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A m id s t th e s e a o f p r o te s to r s b e a r in g s ig n s o f 'J e r u s a l e m , th e U n it e d c a p it a l o f I s r a e l ', 'A r a f a t stop the v io le n ce ', 'W e w ant p e a c e 1, and ’P rou d to b e a Z io n ist,’ M c G ill b e c a m e a m ic r o c o s m o f th e id e o ­ l o g i c a l c o n f l i c t b e tw e e n I s r a e l is and P a le stin ia n s this M o n d ay .

A r e c e n t v i s i t b y th e I s r a e l i o p p o s itio n le a d e r to th e A l ’A q s a M o s q u e , o n th e T e m p le M o u n t, a site o f re lig io u s sig n ific a n c e to both Isla m and Ju d a ism , sparked a string o f v io le n c e in the M id d le E a s t that h as sp a rk e d re c e n t p ro te sts by P a le s tin ia n an d I s r a e li g ro u p s in M o n tre a l. M o n d ay 's ra lly co n tin u ed in t h e v e i n o f p u b l i c p r o t e s t s ag ain st v io le n ce .

M a s s e m a ils , f ly e r s , w o rd o f m outh and ferv en t sp eakers attract­ e d s e v e r a l h u n d re d s tu d e n ts an d o n lo o k e rs to th e p ro te st at th e top o f M c T a v is h S tr e e t, o rg a n iz e d b y th e H ille l Je w is h Stu d en t C en tre.

While you were doing the walk o f shame at430am , the McGill Women's Rowing team was practicing with pride for this weekend's regatta at the Olympic basin.

Celebrating its 21st anniversary, the Women's team had three crews finish in the top three spots over the course o f the event.

We want peace

Blackalicious gets headsjumping

" W e sta n d o u t h e re p e a c e fu l.

N o o n e h e re w ill b u rn a f la g . N o o n e h e re w ill c a ll f o r a h o ly w ar.

W e c a ll n o t fo r d ea th , w e c a ll fo r lif e , n o t f o r w a r b u t p e a c e ," said R a b b i P ou p ko am id st ca co p h o n o u s c rie s o f ‘W e w ant p e a c e ’ fro m the c ro w d . " W h e r e a re th e v o ic e s o f m o d e ra tio n ? W h e re are th e v o ic e s o f ju s t i c e fr o m th e o th e r s id e ?

W h e r e a re th o s e v o ic e s th a t w ill sp e a k in th e s a c r e d and h o ly la n ­ g u a g e o f the K o ra n and d e n o u n ce v io le n c e ? " P o u p k o d e c rie d w h at he b e lie v e s to b e a la c k o f P a lestin ian c o o p e r a tio n in th e p e a c e p r o c e s s .

"A fte r th e m o st d ra m a tic g e stu re s o f p e a ce , a fte r th e m o st b reath tak ­ in g c o m p r o m is e s , a f te r th e m o s t u n b e lie v a b le o f f e r s o f r e c o n c ilia ­ tio n [Isra e l has] o ffe re d , they have b e en resp on d ed to w ith v io le n c e .”

P o p u k o fu rth e r b a c k e d Is ra e li a ctio n s in the re c e n t c o n flic ts , argu­ in g th a t I s r a e li a tta c k s w e re p r o ­ voked .

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d u ced b e a ts and c o n s c io u s , p o sitiv e

f u l l- le n g t h , N ia , a n d s e t th e to n e

the m u ch h e rald ed sch e d u le d o p e n ­

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w ith la id -b a c k , bu t hard , b e a ts and

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and Q u an n u m P ro je c ts w as fo rm ed .

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p lag u ed b y a "b u rp in g " sp e a k er. O n

and d e liv e re d a se t o f c o n siste n tly

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r a g e o f m in d - b o g g lin g l y r i c s a n d

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b o th y o u r M o m and th e m o st hard ­

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Q u a n n u m S p e c tr u m , an in tro d u c ­

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c o n s is tin g o f M C s L y r ic s B o rn ,

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The Mc G ill Tribune, T uesday, 17 O ctober 2000

Queen's initiates discussion on deregulating tuition

News Brief

Principal aiming to put Queen's in U.S. Ivy League class

By C

N o v ic e d e b a t e r s d is p la y ta le n t a t W e s te rn

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h ig h e r le v e l o f e x c e lle n c e and

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t h e ir n e e d s . A c c o r d in g to th e

n e xt w eek. " I t i s n e c e s s a r y t o im p r o v e

C O U ’ s P u b lic A f f a i r s E x e c u t i v e

a

a n d m a in ta in q u a lity a t Q u e e n ’ s.

D ir e c to r A r n ic e C a d ie u x , th e ir s is

of

lo n g -te r m v is io n f o r Q u e e n ’ s. H is

W ith a ll th e c u ts to e d u c a tio n in

a t w o - f a c e t e d p o s i t i o n ." O n e , w e

T h e M c G ill D e b a tin g U n io n

tu itio n ra te s f o r A rts and S c ie n c e

h o p e s a re to e s ta b lis h Q u e e n ’ s as

th e la s t te n y e a r s and w ith o u t a n y

b e lie v e th a t th e re s p o n s ib ility fo r

sw ept the C en tral C an ad ian N o v ice

p r o g r a m s a t Q u e e n ’ s U n iv e r s it y

o n e o f th e to p u n iv e r s itie s in th e

s ig n if ic a n t in c r e a s e s in b a s e fu n d s

a s s e s s in g

T ou rn am en ts held at the U n iv ersity

began

la s t w e e k , f o llo w in g s ta te ­

w o rld w ith an e d u c a tio n c o m p a r a ­

Q u e e n ’ s h a s to r a is e tu itio n le v e ls

th e B o a r d o f G o v e r n o r s o f in s titu ­

o f W estern O n ta rio th e first w eek ­

m e n ts m a d e b y th e s c h o o l ’ s p rin ­

b l e to th a t o f to p -r a te d u n iv e r s i­

w h ile m a in ta in in g a c c e s s i b i l i t y ,"

tio n s . S e c o n d , w e s u p p o rt th e

end o f O cto b e r.

c ip a l in its S e n a te .

tie s lik e S ta n fo r d an d P r in c e to n .

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L e g g e tt is

A p r e lim in a r y d is c u s s io n o n

M c G ill te a m s S tro n tiu m

(R u x T u g u le a and Ja m e s R en ih an ) and R ad o n (R o h it K u m a r and K o n ra d K o n c e w ic z ) m ad e th e ir

p o te n tia l d e r e g u la tio n

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S e c o n d a ry E d u c a tio n ’ s r e c o m ­

A t t h e S e n a t e m e e t in g h e ld

" H e [ L e g g e t t] o u tlin e d w h a t

L e g g e t t a s s u r e s th a t m a in ­

S e p t e m b e r 2 8 , a n d in s e v e r a l

h e h o p e s Q u e e n ’ s c a n b e in th e

ta in in g th e c u rre n t le v e l o f a c c e s ­

m e n d a tio n th a t in s titu tio n s sh o u ld

Q u e e n ’ s U n iv e r s ity p u b lic a tio n s ,

n e x t 1 0 0 y e a r s w h ic h in c lu d e s

s ib ility is v e r y im p o rta n t.

b e fr e e to s e t th e ir tu itio n l e v e l,"

Q ueen’s

b e in g a le a d e r in p o s t -s e c o n d a r y

" T h e fo u n d in g a ttitu d e o f

h is

e d u c a t io n in C a n a d a . P a r t o f h is

Q u e e n 's h a s b e e n to e n s u r e th a t

u n iv e rs ity

v i s i o n a t Q u e e n ’ s i n v o l v e s th e

s tu d e n ts c a n c o m e h e r e o n th e

C o u n c il’ s v ie w is th a t, a c c o r d in g

e x c e ll e n c e . T h is h a s p ro m p te d

f r e e d o m t o s e t t u i t i o n , a lth o u g h

b a s i s o f a c a d e m i c a c h ie v e m e n t ,

to

Q u e e n ’ s U n iv e r s ity to in itia te d is ­

h e d id n ’ t e x p lic it ly b r in g it fo rth

r e g a r d le s s o f e c o n o m i c m e a n s ...

G o v e r n o r s h a s i t s f i n g e r o n th e

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th e

a s t h is ," sa id P a u l H e is le r , p r e s i­

T h a t 's th e fu n d a m e n ta l v a lu e th a t

p u ls e " a n d th a t it " h a s th e h o m e

and

d e n t o f Q u e e n ’ s ’ s t u d e n t u n io n ,

I th in k th e U n iv e r s ity sh o u ld s u b ­

b a s e th a t e n a b le s th e m to m a k e

th e A lm a M a te r S o c ie t y .

s c r i b e t o , " h e t o l d t h e Q u e e n ’s

t h o s e k in d o f d e c i s i o n s t h a t a r e

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D e r e g u la tin g tu itio n re m o v e s

" B y b r i n g i n g it u p i n [ t h e ]

(Jo n a th a n S te rn and S a ra h P o ttle )

g o v e r n m e n t-im p o s e d c a p s o n

c o n t e x t [ o f a S e n a t e m e e tin g ] h e

d e b a te d its w ay in to th e fin a l ro u n d , a t w h ic h it w a s n a rro w ly

tu itio n ra te s an d g iv e s u n iv e r s itie s

h a s i n i t i a t e d a d i a l o g u e in t h e

th e p o w e r to s e t th o s e ra te s fo r

c o m m u n ity ," h e ad d ed .

S c ie n c e tu itio n a t Q u e e n 's w o u ld

" I t h in k t h e r e a r e s o m e v e ry

d e f e a t e d b y a te a m fr o m Y o r k .

i n d iv id u a l p r o g r a m s . P r o g r a m s

H e is le r w a s u n a b le to s p e c u ­

b e a c c o m p a n ie d b y a " c o m m it­

n e g a t iv e c o n s e q u e n c e s . [It] m a y

M c G ill U n iv e r s ity sco re d h ig h e st

w h ic h a re m o re c o s t ly to ru n a re

la te o n th e stu d e n t b o d y ’ s o p in io n

m e n t t o b u i l d i n g a s t u d e n t a id

th re a te n a c c e s s ib ility fo r s tu ­

ov era ll a t the tournam ent o u t o f the

a b le to c h a r g e s tu d e n ts h ig h e r

o n th e p o s s ib ility o f tu itio n d e r e g ­

p o r t f o l i o " t h a t w o u ld s e r v e th e

d e n t s ...A t th e s a m e t im e I ’ v e s e e n

tu itio n f e e s .

u la tio n b e c a u s e

i n c r e a s e d f in a n c i a l n e e d s o f s tu ­

th e ta n g ib le c o n s e q u e n c e s o f

d e n ts.

u n d e r -fu n d in g a t a n in s titu tio n

n in e p a rticip atin g sch o o ls.

D eb ate

th e is s u e is s till

L e g g e tt s tre s s e d th a t any m o v e to d e r e g u la te

A rts and

L e g g e t t b e lie v e s th a t in d iv id ­

v e r y n e w a n d s tu d e n ts h a v e n o t

“W ith n o v ice s o f su ch e x c e p ­

u a l u n iv e r s itie s sh o u ld b e a b le to

b e e n fu lly in fo r m e d o f a ll th e

tio n a l c a lib r e , w e are a n ticip a tin g

d e c id e th e b e s t o p tio n s f o r t h e ir

r e la t e d c o n c e r n s . T h e is s u e w a s

U n iv e r s itie s f a v o r s th e n o tio n o f

a n o t h e r s u c c e s s f u l y e a r f o r th e

p a r tic u la r s itu a tio n s .

P resid en t M eg h an L a u d eclares:

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d is c u s s e d a t th e A M S A s s e m b ly

g iv in g in d iv id u a l u n iv e r s it ie s th e

" T h e u n iv e r s it y s h o u ld b e

on O c to b e r 12 and a p ro p o sed

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o d e t e r m i n e th e

g iv e n th e fr e e d o m to e s t a b li s h a

to w n h a l l m e e t i n g m a y b e h e ld

t u i t i o n s t r u c t u r e b e s t s u ite d f o r

M c G ill D e b a tin g U n io n .”

— B y Je n n ife r T raw in sk i

The

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is s u e o f tu itio n d e re g u la tio n .

lik e Q u e e n ’ s ."

— w ith f i l e s f r o m th e J o u r n a l ( Q u e e n ’s U . )

R e d m e n H o c k e v is B A C K !

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Continued from page i " E v e r y o n e a c k n o w le d g e s th at e v e r y a c t o f v i o l e n c e b e g a n w ith P a l e s t i n i a n s t h r o w in g s t o n e s , M o lo to v c o c k ta ils and op en in g fire.

T h e c ritic is m o f Isra e l h a s b e e n that th e r e s p o n s e h a s b e e n e x c e s s i v e .

E v e r y o n e k n o w s th a t th e v io le n c e sta rte d o n th e P a le s tin ia n sid e , n o o n e cla im s o th e rw ise ,” said P ou p ko. “ I f ch ild re n h a v e lo s t th e ir liv e s in th e streets, it is no t the fa u lt o f the Isra e li arm y, it is no t the fa u lt o f th e Is ra e li p o lice , it is th e fa u lt o f p eo ­ p le w h o u se ch ild re n a s sh ield s.”

