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c y b e r-h a te B y Jennifer C o h e n ______________ Tu rn on your computer today, and you have instant access to the information super-highway which links you to a global web of ideas and resources. But this medium has attracted numerous extremist groups who use the Internet to spread their messages of intoler­ ance.

Proposed solutions to this problem range from laissez-faire policies to outright censorship.

In e vita b ly , the N et Hate Page, maintained by M ontreal’ s H illel Society, approaches the problem by providing links to various neoNazi and white supremacist web sites. The page reads like a cata­ logue, offering brief descriptions of different hate groups. However, the creators of the page, former M cG ill students Dave Abitbol and Adam Sennet, use biting sarcastic commentary to denigrate the posi­ tion of racist extremists. Claiming over 30,000 visitors per month, the Net Hate Page also provides a com pila tion of anti-racist web sites.

Upon entering the web page, the view er is astonished by the n u m ber o f possible hate sites which are neatly categorized as “ Revisionist,” for all-Holocaust denial in fo rm a tio n , or sim p ly “Racist” for general hatred direct­ ed at all “non-Aryans.”

Th e descriptions are concise and informative. The viewer may be advised to “select this page for inane ram blings from a lunatic f r in g e .” A b itb o l and Sennet's familiarity with copious amounts of hate propaganda is obvious.

P ersonal hom e pages m ay be described as “just another guy with his own crappy hate page — always under construction.”

Th e descriptions of the sites often include choice quotes from the actual hate sites, which serve to parody the hate cause even more effectively than any descrip­ tion. The American Tim es Today is a site where viewers can “help keep Christ in Christmas — buy from C h ris tia n -o w n e d stores.”

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B y Pa u l C o n n e r For the first time in a quarter of a century, M c G i l l ’ s M olso n Stadium w ill play host to profes­ sional football. T o prepare for the November 2 game, the Canadian Football league w ill invest over $50,000 in needed repairs to the stadium.

A s a result o f a scheduling c o n flic t, the C F L ’ s M o n tre a l Alouettes were forced to look for other sites for its p la yo ff game against Saskatchewan. The search for an alternate venue began three weeks ago when it became appar­ ent that the team would finish sec­ ond in the division and thus host a semi-final game. The team exam­ ined their options and learned that if they wanted to play the game in M o n tre a l, M c G i l l ’ s M o ls o n Stadium was the only possibility.

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P ro b lem atic site Molson Stadium, which was the home for the Alouéttes in the 50s and 60s, w ill require exten­ sive work before the game is to be held. In total, the Alouettes w ill inject $55,000 into the 77-year old venue’ s renovation to meet C F L ’ s specified standards. Since 1976, when the 20,000 seat build­ ing was used as the field hockey venue for the Olym pic Games, the stadium has undergone a slow deterioration.

The south side stands, which serve as the prim ary seating for M c G ill students at various inter­ university events, have been well maintained and w ill require only minor improvements.

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Th e real structural problems are found on the larger north side.

T h e eastern th ird is p re se n tly unusable, w ith concrete blocks broken away and plant life grow­ ing in certain spots. Sm ith and M c G ill Director of Athletics Bob Dubeau revealed that these sec­ tions would be fixed, albeit tem­ porarily, for the game. O n ly the most eastern part o f the stands w ill not be used and w ill instead be covered with a tarp.

“Clearly, a lot of work has to be done to the stadium to make it acceptable to fans,” said Dubeau. “ [B ut] the Alouettes and M c G ill feel a sufficient amount of work can be done in the next two and a half weeks to get the stadium pre­ pared to host 18,000 - 19,000 peo­ ple reasonably comfortably.”

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T h e A rts Undergraduate Society, in conjunction S S M U V P External Lisa Phipps, has been working actively to bring intern­ ships to the Arts faculty as early as this summer. However, all propos­ als to date have been rejected and returned to the drawing table.

The project was initiated by Ron Wexler, past president of the Industrial Relations Undergraduate Students A s s o cia tio n . W e x le r began a resumé booklet last year describing and promoting the inter­ disciplinary program to the busi­ ness c o m m u n ity . It in clu d e d résumés and cover letters of stu­ dents who w ould be graduating with an undergraduate degree from M c G ill’ s IR program. W e x le r’ s booklet was sent to num erous companies throughout Canada and the United States. He hoped that companies would ultimately gain a better understanding o f the IR degree while simultaneously pro­ viding students with future intern­ ships.

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Th e B oa rd o f G o ve rn o rs debate surrounding the renewal of the m em orandum of agreement between the M cG ill D aily and M cG ill administration has included talk of including a clause permit­ ting undergraduates to opt out of fee paym ent to the D a ily Publications Society. It remains unclear, however, if debate from last summer w ill impact on the final contract.

In the past, the annual $6.70 le vy w hich each undergraduate pays to the DPS has come under attack by students — most recently in O ctob e r 1995, when S S M U co u n c il was presented w ith a motion demanding a referendum question that could give S S M U the mandate to petition the Board until they ceased the collection of Daily fees. The M ay 26 Board meeting, however, marked the first time that the ability to opt out was brought up by the Board as a condition for the renewal of the memorandum of agreement.

Sevag Y e g h o y a n , form er undergraduate representative to the Board of Governors, presented the motion to the Board which would have demanded that the new mem­ orandum include an opt out clause.

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sta g e s “A degree in marketing is no better nor worse than a degree in history or some other program," Simpson stated. “I think we need to realize that the dynam ics of business is changing. Companies now are starting to look at arts stu­ dents who have important skills to offer.”

Although student leaders are eager to implement an arts-based internship, the extreme magnitude of a proposed arts internship has prompted the committee to explore many options.

“Th is is a huge endeavour,” remarked Wexler. “It is expensive and time consuming — building up business contacts is a slow process.”

Although the program is still in its preliminary stages, the com­ m ittee has recently decided to broaden the program and make it accessible to the entire faculty of arts. There is still much research to be completed in order to establish the actual infrastructure of the pro­ gram, but a career fair has been set for March as a useful way to set up business contacts.

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referred to the B oard’ s “ serious don’ t know how much that was clause as no different than the one concern” w ith the terms of the that allows students to apply for a a c tu ally pursued b y the B oard Daily’ s constitution. The Board did itself,” Pound said. refund of the $3 fee paid to the agree to extend the Daily’s Quebec P ublic Interest m em orandum of agree­ Research Group. ment until December 31. “ Q P IR G has an opt Despite this summer’s out clause. Some students debate, D aily E d ito r-in may have religious or ide­ chief Sonia Verma is not ological problems with tro ub le d by the short the group and the clause extension on the contract gives them a way out,” w ith the university, and Yeghoyan stated. “There has yet to hear any talk of is n ’ t a lot o f response an opt out clause in negoti­ really. Students only have ations w ith M c G i l l ’ s so much time to apply for administration this term. their rebate and only so “ M o s tly , [the short many students apply.” extension] has been a bit Board of Governors of an annoyance, but it’ s Chair Dick Pound admits not a su rp rise ,” V e rm a that the B o a rd , as stated. “W e just want to M c G ill’s highest govern­ renew the agreement — ing body, had looked at there hasn’t been anything the issue of the levy col­ contentious like an opt out lected from students on clause brought up at all.” behalf of the Daily. He is Despite his motion to unsure, however, whether the B o a rd , Y e g h o y a n or not evidence o f the admits that the imposition debate w ill show up in of an opt out clause could the final contract that will prove problem atic for a be recommended to the student paper.

Board before the contract “ There are problems with the Daily expires at Students may become eligible to opt out Céline Heinbecker with it. If they printed an the end of the calendar article that was unpopular, year. a group of students could threaten “The issue that had come up T h e m otion proposed by was a matter of whether the univer­ Yeghoyan was ultimately defeated, to pull out and get their fees back — it would be like holding a gun to sity should be collecting fees, but I although minutes of the meeting

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interest of all of the arts fac­ her campaign platform, pro­ ulty. It wouldn’t be fair that posed to bring internships to A U S ’ resources would be put M cG ill via her portfolio. Since towards only one program,” W exler had already initiated stated Feiner. contact with numerous compa­ In defence of the current nies, Phipps based her propos­ IR peogram, W e xle r ques­ al on the IR project. Although tioned the feasibility of open­ Phipps is pursuing the IR pro­ ing the program to all arts ject, she believes there is plen­ students as some m ay not ty of room in an internship necessarily have the proper program for all arts students. qualifications for potential “ A n arts degree equips internship positions. students with valuable analyti­ “The reality today is that cal, verbal and presentation jobs are scarce. Even with a s k ills ,” said Phipps. finance degree it is hard to “ C o m pa n ie s n o w , such as get a job,” he said. “So where Proctor and Gamble, are inter­ do you put a history major ested in hiring students with who has no business back­ arts degrees — it’ s sim ply a ground?” matter of targeting the right Michelle Simpson, both companies.” the current president of the H ow ever, when brought IR Undergraduates Students to c o u n c il, A U S expressed Association and a member of some concern that the program the internship com m ittee, would only be available to stu­ Rachel Ong explained that while students dents enrolled in industrial Employment opportunities in Arts in in d ustria l relations and relations. ship project. economics may appear more mar­ A U S V P External Jeff Feiner “W e didn’t think bringing the ketable to the business community, explained that as an approved A U S program only to the industrial rela­ the skills of other arts students are p ro ject, m ore program s w o u ld tions program would be in the best just as valuable. have to be involved in the intem-

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Neither Yeghoyan nor Pound could explain the nature of the “serious concerns” with the Daily’s constitution referred to in the B o a rd ’ s m inutes, although Yeghoyan did make reference to the problems under the old consti­ tution where staff could exercise a veto over decisions made by the Daily Board of Directors.

“The main point of contention was... that anyone who writes a certain number of articles would become a staff member. Four or five years ago there were allega­ tions that people would write two or three articles and then they would be told that their services w e re n ’ t needed,” Y e g h o ya n explained. “The steps to becoming a staff member were arbitrary in essence.”

Although Verm a declined to discuss the potential impact of an opt out clause on the Daily as the issue had not been fo rm a lly brought to her attention during negotiations, she is confident that it is a non-issue. “ It ’ s an outdated discussion because it is an old B oa rd of Governors and they’re making ref­ erence to our old constitution,” Verma concluded.

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M c G ill Walksafe, in partner­ ship with S SM U , has relaunched an inquiry into ghetto safety although the level of crime in the ghetto is slightly lower this year and the area is now safer than it was five years ago. S S M U V P Ex te rn a l Lisa Phipps will be examining safety in the ghetto even though sim ila r measures were taken in the near past, causing some to doubt the credibility of the project.

In 1994, S S M U , in conjunc­ tion with M cG ill organizations and greater c o m m u n ity outreach groups, conducted a safety audit in the M cG ill ghetto. The basic aims of the audit were to raise awareness about safety in the area and to devise recommendations and sug­ gestions for the implementation of safety measures.

E ighte e n months after the audit, a report outlining several problematic issues was compiled

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by the S S M U E xte rn a l A ffa irs Office. The report addressed sever­ al prim ary safety concerns that existed in the ghetto. Concerns included inadequate street lighting, the lack of police presence and the numerous hiding places and poten­ tial assault sites in the ghetto area.

Implementation of the recom­ mendations has been a slow and incomplete process. However, stu­ dents working with the ghetto audit p o rtfo lio last year felt that improvements were made on many different levels. “ E s s e n tia lly , we had three goals,” stated Chantal DaSilva, for­ mer S S M U V P external. “W e man­ aged to clean up the streets so that there w o u ld be fewer potential places for assault. W e increased awareness and we raised the police presence in the area. H o w e ve r, some of the smaller recommenda­ tions such as im proved lighting were not properly implemented.”

Anne T o p o ls k i, P u b lic Relations C o -o rd in a to r of Walksafe, explained that Walksafe o rig in a lly initiated the audit as many areas of the previous audit had been ignored. “ O r ig in a lly , we wanted an investigation of the actual cam ­

INI Q u een ’s student society opens food ban k T h e Q u e e n ’ s A lm a M ate r Society helped launch a food bank earlier this month in response to statistics about student poverty.

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to students and avoid the stigma attached to financial aid.

Fo o d B ank C o -o rd in a to r Je re m y K ry s , A r t S c i ‘ 98, is expecting about 40 students to use the centre each month. He hopes that the new service w ill reach those who need it most. “ [W jith o u t a healthy body there is no healthy mind...We’re a

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pus,” said Topolski. “W e discov­ ered many of the phones connected to M c G ill security did not work and that m any of the security guards did not speak English. A t an English speaking school and espe­ cially in a time of crisis, people generally want to speak in their mother tongue.”

Although Topolski stated that it was Phipps who has re-launched the audit in e n tire ty, Phipps declined to comment regarding her specific goals for the safety audit.

While Walksafe will be concentrat­ ing on a previously overlooked area and has specific goals, Phipps will be re-investigating an area that previously took eighteen months to cover.

“W e want to have all discus­ sions finished by the end of first semester,” said Topolski. “ I like the word implementation. W e want action, not just talk. “ F o r exam ple, we w ant to focus on certain areas. Th e area behind the [M olson] stadium has been a problem with assaults and crime. I’d like to see an emergency phone put up there as well as better lighting. Or, we can tell students to go another way,” she added.

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little worried that people won’t use [the food bank] because o f the pride issue — but pride won’t fill an empty stomach,” Krys said.

M em b e rs o f the K in g sto n c o m m u n ity can attest to how hunger has com e to affect the Queen’s community in a substan­ tial way. Tanya Beeler, co-ordina­ tor of the Kingston food bank, has

witnessed a rise in the number of students who have been using the c e ntre ’ s services since it was founded 15 years ago.

AM S S o c ia l Issues C o m m issio n e r A liso n Q u in n is certain that the increasing numbers o f hungry students can be linked directly to the education policies of the Ontario government.

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W alksafe w ill b e holdin g a g en era l m eeting abou t the p r o ­ p o s e d g h etto sa fety au dit on November 5th at 6 p.m. in Shatner 435.

“ W ith tuition increases, you have m ore students b e lo w the poverty line every year,” she con­ cluded.

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Even though none of the col­ laborating groups were able to comment on the financial aspect of the previous inquiry into ghetto safety or the u p -c o m in g audit, T o p o ls k i explained w h y a re ­ launch is necessary. “ W e discovered that the results of the last safety audit were outdated, mainly with [respect to] the condition of on-campus securi­ ty — this is really where Walksafe wants to investigate.”

Christina G ra ve ly, External Co-ordinator of the Sexual Assault C entre o f M c G i l l ’ s Student Society, is positive about the initia­ tive of W alksafe to am eliorate ghetto safety problems. “ I think they’ ve taken great initiative,” said Gravely. “Not a lot happened after the last audit. Plus, Walksafe has become the ears and the eyes of the ghetto.”

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groups explained how safety in the ghetto is an on-going issue. Y M C A T A N D E M , a com m unity based, non-profit organization that was involved the previous audit, will be meeting with M c G ill representa­ tives in early November. L iz Broes, a crime prevention counsellor with T A N D E M , explained that crime prevention has been an on-going process in the ghetto.

“T A N D E M is always present in the ghetto,” said Broes. “W e have an office in La Cité which is open three days a week and we hold information sessions, especial­ ly about making homes less vulner­ able to break-ins. Because of the comings and goings of students in the ghetto, this is a pretty sensitive area.”

A s w e ll, P o lice station 19 opened this year on the corner of P rince A rth u r and H utchison Avenues and has been collaborat­ ing with M cG ill in educating stu­ dents on crime prevention.

Constable Mario Morroni stat­ ed, “W e have already met with a fraternity and w e ’ ll be meeting with a few different university bod­ ies to try to make this neighbour­ hood as safe as we can for the stu­ dents.”

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Last Th ursd a y, members of M c G ill’ s Quebec Public Interest and Research Group demonstrated in front of the McDonald’s restau­ rant on St. C atherine Street at University Avenue. Members of Q P IR G were among thousands of people w o rld -w id e protesting M cD o n a ld ’ s exploitation of ani­ mals, the environment and their own employees on the thirteenth annual Anti-M cDonald’s Day. M cD on a ld ’ s is under fire by groups like Q P IR G for destroying the rain forest, excessive consump­ tion of world resources, producing tons of garbage through unneces­ sary packaging, inhumane treat­ ment of the anim als raised for meat, and for their refusal to allow the u n io n izin g o f em ployees.

A c c o rd in g to a Q P I R G ’ s press release, the group was hoping to “raise awareness in the Montreal community about the damage the multinational inflicts on the world and empower people to turn their hunger elsewhere.”

Q P IR G protested McDonald’s various abuses by picketing and distributing stickers and leaflets.

