourself to take the bus farther north near Laurier, you can find a threesome of good spots. The first is El Dorado (5226 St. Laurent). The flags hanging from the entrance are a good start, and the darkly rich interior maintains the good first impression. The staff is discreet and leaves you alone, making this place a good little hide-away after that roman­ tic late-show. The cake ($4.25) and the coffee ($1.25) are both above average.

Just two doors down (5206 St. Laurent) is

LeslieKriekle the king of cafés: KILO. Now, a name like that is a challenge to the consumer. It’s like bragging, as if the café was too damn sure of itself. Despite misgivings, KILO wins you over. The interior is high-ceilinged and painted in primary colours. Artwork on display is for sale, the music is just loud enough and there is more than enough staff. The coffee is phenom­ enal: no matter how you like it, this stuff is excellent and only $1. Called Choco-fudge Avalanche ($4.25), the cake comes in five lay­ ers with a darker icing on top and a chocolate wafer cookie on its side. Served with a white chocolate, it’s devastating. Moist, rich and infi­ nitely satisfying, this cake demands sharing and love.

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There is more to like, however, and we’re talking about the bulk-candy bins. Childhood fantasies of every kind are available: Popeye cigarettes, ju-jubes, sour keys, SweetTarts, gold-foil coins, Pez, Kraft caramels... There’s more than enough for everyone and it’s almost all for under $6.

Also try Café Ciné Lumière, located just across the street at 5163 St. Laurent. This one has the most authentic café ambience.

Everything is wood and there is a distinct 1930s feel. Classic black and white films are projected on a screen and all the waiters are dressed like the one in the Menthos commer­ cial, which totally fills out the European atmosphere. The coffee, at $1.25, isn’t half-bad either.

Closer to school, most people have already sighted the new Second Cup at Milton and Parc. Unlike other franchises, it didn’t come from the same cookie-cutter mould.

Instead of being the regular, long rectangle with some speckled, brown interior, this one actually has some style. Ceramic-tiled floors and padded chairs are nothing compared to the ‘hand’ chairs against the walls. The tables are arranged so that each feels sheltered, even though the space is large and open. The side wall (sliding glass for summertime) has a line of tables on a sunken level, each illuminated by a brilliant halogen. In fact, the lighting and music, combined with 24-hour service, makes this a perfect student choice. And it’s clean.

There is always a wide choice of coffee ($1.40) but it isn’t always up to par. The chocolate cake ($3.75) looked dry but familiar: under scrutiny, the waitress admitted that it actually comes from KILO.

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is the intensity of and finished is the drama of takes dents from both but emerges with a cloudy sound. Leading the team once again is Bono. Ripe with falsetto

Zooropa. Pop

(Island) The band once considered alternative — consequently rebels, blues men, satirists — has come full circle. U2 has turned alternative once again. And once again the mainstream has bent itself to their will. FM rock has a confused orientation and U2 has got them all hopped up with their new album Plump with drippy guitars, Ecstasy-inspired rhythms and an overdose of stu­ dio deftness, roller-coasters on with the fluidity of smoke.

The wide open spaces of have overgrown with the multi-layered tinkering of sound pimp extraordinare, Gone

Trial of the Bow (Relapse)

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his voice anchors the wavering musical backdrop. The Edge has stormed the circum ference of guitar space and decided on a minimalist attack. These boys are into more than tunes: they’re also selling trend and making irony fashionable. The result is an alternative to the sound lifestyles of FM radio. Beyond that, proves alternative a misnomer.

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and other wonderful vocal stunts,

Call it experimental, world music or ambient — or simply call it primitivism in post-mod­ ernist society. Whatever it is, Trial of the Bow is just another example of musicians looking for sounds with new feeling. The Australian band uses seven dif­ ferent instruments from the ebow to the Oud to the Tibetan

Singing Bowl. While exploring all sorts of different beats and textures, draws you into a middle-eastern, mysti­ cal experience. If you like Dead Can Dance, Peter G abriel’s or Sunday afternoon at the tam-tams, then you’ll proba­ bly like Unfortunately, while some of the album’s pieces are interesting and enthusiastic, others lack the earnestness and spontaneity that make the disc really work. Either that, or the m usic’s trying too hard to entrance its listeners.

Certain pieces are an obvious cross between Gregorian chants and “The Sounds of Nature” series, aimlessly seeking out that spiritual and enlightening experi­ ence o f the noble savage.

Although it might be a little

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Passion,

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Live

(Radioactive) Live’s last album, Throwing Copper, sold six million copies and launched the band into superstardom. Secret Samadhi,

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R ev enu e Q uébec Moe

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(50 Music) The members o f Moe are wonderful m usicians.