P o u p k o e x p re sse d sim ila r sen i t i m e n t s o n t h e r e c e n t d e a th s o f m an y P a le stin ia n y ou th s in th e c o n ­ f l i c t , p la c in g th e b la m e on th e sh ou ld ers o f P a le stin ia n rio ters.

"W h a t hap pened h e re is a sim ­ p le g r a b f o r w o r ld a t te n t io n a n d w orld sy m p athy b y cre a tin g an o th er lis t o f te e n a g e m artyrs. P a lestin ian s w a n te d th is v io le n c e and th e y g o t th e v i o l e n c e th e y w a n te d . I d o n ’t th in k that w e n e ed to a p o lo g iz e fo r th e f a c t th a t Is r a e l h a s le a rn e d to m a n a g e i t s e l f in a w a y th a t m in i­ m iz e s ca su a ltie s."

Potential for violent protests

Rally blocks McTavish as hundreds gather R e c e n t p r o t e s t s in M o n t r e a l th a t h a v e e n d e d in v io le n c e h a v e cre a te d ten sio n b e tw e e n Isra e li and P a lestin ian groups.

A r ie L e v y o f H ille l U Q A M

p r o - I s r a e l i s tu d e n ts fr o m o u ts id e

ex p lain ed th e n e ce ssity o f avoid ing v i o l e n c e in M o n t r e a l, d e s p ite th e situ ation in the M id d le E a st.

"T h is ra lly is intend ed to ca lm d ow n th e M id d le E a s t and a lso ask , h ere in M o n tre a l, th at students fro m o th er o rg an izatio n s — A ra b o rg an i­ zatio n s, P a lestin ia n o rg an izatio n s to

t h e y d is p e r s e d ... a n d t h a t 's w h y w hat started o f f as a d iscu ssio n , ju s t s ta r te d e s c a la t i n g a n d e s c a la t i n g until p eo p le started shou ting at each oth er. O n b o th sid es the em o tio n s

s t o p t h e s e n s e l e s s v i o l e n c e in M o n trea l b y bu rn in g fla g s and p la c­ in g sw astik as on Isra e li fla g s ."

R ash a A you by, an a c tiv e m e m b e r o f th e S o lid a r it y f o r P a le s tin ia n H u m a n R ig h ts g ro u p ,

s h e c o n tin u e d . “ It is n o t an e q u a l w a r. A s lo n g a s th e r e is th a t, it's g o in g to b e h a rd to r e s o l v e a n y ­

w ho h as b een p resen t at m any o f the P a le s tin ia n p ro te sts th ro u g h o u t th e c it y , d o e s n o t b e lie v e th a t stu d en t in v o lv em en t in th e p ro tests h as ev er

y e s te rd a y 's , m a n y p e o p le w ill n o t se e both sid es o f the story. " I w as b o m in Je ru s a le m ," she said. "M a y b e 7 0 per cen t o f th e kids th a t w e r e in [th e ] d e m o n s tr a tio n t o d a y h a v e e i t h e r n e v e r b e e n to J e r u s a l e m o r i f t h e y 'v e b e e n t o

had su c h a h ig h p o te n tia l f o r v io ­ le n c e as it did o n cam p u s yesterd ay .

"It's ju s t tod ay that it h as b e en lik e t h is ," s h e s a id . " I m e a n , la s t w e e k , it w a s re a lly v e ry g o o d la st w eek.

But to d a y we w ere a p p r o a c h e d b y a m u c h d if f e r e n t

b eg an to filte r in to the lo b b y . " I don't k n o w at all w hat hap­ p e n e d o u t s i d e ," s h e s a id . " A l l I k n o w is th at th ey ca m e in sid e after

S tu d e n ts in th e fa cu lty o f s c i ­

sib le fo r co u rse p a ck s and te x tb o o k s i f a L e tte r o f A g re e m e n t, a co n tra ct o f f i c i a l l y r e c o g n i z i n g th e S U S ’ s e x is te n c e , is fin a liz e d b e tw e e n th e group and the U n iv ersity .

The d ra ft cop y of th e A g re e m e n t, w h ich h as b e en n e g o ti­ ated fo r o v e r tw o y ea rs, c o n ta in s a c l a u s e s t a t in g t h a t th e S U S , a n d d e p a rtm e n t-sp e c ific stu d en t u n io n s u n d er its w in g , “ sh all n o t b e en titled to s e l l n e w o r s e c o n d - h a n d t e x t ­ b o o k s o r c a se b o o k s o r o th er co u rse m a te r ia l u n le s s a u th o riz e d b y th e U n iv e r s ity B o o k s t o r e ” . R u m o u r s w e re ab o u n d in th e fa c u lty o f s c i ­ e n c e about th e rig h ts o f th e N T C s u n o f f ic ia l r e a d in g m a te r ia l f o r c o u r s e s tr a n s c r ib e d b y stu d e n ts, b a s e d o n m a te r ia l fr o m le c tu r e s b e in g so ld to th e U n iv e rsity as part o f th e u p co m in g A g reem en t.

S o f a r , N T C s h a v e p ro v id e d

o f co u rse m aterial, su ch as seco n d ­ hand co u rse p a ck s, to th e U n iv ersity is tantam oun t to a ra ise in p rices fo r su ch m aterial, g iv in g th e U n iv ersity b o o k s to r e a s i g n i f i c a n t s o u r c e o f ad ditional revenue. “ R ig h t n o w , [th e M B S U ] s e ll[s ] c o u rs e p a c k s f o r b io lo g y at c o s t,” P h ilip say s. “O b v io u sly sin ce th e re ’ s larg e am ou n t o f B io lo g y stu­ d e n ts ... th e y ’ ll b e stand ing to m ak e a lo t o f m on ey. T h e re are ap p roxi­ m a t e l y 7 5 0 [ s t u d e n t s ] in B i o [ c o u r s e n u m b e r ] 2 0 0 , a n d th e co u rse p a ck s start at $ 2 5 at co st. I f th e b o o k sto re starts to s e ll th o se at 4 0 d o lla r s , f o r e x a m p le , y o u c a n m u ltip ly th a t b y 7 5 0 t h a t ’ s a f a ir n u m b e r [ fo r ] o n ly o n e c l a s s ...

E v e ry sin g le [student] I ’ v e talk ed to h a s b e e n r e a lly w o rr ie d a b o u t t h i s ...a n d I t h in k th e w o r r ie s are

students in th e fa cu lty w ith a u sefu l - a n d c h e a p - s o u r c e o f s t u d y in g m aterial. T h e p ro sp e ct o f h av in g the r i g h t s t o N T C s s o l d t o th e U n iv e r s ity had so m e c o n c e r n e d a b o u t lo sin g an im p o rtant so u rce o f re v e n u e . N o a h S te p h e n P h ilip , P re sid e n t o f th e M c G ill B io lo g ic a l Stu d en t U n io n , co m m e n ted o n su ch

ju s tifie d ” .”

P h ilip c la im s th at h e h as tried to c o n t a c t th e b o d y in c h a r g e o f n e g o tia tin g th e le tte r o f ag reem en t to o b t a in a c l a r i f ic a t i o n o n t h e s e

a p ro sp ect.

“T h e la n g u a g e of th e A g re e m e n t is v e ry b ro a d , so w e d o n ’ t k n o w w h eth e r o r n o t it c o v e rs N T C ’ s, and w e h a v e n ’ t re c e iv e d a

le tte r o f ag reem en t d o es n o t in clu d e

c la r if ic a t io n y e t fr o m M c G i l l ,” h e said . “W h a t co n ce rn s m e is th at th e c la u s e co u ld a lso c o v e r, fo r e x a m ­ p le , th e r e v e n u e f o r th e M a th U n d e rg ra d u a te su m s. T h e ir m a in s o u r c e o f in c o m e e v e r y y e a r is a

tw o issu es, bu t h as y et to re c e iv e a resp on se.

H o w ev er, A r if C h ow d ry , p re si­ d en t o f th e S U S , b e lie v e s th at th e the rig h ts to N T C s. “ I p e r s o n a lly d o n ’ t th in k N T C ’ s w i l l n o t b e i n c l u d e d in c la u s e 1 9 b e c a u s e it ’ s n o t c o p y ­ rig h ted m aterial, and it’ s n o t o ffic ia l co u rse m aterial,” h e say s. “I t ’ s ju s t s im p ly a stu d e n t w h o t r a n s c r ib e s th e le ctu re .”

C h ow d h u ry , is, h o w ev er, plan­ n in g to v o c a lly o p p o se th e c la u s e ,

b rea k in g into v io le n ce .

J a c o b N u se lo v ici, U 1 p sy ch o l­ o g y attended th e p ro test "to support

a ddtiom l reporting by G race C arter

- with

ra llie s o n cam p u s w ere as la rg e as

bu ild in g at an S P H R ta b le, w h en the

c o u r s e s ...T h e o n ly s o u r c e o f in co m e that w e ’ ll g et is th e m on ey th a t M c G ill g iv e s to S U S , and w h ich S U S d istrib u tes to us” .

A seco n d to p ic co n ce rn in g the M B S U is w h eth er se llin g the rights

P a le stin e . I ju s t w ant p e a c e ."

th in g .”

S h e w o rried th at w h en Is ra e li

Is ra e l, th ey 'v e b een to th e K ib b u tz, th e y 'v e b e e n to T e l A v iv ; th e y 'v e seen the n ice parts o f Israel. T h ey don't k n o w w hat the A rab parts lo o k l i k e . T h e y n e v e r g o t h e r e ; th e y n e v e r s e e . S o th e y t h i n k i t 's a l l p ea ce. T h e y don't g et to see the real

about price of course material

e n c e w o r r ie d a b o u t p a y in g m o r e p ay in g m o re fo r N o te s in C la ss pub­ lis h e d by th e S c ie n c e U n d e rg ra d u a te S o c ie t y , c a n re st ea sy - a t le a st fo r now .

A p rice h ik e is, h o w ev er, p o s­

Is ra e lis , argu m en ts stop ped sh ort o f

tio n it is an arm y ag ain st civ ilia n s,”

SUS letter of agreement causing concern B y O m a r S a c h e d in a AND SHEHRYAR FAZE!

f e llo w J e w s ." B u t b e fo r e le a v in g t h e a r e a , h e c o n v e y e d th e s e n t i ­ m e n t s o f m a n y o n c a m p u s . " I 'm p re tty m u ch n o t p ro -Is r a e l o r p ro -

are h ig h .” " ... [F ]ro m P a le s tin ia n p e rce p ­

cro w d ."

A y o u b y w as in sid e th e Sh atn er

u sed b o o k sale. A ls o C h e m istry th eir o n ly so u rce o f rev e n u e is a lit­ tle b it o f N T C ’ s, and also th e co u rse p a ck s, la b m an u als th at are so ld fo r th e fir s t-y e a r c h e m is try

in eq u alities."

A lth o u g h te n s io n s ro s e in th e lo b b y o f th e S h a tn e r b u ild in g b e tw e e n b o th P a le s itin ia n s and

Later on, argum ents inside stopped just short o f violence

OPEN AUDITIONS Male and Female Models n o e x p e rie n c e n e c e s s a r y

b e lie v in g it to b e an u n ju stified w ay f o r th e U n i v e r s i t y t o c r e a t e o n e m o re so u rce o f revenu e. “ I t ’ s o b v io u s fro m th e c la u s e th at th e u n iv ersity is sim p ly try in g to g en era te m o re m o n e y ,” h e say s. “ I t is a r a i s e in f e e s w ith o u t an in crea se in tu ition.

“N e w b o o k p r ic e s h a v e d e fi­ n itely g o n e up,” h e co n tin u es. “A nd w hen you se ll y o u r u sed b o o k to the b o o k sto re, th e y ’ ll buy a tw en ty d ol­ la r b o o k w orth 1 0 0 d o llars, and sell it fo r s i x t y ...I ’ d rather h av e th e stu­ dents se ll th e b o o k s fo r six ty d ollars in s te a d h a v in g s o m e e l s e m a k in g f o r t y d o l la r s o f i t , a f t e r a lr e a d y m ak in g th eir p ro fit fro m sellin g it in the first p la c e ” .

In r e s p o n s e to t h e c o n c e r n s v o ic e d b y th e stu d en t a s s o c ia tio n s about C la u s e 19, V ilm a D e R o d rig u e z C a m p b e ll, d irecto r o f le g a l s e r v i c e s , e x p la in e d th a t th e stip u la tio n s in th e c la u s e are c o m ­ m o n to a ll le tte r s o f a g r e e m e n t b e tw een th e U n iv ersity and student groups. “I t ’ s a cla u se th at w as n e g o ­ t ia t e d a s p a r t o f a m o d e l a g r e e ­ m en t,” sh e said. “I say m o d el ag ree­ m ent b e ca u se th e S S M U a nu m ber o f y ears ag o m ad e a m an d ate to d is­ cu ss a m o d el ag reem en t that w ould serv e as a b a sis fo r a ll ag reem en ts w ith stu d e n t a s s o c ia tio n s .

