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Fed eral b u d g et $2.5 billion b o o st Student leaders ambivalent about the budget's impact on education

By N ilima G ulrajani

Billy Robinson delivers a soulful jazz performance at the World Beat Café in celebration o f Black History Month. (see story page 22)

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Paul Martin delivered some goodies to post-secondary educa­ tion, but not as many as student groups and provincial governments might have wished for.

Monday's budget injected a one-time $2.5 billion into health care and post-secondary education by topping up Canada Health and Social Transfer payments to the provinces. Provincial governments can access the extra cash at any time over the next four years, although the government is sug­ gesting expenditures of $1 billion in 2000-01 and $500 million in every subsequent year until 2004.

The federal governm ent expects the provinces to draw upon these funds to address pressing needs in education. Nonetheless, the $2.5 billion is considerably less than the $6 billion in additional social transfer payments provincial governments were hoping for.

"It's always less than what you like, but it's the third or fourth bud­ get in a series that's had a positive impact for education," said McGill Principal Bernard Shapiro. " I don't want to ju st com plain because that's not fair. I'm grateful that there's been some positive steps taken."

Jason Aebig, N ational Director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (to which the Students' Society of McGill University belongs), was more hes­

itant in his praise for the federal budget.

"My first reaction was one of disappointment and shock," Aebig commented. "We were hoping for the 50/50 formula—50 per cent tax reduction and 50 per cent spending.

What we got was 3/4 tax reduction and 1/4 spending and that's put uni­ versities in a d ifficult position...[S jad ly students are going to see an increase in their fees because sadly, there isn't money coming down the pipe."

Students get tax break The federal budget also addresses the m uch-publicized “brain drain” by investing in uni­ versity-based innovation and research. Ottawa will provide $900 million over five years to fund 2 000 new university research chairs across the country and will inject another $900 m illion into the Canada Foundation for Innovation to pay for new equipment in uni­ versities among other things.

Biotechnology research has also received an infusion of $160 mil­ lion.

Scholarship, fellowship and bursary students can also expect an increase in tax exem ptions to $3000, up from $500. Finance Minister Martin feels that this bud­ get is “creating better lives for Canadians in a rapidly changing world.,” as the new money for edu­

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By Jo n a than C olford

The McGill M artlet hockey team concluded their most suc­ cessful season ever as they took home the silver medal at the CIAU championships held at Concordia last week.

McGill improved upon last y ea r’s fifth-place finish at the Nationals, the first time they had qualified for such a tournament.

The seventh-ranked Martlets

stunned the fourth-ranked Ontario champion Toronto Varsity Blues 2-1 to reach the gold-medal game, despite being out-shot 42-14.

“I d o n ’t think anybody expected us to be th e re ,” said Martlets head coach Peter Smith.

“At a very private level, with the team, I think the team began to expect the best. Our abilities, our team play, our conditioning, everything including our expecta­ tions peaked at the right time, and

that’s what we worked for in the whole season.”

“We didn’t lose the gold, we won the silver. I firmly believe that.”

Alberta took advantage of a suspension to C oncordia star Corinne Swirsky, knocking the two-time champion Stingers out 32 in a shoot-out. Concordia was sorely missing the offensive punch which Swirsky, the CIAU scoring champion and player of the year

cation is part of a greater initiative to reduce the tax burden for all income groups.

CASA and SSMU, however, are not completely optimistic. "The tax exemption, and these other ini­ tiativ es, are great news," said Aebig. "Sadly, however, these are window-dressing...[Tjhis was sup­ posed to be a millennium budget and if at the height of our prosperi­ ty the government isn't investing in education and young people, it is questionable where it is we are going."

W ojtek B araniak, VP Community and Government, is more upbeat about the budget, although he admits CASA's job is half-finished.

"We've accomplished half of what we wanted, given that we wanted $2 billion in both this year’s and next year's budget," said Baraniak. "I still don't think the federal government understands the importance of core funding to edu­ cation."

Students versus the sick W ithout a specific formula with which to divide the $2.5 bil­ lion between health and education, both groups are expected to launch lobbying efforts to obtain as much money as possible from provincial governments. For Aebig, this puts Continued on page 2

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CIAU Championship Playing before a noisy, mostly pro-McGill crowd of approximate­ ly 700, the Martlets pressured the Pandas in their zone for the first half of the first period, forcing a few turnovers which they could not put away. On the forecheck, M artlet u tility player Suzanne Fujiki broke up an Alberta drive in

the neutral zone, skating in on th eir all-C anadian g oaltender Stacey McCullough and making a centering pass that no one picked up. In the second half, despite showing some difficulty control­ ling the puck and clearing their own zone, the Martlet defense did not allow the Alberta offense to fire many threatening shots on goaltender Kim St-Pierre.

The Martlets maintained their Continued on Page 30

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Quebec government unveils its vision for universities No promises yet for increased funding to carry out policy plan

By N ilima G ulrajani

The Quebec M inistry of Education released its first-ever pol­ icy on universities two weeks ago, although it has yet to elaborate on the financial package it will offer universities in order for them to implement the new policies.

The Ministry’s report, entitled “To Better Assure Our Collective Future,” was the highly anticipated government response to consulta­ tions held with Quebec universities.

The policy statem ent addresses some of McGill’s funding concerns as expressed the “Tradition and

Innovation” document McGill sub­ mitted to the government in the fall.

The Ministry’s response identi­ fied three priority areas for universi­ ties, including accessibility, univer­ sity performance and responding to society and the world. No dollar fig­ ure was specified, although adminis­ trators anticipate an increase in post­ secondary will likely be articulated in the Quebec government’s March budget.

“The university setting is ready to pass to action, and we’re con­ vinced that together, we can live up to this challenge for excellence and performance,” Education Minister

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The report specifically addresses the need to support undergraduate stu­ dents. The document also affirms its commitment to high-quality educa­ tion, committing itself to the recruit-

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The Ministry's response identified three priority

areas for universities, including accessibility, university perfor­ mance and responding to soci­ ety and the world. ment of high-quality professors, the modernization of equipment, and linking society’s needs with pro­ gram content. The need for regular evaluation reviews and the “concer­ tation and complementarity” with other post-secondary institutions is also highlighted.

According to Yalovsky, the government was not specific enough in its policies and didn’t go far enough in addressing the mainte­ nance of high-quality programs.

“The principles the Minister is putting forth are very broad...[Q]ne

could say there isn’t a sufficient amount of focus, though this has its positives and negatives.” said Yalofsky. “We support access but we want to make sure that the pro­ grams [students] have access to are high quality. The Minister doesn’t address how to sustain programs of high quality. In that area it has been a bit of a disappointment.”

In contrast, Yalovsky was happy that the report seemed to deemphasize the need for universities to solely prepare students for the requirements of the labour market.

“I [was] very worried that the focus [in the draft] was too much on vocational programs. Before, [the draft] was preparing to reinvest only in targeted areas,” commented Yalovsky.

University officials have esti­ mated that M cGill would need approximately $80 million dollars in additional income per annum in order to make the university finan­ cially viable. Quebec universities in total say they need an additional $650 million a year to remain com­ petitive and preserve standards.

“This report is great intuitively, but it may be too ‘motherhood’,” said Yalovsky.

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Accessibility key Although not uniquely specific to universities, the Parent Report of the 1960s was the first report issued to orient education in Quebec. The new report reaffirms the govern­ ment’s commitment to the universi­ ty system, while emphasizing the need for reform given the preemi­ nent place of universities in the future development of Quebec.

The policy asserts that the gov­ ernment must continue to promote access to and success in universities by ensuring that “the economic

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The question that university administrators have on their minds, however, is whether the funding increase will be sufficient for suc­ cessful implementation of the policy statement.

“Really, all these [statements] are nice, but the real issues in the end is whether the government will put together the financial effort that will allow us to achieve these goals.” said Morty Yalovsky, vice president administration and finance at McGill.

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"The student who wants one dollar to offset his tuition increase has to take it away from his grand­ mother who needs hip-replacement surgery," com m ented Aebig.

"Unfortunately, [education and health] are fighting for the same dollar but we're equally as needy. It puts public service organisations in an awkward position."

For Shapiro, the next step is to "convince the PQ government that some substantial funds should be devoted to education despite the

needs of health care." Although the provincial budget has yet to be released, last week at the Sommet du Québec et de la Jeunesse, the Quebec government promised to increase funding to all levels of education by $1 billion, $650 mil­ lion to universities alone. "[The $2.5 billion] will obvi­ ously have an effect on the upcom­ ing PQ budget, but what it will be I don't know.," said Shapiro. "What the PQ government would have done if the [extra funds] hadn't been available, I don't know.”

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pa sses day of p r o t e s t

McGill Senate approved a motion to hold a day of protest against government underfunding of universities in general and McGill in particular at its meeting on Wednesday. February 16th. The date for the protest was changed from February 18th to March 3rd, and will be held between 11 am and 3 pm.

Students’ Society of McGill University president Andrew Tischler, who proposed the motion, told Senate that from his meetings with government officials he saw “no intention for reinvestment [into the universities] coming from the government.” He announced that he had obtained the support of the stu­ dent unions at Université de Montréal and Université Laval, two of the largest student unions in Quebec.

Tischler argued that the point of the motion was for students, acad­ emic and administrative staff to demonstrate solidarity in the face of

what he perceives to a divide-andrule strategy being practiced by the Quebec government with respect to universities.

Students will be allowed to par ticipate in the day’s activities with­ out academic penalty, howevei McGill will not close its administra tive offices nor will it cancel classes Senate was asked to shut down McGill for the four-hour even! however only the Principal has the authority to do so and. preseni because he chairs Senate, Principa Bernard Shapiro refused.

There is no final word on wha the activities will be, howevei Tischler mentioned that participani' and passers-by would be asked t< sign a petition against the govern ment’s underfunding of universities in general and McGill in particular Senate voted nearly unani mously in favour of the motion, withj only two senators voting against it.

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Stu d en ts, yo u th g et g o vern m en t payo ut

By Jonathan C olford

McGill officials were encour­ aged by Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard’s announcement of one billion dollars in new financing to education, made at the close of the Quebec Youth Summit last Thursday.

The billion dollars will be added over a three year period, with $160 million promised for next year, $320 million the fol­ lowing year, and $500 million for 2002-03. Post-secondary educa­ tion’s share will be about $650 million. While these sums pleased the Summit’s participants, includ­ ing students who had demanded an im m ediate reinvestm ent of $1.3 billion into education the previous day, the actual distribu­ tion policy has not yet been decid­ ed. W hat is equally unclear is where the money is coming from.

“Where is [the money] com­ ing from? I d o n ’t know ,” said Liberal MNA and Finance critic Monique Jerome-Forget, who rep­ resents the Marguerite-Bourgeoys ridin g .

“N obody asked [B ouchard] at the Sum m it.

Frankly your guess is as good as mine.”

A spokesperson for Finance minister Bernard Landry refused to comment on the promises made

by Bouchard, saying that all ques­

tions would be answered in the upcoming provincial budget.

The financing to education, which Bouchard promised to be “new money,” comes in addition to $400 million in two other funds slated to benefit youth and to fight poverty. One, a $ 160 million fund to replace the government’s anti-poverty action fund, le Fonds de lutte contre la pauvreté, focus­ ing on encouraging youth to re­ enter the job market. The second, a $240 million job fund specifi­ cally targeting youth; this is the fund which was agreed upon at a controversial dinner organized by the PQ for corporate executives last week.

McGill: cautious optimism As the distribution formula for the money is not yet available, McGill Principal Bernard Shapiro expressed some optimism at the government’s promise to reinvest money into education.

“There is apparent consensus that education is important.”

Shapiro hopes that that the distribution formula will be avail­ able by the time the budget comes out in two weeks time, though he expects it to take longer than that.

“First of all, it is not clear that this is new m oney... We don’t know how it is going to be

distributed, how much will be available, or for what purpose.”

“I welcome the statement that there needs to be a reinvestment in education... I feel very grati­ fied that they feel education needs to be invested in,” Shapiro added, although his optim ism w a sn ’t

£ £ W here is [the money] coming from? I don't know...

Nobody asked [Bouchard] at the Sum m it.

Frankly your guess is as good as mine."

— Liberal MNA and Finance critic Monique Jerome-Forget unbounded. “I ’m a little more jaded than that.”

W ojtek B araniak, VP C om m unity and G overnm ent Affairs for the Students’ Society of McGill University, credited the government’s promise to increase funding to higher education to student lobbying, both at the fed­ eral and at the provincial level.

“This [money] is a result of our lobbying the government this year for reinvestment in educa­

tion. We, along with the adminis­ tratio n of M cG ill, stress the importance of reinvestment.”

B araniak said he was “not com pletely satisfied ” with the package, citing student loans in Quebec as one of the areas they could stress more next year.

“More has to be done. We have to lobby even stronger next year and obtain even more.”

The Summit drew corporate executives, labour union leaders, government bureaucrats and Parti Q uébécois M N A ’s, as w ell as youth leaders, together in Quebec City. It was widely derided as a PQ publicity stunt both by many youth and in the press, which however covered it extensively.

C riticism of the Sum m it focused on the relatively small contingent of youth groups invit­ ed, as compared to the number of CEOs, politicians, and senior gov­ ernment bureaucrats, which limit­ ed the number of ideas being dis­ cussed. Several student groups even organized their own counterSummit, the Coalition Autonome Populaire Jeunesse, and demon­ strated in front of the buildings where the participants in the offi­ cial Summit were deliberating.

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The Tribune's guide to the Students' Society of McGill University's executive candidates for the upcoming March elections.

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2) W hat’s the best thing about McGill?

3) Sum yourself up in one word?

The culture, there’s such a diverse student 4) W hat’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever body here. You can find pretty much any received? ethnic group, any wants, needs you have are 5) W hich m edium is m ost effective to prom ote all basically met. It’s so diverse it’s great. communications between SSMU and the students?

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j j j Seek first to understand and then you will be understood.

■ 3 A platform committee which would address classes regularly. I want to i n increase communication between the student government and students, and the only way to do that is through a personal medium like having people on a regular basis going to classes, the fairly large ones, and telling students what’s going on, how to get involved... That kind of thing really does increase school spirit, when people are helping out tor the betterment of the university. And I’ve seen it done and it works. f S | I see the role of the open meetings as a very very positive thing because that's where SSMU gets a lot of feedback. I went to the two that they had this year. It’s really good you get a lot of feedback and people express what they want to see and what they don’t like. I think it’s a great thing. I think they should have more of them, 1 think they should have them like every month. I think it’s impossible but that would be great."

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Two things I would say. Diversity number one, Montreal number two. Diversity because students from all over the world, more stu­ dents than any other school in North America [come to McGill]... Montreal is definitely the best city in Canada, perhaps the most cultural­ Mark Chodos ly diverse city in North America, and that sort of adds to the whole flavour of going to school. Everyday you’re going to school, you’re going to school with a whole different cacophony of fun, different kinds of people.

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B E-mail is probably the most effective communication there is. Every H I student at McGill is given an e-mail address, every student pretty much as I know has used their e-mail address on a regular basis. In my faculty, Management, sends e-mail every day, everyone gets them, everyone knows what’s going on. Other than that, postering still seems quite effective, as a primitive medium I guess.

The open meetings are going to be two-fold. Meetings I hope will be twice a semester, there will be general meetings which will be basically about what SSMU does. There will also be... specific issue meetings where we discuss that issue in a debate/open forum format.

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Being a forum for the student body to voice their opinions and maybe their grievances to the SSMU executive council. It also allows for new issues to be brought to the attention of the executive council as well as giving the student body a greater feeling of participation, not feeling so locked out of the everyday intricacies and the everyday business of the SSMU executive council...

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[It] becomes a little difficult in a population such as McGill’s and for that reason I think there are ways of increasing face-to-face communication, which is my platform. Classroom speeches... making the executives available, not just saying they’re actually available but maybe having a day during the week where they have office hours... If SSMU could pass information to the clubs and they could pass it on to their members, then that’s an effective way for SSMU to get its message across, and of course the process works vice-versa...

I think that should continue. Unfortunately it’s not possible to fit everyone into... these forums, so def­ initely there would have to be some form of reporting that’s done... that discusses the issues again after these meetings. Perhaps surveys done afterwards of those that have attended so we have feed­ back. So it’s not just that they’re part of the audience but they are [an] integral part of the process.

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N E T W O R K b rie fs U o f C S t u d e n t s ’ U n io n P r e s id e n t a c c u s e d o f SELLING OUT

Student activ ists at the University of Calgary demanded the im peachm ent o f S tu d en ts’ Union President Rob South after he refused to second an amended motion supporting a zero per cent fee hike at a Board of Governors' M eeting on February 4. As a result o f South breaking ranks with BoG student-at-large repre­ sentative Anthony Leoni who pro­ posed the amendment, a five per cent tuition fee increase passed.

“He assured us that as a rep­ resentative on the BoG, he would support u s,” said p ro tester Stephanie Garrett. “He showed us through his vote that his loyalties lie elsewhere.”

South, however, justified his actions by citing the need for stu­ dents and student leaders to assume some of the responsibility for government cutbacks.

“I’ve tried very hard this year to show the board that students and their leaders are willing to be responsible partners in their edu­ cation and for that, I cannot move a motion that would see the uni­ versity have an $8 million short­ fall, nor can I speak against one,” South said.

At a subsequent S tudents’ L egislative C ouncil m eeting where formal debate over South’s im peachm ent carried over, no commissioner spoke in favour of S outh's removal. Phrases like “let’s move on” and “we need to present a united front” character­ ized the meeting. A written straw vote regarding an impeachment failed to pass, with 15 opposed and only five supporters.

The U of C will receive an additional $3.6 million as a result of the fee increase.

— with file s fro m the University of Calgary Gauntlet

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OF T ADMIN DENIES RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

University of Toronto offi­ cials adamantly denied that racial discrim ination figured into the University’s exploitation of for­ mer professor K in-Y ip Chun, thereby contradicting the findings of a recent Ontario Human Rights Commission report which con­ cluded otherwise.

Chun, a former professor in the department of physics, claimed that racial factors motivated his four-time denial of tenure, as well

as his being charged with full-pro­ fessorial duties while only a research associate. U of T Vice Provost David Cook agreed that Chun was exploited by the University, but vehemently denied that this mistreatment stemmed from racial discrimination.

“The actual candidates select­ ed [for tenure] were selected on the merit and not racial considera­ tions. Chun was a competitive candidate, but not the best candi­ date.”

Cook’s argument drew heavi­ ly from a 1995 U of T inquiry into Chun’s complaints. The report, investigated by then Vice-dean of Medicine Cecil Yip, concluded that Chun had been exploited on the basis of non-racial factors.

The U of T subsequently attempt­ ed to offer Chun a compensation package, which he refused. Cook refused to comment on the details of the package, except to say that some financial compensation and an untenured university position had been part of the deal.

University officials and Chun have until som etim e in March before the Ontario Human Rights Commission decides whether it wants to take Chun’s case to their Board of Inquiry.