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The new multitrack Arts pro­ gram is expected to be in effect as of September 1998. Although the new program will affect all depart­ ments in the faculty of arts, certain programs are reluctant to make the required changes to conform to the new system.

Th e m u ltitra ck system requires all arts programs to cut the current number of credits required in a degree from 54 to 36 for a m a jor and from 24 to 18 fo r a minor. The objective of this new system is to provide students with more choice in their areas of study.

However, students and admin­ istrators of larger interdisciplinary program s that require up to 69 credits such as humanistic studies and industrial relations assert that their studies cannot conform to the new m u ltitra ck p rogram . T h e y believe that major cuts to the num­ ber of required courses will dimin­ ish the academic standing of the programs.

“If we do conform, our acade­ mic quality will not stand out any­ more,” stated M ichelle Simpson, president o f the Industrial Relations Undergraduate Students

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Professor T e rry Thom ason, chair of industrial relations, also claims that some programs might suffer under the new multitrack system, including industrial rela­ tions.

“It is not possible to mount a satisfactory program at 36 credits,” stated Thom ason. “ O ur program w o u ld end up la ckin g in the grounding needed to compete with other schools and we would lose our edge.”

In d u stria l relations is not alone. T h e hum anistic studies department w ill also face many changes when the new multitrack system goes into effect. However, rather than fight the changes, the department intends to work with the students and integrate the new system gradually.

“There is some flexibility in the [new] system,” stated Professor Robert Miles, director of humanis­ tic studies. “ I think it w ill open humanistic studies up to many new students. It will offer them much

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“The purpose of this [mis­ included “Have you had your treatment of anim als],” said grease today?” The stickers Q P IR G board member Penny described the e vils of Kaill-Vinish, “is that the meat McDonald’s in simple terms; is more tender if the muscle am ong others were hasn’t been developed.” * “McCancer” and “ McDeath.”

Members of Q P IR G con­ A c c o rd in g to protester tinued to explain how Samantha M c G a v in , “ Th e McDonald’s also displays little only thing that M cD o n a ld ’ s concern for their workers. The respects are its profits.”

M cD o n a ld ’ s corporation has One of the main accusa­ repeatedly discouraged and tions facing M c D o n a ld ’ s is prevented their workers from their promotion of the con­ u n io n izin g . A s stated in sumption of meat. Being the Q P I R G ’ s press release, w orld’ s largest user of beef, “ Em ployees at M c D o n a ld ’ s M cD o n a ld ’ s exhausts many tend to be overworked, receiv­ of the world’s resources with ing no overtime and are fired little respect for others or for at the glimmer of union ten­ nature.

Protesters see dencies.”

M cD o n a ld ’ s as robbing the Amanda Sheedy, one of w o rld ’ s poor because many the demonstration’s co-ordinathird world countries could be tors, explained her belief that sustained on these ve ry M cDonald’s is dishonest with resources. their customers with respect to A ccording to a Q P IR G pamphlet distributed during Protesters dem on strate their b e e f Stephen Ban certain politically correct pro­ cedures. the dem onstration, “ E v e ry with McDonald’s.

“M cD onald’ s is growing minute 50 acres of rain forest and so are their attempts to cover is cut d o w n , or defoliated, or duction of one pound of beef up the truth. They try to promote b u rn t...M c D o n a ld ’ s has fin a lly requires sixteen pounds of grain them selves as e n viro nm e n tal been forced to admit to using beef and 5214 litres of water.” reared on ex-rain forest land, thus The deliberate confinement of friendly when they are not. O ur biggest goal is to let people know preventing regeneration.” The pam­ cattle was another allegation made that McDonald’s is not as good as phlet also explains that “the pro­ by protesters.

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it seems,” she explained.

Julia Baum, co-coordinator of Q P IR G , explained why more pres­ sure is being placed on M cDonald’s than on other restau­ rants, even though alternative fast food chains possess similar prac­ tices.

“The problems we’re address­ ing aren’t unique to M cD onald’ s.

But McDonald’s is the biggest fast food chain in the world,” she said. “ B y pressuring them to make changes, we hope that sm aller chains w ill be affected. If we get them to change it would have such an impact on the environment and on the treatment of animals.”

W h ile B aum realizes that changing McDonald’s will not hap­ pen overnight, she hopes that peo­ ple w ill at least be educated by their demonstration. “ W e ’re not going to change the w o rld to m o rro w ,” she said, “but we may impact a few people.

I f we shed some lig h t on McDonald’ s practices, people may think twice about eating their next Big Mac.” Although the Tribune made repeated attempts to contact the M c D o n a ld ’ s C o rp o ra tio n , they were unavailable for comment.

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program s preserved w ith in the multitrack system.

“Instead of going against the system, we w ill work with it and try to save the program s,” said Sawyer. “Initially, we did think it was a bad idea, but we are feeling a lot better about the fact that these program s w ill be saved.”

M ile s believes that though there m ig h t be some initial problems, the m ultitrack program w ill e ve n tu a lly benefit stu­ dents in interdisciplinary programs.

“There are bound to be some grow ing pains, but give it a good three year run and the students w ill benefits fro m the changes.” stated M iles. “ Besides, things are not w ritte n in stone and if changes need to made, then they w ill be made accordingly.”

I R ’s futu re Currently, industrial Th e curriculum com­ relations and humanistic mittee has not yet granted studies are busy trying to an exception to industrial re-organize their respec­ relations and it is likely that tive program s and are if they do not get one, the concentrating on develop­ department could face seri­ in g new courses to ous problems in the future.

Students f e a r extinction o f program s Céline Heinbecker replace the old ones.

“If an exception cannot Although there are both be met, it looks like indus­ negative and positive reactions to and uniqueness of the industrial trial relations might disappear,” the multitrack system, Miles main­ relations program. I do not want it stated Thomason. “People are very tains that the system will guarantee to disappear from M cG ill.” determ ined to see things done that students w ill acquire a more Both the humanistic studies quickly. It might be beneficial to balanced education. departm ent and the A rts some departments, but not to ours.”

“The new system w ill ensure Undergraduate Society are working Students in industrial relations that our students leave university to ensure that the quality of the are concerned about the results of with a very attractive degree education does not dissipate. A U S the multitrack system and where and that is the multitrack system’s V P A c a d e m ic M e lissa S a w ye r the future of the department stands. would like to see interdisciplinary main goal.”

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more choice.”

Miles explained that the core of the humanistic studies depart­ ment will not change, but the key of the new system is to make stu­ dents unrestricted by the lim ita tio n s offered by a three year program.

“There will be require­ ments for each program , but the new system w ill g ive the students m ore choice and a m ore w e llrounded education.”

The industrial relations department wants the cur­ riculum committee to make an exception for their department, stating that it is im p o ssib le to lo w e r the amount of required courses.

“W h y should we limit ourselves? I don’t see why we have to shorten our major to 36 credits. W e will definitely lose our competi­ tive edge,” Simpson stated.

tions student, said that she is very apprehensive about the new sys­ tem. “ I think the new m ultitrack system w ill diminish the quality

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Continued from page 1 in g 1,200 people each w ill be erected in both end zones, bring­ ing the total capacity for the game over 19,000. Th e number should be adequate for the team, which drew under 16,000 fans for their playoff game last season.

The remaining funds w ill be spent in improving entrances and painting railings to make the sta­ dium appear presentable for the nationally televised game.

After a comprehensive study of the building’ s structural condi­ tion and ability to hold C B C tele­ vision crews, the C F L gave it’ s approval to the use of the site. “ T h e dre ssin g ro o m stan­ dards and seating standards are not what they are at other stadi­ ums, but we feel they are ade­ quate enough that we can host a game in the comfort of the fans and the p la y e rs ,” said C F L C o m m u n ica tio n s D ire c to r Jim Neish.

Dubeau pointed out that the money allocated for M olson sta­ dium renovations w ill only allow for relatively minor repairs — the impact of deferring maintenance costs is actually much more seri­ ous.

“As we get on and we don’t spend any money on the stadium, the stadium deteriorates even more, so this w ill halt some of the d e te rio ra tio n ,” said D u b e a u .

“What we’re going to do in most cases is only a temporary stop­ gap. T o fix the stadium up and to replace all the concrete is a major

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undertaking that costs a lot of money — and that’ s not what the Alouettes are planning to do at this time.

“W e look at this as an oppor­ tunity for the Alouettes [and] to fix up the stadium a bit so that M cG ill can move forward with its plans to continue to improve the stadium and use it as an integral part of its sports p ro g ra m m e ,” said Smith.

A lou ettes’ fu tu re hom e?

Various members of the local sports c o m m u n ity v ie w the u p c o m in g A lo u e tte s gam e at M cG ill as a step closer to having the downtown site the team has lon ge d for. S m ith adm its that questions o f w h e th e r the A ls w o u ld co n sid e r u sin g M o ls o n Stadium as their re gu la r home have surfaced. “ F o r us this is also a ve ry important test game,” said Smith. “ T h e re have been people w ho have said ‘if. you have a facility in the centre of M ontreal you w ill have more people out to a football game.’”

Both Smith and Dubeau were reluctant to discuss the future in great detail, however. Th e geo­ g ra p h ic a l lo c a tio n o f M o ls o n S tad iu m is a large b onus, but there are additional factors to con­ sider. Primarily, the Alouettes are lo c k e d in to a lease w ith the O lym p ic Installations Board for the B ig O through next season.

Smith did leave the door open for the long term, however.

B rie fs New A U S V P fin an ce to p ick up the pieces

M aro is to change fin an cial aid

Last Th u rs d a y , R od rigo F erro Rojas was elected V P finance of the Arts Undergraduate Society.

D e sp ite a lo w o v e ra ll vo te r turn ou t o f o n ly 384 students, Ferro Rojas managed to squeeze his way to victory by a mere 26 votes.

Ferro Rojas’ first official duties as V P finance include the man­ agement of Snax as well as filing A U S ’ tax return from last year.

Other duties of the newly elected A U S executive include applying for G S T credits and review ing the current A U S incorporation status. ***J A S O N FETC H A Q U O T E * * * “ I am so thrilled to be able to take initiative and fife for G S T credit. The A U S could really use the extra funds...espe­ c ia lly c o n s id e rin g m y new stipend,” said Ro. In other undergraduate society elections, Hal Bosher was elect­ ed as Vice President and Wojtek Baraniak was elected as U1 rep of the Political Science Student Association.

Education M inister Pauline Marois has proposed changes to the student loan paym ent pro­ gram in Quebec in response to a student debt report issued by a committee formed by Professor C la u d e M o n tm a rq u e tte of Université de Montréal.

Th e provincial government plans to grant unemployed grad­ uates the option to apply for a six month vacation without penalty from loan payments at any time during the first five years after they graduate. “ [T h is ] corresponds to the often precarious working life that y o u n g people c o m in g out of [educational] institutions often live through,” said Marois.

Marois also plans to forgive a portion of a student’ s debt if they have received student aid from their first year of C E G E P through university.

However, only 1,000 gradu­ ates out o f the 72,176 eligible students may be able to receive the payment vacation.

Consequently, the Quebec government has planned to take a harder line against students who

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“Obviously, in the long term, if the stadium was to be a possible venue forum w e’d have to study the types o f lo n g -te rm repairs required to bring [the stadium] up to the type o f standards that everyone — our fans, M c G ill, and people associated with the club — w o u ld be h ap p y w it h ,” noted Smith.

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the 5 5 -ya rd line to $13. Sm ith, however, reassured that while the seating w ill not be as comfortable as the climate-controlled Olym pic Stadium, the sight lines are excel­ lent and the seating is in closer proximity to the action than else­ where.

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A ction needed If the Als are to express inter­ est in using the open-air stadium in future years, though, they must act re la tiv e ly q u ic k ly . Dubeau explained that M c G ill Athletics and the C it y o f M o n tre a l are p re se n tly lo c k e d in to a deal whereby parts of the north stands would be removed to create a bet­ ter viewing of M ount Royal.

“The university has an agree­ ment w ith the city o f M ontreal that in exchange for a little bit of land to build the sports complex, the u p p e r section was to be removed. That is supposed to be done next year.”

D ub e a u , h o w e ve r, em pha­ sized that this was a “ one game shot” and that neither side has looked beyond that. Negotiations with the city regarding an alter­ ation to the arrangement w ould only be considered follow ing an Alouette initiative.

A s for the game itself, the Alouettes have outlined a pricing plan fo r the p la y o ff m a tc h -u p betw een M o n tre a l and S a sk atche w a n . T ic k e t p rice s remain the same as regular season admissions, ranging from $37 on attempt to declare bankruptcy during periods of student loan repayment.

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Ta ra N ew ell, S S M U presi­ dent, was p o s itiv e about the upcom ing court date. She also explained how S S M U plans to build a momentum campaign on campus leading up to the date.

“W e wanted to go as soon as possible. Th e longer we wait, the longer students w ill have to pay [differential] fees,” Newell said. “N o w we can focus strictly on lo b b y in g instead o f ju s t preparing the case.”

Currently, S S M U is receiv­ ing o ffic ia l letters o f support from various student associations nation-w ide. N e w e ll explained how S S M U has received letters from across the country and how they w o u ld like to see student associations lobby their provin­ cial m inisters o f education to support the case.

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M cG ILLTRIBU N E “In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of the state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.”

— Baron De Montesquieu Sa r a J e a n G r e e n E ditor-in-chief F r a n k l in R u b i n s t e in

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Ride too long on reputation and things are bound to get old — and they get old real fast.

Take this university for example. It’s been around so long — - 175 whole years. Not even a blink on the overall time line. But things have changed since this university was founded. James M cG ilt was a mer­ chant investor in the Northwest Company that gave the Hudson’s Bay Com pany a run for its money in cornering the fur trade. Based in Montreal, Northwest ultimately folded to the Bay in 1821. . In 1860, the Crown loaned M cGill University $40,000 — money that allegedly came from the trust fund set aside for the people of Six Nations, an Iroquois reserve in Southern Ontario. Currently in litigation with the Canadian government, Six Nations is arguing as part of its total claim that the M cG ill loan was taken from its fund illegally and never repaid.

Jews and women were eventually granted admission to the univer­ sity, as were all other non-white, non-Christian, non-heterosexual, non­ male others. M cG ill students fought in both world wars — lower cam­ pus once witnessed the burning of H ille r in effigy. Later, students mobilized to protest the Korean and Vietnam wars. Nowadays, differen­ tial tuition, student debt, government funding, out-sourcing and down­ sizing have become the catch phrases of our political rhetoric.

But what happens when your place in the establishment has always been to fight against it? Is it inevitable that ultimately, unconsciously, you somehow become part of the establishment?

In this case, take the McGill Daily. If you phone up and get the paper’s voice mail, you will be informed that the Daily has been around since 1911. The number of Daily alumni is simply staggering — the people who have gone into journalism and numerous other fields and have made an impact. The Daily went independent in 1981 — and the people who worked to remove the paper from S S M U control made con­ scious decisions to ensure its continuity. A system of checks and bal­ ances was written into the paper's constitution.

But that system has eroded and faded. The original constitution provided the staff with veto power over the board of directors’ deci­ sions. The clause was quietly eliminated during previous amendments to the Daily ’s constitution. The Daily stipulates that a writer must have material published six times before he or she is considered a staff mem­ ber — arguably, a policy to ensure a staff with an ideology compatible with the paper’s agenda.

But what is the Daily agenda? Yeah, we could go on to argue the need for a completely objective media — but i f s a bunch of shit. There is always a bias — no matter the medium — it’s just a matter of articu­ lation.

T w o years ago, there was a move to shut down the Daily. A rightwing contingent of S S M U council tried to pass a referendum question to petition the Board of Governors to stop collecting the $6.70 each undergrad kicks in to the Daily Publication Society. It was a messy political situation of council motions, J-Board appeals, and no-opinion votes — and I was an ardent Daily supporter.

But that was because, two short years ago, the Daily still had something to say. Since then, factual errors and tedious repition of the same, belaboured content raise the question: is the Daily simply riding on past laurels? If you don’t even know what it is you’re saying, you can’t really expect anyone else to hear.

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“They [street youths] have no hope...” (7 October 1997 Features story by Heather Sokoloff). It is impossible to think about such a statement without some emotion.

Hope is what most human beings hang onto when nothing tangible is left for them to live and work for.

But, in fact, Ms. Sokoloff s feature article could at best have only touched on the tip of the iceberg.

A c c o rd in g to M a rie -C la ire Leman, the roots of the problem lie much deeper and spread wider than the visible street youth. Ms. Leman spoke to the C u rre n t A ffa irs Exchange Forum last week (the C A F E X Forum is a S S M U club with membership open to all inter­ ested in current affairs). She has w orked w ith M o n tre a l’ s street youth for four years and has been in Guatemala City for the past two summers to work with street chil­ dren in that Latin American city.

