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She did what to two hundred and fifty one men in a ten hour period? How? These are just some of the reactions that people have when first hearing about pom star Annabel Chong's sexploits. For those unfamiliar with her story, Chong is the woman who, in 1995, set a world record by having sex with 251 men in a ten hour period. This magic moment was captured on video tape and brought to the public through the brilliant produc tion of master John Bowen. Yet, the most enduring ques tion of all is why? Why would any one do such a thing? I, admittedly, jumped to certain conclusions. Money, fame, messed up child hood. None of these guesses would prove correct. After watching the documentary, Sex: The Annabel Chong Story (see review), I real ized that a whole slew of complex philosophical and psychological motivations were at play. I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with the articulate and

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well humoured Grace Quek, better known to the public as original Gangbang Queen, Annabel Chong. In town promoting the documen tary, she talked about the her views on feminism, her role in the pom industry, as well as many other interesting topics. T ribune: There is a lot of commentary in Sex that deals with your views on pom and feminism and how the two relate. How do the two co-exist in your life? Grace Quek: I think that for sometime, pornography was some thing that a lot of feminists [were] not willing to address honestly. I felt [pornography] was important to address as a social phenomena and how it relates to men and women. It's the virgin-whore thing. The good girls, who are virgins, are now called feminists. And then there's the bad girls, the whores, the victims, on the other side who the feminists would either try to save or condemn them. T: So, feminism and promis cuity don't have to be independent. C o n tin u e d on P age 2 0

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Women from the McGill, Concordia and Montreal Communities joined in a loud and energetic “Take Back the Night” march through Montreal last Friday. The event protests violence against women and children. The rain didn’t discourage 75 participants who carried placards and banners high as they walked shouting and chanting through the streets of the McGill ghetto, down town Rue Ste. Catherine and the Jeanne Mance public housing pro jects. The march culminated with a gathering at Place des Arts and a brief “Speak Out” and candle-light ing ceremony. As the rain let up, the group gained a few more supporters from Royal Victoria College, as well as interested looks and a police escort. Residents stood at doors and win dows to read signs proclaiming “La rue, la nuit, les femmes sans peur,” “Fuck the patriarchy,” listening to the boisterous and loud chants of

“Women: unite! Take back the night,” “Yes means yes and no means no, however we dress and wherever we go.” “Circus girls” on stilts attend ed the event and each participant wore a sticker proclaiming “Refuse to be a victim.” Bikes, hazard tape, noisemakers and maracas enriched the atmosphere of the march. The foul weather and a lack of advertizing, however, marred atten dance at the march. “I’m disap pointed with the turnout,” clinical psychology Ph.D. student Dana Small said, attributing it to the rain and an “attitude that the fight to stop violence against women is already won. People are cozy with our situation but there are realities of violence we cannot ignore.” “We should all be aware and not victims,” U2 Environmental science student Christie Young said of women today. “Letting our selves be locked in is as bad and dangerous as being those who do lock in women.” “[This event is about] women

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reclaiming spaces and making the night safe, for women,” Gala Arhof the Women’s Union and organizer of Take Back the Night this year, said. “[It] emphasizes visibility because women will be out there, on the street, at night. I hope women will leave with a sense of solidarity or it will encourage them to be active,” Clare Jennings, external coor dinator of the Sexual Assault Center of M cGill’s Students’ Society felt that women still did not have the freedom they should. “[Tonight] women have the right to walk around the streets at night which is not our current situ ation. Our presence tonight shows that this must change,” Jennings explained. "I think it’s not only important to have a presence but to make a lot of noise because [vio lence] is something we are fre quently silent about. The more noise we make and the more we talk about it, the more important C o n tin u e d on P age 5

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H o w t o k e e p a c c o u n t o f y o u r m o n e y b e f o r e i t 's a l l g o n e B u d g et sem inars a n d in d iv id u a l co n su ltatio n s a b o u t p erso n al d e b ts are a v a ila b le fo r cash-strapped stu dents universities and, to compensate, they prominently at the top of the are left to rely on credit cards and Toronto Dominion Bank's web page Walk across campus on bank loans to make ends meet. The is an ad for a TD Visa card any given day, and you are sure to visible result is increased line-ups at "designed to meet students' financial overhear a conversation about the McGill Financial Aid Office needs". The interest on company everybody's favorite topic: money. which have prompted the Office to credit cards such as The Bay and Although everyone over the age six offer free budgeting seminars for Sears stretches up to 28 per cent. TD teen has bills to pay, most students students. Bank is joining the ranks of banks face a unique financial situation. "When we get into mid-semes all across North American in offer Unlike salaried workers, students ter, then we have those people who ing credit cards and perks to stu often have to stretch a large lump are really desperate," says Yvonne dents who may have no way of pay sum of money over several months Botchey from the Financial Aid ing their debts. Jannick Desforges of unemployment, a daunting task Office. "They have no idea of what of Option Consommateur summa for even the most devoted of misers. to do with a budget. They just have rized the financial bind most of Although students have always a lump sum of money that they've Canada finds itself. had trouble making ends meet, the been spending. This money is not “ In Canada, the average num situation is getting progressively going to last them to the end of the ber of credit cards owned by people worse. According to Statistics semester." over 18 is three,” said Desforges. Canada, students paid $2.4 billion in The banking industry often “The maximum anyone should have tuition fees in the 1997/98 year, an compounds the problem of student is one. ” increase of 29.6 per cent since five indebtedness by making credit cards On top of their loans, students years ago. Students contribute 20 accessible to students who would often only pay the minimum balance per cent of the budgets of Canadian probably not have qualified for them for each of their several credit cards. in the past. For example, displayed Of course, students' lifestyle choices B y B ar b a r a H aas

also have a role to play in their place to help the indebted student. insolvency come mid-semester. "As much as you try to adver "People will spend a hundred tise [McGill services], put it in the dollars a weekend just on drinks and first year packages, a lot of people going out," says Botchey. People don't know that we offer emergency don't tend to see how those little loans, or that they can help you if things add up." A daily coffee, cook you're in dire straits," said Botchey. ie or drink adds up to a big hole in Option Consommateur also the budget at the end of the month. offers budgeting courses within the University and CEGEP stu community which cost $40 for any dents are also targeted by financial one needing financial advice. institutions that want to create life Anyone already indebted is eligible long clients from students. for free individual consultations. Desforgres declared that student — Budgeting seminars are associations frequently rent out cam offered September 28, and October pus space to banks at the cost of the 4 at 2pm. Call 398-6014 to sign up. students’ best interests. Option Consommateur offers bud “If the banks have enough geting seminars throughout the money for ads and publicity,” said year. Contact 598-7288 for more Desforges, “they have enough information. money for budgeting courses as well.” There also seems to be a lack of awareness about McGill resources in

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The new Office for Chemistry and Society opened last Friday amidst a furor of public and academic support. This unique institute, dedicated to the education of the public, redefines McGill’s position in Montreal. Principal Bernard Shapiro, Dean of Science Alan Shaver, Chair of Chemistry David Harpp, and OCS director and McGill pro fessor Joe Schwarcz unveiled the OCS last Friday in the Otto Maas Chemistry building. Underneath the good-natured self-depracating jokes, the tone of the speakers was excited and optimistic. Organizers of the opening deviated from the usual scissors and bow ceremony, opting instead to make use of chemistry, and set afire a streamer strewn across the door of the office. Among the cheering audience were McGill chemistry professors, students, retirees, and people of a diverse range of occupations. The antici pation of the OCS could be detect ed in the rave reviews voiced by these fans.

to have more contact with high schools in terms of organizing workshops for teachers on how to make science more exciting.” Other workshops have been designed to instruct employees in industry to help them better understand their field. For instance, workers in the food busi ness could learn more about nutri tion. Those in the cosmetic indus try could learn more about the

Dreamed up by Harpp, bol stered by Dr. Ariel Fenster, and riding on the popularity wave of Schwarcz, who is also a well known radio personality, the OCS promises to be a great tool for Montreal citizens. Though initiat ed only a few months ago, the actual work of the OCS has been going on for two decades. Dr. Fenster, heavily involved in OCS, explained, “We’ve been doing this for twenty years... It got to be too much, so we formalized it.” The OCS is a centre for com munity outreach, specifically geared to educating the public on matters related to science. The centre will make chemistry acces sible to Montrealers and students through exhibitions, public lec tures, courses, stage shows, and media presentations. The topics to be discussed will range from the chemistry of chocolate, to rocket science. Workshops will be avail able for high schools to train Dr. Schwarcz Max Lewkowski teachers the art of “enticing sci ence.” process of aging. Companies have Fenster explained, “We want an added incentive to enlighten their work force, aside from the love of progress. According to Bill 90, one per cent of all com pany salaries must go towards the K id n e y D is e a s e education of employees. b e t ic P a t ie n t s

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There is at present demand for more information about the field of chemistry. The popularity of the centre's World of Chemistry lectures, and Schwarcz’s books and weekly radio program on CJAD AM, demonstrate a thirst for chemistry knowledge amongst Montrealers. “Today, we live in the age of information, but we also live in the age of m isinform ation," explained S^uwarcz. "There is a

fundamental lack of knowledge of science [among the public].” Sandra M arkland was an audience member at the OCS opening, and a World of Chemistry student. “Even some very intelligent people believe these m yths,” Markland explained. “People cap italize on fears. He [Schwarcz] puts things with such clarity. His knowledge is encyclopedic.” The OCS emphasizes the understanding of critical thinking. “We teach people how to think, not what to think, so they learn the whole way science works...We teach people how to guide themselves. There are a lot of charlatans out there who seem to trick people,” said Dr. Schwarcz. Statistics spewed out with confidence make any speaker appear to be an expert on their topic but for those with a discern ing mind, this poses no problem. “If you can be snowed over by numbers, you’re not a critical thinker... Sometimes, a half-baked scientist is worse than no scien tist,” Dr. Schwarcz maintained. The general services offered by the OCS are intended to combat this obstacle to knowledge.

Th e OCS, h u rtin g or h e lp in g students? Seminars with Schwarcz, interesting public lectures, and an emphasis on issues concerning the public are expected to give McGill chemistry studentsthe ability to understand both popular science and cutting-edge research. Margaret Antler, chair of the McGill U niversity Chemistry Undergraduate Society explained how OCS can benefit chemistry at McGill. “The more informed people are, the less fearful,” she rea soned. “[The OCS] will definitely benefit [us]. It makes me think, ‘This is why I am in Chemistry.

This is why it is cool.” Beyond the advantages that the OCS confers to students, the question of M cG ill’s role in Montreal arises. Advocates of the OCS affirm that education should not be restricted to the classroom. “University education should and can go beyond campus,” com mented Schwarcz. Yet, with the hundreds of community and research groups already active in Montreal, the public’s need for a McGill-based community outreach program may be seen as ambiguous. Proponents argue that the talent of McGill faculty and staff is a commodity not to be overlooked. “[The government agencies] don’t have the same expertise as educators do,” argued Fenster. “They are not trained to propagate [the information]” Antler agreed, adding: “Not being funded by a private compa ny makes it very neutral, guaran teeing the information is unbi ased.” Hopes are high for the future of the center. Large volumes of visitors and anticipated as well as adequate funding. “There’s nothing like this in the world," Harpp stated. "There is nothing to compare it to.” The uncharted territory of a universitybased community-outreach pro gram will have to bear its test in the near future. For more information on the OCS, see the website: www.mcgill.ca/chempublic

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M c G ill u n d e r g r a d w in n e r o f M a g n a a w a r d B y Ela n Fe l d m a n

McGill University and its stu dent body can now pride itself on another honour; Gallit Dobner, U2 Arts, has been named as one of ten regional winners in the Magna Scholarship Competition. As stated in its homepage, Magna International, Inc., an autoparts manufacturing company, established the Magna for Canada Scholarship Fund in order “to empower students to express solu tions for an even better Canada.” The Magna Scholarship Competition, otherwise known as the “If I were Prime Minister” Award, asks participants to answer a question from the perspective of Canada’s leg islative leader. The 1999 question on which Dobner based her essay was, “If you were the Prime Minister of Canada, what political vision would you offer to improve our living stan dards?”

Th e w o m a n b e h in d th e M a g n a Dobner, a U2 honours political science student minoring in both French and Russian language, saw the Magna award as a good opportu nity to voice her views. “I had heard about the Magna Award a couple of years ago, but was never able to find the time to enter. However, last summer I was finally able to write an essay.” Dobner added, “I see a lot of prob lems in our country". Dobner was first named as one of fifty semi-finalists and was later announced as one of 10 regional winners. All the regional winners

were then flown to meet the judges and the other finalists. “Of the fifty semi-finalists only ten were women, and only three [women] were regional winners. I found it interesting to be there speaking with some of the judges," she said. "It was obvious that they didn’t take me quite as seriously as the other contestants. I believe that it is important for women to speak their mind and have their voices heard in politics as much as men." The only requirement for enter ing the Magna competition is that one be a full-time student (under graduate or graduate study) at an accredited Canadian college, univer sity, or CEGEP which meant that many of Dobner’s fellow competi tors were law, medical, or Ph.D. stu dents. “Some of the people receiving awards were upwards of 35 years old,” Dobner said. “It was definitely a surprise to find that I was in the running with people like that.” The national winner of the Magna Award will not be announced until later this fall. All the regional finalists will be flown into Ottawa to meet with the Prime Minister and to hear the winner of the Magna National Prize. Having been named a regional winner already entitles Dobner to cash prizes. Regional winners receive $10,000 in cash, a paid sum mer internship at Magna International Inc. valued at $12,000, plus a trip to the scholarship award ceremony in Ottawa. If Dobner were to become the national winner, she would receive an additional $10,000 in cash, and the internship at Magna would be extended to a full year in length, thus increasing its value to

$36,000. While these extra prizes are definitely appealing, Dobner stated that she was very happy to have got ten as far as she has. “The money will help fund my graduate studies, and I’m sure that my experiences during the Magna internship will be excellent. Also since my essay will be published, I am very happy that others will be able to see my ideas.” Eventually she hopes to work for the Canadian Government in a capacity involving peace-keeping issues. However, Dobner says that she would prefer not to be Prime Minister. “I really wouldn’t want to be Prime Minister. I’d much rather be Minister of Foreign Affairs or go abroad to represent the Canadian Government in its international affairs.”

M a g n a and fu tu re c o n trib u tio n s Belinda Stronach, Chair of the Magna for Canada Scholarship Fund, emphasized the dedication that Magna has to Canada's promising up and coming. "‘We are committed to recogniz ing innovative dialogue with the youth of our nation. As we prepare to enter a new millennium, we encourage your participation to offer provocative and engaging solutions on how to prepare Canada for the next century.” Those interested in entering the 2000 Magna Competition should visit Magna on the web at www.asprimeminister.com or call 1800-97-MAGNA for more informa tion.

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Concordia's 10th annual fund raising Shuffle took off on Friday amidst mountains of gold and red balloons, T-shirt clad hordes, improvisational choreographers, local celebrity alumni, acrobatic breakdancers and blaring tunes. 25 years ago, the merging of Loyola College and Sir George Williams College gave birth to Concordia University. To commem orate the birthday of the 25-year-old baby, Concordia is launching a veri table cornucopia of events all year, ranging from concerts to the Concordia Shuffle, which raises money for undergraduate scholar ships and bursaries. Chris Mota, Public Relations officer for Concordia, commented on the events ahead. "There will be events happen ing virtually every week throughout the year. A number of departments at the University made suggestions for different projects to be funded. One of them, for example, was the production of an Anniversary agen da, which our Archives department has put together. There will be con certs and other events that start today, but will run all through the academic year."

C oncordia S hu ffle The 10th annual Shuffle unites roughly 500 students, staff and fac ulty to collectively walk 6.5 km from the Sir George Williams cam pus to the Loyola Campus. Over the years, participants have walked their way to over $400,000 worth of donations. This year, Concordia has

set its sights higher. "The Concordia Shuffle is an inter-campus walkathon. We walk 6.5 km from Sir George to Loyola. It often tended to raise funds for scholarships and bursaries," Mota explained. "Over the past nine years, we've raised over $400,000. Today, we're hoping to do at least $60 or $65,000 this year which would be above and beyond the 400,000 we've raised so far.” Jamie Orchard, the host of The Morning Show on Global Television and alumna of Concordia's journal ism program, commented on the sig nificance of her experience at Concordia. "It's critical for the success of the University [for alumni to show support]. It's important to have pride in where you come from and to Concordia spirit Mick Koalweit always remember what you were given and pass that on to the next choreography going up on stage generation of graduates," Orchard which is a new style that Concordia said. "I graduated from the journal and the Dance corps has put a lot of ism department and it was the most time and effort into organizing. It hands-on experience in education. I shows the experimental spirit that learned everything that I know the students and staff have here at today. In fact, one of my teachers Concordia." Mota, too, was very optimistic from Concordia got me my first job in the media and recommended me about the financial and academic for several others after that. If I had future of Concordia. "The bottom line is that n't come here, I wouldn't be doing Concordia is in very good shape. what I'm doing today." Current students also feel the We'll be announcing our final figure Concordia spirit is alive and well in by next week, but certainly, we've today’s academic environment. exceeded our fifty-five million dol Graham Cuthbertson, Vice President lar goal, which is good news," she of the Concordia Association of said. "Our alumni, corporations and Students in Theatre, enthused about foundations have been extremely generous because they have a lot of the onstage interpretative dancers. "We came down here to sup faith in where Concordia is now and port the events; it's not everyday that where we're going to be. They're your school is 25 years old. We investing in our future." have some really great impromptu

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“The world sucks, but what are you for?” Michael Albert, co-founder and j co-editor of Z Magazine, posed this j question in his lecture on participa tory economics and his vision of the world economy at Concordia University last Thursday. In addition to Z Magazine, the } renouned pulic journal devoted to | covering issues and events ignored by the mainstream media, Albert has co-founded the Z Media Institue, Z net, and published several books on socialism and marxism. Albert’s latest book, Thinking | Forward, focuses on his theories of how to view today’s economy, along with further insights into his theory of participatory economics.

A n e w eco n o m y Thursday’s lecture centered on | Albert’s major project, ‘ParEcon,’ — his vision for a balanced and truly democratic world economy. He explained that his world economy j would involve three principal changes: “One,” he explained, “Consumption is according to effort. “Two, jobs are balanced for empowerment and desirability. “And three, democratic counj cils of workers and consumers pro pose and revise what work and con sumption they will do until other workers and consumers agree that the proposals are equitable and make efficient use of society’s resources. He coined this last notion as ‘participatory planning.’ Albert prefaced his lecture and his theories by emphasizing the need for vision. “Country sucks - kick ass!” he said, quoting a 1960s demonstration slogan and arguing that during the | various movements, activists felt the j desire for movement, but had no direction. “The logic there was that every thing was so damn terrible — ‘let’s j move,’ — but you’ll notice where we’re moving to was missing,” said Albert. “It was just ‘let’s move.’ If you don’t answer the question ‘what

are we for, [what are we in favour of]’ that’s essentially what you’re saying - ‘Country sucks - kick ass!”’ stated Albert. Albert stressed the need for the inherent values of solidarity, partici patory self-management, and equal outcome in a participatory economy. “An economy should create an environment in which we are con cerned about one another and benefit form one another benefiting. This of course would be the opposite of an economy in which nice guys finish last,” he continued. “A sensible value with respect to decision making is that people should impact the decisions in pro portion to how they’re affected by them,” Albert said. “To me that’s what democracy really is. It isn’t about ‘one person one vote,’ it isn’t a rule about consensus, it isn’t a rule about 70/30 — those are just tactics to accomplish something.”

P a rtic ip a to ry eco nom ics A major issue that Albert addressed was the concept of remu neration and reward in a participato ry economy. Instead of agreeing with “many leftist views” and opposing remuneration all together, Albert insisted that remuneration “isn’t an issue of how much you pro duce, its an issue of how much effort and sacrifice you lay out.” Albert maintained that the pre sent western economic situation is a dictatorship where owners of the means of production make profit, while the workers have virtually lit tle to no say over their lives. Albert expressed that achieving success is, in essence, failure. “Garbage rises - in a capitalist economy I think it’s applicable. To rise in a capitalist economy, you must be immune to the suffering your rise leaves behind, you must turn your head from that, and that makes you. ” he later added, confi dently. “I don’t really forsee [the oppressed motivating to get involved in an alternative economy] as a problem.”

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C K U T d e fra u d e d By A sch H a r w o o d

CKUT, McGill's radio station, defrauded of approximately $11,000, has finally resolved this situation by working out a repayment agreement, renting out another broadcasting band that the station owns and trim ming from station income. According to Fortner Anderson, community representative on the board of directors, the problem arose inadvertently through the former sta tion manager, Adrian Harewood. "[The] station manager met this refugee and tried to help him out, seeing if he could use the station to integrate [him] into the Montreal community," Anderson said. Subsequently, "he duped the station manager," by gaining access to Harewood's long distance code, where he made phone calls to Europe and Africa over a ten week period. The station is currently waiting for the last details from the bill. According to Anderson, "We were very unlucky. At the time the fraud was occurring McGill Telecom moved to a new billing system and never provided hard copy billings out to clients." The problem was further com plicated because CKUT was unable to access their bill on the web because of either a glitch in the sys tem or insufficient software. Along with subletting one of the station bands, Anderson discussed

the remuneration agreement with Adrian Harewood. Harewood plans to repay the money over a four to five year peri od. He no longer works for the sta tion because his term ended recently. Anderson said there was a choice between having the money repaid or pursuing other means such as charges or insurance claims. The station decided on being repaid the full amount. The CKUT budget is a lean and much stretched $345,000 a year but according to Anderson, the new band that is covering the lost money should begin broadcasting within the next six weeks. The lost money will be addressed by the new income from the rental of the sub carrier which may have resulted in a staff layoff.

F u tu re security Anderson commented that new features have been installed to pre vent a repeat of such an offence, yet stressed that the difficulties are part of the nature of the station. "We've instituted a new set of security procedures and the fellow is barred from the station forever. We strive to be open to the community. We strive to provide service for the community and for our openness we got burned," Anderson said. "CKUT is probably one of the most respectable leaders in the campus community, who delivers a unique and important service."

