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And they're off! The Women's 60m dash at the CIAU Track & Field Championships in the McGill Fieldhouse this past weekend, (for full coverage, see pages 26 & 27)
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International Woman’s Day was M arch 8, and in my high heeled stiletto boots, I stand tall, I stand proud, I stand “ballsy” and a little haughty to say the least, because I am a woman. Even if this room at Le Café Campus is filled with an unusual amount of a clouded haze of smoke, I will not relent. I am here and I have come to show solidarity, to celebrate the marvels of womanhood, to pay respect towards my fellow w om enfolk, and to satisfy my soul of its yearning addiction to the deliciously smooth sound of the blues. T o n ig h t’s evening of the blues, a re-occurring theme of every W ednesday n ight at Le Petite Café Campus, highlights a performance titled “Les Grandes Dames du Blues.” The headliners of this evening are five incredibly talen ted vocal perform ers, all
from very different backgrounds, different generations, and various styles, doing their version of the blues. Like the audience, these perform ers com m em orate International Woman’s Day and to celebrate life: a generation of sisters, all living and learning from each other on this planet. Dawn T yler W atson, Montreal’s “queen of folk” Penny Lang, Jackie Richardson, Carole Vincelette and an unmistakable Janis Joplin-like raspy vocal pres ence simply known as “Angel,” covered folk, gospel, R&B, funk, and jazz . If you like m usic steeped in tradition and genuine feeling then this show was for you. These women were a knock out; they played saucy, bawdy roadhouse style blues that incor porated an updated twist to the music by adding soul and funk. These Diva’s adhered to the passions of an evening which conC o n t in u e d o n p a g e 2 3
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The results of the student refer endum on the Cold Beverage Agreement sent a clear-but-slim ’No’ to the administration and CocaCola against the exclusivity con tract. The results of the vote, held during the Students’ Society of McGill University’s general elec tions, may be jeopardized due to the number of electoral violations com mitted by the ‘No’ side. According to the unofficial results made available after the counting, 2,690 students, or 56.4 per cent of the total of 4,770 nonspoiled ballots cast, voted against the CBA. During the campaign the Chief Returning Officer, Paul Flicker, served the ‘No’ committee with three letters of sanction for electoral violations ranging from postering off-campus to campaigning during the voting period. According to Brian Lack,
Deputy Returning O fficer of Elections McGill, if the campaign violations have, in the opinion of the CRO, “adversely affected” the outcome of the referendum, then the CRO is empowered to throw out the referendum as per the by-laws. "The severity of the violations [will influence the CRO's deci sion],” Lack said. “The 'No' com mittee, in my opinion, had a very blasé attitude about our rules. [But] it's not just about their attitude, it's about whether what they did influ enced the outcome and a lot of by laws were broken. "On a higher level, on the one side you have to think about what precedent you're setting where you have an important issue one side can get away with whatever they want and disregard the rules. Do you want that? They are there for a reason,” Lack continued. "On the other hand, 5,000 students showed up to vote which hasn't happened in recent history. Is it the right thing to
do to throw all those votes out?” Law Student Association VP External François Tanguay-Renaud was deeply involved with the No side. He countered the accusations of violations withan assertation that the battle was fairly fought. Regardless of whether the question is thrown out, Tanguay-Renaud feels the students have made them selves heard. "The message has been sent to the world. People know about the CBA even without the unrecog nized vote. People clearly exercised their voice and though there might be some who are willing to abuse their power, we don't consider their reaction acceptable in a certain way. With the question thrown out, I don't thirtk the students would be very happy to see SSMU autocrati cally dismissing their votes." SSMU President Andrew Tischler cited that the main issues C o n t in u e d o n p a g e 2
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