O b v io u sly b e in g m od el, w e ’re talk ­ in g a b o u t a te m p la te w h ich w ou ld then b e m o d ified to address th e sp e­ c i f i c an d in te re s ts o f th e d iffe re n t g r o u p s ... N o w [ C l a u s e 1 9 ] is a standard cla u se that re fle c ts the uni­ v e r s ity ’ s o b lig a tio n w ith re g a rd to c o p y b a ck - and th eir rig h ts to co p y ­ right. S o that m erely say s that w hat­ e v e r y o u s e ll, i f th e r e is a n y th in g that is b e in g so ld , th en y o u h av e to c o -o r d in a te th a t a c t iv it y w ith th e b o o k sto re .”

C a m p b e ll w as un su re w hether th e p r ic e s o f th e re a d in g m a te r ia l w ill b e raised a fter th e ag reem en t.

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m a le a n d f e m a le m o d e l a u d itio n s th u r s d a u O c to b e r B B . 5 -9 p m fr id a u O c to b e r B 7 . B -9 p m b ra n f m a n c a fe te ria p le a s e b rin g a c o lo u r p h o to e v e ry o n e is w e lc o m e

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T he Mc G ill T ribune, T uesday, 17 O ctober 2000

Montreal Children's Hospital kicks off series of educational lectures B y C a r l y Jo h n s o n T h e fir s t in a m o n th -lo n g s e r ie s o f ed u ­

law , w h erea s th e in d iv id u a lity o f ch ild re n is

w ith an y so rt o f g ra titu d e.

n o t an e x p r e s s io n o f th e ir e q u a lity to th e ir

T h e w a y to r e m e d y t h e s e

c a r e g iv e r s ," h e said . " It is ra th e r a p ro fo u n d

o b s e s s io n s , s a y s D r . S a m y , is

c a tio n a l s e s s io n s w as p r e s e n te d a t th e

se n se o f th e ir u n iq u e n e ss as a d im e n s io n o f

sim p ly to m a in ta in a stro n g f a m i­

M o n t r e a l C h i l d r e n 's H o s p i t a l , T u e s d a y

p a re n ta l lo v e . M y c h ild is an in d iv id u a l in

ly

O c to b e r 3 , a s D r. M o u n ir S a m y sp o k e a b o u t

th e se n s e th at h e is d iffe re n t fro m a ll o th e rs,

r e s p e c t and to le ra n c e a re fo ste re d .

th e u n iq u e in d iv id u a lity o f c h ild re n and th e

u n iq u e and irre p la c e a b le in m y lo v e .”

C h ild re n sh o u ld b e lo v e d u n c o n ­

re la tio n s h ip

w h ere

lo v e ,

D r. S a m y w en t o n to c r it ic iz e tw o p o p ­

d itio n a lly , and b e tre a te d as "in d i­

T h e fr e e , e d u c a tio n a l ta lk s , w h ic h w e re

u la r " o b s e s s i o n s ," w h ic h , h e a rg u e d , ste m

v i d u a l s " w ith in th e f a m i l y , b u t

sta rte d b y th e M o n tre a l C h ild re n 's H o sp ita l

fro m a fa ilu re to r e c o g n iz e th is u n iq u e s ta ­

sh o u ld n o t b e g ra n te d in d iv id u a l

at its fo u n d a tio n in th e sp rin g o f 1 9 9 9 , aim

tus o f ch ild re n in th e fa m ily .

r ig h ts an d fr e e d o m s in th e a d u lt

p o p u la r o b s e s s io n s th a t th re a ten it.

T h e fir s t o b s e s s io n , o f c o n s ta n tly " f e e l ­

to c o n tin u e th e h o sp ita l's tra d itio n o f w o rk ­ in g w ith and f o r th e co m m u n ity . " [ T h e y ] a r e i n t e n d e d to i n f o r m a n d e d u c a t e p a r e n ts , p a r e n t s - to - b e , a n d c h il d ­

se n s e o f th e w ord .

in g g o o d and h a v in g fu n ," m ay le a d p are n ts

" W e g iv e [ c h ild r e n ] o v e r to

to f o r c e t h e ir k id s t o o q u ic k ly in to f ie r c e

s o c ie t y p r e m a tu r e ly . W e tr e a t

c o m p e titiv e n e s s and g o a l-s e e k in g .

th e m a s l it t l e c i t iz e n s o r m a y b e

'T v e s e e n ch ild re n p u sh ed in to c o m p e t­

c a r e p ro v id e r s ," sa id M s . A rle tte C o te , p u b ­

c itiz e n s in tra in in g ... W e w ro n g ly

itiv e n e s s as so o n as th e y sh o w an in te re s t in

h a r n e s s th e f r e e e x p r e s s io n o f

E a c h h o u r -lo n g s e s s io n fe a tu re s a d if ­

s o m e th in g , w h e th e r it's b a s e b a ll, c h e s s o r

th e ir

fe re n t s p e a k e r fro m th e h o sp ita l w h o g iv e s a

m o d el b u ild in g ," he said . H e a ls o n o ted that

M a y b e it is tim e f o r f a m i l ie s to

le c tu re and re s p o n d s to q u e s tio n s fro m th e

alth o u g h p are n ts m ay ju s t if y th e ir p u sh in e ss

r e c la im t h e ir c h il d r e n ," sa id D r.

a u d ie n c e ; e a c h o n e is g iv e n in F re n c h at 7

w ith e x c u s e s su c h a s : " c o m p e t itiv e n e s s is

Sam y.

p .m . and s u b s e q u e n tly in E n g lis h at 8 p .m .

e v e r y w h e r e ," " y o u n e e d t o s u r v i v e ," a n d

S i m i l a r e d u c a t io n a l c o n f e r ­

D r. S a m y , a p ra c tic in g p s y c h ia tr is t and

e v e n , " s h e lik e s it," in m o st c a s e s , th e su p ­

e n c e s w ill c o n tin u e to b e h e ld a t

lic re la tio n s re p re se n ta tiv e fo r th e h o sp ita l.

c h ild h o o d

p e r s o n a lity .

a p a re n t h im s e lf, p re se n te d h is le c tu re , e n ti­

p o sed s e lf -f u lf illm e n t o f th e c h ild is a c tu a l­

th e M o n tre a l C h ild r e n ’ s H o sp ita l.

tle d " Q u e s tio n in g th e W a y W e B u ild O u r

ly c o n fu s e d w ith th e s e lf -f u lf illm e n t o f th e

U p c o m i n g t a l k s in t h e s e r i e s

C h ild re n 's In d iv id u a lity ."

p aren t.

in c lu d e a s e s s io n o n h o w to tre a t

" C h ild r e n a r e n o t s m a ll a d u lts . T h e i r

T h e s e c o n d o b s e s s io n , w h ic h D r. S a m y

e a r in fe c tio n s , c o ld s , an d th e flu ,

liv e s e v o lv e o n a d iffe re n t p la n e o f r e a lity ...

la b e ls , " Y o u p ro m is e d ! Y o u p ro m is e d ! It's

g iv e n b y D r . J o h n Y a r e m k o o n

th is s p e c ia l and w o n d e rfu l u n iv e rse o f th e irs

n o t f a i r ! " i s a n u n h e a lt h y p r e o c c u p a t i o n

— and w h ich w as o n c e o u rs — th at w e c a ll

w ith m a te r ia lis m and g e ttin g o n e 's w ay .

O c to b e r 2 4 . T h e h o sp ita l is h o s t­ in g D r . B r ia n G r e e n f ie ld on

c h ild h o o d ," sa id D r. S a m y , w h o u n d erlin ed

G ift -g iv in g , fo r e x a m p le , h as g o n e

th at th e n o tio n o f "in d iv id u a lity " is v ery d if­

fro m b e in g a sp o n ta n e o u s a c t o f a f fe c t io n to

fe r e n t fo r c h ild re n an d ad u lts.

Allowing children to be children is im portant

N o v e m b e r 2 2 , w h o s e le c tu r e w ill

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lo o k at a s p e c ts o f c h ild p s y c h o lo g y b y g iv -

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États Financiers

mai 2000 Samson Bélair Deloitte & ______ Touche

C E N T R E É T U D IA N T D E L 'U N I V E R S I T É M c G IL L / ST U D E N T C E N T E R O F M c G IL L U N IV E R S IT Y Bilan

/\

au 31 mai 2000

Samson Bélair/Deloitte&Touche, s.e.n.c.

Comptablesagréés 1, PlaceVille-Marie Téléphone: (514)393-7115 Bureau3000 Télécopieur: (514) 390-4111 MontréalQCH3B4T9

Fondsde réserveafférent Fondsde auxdépenses fonction- enimmonement bilisations S S

Actif Àcourtterme Encaisse 214714 Placementsàcourt terme 503051 Débiteurs 154109 Stocks 43043 Fraispayésd'avance 68727 * Sommeàrecevoirdufondsde réserveafférentauxdépensesen 411838 immobilisations * Sommeàrecevoirdufondsde fonctionnement 1395482 Immobilisations(note5) 53833 1449315 Passif Acourtterme Créditeurs UniversitéMcGill 129449 Régimed’assurance-maladie desétudiants 269673 Autres 236259 * Sommeàpayeraufondsderéserve afférentauxboursesd'excellence 18093 * Sommeàpayeraufondsde fonctionnement Sommeàpayeràlagarderie 182863 Fondsdétenuspour: Améliorationsdesbibliothèques 362405 Bourses 231886 Tranchedeladetteàlongterme échéantàmoinsd'unan(note6) 18687 1449315 .

Detteàlongterme(note6) 1449315 Soldesdefonds Investisenimmobilisations Affectationsd'origineexterne(note3) Affectationsd'origineinterne(note4) 1449315

Rapport des vérificateurs Aux administrateurs du Centre étudiant de l'Université McGill/ Student Center o f McGill University Nous avons vérifié le bilan du Centre étudiant de lUniversité McGill/Student Center o f McGill University au 31 mai 2000 ainsi que les états des résultats et de l'évolution des soldes de fonds et des flux de trésorerie de l'exercice terminé à cette date. La responsabilité de ces états financiers incombe au conseil de l'Association étudiante. Notre responsabilité consiste à exprimer une opinion sur ces états financiers en nous fondant sur notre vérification.

Notre vérification a été effectuée conformément aux normes de vérification généralement reconnues au Canada. Ces normes exigent que la vérification soit planifiée et exécutée de manière à fournir l'assurance raisonnable que les états financiers sont exempts d'inexactitudes importantes.

La vérification comprend le contrôle par sondages des éléments probants à l'appui des montants et des autres éléments d’information fournis dans les états financiers. Elle comprend également l'évaluation des principes comptables suivis et des estimations importantes faites par le conseil de l'Association étudiante, ainsi qu'une appréciation de la présentation d'ensemble des états financiers. À notre avis, ces états financiers donnent, à tous les égards importants, une image fidèle de la situation financière du Centre au 31 mai 2000 ainsi que des résultats de ses activités et de ses flux de trésorerie pour l'exercice terminé à cette date selon les principes comptables généralement reconnus au Canada.

Partie rénovation Fondsde duFonds réserveafférent d'étudiants auxbourses deMcGill d'excellence S $

18093 229747 _ 229747

2702579 1094046 3796625

1414467 352822 1767289

364653 269673 236259

65 193 144596 233526

182863 362405 231886 318687 1966426 1050000 3016426

90434 475206

211654

484216 208547 692763

1023065 831666 1854731 235204

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411838 -

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300000 535204 1050000 1585204

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411838 .

411838

1999 $ 427801 697327 169318 33569 86452

523065 500000

-

Total

737779 1698921 154109 43043 68727

484216

.

2000 $

_

-

42810 1051765 18687 1070452

208547 208547 240656 225000 225000 210000 269527 4747 72378 346652 246181 280925 269527 229747 696837 780199 692763 1854731 229747 3796625 1767289 Lessoldesinterfondsontétééliminésdelacolonnedutotal afindenepassurestimerletotal del'actifetletotal dupassif.

Comptables agréés Le 28 juillet 2000

Approuvé au nom du C entre étudiant ...... — .v./............... i ...................................... , administrateur

....................................., administrateur

DeloitteTouche Tohmatsu

C E N T R E É T U D IA N T D E L ’ U N I V E R S I T É M c G IL L /

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S T U D E N T C E N T E R O F M c G IL L U N IV E R S IT Y E tat des résultats et de l'évolution des soldes de fonds de l'exercice terminé le 31 mai 2000

Produits Cotisationsversées parlesétudiants TabagieSadie BrasserieGert Vented'alimentset deboissons Centredesétudiants Revenusgénéraux etd'administration Programmation d'événements sociaux Publications Services Dividendes Apports Intérêtscréditeurs Charges TabagieSadie BrasserieGert Vented'alimentset deboissons Centredesétudiants Fraisgénéraux etd'administration Servicesduconseil étudiant Programmation d'événements sociaux Publications Services Clubs Amortissement d'immobilisations Intérêtsdébiteurs Boursesdécernées

Fonds de fonctionnement 2000 1999 $ $

Partie rénovation du Fonds d'étudiants de McGill 2000 1999 $ $

Dépenses en immobilisations 2000 1999 $ $

862 123 204386 296671 232688 105982 177123

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152311 173648 309212 284567 131703 105702 2432677 2442890

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331886 36589 10278 368475

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156828 113869 115193 34968 62547 62830 103102 123705 8260 25037 2540910 2454 196 103102 123705

. . .