Songw riters they ain ’t. delivers excellent bass and drum lines, great guitar rifts, and strong vocal work (especially with the harmonies), but some­ thing is left to be desired when it

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comes to melody. John Porter, who worked for Morrissey and Crash V egas, produced the album, which seemed to promise the mastery w e’ve com e to expect from him. But most of the tunes ju st show glim pses o f smooth production and then spi­ ral o ff into some jam which serves only to showcase one or two of the band members’ musi­ cal prow ess. Songs like “Rebubula” and “Bring You Down” indicate the band’s jazz and funk influences. Perhaps this is where the band should find its niche. Moe definitely has a pur­ pose in the music world but it remains to be seen whether they belong in the limited domain of pop music or in the free-style jam of funk or jazz.

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the band’s third LP, covers most of the same ground as previous excursions — piercing, loud cho­ ruses that fo llo w slow , bassheavy verses. Fans o f Live should not be disappointed, except those who are expecting a sure-fire hit sin gle like “Lightning Crashes.” “Lakini’s Juice,” the first single, is faring well. The album’s opening track “Rattlesnake” as well as “Ghost” and “Graze” are strong tracks that show L ive’s propensity to write in telligen t rock songs.

Unfortunately, this intelligence is limited to the eloquent arrange­ ments, as the lyrics leave much to be desired (“Century” is quite possibly the worst penned song in recent memory). This album is not going to reel in many new Live followers but it should satis­ fy rock music fans who have not yet abandoned the techno genre.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 21st 9:30A M - 12:00PM McGill University Student Union Room 107/108 3480 McTavish Street Metro Station Peel

IT'S TAX TIME!

th e focus of these workshops is to assist you on how to fill out each form.

In addition, clarification w ill be provided on the follow ing questions... ► ► ► ► ► ►

How to calculate your taxable income?

W hat child care expenses can you claim?

How do you determine your residency status for income tax purposes? The 183 day rule.

W hat are tax credits?

Do you qualify for the Goods and Services Tax (G.S.T.) Rebate?

Or any other question...

Income tax forms w ill be available at the Workshops and at the International Student Adviser's Office afterwards. Forms can also be obtained at local offices of Revenue Québec and Revenue Canada (Check the blue pages of the Montréal telephone directory).

In the March 11 issue o f the Tribune, incorrect information was provided in story on the McGill Drama Festival (p. 19). A review o f The Job mis­ takenly identified Anne Dryburgh in the role of “Boss.” Anne Nikitin actually performed the role, while Anne Dryburgh played “The Sleeper.” The Tribune regrets the confusion that the error may have caused.

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D.J. McCarthey has Celtic eyes and a wry smile. He makes his presence felt in a natural, unintimidating way. Ay one of Montreal’s leading men on the comedyscene, McCartheyispro­ fessional yetfidgety as his atten­ tion alternates between a scotch overfilled with ice, the back­ ground music of the Chieftains, andme.

Tribune: What would you say is the worst thing about doing stand-up in Montreal?

D.J. McCarthey: Definitely the economic situation. The comedy boom is dead, and that’s all over North America. In 1988, there were 460 clubs doing comedy.

Now w e’d be lucky if there’s 120. But that’s a good thing. To me it’s a purge.

Trib: Like Stalin!

D.J.M.: ...only with less tractors.

The English people are leaving,

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and that means our audience is completely dwindling. But, and this is something incredibly selfabsorbed, there’s the perception that you ’re nothing until you leave this town, and make it big somewhere else.

Trib: I think that’s true for all of Canada.

D.J.M .: It holds true for every town. I’m not saying I’m better than anyone else, but I’m as good as anyone else, and oftentimes I’m overlooked because I’m here.

But the responsibility isn’t with media, it’s the public. There are people that I’ve grown up with who don’t think I’ve made it because I h aven ’t done They think I’m struggling, and I am, but I’m struggling the right way.

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McGill. He spoke of the school fondly — but only when talking about hisfraternity, his apparent refuge from the parochial, red-taped life ofuniversity (“Abuck a beer!”). But McCarthey’s unassuming manner seeminglybreaks thefratboystereotype.

Trib: Do you think that’s why Howard Stem— D.J.M.: You know, I can’t talk

T rib: B ill Maher once said, “Women are all for feminism until it’s time to pick up the check at din­ ner.”

D.J.M .: To me, it’s not about that. I’ve bought as many women dinner as I have my friends.

Trib: In any case, femi­ nism got a bad rap...

D.J.M.: Well, I’m a femi­ nist, but not the Andrea Dworkin-type feminist.

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Trib: So primarily you...?

D .J.M .: I’m a comedian.

T rib : Not for e n te r ta in m e n t purposes?

D.J.M.: Yes, I do entertain people but I’m there to make them laugh.

I will not do to make people laugh.

Trib: So you’re speaking about compromise?

D.J.M.: Absolutely. But if that’s what you want to do, more power to you.