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Public Notice The Judicial Board of the Students’ Society of McGill University invites applications for intervention (Form 1-1) from interested parties in the matter of R e fe re n c e R e A g re e m e n t B e tw e e n S S M U a n d C R O based on the following issues: Remedies sought by Petitioner (SSMU and CRO jointly): 1.

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The Petitioners submit that article 39.1 of the SSMU Constitution should be read to substitute the Roman numeral ‘VI’ for ‘V’.

The Petititioners ask that the Judicial Board deem the Constitution valid and in force.

Applications can be obtained at the Front Desk of SSMU located in the William and Mary Brown Student Services Building (3600 McTavish) and must be submitted in the Judicial Board mailbox located at Yellow 54 in the William Shatner University Centre (3480 McTavish).

Applications for intervention must be submitted by Monday, March 6, 2000 at 17:00.

For further information, please contact Danistan Saverimuthu, Chief Justice of the SSMU Judicial Board, at (450) 676-0959 or via e-mail at saverid@lsa.lan.mcgill.ca.

INotice of Consultation The Judicial Board of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) invites members of the SSMU to offer comments on the interim C o d e o f S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty o f M c G ill U n iv e rs ity J u d ic ia l B o a rd P ro c e d u re s .

Following the consultation process, the C o d e shall be formally adopted as the permanent procedural guidelines for the SSMU Judicial Board.

The Code can be viewed at http://go.to/j-board. Comments can be placed in the Judicial Board mailbox located at Yellow 54 in the William Shatner University Centre (3480 McTavish) or sent via e-mail to Danistan Saverimuthu, Chief Justice of the SSMU Judicial Board at saverid@!sa.lan.mcgill.ca.

Comments must be submitted by Friday, March 10, 2000 at 17:00. i

For further information, please contact Danistan Saverimuthu, Chief Justice of the SSMU Judicial Board, at (450) 676-0959 or via e-mail at saverid@lsa.lan.mcgill.ca.

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Op/Ed

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Letters to the Editor

E D U O R IA L Fact n. 1. a thing that is known to have occurred, to exist, or to be true. 2. a datum o f experience. 3. an item o f verified information; a piece of evidence. — OED

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Although one cannot fairly criticize a newspaper critic for their opinions (it is their job, afterall), one can question their conduct. By this, we refer to one M aggie Gilmour an entertainment colum­ nist for The McGill Tribune. We B y J o n a t h a n C o l f o r d ______________________________ _____ feel that her last article, “Someone w ho’ll w atch...” lacked a very Proponents of and opponents to the Cold Beverage Agreement important comment. referendum question have shown gross disrespect regarding the dis­ Fair enough, she didn’t enjoy the AWARD-WINNING script of semination of factual information to students. This disrespect is mis­ Frank McGuiness’ play “Someone leading students into making choices which may not be in their best | who’ll watch over me.” That’s her interest. prerogative.

What Ms. Gilmour Advertisements paid for by both the Students' Society of McGill failed to present in her article was University and the Post-Graduate Students' Society, printed in an apology for her ridiculous recent issues of the Tribune, make reference to so-called "Myths" behaviour during the Thursday and "Facts" concerning the CBA. As the contract itself is confiden­ night performance she attended. tial, any "fact" presented to students in advertising materials must be This play, as Ms. Gilmour touched taken at face value. Individual students have no way of verifying upon, is an emotional roller coaster ride — hilarious at times while their accuracy. tear-jerking at others. What makes The advertising campaigns of those both for and against the this particular production of agreement attempt to discredit the opposing viewpoint, rather than “Someone who’ll watch over me” to present factual information. even more special is its working The "N o" side argues in a flyer titled "Why should you be wor­ environment. The rather confined ried about the CBA?" that the CBA w ill "compromise the role of the basement of the Yellow Door pro­ University as a social critic and make M cGill a marketing agent of vides an intense acting space where Coca-Cola." the actors and audience are literally The memorandum of agreement between M cGill and the stu­ face-to-face. As such, it is hard for

Let th e sp in w a r begin

dent associations, guarantees "the protection of freedom of expres­ sion." This includes, but is not limited to, "the dissemination of nonconfidential information about the contracted beverage company and other companies; student rights to promote social justice through public protest, boycotts and popular education; editorial autonomy and freedom from unsolicited influence and uncondition­ al academic freedom for professors in selection of topics, research, and case studies." That sounds like pretty good protection.

Opponents to the agreement may have a point, however, that McGill would become Coke's "marketing agent." W hile the agree­ ment limits the pricing of Coke's products, as well as how many vending machines and advertisements the company may place on campus, nothing in the agreement puts limits on any possible pro­ motional initiatives by M cG ill, for instance, to increase sales in order to meet its required sales quotas.

SSMU VP Operations Kevin McPhee argued in his text, "CBA Debate," that "Coke cannot manipulate the M cG ill community in order to reach their quotas." Coke doesn't need to manipulate any­ body. It is in M cGill's interests to do the dirty work for them. At the same time, maybe it is better that the dirty work is in M cGill's hands rather than in those of a corporation.

Myth: that advertising campaigns w ill give you the goods on the CBA. Fact: Those w ho are tru ly interested in being 'fa c tu a lly ' informed should consult the Memorandum of Agreement. W hile it might not be the real thing, it is the closest thing we have to fact about the CBA.

Yes committee: http://ssmu.mcgill.ca/cba No committee: http://www.geocities.com/cbamcgill Memorandum o f agreement: http ://ssmu. megilI'.ca/cba/agreement. html

THE McGILL TRIBUNE Editor-In -C hief

Paul Conner A ssistant Editor- in-C hief

Rebecca Catching Assistant Editor- in -C hief

John Salloum N ational Editor

Nilima Gulrajani

News Editors Karen Kelly Jonathan Colford Rhea Wong Features Editors Paul Cornett Stephanie Levitz Entertainment Editors Sandon Shogilev Maria Simpson Science Editor Aaron Izenberg

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audience members not to experi­ ence a cathartic relationship with the actors and the roles they play.

So what has Maggie Gilmour got to do with this? Well, not only did she obnoxiously scribble down notes in the faces of the actors, but she and a friend also decided to share an inside joke during one of the most dark and deeply moving scenes of the play. Their poorlyrestrained laughter helped to ruin a beautiful moment in the play for both the actors and audience alike.

As audience members, we feel the least Ms. Gilmour could do is apol­ ogize to the actors, director, crew and audience attending that evening.

In the future, Tribune Editors, you might want to advise your crit­ ics on their conduct while repre­ senting you in the public domain.

Sincerely, Tighe Crombie and Amy Harvey U3 Biology

DO WHAT YOU DO Congratulations to Matthew McLauchlin for so intelligently articulating the need for queerfriendly spaces (letter to the editor, February 8). Indeed, there are those in the gay community who would eliminate queer spaces before the need for queer spaces has been eliminated.

It is also unfortunate that some members of the gay community fail to recognize that a queerfriendly space is not always just a “safe haven” from that “rough and tumble straight world”. A Tibetan restaurant does not exist only because Tibet is oppressed. It is worthy in and of itself. It is as much a celebration of Tibet as it is a symbol of Tibetan strength in the face of adversity. Queer friendly spaces serve this duality of purpose also.

M cL auchlin’s assertion of queer spots being needed for those j just coming out, however, especial­ ly those in their teens, is indeed relevant. His statistics of gay teen suicide rates being fourteen times higher than those of straight teens and of one gay bashing per week taking place in Montreal are all too often forgotten by both the straight

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The Tribune has my deepest respect for runing Eric Oest and Sandon Shogilev’s balanced and responsible editorial on Joerg Haider. By presenting the other issu es, nam ely the fact th at H aider is also a th reat to the bureacratic status quo, you have demonstrated a sense of profes­ sionalism unheard of among the people and publications that do this for a living.

Given Haider’s sheer unpop­ ularity, you all took an enormous risk in running a piece that did not simply parrot the party line denounciations. Your courage is to be noted and commended, as is the genuine dedication to free­ dom and to le ra n c e you have demonstrated through this editor­ ial.

Thank you, Joe Fernandez Columnist, Chair Shots

A THANK YOU and the gay population. As the vic­ Thank you ! tim of a gay bashing last week here Thankyouthankyouthankyouth ankyouthankyou, thank you! It’s in the McGill Ghetto, I realize how less-confident gays could be intim­ j about time somebody wrote a good article about the swim team. I just idated back into the closet by such wanted to let you know that I and an incident and how queer spaces can serve to support victims of het­ several other teammates appreciat­ ed the story and the recognition for erosexism. Both straight and gay our hard work. students at McGill forget that gay Without a spectator area in the bashings and related incidents ARE happening within our com­ pool, it is pointless for us to publi| cize our home meets. munity.

Unfortunately, this also means that McLauchlin also understands many people don’t even know we that queer spaces aren’t always exist. Your article does credit to all about “restocking amuunition” for the guys and girls on the swim team the next big round of the “sexual who train and compete under the orientation w ars” . My straight McGill banner. friends like to go to gay bars. I like Again, my thanks. to go to straight bars. Who cares Shane Utter and who is really keeping track?

Everyone loves Montreal for its A n g e l a ’s A s h e s r e v i e w diverse restaurant scene, but we all Ms. Simpson fails to realize flip as soon as someone wants to a buy a book or get a drink in a that this is a true story. McCourt did not make up these people. It is homo establishment. It’s simply unfortunate that they fit the stereo­ yet another variation that makes types.Should McCourt have made this city great. his father more saintly to fight the Just live and let live. Do what stereotype? You suggest it would you do and get over it. have been better as a documentary, I think you are looking for it to be a Nicholas Little novel, so that the characters could U0 Arts be written to fit your expectations.

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Kent Glowinski, in his opinion piece “Hating anti-hate legislation,” is unfortunately wrong in several respects. His argument is that the proposed amendment to the U.S. fed­ eral Hate Crimes Prevention Act, as well as the standing Canadian Criminal Code “present a paradox in the liberal democracy of Canada and the United States.” He feels that legal recognition of racial or prejudicial motives in the committing of a vio­ lent act “effectively make[s] crimes against certain people more ‘wrong.’” He argues that “all crimes against persons are hate crimes” and that society should “have the assur­ ance that... the law is blind to differ­ ences.” Recognizing such differences “solidifies an institutionalized inequality in our legal system,” and is “retroactive and negative measures to actively deal with intolerance.”

Mr. Glowinski confuses the recognition of the motive by which a violent crime is committed with the circumstances under which it is. (He focuses on murder though this hardly exhausts hate crimes, violent or oth­ erwise.) Moreover, he simply mis­ reads the Criminal Code and the pro­ posed amendments to the U.S. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Laws of this nature recognize that motive is a con­ sideration a court must take into con­ sideration in the sentencing process.

If it did not, the court system would be bound to assign the same punish­ ment for murders (or whatever) com­ mitted in a drunk driving accident, in self-defense, during periods of (tem­ porary) insanity, and regardless of intent. Mr. Glowinski is wrong to read these laws as “mak[ing] crimes against certain people more ‘wrong’”

which they do not. They do however induce the court system to recognize crimes committed with racial or prej­ udicial intent, particularly violent crimes, as more wrong, which is clearly the case, and they should be punished as such. It is not the case that “all crimes are hate crimes” — in fact most violent crimes are not.

Those motivated by hate are.

Moreover, Mr. Glowinski inter­ prets the law as being equivalent to something like: “A court shall take into consideration evidence that the offence was motivated by hatred for blacks, Jews, women, gay men, polit­ ically sensitive groups, but not white heterosexual males” in his analysis.

Hence he claims the laws affords more protection for certain individu­ als over others. This is simply wrong: the law affords protection to anyone who is assaulted because of racial or prejudicial factors, white, black, gay, straight, etc.

Finally Mr. Glowinski questions whether “anti-hate legislation [is] an actual deterrent to violence.” Where does he find the information to claim the opposite? Instead, he justifies this by asking, “[are] those capable of murder... rationally deductive enough to weigh the inherent wrongness of the crime they are committing?”

Unless Mr. Glowinski can back up his opinions about criminal psychol­ ogy and the sociological role of laws in deterring crimes, he should hesi­ tate from using weighted opinions in his rhetoric.

Elias Ponvert U3 Arts Linguistics

Cambridge, Mass.

I’m sure you’ve seen the shirts.

They sell them in the first couple weeks of school every year, right beside the ‘Absolut McGill’ ones.

They have a big picture of the Harvard logo on them, and under­ neath, the slogan reads ‘Harvard: America’s McGill’.

Like anybody else with a

that shirt had no idea what they were talking about.

Sure, there are similarities: both have boatloads of international students, great reputations, lots of old buildings, they’re both situated in vibrant cities, and both have beautiful campuses. They certainly look the same on paper, but then again so do Madonna’s Pizza and E u r o D e 1i Pizza.

I do n ’t Burning the Sambuca mean to give Chris Essert any kind of discredit to either: I think M cGill is an (dorky) sense of humour, I find amazing place to be in this time of these shirts rather amusing. Just my life, and I think Harvard is an what were these garment poets try­ amazing university, but you would ing to say? That M cGill is the have to be as thick as the cloud of greatest school in the country? smoke at the Cock’n ’Bull to get That Harvard isn’t all it’s cracked them confused. up to be? That anybody or his idiot As good ol’ Bernie would no cousin could buy adm ission to doubt assure you, McGill is a great Harvard? I was intrigued. university - we have a good facul­ So, hard-nosed investigative ty, nice labs, whatever. But more journalist that I am, I decided that I importantly, McGill is a cool place ought to come down to Harvard to to be. Everyone here is so chilled get to the bottom of this massive out, bars are always hopping, and apparel conspiracy, and hey, it nobody ever really worries about didn’t hurt that I was owing on vis­ schoolwork. I do n ’t think i t ’s its to a couple friends. Now, I’m unfair to say that lots of people sitting here in a dorm room in the come to M cGill more for the centre of the intellectual capital of atmosphere than for the university the western hemisphere. itself.

And what do I think? What This Harvard place, though, is are the results of my thoroughly another world. Everywhere you non-scientific survey of the similar­ turn, people are always doing ities and differences between these som ething. W orking on their two great institutions of learning? schoolwork, going to varsity fill-inMan oh man, whoever thought of the-sport practice, heading up some

committee-or-other, gorging them­ selves on the (admittedly brilliant) cafeteria food, attending a club meeting, and did I mention working on their schoolwork? That girl in your high school who was valedic­ torian, head of the newspaper and captain of the swim team goes here, and she’s just getting by, working as hard as she can.

Bars are empty, even though beer costs the same as Coke here (they do tend to have relatively similar alcohol contents, too) possi­ bly because you need to be twentyone to drink. I hate to make gross generalizations (well, I actually love to) but it seems that nobody here knows how to just kick back, crack a beer and hang out.

So what am I saying? As usual, not very much. I was expecting Harvard to be a place where everyone was absolutely brilliant (something which I think is actually present just down the road at MIT), but it just turned out to be a place where everyone is really focused on everything that they do, and everyone does a lot of things, except for chilling out, which nobody does. America’s McGill?

Hardly.

As a final note, consider, again, the wisdom of the t-shirt printers. I saw a shirt hanging in the basement of a dormitory here, given to seniors upon graduation.

It read ‘This T-Shirt cost my par­ ents $109, 538.43’—and that’s in American dollars. hesser@po-box. megill. ca

Tw o h id d en g em s o f C an ad ian literatu re You can master-of-debate about Stephen Leacock till Aphrodisia comes on, but I found the hidden treasure: The Megantic Outlaw by Henry G. Kidd and The Donnellys Must Die by Reverend Orlo Miller.

These works recount events that actually happened in late nineteenth century Canada, giving us a littleknown slice of our past.

The Megantic Outlaw tells the story of Donald Morrison, the son of Highland Scots who settled in Megantic in the Eastern Townships.

Donald’s father was swindled out of the homestead. After no legal recourse could be found, “accidents”

legger Lucian “Jack” Warren was hired to arrest Donald, but the Megantic Outlaw “did” Warren first.

An entire army of policemen and militia then Chair Shots set out to get Donald, but he Joe Fernandez eluded them for many months. He blended in so began happening to the former well with sympathetic locals, you Morrison property. American boot­ would think that Mao and the Vietcong plagiarised their “fish among the water” tactic from the Megantic Outlaw.

Kidd, a Doubl e the p o w e r of your degree Townshipper himself, was there dur­ ing the crackdown. This explains the book’s romantic tone, reminiscent of the Dick Hannay novels penned by our 1938-40 Governor General, John Buchan.

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Some of the charges were valid, many were not. “Accidents” also happened to Whiteboy property. The Whiteboys bought the local consta­ ble, the black-bearded Jim Carroll, who was instrumental in the climac­ tic massacre. Reverend M iller researched a wealth of original sources in order to determine all of what happened, and his tone is one of stony indictment. The terrible fate of the Donnellys is a powerful argu­ ment for requiring newcomers to check their crap at Pearson.

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Of course, many of us knew, even before the Ecole Polytechnique, that Canada was a violent place.

More people were killed in Canada than in the US as a result of the twenty-five year war between the two largest 1 percent MC’s (“biker gangs” to Gazette readers). And no American hitman in private practice can match the forty-three confirmed kills of Laval’s Yves “the Apache” Trudeau, who gives an entirely new meaning to the phrase “Touched By An Angel.”

In regards to the government, every one of us has been “Vince McMahoned” by Da Man at one point or another. With Morrison, the Law did nothing to prevent his father being screwed out of his property, but the Heat was on when Donald did something about it. With the Donnellys, the Whiteboys owned the Law. If more people had read these books, maybe we would not be forking over so much for govern­ ment “protection”.

An Attorney G eneral’s Warning: the events in these books pre-date the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms by a century, so the acts described therein are probably illegal today. In other words, don’t try this at home (or anywhere else in Canada.)

Do, however, read The Megantic Outlaw and The Donnellys Must Die.

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This letter is in reference to any and all of the Cold Beverage Agreement (CBA) articles that have been written. In order to allow for a proper discussion of the CBA, cer­ tain facts should be made clear.

The cold beverage agreement discussions began in March of last year. All faculty associations and the SSMU were consulted at the time and the issue was well debated at the SSMU council. As I began my term in office, the new executive contin­ ued the work that was begun. Since May of last year, we have been involved in the proposal of presenta­ tions, discussions about the terms of the agreement, have seen the con­ tracts and have sent it to the Student Society’s legal counsel after it went through three sets of lawyers prior.

We received the first copy of the contract at the end of December 1999. It is important to clarify a few points about this contract.

The contract is a supply con­ tract - not an advertising contract.

As such, no substantial change in advertising is being discussed. The demand for confidentiality is neither the Students’ Society of McGill University’s requests nor McGill U niversity’s, it is Coca-cola’s requirement. This has been standard practice for the over twenty such negotiations which have been nego­ tiated at other schools. Aside from its acceptance at over twenty schools further context should be given to this discussion.

McGill University has had exclusive supplier contracts for years, each of these ranging from terms of 2 years to over ten years.