92407 6541 98948

187793 298711 176939 283857 529126 261641

Excédent(insuffisance)des produitsparrapport auxcharges (108233) (11306) Soldesdefondsaudébut del'exercice Virement interfonds 108233 11306 Soldesdefondsàla findel'exercice -

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(95972) 485130 (108233) 280925

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(113427) 269527 .

609863 (11306) 485 130 269527

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10000 8635 18635

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142927 285277 106492 346362 527113 300410

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Bourses d'excellence 1999 $ $

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8000 8000

18040 10635 . 211707 201072 - 229747 211707

• Exemplaires des états financiers disponibles à la réception de l’AEUM.

Student Centre of McGill University

Financial Statements May 2000 Samson Bélair Deloitte & Touche

ST U D E N T C E N T E R O F M c G IL L U N IV E R S IT Y / C E N T R E É T U D IA N T D E L 'U N I V E R S I T É M c G I L L Balance sheet

SamsonBélair/Deloitte&Touche, s.e.n.c.

CharteredAccountants Téléphone: (514) 393-7115 1PlaceVille-Marie Télécopieur (514) 390-4111 Suite3000 MontréalQCH3B4T9

Assets Currentassets Cash Short-terminvestments Accountsreceivable Inventories Prepaidexpenses * DuefromCapital Expenditures ReserveFund * DuefromOperatingFund

Auditors' report To the Directors of the Student Center o f McGill University / Centre étudiant de l'Université McGill We have audited the balance sheet of the Student Center of McGill University / Centre étudiant de l'Université McGill as at May 31, 2000 and the statements of operations and changes in fund balances and cash flows for the year then ended. These ftnancial statements are the responsibility o f the Students' Society Council. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial

Liabilities Currentliabilities Accountspayable McGill University Studenthealth insuranceplan Other * DuetoAwardsofDistinction ReserveFund * DuetoOperatingFund DuetoDaycare Fundsheldfor: Libraryimprovement Bursaries Currentportionoflong-term debt (Note6)

statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by the Students' Society Council, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.

In our opinion, these financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position o f the Center as at May 31, 2000 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.

Long-termdebt (Note6) Fundbalances Investedincapital assets Externallyrestricted(Note3) Internallyrestricted(Note4)

(Signed) Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche

Capital Expenditures Operating Reserve $ 214,714 503,051 154,109 43,043 68,727 411.838 1,395,482 53,833 1,449,315

Renovation portionof Awardsof Distinction McGill Reserve Student Fund Fund $ $

484,216

523,065 500,000

484,216 208,547 692,763

1,023,065 831.666 1,854,731 235,204

129,449 269,673 236,259 18,093 182,863 362,405 231,886 18,687 1,449,315

411,838

1,449,315

411,838

411,838

300,000 535,204 1.050,000 1,585,204

211,654 18,093 229,747 229,747

2000 $

Total

737,779 1,698,921 154,109 43,043 68,727

427,801 697,327 169,318 33,569 86,452

2,702,579 1,094,046 3,796,625

1,414,467 352,822 1,767,289

364,653 269,673 236,259

65,193 144,596 233,526

182,863 362,405 231.886 318,687 1.966,426 1,050,000 3,016,426

90,434 475,206

208,547 208,547 225,000 225,000 346,652 4,747 269,527 72,378 780,199 229,747 269,527 280,925 229,747 3,796,625 692,763 1,854,731 1,449,315 Interfundbalanceseliminatedfromtotal columnsoasnottooverstatetotalassetsandliabilities ApprovedonbehalfoftheStudentCenter /•. ! ................. Administrator .....Administrator ... s..!..................................

Chartered Accountants July 28, 2000

1999 $

42,810 1,051,765 18,687 1,070.452 240,656 210,000 246,181 696.837 1,767,289

DeloitteTouche Tohmatsu

ST U D E N T C E N T E R O F M c G IL L U N IV E R S IT Y / C E N T R E É T U D IA N T D E L 'U N I V E R S I T É M c G I L L Statement of operations and changes in fund balances year ended M ay 31, 2000

OperatingFund 1999 2000 Revenue Students' fees Sadie'stabagie Gert'sPub Foodandbeverage operations Universitycenter building operations General, officeand administrative Programming activities Publications Services Dividends Contributions Interestrevenue Expenses Sadie'stabagie Gert'sPub Foodandbeverage operations Universitycenter building operations General, officeand administrative Councilservices Programming activities Publications Services Clubs Amortizationof capitalassets Interestexpense Awardsgranted

869,625 152,001 280,252 221,198

862,123 204,386 296,671

110,096 206,279 152,311 309,212 131.703

105.982 177,123 173,648 284,567 105,702

2,432,677 2,442,890 142,927 285,277 106,492

7,130 7,130

10,278

331,886 36,589 10.278 368,475

15,000 10.000 9,040____ 8,635 24,040

187,793 298,711 176,939

346,362 283,857 527,113 529.126 300,410 261,641 162,930 164,276 326,571 315,149 156,828 113,869 34,968 115,193 62,830 62,547 25,037 8,260 2,540,910 2,454.196

Excess(deficiency) of revenueover expenses (108,233) Fundbalances, beginningofyear Interfundtransfers___ 108,233 Fundbalances, endofyear

Renovation AwardsofDistinction Capital Expenditures portionof ReserveFund ReserveFund McGill StudentFund 2000_____ 1999 2000_____ 1999

(11,306)

103,102 123,705 103,102 123.705 (95,972) 485,130 (108,233) 280,925

92,407 6,541 98,948

(113,427) 269,527 609,863 (11,306) 485,130 269,527

6,000 18,040 211,707 229,747

8,000 10,635 201,072

Questions?

•VP Operations Kevin McPhee 398-6802 operations@ssmu.mcgill.ca •Copies of financial statements available at the SSMU front desk.

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t h e d a y . S u c h w o r d s a r e b u r ie d

s t r o n g l y a b o u t t h e c u r r e n t c o n f l i c t in t h e M i d d l e E a s t h a v e b e e n

b e f o r e t h e y a r e b o r n , a n d w ith

t a k in g a c t i o n in r e s p o n s e t o r e c e n t e v e n t s . U n i v e r s i t y c a m p u s e s ,

tim e , th ey turn to an g e r. A n g e r at

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f a c t . W e a re b e in g m a s s a c r e d b y

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a r e w e t o d o if w e d o n 't e v e n k n o w w h a t t o b e l i e v e ? A ll o f t h is jo u r n a lis m

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is i n c o n s i s t e n t . F o r e v e r y n e w s p a p e r , w e b s i t e a n d

w ith th e T e m p le M o u n t

r a d i o s h o w t h e r e is a n o t h e r v e r s i o n o f t h e s a m e s t o r y . T h e r e s u lt

m a ssa cre.

Is it th e la st o n e ? S h a ro n — fo rm e r

is t h a t t h e tr u th b e c o m e s a ll t h e m o r e a m b i g u o u s .

d e f e n s e m i n i s t e r o f I s r a e l -— is

S t u d e n t s a r e s t r u g g lin g w ith h o w t o g a t h e r in f o r m a t i o n a b o u t

k n o w n to b e re sp o n sib le fo r sev e ral

t h e s u b j e c t . M a n y h a v e a p p r o a c h e d t h e T r i b u n e in t h e p a s t c o u ­

m assacres

p le o f w e e k s a s k in g to w r ite a b o u t th e c o n f lic t , y e t d o n o t w a n t t h e ir n a m e s p u t n e x t to t h e ir w o r k . T h e y a r e a fra id o f b e in g

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in re a l fa ith o n e d o es n o t re so rt to

w e re b e in g s la u g h te r e d e v e r y d a y

v io le n c e to in flu e n c e the re su lts at

f o r b e li e v i n g th e y w e r e P A L E S ­

th e n e g o tia t io n t a b le . B u t , th e

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liv e a s a C a n a d ia n e v e ry d a y ? W h a t

Is ra e l. W o u ld no t a p u b lic d em an d

w o u ld y o u f e e l s e e in g y o u r k id s

f o r c o n d e m n a tio n d o ? W i ll n o t a

b e in g k ille d a s b ru ta lly a s ou r k id s

p ro te st in th e U n ite d N a tio n s s u f­ f ic e ?

a re ? H a v e any o f y ou se e n th e p ic ­ tu res? O f co u rs e not, b e c a u se th o se

I u s e d t o b e l i e v e th a t I s r a e l

p ictu re s A R E a n ti-S e m itic ! A n d w e

sh ou ld g o b a c k to th e p re 1 9 6 7 w ar

are th e o n e s fa c in g the ch a rg e s now

b o rd e rs . I w a s b o rn in J e r u s a le m ,

m y frie n d s. H o w c a n th e crim in a l

and I w as w illin g to sh a re th e city

p ro v id e th e ju r y w ith th e p r o o f o f h is o w n c rim e ?

w ith o u r b i b li c a l c o u s in s . N o w , I

A s a P a le s tin ia n , I d em an d the

p r o t e c t h o ly s i t e s in J e r u s a l e m ?

U .N . r e s o l u t i o n s 1 8 1 , 2 4 2 , 3 3 8 ,

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4 6 5 , 6 8 1 , and 1 9 4 b e im p le m e n te d .

in g th e T o m b o f th e p ro p h et Jo se p h

a m n o t so su re . W i ll P a le s tin ia n s

I d em an d b a s ic hu m an rig h ts to b e

an d d e s tr o y in g th e a n c ie n t s y n a ­

g ran ted to m y fa m ilie s in P a le stin e .

g o g u e in J e r ic h o . W h e n Is ra e l w ill

I d em a n d u n -b ia s e d m e d ia c o v e r ­

le a v e th e O ld C ity a ll Je w is h h o ly

a g e to g iv e th e c h a n c e to p e o p le to

site s w ill b e fre e f o r th e P a le s tin ia n

t h in k f o r t h e m s e l v e s . I d e m a n d

m o b to d e stro y . W i ll th e y p ro te c t

re s p e ct fro m a ll o th e r n a tio n a litie s.

I s r a e li c it iz e n s liv in g u n d e r t h e ir

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c o m p e n s a tio n f o r th e lo s e s w e 'v e

c o ld b lo o d tw o Is ra e li so ld ie rs that

h a d to l iv e w ith a ll t h e s e y e a r s .

w e re h e ld as p riso n e rs in R a m a lla h .

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L a s t w e e k th e P a le s tin ia n

C an ad ia n G o v e rn m e n t fo r ta k in g a

S tu d e n t A s s o c ia t io n c a lle d th e

f a ir sta n d f o r th e s a k e o f J u s t i c e

e v e n ts a “M a s s a c r e ” . I f th e re is any

and h u m a n ity and co n d e m n in g the

c o ld b lo o d m u rd er g o in g o n it is by

u se o f " e x c e s s iv e f o r c e " b y Is ra e li

th e P a le s tin ia n s. Is ra e li so ld ie rs are

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o rd e r to d efen d th e m se lv e s fro m a r a in o f r o c k s an d f ir e b o m b s . T h e P a le s tin ia n s h a v e b e e n a c tiv e ly

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m u r d e r in g i n n o c e n t p e o p le ( li k e

p o s itio n

situ a tio n s — a cco m p a n ie d b y h u n ­

w h e n t h e r e is s o m u c h o p p o s i t i o n . T h e y f e a r f o r t h e i r o w n s a f e ­

dreds o f so ld ie rs is su p p osed to b e

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R a b b i L ib e r m a n w h o w a s sh o t

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w h en h e w e n t to p ro te ct th e T o m b o f Jo s e p h ). In fa c t, I w ou ld n o t b e

■; It is a n o u t r a g e t h a t o n y o u r o w n u n i v e r s i t y c a m p u s , in a

c o u n t r y w h e r e w e a r e s u p p o s e d t o e n jo y f r e e d o m

o f th e p re ss,

R a m a lla h by Je w is h settle rs is sup­

p e o p le e x e r c is e s u c h c a u tio n to m e re ly c o v e r a c o n tr o v e r s ia l i s s u e . It is a s h a m e t h a t y o u c a n 't s p e a k y o u r o p i n i o n s in p u b l i c

p o s e d to g o u n p u n is h e d ? A ll w e | g e t is a p o lo g ie s a n d b la m e s .

w i t h o u t b e i n g a f r a id o f w h a t w ill h a p p e n if o t h e r s h e a r w h a t y o u

V i o l e n c e is n e v e r a s o lu tio n , b u t

a r e s a y i n g . A n d c o n s i d e r i n g t h e e f f e c t o f t h e c r i s i s o n o t h e r p a r ts

k illin g ch ild re n th is w ay ca n n e v er

o f t h e w o r l d , t h i s c a u t i o n is w a r r a n t e d a n d t h e t h r e a t is r e a l .

g o u n n o ticed .

