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SSMU stands behind ousted UQAM student execu tives B y L a u r a M a c N e il

The executives of the Université de Québec à Montréal school of m anagem ent student association, AeESG, were pushed out of office in a controversial council meeting on August 28.

Despite accusations of finan­ cial mismanagement, the group claims that political motivations are behind the developments — and SSMU is standing behind them until the situation is resolved.

Hours after the AeESG execu­ tives lost their positions, university security guards changed the locks on executive student offices and removed the old executives from the physical premises. Alexandre Labelle, ex-president of the AeESG, is now using the executive offices of the SSMU to combat the decision made by the Conseil cen­ tral des associations moduaires which contains representatives of all the student associations within the school of managem ent at UQAM. “As for us, we think this is a conspiracy between the administra­ tion of UQAM and la Fédération d ’étudiants universitaires du Québec, because they don’t abide by our political neutrality,” said Labelle.

Although Labelle plans to sue the administration of UQAM for its interference in student politics, he has taken no official stance against FEUQ. Acting AeESG president

Kesnel Leblanc denied any conspir­ acy and instead offered a radically different explanation for the recent events. A document outlining the council’s objections to Labelle’s management of AeESG funds had

the executive offices, reportedly fearing that financial documents were at risk of being altered if the old executives still had access to them.

Responding to charges “A s fo r u s , w e th in k th is is a c o n s p i r a c y b e t w e e n t h e a d m in is tr a tio n o f U Q A M a n d la F é d é r a tio n d ’é t u d i a n t s u n iv e r s ita ir e s du Q uébec, b eca u se t h e y d o n ’t a b i d e b y o u r p o litic a l n e u tra lity . ” — A l e x a n d r e L a b e lle , e x -p r e s id e n t o f th e A e E S G

been passed around the UQAM school of management conseil cen­ tral and received unanimous approval according to proper coun­ sel procedures. According to Leblanc, this occurred directly before voting to remove the execu­ tives from office.

“The conseil central [main counsel] had an idea that something was wrong with AeESG’s financial state,” said Leblanc. “All the stu­ dent organization representatives agreed with the decision to remove the executives.”

Leblanc claimed responsibility for the order to change the locks on

Alexandre Labelle denied the charges against him and his execu­ tive team and he maintained that the procedures of the conseil cen­ tral violated the meeting’s order of the day.

“The representatives of the conseil central did not have a man­ date from their constituents to impeach me and my team,” said Labelle. “As well, I was not given a chance to answer the accusations against me that were written in the document circulated in the meeting.

The only thing left for me to do was to walk out of the m eeting in protest — to stay would have legit­ imized the illegal procedures.”

Leblanc argued that the mem­ bers of the conseil central are man­ dated to act on behalf of all stu­ dents within the school of manage­ ment between scheduled general assemblies. Based on that assump­ tion, he therefore declared that the conseil followed all procedures legally.

“The conseil central has the right to impeach the executive board without a direct student man­ date,” said Leblanc. “Despite what Labelle says, the administration did

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By Rach el O ng

The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, last weekend is having a substantial impact world-wide — yet one larger implication of her death will affect the future of p h o to jo u rn alism as lines are drawn between the paparazzi and legitimate photographers.

Diana’s love affair with mil­ lionaire Dodi A1 Fayed became public as intimate photos of the couple graced the covers of sev­ eral m agazines. Now that the

public has placed partial blame for her death on the photogra­ phers th at chased her black Mercedes through Paris streets, those in the field of photojournal­ ism are concerned since the dis­ tinction between the paparazzi and “serious” photographers is becoming increasingly hazy.

Paparazzo, which translates into “buzzing insect,” is a term that was coined by the Italian director Federico Fellini while filming La Dolce Vita. The origi­ nal paparazzo was photographer

Tario Secchiaroli, who earned the title because of his intrusive pres­ ence on the set while trying to snap a shot o f actress A nita Ekberg in the act of adultery.

At 72, S ecchiaroli is now re tire d and b eliev es th at the paparazzi act outrageously in their quest for “The Shot”. In a recent interview with Maclean's, Secchiaroli asserted that “there is a lim it where someone should just say ‘stop’.”

Since the Princess’ untimely death, many celebrities including Tom Cruise, George Clooney and A rnold S ch w arzen eg g er have voiced their disgust with photog­ raphers. Yet there is an important distinction to be made between p h o to jo u rn a lists and the paparazzi, as m em bers o f the ‘respectable’ side of the profes­ sion do not hesitate to point out.

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New Concordia computer store bails out stranded students B y Ja s o n S i g u r d s o n

Concordia Computer Co-op’s spring bankruptcy initially threat­ ened to leave dozens of students footing the bill for equipment they never received, but the university’s decision to take over the store and honour unfulfilled co-op contracts has ended a long and uncertain wait for a remedy.

The co-op’s financial difficul­ ties became known in late February, which prompted the company to seek help from Concordia

University. Since the co-op was an independent body separate from the university’s operations, the univer­ sity was under no legal obligation to respond to the calls for help. Two weeks later, the co-op declared bankruptcy, and in the process left many people holding computer loans arranged through the Quebec government that ranged up to $3,000: Concordia Vice-Rector of Services Charles Emmond explained that, despite having no legal responsibilities for the co-op,

many students turned to the univer­ sity as a last resort.

“There were a number of stu­ dents left high and dry. The issue then was who was going to bail them out. Some people said, ‘Ah, I’ll turn to Quebec.’ All [Québec] could say was ‘sorry, but no,” said Emmond. The co-op movement had been approached, and so had the student union, but neither was responsible,” he explained. “That left the university being the last player standing in the room.”

Students affected by the bank­

ruptcy recently received a letter from the vice-rector of services informing them that a new computer store, set-up and run by the univer­ sity, would honour contracts not ful­ filled by the old co-op. Despite the costs of such a move, Concordia Student Union President Rebecca Aldworth feels the university’s decision was a direct result of acknowledging who bore the brunt of the co-op’s liabilities.

“Obviously it’s a lot of money, but [the administration] realized that it was students involved — they

were the ones absorbing the losses of the co-op,” Aldworth stated.

Emmond stressed that the uni­ versity is not going to directly absorb the co-op’s $800,000 bank­ ruptcy debt. Their policy on replac­ ing equipment is intended to serve those Concordia students who pur­ chased a computer by taking out a Quebec computer loan.

“The students are a narrower group. In terms of responsibility, we tried to target those students who C ontinued on page 3

Ousted exec alleges charges were politically motivated C ontinued from page 1 not interfere in our politics. These are student affairs. Everyone on the conseil central agreed with the decision to kick Labelle and his team out of office.”

Andre Valiquette, speaking for the adm inistrative branch Les Services a la vie étudiante, explained why UQAM upheld the decision of the conseil central and recognized the newly nominated but unelected executive board of the AeESG.

“Our judicial services said that the conseil central procedures by which the old executive board was ousted and the new one nominated were legal,” said Valiquette.

“We will work with any legiti­ mate group of executives. We didn’t say that the new executive board was legitimate, only that the procedures of the conseil central were legal. It’s not an ideal situa­ tion, but it’s legal,” he stated.

Labelle m aintains that the adm inistration of UQAM and FEUQ collaborated to oust him and

his executive team, but used accu­ sations of mismanaged funds as a smoke screen for political differ­ ences.

“As you know, both UQAM and the FEUQ are sovereignist, but we don’t think a business school should align itself politically. We want to differentiate ourselves from the left-wing image of UQAM that scares off businesses, and we don’t want to use student associations for political views,” Labelle asserted.

“The SVE and the FEUQ have rea­ sons to want to get rid of us. We

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A representative of the FEUQ who asked to remain anonymous responded to Labelle’s accusations.

“Labelle is trying to confuse very different problems,” he said.

“There is a question of internal pol­ itics in the association of AeESG, and then there is a very separate issue of sovereignty. This whole problem is with persons, not orga­ nizations.”

S S M U ’s s u p p o r t SSMU’s involvement in the internal politics of UQAM has also garnered heat. SSMU President Tara Newell was quoted in a press release written by Labelle accusing the administration of UQAM of interfering in student affairs.

Newell hosted the ousted execu­ tives in the SSMU offices as a mat­ ter of principle and diplomacy.

“The new executive board has been calling me and getting mad at me concerning the press release. I am involved in this on a matter of principle concerning the autonomy of student politics at UQAM,” said Newell. “I stand on the position that a university administration has no right to interfere in democratic stu­ dent politics.”

Aside from a general commit­

ment to principles, SSMU’s posi­ tion also stems from their relation­ ship with AeESG. During a visit of an international student organisa­ tion, the past executive board of the AeESG diverted from FEUQ’s sov­ ereignist policy to introduce the organization to McGill, although McGill is neither sovereignist, nor its students’ association a member of FEUQ. The international organi­ zation was considering relocating to Montreal and the itinerary original­ ly supplied by FEUQ only included schools that are usually labelled sovereignist. Following the gesture to include McGill in the tour of Montreal, SSMU executives began developing a rapport with their counterparts at the AeESG. Just before his presidential powers were removed, Labelle called a general assembly for September 17 in order to clear his name, answer the charges against him and ask students for a vote of confidence.

“I continue to consider myself the president of AeESG, and I can’t wait until I have the chance to prove all the slander against me to be false. I have the majority of the student vote. I want my position back,” Labelle asserted.

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New law library construction officially underway with private funds S tu d e n t s e r v ic e s c e n tr e c lo s e to f o l l o w B y Ja s o n

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The o fficial b eg inning of construction of the new Nahum Gelber Law Library was declared on Friday. The project, funded without any assistance from the Quebec government, is scheduled to be completed in one year.

The $11.1 million project is the second major capital project in recent years at M cGill. The $33.5 m illion Wong B uilding, w hich received $15.7 m illion from the Q uebec M in istry of Education, opened its doors in April to house parts of the faculty of engineering.

Principal Bernard Shapiro explained that McGill will not receive public money for the new library due to the Quebec govern­ ment’s funding formulas, which are based on the ratio of enrol­ ment to square footage.

“This p ro ject is en tirely based on private funds. From the point of view of the Quebec gov­ ernment, we’re generally under­ spaced — but not in the area of lib ra rie s ,” explained Shapiro.

“That was their position, but we like to think that we value our

libraries, so we decided to pursue the project on our own.”

W hile McGill will sh oulder the entire financial backing for the new law library, Faculty o f Law D evelopm ent O fficer A ngela C hapm an leaves open the possibility that the university may be eligi­ ble for assistance in con­ v erting space in Chancellor Day Hall — where the current law library is located — for some other use.

“The Quebec gov­ ernm ent may be approached to reclaim the old library space,” she stated. “We still haven’t determined what the university’s priorities are for the area.”

The principle donor, N ahum G elber QC, receiv ed both an arts degree and a law degree from M cG ill. He is a prominent leader in the Gelber provides bulk o f fu n d in g Jewish community and is

an activ e patron of the arts.

The new lib rary , at 3360 square m eters, is twice as large as the old library. In accordance with Gelber’s wishes, architect Dan Hanganu has ensured that aesthetic considera­ tions have been a key part of the building’s design.