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Long lines at the Student's Society of,McGill University front desk marked the first days of the McGill Students Fund. But in addi tion to $36 per semester more in the pocket, some students were in for some confusion, too. Under the original MSF, it was understood that students who optedout would not be eligible for monies from the bursary. Last week, it was ratified in Council that all students would, in fact, have equal access to the bursary regardless of the their decision to opt-out. The confusion incited students who decided to not opt-out because of this clause. SSMU President Andrew Tisehler commented on the matter which prompted some students to avoid opting out. "What I'd say is that we com municated this to the councillors, but that it was officially ratified [last Thursday] night so that stu dents will be eligible for bursary money if they opt out," he said. "It is rather unfortunate that that should be the deciding financial reason for students not to opt out." Confusion over the opt-out end date has also raised questions in the last week. Two dates, October 5th and September 29th have both been perceived. Tisehler maintained that the

date of opt-out had never been October 5th, although both SSMU VP operations Kevin McPhee and an SSMU handout on undergradu ate student fees indicated that the MSF opt-out runs from September 22 to October 5. Tisehler said, how ever, that the MSF opt-out was cutoff a week earlier so that the weeklong MSF opt-out period in the win ter term would be the same length of time. "I think there was a miscommunication because among the executives, there was discussion about starting it the same as ASEQ (medical opt-out), but we would end it a week earlier so that we would have the same amount of time for both semesters," he explained. "There was a start date that was the same and there was a miscommunication that trickled down to the front desk. P eron

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Clara Peron has been appoint ed as the new student Arts Senator, replacing the resigned Sarah Clarke. The U2 Political Science student said she was excited to be involved. Peron was not a representative on the Arts Undergraduate Council last year. She feels that may make her new position more challenging. “I'll have to work harder because 1 havn’t sat on council before, but I have consulted Daniel Artenosi [AUS president],” she explained. "Another thing that will help is that I’ve worked with Jeff

Feiner before.” Feiner is the other student sen ator from the Faculty of Arts. Peron worked on his External Affairs committee last year with SSMU. “[Peron] was very helpful," Feiner said of her work last year. “She worked on a lot of my projects. She had a chance to deal with a lot of students and hear their con cerns. I think she has a keen sense of what needs to be done.” SSMU Vice President of University Affairs Xavier Van Chau accepted accepted applica tions for the senate position. He obstained from the discussions on who should fill the position, howev er. due to Peron being his girlfriend. “It was just a conflict of inter est, so I basically didn’t voice any opinion about Clara,” he explained. Van Chau did regret that appli cants were not given much time to prepare for an interview. Some were called only the morning of their interview. Peron has several ideas she wants to address in her new posi tion. She feels the most important issue is to improve communication between the Senate and students. “It’s important to inform stu dents of Senate, and to possibly have an e-mail or phone line where [students] can reach us directly.” Peron said. “I'm basically AUS's voice to the administration.”

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The University Students’ Council at the University of Western Ontario has filed a $100 million lawsuit with the Canadian Federation of Students-Services and the discount travel service, Travel Cuts. The Association of Student Councils-Canada was formed in 1969, incorporating a small number of student councils, including the USC at Western. Its goal was to offer students of all member univer sities the same services, each run by the respective school’s government, but funded by the pool of funds cooperatively generated through AOSC. Travel Cuts, also known as

Voyages Campus, was one of the services that AOSC owned. The CFS-S was formed in 1981, and at that point AOSC decid ed to transfer Travel Cuts’ owner ship rights and assets to them. The agreement was settled in 1987, but by the time CFS-S claimed the transfer actually took place, in 1991, it was allegedly still not complete. “The USC’s suit claims that there was an improper transfer of Travel Cuts’ money from ASOC to CFS-S, and it seeks the return of those assets,” Jim Walden, general manager of the USC at Western, said as he summed up the major cause of the complaint. Student councils from Queen's University, the University of British

Columbia, and the University of Alberta are joining Western in tak ing action against the AOSC, the CFS-S and Travel Cuts. McGill, however, will not be an active par ticipant. The Students' Society of McGill University falls under the auspices of an alternate group, the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. As SSMU was never a member of AOSC, there is no cause for the school to take action in the suit, according to Walden. Wojtek Baraniak, Vice President of commu nity and government affairs for SSMU, was quick to stress that this dispute is not a battle between CASA and CFS-S. “I do not think that it is in the best interests of the student move ment to actively pursue a legal chal lenge that could, in effect, defunct the CFS," Baraniak explained. "That is not the right way to right the student movement.” SSMU's major concern lies in the notion that CFS-S makes money from non-member universities. According to statistics compiled by

the USC at Western, 78 per cent of [the lawsuit] has affected them in the schools that Travel Cuts serves any way.” are not members of CFS-S. CFS-S, however, takes a 1 per cent “finders CASA's n a tio n a l c am fee” on each booking made through p aig n Travel Cuts, making an extra $500,000. While the CFS-S lawsuit is Students under SSMU's causing concern in universities umbrella and other non-CFS-S around the nation, McGill is taking related schools have to pay in a more positive outlook towards the another way. The International student movement as a part of Student Identity card is required of CASA. SSMU, led by President anyone who wishes to make a reser Andrew Tisehler, is taking part in vation through Travel Cuts. the CASA Campaign, whose motto Students in CFS-S affiliated schools is “Education builds a nation.” have the right to a free ISIC, but “It will give students a better non-members students have to pay sense of how people deal with $16 per card. things across the country,” Tisehler “This is when I see a problem,” said of the campaign. Baraniak said, expressing his dis In this campaign, representa taste for the CFS-S’s practice. tives from CASA universities across So far, the lawsuit has not the nation will be meeting with the affected the daily business of Travel Federal Parliament in Ottawa to dis Cuts. Employees at the McGill cuss issues important to both the office had no knowledge of the academic world and the country. legal action, and they have not Tisehler is looking forward to the noticed anything in the workplace project, and makes a point to that varied from the usual. emphasize the positive achieve “We’re not hostile to Travel ments of the student movement. Cuts,” said Walden. “I don’t think “Nobody wants to lose sight of the fact that the aim of everything we’re doing is to improve the stu dent lobbying to the Federal Government,” he said. “That’s why we’re here. I think all students share 14 the same end [goal] - that there’s something to be gotten at universi ty.”

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[the problem of violence against women] becomes.” The McGill Women’s Union organized the event and it is formal ly recognized and supported by the Quebec Public Interest Research Group and Concordia. SACOMSS also had a large presence at the march with a banner and many of

their volunteers. This is the first year the McGill’s Women’s Union has orga nized a Take Back The Night march. "A Montreal women’s coalition run out of Concordia used to do it but the woman who was in charge of [Take Back the Night] is no longer there," Arh said, explaining this year's situation. "We didn’t realize that nothing was planned until about

a week and a half ago.” Due to brief notice, municipal police did not have time to approve the parade route and the event would technically have been an illegal protest. Six police vans arrived halfway through the route, however, to serve as an escort for the march. According to Arh, organizers con vinced the police to help Take Back The Night instead of breaking the

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The first module of a new and unique graduate program in volun tary sector management is being offered this fall by McGill's Faculty of Management to executives of national level voluntary sector orga nizations. Modeled after Dr. Henry Mintzberg's and McGill's International Masters Program in Practicing Management, the goal of the program is to offer professional management training to these execu tives. Completion of the program accredits y the participants with a masters of management for national voluntary sector leaders. "The volunteer sector is too important to be left with no manage ment training in its own terms or, worse, to have to turn to business programs," Mintzberg said in a press release issued by the public relations office of the faculty of Management. Peveloped by the [McGillMcConnell group], the aim is "to help encourage some of the emerg ing leaders in the voluntary sector, to continue to contribute to the sec tor and to add to their skills," according to Bob Vokey, vice presi dent of the McConnell Family Foundation.

M o d u la r s tru ctu re The program is divided into five modules organized around a series of concepts and competencies, combining fieldwork, lectures and conceptual/case-based discussions. All participants work on a "venture project" dealing with an issue rele vant to their organizations. The modules themselves con sist in classroom discussions with at times the entire group of 40 partici pants. They are also sometimes bro ken into smaller groups. Professor Michelle Buck, who taught the first module with Professor Nancy Adler, commented on the uniqueness of the program. "[The program] is definitely unique because in the voluntary sec tor there is no program like this that is management and leadership edu cation targeted to the voluntary sec tor," Buck said. "There's nothing like this at the national level, bring ing leaders of national level organi zations together for a master's degree program. "It was really an exceptional experience to work with this group of participants given that they are national level leaders in the volun tary sector," she added. "From a teaching perspective that made it a

very exciting environment." While the first three modules and the last will be delivered at McGill and in the Laurentians, the third module of the program will be delivered in India and Australia over 14 days. This module will focus on the impact of sustainable develop ment, social justice, world health and the instantaneous delivery of information on the voluntary sector.

P a rticip a n ts' reac tio n s Participant Inez Jabalpurwala, director of development and com munications at Canada World Youth, praised the emphasis on case work in the program, giving the example of ethical issues in the vol untary sector as particularly rele vant. "The interaction takes place in the learning. There are a lot of opportunities to discuss the issues we face in the voluntary sector." she said. "For example, ethics. The ethi cal implications, the questions we need to ask ourselves like accepting funds from a donor, should we use a screening process before accepting donations." John Cawley, director of research and planning for Canada World Youth and also a participant in the program, stressed similarities between the program and adult edu cation techniques he uses in creating volunteer education seminars for Canada World Youth. "I'm a firm believer in lifelong learning so I'm constantly upgrading my skills," he said. "It's less of a shift for me because I have to do research in my job." "Because it's so well grounded in my regular job, the learning process established by McGill is not that different from the kind of intense training workshops that I'm doing in my work on a regular basis," he added. Participants have genetrally responded positively to this first module. "Talking about issues at a more theoretical level has been a real lux-

ury for me," Jabalpurwala said. "Sometimes we get caught up in our work so much we don't get a chance to do that." "It's been very useful feedback on what my skills are and how they relate to the work that I do," Cawley added. "When you combine that with having 40 different people doing it at the same time you also as a group look at collective solutions to issues we all face. If future mod ules live up to the first one, we're going to be in for quite an experi ence." Audrey Bean, administrative director of the program, is excited about the impact of the program on the voluntary sector and its timeli ness. "At a time where the voluntary sector is undergoing review at the highest levels of government it's a good moment to strengthen the abil ity of the sector to be proactive in this context of change," she said. — additional reporting by Bikalpa Khatiwada and files from the faculty of Management web site

march up. The event’s short notice accounts for the lack of advertizing (signs appeared Friday morning), speakers and attendance. Posters on campus read: “Brought to you very last minute by the McGill Women’s Union.” The posters indicated one of the more contentious issues surrounding Take Back the Night. The poster invited women only to attend the march. “We now realize [those posters] might be a mistake on our part," Arh admitted. "We should have been inclusive and stressed whom we did want to come: mothers, daughters, sisters and not who[m] we wanted to exclude. Men’s support is always wanted and always valued but not in terms of the walking itself. Otherwise, it is not women taking their own space.” “It’s always controversial,”

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Laura Humphreys, a U3 Women’s Studies and Anthropology student, said of men taking part. “But a women-only space is very important to me... because that’s the point: It’s easier for men in public spaces whereas women are psychologically made to feel terrified.” Arh noted that an informal, “non-political party, without para meters” will be held in her apart ment’s courtyard following the party where men were welcomed. This year’s Take Back the Night falls at the same time Scarborough, Ontario is being ter rorized by a serial rapist who has made nights truly terrifying for its inhabitants. Clare Jennings hopes that the high profile case will motivate women to support issues surround ing women and violence. “I think it might make more women attend so that they can show their opposition publicly and feel like they are making a differ ence.” Arh, on the other hand, feared that “women might be deterred from coming out... [as they may be]frightened of backlash or scared of the walk home.”

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01 sn ow -A P m a n a g ers Snow-AP will be the first ever Open Air Pub in the winter! This soon-to-be-famous event will take place in a fully heated tent on campus during the first weeks of second semester. The SnowAP team will work throughout first semester planning the event, seeking sponsorship and recruiting volunteers. They will also run the event during the first weeks of second semester. We're looking for people who are creative, enthusiastic, 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 during first semester, 5-10+ hours a day during January). Send resume and cover letter to Matt Wyndowe at ce@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

02.SSMU c o m m u n ica tio n s co m m issio n er* The SSMU CC is responsible for reviewing and improving 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.

03 c u ltu r e fe s t co o rd in a to r The Culturefest Coordinator will organize the week-long celebra tion 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 semester. Send resume and cover letter to Sam Gross at clubacc@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

04.a c a d e m ic re sea rch o ffic er * In an effort to better the coordination of the Society's dialogue with the Administration and Student Services. Many new mea sures will be taken in the upcoming year to consolidate and for malize 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 public relation officer. We are looking for someone with research, database and com munication skills. The positions will be rewarding for anyone interested in lobbying-experience and learning how the universi ty's academic community 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. w in te r frosh coord in ator Winter Frosh orients about 100 new McGill students to our school and our city, Email cover-letter and resume to Matt Wyndowe at ce@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

06. grad u atin g stu d e n t o rien ta tio n program co o rd in a to r (new ) Frosh for graduating students! The purpose of this new program is to provide a fun and informative general orientation weekend for the “real world", open to graduating students from all facul ties. 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 cheese with alumni). Coordinators will be responsible for working with student services and SSMU to develop 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.

07 m em b ers-at-large for th e c o m m itte e o f clu b s and s e r v ic e s ( 2 ) (new ) Its mandate: to review, improve, and create clubs and services offered to students, and to work on the planning, improvement and development of the Shatner University Centre, Email Sam Gross at clubacc@ssmu.mcgill.ca

06 a lco h o l a w a r e n e s s group p r e sid e n t (new ) Will help spearhead the creation of a new Bacchus Canada affili ated 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 aware ness weeks on campus, as well as eventually creating a new server-training program. Commitment will be approximately 5 hours per week throughout the academic year. Send resume and cover letter to Sam Gross at clubacc@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

09 p olitical re sea rch o ffic er Full time position. For more information contact Wojtek Baraniak at 398-6798.

10 m em b ers-at-large for th e c o m m itte e o f co m m u n ity and g o v e r n m e n t affairs ( 2 ) (new )

The Committee of Community and Government Affairs acts as an advisor to the Vice President, Community and Government Affairs, on all matters which are external to the SSMU, or, more

specifically, issues involving the local Montreal community and governments within Canada. Furthermore, this committee assists in the area of policy research, campaign co-ordination, and campaign execution. For more information please contact Wojtek Baraniak, Vice President Community and Government Affairs at 398-6798 and send a resume and cover letter to external@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

11 s a fe ty c o m m issio n e r ( 1 ) (new )

The role of the SSMU's Safety Commissioner is to assist the Vice President, Community and Government Affairs in the realm of on and off campus safety. Specifically, the Safety Commissioner represents the interest of the SSMU to all safety related commit tee and representatives of McGill University and the City of Montreal. Furthermore, the Safety Commissioner is responsible for initiating pro active and reactive initiatives that concern the safety of McGill students. For more information please contact Wojtek Baraniak, Vice President Community and Government Affairs at 398-6798 and send a resume and cover letter to external@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

12. m em b ers-at-large for th e c o m m itte e o f u n iv ersity affairs ( 2 ) (new ) The Committee of University Affairs works on all projects spear headed by the Office of the VP University Affairs. Projects this year include improving the Francophone and the first-year expe rience, assessing our academic programs, and enhancing our University services. Send resume and cover letter to Xavier Van Chau at ua@ssmu.mcgill.ca.

13 s tu d e n t r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s for s e n a t e c o m m itte e s and s tu d e n t s e r v ic e s su b c o m m itte e s University student representation on active university decision making bodies is the reward and responsibility of the Society's fruitful lobby to the administration. Many different committee positions are available, for more specific information contact or send resume and cover letter to Xavier Van Chau at ua@ssmu.mcgill.ca * — Some fin a n cia l co m pensatio n is o ffe re d , (new ) — F irst tim e posted

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New Students Society of McGill University appointments in the form of commissioners have been created this year to redistribute some of the executive responsibility within SSMU. Xavier Van Chau, vice presi dent of university affairs at SSMU, explained that the SSMU Executive decided upon these new positions over the summer. “Over the summer, SSMU executives got together to look at objectives and goals for the coming term,” he said. “Coming out of these discussions were new commission ers in addition to the more standard positions already held. Some posi tions may still be created in the com ing year. The new position of an Academic Research Officer is close ly related to Van Chau’s. He has been involved in organizing the position’s responsibilities. “[The Academic Research Officer] will research what the University can do and communicate with University representatives,” Van Chau explained of the new posi tion’s role. “The [ARO] can explore opportunities within and throughout McGill, as well as contact and evalu ate those of other university pro grams.”

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Also established within the con stitution is a new Faculty Relations Commissioner. Matt Wyndowe, vice president of communications and events feels that this position, as well as other commissioner roles created throughout the year, will only bene fit SSMU. “The Faculty Relations Commissioner is a good idea because of the new opportunities to be effective within SSMU,” Wyndowe said, adding: “The new commissioners are a great way to involve more interesting people in [the Students’ Society]. [We] will just have to wait and see what hap pens.” U3 Arts undergraduate student Clarisse Douaod expressed that although the new positions may make some SSMU executives’ jobs easier, they may also make things more complicated. “As long as [the commission ers] allow the members of SSMU to do their job in a less stressful way, then I think it is a really good idea,” Douaod opined. “They represent, [however,] another step in the hierar chy consistent with student politics. Commissioners represent another area of infrastructure so that they have to be really organized to work well.”

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Friday, September 24th the new of Francophone Student Facilitator position at the University was approved by Principal Shapiro, VP Academic Luc Vinet and Dean of Students Rosalie Jukier among others. This new position in the University would address the con cerns and issues faced specifically by the francophone student. Currently, francophones compose 20% of the student body, yet the numbers are far fewer when looking at participa tion in student life. LouisPhillippe M essier, Student Society of McGill Francophone Commissioner, explained that the francophone student is often mar ginalized because of both cultural and linguistic barriers. “When students come here, they come because they want to learn english to get into international culture. That’s the first step. They usually don’t get into the second step which is to get involved in student life because they feel the students here don’t make any step at all.” Messier continued. “As CEGEP graduates, we’re not considered first-years, we’re considered U1 and we don’t have access to coun-

selours. Though this is a common problem, for francophone students it’s a difference of degree, not of essence.” The Francophone Student Facilitator position would not only represent a direct voice for the francophone students, it would implement such services for a french-speaking audience. More specifically, there would be orientation sessions for French students, a more french userfriendly ListServ and more French student-oriented Frosh. Messier went on to explain that the further duties of the facilita tor. “The role of the fran cophone student facilitator would be an independent body who could make the francophone stu dent situation better because they all want to help, but they don’t know how.” Messier later added. “It has to really be clear to every body that as an english university that they can participate fully in Quebec life and be very useful and care about what’s going on in this province. At that point, McGill would be in a very strong situation.”

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I’m tired of irony. That is, I’m tired of people using irony to make a cheap joke when their tiny minds can’t think of anything better. You know the situation: “Hey man, do you want to come to the Backstreet

looking at the world leaning towards not taking anything seriously and often saying the opposite of what you mean - I ’m thinking Jane Austen, Joseph Heller (at least in the 76 pages of Catch-22 that I’ve read

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M y laundry machine chased me around my apartment last night. If I stopped, it stopped. If I ran, it chugged after me like an anapestic locomotive with an Axel Rose-like appetite for destruc tion. I was scared, confused, and alone. The absurdity of this scenario results from the improbability of such an event occuring, the reason being that most feel they have, to some degree, absolute control over laundry machines. The same holds true fo r most co m m o n ly used appliances — the oven, microwave, dishwasher, or blender. We are clearly more intelligent than these mechanical devices, and therefore readily assert our supremacy over them. The glaring exception is the computer, an innovation which has fu n d a m e n ta lly re d e fin e d h u m a n ity 's in te ra c tio n s w ith machines. If, for example, I am unable to get my dishwasher to clean dishes, than I believe there is something wrong with my dish washer. By contrast, if I am unable to get my computer to perform a specific function, I oftentimes believe there is something wrong with me. These distinctions are obvious, but rarely considered. My computer has the capacity to make me happy or sad, enlightened or perplexed, and, in doing so, demonstrates an intelligence of sorts. Here is where we begin to tread on dangerous territory. Debate about the viability of artificial intelligence usually takes place in one of tw o places. The first is in a formal class room amongst enlightened theorists whose academic passions are tempered only by their faith in the calm spirit of logical reasoning. The second is in the cluttered kaleidoscope basements of computer junkies whose acid fried visions have taken them to the works of Marvin Minsky, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Daniel C. Dennet, and others. Those guys are cool but w eird. They are also a little too obsessed with placing absolute formal restrictions on what is and what is not intelligent. Many note, for example, that computers or other machines exhibit neither the ability to really learn or to act creatively. So what, neither does my cousin Joey from New Jersey, though he is charming in his own right. Most would agree that to some degree the essence of humanity is our ability to communicate with one another; the use of language a llo w in g us to in fo rm , to in stru ct, and to express e m o tio n . Computers, can, at the very least, intelligently mimic the first two of these functions. M oreover, th e ir actions can clearly, as noted above, e lic it com plex human responses. O u r present global reliance on computers is such that two simple numeric digits (i.e. Y2K) are now accorded the apocalyptic power previously reserved for floods, volcanoes, and nuclear missiles. The Tribune has done stories on soccer playing robotic dogs and hysteria resulting from backdoor e-mail invasions. I guess the point that I want to make is that we must be more conscious of the impact technological change has on our lives. Because computer technology is constantly evolving, so too is our relationship w ith it. As someone w ho likes W rigley Field, Paul Simon, Frosted Flakes, and Goonies, my greatest fear is that the future w ill be characterized not by stories but bits, not by people but processors, and not by emotion but a removed mechanical interaction.