M a n y h e r e h a v e n e v e r s e t f o o t o n t h e r e g i o n 's s o il a n d w i t ­

F u r th e rm o re , th e y d e b a te o u r n e s s e d f ir s t - h a n d h o w it r e a l l y f e e l s t o l iv e in s u c h c l o s e p r o x i m - | u se o f th e w ord "e th n ic -c le a n s in g " ity t o y o u r p e r c e i v e d e n e m y . P e o p l e in t h e M i d d l e E a s t h a v e w h ile r e f e r r in g to th e m a s s a c r e s . g r o w n u p w ith a n i m m e n s e h a t e t h a t is p a s s e d o n f r o m g e n e r a ­

W h e n y o u c o n c e n tr a te o n k illin g

t io n t o g e n e r a t i o n . It is a p a r t o f t h e i r liv e s a n d t h e y d e a l w ith it

c h ild r e n , it c l e a r l y m e a n s y o u 'r e

o n a d a il y b a s i s , n o t ju s t in t h e p a s t t w o w e e k s .

g e ttin g rid o f a w h o le g en era tio n to

o p i n i o n s w e a r e a f r a id t o le t o t h e r s k n o w w e h a v e . A n d t h o s e o f

co m e!

"D y in g is b e tte r than g o in g on

u s th a t h a v e c l o s e tie s t o t h e r e g io n a r e tr y in g t o h e lp o th e r s

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u n d e r s t a n d , y e t e v e n t h e s e a c t i o n s a r e b e in g m is in t e r p r e t e d .

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b e e n s p i l l e d a t N e t z a r i m , w e 'l l

m e n t s b a s e d o n t r u t h , n o t h e a r s a y . D o n 't b e a f r a id t o v o i c e y o u r

w ith d ra w fr o m t h e r e t o o ," s a id a

o p i n i o n b u t b a s e it o n f a c t a n d d o s o w ith u t m o s t d i s c r e t i o n .

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T h ro w ro ck s b a c k ? L o o k , I do not

b e lie v e d in p e a c e a t a n y p r ic e . In th e p ast tw o w e e k s I lo s t fa ith that

th in k th a t th e Is r a e li g o v e r n m e n t

th e P a le s tin ia n p e o p le w a n t p e a ce .

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its tr e a t m e n t o f t h e P a le s tin ia n s .

m e r th e I s r a e li g o v e r n m e n t w as

B u t, th e p ro ce ss to f ix th e se in ju s ­

w illin g to c o m p r o m is e m o re th an any p re v io u s g o v e rn m e n ts o n su ch

t i c e s w a s in p r o g r e s s a n d c o u ld h a v e re a c h e d a c o n c lu s io n in C am p

c r i t i c a l is s u e s a s J e r u s a le m . M r .

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A r a fa t w a s n o t w illin g to m a k e a

o p p o rtu n ity . N o w a ll th e p ro g re ss

c o u r a g e o u s s te p to w a rd c o m p r o ­

m a d e in t h e l a s t tw e n ty y e a r s is

m is e . A s a re s u lt th e n e g o tia tio n s

g o n e , th e p e o p le w h o u sed to sup­

b ro k e d ow n , w ith th e e n tire w o rld

p o rt p e a c e in Is r a e l lo s t fa ith , and

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Not in my backyard I adapt­

L iz brought this horrible story to

o f students and young profession als,

p ro tect p eople. L iz w ants to in itiate

ed, though, taking hom e security pre­

the atten tio n o f law stud ents in the

w hich certainly prompts the question

so m e fo rm o f b lo c k a s s o c ia tio n ,

W h e n I m o v e d to m y c u rre n t apartm ent on de B u llio n (betw een St.

cau tion s, and g o t used to the u n cer­ tain environm ent after the closin g o f

Q u id N o v i l a s t w e e k . H e r a r t i c l e

w hich is certainly a good idea that I ’ ll

L a u re n t and S t. D e n is) ju s t o f f the

all the nearby bars. B u t I ’ m g etting

im plied that crim e was on the rise in our im m ediate area (w hich I consider

as to why it is so prone to crim e, be it property th e ft o r m o re serio u s in c i­

P r i n c e A r th u r c o b b l e s t o n e s , th e

w orried again: m ost apartm ents near

to b e b o u n d ed by S h e r b r o o k e , S t.

It p r o b a b ly c o m e s fr o m th e

B u t I think it ’ s w orth noting to

m over w ho w as helping m e told me

m e seem to have b een b ro k en in to ,

Laurent, Pine, and St. D en is), m aking

revived popularity o f the S t. Laurent

ourselves that although M ontreal is a

o f h is tw o stro ng a ss o c ia tio n s w ith

and la st w eek a y ou n g w om an w as

life noticeably m ore d ifficult.

area, leading to a constan t tra ffic o f

safe city, w e cannot be com e com pla­

m y s tre e t d a tin g to h is ch ild h o o d :

raped on my street.

T h e w o m a n , w ho w as u n c o n ­

S h e w ro te: " S in c e I ’ v e m oved in to m y a p artm en t, m y n e ig h b o u rs

non-residents through the neighbour­

cen t about our mutual safety — in the G h e tto , on the P lateau , on the w est

By D

uncan

R e id

prostitution and theft.

T h e m over was a fiftyish M cG ill

certainly a rude aw akening.

help her out with. A n increased police presence would no doubt help too.

dents o f assault.

hood.

In m ost areas, a larger public

have been robbed, I ’ ve been

presence on the streets would be safe­

sid e , or an y w h ere e ls e . O n e o f the

M u sic alum , w hose m em ory w as very

robbed [w hile she was in her

ty enhancing - but by 4 o ’clo ck in the

p le a s u r e s o f l iv in g in d o w n to w n

sharp despite his proud years o f drug

apartm ent], bars have gone

m orning, m ost o f the people around

M ontreal is, w ell, seeing som e pretty

abuse in the 1 9 7 0 ’ s. He told me that

up o n th e w in d o w s , th e

P rince Arthur are drunk and/or sexu­

crazy stuff. W ith the general percep­

de B u llio n used to be know n as "des B u llio n s" (in a crude reference to the p ro stitu te s w ho a p p a ren tly used to

lo c k s h av e b e e n ch a n g ed

ally frustrated. T h e y ’re certainly not

tion o f safety that m ost o f us en jo y ,

tw ice, a ch ain has been put o n th e b a c k g a t e ...in

retired tourists m unching on m ediocre souvlaki and sw illing bring-your-ow n

it’ s easy to b ecom e im m une to neigh­ bourhood goin gs-on that may actually

w ork there), and that it was the worst

Jo h a n n e s b u r g , it to o k m e

Chateau de Plonk.

be threatening to som eone else.

stre e t in th e c ity fo r b re a k in g -a n d -

eight keys to get through the

I ’ve had a few incidents w ith the

S o h e re’s a rad ically convention­

entering theft. And he w asn’t going to

s c io u s fr o m s u b s ta n c e a b u s e and

lo ck s betw een the front gate and m y

sketchy late-night P rin ce Arthur e le ­

al, ‘ m otherhood and apple p ie ’ sug­

take chances: he locked his van to go only 3 0 fe e t aw ay from , the street in

w hose friends w ere ju st up the street at the bar, was found after the rape by m y friend/neighbour/fellow law stu­

bedroom . I ’ m starting to get close to

m en t, and a lm o st a ll th e a re a r e s i­

gestion from L iz and I: le t’ s do even

that here."

A nd L iz is no easily -frig h ten ed

d e n ts I k n o w ( e s p e c i a l l y w o m e n )

better in being observant o f our sur­

have had at least one threatening run-

r o u n d in g s , an d r e p o r t s u s p ic io u s

dent L iz G om ery and her boyfriend.

stranger to the city: sh e’ s an indepen­

in.

activities to the police. O r better yet,

d id n ’ t ; as fa r as I w as c o n c e r n e d ,

T hey had been alerted to the situation

dent w om an who has lived in central

everyone knew M ontreal was safe.

b y a f r ie n d o f th e v i c t im , w h o

M ontreal alm ost her w hole life.

my apartment.

I w ondered w hat he knew that I

c o n c e r n e d , i t ’ s s im p le : bu y h o m e

couldn’ t find her, and another passer­

T h ere are probably w orse neigh­

H av in g stra n g ers p ro w lin g on

by w ho had seen a m an ca rry in g a

bourhoods fo r crim e in M ontreal, but

insurance p o licies. B u t that’ s only as

y o u r d e c k a t 4 am o r a u d a c io u s ly

w om an into the a lle y . In v estig atin g

p ro b ab ly in areas w ith m ore p erv a­

g o o d as fa r a s it g o e s , b e c a u s e it

clam bering up a flig h t o f stairs in mid

further, they found the girl naked and

siv e poverty issu es. T h e area at the

d oesn ’ t foster a sense o f com m unity

day to p e e r thro u g h a w ind ow w as

raped.

southw estern tip o f the Plateau is full

safety and it d o esn ’ t do anything to

Helping to elect Ralph Nader M r. T o sca n i, I began this letter

H e ’ s an id eo lo g u e (o r so I assu m e,

B enetto n Ad M an

by congratulating you on your retire­

because people alw ays say he wears

From : A m y L a n g sta ff Re: R alph Nader & Y ou

m ent, but m y purpose in w riting is in

ru m pled su its) and y o u ’ re an id e o ­

fa ct to draw you out o f retirem ent for

log u e (o r so I assum e, b e ca u se you

on e fin a l g ig . T h e id e a fo r th is g ig

s e e m so h e ll b e n t , c lo t h in g s a le s

began to take shape a few w eeks ago,

a sid e , on le ttin g us k n o w how sad

To: O livieri T osca n i,

D ear M r. T oscan i:

w h en I re a d in an in te r v ie w w ith

people’ s eyes get when th ey ’re about

C o n g ratu lation s on you r recen t retirem ent. W hen I learned this sum ­

Ralph N ader (U .S . G reen Party presi­

to b e e x e c u te d ). H e ’ s s o rt o f , you

dential candidate) an anecdote about

know , ‘out there,’ and you’re a pun­

m er that you w ere hanging up the old

h is h av in g b een ask ed by no le ss a

gent, seething artiste.

sto ry b o a rd and le a v in g B e n e tto n

g ia n t th a n N ik e to e n d o r s e s o m e

W ith all that in mind, I propose

after having been their controv ersial

sneakers. T h e N ike people, aware that

to y o u , O liv ie r i T o s c a n i, th a t you

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em erge from retirem ent and

ad m an for so m any years, I breathed a sm all sigh and thought that we (i.e.

use your staggering prom o­

we zom bie consum ers) would proba­

t io n a l k n o w -h o w

bly not loo k on the lik es o f your b ill­

R alph N ader elected . O h, I

boards and m agazin e spreads again.

k n o w , it w o u ld n ’ t b e as

A s h o r t t im e l a t e r , I w a s p r o v e n

postm odern as w hat y o u ’re

to g e t

w ro n g b y K e n n e th C o le . (P e rh a p s

used to: no su bverting T h e

you h av e seen - n ay , been d aringly

M an by using his System to

probed by - his w ork). M r. C o le is in

fo rw a rd

an

M r. N ad er had b e en m akin g d isap ­

see p are n th eses a b o v e re : "w e " and

proving noises about — you guessed

S y s te m m e ssa g e w h ile at th e sam e tim e getting y ou rself an invigorating

"u s ") out on a ll m an n er o f w eigh ty

it — A sian children sew ing shoes for

m assage from S m ith ’ s invisible hand.

issues from consum ption to abortion.

s ix ty

h im

Y o u ’d have to do it kind o f straight:

A s though no on e had e v e r co n sid ­

$ 2 5 ,0 0 0 to u tter in an ad th e lin e :

prom ote Nader in such a m anner as to

ered the m oral co ntent o f his or her

"A noth er sham eless attem pt by N ike

increase N ader’ s ch ances o f winning.

life before M r. C o le ’ s glib little ques­

to sell sh oes." D espite the big m oney,

Sure, it m ay sound dull com pared to

tio n s sta rte d a p p e a rin g in f a s h io n

N a d e r re fu s e d . In c re d u lo u s at th e

a ll th e c h e e k y and k n o w in g (a n d

m a g a z in e s a lo n g s id e p ic t u r e s o f

m u lt in a t io n a l’ s t a s t e le s s n e s s and

lu cra tiv e) p h otog rap h ic nu dges and

w hatever red vinyl hip-boots or faux-

tem erity, he asked o f his interview er

w inks y o u ’ v e produ ced in the p ast,

a llig a to r zippered vest h e ’ s ho ck in g

"C an you im agine th at? I m ean, the

but it really w ould be quite cutting-

this season.

way these people think?" H is surprise

e d g e . I m e a n , a c tu a lly a d d re s sin g

is sw eet, I know.

W hen I read M r. N ad er’ s re a c­

y o u r s e lf to th em — I m e a n , to us

B e in g a stu d e n t o f lite r a tu r e , M r.

T o scan i, I flatter m y se lf that over the

tion to N ik e’s proposition, I thought

te r e d . T r y in g to c o n v in c e us th at

y e a r s I h a v e d e v e lo p e d a c e r ta in

im m e d ia te ly o f y o u , M r. T o s c a n i.

