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It's not often that one stops to look at a piece of fabric and gasps in utter amazement at its beauty (I know I don't, especially when it comes to my drapes). However, the upcoming exhibition "Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles" set to open at the Musee des Beaux Arts is about to change all that. In collaboration with New York's(Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition showcases works of 29 of the most influential Japanese textile artists and their innovative work throughout the past decade.

Textile is one of the world's oldest art forms and in the past four decades, Japan has emerged as a leader in its manufacture.

Japanese textile design has under­ gone a revolution in the past decade, so the exhibit is mostly pieces from that era. The Japanese have succeeded in bringing togeth­ er traditional materials with the latest technology to make some pretty amazing creations. Not only are everyday fabrics like cotton and silk combined with materials like newspaper, banana fiber and steel, but the artists also use meth­ ods of shrinking and heating to make fabrics three-dimensional.

Artist Reiko Sudo electrically charges her fabric to make the fibres stand out in different pat­ terns while avant-garde fashion designer Issey Myake heats mater­ ial like copper and gold foil to make suits and pants.

The exhibit is organized into four categories: transparent, printed, sculpted and reflective textiles, Continued on Page 79

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New options for students in a bind for textbooks B y E rika W

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There is now another option for McGill students still caught in the textbook crunch. A new internet service called www.ProfessorJones.com is catering to the needs of Canadian university students, providing things such as discounted text­ books and online games.

ProfessorJones.com offers textbooks to students at Canadian universities at up to 40 per cent below the suggested retail price.

Students can also request hard-tofind textbooks by email. The Ottawa based company promises delivery within three days.

ProfessorJones.com has part­ nered with Shared Network Services, in light of the risk that accompanies any credit-based ecommerce transaction. SNS is one of the leading third-party credit services in the country.

“The SNS/Assure payment service securely connects to, and is fully endorsed by, the major

financial institutions,” Fred Douglas, executive vice-president of email services^for SNS said. “[It] ensures that the link between the purchaser’s browser and the procurement server is private and reliable, that encryption is used for all messages and that certifi­ cates and keys ensure these mes­ sages are authentic and valid.”

Free registration with ProfessorJones.com gives a stu­ dent more than just the opportuni­ ty to buy textbooks. The site offers a bank of old papers and exams for use as study aids, as well as financial and career plan­ ning services and a forum to hold group project meetings online.

Entertainment services - down­ loadable MP3 music files, online games, and a daily activity calen­ der, personalized for McGill - are also available at no cost.

Alex deBold is the president and CEO of ProfessorJones.com.

“I t‘s intended to be a yearround service for students in the college and university communi­

ty.. .more than just an e-commerce package,” deBold said.

The site already has plans for expansion and improvement after only two weeks in operation. A new feature will be launched in October, which will give students immediate online help for tough homework questions. More lifestyle sections will be added as well, such as an upcoming astrolo­ gy program that is geared towards a university audience.

“Imagine if Andrew Dice Clay wrote his own horoscope program,” deBold said of the new venture.

ProfessorJones.corn’s oncampus marketing, which includes an introductory CD-ROM, com­ plete with a downloadable copy of the Austin Powers trivia game, has proven successful across Canada so far.

“We are well ahead of our projection [with] hundreds of transactions right from day one,” Craig Harris, SNS’s senior busi­ ness director of e-commerce, com­

mented about the launching of ProfessorJones.com.

SUS n o t c o m p e tin g Another newcomer to the World Wide Web, the McGill based Books4Exchange.com, has also enjoyed a successful start to the school year. The site, run by the Science Undergraduate Society, is an eBay-like bidding forum for students in the Science and Management programs to buy and sell their used textbooks. Sites such as ProfessorJones.com do not affect the w ebsite’s success, according to SUS President Andrew Kovacs.

“Our market is in used text­ books,” Kovacs explained. “We’re not trying to compete with Chapters or ProfessorJones. As long as students have to pay for their education, there will always be a market for used textbooks.”

Books4Exchange.com will be expanding both inside and beyond Continued on page 3

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McConnell Engineering Security learning from last year's mistakes B y S h eh r y a r Fazli

Questions arose about the ade­ quacy of security measures at McConnell Engineering, after a rash of thefts last year left facility departments reeling from the replacement costs of items stolen.

Manager of McGill Security Services Steve Paquin considers the Engineering building’s location as the prime cause of its vulnerabil­ ity. From the Frank Dawson Adams building to the Milton Gates, with entry points on University Street, M cGill’s Engineering complex receives a greater influx of students than any other building on campus.

“The heavy flow of traffic makes the area susceptible to theft,” said Paquin. “Furthermore, the accessibility to the complex from University street makes for an easy escape for potential thieves. In this sense, the complex is still vul­ nerable.”

Paquin, however, points to unique circumstances last year that might have played a significant role

in leading to the incidents during which, among other items, four computers, an air-conditioning unit and $800 worth of stationary were stolen from McConnell Engineering.

“Construction was going on, and doors had to be left open for the construction workers,” Paquin noted. “Now that the renovations are over, those doors do not have to be left open, which makes the area more secure.”

Paquin also claims that the renovations themselves have reduced both traffic and the risk of intrusion. With better quality doors and security locks now installed in the Engineering complex, Paquin believes that thefts are less likely to occur there. He is also confident that as a resulfof the break-ins, both students and security staff are more cautious about what can occur on university premises which makes for a safer area.

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Students, however, still believe that security in the Engineering building is inadequate.

Last year’s Engineering Undergraduate Society VP Services said that for a short period following the burglaries, there did seem to be more of a McGill Security Services presence in McConnell Engineering, with extra guards patrolling the premises.

“But that only lasted two or three weeks,” the former VP Services claims. “Since then, it’s been the way it was before, which is to say, uncomfortable. You see people walking out with items you feel maybe they shouldn’t be walk­ ing out with. There’s no security there to question these people.”

Last year’s EUS VP Administration Taslim Datoo also considers security in McConnell Engineering to be ineffective.

“Last year there were breakins,” Datoo asserted. “And this year nothing seems to have changed. No additional security checks have been implemented, and you just don’t feel a security presence. You

actually feel like nothing’s prevent­ ing [the burglaries] from happening again. I wouldn’t be surprised if they did happen again. McGill real­ ly needs to do more about security in this building.”

It appears that the security question in McConnell Engineering has turned into an inside joke with students from within the Engineering faculty. In a recent issue of “The Plumber’s Faucet”, the faculty’s by-weekly publica­ tion, among a list of eleven enter­ taining quips was one that declared that it is one thousand times “easier to steal computers from [McConnell Engineering] than it is to steal beer.”

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“We want to make sure they don’t feel uneasy anywhere on campus.

But students need to understand that if we devote more manpower to a particular building, such as the Engineering building, then that leaves another area of campus more vulnerable.”

Paquin also suggests that secu­ rity is everyone’s business, not just that of the people in uniform. But while students in McConnell Engineering are willing to make sure that doors are locked and win­ dows shut, their discomfort will not be relieved until they see more of those uniforms patrolling the build­ ing.

But as Datoo pointed out, “It’s just sad when kids feel unsafe in their own school.”

Paquin is aware that students like Datoo might feel uncomfort­ able in a particular university build­ ing. He insists, however, that McGill’s security budget is being used as efficiently as possible to ensure the safety of the students.

“The university’s students are our only concern,” Paquin said.

Understanding your place - and your health - in space B y A m ber A u st in

What happens to the human body in space? This may sound like an interesting, but rather unimportant question — but unless we intend to continue to send land rovers and satellites to do our bidding in the final frontier, we must begin to con­ sider how we as humans can survive out there.

Space health was the main topic that was discussed at McGill last Thursday in the first meeting of the Association for the Development of

Aerospace Medicine (ADAM).

The group brought in a panel of five speakers from the Canadian Space Agency to field questions from knowledge-hungry students on everything from robotic arms to space-politics. Although the first meeting was largely composed of students in the fields of engineering and health sciences, the group encourages all people who are inter­ ested in space and space travel to drop in.

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the face of space travel and technolo­ nauts, flight surgeons and Canadian gy in the next fifteen years. One of Space Agency (CSA) members,” the key ideas brought forth at the explains Chahine.

SGF was the idea of health, and Although the first meeting took health-related technologies in outer- place far away from the stars, in the space. Inspired by the discussions, a basement of the Shatner Building, small group of the participants decid­ group members are optimistic about ed to bring the ideas back to Canada what’s to come. The group is a small and create ADAM. representation of a new generation of “The main goal [of ADAM] is space-enthusiasts that see their role to provide our members with a dis­ as pivotal in the progress of the cussion forum, and to discuss the space field. ADAM members are effects of gravity on human physiol­ excited about what the future holds, ogy,” explained ADAM Vice- and encourage others to get President, and McGill dentistry stu­ involved. dent Carol Chahine, as she intro­ “Everyone can be part of it, duced the club to its new members. from any background,” said Isabelle Another big goal of the group is Tremblay, robotics engineer with the to bring in experts from the field to CSA, and guest speaker. “Get the provide guidance and inspiration for information. It’s fantastic...just do students interested in the field of it.” aerospace. The prospect of having a career related to space technology The next meeting for ADAM is and travel intrigues many, and yet, on October 5th, location still to be information on the subject can be disclosed. For more info, e-mail elusive. It is with organizations such either Carol Chahine at as ADAM, that University students chahiOl @med.mcgill.ca or Marlene are given the opportunity to find out Grenon at grenoOO@med.mcgill.ca. what is out there with respects to fur­ ther education and careers in the field of aerospace.

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ADAM is a brand new organi­ zation and McGill boasts its first and only established chapter. The idea behind ADAM originated this sum­ mer at the third meeting of the youth division of the United Nations Space Generation Forum, or SGF, in Vienna. A group of international space-enthused youths met to discuss

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Phyllis Heaphy heads to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children M o r ty Y a lo v s k y t o B y Karl H erba

Phyllis Heaphy, McGill’s cur­ rent vice-president of administra­ tion and finance, will take on a new position at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children early next month.

The move will make her the new VP of finance and chief financial officer of the hospital.

Heaphy’s departure comes at a time when government austerity measures have led to drastic reduc­ tions in funding for both education and health care. Her experiences guiding McGill through dangerous financial straits should prove, par­ ticularly valuable in her new posi­ tion.

“All sectors funded by the government are constantly being constrained by inadequate govern­ ment funding,” Heaphy explained in an e-mailed statement. “So, just like at McGill, the balancing act between meeting these needs and operating according to sound finan­ cial principles will be the most challenging aspect of the job.”

This ongoing attempt to recon­ cile sound financial policy with the needs and demands of a diverse academic community has been one of Heaphy’s greatest accomplish­ ments, according to Principal Bernard Shapiro.

“Her main contribution to McGill was to help us achieve a very productive balance so that we can maintain fiscally solvent and academically solvent at the same

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point in time,” Shapiro said. “Her ability to be empathetic and under­ standing about the primary impor­ tance of the university’s academic mission was also important.”

Heaphy’s success in generat­ ing this balance between financial priorities and academic goals was largely contingent on her ability to make accounting and budgetary matters more understandable to the university community. In doing so, she reiterated her belief that “every aspect of what we do should be able to be exposed to the light of day.”

This attempt to put the budget under the public eye brought Heaphy into close contact with many of the academic staff at the university.

“One of the primary reasons why I was hired for this new posi­ tion is my experience in working with researchers,” Heaphy said.

“They were anxious to hire some­ one who could communicate well with researchers and understand their concerns and needs.”

McGill is now searching for a permanent replacement to Heaphy’s position.

“We want someone with a strong administrative and financial background as well as a talent for relating well to other people,” Shapiro explained.

The position also required jug­ gling three main areas of responsi­ bility: finance, human resources, and physical facilities. It entails

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the McGill community within the next few months, branching out into all areas of study by the Winter term. The site is also being taken to a national level, through its partner service Edge. Kovacs also hopes to add links specific textbooks to that course’s web pages, term papers and labs in the future, providing more informa­ tion for students.

B o o k s to re n o t w o r r ie d Students still have the option to shop for textbooks the tradi­ tional way: in the bookstore.

Between the long lines and the shortage of books at crucial times however, e-commerce seems like a convenient way to alleviate this twice-yearly stress on students.

Horst Bitschofsky, manager of the McGill Bookstore, is opti­ mistic about the future potential of online textbook sales, but does not feel that the rise in internet buying activity will significantly affect the store’s business.

“I think that web commerce has the potential to completely change the way students get their course m aterial,” Bitschofsky explained. “I think it’ll be a while though before we see real positive

stuff come out of these initiatives.

There are a great many sites in the United States now catering to the textbook market, and still many problems. Service is not necessar­ ily quicker or cheaper... [as] refunding your books in case of a course change is a major hassle... and paying shipping eats up any discount offered.”

Bitschofsky added that the McGill bookstore’s alliance with Chapters (and their online service Chapters.ca) gives the store huge potential for its own leap into ecommerce. He felt, however, that the one thing that an internet site will never be able to offer is the personal experience of shopping.

“People still do like to get out and havg a shopping experience that is more stimulating than pick­ ing items off a computer screen,” he commented. “The recent changes in the bookstore have made it a vital part of campus life.

Our broader book selection, mag­ azines, our café, conference rooms, and seating areas are in constant use and certainly keep our business growing.”

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maintaining close links with the Board of Governors, as well as non-academic and academic employees.

“Financial health is extremely important, even though the needs and demands from all sides are very valid,” Heaphy said, when asked what should be the priorities of the person who replaces her. “I would hope that the person chosen would have a strong understanding and empathy for the concerns of students, academics, and support

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Jonas Pauperlis staff, and that this empathy would manifest itself by an attitude of constant service to this wonderful community”.

Current Dean of the Centre for Continuing Education Morty Yalovsky will serve as her interim replacement for the remainder of the academic year. Both individu­ als will continue to cooperate closely over the following months in order to make the transition as smooth as possible.

"My main goal is to go ahead

and maintain operations without too many disruptions," Yalovsky said. "One of the main challenges that I'll face is to learn the various functions and responsibilities involved in the new position.

[Heaphy] will continue to work at the university on Fridays for the duration of the term. There are many issues that she'll need to brief me on. We're aiming to make a slow transition."

Yalovsky plans to use his own experience in the management field to minimize any disruptions that might result from Heaphy's depar­ ture. He regards his own move to the more administrative VP posi­ tion as one that will draw heavily on his experience in the Centre for Continuing Education.

"Continuing education is more of a stand-alone operation,” Yalovsky explained. “In my role as Dean I've had to familiarize myself with various aspects of budgeting, funding and securing financing."

Although Yalovsky’s appoint­ ment will help make the transition as seamless as possible, Heaphy’s departure will inevitably present some new challenges for McGill. “[An] outlook like Phyllis Heaphy’s is not easy to find in peo­ ple with strong financial back­ grounds,” Shapiro commented of her departure. “She will be very missed at the University.”

Salary raise for McGill's professors might just make more sense to have across the board awards, except for McGill professors have those professors who do been given a raise this year. exceptionally well.”

The move comes after a determination last year that Staff members who McGill staff’s salary rests at feel they have suffered between nine and fifteen per discrimination will have cent below the average in the a chance to voice their concerns, however.

Group of Ten, a group of There will be a two Canadian universities that week appeal period compares facts and figures.

Salary is being increased towards the second half of October. by 3.1 per cent. One per cent Frankman conclud­ of the raise is for all faculty, ed that it was possible with the remaining 2.1 per and even likely that cent based on a merit compo­ McGill will lose ground nent that is divided into five to better paid institutions lump sum categories - $0, in the future, despite the $500, $1000, $1500 and University’s attempt to $2000.

Ioanna Brennan keep up by raising salaries “McGill is undoubtedly M ore for your money “We every year. He feels that the gov­ doing more than it has in several years, and this is certainly a have to treat our academics right. It ernment has to shoulder the respon­ show of goodwill given its precari­ is part of our dedication to excel­ sibility, however, to stop that from ous financial situation,” Senator lence. We can’t compete with U.S. happening.

“There is a decline of the and economics professor Myron schools, but we do need to compete notion of public good,” Frankman Frankman said of the increase. with other Canadian schools.”

Frankman was skeptical of the reasoned. “The government has a “The professors are grateful for the recognition and the fact that our merit component of the raise, how­ role to play here. If we’re not ready salaries are lagging behind and for ever. It is awarded on the basis of to support private institutions, then the fact that something is trying to teaching, research and even student it’s not just the universities who are results. going to suffer, it’s also the prima­ be done.”

“I find that the merit compo­ ry and secondary schools. If a soci­ McGill has also been granted a one time debt relief from the gov­ nent as structured is time consum­ ety worth living in is an educated ernment this year, which gives the ing and divisive,” he said. “It is one, then we must do what we can University more money to spend in certainly something reasonable, but to provide the needs for that, and its budget to try to increase its effectively the five category not make it possible for professors salary to something comparable to awards grade in a bell curve and to fall into life-time debt.” the talents are distributed in the other institutions.