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Boys concert with me?” “Ya! And so far). I mention this here because then, after that, will you come with the two are very closely related - I me to set my hair on fire?!” (I apol think that overuse of the vocal irony ogize if you are in actual fact a almost inevitably leads to the ironic Backstreet Boys fan, and you don’t outlook. This ironic outlook is equate seeing their concert with painfully cynical, and it’s a big lighting your hair on fire.) problem. The use of irony in our I’m sure somebody is culture today is an epidemic. already running to the dictionary, Everything we see on television flipping past irate and irksome so (except in Aaron Sorkin’s shows) they can get all worked into a lather: and in the movies (those made in “What an idiot! That’s not what America, at least) as well as most of ironic means!” Whatever man, calm what we read is very deeply down. When I say ironic, or sarcas entrenched in the world of irony. tic or anything like that I mean basi Practically nobody even bothers to cally saying the opposite of what make the effort to make a clever you mean, often in an exaggerated joke in our culture any more (Except or emphasized way (eg. “Yup, that’s for the people behind ‘The Family what I’ll do, then I’ll go hug some Guy’ and whoever came up with snakes. I will hug and kiss some that joke about Mickey and Minnie poisonous snakes”). I don’t need in divorce court). Instead, everyone some kind of Alanis fiasco arising opts for the easy sarcastic line. because of a meaning of ironic. The most popular and suc Just to make things more com cessful (and most would say funni plicated, irony can also be a way of est) comedians of our times have

nothing to do with irony. Can any one remember anything earnest about Seinfeld, the bubble boy or Jackie Chiles? And don’t forget talkshow hosts, who, like them or not, are probably the main indicator of our pop culture trends. Who really thinks that David Letterman is being serious when he’s talking to those people who work in the neighbourhood? What about Conan O’Brien? Has he ever been earnest about anything he’s ever done? The guy used to write for the Simpsons for Christ’s sake. The problem is not only the raging prevalence of irony in our culture, but also in our private lives. How often have you said something nice to one of your friends only to have your sentiment shot down by “Stop making fun of me!” Everyone is so caught up in guard ing against our cynical, ironic world that we won’t even believe our friends when they’re trying to be nice to us. It affects everyone. I don’t deny that I have, and probably will use irony in my writing (and for those who know me, in my speak ing). But, as Jimmy Swaggert used to say, "Do as I say, not as I do." By the way, all this stuff is closely related to why everyone is so quick to condemn things that aren’t popu lar rather than to go out on a limb and praise them - more on that next time.

C a u g h t u p o n t h e w r o n g s id e o f t o w n You know Ted Nugent, alias Gonzo, aka the Motor City Madman? He was an irritating bunup the Ontario government’s ass this year, after Mike Harris tried to obstruct the spring bear hunt.

na-Na-Naa, Naa na-Na.” The bridge warns “It’s someplace you don’t want to go / You’ll only end up on skid row.” The reason this song comes to mind is that, listening to some peo

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ple, you get the distinct impression that they think everything east of boulevard St. Laurent is “The Wrong Side of Town.” One prof actually said “If you’re a McGill student you only need to know the half of Montréal that is west of Saint Lawrence Boulevard. Don’t go to the other half, that’s only for UQAM students.” The implication is that “the other half’ is hardcore Separatist/OLF territory, where any

one who doesn’t speak perfect French won’t survive five minutes. Well, as the eloquent orator and Main Event Special Enforcer for last Sunday’s Unforgiven, Da ThreeOne-Six, says, “UH-UH! That ain’t happenin’!” When I moved back to Montréal after a long sojourn Down South, I was based in the east end. So far east that I can see the gas refineries of Pointe-aux-Trembles when I look out the window. Initially, my French was as rusty as the Titanic, and I would have gotten slapped and arrested if I only used those sentences I could pronounce without flaw. Guess what! It’s been five years, and if I am worse for wear, it ain’t living on “The Wrong Side of Town” that did it. I always hear stories about how people get dirty looks if they don’t speak French with the right accent, C o n tin u e d on Page 9

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L etter t o th e Editor H ere is a big W ELL D O N E to Chris S elley for having the brass to stand up and say som eth in g in his 2 1 /9 /9 9 colu m n . B ro, do notw orry a b o u t b e in g " in d o c tr in a te d b y C an ad ian p a ssiv ity " , b e c a u se y o u o b v io u s ly A IN 'T ! T h e p r o o f is in the fact that you took on the IsraelPalestine thing and called it straight d o w n th e m id d le . I f y o u read th e gut-check on that on e—in view o f all the lon g and nasty rockets the Trib g o t la s t y e a r fo r d a rin g to sp e a k

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Continued from Page 8 or i f they plain d on ’t speak French. In my n in e ty -p lu s -p e r c e n t F r a n c o p h o n e p art o f t o w n , th e m a jo r ity o f p e o p le r e a d ily — and w ith g r e a t p l e a s u r e — s w it c h to E nglish w hen I can’t quite get it to c o m e ou t righ t in F rench. W h en I e x c u s e m y s e lf a fterw a rd s fo r m y lim i t e d v o c a b u la r y , th e t y p i c a l r e sp o n se is “P as de p r o b lè m e ” or “P a s g r a v e ” ( “ n o t a p r o b le m ” or “ d o n ’ t w o r r y a b o u t i t . ” ) In th e beginning, I did indeed get the odd “I ’m ch ok in g on sh it” lo o k from a co u p le o f your “V iv e le Q uébec et fuck le reste” types. But that could be other things as w ell. L et’s face it, I m ake Iron M aid en’s m ascot Eddie lo o k lik e L e o n a r d o d e W h a ts -iz nam e. A n yw ay, the dirty looks d is appeared after I started wearing my “ S u p p o r t Y o u r L o c a l A ir b o r n e R egim en t” t-shirt. The other thing I get a lot is the id e a th a t “ F r a n c o p h o n e ” m e a n s

e x a c tly th e sam e th in g as “S ep aratist.” In m y rid in g (w h ich , a g a in , is n i n e t y - p l u s - p e r c e n t F ran cop h on e) the B lo c Q u é b é co is M P w a s d e fe a te d b y a L ib e ra l in June 1997. Last N ovem ber, the Parti Q u é b é c o is M NA, who w as B ouchard’s right hand man, lost to another Liberal. If Francophones are all Separatists, then they h ave on e h e ll o f a w a y o f sh o w in g it at the p olls, at least in m y riding. S o what is the p em t as they call it in ‘Joisey? T he p e m t is you can com e east o f St. Laurent. Y ou w o n ’t end up on skid row. In fact, w e have som e pretty cool stuff; the B otanical G ardens, the B io d o m e and the B ig O, for starters, not to m ention som e o f th e b e st Ita lia n c u is in e on the island. It’s only “the w rong side o f to w n ” i f y o u le t y o u r s e lf b e lie v e that it is.

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H o ro s c o p e s f o r S e p t 2 7 - O c t 1 0 A ries (M arch 20-April 19) M o n e y lo o k s g o o d a fte r th e 27th, w hen you m ight receive a raise o r p r o m o tio n . L o v e is fu n and g a m e s . A n a g g r e s s i v e a ttitu d e toward learning and teaching w ill be to your advantage. Y ou are inclined to travel. W atch your diet, stay away fro m s w e e ts. T h rou gh ou t O ctob er d iv e r s ify to in c re a se you r earn in g power. T a u ru s (April 2 0 - M ay 20) T h ere w ill be extra sp en d in g m oney around the 28th. A love affair is on and of. D o your physical exer cises, eat sensibly and sleep enough. D o not criticize y ou rself and others to o se v e r e ly ! P rep are y o u r s e lf to m eet deadlines on time. G em in i (M ay 21 - June 20) O b serv e h o w y o u lo o k to the w orld and how you view people and p la c e s. Y ou w ill be in v o lv e d w ith p e o p le w h o s e id e a s o p p o s e y o u r own: cooperation is the k e y to suc cess. Consider hom e, security, prop erty negotiations. Creative projects, friends, children and adventure fig ure str o n g ly . P rom ote y o u r s e lf by verbal and written com m unication. C a n cer (June 21 - July 22) This month you exude personal m agn etism and c a u se p e o p le to be envious - that’s w hy a sibling or rel a tiv e m ig h t try to pu t y o u d o w n . Read p eo p le’s characters and enjoy b ein g at the right place at the right tim e. D o n ’t g o overboard spending. Catch infections or fevers in yourself or a pet in time. A property dispute w ill be settled through charm. L eo (July 23 - A ug 22) Y o u attract p eop le like a m ag net: enjoy and share your passionate feelin gs. Short trips, signing o f docu m en ts, con tact w ith n eigh b ors and s i b l i n g s are o n th e a g e n d a . P ro fe ssio n a l e n d ea v o rs dem and o f y o u to stay w e ll o r g a n ize d , d is c i plined and patient for the tim e being. P artn ers and fr ie n d s are lik e ly to behave more unpredictably for som e tim e. S tay m ore in d e p e n d e n t and f le x ib le . D e fin e term s o f w h a t is expected o f you and what you get in return. V ir g o (A ug 23 - Sept 22) Attention revolves around co n ditions at hom e, property, lending or borrowing o f m oney. Y ou are w ork ing a lot with words and could be on th e v e r g e o f fa m e an d fo r tu n e . R o m a n c e is lik e ly w ith a P is c e s . O ctober is p ow er play m onth. Y ou o b ta in n e e d e d m aterial at bargain prices. Y ou gain added recogn ition as the result o f a m eeting.

L ib ra (Sept 23 - O ctober 22) D ark c o m e r s o f your life w ill receive more light. A n intense rela tio n sh ip c o m e s u n d er fo c u s . Y o u could g o into b u siness for yourself. Your interest lies in love, creativity, children and fun plans; with original ity and im agination you have a great time. P eop le w ho opp ose you w ill do so in no uncertain terms. A trip over seas may be necessary. Y ou w ill be rid o f a burden that w a s fo o lis h to carry in the first place.

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In lig h t o f th e r e c e n t B a r b ie S c o r p io (Oct 23 - N o v21) exh ib it at the C om p lex D esjardins, F r ie n d s h ip s , g r o u p a c tiv itie s Collectanea brings you a few notes and public life are keeping you busy. on the toy industry’s leading lady: • In tro d u c ed to th e p u b lic in Financial am bitions and aspirations 1959, the three-dim ension al B arbie are stirred up. Y ou h a v e an abun w as insp ired by paper cu tou t d o lls d a n c e o f e n e r g y and th e d r iv e to u se d by Ruth H a n d ler’s dau ghter, m ake this month count in your per Barbara. sonal econ om y. Protect your health. • I n d u s tr y b u y e r s at a N e w Abrupt and co n fu sin g c h a n g es can Y ork c o n v e n tio n w ere rep o rted ly happen at hom e; som e m ight decided un im p ressed by the d oll at first. A you m ove suddenly. D o n ’t criticize short tim e after the doll hit toy store your partner. s h e lv e s , r e ta ile r s w e r e in u n d a te d w ith req uests - so m uch so that it S a g itta riu s (N ov 2 2 - D ec 21) took a fe w years to com p letely catch T h e s e d a y s y o u are m ore up to the market dem and. a ss e r tiv e , a c tiv e , c h a r ism a tic and • S i n c e B a r b i e ’ s i n c e p t io n , M a ttel rep orts that a p p ro x im a te ly m a g n e tic . L e g a l m a tter s g o y o u r on e b illio n B arbie d o lls h ave been w a y . P h y s ic a l s e lf - im p r o v e m e n t m ight be o f interest. M ore responsi j sold - putting her at the top o f near ly every major global market in the b ility that add s to y o u r w o r k lo a d fa sh io n d o ll ind ustry. B arb ie had m ig h t be c a lle d fo r by su p e rio r s. annual sales topping (U S ) $ 1.7 bil W atch your health - your liver, pan lion in 1998. creas and throat. D o n ’t eat too many • M attel ow n s the rights to the sw ee ts. Y o u m igh t se e k a g o v e rn e x a c t s h a d e o f p in k u s e d o n all m ent stipend to confront educational Barbie doll packaging. prob lem s, crim e and m o v in g from Sources: M attel’s website, welfare to a job. Barbie collector magazine C a p rico rn (D ec 22 - Jan 19) Happy "anniversary" Y ou display m ore responsibility • B arbie turns forty th is year. with children and older friends. Your | T o c e le b r a t e th e e v e n t , a 1 ,5 0 0 sq u a r e f o o t s h o w in M ila n , Ita ly ap p roach to h o b b ie s and c r e a tiv e opened celebrations w orldw ide. pastim es is more b u sin esslik e. Y ou • A ccordin g to a R euter’s new s attract m o n e y to y o u and w ork in g r e p o r t, L i s a P r a d a , B a r b i e ’ s with investm ents in becom in g m ore M a r k e tin g M a n a g e r in I ta ly , fu n . G et an y k in d o f h e a lth te sts explain ed that w e should not refer to now . On the 27th be sure to avoid the even t as B arbie’s birthday: “W e confrontations. Your professionalism | call it a celebration o f B arbie’s 40th w ill be in high demand by the begin ning o f October.

Source: achiew.com Barbie et. al. • B a r b i e ’ s f r ie n d K e n , w h o join ed toy store sh elves in 1961, w as nam ed for the H andlers’ son. • H er other friends M id ge and S k ip p e r a r r iv e d in ‘6 3 a n d - ‘6 5 r e s p e c t iv e ly , w h ile M a tte l’ s fir st A fr ic a n -A m e r ic a n d o ll, C h r istie , w as first m arketed in 1968. • R ecent additions to the c o lle c tio n in c lu d e b oth a s ib lin g , B a b y Sister K elly, and a friend in a w h ee l chair, Share a S m ile B eck y. • A ch iew .com , an internet new s m agazin e, reports that add ition s to th is y ea r’s lin e-u p o f B arb ie d o lls w ill in clu d e m o d e ls w ith both tat to o s and pierced n oses. O ne has to w o n d e r h o w w e ll th e se n e w d o lls w ill g o over with parents...

Sources: Mattel, achiew.com Digital Barbie • F ollow in g on the h eels o f the very su ccessfu l iM ac, a sm all com puter that com es in a variety o f d if f e r e n t c o lo u r s , M a tte l C o r p . is r e le a s in g th e B a r b ie P C , a s ilv e r com puter with pink and purple ‘flo ral a c ce n ts.’ T h e unit is accom p a nied by a flow ered Barbie m ouse. • In addition to the PC, Polaroid Corp. has also jum ped into the mar k e t by in tr o d u c in g b oth a lin e o f instant cam eras and film bearing the B arb ie nam e. In ad d ition to cam e r a ’ s “ lo o k a n d f e e l ” o f B a r b ie brand m erch an d ise, the film has a p r e -e x p o se d border w ith a B arb ie th em e. K id s can draw directly on

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Sources: The Arizona Republic, press release Trends • M a tte l’s e ffo r ts to se g m e n t the Barbie buying market have been largely responsible for the growth in sales in recent years. Instead o f just b u yin g on e d o ll and a c ce sso r izin g , there are n ow dolls for every occa s io n : O ly m p ic B a r b ie , H o lid a y Barbie, T otally Hair B a rb ie... • “The average A m erican child h as e ig h t B a r b ies, in ste a d o f o n e . T he num ber o f d o lls purchased per year per child is three in the U nited States, it’s ju st over tw o in Canada, an d e v e r y w h e r e e l s e i t ’ s o n e or less,” explained Jill Barad, president and c h ie f operating officer o f M attel Inc. • O ccurrences o f the w ord “B arbie” in C o lle c ta n e a th is w eek: 29

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“O h, b ab y, y o u ’re su ch a stud. Y o u ’r e m a k i n g m e s o o o h o t . ” A n oth er n ig h t at G ert’s? C ertain ly n o t! W e lc o m e to th e w o r ld o f p h o n e se x w h ere the chat is hotter, the talk is tim ed and y o u ’re g ettin g ch arged by the m inute. I urge you to r e c a ll A e r o s m i t h ’ s ‘S w e e t E m o t i o n ’ v i d e o in th e d a r k d a y s o f e a r ly 1 9 9 0 s M T V , w h ere a h ot c h ic k in a s w a n k y , M a n h a tta n lo ft ta lk e d dirty to B illy a b o u t th e len g th o f h e r s k ir t, th e p l a c e m e n t o f h e r hand and the gen eral co n d itio n o f h e r ...w e ll, b e in g . C ut to the en d o f the v id e o , w e hear the sam e sultry v o i c e e m itte d fr o m th e lip s o f a rotund, b a b y -to tin g , iro n in g h o u se w ife w h o purred

Usually, you just start o ff by asking them what they're doing, how they are, how old they are, ask them what their sexual fantasy is. Basically, then, you just tell them that you want to suck them and do other sexual things to them. — Jennifer Phone sex operator to her caller, “C all m e again s o m e tim e, h o n e y ” . A s id e from the o b v i o u s c o m e d ic iron y o f the situ ation , I w a s struck (in m y tender and oh s o - p r e c o c i o u s y o u t h ) b y th e a b s u r d e a s e w it h w h ic h m o n e y c o u ld b e earned. L ik e m o st u n iv ersity stu d en ts,

I am b a sic a lly la z y , cash -strap p ed and fa ir ly , a h e m , o p e n -m in d e d ab ou t v en tu res su c h as th e p h o n e se x industry. A fter talk in g to m any o f m y fr ie n d s, it o c c u r r e d to m e th a t p h o n e s e x c o u l d e a s i l y b e c o m e the part-tim e jo b o f c h o ic e fo r m a n y b e c a u s e o f it s c o n v e n ie n c e , p r o fita b ility h n d r e la tiv e o c c u p a tio n a l e a s e ( e s p e c ia lly fo r t h o s e w it h a n a tu r a l p r o c l i v i t y to w a r d s th e k in k y ). A fte r a ll, it b eats flip p in g burgers, right? I b e g a n a q u e s t t o fin d o u t. A f t e r s e v e r a l f r u s t r a t in g s u r f s aboard the N e t w h ere I c o n siste n t ly c a m e up w ith m u ch p o m and no e m p lo y m e n t in f o r m a t io n , I w a s s ta r tin g to th in k th a t p h o n e s e x w a s the o ccu p a tio n w h ic h dare not

I t ’ s f u n n y , s o m e t i m e s th e m o s t u n a ttra c tiv e g ir ls h a v e it an d th e m o s t b e a u t i f u l g i r l s j u s t w o n ’t h a v e it. T h e y sou n d lik e m y grand m o t h e r ,” a d m i t t e d M a r k . “ W e d o n ’t e x p e c t y o u to b e a p r o fe s sio n a l righ t o ff, bu t i f y o u h a v e a se x y v o ic e and can talk e ro tica lly , th en y o u ’v e g o t the jo b .” N e l li e , a M o n tr e a l-b a s e d

Easy cash It se e m s that p h o n e s e x o p er ating d o e s, in fact, bring in a c o n sid e r a b le hau l o f c a sh o n a c o m m i s s i o n b a s is . M a r k e x p la in e d o p e r a t o r s c a n s o m e t i m e s w a lk a w a y w ith 4 0 0 -5 0 0 d ollars a night. “It m a k es se n se. Y o u ’re g o in g to m ak e in fiv e m in u tes w h at you

r e m a in a n o n y m o u s . S o m e o th e r p h o n e se x lin e s are e q u ip p ed w ith fe a tu r e s w h ic h p r e s e n t p h o n e m en u s and o ffe r sea rch m e ch a n is m s fo r a p a r tic u la r o p e r a to r . O ther a v a ila b le h ig h -te c h featu res ensu re that an ea g er cu sto m er w ill n e v e r e x p e r i e n c e a b u s y s ig n a l w h en d ia lin g up fo r a q u ick o n e o n -o n e.

Let's get it on Jennifer, a w o rk in g p h o n e se x operator, e x p la in e d her proced ure w h en a c lie n t d ia ls her up. “U s u a lly , y o u ju s t start o f f b y a sk in g th e m w h a t t h e y ’re d o in g , h o w th e y are, h o w o ld th e y are, ask th em w h a t their sex u a l fantasy is . B a s ic a lly , th e n , y o u ju s t te ll

sp eak its nam e. F in a lly , I turned to the g o o d , o l'e -fa sh io n ed c la s sifie d s in a n e w s p a p e r w h e r e — l o a n d b e h o ld — there w ere ads ask in g for w o m e n in the A d u lt H elp W anted sectio n .

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p erson w ill n ot h a v e had e x te n siv e e m p lo y m e n t h is to r y w ith p h o n e s e x o p e r a tin g , th e is s u e o f w h a t q u a lifica tio n s are n e e d e d b e c o m e s an in te r e stin g o n e . A c c o r d in g to M a r k , an e m p l o y e e w ith M o is t P ro d u c tio n s w h ic h o w n s a p h o n e se x lin e , it’s all ab ou t attitude and s e x y v o ic e . “I f y o u h a v e a n ic e , se x y v o i c e a n d c a n ta lk in a n e r o t ic m a n n e r , w e w o u ld s c h e d u le an in te r v ie w w h er e w e w o u ld sim u late a p h o n e c a ll so that w e can se e h o w y o u do. O ften , I g e t m y part ner to m ak e the c a ll from another room w h ere he h a s n ’t se e n the girl and h e ’ll te ll m e w h a t h e th in k s.

operator w h o has b e e n w o rk in g in the industry fo r fiv e years, o ffered a little m ore in sig h t in to the q u ali fica tio n s sh e se e k s in a p h o n e se x operator. “U s u a lly , I lo o k fo r a s w e e t v o ic e , a clear, norm al v o ic e . S o m e h a v e natural a b ility and are c o m fo rta b le sp e a k in g e ro tica lly . M o st o f the tim e, girls I se e are n ot c o m fo r ta b le .w ith th is. A ls o , I h a v e a ch a rt w ith s p e c if ic w o r d s w h ic h tell th em h o w to talk, h o w to k e e p th e c a lle r on as lo n g as th ey can. A n d I train th em , i f y o u w ill.”

w o u ld o th e r w ise m a k e in an hour at M c D o n a ld ’s or so m e other fast fo o d p la c e . A ls o , th e m o n e y y o u g e t r e a lly v a r ie s w ith th e s e a s o n and sh ift that y o u h a v e ,” h e added. “T h e r e ’s a lo t o f tu rn arou n d and right n o w I h a v e n in e or ten p e o p le w o rk in g for m e w ith a c a p a city o f 19. M o st are u su a lly stu d en ts w h o c o u ld n ’t fin d a jo b . T h e y u su a lly d o n ’t l a s t , t h e y ’re j u s t th e r e to m ak e q u ick m o n e y .” W h e n c a lle r s p h o n e M ark 's p h o n e s e x lin e , th e y are g r e e te d and then transferred to an operator w h o se id en tity and p h o n e num ber

th em that y o u w an t to su ck them and d o other se x u a l th in g s to them . S o m e g ir ls h a v e a natu ral ta len t, and other p e o p le n e e d to read se x y th in g s to g e t id eas. M en c a ll m ore or le s s ju st to c o m e , th o u g h so m e m en c a ll ju s t to ch a t.” F o r J e n n ife r, her m o o n lig h t in g as a p h o n e s e x op erator p ro v id e s a g o o d so u rce o f in c o m e and a llo w s her to u se herr im agin ation . “I h a v e another jo b , th ou gh I prefer n ot to say. T h e m o n e y is not bad and the am oun t o f c a lls really vary. I en jo y w h at I d o .” I f th e p rosp ect o f m o n e y , w e e m orn in g hou rs and so m e w h a t, er, s t ic k y b u s i n e s s s o u n d e n t i c i n g , then c o n sid e r ex p lo rin g this lesse r k n o w n stu dent e m p lo y m e n t op p or tun ity. Su re, y o u m ig h t n e v e r put d o w n p h o n e s e x o n y o u r r esu m e o r a c q u ir e m a in s tr e a m b u s in e s s s k ills , b u t i t ’ s an in d u str y th a t’ s g o in g up and up and up...