Ralph "N o Su btext" Nader is worth a

c e n ts

a d ay, o ffe re d

(please see above) as though it m at­

appreciation for subtlety o f form ; and

Y o u see, I had read in som e new spa­

second look. Shouting from the m ar­

b e c a u s e y o u r g lib l it t l e q u e s tio n s

per or other at the tim e o f your depar­

gins about the environm ent and co r­

("A re n ’t oil spills ba d ?"; "D o n ’t peo­

tu re fro m B e n e tto n

porate b u llie s. It w ould all b e s o ...

p le w ho a re a b o u t to b e e x e c u te d

revenue in 1999: approx $ 1 .7 2 billion

(g r o s s an n u al

A t t e n t io n

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s t u d e n t s

a n ti-M a n / -

the process o f straightening us (please

B u t e n o u g h a b o u t M r . C o le .

new S S M U Safety C om m ission.

crim e? A s far as personal property is

It didn’t take m e long to figu re it out.

g e t in v o lv e d w ith W a lk s a fe o r the

S o what can we do about all this

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have sad e y e s?"; "C ould you possibly

( U S ) ) th at you b e lie v e d y o u r w ork

Y o u d on’t have to answ er now ,

harbour any preju dice against any o f these pert, nubile young m odels ju st

h ad n o th in g to d o w ith s e l l i n g

M r. T oscan i. T h ere’s still a little tim e

clothes. Surely my thought process is

left. B u t w hen you m ake your ch oice

b e ca u se o f the co lo u r o f her p erfect

o b v io u s : N a d e r d o e s n ’ t th in k h is

— and I know that you w ill, in this as

g low ing sk in ? ") w ere at le ast posed

w ork has anything to do with selling

in all things, follow your heart — tell

p h o to g ra p h ic a lly and n o t in sm u g

shoes (indeed he probably sees it as

h im I sen t y ou . A nd te ll h im G ood

sentence fragm ents, you are the recip ­

antith etical to sellin g sh oes, at least

luck.

ient o f this letter and, potentially, one

certain shoes m ade by certain tiny lit­

o f tw o m ain players in an im portant

tle fingers in certain faraw ay places)

O n-side,

undertaking I ’ d lik e to elabo rate for

and you d o n ’ t th in k y o u r w ork has

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you.

anything to do w ith sellin g apparel.

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B y N a d in e E l lm a n

"When you look at this painting of two pears sitting on a table, what do you see?

Notice how the pears are side by side, touching as though they were holding hands.

The one on the left is bigger, plumper and more curvaceous than the one on the right.

Are they a heterosexual pair of pears?"

Marjorie Garber, professor of English at Harvard and author of various important works on contemporary cultural criticism, such as “Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life”, recently spoke to a full room on Thursday, September 28, 2000.

In order to get Garber to address some deeper questions of how we represent con­ cepts like bisexuality in visual terms th e T r ib u n e picked her brain on the topic. Read on for some interesting views on the nature of human sexuality.

T rib : If bisexuality is a broad concept that can be represented in various ways, is it possible that somehow, everyone is bisexual?

G a r b e r : Well, that’s certainly what Freud thought, although many bisexual activists feel that is too simple. I do think that people have lots of erotic relationships in their lives and that we privilege certain of those relations, calling them "true desire" and "true love". It’s not just experimenting, being too young or daydreaming. A lot of people try to put limits on what that real thing could possibly be, especially when they feel a flir­ tation, a yearning or sense of excitement where they feel they shouldn’t. It seems that when we vehemently deny something, it’s because we are repressing a feeling. This doesn’t mean that we all have bisexual fan­ tasies, however many people have those fan­ tasies without ever acting on them.

T : Does this mean that you can be bisexual without ever having had sexual rela­ tions with someone of the same sex?

G: Well, remember, I don’t like to use the word bisexual as a noun, but rather as an adjective. You can be a virgin and consider

emotional. Why is that?

G: I think that bisexuality tends to be written about in a very emotional, personal way. When I began doing research for the book, I felt it was undertheorized and under­ analyzed. I came across a lot of personal sto­ ries and a lot of pseudo-clinical stuff. Yet there was nothing that discussed the centrali­ ty of eroticism in culture and the possibility that it can’t all be classified merely in terms of gayness and straightness.

T: Do you think that anyone could ana­ lyze bisexuality and make up theories about it without ever having experienced it?

G: I don’t think it’s impossible, but it’s harder. I could write a book about a nunnery, for example, even though I am not a nun and I’m not Catholic, but I would have to work extremely hard on not projecting any pre­ conceived ideas that I may have onto my work. I think that it is helpful to have some sympathy, empathy or relation to the topic, but I don’t think that people should only write about their own experiences.

T: On a final note, what would you say to students who want to experiment but are afraid to?

G: I feel uncomfortable giving advice to people that I don’t personally know. I’m not going to say, you should or you shouldn’t. I don’t see myself as a counselor. I will say that I think that any relationship you have is an experiment. Life is an experiment. My book gives many examples of very famous people, over time that have either lived bisexual lives, written bisexual novels, par­ ticipated in bisexual culture and so on.

Bisexuality is not, by any means, something that effects a tiny minority of persons. In my book, students can learn the history of bisex­ Professor Marjorie Garber expounds upon bisexuality with the Tribune NicoOved uality from different perspectives, which may help them understand their own sexuali­ research for my book, I interviewed an equal tymany times have we heard people say; “I knew that I was gay since the age of five.” I amount of men and women who were stu­ assume that they are not having sex at the dents and wanted to talk about it. I didn’t M a r j o r ie G a r b e r ’s b o o k , B is e x u a lity a n d the have at all the sense that it was a "girl thing". E r o tic is m o f E v e ry d a y L if e is a v a ila b le a t the age of five, and yet they know they are gay.

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yourself bisexual because it’s not about hav­ ing sex; it’s about feelings of desire. How

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On one of the few warm, sunny days Montreal experienced this summer, my friend and I decided to roller blade to the Old Port along the Lachine bike path. When we arrived and found a spot on the grass to relax, my friend suddenly slapped me in the arm, staring behind me in disbelief. When I turned around I saw an older man standing on his head — barely using his hands to support himself! Over the next hour or so we watched him stretch, breathe, and bend his body into seemingly impossible posi­ tions. When we left to blade home again I remember thinking, "I hope I’ll be that strong and flexible 30 or 40 years down the road."

The physical feats we observed that day were examples of the study of Yoga, an activity that has become very popular in North America and Europe and to which numerous health benefits have been attrib­ uted. Many gyms and health clubs offer Yoga courses to their members, and it is certainly popular among celebrities. Jerry

Seinfeld, Charlie Sheen, Jaime Lee Curtis and Barbara Streisand all practice Yoga.

Even pop culture’ s "material girl" Madonna began studying Yoga when she was pregnant and has continued to practice it diligently. Madonna’s deep affinity for it is even portrayed in her recent movie T h e N e x t B e s t T h in g , where she had her charac­ ter’s occupation switched from a swim­ ming teacher to a Yoga instructor.

So, what exactly is Yoga? The word means "union," or the experience of one­ ness with your inner-self. It is a combina­ tion of postures, breathing, and meditation meant to develop the body and achieve self-realization through a process of physi­ cal, emotional and spiritual growth.

According to Georg Feuerstein of the Yoga Research and Education Center, Yoga originated approximately 5000 years ago in India, and can be traced back through a multitude of references in ancient texts. It was introduced to North America in 1893, but became part of main­ stream culture only in 1947 when Indra Devi opened a studio in Hollywood,

California. In 1961 it was first broadcast on television, and it has recently invaded cyberspace as well, where groups of enthusiasts have created many websites devoted to Yoga-related topics.

While there are several types of Yoga currently practiced throughout the world, Hatha Yoga is the most popular in North America. Hatha does include a significant spiritual component, but it is mainly stud­ ied to promote health and vitality. It has three main elements, the first being the practice of Asanas.

Asanas are body positions that are held for a given amount of time, involv­ ing physical and mental concentration.

The toning and stretching benefits of holding these positions relaxes muscles and boosts circulation throughout the body.

Perhaps one of Yoga’s most impor­ tant benefits is its ability to reduce stress — a state that contributes to many condi­ tions and diseases. Practicing Asanas

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Toni Giacobbe, who teaches Yoga at the McGill gym, says she started studying it when she was in CEGEP as a means of dealing with the busy and often stressful life of

a student.

"Yoga is a very good student tool," she says. "It promotes lifeenhancing habits, as opposed to dependence on cigarettes or cof­ fee." She cites Yoga’s emphasis on breathing as the key to its stressrelieving ability.

Another central part of Hatha is Pranayama, which relates to the practice of controlled breathing.

According to this principle, steady

breaths are used to direct energy within the body, serving to increase it and promote good health.

The third component of Hatha is meditation — not necessarily religious in nature, but more of a focusing of the mind and aware­ ness. The combination of the three serves to strengthen the body and the mind, producing over-all bene­ ficial effects.

Given the holistic nature of Yoga, it is not surprising that it has a very positive impact on a per­ son’s health. One of the reasons it is so good for the body is that it works to stretch each part, and takes each joint through its entire range of motion. This is important for keeping the body supple and strong, which has many advan­ tages. Toning and stretching each part of the body in this way helps

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to relieve and even prevent ail­ ments associated with the aging process.

Yoga has even been shown to be a useful tool for the manage­ ment of Multiple Sclerosis, given that it improves coordination and balance and reduces muscle ten­ sion. Additionally, it is particularly relevant to athletes or those lead­ ing an active lifestyle, since over time rigorous physical activity tends to stiffen the joints and major muscle groups used. The meticulous stretching exercises inherent in Yoga help to counter­ act this process, serving to prevent injury.

Many people find that medita­ tion helps them to understand their stressful emotions, and allows them to be dealt with more effec­ tively. Apart from stress, however, the better blood flow and oxygena­ tion of cells associated with Yoga can improve the way the body functions, helping to prevent cer­ tain conditions and ameliorate oth­ ers. As a result, it is useful in man­ aging the effects of menopause, pregnancy, and lower back pain, and can help improve the function­ ing of the body’s organs, nervous and digestive systems.

Given all of the physical and mental advantages involved, it is no surprise that Yoga is alive and well at McGill. Several classes are offered each week through Campus Recreation, featuring Hatha Yoga for beginners as well as those more advanced.

"Breathing is the link between the body and the mind, and emo­ tions affect it. Learning how to breathe lets you affect your emo­ tions in a way that you want, changing a stress response into a relaxation response," says Giacobbe.

Yoga’s benefits seem to be equally appreciated by her stu­ dents. Rachel Jacobs, a McGill Management student, attends Giacobbe’s classes.

"I started doing Yoga because I found that I was losing flexibili­ ty, and because it seemed like a good way to relax. It’s just a great way to take a break from everyday life and regain your focus," she says.

Clearly, Yoga has something to appeal to almost everyone, whether primarily on the physical, emotional, or spiritual plane, or a combination of the three. Given the incidence of stress-related dis­ eases in modern society, experts say it is likely that Yoga will con­ tinue to grow in popularity, and be used as a means of preventing injury and promoting good health.

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Cellular phone service providers are busy planning for the release of a global wave of third generation (3G) mobile phones, and Japan’s NTT DoCoMo, one of the world’s largest mobile phone operators, wants to head the wake.

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It is a tough chore to try to censors, heads Cyberangels. She is find a person who has not been also the chair of UNESCO’s US exposed to some form of pornogra­ Internet Safety effort and repre­ phy at some point in their life. sents the children’s Internet indus­ With increased access to the try in legal compliance matters.

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Beyond Japan, NTT DoCoMo has systematical­ ly began partnering with other industry leaders to sweep the globe. In a NTT DoCoMo press release regarding the AOL alliance, NTT DoCoMo President Dr. Keiji Tachikawa explained that "this alliance will become a key element of our global strategy to lead the convergence of PC-based and mobile services to benefit cus­ tomers worldwide."

Although 3G technology will be new and possibly pricey at first, O’Shaughnessy said it will not be the seasoned executives getting their feet wet in video feeds, but rather the younger generation dar­ ing to surf the mobile internet.

"I think we are going to see a bit of an inversion. University stu­ dents and young executives will probably be the first to use it," he said.

Information Systems and ECommerce Professor Liette Lapointe agreed. Having taught in the MBA Japan program in Tokyo on two prior occasions, Lapointe gave her vision of the cell phone industry.

"Everywhere you looked peo­ ple were using cell phones, and it will be like that here too."

O’Shaughnessy also made the point that the palm top market will be strongly affected by the splash of competing mobile services 3G provides. 3Com Palm, HP Joumada and other portable computer users should expect to see a transforma­ tion in the style and functionality of their devices.

McGill students and the rest of the North American continent can look forward to mobile video chats with their friends with Bell Mobility’s version, to be released in late 2001 followed by several other providers in the U.S. December 2001 may seem far off in the horizon now, but NTT DoCoMo did not comment on the future generations they are working on even now. 4G, 5G, and even 6G will also probably be washing ashore soon.

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To push level 3G cdmaOne upgrades as global standards, a consortium of companies connect­ ed and began the CDG. With the recent approval of several of cdmaOne’s latest forms, such as Wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) and CDMA-2000, companies like NTT DoCoMo can hang 10.