Aside from the visual aspects, Chapman points out that stu d en ts have been consulted throughout the design p ro cess to ensure that the building meets the needs of those who use it.

“The students’ ability to have input has made it a better library for everyone.

T hings lik e changes in study methods mean that there needs to be, for example, a -change in the proportion of study carrels to tables. 1 think everyone will be pleased with it,” Chapman commented.

As if part of some twisted ini­ tiation ritual, last week Queen’s University denied 100 first-year students their lottery-won place­ ments in residence, forcing affect­ ed students and their unlucky neighbours to “temporarily” share living spaces.

According to Graham Brown, director of residences, the tempo­ rary arrangements — two or three students to a common room, or tripling up in large double rooms — may stand until November when sufficient vacancies have opened. Although overbooking happens every year, this fall at least ten more students have been refused their guaranteed spot.

Nevertheless, Brown justified the system.

“If we began the year with 100 per cent occupancy, we would find ourselves with only 97 per cent occupancy by Thanksgiving [due to people dropping out of universi­ ty or requesting release from resi­ dence contracts].”

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how the lotteries were approved are also being addressed. The final decision for the presence of gam­ bling on campus was not brought before the school’s board of direc­ tors.

“I d o n ’t see it as a strong moral issue. It is a state lottery sys­ tem and is pretty well regulated,” said UVSS Financial Director Rob Fleming. He later admitted that the final decision to offer the lotteries was indeed made by the bar’s man­ agement and did not go through UVSS, who officially owns the establishment.

Morgan Stewart, UVSS direc­ tor-at-large, commented that there is no real protocol for processing what the pub sells.

“We could take it before the board, or we could just support the bar’s management,” he said.

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com e As the construction of the new law library is scheduled to be completed, work on the new stu­ dent services centre will be just getting started. Dean of Students Rosalie Jukier explained that the planning of the new building is ready to go into its next level.

“We have $8.5 m illion already earmarked for the project and we have board approval. All of our tenders are in, and by the end of next week, we’ll have all our architects and contractors hired for the project,” Jukier out­ lined. “The co n stru c tio n w ill begin by S eptem ber 1998, so we’re well on our way.”

At this point, it is unknown if or to what extent the Quebec gov­ ernment will fund the new centre.

“We have not yet approached the Quebec government. With the government, you just never know — but w e’re h o p efu l,” Jukier concluded.

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first-year residences are distributed strictly by lottery. Brown stated that over-booking rooms creates a greater pool of students offered accommodation.

“It [also] keeps fees down,” he added.

In addition to displacement, students are not pleased with the residences’ summer project which transformed all of Queen’s larger single rooms into “economy dou­ bles” in an effort to cope with the high demand for residence rooms.

Information about the redesign did not reach a lot of residents, creat­ ing confusion and disappointment for students on moving day.

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C ontinued from page 2 took out a loan,” he said. “We’re sympathetic to their loss, but not legally responsible.”

Because the new computer store is not legally obliged to hon­ our old contracts, any compensation given to students will be viewed as a gift and therefore subject to income tax. Taxable or not, the esti­ mated $ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 cost of this pro­ gram will mean a huge relief for those affected by the bankruptcy.

The university plans to commit future profits of the new computer store to pay off its business debt over the next four or five years.

Lina Lipscombe, Concordia director of bookstores and the com­ puter store, has seen a very positive reaction from those students that have been assessed for compensa­ tion. She is anticipating hearing from up to 75 students who were affected by the bankruptcy.

“We’ve interviewed about 20 students so far. They’ve been very grateful to the university for taking action after the co-op closed down.”

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U s e o f C o n c o r d i a ’s nam e Aldworth feels that the admin­ istration will have to be extremely selective about who gets to use Concordia’s name due to the confu­ sion generated by the bankrupt co­ op’s perceived affiliation with the university.

“I think they’ll be more careful about who gets to use the universi­ ty’s name in the future. A lot of stu­ dents saw ‘Concordia’ attached to the computer co-op’s name and just assumed that the store was part of the university,” she stated.

According to Emmond, the university may request representa­ tion on the board of directors of any enterprise .using its name and oper­ ating on campus.

“One of the lessons w e’ve learned is that we can’t allow inde­ pendent corporations like the co-op to run without the university at least having observer status on their board of directors,” he stated.

“They were, if you will, defrauding their clients. They took cash in with the hopes that things would turn around. Nobody noticed the prob­ lems until it was too late.”

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more and more inadequate.” . Newell also feels that course sharing is a scapegoat, which masks the cuts universities will be making to their current course o ffe rin g s. A sh ared M cG illConcordia course list will likely result in larger classes and incon-

Cuts to post-secondary edu­ cation have propelled McGill and Concordia into an alliance creat­ ing d irect in ter-lib ra ry loans, centralized purchasing, and joint course offerings but student lead­ ers are questioning the pace o f the grow ing a f filia ­ tion.

Students may soon be able to borrow books from both univer­ sities due to a new reciprocal agree­ m ent being p u r­ sued. A lthough the changes are likely two or three years aw ay, it is part of a definite m o v e m e n t towards increased co-operation betw een the two universities.

B ut any moves to decrease File Photo M cG ill stu d e n ts m a y ha ve access to C oncordia library in fu tu r e course duplication may prove c o n ­ tentious since one plan would see development is now under con­ venient trips between campuses. identical courses now offered at sideration by both universities.”

“We are moving away from both universities as continued at SSM U P re sid e n t T ara our prio rities of sm aller class only one of the institutions. The Newell feels that this level of sizes. We are co m p ro m isin g intended outcom e is that both c o rp o rate c o -o p e ra tio n is McGill’s reputation and the edu­ schools will continue to offer the inevitable. How ever, she does cation of our students,” Newell current quality of education at a have a few reservations about the argued. lower cost — but many question tone of negotiations.

Rebecca Aldworth, president if that is indeed possible. “ I th in k it is g reat th at of the Concordia Student Union, M cG ill V ice P rin cip al McGill students will be able to feels that a m erge of any sort Academic Dr. Tak Hang (Bill) use the Concordia library facili­ between the two schools at this Chan em phasized that the co ­ ties, but this sort of merge shows time is clearly inappropriate. operation of the two library sys­ a d efin ite lack o f p rio rity on “A lot of our current infor­ tems has been the most produc­ b ehalf o f the ad m in istratio n ,” mation is based on rumour and tive area discussed by the two Newell said. “Instead of extend­ speculation. However, I feel that u n iv e rsitie s. He was carefu l, ing use of our libraries to other a M cGill-Concordia merge is a however, to dispel the idea that schools, we should be realizing c o n tro v e rsia l id e a ,” said McGill and Concordia will meld that our libraries are becoming Aldworth. “There are very differ­ ent dem ographics between the two schools. There is still a lot we need to discuss.”

Although Newell does have reservations about the changes, they are not rooted in M cGillC oncordia po larity . She feels S p e n d $ 2 .0 0 that students have more similari­ ties than differences. a n d g e t S h if t f o r “Although McGill has more in te rn a tio n a l stu d en ts and t h e lo w p r ic e o f Concordia has more Quebec stu­ dents, students are students no matter where you go.”

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McGill eating disorders clinic creates new support group B y Ja s o n

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The McGill eating disorders clinic has recently expanded their services to include a new peer sup­ port group and organizers are con­ fident that they can now offer a more comprehensive program.

Nursing C o-ordinator Elizabeth McMahon explained that the clinic, which was formed in January, brought together a number of professionals who were previ­ ously isolated when dealing with eating disorders.

“Up until January, students [with eating disorders] could be seen at counselling, mental health,

or nursing services. Although the service has always been there, we’re excited that we have some­ thing co-ordinated now,” she said.

“The possibility that someone could slip through a crack in the system is even further reduced.”

Although the clinic is only open to M cGill students and charges a $30 annual fee for the services of the team , support groups are free and will be open to all students over the age of 18 in the Montreal area. Jessica Schwarz, co-ordinator of the support groups, plans to have the groups meeting before October. “ [Our 11 facilitators] have

been doing training since August.

We’ll be at activities night to pro­ vide information and in terms of having actual groups going, it should be going by the end of the month,” she said.

Schwarz believes that the social and academic pressures on campus often exacerbate problems that people may have with food and body issues. She sees programs, like the one she has helped to cre­ ate, as essential mechanisms used to assist people dealing with eating disorders.

“This is a problem that has been getting worse and worse.

School is an incredibly stressful

time and if something is going to come up, it’s going to be during university,” Schwarz said.

The range of services offered by the clinic, including the support group, allows McMahon to provide the type of help that meets the indi­ vidual needs of clients.

“For some people, it may be enough to have a one time meeting.

Not everyone needs the full support of the team. There may be some issues to discuss around food and body image,” McMahon said.

Schwarz has designed the groups so that the participants can help shape the direction they take.

“It’s activity oriented — we

bring in films, it’s thought provok­ ing. You can make as much of it as you want to — we’re not going to push anyone. We have a general outline, but the program is flexi­ ble,” Schwarz said.

A publicity campaign began this week to inform people of what services are available to them.

Schwarz knows that this could be a significant undertaking, given that the private nature of eating disor­ ders makes it a problem which is not always seen in the public eye.

“There’s a great deal more of it than you would expect. I t’s something that people tend to hide and keep to themselves.”

SSMU daycare closer to reality but hindered by red tape F a l l r e fe r e n d u m q u e s tio n w ill lik e ly a s k s t u d e n t s to s u b s i d iz e a c h i l d c a r e c e n te r in n e w s t u d e n t s e r v ic e s b u ild in g under a d efinite time agreed to help us in this task,” said While the precise data of B y L a u r a M a c N e il restraint to gain provin­ the student need at McGill Newell. “I have to thank the previ­ cial licensing in order to A SSMU initiated daycare, ous VP University Affairs for their is undetermined, the day­ know their exact fund­ b etter suited to the needs and reports which help me justify the care com m ittee has been ing needs before a refer­ attem pting to collaborate schedules of students, has the best need for this type of daycare.” endum question is asked w ith the current M cG ill chance of becoming a reality since of M cGill students in daycare program to share its conception 15 years ago, but at A s s e s s in g n e e d f o r d a y ­ mid-October. resources and information. this stage the project is still hin­ care N ew ell hopes to Director of the current dered by red tape and disorganiza­ Last year’s Senate Education M cGill daycare program include questions on the tion.