“I’m very supportive of [the centre. There are too few awards in salary increase],” student Arts the top categories and there will Senator Jeffrey Feiner commented. necessarily be discrimination. It B y V e n in a Et t o r y __________

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Do not pass Go, do not collect $200, go directly to Career Fair Career and Placement Center stat­ ed, "it's really hard not to get a job these days...Five years ago it did look more dismal...but for graduates today who take an active role in job-research and develop a clear job-search strate­ gy, the odds are in their favour."

In order to help such gradu­ ates learn what lies behind the Ivory Tower, CAPS, in conjunc­ tion with Arts Undergraduate Society and the Science Undegraduate Society, has organ­ ised the first ever Autumn Career

B y Erin R ussell

High school guidance coun­ selors used to frighten the heebiejeebies out of students by drilling out dismal facts about this gener­ ation's future job prospects.

Things are looking up, however, for this recent crop of graduates.

Recent statistics about today's job market reveal that uni­ versity grads have only a 5-per cent unemployment rate-the low­ est of any group. As Gregg Blachford, Director of McGill's

ing for people with "soft" or "transferable” sk ills such as adaptability and interpersonal skills, which are not taught in one specific faculty. Blachford also said that last year "many employ­ ers complained because they had to go to several career fairs to meet students from a variety of backgrounds." This way, students as well as employers "can enjoy one-stop shopping."

Students can be encouraged by the fact that companies attend­ ing understand the need to "sell

Fair. It will be a McGill-wide event, held on September 21 in the Omni Hotel and will be open to students from all faculties and all years. Employers from over 25 organizations, including the Bank of Montreal, Corel, Imperial Oil, and Xerox are expected to attend.

Even though there are specif­ ic faculty fairs occurring this sea­ son that target specific faculties, all students are encouraged to attend this general fair because many of the companies are look­

themselves" just as much as job­ seeking graduates do.

The companies are seeking Spring 2000 graduates for a vari­ ety of permanent positions and/or internships. Yet all students should stop by in order to learn how such fairs work and to learn what kind of individuals compa­ nies are seeking these days. The general fair is particularly useful for Arts students or lower year students who may not yet know in what area they would like to work. In doing so, students can get what Blachford called "a feel for the marketplace." Employers are willing to answer any sort of questions students may have.

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Pull out your business cards and résumés at will.

While 80 per cent of jobs are obtained through networking, the career fair ensures that graudates can create their own threat of con­ tacts from among a veritable spi­ der's web of companies. There will be two people at each compa­ ny booth, a recruiter from the Human Resources division and a technical em ployee often a McGill graduate among them.

So, don't forgét your cell phones and business cards when you drop by the Career Fair.

Driven students who explore their options can beat any of the pes­ simistic statistics put in their path by bitter high school guidance counsellors.

More inform ation can be found at the CAPS website or by going to suite 308 in the Powell Student Services Building. The Autumn Career Fair will be held at the Omni Hotel, 1050 Sherbrooke St. West,

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The M cG ill T ribune, Tuesday, 21 September 1999

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By A s c h H a r w o o d

Local police aggressively removed pedestrians hanging out­ side of Vol De Nuit, a bar on the corner of Prince Arthur and Saint Laurent in the early hours of Thursday 12 September.

Pubcrawling on Saint Laurent might have taken a turn for the worst as the police become a more frequent and arbitrarily aggressive presence around the bars.

According to eyewitnesses, the police formed a line across Prince Arthur and began herding pedestrians towards Saint Laurent at roughly 2am.

According to Jimmy Maraakis, owner of Vol de Nuit, the bar was very busy that night and people were pouring out onto the patio, overflowing past his property. It seems, however, that socializing between patrons on the patio and passersby upset the police patrolling the area.

Said Maraakis, "According to

Thompson also witnessed police use force: "When students tried to get by, they physically grabbed them. There [were] a lot of people at the bar and maybe some going past bar property, but no one was causing fights. No one was being rowdy."

the police, people cannot talk to people with drinks on the patio.

The police were very aggressive when it came to managing the sit­ uation. The [police officer] was looking for something, he was looking for trouble."

When Maraakis went out to talk to the officer, he refused to shake Maraakis' hand. Maraakis felt that the officer was out of hand seeing as his customers were not being violent or rowdy, just talking.

Fly a w ay h o m e Areti Trigglidas, a U3 student at McGill, .was one of the pedes­ trians being herded off of Prince Arthur.

Although the police were making people leave the street, she needed to return to the bar to make sure her roommate had keys to the apartment.

Trigglidas said, "When I tried to bypass the line to get to my

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roommate, an officer physically grabbed me and pushed me back towards Saint Laurent. It doesn't make sense seeing as it is a pedes­ trian street. I was a little bit dis­ turbed by the whole situation, especially since I didn't do any­ thing wrong."

Margaret Thompson, another McGill student, also found her way barred by the line of police

officers.

According to Thompson, she had walked out to St. Laurent and then turned around to walk back down Prince Arthur, which was the best route for her to get home.

Thompson said the police turned her away from walking down Prince Arthur, which forced her on an alternate, less safe route in the wee hours of the morning.

The area is patrolled by police station 38 at 1033 Rachel S. The station was contacted but would make no comment or acknowledge this incident had occurred.

Officer P. Lamberg of station 38, has no knowledge of the event but said that "group five was working" the area at the time.

No officers from group five could be contacted because they had gone on their six day break.

Maraakis plans on discussing the incident with one of the police captains.

Federal $16.6 Million funds McGill Medical Research $1.4 million group grant awarded to Dr. John Bergeron’s project entitled “Proteomics and Molecular Machines.” There is also a clinical trial funding of $382,583, and a clinical trial grant for Dr. Caroline Reinhold from the Montreal General Hospital Research Institute to perform a randomized trial in the management of patients with sus­ pected biliary obstruction. The fel­ lowships total $420,000.

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A hefty 16.6 million dollar research grant awarded to McGill by the Medical Research Council reaffirms McGill's reputation as a formidable force in the field.

McGill was awarded the large sum of money based on its contin­ ued excellence in scientific research. The Medical Research Council receives 1300 applications for funding each year and tries to determine which represent quality research. Of the 125 McGill pro­ jects that were submitted, 51 were approved to be funded. This 41% success rate stands as the second highest in Canada.

“McGill is second to none in Canada in terms of scientific research,” said Marcel Chartrand, MRC’s director of communica­ tions, “It represents the best sci­ ence. McGill scores very high."

According to Chartrand, the primary purpose of the grant is to gain a better knowledge of the bio­ logical functions which lead to dis­ ease, thereby ultimately allowing for the improvement of Canada’s health care system in the areas of prevention, therapy, and treatment of disease.

M cG ill's success n o t surprising Medical students have som ething to smile about

MRC long-standing grantees, such as biochemistry professors Philippe Gros and Jerry Pelletier, whose labs were visited by President of the Treasury Board Lucienne Robillard. Robillard was highly impressed by Gros’s research on the trends in the contagion of tuber­ culosis, and the resistance of

Avma Gupta

tumours to chemotherapy, as well as Pelletier’s work on Wilms’ tumour, a childhood kidney cancer.

Their research, which owes much to former MRC grants, will flourish further as a result of the present grant.

Additionally, present research grants support projects such as a

Although McGill has received many research grants in the past, this substantial grant raises hopes for continued support of high level gifts in the opinion of Principal Bernard Shapiro.

“Although we are very, very pleased to receive these grants through the MRC, these are the kinds of grants that we have received for many, many, many years, because we do extremely well on the peer reviewed process.

We always receive many grants from the MRC, and although this is wonderful, it’s not, in that sense, unusual. What is unusual is that the budget of the MRC is being dra­ matically increased... and with that increase I think McGill can expect also, since our researches are very successful in the competitions involved, to receive even greater grants in the future than we have in the past.”

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J o b re se a rc h on Internet The new research monies come from the federal government's new budget allotments for medical research, which was announced last year. Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Pierre Belanger expressed his gratitude and enthusiasm for the increased funding.

"This research grant is a major step in the budget and a cause for celebrating,” he explained. “You don’t stand up and say, ‘Hooray!’, after a budget speech; you celebrate once the money comes in.”

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Across the nation, a war is being waged. And as the battle for exclusive distribution contracts with university campuses progresses, it appears beverage giant Pepsi is los­ ing ground to its long-standing rival, Coke.

McGill is not the only uni­ versity to jump into the cradle with Coke. Queen's University recently signed a ten year deal with the soda pop conglomerate which would give Coke sole rights over sale of cold beverages on campus pubs and in cafeterias. The exact size of the contract remains undisclosed but Coke-a-cola vending machines are expect to sprout in and around the 126 year old limestone buildings.

"It was clear to the entire com­ mittee that Coke’s bid was clearly the better deal [over Pepsi's] for Queen's. . . financially, as well as the fact that they did a good job of tailoring their proposal directly to Queen's," explained Bruce Griffiths, Dean of Students Affairs at Queen's.

In what has almost become a common criticism during the nego­ tiations processes for exclusive bev­ erage contracts, Queen's faculty associations complained about a lack of involvement in the final for­ mulation of the deal. A Steering Committee consisting of the Director of Food and Beverage Services, the Dean of Students and the Presidents of the undergraduate

checks for student loans

A newly created, required saved from worries over the new credit check system for the feder­ credit check because it only al Canada Student Loans pro­ applies to federal student loans — Quebec does not participate in gram has begun The government of Canada, the Canada Student Loans pro­ as of August l , has implemented gram. Quebec residents apply to a credit check system for its a separate program which is Canada Student Loans program. administered by the province.

Those applicants who must The change to the application process comes with the goal of pass the credit check have to reducing the number of students meet the follow ing criteria: During the three years prior to who default on their loans.

The federal loan program their application, they may not serves to give qualified students have been more than 90 days late access to post-secondary educa­ on a payment of $1000 or more tion and to facilitate student on three or more separate occa mobility across Canada by sions.

Such specific standards will awarding financially need-based likely result in a minimal number loans and non-repayable grants.

According to Judy Stymest, of students in Canada being the director of student aid, no affected by credit checks.

Jason Aebig, the National McGill students have been adversely affected because of the Director of the Canadian Alliance of Student A ssociations new policy.

The new system applies only expressed concerns when asked to students 22 years of age or about the potential disqualifying older who are applying for a impact of the credit checks.

“This means the end of a Canada Student Loan for the first time. Those hardest hit will be universal student loans program. mature students reluming to post­ It was narrow already because of secondary education. They arc the Needs Assessment Criteria. more likely to meet the age This will limit the field even requirement and have had time to more.” develop a credit history.

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and graduate student associations at Queen's represented the university at the table, while independent con­ sulting firm Spectrum Marketing played an advising role.

"Members of the AMS [under­ graduate society] Assembly were consulted during the summer assembly but [never during the school term.] Summer assembly doesn't have full participation or representation from faculties," stat­ ed Dave Contant, Queen's Arts and Science Undergraduate society president to the campus newspaper.

C oke courts U Q A M In a sharp contrast to the experience of their brethren, student associations at the Université de Québec à Montréal have had a loud­ er voice at the bargaining table with Coke. UQAM Vice Rector of Human Resources and Administrative Affairs has endorsed consultations with student associa­ tions before the university settles on its final position. The faculty associ­ ations have one month to consult their members before the university goes into the board room with Coke on October 19. When Dufour was asked what would become of the administration's desire to sign with Coke if the students groups are “Always Coca-Cola”

opposed, he was somewhat reluc­ tant to comment.

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In essence, the student groups are the last hurdle to a university­ wide deal which would raise 9 mil­ lion dollars in revenues. UQAM stands to gain $540 000 per month, or 0.25 per cent of its annual bud­ get, by signing with Coke. Should the student groups vote against the deal, a contract between the univer­ sity and Coke may still go through, although Coke can be expected to reduce its financial offer. This was the case at the Université de Montréal when some student-run cafeterias voted to remain outside a university contract with Pepsi.

Student associations at UQAM are mainly concerned that a beverage contact represents a band-aid solu­ tion to a much larger funding prob­ lem.

"A [beverage] agreement sends a message to the effect that the cor­ porate contracts can solve the prob­ lem of university funding." stated Éric Bouchard of the Association of Education Students.

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EDITORIAL W©IRK IFOE THIS McGlIILH TlMTOMlE — J a m e s F ree m a n C la rke

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B y C h ristia n La n d e r

There used to be a time when being “The Champ” meant something.

We’ve all seen the media images of the era when everyone stood in awe of the boxing champion of the world.

Either heavyweight or middleweight, men like Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Jake LaMotta. It’s ironic that now, as box­ ing is making more money than ever, it means less than ever before.

The problems with the sport have ballooned in recent years. Inside the ring we’ve seen Mike Tyson bite off the ear of Evander Holyfield, Andrew Golotta’s unstoppable desire to punch below the belt, and a melee during a Riddick Bowe fight in which man was pummelled with a walkie-talkie.

Outside of the ring, Mike Tyson has served a prison sentence for rape and repeatedly violated his parole and a corrupt panel of judges awarded Evander Holyfield a draw in a fight he clearly lost.

None of these problems are really that new to the sport. Domestic abuse, fixed fights, crooked judges, mafia control have been a part of box­ ing as long as padded gloves.

The greatest problem, and the only real new obstacle to boxing, is payper-view revenue.

Before the advent of cable TV, the majority of revenue from a fight came from the gate. That’s why fighters used to meet outdoors in Yankee stadium and other venues larger than a 15,000 seat Las Vegas arena. A siz­ able portion was also drawn from television, but since it was all done through the major networks boxing promoters had to accept a smaller cut than they do today.

There was a great relationship for a while where a televised fight brought a boxer exposure, and in gave him a sell-out for his next event.

Networks made money, promoters made money, and boxers made reason­ able money.

With the start of the eighties and the invention of pay-per-view events, promoters like Don King experimented with the risk of televising fights exclusively through this medium. It was a success — the promoters now were able to get exact ratings, control the overhead cost of broadcasting the event, and put the money directly into their pockets. The networks were | surprisingly un-complacent because they saw boxing’s popularity on the way down after the retirement of the great heavyweights of the seventies (Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton).

This new direction of the sport helped to add to the purse strings of the boxers, and some surpsingly mediocre boxers became very rich. Gerry Cooney, a big pasty heavyweight, drew one of the largest pay-per-view crowds for his fight with Larry Holmes.

But consistently disappointing fights and sagging revenues seemed to push boxing to the brink, and it was only truled saved when Mike Tyson saved the heavyweight division. His amazing ability coupled with some great public relations worked helped to restore the sport and give boxing it’s first feared champ since Ali. The pay-per-view revenues kept growing and entreched it as the future of boxing. But as Tyson started to crumble, boxing fell further and further from the public conscious. The heavyweight champ wasn’t the single most recognized man in the world anymore; Micheal Jordan took over the title, and since then boxing has been at a loss to recapture it’s former prestige.

Boxing still makes a lot of money, Don King is fabulously wealthy, and Oscar De la Hoya got paid in excess of 17 million dollars for his last fight. But maybe it’s time to evaluate how valuable the sport could be if it returned to network television.

CBS paid seventeen billion dollars for the NFL, they give a fortune to broadcast March madness, and Superbowl ad rates are through the roof. All of these make so much money because networks are desperate for legiti­ mate “events.” Boxing could be tailor made for a Sunday night, where it could draw upwards of fifty five million viewers and revenue through the roof.

It would also bring the sport back to the public and restore “the champ” as an icon.

W h a t’s wrong with this s e c tio n ? C o u ld it be im p ro ved ? T h in k you ca n do better? W e ’re interested in w hat you h a v e to sa y !

T h e M cGill Tribune is se e k in g en th u siastic an d e n erg etic indi­ vid u als with an e y e for detail. P erfectio n ists a re w elco m e!

P le a s e subm it your ré su m é , letter of intent, an d s a m p le s of a n y p r e v io u s w o rk to th e T r i b u n e lo c a te d in th e b a s e m e n t of th e

Shatner University Centre, room B01A.

D e a d l i n e fo r a p p l i c a t i o n s is 4 : 0 0 p .m . T O D A Y ! ! !

J Letters to the Editor History R epeats Itself Feeling a little nostalgic, I've lately prowled the Tribune website for tidings of my beloved alma mater, and maybe hoping for a dis­ memberment in print of, say, a rogue faculty association president comporting himself poorly at a res­ idence party, or a VP-finance accused of fiduciary malfeasance.

No, I just couldn't stay away.

Imagine my delight in finding that nothing has changed from the way it was when I left. Or, for that mat­ ter, from when I arrived four years ago. Dickering over the details of corporate sell-out contracts, reports of shortages at the bookstore, and laments over differential tuition.

Oh, the shame of it all! The one inarguably positive change I note, however, is Chris Selley's debut in

the lately much-denuded ranks of the Tribune's columnist rotation.

Brilliant addition; his vitriol will be reason enough to type that unwieldy URL into my Navigator window every week. Good on ya, Chris.

David Reevely Fussbudget (Ret.) We

all have to start

SO M E W H E R E

It was with no small amount of Schadenfreunde that I read Ricfr Retyi's letter to the editor regarding the state of sports reporting at the Tribune, but as soon as I was done with the letter, I thought, "Well,

what does he expect?" This is a university paper, written by univer­ sity students. At the tender ages of 18 to 22, they haven't had the time or experience to form their own crackerjack reporting styles.