S te v e Fuller c le a n s h o u s e o f scien tific p h ilo so p h y B y Julia C a r bo ne M o st p e o p le s e e s c ie n c e as a f in it e q u e s t to w a r d s an u ltim a te g o a l. E ach sc ie n tific a d v a n ce m e n t b rin g s u s c lo s e r to th e truth abou t o u r w o r l d . B u t w h a t i f th e p ro g ress o f sc ie n c e is n ot that sim p le ? It i s in te r e s tin g to c o n s id e r s c ie n c e as a p r o c e s s o f p arad igm sh ifts and r e v o lu tio n s (that is, s ig n i f i c a n t c h a n g e s in o u r w o r ld v ie w ) that c o n tin u a lly c h a n g e the c o n t e x t in w h ic h s c ie n t is t s c o n d u ct research . S t e v e F u lle r , p r o f e s s o r o f S o c io lo g y at W a r w ic k U n iv e r sity in th e U K , a d d ressed th is c o n c e p t l a s t W e d n e s d a y , in h i s l e c t u r e e n t it le d “ T h e h id d e n a n d u n e x p e c te d le g a c y o f T h o m a s K u h n ’s

and tw e n ty -first cen tu ry. K u h n o r ig in a lly e x p la in e d th is c o n c e p t o f s c ie n c e as an ev erc h a n g in g e n tity in h is in flu e n tia l b o o k , The Structure o f the Scientific Revolutions. W ritten in 1 9 6 9 , th e b o o k h as r e v o lu tio n iz e d the w a y in w h ic h th e h isto r y and p h ilo s o p h y of sc ie n c e is app roached. K u h n v ie w e d s c ie n tis ts as c o n d u c tin g r e s e a r c h w ith in a fra m ew o rk o f r efe r e n c e , i.e . their w o r ld v ie w . A c c o r d in g to K u h n , h isto rica l and so c ia l fa cto rs deter m in e th is fr a m e w o r k in a g iv e n t i m e . S c i e n c e , i s t h e r e f o r e th e p r o d u ct o f g rea t r e v o lu tio n s , ra th er th a n g r a d u a l p r o g r e s s iv e

se r ie s o n so c ie ty and sc ie n c e . T h e lectu re fo c u s e d o n the th e o r ie s o f

c h a n g e s. L o o k in g at th e tw e n tieth c e n tury, m o st p e o p le w o u ld agree that the lin e b e tw e e n s c ie n c e and te c h n o lo g y has b e c o m e blurred. K uhn b e lie v e d that extern al factors su ch

T h o m a s K u h n an d sh e d lig h t o n th e is s u e s su rroun ding the a p p lic a tio n s o f h is th eory in the tw e n tieth

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The Structure o f Scientific Revolutions,” as part o f a lectu re

e n c e du rin g th e actual rev o lu tio n s. F u lle r , b y c o n tr a st, b e lie v e s that th e se ex tern a l factors h a v e a m ore c o n s is t e n t in f lu e n c e o n th e p r e v a i l i n g s c i e n t i f i c t h e o r y o f th e day. In th e lectu re, F u ller attem p t ed to p r o v id e e x p la n a tio n s for the o r ig i n o f K u h n 's i d e a s . W h e n K uh n w a s c o m p le tin g h is P h .D . in p h y sic s and w o rk in g o n h is b o o k , W o r ld W ar II w a s c o m in g to an e n d . A t th a t t im e , s c i e n c e w a s b e c o m in g m ore im portant in m ili tary and d o m e stic m atters. W h en th e a t o m ic b o m b w a s d r o p p e d , p e o p le su d d en ly r ea lize d that aca d e m ic s c i e n t is t s c o u ld u s e th e ir r e s e a r c h to w r e a k d e v a s t a t i o n . F u ller p o in te d ou t it w a s as i f p e o p le n e e d e d to b e to ld th at it w a s n o t th eir c o u n tr y 's a g g r e s iv e and v io le n t nature that le d to th e c r e ation o f th e b o m b , b u t rather that it w a s d u e to a larger trend in sc i e n t i f ic r e s e a r c h . T h is p e r io d in h is to r y h a d a g r e a t e f f e c t on think ers su ch as K uh n, and d rove

th e m to reev a lu a te th e p u rp o se o f their sc ie n tific in q u iries. K uh n su g g e s te d that to s o lv e th is p ro b lem , w e sh o u ld n ot fo c u s o n th e p r a c tic a l s id e b u t o n th e th e o r e tic a l s id e o f s c ie n c e . A c c o r d i n g t o K u h n , s c i e n c e is b a s e d o n e x p e r im e n t a n d s h o u ld n ot b e c o n sid e r ed as b e in g te c h n o l o g ic a l ly d r iv e n . H is to r y h a s sh o w n u s that s c ie n tis ts w e r e n ot tr y in g to b e c r e a tiv e an d in v e n t, b u t s im p ly try in g to p u z z le -s o lv e w ith in the fra m ew o rk o f th e tim e. K u h n ’s i d e a s w o u l d s t r e s s th e im p o r ta n c e o f e x a m in in g th e o ri g in s o f the th e o r ie s u s e d to b u ild th e b o m b as o p p o se d to fo c u s in g o n t h e f a c t th a t th e b o m b w a s b u ilt. F u lle r a lso m a d e s u g g e s tio n s fo r w h y K u h n 's id e a s m a y b e so hard to sw a llo w in tod ay's so c ie ty . In h is b o o k , K uh n lim its th e d is c u s s i o n o f r e v o l u t i o n s to th e C o p e m ic a n R e v o lu tio n , th e se v e n t e e n t h c e n t u r y r e v o l u t i o n in p h y sic s and th e e ig h te e n th century

r e v o lu t io n in c h e m is t r y . In th a t tim e, te c h n o lo g y had m u c h le s s o f a s o c ia l and e c o n o m ic a l p r esen ce. A l t h o u g h h e d id d i s a g r e e w ith a lo t o f K hun's id e a s, F u ller w a s q u ick to p o in t o u t that K u h n ’s th e o r y d o e s h a v e s o m e in tr in s ic v a l u e th a t s h o u ld n o t b e o v e r lo o k e d . O n e o f th e K uhn's b e lie fs th a t F u lle r a g r e e d w ith w a s th e n otion that p ast sc ie n tific th eo ries, w ro n g as th e y m ay b e , sh o u ld not b e v ie w e d a s n o n s e n s ic a l m y th s. A lth o u g h th e se th e o r ie s m ay h a v e s i n c e b e e n d e b u n k e d , th e y s t ill f o llo w e d a strict sc ie n tific p r o c e d u re, an d w e r e im p o r ta n t fo r th e futu re o f research . F u l l e r o p i n e d t h a t K u h n 's b o o k is n ot u s e le s s as a m o d e l for s c i e n t i f i c p r o g r e s s , b u t t h a t it m is s e s the target o n so m e im p or ta n t c o n c e p t s . F u lle r e x p r e s s e d th at th e tim e fo r a n e w m o d e l to be d e v e lo p p e d had c o m e . It m ay sim p ly b e a m atter o f w h o is w ill in g to take th e c h a lle n g e .

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A second chance for a first degree McGill and World University Service of Canada partner to help students complete their studies B y N ilima G ulrajani W e a ll m a k e p e r so n a l s a c r i fic e s to attend un iversity. S o m e g o in to d e b t, m a n y fo r s a k e h o m e c o o k in g or forgo a so c ia l life , still others lo s e their san ity. Y e t th ese sa crifices p ale in com p arison to the o b sta cle s that R o y a R ehm an i, a UO A r ts stu d e n t, fa c e d in g e t tin g to M cG ill. R o y a fled her h om e in K abul, A f g h a n i s t a n in 1 9 9 2 d u e to an e scalatin g c iv il w ar that shut d ow n her sc h o o l and threatened her and h e r f a m i l y ’ s l i v e s . L i v i n g in P e s h a w a r , P a k is ta n fo r th e la s t se v e n years w ithout p olitical status a n d w ith lim it e d e d u c a t io n a l or em p lo y m en t prosp ects, sh e app lied to the W orld U n iv ersity S erv ice o f C a n a d a ’ s R e f u g e e S p o n s o r s h ip Program last spring. W U S C is the o ld e s t in te r n a tio n a l d e v e lo p m e n t n o n -g o v e r n m e n ta l o r g a n isa tio n in C an ad a w ith lo c a l c o m m itte e s on u n i v e r s i t y c a m p u s e s a c r o s s th e country, in clu d in g M cG ill. “W h a t ca n I s a y . .. i t w a s m y fa te.” R o y a q u ietly w h isp ered in a p ersonal in terview . “It w a s m y fate and m y lu ck .” L u ck m a y b e , but a w h o le lo t o f ta le n t and p e r s e v e r a n c e on R o y a ’ s part w e r e a ls o im p o r ta n t contributing factors to her arrival in Canada.

h ig h , th e U n ite d S ta te s a n d P a k is ta n s u p p o r te d a r e s is t a n c e m o v e m e n t o p p o sed to the U S S R ’s aggression , a cam p aign spearhead ed b y Is la m ic w arriors k n o w n as mujahadin. W ith the Iron Curtain on th e verge o f fa llin g , the U S S R s ig n e d an a c co r d b rok ered b y th e U n ited N ation s that c o m m itted the S o v i e t s to a w i t h d r a w a l fr o m A fgh an istan in 198 9 . T h e p o litic a l ly d iv id e d mujahadin r e fu s e d to accep t the term s o f the w ithdraw al, a n d in 1 9 9 2 th e y o v e r th r e w th e govern m en t in K abul w ith the help o f th e m ilita r y . I s la m ic ru le w a s instituted, although the bitter p ow er str u g g le s b e tw e e n e th n ic , m ilitary and relig io u s fa c tio n s still rages. “I b lam e m y cou n trym en , the ig n o r a n c e and th e in te r fe r e n c e o f other countries in m y country, and the partiality o f the U n ited N ation s f o r w h a t h a p p e n e d [in A fg h a n ista n ],” said R oya.

A fg h a n ista n is a cou n try that has b een in a continual state o f tur m oil sin c e a D ecem b er 1979 in va s io n b y S o v i e t tr o o p s s o u g h t to r es to r e a M a r x ist g o v e r n m e n t in p o w e r . W ith C o ld W ar te n s io n s

to be a doctor, I was not happy at university. I worked really hard but there was no practical train ing in the program [because] it was a university not recognized in Pakistan — Roya Rehmani WUSC Scholarship STudent

men, the ignorance and the interference o f other coun tries in my country, and the partiality o f the United Nations for what happened [in Afghanistan] scholarship student

“It w a s w ord s w ork in g for the U N , never action s.” W ith K a b u l o n th e v e r g e o f fa llin g to th e m u ja h a d in in 1 9 9 2 , th e e f f e c t s o f t h e w a r in A fg h a n is ta n c o u ld be fe lt o n th e R e h m a n i fa m ily . H er fa th er lo st

a n d i n a d m i s s i b l e to P a k is t a n i sc h o o ls. T h e strain contributed her fa th e r ’ s s ic k n e s s a n d h e ld up R o y a ’s stu d ies. H er parents in sisted s h e le a r n E n g lis h , k n o w in g fu ll w e l l th a t k n o w le d g e o f th e la n g u a g e c o u ld be her tick et to a better life . S h e m an aged to c o m p lete her 12th g r a d e in s c h o o ls e s p e c ia lly

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I blame my country

— Roya Rehmani, WUSC

The human side of war

a sa fe p la ce.” A r r iv in g in P a k ista n b y b u s, h e r f a m i l y r e n t e d a h o u s e in Pakistan. T h ey w ere lu ck y— m any o f her fe llo w c itiz e n s e n d e d up in cam ps. “W e d id n ’t k n o w h o w lo n g w e h a d to sta y th e r e [in P a k is ta n ],”

h is e x p o r t b u s in e s s , c la s s e s w e re s c h e d u l e d w h e n th e b o m b s w e r e n ’t, an d h e r h o u s e in K ab u l w a s in crea sin g ly bearing the brunt o f r o c k e t attack s. A lth o u g h R o y a h a d f a m i l y in s a f e r a r e a s o f A fgh an istan , her parents d e c id ed to lea v e for Pakistan so that their c h il

dren c o u ld c o n tin u e th eir s c h o o l ing. “ 1 9 9 1 - 1 9 9 2 w a s th e h a r d e st y e a r o f m y life . [W ]e e v e n c o u ld n o t g o u p sta ir s fo r fe a r o f b e in g b om b ed ,” R o y a said. “W h en I w a s lea v in g m y country, on o n e sid e I w a s so d e p r e sse d . I w a s le a v in g for w h at I d id n ’t k n ow , for w h ere I d id n ’t k n ow . O n the other hand, I d id n ’t k n o w w h a t w o u ld b e m y future. I d id n ’t have a g o o d im age o f m y c o u n tr y a n d P a k is ta n — it w a s a fe e lin g ...u n e x p r e s s ib le ...[I ]t m ade m e fe e l g o o d that at least m y fa m ily w a s sa fe , that n o o n e w a s handicapped, that w e w ere g o in g to

s a id R o y a .. “W e [h ad ] h o p e s o f p ea ce, w e w ere con cern ed w ith our liv e s b ack h om e. [H o w ev er] it w as n ot a tem p orary l e a s e . .. i t ’s still a perm anent o n e .”

A struggle for schooling A lth ou gh p h y sica lly sa fe from h a r m a n d b e t t e r o f f th a n m a n y other A fgh an i refu g ees in Pakistan, t h e R e h m a n i f a m i ly s t i l l f a c e d u p h ill b attles in P akistani so c ie ty . A f g h a n s r e m a in in l im b o in Pakistan, in e lig ib le for form al w ork

m e a n t fo r the A fg h a n i p o p u la tio n in P a k ista n , an d w a s a d m itte d to t h e f a c u l t y o f m e d i c i n e a t an A fg h a n i- u n iversity in Pakistan. “A lth ou gh it w as m y dream to b e a doctor, I w a s not happy at uni v e rsity . I w o r k e d r ea lly hard but there w a s n o p ra ctica l train in g in the program [because] it w a s a u n i versity not rec o g n ize d in Pakistan.

1 en d ed up g o in g to c lin ic s and h o s p itals on m y o w n to be trained.” A t the start o f her third year o f m e d ic a l stu d ie s , th e A fg h a n i u n i v e r s it y w a s c l o s e d b y P a k is ta n i a u t h o r i t i e s c la i m i n g th a t t h e y intended to b u ild r eco g n ized acad e m ic f a c i l i t i e s fo r th e A f g h a n i s . A c c o r d in g to R o y a , th is w a s an “un reason able e x c u se w h ich n o on e Continued on page 17

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Greco-Turkish relations shaken up for the better Goodwill demonstrated by old-time Mediterranean rivals following earthquakes could be a sign of things to come B y Ia n D isend T here is an o ld urban leg e n d in w h ich a frail grandm other h o ists a C h evrolet over her h ead to sa v e her trapped grandchild from im m in en t death. W hether this sc e n e has ever p la y ed its e lf out in actuality is o p en to q u estio n , but th e o r ig in s o f the sto r y are u n d e r s to o d : d is a s tr o u s e v e n ts o fte n bring o u t th e b e st in p eop le. W h e n an earthquake ru m b led through G reece o n Septem ber 8 o f th is year, G r e e c e ’s lo n g tim e rival, T urkey, c o u ld certain ly em pathize. T h e p ic tu r e s o f fr a c tu r e d h o m e s an d c r u m b lin g b u ild in g s w e r e all to o fa m ilia r to m a n y Turks. T heir state, o f cou rse, w a s struck in late A u g u s t b y th e r e g i o n ’ s l a r g e s t earth quak e in d e c a d e s, m easu rin g o v er 7 .0 on the R ichter scale. A lth o u g h the num ber o f G reek fatalities p ales in com parison to the m ore than 4 0 ,0 0 0 liv e s cla im ed by th e T u r k ish d isa s te r in th e c o u n t r y ’ s m o s t p o p u lo u s r e g io n , T u rk ey’s critical state did not stop it from b ein g am on g the first c o u n t r ie s to s e n d h e lp to G r e e c e . U n q u estio n a b ly , the Turks w ish e d to d em o n stra te th eir gratitu d e for G re ec e ’s o w n prom pt assistan ce in T u rk ey’s tim e o f need. T h o u g h a pair o f d e v a sta tin g natural disasters is hardly the ideal w a y to b e g in a r o u te to w a r m e r

r e la tio n s b e tw e en th e tw o M e d ite r r a n e a n a n t a g o n is t s , it is n ev erth eless an opportunity— albeit an u n fo r tu n a te o n e — th a t s h o u ld n o t b e w a sted . T h e recen t m utual hum anitarianism c o u ld be the start o f a v a lu a b le d é te n te a s lo n g as p o l i t i c i a n s a n d c i t i z e n s in e a c h state are prepared to let g o o f old an im o sities. B u t w ill th ese ev en ts be a stron g en o u g h fo u n d ation on w h ich to bu ild a rapprochem ent? “It d epend s on h o w prom inent the [relief] action w a s, h o w e f fe c tiv e it w a s, and h o w it w a s p u b li c iz e d ,” r e fle c te d P r o fe sso r T V . P a u l o f th e P o l i t i c a l S c i e n c e D e p a r tm e n t and c o -e d ito r o f International Order and the Future o f W orld P olitics. P a u l p r e d ic ts th a t th e T u rk s and G reeks w ill be m ore recep tive to a th a w in b i l a t e r a l r e l a t io n s g iv e n th e s e v e r ity o f th e natu ral disasters. ”[T ]h e T urks and G reek s w ill be m ore r ec ep tiv e to a th a w in g in relation s due to the harsh nature o f the circum stances," predicted Paul. “A fte r a traged y, i t ’s m u ch e a sier to se ll to the pu blic. S y m b o ls m ake a d ifferen ce. If y o u ask h o w m uch o f a d iffe re n c e, th at’s hard to pre dict.” H ard to p redict b e c a u se th ese tw o states h ave b e e n at on e anoth er’s throat sin c e the fled g lin g days o f e a ch o n e ’s sta te h o o d . T h e

sou rces o f the feu d are both histori cal and contem porary. G r e e c e g a in e d in d e p e n d e n c e fr o m th e T u r k is h -r u le d O tto m a n E m p ir e in 1 8 3 0 . A s p art o f th e G r e e k n a tio n a lis t m o v e m e n t, an e x tr e m is t id e o lo g y k n o w n as th e M e g a l e I d e a s p r u n g u p s h o r t ly thereafter. T h e b asic prem ise o f the Id e a w a s to c o l l e c t a ll G reek s in a sin g le p o liti cal entity w ith its capital at C o n s ta n tin o p le . T h e c a tc h ? T h e g ig a n tic T u rk ish m e g a lo p o lis o f Istanbul had b een stand in g on the site o f the old B y z a n t i n e c a p i t a l fo r m ore than four centuries. In an attem pt to lib e r a t e G r e e k s in A s ia M inor, G reece initiated a w a r w it h th e T u r k s in 1921. T he end result w as th e e m e r g e n c e o f th e m o d e r n T u r k is h s t a t e , a n d a s c e n s i o n to fam e o f M u stafa K em al ‘A tatürk,’ its fou n d er, w h o se fath erly v isa g e is still seen o n ju st about ev ery lit tle trinket in Turkey today. S i n c e t h e n , th e s t a t e s h a v e p la y e d r e a l- lif e R is k w ith o n e a n o th er o v e r territorial c la im s o n isla n d s and w a ters in th e A e g e a n S ea, in clu d in g C yprus, the predom in an tly-G reek M editerranean island w h o se T urkish m inority is current ly restin g un der m ainland -T urkish

protection. T u rk ey in v a d e d th e isla n d in 1974 after G reece, then ruled b y a m ilita r y ju n ta , h e lp e d o v e r th r o w the C yp riot P resid en t, A rch b ish op M akarios, through a pu pp et d icta to r . T h e T u r k is h i n t e r v e n t i o n (w h ic h so m e h isto ria n s lin k m ore to fears o f C om m u n ist activity than

e th n ic s o lid a r it y ) p r e v e n t e d th e union o f C yprus w ith G reece. T he T u r k ish C y p r io t c o m m u n ity w a s th u s sp a r e d an u n e n v ia b le fa te , th o u g h a G reco-T u rk ish w ar w a s nearly sparked in the process. B u t i t ’ s a m a z in g w h a t t w o b ack -to-b ack hum an traged ies w ill d o to s o fte n o ld s u s p ic io n s . T h e Turkish Daily News reports that top foreign m inistry o ffic ia ls from each s ta te m e t r e c e n t ly , an d is s u e d a jo in t com m u n iq u é afterwards. “T h e h u m an su ffer in g c a u se d

b y th e e a r th q u a k e s o c c u r r in g in T urkey and G reece and the friendly a tm o s p h e r e c r e a te d b e t w e e n th e tw o c o u n tr ie s f o llo w in g th e s e ev en ts w a s ... a ck n o w led g ed at the m e e tin g ,” it stated in th e c o m m u n iq u é . S k e p tic s m ig h t b e further sh o ck ed b y both parties' d e c isio n to e x a m in e c e r t a in e c o n o m i c a n d p o l i t i c a l a r e a s a n d " c o n c lu d e fram ew ork agreem en ts w h ere n e c essary or m ake other arrangem ents to prom ote coop eration .” “I think it m ust b e g en u in e,” Paul said o f the sta te s’ d ip lom atic action , but stressed that the reco n c i l i a t i o n w i l l n o t c o m e w ith o u t g u id a n c e b e c a u se “ [a ]c tiv e sta tes m a n s h ip i s r e q u ir e d to s u s t a in som eth in g lik e th is.” That it to o k a tragedy o f such en orm ou s m agnitude to set the ball r o llin g is n ot h o w a n yb od y w o u ld h a v e w r i t t e n t h e s c r ip t . B u t i f P rim e M in isters B ulent E cev it and K ostas S im itis can m ak e the b est o f an u g ly s itu a tio n , th e y w ill be rem em bered for it. A fter all, c o m in g to te r m s w it h an o ld e n e m y ou gh t to b e m uch, m uch easier than liftin g up a C h evrolet. Professor Paul's International O r d e r a n d th e F u tu r e o f W o r ld P o li t i c s , co-edited with John A.