Equity Report documented that 13 E laine R einer has yet to fall referendum ballot This new daycare is centred per cent of McGill’s incoming stu­ meet with the new daycare that will help assess both on an alternative philosophy to the dents have children. This year, a com m ittee and in turn the need for student day­ current McGill daycare. The pro­ more detailed survey is being dis­ refused to comment on the care and also the will­ posed daycare would be consid­ tributed to determ ine the exact proposed program until ingness of students to ered a flexible, part-time daycare, ages of the children and the type after the introductory meet­ subsidize the new pro­ wherein students would be able to of daycare most preferred by stu­ ing with the Dean of gram. Newell expects create a schedule of child care dents. Student parent and member Students and Tara Newell the daycare levy to around their course timetable. At of the daycare com m ittee Lara occurs in the next few amount to a few dollars the moment, the McGill daycare Leighwood described her need for weeks. each year to cover the only provides full-time services flexible daycare. needed capital and oper­ “I do not know their and has a lengthy waiting list for “F lexible daycare w ould philosophy or staff arrange­ ational costs, although incoming children. make a huge difference to me,” ments, we are simply hav­ she cannot be sure of the SSMU President Tara Newell s a i d exact figures until there ing an introductory meeting made the creation ____________________________ Leighwood. “It soon,” said Reiner. “No, has been approved fund­ of this new day- “F le x ib le d a y c a r e w o u ld would allow me they haven’t tried to contact ing and licensing. care an integral maximum time us during meetings, I cannot m a k e a h u g e d i f fe r e n c e “E verything is a part of her election with my son say anything until our meet­ Catch-22,” said Newell. cam paign last to m e . It w o u ld a llo w m e and still I ’d be ing.”

“W hich is first, the year. She has been m a x i m u m ti m e w ith m y able to live a chicken or the egg? The The three members of working through­ student life. It’s the daycare com m ittee SSMUflexible: part-time daycare s o n a n d still I’d b e a b l e Rebecca Catching situation is exactly the out the sum m er, all about tim e N ew ell, Leighw ood, and same in this daycare sce­ visiting other uni­ to liv e a s t u d e n t life. It’s management.” contact with the current McGill nario.

We need Quebec licensing Sky Jondal mentioned repeated versities across a ll a b o u t tim e m a n a g e ­ N ew ell is attempts to communicate with the daycare program without success. before we can put the referendum Canada with simi­ quick to m en­ current daycare. m e n t.”

“The McGill daycare has a to the students, but we need a more lar program s in — L a ra L e ig h w o o d , tion that the “I would love collaboration big problem with the daycare sys­ precise understanding of the stu­ order to create a documented 13 with the current daycare,” said tem we propose,” said Newell. dent needs before we give the day­ feasible program m e m b e r o f t h e d a y c a r e per cent of Leighwood. “I don’t know how “T housands of other daycares care requirements to the Quebec at McGill. p l a n n i n g c o m m i t t e e incom ing stu- realistic that will be; they have have figured out how to provide government to get our license. This Past student ____________ ---------------------- dents does not their own conditions and policies.” quality child care using the flexi­ is only relates to the bureaucratic society executive account for all the students who Dean of S tudents R osalie ble part-tim e daycare system. I end of things, though,” Newell boards generated studies docu­ could not attend McGill because Jukier m entioned an upcoming don’t see these two daycare pro­ hastened to add. menting the student need for such the current daycare system could meeting with the present McGill grams at McGill competing but Despite the administrative set­ a daycare and York University has not match their child care needs. rather complimenting each other.” backs that are slowing down the daycare, but admitted no previous agreed to lend Newell the docu­ “13 per cent is a huge number contact with the organization. process, Jondal is confident her ments they used to convince the to begin with,” said Newell. “But involvement in the SSMU daycare “Although we’ve been work­ B u r e a u c r a t i c o b s t a c l e s Ontario government of the need that number doesn’t even bring ing on the architectural plans for will yield results.

Presently, one of the biggest for a flexible daycare system in into account all the students who the daycare within the student ser­ obstacles in receiving a license “I’m so excited,” Jondal said. addition to the full-time daycare couldn’t attend or afford to go to vices building, there has been no from Quebec stems from the reluc­ “It’s nice to feel like I’m actually programs.

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“York University has exactly system.”

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Welcome Week has once again come and gone. Various orientation centres, social events, free food and entertainment marked the week when McGill warmly extends itself to the new student population.

Weather conditions were not always ideal, however it wasn’t the rain and unseasonable cold that drove me home. During Welcome Week, it was the conditions of campus that made me want to leave the university.

Some Welcome Week food that was not free came from the newest kiosk on campus. Subway, awkwardly located beside the Redpath ter­ race snack bar and a patch of unstable interlocking flagstones cordoned off from the public. The Redpath terrace corridor has always been a heavily-trafficked area on campus, especially between classes. The path that remains now, about a metre or so in width, effectively renders a full-stop on a campus that is difficult enough to traverse in ten minute intervals.

The real problem comes when you realize that the stones outside the Redpath doors have been neglected in its current state since the spring thaw. The whole summer passed with McGill maintenance tend­ ing to the plastic yellow' danger lines that surround the unsafe area as if in some procrastinating funk. Why haven’t orders to repair the stones been given?

The more cynically minded, shared my disdain when the Subway counter rolled out last week. It adds insulrto’thjüry that McGill is mak­ ing a fast buck with Subway’s lease while sidewalk ruins directly adja­ cent give Stonehenge a run for the money. It really is a brilliant ploy that students don’t have to take time out to stop and pick up their subs — they’re already at a standstill. Why not break for a Veggie Delight?

Elsewhere, the hot dog cart just across from the beer-soaked OAP was recently uprooted to do re-cementing. The problem was timing.

Instead doing the roadwork in the middle of summer when few people are on campus, repairs were done during frosh ’‘disorientation.” It doesn’t take a bartender to figure out that wet cement and blitzed froshies don’t mix. Amid the puke piles, we now have to face the fact that “SCIENCE RULES” everyday.

Several OASIS and Musieb terminals emphasize the school’s dis­ graceful upkeep, having been “en panne” for months on end. If the OASIS location in the Shatner Building is busted, let’s keep on top of it.

Move it, fix it, anything to reassure students that people are looking after the place.

The feeling that no one’s there for you is strong as offices continue their skimpy summer hours. The English department office is an exam­ ple of inadequate availability. When you ask the attendants returning from lunch when regular hours will recommence, they respond blankly because they are temporary employees who do not know. Temps are hired cheaply and moved often so that they reach their peak in efficient­ ly handling students just as they get shipped off to another office in another building.

It is true that McGill’s budgeting — which has efforts to save us money — serve up some sacrifices that must be stomached. And work on successful reparations that have been completed over the summer do pass as flickering signs of life in the school’s administration. For instance, both the tunnel connecting Burnside Hall to the F.D.A. Building and Bronfman’s west staircase have put in permanent ramps.

Nevertheless, it’s a shame to think that acceptable housekeeping occurs on campus only before the big anniversary parties. It’s McGill’s 176th, and there are still a lot of students who want to be served.

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Stop the Press The decision to sue the provincial government is not a decision to be taken lightly. Since differential tuition fees for out of province students angers and con­ cerns me deeply and touches close to 40 per cent of McGill stu­ dents directly, I would like to explain why I hope to see our E ducation M inister P auline Marois in court.

Last fall, M inister M arois announced that out-of-province students attending university in Quebec would be paying more than Q uebec students. Prim e Minister Chrétien and company responded by having a great meeting and decided to immedi­ ately... do nothing.

While Alberta was quickly punished for extra b illin g for health care and B.C. was chas­ tized for a three-month residency requirem ent for welfare recipi­ ents, Quebec was ignored despite setting such a dangerous prece­ dent. Truly, it is us — out-of­ province students- — and the few that choose to listen, that are left to either flee wallets in hand, to accept in silent indignation, or to stay and challenge the justice — even constitutionality — of such discrimination.

There are three issues which have both m otivated and con­ cerned me. What strikes me as most alarming is that accessibili­

ty, mobility, and universality — such long-standing principles of post-secondary education — can be so easily disregarded. While yes, education is under provincial jurisdiction, it rem ains funded through both indirect and direct federal transfer payments and tax points to the provinces.

It is unacceptable that out-ofprovince students should be sub­ sidizing a federally-funded pro­ gram to the benefit of Quebec stu­ dents simply because we did not have the privilege of being born in this province.

The fact that Minister Marois is punishing students on the basis of what province they come from is, frankly, illegal and unconstitu­ tional. To add insult to injury, the residency requirements that have been put in place are unacceptable and ridiculous. Short of arranging for one of your parents to die in this province sometime between now and October or marrying the first Quebecer you can drag to the nearest chapel, it is impossible to be considered a resident irrespec­ tive o f your futu re plans in Quebec.

Minister Marois will rise up on her chair and yell until she is blue in the face speaking of fair­ ness and justice because tuition fees have only been raised to the national average.

Get off your chair Minister

Marois. If this is truly your idea of justice, then your own Charter does not agree. La Charte inter­ nationale des droits de l ’homme du Québec list the EQUAL and UNIMPEDED access to post-sec­ ondary education as a fundamen­ tal right (Article 26). The Charter notes that education “doit favoris­ er la compréhension, la tolérance et l ’a m itié entre... tous les groupes.” , Justice means treating every­ one equally. Minister Marois, this is not an issue o f m oney and national averages, it is an issue of discrimination and principle.

The SSMU has given me an opportunity to join them in chal­ lenging Minister Marois and her government’s policy in court. I hope that we can work toward a more equitable alternative than what M inister M arois has pro­ posed and initiated. If you would like to be involved or show your support, I encourage other stu­ dents to co n tact our VP U n iv ersity A ffairs, E lizab eth G om ery, at 398-6797. L et us show M inister M arois that we will not passively accept this in silent indignation.

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Let’s Go — the Scammers Guide to McGill So yo u ’ve spent a week at McGill realizing that only first year students wait in line at the book­ store, that more classes are blackdotted than offered, and that the walk up to Rez is about as irritating as the wom an’s nasal voice on MARS. But before you transfer to Queen’s, realize two things: 1. the drinking age in Kingston is 19, not 12 , and 2 . there are ways to outsmart the sys­ tem. Luckily, my one whole year of McGill expe­ rience makes me an expert on this topic. In the great tra­ dition of the Harvard travel books, I present you with Let’s Go — the scammers guide to McGill, in the hopes of simplifying your stay at the what once was the number one, and now is the number three and deteriorating Canadian university.

S a fe ty You may have already noticed that downtown Montreal is not the safest place to live. In fact, I have

already experienced my first breakin. But don’t worry; the moronic robbers are only after CDs. They left behind our computers, a laser printer, a 40-inch TV and the $400 I keep in the left drawer next to my bed....(my address is 678 Durocher apartment 29).

Not only did the idiots steal CDs, but they also picked the two

he S-Files Sarah M lynow ski worst collections in all of Montreal.

Collectively, my roommate and I owned two C hicago’s Greatest Hits, two Air Supply’s Greatest Hits, Here Comes the Hits (funky 80’s mix), Pretty in Pink, and the Spice Girls.... inexplicably, they left behind Cyndi L auper’s Greatest Hits. Their challenged IQs allow for elementary prevention techniques. Simply place a fake alarm sticker on your door, and for

added protection, leave the song “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” replaying while you’re out, thereby ensuring the safety of your over­ played, spicy friends.

P a r k in g Tired of spending hours cir­ cling one way streets until finally finding a fantastic spot in front of a fire hydrant?

No problem. Get a free hour of parking when you leave your car on a side street that’s closed for street cleaning.