I'm not a big fan of "If you don't like it so much, why don't you do better," but in this case it applies, as there is no doubt in my mind that Retyi could, in fact, NOT do better. This is a kid whose first draft of his first ever movie review for the Tribune began thus: "This movie is like a bad handjob." Well, gee whiz, let's break out the Pulitzers!

Love, Dave Bushnell

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F e a r o f n o t b e in g a b le t o c o m e u p w ith a title Today I w ould like to address the 14,736 McGill stu­ dents who currently think they are going to be doctors. You're not.

Now I would like to turn my attention to the seventeen of you who will actually go on to med­ ical school. I would like to take a moment to encourage you to consider the exciting specialty of psychiatry. Psychiatry, for the uninitiated, is the discipline that

ty? Hydrophobia? The fear of water? How about basiphobia, or phonophobia - the fear of walking and the fear of one's own voice, resp ectiv ely ? I couldn't believe that one could be afraid of such m undane th in g s-th at is, until I came across several newspaper arti­ cles detailing events so patently weird that they defied all ratio­ nal explanation. V irtually overnight I became a abeliever in the power of psychiatric diag-

o f th e R id ic u lo u s

treats emotional and psychologi­ cal disorders with large amounts of drugs. None of that "Tell me about your feelings/D o your parents get along?" crap — roll up your sleeve and we'll get the lithium IV started right away.

This brief description of the fast-paced world of psychiatry, while quite accurate, may still not be enough to convince you future physicians that this is the specialty for you. Need further enticement? The thrill of treat­ ing emotional disturbances with large amounts of addictive nar­ cotics is not enough? Then read on.

As a p sy c h ia trist, you would also have the opportunity to treat patients with phobias, and this can be quite exciting.

My dictionary defines "phobia" as "an intense, abnorm al, or illo g ic a l fear o f a specific thing.” And anything that is intense, abnormal, or illogical (or better yet, all three) is imme­ diately appealing, to me at least.

We are all acquainted with such common phobias as claustro­ phobia, the fear of confinement, and arachnophobia, the fear of spiders. The more lexically gift­ ed among us may even be famil­ iar with the likes of xenophobia, acrophobia, and agoraphobia, the fear of strangers, heights, and open spaces, respectively.

But these run of the mill, rather boring phobias are but a tip of the irra tio n al fear iceberg.

Taber's C yclopedic M edical D ictionary lists hundreds of phobias, many of which seem, to the casual observer, to be just too silly to be real.

To be fair, such tokens as pnigophobia, the fear of chok­ ing, and kakorrhaphiophobia, the fear of failure, while strange sounding, are fairly imaginable.

Various other phobias on the list, however, had me a bit skep­ tical, at least at first.

Barophobia? The fear of gravi-

nosis.

R euters news service reports that a woman in London was granted a divorce from her husband of 15 years, who was employed as a "paper cutter.”

The reason? H er husband refused to bathe more than once a month, refused to have his clothes washed, and "habitually came home from work with his ears stuffed w ith shredded paper". I am not making this up.

All I can say is that it seems to me, and admittedly, I'm no psy­ chiatrist (my specialty is tho­ racic surgery), that this individ­ ual was suffering from chronic hydrophobia (washing requires water) with a secondary diagno­ sis of acute phonophobia (hence the paper in the ears).

Still not convinced of the psy ch iatric rea lity o f these super-specific fears? I offer one m ore exam ple. A N orth Carolina man, interviewed in 1997, says he went to bed in 1946, at the age of sixteen, and has since never gotten out. He states that he hasn't sat upright since 1956, and hasn't rolled over since 1974. A clear case of basiphobia and barophobia working in concert to render this poor gentleman bed-ridden for the last fifty-one years.

I am hoping that you are now convinced that psychiatry is a rewarding, challenging, and integral part of modern medi­ cine. At least, this is what my psychiatrist tells me. In fact, I'm on my way to see her now. I'm being treated for phobophobia: the fear of developing a phobia.

Stop the Press W hy we

cannot tolerate reality:

It is my fifth year in this city struggling with the paradox. On one hand there is the identity I embrace: a Palestinian one. On the other hand there is the culture in which I live where some are intol­ erant ofthe fact that such a thing exists, where some who are intoler­ ant of areality of dispossession, injustice, and blatant violation of the rights of Palestinians as humans, as all humans are entitled to an identity and a belonging to a nation.

In my case realities are imposed. A state of Israel undeni­ ably exists on a soil my history calls Palestine. Reality is that about four million living breathing human beings are scattered around the world after having been forced out of their land fifty years ago.

Reality is that many of them are and have been in refugee camps for the fifty years, lacking basic nutri­ tion and health care, while others live in the densely populated hope­ lessly un-developed Gaza. Reality is that we live in political systems where there was Oslo, then Oslo dies. Then Oslo is revived by the Wye which in turn also dies, but of course is revived again by a new Israeli government until the latter too meets its inevitable fate. In the process, or processes, human reali­ ty, as opposed to political reality, is uglier than it has ever been.

Five years in Canada far away from then vicious reality of the Arab-Israeli conflict and yet one cannot rid of reminders that to some it is simpler to categorise me and all Palestinians as simply ‘ter­ rorist’. That we are no more of bunch of ungrateful Arabs rebelling against a New World order by rejecting the impeccable efforts of American and Israeli governments, which except for our existence would inevitably lead to peace.

I deal with realities in my little circle interestingly never possess­ ing ‘political’ objectives, but rather a responsibility to tell a truth. I expose my reality so that people can see and hear a Palestinian, a specimen of the refugees. For them to realise how human 1 am and unfair their world is. The reminders do not stop though. One came the other day from The United Nations club where I went to publicize a conference on Arab women in Canada that I took part in organiz­ ing. The answer came quick and blunt: the UN club is apolitical and would refuse to publicize the con­ ference to its members. Shocked at the strength of the reaction, I had two puzzles in mind: what is it about Arab women in Canada that makes the topic a political contro­ versy, and what is it about the United Nations that makes it in any way apolitical.

"The Tribune last year pub­ lished an article saying that we sponsored a petition or memorial for Palestinians who died under Israeli shelling, and we got a lot of complaints" the club executive explained. "This year we decided that we won’t deal with anything like that," she continued. Right

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case of the

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away I recognized the event she was referring to, having partaken in organizing that event. It was not a petition or a memorial. It was a talk attended by above 400 people by Amnesty International Journalism Award recipient Robert Fisk entitled who to blame about his journey tracing a bomb that killed a South Lebanese family while escaping the shelling on their village in an ambulance to the bomb’s manufacturer in the United States and confronting them.

Right away I understood what the poor girl from the UN club must have went through. I could imagine the frantic 300 letters on her desk and the 100 phone calls of complaints she received for spon­ soring such a ridiculously biased event and possibly claiming that it was of an anti-Semitic nature. A rather strange reaction if one con­ siders that Fisk, internationally rec­ ognized for objective journalism, documented his story by videotape and rarely made reference to politi­ cal conflict except to explain why the shells were being dropped.

Nevertheless in my reality such reactions from the UN club or dis­ contents of Fisk are quite frequent.

For that any mention of the word Palestinian or any criticism of Israel’s inhuman practices is

imperative to belonging to the cate­ gory in which I am classified: ter­ rorist and ungrateful.

That night while in a heated argument I was politely asked by the two executives to discuss the matter over e-mail, in other words to leave. An understandable request, for that my activity, in fact my existence, seems to be prob­ lematic to the smooth functioning in the UN club. The simplicity of my demands is striking, as are the reactions I keep getting. In the final analysis I am often reminded that here reality cannot be exposed and if exposed will certainly not be tol­ erated, let alone accepted.

Note: The UN club had not been a cosponsor of Fisk’s talk, they were probably mistaken for Amnesty International who were cosponsors. The conference on Arab women will take place October 29-31. For more informa­ tion contact: arab_coference @hotmail, com.

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We're looking for people who are creative, enthusias­ tic, and hard working who truly want to make this an event to be remembered! Note that planning this momentous event will be a heavy time commitment throughout both semesters (10+ hours per week dur­ ing first semester, 5-10 hours a day+ during-January).

Send resume and cover letter to Matt Wyndowe at ce@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

0 2 .S S M U c o m m u n i c a t i o n s c o m m is s io n e r* The SSMU CC is responsible for reviewing and improv­ ing the communications between SSMU and students at large. The CC will work on several initiatives along with the SSMU VP Communications and Events.

Responsibilities will include: • creating a professional-quality SSMU display • researching and creating of a SSMU C.V., detailing the history and efforts of the society • developing and implementing a school-wide student survey and conducting student focus-group interviews • working with the SSMU Promotions Service to assist each SSMU executive in developing a promotions strategy to students • assisting the SSMU executive in public relations Please email cover-letter and resume to Matt Wyndowe at ce@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

cheese with alumni). Coordinators will be responsible for working with student services and SSMU to devel­ op this first-ever program, as well as finding sponsors, running promotions and general organization.

Please email cover-letter and resume to Matt Wyndowe at ce@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

05. m e m b e r$ -a t-!a rg e fo r th e c o m m itte e o f c lu b s a n d s e r v i c e s ( 2 ) (n e w ) Mandate: to review, improve, and create clubs and services offered to students. To work on the planning, improvement and development of the Shatner University Centre.

Email Sam Gross clubacc@ssmu.mcgill.ca 06. m e m b e rs a t la rg e fo r th e n o m in a tio n c o m m i t t e e ( 2 ) (n e w ) This committee selects individuals for various SSMU positions.

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Culturefest Coordinator: Organize the weeklong cele­ bration of cultural groups on campus in March. Events will include food tastings, dances, shows, speeches, etc. Time commitment will begin at the end of October with approximately 5 hours a week, and will go up to a minimum of 10 hours per week during second semes­ ter.

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Winter Frosh orients about 100 new McGill students to our school and our city. Email cover-letter and resume to Matt Wyndowe ce@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

Will help spearhead the creation of a new Bacchus Canada affiliated club to promote the awareness of campus issues regarding alcohol. This person will work in conjunction with the VP Clubs and Services to attract membership and organize alcohol awareness weeks on campus, as well as eventually creating a new server-training program. Involvement — approximately 5 hours per week throughout the academic year.

Send resume and cover letter to Sam Gross at clubacc@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

04 g r a d u a tin g s tu d e n t o rie n ta tio n p ro g ra m c o o r d i n a t o r * (n e w ) Frosh for graduating students! The purpose of this new program is to provide a fun and informative gen­ eral orientation weekend for the "real world", open to graduating students from all faculties. Some topics covered will include: networking skills, dinner and office etiquette, tips on office dress, basic golf lessons, basic dance lessons, resume writing, and more. All these will be done in a fun, Frosh-type environment (eg: instead of a pub crawl — a formal wine and

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lO .a c a d e m ic r e s e a r c h o ffic e r * In an effort to better the coordination of the Society's dialogue with the Administration and Student Services.

Many new measures will be taken in the upcoming year to consolidate and formalize our information.

Assistance with respect to these new measures will be needed. The Academic Research officer will serve as a researcher, Archiver, database-assistant and pub­ lic relation officer. we are looking for someone with research, database and communication skills. The positions will be rewarding for anyone interested in lobbying-experi­ ence and learning how the university's academic com­ munity works as an institution. The position runs from September to May on fixed hours.

Send resume and cover letter to Xavier Van Chau at ua@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

05 m e m b e rs -a t-Ia rg e fo r th e c o m m itte e o f u n i v e r s i t y a f f a i r s ( 2 ) (n e w ) The Committee of university Affairs works on all pro­ jects spearheaded by the Office of the VP University Affairs. Projects this year include improving the Francophone and the first-year experience, assessing our academic programs, and enhancing our University services. There are two Members-at-Iarge positions available.

Send resume and cover letter to Xavier Van Chau at ua@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

05 s tu d e n t r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s fo r s e n a te c o m m itte e s a n d s tu d e n t s e rv ic e s s u b c o m m itte e s university student representation on active university decision-making bodies is the reward and responsibili­ ty of the Society's fruitful lobby to the administration.

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Would the Canadian Moderate please stand up and say something?

London’s Speaker’s Corner has to be one of the coolest places on this planet. Nestled in a comer of Hyde Park, it is the weekly meeting place of a decidedly mot­ ley crew of prophets both religious and secular, self-styled comedians and sundry other loudmouths who pontificate on their subject of choice — usually at extreme vol­ ume.

Canada needs something like this very badly. This hit home as I stood, heart in my throat, watching a twentysomething Englishman accuse a middle-aged Jewish woman of stealing Israel from the Palestinians.

“The Jews have no fucking rights in Israel!” he screamed, going on to claim that the guiltstricken European nations had had no right to give Israel to the Jews.

It wasn’t so much the claim that shocked me, or even the speaker’s less than judicious choice of lan­ guage, but the fact that he was screaming at this woman, inches from her face. I half expected her to burst into tears, for parents to hustle their children away — I might even have glanced tentative­ ly around for the bobbies. But none of this happened. Instead, the woman unclenched her fists,

the voice of the masses — is large­ ly ignored in Canadian society, simply because it’s not loud enough. Thus, though every ratio­ nal Canadian hates Ernst Zundel and what he stands for, the majori­ ty of those who publicly renounce him are politically active Jews who

cocked her head and began her rebuttal.

That rebuttal could not exist in Canada, because the accusation would never have been made. The tendency in this country is to either shame or legislate uncomfortable opinions into silence. I’m not, of

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course, the first to point out this damaging trend, and I’m not sug­ gesting that a couple of people duking out an issue in Parc Lafontaine is going to solve anything in the grand scheme of things. Rather, I am suggesting that with enough of this debate — even if only confined to one place, once a week — a society might begin to achieve a balance between free speech and its ugly sidekick, namely free speech that people don’t want to hear.

Take Ernst Zundel, for exam­ ple. Why should we deny ourselves the pleasure of dismantling this cretin who has committed his life to a despicable, easily debunkable lie? The voice of the moderate —

lie inescapably at the opposite end of the spectrum from Zundel and have a glaringly obvious reason to hate him. The moderate voice would strengthen this debate and others, but it remains largely silent simply because contributing one’s voice to any published forum is an extreme act — very few people do it.

Last year, dozens of letters ran in these pages from politically active Jews and Palestinians, all offering one of two official ver­ sions of various atrocities in Israel and the Middle East. Short-sighted and nitpicky to a fault, none of these letters even came close to being useful.

The Palestinians think Israel belongs to them, and the Jews dis­ agree. How can this issue ever con­ ceivably be resolved? Did the Jews, after World War Two, Europe’s guilt notwithstanding, deserve a land to call their own? Of course they did. Did the Palestinians get screwed in the bargain? Natch! All the letters about who fired the first shot, what kind of missile it was and how many from each side were killed don’t amount to a hill of beans insofar as solving anything.

Why? Because it isn’t debate.

If you can’t look the author of a let­ ter to the editor in the face and tell him why he’s off-base, and he in turn tell you why you’re off-base, you’ll never whittle your way down to a middle ground, to com­ promise, to progress. And if the voice of the moderate doesn’t soon speak up we’ll be doomed to read letters like these, whose goal is not to achieve compromise but to achieve the impossible, the incon­ ceivable: to somehow have Palestinians banished once and for

all from Israel or, conversely, to give Israel back to the Palestinians lock stock and barrel.

And yet I, the self-appointed “moderate Canadian,” blush to the root of my very soul when I hear the word “Holocaust” spoken above a whisper. It’s just proof of how indoctrinated I am by Canadian passivity that the mere words — Holocaust, Hitler, even the f-word for heaven’s sake — make me want to crawl under a rock.

I’d like to live in a society where debate is something that happens unfettered every day in the streets, not just in elitist newspa­ pers and magazines and university classrooms. The reason we don’t debate isn’t because of political correctness; political correctness was invented because we don’t want to debate. It’s time we started talking to each other.

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The Tribune will be welcoming a cooking columnist beginning next week. In the interim, we present our an easy to make dinner selection for your culinary pleasure. If you have a recipe that you’d like to sub­ mit, please email it to tribune @ssmu.mcgill.ca.

Crispy Chicken Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts (or thighs, drumsticks) 1 egg Assorted spices (i.e. pepper, oregano, taragon) 1 cup bread crumbs 1 plastic bag Cooking Instructions: Wash and skin chicken. Beat one egg in a small bowl.

Add spices to the egg mixture. Place bread crumbs in a plastic http://www.almac. co. uk/chef/chef/pi bag-that's right, a plastic bag. Dip each chicken piece in the csound/picsound.html egg mixture, then place chicken into the plastic bag.

Shake the bag until the chicken is covered with bread crumbs. Bake at 350 for 45 min.

Source: http://www.yumyum.com/cgilocal/frm2html.pl?fsfile=../archive2/po u/recl 1188.fs Muppets, while another puppeteer operates Oscar.