In Guatemala C ity, the aver­ age street child is younger than his/her M o n tre a l counterpart because here, the law prohibits

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children under fourteen from being on the street. In both cities, these youths get into trouble w ith the law , w ith the difference that in Guatem ala, la w -e n fo rce rs m ay abuse them with impunity. Thus, street children often suffer police brutality with little hope of legal redress.

Street youth are o n ly one symptom of child poverty, a much more deeply rooted problem affect­ ing societies in developing as well as developed countries.

Understandably, the economic situ­ ation in Guatem ala is different from the reality here. As the gap between the rich and poor in that co un try continues to w id e n — which indeed is the case in may d e ve lo p in g countries — m any more children are expected to spill into the streets of urban centres to escape d ifficu lt home e n viro n ­ ments. Th e youth here are often also running away from abuse and other difficulties. The federal gov­ ernment in Canada has recently pledged more funding to deal with

p o v e rty child poverty; that is reassuring, but will these funds be targeted to deal with the root of the problem?

Ms. Leman listed family disin­ tegration as one of the major con­ tributing factors to the problem.

She told the meeting about a moth­ er who came to the Bon Dieu Dans la Rue van to seek counsel because she was scared that her teenage children would run away. Clearly, many more people than the street youths need help.

Th e C A F E X Forum is plan­ ning a major fund-raising event in the w inter for Dans la Rue, but before we get to that, we are exploring what lies that the heart of child poverty in our discussion ses­ sions, to which all are welcome.

—Adelheid Ohyango PHD U6 Maria Iaguera U1 Computer Science CAFEX Forum members azcz @ musicb. mcgill. ca

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Congratulations for your Features article in the last issue (15 O ctober 1997) about the social phenom enon of L a C h o ra le de l ’Accueill Bonneau! With a recent article about the Squeegee “eco­ nomic group,” (Tribune, 7 October 1997) it draws our attention to an inherent part of our society that we sometimes hate, and other times, pretend to ignore.

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are often full of energetic abilities that are hidden to us by our blackand-white textbooks and our nights at the pub. La Chorale de l ’Accueil Bonneau is an eloquent example of this silent pow er that needs our practical initiatives.

I have been w ith this homeless men’s choir since its cre­ ation last autumn and am the most astonished to witness their explod­ ing success. Tru ly , they are great

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men who many of us would profit to learn from. I believe that real learning is more than just brain plasticity. It is also a question of heart plasticity!

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Last Thursday at about 3:30 p.m., my apartment was in a state of chaos. Both of my roommates were preparing for their respective first dates and encountering the usual problems: Should they dress as the cuddly, girl-next-door Sandra Bullock, or the l'm-not-wearing-any-underw ear-Sharon Stone? D id their two hour make-up application properly create the I ’m-not-wearing-anymakeup look? W onderbra or no Wonderbra? Should they suggest Dinner? The cowardly Coffee? The trendy and oh-so-cool Drinks? Cigar lounge? Bowling?

M y roommates felt the pressure of years of contradictory First Date training. Is honesty the best policy?

Should they mention the Prozac right away? Should they invite their dates in for instant coffee/Letterman/sex? Can’t they be Sassy women and make the first move? W hat about the infamous Rules? A c co rd in g to The Rules

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authors, a woman must always play hard to get — the first date must be kept impersonal and vague so the man longs to know more, More, M O R E about the mysterious woman sitting across from him.

S - F ile s Sarah M fynow ski When my roommates returned, we thoroughly analysed the post­ date reports, scrutinizing every tiny little detail. We were just breaking out the chocolate chip cookie dough, when we realized that it is not women who need instruction. M y roommates objectively reported that they behaved perfectly. Despite all the confusing advice, when the time came they knew exactly what to do.

Their dates, on the other hand, were clueless. So for all you guys about to play the dating game, here are a few pointers. Think hockey.

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Think Sega hockey. If you can score twenty points, you get to move on to the playoffs, femininely known as the second date. N ow add up the points as you properly complete each task.

W e begin the night with the face off. Rem em ber, first impressions are essential — make sure to honk tw ice.

When returning to your car, always unlock your door first.

Take your time. Relax. Th en lean over and let her in (1 point). If she’s driving, ask her if you can take the wheel. Explain that you’ll get the two of you there much more e fficie n tly, and much faster (2 points). Tell her she looks cute. Use similes comparing her to Care Bears or the Pillsbury dough boy. Women love it (2 points).

When choosing a restaurant, insist on meat. Ribs to be precise.

Y o u r barbecue sauce goatee is bound to make you a looker (2 points). Make sure to give her a pet name such as Doll of Hon, and don’t

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fo r m e n fonder (6 points).

If you’ve accumulated at least twenty points, congratulations, you win — you’re on your way to date num ber tw o! C a ll her after the assigned waiting period. And don’t worry if she declines the first time.

I ’m sure she’s just playing hard to get.

forget to share this term of affection with the waitress (4 points).

Keep the conversation focused on you and your interests. Baseball.

Cars. Kathy Ireland in a bathing suit (2 points). Also, make sure to bring up ex-girlfriends. The new date real­ ly wants to hear about your first time together, and how she used to call you Pooky... trust me, she wants to know (4 points).

Last and most important is the fo llo w up phone call. A l l you Swingers groupies, you know what to do. To be the Big Winner, wait at least six days after the date to call.

For an especially profound impres­ sion, wait at least two weeks.

Absence does make the heart grow

Ms. Mlynowski is a vehement supporter o f the sojourner explorer and hopes that its journey will bring to Earth irrefutable p roof that men are indeed from Mars.

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McGill Scholarships and Bursaries Let’s get something straight.

Mario Nigro is a member of the S S M U Council. He represents the Faculty of Law, which is considered an undergraduate faculty. Based on my observations as a sort of guerril­ la reporter at S S M U meetings, Nigro is vocal, he’s got convictions that he’s not afraid to promote, and he knows a hell of a lot about proce­ dure as described in Robert’s Rules o f Order. That’s been enough to get Nigro labelled a Wanker by some councillors who don’t like his style.

H e re ’ s what I want to get straight. Th e re ’ s nothing wrong with being vocal, having convic­ tions, or knowing a lot about proce­ dure. It’s a dangerous combina­ tion, as last year’s council (and particularly last year’s SSM U executive) demonstrated quite effectively, but it’s not inher­ ently e vil. W ankerism is: grandstanding, gratuitous speechifying, wasting other peo­ ple’s time, forgetting what your pri­ orities ought to be, suffering fits of needing to see your name in the Tribune, or otherwise behaving like a complete tool at all times. This last one is vague — and deliberately so — but should be understood to refer to behaviour roughly similar to but not clearly included in the earli­ er criteria.

M r. Nigro is a refugee from the University of Toronto, and he has a lot of experience in student politics.

He’s also in training to be a lawyer.

These things made me very suspi­ cious at first, and I am still wary. So far, though, he’s been nothing but good for SSM U Council. It’s tempt­ ing to label as a Wanker just about anybody you don’t like, particularly if y o u ’re involved in politics of some kind, but that’s sloppy. Such a person may be a wanker, but he or she is not necessarily a Wanker.

Mario Nigro is neither.

So far, he’ s been busy. He forced the S S M U executive to get council’s approval for their actions

in giving help to some U Q A M stu­ dent politicians who were treated unfairly by their university adminis­ tration. The vote should have been a ten second formality, with the sig­ nificant effect of rem inding the S S M U executive that th e y’ re accountable to co un cil. It took almost ten minutes, because a bunch of councillors d idn’ t understand what the point was in voting, if everyone was just going to vote in favour of the motion. (Not everyone did vote in favour — yes votes and abstentions were almost tied.)

He forced council to condemn some particularly offensive posters some concert promoters had put up.

W a n k e r W a tch D avid Reevely refusing to be satisfied with V P U n iv e rs ity A ffa irs Elizabeth Gomery’s claim that she’d been pri­ vately assured that it would never happen again — SSM U finally has a policy on the posters that, year after year, suggest to guys that there will be a lot of drunk, easy girls at some bar some night. He argued powerfully against a cash-grab by the M c G ill Athletics Board, who wanted to hold new work-out facili­ ties hostage unless students ponied up another $13 a semester each for something that was supposed to be paid for already. H e ’ s articulate, sensible, logical, and — most sig­ nificantly — brief. A n d he quite clearly irritates the S S M U execu­ tive.

Knowledge of meeting proce­ dure (like what a Point of Personal Privilege is for, for instance) is not a bad thing. It can be used in two dif­ ferent ways, depending on what your goal is; you can either use pro­ cedure to delay and obstruct or to speed things along. Meetings that

run strictly according to R obert’s Rules usually go very quickly and smoothly, but only if everyone in the room understands those rules. If anyone doesn’t get it (or, worse, if most people don’ t get it) yo u ’ re going to be there for a long time.

Worst of all is when only a few peo­ ple understand the rules and are in love w ith their own voices.

M eetings held in those c ircu m ­ stances, like the meetings of last year’s council, can run for six hours or more even when there’s not much to talk about.

Mario Nigro knows procedure better than the Speakers of S S M U Council, and better than the two for­ mer Speakers who are now on the S S M U executive (though VP Finance D uncan Reid is close). If he were a Wanker, inclined to use his powers for evil rather than good, the first council meeting would still be going on. In fact, he’s probably the best thing to happen to M cG ill student politics in years. What wastes the most time in S S M U meetings is stupidity, like explaining to councillors the basic concept that you can’t discuss an issue until someone has made a motion, so you can have a focused debate.

I used to think that the problem with SSM U was that it was bogged down in procedure and bureaucracy; it turns out that the opposite is true.

You can’t run an organization as big as S S M U without having rules gov­ erning your behaviour. It’s just too bad that more S S M U councillors haven’t bothered to find out what the rules are.

Mr. R eevely h im self runs a close second to Mr. Nigro in his ability to g et under the skin o f SSMU executives. The Trib u n e ’s Wanker Watcher will be coming out with his own book to accom pany

STUDENT’S SOCIETY OF S i P 2 f M cGILL UNIVERSITY W inter registration for the Shatner Centre starts on October 28, 1997. To be eligible to register, all clubs must complete and submit the Annual Registration Form to Pina Mastromonaco.

Bookings w ill be m ade as per the follow ing priority list:

1. Tuesday, Oct. 28 2. W ednesday, Oct. 29 3.

Faculty and School Societies Students' Society Services

Thursday, O ct.30Students' Society Recognized Interest G roups

4. Friday, Oct. 31

Departmental Associations and Miscellaneous O rganizations

Reservations for each priority group will be taken on a first come first serve basis, beginning at 9:00 a.m., at the Students' Society Information Counter.

Applications are now being accepted for: Chief Returning Officer Deputy Returning Officer for the Daily Publications Society and QPIRG A p plican ts m ust be bilingual. A pplicants cannot hold positions on the QPIRG Board o f D irectors o r M cGill Daily Board of Directors, Editorial Board, o r Staff. They cannot serve on any position o f the SSMU. To a pply please sub m it yo u r CV w ith a le tte r of in te n t to the business office o f The M cG ill D aily (Shatner B-07) o r the QPIRG offices (3647 University, 3rd floor).

The deadline fo r app lica tio ns is Thursday, O ctob e r 23 For m ore in fo rm a tion call 398-6790 An honorarium will be paid.

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are in dire need of relaxation. G o ahead and let your silly side come out. Halloween is right around the comer, so dress up as a 6 ’0 bunny and call yourself Harvey.

D ear Gentle Reader, The C onch is on hiatus f o r this w eek, but f e a r not, it sh all return. Instead we bring back the horoskop fo r your reading enjoy­ m ent. G o a h e a d — in d u lg e in y ou r b a d h a b its an d b e e n te r ­ tained.

C a p rico rn (D ec. 2 2 - J a n . 19) M y psychic advisors tell me that you need to do some fall cleaning.

I ’ d in v ite yo u to o rg a n ize the Tribune mess, but you’d probably end up killing all our friendly silverfish. Instead, I w ill tell you to s p lu rg e . G o m ad! B u y that A rm a n i suit and/or that slin k y Dolce &

L ib r a (Sep t. 2 3 -O ct. 22) Y o u feel beautiful... all the time.

This is your month, baby, so feel free to flaunt the merchandise.

Since some of you w ill be cele­ brating birthdays soon, I want Y O U to write for The Conch. Let the world listen to you roar! G o get ‘em tiger.

G a b b a n a dress. T h e n go to a cocktail bar and knock yourself (or somebody else) out.

A qu ariu s (Ja n . 2 0 -F e b . 18) H m m , m y sources tell me that cupid has found you at last. It’ s nice to see that your usual workaholicism has taken a swan dive.

Fear not, this change in behaviour is a good thing. The stars are right and the moon is full so go ahead and howl your ass off. W o rk it, baby, w o rk it — tim e to bum p and grind.

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Y o u r Buddha nature is com ing out due to too much partying at G e rt’ s. Y o u are contem plating w hy so many people go there on Thursday nights, but cannot find the answer. T r y on an easier koan: if a photographer falls face down into a pool o f developer, does anyone hear him/her? That one’ s been boggling me for some time, but perhaps you can tell me — or better yet, submit to The Conch and let your Zen wisdom flow.

R . O n g L o v e c r a ft

Lo ve is in the air, everywhere I look around... or so the song goes.

I t ’ s O cto b e r — the leaves are falling, the weather’s just right for cuddling, and your magnetic per­ s o n a lity is w o rk in g o v e rtim e .

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Y o u r need fo r b lo o d is o v e r­ whelming, but so is your need for a w arm , fu z z y com panion. M y advice: bite, but don’t break skin.

T h a t w a y , perhaps y o u r w a rm fuzzy other w o n ’t be so elusive a ro u nd y o u r f e llo w v a m p ire friends.

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yo u ’ ve been swim m ing with the big fishes and learning the lessons of love. M y advice: take your sig­ nificant other out for a nice dinner complete with flowers and, what the heck, th ro w in a d ia m o n d necklace. In any case, be creative — ju st try to fig h t the urge to write sappy poetry.

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Tau ru s (Apr. 20-M ay 20) Com e to think of it, I ’ ve never seen you in sunlight before. I ’m beginning to wonder if you really are a vam pire — perhaps they should change your sign from a bull to a bat. In any case, I see

C a n cer (Ju n e 2 0 -Ju ly 2 2 ) I see... I see... intensity. Th e fuzzy teddy bear in you is coming out.

M uch like Gem ini, you are con­ templating the Zen of your life.

“W h y must the world suffer,” you ask yourself, “and why must there be so m any deadlines?” I think you just answered your own ques­ tion. It’s that time of year again, but d o n ’ t let it bog you dow n.

In stea d , feel free to

miss classes and soak in a tub — fight the Man!

L eo (Ju ly 2 3 -Aug. 22) Y o u sing, you dance, you sere­ nade ra n d o m pe op le w ith old C h e r hits. T h is m a y becom e annoying to some, but hell, you are the epitome of entertainment.

G o ahead, give some poor unsus­ pecting victim a big hug, other­ wise your inner child may start to throw a temper tantrum and then you’ll really be incorrigible.

V irgo (Aug. 23-S ep t. 22) O K , last horoscope. I see you s tru ttin g on the c a tw a lk lik e RuPaul. It’ s time to shake your thang, and I ’ m not just saying that because I ’ m o v e rw o rk e d and underpaid. Enter the realm of the unknow n for once and let your hair down, baby. It is for this rea­ son that I see you in drag for H a llo w e e n . Y o u m a y liv e to regret it the next morning, but I promise you, they’ ll stop calling you anal.

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Jumping off the rooftops of teardrops: meditations on Prozac B y Seth Sh u g a r

Fresh, no doubt, from a quick w hirl on a newly acquired 1954 mescaline-powered magic carpet, Aldous H u xle y wrote, “ W hat is needed is a new drug which w ill relieve and console our suffering species without doing more harm in the long run than it does in the short.” Until recently, the consensus in North Am erica seems to have been that H u xle y’ s wish was ful­ filled in 1988, in the form of Prozac.

Initially Prozac was prescribed exclusively to patients who dis­ played severe or clinical depres­ sions, anxiety attacks, or obsessivecom pulsive behaviour. Helen Hutchison, a journalist for the C B C who has been taking Prozac for eight years, described her own severe depression.

“First you lose your ability to concentrate. Then, you lose your appetite, your ability to sleep and, eventually, your interest in every­ th in g,” she said. “ Y o u w in d up being about 85 pounds and in hospi­ tal, ossified and suicidal. You look down the tunnel and all you see is more tunnel.”