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I would like some clarifica­ tion as to role o f The M cG ill Tribune w ithin the context of M cG ill com m unity and the SSM U. R ecen tly , the P ostGraduate Students’ Society, an entity that is completely indepen­ dent of the SSMU, published an advertisement in your paper that spoke out against the proposed cold-beverage agreem ent with Coca-Cola™ Bottling Ltd. The advertisement made no reference to the SSM U’s upcoming elec­ tions and referenda and focused on the plig h t o f graduate stu ­ dents.

Mr. Paul Flicker, the acting CRO of the SSMU, has inappro­ priately connected the activities of the PGSS with those of the “No” committee concerning the CBA referendum question. I have recently received a letter from Mr. Flicker stating that he had “informed Mr. Slachta (advertis­ ing) that [the Tribune] may no longer publish any CBA adver­ tisement without approval.” Does Mr. Flicker, or any other officer of the SSMU, have this power of the Tribune. This debacle calls into question exactly who the

Tribune serves. Does the Tribune exist for the benefit of the McGill community, the SSMU at large or the SSM U o ffic e rs? Can the Tribune be trusted to publish con­ tent that is pertinent to student welfare even when such content may be at odds with an SSMU directive?

Out of respect for CBA ref­ erendum “N o” cam paign, the PGSS will halt our advertising concerning this issue. We are, however, very interested in the long-term implications of this sit­ uation on the role of the student media on campus.

Sincerely, Aaron J. Windsor Executive Chairperson PGSS

Ed note: The McGill Tribune is editorially autonomous from the S tu d e n ts ’ S o ciety o f M cG ill University. The C hief Returning Officer o f Elections McGill does not have control over either the editorial or advertising content o f this paper.

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If the agreement is not signed, then each association and the univer­ sity will likely each sign their own exclusivity agreements with Coke and/or Pepsi. Nothing will change, and no signal will be sent to Coke, Pepsi, the government or anybody else. Nor will much change if an exclusive agreement is signed, except Coke will have to pay McGill more money than it might have oth­ erwise and you might have to cross the street to get a Pepsi.

One other different point about this has been brought up: “what sig­ nal does this send to the govern­ ment?” Frankly, the government has no idea about what is going on in the university sector (as we can tell by the ridiculous level of financing) and was totally unmoved by the denial of cold-beverage agreements at other university’s. The government didn’t even notice - the Minister of Finance made that plainly obvious to me when we met. What was also obvi­ ous was the government’s unwilling­ ness to re-invest the $600 million per year that Quebec needs to be at the

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The Cold Beverage Agreement is really nothing new. It is true that it a band-aid solution, however, I pre­ fer this alternative to watching McGill and its students bleed to death while we wait for an irrespon­ sible and mismanaged government to come to the rescue. And if it does, I doubt McGill will be the first in line to receive any benefits (i.e. the government admitted it owes McGill $23 million a year, but has done nothing to remedy it).

Conversely, if you really want to send a message to the government that will make a difference this year and the next, join the SSMU’s protest on Friday March 3, from 113 in conjunction with McGill’s pro­ fessors, the University of Montreal and Université Laval. In the mean­ time, this Cold Beverage Agreement can help to lessen the impact of the government’s attack on universities.

If you consent to this agreement and the need for more money at McGill, without it coming from your pocket nor waiting for a benevolent provin­ cial government, then please vote “yes” on the referendum question March 7-9. Whereas many people agree on the need for the contract, tacit consent won’t be enough. I look forward to seeing you on March 3, and 7-9. Thank you.

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think it is?

That’s right—check what day your computer thinks it is today.

You see, not all computers, nor all softw are, know that yesterday existed. This year is a leap year, and leap years occur every four years. Or at least that’s what you, and possibly your computer and many com puter program m ers thought. Every centennial, the cal­ endar is supposed to ignore a leap year. So why not this time? Some notes: The trick lies in the fact that this year is also the beginning of a new century, [ed note: for once, we’re not talking about the new millennium... oops] As Alexandra Gill, a columnist for The Globe and Mail, explained, this is the first time in 400 years that a leap year occurs at the same time as the new century.

Every four years, the calendar adds February 29 in order to play catch-up with the planet earth, which rotates a tad slower than 365 days for one orbit around the sun.

The problem is, adding a day every four years is too much.

Hence the correction: The cal­ endar must skip a leap year every

D ear Mary Jane, T h e o b v io u s d if f e r e n c e b etw e en you and S m okes is that w hile sm oking cigarettes may lead to a variety o f health problem s (as will pot), m ari­ juana alters your state of con­ sciousness, which may get in th e w ay o f y o u r a b i l i ty to fu n c tio n n o rm ally . A lthough m arijuana has not been found to be p h y s ic a lly a d d ic tiv e , there is debate about w hether o r n o t it is p s y c h o lo g ic a lly addictive. One o f our friends sm o k e s p o t e v e ry d a y , and when she has not sm oked for a w hile, or yet th at day, her m ood is co n sid erab ly w orse, drinkers. That’s approximately $11 (CDN) in G uinness beer being wasted on upper-lip hair each year.

The study also explained that a full-bearded person could loose up to $50 (CDN) per year.

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D ear S&M, I rea d y o u r r e c e n t c o lu m n on sm o kin g c ig a re tte s and I c o m p le te ly i d e n t i fi e d w ith S m o k e s , th e g u y w ho c o m ­ plained about how his frien d s w o u ld n 't sto p h a ra ssin g him about smoking. / have a sim i­ la r p ro b lem . But, in ste a d o f c ig a r e tte s , I p r e fe r p o t. M y fr ie n d s th in k th a t I n e e d to stop, bu t it d o e sn 't in terfere w ith a n y th in g I do: I m a ke decent grades, go to class and le a d a p r e tty n o rm a l life . / ju s t like to get high. How do I c o n v in c e m y f r i e n d s th a t / h a ve e v e r y th in g u n d e r control-I am sick o f them making me fe e l like I am some sort o f junkie.

Signed, M ary Jane

100 years, except if the year is divisible by 400. That’s why there were no leap years in 1700, 1800 or 1900.

Other news roundups: U.S.G.I.JFK?

Hasbro Inc. has announced that it will add Former President of the United States John F. Kennedy to its ranks of G.I. Joe soldiers. The figure of JFK as a lieutenant in the Navy during WWII is being added to Hasbro’s line of 12-inch action figures. The company says that it w ill pay a royalty to the JFK Library Foundation in Boston, despite the fact that royalty fees are not required.

Low on beer money? Shave.

Beer m aker G uinness has released the results of a recent study it commissioned, investigat­ ing exactly how much beer was wasted in the fibres of moustache bearing Guinness drinkers. The study revealed that approximately $1,000,000 (CDN) is wasted each year by an estimated 92,370 mous­ tache bearing G uinness beer

Car-free day

Approximately 665,000 pri­ vate cars were left parked as the city of Bogota, Colombia dealt with a recent one-day ban on their use. While commercial vehicles were exempt from the ban, some residents reportedly chose non m otor-driven vehicles as their transportation method of choice that day. The city is the site of 1100 fatal car-pedestrian accidents each year.

Dangerous buses

Recent news reports revealed that a group of Swedish tourists were on a bus tour when a staged kidnapping went wrong. Someone passing the ‘adventure’ called police and alerted them to the two men reportedly carrying sawn-off shotguns. The police responded and detained the bad guys. When the mix-up was sorted out and the tour guides indicated that they were part of the experience, unamused police questioned organizers.

Sources: dailynews.yahoo.com

to the point that we don't want to see her. Now she does fine in s c h o o l a n d e v e ry o th e r a s p e c t o f h e r l if e is p r e tty w e ll p u t to g e th e r , b u t th e a lte r a tio n o f h e r m o o d is a sign o f a p ro b lem : it affec ts h e r in te r a c tio n s w ith o th e r p e o p le , w h ic h is j u s t as im p o rta n t as m ak in g d e c e n t grades.

So, M ary Jan e , alth o u g h you m ay n o t re a liz e it, y o u r frie n d s m ay be on your case because not only do they care about you, they can see a dif­ fe re n c e in y o u r p e rs o n a lity , w hich suggests a problem . If you find that you have a hard time not sm oking for a day, or if that every tim e you have a p ro b lem , you are ru n n in g to the bon g , then th ere m ay be som ething to worry about.

It is a ls o p o s s ib le th a t y o u r f r ie n d s are j u s t b e in g o v erly co n c ern e d and d o w n ­ right annoying. We have come up w ith a s o lu tio n th a t m ay help you figure out w hether or not your habit has gotten out o f hand and get your frien d s o f f y o u r c a s e at th e sam e tim e: Try n o t sm oking fo r a week. If you can do it w ithout c r a v in g th e h ig h , th e n you probably don't have a problem and you can tell your friends

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that you took their advice into consideration, quit for a week and fo u n d th at ev e ry th in g is fin e. T hen p o lite ly tell them to b a c k o ff. A s w e h a v e stressed before, it is your life, a n d if y o u r f r ie n d s d o n 't re s p e c t y o u r d e c is io n s th en you need to question w hether they really are your friends.

However, if you find that you can 't quit fo r a week, or th a t it is v e ry d i f f i c u l t fo r you, then your friends have a good p o in t, and you n eed to r e - e v a lu a te y o u r h a b it an d th in k ab out serio u sly cutting d o w n o r q u i t ti n g . G e ttin g high, ju s t like drinking, really i s n 't m e a n t to be a d a ily o ccu rren ce. It should be one o f those once in a while treats o r a w e e k e n d re w a rd . E v en th o u g h sm o k in g m ay n o t be getting in the way of your life rig h t now , it w ill ev e n tu a lly cause you to fall if you have a p roblem with it. But when it all com es down to it, it is your decision and your life, but try to treat that gift with respect.

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Faculty Club Ballroom 3450 McTavish Street A ccording to a re cen t study, alm ost h alf of C an ad a’s m ajor corporations h ave no w om en at all in senior positions and in Q uebec only 12.3% of 1493 senior corporate jobs in th e p rovince’s largest com panies and crow n corporations are held by wom en.

T h ree of these w om en — M arie G iguère (S enior V ice-President, M olson Inc.), V era D a n y lu k (C hair, M ontreal U rban C om m unity), and L ouise R o y (President and C E O , Telem edia C om m unications Inc.) will address th e challenges facing young w om en in business today.

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Seein g is learn in g at th e M usée d 'A rt C o n tem p o rain

By G abby Jakubovits A huge white ball entitled Pure Thought IV may not have much meaning if you’re reading about it out of a textbook. Now imagine that white ball in an art gallery where the environment is more apt to convey the inspiration of creativity.

Chemistry students learn in the lab, literature students imbibe words at the library, and art histo­ ry students, well, they also read books.

But not n ecessarily . Now there’s a course that puts students right into the heart of the action the art g allery . The class is Museum Studies (132-42IB) and meets every Wednesday afternoon in a bright conference room at the M usee d ’Art C ontem porain dp Montreal.

Sitting in on the lecture, the outsider will fall into a discourse where mysterious words, like the notion of the W hite Cube and museum as a place of ritual, fly around the room in an intellectual buzz.

“There is no mystery about contem porary art if y o u ’re informed. You need to see [the works],” said the course lecturer Christine Bernier. This is the first time Bernier has taught a univer­ sity course within this format. It

seemed a little risky at first for her.

“There’s lots and lots of theo­ ry ,” she said, and the students com e in with d iffe re n t b ack­ grounds. As with good classes, Bernier had simple but decisive words.

“You’re going to work very hard, but you’re going to have fun,” she said. And so far it has been a “great experience” for her.

When she opens up a discus­ sion in class, the students never fail to impress her. They started out a bit quiet, since about half of them were virgins to modern art as an academic discipline. The wave of information they devour,

along with regular exposure to real artwork, has flushed away the inhibitions most of us feel toward the novel forms sprouting out of studios these days. The students “are not afraid to say stupid things any more” during post-lecture vis­ its of the museum’s collection.

The tours are a crucial com­ ponent of the course. M arieFrance Berard, in charge of guid­ ed tours in the museum, “gets in depth about each p ie c e ,” and makes the discussions informative and enjoyable at once, according to the students.

Margot Berril, the president of the A rt H istory S tudents A sso ciatio n and a M useum

Studies student, em phasized the im p o rtan ce o f making it “obvi­ ous th at the practical and the theoretical aren’t sep arate e n ti­ ties.”

Another stu d en t, N elli Gentle, called it “instant gratifi­ cation.” The lec­ ture focuses on the role o f the m useum as an in stitu tio n and the meaning art­ w ork acq u ires through its place in it. The gallery tour actually lets the class experi­ ence the theory and study it first­ hand.

The course also fills a more practical void for the students who often feel out of touch with the contemporary art scene in an Art History department infamous for its intensive concentration on traditional European art.

Richard Latch, an exchange student from Australia, where he studies Art theory, spoke about his disappointment.

“I think McGill sucks in its refusal to acknowledge the con­ temporary art scene.”

He wondered what relevance old European art might have to M ontreal and to Canada today.

Several other students echo this concern.

But this course is “a step in the right direction” for the depart­ ment, according to B erril. Her classm ate, Nelli Gentle, values M useum Studies because it is exciting to see what people do with an Art History degree and to hear how they speak about things.

“The way to gain confidence in choosing a field is to be exposed to it”, she added.

Thanks to the course, stu ­ dents will actually participate in the functioning of the museum.

Their main term project is to write about an important piece that will be part of an upcoming exhibit, and will be shown in Montreal for the first time. The writings will be published in the museum’s cata­ logue and will be among the first co m m entaries on the w ork to emerge in Montreal. The midterm paper is also quite un iq u e-stu ­ dents are free to discuss any piece currently exhibited at the muse­ um. P icture it: choosing your favourite installation, video or painting and studying it face-toface, for a class. The tangibility of the project embodies the meaning of studying art in the museum.

M ach in es, b o o ze an d ca ffe in e : a se ssio n w ith Fre d d ie D e sch a m p s

By Ian S piegel

“Can you remember the last tim e you saw cleav ag e like that!?” Taking dead aim, my com­ panion launches one sw eaty, green, gummy bear on a trajectory d irect to the heart of a m ost heinous case of plum bers’ butt.

The gum m y strik es F reddie Deschamps’ but does not bounce.

Adhering for a half-second, the gummy lackadaisically slithers down and out of sight.

Freddie’s head turns slightly, and his profile reveals his per­ p lex ity . One o f his eyebrow s quivers an inch above the other, having witnessed the entire fiasco and desperately trying to protest the incident.

“Uh, we’ve had instances of leaking pipes,” I say, pointing to the ceiling. “It’s an on-again, offagain problem.”

Freddie arches his neck and plants his eyes on the ceiling, tak­ ing a m om ent to look for the source o f the w ater d roplet.

Seemingly satisfied, he quickly pulls up the back of his denims, leaving to our im aginations the fate of th at fo rsak en , green gummy bear.

Freddie then resumes fiddling with our busted washing machine.

G ettin g a good look and the underside of the washer he says

resolutely, “Yep, w e’re gonna have to jury-rig the thing!”

Now, I distinctly remember my mother telling me, “Above all, when you hear a home-appliance repairman use the term ‘jury-rig’, send him packing.” But, as I pre­ pare to escort Freddie to the door, I remember the wise words of Mr. T: “I pity the fool who don’t wash his drawers!” So, you can see the bind I was in. As luck would have it, Freddie took the onus upon himself to get the job started.

Before I can gather my wits, he is running a couple auxiliary hoses to and from the washer, cut­ ting and splicing electrical cords, smoking a cigarette and drinking a cup of coffee. Holding the cup of brown syrup in his hands (he takes four sugars and two milks) he tells me a little about his fami­ ly, “My sister is addicted to cof­ fee. She makes decaf while she waits for the real stuff to perco­ late.”

Freddie goes back to check on the washer. He yells to me that it should be fine and informs me about the technical malfunctions with a definite air of professional­ ism. I ask him how he got into the maintenance and repair business.

“M aintenance? I t ’s a jo b I ’ve done most of my life.” Reflecting for a moment, Freddie shares, “I had various jobs, learned how to

handle tools and picked up stuff as time went on. Like, I can take a machine apart. Not thinking about it— for some reason, I can put it back together exactly the same.”

Letting the knowledge of his gift sink in, Freddie then elaborates, “I read a lot of books. Four novels at the same time. And I can put one down, read another, then pick up the first one and know where I am.” I nod in agreement.

F reddie and I head to the kitchen where he spots a neglect­ ed dishw asher. I h a d n ’t even thought of getting the thing work­ ing, but Freddie is fired up and riding a hot streak. Indeed, he succeeded in fixing, in fifteen minutes, a washing machine that two other repair guys had checked out, and promptly diagnosed as 2hour/$90 affairs.

As Freddie checks out the motor, he tells me about the years when he was a “linesm an” for Quebec Hydro. Sporting spiked climbing boots and hard hat, he would ascend telephone poles and re p air m alfu n ctio n in g pow er cables. Shuddering, Freddie says, “You get a hit of 5000 volts of static electricity. It wakes you up.

Put it that way.”

Freddie has isolated a faulty flex capacitator (or whatever, I forget) as the problem behind the dishwasher. He goes on to tell me

that he saw the same thing when he worked on a Native American reservation in B.C. The only route into the reservation was via the Yukon, on a river. Freddie tells me about how he becam e the reservation’s general repairman and janitor.

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“My girlfriend was a teacher put in the new high school. They needed a janitor to take care of the plumbing, heating, and teach the [N atives] about the job.

Turned out they knew more than I did.”

Spotting wine home-brewing gear in the kitchen, Freddie tells me about his experiences making alcohol. He patiently explains the technique that he used to purify alcohol from potato m ash. He says, with a twinkle in his eye, “When the Liquor Commission is 250 miles away (from the reserva­ tion), you get pretty inventive!”

Drawing the apparatus that he used for the p u rific a tio n , he muses, “There was a time in his­ tory when you married a girl, and that was one of the skills that she had. Making whisky.”

I ask Freddie how business is these days. Not quick w ith a response, he admits, “I still got to re g u late my fin an ces. I do as m uch as I can d o .” At this, Freddie quickly draws up a list of the parts he’ll need to fix the dish­ washer. He hands me the list and gets geared up for the cold walk home.

I ask him what I owe him for an hour of his time. He begins to talk to himself, “Oh, what’s the damage? I don’t know, $10.” I stare back at him for a second and, after getting over the shock, I give him a $10 bill.

I walk Freddie into the hall and head back to my apartment.

Almost at my door, I feel some­ thing hard smack me in the back of the neck. Taking two steps back, I stare at the ground beneath me. Staring right back, with a sickly grin, is one green, gummy bear.

If you w ere even m ildly amused by this article, and you have stuff that needs fixin’ as well as a limited budget, call Freddie 849-1917. He’ll fix ya, and good!

T he M c G ill T r ib u n e , W e d n e s d a y , 1 M a r c h 2 0 0 0

W h y stu d e n ts sh o u ld v o te y e s' in th e co ld -b everag e referen d u m In a year virtually devoid of high-profile debate on campus, the cold-beverage agreement has become the first subject of real controversy.