— compiled by Stephanie Levitz On September 21, 1912, Chuck Jones, the cartoonist who created the lovable but rambunc­ tious Pepe Le Pew and Road Runner characters, was born. A few notes on the subject of television car­ toons...• • Mel Blanc - the voice of Bugs Bunny - was allergic to car­ rots. After a near-fatal auto acci­ dent in 1961, Blanc did his car­ toon voices, including the first 65 episodes of “The Flintstones,” flat on his back, with the microphone hanging over his bed.

• Before she landed the role that replaced the departing Farrah Fawcett (then Fawcett-Majors) on TV’s hit Charlie’s Angels in 1977, Cheryl Ladd provided the voice of one of the Pussycats on the Saturday morning cartoon TV series about an all-female pop music group, Josie and the Pussycats.

• Typical gags on a number of Saturday morning cartoons include the falling anvil, loose

plank in a fence and the old “look over there” joke. However, newer jokes such as “I’ll blast you with my phaser” and “look out for asteroids” are also becoming pop­ ular.

• While kids are “looking over there,” they are watching one of the estimated 7,000 commer­ cials for sugar cereals that air each year - the majority of which appear on Saturday mornings.

• The first toy product ever advertised on television was Mr. Potato Head. Introduced in 1952, Mr. Potato Head took advantage of TV’s explosive growth to gain access to tens of millions of newly “plugged-in” households.

• On the television show, Sesame Street, one man, Carroll Spinney, plays Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. From within the 8’ 2” yellow feathered suit, Spinney watches a small monitor with the same view as the audience. He operates Big Bird’s head with one hand while working the bird’s hand with his other. When Oscar and Big Bird are in the same scene, Spinney speaks for both

W h o said th a t?

With the boom in animated films and television shows, doing a voice for a cartoon character has become a lucrative source of money for already known actors and actress. Below are some samples of who said what...

• Glenn Close voice of Kala, the mother gorilla in Tarzan • Richard. Dreyfuss - voice of the Centipede in James and the Giant Peach • Malcolm Jamal Warner voice of the Producer in the Magic Schoolbus • There are more but why take away the magic of the movies?

W hat's in a nam e?

A recent article in the New York Times profiled how TV character names are chosen. For

example: • Homer is the name of the father and grandfather of Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons.

• Felicity comes from the name of a girl that the series’ executive producer, J.J. Abrams knew in high school.

• Luanne Platter, niece of the title character in King of the Hill shares her first and last name with a dinner special at Luby’s restau­ rant in Austin Texas.

• X-Files agent Scully is named after Vin Scully, announc­ er for the Los Angeles Dodgers, a hero of series creator Chris Carter.

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Ever had a sneaking suspicion that the numbers dialed on TV phones were all the same? Think again: http://www.execpc.com/~jam esf/zone/tz_phone.txt provides a list of phone num­ bers dialed in movies and televi­ sion shows. Need a favour from the

Godfather? Call him at Longbeach 4-5620.

• Need help remembering the next verse in “There’s a path to take and a path not tak en ...”?

Check out http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~karimzad/ for the ‘80’s super theme site. It’s got themes ranging from old Coke commer­ cials to sitcome classics like W ho’s the Boss and Di ff’rnt Strokes.

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— Dick Cavett “Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you would not have in your home.”

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h y p o th e s iz e d o n th e d e v e lo p m e n t

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w o m e n ’s stu d ie s .”

u p p er le v e l c o u r s e “ G en d e r, ra ce

g r a m in a c o m p a r a tiv e p e r s p e c ­

“b r in g in d iffe r e n t p r o fe s s o r s to

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ta lk a b o u t d iffe r e n t d is c ip lin a r y

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a p p r o a c h e s to an is s u e an d m ore

th a t "the M c G ill a n d C o n c o r d ia

se m in a r s fo c u s e d o n tw o or th ree

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b o th th e h isto r y o f w o m e n in s c i ­

have

s p e c if ic area s p e r h a p s ta u g h t b y

w o m e n ’s s tu d ie s c o u r s e s h a v e a

e n c e an d th e id e a s o f b io lo g ic a l

tw o or m o r e p r o fe sso r s."

p e r s o n a l n o n - a c a d e m i c in t e r e s t

d e te r m in ism in te rm s s e x , g e n d e r

in w o m e n ’s s t u d ie s , i t ’s n o t

an d race.

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fa ir ly

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1998

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h o p e s “ fo r th e c r e a t io n o f an

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A s o f th is

Mark Shields religious studies professor

on

in c lu d in g la st y e a r ’s In ter n a tio n a l W o m e n 's D a y .

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M ark S h ie ld s , w h o te a c h e s

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research

fie ld ,” sa id M u lay.

T h o u g h n o t o f f ic ia lly lin k e d ,

th at th eir m a in g o a l is to fo r m a l­

b e e n an in c r e a se o f in te r e st in h is

c o m m u n ity

th e stu d e n t-r u n W o m e n 's U n io n

“I f y o u h a v e so m u c h m u lti­

y o u b r in g to i t fo r m o r e c o h e r -

b e tw e e n th e o r e tic a l r esea r ch an d

and

s c ie n c e ” u n d er th e n ew

c o u r s e c o d e w h ic h w i l l e x p lo r e

tic u la r ly in te r m s o f n u m b e r s ."

S h e a d m itte d th at th is w o u ld

T h e r e are a p p r o x im a te ly 1 2 0 stu ­

o n ly b e p o s s ib le “i f w e c a n o v e r ­

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d e n ts r e g is te r e d j n th e W o m e n ’s

c o m e th e str u c tu r a l r ig id it ie s o f

fo c u s ,” sa id S a m a n th a S e m p e r , a

v e r y im p o r ta n t b e c a u s e th e r e is

S tu d ie s p rogram .

th e u n iv ersity ." F o n g w o u ld a ls o

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The grass is green er on th e other sid e o f th e academ ic fen ce Professor talks about the jo y s and trials o f teaching at M cG ill B y Pa u l C o r n e t t

A lo v e o f p e o p le and k n o w le d g e fo r th e sa k e o f

S e n e c a o n c e w r o te that "it is w h e n th e g o d s

k n o w le d g e w e r e r e c u r re n t m o tiv a tio n s fo r A m s e l.

h a te a m an w ith u n c o m ­ m on abh orrence that th ey

W h e n a sk ed w h a t the m o st r ew a r d in g part o f te a c h in g

drive h im in to the p ro fes­ sio n o f a schoolm aster."

B u t b u r ie d in th e b u r e a u c r a c y o f M c G i ll ,

w a s , A m s e l s a id w ith o u t hesitation:

sta y ...a n d i f yo u 're g o in g to c o n ­ centrate o n the th in g s that are not n ice, then w h y be here?" sh e stat­ ed.

A n o th e r w a y o f p u ttin g it is that the o p p ortu n ity for a c a d e m ic s c h o la r s h ip s h o u ld tr a n sc e n d all th e a n n o y in g in c o n v e n ie n c e s that

"It's the stu d en ts...w h en y o u can actu ally h a v e a p o s ­

both students and teach ers fa c e sim ila r p r e ssu r e s o f

itiv e im pact, but w h en it's an

acad em ia. M cG ill teach ers h a v e to p u b lish o r p erish and students h ave to m o ti­

attitudinal c h a n g e .[n o t o n ly a c a d e m ic ] ,.w h e r e y o u f e e l y o u 'v e m ad e a c h a n g e in the w a y th ey think abou t learn­

v ate th e m se lv e s to g e t the required grade p oin t aver­ a g e for graduate sc h o o l.

44 [Teachers n e e d ] m o re re c o g ­

in g , w h en y o u h e lp e d a stu­

n itio n ... [ A ] lo t o f p e o p le

d e n t to m e e t a c h a lle n g in g

w h o a re re a lly g re a t te a c h ­

W e c o u ld ag ree w ith

co u rse and su c c e e d at it and

H erm an M e lv ille then that "[i]t takes a strong d e c o c ­ t i o n o f S e n e c a a n d th e S to ic s to grin and bear it.

th a t th a t s u c c e s s w ill sp u r th em o n to m e e t c h a lle n g e s later o n in their careers, it's s o m e t h in g v e r y lo n g term

g e t th a t k in d o f re c o g n itio n .

A n d e v e n th a t w e a r s o f f

that y o u s e e h ap p en in g that

a fte r y e a r w h en n o o ne

w ith tim e."

S e e k in g to k n o w th e d r iv e b e h in d th e p r o f e s ­ so r s’ q u est for k n o w led g e,

m a k e s y o u fe e l lik e y o u 'v e a c c o m p lis h e d s o m e th in g ," Charles Ray c o n f e s s e c l A m s e l. "Just th e

Professor Am sel alw ays looks on the b rig h t side o f life

the T ribune set ou t to fin d the pro­ to ty p ic a l teach er w h o has trodden the road o f su c c e ss, and fou n d it in P ro fesso r R h ond a A m sel.

A M cG ill alum nu s, A m s e l has b e e n w it h t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f P s y c h o lo g y fo r th e la st 2 6 y ea rs.

A s r e c ip ie n t o f th e 1 9 9 7 C A S E a w a r d (C a n a d ia n te a c h e r o f th e year), sh e is o n e o f the fe w M cG ill p rofessors r e c o g n ize d for her p ed a­ g o g i c a l a c c o m p lis h m e n t s . In an in terv iew w ith the T ribune, A m sel s tr e s s e d that r e c o g n itio n w a s an im p ortan t m o tiv a tio n fo r teach ers th a t is s a d ly in s c a r c e s u p p ly at M cG ill. " [T each ers need] m ore r ec o g ­ n itio n ... T h e u n iv ersity d o e s so m e o f that...but I w as v ery lu ck y that I w a s s i n g l e d o u t f o r th e C A S E

"W e h ave three asp ects to our jo b s [teach in g, ad m in istration and research ], teach in g is o n ly o n e part o f it and it takes a lo t o f your tim e.

It's hard to understand for the stu­ d en ts the fa ct that there are tim es [the teacher] has d e a d lin e s o f their o w n on [their] mind."

S h e a lso p o in te d ou t that stu­ d e n t s o f t e n d o n o t r e a l i z e th a t e v e r y M c G ill t e a c h e r h a s th r e e m a in c o m p o n e n t s to t h e i r j o b d escrip tion .

la rg e c la s s that are d iffic u lt. T h e ad m inistrative part o f it is a w fu l...I m ean y o u h ave other p e o p le grad­

y o u 'r e g e t t i n g e d u c a t e d f o r th e sa k e o f g e ttin g e d u c a te d is s o m e ­

in g for y o u , and y o u h a v e co n fe r ­ e n c e se c tio n s to org a n ize, and you don 't g e t to m e e t all o f y o u r stu ­ d e n t s w h ic h i s v e r y f r u s tr a tin g b e c a u s e y o u d o n 't k n o w e a c h o f

o ffer the prosp ect o f p u b lic r ec o g ­ n ition that research en d eavou rs do. " [In r e s e a r c h ] , e v e r y b o d y k n o w s w h at you're d o in g , but your

th e ir l e v e l a n d o f t e n th e y d o n 't c o m e for h elp until it's to o late.

c o l l e a g u e s d o n 't c o m e to y o u r c la s s e s ...t h e r e 's n o t a n g ib le or

them in d iv id u a lly , y o u can't a ssess

"I t h in k

th a t t h e g o v e r n ­

m e n t...sh o u ld b e fo r e se in g e n ou gh to u n d e rsta n d th at th ere are lo n g term im p lic a tio n s o f un derfu nd in g

th in g that i f y o u ca n p a ss o n that k in d o f fe e lin g , th en y o u ju s t k eep c o m in g back.

I t ’s very add ictive...that's m y m ain reward."

p o s i t i v e s a n d d o w n - p l a y e d th e n e g a t iv e s o f w o r k in g at M c G ill.

S h e w a s e v e n a p o lo g e tic for it.

"I d o n 't w a n t t o s o u n d P o lly a n n a -is h , as i f e v e r y th in g is w o n d e r fu l...[b u t] it's a w h o le lo t m o r e p le a s a n t to c o n c e n tr a te o n

e d u c a tio n a l in stitu tio n s," o p in e d A m n se l. “W e d o our jo b s b eca u se

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w e 'r e s tr o n g ly m o tiv a te d , b u t it w o u ld b e s o grea t to b e su p p o rt­ e d ...T h is fu n d in g p rob lem is ou t o f

I f y o u w a n t to s ta y ...a n d i f

Fin a n cin g th e class­ ro o m A m s e l b e lie v e s that a la ck o f r e s o u r c e s a n d la r g e c l a s s e s are p rob lem s that sh ou ld be add ressed b y M cG ill g iv e n the g o v ern m en t’s se v e re b u d get cuts. "[F]rom both the teach er1 and student's p oin t o f v ie w , there are a

the control o f the university."

A m s e l c ite d an A u g u s t 1 9 9 9 report in th e C h ro n ic le o f H ig h er E d u ca tio n to illu stra te d isp a r itie s in fin a n c ia l e n d o w m e n ts b e tw e e n M c G ill ( 4 2 0 m i ll i o n ) a n d o th e r u n iv er sitie s o f com p arab le stature,

th a t y o u 're d o in g a g o o d jo b .

-Professor Amsel department of psychology

both M c G ill teach ers and stu dents e n co u n ter o n a d a ily b a sis. A m id st the h u ssle and b u ssle o f a c a d e m ic life , it's im portant to take the tim e to fin d a p la c e, as is w ritten under th e b r i d g e s o f th e M c L e n n a n library, to b e h o ld “the bright c o u n ­

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y o u 're g o in g to c o n c e n tra te o n th e th in g s th a t a re n o t nice, th e n w h y be here?

— Professor Amsel department of psychology

in clu d in g Harvard (1 3 b illio n ).

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T he M cG ill T ribune, T uesday, 21 September 1999

Get the goods on Asia: our love affair with the far continent

BY REBECCA CATCHING

E v e r th o u g h t w h a t th e m o s t

D r a g o n B a ll Z , T h e c a rto o n s M y N e ig h b o r T otoro , K ik i’s D e liv e ry se r v ic e., S ailor M o o n and A k ira , n o t to m e n t io n th e m o n s o o n o f

r e q u e s t e d s e a r c h w o r d fo r th e Internet m igh t be? H ere’s a hint— i t ’ s n ot “ P a m e la A n d e r s o n ” , n or is it “ M P 3 ” . G iv e up?

It’s Japan’s latest cultur­ al export— P ok em on .

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A sia n in sp ired street w ear. If y o u d o n ’t fe el c o m p le te w it h your C h in ese charac­ te r s h ir t , y o u r C h in e s e p r in t s k ir t , C h in a fla ts and -, H e llo K it t y s h o u ld e r b a g , y o u ca n e v e n s m e ll lik e g r e e n tea w ith a new fragrance from th e H e a lin g G ard en

resou n d ­ in g p r o o f o f our fa s­ c in a tio n w ith A s ia n cu ltu re, but th e se other p o p culture p h en o m en o n w ill c er ­ tain ly fill in the picture: M on treal’s F antasia F ilm F estiv a l, M em o irs o f a G e i s h a , T a m a g o t c h i , M u la n , C h in e se character tattoos, T ai B o ,

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C o r i n e L in o f th e M c G i ll A s s o c i a t i o n o f N o r th A m e r ic a n B o m A sia n s fe lt that the spread o f A s ia n c u lt u r e h a s b e e n l a r g e l y lin k e d s im p ly to th e im m ig r a tio n o f A sia n s to N orth A m erica. “ Y o u d e fin ite ly se e m ore A s ia n c u ltu r e o u t W e st," sta te d L in . "The p r e s e n c e o f A s ia n s in c it i e s o u t W e s t h a s m a d e A s ia n cu ltu re so p o p u la r that y o u c o u ld fin d a w h o le store d e v o te d s o le ly to H e llo K itty m erch a n d ise.’’

T h is m ig r a tio n o f A s ia n s is d e fin itely a factor in the spread o f E a ste r n c u ltu r e P r o f e s s o r Jon S o lo m o n o f the E ast A sia n S tu d ies D e p a r tm en t at M c G ill fo r e c a ste d an in c re a sin g A sia n cu ltu ral p r e s­ en ce.

“W ith in the n ext 3 0 years the pop ulation o f U .S . w ill rise alm ost 5 0 % to 4 0 0 m i l l i o n p e o p l e ," d eclared S o lo m o n . "One quarter o f th o se p e o p le w ill b e A s ia n .”

T h is c u ltu r a l p lu r a lit y — th o u g h p o s itiv e in it s e lf — h as the p otential to spark racial ten sion s.

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T h e s e c o n flic ts are b o u n d to arise, as the illu s io n o f the h o m o ­ g e n e o u s A m erica n id en tity b e g in s to d iss o lv e .

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o p iu m . B u t n o w A s ia ’s attractive­ n ess lie s w ith a d ifferen t resource, con su m ers. T h e p rosp ects o f A sia, and in particular C hina, as a p o te n ­ t ia lly g ig a n t ic c o n s u m e r m a r k e t has m a n y A m e r ic a n firm s p o is e d lik e f o x e s at th e d o o r o f th e hen h ou se, sa liv a tin g at the thou ght o f a c o n su m er m arket in e x c e s s o f a b illio n p eo p le. T he W e st has a ten ­ d e n c y to se e A s ia through an e c o ­ n o m i c f r a m e w o r k — b e it a s a threat or as an opportunity.