Then write a note on your windshield explaining that your car has stalled, and that you can’t pos­ sibly move it. Trust me this works; However, this scam is less effective for a 1997 BMW than for a falling apart 1988 Hyundai.

Food Beware: the food at Gert’s has gone downhill since the massive management turnover late last year.

The grilled cheese just isn’t the

Wankerism: A McGill definition Last March, when nom ina­ tions for the SSMU executive positions opened, I and a few of my friends talked about running a slate of candidates. We would harness the alienation voters have been feeling throughout the democratic world by run­ ning on a platform so eleg an t that M cGill undergraduates would have no choice but to rally to our banner: “W e’re not another bunch of [obscenity] wankers.”

This joking proposal in the back of a Microeconomics class got more serious the more we talked about it. We found some­ one to run for each position, plot­ ted strategy, and got very excited.

The danger, we eventually real­ ized, was the possibility that one of us might win. To avoid this hazard, the newly-formed McGill Anti-Wanker Association began planning a guerrilla campaign. By the inertia that besets such move­ m ents, though, the cam paign turned into a raid on the Shatner building, was downgraded to a round of postering on campus, and died when there was a snow­ storm the night of the poster run.

These days, the M cG ill A ntiWanker Association is more of a secret society, though its members do carry some mighty spiffy cards 1 put together when I should have been writing a paper.

The problems the Association was unable to pull itself together to fight still exist, though. The grand Call to Arm s of our abortive poster campaign defined a Wanker as a public figure who gran dstands; who ignores the interests of the constituency he or she is supposed to represent; who suffers fits of needing to see his or

her name in the student newspa­ per you’re currently reading; who makes judgem ents and attacks based on personalities, rather than issues; and who relies on ideology to shape his or her opinions, rather than rational thought. By

W anker W atch David Reevely this definition, SSMU Council is full of Wankers — you only have to go to one council meeting to spot them. The people slumped in their seats, rolling their eyes, doo­ dling, and struggling to remember why they’re here instead of doing something more productive, like watching reruns of Street Legal, are the ones who have reasonable opinions, worthwhile ideas, and the willingness to compromise.

While they’re sitting silently, the W ankers are m onopolizing debate, making endless points of order, throw ing tantrum s, and keeping everyone in useless sixhour meetings while they listen to themselves talk.

This year’s SSMU executive looks better than the others I’ve seen in my time at McGill — but it’s early yet. Things could go either way. Tara Newell has been SSMU Speaker and VP-External of AUS, but le t’s give her a chance — a lot depends on w hether she lets her C ouncil become polarized “either with her or against her” the way Chris Carter did last year. Duncan Reid has also been SSMU Speaker — he and Tara must make executive meetings a delight — but he’s not a fratboy and people don’t sigh and roll their eyes when they hear

his name, which is a definite step up. Elizabeth Gomery was a fran­ cophone com m issioner, which isn’t deep in the Wanker estab­ lishm ent, and she seems to (a) have a clue and (b) not take the whole thing too seriously, but she ----- was also elected as the least of the available evils, so the jury is still out. Lisa Phipps hasn’t cut much of a public figure yet, which puts her way ahead of Nick Benedict but only even with Chantal DaSilva; that’s okay, because Phipps — unlike Chantal — is only beginning her term, but she’d better come up with something noteworthy soon.

Being loud about tuition hikes would be good; trying to make people care about whether SSMU belongs to CASA or the CFS would be bad. Sarvesh Srivastava, finally, has none of the creepiness of his immediate predecessor and has overseen the first apparently successful SSMU frosh program in recent memory; that’s enough to make him the very early leader in the McGill Leader of the Year race.

None of them are obviously Wankers. Some people on council are, and there are plenty in the faculty associations, the adminis­ tration, and a lot of other organi­ zations at McGill.

I ’ll be w atching — and reporting what I see.

David Reevely is currently penning Ottawank: The complete G uide to C anadian F ederal Politics.

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M is c e lla n e o u s Remember to always be extra nice to the employees at Sadie’s.

They are the ones who give you quarters when you need to use the phone.

Despite the pressure, the food, and the parking, my final sugges­ tion is to enjoy your stay at McGill.

And if not, well, at least the back­ packs are cool.

C la s s Forget ethics and morals and choose classes not for their educa­ tional value but for their easy A access. I would highly recommend Space Time it Doesn’t Matter...oh, I’m sorry — I forgot about the new teacher this semester. Suckers.

That’ll teach you not to procrasti­ nate. Don’t worry — I’m sure there will be another guaranteed A, 1 0 0 % paper, attendance-doesn’tcount class. Try Concordia.

Ms. Mlynowski will be practis­ ing the art o f writing a column while serving Sadie's customers on Friday afternoons.

A c tiv itie s Extra-curricular activities help you enjoy McGill, make you happi­ er and therefore reduce stress. So join a club, try out for a play, vol­ unteer for a cause; Or why not write a column for the Tribune?

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In our attempt to start up the conch last week, we forgot to write our disclaimer, so here it is: the opinions published on this page do not reflect the views o f this paper.

Yeah, we know, it’s a typical news­ paper thing, but hey, it saves us from being subjected to weird-ass po litics (as i f SSMU w eren't enough).

Anyhow, here are the submis­ sions fo r this week. We ’d like to thank all contributors. But w e’re sorry to have to add that, from the generally feeble response w e’ve seen thus far, we gather that COW­ ARDICE and REPRESSION still rule the day at McGill. Free your­ selves. Pour your hearts out into the specially-marked cardboard box in Shatner B-01A or via e-mail: tribune @ssmu. megill, ca O n th e d e a th o f a p r in c e s s I feel very sorry. I do sincerely feel some pain for the death of Princess Diana. However, I find the outpouring of emotion and grief by the public of the world slightly repulsive. I’m not saying that it isn’t touching to see millions of people showing appreciation for the woman who was harassed by the media and made to look like a floozy by the royal family, or about the woman who went from Third R ig h t in te n tio n s , W o n g b u ild in g Drip. Drip. Drip.

This is the noise that you will inevitably hear on the top floor of the M.H. Wong Building when someone attempts to turn on the water. At the present time, there is not enough water pressure in this modem, state-of-the-art building to allow for sufficient flow during “peak” periods. If you are extreme­ ly lucky, there may be enough pres­ sure available when you decide to flush the toilet. Otherwise, you may consider advising all persons on lower floors to abruptly shut off their taps in order to obtain some running water.

W orld country to Third World country trying to relieve the suffer­ ing of those that need it the most, or the woman who was crusading over the last year to rid land mines from the form er battle-zones around the world and the woman who was the mother of two sons. All of these ven­ tures are high­ ly virtuous and should be applauded.

However, this does not mean that she is alone in these fights.

It also does not mean that she is the only person in the past year or month or even day that has died a tragic death. If anything at all, the death of Diana Spencer can be considered to be a lesser tragedy than any of the thousands of other deaths which occur everywhere in countries around the world. In the past ten years, we have witnessed civil wars as well as mass genocide in Yugoslavia, Burundi, Rwanda and any one of the former Soviet Republics. In these situations, we are not talking about the death of one woman, a limousine driver and a boyfriend. We are talking about entire families, villages and peoples eradicated from the face of the

Earth.

Why is it then that we as a society mourn for Diana? Why is it that millions of people don’t show overwhelming displays of emotion at the sight of Slavs and Croats being starved to death in 1990s style concentra­ tion camps? Why is it that the world community doesn’t weep when millions of babies and infants die need­ lessly of starva­ tion every year when we all know that the means to save them are readily available?

Why is it that we don’t cry out when our governments sit idly by as all of these events transpire on our television screens? What has changed so much for us that the slo­ gan “Never again” simply means “Not in my backyard.”

To tell you the truth, 1 don’t know. If anything, I hope that a few lessons can be learned from this event: never drive drunk, always wear a seatbelt, don’t become a celebrity if you don’t want the pub­ licity and don’t say that you want to be in the public eye only when it is convenient for you. I am by no means saying that the stalker-like tactics of the paparazzi are accept-

The lack of sufficient water pressure is only one of the many problems that is plaguing this pin­ nacle of modern technology gone wrong. Aspiring McGill engineers and architects need only regard this as a prime example of miscommunication, and money flushed down the drain.

Speaking of drains, you will not find floor drains inside the labo­ ratories. As for the windows in the building, they are merely decora­ tive and cannot be opened. In the event of a chemical spill, you can only hope that the cutting-edge ventilation system has not gone on the fritz. In the event of a flood... well, I guess this will never be an issue without running water.

Surely, you expect the top

notch classrooms to make up for these “tiny oversights”. Did I say classrooms? Well, actually there is only one classroom large enough to accom m odate the Chem ical Engineering classes held in the building. This means that a maxi­ mum of one chemical engineering class can be held at one time, resulting in numerous timetable conflicts and nightmares for gradu­ ating students.

The Chemical Engineering stu­ dents are furious that their student lounge has been swept out from under their noses and transformed into a cafeteria, in an attempt from the powers above to earn a quick buck. Luckily, this wasn’t the case for the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, who are privy to a huge lounge even though their fac­ ulty is, at most, a third of the size.

To accommodate the Chemical Engineers, they have been given a service corridor for student mail­ boxes; however I cannot vouch for this as the corridor is locked all day. How convenient!

At first, I was apprehensive about submitting this conch; there’s no fear of reprisal from the Engineers at the Wong building... they don’t even get the Tribune up there.

In spite of this rant, you should make sure to visit the Wong Building. There is a pretty sculpture out front. And engineering students are actually getting a grand educa­ tion — in what not to do when designing a building.

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able as a daily occurrence. But to blame them is to take the onus of responsibility off those who are truly responsible. Now, if you think that the guilty ones are the editors of the magazines who pay $500,000 for a single picture of Diana on a beach in an embrace with Dodi A1 Fayed, you’re wrong. The people to blame are those people that buy this trash. You and me. Even if you say “I don't buy that crap,” it doesn’t make a difference.

Every time you watch Entertainment Tonight, Dateline or Inside Edition you support all of this craziness. The pictures that they use come from the same peo­ ple that chased Diana’s car in Paris.

These people are out there because we want to see the dirt. We want the newest scoop. We want to be entertained. And entertained we are, but at what price? What do we lose as a society when our values

become so twisted that a picture of Madonna with her infant pays $ 1,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 , but we can’t find that same money to educate our chil­ dren? Have we truly lost sight of what is important in our world? If so, then we better start praying because the coming of the end of the millennium isn’t our biggest problem. That status falls on the global community whose inaction and appeasement over the past one hundred years has led to the deaths of scores of millions who might have otherwise been saved.

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Techno-culture magazine shifts aggressively into future Today, brands invoke much more than merely the products they represent, “The branding of Shift goes beyond the magazine, ” said Heintzman. “A new philosophy is emerging where people aren’t so easily classified according to the magazine they read. Instead, w c’rc seeing people with both diverse and common interests, inter­ ests which can be explored in a magazine but also in other ways.”

It’s what the people at Shift call psy­ chographics, as opposed to demographics.