And for good reason: short of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, nothing grabs people’s attention like big companies and big money.

The CBA concept is not a new one at Canadian universities, having first been introduced at UBC several years ago. Since then, almost all the major Canadian universities have inked such deals, to the benefit of their student associations and the uni­ versities themselves. McGill is, for better or for worse, one of the last universities to enter into this process.

The value of the agreement will be approximately $10 million over 10 years, of which about 55 per cent will go to student interests (and the other $4+ million will also be felt by students, albeit indirectly, through increased university funding). In return, student associations will give up their existing exclusivity arrange­ ments (where, for example, SSMU is only allowed to sell Pepsi in the Shatner Building and in all its satel­ lite cafeterias) in order to create one larger exclusive arrangement. Instead of a series of exclusive arrangements (which have the effect that you can only get one type of beverage in

most McGill buildings anyway), we will have one exclusive arrangement that will allow us to take the $1 mil­ lion per year from Coke. Insofar as beverage consumption is concerned, the CBA will hardly be a drastic change in the lives of McGill stu­ dents, but the money will make a substantial difference in the commu­ nity.

Almost all student associations will benefit significantly from this contribution, and there will be some very tangible results for students.

The most immediate of these is the renovation of the Shatner Building, which remains unsafe, inaccessible for disabled students, and poorly laid-out. Several hundred thousand dollars and lots of hard work have already been invested in developing plans to fix these problems, but with­ out the CBA funds those renovations will not take place - there will be no way to pay for the construction.

One reasonable, and often men­ tioned, concern is that the CBA must be made transparent so student lead­ ers can properly represent their con­ stituents. The University recognizes this need as well: almost a year ago, former Vice Principal Phyllis Heaphy stated that student leaders would be able to see the contract before it was signed. As for the con­

cern over ‘corporate influence’, the contract WILL NOT allow a cola company to have any control over academic affairs; Coke will be a sup­ plier, no more and no less. Coke’s importance in University decision­ making will be about as significant as the influence of the photocopier manufacturer who currently has an exclusive arrangement to supply the University’s machines. McGill is not about to sell out its 180-year heritage

False Teeth Duncan Reid to a pop-syrup marketer.

But you wouldn’t know this from all the anti-CBA propaganda circulating around campus. Those campaigners would have you believe that we will have ‘McGill - Coke Day’ if an agreement is signed. To back up this, and other outlandish predictions, these take-any-cause activists cite incidents that have occurred in the United States - .pre­ dominantly in high schools in the Atlanta area. Such a comparison is preposterous: we are not in Cokecrazy Atlanta (where the company is headquartered).

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Not that there was any real con­ cern about corporate control in the first place: McGill’s leaders have an incredible loyalty to the university, and they value its integrity and acad­ emic superiority above all else.

Many have devoted much of their working lives to McGill, and if Coke won’t sign on their terms then there will be no deal. There is not much concern that such terms can be met: there have been virtually no prob­ lems at other Canadian uni­ versities. I’m not surprised that the protesters have to reach all the way to Atlanta to find examples of poor judgement, because in my two years as an SSMU executive I never met any Canadian colleagues who had negative com­ ments on their respective beverage exclusivity agreements. We have the benefit of learning from their experi­ ence - being one of the last universi­ ties to sign means we are wading into well-charted waters.

To get around this reality, the activists resort to bland and tired clichés about the presence of a cor­ poration on campus. But if we reject the cold-beverage agreement, will we still have those products sold on campus? I think it’s fair to guess that we will, under the status quo, have a multi-exclusive situation. Does any­ one really believe that that will be a more principled stance vis-à-vis cor­ porations on campus? We will, in fact, be giving the companies exactly what they want: they can divide and conquer, without either Coke or Pepsi having to pay $10 million to the university. In fact, if the presence

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Are we worth less than students in the rest of Quebec?

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The Quebec provincial budget is in 2 weeks.

Do you have an hour to change your experience at and beyond McGill?

If you're a student here, from Quebec, the rest of Canada or the rest of the world, this affects you.

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Join McGill students, professors and the administration to demand that the Quebec government stop discriminating against you and demand the funds and the future that it denies.

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Are we worth less than students in the rest of Canada?

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It's your university, it's your education, it's your money, it's your right.

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of cola companies on campus is actu­ ally the issue, then the only logically consistent alternative proposal is to ban them from campus altogether Perhaps the activists realize that this is the only way that their anti-corpo rate argument can hang together logi­ cally - but if they do, they’re certain­ ly not going to present it to students because the vast majority would immediately oppose such a position.

The most disgraceful aspect of the anti-CBA campaign is that it is being paid for by external sources. 1 recently overheard several protesters discussing the money they were receiving from the CFS (the Canadian Federation of Students) to covertly pay for the campaign. This is highly inappropriate and antidemo­ cratic in a referendum campaign: we have strict rules, and both sides should conform to them Furthermore, the referendum is an issue for McGill students to decide; it is in no way a concern for the CFS (which does not represent McGill undergraduates).

Ultimately, you must inform yourself on the issues surrounding the cold-beverage referendum ques­ tion. After all, students will have the final say: an agreement will not take place if students vote ‘no’, and it will probably take place if students vote ‘yes’ (assuming that McGill and stu­ dent associations can get the appro­ priate agreement settled with Coke).

No matter how you intend to vote do not do so lightly, because there is probably at least $5 million at stake for students now and in the future

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Korean colours shine brightly

By Paul C ornett The Korean Students’ Society displayed the different colours of their culture to the McGill commu­ nity on February 17 in an over­ flowing Leacock 232.

The event was organized to promote awareness and increase the exposure of the Korean Studies Program here at McGill. A moti­ vating factor that gave the event a sense of urgency was the fact that the KSP is at risk of losing finan­ cial support from its only benefac­ tor, The Korea Foundation. For this

ences were humourously acted out by giving both a Korean and a Japanese interpretation of identical circumstances.

Toby No and KSS VP External Marianne Sung coordinat­ ed the event with the intent of increasing students’ awareness of the Korean Studies Program within the departm ent of East Asian Studies. The press release issued by the KSS reflected the desire for Korean Studies to be synonimous and integral to the East Asian Studies at McGill.

“We feel that the Korean

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reason, Consul Jong Suk Kim, con­ sulate general of Korea, and Chair of East Asian Studies Ken Dean, were invited and present for the night’s events.

The program focused mainly on a variety of performances high­ lighting Korean culture. An impressive Korean repercussion perform ance (SaM ulN ori) by C oncordia U niversity students

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Program plays a vital and integral role in the academic and sotial lives of McGill students as well as of McGill’s International standing.

Mainly, we believe that many asso­ ciate East Asia only with China and Japan, and do not usually think of Korea. By remaining indifferent towards this issue, in our opinion, would just perpetuate the idea that Korea only has a minimal role in

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Students in the KSP, from level 1 to level 3, put out not only a cultural experience, but also an entertaining evening. From Korean choire singing, Korean martial arts demonstratons, to the beautiful and creative choreographies of a tradi­ tional fan dance, the evening suc­ ceeded in showcasing the richness of Korean culture. Of notable pres­ ence in the night’s events were the skits. The last one was entitled Korea & Japan, which highlighted the cultural differences between the two countries. These differ-

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No indicated a few points that were raised in the evening’s perfor­ mances, namely that the program is underfunded. “I want [this event] to encourage the government to keep supporting us,” he said. Sung signaled the importance of main­ taining the KSP at McGill empha­ sizing the opportunities given to a university that boasts an internatioanl reputation.

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As your Vice-President Community and Government Affairs, I have demonstrated my commit­ ment to leadership on a local and national level. I am dedicated to the imple­ mentation of services that improve student life such as an Online Exam Bank and an expanded Special Projects Fund. I will further develop the Anti Poverty Action Centre, creating student jobs and improving the community. I will continue the fight against Discriminatory Tuition Fees and ensure that accessibility to higher education is not compromised. Le président doit être capable d’écouter et de représenter tous les étudiants.

ENERGY. PASSION. KNOWLEDGE. VOTE WOJTEK BARANIAK FOR PRESIDENT.

No empty promises. No more incomplete projects.

No excuses for the statusquo. No arrogance. Just 4 years of rock-solid SSMU experience: SSMU Councillor. Clubs and Services rep. Presidential Affairs Committee.

Senate subcommitties. Chair of Financial Affairs Committee etc. Familiarity with real student problems from 2 years of being a floor-fellow.

Committed to improving our libraries and SSMU-Faculty Association relations. A fresh, new style of doing things. Tenacity that won’t quit. That’s me. SHORT AND TO THE POINT.

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Tamana Kochar THIS IS MY MISSION STATEMENT. I have evalu­ ated the role SSMU plays in my life, a student’s life, and I am increasingly alarmed by the disaffection with which SSMU is generally regarded. It is this widespread apathy that is the driving force behind my desire to represent the student voice. So many people conduct their day-to-day lives oblivious to SSMU’s actions and thus are unable to take advantage of it’s resources. I view this as the major dilemna con­ fronting our student union. This I plan to change.

Let my voice be your voice. THINK DIFFERENT. Rom.

Hi! Over the next few weeks you w ill be faced with many choices. In choosing you SSMU Executive, several qualities are essential.

Among these are honesty, leadership, and integrity. I possess these qualities. My main objective as your representative w ill be to ensure that your concerns are heard. More specifically, some of my proposals are to pave the way for a debit card system for food on campus as w ill as creat­ ing a grocery delivery service to all Residences.

N'oubliez pas, le choix est à vous. THE CHOICE IS YOURS... VOTE JAY FOR V.P. OPERATIONS.

Arif Chowdhury has been involved in the McGill com­ munity for his entire three years at McGill, having twice served as an execu­ tive member of two soci­ eties. Currently VP Finance of the Science Undergraduate Society, Arif has brought originality and integrity to his portfolio.

Next year Arif would like to bring that innovation and commitment to the VP Operations portfolio of SSMU. With your vote Arif can take up the position of VP Operations and take the responsi­ ble leadership needed by students and SSMU.

Akin Alaga Many people have asked me why anyone would want to seek the position of VP Operations for a second term. The easy explanation is that I have enjoyed the position of VP Operations and being a member of the SSMU Council and I’m just not ready to move on. It’s like an addic­ tion. More importantly, I feel that the tools I have developed over the last year have equipped me to be a more effective and efficient leader. My experience has also allowed me to develop new ideas that w ill help to improve student life at McGill. Check out ssmu.mcgill.ca/mcphee

It is important that we remember that student gov­ ernments are supposed to represent the interests of the student body. We must attempt to end this division which exists between the SSMU executive and the student population. One of my goals is to make sure students know exactly where to address our concerns. I also want to see the student exchange program expand into new geographical regions.

Implementation of the Policy on Discrimination and Harassment will also be a major focus.

Students have often been the leaders of social change. We must be actively involved in the affairs of our university.

As arts senator this year, I got to know not only that the VP UA is an important voice for students but also that students are its most vital resource. Throughout my years at McGill I heard numerous comments from students about their problems with McGill. Here are my responses: I want to pursue on-line registration to increase the “ user-friendliness" of McGill. Evaluating our academic programs is also a priority since McGill is hiring 500 new professors. An ethnicity commissioner for students is greatly needed with our diverse student body. Support me to ensure constructive change at our university!

My name is Jacquie and I’m running for VP University Affairs. The position forms a crucial link between stu­ dents and the administra­ tion. Why vote for me? For my ideas, of course, (hey. politics isn't always bland!) Internships: for Arts and Science students. Discussion: what do you want McGill to be? Experience: chair QPRIGMcGill Board of Directors, First Year Experience Symposium, getting' the job done! Alternative course calendar: a resource to tell you what stu­ dents really think about courses. SSMU, Senate and You (students): get informed and get involved. No matter what, please vote. It's your right!

As an active executive of a service I have the vision of where SSMU needs to go regarding Clubs and Services. This year I have been at the centre of revital­ izing an untapped service to its dynamic past. This being the second year of the portfolio, it is yet to be utilized in fulfilling the expanded needs of students. My mission will be to provide an atmosphere for trend setting ser­ vices like Drivesafe by easing access to funds, increasing facilities and providing new resources and formalizing links between clubs and ser­ vices. Let’s get involved in each other. Vote Akin!

The VP Clubs and Services portfolio demands an indi­ vidual with ideas, organiza­ tion and attention. In my role as VP Finance of the Arts Undergraduate Society, I used these tools to ensure departments and events were well-funded and had access to the necessary resources. Next year, my focus will be: clubs & services: increase funding for conferences, events, and equipment; expanding inter-club communications, building: computer access in 1st floor Shatner Lounge; bi­ monthly Club Events Newsletter, students: BMH Clubs Night; comprehensive clubs guide. My responsibility is to ensure success by helping others go where they cannot go alone. No motto, just Gratto.

Working closely with the SSMU Council, Executive and the Shatner General Manager, I will use every means possible to draw attention and support to McGill's vibrant club community, expanding services, and dynamic publications. To facilitate activities and events, I will streamline the room booking process; develop an online interactive club database; ensure each club has a strong online presence; renegotiate Shatner room assignments based on demonstrat­ ed need; and foster a centralized network of club cooperation. My qualifications include extensive club administration, event coordination, web design, and student government. My name is André Nance, and I thank you for your support.

j The DIRECT APPROACH | l 1) Increase communication ; between the student govj ernment and students I through a platform commit*. * i tee, responsible for addressing classes on a tri­ weekly basis, which would focus on events around McGill.

2) More charity events with lots of promotion.

3) Fall and winter concerts with headliner bands.

It’s all about the music.

4) Open-mike night at Gerts with McGill musicians and comedians.

I've had tonnes of experience organizing events, including this year’s Snow Air Pub. Next year can be the best year of your life. Vote for me and sat­ isfaction's guaranteed.

I’m Mark Chodos and I’m running for VP Communications and Events. My goals for next year are to have monthly mass e-mails outlining school events, more open forums, bring back Four Floors, a longer SnowAP, and have students showcase their talents through open mic nights. Cette université existe à cause des étudiants, et je veux donner la à tout-le-monde de participer dans l’AEUM. I am a bilingual, friendly, and motivated to make SSMU fun and accessible for everyone. Questions?

Ideas? E-mail chodos2000@hotmail.com or call the Chodos2000 hotline at 845-L0T0. I'll see you all on campus!

Everybody complains that there's no school spirit at McGill. How are kids sup­ posed to get interested when we don’t appeal to the varied tastes of our diverse student population? If elect­ ed, I'd like to turn McGill parties into the venues appealing to the widest spectrum of tastes.

J'entend augmenter la visibilité des événements francophones sur le campus. Raves in the Ballroom, folk concerts in the Alley, live bands at Gerts, hip hop DJ spinoffs... these are things that will get kids interested in McGill again, while increasing revenue for the university. Increase school spirit through better socializing! Vote Kosta! Now!

Vote Bob. I am the hungri­ est and most qualified for this position. I am fully bilingual. I started my own promotional company called Posti Caldi and throw packed parties every Wednesday at Le Sugar. I coordinated Arts Education Frosh raising the most money ever through advertising and sponsorships. I already have a working relationship with representatives from Molson, Sleeman, Bacardi and Smirnoff. I have practical experience with graphic design and web site creation. I am open-minded, per­ sonable and driven. Let me work towards increasing the quality and frequency of SSMU sponsored parties. I Can and Will, so Vote Bob.

Hello! Communication is only effective if there is a sharing of ideas between the students and their society.

Thus, I feel it necessary to have a feedback loop and to increase cooperation between on-campus organizations and the SSMU. I want to kick off next year with a street Jamboree, brighten the winter with the SnowCastle Pub, and close the year with a Faculty Fair. I am excited about the possibilities and plan to make it a memorable year for all. Je m'engage à intégrer tous les étudiants dans une vie universitaire excitante! Thinking outside the box

I I’m Jeremy Farrell. J’ai I'experience, la vision et l’interet de vous servir comme VP des affaires communitaires et gouverne­ mentales. EXPERIENCE: IRC Speaker. SSMU Councilor and VP External Affairs AUS. These experiences have led me to the following VISION: Improving volunteerism and safety on and off campus as well as a creating a tenant rights’ clinic; pursuing the accessibility of post­ secondary education through seeking further re­ investment; continuing the lobby against DTF and improving relations with other universities in Quebec and Canada. Je ferai de mon mieux pour vous servir, “ it’s time for every student to be heard.” Vote Jeremy Farrell.

My political knowledge and two years involvement as SSMU French Commissioner will be tremendously useful when negotiating with gov­ ernments as a proud McGill representative. I plan to con­ tinue our lawsuit and fight Differential Tuition Fees.

I see us strengthen our position by making sup­ portive allies in Quebec's student force. SSMU should lobby various ministries to get clubs extra subsidies while showing Quebec our impressive student life! My other commitments are to provide upper residences with Weekend Grocery Delivery and Solin with safe walks home, organize a Ghetto Garage Sale and publish Community Crime Reports. Dedicaiton. Passion. Experience. Score with Messier!

As your SSMU VP Communications and Events, I have seen first­ hand the major issues fac­ ing students at McGill. The Board of Governors is the most powerful decision­ making body in the university, dealing with all financial matters and unviersity governance.

With the lack of funding from the government, McGill wil be facing some major challenges in the upcoming year. There is pressure on the uni­ versity to search for different sources of funding, and students must be well represented in the process. FOR EXPERIENCE AND FOR LEADER­ SHIP, VOTE WYNDOWE.

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K ite Wolf McGill University operates In a unique environment.

We face enormous speed of change, and McGill’s potent and current Issues high­ lights our university’s adap­ tation. Lack of funding by the federal and provincial government has frac­ tured our university’s infrastructure. As an Arts student I believe strongly in McGill developing a complete strategy in combatting our university’s current issues. At this important and fragile time Arts students must be represented in the senate.

And I give you my promise I will represent you.

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I’m llan, a Psych student from Toronto with a couple of years of experience on the implementation side of student politics. Sitting on a legislative committee is not a breazy proposition, and the decisions of McGill’s Senate must be guided by the educated opinions of the Student Body.

We've got to be heard, and I hope to be a strong voice for us, the Arts students, whose school is being shaped by the Senate. Let’s make this place work.

We were all brought to McGill by the promise of an excellent education; instead we are faced with cutbacks in Arts, a shortage of TAs and growing class sizes. As Senator, I intend to fight this trend and repesent the Arts faculty ftrongly and with dedication. I commit to fighting privati­ zation, initiating a BA/BSc program and beyond Senate’s doors, helping AUS in its important ini­ tiatives. I bring experience as MGRA Director, Tribune reporter, member of various clubs and co-director of a successful AUS/MGRA food/clothing drive. Avec Fred, notre faculté aura la représentation forte. Vote Fred for a stronger McGill.

Hello, my name is William Bond. I’ m running fo rth engineering senator posi­ tion. As such, it will be my duty and responsibility to represent your interests in front of SSMU and McGill University. I will therefore accurately voice your opinions in front of the rest of the senate. Thank you.