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W U S C -M c G ill p r o m o t e s s t u d e n t s o l i d a r i t y Continued from page 75 c o u ld b e lie v e ” . R o y a b egan teach in g sc ie n c e in E n g lish at a prim ary sc h o o l, w h ere sh e h ap pened to find ou t abou t the W U S C S p o n so rsh ip Program . “T h e [P akistani] organ isation s a tta ch ed to W U S C w e r e n o t p u b l i c l y a n n o u n c in g th a t th e y w e r e lo o k in g fo r stu d e n ts w h o k n ew E n g l i s h ...t h e o r g a n iz a tio n s w e r e j u s t in tr o d u c in g th e p r o g r a m to p e o p le th e y k n e w . It w a s in the c o u r s e o f te a c h e r tr a in in g th a t I

foun d out about it.” A fte r p a s sin g an E n g lish test an d p e r fo r m in g w e ll in an in te r v ie w w ith a W U S C rep resen tative in P a k ista n , R o y a w a s in fo r m e d that she w a s o n e o f the 15 A fgh an i students se lec ted a m o n g 3 5 0 ap p li c a n ts fo r th e W U S C sc h o la r sh ip . H er accep tan ce w a s b a sed o n a h ost o f factors, in clu d in g her k n o w led g e o f E n g lish , her ab ility to integrate w e ll in to C a n a d ia n s o c i e t y , th e lik elih o o d o f her d o ssier sa tisfy in g th e r e q u ir e m e n ts o f Im m ig r a tio n C anada for o v e rsea s refu g ee s e le c

tion, and the ch an ces o f her gain in g ad m issio n to a C anadian u n iversity.

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A n n a b e lle C h o n g is E x p o sed in S ex Film re v ie w o f Sex: th e A n n a b e l C hong S to ry B y A d a m B u nick A w arning to all m o v ie -g o e r s ( e s p e c i a l l y th o s e p o r n fa n a t ic s ) , there is n oth in g titillatin g or erotic a b o u t Sex: The Annabel Chong Story. Instead, it is a “co ck -u m en t a r y ” a b o u t th e l i f e o f o r ig in a l ga n g -b a n g q u een, A n n ab el C h on g. T o ro n to film m a k er G o u g h L e w is ’ in te r e s ts w e r e p iq u e d w h e n he heard about C h o n g ’s record break in g fe a t o f fo r n ic a t in g w ith 2 5 1 m en in the span o f 10 hours. W h i l e th e m o v i e i s a b o u t A n n a b el C h o n g ’s sto r y , L e w is ’ fo c u s sh ifts to so m e w h a t m ore per son al and intrigu in g m otifs. G r a c e Q u e k (a .k .a . A n n a b e l C h o n g ) is in tr o d u c e d as a c o n f i dent, abrasive y o u n g w o m a n , w h o is fu ll o f pan ach e and d esire to stir up c o n tr o v e r sy . Q u e k d is p e ls the stereotyp ical, en larged , fla k y p o m s t r e s s im a g e , c la i m i n g th a t s h e en tered the porn w o rld to m ak e a p o in t. W h ile a tte n d in g th e U n iv e r sity o f S o u th é m C aliforn ia, Q uek reb elled a gain st so m e o f the n o tio n s that w e re b e in g p resen ted in a fe m in ism c la s s and states that sh e m a d e th e g a n g -b a n g film to b e c o m e a f e m a l e “ s t u d ,” n o t a

p rom iscu ou s slut. U n fo r tu n a te ly , C h o n g s e e m s to b e tryin g c o n v in c e her r ea l-life e g o o f her a c tio n s b u t fa ils to b e p ersu asive. A s the film p rogresses, h e r in s e c u r it ie s s u r fa c e a n d s h e ta k e s o n th e r o le o f th e p a th e tic p rotagon ist. T here is d isc lo su re o f the history o f her gan g rape (b efore sh e e n te r e d p o r n ), h e r p a s t drug abu se, and the o p p re ssiv e en v iro n m ent of her t r a d i t io n a l S in gap orean up b rin gin g. In tryin g to ju g g le her g h o sts and deal w ith her e c c e n tr ic lif e c h o ic e s , c o n fu sio n and in co h eren ce prevails. L e w i s d o e s n ’t h e lp Q u e k ’ s p e r c e iv e d im a g e , le ttin g h is in e x p e r ie n c e g u id e th e f ilm in s o m e sp ots. A t tim es the cam era w anders to p se u d o -th o u g h t-p r o v o k in g r e li g io u s sy m b o ls in Q u e k ’s h o m e as w e ll as irrelevan t (th o u g h h u m or o u s) com m en tary b y p o m gian ts in th e in d u s t r y . T h e r e is a l s o th e p a in fu l se lf-m u tila tio n sc e n e that fa ils to provid e in sig h t in to w h at is torm entin g Q uek. L e w is, h o w ev er, s o m e tim e s s h o w s ta s te fu ln e s s in c e r ta in d e c is io n s , s p e c i f ic a l ly in h is d ea lin g w ith the u n com fortab le s c e n e w h e r e Q u e k ’s p o rn l if e is r ev ea led to her m other.

L e w is s u c c e s s f u lly m a n a g e s to s h ift th e v ie w e r s im a g e a w a y fr o m th e p u r e ly s e x u a l a s p e c t o f C h o n g ’ s s t o r y . T h r o u g h o u t th e m o v ie , Q u e k b rags to th e cam era about certain se x acts sh e has per fo rm ed (a lm o st all to o grap h ic to m e n tio n ). H er se x u a l e n th u sia sm c o m e s ou t as a bit fake and pathet ic , as Q u ek se e m s to b e attem p tin g to create an ele m en t o f sh ock . T he sh o c k is not p r o v id e d b y her, but rather in L e w is ’ len s. T h e im a g es o f s e x are p articu larly d iffic u lt to w a tc h . T h e ca m er a o fte n f o c u s e s o n h e r f a c e d u r in g c o p u l a t i o n sc e n e s, and it b e c o m e s rather o b v i o u s to th e v i e w e r th a t Q u e k is e x p e r ie n c in g c o n s id e r a b ly m o r e pain than pleasure. D e s p ite th e d ir e c to r ia l fla w s o f the docu m en tary, the real Q u ek c o m e s through as a y o u n g w om an w h o has created a life that sh e has trouble com p reh en d in g. A t th e en d o f the film , their is a sob erin g d ia lo g u e w ith Q uek. “ I d o n ’t k n o w w h o A n n a b e l C h o n g is a n y m o r e ,” s h e s t a t e s , o n ly c o n c lu d in g w h a t th e v ie w e r had already d ed u ced from the pre v io u s 9 0 m in u te s o f v ie w in g her life.

Chong: Female stud, not ju st promiscuous A fte r a h iatu s fr o m p o m , the film en d s w ith Q u e k ’s return to the s e x industry, n o tea b ly w ith o u t the p u rp ose or ju stific a tio n sh e tou ted earlier, m ak in g her ou t to b e a c o n fu s e d v ic t im o f th e m o v ie . A lth o u g h Sex: The Annabel Chong Story is redundant and irrelevant at p o in ts , L e w is m a n a g e s to le t the s u b t l e t i e s o f th e m o v i e p r e v a il.

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L ik e its m ainstream fictio n a l c o u n terpart Boogie Nights, m o st v ie w ers w ill le a v e this film w ith a dark, d ep ressin g v ie w o f the p o m in d u s try, and the fa ile d sou l search in g o f o n e c o n fu sed y o u n g w om an .

Minimalist fashion for th e n ew m illenium B y M a rin a S errao I ’v e n e v e r a tte n d e d a s ty lis h e v e n t fr e q u e n te d b y th e r ic h and d is tin g u is h e d . N o n e t h e le s s , I g o t m y c h a n c e la s t T h u r s d a y at th e s h o w o f C h r istia n C h e n a il’s u p co m in g spring and su m m er c o lle c t io n f o r 2 0 0 0 at t h e M c C o r d M u se u m . I w a s w a r n e d a h e a d o f t i m e th a t t h e u p p e r c r u s t o f M ontreal w o u ld be ou t in fo rce at the even t.

I fe lt o u t o f p la c e but w a s n ’t g o i n g to l e t th a t s t o p m e fr o m e n jo y in g th e s h o w . A s an e x p e r t n o n -so c ia lite , I w o r e m y b e st V V sk irt an d G ap to p . A d m itte d ly , I r e c e iv e d q u ite a fe w sn a rly lo o k s from better d ressed fo lk (alth ou gh th ose in attendance c o u ld hardly be c a lle d fo lk ). M u ch lik e sh ee p , w e w ere fu n n elled in to on e o f the tw o room s w h ere the c o lle c tio n w o u ld be sh ow n . O btaining seats in the so p h isti

Christian Chenail's simple yet elegant designs

cated h igh c eilin g , m odernist room p ro v ed d ifficu lt, but I m an aged to e d g e p a st th e o th e r g lit t e r in g g u e sts . S in g e r Y m a S u m a c len t a c la s s y sla sh c o ld a m b ia n c e to the e v e n t w ith h e r u n iq u e b le n d o f o p e r a t ic t e c h n i q u e a n d t e c h n o b e a ts. A b o u t a d o z e n m o d e ls , m a d e -u p and m a n n e q u in -lik e , p r a n c e d in a n d o u t o f th e r o o m . A lth o u g h strikingly beautiful, so m e o f the m o d els took their jo b s a little to o seriou sly, as i f so m e o n e w o u ld ju m p up and award th e m a s i x - d i g i t

Mike Colwell

co n tr a ct b e c a u se o f th e ir p o w e r fu l portrayal o f a l iv ing hanger. A s the disp lay o f th e c o l l e c t i o n w ore on, th e c o l o u r s o f th e d e s ig n s s lo w ly m o r p h e d th r o u g h th e sp ec tru m , th r o u g h v a r io u s tin ts a n d h u e s o f w h ite , o liv e , m a u v e , b lu e an d p in k . T h e c lo th e s th a t M . C h e n a il d e s ig n e d are im p ressive: he has th e m in im a lis t l o o k w it h r is k y

y e t w e a r a b le s lit s a n d s u p r is in g com b in ation s. T h e lo o k is a m ix o f e v e n in g and casu al w ear, fo c u sin g h e a v ily on lo n g skirts that b alloon out at the b ottom lik e lanterns. T he o v e r a ll lo o k w a s o n e o f e le g a n c e a n d s i m p l i c i t y . It is u n f r iv o lo u s fe m in in ity that e m p h a sises the s il hou ette w ith c olou rs and le s s tradi tional cuts. P opular fabrics in c lu d e d c h if fo n s and s h e e r s, w h ile s ty le s in clu d ed k n ee pants, b a g g y straight p a n ts a n d th e e c l e c t i c sk ir ts and d r e s s e s o v e r p a n ts. S lits r ea c h e d the k n ee s and the hip, r ev e a lin g a sh o rte r sk ir t u n d e rn ea th . P y ja m a s ty le o u tfits w e r e a ls o s e e n , r e w o r k e d to b e t i g h t - f i t t e d a n d s lin k y . O th er to p s h ad n o stra p s and varied from short to brushing the k n ee. T h e draw string on dresses and b lo u se s has m o v e d d o w n to the w aist, c r iss-cr o ssin g and w rapping a rou n d to th e fr o n t, a c c e n tu a tin g ton ed stom achs. S o m e o f the standouts inclu d ed a sh ort-ish skirt that w a s cut on a d ia g o n a l, w h ic h a c ce n tu a te d its h a lfw a y slit, a tu x e d o ta il ju ttin g from a tube top, w orn w ith a lon g textured skirt, and a s tiff lin en top w ith a lo o s e ir id e sc e n t sk irt. T h e d resses o n d isp la y w e re e sp e c ia lly sim p le and graciou s, m ade o f trans p arent c h iffo n w ith a la y er ed and

raised texture. Y o u can d e fin itely te ll that M . C h e n a il a p p r e c ia te s th e fe m in in e fo r m a n d h a s a p la y f u l a ttitu d e w h en it c o m e s to c lo th in g them . — Christian Chenail’s line is

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A nim al Instinct B y M a y d a B akocevic I f y o u ’re tired o f the recycled tu n e s filte r in g in th rou gh th e air w a v e s and are sh aking your h ead at the sorry state o f m u sic n ow ad ays, the Super Furry A n im a ls m ight ju st be the silver lin in g y o u ’re lo o k in g for. T h e W e ls h q u in tet first burst o n th e s c e n e in 1 9 9 6 w ith th e ir d e b u t “ F u z z y L o g i c ” , w h ic h d e m o n str a te d th e b a n d ’s e c le c t ic sou nd , a m ix o f pop, punk and 6 0 ’s p s y c h e d e lic sw irls. T h ey fo llo w e d this w ith “R adiator” and their m ost r e c e n t a lb u m “ G u e r r illa ,” w h o s e p r o m o t i o n b r o u g h t t h e m to M o n tr ea l’s C abaret o n S ep tem b er 2 1 . T h e c o n c e r t s h o w c a s e d th e b a n d ’s u n iq u e m e lo d ie s, and th ey d id n ’t h e s ita te to f o l lo w su c k e r pu nch guitar riffs w ith fo lk m usic. T h e S F A ’s d id n ’t h old back a bit, p la y in g e v e r y th in g fr o m c u lt favourite “International L angu age o f S c r ea m in g ” to the u n a p o lo g etic a lly sw e e t “F ire in m y H eart,” a fo lk sy num ber that w o u ld be m ore at h o m e in J e w e l’s repertoire than w ith a bunch o f scru ffy punks. W hen a s k e d a b o u t th e S F A ’s p o t pou rri o f sou nd s, s i n g e r G ru ff R h ys m o d e s tly r e p l i e s “ s o m e tim e s it c o m e s to g e th e r and so m e tim e s it f a lls apart c o m p le te l y . ” A fte r w i t n e s s in g th e ir s h o w h o w e v e r , o n e w o u ld h ave to agree w ith the form er. H a v in g th is u n iq u e b len d has a lso served to the ban d’s detri m ent. B e c a u se no o n e c o u ld c a te g o r iz e th e m , c r i t ic s m is t a k e n ly l u m p e d th e m w it h “ B r i t - p o p ” b an d s lik e B lu r and O a sis, w h o m th e y su r p a ss b o th in q u a lity and originality. T he Super Furry A n im als have also not n e g lec ted their roots, often adding W e lsh so n g s on B -sid e s and o c c a sio n a lly on album s. H ow ever, R h y s sa y s the W elsh is “not so m e th in g w e d o c o n s c io u s ly . I t’s the first lan gu age o f the band, it’s h o w w e c o m m u n i c a t e , s o n a t u r a lly so m e o f it en d s up in so n g s. P lu s w ith W elsh you can a v o id a lot o f the rock c lic h é s.” H e a lso adds that v e ry little m u sic has b e e n w ritten

in W e l s h , s o m e t h i n g th e b a n d h op es to ch an ge w ith the u p com in g r e le a s e o f th e ir a ll-W e ls h a lb u m c a lled Mwng. R h ys had a lw a y s w an ted to be a m u sician and grew up listen in g to th e V e lv e t U n d e r g r o u n d , w h o s e in flu en ce can be heard in so m e o f the m ore m e llo w so n g s. H e is also a fan o f sy n th esizers and sam pling, w h ic h is ev id en t in liv e versio n s o f their so n g s e sp e c ia lly “T h e M an D o n ’t G iv e a F u c k ,” w h ic h th e y p e r fo r m e d b r illia n tly at C ab aret, th r o w in g th e c r o w d in t o a h e a d ban gin g frenzy. W h a t’s r e fr e s h in g a b o u t th e S u p er Furry A n im a ls is that th e y never c o m p r o m ise their sou n d or o r ig in a lity to s e ll a lb u m s, w h ic h se e m s to be the trend n ow . T h e y ’v e bu ilt a strong fan b ase and scored tw o top 2 0 h its on the U K charts w ith th eir last alb u m a lo n e w h ile rem aining true to their style. In fact they are popular en o u g h that their m o st r e c e n t g ig w a s B r ita in ’ s b ig g e s t o u td o o r fe s tiv a l, G lastonbury, w h ich draw s c lo s e to 100,000 p e o p l e f r o m a ll o v e r Europe. A t the festiv a l th ey rubbed

Coal C ham ber: It's all for th e fa n s... B y P eter Ko v e n B lack S layer shirts, really u gly m o h a w k s, so m e b o n d a g e c o lla r s, an d c h a in s , c h a in s , c h a in s . Y e s , m etal con certs are a lw a y s quite the d iverse scen e, aren't they? S e e in g the fa c e s o f p assersb y o u ts id e th e S p e c tr u m b e fo r e the m a ss iv e trip le b ill T hu rsday nigh t featu rin g C o a l C h am ber, M ach in e H ead , and S lip k n ot w a s entertain m ent in itself. S o m e poor in d ivid u als w ere o b v io u sly co n cern ed that this w a s w hat G eneration X had to o f f e r th e m . C o n s i d e r i n g th e fem a le-m a le ratio w a s about 150:1 (n ot an ex aggeration ) I can under stand their concern. B ut le t’s g o in, sh all w e ... F o r th o s e w h o h a v e n ’t b e e n p a y in g m u c h a tte n tio n , m e ta l, w h ic h w a s c o n sid e r e d as g o o d as dead about fiv e years ago, has b een m aking an u p sw in g in the last three y e a r s . T h e t r ip le b i l l T h u r s d a y n ig h t r ep re se n ts th ree b an d s w h o h a v e b e n e fite d fro m th is rise and are w ise ly trying to cash in on the trend. A n d thus, w e have the aptly nam ed “L iv in ’ La V id a L o c o ” tour ( “ L o c o ” b e in g C o a l C h a m b e r ’ s fla g sh ip so n g ) as th ese bands enter in to a so r t o f c o n t e s t w h e r e th e o n ly rea l g o a l is to s e e w h o ca n in stigate the m ost v io le n c e am ong the testosteron e-ad d led crow d . But w h o w on ? T h e fir s t c o n te s ta n t w a s Slipk not. T h e y ’re w h o le co n cep t is quite interesting: a n in e-p ie ce band o f perverted freaks all sporting red j u m p s u it s a n d v a r io u s d istu r b e d m ask s (a p ig, a c lo w n , a P in occh io, and a g a s m a sk a m o n g th e m ). T h e se fo lk s ju st aren’t very happy in d iv id u a ls . E v e r y s o n g th e y p l a y e d ( f r o m t h e ir e p o n y m o u s debut S lip k n ot) se e th es w ith m ore

e lb o w s w ith th e lik e s o f R .E .M ., F atboy S lim and U n derw orld. T hey fa r e d m u c h b e t t e r th a n K e a n u R e e v e s ’ b a n d , w h ic h g o t p e lt e d w ith te n n is b a lls. R h y s s a y s that the e x p e rien ce w as quite unreal for the band b e c a u se th ey had “b een playin g in bars m ost o f our liv e s .” A t th e r a te th e S u p e r F urry A n im a ls are g o in g it sh o u ld n ’t be lo n g u n t il t h e y ’ re f illin g G la sto n b u r y -siz e v e n u e s o n th e se sh ores as w e ll.

For more info on the Super Furry animals check out their web page www.superfurry.com. To hear their live songs from the Glastonbury festival log on to www. aaron. scullion, clara. net.

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fury and rage than th e la st one. S lip k n o t w as r ele a se d in July to little or n o fanfare, bu t w o rd sp rea d , a p p a r e n t ly - a n d th e c r o w d w a s berserk. T heir c o n c e p t s e e m s lik e it s h o u ld n ’t w ork liv e , but s o m e h o w it d o e s . S tr o n g e r tr a c k s fr o m th e ir a lb u m l ik e “ { S i c } , ” “E y e le s s ,” and “ S u r fa c in g ” c o m e a cro ss su rp risin gly w e ll, w it h th e Slipknot s in g e r ( d o n ' t a sk m e his nam e, the g u y in the Jason m a s k ) p u ttin g o n an im p r e s s iv e v o c a l perform ance o f sin g in g , rap p in g, and shrieking. N e x t w a s M a c h in e H e a d . L a u d e d a s th e w o r l d ’ s h e a v i e s t band a fe w years ago fo llo w in g the r e le a s e o f th e ir fir st tw o r ec o rd s Burn My Eyes a n d The More Things Change, the average m etalh e a d w a s q u ite d is tu r b e d to s e e t h e y a c t u a l l y ( g a s p ! ) d a r e d to incorporate so m e m elo d ic elem en ts into their latest album , The Burning Red. Sham e! B u t r e a lly n o w , th e s e g u y s u n le a s h e d a d e a fe n in g w a ll o f s o u n d su re to w a k e up e v e n th e m o st ja d e d o f m e ta l f a n s . S o m e w h e r e in th e r e , y o u c o u ld h e a r r e a l t a le n t , b u t it w a s l o s t underneath their un relen tin g so n ic a s s a u l t . D e f i n i t e l y n o t f o r th e m eek , or your average 12 year old L im p B izk it fan, for that matter. M o st o f the fo lk s w ere w aiting for the headliner “C oal C ham ber” . A fter h avin g a surprise hit in 1997

PressShot w it h t h e ir s e l f title d d e b u t, a m ix o f p u n k , rap, and m etal, th ey fo llo w e d it up w ith th e r e c e n t r e l e a s e o f C h a m b e r M u sic , w h ic h is m ore o f a g o th ic sou n d than anyth in g e lse . O peners “L o c o ” and “B ig T ruck” o f f their first albu m g o t the crow d m ovin g, but th ey c o u ld n ’t seem to su stain it. U lt im a t e ly , o n e c a n n o t h e lp b u t n o tic e their o b v io u s lack o f sk ill. S till, sin ger D e z Fafara is certainly aw are o f this, and, therefore, d o e s n o t e m p h a s iz e s k ill in a n y w a y , in stea d ju st h a v in g fun and tryin g to g e t th e fa n s in to it - an e ffo r t w h ic h is s u c c e s s f u l to a d e g r e e . T he fan s w o k e up for “C lo c k ” and “ T y l e r ’s S o n g ” an d tr ie d to k ill ea ch other du rin g “ S w a y ,” during w h ic h con fetti w a s poured o n to the crow d . But m o st fo lk s did se e m to le a v e fu lfille d and yet u n satisfied , w an tin g m ore. Or m ayb e th ey w ere m erely con cern ed that their chains w ere slig h tly out o f place.