Th e theory w hich animates Prozac is that peo­ ple like Hutchison are essentially suf­ fering from a chem ical im b a l­ ance in the brain.

Serotonin, the b r a in c h e m i c a l responsible for determining mood, was being re­ absorbed too quickly. With the help of a drug like Prozac, however, that re-absorption process is inhibited, allowing a reservoir of serotonin to build up in the brain. This, in turn, levels out the agonies and ecstasies of mood swings into a consistent, regularized mood.

While no more effective than the tricyclic anti-depressants which came before it, Prozac was notewor­ thy in its relatively “clean” sideeffects profile. Thus, it was heralded by many, including the best-selling author of Listening to Prozac Peter Kramer, as nothing short of a mira­ cle-drug. Kramer’s prognosis is cor­ roborated by Hutchisop who capsulizes the feelings of countless for­ merly depressed Prozac users.

“After I had been on Prozac for a few weeks, I realized that I had been depressed my whole life...I suddenly felt that this was me the way I was supposed to be, rather than me the way I ’ve been.”

In 1997, however, Prozac is, to state the obvious, no longer restrict­ ed to the severely depressed.

Increasingly, it is being prescribed to those who suffer from what is known as dysthymia, an umbrella term for sub-clinical cases of mild depression, pessimism, lethargy, or lack of motivation.

A c co rd in g to psychiatrist N orm an H o ffm a n , director of M c G ill Student M ental Health Services, doctors are prescribing

Prozac with increased regularity.

“Today many doctors are so confident in the efficacy of Prozac that they will prescribe it on the first or second visit, with little knowl­ edge of the patient’s past history or present life circum stances,” he explained.

Corresponding to this gradual shift in the availability of Prozac, according to Dr. Hoffman, there has been a gradual erosion of consensus regarding “the miracle-drug status of Prozac.”

Many doctors are now indicat­ ing that Prozac’ s effectiveness is significantly weakened on the lessthan-severely-depressed wave of Prozac-users. Psychiatrist Donald Klein, one of the pioneers of psychpharmacology, likens the effect of Prozac to aspirin, w hich lowers body temperature if one is running a fever, but not when body tempera­ ture is normal. If there are no sero­ tonin imbalances, in other words, there is nothing Prozac can do.

Moreover, Dr. Hoffman claims that those who do not suffer from severe depression are just as likely to respond to therapy as they are to Prozac. He also cited a study that indicates nearly half of the 80 per cent of people who respond positive­ ly to Prozac respond equally to placebos, or s u g a r -p ills .

Apparently, then, Prozac is being prescribed to almost two times too many people.

And yet, there can be no doubt that Prozac is effective for many people who are less than severely depressed. But who is so naïve to believe that there are no costs involved with Prozac? W ho w ill believe that Prozac does not demand some sort of a sacrifice from its users?

To begin with, there is increas­ ing evidence of side-effects.

According to a clinical trial cited in the Physician’ s Desk Reference, adverse reactions are reported by the fo llo w in g percentages of patients: nausea (21 per cent), headaches (20 per cent), nervous­ ness (15 per cent), insomnia (14 per cent), drowsiness (12 per cent), and diarrhea (12 per cent). The most publicized complaints, however, are loss of sexual interest and the inability to achieve orgasm. One in five Prozac users has trouble achieving orgasm, and up to 75 per cent of men report difficulty main­ taining erections. Naturally, it will be another 20 to 30 years before the long-term side-effects are known and documented.

But there seem to be additional costs to taking Prozac, at once more subtle and more profound: creativi­ ty, identity, motivational, sensitivi­ ty, and curiosity costs.

Sarah, a freelance writer, who took Prozac for a four month period after the death of a friend, had this

to say about her experience on the drug: “M y writing tends to focus on social issues and women’s issues. I think part of my sensitivity to other people’s pain or suffering has been as a result of struggling with my own, and when I was on Prozac, I was a little less tolerant and a little more judgmental of other people’ s sufferings because I was suddenly dealing with my own so wonderful­ ly.”

But now that Sarah is off the

Creative. Sexual. I ’m all-around dri­ ven again, thrusting my frail wood­ en chair in the charging face of Dogman.”

There is a question that all cur­ rent and potential Prozac-users must come to terms with at some point.

The question comes from that tragic soteriologist of suffering, Friedrich Nietzsche: “Ask yourself whether a tree, if it is to grow proudly to the sky, can do without bad weather and storms.” Elizabeth Brom stein, a reporter for the Montreal Gazette,

In a recent article in the New York Times, Lawrence Douglas and Alexander George humorously pre­ scribe Prozac to literary characters like Gregor Samsa, Ham let, and Ivan Karamazov. In doing so, in saving them from their impending self-destruction, they simultaneous­ ly strip them of their edifying pas­ sion and tragic heroism. For fiction­ al characters, the issue is fictional.

For us, it is real. As Peter Jaret, author of the article “ B eyond Prozac,” writes, “it is a sobering

“It is a sobering measure of our diminished prospects that we've come to look for salvarion in a squirt of sero­ tonin.”

— Peter Jaret, author of the article “Beyond Prozac”

drug, she has mixed feelings about her Prozac experience.

“I feel a bit cheated. It was a time where life seemed very easy but, at the same time, I ’m happy to be how I am now. I ’ve learned to work with m y depression. Th a t’ s what motivates me to get my work done, and I like the fact that I ’ m sensitive to other people.”

A n g e la B o n a vo g lia, a co n ­ tributing editor to Ms. magazine, took Prozac for two and a half years before finally weaning herself off of it. “ A fte r P ro za c,” she said, “things began to change, for better and for worse. I would fly off the handle. More situations made me anxious, m y heart raced and I couldn’t breathe. I began to bite my cuticles and the inside of my mouth.

But I also became more mentally alert. M ore energetic. C urious.

asked in a recent article “What will be the cultural implications of this mind-altering drug?” Indeed, few will deny that the most valuable cul­ tural accomplishments have been the results of bad weather and storms. Had Van Gogh been intro­ duced to Prozac, he may have kept his ear, but we would have lost his entire liquid world of colourful art.

Had Jesus had Prozac at his finger tips he may not have heard the voic­ es that cost him his life, but we would have been denied nearly two m ille nn ia of C h ristia n ity. Had S y lv ia Plath lived in the age of Prozac, she may have avoided her own gas oven but we would have been dispossessed of the poetic fruits of her excruciating torment.

T o be sure, this last example tests the bounds of logic — but what of those other more obscure, less tor­ tured artists; what of your friends?

measure of our dim inished prospects that we’ve come to look for salvation in a squirt of serotonin.

N o doubt the latest advances in pharm acology w ill help those among us overburdened by depres­ sion, anxiety, or other mental disor­ ders. But just as certainly, the task of re a lizin g our best and most embracing selves w ill remain the complicated work of a lifetime.”

W ho w ill deny that the most beautiful aspects of ourselves announce themselves, proudly and defiantly, from the rooftops of teardrops? Those who fail to recog­ nize this must condemn Aldous Huxley’s compassionate dream for hum anity as nothing less than a cruel wish.

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Tales from the real world give added appreciation to life It’s only mid-October, but the fact that I ’ m already sleeping by day and living by night seems to indicate that m y readjustment back to student life is proceeding just fine. I was anxious about re-enter­ ing the world of academia you see, after some time in the work force — but i t ’ s turned out that the change hasn’t been that hard to make after all.

I ’ d o n ly been away for a year mind you, but I ’ d gotten quite anxious nonetheless. I was sure that I was no longer able to write a decent essay or solve a p rob le m in v o lv in g calculus.

Handing in the first assignment was the hardest. It took some seri­ ous reassurance from m y history prof that m y essay was “perfectly fine” before I, very reluctantly, let go of the six pages I felt lacked any sense. M y sweaty thum bprints were clearly visible on the cover page as the professor nearly ripped it out of my clutching hands.

It’s not like my work last year required no-brain activity. O n the c o n tra ry, the first weeks were

rather challenging, as I, a B .A .-in progress w ith no real computer experience beyond e -m a il, got employment at an Internet consult­ ing company. I was originally hired to proof-read web site material, but soon I was learning about the nittygritty details of web site making: H T M L , frames versus no frames,

In & Out Anna Kisielewska advantages of Java, the basics of C G I and Javascript. A t the same tim e, there were m ultiple U n ix commands to master, mixed in with a b it o f L in u x and even some ancient D OS. In the end, even though I was offered incentives to stay, I decided to leave. I enjoyed my year away from school, made some friends, made some m oney, but most importantly, I learned some lessons about life.

I had alw ays assumed that

good grades in school got you somewhere in life, but I soon dis­ covered that that som ewhere wasn’ t always at the top. I now know that charm, charisma and being at the right place at the right time w ill probably do more for your career than your skills ever will. That doesn’t mean you should all drop out of school now.

Knowledge plus the abil­ ity to b u lls h it are a highly valued combina­ tion.

O ne good thing about a full-time job was of course the money. What a difference a regular paycheque made in the way I was treated at the bank! Som ehow I was no longer treated like a nuisance or considered a student loan risk.

Dental benefits and nifty busi­ ness cards were nice too, but what I really enjoyed were the client rela­ tions. One of the reasons I quite enjoyed meetings was because, on average, I was about 20 years yo unger than m y clients. T h e y were usually surprised at my age and sometimes asked how I man­

aged to get such a job so young — especially since the youth unem­ ployment rate hovers at around 20 per cent.

I was lucky enough to work at a company full df whiz kids, most of them in their early to mid-twen­ ties. This meant a reasonable social life and a healthy dose of wild par­ ties. Still, even though these kids were hardly older than m y class­ mates this year, it was clear their points of view came from quite a different angle. Our conversations no longer revolved around rising tuition fees. Instead we chatted about repayment of student loans, fluctuations in mortgage rates and the price of new cars. Quebec’ s “distinctiveness” was not discussed in terms of differential tuition fees, but in terms of property prices.

Even though I enjoyed learn­ ing about the ins and outs of hightech business, I found that as time went on my work became more and more mechanical. After the initial training period, most jobs out there just require you to “keep on churn­ ing it out” for a while before (hope­ fully) moving on to another level.

It made me rather sad to realize that in fact there are very few posi­ tions out there that require true intellectual commitment on a regu­ lar basis. It takes hard work after you leave university to keep your intellectual self growing and learn­ ing about more than just your field of work.

That is why I ’m very happy to be back at M c G ill. I ’ m enjoying each course, each lecture, much more than I did before my stint in the real world. I take the universi­ t y ’ s “ intellectual aura” less for granted now and I try to participate in more activities.

O f course it’ s not all rosy. I can’t blame longer-than-expected client meetings for missing dead­ lines and I ’m back to looking for a part-time job to make ends meet.

But I think it’s been worth it. It was nice to be a manager, but there is something undeniably seductive about the carefree, self-centred, idealistic existence of a student.

Ms. K isielew ska dream s o f being one o f the first Canadians on MTV's Real World.

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Web page fights hatred in the net by displaying it openly C ontinued from Page 7 a celebration of the Aryan woman, where surfers will be advised that “without a pure, unpolluted breed­ ing stock, a race cannot continue and will decrease.” The best laugh goes to the Aryan Dating Service, where heterosexual white gentiles can find each other and “make love out of the hate movement.” “ Y o u can’ t fight these guys with rationality. The best way to do it is through h um ou r;” explained Abitbol.

Though it may seem an unconven­ tional strategy, “the goal is to allow surfers to find out for themselves what neo-Nazis are up to on the ‘net,” Abitbol said. “Some may be offend­ ed by our approach, but we are pro­ viding an informative and educa­ tional service.”

Abitbol and Sennet maintain that the web should be used to facil­

itate discussion, and stand firmly by the principle of free speech “It is necessary to present both sides of the issue and to let people make their own decisions. Since it’s almost technologically impossible to stop the proliferation of hate sites on the web, attempts at censorship are futile,” asserted Abitbol.

The team believes that through their site, people w ill have the opportunity to become more inform ed and w ill therefore come to their own co n clu ­ sions about the spreaders of hate propagan­ da.

In contrast to the expository approach of the Net Hate Page, some major Jewish organizations hope to remove and criminalize all hate on the web.

“Just as child pornography can­ not be tolerated on the Internet, nei­ ther can hatred,” argued Frank

At American Times Today, viewers are advised to “help keep Christ in Christmas — buy from Christianowned stores.”

A g u i d e to what's n ew in n e o —N a zism o n the net.

Dimant, executive Vice President of B ’ nai Brith.

A recent international confer­ ence hosted by B'nai Brith high­ lights the group’ s conviction that fighting cyberhate “must be a global undertaking...[including the joint efforts of] Internet providers, law enforcers, and the international covenant of the United Nations.”

Follow ing a similar strategy, the Canadian Jew ish Congress presently focuses its efforts on a more national level. Their position asserts that hateful material on the Internet from Canadian sources must be susceptible to Canadian C rim in a l La w . Th e present Canadian Criminal Code states that it is a crime to “knowingly and will­ in gly promote hatred against an identifiable group.” The Canadian Human Rights Act states that this law is applicable to the spread of such hatred “via telephonic means.” “ [The] Internet must be consid­ ered a form of telephonic transmis­ sion and should thus be subject to these existing Canadian hate laws,” stated Bemie Farber, national director of C o m m u n i t y Relations for the Canadian Jew ish Congress.

Concerning the Net Hate Page, both Dim ant and Farber expressed the belief that the site can be a positive vehicle for fig h tin g hatred.

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Rryan Men Seeking Rryan Women IU0052 • Profile#: m0052 • Name: Paul • Rge: 25 • Country: England • Nationality: British (Germanic/Celtic Rryan) • Height: 510 • Hair Color: Blond • Eye Color: Blue • IQ: 155 "I am interested in nazi philosophy and Rryan paramilitary organisation. I am a photographer and fitness instructor. I am also into DTP propaganda. I loue dressing smart and I like uniforms and german nazi regalia. I mould like to correspond and maybe meet tuith some special uioman uiho shares my uiems and interests.

A stellar p ro sp ect to b rin g h o m e to M om a n d D a d f r o m the A ry a n D a tin g Service

Farber acknowledged that “we don’t live in a pure world and that in a pragmatic w orld, such links [to

Click to the Aryan Dating Service, where hetero­ sexual white gentiles can find each other and make love out of the hate movement. racist sites] can be used to educate and to fight hatred.” Dimant echoed this sentiment, expressing faith that those who seek out the Hillel site do not come to support hatred.

A ll parties involved recognize that it is difficult to regulate the flow of information on the Internet.

While Abitbol and Sennet argue that the Internet needs to remain an open medium to facilitate discussion, B ’ nai B rith and the Canadian Jewish Congress want to enforce legal prohibitions against hatred.

Regardless of the approach, cyber­ hate has presented new challenges for those dedicated to figh tin g against hatred.

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—For m y sixteenth birthday I was given subscriptions to both Sassy and Seventeen.

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Although w e’d look at both magazines to pick out the coolest outfits for the next dance, we wanted to actually read the arti­ cles in Sassy, not just look at the pictures of clothes and make-up. Sassy struck a chord with us — and according to former Sassy editor Christina Kelly, the magazine wanted to do more than sell girls cosmetics and give boy advice.

“I think [Sassy was so popular] because we were not talking down to young women.

W e were writing about things we cared pas­ sionately about and we all cared deeply about the magazine and I think that came th ro u g h ,” said K e lly . F o rm e r w rite r

ing the cheesy and overly saccharine Teen magazine. The Reader Produced issue was cancelled and so was the Sassiest G irl in A m erica contest — a contest that recog­ n ize d the achievem ents, instead o f the appearances, o f young w om en in varied fields.

Focused mainly on fashion and make­ up, the new Sassy was a Seventeen clone.

Sassy’ s demise left a void in the market for teen magazines with substance.

Post-Sassy Is there a market for a teen magazine that proposes a larger scope of issues than just lip stick and pop-m usic reviews? D o girls want more? The dynamic creators of a new breed of teen magazines seem to think so.

R e lu c ta n t H ero , New M oon, T een Voices and Jum p are four magazines that are trying to break new ground in a market dominated by magazines like Seventeen.

YM, an d T een , all o f w h ic h have been around for at least 30 years.

"W e get our articles from su b scrib e rs, but w e also try to go places w here w e w ouldn't n ecessarily hear from g irls."

— Sharlene Azam , editor of Reluctant Hero Reluctant Hero is a Canadian publication that is so different in its approach to young women that it does not even feign competition with the major glossy magazines.

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Marjorie Ingall concurred. “ It didn’t treat [girls] like vessels for eyeliner and lip gloss consumption,” Ingall said.