S ee, it d o esn ’t matter that I make people laugh, it’s how I make them laugh.

That’s the line.

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McCarthey's struggle began over 13years ago whenhestart­ We moved on to dis­ ed doing stand-up nights and weekends while studying at cuss McCarthey’s biggest [ fear. H e initially brushed off the question, then [ cited non-laughter. After AndreaDworkinhe’s not A m a d m a n a t M c G ill: Futurphoto thinking about it, he Currently, decided he can’t do shows with about Howard Stem because I’ve McCarthey is producing a TV background distractions. The never heard his show. show and working with The o n e s tu d e n t’s q u e s t fo r conversation inevitably steered Trib: W ell, his philosophy is Comedy Channel, whichis set to tocorporateshows. “screw the sponsors, screw the begin broadcasting Septem ber 1.

D.J.M.: What 1 love about cor­ censors. I’m not here to represent H e u ltim ately w an ts to produ ce, th e b ig y u k s porate gigs is that no business- middle America. I’m going to writeandperforminadult come­ in North America apparently sp ill out my neuroses on air, dies. H e canalso be seen at the Sam Khullar wants to get a real comedy scene started | man has ever heard the words ‘shit’ or whether it be about O.J. Comedy Nest and Comedyworks in Montreal and George Braithwaite wants to help. ‘fuck,’ they’ve never had sex, Simpson, politics or farting.” through March. McCarthey’s never been hungover, never lust­ D.J.M.: That has its place, but I showComedy Corner, which he What are these guys thinking? ed after anybody. It’s Melba don’t think in 50 years they’ll be writes and performs, can be toast. They want Bob Saget from writing about Howard Stern. heardFridaysfrom9 to10 p.m .

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In his year-and-a-half on the professional stand-up circuit, Sam Khullar has already become an elder statesman.

A featured performer at Just for Laughs as well as the famous D ef Comedy Jam, Khullar has also been profiled on opened for Bowser & Blue and Russell Peters, and enjoyed a run at T oronto’s celebrated Yuk Yuk’s comedy club. This McGill student will attempt to kick-start the local stand-up scene with Holy Bonkers!, an evening of comedy at Gert’s tomorrow night — something Khullar hopes will become a weekly event.

Holy Bonkers! w ill bring Khullar, the M cGill Improv, Steven Levesque and superstar Alastair M cAlastair together under one roof for a beer-soaked evening o f the best com edy Montreal has to offer. Emcee for the night w ill be G eorge Braithwaite, a local comic and McGill student, hand-picked by Khullar for the job.

“I saw George on TVMcGill and thought he was hilarious,” explained Khullar. “I couldn’t b elieve that our paths hadn’t crossed before.”

Khullar tracked Braithwaite down, asked him to host the show, and the rest is, or will soon be, comedy history.

“Weekly comedy nights are huge events in Ontario schools — I wanted to get something similar started here,” he said.

Citybeat,

Montreal comedians, recruited seven sponsors for the event, and even put up some o f his own cash. This one night could deter­ mine the course of McGill come­ dy for years to come. Khullar, probably the second best networker in Montreal after Jake “Yawp!” Brown, has taken steps to secure a place for inexpensive com edy in the u n iversity’s future.

“I’ve been talking to all of the SSM U candidates, and they’ve all been pretty support­ ive. Comedy clubs in this city can be really exp en sive. A Saturday night show is usually ten bucks with a two-drink mini­ mum.”

A show like Holy Bonkers! which will only cost three bucks at the door without a drink mini­ mum, can make liv e com edy more accessible to cash-strapped students.

If a weekly comedy show featuring local talent sounds like fun to you, it would be a good idea to turn out for Holy Bonkers! If, on the other hand, the idea of getting an early start on your biology project on DNA polymerase chain reaction gets you excited, you might want to stay home instead. Comedy ain’t for everyone.

flict. Humour comes from con­ flict.

Groucho Marx and Woody Allen and Steve Martin. Stern fills a

M o v ie o f th e W e e k Just what everyone was wait­ ing for. Another slick, stylised robbery movie.

John Irvin’s in the tradition of and takes us through the times and trials of a robbery ‘crew.’ The crew consists of four hip professional robbers gathered for a heist. Like most other movies in this vein, something goes wrong.

In the case of things fall apart when half the group is killed by Skip (Stephen Dorff), the pseudo-punk psychopath ‘wheel man’ of the group.

Unfortunately for Skip, one of the men killed hap­ pens to be the brother of Roy Egan (Harvey Keitel), who is understandably upset. The rest of the film follows Roy as he tries to find Skip, while Skip tries to get the money from the robbery.

Fans of artsy gangster flicks will find nothing new in Harvey Keitel delivers a great performance. Just one problem: it’s the same one he did in Just another smart, intense and moody gang-

Heat,

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ster with a tendency to turn a sim­ ple murder, or a routine discussion for that matter, into a brutal beat­ ing.