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T: S o , fe m in is m and p r o m is cuity d o n ’t have to be independent. GQ: E xactly. W hat d o e s fe m i nism m ean anyw ay? I’m not sure i f it relates to fem in ism , but I b e lie v e that w o m en sh ould be in control o f th eir se x u a lity . T h e y sh o u ld h a v e the c o u r a g e to c h o o s e w h eth er or n ot th ey w an t to b e p r o m isc u o u s, m on ogam ou s, or celib a te. T h e w ay I se e it, i f m en are held accou ntable fo r th e ir a c t io n s , w h y s h o u ld n ’t w o m en be? I’m not sure i f it’s e v en fe m in is m ...it’s m ore lik e c o m m o n sen se. T: N o w that y o u ’re d ir ec tin g your o w n adult film s, are you try in g to do som eth in g n ew to ch an ge the norm ? GQ: P orn has becom e m ech an ical and boring, so I w an ted t o d o s o m e t h i n g w h e r e I c o u ld id e n tify w ith the w om an . T here is n o t a lo t o f p o r n o u t th e r e th a t w o m a n c a n relate to. M y g e n e ra tion d o e sn ’t rom ance under can d le lig h t, m ore lik e la v a la m p s and a c o u p le o f jo in ts. T h e fe m a le char acter d o e sn ’t h ave to b e sym p athet ic but real. T: H o w do y o u fe e l about the t y p i c a l b lo n d e , e n h a n c e d p o r n -

stress? G Q : F r a n k ly , t h e y fr ig h t e n m e . T h e y lo o k m o r e lik e drag q u een s. E v en as a g u y , if I ’m r e c e i v i n g a b l o w j o b f r o m t h is w o m a n w ith th is b ig , fr iz z y hair (u g h h h !)...it’s lik e b ein g b lo w n by a haystack. T: In r e fe r e n c e to th e g a n g b a n g , y o u d is c u s s e d b e c o m in g a “ f e m a l e s t u d .” S o m e f e m i n i s t s w o u ld say that that sh ould not be a desirable goal. G Q : W h a t a lo t o f fe m in is ts d o n ’t rea lise is that this gan gb an g is su p p o se d to b e a parody o f the “ s tu d .” I am n o t s a y in g th at i t ’s g o o d ...I ’m ju s t s a y in g that th a t’s w h at it is. I’m sayin g, ‘H ere’s w hat a stud is. H e fu ck s everyth in g that m o v e s ’ ...a n d i t ’s n o t g la m o r o u s . “T h e W o r ld ’s B ig g e s t G a n g b a n g ” is a j o k e ...it’s truly pathetic. It’s all sw ea ty an d poorly lit, sayin g, ‘T his is w hat it takes to be a stu d .’ T: H a v in g se x w ith 251 g u y s in 10 hours, m ust have b een e m o tio n a lly and p h y sica lly trying. G Q : I w a s p s y c h o lo g ic a lly p rep ared . It w a s b o th e x h a u s tin g but a m u sin g . P h y s ic a lly , i t ’s lik e running a m arathon. It’s all about p acin g. M y background is in c ro ss country running, w h ic h is sim ilair

but ju st in a d ifferent p osition . T: I k n o w y o u fe e l as i f there are m is le a d in g a s p e c ts to V o u g h L e w is ’ d ir e c tin g o f the m o v ie . Is there anything that you w o u ld lik e to c la r ify for th o se g o in g to v ie w the film ? G Q : It is u sefu l for p e o p le to k e e p in m in d th a t d o c u m e n ta r y film m ak in g is a lw a y s su b jective. In t h is i n s t a n c e , t h e r e i s a f u s io n b e t w e e n m y s to r y an d [ L e w i s ’ ] sto r y and h is p e r so n a lity and the m om en ts he c o u ld relate to. There are in stan ces in the film that I w as lik e , “T h a t’s a G o u g h m o m e n t” . I t’s a lm o s t lik e ...S e x : the Gough Lewis Story a s t o l d t h r o u g h A n n a b e l C h o n g . T h e ‘m e ’ o n screen is a lso the director. Q u ek is w e ll- s p o k e n and in sigh tfu l. D o n ’t let the m o v ie m is lea d y o u (a s it d id m e); sh e is no v ic tim . S h e b le w m e a w a y in her a n a ly sis o f her life as w e ll as the industry in w h ich she is attem pting to in flu e n c e . A true “p o m ” in te l le c t , A n n a b e l o f f e r e d a r a tio n a l e x p la n a t io n o f an a c t th a t m o s t w o u ld fin d in exp licab le.

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Migration: a search for our identities B y A mélie B arras M o s t M c G ill s tu d e n ts c o m e fr o m d if f e r e n t p a r ts o f C a n a d a , so m e e v e n c o m e from other co u n t r ie s ; in t h i s s e n s e , w e a re ‘m ig r a n ts .’ T h e p la y , Migration, w h ic h ju s t o p e n e d at th e A u M ai th e a tr e , r e f le c t s th e s to r y o f ou r liv e s. W h e n I first e n te re d th e th e a tr e, I w a s q u ite s u p r is e d at th e in terestin g setu p . T h e ch airs w ere d isp la y ed in a circular sh ape, in the m id d le o f w h ich w a s the stage. T he r o o m w a s d im a n d m i n i m a li s t .. H o w e v e r , th e in n o v a tiv e sta g e a llo w e d a g r e a t lib e r ty o f m o v e m en t for the actors, w h ic h created an a t m o s p h e r e o f in t i m a c y an d

facilitated m y a b ility to fo llo w the play. M ig r a tio n is th e c r e a tio n o f th r e e a c to r s: M a r tin C h o q u e tte , C e c ile L a se r r e a n d M a r c e lla P izzaro. “O n e day w e w ere talking and ask ed o u r se lv es w h at lin k ed us. W e d isc o v e r e d that w e w e re all three m igran ts. M artin is C an ad ian , but h a s t r a v e le d a ll o v e r th e w o r ld . C e c ile , is h a lf C a n a d ia n and h a lf F r e n c h , a n d I ’m o r ig in a lly fr o m C h ile ,” ex p la in ed M arcella Pizzaro. T he p lay is far from b e in g a c la s si c a l o n e . “It’s an e x p e rim en ta tio n ; Migration is a trip in o u r s e lv e s ,” C h oqu ette exp lain ed . E ach artist e x p lo res the m igra tion th em e in different w a y s. C e c ile

tr ie s to fin d h e r s e lf in tim e , n o t k n o w i n g i f s h e b e l o n g s to th e c h ild h o o d w o r ld o r to th e a d u lt o n e . M a r c e lla i s g o i n g b a c k to C h ile , in or d e r to r e d is c o v e r her o r ig in s and lo st ch ild h o o d . M artin tries to fin d h im s e lf b y tr a v ellin g from o n e country to another. T h e r e i s n o d i a l o g u e in th e play, n everth eless, it is not boring. T h e m o n o lo g u e s are l iv e l y , e a c h actor e x p ressin g h im se lf in the lan g u a g e that se e m s to su it their per s o n a litie s . Y o u w ill h ear E n g lish , S p a n is h , an d F r e n c h . B o d y la n g u a g e is a lso fu lly u tilized through out the p ie ce . A lth ou gh there is not an e la b o r a te se t, an a e s th e tic a lly p le a s in g d é c o r i s c r e a te d b y th e o b jects p rovided b y the actors. It is

further c o m p lem e n te d b y th e c o s tu m e s, and b y the lig h tin g . A ll o f th e se e le m e n ts further ou r un d er standing o f the play. T h e p la y r e fle c ts th e m od ern hu m an c o n d itio n ; it e x p r e s se s the n o t i o n th a t a l t h o u g h w e t r a v e l e x c e s s iv e ly and th erefo re b e lie v e w e are a b le to ‘f i t ’ in to all c u l tu r e s, w e n e v e r th e le s s c a n n o t. It c o n v e y s the id ea that w e sp en d our l if e tr y in g to fin d ou r id e n tity as tim e p a sse s u s by. T h e creators o f Migration are think ing o f putting on another play, w h ic h w ill b e t it le d “ The Migrations”, th is tim e , r e fle c tin g th e s to r y o f th e th e a tr e i t s e l f . I adm ittedly have lim ited exp erien ce c r itiq u e in g . H o w e v e r , I am c o n

v in c ed that this p la y is not an ordi n a r y o n e . I ’v e r a r e ly s e e n su c h g o o d a c tin g , and su c h a fa n ta stic s e q u e n c e o f im a g e s . F or th o s e o f y o u , w h o lik e m e, are trying to find th e m s e lv e s in a w o r ld c o n sta n tly ch an gin g, or for th o se w h o w ant to sp e n d tw o h o u rs in an e n c h a n te d p lace, I in vite y o u to se e the play, and b e lie v e y o u w o n ’t regret it.

Migration is playing at the Au mai: 3680 rue Jeanne - Mance, September 21 to October 9 at 8:30pm. General admission: 18$, Students: 15$ (514) 982-3386

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Chris Cornell T h e e x p e c t a t i o n s w e r e h ig h fo r t h e f ir s t s o l o e f f o r t o f S o u n d g a r d e n 's fr o n tm a n ; w a s he g o in g to reinvent h im se lf, or w ou ld h e s t ic k to th e d is t in c t iv e so u n d that m ade him fam ou s? W ith E u p h o r ia M o r n in g , C ornell tries to h ave it both w ays. H is sou nd is sleek er (to g o w ith his n e w lo o k ) and a lm o st pop , yet he rem ains a m aster o f the ap ocalyp tic b allad form as e x e m p lifie d in the s o n g " P r e a c h in g th e E n d o f th e W orld .” It's in terestin g to s e e what his v o ic e can d o w h en it's granted cen ter stage, but m o st w ill m iss the raw n ess o f h is form er band. — Marie-Helene Savard

u n iq u e v e in . S e a m le s s ly b le n d in g o ff-k e y gu itars, k ey b o a rd s, syn th , s a m p l e s , s o m e tr u ly b e a u t i f u l p ia n o , str in g s, u k u le le s , and G od k n o w s w h at e ls e , R ezn or has creat ed so m e rem arkable so n ic textures to g o w ith h is d e p r e s s in g w o r ld v ie w . B u t th is is still a N in e Inch N a i l s a lb u m , a n d s o n g s l i k e "Starfuckers Inc” and lo v e ly lyrics lik e “T ear a h ole e x q u isite red /fu ck t h e r e s t a n d s ta b it d e a d ” w i l l rem ind the listen er o f this fact pret ty q u ick ly. A n am azin g listen , but at 2 C D ’s a n d 1 0 0 + m in u te s , i f N in e In ch N a ils i s n ’t y o u r th in g , y o u m ig h t w a n t to g o l i s t e n to s o m e frat rock o r so m e th in g and le a v e m e and ab ou t e ig h t m illio n underage G oth girls w ith our Lord Trent. — Peter Koven

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Between the Bridges It’s b e e n fiv e y e a rs s in c e the release o f the teen su icid e-in d u cin g e p ic T h e D o w n w a r d S p ir a l. A n d n o w , T r e n t R e z n o r is b a c k to un leash h is un ique v isio n o f dispar ity and g r ie f o n th e w o rld , w h ic h r e m in d s m e a g a in w h y I ’ m s o thankful that I’m n ot an adored-byth e-m asses, su per-rich rock star. But serio u sly n o w . Spiral w as just about the m ost “c o m m e r cia lly u n c o m m e r c ia l” r e l e a s e o n e c a n im a g in e , s e llin g m illio n s d e s p ite breaking d o w n the barriers o f w hat industrial m u sic is su p p osed to be. The Fragile c a r r i e s o n in t h is

It's a risky b u sin ess, rev iew in g n ew S lo a n d isc s. M y first im p res s i o n s a r e o f t e n l i m i t e d to th e b e m u se d c o c k in g o f an e y e b r o w , and it's on ly around press tim e that I b e g in to r e a liz e th e m o n o lith ic b r illia n c e o f w h a t h a s b e e n b e sto w ed upon m e. S u c h m a y b e th e c a s e w ith B r id g e s , but I d o u b t it. T h e o n ly person exp lorin g really n ew territo ry h e r e is p r o d u c e r B r e n d a n M c G u ir e , w h o h a s o v e r s e e n S lo a n ’s b est-so u n d in g record in g to date and adds a fresh, grungy reso

nance to a c o u p le o f tracks. T here's noth in g w ron g with the o ld territo r y , m in d y o u — th e r e are s o m e r e a lly d e c e n t s o n g s h e r e , b u t in m any c a se s th ey ju st se e m lik e outt a k e s fr o m N a v y B l u e s o r O n e Chord. In a w ay, the com p arison to B illy C organ ’s m agnu m o p u s isn't that odd: they're both hit and m iss, b oth to ta lly w o r th w h ile , and both lik ely to b e forgotten. — Chris Selley J im p s te r

tiv e in stru m en ta tio n . T h is is not an alb u m abou t b e a ts, but abou t m u s ic . T h e s t y l i s t i c i n f lu e n c e s i n c l u d e ‘7 0 s j a z z a n d fu n k ( e .g . W e a t h e r R e p o r t , H e r b ie H an cock . S te v ie W ond er) as w ell as straight synth c o m p o sitio n s a la P in k F lo y d , d r u m n' b a s s a n d other m odern rythm ic form s — an ab solu te m ust for all fans o f ja z z and te c h n o lo g y - o rien ted m usic. ( N o t e : y o u w o n ’t f in d t h i s in stores, I had to get m y c o p y from am a zo n .co m )

Messages from the hub S o u n d tr a c k R ic h , te x tu re d , and p e r fec tly e x e c u te d , m e ssa g e s from the hub, th e n e w e s t r e le a s e fro m E n glan d b a sed o u tfit jim p s te r , s e ts n ew stan d ard in stu d io o r ie n te d e l e c tronic m u sic. R ooted in ja z z , the 73 m inute o p u s is on e co n tin o u s p ie ce o f m u s ic w h ic h e x p lo r e s a w id e ran ge o f e m o tio n s from dark and eth ereal d rea m sca p es, to c o o l and p u m ping lou n ge. T h e s e s m o o th tr a n s itio n s from se n tim e n t to se n tim e n t are w h a t d i s t i n g u i s h e s fr o n tm a n Jam ie O d ell as a m aster. W hereas 'martian arts’, jim p stcr's p reviou s albu m , w as firm ly rooted in drum n' b a ss, 'm essa g e s' h as b ran ch ed ou t to e x p lo r e m any m ore sty le s and a r ra n g em e n ts. T h a t h e u se s b o th th e e l e c t r i c a n d a c o u s t i c b a ss, drum k it, cu rren t and v in tage syn ths, brass e n se m b le , sa m pler and o c c a s io n a l v o c a ls , te sti fie s to h is com m itm en t to in n ova

In Too Deep S e e th e m o v ie , lis te n to th e soundtrack and ex p e rien ce the real n e s s o f b e in g In T o o D e e p . N a s and N atu re get th in gs started w ith the title track "In T o o D eep" w h ich e m p h a s iz e s the str u g g le s o f so m e A fr ica n - A m e ric a n m en in inn er c ity n e ig h b o u r h o o d s. T h e rh ym es are tight and it b le n d s in w ith the f ilm 's d i r e c t io n . R e d M a n a n d M eth o d M an team up o n "Tear it O f f another in fe ctio u s track from th e d y n a m ic d u o . T h i s o n e i s bound to be a hit w ith party goers and their fans. T h is sou n d track a ls o featu res 5 0 c e n t , a n e w c o m e r to th e rap g a m e , a c h a n c e to m etap h orically s t r e c h h is w i n g s o n th e tr a c k s “ H o w to R o b " a n d " R o w d y R o w d y ." 5 0 c e n t r h y m e s w ith a take n o p riso n e r s a ttitu d e a g a in st c e le b r it ie s lik e P u ff D a d d y on

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P la y ( w ith f ir e ) , b u t d o n 't g e t b u r n e d L ast w e ek , I r ec eiv e d a press r e le a s e fo r th e M c G ill P la y e r s ’ Theatre’s season opener, Play (With Me), a new play written by M cG ill student M auricio D elfm . The release began as follow s: “L et’s play a gam e. L et’s play a gam e o f death, injustice, manipula tion, oppression and struggle. Let us im agin e a land (b etw een m ountain and river) w h ere ten children w ere killed. Let us im agine that w e know w h o the k illers are. B ut let us g o back in tim e to fin d out w h y they died; to liv e what they died for. “ The proposed gam e fell outside o f m y u su a l “le t ’s play a B e v e r ly H ills, 9 0 2 1 0 drinking gam e” reper toire. N evertheless, it w as a gam e I wanted to Play (With Them). I’m no str a n g e r to e d u c a tio n a l g a m e s (S cra b b le) and 1 h ave no p roblem

Play (With Me) is broken dow n in to a se r ie s o f sh ort, fragm en ted m on ologu es and dialogues. It uses the “archetypal character” strategy, a strategy in which each character rep resen ts a d em ograp h ic. H o w ev er, Play (With Me)'s characters are gen e r a lise d to n e a r -to ta l a b stra ctio n ; they fail to create a coherent theatri cal world. The result is the opposite o f th e in ten d ed e ffe c t: in stead o f s e e in g a little b it o f o u r s e lv e s in every character, w e see no one. A n exam ple: N egisti, the mother o f the aforem en tion ed ten murdered c h il d r e n . T h e a u d ie n c e i s g iv e n n o insight into the killin gs (despite the press r e le a s e ’s p ro m ises), nor into N e g isti’s situation. A ll w e learn is that she is angry and upset. The hol low ness o f the “sad mother” charac ter m akes it difficult for her to evoke

Up w ith theater C arrie Shoem er M c D e v itt

with didactic theatre (especially if it m e a n s I d o n ’t h a v e to ta k e th a t developling world problems class). H o w e v e r , Play (With Me) introduces a gam e that is a little dif ferent. In this gam e, there are no rules, no dice, no gameboard, and no o n e ’s keeping score. There are som e p la y in g ca rd s, th o u g h , w h ic h are thrown at the audience and “kill” us m etaphorically, o f course. Instead o f Snakes and Ladders, sym bolic char acters give speeches to the audience and interact with one another w h ile a liv e band p lays m usic in the b ack ground. The gam e’s goal is to shock a first-world audience out o f com pla cency. Unfortunately, the gam e can n o t be w o n , nor is it fu n to p la y .

Confusion reigns in Play (With Me) C on fu sin g w riting and tired strate g ie s o v e r s h a d o w g o o d e ffo r ts by a c to rs, m u s ic ia n s, d e s ig n e r s , and directors.

sympathy from the audience. T h e ch aracters o f Play (With Me) often speak directly to the audi en ce. T h ey u se a variety o f tactics that attempt to w ake up the audience to harsh d evelop in g w orld realities. T hese tactics include: pleading with the audience to listen, yelling at the audience for not caring, accusing the a u d ie n c e o f i n d if f e r e n c e , and “attacking” the audience with a stick. W hile these strategies can be e ffe c tiv e , th ey lo se their spark through c o n sta n t r e p e titio n . F u rth erm ore, ch aracters so m e tim e s refer to the u sele ssn ess o f g o in g to the theatre, and make the audience m embers feel g u ilty for atten ding the play. T he p oin t is clear: w h y aren’t w e out d o in g s o m e t h in g a b o u t real p ro b lem s in stead o f sittin g in a dark theatre? But the play does not offer any so lu tio n s to h o w the f ir s t w o r ld c a n g e t in v o l v e d in change. In stead , Play (With Me) underm ines its o w n form and le a v e s th e a u d ie n c e f e e l in g d e f e n s i v e , n o t m otivated or ready to take action. L a m e n ta b ly , th e play’s problem s are am pli fied by confusing writing. I n c o m p r e h e n s ib le d ia lo g u e an d s o n g ly r ic s abound: “I f p e a c e is ju st the abscence o f war, then damn the silen ce,” “Inside and out, out and in sid e ,” “ T h e a r m ie s are in m y heart and m y head is the b a ttle fie ld . B u t th e y ’re n o t f ig h t in g to g e th e r , , th e y ’re fig h tin g am ongst Press Shot , ,, „ r . r, , , . each other. It is likely that a more clear text w ould help to bring the audience closer to the play It w o u ld b e u n fa ir to ig n o r e Play (With Me)’s g o o d q u a litie s .

The actors did an am azing job with the script they had to work with, and the direction w as very good. D ebbie Y o u n g and S ach a C ritten d on g iv e noteworthy performances. The set is sim ple yet m eaningful, with an eerie tree m ad e e n tir e ly ou t o f m o n e y . Perhaps the m ost e ffe c tiv e scen e in the play sh ow s tw o fisherm en “fish in g ” w h ile p u llin g on y e llo w ropes

that are rigged above the audience, m aking us feel involved in the action. A t one point, they drop the ropes and “ca tch ” the au d ien ce. T hroughout the play, a live band with v oices sets the m ood with well-orchestrated and interesting m usic. A lthough Play (With Me) show s com m edable moral intent in tackling important political issues, it does not

drive its issu es hom e because o f its textual and con cep tu al w eak n esses. T h e g a m e that it em barks on is a long and difficu lt one. This produc tio n d e f in a t e ly s c o r e s p o in ts fo r effort, but d oesn ’t w in the game.