They speak not of common val­ ues, but rather of a common mindset. Shift has exploited the plurality of the technomindset with the incarnations of Shift TV Coveting all the angles, the revamped Shift and Shift Online, each of there would be less of a reason to each medium.” which are different in content but Shift openly challenges the have it," Heintzman asserted. united by vision.

In light of its uniqueness, backlash of today’s neo-Luddite “Every medium has its own technophobia. Its guiding principle Muller proposes that Shift has the efficiencies,” noted Soloman. “TV is that change is inevitable and ability to be a leader in publishing. does not work in print. Radio does should be explored.

“Shift provokes questions that not translate to film. You have to are relative to a “History earn the language and mechanism of teaches us that “C e r ta in ly S h i f t ’s u n i q u e ­ global audience, and attempts to nothing is stable. n e s s m a k e s s o m e t a s k s cope with the Change is neither challenges that bad nor good — m o r e c h a lle n g in g . W e it’s how we per­ h a v e n o m o d e l to fo llo w . face the future policy- and dcciceive it. Fear of B u t in t h e e n d t h a t ’s a s io n -m a k e rs change is bad," worldwide."

Soloman stated. s tr e n g th . If t h e r e w e r e Heintzman “Martin Luther a n o t h e r m a g a z i n e lik e is modest about proposed the insti­ th is, it w o u ld b e e a s i e r to the expansive tution in constant future that Shift reform ation. We d o , b u t t h e r e w o u ld b e seems to be lay­ happen to be in a l e s s o f a r e a s o n to h a v e ing out for itself. time of flux, of “For the change, of acceler­ it.’’

— A n d r e w H e i n t z m a n future of pubated pace. And this ------------------fishing, the fun­ is where we posi- — tion ourselves — at gaps borders, damentals will not change. Changes ruptures —- at things that are in con- and developments like web sub­ scriptions are peripheral. In the end, tradiction.”

Shift is without precedent, you’ve still got to have a magazine which makes the publisher’s job that fundamentally speaks to its more challenging in terms of selling readers.” the magazine to prospective adver­ Shift is available at Snax in the tisers and the general public.

“Certainly Shift’s uniqueness Leacock Building (Evan and makes some tasks more challeng­ Andrew's old stomping grounds). ing. We have no model to follow. Contests for free subscriptions and But in the end that’s a strength. If discounts on copies of Shift will be there were another magazine like on while quantities are available. this, it would be easier to do, but Behaviour Entertainment Heintzman (left) an d Solomon, prodigies o f the Canadian magazine industry

opment.

“We were looking to either Although in the past Canadians start up a new magazine or adopt an have not been able to compete with already existing one,” said Wendy the Goliath-like presence of subver­ Muller, president of Behaviour sive and alternative publications in Publishing. “After researching the United States, the creators of design and editorial considerations, Shift magazine may be the first to we decided Shift was the magazine break with this tradition. And break­ we wanted.”

The recent alliance with ing with tradition is what they do Behaviour couldn’t have come at a best.

Evan Soloman and Andrew better time. ’’Shift didn't have the it Heinl/.man con- ___________ _______________ capital deserved for ceived Shift in 1992 “M a rtin L u th e r p r o p o s e d in v e stig a tiv e as a literary maga­ zine. Over the past t h e in s titu tio n in c o n s t a n t pieces, stories, photographers, five years, the mag­ r e fo r m a tio n . W e h a p p e n writers, art azine has undergone to b e in a tim e o f flu x; o f direction and massive changes — m a r k e t in g ," most notably, the c h a n g e ; o f a c c e l e r a t e d Muller said. recent alliance with p a c e . A n d th is is w h e r e Shift was B e h a v i o u r w e p o s i t io n o u r s e l v e s : a t re-launched last E n t e r t a i n me n t . spring with a Now, Shift is com­ g a p s , b o r d e r s , r u p tu r e s . mitted to exposing A t th i n g s t h a t a r e in c o n ­ completely new format. Most the issues that arise significant of from the collision of tr a d ic tio n . ” — E v a n S o l o m a n changes to the technology and cul­ --------------------- m agazine, the ture, in what Soloman calls the global rush title was positioned on the cover vertically while its moniker — the toward mass connection."

Shift boasts a roster of con­ shift keyboard button icon — was tributing editors that includes cul­ placed at the top left corner. tural studies gurus Daniel Richler, Heintzman. publisher of Shift, Douglas R ushkoff and Mark explained that the iconification of Kingwell. Not surprisingly, one of the magazine was necessary for a Shift’s greatest strengths is provid­ hyper-visual culture.

“Visual identity is very impor­ ing cultural context in a media-satu­ rated world. Not only are the stories tant now. All businesses strive for original and creative, but they go brand recognition. The icon helps to one step further by providing per­ establish a recognizable feeling, an spective on the issues they cover. attitude. It is designed to make us But as an indie publication, the stand out.”

Soloman, Shift's Editor-inbrainchild of Soloman and Heintzman (who met at McGill Chief. attributed this marketing while working on English Lit methodology to a new type of litera­ degrees) was difficult to market to a cy. “Our culture is based on a litera­ diverse, eclectic and urban group of cy of signs, where logos and brands have the power to evoke a whole Canadian consumers.

Behaviour Entertainment, a vocabulary. Icons used to be the Montreal-based multimedia enter­ bastions of religion and politics,” he prise, now provides financial back­ added, citing the cross and the ing for Shift. Behaviour is involved eagle. “Now corporations — the in publishing, production, distribu­ churches and governments of our tion, technology and software devel­ time — have appropriated that.”

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Death of Princess Di taints reputation of photojournalists C ontinued from page 1 paparazzi the “scum of the photo business,” while Bob Bodman, photo editor of the London Daily T eleg ra p h , lab elled them as “bounty hunters.”

Both photo editors stated that they have ex p erienced verbal abuse since the accident that took D ian a’s life. The in cid en t, Mclnnis complained, has tainted the image of all photojournalists in the public eye. Bodman agreed, and expressed his frustration at indiscriminate scapegoating.

“Most professional photogra­ phers in London haven’t even been near D ian a,” he said.

“P aparazzi a re n ’t p h o to g ra­ phers— all they think about is money. There are no limitations in how they w o rk ,” Bodm an added.

Brian Smith, a photographer for the London Daily Telegraph, characterized the paparazzi as a

“stalking escapade.” He too has recently suffered verbal abuse from the public. Smith comment­ ed that the paparazzi are “not nec­ essarily chasing [D iana], but

“M ost professional photographers in London haven’t even been n ear Diana. ” — Bob Bodman, Photo editor o f the London D aily Telegraph chasing big money” since the ask­ ing price of even a blurred photo of the princess could go up to three million pounds.

“One picture could pay the b ills for a couple of m onths.

A gencies [which represent the paparazzi] can make a lot of m o n ey ,” Sm ith continued.

Pointing to the lucrative demand of tabloids, Smith went on to say that “if one tabloid advertises that they are going to publish pictures of the crash, sales will go up enor­ mously — and the same people buying them are those who are criticizing the photographers.”

Bodman added that television camera coverage should not go unblamed.

“They [the TV stations] paint themselves whiter than white, but in the past they have shown Diana being chased by paparazzi.” Even the viewers at home do not realize that the TV camera is a medium in which they themselves act as voyeurs. Mclnnis noted that the website of the German tabloid which has already printed photos of the crash is on overload.

Smith emphasized that news­ papers are businesses much like any other and are unlikely to let moral qualms interfere with cash

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flow. “At the end of the day,” said all expressed that they would like Smith, “a paper’s policy is dictat­ to see the tabloid media make a ed by sales.” Bodman agreed that switch to reporting real issues. if blame is to be put on photogra­ “Ideally, I’d like to see magazines phers, then it should also include move back to documentaries — the p a p e rs ’ ed ito rs who are but I don’t think that’s likely to responsible for offering money happen,” Mclnnis said.

The reaction to Diana’s death for the pictures. in the com ing Steve Coz, weeks will be a the editor of the cultural and his­ N a t i o n a l “One picture could E nquirer, p u b ­ p a y the bills for a cou­ toric watershed.

M clnnis specu­ licly announced lated that the that he w ill not ple o f months. ” buy photos of the — Brian Smith, p h o ­ general public avoid get­ crash taken by the tographer with the will ting th eir p ic ­ paparazzi and London Daily tu res taken intends to launch a boycott against Telegraph because “now it the publication of will be ‘cool’ to those pictures. Bodman critiqued give a photographer [a shielded this claim as a publicity stunt, and face]. It will be the average [per­ Sm ith ex p lain ed that “the son’s] way of participating with National Enquirer had no ethical the media.” problem s in the past p rin tin g Smith thinks that celebrities, [scandalous] pictures.” He went rather than the general public, will on to say that the use of decent use it more to their advantage. He photos by the tabloids “will be asserted that there is “no such short-lived, and it won’t be long thing as bad publicity for a pop before they slip into th eir old star.” habit.”

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There are two other events national in te re st,” explained Suprem e C ourt etched away a layer of black ink when it ruled w hich are presently sparking McGill history professor Michael that the education ministry acted much conflict in the debate over Szonyi. Ienaga’s opponents state illegally in 1980 and 1983 when it their place in the high school cur­ that the “self-humiliating” subject censored material about Unit 731, riculum . The first event, The matter of Japan’s war atrocities the Japanese germ warfare group Nanjing Massacre, saw the mur­ w ill dim inish the respect that which reputedly conducted brutal der and rape o f over 300,000 younger generations have for their e x p e rim en ts-o n C hinese and Chinese by the Japanese army country.

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David Matas, chairman of the im migration law section of the Canadian Bar Association, used a legal argument in his attack on the immigration department.

“The departm ent’s recent treatment of refugee claimants is in violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and of the Immigration Act — both of which prohibit dis­ crimination against individuals on the basis of ethnicity. It is the height of irrationality to suspect somebody of criminality for rea­ sons of ethnic origin,” he argued.

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to represent a point of contention between refugee advocates and the immigration department. If the immigration department’s policy was not guided by concerns.of potential Gypsies criminality, such concerns have been expressed in the national dialogue.

In the letters section of the August 27 Globe and Mail, several

department, acknowledged that the Gypsy claim ants were delayed access to the Refugee Board, but said that the delay was necessary for the department to gain a clearer understanding of the sudden exo­ dus of Gypsies to Canada.

“The departm ent was con­ fronted with this new phenome­ non,” Mercier explained. “In order to get an idea of the situation in the Czech Republic, and to help deter­ mine whether these were really refugees, special thorough inter­ views had to be conducted with the claimants.”

Though Mercier admits that a criminality survey was done on a sample of 100 claimants “as part of the effort to obtain a clearer picture of the influx,” he emphasized that this was not responsible for the delay, and that the crim inality checks would have no impact on any case unless a serious offence was discovered.

Mercier further noted that this type of delay is not uncommon and that in-depth interviews are regular protocol. Due to the overcrowding of Toronto hostels, the in-depth interviews were brought to a halt.

The Gypsies have since gained access to the Refugee Board and have begun receiving social bene­ fits.