A p e rp e tu a l in te r c u l­ tu ra l ja m session

D e s p ite t h e s e a t t it u d e s th e r e is s t i l l a v ib r a n t c u lt u r a l e x c h a n g e b e t w e e n A s ia a n d th e W e s t. T h e s i l k r o a d w a s a trad e r o u te n o t o n ly fo r g o o d s b u t fo r id e a s , a s C h in a ’s e a r ly d e v e lo p ­ m ent o f the w ritten lan gu age fa c ili­ tated id e a sh arin g th rou gh b o o k s.

N o r th A m e r ic a n s te r e o ty p e s h a v e o fte n p roven to b e a sort o f barom eter o f e co n o m ic an xiety. In

P ro fesso r S o lo m o n d isc u s se d h o w the J esu its w ere e x tre m ely im p or­ tant in th is e x c h a n g e , as th e y not o n ly le a r n e d th e la n g u a g e b u t b e c a m e w e l l in te g r a te d in to th e C h in ese so c iety .

“T h e J esu its w ere very active

the 8 0 s, w h en Japan w a s p erceiv ed as a m ig h ty e c o n o m ic p o w er h o u se , A m erican fe e lin g s o f vu ln erab ility m a n ife sted th e m se lv e s in n eg a tiv e ste r e o ty p e s ab ou t Japan. A m e ric a e m b r a c e d th e s t e r e o t y p e o f th e

in C h in a and w ere ab le to learn the la n g u a g e s . T h e r e w a s o n e J e su it w h o w a s e v e n in sta lled at the court o f th e Q in g e m p i r e , ” s a id S o lo m o n . T h e e x ch a n g e w a s m utu­ al, as the Jesu its taught the C h in ese

J a p a n e s e p e o p le a s r o b o t - lik e d ron es in a life le s s corp orate c u l­ tu r e . P r o f e s s o r T h o m a s L o o s e r , a ls o o f M c G ill’ s E a st A s ia n

abou t W estern architecture.

T h i s s h a r in g o f i d e a s h a d strong im p lic a tio n s for p h ilosop h y.

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w h ich appeared in the W a ll Street Jo u rn a l illu s tr a te d th is tr o u b le d r e la tio n s h ip in reg a r d s to C h in a , s a y in g th at o v e r 75% p e r c e n t o f A m e r ic a n s f e lt th r e a te n e d by C h in a . P r o f e s s o r S o l o m o n e x p la in s this fear in the c o n text o f A m erica. “ A s A sia n s often set t i e in c o a s t a l a r e a s , in p o r t c itie s w h ic h g e n e ra lly h ave

S tu d ie s D e p a r tm e n t, c o m m e n te d o n h o w p o p u la r A m e r ic a n id e a s abou t Japan h a v e m orphed as our e c o n o m ic r e la tio n s h ip s h a v e ch an ged .

"N ow that Japan has c e a s e d to be the e c o n o m ic threat that it o n c e w a s , w e h a v e a d o p te d a g e n tle r , m ore fe m in in e im a g e — th e im a g e o f the geisha." L o o ser h ig h lig h ted o u r s k e w e d v i s i o n b y s a y in g th a t "the g e is h a is n o t a b ig d e a l in J a p a n — it d o e s e x i s t , b u t th e Japan ese don't think it's th a t im p o r ta n t to th e ir culture."

T h is fe m i n i n e character­ iz a tio n o f Japan is not a recen t p h en o m e­ n o n . A s ia h as o fte n b e e n se e n as b e in g a fe m a le e n tity as h a v e m a n y fa r -a w a y la n d s— e s p e c ia lly c o lo n ie s . T h e W est has o fte n app roached A sia through the c o n ­ text o f resources: silk s, sp ic e s and

W e s te r n p h ilo s o p h e r s lo o k e d to C h in a as the p r o o f that there co u ld b e reason w ith o u t a C hristian god .

“R o u sse a u and V o lta ire w e re very in terested in w h at w a s g o in g o n in C h in a b e c a u se th e C h in e s e d e m o n str a te d that th ere w a s u n i­ v ersa l rea so n w ith in all h u m a n s,” ex p la in ed S o lo m o n .

C h i n a ’ s b u r e a u c r a t ic str u c tu r e s and h ig h ly d e v e lo p e d c iv il serS i l ! | I v ic e s dem onstrated that B B s o c ie ty c o u ld be ratiof n a lly ordered by Jf hu m ans w ith ou t the pres­ e n c e o f th e C h ristia n G od .

P r o fe s s o r L o o s e r a ls o s p o k e o f A s ia as an in flu e n c e in th e d e v e l ­ opm ent of m o d e r n ist th e o ­ ry, as it h e lp e d to d e s t r o y th e id e a th a t “the w h o le w o rld fo llo w s th e p r o g r e ss o f th e W e st and the rest o f th e w o r ld is p r im itiv e by co m p a riso n .”

T h e a r t i s t i c d i a l o g u e w it h A s ia w a s a lso particu larly fru itfu l fo r th e m o d e r n is t art m o v e m e n t.

P a in te r s s u c h a s M a n e t a n d th e Im p ression ists w ere stron gly in flu ­ enced by J a p o n i s m e — th e E uropean fa scin a tio n w ith Japan— a t th e tu r n o f th e c e n t u r y . T h e results can b e se e n in the adop tion o f J a p a n e se s t y lis t ic e le m e n ts or s im p ly in th e in c lu s io n o f p r o p s su ch as Japan ese fan s and cloth in g.

M a n et h im s e lf o w n ed se v e ra l J a p a n ese p rin ts and in c o rp o ra te d s t y l i s t i c e le m e n t s s u c h a s b r o a d fie ld s o f a s in g le c o lo u r and fla t­ t e n e d a n d d is t o r t e d p e r s p e c t i v e in to h is style.

T od ay, th e d ia lo g u e c o n tin u es in the realm s o f c o m ic s and an im a­ tio n . L o u T ram o f th e S c i-A n im e sto r e e x p la in e d th e h is to r y o f A m erican anim ation sty les. “ T h e r e w a s a tim e w h e n Ja p a n ese artists w e re c o p y in g the D is n e y lo o k w ith th e b ig e y e s [a laB am b i ] and everything," adm it­ ted Tram . "But n o w it’s g o in g the o th e r w a y . A m e r ic a n a r tis ts are c o p y in g th e J a p a n im a tio n s t y le , th o u g h th e y w o n ’t ad m it it. E v e n D i s n e y ’ s n e w e r a n im a te d f i lm s l o o k m o r e J a p a n e s e in t h e ir c o lo u rs and an im ation sty le s.”

T h e D i s n e y f i l m M u la n i s e v e n b a sed o n the story o f C h in ese revolutionary fe m in ist C h ’iu Chin.

T h ou gh the cultural ex ch a n g e m ay so m e tim e s appear to be trivial d u e to th e b arrage o f p o p cu ltu re c o n su m e r g o o d s , th e se g o o d s are j u s t th e sp r in g b o a r d to a d e e p e r un d erstan d in g and ap p reciation o f A sia n culture. T h e grow th o f East A s ia n S tu d ie s d e p a r tm e n ts is an in d ic a tio n o f a g r o w in g a c a d e m ic interest in A s ia n culture.

A s N orth A m e ric a m atures in its r elation sh ip to A sia , so are the c h o ic e s o f A s ia n -in s p ir e d ta tto o s se e n o n the h ip s and arm s o f h ip ­ sters e v er y w h e r e. W h ere o n c e the C h in e s e Z o d ia c r e ig n e d su p rem e.

N orth A m erica n s are n o w d e m o n ­ str a tin g a m o r e p r o fo u n d k n o w l­ e d g e o f th e C h in e s e la n g u a g e to p erso n a lly ex p ress th e m se lv es.

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A s the reality o f the school year finally sinks in, so to does the falla­ c io u s stu d en t a ssu m p tio n that the center o f M ontreal life is the student ghetto. But, a young, free forum enti­ tled Les Journées de la culture is o p e n in g th is w e e k a s a m e a n s through w hich the average individual can explore M ontreal's vast cultural treats.

B e g in n in g F r id a y an d g o in g u n til S u n d a y , a r tists and cu ltu ra l workers around Q uebec w ill volu n ­ teerin g their tim e in an attem pt to enhance the relationship betw een the arts and everyday people. This is an undertaking m any fe e l is necessary as th e tw o c o m m u n it ie s b e c o m e increasingly polarized.

A ctivities kick o ff w ith “T opsyTurly H ip-H op,” a vibrant sh ow case o f the w orld o f scratch DJs and the fiip-hop scene, at the M etropolis on Friday from 2-6pm .

S a tu r d a y e v e n in g f e a tu r e s “ C o s m ic N ig h t ” at th e M o n tr e a l M u s e u m o f F in e A r t s ’ C o s m o s exh ib it from 6 pm to 12 m idnight.

A m on g others, a walk-through, read­ ings, film s, m usic sh ow s w ill be fea­ tu red . T h o s e ta k in g th e tou r w ill h a v e the p r iv ile g e o f partaking in

discussions with the artists.

A lso show casing is “Pops Art” , an in g e n io u s d isp la y o f street kid s u sin g artistic e x p r e ssio n to r ein te­ grate and com m unicate with the rest o f society . They plan to present pho­ tographs, sculptures and paintings all set to m usic.

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s h o u ld fo c u s o n o n e o f Q u e b e c 's m o s t d is tin c tiv e a sse ts: its c re a tiv e c u ltu re .

H e e s t im a t e d t h a t o n ly seven p e rc e n t o f th e p o p u ­ la tio n is in r e g u la r c o n ta c t w ith th e a rts in g e n e ra l.

“Pops Art,” like m any activities o f f e r e d b y Journées, in c lu d e s a w orkshop for the pu blic to b ecom e involved and create art.

Infmitheatre is also putting on a c r e a t iv e p u b lic r e a d in g in th e V i l l e n e u v e la u n d r o m a t o f C e lia M c B r id e ’s “W hat a C ad! A D ryer play” w hich prom ises to be "a spin."

The creation o f Les Journées de b e g a n d u rin g th e 1 9 9 6 E c o n o m ic S u m m it. S im o n B rault, from the N a tio n a l Theatre S c h o o l, w as am ong those w h o proposed the creation o f a non-govem m ental pro­ m o t io n o f c u ltu r e , b a s e d o n a European exam ple, “H eritage D ays.”

There, the event takes place over two w e e k s in 4 8 cou n tries. F ran ce has been in volved in the event for about ten years, w ith m illio n s o f p artici­ pants flo w in g through guid ed tours o f f a b u lo u s a r c h ite c tu r e and antiques.

B rault e x p la in ed that b e c a u se Q uebec has few er historical m onu­ m e n ts , a M o n tr e a l-b a s e d e v e n t sh o u ld fo c u s on o n e o f Q u e b e c ’s m ost d istin ctiv e assets: its creative culture. H e estim ated that only seven per cent o f the population is in regu­ lar contact w ith the arts in general.

H e w a s e a g e r , h e e x p la in e d , to broaden the sc o p e to in clu d e m ore than the average theater or opera v is­ itor.

A f t e r q u ic k a p p r o v a l at th e sum m it, the w h eels o f develop m en t w e r e s e t in m o tio n . T h e e v e n t is based upon three basic principals: • That culture should be for all people.

• Artists them selves are the best

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at demonstrating their culture.

• M edia should be used as lever­ age to reach people w h o w ould oth­ erw ise have little or no contact with the arts.

This third edition o f Journées is su p p orted by an array o f b ig fish in c lu d in g H y d r o Q u e b e c , B e ll Q uebec, the governm ent o f Q uebec and M o u v e m en t d e s c a is s e s D e s j a r d in s . T h e fu tu r e o f Les Journées de la culture hopes to con ­ nect the average person to their cu l­ ture on a daily basis.

N o t o n ly d o e s t h is c r e a t io n prom ise to occu py our highly w aste­ ful tim e as stu d en ts w ith in tim ate and in te r a c tiv e “ g o o d , c le a n fu n ” tim e, but it w ill also help to prom ote excellen t little-heard-of artists. H ey, w e could even learn som ething for a change.

For more information on activi­ ties and locations, please contact (514) 281-2285 or 1 888 251-3255 or pick up the program of activities at YMCAs around Montreal, Maisons de la culture in every city, community centers, the Botanical gardens, or at the McCord museum.

B r ic k : P a s s i o n a t e i n t e g r i t y B y C laire C o o p e r B r ic k is n o t a m a g a z in e that you're lik ely to find at the grocery s to r e o r y o u r lo c a l d e p . B u t fo r brow sers at m ajor b o o k stores and the m any subscribers across Canada, In d ia, A u str a lia , E n g la n d and the U S , it is a m agazine that is noted for its quality and integrity.

B rick is a n o n -g lo s s y literary journal w hich publishes three tim es a year. It is a barebones m agazine; it has no advertising, black and w hite

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R e d h ill d e s c rib e s r e a d in g B ric k is lik e " lis te n in g to th e d in n e r p a r t y c o n v e rs a tio n o f v e ry e d u c a te d p e o p le . " p h o to in se r ts, and fe a tu re s c o lo u r only on the cover.

The first issu e w as produced in 1978; at the tim e it consisted entirely o f b o o k r e v ie w s by r e sp e c te d C an ad ian w r iter s. S in c e th en , the m agazine has gradually ev o lv ed into its presen t form , c o n ta in in g in ter­ view s, personal essays, and scholarly a r tic le s . S in c e 1 9 8 1 , it h a s b e e n u n d e r th e d ir e c t io n o f M ic h a e l O n d a a tje a n d L in d a S p a ld in g .

T oday, the journal provid es a plat­ fo rm fo r w riters w is h in g to share their thoughts and view s about a par­ ticular issu e or subject.

M ic h a e l R e d h ill, th e cu rren t m a n a g in g ed ito r, d iv id e s h is tim e betw een B rick and his ow n work as a poet, novelist, and playwright. In a recen t in terview , R ed h ill d iscu ssed the journal's m andate to "produce a C an ad ian literary jo u r n a l w ith an international scope."

H e explained that the only real com m on thread betw een the articles is that they are written from a pas­ sion ate, p ersonal and often c o n fe s­ sional stance, w h ile rem aining sch ol­ a r ly . T h e j o u r n a l is n o t s t r ic t ly Canadian, either in subject matter or in writers' nationality.

Redhill describes reading Brick as "listening to the dinner party c o n ­ versation o f very educated people."

T he articles are c o lle c te d in a variety o f interesting w ays, R edhill e x p la in e d . A b o u t h a lf o f the pu b ­ lish e d articles c o m e from random , unsolicited sources. Another third o f the articles are am assed by M ichael Ondaatje. Ondaatje com es into con ­ tact w ith w r iter s w ith in te r e stin g ideas and v ie w s, and th e se w riters are encouraged to subm it their nonfictional material. R edhill states that w h e n r e a d in g a p ie c e , "w e k n o w im m ediately if it’s for Brick."

R e d h ill m a in ta in s th a t it is B r ic k 's r ep u ta tio n th at d r a w s th e high calibre o f contributing writers an d n o t O n d a a tje 's n a m e a lo n e .

L inda Sp alding's nam e n o w stands a lo n e o n the m a st h ead as ed itor, w ith O n d aatje sh a rin g th e title o f

The current issue o f Brick c o n t r ib u t in g e d ito r w ith E sta S p ald in g. F ans h op in g for the lo st ch ap ters o f "The E n g lish Patient" w i l l b e d is a p p o in te d , th o u g h , as Ondaatje is primarily involved in the m agazin e's p rodu ction, p h otos and layout.

T h e l a t e s t i s s u e is a m ix o f interview s, dialogues and interesting essays ranging from war, poetry and tr a v e l. A s e g m e n t c a lle d " L ost Classics" focu ses on the response o f writers to books, now out o f print or hard to fin d , that had a p ro fo u n d

e ffe c t on th eir liv e s .

There is a lso an arti­ c le w r itte n b y W e s A n d erso n abou t tak ­ in g P a u lin e K a e l to see h is m o v ie " R u sh m o re" . K a e l's r e v ie w s in th e N e w Y ork er and b o o k s a b o u t f ilm i n s t ille d A nderson's interest in film .

H is a rticle is an accou nt o f taking the ageing K ael to see his o w n film , h op in g for an i n s i g h t f u l and provocative response, as w e l l a s a p p r o v a l fr o m a c r itic w h o s e v ie w s he e ste e m e d .

This essay is different in content from all o f th e o th e r s in B r ic k , but keeps the personal sty le the m agazin e is know n for. T his co n ­ s is te n t th e m e o f p e r ­ sonal reflection m akes the journal a c cessib le for those readers w h o m ay shy from its literary slant.