Beyond Keitel’s solid, if uno­ riginal, performance there is not much to watch. The mood and style of the movie make things interesting but the dialogue is hard to listen to at times. This is the kind of movie that Quentin Tarantino wishes he could make with none of the dialogue that makes it worth making. Both Skip and Lee (Timothy Hutton) spend

half their time on screen delivering ridiculous one-line quips that belong in a bad sitcom. The rest of the characters are left almost com­ pletely undeveloped.

For people who have never really liked glorified petty thievery as a movie theme, has nothing for you. Unless you are obsessed with Harvey Keitel or studying cinematography, there is really no reason to bother with this film.

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City of Industry.

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McGill’s Marianne Limpert unfazed in and out of the pool her, one might think that there would be time for a break — but It was only a couple of days this isn’t the case for a world class after the 1996 summer Olympics swimmer.

“I really don’t have time for a when my roommate recognised her rest. Training will start up for the on the street.

“Don’t I know you from some­ summer meets which doesn’t give me much time for a break,” she where?” he inquired.

“I am not sure,” she replied explained.

Limpert’s training includes an candidly.

“Hey, you’re....congratulations hour-and-a-half session before her on the medal,” my roommate 8:30 a.m. classes, and another work-out later in the afternoon. gushed.

Not everyone is This leaves able to identify 1996 little time for “On my left I had the Olympic silver leisure. medalist Marianne American champion and “With the Limpert, but finish­ early morning on my right I had the ing second in the 1988 Olympic champion. wake-ups, 1 200m individual don’t really medley has given the I look at the [video] tape get a chance McGill student new now and I can’t believe to go out recognition.

But m u c h . how nervous I was.” along with that Between recognition comes school and expectations. swimming, I don’t have much free “Swimming in the CIAU’s is time,” she said with a smile. definitely lower pressure than club A heavy travel schedule fur­ or international meets. I put the ther complicates Limpert’s studies. most pressure on myself when I With international swim meets and swim. But in my mind, I know public speaking appearances on there are people always watching her plate, she is faced with the uni­ me.” versity student’s greatest challenge Last weekend, the 24-year-old — time management. successfully lived up to these “I have to talk to my profes­ expectations at the Canadian sors at the beginning of each Interuniversity Athletic Union semester about my schedule. It can swim finals, where she captured six be tough, because I am on the road medals, including the CIAU record- a lot and with my group pro­ shattering 4X200m medley relay. jects...m y group doesn’t really “I was really pleased with the appreciate it if I can’t help out.” meet. It was a big one for me Limpert is currently enrolled because I had been sick and missed in the humanistic studies B.A. pro­ a couple of national winter events. I gram. After studying at the univer­ broke some of my personal bests, sities of New Brunswick and which is really hard to do at this Calgary, Limpert has decided to level, so I am pretty happy.” call McGill home.

“I always loved competing in Montreal and it is just such a great With the CIAU finals behind city. I also really liked McGill’s B y F r a n k l in R u b in s t e in

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Andrea Taylor McGill student, track and field team member

BorninToronto, Dec. 18, 1975; Died in Pickering, Ont..March 8, 1997 For more than a week, the McGill track and field team has been mourning the death of one of its for­ mer members. Andrea Taylor passed away from a brain tumour at the age o f 21 at home in Pickering, Ont. Taylor was a second-year economics student at McGill and a cherished member of the track team.

Her accomplishments in track and field were numerous. In December 1995, she took the gold in the 600m event at the McGill Open meet with a time of 1:38.70. Taylor quickly proved this was her event by winning gold again less than two months later at the M cG ill Invitational meet, where she

good reputation.”

Swimming roots

Barcelona Olympics, where she finished sixth in her event.

“I made the final of my event, and was sitting in the ready room with the seven other swimmers before the final. On my left I had

Limpert’s swimming career began at the tender age of five at the urging of her grandfather. It was his influence that began her long road to suc­ cess.

“My grandfather con­ vinced my parents to give me lessons. Although I didn’t really enjoy it that much, I kept with it.”

Like many youngsters, Limpert had another sport­ ing passion — namely, fig­ ure skating.

“I used to love getting dressed up to skate,” she blushed. “There was a time in my life where I was skating in the morning and swimming in the after­ noons.”

It was only after the 1989 Canada Games when Limpert realised that she had the potential to take her swimming to the next level. The following win­ ter, Limpert made a crucial swimming decision.

“I moved to Sudbury for the second half of my M a ria n n e Lim pert grade 12 year and was trained by Alex Bauman’s coach. the American champion and on my right I had the 1988 Olympic It was a real commitment.”

However, Limpert’s decision champion. I look at the [video] was accompanied by some difficult tape now and I can’t believe how nervous I was.” sacrifices.