Still, suspicions about the motives behind the delay continue

“It is t h e h e i g h t o f irra­ tio n a lity to s u s p e c t s o m e b o d y o f c r im in a lity fo r r e a s o n s o f e t h n i c orig in . ” — D a v id M a ta s , c h a ir m a n o f th e im m ig r a tio n la w s e c t i o n o f t h e C a n a d ia n B a r A s s o c ia tio n . individuals referred to Romani tra­ ditions of petty thievery and nomadism, and expressed doubts about the ability of Gypsies to be integrated into Canadian society.

A more sinister expression of anxiety became apparent at a recent neo-Nazi skinhead rally in Toronto.

The demonstration, in which some 20 neo-Nazis carried signs such as “Honk if You Hate Gypsies,” cre­ ated an unsettling symmetry with the skinhead beatings that con­

s u r fa c e s tributed to Gypsies leaving the Czech Republic in search of a safe haven.

However, concerns about a Gypsy immigration wave are not completely baseless. The immigra­ tion department’s criminality sur­ vey found that out of 100 Gypsy refugee claimants from the Czech Republic, 47 had records of crimi­ nal conviction.

The Canada Refugee Council, however, views these statistics with scepticism.

“C harging G ypsies with crimes might be one method of persecution [in the countries in question],” Dench claimed.

Even if crime rates are higher among Gypsies in Eastern Europe, Matas argued that it would be “a case of straight-up bigotry” for such statistic samplings to affect the treatment of Gypsies without criminal records in Canada.

Though refugee status has been granted to the Gypsies, seri­ ous questions have been raised about due process and the adminis­ tration of justice to ethnic groups through the immigration depart­ ment. A m eeting will be held between immigration officials and the R efugee C ouncil later this month in an attem pt to answer accusations of racism.

“The Gypsy issue will be at the top of the agenda,” Dench said.

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C ontinued from page 7 7 Fujioka, a professor of education at the University of Tokyo stated that “the fact that people think “H i s t o r y e d u c a t i o n i s a f o r m o f tr a in in g fo r c i t i z e n s h i p , a n d J a p a n ’s g o v e r n m e n t is e x tr e m e ly c o n s c io u s o f h is to r y s e r v in g th e n a tio n a l in te r e s t.”

— M ic h a e l S z o n y i, M c G ill h i s t o r y p r o fe s s o r that Japanese soldiers took com­ fort women is basically a massive deception.” Fujioka made these claims despite an official admis­ sion by the Japanese government in 1993 that thousands of women were forced into sexual slavery during World War II. “I stand for a viewpoint of histo ry w ith an em phasis on national interest,” said Fujioka who recen tly in itiate d a new movement called the Association to Create a New Textbook and is gaining support in Japan for his views.

T aichi M uram atsu, an exchange student at McGill from Tokyo claimed to have no knowl­ edge of the actions of Unit 731.

“I would prefer to know all things that happened in the war,” she said. “ Perhaps I will be ashamed, but if I don’t know, I will be even more ashamed.”

Fum iko Ish in u k i, also on exchange from Tokyo, pointed out the problem with Japanese education goes deeper than legis­ lation.

“It depends on the teacher, not just the text. Most high school students would not be aware that their texts may have been cen­ sored and probably wouldn’t even care if they were,” she added.

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“Don’t Believe the Hype” — Flavor Flav, Public Enemy The power brokers of the entertainment media will have you believe that “electronica” is the biggest thing going, that rock is on its way out and that raves have already hit rural Saskatchewan.

Most of the music industry is running scared following dismal sales on the latest offerings from rock mainstays REM, Pearl Jam, U2 and countless others. Their solution for the w ell-deserved slump? Declare rock dead, put a new, vocal-oriented Prodigy on the covers of both Rolling Stone and Spin magazines and reap the har­ vest. The result has been a number one album and a confused public searching for a “rave scene” that just isn’t there.

It’s different here in Montreal, one of the few North American urban centres that can lay claim to a genuine dance music scene.

When Ninja Tune, the whitehot British DJ collective/record label, decided to open up a North American office, they passed up New York and Los A ngeles in favour of Montreal. When the Jeru Tha Damaja/DJ Shadow hip-hop tour rolled into town, it was tem­ porarily billed as the DJ Shadow/Jeru Tha Damaja show.

The prom oters calculated that Shadow’s trance dance would be the prime attraction in this town,

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“The average radio listener listens fo r eighteen minutes. The average Howard Stern fan listens for...one hour and twenty minutes.

The average Stem hater listens for two and a half hours a day. Most common answer... ‘/ want to see what he ’ll say next’” — Private Parts Some love him, some hate him, and some don’t understand all the fuss. Regardless of opinion, Howard Stern is hitting the air­ waves in Montreal on CHOM-FM. Every morning from six to ten, the king of shock spurts his obsceni­ ties, criticisms and humour.

During his first syndicated appearance on M ontreal radio, Stern directed his evil eye to French C anadians. Along with repeated references to the futility of the French language, he coupled the Québécois with the French and insinuated that they were both peo­ ple who collaborated with the Nazis in World War II. Stern made these and other

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Dance music is big business in Montreal, and it doesn’t get any bigger than Cream, the summer mega-event that landed Sunday, August 31 at Jarry Park.

Wary of the hype machine and envisioning thousands of selfabsorbed hipsters dancing alone with their eyes closed, I resisted attending a rave until the Element show last July, when my friends finally convinced me. I swallowed my pride (along with the obligatory hit of ecstasy), had the best night of my life and have been a convert ever since.

The preparations for Cream, my third rave, were meticulous.

For dinner, a huge bowl of pasta and some fresh fruit were con­ sumed along with gallons of water and orange juice (dancing all night requires tons of carbos and liquids).

Planning ahead, I wore mili­ tary utility pants with pockets big enough to hold six water bottles and a tube of Vapo-Rub, the house­ hold cold remedy that feels incredi­ bly good when applied to the skin of a blissed-out ecstasy user.

We arrived at the gates at around eleven. The “E” was scored within a few minutes, the pills were popped immediately and we all peaked together about two hours later. Personally speaking, the high m anifests itself as a beautiful melancholic form of happiness, a rapture accompanied by the burden of knowing that “this is as good as it gets.”

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For all the joy, Cream was m arred by at least three m ajor faults, starting with its sheer size.

The main floor was packed with ten thousand bodies gyrating to the rhythm s of David M orales and Frankie Knuckles, two founders of the genre im ported from New York. The unending mass of quiv­ ering flesh, ceaselessly pumping tremendous amounts of perspira­ tion and body heat into the thick, choking air, made the first room unbearably taxing.

The second room housed another tragic flaw: the concert stage, where francophone hiphop stars Dubmatique and local dar­ lings Bran Van 3000 performed their ill-advised live sets.

Bran Van put on a fantastic live show at Foufounes during the summer’s jazz festival, but there’s a time and a place for everything.

A rave is simply not the proper environm ent for this kind of celebrity.

The group’s live sound did not lend itself to the setting, nor did their “rock star” image. The audi­ ence stood perfectly still, entranced by the local heroes, when they should have been shaking their booty and checking each other out.

The odd teenage body-surfer served to prove that rock ‘n roll, (and all its cheesy attachments) hadn’t quite given up the ghost, so we took off pretty quickly.

Cream’s third and most seri­ ous flaw was its severe shortage of free water. Any liquid brought to

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crass statements (unprintable in the Tribune) about French speakers, before he realized that sixtyfive per cent of CHOM lis­ teners are francophone. Even with threats of prosecution from M inister of Justice Serge Menard, Stern contin­ ues his offensive remarks and proceeds to outwardly laugh at the carnival of out­ rage he has provoked.

Why is this deeply despised individual consid­ ered the forem ost DJ in North America? Evidently, the public is entertained by a man who holds nothing back, who doesn’t care who hears him and who will stop at nothing to provide what the populace seems to want.

Lounging students at OAP had differing opinions about the value of Howard Stern. Neil Simmerman, a U3 biology student, was impressed by Stern.

He adm itted that although his first class that day started at one o’clock, he

the show was confiscated at the door, forcing everyone to purchase bottled Evian at three bucks a pop.

The refill lines at the restroom faucets and water fountains were intolerable. Forty minutes of stand­ ing at attention is agonizing when your feet are telling you to forget it and dance. It’s preferable, howev­ er, to dropping from heat exhaus­ tion later on. A dequate water should be seen as an investment in the future of this sort of thing. It will only take a few severely dehy­ drated kids to provoke sufficient public outcry to bring down the entire rave scene.

The pluses of the evening included a splendid set from French techno kings Daft Punk, who had merely spun their debut record the last time they were in town. The groovy duo brought their machines this time around, creating and m ixing their own original brand of techno right before our eyes.

The saving grace of Cream, however, was the spacious, elegant outdoor stadium, which played host to some soothing ambient tunes, as well as the fantastic drum & bass sounds of DJs Jordan Dare, Double A and Twist. The outdoor arena’s wide open dance floor was echoed in the freedom of movement pro­ vided by this m usical genre, a sharp contrast to the house music played indoors.

U nless yo u ’re a fabulous dancer, house can demand a jerky repetitiveness, but with drum &

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Instead of the expected hostile glares, I received madd props from my fellow ravers for my trouble.

This was to be first of many pleas­ ant surprises that evening.

As the overall value of the event began to manifest itself, DJ Shadow’s “Midnight in a Perfect World” (my vote for song of the year) came over the sound system.

Under the moon-kissed sky, the stadium was so full of love and goodwill that spontaneous compli­ m ents, sm iles, high-fives and knowing head nods were exchanged everywhere.

Something was overwhelm­ ingly right about that specific place, at that particular time, a full thirty years after our parents went through the Summer of Love.

Despite the commercialism, the lack of preparation, and the dozens of undercover cops, something spontaneous and wonderful had occurred. The planets aligned and for a moment between seconds, everything made sense. It was actu­ ally 2 a.m. in a woefully imperfect world, but none of us were about to be bothered by the details.

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why he would do such a thing, Simmerman responded simply, “He makes me laugh.”

Mary Beth Burton, a U3 architecture student, wasn’t as thrilled about Stern, but believes that although “[Stern] says lots of asinine stuff...if it gets people talk­ ing, it’s not all bad.” Burton considers his role beneficial to society because he pro­ vokes commentary and insti­ gates debate.

Araya Solomon, a U3 mechanical engineering stu­ dent is completely opposed to the shock jo c k ’s style.

Solom on’s only comment was that he felt that Stern is “a pretty ignorant guy.”

Finally, Alex Robbins, a U3 art history student can’t be bothered with such a lowend humorist and dismisses him w ithout much ado.

Robbins advises us “If you don’t subscribe to it, don’t listen.”

CHOM ’s D irector of Public R elations, Ian

McLean is optim istic about Howard Stem’s inevitable success in Montreal. The hundreds of calls he has dealt with in the last week have caused him to summarize CHOM’s viewpoint in a few sim­ ple phrases.

Stern is an “act” or “entertain­ er” and should be viewed as such.

Stern doesn’t reflect the views of CHOM-FM, but rather, he simply appears on their airwaves.