Play (With Me) is at the Players’ Theatre from Sept. 28 - Oct. 2 8PM, student tickets $6. Call 3983816for details.

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M artlets w in b a ttle o f u n d e fe a te d te a m s

R ookie M alo n e y's s ec o n d -h alf goal puts M cG ill o v er th e to p and gives th e m a big w in a g a in s t rival U Q A M B y Jo n a t h a n C o l f o r d S h o w in g trem en d ou s cou rage, th e M c G ill M a r tle ts o v e r c a m e a U Q A M goal in the first m inute o f the gam e and d efea ted the C itadins 2-1 at M o lso n Stadium last Friday. T h e w in , c o u p le d w ith an 11-0

“It w a sn ’t as bad as last T h u r s d a y ’ s g a m e in th e

g o a ls by th e o p p o sitio n ] h a p p en ,” H aw k er said. “W e ’re tryin g to get

pouring rain,” sh e c o m m en t

our heads into the gam e right from

ed.

the b eg in n in g .”

T h e M a r tle ts to o k th e lea d at the six ty m inute mark

“ I ’ m r e a l l y h a p p y th a t w e w o n , but there are a lo t o f th in g s

on on e o f the m o st beautiful

w e h a v e to im p r o v e o n lik e o u r sty le o f p la y on the ground and our

Sunday,

p la y s in all o f soccer. R o o k ie forw ard A lan n a M a lo n ey set

im p roved the M artlets’ record to 30-1 and g a v e th em so le p o s se ssio n

u p in fr o n t o f t h e n e t fo r L abrom ’s corner kick. W hen

o f first p lace in the Q u eb ec Student Sport F ederation c o n fe re n c e, w h ile U Q A M fe ll to 2-1. In the first m inute o f the gam e,

the ball h eaded out o v e r the

U Q A M d e fe n d e r G a b r ie lle R io u x to o k ad van tage o f so m e co n fu sio n a m o n g s t the M artlet d e fe n c e , her q u ick strike slip p in g past sp raw ling

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M artlets a 2-1 lead that they

tion in g m uch better as a unit.

w o u ld never relinquish.

“ W h en w e started th e se a so n w e w e re n ’t too u sed to each other,” s h e s a id . “ W e c a m e t o g e t h e r against U Q A M . O ur team is kn ow n for this, w e ’ll never g iv e up.”

M o u n ic o t w a s p le a s e d w ith the F riday w in , em p h a

p u m p e d u p , it w o k e u s u p a s a tea m .” M c G i ll ’ s d e f e n c e s t a b iliz e d f o l l o w i n g U Q A M ’ s q u ic k g o a l, a l l o w i n g f e w c h a n c e s f o r th e rem ainder o f the m atch.

lo w b eca u se the k eeper has a m uch harder tim e stop ping a lo w b ou n c

at one.

in g ball o n a w e t su rface.”

“I took m y ch an ce and sh ot it lo w b e c a u se [the fie ld ] w a s w e t,” L abrom said. “It’s better to sh o o t

T h e r e w a s s o m e in te rm itten t light rain during the m atch against U Q A M , fo r c in g sp e c ta to r s un d er

d r e n c h e d s e a s o n o p e n e r a g a in s t Sherbrooke, the rain w a s not m uch o f a factor in the g a m e, accord in g to H aw ker.

c a lly a tw o-team con feren ce. “W e h ave a fe w m ore team s to p la y and t h e y ’re all im p r o v in g ,” S crase said. “U Q A M w ill b e o n e o f the top team s in the lea g u e.”

Patrick Fok

um brellas and raincoats, but un lik e l a s t w e e k ’ s H u r r ic a n e F lo y d

sea so n this year. In p reviou s years, M cG ill and L aval had a lw a y s been su p erior to the oth er te a m s in the con feren ce, m aking the Q S S F b a si

as k ey to their su c c e ss. T he se c o n d -y e a r h ead c o a ch th in k s the M artlets can p lay m u ch better soccer, though.

still y o u n g ,” he said. “T he

Martlet soccer breezes past UQAM and into first place

S crase is lo o k in g forw ard to a m u c h m o r e c o m p e t i t i v e r e g u la r

siz in g the te a m ’s c o n siste n c y

“I ’m v e ry p le a se d w ith th e r e su lt but th e s e a s o n is

T h e M cG ill o ffe n c e op en ed up th e f i f t e e n m in u t e m a r k .

M id fie ld e r S o p h ie L ab rom to o k a cross p ass out in front and prom pt ly b o o ted it p ast U Q A M g o a lk e ep er Joanna D ru cz, e v en in g the score

U Q A M g o a lie and g a v e the

P o st-gam e reac1 ions

m isco m m u n ica tio n on the fie ld .” “W e started kind o f u n focu sed or fla t,” r o o k ie m id fie ld e r J e ssic a H aw k er added. “ [T he goal] g o t us

m id d le, M a lo n ey e x ec u te d a p e r f e c t h e a d e r p a s t th e

k i c k , ” a t h r i ll e d L a b r o m said.

M a r tle ts head coach M arc M ou n icot. “I think there w a s so m e

Julia Scrase. P la y e r s a ls o s a id th e y w e r e g e t tin g u s e d to o n e a n o th e r an d w e re p la y in g b e tte r as a tea m . A c c o r d in g to r o o k ie m id f ie ld e r

“It w a s the first tim e in a lo n g tim e th at w e sc o r e d o n a h e a d e r fr o m a c o r n e r

goa lk eep er Je ssic a W hite. “W e had a la ck o f con cen tra tio n for the first 4 5 se c o n d s,” said

p a s s i n g g a m e ,” a d d e d d e fe n d e r

m e ssa g e I ’m g iv in g them is to b e c o n s is t e n t . I f w e ’re c o n siste n t w e ’ll d o very w e ll.” H is players are b u yin g into the

In T ro is R iv ie r e s o n S u n d ay, the M artlets g a v e the h ost U Q T R a 1 1 - 0 t h r a s h in g . E v a M e l a m e d s c o r e d fo u r g o a l s , w h il e A n a lia B a r r o e ta v e n a n e tte d tw o . G o a lk e e p e r J e s s i c a W h i t e w a s cred ited w ith the shutout, her s e c on d in tw o gam es.

m e s s a g e a n d s e e w h a t im p r o v e m e n ts th e y n e e d to m a k e to their gam e. “W e ’re trying not to let [early

M artlets h o c k e y g e ttin g rea d y t o kick sta rt its s e a s o n

U p a n d co m ing te a m lo o k in g to im p ro v e on last year's trip to th e CIAU n a tio n als finish B y Jennifer Lorentz A fte r a lo n g , h ot su m m er o f f th e ic e , M artlets h o c k e y is b a ck at M c C o n n e ll A ren a. M c G ill p la y e d its first e x h ib i tio n g a m e Satu rd ay, a 4 - 0 sh u tou t lo s s to B r eb eu f. D e s p ite th e lo s s , h ea d c o a c h P eter S m ith ap p eared

str o n g a s p o s s ib le . E v e n th e g o a lie s, K im St- P ierre and A m e y

o u t fo r d u r in g th e y e a r in c lu d e s ta r tin g g o a l i e K im S t - P ie r r e , th ir d y e a r c e n tr e J u lie H o r n sb y ,

“I d o n ’t fe e l p ressu re, r e a lly ,” sh e said . “It’s o n ly m ore m o tiv a tio n to p la y as w e ll or better this

S m i t h c o m m e n t e d th a t h e

ca p ta in P a u la M a illo u x , a ssista n t

year than I d id last y e a r.”

in th e Q S S F th is s e a s o n , j o in in g

h a s n ’t had a c h a n c e to d eterm in e w h ic h is th e te a m ’s stron ger p oin t, o ffe n c e or d e fe n c e . H e stated that w o m e n ’s te a m s’ stren gth s ty p ic a l

c a p ta in A llis o n T ic m a n is , and

M a illo u x , a s e c o n d y e a r d e fe n c e m a n , th o u g h v e r y q u iet in c o n v e r s a t i o n , i s a n o th e r p la y e r th a t i s r e g a r d e d a s o n e o f th e

U Q T R , th e n a tio n a l c h a m p io n

te a m ’s d e fin itiv e lea d er s, b o th on a n d p^f th e ic e . S h e w ill n e e d to

m ate o b je c tiv e o f a top tw o fin ish

D o y le , shared ic e tim e.

r o o k ie C in d y -A n n e C arufel. T o say that St- Pierre, in her s e c o n d s e a s o n w ith th e M a rtlets,

ly l ie o n d e f e n c e . A c c o r d in g to

h a d a r e m a r k a b le r o o k i e y e a r

o p tim istic . H e b e lie v e s th e c o a c h in g sta ff is still try in g to d isc o v e r

S m ith , “It’s a lw a y s a c h a lle n g e to sc o r e,” for w o m e n ’s team s.

w o u ld b e a h u g e u n d erstatem en t.

h o w th e te a m w ill b e s t w o r k togeth er.

A fte r y e a r s o f s tr u g g lin g in th e Q u e b e c w o m e n ’ s h o c k e y

“ I ’d sa y th a t to n ig h t ’s g a m e w a s b a s ic a lly a sc r im m a g e . W e ’ll h a v e a n o th e r s c r im m a g e a g a in s t

le a g u e , M c G ill’s te a m had a b reakthrough se a so n la st year and w e n t to th e f ir s t - e v e r C a n a d ia n

sq u a d in ‘9 8 - ’9 9 , S t-P ier re tw ic e brok e th e sc h o o l record for n u m b e r o f s a v e s in a g a m e . In a d d i

B r e b e u f o n W e d n e s d a y , ” s a id S m ith.

n a t i o n a l t o u r n a m e n t w h e r e it p la c ed fifth . D e sp ite their im p r es

C o a c h S m ith , o p e n in g h is first se a so n w ith th e tea m , is u sin g the p r e -sea so n to g e t to k n o w h is

s i v e f i n i s h , th e y are lo o k i n g to im p ro v e in ‘9 9 -2 0 0 0 .

tea m . D u rin g S a tu rd a y ’s g a m e , it

St. P ierre back in nets

w a s rare to se e a lin e c o m p o se d o f th e sa m e p e o p le o n th e ic e m ore th an a c o u p le o f tim e s . In th e s e early se a so n g a m e s, h e is rotatin g lin e s , d e te r m in in g w h e r e p la y e r s s h o u ld b e t o m a k e th e te a m a s

T h e M a r tle ts’ str o n g c o r e o f 15 r e tu r n in g p la y e r s is c o m p l e m en ted by the arrival o f six fresh , d eterm in ed r o o k ies. S o m e im p r es s iv e p la y e r s the fa n s sh o u ld lo o k

T h e b a c k b o n e o f th e M a r tle ts

tio n , sh e w a s th e first m e m b er o f th e M a rtlet h o c k e y tea m e v e r to

ste p u,p, c o n s id e r in g th e k e y lo s s o f fo r w a r d K a th le e n O ’R e illy from last y e a r ’s team . T h o u g h O ’R e illy and se v e ra l o th e r g r a d u a tin g p la y e r s w ill b e

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so r e ly m isse d o n the ic e , M a illo u x f e e ls that there are a g o o d grou p

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o f r o o k ie s and w ill all h e lp fill in th e g a p s le f t b y th e d e p a r tin g p la y ers.

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p a ig n w a s so su c c e ssfu l, S t-P ierre d o e s n ’t fe e l an y p ressu re en terin g her so p h m o re sea so n .

o f the te a m ’s fron tlin e p layers. T h e w o m e n w i l l l o o k to im p r o v e on their 7 -4 -3 c o n fe r e n c e

reco rd fro m la st year, w h ile c o m p e t in g a g a in s t m o r e te a m s . T h e U n iv e r sity o f O ttaw a w ill c o m p e te

C o n c o r d i a S t i n g e r s , a n d th e M a r t le t s . In s p it e o f t h e t o u g h o p p o s it io n , S m ith f e e l s h is u lt i in th e le a g u e , and a top fou r rank in g at n a tio n a ls is a r ea listic g o a l.

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R ed m en su ffer first d e fe a t t o rivals UQAM

A crucial p e n a lty miss p rovid es clim ax in a tig h t m id fie ld -b a s e d g a m e y ie ld in g fe w chances a n d h e a te d p lay B y Ed v a r d G lück sm an F r id a y n i g h t , th e M c G i ll m e n ’s s o c c e r tea m s u ffe r e d th eir first o ffic ia l d efeat o f the se a so n at h o m e to the U n iv e r sity o f Q u eb ec at M on treal in a 1 -0 c o n test at M o lso n Stadium . T h is w a s their secon d l e a g u e g a m e , t h e ir f i r s t b ein g a v ictory against the U n iv e r s ity o f S h erb ro o k e

fr o m e it h e r s i d e a n d n o te a m se e m e d to w ant to m o v e in to their o p p o s i t i o n ’ s b o x . A s th e g a m e w ore on , M cG ill g a in e d m ore and m o r e b a ll p o s s e s s io n . U Q A M r elied on q u ick cou n ter-a tta ck s to

saw the ga m e slip from its grasp.

O n g o in g riv a lry T h e m o st strik in g part o f the

last w eek . F r id a y ’ s o n e g o a l m argin accu rately reflected that the co n test w a s d efen s iv e ly tig h t and w e ll p la y e d o n b o th s i d e s . A sm all crow d w atch ed o n as t h e h o m e t e a m t r ie d in v e i n to p u s h it s w a y th r o u g h th e m e tic u lo u s ly organ ized U Q A M d efen ce. U Q A M ’ s w in n in g g o a l cam e in the 28th m inute. It w a s scored b y a U Q A M d efender on a cu n n in g b a c k - h e e l k n o c k e d through a m a ss o f players. A t t h is p o i n t , M c G i l l ’ s d e fic it w a s not th orough ly undeserved. T he R edm en later had a g o ld e n opportunity w h en fo rw a rd G uy A nabaA n a b a w a s b rou gh t d o w n in sid e th e b o x in the 5 4th m in u t e r e s u l t i n g in a p e n a lty k ic k . A n d r e w E ise n sta r k ’s p e n a lty k ic k rang back o f f the right post; d esp er a te a ttem p ts to bury th e reb o u n d w ere in vain. “T h e penalty m iss to o k us s e v eral m in u tes to recover from ” , said team captain R ehan A li. F ew scorin g ch an ces fo llo w e d

su rp rise th e R e d m e n d e fe n c e and o n ly la c k e d a q u a lity f in is h or a thou ghtfu l p a ss to fin ish the gam e o f f . T h e R e d m e n fo u g h t o n an d o ffered up a final ch an ce in injury tim e. B u t the U Q A M keeper cam e up b ig on A l i ’s sh o t, and M c G ill

g a m e w a s th e c o n tin u in g a th le tic rivalry b e tw e e n the tw o u n iv e r si t ie s . L a s t y e a r , U Q A M b e a t th e R e d m e n in a ll f o u r m e e t i n g s b e tw e e n th e tw o sq u a d s. On F riday, the h o m e team w a s d eter m in e d to tu r n th e t a b l e s . T h e y

sh o w e d that th ey w ere a team w ith spirit and fury, a team to be reck o n ed w ith. “ W e g a v e e v e r y t h i n g ,” sa id A n ab a-A n ab a, w h o p la y e d a m ore o ffe n siv e role com pared to h is m idf i e l d p o s i t i o n in th e la st m atch . “T h is w a s an a g g r e s s iv e g a m e that w e d id n ’t w ant to l o s e . I k n o w a lo t o f g u y s on the other team s o it w a s e v e n m o r e im portant fo r m e ,” he added w ith a sm ile. “ T h e r iv a l r y is g r e a t ,” a d d e d A li. “T h e se g a m e s a g a in st U Q A M are alw a y s big and to d a y ’s result is a heartfelt lo ss. It’s a big le t d o w n fo r u s a ll. I t h in k U Q A M w e r e sh o c k e d by th e w a y w e p la y e d t o d a y ,” com m en ted A li. K eeper J ason F orsyth e x p r e s se d the g e n e r a l s e n t im e n t o f h is team m ates. “ T h e r iv a l r y i s h e a lth y . E v e n th o u g h the score w en t against u s, w e k n o w w e can s t i l l o u t p la y th e m . W e ’ll beat them in the p la y o ffs.” T he R ed m en ’s o u t i n g o n F r id a y r e fle c te d th eir tradi tional repudiated team spirit. “T h e y ’re a g o o d te a m , m u ch better than la st w e e k ’s o p p o n e n ts and it’s far from o v er b e tw e en us. W e started sh o w in g m ore hunger in the se c o n d h a lf and turned out to be u n lu c k y w ith A n d r e w ’ s p e n a lty

k ic k ,” s a id h e a d c o a c h P at R aim on d o about th e perform ance. T h e g a m e w a s w a tc h e d by o b ser v a n t e y e s . C o n c o r d ia ’s h ead co a ch , V lad im ir P a v lic ik c o m m en t ed, “M cG ill h ave the sam e figh tin g spirit as a lw a y s, th at’s their trade m ark. T h e y are, h o w e v e r , m ak in g u n c h a r a c te r is tic m is t a k e s in th e m id field w h ere th ey are lo sin g a lot o f the fifty -fifty b alls. U Q A M has m ore overall sk ills, as is their tradi tio n . U s u a lly , M c G ill r e lie s u p on it s te a m w o r k a n d , o f c o u r s e , its w ork-rate is n ever in q u estio n .” T h e R ed m en sh o w e d their fans that they are w illin g to g iv e all they h a v e fo r th e s a k e ‘o f th e te a m . F rid ay’s result sh o w s so c c e r ’s ab il ity to so m e tim e s p resen t a w in n er in an e n c o u n te r that d o e s n ’t truly d eserve one. In this c a se , M cG ill fe ll short o f a d e s e r v e d t i e b u t th e y r e in forced last w e e k ’s d isp lay o f team w ork and spirit. T h is is w hat co u ld m ak e the d iffe r e n c e as the se a so n slo w ly p rogresses. F orw ard S c o tt J o h n sto n , a h ig h ly to u te d r o o k ie fr o m V a n c o u v e r , w a s h u rt d u r in g th e first h a lf o f F rid a y ’ s g a m e and is ou t for the year. T h e B .C . p rovin c ia l team m em b er w a s tack led and broke h is le g . It is the se c o n d seri o u s leg injury that a R ed m en player h as su ffered in tw o g a m e s again st U Q A M , th e la s t b e i n g P h il L a z u r e ’s g r u e s o m e in ju ry d u rin g last year’s C IA U N ation als. T h e R e d m e n p la y e d to a 1-1 tie in T r o is R iv ie r e s o n S u n d a y , w ith R ehan A li sco rin g o n a p en al ty kick.

P eter S m ith e n jo y s life a s n e w M artlet h o c k e y h e a d co a ch N ew W om en's H ockey coach looks to g iv e n e w shape a n d a n e w a ttitu d e to this years version o f th e te a m u p to th e o c c a s io n .” A fte r

th e c o a ch ’s bench, so m eth in g e ls e has been u sh ered in fo r w o m e n ’s

th e a r en a w h e n th e s e a s o n c o m m en ces.

d e p r i v e d o f r e c o g n i t i o n in th e w orld o f m ainstream c o lle g e sports,

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under a tw o c o a ch system , t h is is th e

th e p l a y e r s a re v e r y e x c ite d about th e in c r e a s e d b u d g e t a n d

B y N aom i T hé W o m en ’s

hockey,

th o u g h

w ith a string o f w in s that led to a b e r th in t h e i n a u g u r a l C I A U

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N ation al cham p ion sh ip s. T h e o b v i o u s q u e s t io n s u r r o u n d in g th e te a m t h is y e a r is w h eth er the M artlets w ill be ab le to repeat their so lid perform ance. The

w ill h ave a f u l l t im e c o a c h .

first p erson to lo o k to for an sw ers

T h is situ a t i o n ,

L achine, Q u eb ec native also serves as C am pus R ecreation C oordinator at M cG ill. W hereas so m e p eo p le fe e l ner v o u s about stepp in g into sh o es that h ave tou ch ed the nationals, Sm ith is n o l e s s e n t h u s i a s t i c a b o u t th e u p c o m in g s e a so n than th e w o m e n on the team . “I truly b e lie v e that the ch am p ion sh ip is fu lly w ithin our grasp,” sa id Sm ith on the su bject. “A s for the pressure, I d efin itely fe e l a ch al le n g e but I think w e ’re ready to rise

er turnout during leagu e

year

th a t th e M a r tle ts

t h i s y e a r w i l l b e n e w f u l l tim e h o c k e y c o a c h P e te r S m it h . T h e

hop e that last year’s su c c e s s w ill result in a larg gam es. “T h ere’s a good hockey t r a d i t io n at M c G i l l , ” n o t e s S m ith . “T h is sc h o o l has alw a y s b e e n c o n s c io u s o f b oth the m e n ’s and w o m e n ’s tea m s.” T h is

S m i t h b e lie v e s , w i l l h e lp t h e te a m p rogress to a high er lev e l o f h ock ey. “I hop e that w e con tin u e to be a c o h e s i v e g r o u p t h is y e a r a n d m o v e forw ard togeth er tow ards the n ation als,” said Sm ith.

H ockey in his b lo o d S m ith ’s in te r e st in h o c k e y is by n o m ea n s str ictly p r o fe ssio n a l;

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u n q u estio n a b ly b e o n e to w atch carefully. A s S m it h p u t it , h e p o s se sse s a p a ssio n for the gam e

the M artlets no d ou b t h ave all the

that rev ea ls its e lf in a q u ick lo o k at

ingred ients for su cc e ss. “ T h e y a r e a h a r d w o r k in g

his background. Sm ith p layed up to the ju n ior lev el b efore sw itch in g to c o a c h in g , w h ic h he h as c o n tin u e d to d o e v e r sin c e . H is m o st r ec en t ex p e rien ce is w ith the W e st Island B lu e s , an u n d e r-2 1 w o m e n ’ s A A

group both on and o f f o f the ice and I d o n ’t doubt their cap ab ility to su c cee d , particularly in this y ear’s sea son . I am very im p ressed w ith both their effort and w ork e th ic.”