Although Limpert’s finish “I moved away with my mom while my dad stayed in New may have been a disappointment, Brunswick to work. It was quite a the Olympics provided her with decision. I also missed my friends, the necessary experience to go back to the Olympics in 1996. my prom...stuff like that.”

“When I went in ‘92, I was totally focused on just racing.

Limpert’s hard work paved When I returned in 1996, I did the way to a berth in the 1992 some other things to keep loose. I

Olympics experiences

ta le n t A n d r e a improved her time by more than two seconds.

In March, Taylor fought off a nagging shin injury to win a silver medal at the Quebec Student Sports Federation Championship. With a time of 1:36.36, Taylor set a McGill Fieldhouse record and qualified for the Canadian Interuniveristy Athletics Union championships.

At the CIAU meet in Windsor, Ont., Taylor helped to establish a new McGill record, since broken, in the 4x400m relay in 3:57.13.

Taylor had been fighting the dis­ ease since July of last summer. She was diagnosed while attending sum­ mer classes at McGill, and had com­ pleted two full years of study at that point. One of Taylor’s final wishes was to have her body donated to sci­ ence.

Friends and track teammates of Taylor’s remarked that though she enjoyed life and was ready to do bat­

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“She was really brave when she found out about it,” said Meredith Motley, one of Taylor’s first friends and teammates to find out about the illness. “We never really wanted to believe that it was that bad, and she was very confident and always in good spirits.”

The athletics department will be paying a tribute to Taylor at the annual sports banquet on March 25.

The track and field team will also be travelling to Bishop Strachan School in Toronto on April 5 for a memori­ al ceremony.

began trading my Canadian pins with other athletes, and I went to the spa every day for a facial.”

Limpert’s improved mental attitude was evident in her second place finish. Deemed Canada’s second best female swimming hope, the pressure that consumed her in the Barcelona was replaced with the urge to prove herself to the world.

“I wasn’t even our [Canada’s] best medal hope. I was a little hurt and I wanted to show to m yself and everybody else what I could do.”

With the silver medal, Limpert demon­ strated that she was Canada’s top swimmer.

More importantly, she learned some invaluable lessons.

“Swimming has taught me about dedica­ tion, goal-setting and organisation. It is now just a part of my life.”

Limpert’s legacy should not be reduced to her success in the pool; Gary Rush her perseverance and dedication are two qualities members of our genera­ tion have been known to lack. Her success in the pool should be recognised as the by-product of tough decisions, hard work and talent. Furthermore, this dedica­ tion is tempered by Limpert’s relaxed demeanour.

Marianne Limpert hopes to continue to swim competitively and compete in the 2000 Olympics in Australia.

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The four year veteran of the team was forced to the sidelines for the remainder of the season due to three concussions received during a five-week period; the first, on January 17, and the third, on February 21, were sustained by Nobes in games against UQTR. “I spoke to several doctors and the concern was that it was too dangerous for me to keep playing,” said the 22-year-old Nobes, who hails from West Hill.

Ontario. “They suggested I take three months o ff from contact sports and, provided there aren’t any headaches or other signs, I should be fine to play in September.”

Should Nobes resume playing in the fall as he hopes, it won’t be for McGill. In the final year of his Physical Education degree, Nobes would like an opportunity to play hockey in Europe or try his hand at teaching in Ontario.

Nobes had a stellar career at McGill, starting with his rookie season in 1993-94. When asked to reflect on the differences between being a rookie and a team veteran, Nobes replied that the difference is not as pronounced at the univer­ sity level.

“The guys treat each other with a lot of respect whether they’re rookies or veterans. I mean, there are some rookies who are 24 or 25, and some veterans who are 20, 21,” he said. “There’s a nice respect that has always seemed to be around, and I don’t see that changing.”

The respect Nobes has shown for his teammates is reciprocal as he was chosen to be an assistant captain — a position Nobes con­ sidered an honour to hold.

“I enjoyed wearing the A,” he stated. “Either way though, my role would have been the same if I was assistant captain or not. It was a nice gesture from the guys and the coaching staff.”

The Redmen figured that this was the year in which they would finally make it to the University Cup. One reason for the team’s confidence was due to a strong line-up featuring Nobes, Pierre Gendron, Martin Routhier, Benoit Leroux and Stéphane Angers.

However, after a strong start, the Redmen faltered at mid-season, before regaining their stride going into the playoffs.

Gendron and Nobes were tearing up the Ontario Universities Athletics Association, and ranked first and second respectively in scoring for much of the season.

Nobes finished sixth in the OUAA with 45 points in 24 league games.

He missed the final two games of the season and all playoff games

due to his last concussion.

“The third was definitely the scariest,” he said. “There was a span of about 15 seconds which I don’t recall. I saw it on the video after, and I saw myself get hit.

Then I got up and took a shot on net. A pass then went behind the net, and that’s when I went down.