Sunaina Talwar My name is Charlie Hadid and I am a third year engi­ neering student. I am run­ ning to the engineering sen­ ator position. As senator, I will ensure that the faculty of engineering is properly represented, and I will always act in the best interest of the faculty and its students! I want to ensure that the faculty of engineering remains a well-known institution for future studentss, cur­ rent students, alumni and industry leaders for years to come. Please feel free to contact me any time at (514) 993-4597 or via e-mail chadid@po-box.mcgill.ca. A vote for Charlie is a vote for McGill Engineering! ! Thank you.

I want to work together with MUS to represent Management students in the j McGill community. I stand up for my beliefs and will fight for Management’s interests, like smaller class sizes, lower tuition, a better quality of teaching and improved facilities. I have previous experi­ ence in student government and realize what it takes to get your voice heard. If you want some­ one who will never give up , listen to your needs and represent your interests in the Senate, vote for John Doulamis.

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Having defended your inter­ ests in the Senate over the past year, I have gained an intricate knowledge of the inner workings of this high­ est decision-making body at McGill and therefore, I can do more for Management. I am seeking re-elec­ tion because I feel that there is much to be accomplished in the next year. For example, Management students still don’t receive credits for summer internships, making it more difficult to attain internships with firms that want McGill to formally recognize them for tax saving pur­ poses. I ask for you continued support in com­ pleting this and other unfinished senate busi­ ness.

Wouldn’t you like an exten­ sion of library hours?

Wouldn’t you like to express your views on the privatisa­ tion of the Arts faculty?

Wouldn’t you like to be more aware of important university-wide issues? Well, that's exactly what I want to do for you as your Representative to the Senate (the highest academic decision mak­ ing body at McGill). I want to use my enthusiasm and dedication to bring about key changes that we management students would like to see. To me, the most important thing is to get your voice on the Senate, and that's the Bottom Line!

I'm Kate and I care.

Sabrina N. JafraHe Student leadership is a funny thing. It can make you or it can break you!

Sabrina makes it! As Education Senator I’ll be thrown into an arena full of suits, big words and pool of decisions. No problem! I’m a swimmer and tough! I’ m a BSN coordinator and a 3rd year student in Education. I'm dedicated to research­ ing ways to find more hidden governement grants and scholarships for students. What else? It’s time students start choosing their program scheme instead of being subjected to a rigid faculty structure! Lastly, to make sure we’ re getting our money's worth! Keep protest­ ing! SNJ!

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Concerned about McGill’s future? Privatization got you worried? We need a voice on senate that will voice our concerns, stand up for stu­ dent rights and oppose any steps towards privatization to ensure that ALL of us can have an affordable education. Vote for FAIZ. Stick it to the man.

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Êtes-vous d'accord pour que la constitution de l'Association étudiante de l'Université McGill soit ammendé pour inclure comme membre votant, un(e) conseiller(ère) de première année qui sera élu(e) suivant les procédures établies par les règlements de l'Association des étudiants de l'Université McGill? [Ceci ajouterait à l’article 4.1 de la Constitution de l'AÉUM, approuvée par un référendum en 1999, les mots suivants: un(e) Conseiller(ère) de Première Année.]

Amlt Grover 3 years at McGill, 3 years of serious involvement, and a lifetime of experience.

Hailing from Mississauga, Ontario Science Senator Amit Grover wants you to know he is the person you’re looking for. Having sat on the McGill University Residence Council, Being involved with SUS, and is currently the Assistant Director and Floor Fellow of one McGill's Residences; Grover has the EXPERIENCE, PEOPLE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED and GUTS to represent YOUR VIEWS! Leadership and involvement have always been a part of his life. Let this U2 Physiology Major show you the potential he has to offer. VOTE GROVER!

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International criticism has forced Joerg Haider to step down, but the controversy still continues Controversy greeted the for­ m er le a d e r o f the A u stria n Freedom Party, Joerg Haider, as he m ade his p u b lic “to u r” of Montreal recently which was to include a scheduled stop at the M o n treal H o lo c a u st C en tre.

H aider has been p o rtray ed at times by the international com­ m u n ity as re p re s e n tin g the potential ressurection of xeno­ phobia and ultra-nationalism in Europe.

The controversy surrounds the recent inclusion of the far right Freedom Party of Austria into the governing coalition of th e c o n s e rv a tiv e A u strian People’s Party. The federal elec­ tions held in A u stria last fall yielded 27 per cent of the vote for the Freedom Party. When the P e o p le ’s P arty was unable to hammer out a coalition with the Social D em ocratic Party after th ree m onths o f n e g o tia tio n , they were faced with the reality of looking for a coalition partner in the Freedom Party.

The inclusion of the party has resulted in an international b ack lash . N um erous m em ber states o f the E uropean Union have enacted diplom atic sanc­ tions on Austria, and Israel has decided to re-evaluate its rela­ tions with the country.

Professor Peter Hoffman of McGill’s Department of History, a specialist in German history, explained that he feels the swift diplomatic actions taken against A ustria are som ew hat p rem a­ ture.

“The EU sa n c tio n s on A u stria are u n p reced en ted in th at d em ocratic co u ntries are imposing sanctions on a democ­ ratic country for acting democ­ ratic,” Hoffman said. “ To judge the coalition governm ent, you m ust look at the g o v ern m en t p ro g ram s and a c tio n s b efo re making any judgements.”

H o ffm ann c o n tin u e d to argue that “although [Haider] is an unpleasant character, he’s not a Hitler or a fascist.”

Hoffman believes that there is m ore to th is than is being said. He points to the fact that many Austrians are dissatisfied with the status quo policies of the Social Democratic Party and the P eo p le’s Party and argues th at som e m ay be u sin g the Freedom Party as a vehicle for protest against the establishment parties.

But Hoffman notes that the Social Democrats are using the public’s moods towards Haider as a way to demonize the Right.

Since many of the large unions have vested interests in the dom­ inance of the Social Democrats, it is in their interest to portray

Haider as an extremist.

It appears as though efforts to force Haider out of govern­ m ent have been successful, at le a st fo r the p re se n t. On Monday, he resigned as leader o f the F reedom P arty on the grounds that he did not want to stand in the way of the work of the new g o v ern m en t. He has been succeeded as party chief by Vice Chancellor Susanne RiessPasse, but he remains governor

Although [Haider] is an unpleasant character, he's not a Hitler or a facist.

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o f C a rin th ia p ro v in c e and is ru m o u red to be e n te rta in in g hopes of becoming chancellor in the near future.

Haider not the whole problem Professor Barbara Haskel of the P o litic a l S cien ce D epartm ent, an expert on the European Union feels that part of the problem lies in the politi­ cal dynamics of immigration. “ Many of th ese co untries have never th o u g h t o f th e m ­ selves as hab itu ally taking in immigrants,” she said.

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of legal and illegal immigrants, particularly asylum and refugee­ see k in g im m ig ra n ts.

The increase in foreigners has pro­ vided fuel for far right groups, like the Freedom Party and the French National Front. The deci­ sion on the part of the People’s Party to allow a far right party into a coalition is unprecedent­ ed, therefore having significant repercussions.

“Up u n til now , th ere has been a gentlemen’s agreement, a Cordon Sanitaire, to isolate and not do b u sin e ss w ith the far right,” Haskel stated.

This agreem ent refers to a consensus among centrist parties within members of the European Union to iso late the far right politically. Haskel fears that if this agreement is broken, it will give hope to far right elements in other parts of Europe, like France and Germany.

Many Austrians are shocked at the international response and feel th at it is an u n ju stifie d in tru sio n s into th e ir in tern a l affairs. In fact, polls indicate that if the A ustrian P resident were to have refused to accept a coalition governm ent with the Freedom Party, they would have received more support in another vote.

Hoffman disagrees, arguing that this development ought not be seen as growing intolerance among Austrians with respect to immigration.

“After all,” he said “Austria was recently able to successfully integrate 60,000 Bosnians from the Y u g o slav C iv il W ar intc society.”

Canada's fabric Continued from Page 75 internationally renown universities.

Because of this, McGill is in a real­ ly good position to reach out to many different ethnic and cultural groups that are part of the universi­ ty.” Sung expressed that Korean Studies is an integral component to the university that acts as a “piece of the puzzle that has to fit in to reflect the multi-cultural reality of McGill.”

For many M cG ill students with a Korean background, the opportunity to take classes in the KSP is extrem ely valuable. No stated that it was when he got to university that he felt the necessity to get back to his roots.

“Now is a time when I realize how important my culture is, and it’s important that McGill promote the awareness of this culture,” he said.

Bonnie T. Kim, and Louis E. Kang who sang a duet towards the end of the evening both voiced the value and significance of the KSP at McGill. Kang, who is a second generation Korean, shared how instrumental learning the language of his parents has been.

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identity crisis. Learning the lan­ guage helped me to capture my background [as a Korean] ...Language was key for me to learn about the culture and person­ ality of Korea.”

Sharing her experience, Kim pointed-out that being aware of one’s roots can only help foster a deeper Canadian identity. “When you go back into your roots, - it makes you richer, it makes you more Canadian. When you’re lost in your own background, you’re lost as a Canadian.”

Conversely it could be said that one’s awareness of the diverse cultural and ethnic communities that are part of C anada’s history,and the mutual recognition of shared experience as im m i­ grants, a reality most Canadians fail to remember, can only posi­ tively contribute to our identies as Canadians.

Korean Night 2000 was, by virtue of its emphasis on culture, a subtle yet strong rem inder that McGill and Canada as a whole, have the privileged responsibility to promote and support internation­ al studies. Studies that while con­ centrate on their country of origin, invariably are ingrained in the fab­ ric of the Canadian reality.

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Recent legislation strengthens nationalist sentiments

By N igel Lawson The recent turm oil of Canadian unity has left the Canadian and Quebec governments with opposing bills regarding the process of secession. Last December, the federal government introduced the controversial Clarity Act which outlines the procedure for a province to secede from Canada. For negotiations to begin, the government requires a “clear question” to be put to the people - a question which cannot include other issues such as economic or political arrangements with Canada.

As well, the act dictates that a vote of 50 per cent plus one is insuffi­ cient for a province to secede. The bill also outlines the negotiations that will take place following a clear majority vote for separation.

Such topics include the division of assets and liabilities, changes to the provincial borders and the rights of minorities and aboriginals.

In direct opposition to the Clarity Act, the Quebec govern­ ment responded to the federal gov­ ernment’s restrictions on separation by introducing Bill 99. This legisla­ tion mandates that Quebec’s future is not a national question and that a simple majority would be enough to separate from the country.

Politicians across Canada are now debating the legitimacy of both bills and questioning the process by which a province can separate.

Bob Rae, the former Premier of Ontario, came to speak at McGill two weeks ago about separation.

His speech, entitled “A Tale of Two Bills- Comparing Canada’s and Q uebec’s Approach to Secession,” focused upon the con­ tradictory legislations.

“There are those who would say that this is an unprecedented crisis... and I would suggest that it’s quite contrary,” said Rae. “Nothing has changed, nothing is new here.”

He agreed with the federal government’s decision to outline procedures for separation and accused Bill 99 of simply being “an

elaborate game of ‘let’s pretend.’”

Rae also questioned the consti­ tutional aspect of Quebec’s separa­ tion bill citing that all provinces must be involved in amendments to the Canadian constitution, an aspect that Bill 99 clearly ignores.

In August 1998, the Supreme Court decided that neither the Quebec government nor the legisla­ ture have the legal right under Canadian constitutional law or under international law to unilater­ ally secede from Canada. It also emphasized, however, that the rest of Canada has a political obligation to negotiate with Quebec if a clear majority was in favour of separa­ tion.

Separatist politicians, such as Jacques Parizeau, oppose this deci­ sion claiming that the question of independence remains solely within the province of Quebec.

“Bill 99 shouldn’t be viewed from a defensive standpoint because it enshrines our identity,” Parizeau said during a recent press conference. “The Clarity bill aims to restrict possible applications.”

Indeed, many prom inent Québécois political participants have spoken against the Clarity Act. Union leaders, professors and writers have recently signed a peti­ tion that appeals the Supreme Court ruling. “We are united by a com­ mon and shared concern: the feder­ al government’s initiative threaten the role and integrity of democratic institutions, of both Quebec and C anada,” said U niversité de M ontreal law professor Andre Tremblay.

As well, 25,000 Université de M ontreal students recently expressed that Bill 99 clearly sums up the fundamental values currently espoused by Quebec. Although the sentiments of those involved have strengthened during the recent leg­ islations introduced in the respec­ tive governm ents, Prem ier of Quebec Lucien Buchard is not planning another referendum in the near future.

M cG ill MANAGEMENT

By Y ousuf A ftab GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT— These are acronyms that carry a great deal of weight. For anyone applying to graduate school in North America, success on these exams is, often­ times, a prerequisite to get into the university of one’s choice.

Enterprising entrepreneurs have realized the necessity of doing well on these exams, and have promised would-be graduate students the proverbial pot of gold if they follow a prescribed regimen. But, there is a catch — one must pay for the pre­ scription. Preparatory courses and books regarding standardized exams abound. The utility of such materials and courses, and the importance of these exams, however, remain points of contention.

Two of the most prominent providers of preparatory materials and courses for standardized exami­ nations are the Princeton Review and Kaplan. Each of these companies publish books and provide training to help students attain success on the various examinations. Yet, there is a cost.

Cost Whereas a GRE preparatory book may range from $27.50 to over $50, a GRE preparatory course requires an expenditure of approxi­ mately $800. Is this worth it?

According to Dana Stoffman, Director of Princeton Review’s Montreal Office, “Students are pay­ ing a premium for expert teachers.”

She concedes that not all students need a course, yet stresses that stu­ dents should make sure that they are informed.

This view is echoed by Katie Roy, a Public Relations Representative for Kaplan, Princeton Review’s prime competitor.

Nonetheless, she argues that “prepar­ ing students with a course helps them by giving them strategies.”

What does the test test?

One of the first claims in the Princeton Review’s GRE handbook is-: “The GRE only tests how well you do on the test.” Essentially, the

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GRE does not necessarily test any­ thing that you may have learnt in your past four years; rather, it is sim­ ply a flawed mechanism for evaluat­ ing your performance with respect to other candidates. This view may not necessarily hold for all sections of the GMAT, MCAT, or LSAT, which seek to determine how well you will do in a specific field.

Both Stoffman and Roy agree that the standardized tests are not intelligence tests. In that regard, they can and should be prepared for.

Certainly, this view may be consid­ ered biased. However, David Gonzalez, Public Relations Officer for the Educational Testing Service, seems to add credence to this argu­ ment.

“Everybody can and should pre­ pare themselves for the test,” he said.

Why take a course?

This does not mean that it is nec­ essary to take a course. Indeed, Gonzalez voices ETS’s concern over the emergence and growth of test prep companies. “Commercial firms have inflated claims of success [regarding standardized test improve­ ments]. Our studies show that the gain that occurs is far more modest,” he explained.

If this is the case, why do so many people choose to turn to preparatory agencies when deciding to take a test?

“Fifty percent of our students have bought a book, become frustrat­ ed, and then come to us,” claimed Stoffman. She attributes the populari­ ty of courses to the philosophy of the Princeton Review. “Students are pay­ ing too much for these classes to be just a number,” and this is why the Princeton Review’s “main philoso­ phy is to give lots of personalized attention.”

CATs One of the more recent changes in the field of standardized testing has been the advent of the Computer Adaptive Test (CAT). Essentially, this type of test is used to more accu­ rately determine a candidate’s abili­ ties. Everyone starts off at the same point, but when you get a question right, the next one is harder. On the converse, if you get the question wrong, the next one is easier.

Presently, only the GMAT and the GRE are computer based; soon

enough, though, it is likely that there will be far more CATs. According to Benjamin Paris, Kaplan’s Curriculum Director, the advent of the CAT has changed test taking strategies completely.

“Two major factors that make the CAT different are that it’s on a computer and that it is scored differ­ ently,” he said. The fact that it is computer based completely alters how one takes the test because there is no way to skip a question, and because each question is worth a dif­ ferent value —so, the division of time is of the essence.

How important are they?

The importance of standardized tests, though, is certainly a paramount concern when it comes to the choice between paying $800 or paying $50.

Victoria Meikle, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Placement for the Faculty of Law, said that, “[Admissions counselors] read every file; a decision is made on the basis of academic factors (which includes the LSAT) and extra-curriculars.” It is important to note, however, that McGill Law does not even require the LSAT for admission. Still, “a strong LSAT can, all other things being equal, counterbalance a low GPA - but, it cannot get you in.”

This is not the case for American schools. Indeed, when asked how important standardized tests are for graduate school in the States, Gonzalez responded, “Try getting in without them.” Stoffman’s view, however, is that standardized tests are useful only in helping stu­ dents “pass the first hurdle.”

Essentially, a standardized test is a good way for admissions counselors to establish a cut-off. Beyond that, there are a number of other factors of equal or greater importance.

So, is there a verdict? Well, yes.

Standardized tests may not be the most effective way to determine a candidate’s ability - but, as with Microsoft, they are an industry stan­ dard. The best way to succeed is to prepare. The best way to prepare depends on who you are - the more disciplined you are, the less likely it is that you will need a course. Either way, make sure to be informed about the school’s requirements, the test requirements, and your own attribut­ es.

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B y Rachel Parsons Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal (BJM) has, for a long time, been a prominent dance company on both the local and international scenes.

The premiere of BJM’s “A Fleur de Peau/W ith S oul” last Wednesday at Espace Go was a memorable moment in the company’s history. It was an important event not only because it was their first performance at the company’s new Montreal-based theatre, but also because it was BJM ’s first program under the fresh outlook of newly-appointed artistic director, Louis Robitaille. Robitaille was an internationally renowned principle dancer with Les Grands B allet Canadiens. Judging from the per­ formance, the changes suit BJM very well. “A Fleur de Peau/With Soul” is an impressive and diverse program oozing with talent and high energy— a testam ent to Robitaille’s role in breathing new life into this tiny but versatile com­ pany.

The show begins with a solo danced by Robitaille himself, enti­ tled “Premier Souffle”, choreo­ graphed especially for him by French choreographer M yriam Naisy. For this piece, Robitaille enters the stage, as dancers never do—from above. The lights come on and Robitaille is hanging by a

■ Convery and Robitaille dancing "entre-deux"

sive balletic, acrobatic moves cre­ ated for him by Gilles Lacroix and Andre Simard. Once he reaches the stage, Robitaille dances Naisy’s choreography to the music of Nine Inch Nails, his movements seem­ ingly mimicking the early yearn­ ings of a newborn creature. At the end of the piece, he reluctantly watches the rope retract upwards as he is left alone on stage and the

lights fade out.

Next, and undoubtedly the best, of the five works on the pro­ gram was “Circle Songs.”

This piece involved seven dancers and was choreo­ graphed by the budding talent of S h a w n Hounsell — a dancer with Les Grands B allets Canadiens. In the last ten years, he has drawn atten­ tion to himself as a choreographer.

