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T w en ty y e a r s in th e running:
By Shehryar Fazli
McGill h o s ts Terry Fox By Elizabeth Z alman T h is p a st S u n d a y , the T erry F o x R un c e le b r a te d its 2 0 th a n n iv e r sa r y a c r o s s C anada and the rest o f the w orld, as yo u n g and o ld alik e ran to raise m o n e y and aw are n e ss for cancer research. T he ch a o s began at 10:30 am in front o f the A rts B u ild in g , w ith a sm all but dedicated c ro w d o f 5 0 0 enthu siasts. T h e Run not on ly co n siste d o f running, but a lso a llo w ed for p eo p le to w alk, jo g , or b ik e as w e ll. T h e route w en t around M cG ill cam p u s, out o f the M cT a v ish G ates and back in at Dr. P en field . T here w ere 3 op tion s, 1K, 5K , or 10K. M cG ill w as g iv e n the hon our o f h ostin g the R un this year b e c a u se o f the in stitu tion ’s c o m m itm e n t to c a n c er resea rch M c G ill is g iv e n a p p r o x im a te ly C $ 6 0 0 ,0 0 0 - $ 7 0 0 ,0 0 0 per year from the T erry F o x F ou n d ation in o r d e r to a d v a n c e c a n c e r r e s e a r c h . T h e S t u d e n t s ’ S o c i e t y o f M c G i ll U n iv e r s i t y
sh ouldered the organizational resp on sib ilities for the run, and opted to g o w ith a carnival atm o sp h ere, rep le te w ith b an d s and a c tiv i ties. Jerem y Farrell, the V ic e P resid en t o f th e C o m m u n it y G o v e r n m e n t at S S M U enthu sed that, "The neatest thing to rem em ber is that although the initial idea w a s a run, n o w it’s b ig g e r than that, and there is d e fi n ite ly m o r e a w a r e n e s s as to w h a t’s g o in g on." O ne stu d e n t p a r tic ip a n t, Sarah G reenberg, had this to say about her exp eri e n c e: "I f e e l that w h e n I h ear a sto ry lik e that, it’s the least I can do. W hat an inspira tion!" add ed participant Sarah G reenberg.
T e rry Fox's jo u rn e y T h e o f f ic ia l T erry F o x R un started in 1981, but its in cep tion dates back to 1977. It w as then that Terry F o x , a y o u n g 18 year-old
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Q u e s tio n s r eg a r d in g th e e f fic ie n c y o f M c G ill secu rity arose around ca m p u s o n c e again , after a fan fare o f v a n d a lism se t o n e ten t at th e O p en A ir P ub a fla m e , and le ft another d estroyed in le s s than a w eek . A fire w a s lit underneath the O A P bar, e v e n tu a lly e n g u lfin g th e ten t in fla m e s at 5 :0 0 a.m . on Su nd ay, S ep tem b er 3. M cG ill security arrived on the sc e n e at 5 :3 0 and put out the fire, but not b efore o n e quarter o f the tent had burned d ow n and m elted. F iv e d ays later, on F riday, S ep tem ber 8, the O A P ’s m anagem en t arrived at their spot in the central area o f cam pus in the m orning to fin d that the DJ tent had b een fo r ce fu lly c o lla p sed the night before. B rian K err, a g e n e ra l m an ager for the O A P r e p re se n tin g the A rts U n d ergrad u ate S o c ie ty , v o ic e d the d isa p p o in tm e n t fe lt by the m an agin g sta ff after the tw o in cid en ts. "W e had a v e r y g o o d fir st w e ek ," he sa id "Then th e se c o n d w e e k , first d a y , w e c o m e in and fin d our tents burnt d ow n. That takes a lo t o f air out o f you . It w a s d ifficu lt for m e to say, ‘O kay I w ant to set up tables
n o w ’. It r ea lly d isa p p o in te d m e." H e then a d d ed , "The se c o n d tim e i t ’s our la st d ay, and all w e w an t to d o is to fin ish o f f w ith a bang. A n d w h at happens? A n oth er accident. W e Spent th e first hour ju st tryin g to raise the tent and p rovid in g a support for it."
A m a tte r o f se curity John ny B o isv e rt, a te ch n icia n w ork in g in th e D e p a r tm en t o f M e c h a n ic a l E n gin eerin g, w h o has p la y ed an a ctiv e role in the setup and adm inisterin g o f equip m ent fo r the O A P fo r the p ast six y ea rs, c la im s that req u ests w ere m ade to M cG ill security about taking extra precau tion s, but that th ese requests w ere ignored. "A ll through the six y ea rs there have b een little bits o f vandalism ," he explain ed . "It c o m e s at nigh t tim e, w h en th in gs are very quiet, e sp e c ia lly w h en you h ave tents stand in g d u rin g th e fir st tw o w e e k s o f s c h o o l. [M cG ill secu rity] sh o u ld h ave so m e p e o p le around that area to m ak e sure that n oth in g happens.
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