I don’t remember any of that,” said Nobes. “I know that happens sometimes when you come home from a bar,” he joked, “but this is way more serious.”

Nobes knows how serious these types of injuries can be, although he admits it was frustrat­ ing watching his team play from the stands.

“I felt kind of helpless,” he explained. “I was trying to root for the guys, trying to do the best I could, trying to still show some leadership.”

Moreover, Nobes’ frustration with sitting on the bench was exacerbated by the fact that he didn’t feel hurt — his concussions were all Grade One, meaning they were the least serious type of injury. Ironically, what felt to Nobes as the least serious injuries of his career were in fact the most dangerous.

“It’s not like somebody’s sit­ ting in the stands with a leg in a cast or an arm in a sling,” said Nobes on the topic of concus­ sions. “It’s the head, but I didn’t really have any serious symptoms or anything. When I was told to take the time off, I wasn’t accept­ ing it at first. 1 knew it wasn’t smart for me to play. I’ve played with injuries a lot because I’m not a big guy [at 5 ’9 ” and 180 pounds]. I’ve had my ribs frozen, but nothing like this. It’s the head, the brain...and while part of me was yearning to get out there and play, another part was saying to be smart and to think of the future.”

Without a doubt, it was a bit­ ter pill for Nobes to swallow.

Nevertheless, he can look back on a successful career that has seen him compile 181 total points in just 131 games played. When asked about his greatest hockey memory at McGill, Nobes thought for a moment and decided that his experiences with the Redmen could not be reduced to a single memory.

“It’s the team camaraderie I’ll miss for sure, no question. It was the team concept that was amaz­ ing. It was like a frat almost.”

While Nobes is looking for­ ward to graduating and moving on, he asserted that he will always remember his time at McGill.

“No regrets at all — I had a great time here at McGill and I’d do it again if I could.”

The Redmen hockey squad will be a vastly different team next year with the departure of Nobes and a number of his fellow veter­ ans. While one will never know how far the Redmen would have gone with Nobes in the line-up during playoffs, one thing is cer­ tain: Nobes’ No. 17 will be missed both on and off the ice.

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Football 1. a) Who broke M cG ill’s single game rushing record? b) W hose rushing record was broken in the process and when was that record set?

2. Who was M cG ill’s back-up quarterback last season?

3. Who won the OQIFC football title?

4. What was M cGill’s highest football ranking of the year?

5. What player led the nation in interceptions?

6. Which legendary NFL coach is a former head coach of the Montreal Alouettes?

Baseball 1. How many years have the McGill Redbirds been in the league?

2. Where does McGill play their home games?

3. Who knocked the Redbirds out of the play­ offs this year?

4. Who were minor league b a seb a ll’s top two rated prospects last year?

Soccer 1. Where did the men’s teath finish overall nationally?

2. Who were the men’s team’s all-Canadians?

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Who was the Martlets’ leading scorer this year?

4. Who is the Martlets’ head coach?

5. Against which school did the Martlets have their most lopsided vic­ tory?

6. Where is the next World Cup o f Soccer being held?

Basketball 1. Dating back to last season, how long was the Martlets’ winning streak against CIAU opponents?

2. Name the Martlets’ three leading scorers.

3. What team have the women lost to on three con­ secutive occasions?

4. What was the men’s team ’s regular season record?

5. Which former all-star was sidelined with a back injury for the entire season?

6. Who was McGill’s leading male scorer?

7. Who was the NCAA champion last season?

8. Which Canadian player was drafted in the first round of the NBA this season?

Hockey 1. Who was the Redmen’s leading scorer and how many overall points did he finish with?

2. Where is last season’s (*95-’96) Redmen head coach working this year?

3. Which top-five team did McGill beat this year?

4. What was the final score in the Redmen’s last hock­ ey game this sea­ son?

5. How many games was the M artlets’ league losing streak at before it was bro­ ken?

6. Which Martlet made the all-star team?

7. Which NHL team has gone the longest without winning the Stanley Cup? Miscellaneous 1. What position did A lex Hutchinson finish in the CIAU cross-country finals?

2. Where were the CIAU cross-country championships held this past season?

3. Who was McGill’s only fencer to be named the s athlete of the week?

4. Who did McGill’s field hockey team play their only home game against?

5. What is the McGill’s smallest rowing boat size (number of people)?

6. Where did the m en’s rugby team travel over the spring break?

7. Who did the Martlet rugby team upset in the league semi-finals?

8. How many years has the w om en’s tennis team existed?

9. Which shot-putter was also an allCanadian on the M cG ill football team?

10. Name McGill’s top setter and top power hitter for the women’s volleyball team.

11. How many matches did the m en’s volleyb all team win this past season?

12. Which Olympic silver m edalist swims for McGill?

13. In what event did the M cGill women break the CIAU swimming record this year?

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Although the Tar Heels have one of the best starting fives in the country, their lack of depth on the bench may hinder their success. Worse for Carolina, rumours persist that the nation’s third leading scorer, Ed Gray, will return for Cal.