Already, NTT DoCoMo has announced an alliance with AOL in support of its i-mode phones. A 2G series introduced to Japan in February 1999, similar to that of Bell Mobility’s Mobile Browser (WAP), i-mode, is a step down from the prospective 3G, allowing users to access the Internet and email using only their cell phones.

Internet sites, offering airline and concert tickets, restaurant guides, weather and banking are readily accessible. With the content support of AOL, services such as AOL Mail and AOL Instant Messenger will also be featured on i-mode.

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There is also an alternative to website groups. A group called Ethical Hackers Against Pedophilia (EHAP) uses their computer crack­ ing talents to determine the exact identity and location of those who have raised websites boasting child porn.

The outlook, however, looks a lot brighter with talented and scrupulous cyber citizens united.

Progress is being made, the Internet is still too much of an unregulated giant to be kept utterly kiddie-pom-free.

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Every year for the past ten years, circuit party people in the house from all four corners have migrated to the Montreal Bad Boy Club’s hallmark event to revel, dance, and spend some of the money that they’re not putting in the bank for little Timmy’s college fund. The festival brings more money to the city than the Montreal FI event, and enough people to populate a small town. A small town where you don’t have to pretend you "just haven’t found the right girl yet."

Never having been to the gallery showing, I pictured a large room filled with work by indepen-

dent artists whose insights toward and capturing the flavor of afterthe gay community would produce hours partying.

Zïlon, a Montreal-born graffiti some original paintings. I was wrong. What I got was poorly artist (and the guest of honour) pre­ painted men in leather hats and sented two particularly intricate chaps. The only way these particular works could have been more cliché was if there were word balloons coming out of their mouths saying, "We work hard, we play hard." A particularly uninspired canvas depicted thin, hollow-eyed ravers (with requisite phat pants and toques) looking sad, surrounded by ecstasy, speed, poppers, coke, and ketamine. Get it? Drugs make you sad and pathetic.

You’re still not sure? Look again. You see how the artist surrounded them with drugs? Wow. Not all of the pieces were paintings, thank the Lord. As soon as you cut the paintings out of your Explosive art by the untouchable Zilon field of vision, the photos, photo pieces that gave the showing a art, and poster art were more than little dash of youth. Apparently he enough to brighten up any jaded has some major pieces thrown up in the city center, but he was too cynic’s day.

Several photographers con­ busy being surrounded by people tributed pieces related to circuit for me to get close enough to ask parties. Works by David Morgan him where.

Kenneth Hemmerick’s work is and local boy Luc Richard use intense lighting and lagging shutter indescribable. Let’s you and me speeds to produce blurred and ignore that pesky little adjective jagged visuals, simulating memory and give it another go: Oddly beau­

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T a n d th e W o m e n , is set.

Apparently, he is such a fabu­ lous doctor, and so irresistibly handsome, the wealthy women of Dallas throw themselves at him.

They are the rich of the rich. The kind of ostentacious wealth they possess is only found in Texas.

Skinny things propped up in Gucci shoes, clothed in Chanel suits, coiffed, primped and primed, with Prada bags to boot. They only drink champagne, shop and play all day.

It is these same women that Dr. T (Gere) professes to adore.

Dr. T, himself, is quite a catch.

A very successful doctor, talented golfer, avid hunter, faithful husband and self-proclaimed woman wor­ shipper. His life is filled in every way with women. Within half an hour into the movie, they all begin to make his life hell.

In the opening scene, his gor­

geous wife Kate (Farrah Fawcett) goes bonkers in the mall and strips down naked to jump in the fountain.

Apparently, she’s regressed into a childlike state because her life was too happy and perfect. His eager-toplease sister-in-law, Peggy (Laura Dern), moves in with their three small daughters while she goes through a divorce. One of his two grown daughters, Dee-Dee (Kate Hudson), is getting married to someone who is totally wrong for her. The other, Connie (Tara Reid), who works at the JFK conspiracy museum, comes to him with an unbelievable "conspiracy" more likely fueled by jealousy than fact.

Then his clients get boisterously demanding, and his head assistant, Carolyn (Shelly Long), tries to seduce him in the middle of his cri­ sis. Before you know it, his perfect wife is in a mental institution and Mr. Fidelity is cheating. That’s all in the first half of the film.

The likable characters at the beginning of D r . T a n d the W om en , got on my nerves before the end of the two hour-long film. The movie makes women out to be mindless gold-diggers. If these are the kind of

women a man would surround him­ self with voluntarily, he is not the "perfect" guy depicted by Gere.

Realistically, no one could survive the constant shallow chatter or sup­ ply the attention these women required.

The only seemingly sane woman is Bree (Helen Hunt), the new female golf pro at Dr. T ’s country club. She seems down-toearth, low maintenance, and gen­ uinely honest. But even she eventu­ ally disappoints. There is not one respectable woman in the entire film.

The unbelievable collection of characters is sewn together with unrealistic plot threads. Although the story looked to be heading somewhere interesting, it stagnated, stretched itself out, and withered into a disappointing end. The few sufficiently amusing twists were sadly predictable. Though this film boasts many big actors, it doesn’t compensate for the fact the story is a little ridiculous. I wouldn’t recom­ mend this movie for a Friday night.

See in on Tuesday or wait until it comes out on video.

tiful and entertaining photo art that added the necessary urbanity to the show. Three pictures from his 300strong series "The Body Internet" were on display. The artist said that the series "is about deconstructing and reconstructing gay pornographic images found on the Internet."

Reconstruct them it does. I stared at a four legged flower on a white background for a solid six or seven min­ utes before my friend John anticipated my question and said "It’s an asshole." And people say pornography isn’t art.

Luckily for every­ body who showed up to the gallery event, the organizers had covered one wall with AIDS and safe sex awareness posters from around the world. The poster col­ lection was on loan from the Gay Archives of Quebec. Entitled "Adding up AIDS: Images From The Pandemic," it was no accident that this section was the most diffi­ cult to navigate. Almost everybody in the room was crowded together examining the obscure and the out­ rageous campaigns. You could have painted the group of us and

hung it on the wall. My favorite posters were the ones from Germany; homoerotica, domina­ tion, and a socially responsible message. Take that, Stockwell. The classic "All of Us Fuck with Condoms - Every Tim e!” was another crowd-pleaser. Under­ standably so; who doesn’t like con­ doms?

Looking back on it, the event was a little queer. Chilled red wine? They might as well have poured it from a boot. When I tried to resuscitate my ailing tongue with the white, I was shocked to discover that some mischievous imp had replaced the wine with cat vomit. I hate imps.

The Bad Boy Club of Montreal stated that 80,000 people participated in Black & Blue this year-there were about 40 of us at the gallery event. I do not mean to say that an art showing is not worthwhile, it’s just not what your average Black & Blue aficionado is looking for. Many come to dance, few come to look at gay art.

The gallery event could pick up a little steam next year if there was a featured DJ in the room. And dancing. And a light show. And a Rothschild 1997 Merlot.

Boys just wanna have fun too, you know.

Soaring to the top while redefining rock We see inside Baltimore band SR-71 B y J e n n if e r T

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Imagine a plane coasting its own path between a series of extremes: pop vs. rock, obscurity vs. fame, introspective turmoil vs. rip-roaring ecstasy.

That piece of aircraft is the SR-71, the fastest plane ever made and the name of a power pop-rock band from Baltimore, Maryland whose new single "Right Now" is busting its way up the charts.

If you haven’t already heard SR-71’s carefree anthem, it proba­ bly won’t be long before you do.

The single peaked at number two this summer on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart in the U.S., and although "Right Now" was only released a couple weeks ago in Canada, it has already estab­ lished a spot on 98.5 Cool-FM’s playlist.

SR-71 frontman/songwriter Mitch Allan explains the song "Right Now" - the debut single from the band’s album N o w Y o u S ee In s id e .

"[It’s] about [when] you meet a girl and you like her and she’s a great lay, and she wants more than just sex out of the relationship and you don’t. You end up fighting and arguing all the time about the same thing, but also you don’t want to break up with her." Allan admitted.

He later added, "’Right Now’ isn’t about the deepest subject in the world, it is a great song to drive in your car real fast to."

The music video is consistent with the song’s lighthearted sensi­ bilities, playing off of such musical influences as the Beatles - in a "Hard Day’s Night" spoof - and Queen - in a symphonic quartet straight out of "Bohemian Rhapsody."

But as much as SR-71 loves goofing around and singing about sex, Allan insists that N o w Y ou S ee In s id e covers a much wider emo­ tional terrain than "Right Now" demonstrates. The SR-71 front­ man’s favorite track on the record

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Continued from Page 7 provided the beats. As the venue fdled up, the excitement grew as the crowd eagerly awaited the headlin­ ers.

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and choruses, and when Gift of Gab shouted mid-song, "If your mind and your body and your spirit is free, SPEAK TO ME!" the crowd went ballistic.

Highlights included a smokin' version of "Hot People" off of

Lookingtothefuture: prettyrappersallinarow. the crowd went wild. Blackalicous burst onto the stage, joined by MCs Lateef (1/2 of Latyrx) and Versatile (1/2 of the Lifesavers), with DJ DShaun providing additional cuts, and the stunning Laura Fabia pro­ viding back-up harmonies.

Following a fiery Quannum introduction, the group launched into a slammin' remix of "the Fabulous Ones" off of Nia. The bass was thumpin', rumps were shakin' and hands were in the air as Blackalicious stepped up the inten­ sity level and delivered.

Throughout the set, Gift of Gab's lyrics were complemented by the other MCs, and each member on stage had their moment to shine.

The chemistry between Gift of Gab and Chief Xcel was evident during "Rock the Spot," where Chief Xcel scratched out the beat while the Man with the Gift rhymed over top.

Several times throughout the show, the charismatic Lateef stole the show with his energetic rhymes and stage presence. Each MC got the crowd involved, engaging in numer­ ous "call and answer" shout-outs

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D ow nshift Sem i-A ulom atic

Self-released O n e g la n c e a t th e c o v e r o f D o w n s h ift’ s S e m i-A u to m a tic E P , which features a black and white shot o f so m e sh irtle ss guy w ith a ch ain d angling out o f his pocket and said sem i-autom atic held behind his back, and the o n ly tho u g ht that ca m e to mind was a flashback to O zzfest, and the stoned metalhead m asses chanting “S L A Y -E R ! S L A Y -E R ! S L A Y E R !” which is not a good thing, thank you.

T h is is truly unfortunate, because the album is actually quite entertaining, far deeper and more creative than the co v er art suggests. T he obvious refer­ en ce point for this band is unquestion­ ably T o o l, particularly the classic EP Opiate. D ow nshift’s singer, ironically named Anonym ous, is really anything but on this album, em ulating the pow­ e r f u l , c o m p a s s io n a te v o ic e o f M aynard Jam es Keenan ( o f T o o l) as w ell as his penchant for intellig en t,

the crowd singing along to the choruses of "Deception" and "You didn't know that though" off of N ia, a skilled freestyle session where the crowd clapped out the beat while Gift of Gab displayed his skills on the mic, and "Bomb on Y'alT' off of Spectrum as an encore. But unques­ tionably, the highlight of the night was the classic "A to G," where the first word of each verse starts with a given letter of the alphabet. They even rocked the "Alphabet Aerobics" remix, with the Gift rhyming from G to Z as the beat got faster and faster.

The people at Quannum know how to put on a show, and as a result received a huge response from the crowd at Soda. We can only hope that Gab was telling the truth when he said "Montreal, y'all are the livest crowd yet," and that they roll through town again soon.

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K e e p y o u r e y es o p en f o r the r e l e a s e o f Soleside’ s Greatest Bumps at the end o f October. forceful, and affected lyrics (with the e x c e p tio n o f “ A nd I tou ch m y s e lf where I shouldn’t be touching" from “Drawing C loser.” Y ik es.)

U nfortunately, problem s abound on this d isk as w ell. A ll too o ften , D o w n s h ift re ly o n the u b iq u ito u s drop-tuned distorted guitar sound a la K o rn , S e v e n d u st, and the W o r ld ’ s W orst B and ™ , Lim p Bizkit. T h e best m om ents on Sem i-A utom atic are the surprisingly m elodic ones, such as the d e c e p tiv e ly p o w e r fu l g u ita r - b a s s co m b in a tio n s on “A .T .P .,” and the fantastic opening o f “O rangeface.” It is c o m p le t e ly la c k in g d is to r tio n (gasp!) but it’ s easily the most power­ ful se q u e n c e on the alb u m . T h e s e m o m e n ts d e m o n s tr a te th e s tro n g song-w riting sk ills the band clearly po ssesses. O ther tracks, such as the non-stop thrasher “2 ,” do nothing but retread the footsteps o f others such as T o o l, albeit successfully for the most part.

W hile Sem i-A utom atic certainly doesn’t break any new ground in the heavy genre, it is an entertaining lis­ ten nonetheless, but w hile bands I ’ ve p re v io u sly co v e re d in the T rib u n e h av e g o n e on to im p ro b ab ly e n o r­ m ous su ccess afterw ards (S lip k n o t, Sy stem o f a D ow n), D ow nshift w ill have to develop a more unique sound before they follow in those footsteps.