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R ed m en rugby: h id d e n g e m o f t h e McGill s p o r ts w orld '9 9

squad rem ains u n d e fe a te d a fte r d o w n in g C oncordia 17-11 a t R u th e rfo rd Park on Sunday

B y Jeremy Ku z m a r o v M em b ers o f the M cG ill m e n ’s rugby team have a score to settle. H a v in g b e e n d ea lt a cru sh in g d e fe a t at the han ds o f B is h o p ’s in d o u b le o v e r tim e la st y e a r in th e c o n f e r e n c e f i n a l s , th e R e d m e n c le a r ly h a v e th e ir ta r g e t s e t fo r rev en g e this season . “W e ’v e g o t our m in d s fo c u se d on B ish o p ’s,” said fifth year sen ior c a p ta in B e r n ie M c M u lle n . “ O ur g o a l is to be u n d efeated for the sea son , and w in ou t again st B is h o p ’s in th e fin a ls . U s u a lly i t ’ s u s and t h e m b a t t l i n g it o u t f o r r u g b y su p rem acy.” W h ile their lo n g -term g o a l is t o w in th e c h a m p i o n s h i p , th e R ed m en w ill get a ch an ce for so m e sh ort-term v in d ic a tio n n e x t w e e k e n d w h e n th e y f a c e - o f f a g a in s t their c h ie f n em esis, the G aiters, in a r e g u la r -se a so n m a tch -u p on the r o a d . H e a d in g i n t o t h e g a m e , M cG ill is lo o k in g strong. U n d e f e a t e d to d a t e , th e R ed m en im p r o v ed th eir record to 2-0 in the regular se a so n , and 6-0 overall w ith a d e c is iv e 17-11 v ic to ry o v e r C o n c o r d ia o n S u n d a y at R utherford Park. “It w a s n ’t th e c le a n e s t g a m e o u t th e r e t o d a y , w e m a d e s o m e m istak es, but w e pu lled through in th e e n d ,” s a id th e b a t t l e - w e a r y M cM u llen , drenched in sw ea t after th e h a r d - f o u g h t v i c t o r y . “ G u y s really dug d eep in the last fe w m in u te s w h ic h m a d e a ll th e d i f f e r e n c e .” T he R ed m en got a b o o st in the la st h a lf o f the h ard -h ittin g g a m e fr o m s w ift w in g e r D a v e P h illip s , a ls o a m e m b e r o f th e C a n a d ia n national team , w h o broke free from the C on cord ia defen d ers en route to th e g a m e -w in n in g try. U n til that

p la y , th e tw o te a m s h a d b a ttle d fu riou sly up and d o w n the field all d a y , w ith th e le a d f l ip - f lo p p i n g b etw een the tw o sid es. Early on, S te v e L e e converted on a rare three-point drop k ick for M c G i ll , a n d S t e v e R o m a n c h u k scored a try to e v e n the cou n t w ith the Stingers. “ C o n c o r d ia h a d so m e fa st b a ck s, but w e ad ju sted in the en d an d s to p p e d th e m ,” s a id v e te r a n fla n k er Jon G o o d e . “W e ’v e g o t a really balan ced team , and ca m e up w ith a s o l i d g r o u p e f f o r t to d a y . P h illip s’ try w a s the d iffe re n c e.”

Living up to tra d itio n o f excellence U n k n ow n to m any, rugby has an e x t e n s i v e h is t o r y at M c G ill. E sta b lis h e d in 1 8 6 3 , th e R e d m e n rugby club is the old est o f its kind in Canada, and has p la y ed Harvard U n iv e r s i t y in a n a n n u a l c l a s s i c e v er y y e a r sin c e 1 8 7 4 . T h e p o p u larity o f th e g a m e at th e tim e the

H a r v a r d -M c G ill r iv a lr y e m e r g e d led to the even tual d ev elo p m en t o f A m erican footb all. In r e c e n t y e a r s , th e R e d m e n rugby team has perform ed w e ll and c o n tin u e d the rich tradition o f the s p o r t a t M c G i l l . T h e c u r r e n t ly u n d efeated ‘9 9 squad is n o e x c e p tion, and h o ld s high h o p es for the future. O v e r l o o k e d b y m a n y , th e R edm en rugby team b oasts a squad o f talen ted players, m any o f w h om c o m p ete in the o ff-se a so n for their l o c a l c lu b t e a m s . A s i d e fr o m P h illip s, a g ifted back in his seco n d year, M cG ill is anchored by fifth y e a r s e n i o r s c r u m - h a l f A la n W a in w r ig h t, c a p t a in B e r n ie M c M u lle n , a n d s e c o n d y e a r f ly h a lf C orey R ichards, a m ed ical stu dent. “It’s really a great team that’s w e l l- b a la n c e d , t h e r e ’ s a s tr o n g le v e l o f com m itm en t to the team as w e ll w h ich is a k e y ,” said G o o d e, a k ey veteran contributor. “It w a s r ea lly to u g h for g u y s to c r a c k t h e ‘A ’ t e a m , ” a d d e d

M cM u llen , allu d in g to the fact that M c G ill a ls o f i e l d s a s e c o n d ‘B ’ team . “There is lo ts o f com p etition this year. M ost players on the first team p lay on h ig h -le v e l clu b team s w h ic h s h o w s th e grea t c a lib r e o f players w e h ave in the program .” D esp ite the R ed m en ’s un b lem is h e d s e a so n to date, m e m b er s o f the team are adam ant that the squad is n ow h ere near its peak. W h ile sat is fie d w it h t h e i r w in o v e r C o n c o r d ia a n d th e ir 6 - 0 o v e r a ll r e c o r d w h ic h i n c lu d e s a v ic to r y o ver B row n U n iversity, the R ed ‘n W h ite fe e l that th ey h ave a lot o f hard w ork to put in b efore th ey are ready to ch a lle n g e B ish o p ’s for the title. “ W e ’re g o n n a b e p r a c tic in g h ard a ll w e e k fo r B i s h o p ’ s, i t ’ s tim e to g e t s e r io u s n o w ,” sa id a d e t e r m in e d M c M u l l e n . “ S o fa r w e ’re happy w ith our perform ance but w e h a v e n ’t g e lle d yet as a team . W e ’re aim in g to p eak for the p lay o ffs w h en w e ’ll b e sh ootin g on all cylin d ers. B y then, w e ex p e ct to be a w e ll-o ile d m ach in e.”

Scrum notes: R u g b y p layers are am on g the m o s t d e d ic a te d a t h le t e s to th e ir sport. C ase in point: M em b ers o f the M c G i ll te a m h a d to f r a n t i c a l l y scurry to the hardw are store to get the n ecessary equ ip m en t n eed ed to p r o d u c e th e f i e l d l i n e s p r io r to S u nd ay a ftern o o n ’s m atch -up v er su s C on cordia. A s a result o f a full team effort, the b o y s w ere ab le to p ro d u ce the lin e s in tim e, and the g a m e w a s s u b s e q u e n t l y a b le to start on -tim e. I f y o u ’ re w o n d e r i n g , th e Harvard versus M cG ill m atch-up is slated for m id -N ovem b er. In recent years, the R ed m en h a v e c o m e out o n to p th e m a jo r ity o f th e tim e a g a in s t th e ir iv y - le a g u e c o u n te r parts. In general, rugby is o n e sport in w h ic h C a n a d ia n s c h o o l s are w id e ly a c k n o w le d g e d to be slig h tly better than their A m erican rivals.

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S P O R T S b r ie fs R e d m e n f o o t b a l l s t il l W IN L E S S O n S a tu r d a y , th e M c G i ll R e d m e n lo s t th e ir th ird str a ig h t ga m e o f the season , su ccu m b in g to the p ow erful O ttaw a G e e -G e e s 3222. T h e u n d efeated G e e -G e e s (3 -0 ) w ere pow ered by a 30-yard tou ch d o w n f u m b le r e tu r n fr o m l i n e b a c k e r M ark P r e t z l a f f w ith th e s c o r e tie d at 22 la te in th e third quarter. Josh S o m m erfeld t m arked h is retu rn to the lin e u p by d ir e c tin g M cG ill to 3 7 2 yards o f net o ffen ce . A fter b ein g k n ock ed out o f the se a so n o p e n e r a g a in st C o n co r d ia , he w a s rep la c ed by D a v e M cK in n o n la st w eek a g a in s t L a v a l. S o m m e r fe ld t c o m p le te d 15 o f 2 4 p a sse s, w ith three to u ch d o w n s and th ree in te r c e p tio n s. H is fa v o u r ite target w a s vetera n w id e r e c e iv e r R ob P osthu m us, w h o caught se v e n p a sse s for 138 yards and tw o T D s. N e l s o n P ic h e o p e n e d th e g a m e w ith a 28-yard T D recep tion for the o th e r m a jo r s c o r e . T h e R e d m e n , n o w 0 -3 , are in a three-w ay tie w ith Q u e e n ’s a n d B i s h o p ’ s f o r th e fourth and final p la y o ff spot in the s i x - t e a m O -Q I F C c o n f e r e n c e . M c G i l l ’ s n e x t g a m e w i l l b e at

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M c G il l v o l l e y b a l l f in is h e s T H IR D AT T O U R N A M E N T At the U n iversity de M ontreal I n v it a t i o n a l T o u r n a m e n t , th e M c G ill M a rtlets w o n th e b r o n z e m edal w ith a 2 5 -2 3 , 2 5 -1 8 , 2 5 -2 2 v ic t o r y o v e r th e C lu b C e lt iq u e , c o m p o s e d o f L a v a l a l u m n i . In round-robin action , they p reviou sly lost tw o g a m es to U de M ontreal 3and w on in straight se ts against O tta w a an d Y ork . T h e M a rtlets' M arie-C lau d e F erland w a s nam ed as an alternate o n the tournam ent all-star team .

T h e M c G i ll b a s e b a ll te a m sw ep t a d o u b le-h ea d er o n S u nd ay a gain st S h erb rook e, w in n in g 14-4 and 6 -0 . In the first g a m e , G e o f f P ertsch w en t the d ista n c e to pick up th e v ic to r y , an d c a tc h e r C am D a v ie s paced the attack w ith 3 hits. In the se c o n d g a m e, Brad P elletier w h ite w a sh e d the Sh erb rook e team for the w in. Pat G o n sa lv e s w ent 2f o r - 4 w it h t w o r u n s b a tte d in . E a r lie r in th e w e e k , th e y w e r e sw ep t by L aval by 8 -3 and 6 -4 s c o r e s . M c G ill’s b a se b a ll c lu b is n o w 8 -4 in leagu e action.

M c G il l - a d id a s A thletes of the w eek J o sh S o m m e r fe ld t. M c G ill's quarterback, is M c G ill’s m ale ath lete o f the w e ek . In h is first c o m plete ga m e o f the season . T h e se c o n d y e a r C a m b r id g e , O n ta r io n a tiv e c o m p le te d 15 o f 2 4 p a sse s for 2 8 4 yards, and ran for 4 3 yards on 8 carries. E v a M ela m ed , a se c o n d -y e a r forw ard w ith the s o c c e r M artlets, w a s nam ed M c G ill’s fem a le athlete o f the w eek . T h e sop h om ore p oliti c a l s c i e n c e s tu d e n t s c o r e d fo u r g o a ls in S u n d a y 's 1 1-0 w a llo p in g against U Q T R to g iv e her a secon d A t h l e t e o f th e W e e k t i t l e . M elam ed n ow has six g o a ls in four leagu e gam es.

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N o lo n g e r m e re ly a 'h ip p ie ' s p o rt, u ltim a te fris b e e is e xp e rie n c in g a b o o m in p o p u la rity a ro u n d th e c o u n try B y Jeremy Ku z m a r o v A ll o f a su d d en , u ltim ate frisb e e has m oved in to th e m ainstream . L ong s in c e regarded as a fringe sp ort p la y e d b y sto n ers and n e w a g e h ip p ie s , u ltim a te fr is b e e , in ven ted in the 1 9 7 0 s, has recen tly b e c o m e i m m e n s e l y p o p u la r at M cG ill and across Canada. H undreds o f su m m er and clu b team s o f a variety o f d ifferent le v e ls h a v e sp r u n g u p in c it i e s and sc h o o ls across the nation. M c G ill is n o e x c e p tio n , as th e M c G ill u lti m a te te a m , b e tte r k n o w n b y it s a c r o n y m M U T , b e c a m e a v a r sity c lu b s p o r t in 1 9 9 5 , w ith b o th a m en's 'A' and 'B' team as w e ll as a w om en 's team . W h ile the casu al ob server m ay th in k there's n o th in g to the g a m e, th e y ’re d ead w r o n g . A sid e from m asterin g a variety o f sh ots, in clu d in g a forehand flick , b ack h an d , and o v e rh ea d h am m erthrow , sk illed ultim ate players ty p i c a lly p o s se ss superb ju m p in g a b ili ties, and g o o d sp eed . Furtherm ore, th ey're r o u tin e ly a b le to s a c r ific e th e ir b o d ie s fo r th e g o o d o f th e team , and d iv e fu ll-o u t for any fris b e e to ss that c o m e s rem o te ly near them . "Y ou’v e got to learn to th r o w y o u r b o d y arou n d , w h e n the g a m e 's p la y e d r ig h t th e r e 's g u y s d iv in g all o v e r the p lace," said T o m K a u l, c o -c a p ta in of th e M c G ill u lti m a te 'A ' I t e a m . "U ltim ate really is a d e m a n d in g g a m e . It c o m b in e s e le m e n t s fr o m a ll sp o rts, the fitn e s s o f s o c c e r a n d th e f l a i r o f b a s k e t b a l l , fo r exam ple."

A ttra c tin g m a n y to p a th le te s L ik e fo r m a n y o f h is t e a m m ates o n the M cG ill team , ultim ate frisbee isn't the first sport that Kaul h as e x c e lle d in. F o rm e rly a c o m p e t it iv e s o c c e r p la y e r , h e b e g a n p layin g ultim ate in h is first year o f u n iv ersity , and hasn't lo o k e d back sin ce. "A l o t o f g u y s p i c k u p th e sp o rt at th e u n iv e r s ity l e v e l and

they lo v e it, it's really a fun gam e to play," sa id K au l, in h is third year at M cG ill. "It’s not as m uch p r e ssu r e as o th e r s p o r ts w h ic h c a n g e t to b e r id ic u lo u s at th e h ig h e r le v e ls . G u y s s e e th e b ig picture and are out there to c o m p e t e h ard b u t a b o v e a ll e n j o y them selves." M a n y m e m b e r s o f th e M c G ill u ltim ate team a lso c o m pete for the d ow n h ill ski team in th e w in te r . W h ile n o t o b v io u s , th e r e are p a r a lle ls b e tw e e n th e tw o sports. "Y ou've g o t to g iv e up your b od y in both sports for the g o o d o f th e te a m , s k iin g in te rm s o f tack lin g a hill at fu ll sp eed w ith ou t fear, and u ltim a te by d iv in g a l l o v e r th e p l a c e c o n t e s t i n g th r o w s an d c a tc h in g th e d isc ," said K aul, also an avid sk ier w h o races for M cG ill. "Both sports a lso share a like m in d e d - s e n s e o f c o m m u n ity ," add ed G raham W ith ers, a m e m For many on campus. Ultimate Frisbee has becom e the preferred participatory sport Wei Leng Tay ber o f both M cG ill team s. A u n iq u e a sp ec t o f u ltim ate m ate co m m u n ity is very tight-kn it so m e valuab le v ets, w e h ave so m e late O ctob er w h en it gets to o cold," is that there are no referees or o ffi a n d k n o w s h o w to h a v e a g o o d hot y o u n g rook ies to rep lace them," said K aul. "It's no surprise that the c i a l s p r e s e n t t o k e e p t h i n g s in tim e together." sa id W ithers, another so lid return m ajor p o w er h o u se s are o u t on the order. A s a result, p layers h a v e to in g v e t on th e tea m w h o to o k up w e st-c o a st, w h ere u ltim ate is hu ge be r esp e c tfu l o f e a c h other's c a lls u ltim ate after a se v e r e c o n c u ss io n a n d is a m o r e e s ta b lis h e d sp o rt. and abid e by a c o d e o f sportsm an en d ed h is rugby career. N e v e r th e le s s , M c G ill is s till c o n ship. " W e'v e g o t g r e a t p o te n tia l," sidered as am on g the top fiv e team s "The w h o le k e y to ultim ate is a d d e d K a u l, "It's a ll a m a tter o f in the country, w h ich in clu d e U B C , W h ile the p artying and so c ia l g o o d sp o rtsm a n sh ip , e v e n h o w w e g e l as a team . U ltim ate is asp ect adds to the en joym en t o f the U n iv e r sity o f V ic to r ia , M cM a ster w ith n o r e f there are all-ab out team w ork, and havin g an and Q ueen's." sp ort, u ltim a te p la y e r s at M c G ill n ev er any se r io u s id ea o f w h ere e v ery b o d y is o n the B e c a u se u ltim a te is a rapidly can still be c o n sid e r ed a m o n g the d is p u t e s ," s a id fie ld .” g r o w in g sp o rt w ith e a c h p a s s in g fitte s t at th e u n iv e r sity . B o th the K a u l," I t's a L i k e th e m e n s t e a m , th e y e a r , th e c o m p e t i t i o n f o r th e m e n 's a n d w o m e n 's t e a m s h a v e s p o r t th a t M c G i ll w o m e n 's te a m f i n i s h e d n a tio n a l c h a m p io n s h ip b e c o m e s b e e n tra in in g sin c e th e b e g in n in g c o u n ts on third at the n ationals last year, h av in crea sin g ly fierce. It isn't ju st the o f the y ear to prepare th e m se lv e s th e h o n in g lo st to U B C in the sem i-fin a ls. fact that m ore team s are com p etin g, fo r th e r e g io n a ls n e x t w e e k and e sty of W ith m any ex p erien ced players on b u t a ls o th a t m a n y p la y e r s h a v e n ationals in m id-O ctober. its parb o a r d th is s e a s o n , in c lu d in g th e b e c o m e m o r e s e r io u s a b o u t th e T h e train in g s e s s io n s in c lu d e t i c i aptly n am ed J u lie M c G ill, J e ssic a s p o r t , a n d a r e t r a in in g h a r d e r a fte r n o o n p r a c tic e s e v e r y d a y pants." M c N e e ly , T o r y B o w m a n , C ia r a throughout the year. w o r k in g o n fu n d a m e n ta ls and For W h ela n , P atricia B ak er as w e ll as "Its really im p ressive, there's a team -w ork , as w e ll as early m orn m a n y V a l B r is e b o is , th e te a m is o p t i in g p r a c tic es w h ic h stress ca rd io h u g e nu m b er o f te a m s n o w c o m players, m istic about its c h a n ces for '99. vascular fitn ess. p e tin g at the u n iv er sity n a tio n a ls, W th e s o c i a l "O ur f i r s t g o a l i s t o w in and m any o f the players are really "It's a sp o rt that g e ts y o u in a sp e c t o f u lti r e g i o n a l s n e x t w e e k - e n d ," s a id c o m m i t t e d to th e s p o r t," s a id p h e n o m e n a l s h a p e ," s a id K a u l. m a te is a m ajor B r is e b o is , w h o h a s b e e n o n th e " U sually the team that can outrun W ith e r s . " T ea m s h a v e v a s tly r a t t r a c t i o n . team sin ce the program w a s fou n d im p r o v e d in th e p a s t c o u p l e o f i t s o p p o n e n t a n d is in th e b e s t U n iv e r s it y to u r n a m e n ts ed in '95. "There's a b ig turn-over shape w ins." y e a rs," a d d e d K a u l," u ltim a te as a th r o u g h o u t th e y e a r — in c lu d in g w ith a lo t o f n e w p la y e r s o n the sport is g row in g at the sam e sp eed y T h e m en's 'A' team is h op in g th e M c G ill to u r n a m e n t th is p a st te a m . In g e n e r a l, th e u n iv e r s it y rate in b oth C an ad a and th e U .S . th a t its f it n e s s le v e l i s up to par w eek -en d , h eld on the vast grounds to u r n a m e n ts h a v e b e c o m e a lo t There's a w orld cham p ion sh ip n o w w h en it c o m p e te s at the nationals in o f the D o u g la s h osp ital in V erdun m ore c o m p etitiv e in recen t years." a c o u p le o f w e e k s. L ast year, the fo r c lu b t e a m s , a n d u lt im a t e is — are co -ed . N o t su rp risin gly, the tea m fin is h e d third at th e tou rn a g o in g to be an e v en t at th e w orld m en's and w om en 's team s d e v e lo p g a m es in 2 0 0 1 . W h o k n o w s what's m ent in E dm onton, lo sin g to e v e n a c lo s e knit relation sh ip throughout n e x t f o r th e s p o r t , m a y b e th e tu a l c h a m p io n M c M a s t e r . T h e the year. W ith tournam ents typ ical O ly m p ic s, thou gh that se e m s a lit squad is fortunate to have retained O n e m a jo r d is a d v a n t a g e ly b e in g p la y e d th r o u g h o u t a fu ll tle far o f f ju st yet." a str o n g c o r e o f v e te r a n s . A s id e affectin g both the m en's and w o m w e e k -e n d , a h u g e S atu rd ay n ig h t fro m K a u l, u ltim a te m a v e n s W ill e n s t e a m s i s th e w e a t h e r in p arty is o fte n th r o w n , w h ic h fo r L a v e r ie , J a so n Y e u n g , M a lc o lm M ontreal. W h ile team s at u n iversi m any players is a h igh ligh t. L e v y , and John B r o m le y are back ties in w estern C anada are ab le to "It's all about the so c ia l asp ect for anoth er year and h o p e to lea d p ractice and p lay u ltim ate all year and the p arties during th e tourna M c G i l l to a N a t i o n a l c h a m p i lo n g , the w inters in the ea st shorten m e n ts ,” sa id V a le r ie B r is e b o is , a onship. M cG ill's season . stand-out on the w om en 's team ."To " W e 'v e g o t a s tr o n g c o r e o f "The w e a th e r d e f in it e ly h in ev er y tournam ent there's a lw a y s a p la y e r s b a c k . 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n o w 3-1 in lea g u e action. T h e U n iv e r s ity o f T o r o n to m en ’s tennis team squeaked b y the R cd m en squad 4 -3 in O U A action at M cG ill. T h e R edm en are 1-2 o n the season .

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