McLean continued to say that CHOM has started a call-in com­ ment line and 80 per cent of the calls are positive. Of those calls, half are made by francophones. It is these calls which are to be used as advertising spots for the show.

If you haven’t heard the show yet, maybe you should find out what the commotion is all about. If you have, then it’s up to you to decide whether to tune in or not though apparently, many more peo­ ple listen to hate than to enjoy.

W ith $200 000 US in his pocket for the syndication rights, Howard probably doesn’t even care. So once again, the joke’s on us.

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Despite a late start, the threepiece H ashim oto Show co n fi­ dently took the OAP stage last Thursday at McGill.

This M ontreal-based band began a musical voyage this sum­ mer, one that will surely give the group the attention it deserves.

S ing er/so n g w riter G ordon H ash im o to led the band in a truthful, honest fashion, while drummer Eric Robitaille provid­ ed a driving groove on the skins.

G uest b a ssist/g u ita rist C arrie Haber (ex-Goldfish) added her personal flair to the threesome.

The Hashim oto Show cov­ ered all the an g les: a clearly illu strated set list (which was ab o u t ten fe et lo n g ), a pure upstan d in g sound, ly rical ear candy and a sentimental profes­ sionalism . W hat else does one need from a hard-working band?

Hashimoto spoke to me after the show, and I asked him about his new role as frontman.

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H o w e v e r , H ashim oto has an o p tim ism as m uch o ff-sta g e as on.

Concerning the new local upsurge of tal­ ent — he is not in tim id a te d in the least and stated that “th ere are a lot of bands that should be seen.”

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And there is no d en y in g th at The H ash im o to Show tread s in the sam e waters as fellow tal­ ent P arkside Jones, Bionic, Shag and God S peed You B lack E m p ero r, to nam e only a few.

One of the most noteworthy facets of H ash im o to is the quality of his songs.

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He believes that his lyrics reflect “the mode that a lot of us fall into, w here we ju s t c a n ’t ac co m p lish a n y th in g , w here everyday it’s a drag to do any­ thing.”

It is this type of h eartfelt statement that reveals the human­ ity in his songwriting and person­ ality. If you d id n ’t catch The Hashim oto Show, it’s too bad, because you might have missed out on some much needed feel­ good therapy.

For information on how to get The Hashimoto Show ’s new cassette or CD, e-mail them at H a sim oto@ cyberglobe.net, or contact Gordon H ashim oto at 7355 S t-D en is, M o n treal, Quebec, Canada H2R 2E5.

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Although The Game does not go very far in answering the questions of identity it purports to raise, it is definitely entertaining, even if it is not likely to create a debate like the one centred around the ending of Fincher’s last film, Seven.

lution, a story element which earlier paranoid thrillers often managed to avoid.

Michael Douglas will be able to add this movie to his mantle full of unsympathetic characters for whom we develop some sympathy.

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The Game. Rated R. Dir. David Fincher. Starring Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, Armin Mueller-Stahl.

Although it’s another instal­ ment in a long line of films about the super-rich confronting their emotional problems in a manner unaffordable to most, The Game is still enjoyable.

That said, the movie elicits memories of those great conspiracy movies of the seventies (Three Days o f the C ondor, anyone?).

Until the last moment, The Game keeps the viewer wondering what exactly is going on, which may be all that one asks of these types of films. It also has a more realistic emotional content than other recent major studio films.

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P lay in g th is m onth at Cinema du Parc, the Cuban film Guantanamera! offers a refresh­ ing alternative to the high budget, low intelligence films currently being produced in Hollywood.

The story traces a group’s lab o rio u s jo u rn e y from Guantanamo to Havana, motivat­ ed by the duty of delivering a deceased singer to her proper burial place. Each group member distinguishes him or herself as they individually react to satirical situations.

Among them is a Cuban civil servant who hopes to elevate his status with his scheme of trans­ porting bodies through a complex

relay system , involving every town along the way. His efforts to work within the Cuban social­ ist system seem somewhat futile as complications occur at every corner, and all the while, the dri­ ver of his car manages to run a rather successful black market goods operation from the vehi­ cle’s trunk.

Love and death are common themes that interweave through­ out the film, expressed literally at times, with touches of surrealist imagery through the lens of the camera. Although this film may not have you on the edge of your seat, the characters and the situa­ tions in which they find them ­ selves are human in their imper­ fection.

Guantanamera! is at Cinéma du Parc thorugh September 11.

Screenings are at 5:15 and 9:45 p.m.

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Perhaps some appetizers to start. Although there are only three types of fish, there are about a

fla v o u r smoked salm on and warm feta cheese. It is sim ilar to lox and bagels, but better.

For the less adventurous, there is also a killer Greek salad and sizzling grilled peppers. All dishes are drizzled in olive oil and littered with capers and onions.

Then the fish arrives, flaky and tender. It is surprisingly cold, because everything else has been perfect. A tip: decide on the fish after you’ve finished with your appetizers. Sometimes they tend to jump the gun with the fish — we assume i t ’s because th ey ’re ju st so darn proud. Lemon slices and melted butter abound, all to be mopped up by their freshly baked crusty bread.

I t’s hard to escape Symposium w ithout being forced into doing a shot of Ouzo with one of the waiters and nib­ bling on a little piece of sugary baklava. Be wary of both — they’re just the thing to put you over the edge. But then again, what’s eating out without a little danger?

Symposium is one of those restaurants that someone has to tell you about. It’s not on St. Laurent, it doesn’t advertise in the Mirror and it certainly doesn’t have pretension on the menu.

The unassum ing entrance and down-scaled decor might even hide it from the passer-by. Make no mistake, it’s a great find.

Whether it is wanting to take your parents out to a good restaurant to show them how much your culinary tastes have grown or ju st to impress that special someone who could use a little con­ vincing, Symposium is the place. The best thing about it is that, for a Mediterranean feast, it’s reasonably priced.

The gregarious staff will welcome you at the door, laugh at the attempt to clarify your name for the reservation and usher you in to sit wherever you feel is most comfortable.

Before the first few Sameer Farooq sentences of conversation Tastes fishy but great decor Symposium is located at have had a chance to start rolling, a proud waiter marches dozen starters. Among the delica­ 5334-A Parc. Call 274-7022 fo r over to display the catch of the day. cies are grilled octopus, oyster reservations.

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With no running game and little The Redmen finally got on the team just cannot seem to beat the forward movement in the air, the M c K in n o n ste p s in board when kicker Gord Laval Rouge et Or. In what can only be described as a huge upset, Hoogenraad scored a The comeback began with the second year team out of single off of a missed Craig Larmer’s second intercep­ Quebec City beat the fourth-ranked field goal midway tion of the game, a floater which Redmen 18-11 Saturday at Molson through the third the linebacker returned 60 yards quarter.

Stadium. for the major to rack up McGill’s By all accounts, Laval is a first substantial points of the P o o r o ffe n c e team which McGill should have game.

Problem s for beat. The Rouge et Or have won On offence, rookie quarter­ M cGill appeared only two of ten games in their short back David McKinnon took the early in the contest. history, both at McGill’s expense. helm and turned some heads in Last season, it was a matter of After a strong open­ his first game action. After a ner­ ing drive, the poor execution on the part of the vous start, including a poor read Redmen. This weekend, however, R edm en’s offence which resulted in an interception, McGill’s poor play for three and a appeared to sputter.

M cKinnon settled down and Shawn Linden, nor­ half quarters was exacerbated by a began to work a fierce aerial surprisingly good Laval effort. mally the backbone of attack.

Their offence was rolling both on the offence, was held The rookie led two strong to nine carries for 64 the ground and in the air and defen­ drives down the stretch. The first yards in the game. sively, Laval forced five McGill was m arked by crisp m iddleAfter the first series, turnovers. range passing to wide out Craig the Rouge et Or Laval opened with an early Borgeson. M cKinnon led the caught on to the three and followed with a touch­ team to the 8 -yard line with third down in the second quarter to stake Redmen scheme and and goal. The coaching staff a 10-0 lead. The Rouge et Or used were able to snuff it decided to settle for a field goal out through three an effective mix of running and with two and a half minutes left passing — a combination which quarters and two on the clock. The move placed the did not appear in last week’s 21-10 quarterbacks. onus on McKinnon to lead a last“They showed us loss to Bishop’s. minute drive to get the major.

“I guess to a certain extent exactly what we “We definitely had to put they caught us by surprise,” said expected to see,” said some points on the board,” Rebeccca Catching offensive coordinator Luchetta surrounded by Laval defensive line coach Gary explained M cKinnon. “If we M archildon.

Kirchner. “From what we saw last Joe w ould have scored [after], we week, offensively they didn’t look “They showed us the exact same Redmen found themselves trailing would have tied it up and possibly 18-1 in the final frame. coverage, the same front. that sharp and we thought our The game was a wash for the won it at the end. speed would be able to take advan­ Unfortunately, we weren’t able to “I think it was a great decision execute at the level we needed to Redmen until midway through the tage.” by our coach,” McKinnon contin­ fourth when the team gathered While the Laval offence con­ win the game.” ued. “He had great confidence in itself together and began playing Neither of M cGill’s veteran tinued to plow ahead into the third quarterbacks, Dana Toering and some real ball. As in last week’s our defence, and they stepped up

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team is “not looking too bad, but last year’s starters including we don’t really know where we CIAU All-Canadian Melanie are yet.” The team will face their Both old and new faces took to Choinière. However, Tambra first test in Ottawa next weekend. the trails at Mount Royal this past Dunn, who placed eight at last year’s CIAUs, is return­ weekend to vie for the ten places R e d m e n v e ts stro n g open on both the m en’s and ing for her final season.

Dunn noted that “we lost women’s cross-country teams.

The Redmen didn’t suffer This season promises to be one some good runners but we losses to its core group to the have the potential to put of uncertainty for the Redmen and same extent as the Martlets, but Martlets, as both suffered signifi­ together a strong team with did bid farewell to Alex cant losses of core veterans at the some good recruits.”

Hutchinson, m ultiple AllWith Dunn resting after end of last year.

Canadian in both x-country and McGill x-country has always the summer season this track. The remaining vets, howev­ been a powerhouse at both the weekend, new runners were er, looked promising and new ath­ Quebec Student Sport Federation able to display their poten­ letes made their presence felt on tial.

M cGill athletes ran and Canadian Interuniversity the Mount Royal course.

Athletics Union levels, and team away with the top three spots Plattsburg put up a challenge in the 4 km race.

In third coach Denis Barrett predicts that a to the Redmen, taking both first small nucleus of veterans, matched place was rookie Elaine and second place in the 6 km race. with a talented group of rookies, Penny. Lisa Thauberger took McGill took the next three spots. second, looking much will continue to challenge at both Finishing fifth with a personal improved over last season. levels. best of 19:57 was veteran Tom This weekend’s time trial ver­ Finally, first place was taken Greenburg. Fourth went to Chris sus Plattsburg State gave the coach­ by track veteran, Steph Barrett, yet another vet showing Welsh, in a time of 15:37. ing staff their first opportunity to continued improvement. Third Welsh was running her look at the ability of returning and place and top McGill finisher was first x-country meet after new athletes. The Mount Royal course, with its long uphills and jar­ two successful seasons as a McGill athletes on the trails Rebecca Catching “rookie” Paulo Saldanha.