Most intriguing match-up Providence vs. University of Tennessee-Chattanooga The highest remaining seeds in the tourney square off in a match-up of two ‘Cinderella’ stories. When you beat the likes of Furman, Western Carolina, The Citadel and Georgia Southern, teams tend to take you lightly — just ask conference powers Georgia and Illinois. The Mocs, backed by forward Johnny Taylor, have saved their best basketball for the right time of the season. The Friars boast the talented trio of God Shammgod, Derrick Brown and Austin Croshere. To this date, Croshere is the highest and hottest scorer in the tournament. His sharp­ shooting mixed with his low-post game, will likely spell the end for the Mocs’ Cinderella dream.

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strength, savvy and experience, while Bibby is loaded with speed, creativity and youthful exuberance.

Look for the deciding factor to lie in the paint, where Kansas forwards Raef Lafrentz and Scott Pollard will try to offset the streak shooting of small forward Michael Dickerson, the Wildcats’ feature offensive threat.

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A contrast of styles UCLA vs. Iowa State The Bruins feature an explosive attack that has produced back-toback 90-point outings. Jelani McCoy, J.R. Henderson, Toby Bailey and Charles O’Bannon look as talented as the team that won the National Championship two years ago. Moreover, the Bruins are receiv­ ing the direction from the oftmaligned O’Bannon, an experience shared by older brother Ed a couple of years ago. The Cyclones will attempt to slow the pace of the game with their inside-outside combination of Dedric Willoughby and Kelvin Cato. Look for the Cylcones to exploit the Bruins’ turnover tenden­ cies with their tenacious defence.

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Louisville vs. Texas Texas’ Reggie Freeman was over­ shadowed in high school by his friend and teammate, phenom Felipe Lopez. While Lopez struggles to live up to expectations at St. John’s, the nation should take notice of Freeman, a gem who has been con­ cealed deep in the heart of Texas.

Freeman’s slashing style will make him difficult to stop. Senior point guard DeJuan Wheat is concluding his tenure as the Cardinals’ floor leader. Although his play over his career has been inconsistent, he has proven to be solid in the tourney for the second year in a row. Bear in mind that Wheat received two corti­ sone shots for his ailing shoulder over the weekend

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York Yeowomen end unlikely run Terri-Lee Johannesson taking the play to the Yeowomen.

Johannesson had 19 on the day, for a total of 68 in the tournament.

York was a team which hit a lull mid-season, but picked up steam as the playoffs approached.

In their first encounter against McGill, at the Currie Gym, the Martlets embarrassed York 87-62 in late January. York, however, bounced back and were streaking as the season wound down.

At home in Toronto, the Yeowomen stunned McGill during Reading Week. Entering the final eight at Laurentian, York blew past Concordia, a team which beat

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The Manitoba Bisons are the women’s basketball National Champions for the second straight year. The 73-62 win over heavy underdog York showed the Bisons’ speed and quickness as they breezed through the national finals in Thunder Bay, Ontario, this past weekend.

The Bisons took the lead early, going up by double figures mid-way through the first half.

York made a run, led by academic and athletic star Karen Jackson.

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McGill on three occasions this sea­ son and was poised to go far.

York pulled off its biggest upset of the tournament in the semi-finals, however, topping the No.l ranked University of Toronto Varsity Blues.

In the end, though, the cham­ pion Bisons were too much for the Yeowomen. Manitoba used quick ball movement around the perime­ ter and a deft inside-outside combi­ nation to unravel the York defence.

For Concordia, the tournament proved to be a disappointment, as they finish sixth after losing to the University of Victoria in their final game, 73-59

Q u e b e c c h a m p io n s h ip McGill’s male downhill skiers took charge at Owl’s Head over the weekend, finishing third in the race, but securing the league championship over the eleven-team field in the slalom.

Andrew Biller led the team with a second place finish in Saturday’s event, and was followed by a number of strong performances. The third place finish, behind Bishop’s and L’Université de Montreal, gave McGill the placings it needed to capture the title, ahead of Bishop’s and L’U de M. On the women’s side, the team finished third over the weekend, to end up with a third-place overall standing. L’U de M. took the title, with Bishop’s taking second. In the combined results, McGill took second, behind Montreal.

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7. At the McGill Hall of Fame inauguration, Dick Irving emcees and proclaims he should be an inductee — for his 5 goals in 4 seasons with Redmen hockey.