Set to the won­ derful m usic of Bobby McFerrin, this piece had a tribal feel in all of Press shot its elements. The costum es, by Vandal, were intelligently designed to have each dancer look as though they had been body-painted with dark, swirling lines. The choreog­ raphy sustained a sense of unity amongst the dancers throughout the entire piece. The work seemed to send a message about the impor­ tance of physicality and communality to spiritual expression.

H ounsell’s choreography had a

strong sense of originality, was sharp, effective and uplifting.

The next two pieces on the program were som ewhat less remarkable. Somewhat disappoint­ ing was Dom inique D um ais’s work, “entre-deux”, comprised of four duets illustrating four varia­ tions on the theme of the couple.

This piece didn’t quite fit into the program, and its elements didn’t come together well to give a sense of unity to the work. Despite its weakness as a whole, parts of the piece were good, specifically the duet danced by Lourdes Gracia and Rob R ubinger, as well as that danced by Vanessa Convery and Louis Robitaille. The latter duet had startling partnering and con­ veyed the deep emotional tension of a relationship, despite Convery’s sometimes superficial movements.

A fter their duet, however, one expected the piece to go on to a finale section, and so Dum ais’s choice to end felt somewhat abrupt.

The next piece by Jason Shipley-Holm es, entitled “Clin d’oeil”, was a one-minute combi­ nation of break dance and daredev­ il moves at a break neck pace danced m asterfully by Rob Rubinger, a long-time member of BJM. There is little to say about so short a work except that, despite its brevity, it added another dimension to the program and most certainly

"W h y c a n 't y o u b e a n a c c o u n t a n t ? " The Montreal Young Company helps aspiring actors find work

BY MICHAEL HARRISON

It is almost never an easy task for graduating students to find work in their field. For graduates of theatre schools, that task can be even more daunting.

Enter the M ontreal Young Company.

This new theatre company, currently staging its first two pro­ ductions at the Saidye Bronfman Centre through March 5, consists entirely of actors who have gradu­ ated from theatre school within the last five years. The company's goal is to help recent graduates further their theatrical developm ent in entirely professional surroundings.

Headed by Bill Glassco, the company has set up in Montreal for two reasons. First, the city has a number of schools training students in the performing arts including the N ational T heatre School, Concordia University, and Dawson College among others. And second, while Montreal can claim to be a hotbed of many cultural activities, English theatre isn't exactly one of them.

The M ontreal Young Company is founded on the idea that recent theatre graduates often have the most to offer live theatre but frequently find them selves

merely subsisting, mired in produc­ tions that can stifle their creative potential. In a written proposal out­ lining the com pany's purpose, Glassco states, "The ultimate aim of such a company must be to pro­ duce actors more dedicated to their craft...and less inclined to settle for roles and productions that have no meaning for them."

Actors can remain with the company for up to three years. This first year’s group was selected mainly by invitation and consists of mostly National Theatre School graduates, many of whom Glassco met while teaching there. As mem­ bers move on to other projects, new members selected through a formal audition process will replace them.

They hope to attract actors from across Canada, but will remain cen­ tred in Montreal attached to the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts—the venue for their current productions.

The company is currently per­ forming two pieces in tandem: Shakespeare's M easure fo r Measure and contemporary British playwright Howard Barker's The Possibilities.

Directed by Chris Abraham, The Possibilities is a challenging play well suited for this young and vibrant cast. It consists of ten sepa­

rate vignettes that throw the charac­ ters into a world of conflict domi­ nated by violence and suffering.

Each vignette is a separate and independent story, but the play flows well and runs at a brisk pace.

A m bient music played by live

musicians adds to the mood created by the disturbing setting of a war tom world.

The Possibilities doesn't shy away from posing difficult ques­ tions. And while the characters examine the different sides of an argument, it is ultimately the audi­ ence who is left to judge. However, before this is even possible, the

characters are swept away and replaced by others as the viewer is explicitly shown the many faces of physical and emotional conflict.

The com pany's policy of rehearsing for ten weeks instead of the usual three seems to have paid off as the play has a very polished and professional air about it.

The Montreal Y o u n g Company isn't further schooling for actors; it is a professional environm ent where gradu­ ates apply what they have learned to the real world. But when the curtain goes up, the real world is often left far behind.

The Montreal Young Company performs Measure for Measure and The P ossib ilities alternately through March 5 at the Saidye Bronfman Centre.

pleased the crowd.

The program as a whole ended suitably with a work choreo­ graphed by Mia Micheals, entitled “No Strings Attached”, which was a comment on today’s quirky rela­ tionships that lack commitment or deep connection. This demanding piece proved the strength of the dancers, yet remained energetic and fun with a comical edge. The music was funky, the costumes a bit silly and the choreography inventive and spry with a cartoon­ like wacky spirit. It made for a per­ fect finale piece.

Robitaille hopes to make BJM, analogous to jazz itself, a cross­ roads of the arts and an experimen­ tal ground for up-and-com ing choreographers. I couldn’t help but interpret Robitaille’s first solo as symbolic of the company’s new direction. Was not the rope an umbilical cord and R obitaille’s new affiliation with BJM a sign of its rebirth? See for yourself. “A Fleur de Peau/W ith Soul” is at Espace Go until March 11.

Theatre Espace Go 4890, boul. Saint-Laurent Information: 514-845-4890 Tickets for BJM are $25. The student price is $18 on weekdays and $20 on weekends.

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At Agora cle la danse. Tickets are $12-20.

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Robinson's ja z z w orks on a sp iritu al plane

BY T ed Strauss

Thursday February 17 saw the second segment of the Black History Month Jazz Series, fea­

tenor sax. Robinson presented himself with a beaming face and silken garm ents. He perfectly em bodied the com bination of sophistication and aggression

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turing tenor saxophonist Billy Robinson.

It was an am bitious event, with organizer Andy W illiam s hoping to educate and entertain an audience drawn from both the black com m unity and beyond.

As I entered the large stone loft (W o rld B eat L o u n g e), Dr. Mensa-Bonsu was giving a lec­ ture on traditional African cul­ ture. A doctor of socio-anthro­ pology—he spoke of music and rhythm an important part of daily life for many African communi­ ties. M usicologist, Delà Horva joined Mensa-Bonsu to provide an example. Together, they creat­ ed a hypnotic b e a t, changing the g ro o v e ju s t o ften enough to break the trance that each rhythm induced.

Then band the stepped up, fe a tu rin g M artin A uguste on drums, Turvin van Prank on elec­ tric p ian o , T om m y B abin on b ass, and B illy R obinson on

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which is jazz. The set consisted mostly of standards with a couple R obinson originals but would prove to be most engaging.

Mmm, a delicious dose of jazz. R obinson’s Tenor chan­ neled his sentiment— a plaintive cry. A cry of urban angst, a cry of living in a world too beautiful and too complex for one to ever grasp, a cry of individual human expression. It was also steady, m ain tain in g the in te n sity throughout two sets. Sometimes, the song would appear to end and Robinson would continue play­ ing for a full minute just to get his m essage across. For other pieces, punctuation was marked as the tenor ceased and Robinson would leave the stage to watch his band carry the sound, of course smiling.

While usually dominated by Robinson’s aggressive sound, the backing trio was strong. Babin played well on bass and kept a

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Auguste had an good sense of presence, saving the furious rolls until necessary— emotions best served restrained. Van Pranke on keys, held the down the har­ m onic structure of the pieces, carrying the frame of the stan­ dards on his fingertips. The tinny electric piano, though practical, is a far cry from the real thing.

In sum , it was an ag g ressiv e organic sound that works live.

The arrangem ent varied as the African educators occasional­ ly fattened the sound with their drums. The Africa-jazz link is an obvious one, worth exploring for a B lack history event. But, it appeared to be forced at times.

Dr. Mensa-Bonsu’s lectures were informative and inspiring, with concluding remarks like “Africa has so much to offer the world!” s T hough th is o p tim ism was encouraging, he failed to make d irect reference to ja z z or its re la tio n to A frica. A lso, the combination of jazz quartet with African drumming simply con­ catenated the two sounds, rather than achieving a demonstrative stylistic fusion.

B illy R o b in so n ’s play in g comes from the noted tradition of the Texas Tenors, sim ply put: ‘big and fat’. In his career, he’s played with greats like Archie Shepp, C harles M ingus, John Hinks and Billy Hart. In speak­ ing with Robinson, I learned that his inspiration goes well beyond the scope of a musical tradition.

He seeks to learn how m usic, which he defines as “a medium through which people personify them selves,” affects the human subject.

S ince m oving to O ttaw a, Robinson has been studying cog­ nitive psychology and physiolo­ gy at O ttaw a U niversity. H e’s recently published a book in a field he calls neural-musichiatry, Jazz Improvisation and the Art o f S elf-E x p ressio n (a v ailab le at A rcham bault). “I ’ve been into spiritual studies for all my life,” says Robinson. He is a practic­ ing M uslim and has a strong bond with nature. For Robinson, jam m ing with the song of the mockingbird, a chorus of frogs or the beat of marching feet is as familiar as the bass and drums.

Andy Williams, the organiz­ er of the Black History Month Jazz Series, was happy with the outcom e o f the event. A lso a film-maker, working on a docu­ mentary about the jazz Diaspora, Willims wants to show the evolu­ tion of Black music. “It’s impor­ tant to bring ja z z back to the c o m m u n ity ,” says W illiam s.

T his is e sp e c ia lly true in Montreal, where the richness of the jazz scene seems to be diffus­ ing.

Chris Cornell has moved on, w hy can't w e?

Alterna-rocker is all grown up, but fans still yearn for Soundgarden

By M arie-H éléne Savard

Chris Cornell breezed through town on Feb 21 for a laid-back evening with his fans.

The “Evening With” concept meant a show in a seated venue, the Olympia and no opening band. This kind of show would have seemed hardly appropriate five years ago, but father-to-be Cornell has mel­

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lowed out since his Soundgarden days. He still looks the same with black jeans, black tank top, black goatee and black tattoo, but his music is a little more grown-up. His fans aren’t getting any younger either, nostalgic thirtysomethings blending in with the college crowd.

Going solo hasn’t turned Cornell into an instrumentalist—he still concentrates on his voice, and the effort has paid off with a Grammy nomination for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.” He is accompanied on tour by a key­ boardist, a bassist, a guitarist and a drummer. Despite his low profile, Chris Cornell remains one of the most important figures of the alter­ native movement of the nineties, and the crowd treated him accordingly.

His entrance was greeted by impres­ sive applause and devil signs and for a moment, it smelled like 1994.

But then the music started, and reality set in—this was the new Cornell, with a fresh solo venture to promote. He concentrated on his new material, over the course of the evening he sang “Sunshower” off the Great Expectations soundtrack, eleven out of the twelve tracks of Euphoria Morning plus his contribu­

tion to the Singles soundtrack.

It took until the ninth song for Cornell to pick up an electric guitar, the band to take a break and the fans to get out of their seats, which they did as soon as they heard the first riffs of the beautiful “Fell On Black Days.” After a long guitar solo by guitarist Alain Johannes, Cornell fol­ lowed with another Soundgarden song, “Boot Camp.” This is what the audience came to hear. They received the new songs warmly, but you could hear them collectively wish this had been a Soundgarden show instead. This would have to do, and it was more than good enough.

Cornell was in great spirits, hug­ ging his guitarist and joking with his audience.

He announced plans to sing the Canadian anthem, and laughed when por­ tions of the audi­ ence booed his comments just as he’d intended them to. His fans made Press Shot a lot of noise for a sit-down crowd and Cornell appreci­ ated it. Come to think of it, this was the most appreciative and most well behaved crowd I’ve seen since...since the last gig I saw at Olympia. After another Soundgarden hit “Like Suicide”, a Temple of the Dog song “All Night Thing” and a last track off Euphoria Morning, there was nothing left for Cornell to play. So, at 10 pm we all went home, satisfied if not for the linger­ ing thought that a Soundgarden show would have been even better.

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By Marie-H élene Savard Damhnait Doyle wants you all to know that baths are natural. “I take baths sometimes twice a day.

There’s nothing weird about that,” says the 24 year-old, referring to her brand new video, “Tattoo.”

Critics have called it provocative because of several shots of Doyle in a steaming bathtub. “I don’t see sensuality or sexuality as provoca­ tive. I think the video is very natur­ al. I’m not wearing any make-up, I don’t have breast implants, it’s a good role model,” she continues.

Doyle, both hyper and dramatic

If yo u ’ve never heard of Damhnait Doyle, you’re about to.

And not ju st because of her video— her second album, Hyperdramatic, should propel her to the front of the so-called Canadian renaissance, along artists like Dayna M anning and Emm Gryner.

Raised in Newfoundland, she was humming a tune at the work­ place one summer when a record company executive overheard her.

That fluke encounter led to a first album, A List o f Things, and a Juno nomination for “Best New Artist” in 1997. It took her four years and a record label switch to complete Hyperdramatic.

“I’ve taken a long time since my last record. I could easily have turned around, got some hot shot producer and songw riters, and made a record that was really good and really poppy, but I’d be embar­ rassed to introduce myself to some­ body I didn’t know,” she explains.

Instead, what she offers is music she describes as “the really ugly baby of a lot of cool music. [My music] is a cross between Ben Harper and Massive Attack, but nothing like either of them.”

I t’s easy to hear M assive Attack in Dave Hodge’s spacey electronic production, but Harper’s influence is more subtle. Despite these influences, the personal

nature of the lyrics is what makes d e s c rip tio n s o f s u n s h in e on B y Sue Krashinsky the album so striking. “I’d love to ra in -so a k e d fie ld s , B e rg e r's say that [my] lyrics are about other A m ention o f the Y ellow poetry sounded like something people, that would be easy, but D oor c o ffe e h o u se w ill often th at w ould p lease an eig h th th e y ’re not. I ’ve been w riting u n le a s h a to r r e n t o f b a c k ­ g ra d e E n g lish te a c h e r. H er songs for a long time, and I found ground on its vast and im pres­ v a lu a b le id eas and p o ig n a n t that it was more empowering to write songs that were from such sive history. "Did you know o b s e r v a tio n s on th e h u m an personal experience that I couldn’t that (in sert resp ected p e rfo r­ h e a rt are trap p e d w ith in her m ance a r tis t/p o e t/fo lk s in g e r monotonous voice and painful­ even sit here and talk about it,” h ere) p erfo rm ed th ere in the ly safe writing.

Damhnait admits.

S te p h e n D in s m o re (insert decade)?” N eedless to Though she has reservations talking about here songs, she is say, one walks into an event at b re a th e d som e e m o tio n in to this hallowed spot of M ontreal the perform ance with a touch­ very comfortable talking about the underground culture with some in g re a d in g o f a ro m a n tic music she loves. “I’m living right downtown in Toronto, and I’m see- | e x p e c ta tio n s .

A nd th o se poem to his wife and an e lo ­ ing so much live e x p e c ta tio n s are no t alw a y s quent account of the process of d e a lin g w ith a d y in g fa th e r. m usic, and I fulfilled. love all of it for T he p o e try re a d in g on T h e h ig h lig h t o f th e n ig h t, different rea­ February 18th began with poet however, came with two poets: George Slobodzian, an English P ascu al D elg ad o and W alter sons,” she enthuses. Over Literature Professor at Dawson Simon, who both shone in this the course of the | C ollege.

S lobodzian's work setting. Delgado was a spirited interview , she j was a p p ro p riately edgy (he and in terestin g sp eaker, who mentions Fiona began w ith a poem about the made his poetry com e to life.

Apple, Aimee v ario u s lo catio n s th ro u g h o u t H is w ritin g , w hich' c o n ta in s Mann, The th e w o rld w h e re he has shades o f in flu en ce o f Pablo Rascalz, Chantal deposited used condom s,) and Neruda, is thick with sparkling K reviazuk and his wit beautifully conveyed im ag ery , and is no less than Bran Van 3000 observations about the human captivating.

Simon, a "surrealist poet as contem po­ condition. Despite his candid press shot discussion of personal m atters, and perform ance artist" from raries she admires. he kept his audience at arm 's M ontana, was by far the most She’s extremely upbeat about le n g th fro m h is e m o tio n s . c o m p e llin g a r ti s t o f th e Though his writing transcend­ ev e n in g . W ith eyes c lo se d , the future of Canadian music.

“There’s so much amazing music ed this fault and got its m es­ and contented expressions, the being made in Canada, it’s ridicu­ sage across, his poetry would audience was visibly moved by lous. I don’t even feel the need to h av e r e s o n a te d m uch m ore the perform ance. The subject go outside.... The calibre of musi­ d e e p ly if the w rite r p u t his of his poetry seemed unim por­ tan t, b ecau se it was his own cianship and artistry out there is heart into the reading.

The evening took a down­ spirit that came through in the unbelievable,” she marvels. turn with the reading of Halina w riting. S im on’s arm s flailed As much as she lives and Berger. With its m eticulously a b o u t, as he a d d r e s s e d th e breathes music, it wasn’t her initial ambition to become a musician. In placed allite ratio n and em pty audience som etim es shouting, her first year of university, she was all set to become a stage actress.

The McGill Savoy Soci et y “Acting has been a huge passion of mine, and I feel like I’ve been at P resents G ilb e rt & S u lliv a n 's music camp for the past four-five years,” she explains. “I couldn’t really put the em phasis on the Director Lindsay Krauss music and the acting and do either M u s i c a l D i r e c t o r A l e x a n d e r Cann of them well. After this record has run its course, I want to act. I want C h o r e o g r a p h e r C h a rle n e Cote to study and be good at it. You Stage Manager Genevie ve Smith don’t have to choose one thing and stick with that. You can move on.”

A n d re a W e rtli and Paul G o rrie In the meantime, she plans on tour­ ing Canada extensively. “I honestly M o y s e Hal l , A r t s B u i l d i n g believe in my record,” she says.

“For a while, I wasn’t totally confi­ M c G i l l U n i v e r s i t y dent, or didn’t feel I was making 853 S h e r b r o o k e S tre e t W est the music I should have been mak­ ing, but I have that total conviction now.”

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These lines put into clarity his ow n s tru g g le s w ith c a n c e r, som ething he spoke o f during th e p e r fo rm a n c e .

W a lte r Sim on is a voice from m any d ifferen t pasts, in co rp o ratin g the b eat p o etry o f K ero u ac's generation with modern surre­ alism . At his perform ance, he announced that this would be his last reading in M ontreal.

As the birthplace of many unique poets, it seem s fitting th a t th e Y e llo w D o o r w as S im on’s chosen venue for his la st p erfo rm an ce in the city.

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B reak out th e b ro o m s and bring on UQTR Redmen hockey will face UQTR for OUA Far East championship after sweeping Concordia in semi-finals

By Jeremy Kuzmarov

McGill was able to easily use that cushion to control the rest of the match. Concordia was unable to seriously challenge Redmen netminder Benoit Menard who held the fort as the Redmen came away with the 6-4 victory.

"Burgie got a huge goal for us, he's a real leader," said Raymond after the game. "We worked hard and guys gave the effort but we just didn't execute with the puck. It’s spring break and all, and the guys were a little sloppy. But we showed some character in getting the win, and we played a good third period.

defenceman in the nation, after the game. "We played hard out there, fore-checked well and our goalscorers put the puck in the net.