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quiet revolution to empower girls want girls to get involved,” she said. Jump places a heavy emphasis on body image and really pushes the message that every body is perfect — as long it is a healthy body. “Fit comes in all shapes and sizes,” claimed Berger.

Fashion does of course play its part in Jump, as it did in Sassy, but the fashion stories use real girls instead of models.

“It is a business. There is an element of providing fantasy, but our ultimate goal is to empower girls,” Berger explained.

Concerning the competition, she character­ ized YM as being very boy-oriented but explained that “that’ s their niche.” Like others in the magazine industry, Berger understands young women enjoy this type of entertainment.

Jum p and the other new magazines question the concept of what it means to be “mainstream.” The old Sassy magazine was criticized for appealing only to mis­ fits. But former editor Christina Kelly dis­ agreed, pointing out that “ all teenagers feel like misfits at times.”

Kelly detailed a few of the things that she felt were instrumental in the demise of Sassy. “Sassy made some provocative arti­ cles — in g e n io u s stories that spoke frankly but were irresponsible. Th e ir cir­ culation was fantastic, but by the early ‘90s many advertisers had backed out.”

If Sassy was indeed irresponsible, it was instrumental in breaking ground for a magazine like Ju m p to be succe ssfu l.

Form er Sassy writer M a rjo rie In g a ll admitted that “ I just read Teen magazine on an airplane for the first time in two years and it is so much better it’ s scary...I have no idea when that happened. Seventeen also got better during the tim e Sassy was around — it really responded well to us raising the bar.”

Reluctant H em is a Canadian publica­ tion that is so different in its approach to young women that it does not even feign competition with the major glossy maga­ zines. Sharlene A za m , who calls herself the m a g a zin e ’ s ‘ f a c ilita to r ’ instead of ‘editor,’ was a dele­ gate at the 1995 United Nations Conference on W om en held in Beijing. Although she had done research on the p o s itio n o f wom en in T h ird W o rld coun­ tries, she realised that girls in N o rth A m e ric a encounter an entirely different set of prob­ lems grow ing up. A t first she thought she might write a book to address this p ro b le m .

H o w e v e r, after s p ea k in g to groups of girls, she discovered that y o u n g w o m e n w ere fa r more interested in magazines as a medium. Reluctant H ero was b o rn as a m a g a zin e w ritte n co m pletely by its readers — g iv in g young w om en a place for their voices to be heard.

“Girls tend to write a lot at this time in their live s,” said Azam . “Th e magazine belongs com pletely to the g irls .” Th e o n ly ru le that the m a ga zin e holds to is that “you can’t put down other girls...Girls need a safe place.”

N ew M oon and T een Voices, both printed by an orga­ nization called Sister Press, are A m erican-based publications that follow the same ideology

as Reluctant Hero. New Moon is directed towards girls eight to fourteen and Teen Voices is for young women in the twelve to eighteen age range.

Teen Voices is the creation of Alison Am oroso. W orking with underprivileged youth, A m o ro so noticed how often the young women she was working with wrote journals and poetry in order to help them deal with problems. Like Azam , Amoroso wanted to provide a forum for girls’ voic­ es. Anastasia Goodstein, the associate pub­ lisher of Teen Voices described how it has developed from a newsletter in 1990 to a magazine that is published quarterly and distributed in eleven countries. “ G irls have a lot to say about more things than boys and [Teen V oices ] pro­ vides alternative topics,” Goodstein assert­ ed.

Insisting on as wide a focus as possi­ ble, A za m wants to encourage everyone who likes Reluctant H ero to submit their own writing for publication.

“W e get our articles from subscribers, but we also try to go to places where we w o u ld n ’ t necessarily hear from g irls ,” A z a m said. T een V o ic e s ’ G o o d s te in claims that “ we w ill also try to focus on teens who are left out of the mainstream.”

Nancy Grouver and Joe K elly created a magazine that was originally intended for their own children at the time when th ey w e re a p p ro a c h in g adolescence.

G r o u v e r and K e lly looked fo r resources for their daughters but w ere d isa p p o in te d with the lack of posi­ tiv e p u b lic a tio n s geared towards girls.

Responding to this lack, they created New Moon — a magazine that has been in print fo r fiv e years and has a readership of 100,000. Th e entire magazine is edited by eight to 14 year-old girls, claims publish­ ing assistant Lynda Estel.

“W e try to compete with the prevalent image o f w om en in society,” she said.

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Because they desire to show wom en as they really appear, Teen Voices attempts to display images of women from different cultures. “ It reduces the alienation that most teenagers feel,” Goodstein remarked.

New Moon displays no models, but rather interesting drawings or cartoons.

Neither Reluctant Hero, Teen Voices or New Moon wish to compete with publi­ cations like YM or Seventeen. These maga­ zines are all not-for-profit and contain lit­ tle to no advertising. However, the editors do not spurn the mainstream magazines.

“Teens need to read all sorts of maga­ zines,” said Azam . “Th ey must learn to be critical about what they read and see.”

Goodstein agreed: “W e don’t compete at all. There is a huge market for magazines.

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Modern art takes considerable abuse in today’s society. Art, artists and artistic institutions must bear continuous m oral and financial body-blows as a by-product, surely, of the general cultural sloth of the sad majority of art-oblivious citi­ zens and their cost-cutting govern­ ments.

There is a kind of general out­ rage when our National G a lle ry purchases any painting that isn’t of a bowl of fruit or a tranquil mead­ ow . C rie s o f “ m y s ix -y e a r-o ld could have painted that” seem to echo across the Canadian land­ scape. That, in a nutshell, is one of the major problems with culture in Canada in the late 20th century; people don’t seem to want anything to do with it. It is fitting, then, that the third sym posium in the D e fin itio n s of V isu a l C u ltu re series, entitled Art and Philosophy, should take place at M o n tre a l’ s impressive, but certainly underappreciated, M usée d ’ A rt Contemporain.

The first speaker, who actually

p h ilo s o p h izin g about art. played only an introductory L in k in g art and philosophy role, was the French Minister intrinsically, he compared the of Foreign Affairs. He spoke imprint of a ring in wax — - “the of the value of museums and form without the matter” — to galleries as o nly a French the imprint a sensation makes politician could. With the rip­ on the human mind. Drawing tide of globalization in full on Aristotle, he effectively sug­ effect, local and even national gested that appreciation of art, cultures can get pulled under, dr of any sensation, depends on he maintained. He insisted the plasticity or m alleability that art as a component of cul­ (“intelligence” is the word I’m ture must be made available dancing around) of the receiv­ and attractive to the general er. public or else the very fabric Stephen M e lville , a pro­ of that culture is in jeopardy. fessor of art history at O hio He was a plodding, but highly State University, spoke about intelligent and lucid speaker.

“Art as a Philosophic Context.”

He urged the art lo v e r to Melville said he likes the idea “penetrate the process of cre­ of philosophy being done “in a ation” in order to gain a new p la ce ,” as in A ris to tle ’ s understanding of artists and Socratic dialogues. A rt , he their works. Expressions like maintained, can be seen as one “dynamism of creation” and “ maximalist concept of cul­ A rt is su b ject to the observ er Catherine Farquharson of those places. Other speakers included A la in Fleisch er, a ture” wormed their way into sciences sociales, delivered a fasci­ European filmmaker, author and his address — it’s hard to imagine nating, if esoteric, address entitled artist, who showed excerpts from Lloyd Axworthy talking like this.

“Pieces of W ax.” He has, in fact, one of his thoroughly bizarre films Georges D id i-H u b e rm a n , a devoted much research to wax in during an address entitled “Notes renowned philosopher and art his­ art, finding plastic and malleable and Illustrations for a Th e ory of torian as w ell as a professor at Transfers.” Stressing the mobility Paris’s École des hautes études en materials to be excellent fuel for

o f art through m any form s, he talked of making sculpture from sound waves captured from his films; the roar of a lion, the woman screaming, thunder and so on.

Throughout these addresses, even the most amateur art lover in the crow d could begin to sense something unsettling; when the speakers spoke of “culture,” and of a “nationalism” in art, they were not talking about French culture but about francophone culture. The French Minister’s comments were timely and incisive, but if he has misgivings about the future of the L o u v re or the M usée d ’ O rsa y , where on Earth does that leave us?

As they tried to make out the feeble voice through the cacophonous sta­ tic on their simultaneous transla­ tors, the tiny anglophone minority in attendance likely felt somewhat reassured about Quebec culture, given that such an intellectual sym­ posium could attract such numbers.

The fate of Canadian culture as a whole, however, hangs precarious­ ly in the balance.

The last waltz is sometimes the best Lennon Literature B y L ee O

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dren and among its primary victims are young, unmarried school teach­ ers who use their student’ s lavato­ ries. Th e play even proposes “Operation Squat,” whereby educa­ tors about the disease suggest: “Do squat, don’t sit.”

T h is “ audacity to parody A ID S ” was one of the things that drew Maté to the play. The ability to

Tuesday Night Café Theatre doesn’t take place on Tuesdays, nor is it put on in a café. It is, however, staging a confrontational and darkhumoured play by Paula Vogel enti­ tled The Baltimore Waltz.

Affiliated with the department of English, Tuesday Night Café is headed by an executive com­ mittee that determines whether or not to sponsor play proposals. Th e result is a medley of shows at Morrice Hall that are a little more inti­ mate than those put on at Players’ Theatre and tend to be “ more of an exploration than a spectacle,” explained B a ltim o re Waltz's, director Daniel Maté. He added with a snicker that T N C has a small­ er budget than Players’ .

The B a ltim o re Waltz is the story of a brother and sis­ ter who take a trip to Europe The m adness o f disease together after finding out that take “the right moral view... on the the sister is afflicted with a terminal ridiculousness of the cult of epidisease. The writing of the play was largely an attempt on Vogel’s part to demia” seemed brave and worth­ while to him. Our tendency to ask come to terms with an incident from “who has it?” and “how can I get her own past. Her brother had it?” is a means to separate ourselves attempted to plan a trip with her from the problem instead of realiz­ upon finding out that he had AID S. ing that it affects everyone. The play Sadly, she declined and her brother challenges this exclusivity. died soon afterwards. “ [Writing the In the director’ s notes, it is play] was a therapeutic or cleansing termed a “second-generation A ID S process,” Vogel commented. “A fan­ tasy of the trip to Europe we never play,” because it not only discusses A ID S , but portrays the illness as a got to take together.” setting through which life must con­ The disease from which Anna tinue.

(Elizabeth Ruby Hobbs) is dying The play deals with family rela­ isn’ t A ID S , though; it’ s A T D — tions, the inadequacies of language Acquired Toilet Disease. Its highas a tool of com m unication, the risk carriers are five-year-old chil­

taboos surrounding bodily functions, as well as the process of change which arises from grief, making for an altogether complex script that demands a lot from the small cast.

Everym an Josh Bloch plays thirteen different roles and, judging from the sneak preview, he seems to be able to differentiate between them all, injecting more than a modicum of hum our into each. Carl, Anna’ s brother, played by Kareem Fahm y, is probably the least exciting actor of the three, but functions as a solid p illa r around w hich the play can move.

Hobbs balances with credibility and sensitivity the many transitions through which her character metamorphosizes.

Her ability to identi­ R eb e cca Catching fy with her charac­ ter is evident throughout her perfor­ mance.

Anna at one point voices her wish that she may “die with dignity — no body excretions... a becoming flush and a transcendental gaze.”

Moments such as this one, of tension between sadness, comedy, hope and vulgarity are unsettling. They serve to jar the audience into a state of reflection that makes The Baltimore Waltz a valuable exercise.

The Baltimore Waltz is running f o r one w eek betw een O cto ber 2 0 and 2 5 at M o rrice Hall. F o r infor­ mation a n d reservations call 3 9 8 6600.

In His Own Write / A Spaniard in the Works John Lennon P im lico P ress

Th e se tw o b ooks, w h ic h Pim lico has reissued in a single volume, were originally published in 1964 and ‘ 65 re s p e c tive ly .

B o th w ere greeted w ith h ig h acclaim as incredible and innova­ tive works of literature. W e can o n ly assume that, d u rin g those years, there must have been either a severe d ro u g h t in the quality of litera­ ture or a sweep­ ing epidemic of d ru n k e n n e s s a m ongst the l i t e r a t i .

L e n n o n ’ s tw o books are entirely devoid of lite ra ry value.

Collections o f vig n e tte s, poem s and childlike draw ­ ings, these vol­ umes are composed in a style of satirical jabberwocky, gibberish­ like w ordplay and doublespeak.

T h is form of w ritin g , however, was undertaken decades earlier (a n d to better e ffe c t) b y both E d m u n d Le a r and C .S . L e w is .

Lennon merely copies their style in a self-indulgent manner and, quite simply, ends up being cute instead of clever, giving the read­

er little to chew on or play with as he employs the same literary for­ m u la , o ve r and o ve r, in each vignette and poem. This eventual­ ly (after about 40 pages) plunges the reader headlong into a severe case of boredom , leaving us to w o n d e r w hether the “ lite ra ry Beatle” w ill actually try anything new.

So w hy were these books so a c cla im e d in th e ir tim e? O n e word: Beatlemania... In H is Own W rite and A S p a n i a r d in th e W o rk s

w ere pub­ lish e d at a tim e w hen L e n n o n and his bandmates were so popu­ lar that he could say that they were big­ ger than Jesus.

No one is g o in g to dis the w o rk o f such a m onu­ mental figure, no matter how crappy it is. In this light, Lennon’s books are his­ torically interesting as a case of celebrity compensating for lack of talent, and perhaps as a “preview” of “I A m the Walrus,” but that’s about it. Save you r m oney and buy the man’s music instead (see: P la stic O no B a n d ), since it con­ tains real poetry at w hich these works only hint.

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(and single C D ) Double Nickels on the Dime. Their promising career met a tragic end when guitarist D. B o o n , W a tt’ s best friend of 14 years, was killed in a van crash in 1985. Watt soon fell into a depres­ sion-induced artistic limbo before being rescued by Sonic Youth, with w ho m he collaborated on The Whitey Album. Watt and drummer H u rle y were then reunited by Minutemen fanatic Ed Crawford, a k id from O h io w ho co n ­ vinced Watt to carry on, and who, living every rock fan’s dream, ended up playing gui­ tar for his idol’ s new band, fIR E H O SE .

W a tt never stopped th in k in g about the M in u te m e n and his old frie n d D . B o o n . W hen fIR E H O S E outlived his orig­ inal band, passing the seven year mark in 1993, W att pulled the plug.

1995 saw an a ll-s ta r troupe of “alternative” rock­ ers gathered together to help W att realize his first solo record, the inspired Ball-Hog or Tugboat? The enormous roster, w hich in clu d e d Ed d ie V e d d e r, Fra n k B la c k , J. M ascis, Sonic Youth, the Beastie Boys and the su rvivin g members of N irva n a , spoke volum es for the massive influence of elder statesman Watt on the “grunge generation.” Watt paid the bills for the next two years by sharing bass duties with Flea on the second Porno for Pyros album and the band’s subsequent tour.

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Penn State philosophy profes­ sor Crispin Sartwell, a pioneer in the field of qualitative aesthetic theory, recently unveiled a mathe­ matical formula intended to gauge the worth of a given rock band.

Sartwell’ s formula holds the quality of a band to be inversely proportional to its pretentiousness, with pretentiousness defined as the ratio of artistic ambition to artistic achievement. Queen, for example, or Michael Jackson, would proba­ bly score fairly low, if put to the Sartwell test.

This being said, it’s doubtful that anyone playing today would score any higher on Sait well’ s test than bassist M ike Watt. Yes, it’ s official. Mathematical theory and a complete lack of pretension have proven Mike Watt to be the great­ est fully functional rocker on Earth.

But, speaking of pretension, who appointed a stuffy academic like Sartwell to judge rock ‘n roll any­ way? The worth of Watt cannot be gauged in terms of a simple equa­ tion. As with the best art, the intrin­ sic value of his work is self-evi­ dent.

Mike Watt first made waves in the west coast punk scene with the Minutemen, a ferociously intelli­ gent, inventive trio whose leftist lyrics and free jazz-derived, feel­ good style helped to redefine punk for a new era. The Minutemen (fea­ turing drummer George Hurley and singer/guitarist D. Boon) managed to put out an incredible 12 records in the years between 1981-1985, including the seminal double L P

theme. Contemplating the Engine Room is a humble attempt at creat­ ing the first “ punk rock opera.”

Watt may be the one man able pull o ff the task w ith o u t o ffending Professor Sartwell’s notions of pre­ tense (as the W ho’s Tommy surely did).

W a tt has produced a rip roarin’ work of genius which tells the story of his coming-of-age in his beloved hom etow n of San

Pedro, California, his friendship with D . Boone and the legendary fable of the Minutemen. It is also the story of Dickie Watt (the bassman’ s father), a tw enty-year-old kid from the heartland who joined the navy in order to see the world.