Brick is a one o f a kind m aga­ z in e th a t p r o v id e s a fo r u m fo r C anadian w riters and b ey o n d . T he n e x t is s u e w ill c o m e o u t in m id O ctober and costs $5.

P age 17

TRIB picks P lay [W ith M e ],

5 Movements based on real l ity] stories, written by Mauricio Delfin. will open at the Player's Theatre on Thursday September 23rd.

The play will run from from September 23-25. and September 28- October 2.

The show starts at 8:00 pm.

For tickets call 398-3816.

- Also on Thursday night.

McGill bands Pigeonhole and Zsëllsoul will be playing on the West Island at Clyde’s.

For more information, call 365-8455.

- On Tuesday, the 28th of September, the Faculty of Music is offering a Master's Recital by violinist Helga Dathe at 8:00 pm. Dathe will be playing selections from Beethoven. Shostakovich, Brahms and Prokoviev.

Admission is free.

- The last Sunday of every month is spoken word night at Blizzarts. Check it out this Sunday, the 27th of September.

- The Sadie Bronfman Centre for the Arts is offering an arts package. Rendez-vous for all people age 19-35. The pack­ age includes tickets to three shows, Grace and Glory. A Streetcar Named Desire, and Measure for Measure, two sneak previews to exhibits of Chris Cran and Leon Golub at the art gallery, a seat at the conference series being given by dancer Marie Schouinard. a discount on any Fine arts class, plus other bonuses. All this culture costs only $50.

Registration ends September 30th, call 739-2301 for details.

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Mystery, Alaska: The mystery is, you'll like it despite its faults

By M

a r ie

H . Sa v a r d

I can im a g in e the p itch to the D is n e y stu d io e x e c u tiv e s . “ W e w i l l c r e a te a g r ip p in g h o c k e y m o v ie a b o u t a little A la s k a n to w n c a lle d M y ste r y , w h e r e e v e r y o n e l i v e s f o r th e Satu rd ay aftern o o n h o c k e y g a m e.

W e ’ll g e t H a n k A z a r ia to p la y a fo r m e r r e sid e n t o f M y ste r y , n o w w ritin g for Sp orts Illustrated, w h o g e ts th em a fron t p a g e featu re in th e m a g a z in e an d th e in te r e st o f the N H L .

“W e ’ll g e t D a v id E. K e lle y to w rite it, y o u k n o w , the m an b eh in d th e Practice, Chicago Hope and Ally McBeal. T o h e lp h im w ith the h o c k e y s c e n e s , w e ’ll a lso g e t h is P rin ceton h o c k e y team m ate.

“W e ’ll le t Jay R o a c h (th e m an b e h in d Austin Powers) to d ir ec t, and w e w ill u se the m o n e y o f the P it t s b u r g h P e n g u i n s o w n e r , H o w a r d B a ld w in . W e m ig h t n o t b e ab le to secu re an y b ig stars, but th is w ill b e an e n se m b le p ie c e , so

Open Your Eyes closes down its g en ie B y P a u l S h e r id a n

I t ’ s s a d w h e n a f i lm m icro-gen re dies. A c le v e r idea, at first fresh and cap tivatin g, ev en tu ­ a lly lo se s its spark through overu se and p o o r im ita tio n . A c tio n -m o v ie fa n s s t i l l m o u r n th e l o s s o f th e “p r o ta g o n ist v s. terrorist group in an e n c lo sed sp ace” su b-genre. That su b -gen re, w h ich b egan w ith John M c T ie r m a n ’ s b r a c in g Die Hard, s lo w ly d e v o lv e d in to m e d io c r ity (Under Siege), th e n fo u n d i t s e l f reduced to utter banality (Air Force One). O nce an unarm ed A m erican P r e s id e n t d e p ic t e d in Air Force One w a s s in g le - h a n d e d ly ta k in g d o w n a group o f e v il, m ach in e gunto tin g R u ssia n a gen ts, it w a s tim e fo r m o v ie - g o e r s to p u t o n s o m e b lack form al w ear and head for the w ak e.

T h is r e v ie w d o u b le s as a o b itu a r y fo r th e la te s t e x h a u s te d su b -g en re, the “is this reality or a virtu al w o r ld ” f ilm . Its la st g a sp ( o n e h o p e s ) is th e S p a n is h f ilm

w e w ill hire a h u g e bu n ch o f th o se “ w h e r e h a v e I s e e n h im b e f o r e ” p e o p le , p lu s th e v e r y ta le n te d R u sse ll C row e of L.A.

Confidential.

“I f y o u ’re still n o t sure, w e ’ll throw in Burt R e y n o ld s, the N e w Y ork R a n g ers and c a m eo s by M ik e M y e r s , P h il E s p o s i t o an d L ittle R ichard. Im a g in e the p o s s i­ b i l i t i e s : f o r e p l a y in th e s n o w , s c e n i c m o u n t a in s , l o c k e r r o o m h u m o u r ... W e ’ll r e le a s e it at th e start o f the h o c k e y se a so n and call it Mystery, Alaska.”

I p r o b a b l y w o u ld have th o u g h t it w a s a g o o d id e a to o .

E x c e p t fo r L it t le R ic h a r d , w h o , a c c o r d i n g to t h e g u y s s i t t i n g b e h in d m e, “w ill sen d c h ills d o w n you r sp in e e v e n i f the sc e n e ry is n ’t c o ld e n o u g h , b e c a u se h is m ak eu p is as scary as the B la ir W itc h .” B u t se r io u sly , i f y o u are g o in g to se e th is m o v i e e x p e c t i n g g r e a tn e s s , y o u w ill b e d isap p oin ted .

A c c o r d i n g to o n e o f th e actors, “th is is n o Forrest Gump.”

c a n ’t h elp bu t ch e er for it, d esp ite its fa ilin g s.

D u r in g th e b ig “M y ste r y v s. the R an gers” g a m e at the en d , the a u d ie n c e at P a r a m o u n t c la p p e d w h e n e v e r M y s te r y s c o r e d , e v e n th o u g h w e ’v e all s e e n d o z e n s o f g a m e s p la y e d e x a c t l y th e s a m e w a y o n sc r ee n b e fo r e. M y a d v ic e

i s to w a it u n t il it c o m e s o u t o n v i d e o , a n d th e n w a tc h it w ith n o e x p e c ta tio n s . I f y o u can lo o k p ast e v ery th in g that’s w r o n g , y o u ’ll to fin d it en tertain ­ in g.

Life a s a y o u n g , H o lly w o o d u p -a n d -c o m e r An

By M

a r ie

H . Sa v a r d

“ F o r w h a t ’ s g o i n g o n in H o lly w o o d rig h t n o w , I f e e l o ld , w h ic h I k n o w so u n d s r id ic u lo u s,” s a y s C a n a d ia n a c t o r R a c h e l W ilso n , age 2 2 , w h o has b een m ak ­ ing a liv in g actin g in L .A . for over a year.

“O b v io u sly I can still play that [a 16 year old character],” exp lain s th e S te. C ath erin es n a tiv e, “but i f y o u put m e up a g a in st a real s ix ­ teen year old , I d o n ’t lo o k sixteen .

It is an advan tage to lo o k y o u n g .”

F ee lin g o ld d id n ’t prevent her fr o m s n a g g in g th e p a r t o f B u r t R e y n o ld s' d au ghter in the u p c o m ­ i n g f i l m , Mystery, Alaska ( s e e r e v ie w on th is p a g e ). S h e is a te en a g er w h o se h ig h -s c h o o l b o y f r i e n d p l a y s o n th e t o w n 's h o ck ey team .

Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos), d ir ec ted by A le ja n d r o A m en ab ar.

Open Your Eyes h a s a ll th e su b ­ g e n r e s’ requisite sc e n e s, sc e n e s all but id en tical to their counterparts in Total Recall a n d The Matrix.

O n e — th e m a le p r o t a g o n is t w i t ­ n e s s e s e v e n t s th a t “ c o u l d n o t occu r” in real life . T w o — T he pro­ t a g o n i s t p o n d e r s w h e t h e r h e is d r e a m in g or a w a k e . T h r e e — th e p rotagon ist k ills a num ber o f p e o ­ p le (or d o e s h e ? ). F o u r— a w is e , s o m e w h a t u n tr u s tw o r th y f ig u r e e x p la in s to the p rotagonist that his

T h e h u m our is cru de, the p lo t is fo r m u la ic , and the sto r y lin e s fly in 1 ,0 0 0 d irection s.

In 120 m in u tes y o u w itn e ss a ch ea tin g w ife , a heart attack, a fu n eral, a su perm arket in v a sio n , a g u y s h o t in th e f o o t , a tr ia l, another g u y hit in the h e a d w ith a s h o v e l , an u n a p p r e c ia te d w i f e ( n o t t o b e c o n f u s e d w i t h th e ch ea tin g o n e ), a je a lo u s husband, the return o f a h ig h sc h o o l sw e e t­ heart, a to w n a sse m b ly , a prem a­ ture e ja cu la to r , a so n try in g not to d is a p p o in t h is fa th e r , a w a sh e d -u p p la y er tryin g to c o p e w ith r e j e c t io n , a n d a g u y w h o d e s p e r a t e l y n e e d s to p r o v e to M y stery h e d id n ’t d e se r v e to be r ejected b e c a u se “h e p la y e d h o c k ­ e y lik e a h o m o s e x u a l.”

W h ic h is n o t to sa y I d id n ’t e n jo y it. A c r o s s b e tw e e n Picket Fences, Northern Exposure and the Mighty Ducks, m ad e for p e o ­ p le o v e r 12, M y ster y , A la sk a lik e the h o c k e y tea m at its c o r e , tries so hard to w in y o u o v e r that y o u

Penelople C. uz “ r e a l i t y ” i s t h e r e s u l t o f b ig m a c h in e s p lu g g e d in to h is brain.

W h o c a n th e p r o t a g o n is t tr u st?

W h ic h reality w ill the p rotagon ist accept? N o o n e cares anym ore.

T h is ju d g m e n t d o e s n o t im p ly that Open Your Eyes la c k s p o sitiv e m erits. Indeed, its first 9 0 m in u te s are q u ite g o o d . T h e lea d

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Wilson

W ilso n sa y s this role g a v e her a ch an ce to d e v e lo p her c o m ic tal­ ent, e sp e c ia lly during an aw kw ard m ake-out sc e n e in a sn o w p low .

“T h ey actually had to tone [the m o v i e ] d o w n a lo t," s a y s th e U n iversity o f T oronto graduate.

“D avid E. K elley [the w riter o f Mystery, Alaska ] i s h y s t e r i c a l .

C o m ed y is ch a llen g in g , but it’s the b e st w a y to te ll a sto r y . I ’m ju s t starting to get the hang o f w hat it’s like, and it’s som eth in g that I w ant to d o m ore.”

I f her face is fam iliar, it m ight b e b e c a u se y o u sa w her 5 se c o n d c a m e o in Austin Powers II th is su m m er, but c h a n c e s are y o u r ec ­ o g n iz e her from the sh o w that airs rep eatedly on Y T V , Breaker High.

C om e on, adm it it, y o u ’v e w atched it.

T h e r e ’ s n o n e e d to b e

a s h a m e d , a c c o r d in g to W i ls o n .

"They p layed it so m uch in Canada.

Y o u co u ld n 't turn on the T V w ith ­ out se e in g it, so w h a t [e ls e ] w e re y o u g o in g to w atch ?”

T h e sh o w w a s so popular w ith its target d em ographic that R achel has b e c o m e the su bject o f adulation o f b o y s a ll a r o u n d th e w o r ld . A w e b s ite c a lle d “T h e A b s o lu te A d o ra tio n o f R a c h e l W ils o n ” for e x a m p le , c o n ta in s a c o lle c tio n o f 3 0 0 pictures o f “the in sa n ely b eau­ tifu l R a c h e l.” “I ju s t d o n ’t k n o w w h o h as th e tim e to m ak e a p a g e lik e th at," s a y s W i ls o n . "I o n ly w en t on a c o u p le o f tim es...it freaks m e o u t a lit t le b it, but th e r e are w e b s ite s for e v er y th in g n o w , so I g u e ss it’s normal."

W ils o n i s n ’t a s p r o m in e n tly fe a tu r e d in M y s te r y A la s k a , but doesn 't se e that as a negative.

“I think I learned on the m o v ie that th e s iz e o f y o u r r o le d o e s n ’t m a tte r ...w o r k in g o n q u a lity p r o ­ j e c t s is s o s a t is f y in g ," sh e sa id .

"Plus it w a s a r ea lly b ig c a st, [so there w ere] a w h o le bunch o f p e o ­ p le I w a s so e x c ite d to w ork w ith .”

R achel m ay fe e l o ld at 22, but to h e a r h e r ta lk a b o u t h e r c r a ft, y o u ’d think s h e ’s had 35 years o f exp erien ce. “ I f i t ’s w h a t y o u w an t to d o, y o u h a v e to p ersevere," sh e sa y s. “ S o m e tim e s y o u ju s t n e e d o n e m o v ie , s o m e t im e s y o u n e e d ten .

H a lf the p eo p le w h o c o m e out here j u s t g i v e u p . A n d i t ’s te m p tin g , b e c a u s e y o u ’ re s c a r e d a n d y o u d o n ’t h ave any stab ility. B ut i f y o u fin d a jo b w h ere you can get paid for d o in g w hat you lo v e , w hat can be better than that?”

a c to r s, E d u a rd o N o r ie g a and P e n e lo p e C ruz are ta le n te d and h igh ly attractive.

N o r ie g a m a n ­ a ges som eh ow to p lay a charac­ ter w h o is unlika b le, y e t w orth y of sy m p a th y .

T h e f i l m ’ s d ia ­ l o g u e is tig h tly w r it t e n and Press Reiease w itty , e v e n w ith s u b t i t l e s .

A m e n a b a r ’ s d i r e c t i o n d o e s an e x c e lle n t jo b o f capturing the pro­ t a g o n is t ’s d is c o n c e r tin g s e n s e o f d é jà v u . T h e p r e s s p a c k a g e fo r Open Your Eyes c a lls it a “ph en om ­ enal p sy ch o lo g ic a l thriller” and i f it w e r e a c t u a l ly a ‘p s y c h o l o g i c a l th r ille r ’ it w o u ld b e p h e n o m e n a l.

D e s p it e i t ’s r e s s e m b la n c e to th e w o r k o f A l f r e d H it c h c o c k , th is film ’s true prem ise lie s in the realm o f sc ie n c e fiction . M ore sp e c ific a l­ ly , it is a typ e o f w e ll w orn thread­ bare s c ie n c e fic tio n w e h a v e se e n to o m any tim es before.

W h a t m a k e s Open Your Eyes d i f f e r e n t fr o m it s f e l l o w real/n ot real m o v ie s is that it on ly e x p o s e s its true nature in th e la st tw e n ty m in u te s o f th e film . O n c e th ese torpid final m inutes b eg in to u n s p o o l t h e m s e l v e s , a ll o f th e f i l m ’ s e n g a g i n g t h e m e s , w h ic h in clu d e the valu e o f p h y sica l b eau­ ty , th e e t h ic s o f c r y o g e n ic s , and a l i e n a t i o n , b e c o m e m in o r s e c ­ on d ary p la y e r s to th e b ig , d o p e y , o v e rd o n e th em e o f virtu al reality.

O n e w is h e s that th e film -m a k e r s c o u ld r e -s h o o t th e s e la s t tw e n ty m in u tes and thus p lace the film into a different genre. Sad ly, the fate o f

th is m o v ie is sealed , as is that o f its p rem ise. N e x t sum m er, w e can all lo o k forw ard to Virtual P residency: h a v e e v i l R u s s ia n s r e a lly ta k e n o ver the govern m en t, or is it all in H a r r is o n F o r d ’ s m in d ? L e t th e m ourning begin .

T R A V E L -T e a c h E n g lis h 5 d a y /4 0 hr. (O tt. O c t. 13 -1 7 ) T E S O L teacher cert, course (or b y c o r re sp .). 1 0 0 0 ’s o f jobs avail. N O W . F R E E in fo pack, toll free 1 - 8 8 8 - 2 7 0 - 2 9 4 1

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and demonstrates everything from fabrics that mimic bubblewrap and paper to textiles used to reinforce bus and truck tires. In the printed section, works by Sudo show designs printed on rayon using rusted barbed wire, nails and iron plates—materials usually found rusting in back yards, their decorative potential completely neglected. Other fab­ rics dem onstrate traditional Japanese cloth dying techniques by using natural indigo and pressing the cloth into rocks and pebbles which are occa­ sionally shifted, which results in one-ofa-kind patterns.

Looking at the various pieces it was hard to believe some of it was actually fabric; some pieces looked like rays of light reflect­ ing off water while a scarf by Uehara Michiko, made from the thinnest silk pos­ sible, looked like spun air. The collection high­

treating everyone to some extra (and pricey) works of art.

If you’re not the muse­ um type and can’t stomach the thought of looking at abstract paintings and giant sculptures this exhibi­ tion is tailor-made for you. It’s orig­ inal, interesting, small and you can touch !