We've got a real fast team and we used our speed to our advantage"

attest to that."

Besides the willingness to sac­ rifice their bodies, another key for the Redmen in the series was their ability to remain disciplined.

In the face of the clutch-andgrab tactics of the Stingers, the Redmen were able to stick to their game-plan, and utilize their speed and quickness to gain the edge over Concordia.

"Discipline was a key for us in the series," said Shell. "They tried to goad us into a lot of penalties.

Early in the first game we let them get to us, but after that we settled down, and used our speed to wear them down."

With a huge smile on his face, rookie Defenceman Adam Shell embodied the sense of excitement which overcam e the entire Redmen team after having com­ pleted a two game sweep over Concordia in the OUA Far-East Stingers strategy: division semi-finals. stop Darche "Its been a great season so far, and a thrill for me to be part of it Throughout the series Redmen all," said Shell, the youngest of ten captain M athieu Darche, who rookies on the team at age 19. became only the second McGill "There's great mix of veterans and player in history to win the national young guys on this team, and we're all excited and confi­ dent heading into the finals."

The Redmen earned the clean Bring on Les sweep with con­ Patriotes secutive 6-4 and 4-2 victories dur­ With the sweep of ing reading week the Stingers, the to set up the best Redmen are going into of three cham pi­ Trios R ivières with onship final their heads held high. against UQTR A key for the starting today.

Redmen will be the “I'm proud of ability to put the puck our players. They in the net and solve showed great UQTR's Luc Belanger, character, attitude the top netminder in the and work ethic in country. B elanger's the series. spectacular play in nets Everybody on the was the decisive factor team played a key in all three of McGill's role," said losses to Les Patriotes Redmen head this season.

The coach M artin Redmen's lone victory Raymond after the over UQTR occurred in win on Thursday. the final game of the Paul Conner "We weren't sharp Benoit Rajotte leads the barrage of shots as McGill breezes past the Stingers regular season with or at our best on Belanger's back-up Wednesday, but tonight we came Our penalty killing unit was much scoring title, was a marked man. getting the start. out to play and really made a state­ better in the third, and we held Being shadowed by several "Luc is a good buddy of mine, ment. We controlled the game from them in check when we had to."

Stingers players everywhere he and we always tease each other Desperately wanting to avoid start to finish" having to play a third game over went on the ice, Darche, despite an about who's gonna win, and about the week-end, the Redmen came injured shoulder, was still able to how many goals I'm gonna score out flying in game two on tally seven points in the two games, on him. The key to the series will Opening game four assists in be our ability to put the puck past Thursday at Concordia, and were including Wednesday's opener. him," said Darche. "Besides him, I victory much sharper and looked more pol­ "I had to expect the attention, think we have the edge. We’ve got ished then the previous night.

My name's being thrown around a two hot goalies and w e're the Playing at home at the With rookie Luc Vaillancourt McConnell Arena in game one of in goal, the Redmen got early goals lot. I take it as a complement when fastest team in the league. We've they focus on me," said Darche. ju st got to come out hard, the semi-finals, Redmen forward from Grenier and Burgess.

"There was a lot of hacking and forecheck them well, and take David Grenier set the tone for the Freshmen Greg Davis played series early on by wiring a low the role of hero on this night, scor­ slashing out there in general. It’s advantage of our scoring opportu­ slapshot past the Concordia net- ing the game winner on the power- nice to get the sweep so we can rest nities."

Because of a new league regu­ minder just 24 seconds into the play off the rebound of a David on the week-end.” lation, all games of the best-ofWhile Darche was still effec­ contest.

Bahl slap shot. With Concordia In spite of the quick start, the trailing by one goal in the dying tive, the Stinger's focus on the three series will be played in Les Redmen were not as sharp as they minutes of the game, the Redmen McGill captain opened up the game Patriotes' home rink.

While feeling robbed by not would have liked, as they were defence rose to the occasion once for the other Redmen players.

"Darche was getting all of the being able to host any of the unable to gain a decisive edge in again, and Vaillancourt shut the attention and that left a lot of room games, the Redmen are nonetheless the first two periods of play. The door in nets when he had to. out there to maneuver and a lot of confident. McGill is determined to Stingers were able to capitalize on The feisty Redmen forecheck­ a rash of Redmen penalties, scoring ing prevented C oncordia from open ice which m yself and thé put an end to UQTR's traditional three power play markers. pulling their goalie with time run­ other guys were able to take advan­ dom inance in the m atch-up With the game tied up at four ning out and Redmen captain tage of," said Burgess who scored between the two clubs, and to bring early in the third period, Redmen Mathieu Darche sealed the win by three goals and an added an assist home its first division cham pi­ forw ard David Burgess scored scoring with six seconds left to in the series. "They were a dirty onship since 1946. team out there, but our guys battled At stake in the finals is a trip what proved to be the winner on a play. through the slashes and were will­ to the Canadian Intercollegiate back-handed shot to the top comer.

"We're extremely happy to get After rookie David Lizotte the victory and win the series in ing to pay the price to get the job Athletics Union championships in gave the team a two goal lead, two," said Bahl, the top scoring done. The ice packs in the room Saskatoon, a destination McGill

has been striving for since the first day of training camp.

"Since day one our goal has been to qualify for the nationals, and we're really confident heading into Trois Rivières," said Darche, in his final season with the Redmen. "We’ve got a great team spirit right now, and everybody knows his role and is contributing.

We're ready to start a new tradition, and establish McGill, not UQTR, as the team to beat in the division."

"We're going in there to get rid of the disease," added Raymond, a former Redmen captain who’s been coaching McGill for the past five seasons. "We're tired of losing to UQTR, and are going to go into their back-yard and beat them so we don't hear about them any­ more."

Additional notes Redmen one-two punch in net: The Redmen seem to be going with a tandem goaltending strategy in the play-offs. When asked who he will turn to in the UQTR series, coach Raymond was ambivalent.

"We feel we have two good goalies who can get the job done. I haven't made any deci­ sions yet," said Raymond.

Gourde on the sidelines: You've got to feel for Redmen forward David Gourde, who's out for the season after breaking his leg against Concordia in early February. A senior who's expected to graduate in May, Gourde didn't exactly end his McGill hockey career as he had originally hoped.

"It’s tough to watch the games from the stands and not be able to help out on the ice," said Gourde, who finished the season third in the nation in scoring with 47 points in just 21 games. "Unfortunately, there’s nothing I can do at this point except offer my moral support and try to transfer my four years of experience on the team to some of the younger guys. It's a tough way to end my career, but it's out of my control.”

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M artlets vo lleyb all elim in ated in Q S S F sem i-fin als A talented Montreal Carabins squad gets past McGill for the third year in a row

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before,” said Béliveau. “We didn't have a bad second set. We could have won it and that would have changed the whole match.”

The Martlets just weren’t the same team to start the third set, as they trailed 16-6 at one point. With the season on the line, they came out with their best volleyball of the day while taking advantage of some Montreal errors to quickly close the gap to 19-17. In the end, it wasn’t enough, as Montreal elim­ inated the Martlets by winning the set 25-19. “ You could feel they were fighting for every point a n d w o u l d n ’t give in,” s a i d L a p o in te .

“The game is all about rhythm.

When we make mis­ Crystal Wreden takes and change it, it gives (Montreal) momentum.

Then they just swing away and become really hard to stop.”

In the first match on Friday, February 18, the Martlets overcame a largely hostile crowd at the Université de Montreal’s CEPSUM auditorium and stormed to a 22-17 lead in the first set.

Then the lights went out, per­ haps metaphorically for McGill, but specifically a power failure lead to a black out in the auditori­ um. After a 45-minute delay, the two teams eventually agreed to restart the match at the Currie gym­ nasium, with McGill’s lead wiped out due to league rules. It made no difference, as the Martlets won the

(25-19, 25-22, 25-19).

“T h ere’s no doubt in our minds we could have won today,” said veteran Anouk Lapointe (9 kills), who along with M arieAndrée Lessard (10 digs), were the Martlets’ best players on this day.

“When we’re on our game, we can totally outplay them, but unfortu­ nately it wasn’t there today.”

The first set started off with both sides repeatedly exchanging side outs. But Montreal got a cou-

W hile m ost students were preparing for the start of reading week, the McGill Martlets volley­ ball team was busy battling the Université de Montreal Carabins in a QSSF semi-final playoff.

However, M cG ill’s season came to a crashing halt .however, as they lost the best-of-three series two matches to one.

All the marks of an intense playoff series were there: two evenly matched team s, both with top-ten rankings, both from the same city, and playing three times in three days.

Heading into the series, the sixth ranked Martlets and seventhranked Carabins had identical league (6-6) and head-to-head (4-4) records. As in most of these series, Montreal took one by playing more consistently and using their stamina to hang in the game The Martlets play hard and come up short longer. “ It was a long w eekend,” said M cGill coach pie of points on long rallies, and Rachèle Béliveau. “We started off were able to build a 16-11 lead with two good games, but we just after scoring five straight points.

McGill was able to inch to within a didn’t have a great third game.”

All three matches ended up couple of points several times, but being played at Currie Gym, after a could not get a big point streak blackout during M ontreal’s only going and eventually lost the set scheduled home game during the 25-19.

The Martlets had a strong sec­ opener forced the teams to relocate to McGill. After a long discussion, ond set, and with a 22-19 lead they agreed to play the finale at seemed poised to even the match.

However, the Carabins used some McGill.

After rebounding from a heart­ aggressive spiking and big blocks breaking loss in the series opener close to the net to put six consecu­ with an impressive win in the sec­ tive points up and take the set 25ond match, the Martlets were fully 22.

“Montreal played very well, confident of their chances in the third and deciding match on we made some mistakes, our pass­ Sunday, February 20, but lost 3-0 ing wasn’t as accurate as it was

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first two sets by 25-17, 25-22 scores. However, M ontreal rebounded to win the next three sets 27-27, 25-20, 15-12, and take the opener of the series 3-2.

“That was a very disappoint­ ing loss,” said Lapointe about the heartbreaker. “We couldn’t do any­ thing [about the light], but it didn’t make a difference since we won the first two sets. We really should have won Friday’s match.”

The next evening, McGill quickly put the previous night’s disappointment behind them. They easily outplayed Montreal, taking the first two sets 25-21, 25-19. The Martlets got great performances from seniors Lapointe and MarieClaude Ferland, who had 15 and 13 kills respectively.

However, Montreal prevented a straight set win by taking the third one 25-19. McGill dominated the third set, brining it to match point with the score 24-20.

However, Montreal then put a huge scare into the home crowd by scor­ ing 3 straight points, and it looked like history might repeat itself.

However, M cGill quickly sealed the match with a point for the 25-23 victory.

Beliveau will have her work cut out for her, as she will have to replace four key graduating play­ ers: powers Marie-Claude Ferland and Marie-Andrée Lessard, tech­ nique Anouk Lapointe, and libero Tania Zampieri. All had strong per­ formances in the weekend, and their absence will be felt next year

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“I ’m very proud of the Martlets’ season, and the way they played this weekend even though we lost.” said Béliveau. “We pro­ gressed very well, we were in the top ten for the whole year. It’s just a disappointing way to end the year.”

Burke won another bronze medal while Law was 4th. As for the men, Des KingsfonJ was McGill's top finisher in 7th, while Dave Prchal was 11th. Prchal had a top ten finish on Saturday, in 10th place.

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R edm en b eat Toronto an d earn b erth in Q S S F Playoffs Win over Varsity Blues propels Redmen over Laval, McGill will face Bishop's in first round B y C hristian Lander The Redmen couldn’t have better timing. By scoring an 84-77 win over Toronto on Friday they moved into a tie with Laval for the last playoff spot in the division. By losing the next day to Laurentian, they fell behind by a half game, forturnately for only a fleeting moment.. On the same day, Laval lost to York which restored the reg­ ular season tie between the Rouge et Or and M cGill. Since the Redmen crushed Laval in their two meetings, the tie goes to McGill and the Redmen go to the playoffs.

Their spot in the playoffs was far from assured heading into their pivotal matchup against U of T. McGill was ice cold having lost games to Concordia and York the week before.

A gainst the Stingers, the Redmen played strongly and showed a lot of the qualities that help them win games. Going up against the top team in Quebec, McGill was able to keep the game within a point at the half, before finally letting the Stingers pull away with a 79-70 win. Kirk Reid scored 23 points against a tough defense and Mark Rawas pulled down 11 rebounds to give the Redmen the edge in team boards during the game.

The areas where the Redmen can improve are easily found by looking at the game stats: 4/16 from beyond the arc, 57% free throw shooting, and scoring only 13 points o ff of 26 Stinger turnovers.

The losing continued with a 72-61 loss to York on February 19th. Considering that the Yeomen are in the second division of the OUA east and the tightness of the QSSF playoff race, one would have

The scenario going into the game against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues did not look

expected the Redmen to take the game on intensity alone. York, how ever, got three big perfor­

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good. McGill was coming off a weak performance, they were fac­ ing OUA power Laurentian the next day, and Laval only needed

mances from its three top guns and the Redmen just couldn’t execute.

In the loss, Reid and Domenico Marcario each had thirteen points.

Laval. The 4 x 800 m team of Ryan Beaton, Cyril Anderson, Jeff Wagner and Daniel Lennox won their relay event with a tim e o f 8:05.01. O m ar G ian fran cesco (300 m ), Yohsuke Hayashi (1000m), and the 4 x 200 relay team of Alfred Otoo, Sasha Geukjian. Alfred Ng and Om ar G ianfrancesco won silv er m edals. Ng and H ayashi also won bronze m edals in the long jum p and

S P O R T S b rie fs (silver, 300 m), Zein Odeh (sil­ ver. 3000 m). the relay learn of Kearney, Neligan, soccer honey Ju lia S erase, and C elia Economides (silver. 4 \ 200 m>, and Elaine Penny (1000 m).

The Redm en finished in third, behind Sherbrooke and

T r a c k t e a m s d ig f o r g o l d in S h e r b r o o k e

At the QSSF track champi­ onships in S h erb ro o k e, the Martlets ran to a second-place finish behind the host Vert et Or. They were led by Female Athlete-of-the-Meet Sarah AliK han, who won th ree gold medals. Ali-Khan won the 600 m event (1:33.18), the 1000 m (2:52.35), and the gold in the 4 by 400 m relay along with Elisa K earney, Kate N eligan and Sarah Millar. Ali-Khan’s indi­ vidual gold m edals were the second fastest in the country this year, and qualified her for the CIAU nationals.

G eneviève S hurtleff also had a great meet by winning two golds, in the 1500 m (4:45.91) and 3000 m (10:45.65) events, while Dawn Creighton had the gold in the triple jum p with a length of 10.86 m. Other medal winners were Cariy Moher (sil­ ver, 1500 m), Christine Lagarde (silver, 60 m). Elisa Kearney

one win to make the playoffs. The entire season was riding on this game.

With all of the importance put on this game it couldn’t have started out worse. Toronto grabbed an early 7-0 lead before Reid could break their scoring run with a three-pointer. He would then go on to score seven in a row, and eventually carry the team by scoring fifteen points in the first six minutes of the game, while the rest of the Redmen were ice cold from the field.

“You never know what’s going to happen out there,” said Reid of his quick scoring. “I was in the right spot at the right time to start the game.”

With their scoring slump broken, the Redmen jum ped right back into the game with some big baskets from Pat Kieran and Ari Hunter. For the rest of the half, McGill looked like a team who was so deter­ mined not to make a mistake that they wouldn’t take the big play risks needed to put up a lead against U of T. With a halftime score that favored Toronto 38-37, McGill came out in the second half with much of the same cautious atti­ tude. They finally seemed ready to play with some excitement when Kirk Reid got the ball after a turnover and headed down court for a dunk. He went up with the ball, juggled it and missed the basket. At the time, it looked like it could play a big factor in the outcome of the game, fortunately for Reid it didn’t. In fact, it meant even less considering that he put up a career high 29 points in the win.

“It feels good to score, I would

have like to have scored 30 since I’ve never done that before,” said Reid after the game, and as far as the dunk goes. “The ball just slipped out of my hands, I should have held on to it.”

After Reid’s missed bucket, the Redmen were able to put together some solid scoring runs and take a decent lead. Toronto would make a few runs at the Redmen, but all fell short as the Redmen cruised to an important 84-77 win.

“I’ve never been in a hunt like this before,” said Reid about the playoff race. “W e’ll play it as it goes, but a win like this is huge for us.”

The win put the Redmen and Laval into a third place tie, with both teams having one more game to play. McGill was taking on 14-4 Laurentian while Laval played on the road against a York squad with a losing record.

The Redmen played a surpris­ ing game with an unsurprising result. They lost 72-69, but kept it close against a very good team. In fact, Laurentian held on to a twopoint lead in the last ten seconds only after a missed basket by Mark Rawas. In the loss Reid scored 17, and forward Ari Hunter continued his strong play by netting thirteen points and pulling down six boards.

M eanwhile, the York team that set McGill back a week earlier, handed them a gift by beating Laval 85-76 and restoring the tie between the two team s. In the event of a tie, the team with the better head to head record gets the playoff berth. McGill’s perfect 2-0 record against Laval means they will be heading to Lennoxville to play Bishop’s on Thursday.

600m respectively.

The track teams are prepar­ ing fo r the upcom ing CIAU nationals, hosted by McGill in

ed over the spring break at the CIAU ch am p io n sh ip s in Guelph. Paul Yuen, a science freshman from Regina, finished 8th in the 57 kg men’s division.

M eanw hile, Erin C aw ley, an arts freshman from Moncton, won three out of six matches to finish in 6th in the 77kg women's division.

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M cGill M artlets sa y g o o d b ye to ve te ra n s Careers of de Leeuw, Schafer, and Dhalla endwitn disappointing losses to Toronto and Laurentian should be meshing out there. We all have to step up our game.”

Both players stressed that there is great rapport among the players and that they spend extra time together off the court.

The team work ethic that Schafer, De Leeuw, and Dhalla have fostered should pay dividends next season as there are several young players who are yearning to propel this team to victory.

T hird-year forw ard Erin Mullan conceded that “it would

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young players.”

On Friday evening, McGill showed some spark in a 79-74 loss to the U niversity of Toronto Varsity Blues, coming back from a fourteen point deficit with just over three m inutes to play. Rookie Lysiane van der Knaap scored a career high 21 points and missed only two field goal attempts in an outstanding effort. She is in the top ten in the conference in the cate­ gories of rebounding and field goal percentage and is a candidate for

Alison Schafer, Jennifer de Leeuw, and Nadya Dhalla each played their last game in a McGill Martlets uniform on Saturday after­ noon against the nationally ranked Laurentian Voyageurs.

Before the game, in an emo­ tional ceremony, the three players received a framed action photo­ graph and a bouquet of flowers from head coach Lisen Moore, co­ captain Cynthia Santamaria, and rookie sensation Cheeka Mitchell.