Engine Room hearkens back to the classic b o y s ’ fic tio n o f M a rk T w a in , expertly paralleling the adventure of young seaman Watt with Watt Junior’s own escapades with the M inutem en, referred to here as engine room cronies

“ Firem an H u rle y ” and the awe­ inspiring “ Boilerm an,” a.k.a. D. Boon. The true stories of the Watt boys are artfully blurred to the point of inseparability.

W att conducted his m otley orchestra (T o m W aits alumnus Stephen Hodges on drums and the celebrated N els C lin e of the Geraldine Fibbers on guitar) in a style all his own. For each song, he presented his partners with an easel upon which were inscribed a time of day and a colour (a schema of W a tt’ s tim e/colour. chart is included in the disc’s liner notes).

T h e em otional setting estab­ lished, Watt would offer very lit­ tle musical instruction, sim ply la y in g d ow n a bassline and describing the activities of his opera’ s loose cast, which would then be interpreted by Cline and Hodges. A recipe for disaster?

Not if it works perfectly. And it does.

Every song beautifully navi­ gates the strangely congruent worlds of navy life and earlyeighties A m e ric a n punk. “ T o p s id e rs ,” (tim e : 2 p .m ., colour: white) for example, pre­ sents the influential punk bands of S S T Records as shipmates, sailing off together for parts unknown. The crucial track, h ow e ve r, is “ B o ile rm a n ” (n o o n , y e llo w ).

Simultaneously hopeful and tragic, the tune drips w ith a childhood nostalgia in w hich innocence is gleefully and poignantly celebrat­ ed. “Boy, oh boy, oh boilerman... together with you/ I think we can/ Make it,” Watt sings of his other half, making use of childish lyrics

that could easily sink a ship cap­ tained by a man less able. Th e vocal inflection and sensitive musi­ cianship applied to these simple, heartfelt lyrics will, no doubt, pro­ voke tears in the more sensitive lis­ tener. W a tt took great care in preparing this special track, going so far as to lend Cline his departed friend’s guitar. Somehow, inexplic­ ably, this simple gesture of love and trust makes a s ign ifica n t impact on the finished product, as C lin e u n ca n n ily manifests the buoyant spirit of the Minutemen, as if channeling Boon himself.

W att now takes to the open road in support of his masterpiece, along with the newly-christened Black Gang C rew , featuring Joe Biaza on guitar (Nels Cline is cur­ rently busy working his magic with the Geraldine Fibbers). The tireless war-horse, legendary for his love of touring as much as his music, has com m itted to an astounding 34 shows in 36 days and Montreal is fortunate enough to be on the list.

L ik e a good n o v e l, Contemplating the Engine Room is best appreciated w ith m u ltip le readings. You have about a. week, starting today, to study W a tt’ s wonderful “punk rock opera” on your stereo before it is unleashed on the Cabaret on October 28 in its full glory. It is recommended, but not compulsory, that you familiar­ ize y o u rs e lf w ith W a tt’ s piece before experiencing the live show.

C onsider this article your C lif f N otes, and d o n ’ t w o rry about Professor Sartwell’s approval. This is punk rock, for G o d ’ s sake.

Qualitative aesthetics be damned.

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F ro m O ctob e r 17 to 25, R adio-Canada, in collaboration with Saison Jazz Montréal, is pre­ senting Silence on Jazz Frontenac, a week-long jazz spectacular featur­ ing some of the u p-and-com ing Jazz talent that the Montreal area has to offer. From classic or con­ temporary jazz, to cool jazz, fusion jazz and Dixieland, no style will be left unexplored in this week-long series.

Each of these concerts is being presented at the Maison de la cul­ ture Frontenac (2 5 50 , O n ta rio Street E. - Metro Frontenac) begin­ ning at either 8p.m. or 10p.m.. As concert series go, this one is not to be missed. Not only is the talentlevel e xceptionally high, but a diversity of groupings ranging from duets and trios to big band and orchestra will be presented.

The extraor­ d in ary thing, above all else, is that the fee for all of the concerts is a measly $5 plus tax. T h is “ja z z passport” entitles the holder access to all the shows in the series, as w e ll as a $5 rebate at any Salle Gésu inter­ national series concert being presented this week. It should be kept in mind, however, that the numbers allowed into the concerts will be limited in order to ensure the quality of the

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recordings that w ill be made of them. A ll of the concerts will be aired by R a d io -C a n a d a (1 0 0.7 F M in M ontreal) over the next few months on Saturdays at 9:30p.m.

In order to be sure of getting in to the con­ cert, it is advisable to show up at the venue during the day, or at least an hour in advance, to pick up your free tick­ ets. With talent like Paul N o v o tn y , Jon Sealÿ, Renée Lee and Frédéric Alarie, make sure to find some time this week to check out what promise to be some great shows.

I f you have any fur­ ther questions, fe e l free to c a ll Saison Jazz at 842-2667. The jazz pass­ ports can be purchased at any o f the following locations throughout M ontreal: Salle Gésu Box Office (1200 Bleury), Sam the R ecord Man (S t-C ath erin e loca tion ), Archambault (St-Catherine corner Berri, P lace des Arts, or Laval), Phantasmagoria (5018 Sherbrooke St. W., co rn er C larem on t), L ib r a ir ie Cham pigny (4380 StDenis), L ’échange (3694 St-Denis, or 713 Mount Royal St. E.), or at the M aison de la C ulture Frontenac.

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Follow ing the procession of television stars causing a crash in the m o vie in d u s try , D a v id D u c h o v n y ’ s efforts in P laying God make a mere dent.

A n attempt at studliness

O ne w o u ld think that w ith previous roles such as the trans­ vestite cop in Twin Peaks and the hapless v ic tim in K a lifo r n ia , D u c h o vn y’ s movie debut would challenge his acting abilities and expand his range further than his Fox M ulder character. In Playing G od, D u c h o vn y reanimates the dry-witted and cynical F B I agent, o n ly w ith a lig h te r sense o f

hum our and a different profes­ sion. From his omniscient narra­ tion (w hich begins and ends the film ) to his character’ s caustic w it, this movie is ER meets The

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Duchovny plays a d o c to r, Eugene Sands, whose license is r e v o k e d because he is addicted to amphetamines.

He is then intro­ duced into the criminal under­ world by saving a th u g ’ s life w h ile in a nightclub b u y ­ ing drugs. This, of course, impresses the lowlife’s boss so much that he persuades Sands to operate for him. You can predict that the rest of the movie deals with his moral convictions as a doctor who works with these shady characters. There is also a damsel in distress and, of course, the “ S c u lly -M u ld e r” attraction that grows between them. That is,

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Sometimes Nothing is a Real Cool Hand (Page) Montreal’s own L ’il Buck is a band that should pick up and move to a place where they might be bet­ ter appreciated. T h is sw am p -

Goodwin stays within very limited range and vocalizes very quietly. A step in the right direction for L ’il B u c k w o u ld be to a llo w b ack­ ground vocalist Jenny Gilbert to take the front. If you like pure co un try and raw bluegrass you w ill enjoy half of the eleven t r a c k s offered.

O t h e r w is e , y o u ’ d best stay out of the bayou.

—Ian Grabina

Spring Heel Ja ck

drum ‘n bass. Lots of droning synth pads, orchestrated horns sections, repetitive drum loops, excessive sample recycling. So why can’t I stop listening to it? A step in a more aggressive direction from 68 Million S hades..., the breaks are sharper and the am bience less mushy and washed out, but beyond all that there’ s something inde­ scribable, almost magical about the s im p lic ity of this album. Anyone who heard potential in their previous output should be pleased as punch with the subtle progressions S H J have m ade, and a noticeable decline in the alienating weak spots w h ich left many of their earlier releases dead in the water make this a winner from start to finish.

Busy, Curious, Thirsty groove/country/bluegrass ensemble tries hard, but only succeeds on a few of their tracks. Those that work are the ones where lead, M a rk

Spring Heel Jack embodies everything usually tiresome about

Saiamone Rossi The Songs o f Solomon-Volume I: Music fo r the Sabbath

Disc of the w eek

— Harris Newman

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(P G M ) Suffering from the post-Rosh slump? A ll repented-out? Looking for those phat beats that get the K ip p u r party live? Been hoping you'd finally find some five-part madrigalesque you can really shake your booty to? T h is is the party album yo u ’ ve been w aiting for, Italian Jewish Sabbath music at its hip-hoppin’-est.

If y o u ’ re expecting to hear

o ld -s c h o o l Ashke n a zi m usical themes and cantillations, however, prepare to be madd dissed.

Rossi wrote his shabbat m usic very much in the style o f his Christian col­ leagues of the day (sorta like the Beastie B o ys). T h in k greatest Shul hits rem ixed

G ary O ’H ara

“Senorita Rita” speak volumes of this disc. W ay to go, Gary!

Runaway Train (Crucible)

—Ian Grabina If you taught your four-yearold nephew to play guitar, your senile grandmother to write lyrics and your tone deaf father to sing, you’d probably end up with a better album than

Runaway Train, a piece of w ork w h ic h begs the question: w ho in their rig h t m ind w o u l d approve g iv ­ in g studio tim e and money to this n o - 1 a 1e n t recording “ artist?” A root canal seems like a better alternative to the grinding rhythms of this album.

If you have extra money and noth­ ing to do with it, you’d be better o ff burning it then b u yin g this album. Lyrics like “Joey met Susan at a late night spot/ They went to his place/ W e know what they’ll d o ” and song titles such as

by Monteverdi.

The words are drawn from tra­ d ition al H ebrew psalms and hymns — mad lyricism to please all heads.

N e ver have eightpart p o lycho rd a l works been so clubfriendly. Y o u 'll be hearing this one at Sona before you know it!

Refuel

Touch (Jarcanda) R efuel, a local foursome, takes us on another trip into the s a t u r a t e d altemative/rock genre w ith th e ir new album, Touch. The first cut is “Ju ly ,” a decent song w ith a s lig h tly suggestive video. Their sound is very reminiscent of bands like O ur Lady Peace, with low-key intros turning into heavy guitar riffs. Some of the other tunes are unremarkable, but “ Killing Words” and “Long Lost Love” stand out as better efforts. There’s nothing par­ tic u la rly in n o va tive about this album, but for a walk through welltraveled terrain, it’s not bad.

— Nick Brandon

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A new multimedia exhibit at the Musée d ’A rt Contemporain de M o n tré a l d isp la y s the recent works of 22 young Quebec artists and provides a w indow into the future of art in this province.

T h e m a in o b je c tiv e o f O f Fire and Passion is not to show­ case some co h e s ive thread between the style or the themes employed by the artists, but rather to display their diversity and cre­ ate an impression of the current artistic scene as a whole. Though w ildly various, both in theme and medium, the works are joined by a com m on exuberance, through which they convey an impression of new artistic directions.

D e sp ite th e ir d iffe re n ce s, several greater themes tie the exhibit together. Images of the body, some tangible, others sub­ lim in a l, pe rva d e m ost o f the works.

P a rticu la rly striking is the use o f photography in distorted portrayals o f body parts. Jacki Danylchuk’s works, Oreilles and Peau, consist of photographs dis­ sected and rebuilt into beautifully filigreed shapes. Other artists use computers to skew the fam iliar shapes in the o rig in a l p h o ­ tographs.

Several of the painters in the exhibit also deal with perceptions of the body, but are more interest­ ed in displaying them in the con­ text o f re la tio n s h ip s . K a m ila Wozniakowska’ s two paintings in this e x h ib it, C o r r ig é p o u r la p o s t é r ité and M anipu lation de l ’histoire, are constructed simi­ la rly , w ith one identical figure re c u rrin g th ro u g h o u t m u ltip le panels, but w ith the context c h a n g in g in ce s s a n tly. M ic h e l B o u la n g e r’ s o il paintings also create an impression of changing perceptions of the same situation.

Fantastic collages of tree trunks, clouds and intertwined couples, L ’A v a n c é e d e s f o r ê t s and L e R ecu l d es f o r ê t s b lu r the lines between each distinct object, cre­ ating an impression of the move­ ment of shapes.

C a rry in g the theme o f the body slightly further, several of the artists aim to create a sense of personal space. Several o f the installations have cle a rly been created in such a way as to pro­ vide a very private and personal experience. A particularly striking example can be found in the work of Jean-Pierre Gauthier, whose installation Salle d ’eau II isolates viewers from outside stimuli and

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by Natalie Roy, Mais où est donc p assé le vent?, as each member of the p u b lic passing through the space stops and silently absorbs the flic k e rin g la m p lig h ts and peaceful atmosphere.

There seems to be a consis­ tent desire among the artists to provide a liv in g , changing ele­ ment to their works. For many of them this led to the inclusion of

f ilm excerpts, though not one artist re lied s o le ly upon film .

S u za n n e L e b la n c and A la in Benoit both use m oving pictures in their installations, the former manipulating images of the body to create a m ystifying story and the latter m o c k in g the artistic process by ju x ta p o sin g it w ith bodily functions.

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they never actually sleep w ith each other (although in the T V commercials for this m ovie, we do.see them in bed).

D u c h o v n y ’ s d octor is not believable. The operating scenes are unim pressive and so is his bedside manner. Perhaps it was the way the script was written, or m ore p o ssib ly, that D u c h o v n y had gotten too used to being in M u ld e r ’ s shoes. O n e alm ost expects Cancer M an’ s eerie nico­ tine presence to emerge at some point in the movie.

Director A n d y W ilson could have b e efed-up the bland and overused storyline with a strong supporting cast and action scenes à la John W oo. Instead, the film presents a conventional bad guy (a very mad T im Hutton) with a co m p a n y of H o lly w o o d u n k n o w n s and a m e d iocre Californian setting.

D a vid D u c h o vn y’ s entrance into the movie industry w ill sure­ ly be met with a lukewarm recep­ tion. Hopefully his next endeav­ our w ill make use of his talent instead of rehashing the under­ stated style of Fox Mulder.

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ceux-ci et qu'elle sera d a va n ta g e accessible et a b o rd a b le p o u r chacun d'entre eux;

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C on sid é ra n t que l'acutelle g a rd e rie de l'Université M c G ill ne répond pas de façon adéquate a u x besoins des étudiants et étudiantes;

Nous proposons, de plus, qu'à partir de la session de l'automne 1998, que chaque membre étudiant de l'association contribue une somme de trois dollars "$3.00", afin de finançer l'ouverture de cette garderie.

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O U IQ Q N O N Pour militer en faveur ou contre la question du référendum, vous devez former un comité pour la campagne officielle. Les Comités pour le "Oui" et le "Non" peuvent être montés par le Conseil de la SSMU ou en soumettant une pétition de Comité. Tous les formulaires d'information sur le Référendum avec tous les détails expliquant comment former un comité sont disponibles au bureau d'administration de l'AEUM, 3480 rue McTavish, 1er étage. Toutes les pétitions de comité devront être soumises au plus tard le lundi 27 octobre 1997 à midi

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T h e Redm en and M a rtle t crews hosted their home regatta, the M c G ill Invitational, over the weekend at the Olympic Basin on lie Notre Dame.

Boats from the Universities of T o ro n to , Q u e e n ’ s, T re n t, C o n c o rd ia , C a rle to n , and Waterloo, as well as boats from a number of clubs came to the only M ontreal event this season. Th e regatta served as preparation for the Ontario University Athletics championships to be held in two weeks in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Th e M c G ill cre w s’ optim al performance at the meet was hin­ dered by the fact that three of the top boats were sent to Boston to compete in the prestigious Head of the Charles regatta. M cG ill, how­ ever, was still able to put forth a strong showing with several varsi­ ty and n o vice boats co lle ctin g hardware.

In the varsity category, the men’ s heavyweight four and the w o m e n ’ s lig h tw e ig h t eight grabbed gold on the 2000m course.

Th e lightweight w om en’ s eight, which has won five straight O U A championships, then entered the heavyweight race and came away w ith a second w in. M c G ill took

two. more medals, a silver in the w o m e n ’ s lig h t singles and the men’s heavy eight.

G re a t course, g reat day Nat Jackson, co-coach of the women’s novice team, said that race conditions could not have been any better. It was “ perfect weather and perfect w a te r” on what Jackson described as “ one of the best courses in Canada.”

Veteran crew member Jen Meredith agreed that M c G ill is fortunate to call the former 1976 O ly m p ic B asin th e ir home.

“This is arguably one of the best courses in N o rth A m e ric a because it was made specifically for the O ly m p ic s , so i t ’ s a straight 2000m course,” said M eredith. “ W hen you ro w in open water, you can never be sure if each lane is equal because of currents.”

now compete with Canada's team, including Ben Storey, who current­ ly divides his time between the Redmen and the National team.