6. Martlet volleyball kicks it into high gear and beats Sherbrooke in five set thriller, making it to the nationals for the first time 5. Molson sponsors first Red 'n’ White intro night and gives free beer to athletes and potential athletes 4. McGill football beats Queen’s again 3. Women’s tennis wins OWIAA title in first year of existence 2. Very big football player and shot-putter Samir Chahine’s reaction to meeting the person who misspelled his first last name in a sports brief 1. Hearing the story that a McGill security guard went into the rest rooms on a tip that Queen’s fans were in there with a couple of sheep

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The McGill Students for Literacy present their SPELLING BEE! Teams of 3 are encouraged to demonstrate their spelling prowess. Spectators are wel­ come to cheer and carouse. Call 398-5100 for more information.

The Red Herring needs you to be funny! Come to our meet­ ing on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in Shatner 303 or call 398-6825.

Accepting almost any idea for a story or drawing or whatever.

Wednesday, March 19

London Life Group Cartier will be giving a free seminar on business planning, discussing many important issues facing entrepreneurs. The meeting will take place at 4 p.m., in Arts rm 145. We will be serving catered refreshments and drinks. Non­ members are encouraged to attend (a small fee will be charged).

Guest speaker Professor Gil Troy will speak on his new book: "Affairs of State: The Rise and Rejection of the Presidential Couple Since World War II" presented by the Dept, of History at 4 p.m. in the Thomson House Basement.

LBGTM's Bisexual Group meets in Shatner 423 at 5:30 p.m. Both men and women are welcome.

LBGTM Coordinating meet­ ing at 5:30 p.m. in Shatner 432.

Moot Court, Chancellor Day Hall.

The centre for Society, Technology and Development presents Frank McShane, who will be speaking on "Mining: Tradition or Breaking New Ground?" From 12:30 -2 p.m.

For more info, call 398-1807.

PC McGill is hosting their Martini Madness at Gert's!

Choose from 17 different marti­ nis at just $3 each. Bring your own cigars or buy them at the door. Semi-formal attire required. 9 p.m.

The 18th Annual McGill Figure Skating Ice Show is here!

It will be held in the McConnell Arena at 6 p.m. $3 admission.

The Caribbean Students' Society presents: "It's Party Time Friday, March 21 AIESEC McGill is holding Again!" with DJ Smokey.

Canada-Asia Business Luncheon Shatner Bldg., 3480 McTavish and Seminars. This will be held St. At 5:30, LBGTM's Coming on March 21, at the Holiday Inn Select, 99 avenue Viger West. out Group meets in the base­ Free seminars from 9 a.m.-12 ment of UTC. Dont be shy, and p.m. and 3 p.m.-5 p.m. The come out.

Business Luncheon will be from Saturday, March 22 12- 2:30 p.m. for $22 with Mr. McGill Student Pugwash Duarte Miranda, VP Int'l Trade for the Royal Bank. For ticket 1997 conference, Over-con­ sumption: Are We Wasting info, call 398-6821.

"Personal Choices for Away? will be held in the Global Survival". Claude McIntyre Medical Building.

Bel lefeviI le of the New Road Sunday, March 23 Map Foundation delivers the Yellow Door Storytelling key note address to McGill Student Pugwash 1997 confer­ presents "Irish Tales" — a 30th ence: Overconsumption: Are Anniversary Celebration! From We Wasting Away? 7 p.m. in 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. 3625 Aylmer St. For info, call 398-6243.

Thursday, March 20

The Art History Students' Association will be holding their annual McGill students' art exhibit, Art for Upstairs '97.

Held from March 20-25. in the Art History Dept., 3rd floor Arts Building, West Wing. All are welcome.

Fashion Show by McGill Physical and Occupational Therapy Students will be held Thurs., Mar. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Shatner Ballroom. Tickets will be available at the door.

Students $7, adults $10. For more info, call Debbie Ryan 526-1940.

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Class Action, a street organ­ isation that has given $1.2 mil­ lion to McGill from graduating students since 1990, is sponsor­ ing the Class of '97 Streetfest on April 16. All graduating students are invited to attend. Contact Cynthia Somma at 398-4309.

Post-Abortion Informal Peer Facilitated Support Group. No counselors present. Time to be arranged based on interest.

Contact Terri at McGill Womens's Union at 398-6823.

Sign up for HEBREW. Beginner and advanced levels available. Mondays or Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m. Eight week session costs $65. For info, call Luni at the Hillel Jewish Student Centre: 845-9171.

Tired of having religion shoved down your throat? The Atheist Agnostic, and Secular Humanist Society meets at 7:30 p.m. every Thursday in rm 435, Shatner.

Living with Loss: Monday, March 24 Roman Szporluk will be Bereavement support groups are guest lecturing on "Nationalism being offered free of charge after Communism: Relfections through the McGill school of on Russia, Ukraine and Poland" social work for adults, children in the Stephen Leacock Building and adolescents. Anyone who is experiencing any type of loss on March 24, rm 219, at 6 p.m. including the loss of a family

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