The fifth-ranked team in the country proved to be too tough as the Martlets lost 70-46 to end their disappointing season. The three depart­ ing players were hon­ oured with a warm stand­ ing ovation from the crowd as they left the basketball court at the end of the game.

Schafer and de Leeuw have known each other since age seven and were rivals on the basketball court until high school, where they were teammates at the Queen of Angels Academy.

Moore also coached the two players at John Abbott College. Schafer will be graduating this spring with a bachelor of com m erce degree and Alison Schafer runs the floor for the last time against the York Yeowomen expressed a desire to become a chartered accountant. De Leeuw will gradu­ help if we started stronger. We rookie-of-the-year. After the game, ate with a bachelor’s degree in ele­ were all amazing in high school, van der Knaap expressed concern mentary education and is looking but here hard work brings you a over the num ber of m issed long way. We will have to work rebounds and vowed to improve forward to her future career.

“We can be a better team out out this summer, and practice pass­ her level of consistency next sea­ there,” Schafer insists. “The need ing, shooting, and post moves. I son.

On Saturday, February 19, the to win should come from within realize that I will have to take more of leadership role next season. I Martlets lost a nail-biter, 74-71, to each individual.”

De Leeuw agreed that “it have become a role model for the the York Yeowomen, in what was

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one of the most exciting basketball games of the season. Trailing by two with thirteen seconds to play, third-year guard Colette Anderes’ shot rolled precariously around the rim but eluded the basket. Both Anderes and Mitchell finished the game with 16 points.

“Things fell into place against York. We need each other out there. We lose most of the games we play. They d o n ’t beat u s,” Anderes admitted after the game.

“I just want to say that Cheeka is naturally talented in decision m aking and on the tactical side of things. She -is so vocal for a rookie. I cannot believe that she only started playing in CEGEP.” M itchell is more coy about her leadership tenden­ cies.

“I just say what I see out there when we huddle. We need to rotate better and have to work harder on our penetration.

Then w e’ll win more games.”

The coach was pleased with the effort.

“They brought their hearts and their execution tonight.

It makes it pat,i0 easier to live with the lo ss,” Moore said. "You never lose basketball

games at the end. We have to col­ lectively work hard with everyone playing their role. I expect the players to take shots, rebound, and set screens.”

“We have to have more upper body strength,” offered Moore after the loss to Laurentian in which McGill was boxed out frequently by the im posing opposition.

“Strength development comes from the weight room, skill develop­ ment, and recruitment.”

The coach also pointed out other areas to be singled out for improvement: “We need to have quicker passes out there and fewer turnovers against the press. The shooter has to shoot the ball.”

In her opinion, the players often do not have clear sight of the basket and therefore make poor shooting decisions.

“We get better out there all the time. We learn from our mistakes and we apply ourselves better to the task at hand. We compete in most of the games we play. I see a bright future for this team,” Moore states. “The players want to do more things. I want a commitment to hard work. We have good young potential that will take off.”

The new Martlets lineup will be finalized in early September.

The p lay ers’ positive attitudes seem to suggest a bright future for McGill.

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David Allard

Kim St-Pierre

Sw im m ing 20 Birthplace Dorval, Que. Faculty Computer Science, U2

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Kim St.Pierre added to her legend this week-end, backstop­ ping the Martlets to a national sil­ ver medal. St.Pierre saved 103 o 105 shots faced in three game' and earned Most valuable player honours as well as a spot on th all-tournam ent team. St-Pierr also earned a spot on the CI A l all-Canadian team.

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Lomas scored the game win­ ner in M cG ill’s 2-1 win over UQTR in the semifinal. The goal ended thel ongest game Quebec women’s hockey history.

Rajotte scored three goals am ; tallied two assists to help th Redmen to two victories over Concordia on February 18, an<UQTR February 19, in the team final two regular season games..

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B ro thers, frien d s, an d fin a lly team m ates After nineteen years of playing on seperate teams, the Boisvert brothers take to the ice together

By Jennifer Lorentz

the younger brother. ”1 got to know a lot of the seniors when we’d go out to grab something to eat after practices. It made it a lot easier for me to get to know people and become accepted on the team.”

Because Mathieu had already been through the trials of being a rookie under coach M artin Raymond, he understands what David is going through.

“I don’t have much playing

on the morale when your brother isn’t playing.”

Every athlete has fantasies.

For Mathieu and David Boisvert, Defence the dream was to play together.

This year, in Mathieu’s fourth and two meanings final year as a m em ber of the Redmen hockey team and David’s While both brothers are usual­ rookie season, their dream became ly defencemen, David has been a reality. moved to forward this season. “I The two are actually four came to training camp as a years apart in age, but because of defenceman, but they moved me to M athieu’s one year of major junior hockey, the university careers of the brothers over­ lapped.

“It’s awesome [playing on a team with David],” exclaimed Mathieu. “I t’s always been a dream of mine to play with my brother. I ’m getting to know him more as a person and hock­ ey-wise what kind of a player he is. We’re bonding a lot more now than we used to.”

Playing with his brother is just one of the factors that has helped to make this season a great one for M athieu. The other factor and most important one is McGill’s tremndous suc­ cess so far this year which has seen the team record its mostever wins in school history.

“You just want your senior year to be perfect,” explained Mathieu. “You want to win the cham pionship, you want to have a great season yourself, and you want a great team spir­ it. A bonus for me is that my brother is on the team, and I think he’s enjoying this year as much as I am.”

The red and white finally unite the Boisvert brothers Phillip Trippenbach David, with urging from his brother, decided this summer tim e,” explained David. “My forward because there were ten of brother had the same experience us on defence,” said David. that he would attend McGill.

“I d id n ’t get accepted to and knew exactly what I’m going The move may have been a McGill until this summer. I had through. It makes it a lot easier for blessing in disguise. Because of already decided to go to me, ju st him being there and the difference in position, the telling me T went through this and brothers don’t usually get com­ Sherbrooke,” David explained. ’’The fact that my brother was the coach knows what he’s doing.’ pared to one another.

He gives me “If I was still playing defence good advice we probably would have had a lit­ David Boisvert #26 and encourages tle com petition go in g ,” David me, which also added.

A Pts PIM Year Gm G makes it easi­ Of course, defence can have 2 2 1999-2000 24 2 0 er.” two meanings: the position, and Being a the action, the latter of which rookie may be M athieu adm itted could easily here influenced my decision a lot.” easier when your older brother is have gotten him and his team into “Throughout this summer, I there to give support, but being the some trouble this season. was trying to push him to come to veteran is not always easy. “ I think I would lose it if “It was really hard [seeing the someone took a cheap shot on him M cGill, but it was only for my own interests,” added Mathieu. “I coach favour other rookies], espe­ on the ice. That would be my pro­ had all my friends who played cially at the beginning of the sea­ tective side.,” Mathieu said .’’It hockey and football over to talk to son,” Mathieu elaborated . “I was wouldn’t be good for the team, but him about it. We told him about in a better mood, more focused, I don’t think I could hold back in both the ups and downs. And he and playing better when my broth­ that situation.” decided he liked what he heard, so er was in the line-up. I went to One of the more memorable he chose to come. I’m pretty happy confront the coach to figure out moments for the two brothers this what was going on, and he told me season was when David scored his that it worked out.”

“I was so nervous during to mind my own business. It’s hard first college hockey goal against training camp,” stated David. ”1 came here to play hockey, to play with my brother. If I didn’t make the team I would have been very disappointed. I was really happy when I made it.”

David feels that having ; Mathieu on the team helped make R £ * P !T iM U fl his transition from college to uni­ versity easier.

“He knows everybody on the team. During training camp I was always with my brother, especially when we drove someplace because 3 4 2 0 M cTavish • 3 9 8 -7 4 4 4 he was obviously my ride,” said

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Toronto in January. so far this season. Even if the “It was awesome! I was so Redmen lose to UQTR in the happy for him,” beamed Mathieu. finals, it can’t diminish the memo­ “I ran out on the ice to grab the ry of their season. puck to give it to him so he could As Mathieu states, “This is the keep it. I know how special that p erfect way to end my career. is.”

Playing with my brother is a dream “When I scored the goal, come true.” everyone started screaming because it was a Mathieu Boisvert #24 goal, but I heard Pts PIM Gm G A one voice louder Year than everyone 1996-97 14 25 34 5 9 else and I knew it 41 2 14 16 64 was my brother,” 1997-98 r e m i n i s c e d 1998-99 36 9 12 21 32 David.

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By Jeremy K uzmarov By winning gold and silver medals, David Allard and Matthew Walker earned all-Canadian status at the CIAU championships held this past w eek-end at Guelph.

Allard, a sophomore struck gold in the 200 metre individual medley with a time of 2:02.15, and earned a bronze medal in the 200 metre breast-stroke. Walker also had a strong showing at the tourney, win­ ning silver in the 400 m etre freestyle event. The Redmen fin­ ished 11th out of 25 teams at the tourney, largely thanks to the work of Allard and Walker who compet­ ed in several individual races in which they placed in the top ten.

Walker and Allard were also both members of the 400 medley relay team, the 400 free relay team, and the 800 metre free relay team. Erik Shessler and Keith Sutherland were also members of the Redmen relay squads who placed in the top ten in all three events competed in.

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On the w om en’s side, the Martlets placed eighth out of twen­ ty four teams. Lisa Virgini was the lone medal winner, capturing the bronze in the 200 metre backstroke. Twice she finished fourth in the 100 metre backstroke and the 50 metre back-stroke, missing out on the medals both times by mere m illiseconds. M artlet swimmer Elaine Duranceau also put together a strong showing on the week-end.

Duranceau set a McGill record in the 800 metre freestyle event with a time of 8:58.65, though she too narrowly missed out on the bronze, finishing fourth in the race. Other Martlets competing at the nationals were team captain Sue McKay, Beth Carm ody, and freshm an Kerry Cregan. The women’s relay teams finished sixth in the 800 metre free relay, seventh in the 400 metre freestyle relay, and 4th in the 400 metre medley relay.

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M artlets u se stro ng d efen se to pro pel th em to fin als second period, as captain Dana Rittmaster found herself alone in front of the Panda goal.

M cCullough made a sprawling save on her shot.

“It went underneath her and it hit something, I think it hit her stick behind her, but I saw it go underneath and it hit something and went wide,” Rittmaster said.

“That’s a bounce that we needed and we had luck sometimes and sometimes we didn’t and, when the g am e’s over i t ’s over and there’s nothing you can do now.”

McGill seemed to run out of energy in the third period, as they again experienced trouble clearing their own zone and their passes were mostly off the mark. Panda captain Susan Huculak credited Alberta’s successful forecheck and physical play as key in wearing down the Martlets.

“We were just playing our system ,” said Huculak, “Really working on getting control of that puck, and dumping it in, and really trying to tire them out. Our forecheck is our bread and butter and also our defense and it showed out there tonight. We were win­ ning the one on one battles.”

With 1:29 to go, Smith pulled St-Pierre A Dobrowolkyj for an Kim St-Pierre Stats for CIAU tournament and 1999-2000 extra attacker, GAA S O GA S% GP s but the Tournament 3 1 105 2 .9 8 1 0 . 6 7 Martlets Season 22 .9 3 8 2 .2 8 3 8 2 6 51 had a difficult time setting up a play and Alberta got the one power play goal, and stole the puck away from them. that was enough,” said Smith.

Panda forward Danielle Bourgeois The Martlets managed to hold sealed the win for Alberta with her off the surging Pandas for the rest empty net goal with 50 seconds of the period, despite giving remaining in the game. Bourgeois, Alberta a 5 von 3 advantage for also a m em ber of the national 1:29 at the middle of the period. under-22 team, was the Pandas St-Pierre, in the time span, made leading scorer this year with 33 seven saves off the Pandas’ top goals and 70 points in 35 games. lines.

“Alberta was a physical team McGill’s best scoring chance and they were able to keep the came with four minutes left in the

Continued from Page 7 pressure on the Pandas for the first six minutes of the second frame, however things got complicated when defender Paula Mailloux was sent off for elbowing. The ensuing man advantage would prove to be enough for the Pandas, who got the winning goal on a screened shot by forward Lori Shupak five feet in from the blue line which beat St-Pierre. “ I t ’s not so much that we didn’t play well in the second peri­ od but that they picked up their game in the second period... they

C o n ference playoffs The Martlets qualified for the Nationals after barely overcoming the UQTR P atrio tes 2-1 in a marathon of a game on February 19th. It was a bit of deja-vu for M cG ill as sophom ore centre Sarah Lomas scored the winner at the five-minute mark of the sixth overtime period, poking a loose puck past UQTR g oaltender Stephanie Vinet in a scrum in front of the goal. Lomas had net­ ted the winning goal in last year’s conference sem i-fin al against UQTR, another 2-1 win for the Martlets.

“Anybody could have had it, it was going to be a lousy goal because everyone was so tired,” Lomas said. “I happened to be at the right spot at the right time, and my linemates kept the puck in, and we ended up getting the puck in.”

The Martlets had 60 shots on

UQTR’s goal, while the Patriotes hurled 56 at McGill in the longest game in Quebec women’s hockey history and the second-longest in CIAU history.

The Martlets followed their semi-final ordeal with a 6-0 loss in the final at the hands of unde­ feated Concordia the next day at Concordia’s Ed Meagher Arena.

Martlet goaltender Kim St-Pierre made 51 saves for McGill, who had 21 shots on the Stingers’ goal.

CIAU scoring champion Corinne Sw irsky drove the nail in the M artlets’ coffin, netting three goals in the first two periods of the game for the Stingers.

M cG ill q u alified for the N ationals in the slot o f the Quebec champion as the Stingers were entered in the tournament as hosts.

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Kim St-Pierre smothers the puck and leads McGill to the National final

puck in our own end, so we spent a great deal of time and energy try­ ing to get the puck out of our end, and ... ultimately that’s what did us in,” Smith said.

Road to the top The M artlets handed the Atlantic conference champion StFrancis Xavier X-Women a 5-0 loss in the first game of the tourna­ ment. The X-Women, normally a strong defensive team, also fell 5-0 to U o f f .

Against U of T, the Martlets took full advantage of the few chances the sm othering B lues’ defense would give them. Trailing 1-0, the Martlets got two goals within a minute of one another in the second half of the second peri­ od and held on for the win.

R ittm aster and forw ard Julie Hornsby scored for McGill, with Stephenie Summerhill answering for Toronto.

“I think they had two scoring chances and they scored on both of them ,” said B lues’ head coach Karen Hughes. “We probably had about ten, but we didn’t score.”

“We d id n ’t fin ish on the rebounds [given by St-Pierre]. I thought she left us some opportu­ nities to score that we didn’t finish upstairs when we could have.”

The Martlets end the year sec­ ond in the country and are just two years removed from their winless season of 1997-98.

The Swirsky story A co n tro v ersial call on Concordia star Corinne Swirsky was the subject of an emergency meeting of the tournament com­ mittee on Saturday morning.

Swirsky was called for a major with five minutes to go in the Stingers’ game against Guelph after a Guelph player notified the referee that Swirsky had cross­ checked another player to the throat in the opposite zone. The referee had not seen the play, but after consulting with her linesmen - one of which had seen it but not called it - issued the penalty on the Stingers’ sniper.

The penalty carries with it an automatic one-game suspension.

Concordia requested the meet­ ing of the tournament committee,

citing the problematic of a major penalty being called when the ref­ eree had not seen the infraction and the linesman who had seen it declined to call it. The committee would not reverse the referee’s decision, as players may approach referees according to Canadian Hockey Association rules.

“We d iscussed it out of respect for Concordia as an institu­ tion... but the referee’s decision is fin a l,” said CIAU m anager of events and programs Sheila-Ann Newton, a member of the commit­ tee.

Swirsky sat out Concordia’s game against Alberta, which the Stingers lost 3-2 in a shoot-out.

Alberta 2. McGill 0 at Concordia's Ed Meagher Arena First Period No Scoring Second Period 1. Alta, Shupak (Kinjerski)............................ .......6:42 Third Period 2. Alta, Bourgeois (Kinney, Kinjerski).................. .......4:56

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Redmen hockey sweeps awards

H ockey an d B asketb all hand out aw ard s OUA East Men’s Hockey All-Stars - 1 s t Team Position Goalie Defense Defense Forward Forward Forward

Name Luc Belanger Mike Van Volsen David Bahl Mathieu Darche Philippe Tremblay George Triton

School UQTR Guelph McGill McGill UQTR Toronto

QSSF Men’s Basketball All-Stars - 1st Team Position Guard Guard Forward Forward Forward

Name Kirk Reid Patrice Lemieux Eric Zulu Real Kitieu Samuel Audet-Sow

School McGill Bishop’s Concordia Concordia Laval

QSSF Women’s Basketball All-Stars - 1st Team Position Guard Guard Forward Forward Forward

Name Carol Ann-Tull Valerie Samson Isabelle Grenier Melissa Lemay Cynthia Hitchcock

School Concordia Laval Laval Bishop’s Bishop’s

QSSF Men’s Basketball Awards Player of the year: Patrice Lemieux, Bishop’s Defensive player of the year: Wayne Alexander, Concordia.

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School Concordia UQTR Concordia Queen’s McGill UQTR

QSSF Men’s Basketball All-Stars - 2nd Team Position Guard Guard Forward Forward Forward

Name Domenico Marcario David Brownrigg Paul Stephens Mark Spence Michael Kieran

School McGill Laval Bishop’s Concordia Concordia

QSSF Women’s Basketball All-Stars - 2nd Team Position Guard Guard Forward Forward Forward

Name Jen de Leeuw Cauline Penney Isabelle Chaperon Marie-Pier Vielleux Jessica Manchester

School McGill Concordia Laval Concordia Concordia

QSSF Women’s Basketball Awards Player of the year: Carol-Ann Tull, Concordia Defensive player of the year: Carol-Ann Tull, Concordia Rookie of the year: Marie-Helene Pedneau, Laval Coach of the year: Linda Marquis, Laval

Members of the Redmen hockey team took home four out of the five major post-season OUA Men’s hockey awards.

Leading the way was team captain Mathieu Darche who cap­ tured the most valuable player award, as well as the Randy Gregg award which recognizes outstand­ ing achievement in hockey, acade­ mics, and community involve­ ment. A marketing major, Darche became the second Redmen since Mighty Ducks Assistant Coach George Bumett to lead the nation in scoring tallying 62 points in 26 games, and has provided strong leadership on the team all season.

Redmen head Coach Martin Raymond was named as Coach of the year. A former McGill captain, Raymond, in his fifth season at the helm of the R ed’n White, has developed a reputation as a coach who commands a lot of respect from his players. Raymond led McGill to a 21-5 regular season record this season, the best finish in the teams’ 124 year history.

Redmen forward David Burgess received the OUA’s ver­ sion of the Lady Byng trophy as the league’s most gentlemanly player. Burgess, a smooth-skating sophomore from Crystal City Manitoba was the third leading scorer on the Redmen this season with 11 goals and 28 assists, while compiling just 12 penalty minutes in the rough and tumble Far-East division.

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