Storey competes on the M c G ill

novices, who see their first action w hile at M c G ill. Coach Jackson noted that while the club rowers are usually technically superior to begin w ith, the “ novice athletes provide a sure source of row ­ ers.”

T h e n o vice crew s also came through with solid show­ ings at the event with both the m e n ’ s and w o m e n ’ s n o vice fours taking s ilv e r and the m e n ’ s n o vice eight taking bronze.

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In Boston, the annual run­ ning of the Head of the Charles regatta took place Sunday, with three M c G ill Crews participat­ in g . Th e race, w h ic h is run upstream along the w in d in g Charles river near Harvard and M IT , featured over 5,000 ath­ letes from all over the world.

T h is ye a r, M c G ill sent three boats to the competition: the h e a vy w e ig h t w o m e n ’ s P a u lN o rb o e i8 h t’ lig h tw e ig h t w o m e n ’ s N ational asp iration s Row, row, row y e r boat. eight, and heavyweight men’s M c G il l is ren o w n e d for four. A ll three faced strong compe­ having many of their crew mem­ tition, going up against world class h e a v y w e ig h t eight and the bers make the jump from universi­ crews. The men’s four finished in Canadian lightweight crew. ty co m pe titio n to the national eighth place out of 22. For the past The M c G ill team has experi­ team. four years, the heavyweight men’s enced rowers, who have competed F iv e form er M c G ill rowers four race has been won by a boat with club teams in the past, and

consisting of M cG ill alumni. This year, however, the boat was made up of current M c G ill crew mem­ bers. T h e race was w on by Canada’s National team, finishing in a course record time.

Th e lightweight men’ s eight crew finished in 12th of 33 teams, with Rowing Canada again taking gold. The winning Canadian team included Redman Ben Storey.

The women’s eight finished in 43rd place of 55 teams.

Te a m president Scott Pritchard was one of the members to travel to Boston. “ Y o u w ould never see this k in d of event in C an a d a ,” said Pritchard. He explained that the event was a com bination of an unusual course and a spectacular atmosphere. The w inding course goes under various arched bridges along its upstream path. Pritchard estimated that 250,000 to 300,000 spectators watched the event from the banks of the Charles and along the brick-laden bridges.

In two w eeks time, the team will reunite to compete in the OUA cham pionships. Team s to watch f o r a r e the m en ’s h eavyw eight eight, the w om en ’s lightw eight four, and the m en’s heavyweight four.

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Presented with an opportunity to knock rival Concordia out of the Quebec University Soccer League playoffs and simultaneously claim postseason home field advantage, the Redm en dropped F r id a y ’ s heart-breaking 2-1 home contest before exacting Saturday’s division clinching 3-1 win at Bishop’s.

T h e R edm en entered the weekend needing only four points to assure themselves first place in the Quebec d iv is io n . W ith Sherbrooke closely trailing in the standings and Concordia in fifth place, a Friday night point would have placed M c G ill in control of their playoff destiny and eliminated the Stingers’ playoff aspirations.

Surprisingly, it was Concordia who began the game with the inten­ sity of a division leader. Stinger m idfielder Jason Rose scored a weak goal five minutes into the contest. A failed Redmen clearing attempt resulted in Rose’ s shot, w hich trickled past goalkeeper Eddy Zuppel.

T h e R e dm en’ s tendency to relinquish early goals has occurred with alarming consistency. “ Th e problem is o b vio u sly focus — it takes us 10 minutes into the game to establish the presence that we need for 90 minutes,” noted A ll-C a n a d ia n fo rw a rd M a rc Labrom.

The Stingers goal served as a w a ke -u p ca ll fo r M c G ill. Th e Redmen began to apply pressure on the Concordia defence, much of it

the final 20 minutes of the contest belief when he said that “tonight due to the effort of Gino Lalli. The we were just unlucky.” but were met by Redmen goalie m idfielder was m aking his first “Th is one...it’ s just a heartJason Forsyth. His play was high­ start of the season and provided an breaker,” remarked Redmen m id­ lighted by a diving stop off a low offensive spark with his ball con­ fielder Rehan A li. “We fought all Stinger blast late in the game. trol and valuable long-distance the way to the end and they just throw-ins. had that lucky bounce — it’s a “Gino gives us a calming hard one to swallow.” presence in the m iddle — a The w in perm itted simple presence. He was slated Concordia to stave off elimina­ as a starter until he went down tion and accumulate a crucial with his [early season] concus­ three points. If the Redmen sion...I call him ‘the Hammer,” ’ w ere going to capture first said Redm en coach Pat place, M cG ill needed a win at Raimondo.

B is h o p ’ s and help from After sustained ball control U Q A M w ho w o u ld need to through much of the first half, defeat Sherbrooke. midfielder Andrew Eisenstark W ith a tough loss under received a free kick and deftly vo lle y e d it past the Stinger their belts, the Redmen trav­ elled to Le n n o x ville to face goalie in the short side of the Bishop’ s in a Saturday after­ C o n co rd ia goal. T h e 31st noon tilt. M cG ill was left with minute’s goal evened the score at 1-1. little time to regroup.

Once again, the Redmen T h e second h a lf was fell behind in the first five min­ m arked by C o n c o rd ia ’ s utes — a quick Bishop’s goal m ethodical co n tro l — w ith put them ahead.

M c G ill playing offensive star “We had it fixed at about Marc Mounicot at the back, the game three and we stopped Redmen were unable to create g iv in g up early goals until many goal-scoring threats. game nine,” noted Raimondo “ [W e did it] just to get a after the Concordia game. “The different look. W e needed some early goal, the late goal — just more offence and although it is S o c k e d a n d s tu n g , th e R e d m e n p re s s s o n funny to say we move our best Diana A nderson poor mental lapses.”

T h e Redm en regained offensive player back to get their poise after early defensive W ith less than five minutes more offence, it allowed us to play remaining, the Stingers scored a miscues. Jason Frenette, K e vin Andrew up front and Marc Labrom M cC o n n e ll and M arc M ounicot miraculous goal from just outside up front,” noted Raimondo. posted goals in the 3-1 victory. the box. A h ig h -a rc h in g shot M id w a y through the second M o u n ic o t’ s ta lly came o ff of a caught Forsyth and the Redmen half, the Redmen again lost Lalli penalty shot. off-guard and tucked itself neatly due to a m id-air collision which C oupled w ith a last-m inute inside the far post. M c G ill’s Sean resulted in another concussion.

Sherbrooke loss, the Red ’n’ White Sheppard echoed the crowd’s dis­ Concordia pressed throughout

clinched home field advantage and can look to avenge two regular sea­ son losses w ith a sudden-death showdown against the Stingers.

Redm en defender Peter Bryant’ s feelings characterize the team’ s attitude: “It w ill give us a chance to redeem ourselves as they are the only team to beat us this year.” “ Eve ry year it’ s ConcordiaM cG ill. It doesn’t come down to a game of skill, it comes down to a game of w ho wants it more — h o p e fu lly we can get some revenge,” commented Sheppard.

The Redmen fa c e the Stingers this F riday at M olson Stadium.

K ick-off is at 9:00 a.m.

Coming up this week Marlet and Redmen soccer playoffs vs. Sherbrooke and Concordia respectively Friday 7 and 9 p.m., Molson Stadium.

Football: Shaugnessey Cup vs.

Concordia Saturday 1 p.m., Molson Stadium.

Martlet rugby: Sunday 1 p.m. vs. Ottawa, Leber Park.

Redmen rugby: Sunday 3 p.m. at Concordia.

Basketball: Redmen and Martlets host Redbird Classic, Friday to Sunday, Currie Gym.

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Radically out to lunch: suggestions for a remodelled CFL What is the sound of one hand clapping? According to a season long trend, it is the deafening silence reverberating forth from C F L stadiums throughout Canada’s East. The C F L ’s Eastern franchis­ es, once the ballast of the league, have suffered through abysmal fan support which w ill result in all four teams losing money this season.

Despite a record-set­ ting campaign, the 15-2 A rg o s are averaging 17,000 fans a game in S k yD o m e ’ s cavernous confines.

Similarly, the Alouettes, who have been a tremendous success on the field, have suffered nonetheless in the box office, managing to attract less than 10,000 supporters a con­ test.

Clearly winning is not the only issue, otherwise the Alouettes and the A rg o s w o u ld have bigger crowds than Madonna’s bedroom.

Maybe it’s time that the C F L brass considered a few changes. Th e y

could begin by revitalizing their national advertising cam paign.

Their previous misnomer was “our balls are bigger” which naturally provokes the question, how could they be, you play most of your games in -1 0 degree weather?

Perhaps it’ s time that the truth,

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however shrivelling, was confront­ ed. With this in mind, how about, “Aren’t you tired of watching over­ paid, w e ll-k n o w n , high ly-gifted athletes?” O r maybe, “ A ll of our players have day jobs!”

Herein lies not only the truth, but one of the league’ s central problems. As elevated as today’ s professional salaries are, they lend credibility to the players and create a barrier, which in separating them

T en Top Ten reasons McGill will not go to this year’s Vanier Cup

from our ordinary affairs elevates them to merely mythical propor­ tions.

In order to compensate for salary increases, new and viable markets w ill have to be located.

W h ile A m e rica n and European cities have been m entioned, I believe that the answer has been staring at us in the face all along — Great Bear Lake! Edm onton, w hich is cu rre n tly attracting 31,000 roaring fans a game and has already sold out this year’ s Grey Cup, has proven that football can work in cold climates. And frankly, there are fewer climates colder than that of Great Bear Lake. O ur real m odel here, h ow ever, is Green Bay. Despite a meagre population of only 40,000 hardy souls, the Packers attract over 65,000 rooters a game demonstrating that some­ times the most obscure locations provide the best football venues.

O u r new C F L should be as

— Ryan Murphy

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league to be synonymous with a 130-pound failed European soccer player in lily white pants and a one bar helmet.

So, if these self-same purists want something distinct to hold on to, simply remind yourself that the C F L is the only professional league in the w orld where the referees make more than the players.

It’s time that we reinvigorated the C F L w ith the g la m ou r it deserves rather than allowing it to continue as little more than a front for the witness relocation and pro­ tection program. After all, an insti­ tution as clearly Canadian as a cooler full of Labatt and a pound of back bacon deserves better. It’ s up to you Canada, and in the inspira­ tional w ords of John W a yn e Bobbit, “big balls are worth sav­ ing.”

Mr. Murphy is currently in the N.W.T. learn in g why the CFL dropped its old slogan.

McGill Redbirds lose a heartbreaker reliever G ord O ’ Brien continued into extra innings as he struck out another two in the eighth. Th e Th e M c G ill Redbirds season Stingers led off the eighth with a came to a close last Friday night base hit from first baseman Scott when they were defeated 5-4 in Ranney, who proceeded to steal sec­ extra innings b y the C oncordia ond and advance to third on a wild Stingers in the Quebec University pitch. Th a t forced B audw ay to Baseball League’ s sem i-final at intentionally walk Adam Little and TM R .

Bob Grocott in hopes of set­ Th e R edbirds were ting up the force play at the anchored by starting pitcher plate. With none out and the John Baudway, who went the bases loaded, the next hitter, distance pitching all eight Mike Wasazz, laced a base hit innings while striking out six up the middle and the w in­ in the one-run loss. According ning run crossed the plate. to R edbird coach Ern ie The Stingers advanced to D ’ Allessandro, “Baudway is the league’s best two-out-ofour horse. He pitched a hell of three finals, which they lost a game and it is always tough over the weekend to Laval to lose one like this. But we two games to one. Laval will fought hard, he pitched great now represent the Quebec and the team gave 100 per cent Baseball League at the effort.”

National Championships in Scoring started in the top St. Catharines, Ontario this of second inning as the weekend.

Redbirds jumped to a 2-0 lead The hard fought effort off of a 2-run single by Dan from the Redbirds pleased Stober. The Redbirds added to coach D ’ Allessandro, who the lead, going up 3-0 in the was hopeful after the game. third off a Fred Fafard home “We had a great season run. and we are a young team.

“I saw the pitch well and These guys achieved greater it just launched off of my bat,” success as a team than I had said Fafard, who went 4-4 in predicted and there is certain­ the losing effort. ly a great future for this ball Th e lead held for the club. I am proud of the guys Redbirds as pitcher John and I look forward to next Baudway took the no-hitter into the fourth inning. He ran Jo h n B a u d w a y g o es the d ista n ce in losing season.”

The Redbirds wound up into trouble from there, howev­ e ffo rt Paul N o rb o 11-5 this season and there is er, as the Stingers’ bats found much optimism for M c G ill their groove. An R B I double by baseball fans as only two players Gonsalves been at second, the sin­ left fielder Adam Little and two are graduating. Next year’ s team gle may have been the game win­ M cG ill errors allowed the Stingers promises to be a true contender for a ning RBI. However, the fatal run­ to score four runs and take the lead ning error cost the Redbirds as National Championship.

4-3.

O ’Brien struck out Dan Vexler to Th e Redbirds never let up. end the inning.

They continued to battle and tied N O T E : SP O R TS Concordia was retired in order the game in the fifth inning on a in the sixth by B audw ay as he RBI single by Fafard. With men on W R IT E R S M E E T IN G struck out two. The great pitching second and third base and two out continued in the seventh inning as in the inning, Concordia pulled T O D A Y A T 5 :3 0 , IN O ’Brien stuck out the side. In the starter Pat Larose and replaced him bottom of the inning, Baudway sur­ with their new weapon, Quebec vived a lead-off hit by Stinger SS E lite League superstar G o rd T H E T R IB U N E O ’Brien. He possesses a variety of Doug Nofthal and retired the side to send the game to extra innings. great pitches with incredible move­ O F F IC E . B E T H E R E .

Th e pitching domination by ment and retired Stober to end the

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10. David McKinnon is still trying to dribble the ball down field.

9. Offense rendered useless with laughter whenever a play is called for the “tight end” 8. Forrest still running towards own end zone.

7. Questionable policy of rush a yard, do a shot.

6. field goal-kicking donkey frankly lethargic and unmotivated.

5. Cup kick-off time unfortunately conflicts with many players’ Dodge Ball exam.

4. N o overwhelming desire to see Toronto in November.

3. Frankly, more interested in patting bums than scoring points.

2. School of the blind no longer on varsity schedule.

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image conscious as it is profession­ al. Therefore, our new teams will have to carefully pick their names, hopefully showing an ingenuity unfamiliar with the C F L . For most of its existence, the league has con­ sisted of only nine teams, and yet for over fifty years two of those teams possessed the same name — that’s fine for an inbreed family of mountain yokels, but not for our new league. Furtherm ore, what exactly is a R oughrider? Is it a football team or an exclusive con­ dom? This sort of ambiguity w ill be struck from our nouveau cre­ ation.

Our new venues will obvious­ ly not succeed by themselves. They may also require the help of a few minor rule changes — - primarily, a fourth down. Purists of the sport will no doubt despise this sugges­ tion, but need I remind you that were it not for evolution, we’d still be swinging from trees and eating ants on a stick. Kicking is fine for soccer, but I don’t want our new

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The sixth inning was highlight­ ed by a Redbird base running error com m itted by shortstop Pat Gonsalves. Gonsalves tried to stretch a double into a triple and was tagged out. Th e next batter, Eric Chatilia, hit a single and had

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it appeared as though the Université up in Sunday morning’s tournament de M ontréal was again going to semi-final. The Martlets made it to have their way with the Martlets. the semi-final by winning their pool Les Carabins jumped out to an early with three impressive straight game 5-0 lead. M c G ill seemed to lack matches against Carleton University some fine-tuning in their team play (15-4, 15-2), Concordia University (15-4, 15-4) and the University of which cost them against the taller Montreal squad.

Toronto (15-2,15-5).

The Martlets got off to a quick start against W in n ip e g , who finished second in their pool, scoring four easy points before the first side-out. M c G ill rolled along from there as Winnipeg was able to put up little resistance against the agile and confident Martlet unit. “ W e have a lot more experi­ ence on our team (than last years squad),” offered Martlets bump, set an d spike to win M artlet m iddle and tournament Th e team rebounded after a M V P W endy W helan. “ W e also time-out, a trend which continued have a lot of depth on our bench, throughout the match, to close the which really helps, and a fighting gap to 6-5. Montreal was able to attitude; we w o rk together and p u ll away again, h ow ever, as things are going well for us so far.”

M cG ill was unable to take advan­ The Red ‘N ’ Whites took the tage of several easy side-outs due to semi-final 15-4, 15-3, 15-6, to move to the final against Les Carabins de missed serves by Les Carabins.