Anot her big plus—i t ’s FREE, so the cash-strapped don’t have an excuse.

Trust me, you’ll be electri­ cally charging your drapes in no time.

The exhibition

being around all this fabric and not being able to touch it, a sentiment that was echoed

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sw itch from hard tod ligh t rhym es w ith c a s e and g r a c e . T r a c k s lik e "Maniac" and "Dog Match" featur­ in g D M X are tigh t u p liftin g b eats th at m e ta p h o r ic a lly sp e a k o f the R u ff R yders rise in the rap industry.

Listeners are invited into E ve's w orld on the track, "H eaven O nly K nows." It tells a story o f her life as a yo u n g , black and strong w om an.

E ve is thinking p ositive and m oving forward beyond the m istakes o f her past. O n e o f her m e ssa g e s states, "Do p ositive and p ositive w ill happen."

D M X , D r a g -O n and the L o x firm ly back up Eve's so lo effort. The tr a ck , " S c e n a r io 2 0 0 0 " , d is p la y s their different rhym ing sk ills w hich is bound to get heads bum ping to the R u ff R y d er sig n a tu re so u n d o n c e more.

E v e ’s C D b l o w s u p lik e lit dynam ite from the first track to the last o n e . It’s a d e fin ite m u st-h ave for all h ip h o p and rap lo v er s.

to u c h , and t h a n k f u lly , th is tim e around, Conrad has the courage to step aw ay from the m ic and let the m usic to m ost o f the talking for hint.

A tim eless album , and a must have for an yon e cravin g th o se e m o tiv e , hypnotic beats w hich have put G ood L ooking R ecords o n the map.

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Adrian Rue Leipsic

LTJ B u kem fe a tu rin g M .C . C o n ra d Pro gressio n Sessions V o lu m e F o u r W ith in th e p a st y e a r th e r e ’s been a strong tendency for produc­ e r s o f d r u m ’n ’ b a s s to p u m p o u t h a r d -e d g e , d a n ce flo o r o r ie n ta te d tracks w hich are often too im posing o r earsp iittin g to be taken all that s e r io u s l y w it h in th e c o m fo r t o f o n e ’s liv in g ro o m . LTJ B u k e m ’s lo n g aw aited P rogression S e ss io n s V o lu m e F o u r m a r k s a w e l c o m e c h a n g e to th is u n fo rtu n a te tren d .

T his album is ju st about as chill as d ’n ’b is g o in g to g e t, and a n y o n e w h o saw Bukem at Sona last M arch k n ow s exactly what 1 m ean.

W e ’re talking intelligent: sou l­ ful trum pet lin es, orch estral v io lin sam ples, and low -en d analog synths, the w h ole lot then glazed to perfec­ tio n w ith th e trad em ark a m b ie n t reverb so characteristic o f the G ood L o o k in g L a b e l s o u n d . M .C .

Conrad’s soothing vocals add a n ice

Eve (Ruff Ryders/ Interscope Records)

— Ricky C. Gordon

R u ff R y d ers' first la d y , E v e , a im s fo r g o ld w ith h er s e lf-title d debut album. T he associate produc­ er, S w iz z B eatz, provid es a variety o f b e a ts w h ic h c o m p lim e n t E v e ’s ly ric s to p erfectio n . S h e c o n tin u es on the s u c c e s s o f her g o ld s in g le "What Ya Want" from the R yde or D ie v o l.l com pilation w ith the first released track, "Gotta Man".

Eve o o z e s w ith con fid en ce and an in d e p e n d e n t au ra th a t c o m e s across in her m usic. S h e is able to

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in th e G h e tto Cash M o n e y/U n ive rsa l T h e ea rly su m m er r e le a s e o f this C ash M oney records star m ade a huge im pact on the rap industry. It proved that the new label had anoth­ er legitim ate star b e sid e s Ju ven ile, and that it had the production talent to consistently produce hits.

T h e first sin g le o f f the album "C ash M o n e y is an A rm y" is an addictive track, with a truly original beat. The son g, and B .G .'s signature rapping sty le m ade it, at the tim e, the hottest rap sin gle o f the sum m er.

T h a t is u n til " B rin g, B rin g" w a s released in A ugust. T his son g is by far the best on the album and could be the b est o f the year. A s a refer­ en ce to the shine o f f their diam ond e n c r u s te d m e d a llio n s , b r a c e le ts , r in g s , e t c , th e s o n g f e a tu r e s J u v e n ile, LIT W ayn e (w h o w ill be the next big thing, once his album is released) and Turk.

N o w , b e in g an in d e p e n d e n tsty le sou th ern -m ad e albu m m eans th at it's 21 tr a c k s , th a n k s to th e p reced en ce set by the form er m as­ te r s o f th e u n iv e r s e N o L im it Records. U nfortunately, that m eans that there is m ore than a fair share f i l l e r m a te r ia l.

N o n e th e le s s , "Chopper City..." has tw o o f the best s in g le s to c o m e a lo n g in a w h ile ,

B a c k in ‘8 8 w h e n n o w l e g ­ e n d a r y d u o E r ic k S e r m o n and Parrish S m ith r ecord ed the albu m ‘S tr ictly B u s in e s s ’, it w o u ld h a v e been im possib le for anyone to fore­ se e the huge im pact and su ccess that the tw o w ou ld have in shaping the rap industry — em phasizing lyrical p r e c is io n , an d in n o v a tiv e reco rd sa m p lin g . E lev e n y ea rs later, it’s u n fortu n ate that f o llo w in g 1 9 9 7 ’s h u g e ly su cc e ssfu l ‘B a c k in B u s i n e s s ’ , th e d u o ’ s ‘b u s i n e s s ’ a lb u m s arc n o w c o m in g t o a m e d io c r e c l o s e . T h e a lb u m ’ s d e s c e n t , b u t n o t s p e c t a c u la r .

M u s ic a lly , it h as th e sa m e h e a v y beats, and layered instrum entals as on the last record (adm ittedly a solid fo r m u la ), and ly r ic a lly th ere are on ly spattered m om ents o f brilliance a m id s t a n o t h e r w is e p r e d ic ta b le vocal landscape. What keeps this on e on the charts are those tracks that f e a tu r in g g u e s t s , in c lu d in g B u s ta R h y m e s o n ‘ R ap is O u tta C o n t r o l ’ , a n d M e th o d M a n , R ed m a n , M .O .P an d r o o k ie L ady L u c k o n ‘F u n k , th e S y m p h o n y 2 0 0 0 ’— probably the best track on th e d i s c .

A s th e m ille n n iu m a p p ro a ch es, and m an y p on d er the f a t e o f b o th r a p , an d th e m u s ic ind ustry a s a w h o le , I still b e lie v e th at, d e s p ite th e s h o r tc o m in g s o f th is a lb u m , E P M D w ill b e b a ck w ith so m e m ore o f the g o o d stu ff so o n .

—Daniel Shogilev

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S till l o o k i n g f o r a g o o d p l a c e t o p a r k C o n ce rt Review: Parkside Jones at Le Swimming on Friday, September 17th B y Jeff H a l l - M

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Jazz and b lu e s sch o la r A lbert M u r r a y h a s n o t e d th a t m u s ic is “b est w h en heard in its elem en t.”

T h e r e a s o n b e i n g th a t it is often d ifficu lt to separate the m usic fr o m th e c u ltu r a l fr a m e w o r k in w h ich it ex ists. H earing blu es in an o ld M ississip p i barrelhouse, ja z z at the B lu e N o te in N e w Y ork C ity, or B ruce Springsteen in o n e o f 15 sold out sh o w s at the M ead ow lan d s, for e x a m p l e , a c c o r d s th e l is t e n e r a m ore appropriate c o n te x t in w h ic h to evalu ate the performer.

T h u s, w h e n c h e c k in g o u t Parkside Jones, the forefathers (and m other) o f M c G ill’s funk tradition, at L e S w im m in g , th e tr a d itio n a l preferred v e n u e for su ch acts, the cards w ere dealt for what I hop ed to be a fu lfillin g Friday even in g.

W h e n th e f i v e p i e c e o u t f i t began p layin g, h ow ever, m y hop es g r a d u a lly d i m i n i s h e d . G r a n te d , th ese gu ys w ere churning out pretty so lid fun k, m o stly from their n e w album “M in d the G ap,” w h ile being held d ow n by so lid rhythm section c o m p o se d o f fluid b a ssist Peter X , steady drum m er M ik lo s S za sz, and e c c e n tr ic p e r c u s s io n is t S p a n k y H orow itz.

T he upper end w as a little flat, tr u m p e t a n d v o c a l i s t R y h n a

T h o m p s o n ’s s in g in g and p la y in g w ere both u n r e m a r k a b le , a n d g u i t a r is t M a tt L e d e r m a n ’s e le c t r ic g u it a r s o l o s w e r e s lo p p y . B y c o n tr a s t h is a c o u s tic p la y in g w as r h y t h m i c a ll y fo r c e f u l a n d a d d e d a c o o l D a v e M a tth e w s lik e tw ist to several o f th e tu n es.

U n f o r t u n a t e ly , th e F e n d e r R h o d e s , t h is tim e b e in g h o n e d b y A n to in e G raton o f the P o th o le s , w a s a little l o w in th e m i x a n d , th e r e fo r e , d if f ic u lt to hear.

In te r m s o f s o n g w r i t in g , th e t u n e s s e e m e d a little p re­ d i c t a b l e d e s p i t e th e u n iq u e in str u m e n ta tio n . T h e tw o s i n g e r s e m p l o y e d o n l y l im it e d v o c a l harm onies, but did e n g a g e in p r e c is e rh y th m ic e x c h a n g e s from tim e to tim e. T h e tem p o w as upbeat and pretty stea d y on the O n e (i.e . th e f ir s t b e a t, a fu n k s ta n d a r d ), cou ld h ave b een heavier. S p an k y’s a u x illia r y p e r c u s s io n h ig h lig h t s w e re so lid , particu larly se q u en ce d triplets ham m ered out on a m ulti c o w b e ll rig len d in g a distinct Latin

f e e l to s o m e o f th e p i e c e s . T h e m u sical h igh ligh t w a s clearly Peter X ’s b a s s p la y in g , h is m e lo d ic m ea n d erin g s, and c o n siste n t fu n k , d om inatin g the sh ow .

B e y o n d a n y s t r i c t m u s ic a l c o n s id e r a tio n s fo r w h a t th e ban d m e m b er s term to b e a “fu n k a listpopbojazzarockproduction” , w hat is probably m ost im portant is the fact th a t th e b a n d i s a b le t o g e t th e crow d dan cin g - perhaps the source

o f th e ir e m e r g ­ in g c o m m e r c ia l s u c c e s s . In an ap p a ren t d e v ia ­ t i o n , fr o m th e u s u a l c lu b /b a r b u m p n ’ g r in d s c e n e , th e m u l t i ­ tu d e s o n th e d a n ce flo o r at Le S w im m i n g a ll s e e m e d to d an ce in e ith e r c o m fo r ta b le s o litu d e o r p la y fu l c a m a r a d e r ie p u llin g o u t h ip p ie s p in s , o ld s c h o o l b r e a k s, or a m ateu r sh u ffle s w h ile h o p ­ in g fo r an o ft-p e r ­ fo r m e d A verage W h ite B a n d c o v e r .

In this respect, I can certain ly understand w h y b ig nam es such as T reb le C harger, B lu e R od eo, and legend ary funk am bassad or M a ceo P a r k e r w o u ld c h o o s e P a r k s id e Jon es as their o p en in g band.

P erso n a lly , I so m e tim e s doubt w h ether the average M cG ill student at th e e v e n t e v e n p a id th a t m u ch attention to the m usic; on e dancing first-year w h o se op in ion I ask ed for about the sh o w , sim p ly offered the n o n -se q u itu r r e s p o n s e , “y e a h I ’m w asted .” W hether h e represents an

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R ed m en fo o tb a ll h a v e t o g e t it d o n e o n th e road M cG ill d ro p s second s tra ig h t o n h o m e t u r f w ith 2 0 -1 4 loss to Laval R o ug e et O r O ttaw a, the k ey is g o in g to b e for u s to p u t s o m e p r e ssu r e o n h im , c o n ta in h im , an d sto p th e p a s s ,”

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started th is se a so n s lo w , bu t g u y s lik e N ic k (H o ffm a n n ) a n d L o u is

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D u ch esn e are really p ick in g up our o f f e n s e “ s a id P u m u lo S ik a n e ta ,

the d ecid in g factors in the g a m e .”

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J o s h S o m m e r f e ld t — s t r u g g le d early on, the R ed m en w e re able to rely on the stren gth s o f their run­

F r e s h o f f th e h e e l s o f th e ir o p en in g day lo ss to C on cordia, the

s e c o n d q u a r te r , r o o k ie f u llb a c k

n in g g a m e . M id -w a y th ro u g h the N ic k H o ffm a n n b o w le d o v e r tw o

p leasan t su rp rise, th ey d id n ’t g iv e up a sack and created so m e h o le s

M cK innon .

for our g u y s to run through,” added c o a c h B a illie . “ O ur b a c k s d id n ’t gain h u g e yards, but th ey p lu g g ed u p th e h o l e s a n d e n a b l e d u s to

T hroughout th e h a lf, M cK in n on lo o k e d m ore relaxed at the quarterback p o sitio n and threw a num ber o f su cc e sfu l c o m p letio n s,

m o v e the ball. B all con trol, w h ich w e d id p retty w e ll to n ig h t, is the

in c lu d in g a d a z z lin g 3 1 -yard er to B e n W ea rin g w h o c a u g h t the ball

b a sis o f our o ffe n siv e strat­

at the e d g e o f the sid e lin e and m an­ aged to k eep h is tw o fe e t in bounds

“T h e b o y s o n o - l in e w e r e a

eg y -” T h e b a l a n c e o f th e g a m e s w u n g in L a v a l ’ s f a v o u r at th e sta r t o f th e third quarter. R o u g e et Or

O r d e fe n d e r s w h ile m u s te r in g an

s p e e d y w id e o u t S im o n V e r o n n e a u fo r a 3 7 y a r d to u ch d o w n strike d ow n the

im p r essiv e 13 yard run. “ I w a s h a p p y w it h th e w a y D a v e p la y ed out there, “ said coach

s id e lin e s to g iv e L aval the

B a illie on M c K in n o n ’s 1 0 -2 3 for

le a d . A q u ic k la p s e in the d e fe n s iv e se c o n d a r y o v e r ­

w e r e a c o u p l e o f d r o p p e d b a lls

effort throughout the rest o f the gam e.

Special te a m s S p e c ia l te a m s p la y e d

se c o n d ranked team in th e nation,

R o u g e et Or defen d ers e n route to a

M cG ill g o t o f f to a le s s than stellar start a g a in st n u m b er fo u r ran k ed

short-three yard to u c h d o w n run to e v en the score.

T h e R e d m e n p a s s i n g a tta c k

L aval.

S e a rch in g fo r b o u n ce back T h e R o u g e e t Or, after taking o v e r o n th e M c G ill 2 4 y a r d lin e fo llo w in g a m isse d field g oal early in the first-quarter, em barked on a lo n g , clock -d rain in g d rive on their first p o sse ssio n . L aval rookie quar­

p icked up in the se c o n d h alf, but it w a s the running g a m e that carried the M cG ill attack. L o u is D u ch esn e led th e w a y w ith 7 5 y a r d s o n th e g r o u n d . R u n n in g b a c k P u m u lo S ik o n e ta c r e d ite d th e o f f e n s i v e l i n e f o r i m p r o v e m e n t s in th e M cG ill ground attack.

“O ur runn ing g a m e d id s o m e g o o d th in g s ou t there to n ig h t, w e

b efore fa llin g out.

M c K i n n o n , n o t n o r m a l ly k n o w n for b e in g fle e t fo o ted , e v e n m anaged to e lu d e several R o u g e et

q u a r te r b a c k B e r tr a n d h it

sh a d o w ed the te a m ’s hard­ h itting and sou n d d e fe n siv e

Redm en try to h a lt the L aval a tta c k

Patrick Fok

in to th e a c tio n , and cau gh t the first to u ch d o w n pass o f h i s c a r e e r , an 1 8 y a r d e r fr o m

Yves Theriault

“ a n o th e r k e y fa c to r in th e R ed m en d efeat. T w o m isse d field g o a l s , fr o m 2 9 an d 3 7 y a r d s, b y k ic k e r A n a n d P illa i p r o v e d to be the d ifferen ce in points. “ It’s a b itte r lo s s , w e p la y e d w e ll e n o u g h to b e a t th e m ,” sa id d o w n t r o d d e n s e n i o r l in e b a c k e r O liv ie r L e fe b v r e w h o o n c e a g a in le d th e w a y fo r th e R e d ’n w h ite w ith 1 1 .5 t a c k le s . “ O u r d e f e n c e w a s c o m m u n ic a tin g m u c h b e tte r o u t th ere to d a y and p la y e d r ea lly w e l l e x c e p t fo r th e la p s e s at th e b e g in n in g o f the first h a lf and s e c ­

1 1 6 ya rd s p e r fo rm a n c e . “ T h ere w h ic h w e r e n ’t h is fa u lt th a t hurt him . In order to raise h is le v e l e v en further he n e e d s to d e v e lo p c o n fi­ d e n c e o u t th e r e , an d w h e n g u y s d r o p c a t c h a b l e b a l l s it d o e s n ’ t h elp .”