Saldanha is a grad student ring downhills, acted as the ideal member of the track team. competing for his first intercolle­ Welsh is a 600m specialist; testing ground. Plattsburg’s pres­ have major respect for x-country ence helped boost performances in she placed second over that distance runner — you need so much mental giate team after spending a number of years as a professional triathlete. at the QSSF championships and this early season trial. strength [because] you’re hurting S aldanha’s inaugural race for fifth in the CIAU championships from the first hill.”

McGill looked promising. last year.

N e w M a r tle ts rise Coach Barrett is optimistic “I ran conservatively, as this After making the switch from about the upcoming season. was my first race in over a year,” he The women’s team lost most of the track to the trails, Welsh said “I According to Barrett, the women’s

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anddid didtheir theirj<job.” and The d-line held Laval to a quick two-and-out. Given the ball again on the McGill 31 with two minutes remaining, McKinnon put together another strong series. He used middle-range passing routes almost exclusively to get the ball to the Laval 12 yard line with five ticks left.

With time expired, McKinnon looked into the end-zone for a last play to notch the game at 18, but came up empty when the ball couldn’t find its way through traf­ fic.

“That last play — I should have had it,” said McKinnon. “I should have put it over the top, but I didn’t — I tried to bum it in. I got a little cocky. Next time, I’ll know better.”

The game left a sour taste after fifty-two minutes; not even the fourth-ranked team in the country deserves a win for playing eight minutes of a 60-minute game. The final eight minutes, however, shone some much-needed light on an oth­ erwise bleak outing.

“After a game like this, espe­ cially how we finished off, you feel like you want to get back on the football field ,” said Kirchner.

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The Redmen soccer team com­ pleted a tough pre-season last week when they played three games against Harvard, Dartmouth and UMass.

M cG ill’s team came away with a 0 -2-1 record but improved play from game to game and gained valuable experience to pre­ pare them for the regular season.

The Redmen’s road-trip start­ ed off with troubles at the border.

The team was delayed by customs officials for an hour and a half due to a problem with the visa of one of McGill’s international players.

C onsequently, the team arrived just minutes before the start of their game against Dartmouth.

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M cGill then travelled to Amherst, Massachusetts to play a very talented UMass squad. The team was delayed once again when their bus driver got lost and again, the team arrived ju st m inutes before the game. The Redmen lost the match by a lopsided score of 51 which did not reflect the way the team played.

“We were unable to put the ball in the net,” said coach Pat Raimondo. “We hit the post or put the ball wide of the net, whereas they buried every chance they got.

We dominated play — the score was deceiving.”

Gates Zullo scored the lone goal for the Redmen and tied the score at one. The goalies had a tough ride as veteran Jason Forsyth allowed 3 goals in the first 20 min­ utes of the game. Rookie Eddie

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Despite their troubles, coach Raimondo has confidence in his goalies.

“We had excellent goal-tend­ ing during the three games. Jason gave us a great game against Harvard and we let him down in the UMass game when we allowed them to shoot from all over.”

Led by the great goal-tending of Forsyth, the Redmen were able to tie their next game against Harvard — last year’s champions of the Ivy League.

“The Harvard game was good for us,” said defenceman Peter Bryant. “It gave us something posi­ tive for us to come away with.”

“Our best performance was against Harvard,” noted Raimondo.

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The pre-season also allowed the team to get to know each other and become more comfortable with each other’s play, particularly after several roster changes from last year’s fourth-placed team.

“We have five changes from last year’s team and that’s why we struggled early on,” said Raimondo. “Our offence is fine but we have to improve defensively. It will take time to adjust and for players to learn what their roles are — but we should be fine.”

The Redmen are aiming high this season and hope to make it back to the Nationals for a third consecutive year. The team is aware, however, that they will have lots of strong competition to beat along the way.

Erratum: Last week, the T r ib u n e wrote that Queen’s was awaiting a CIAU decision about their fate in the O-QIFC football division. In fact, the decision lies in the hands of member schools of the OUA. In addition, both Ottawa and Carleton have applied for the divisional change. The T r ib u n e regrets the error.

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“We are looking to get back to the Nationals, and maybe be three times lucky,” said Raimondo. “But we can’t look past our own division — the teams are strong from one to six, and we hope things will go well.”

The Redmen start the regular season Wednesday when they take on a U niversité de Québec à M ontréal team who have high expectations of their own.

“I’m sure UQAM will come out hungry,” predicted Raimondo.

“We beat them to go to the N ationals last year. The word around their camp is that they are going to win it all — but hopefully, we will have a surprise for them.”

The Redm en’s home-opener will be played on Friday September 19, at 9:00 p.m ., against Sherbrooke.

B r ie f s R e d b ir d s s tro n g s ta r t The McGill Redbirds base­ ball team played back-to-back double headers this past weekend against the Laval Rouge et Or and the Ottawa Gee-Gee’s.

The Redbirds split their dou­ ble header with Laval on Saturday, losing the first game by a score of 4-3 but came back to win the second game by a con­ vincing 13-2 margin.

John Baudway went six innings with 3 strikeouts and 1 walk, allowing two earned runs for the loss. Rookie Craig McFadzien started off an incredi­ ble display of offence going 2 for 3 with 2 runs batted in against the Rouge et Or. In the second game, it was M cFadzien again leading an offensive onslaught by McGill.

The rookie went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles. Teammate Dan Vexler pitched in with two doubles of his own, going 3 for 4 on the day.

Pitcher Geoff Pertsch had four strikeouts in six innings for the win.

On Sunday the R edbirds thumped the Gee-Gees 23-5 in the first game and then gave them an 18-3 pounding in the second game.

It was McFadzien doing it all for McGill in the first game. Not only did he go 4 for 4 at the plate with 3 home runs and 4 RBIs, but he also went 5 innings with six strike outs and 4 walks for the

win in a game halted because of the mercy rule.

In the final game of the weekend, McFadzien led the way once more going 2 for 2 with one home run and 3 RBIs. Pitcher Jason Egbuna pitched a complete game 4-hitter for the win.

The Redbirds now stand at 3-1 in league play and will play their next game September 10th against Concordia at Centennial Park in Côte-St-Luc. S h a k y s ta r t f o r r u g b y In rugby action last week, the McGill Redmen received an early season wake-up call in the third annual Gresham Cup by los­ ing the game to Dartmouth by a score of 33-3.

This was the first time McGill has lost this pre-season tune-up game held on the lower campus field. M cGill’s Bernie McMullan scored the Redmen’s only points.

McGill’s B team faired bet­ ter against Dartmouth beating them by a score of 17-5.

The A team opens their sea­ son on Septem ber 17 against Macdonald Campus. Other high­ lights to look forward to are the annual Covo Cup against Harvard which will be played on November 1 and the New York Sevens which will be played on the weekend of November 20.

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The Montreal Expos recently announced their intention to remain in Montreal — if fans co-operate by purchasing a minimum of 18,000 ticket licenses for a new downtown stadium.

However, that’s asking for a lot of money from residents of a city which specializes in 250 entertain­ ment. It’s time that M ontreal’s Sisyphus-like front office began looking at some other options to keep the home team in the black. To wit, a few ideas: • Only play American League teams: Nothing attracts Montreal’s fickle fans like consistent winning and the Expos have posted an uncanny 12-3 record against American League teams in Interleague play this season.

• Import bottled air from Colorado: Purists and revisionists may be able to agree upon little, but

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one thing is certain — nothing sends a bag of peanuts flying from a fan’s lap like a moon shot to the bleachers. After all, why should those Denver boys have all the fun?

• Turn Olympic Stadium into a parking lot while the Expos are on the road: Granted, it may demean the institution of baseball but with the scarcity of parking in Montreal it should set new highs in atten­ dance.

• Clone Vladimir Guerrero: The technology’s there, why waste it? With a line-up featuring solely rookie phenom Guerrero, the Expos could cut back on expensive scout­ ing trips and could, in effect, win with a pitching staff of girl guides.

• Stop retiring the same num­ ber: The Expos now have the same number 10 of Rusty Staub and Andre Dawson retired in right-field.

This is getting both redundant and expensive.

• Stop fouling balls off into the

E x p o s ’ s e a r c h thing with this information. There are people w illing to pay good money to put their lives in jeopardy.

• Reduce lettering costs: For the same price that the Expos are pay­ ing for jersey and program lettering for M a r k Grudzielanek, D u s t i n H errm an so n and F.P. S a n ta n g e lo , they could afford an army of Luis Sojo’s and Fernando V ina’s. Sure, Grudzielanek has set a new single­ season record for doubles by a short stop, but he has a really long name.

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stands: Given the current cost of a major league baseball, and consider­ ing that an average of 26 are fouled into the stands each game, the Expos are los­ ing $68,445 a season, or roughly the price of an outfi el der.

Besides, good things can hap­ pen when you straighten out your swing.

• Re-market the Big O to adventure and adrenaline junkies: We’ve known for years that the Big O is more dangerous than straddling a fault line during an earthquake; it’s time we did some­

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N o n -M c G ill 1. Who was the last Canadian golfer to have a PGA tour card?

Bonus: What PGA event has he won twice?

2. W hen did the M ontreal Allouettes last win the Grey Cup? Bonus: Which city was it played in?

3. W hich C anadian rugby player coaches Prince William at Eton in Great Britain?

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• Share equipment: Remember when you used to play sandlot base­ ball and there was only one set of catcher’s gear and eight gloves?

Maybe the gear got a little gamey and slick but think of how we bond­ ed. It’s a cinch that big market clubs will have their own equipment — now it’s just a matter of getting them to leave it on the field when they go up to bat.

• Stop drafting dead players: Between 1981 and 1997, the Expos reportedly drafted two dead players.

Sure, they don’t adversely affect the payroll, but have you ever seen an urn try to steal second? Some things don’t have to be witnessed to be understood.

A city that lived through the FLQ crisis isn’t likely to feel threat­ ened by the loss of a middle-of-theroad professional farm team.

However, by taking these sugges­ tions to heart, the Expos might become their own saviours.

M c G ill 4. When did the Redmen foot­ ball team win its last national championship? Bonus: Who did they beat for the title?

5. In what position did the Redmen soccer team finish at last year’s national championships?

Bonus: Where was the tournament held?

6 . How many years in a row has the McGill Martlet cross-coun­ try team won the QSSF champi­ onship?

Answers will be in next week’s Tribune.

A th le te o f th e w e e k :

R EG ISTR A TIO N

Redmen Football: David McKinnon Quarterback

D ate: W ednesday, September 17th, 1997 McKinnon, a rookie quarter­ back from St. Bruno, Quebec, found his way into his first game action Saturday vs Laval. Despite the 18-11 loss, McKinnon engi­ neered a final quarter comeback and came 12 yards short of tying up the game on a last minute drive.

The rookie was 8 for 14 in passing for 119 yards.

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