Montreal went on a 7-2 scor­ L ’ U n ive rs ité de M ontréal. Th e ing streak to make the score 13-7 match-up represented a repeat of before the Martlets decided it was last ye a r’ s tournam ent final in time to play. which Les Carabins were successful “W e were just ‘there’ at the in beating the Martlets. start,” said Martlet setter and tour­ At the beginning of the match

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The Martlet Volleyball team continued their strong preseason tournament play by going undefeat­ ed to win the M c G ill Invitational this weekend at the C u rrie Gymnasium.

M cG ill is looking for a return to the Nationals to improve on their sixth place finish. Th e Martlets, playing in their second tournament this season, believe that playing in tournaments w ill help the team attain their goals even though the wins do not translate into Quebec Students Sport Federation league points.

“It doesn’t matter if we play teams from outside the Quebec league or not. What’s important is for us to play good teams if we want to im prove,” said M artlet coach Rachelle Beliveau. ‘There are many teams we can beat but I w o uld rather play teams that will give us the opportunity to im prove. For example, if it is [L ’Universite de] Montreal that we have to beat then we want to play them as much as possible until the season ends.”

Coach B elive a u expressed pleasure with the calibre of teams that turned out for the M c G ill Invitational, noting that it was one of the strongest fields the Martlets have seen so far. “ H a v in g someone from the west (University of Winnipeg) was very good,” said Beliveau. “It gave us someone to compare ourselves with from that league.”

The Martlets were more than comparable to the U n iversity of Winnipeg as the two teams matched

Non-McGill 1) Who was the last Canadian syn­ chro swimmer to win an Olympic gold? What was the controversy surrounding this win?

2) True or False: The wooden tar­ get ball is fixed to the ground.

3) When and where were the win­ ter O lym p ic s that featured ski jumping “talent” Eddie the Eagle?

W hy was he never allowed to com­ pete in the Olympics again?

McGill 4 ) Th e nicknames are: U Q A M C itad in s, U Q TR Patriotes, Sherbrooke Vert et Or, and Laval Rouge et Or. 5) Former M c G ill running back Mike Soles is now a fullback with the C F L ’s Alouettes.

6) The newest edition to M cG ill’s club circ u it is the w om e n ’ s lacrosse team.

McGill 4 ) In what year did the M c G ill Redmen Hockey team start play?

5) W hich three O -Q IF C football teams are vying for the final play­ off spot this weekend?

6) Which Redmen crew member also rows fo r the Canadian National team? (Hint: it’s in one of this week’s articles)

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Non-McGill 1) Fourteen teams have won the Stanley C up . Th e teams are: Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, New York Rangers, N Y Islanders, New Jersey, Detroit, Chicago, Colorado, Edmonton, Philadelphia, Calgary, and V icto ria , when they had a team a long, long time ago.

2) Cleveland last won the W orld Series in 1948.

3) Sprinter Donovan B a ile y is sponsored by M aple Leaf food products.

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been telling them (the Martlet play­ ers) that they have to work as a group, that no one individual is going to win and that the more we play as a team the better we will be.

I think that it is starting to show — everybody works hard and the team plays together and with complian­ cy.”

Th e bronze medal game was w on by W in n ip e g , w ho beat Toronto (15-5, 15-11, 15-11), while fifth place was taken by John A b b ott C olle ge ( C E G E P ) in a courageous com eback over Concordia (10-15, 2-15, 15-8, 1512, 1 5 -1 3 ). O ttaw a defeated Carleton (15-4, 15-4, 15-13) to take seventh place.

The next stop for the Red ’n’ Whites will be made next weekend in Toronto for the York Invitational.

This is the last tournament they will play before the regular season begins in the ve ry com petitive Quebec league. The Martlets know that they will face a different chal­ lenge this year after placing sixth in the nation last year.

“After going to Nationals and placing sixth, everyone wants to beat u s,” said M artle t captain Wendy Whelan. “But that’s great — it’ s not pressure, it’ s just that we have to take that and we have to fight even harder to win. It’s fun.”

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nament a ll-sta r, M a rie -E v e Bergerson. “We had easy matches before this one, so we weren’t very aggressive at the start, but with two points left (from losing the first game), we started to get intense and started to fight.”

A n d fight they did, as the Martlets went on a streak, winning several long, entertaining ral­ lies, thanks to digs from play­ ers like tech­ nique Anouk Lapointe and m iddle Anne M ullin, creative sets from Bergerson, and big k ills from power Michelle Van Houtte and m iddle W endy W helan.

Th e strong team play of the Martlets paid o ff as the Stephen Ban team battled all the way back to take the first game by a score of lb 14.

Les Carabins, led by middle Marianne Melanson and tournament all-star Caroline L ’Heureux, did rebound w ith some strong play throughout the match, but in the end, M ontreal w asn’t so happy.

M cG ill exhibited character in taking the tournament championship by a score of 16-14, 15-7,15-9.

“We have been developing as w e ’ ve gone alon g,” said Coach Beliveau after the match. “W e ’ ve

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the Martlet Foundation Academic Entrance Scholarship. As well, he has earned C I A U Academic A llCanadian status in ‘94-’95 and was named to the Principal’ s Studentathlete Honour Roll that same year.

Education is something Linden wants to be able to fall back on; however, he hopes to continue play­ ing football as long as possible. “ I want to continue playing football no matter what,” replied Linden when asked what his long term goals are. “I ’d like to play in the C F L and if that doesn’t work out

Shawn Linden, M cG ill’s start­ ing running back, looks confidently ahead to a strong career in football.

Although a leg injury will keep him on the sidelines for the rest of this season, Linden looks to return to the team at a 100 per cent next year.

Linden is second in M cG ill alltime single season rushing thanks to last year’s amazing performance in which he carried the ball 126 times for 828 yards for an average of 6.6 yards per carry. He also scored seven touchdowns in eight games.

He is third in all-time M cGill career rushing and is still eligible to play for the university next year. This year he was only able to play in the first four games before he was injured in a game at Molson Stadium against Bishop’s.

He had carried the ball 56 times for 301 yards for an average of 5.4 yards a carry in the three and half games he played.

“All I want to do is get back out there and play,” he said. “I ’ll be playing for the university for sure next year.”

H o w e ve r, he has to be accepted to medical school first and is currently waiting to hear whether or not he’ s has been accepted here at M cGill.

He is a twenty-one year old senior in biochemistry looking to advance his education as much as possible. Linden was a recipient of L in d e n looks a h e a d

I might try Europe.”

Linden’s coaches think he has a good chance to play pro football.

“I think he’d make a great full­ back in the C F L , and he might even be able to play in the N F L ,” said Redmen head coach Charlie Baillie.

“He’s a great football player and he sets a good example for everyone.

H e’ s as good as any running back M cGill has ever had.”

Baillie’s remarks put Linden in company w ith M c G ill’ s all-tim e mshing leader and long-time CFLer Michael Soles. Both players top the M cG ill all-time mshing yards per carry list (at 5.8 yards per carry) for players with at least one hun­ dred carries.

N o matter what happens when Linden’s university career is over, his in ju ry this year has undoubtedly hurt the team.

“Basically, we lost our best player,” said Offensive co-ordina­ tor Joe M archildon. “N ot only does the running game suffer, but his runs set up the passing game as well.”

Despite the injury, Linden is in good spirits and is looking for­ ward to coming back ASAP. “I try never to quit, never to give up. I stay positive as much as possible.”

The Redmen hope his opti­ mism will pay off in the form of a 100 per cent recovery and a return to the line-up.

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B rie fs W om en’s soccer wins two

C ross country m akes clean sweep a t L av al

unable to fend off a strong Patriote attack. Julie Hornsby scored two goals on the night and Carolyn Bennett added one in the contest for the Martlets.

The team is now 0-2 in league play and 3-3-1 overall this season.

The Martlet soccer team con­ Th e M c G ill cross-country tinued their winning ways with a team travelled to Quebec City last pair of victories Friday and weekend to compete at the Laval Saturday. At home Friday night, the Invitational. In sweeping the top women won a slim 2-0 game over a m uch-im proved Concordia team. The Stingers, which M cGill once trounced 101 last season, have given McGill much tougher games this year.

Jen Hunter scored the game win­ ner and Patti Foschi added one while Debrah Keitzke notched her first shutout of the weekend.

Saturday, the team travelled to Lennoxville to take on the Bishop’s Gaiters. The Martlets rounded out their regular season with a 2-0 win for their 11th vic­ tory. A lyson W alker and Sue Belair scored the M cGill goals.

Kietzke notched another shutout in her amazing season in goal.

With an 11-1-0 record, the Martlets took first place during the regular season and will host Sherbrooke in the division semi­ Diana Anderson Caption me! finals Friday night.

F oo tb all goes tum bling down in Lennoxville The M cGill Redmen lost their fourth game of the season this year, and unofficially dropped their sec­ ond game to Bishop’s by a score of 17-4. E a rlie r in the season, Bishop’s was stripped of its three wins, giving M cG ill an unearned win.

O n this day, the team was unable to build on an 4 -0 early game lead game that came courtesy of a field goal by G o rd Hoogengraad and a single by punter Bendy Harris.

Minutes after the first field goal, the Redmen had a shot to add a major to their lead. On 3rd and inches from the 30 yard line, rookie quarterback David McKinnon sur­ prised the defence by throwing a deep pass to receiver Rob Posthumus. The receiver was wideopen in the end zone but dropped the ball.

Bishop’s took advantage of the missed play early in the second quarter with a 15-yard T D to receiver Vincent Begin. The Gaiters added a field goal mid way through the fourth, and iced the game with their second major with just over a minute left in the game.

M c G ill’s running game suf­ fered a tough game as the multi-tal­ ented Craig Borgeson did not dress for the game due to an injury. The Redmen managed only 79 yards on the ground, versus 212 for the Gaiters.

With the loss the team made it even more difficult for themselves to make the playoffs.

Th e Redmen now must win their final game of the season home to Concordia Saturday, and hope that Laval loses to Bishop's. If Bishop’s wins and M cG ill loses, Bishop’ s w ill, despite their three forfeited games, take the final spot.

Any other combination of wins and losses between the two games will result in the second-year Laval Rouge et O r making the playoffs.

five spots, the Martlets were suc­ cessful in winning the team event by 32 points over second place Concordia.

Ta m b ra D unn set a course record of 14:32 over the 4.3km trail in w inning the event. Stephanie Welsh took second, Genevieve Shurtlisf third, Lisa Thauberger fourth, and Elaine Penny fifth.

Th e Redmen equalled the women's feat placing first in their team event with a comfortable 28 point lead over L ’ Université du Québec à Trois-Rivierès. Strong efforts were turned in by Chris Barrett, who finished fourth, and Thomas Greenberg who took sixth place. McGill also took home sev­ enth and eighth place finishes.

Next weekend, the teams will go to Ste-Foy to compete in the Quebec Student Sport Federation championships.

M a rtle t tennis holds co u rt in P ointe C laire Saturday, the Martlet tennis team hosted it first-eve r home event, w inning 4 -3 over Y o rk University. T w o weeks after the men played host to two teams at the Mirabel racquet club, the women strode to victory over a perennially strong Yeow om en team. Pam Trafton improved her record to 103 on the season with two wins and Caroline Hulsker and Stephanie Rhode both went 2-0 for the win.

Th e team w ill travel to London, Ontario next weekend to defend their league championship from last year, their first season in the league.

M a rtle t hockey loses hom e opener M cG ill’s women’s team took to McConnell Winter Arena Friday night to host L ’ U niversité du Québec à Tro is Rivières. After coming out on the short end of a 90 game against Concordia in the season opener, the Martlets were trying to get the season on track, but came up one goal short. The final was 4-3 for U Q T R .

After taking a 3-1 lead in the second period, the Martlets were

Squash overpow ers Q u eeirs The M cG ill women’ s squash team opened their season last weekend with a convincing win over a very tough Queen’s squad.

The top four seeds Sarah Leckie, Ta ra M u llin s , Bernadette Bradbury, and Alex Jordan each went 4-1, while fifth seed Robyn Schm idek went a perfect 5 -0 against the Gaels.

Th e wins show great promise for the Martlets since Queen’s had rarely been defeated in the last few seasons before this event.

M c G ill w ill travel to Ryerson in two weeks time to defend their early top ranking.

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O n the m en’ s side, the Redmen played host to Bishop’s whom they successfully disposed of, winning the game by a score of 19-5. The Redmen picked up the two points thanks to strong efforts from several players; Ben Williams, T im Dixon and Bemie McMullen each scored a try, while McMullen and Simon Ellison each added a convert.

The women weren’ t quite as successful as the men but the Martlets did manage to pick up one point in a 5-5 tie at Concordia. The tie leaves the women tied for the fourth and final playoff spot. Holly Bailey scored the only try for the Martlets.

Th e men w ill travel to Concordia to play the Stingers Sunday at 3 p.m., while the women face a must-win game as they host Ottawa Sunday at 1 p.m.

R edm en hockey evens out pre-season record Th e Redmen hockey team rounded out their pre-season last weekend with two wins and a loss at the W aterloo Oktoberfest Tournament. The team started out with a rough game, losing 6-4 against the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks. The Redmen were outshot 26-25 in the game. Second year goalie David Simonetti made 20 saves in nets.

On Saturday, the Redmen got back on track, winning 3-2 over a strong Western team. The Redmen took a 2-0 lead on goals by Robert Stansny and C arl Charland.

Western managed to tie up the game with two markers in the final 90 seconds before rookie Mathieu Darche potted the game winner with 11 seconds remaining.

On Sunday, the Redmen man­ aged an easy 6-3 victory over the B rock Badgers. Jean-Francois Moquin scored two goals, including the game winner, to equal his total from last season. Jarrod Daniel backstopped the Redmen for their two wins.

M cG ill finished the pre-season at 3-3 and will travel to Kingston to take on Queen’ s and R M C to start the regular season.

What's on Tuesday, October 21 Th e M c G ill Society of Montreal has arranged for psycholo­ gist Donna Reid, to lead a workshop on understanding your personality profile in a professional context. For people who have registered by Sept.

30, the workshop w ill be held on Tues. Oct 21, 1997 at 7 p.m. The cost is $5 and it will be held in the Leacock Building, room 232. For info call 398-5000.

M cGill Students for Literacy is holding an open-mike session on the Arts steps Oct. 21 and 22 in con­ junction with Quebec literacy week.

V is itin g groups include M c G ill Daycare Centre, F .A .C .E .

Elementary School and adult litera­ cy classes from M ontreal H ig h School. Come by and see us on the Arts steps and support our readers!

For more info about our services contact M c G ill Students for Literacy at 398-5100.

The Dept, of Anthropology is pleased to sponsor a lecture entitled, “ Indigenous M ovem ents, M ille n a rian ism and the State (M e x ic o ),” to be given by Pierre Beaucage, a Prof, of anthropology at the Université de Montreal. The lecture will be held at 4:30 pm in Leacock, room 738. Refreshments will be served at 4:00 pm.

Wednesday, October 22 The 1997 M c G ill Book Fair will be held on Oct. 22nd and 23rd, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m .

Thousands of new and used books on sale in Redpath Hall. Bargains galore. Free admission. Everyone welcome.

please contact Krishna Mercer at 289-9714 or at skink @ sympatico.ca.

Th e A llia n ce Quebec Provincial Youth Commission pre­ sents Th e H on. Stéphane D io n , Canada’ s M in iste r of Intergovernmental Affairs, from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Moot Court, Faculty of Law, 3644 Peel St. (Peel M etro or Bus 144, Peel, corner Docteur Penfield.)

Thursday, October 23 Tonight at 6:30 pm, L B G T M ’s W o m y n ’ s G ro u p meets in the W o m e n ’ s U n io n (Shatner 423).

Drop by, say what’s on your mind, etc.

Friday, October 24 A t 5:30 pm , L B G T M ’ s Com ing Out Group meets in the basement of U T C (3521 University, corner M ilto n ). D o n ’ t be shy to come to this group as everyone is in the same situation as you and the group is very friendly.

L B G T M ’ s M en’ s Discussion Group meets in the basement of U T C (3521 U n iv e rs ity , corner Milton) at 7:00 pm. We usually go out for food & drinks afterward.

Monday, October 27 In form a l Sem inar: “Retrospective: Russia and the West on Literary Theory.” Lecture to be presented to the Departm ent of English on Monday, Oct. 27, 1997 from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in the Arts C o u n c il R oom , A rts B u ild in g , Room 160.

L B G T M ’ S B isexual Group meets this evening in the Women’s Union (Shatner 423) at 5:30 pm.

Both men and wom en alike are invited to join the friendly discus­ sion.

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