D e s p ite th e p r o m isin g s h o w ­ in g o f M c K in n o n , c o a c h B a i ll i e and the R ed m en are h op in g to have starter Josh S o m m e rfe ld t b ack for th e O tta w a g a m e . T h e return o f sev era l oth er injured R ed m en v e t­ e r a n s — in c lu d in g r e c e iv e r R o b P o sth u m u s , fu llb a c k M a rc F reer, a n d c o r n e r b a c k T im T o s h — is e a g e r ly a w a it e d b y th e R e d m e n w h o are in dire n e e d o f a v icto ry n e x t w e e k a gain st a to u g h O ttaw a team . T h e k e y for M c G ill w ill be its a b ility to sto p th e p o te n t G e e G ee attack, led by versatile quarter­ back Phil C ote. “ C o te is a g r e a t p la y e r on

7 0

3 7

7 7

3 0

-2 0 -1 4

First Quarter Lav - TD Bertrand 2 yard run (Gagne convert)..................................................9 :5 2 Second Quarter McG - TD Hoffman 1 yard run (Pillai conver)................................................... 1 0 :4 7 Lav- FG Gagne 3 3 .....................................................1 1 :1 3 Third Quarter Lav - TD Veronneau 5 7 yard pass from Bertrand (Gagne convert)..................................................0 :3 5 McG- TD Arnold 1 8 yard pass from McKinnon (Pillai convert)........................ ............................ 9 :4 5 Fourth Quarter Lav - FG Gagne 3 8 .............................................

Attendance - 2 ,8 6 2 TEAM STATS First downs..........................

Yards rushing.......................

Yards passing......................

Total offence........................

Team lo s se s ........................

Net offence...........................

P asses made/attempted Return yards........................

Interceptions....................... .

Turnovers..............:..............

Penalties-yards....................

Lav 17 126 212 338 0 338 14-26 237 0 1 17-125

5 :5 5

McG 18 179 136 315 2 313 11-25 109 0 3 9-60

Individual S ta ts Rushing: Lav - Brassard 8-61, Lefebvre 8-29, Bertrand 5-36; McG - Duchesne 9-75, Sikaneta 104 5 , Hoffman 11-45, McKinnon 3-14, Dawodu 2-5, Wearing 2- -5.

Receiving: Lav - Robitaille 5-69, Veronneau 1-57, Welman 2-24, Robiliard 1-21, Brassard 2-18, Lefebvre 2-14, Apollon 1-9; McG - Wearing 6-82, Piche 1-20, Arnold 1-18, McKellar 1-12, Derman 19 , Dawodu 1- -5 Passing: Lav - Bertrand 14-25, 2 1 2 yds, 1 TD, 0 int; Chapdelaine 0-1, 0 yds, 0 TD, 0 int; McG McKinnon 10-23, 1 1 6 yds, 1 TD, 0 int; Cook 1-1, 2 0 yds, 0 TD, 0 int; Couillard 0-1, 0 yds, 0 TD, 0 int.

Martlet hockey vs. Brebeuf, Saturday 6:30 p.m. at McConnell Arena McGill Rugby vs. Concordia, Saturday 1:00 p.m. at Rutherford Park Martlet soccer vs. UQAM, Friday 6:30 p.m., at Molson Stadium.

Mart let Volleyball at Université de Montreal Volleyball tournament, Friday thru Sunday. Call for times.

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T he Mc G ill T ribune, Tuesday, 21 September 1998

R ed m en slip, slid e , a n d p ick u p v ic to r y in o p e n in g g a m e B y Ed v a r d G

th is y ea r.”

lü c k sm à n

“ W e w ere fa c e d w ith d iffic u lt c o n d itio n s bu t th e w h o le te a m p u t

In fron t o f f e w b u t th e o p e n h e a v e n s , th e R e d m e n in c h p a s t S h erb ro o k e 1-0.

in a g r e a t e ffo r t to d a y .

W e ’re the b ig g e s t secret

T h u r s d a y n i g h t , th e m e n ’ s s o c c e r team p la y e d th eir first o f f i­

at M c G ill r ig h t n o w as w e ’r e r a n k e d o n l y 8th

c ia l g a m e o f th e se a so n a g a in st th e U n iv e r s ity o f S h e r b r o o k e . It had ra in ed th ro u g h o u t th e d a y an d as

in th e co u n tr y . W e ju s t h a v e to k e e p o n w in ­ n i n g , ”- s a i d a f a i r l y

s o m e m e m b e r s o f th e w o m e n ’ s team c o n firm e d , the artificial turf

p le a se d R a im o n d o after th e g a m e . “W e w e re v e r y u n lu c k y b e fo r e the

o f th e P e r c iv a l M o ls o n S ta d iu m w as w et and so g g y and m ade

g o a l to d a y a n d w e c o u l d n ’t q u ite e x p r e s s

p a s sin g an d b all co n tro l d ifficu lt.

T h is f a c t w a s e v id e n t a ll th rou gh th e g a m e , ren d erin g it, at tim e s , slo p p y and in c o h e re n t, and

o u r s e l v e s th e w a y w e w a n t e d t o ( d u e t o th e w e a th e r c o n d itio n s ):

m a d e i t v e r y d i f f i c u l t f o r b o th te a m s to im p o s e th e ir o w n ta ctical

The

ad ju st to th e se so m e w h a t d em o ra l­

w e a th e r c o n d itio n s m ay h a v e in h ib ite d th eir true

a d e f e n s iv e g a m e h ig h lig h te d b y

p o te n tia l, it p r o v e d that

b rillian t ta c k lin g a n d c o v e r a g e b y s e c o n d y e a r d e fe n d e r G in o L a lli.

th e y w e re a b le to adapt to th e situ a tio n : a s ig n o f m atu rity an d e x p e r i­ e n c e in th is sq u a d c o n ­ t a in in g a w h o l e s e v e n

“ G in o p l a y e d a h u g e g a m e fo r u s to d a y ” , sa id P at R a im o n d o , w h o w ith th e 1 -0 w in , o p e n e d h is a s M c G ill h e a d

r o o k ie s.

c o a c h . “H e w a s n ’t a lo n e o u t there th o u g h , J a s o n F o r s y th c a m e up b ig .”

Rain a in 't g on na stop the Redmen from representin' O f f e n s iv e ly , th e R ed m en

D efence m akes a

w e re c le a r ly m ore p ro d u ctiv e than

stan d

th e ir o p p o n e n ts w h o w e r e fo r c e d in to a lm o st a b s o lu te ste rility dur­ in g m u c h o f th e en cou n ter.

S h er b r o o k e ’s b e st o ffe n s iv e op p ortu n ity c a m e th rou gh a h e a d ­

T h e R e d m e n g o a lie w a s fo r ­ tu n a te e n o u g h to h a v e e x c e ll e n t d e f e n d e r s w h o a l l o w e d h im to b e c o m e a m ere sp ecta to r th rou gh ­ o u t m o s t o f th e g a m e . W h e n h e w a s a s k e d to p e r fo r m , h o w e v e r , F o rsy th sh o w e d n o trou b le in han­ d l i n g t h e s l i p p e r y b a ll a n d th e q u ic k b o u n c e s b ro u g h t o n b y the rain.

e r o f f t h e c r o s s b a r in th e 5 0 t h m in u te . T h e R e d m e n to o , h ad th eir o w n d o s e o f b ad lu c k a s th ey m a d e th e ir o p p o n e n t s ’ g o a lp o s ts trem b le tw ic e , first o n a h ead er by J ason F ren ette in th e 5 9 th m in u te a n d la te r th r o u g h an a tte m p t b y

Brooke Goldstein

84th .

N e w star fo r R e dm e n R o o k ie C a m e r o u n a is m id ­ f ie ld e r G u y A n a b a -A n a b a e n te r ­ ta in ed the fe w fa n s w ith h is q u ick fo o tw o r k , h is in c is iv e lo n g -r a n g e p a s s in g w h ic h , at t im e s , le f t th e S h er b r o o k e d e f e n s e in a sta te o f c o n fu s io n , and h is sw e r v in g freek ic k in th e 4 2 n d m in u t e w h ic h f le w j u s t h ig h o f th e cro ssb a r . It

w ith a s h o t th a t d e f l e c t e d o f f a n earby d e fe n d e r and p ast th e c o n ­

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Friday, O cto be r 15th, vs.

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te a m c a p t a in R e h a n A l i in th e

w a s h e a ls o , w h o b r o u g h t o n th e v i c t o r y in t h e 8 2 n d m in u t e b y e n d in g a m ad sc r a m b le in th e b o x

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S p o rts Page 25

M artlets so c c e r sta rts o ff s e a s o n righ t a t M o lso n S ta d iu m R o o k ie -la d e n te a m d e b u ts in im p re ssive fashion B y T he M

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M e la m e d . “T h is g a m e sa y s a lot abou t our team . W e m ad e a lo t o f

In th e ir fir s t r e g u la r -s e a s o n w eekend o f 1 9 9 9 , w ith rev a m p ed lin eu p , the M c G ill M artlets w e n t u n d e fea te d and sta n d at 1 -0 -1 . M c G ill b e a t

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a fter r e c e iv in g the b a ll and turn­

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th in k s that h is y o u n g tea m h as a

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g r o u n d th e w a y w e lik e , b u t w e

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lo n g w a y to g o b e fo r e it rea c h e s top form .

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sea so n ,

coach

M o u n ic o t

“ W e ’re n o t r ea d y y e t, w e n e e d an oth er tw o or three w e e k s o f w o r k b e fo r e w e c a n c o n s id e r

S h e r b r o o k e at h o m e 2 - 0 on

o u r se lv e s a v e ry strong te a m ,” he sa id after th e op en er. “T h is g a m e

T h u r s d a y , t h e n t i e d r iv a l L a v a l 2 -2 in Q u e b e c C ity o n Saturday.

w a s the p e r fe c t o c c a s io n to g iv e our y o u n g er p la y ers s o m e p la y in g e x p e rien ce ; w e ’ll h a v e a stronger

The r e m a in s of H u r r ic a n e F lo y d w r e a k e d

te s t a g a in s t L a v a l and U Q A M

h a v o c w ith th e M c G ill an d

(n e x t w e e k ).”

Sherbrooke

In a r e m a tc h o f l a s t y e a r ’ s Q U S L fin a lists, M cG ill tied L aval 2 - 2 in Q u e b e c C i t y t w o d a y s la te r . S c o r in g fo r M c G ill w e r e

sq u a d s

in

T h u rsd ay e v e n in g ’s se a so n o p e n e r at M o ls o n S ta d iu m .

U n d e r th e c o n tin u o u s d o w n ­ pour, the M artlets e a s ily o u t­

K iran N a y a r a n d E v a M e la m e d .

c la s s e d th e o v e rm a tc h e d V ert

L a v a l t ie d th e g a m e in th e 9 0 th

e t O r, b u t c o u ld n ’t p r o d u c e

m in u te.

O n F riday e v e n in g at M o ls o n S ta d iu m , M c G ill w i l l f a c e

m o r e th a n t w o g o a l s in an e n v ir o n m e n t th a t w a s n ’ t fa v o u r a b le to o ffe n c e .

UQAM ,

a te a m lo a d e d w ith

a d d itio n s fro m the se m i-p r o L a v a l D y n a m ite s o f th e W -L e a g u e .

R ainy d a y w o m e n “T h e w ea th er acted as an eq u a lizer. It c h a n g e d the w a y the g a m e flo w e d , and slo w e d u s d o w n q u ite a bit. S till, it’s s o c c e r , w e h a v e to b e p r e ­

M a rtle t action on a rain-slicked M olson stadium tu rf

p a r e d to p l a y in t h i s t y p e o f w e a th e r,” sa id M artlet striker E v a

N e w S e r ie s

h a v e to b e m o r e c o n s is t e n t an d

g o a l lea d in the 3 2 n d m in u te, fin ­

h alf, bu t w e lo s t s o m e m o m en tu m

w e h a v e to w o r k o n o u r f i n i s h ­ in g .”

M e la m e d sc o r e d th e g a m e ’s

ish in g o f f a b eau tifu l p a ssin g play from r o o k ie A la n n a M a lo n e y w ith a lo w sh o t in to the c o m er .

M c G ill c o m p le te ly d o m in a t­

later o n ,” said L ab rom , w h o w a s n a m ed M c G ill’s g a m e M V P .

“T h e c o n d itio n s w e r e r e a lly bad

ed the g a m e in the first h alf, tak­ in g a d v a n t a g e o f a S h e r b r o o k e

d if f ic u lt to ju d g e an d to c o n tr o l

f i r s t g o a l in t h e 2 0 t h m i n u t e ,

W o m en ln S h a p e: b o d y a n d m in d B y C h r is t in e N

go

"I w i l l turn o v e r a n e w l e a f this year."

"This w ill be the year w h en I w ill turn m ÿ life around."

"This year, I w ill (both ) w ork hard and play hard."

C o n v e r s a t io n s at th e b e g i n ­ n in g o f th e s c h o o l y e a r are o ften m a r k e d by su c h in s p ir a tio n a l w ord s. F or the ty p ic a l u n iv ersity student, this tim e o f year is a c c o m ­ pan ied by aspirations and p rom ises o f an overall im p roved life sty le.

T h e future lo o k s b right, w ith a ca d em ic, so c ia l, and m ayb e e v e n gen eral health and fitn e ss ch a n g es in store. B ut the first fe w days o f c la sse s q u ick ly turn in to w e ek s, the d aily grind b eck o n s again, and the p ro m ises are so m e tim e s forgotten .

It is said it takes 31 d ays to form a n e w h ab it. S o , it m u st ta k e e v e n lon ger to break an old one.

T h is n e w s e r ie s o f a r t ic le s , " W o m e n ln S h a p e" s tr iv e s to h e lp p e o p le to fu lfill their p rom ises and to a c h ie v e im p r o v e d p e r so n a l h e a lth an d f it n e s s . H o p e f u lly , it w ill a ls o su c c e e d in e n c o u r a g in g a n d m a in ta in in g a h ig h l e v e l o f interest in w om en 's sports, fitn ess, and health around the M cG ill cam ­ pus.

S o m e prelim inary id eas about c o n c e r n s a n d i s s u e s to b e add ressed in this series: p rovid in g in fo r m a tio n a b o u t h e a lt h /f it n e s s ev en ts taking p lace both on and o f f

Louis Huang

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M o n tr ea l. "But L o to Q u e b e c h as all the righ ts to sp orts b e ttin g , and a s o f n o w , th e y h a v e n 't g iv e n u s

Isa b e lle L e v a c. "There is a restau ­ r a n t th a t o v e r l o o k s th e tr a c k , a g rou p o f sn a ck b a rs, and o f co u r se , th e races. B e s t o f all, it's free a d m issio n , and free parking."

p e r m issio n to start a sp ortsbook ."

W h e n b e ttin g o n g a m e s w ith th is and an d do,

e sta b lis h m e n t, p o in t sp re a d s ov er/u n d ers are still th e bread butter o f th e op era tio n . T h e y h o w e v e r , o ffe r tw is ts and

M o n tr ea l and th e T o r o n to S u n. A q u ick

g o o d i e s fo r th e ir p a tr o n s , ite m s

in tern et search ca n a ls o lo c a te

l i k e p a r la y c a r d s , m o n e y l i n e s , fu tu res, and a w h o le s le w o f o th ­

o n e q u i c k ly . I f y o u

e r s th a t w i l l a ll b e e x p la in e d in

h a v e a c r e d it card , y o u c a n start b ettin g o n th e se g a m e s as so o n as y o u w an t.

T h e c o m p a n y w ill ta k e a lu m p su m o u t o f y o u r c a r d , sa y

d e ta il i f y o u sig n up w ith o n e o f th e se se r v ic e s.

$ 2 0 0 to sta r t, a n d y o u c a n p la y w ith th a t m o n e y . I f it r u n s o u t,

m ore o f a tradition al fie ld o f b e t­ tin g, h orse ra cin g is the tick et. T h e

H ip p o d ro m e F o r t h o s e w h o p r e f e r a b it

W it h a l l o f t h e s e o p t i o n s a h e a d o f y o u , th e r e 's n o r e a s o n w h y y o u r t u it io n c o s t s c a n 't b e c o v e r e d w ith o n e g o o d w e e k e n d o f b ettin g.

W e ll, th ere is o n e g o o d rea­ so n . Y o u w ill p ro b a b ly lo s e y o u r m o n e y , g e t k ic k e d o u t o f s c h o o l and then b e red u ced to c a llin g o n e o f th e se tw o num bers: G am b lers A n o n y m o u s - (5 1 4 ) 4 8 4 -6 6 6 6 G a m b lin g H e lp and R eferral (5 1 4 ) 5 2 7 -0 1 4 0

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