A su rp risin g th u m b s up fo r S e m iAutom atic, nonetheless.

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Fans of Japanese animation may be familiar with the term Otaku. Usually pejorative, this term is used to signify a fanboy whose interest in cartoons is at best obsessive and at worst down­ right perverse. An Otaku follows their favorite characters with an intensity of interest that sets them apart from their fellow citizens.

In an attempt to keep up with the times, the McGill Special Investigative Team have coined a term to define the new breed of Otaku that is beginning to manifest in North America: Nippophile.

A Nippophile, or lover of all things Japanese, is no longer a creature set apart in their strange passions. On the contrary, as Japanese cultural products, such as film, TV and video games contin­ ue to migrate across the Pacific in increasing numbers, the once-rare Otaku may become as mainstream as the erstwhile Pauly Shore admirer.

At this point you may be scratching your head and asking yourself, where exactly is this mass conversion of media-slaves taking place? Surely it must be the elderly who are being taken in by this chicanery, for it is among their numbers that we find society’ s most love-starved and easily amused. Well, read closely gentle reader, for the scourge is as close to you as your own child or sib­ ling.

Indeed, we must examine this issue carefully for it is amongst the younger generations that this Nippophelia runs most rampant. It is they, and not the elderly, with the most potential to lap up the subversive messages that underlie these cultural imports in startling and aggressive plays against the status quo.

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mentator Silas "Knee" McJerk, quips "this is just like Pearl Harbor - except even worse because a man can dodge a bullet, but how do you defend yourself against Pikachu’s lightning attack?"

Could he be right? The fall Saturday lineup on the States’ Fox Networks (the one most-watched by kids) features a block of "Anime" (Japanese animation) that spans six new series all originally aired in Japan. One need look no further than Flint, Time Detective, a midseason replacement from last year that returns in the new lineup to see just how grave a problem we may be facing. The show chal­ lenges not only the media of the western world, but also the ideals that it holds most dear. Following the adventures of a young caveman who travels through time to repair glitches in the fabric of space, the show does away with the Newtonian physics model that you and I have known for so long. As the titular caveman defends a benevolent, godlike (and decidedly Pokemon-esque) race of geometri­ cally shaped "travelers" who’ve peacefully co-existed with humani­ ty throughout all time, the show begins to smack of sacrilege. In the modus of Flint’s most violent and threatening aspect - the giant hammer he wields in battle - we see the very structure of our family lives besieged, for this hammer just so happens to also be Flint’s father.

Linden S. Nought, mental health research-editor-in-chief confirms what many of you may have feared for some time: kids today are playing games complete­ ly unlike the ones you enjoyed as a youth. New products like Sega Dreamcast’ s new "Chu Chu Rocket" subvert the wholesome fun pioneered by games like Pacman into something sinister and undoubtedly damaging to the player’s fragile young brains. The

Pacman-like game board, a twodimensional grid, is filled with mindless space mice that must be guided by the players in complex trajectories leading from the clutches of malevolent space cats and onboard ships which will take them back to "Planet Japan." All this takes place amid a cacophony of flashing lights and synthetic beats which counterculture reporter Tim Blottid assures us very nearly approximates "a psy­ chedelic freak-out.”

Is there any hope that our future generations will escape the insidious manipulations of their beloved media figures? Optimists may speculate that children, hav­ ing sucked dry the entertainment potential of Japanese imports’ new metaphysical and spatial models will turn against their anthropo­ morphic svengalis, just as they turned against such fads as the Pog and Barney. Perhaps as Western media meets the new demands of the viewing public we’ll see Japanese media imports supplanted by newer, gentler cultural hybrids which sufficiently dilute the disori­ enting and morally irresponsible themes we’re faced with today.

Still, the prognosis is grim as contrarian editorialist Steve "Joowanna" Fichte reminds us.

Last year’s feature anime release from Miramax, Princess Mononoke, may have failed at the box office precisely because of it’s arty west-courting pretensions, which failed to jibe with an audi­ ence so ravenously hungry for bigeyed, fist-flailing, esoteric-worldview-spouting entertainment.

What can you do to fight this disturbing trend? Sell your TV and video game system. Stay away from your local Cineplexe and keep reading our special reports for further updates.

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Finkiel intentionally avoids obvious tricks and images in order to present a sincere depiction of his characters and themes. The result is a phenomenal film that will keep audiences in their seats a few extra minutes after the curtain closes.

The film is split into three acts. The first focuses on Rivka, a 65-year-old French woman living in Israel. She joins a tour group on an emotional bus trip to Auschwitz. The group is com­ prised mostly of elderly people who had been children during the Holocaust. En route snippets of

conversation illuminate the vari­ ous motivations behind taking the trip. When the bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere an already trying situation worsens.

Régine also 65, is the subject of the second act, she lives in Paris. One day a man arrives claiming to be the father she had believed was dead. Her life is tossed upside-down as she attempts to discover if his story is true.

Third is 85-year-old Vera, who has just emigrated from Russia to Israel in search of a long-lost cousin in the ‘Promised Land’. Unfortunately Israel is not the place she had expected. She roams the busy streets of Tel Aviv wondering why no one seems to speak Yiddish. As the movie pro­ gresses, the lives of these women begin to intertwine and similarities surface.

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in Finkiel’s refusal to insult his audience or his subject matter with melodrama. Instead he takes a cast of virtual or complete unknowns and has them portray characters that are entirely natural and believable, empowering his film with a pervasive sense of honesty. He combines a seemingly simplistic story line with superbly complex sub-text, addressing issues of loss, loneliness, family ties, and heritage without simply presenting them on a platter. With top-notch cinematography and a beautiful script this film is a must see.

V o y a g es w ill ru n at C in ém a d u P a r c f r o m O c t o b e r 2 0 to N o v e m b e r 2. It is in F r e n c h a n d Yiddish with E n glish subtitles.

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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's SR-71 Continued from Page 15 is a song entitled "Paul McCartney."

"At the time that I wrote it I was having a lot of emotional prob­ lems, and the song really helped me come out of that, so it’s very dear to me in that way," he confid­ ed.

SR-71’s songwriting process regards lyrics, music, and melody with equal importance. When writ­ ing a song, Allan tends to build melodies and then finds lyrics to fit.

"Most of the time I write the music and the melody together.

They’re pretty locked together...If you change certain things in the music, the melody can really come alive. And then lyrics are usually thoughts of mine that I already have written, maybe different ideas on a piece of paper, but when I find the idea that fits the melody, that’s when I develop the lyric for the song specifically," he explained.

All of SR-71’ s lyrics are autobio­ graphical.

Don't forget my number One common misconception about SR-71 is that it’s just another trendy ‘number band,’ a quickly assembled entourage trying to capi­ talize off the success of such other name-and-number bands as Blink182, Matchbox Twenty, and Third Eye Blind, to name a few - and this idea is one that Allan regards with resentment. There are two reasons for his indignation: the primary reason is that SR-71 has been around for a long time and worked immensely to achieve its presentday level of success; additionally, the band’ s members chose the name SR-71 in spite of its incorpo­ ration of numbers, not because of them.

"When we first thought of the name SR-71, we were totally bummed out that it had a number in it." said Allan.

The band chose its name

because all the members’ parents Growing pains came from the U.S. Air Force (which manufactured the SR-71 Of course, the transition from plane) and the call name for the indie band to major-label hit group SR-71 is the "Blackbird," the name wasn’t without its little hitches. of a Beatles’ song off the White When asked about his most embarAlbum.

"E v e r y th in g about [the name SR71] fit us like a glove, and then in the middle of all these number bands, here we come letters and numbers," Allan sighs. "And it makes us sound trendy when I actually think we don’t sound like anything else that’ s out on the radio right now. It’s a shame that people are gonna lump us in with bands sim­ ply because we have a number in our name."

The members of SR-71 - Mitch Allan, Jeff Reid, Dan Garvin, and Mark Beauchemin - have endured five years ol hard work Yes, w e all g o to the sam e hairdresser. together to get to where they are now, a fact that vir­ rassing moment onstage, Allan tually eliminates any doubt con­ seems a bit taken aback. cerning the band’s credibility.

"MOST embarrassing?" he "We put out our own indepen­ repeats, "I’ll go with the first show­ dent record in 1996 and sold over case I ever did for a major label seven thousand copies up and back in the early 90's. The band down the east coast, on our own before us had a squirtgun fight label, touring in our own van. My onstage, and the stage was covered favorite part of being in SR-71 is with rubber mats, so there was the fact that we built this from the water all over the mats. And I came ground up, and we weren’t manu­ out first song sliding across stage, factured by any means or slapped and my feet just flew up. I landed together and got lucky because we right on my ass and broke my gui­ wrote a hit song," Allan proudly tar actually. I just laid there in a remarks. puddle of water."

The band finally signed with Yet, despite such trivial RCA in March of 1999 - before mishaps, SR-71 is optimistic about "Right Now" was even written. its future.

"We were actually signed "I think we’re in a time right because of the potential of song­ now where music is about to writing in the band," Allan notes. change," Allan declares.

"The record company thought, "Everyone’s ready for the next big ‘This is a band that’s gonna have a thing. Rock is coming back, and career. It’s nice to be in this posi­ it’s coming back very, very heavy. tion having done the work to get Because of that, there’s a whole here."

Down the drain Dogma-style director Von Triers brings us Bjork as a sink-factory worker in Dancer in the Dark machine at work, her friendly neighbour steals her life-savings, she is forced to commit a bloody D a n cer in the D ark is a musi­ cal of extremes—extreme melodra­ murder, and is arrested. This thor­ ma, extreme politics, and above all, oughly unbelievable turn of events culminates in a gut-wrenching gal­ extreme manipulation.

The movie concerns single lows scene that redefines the con­ mother Selma (Bjork) and the mul­ cept of emotionally manipulative tiple tragedies that befall her. Blind film.

It could be argued that it is due to a congenital illness, Selma exactly manipulation that director emigrates from Czechoslovakia to Eisenhower-era America so that Lars von Trier sought. The emo­ her son can receive an operation tional vulnerability provoked by that will save his eyesight. To the tragic nature of the film is rea­ finance the operation, Selma works sonably successful at advancing his double shifts at a sink factory while very passionate anti-American pol­ seeking reprieves from the monoto­ itics. The movie nearly screams in ny and poverty of her existence fury at the perceived selfishness through musicals (specifically, her and materialism of the American role as Mary in a pathetically ama­ who would sooner pay for new teurish production of ‘The Sound toys than health care for the poor and who looks for violent solutions of Music.’)

Selma’s depressing situation to problems, as in the profoundly worsens when, the same day she is disconcerting and barbaric accep­ fired for inadvertently breaking a tance of the death penalty. But like

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The acting, however, is bril­ liant throughout the movie. Bjork shines, as does Catherine Deneuve (though she is pathetically mis­ cast). The musical numbers are effortlessly combined into the movie and though of dubious quali­ ty, enhance the movie thematically.

I’ll be honest. I cried like a schoolgirl for the duration of the film and left sympathetic to its messages. But those sentiments, like my appreciation of the movie, were short-lived. Twenty minutes later I just felt pathetic. Pathetic for having let myself get caught up in the ridiculous melodrama, clichéd themes, and asinine plot that was D a n c e r in the Dark.

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now, I get these emails from people who were actually at that show, like T can’t believe we got to see you before anyone else, before the album was out. I’m so excited for you to come back,’ so I’ve got a really good feeling about Canada.

We’re going to hopefully be very well received up there. Bands like the Tragically Hip, or the Barenaked Ladies for that matter, who have put out records forever and have toured and just worked.

[It’s] kind of the same tradition that we come from in Baltimore, where it doesn’t matter if you’re huge or not: it’s what you do, it’s your pas­ sion, it’s your life. And you get out there, and you do everything you need to do to fill yourself as a musician, and eventually you break through and become a major force in modem music."

SR-71 plans to tour Canada including Montreal - in spring of 2001.

"We’re doing a whole lot of international next year, and Canada is first on the list," Allan assured.

"When we get to Canada, watch N ow You S e e In sid e was released, Allan out, come see us. We’re bringing Press Shot found the enthusiasm back rock and roll."

And won’t that be figuratively of the fans encouraging.

"There [weren’t] a whole lot perfect - the SR-71, fastest plane in of people there because the album the world, leading the rock revolu­ wasn’t out yet," Allan said, "[but] tion.

new audience of kids that are get­ ting away from the R&B dance music and the boy bands, that are now listening to rock music, and they’ re torn between the two because the two are so opposite each other. What I think you’re going to see happen is that bands like us are going to emerge.

Rock bands that also play music that has a pop sensibility. I think it’s gonna kind of go back to where it was in the 80s, where rock bands ruled the planet. Hip-hop and R&B have been on top for awhile. I think rock is about to go back on top."

SR-71 is also very excited about Canada. Although the band has only played one show in Vancouver before

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Truly shocking movies are a rare commodity. Films with shocking elements come a dime a dozen, but the shock in these movies is only an attempt to create hype and sell more tickets. In the spirit of shock, Cinéma Du Parc will host a festival of the macabre, showing thirteen "shocking" hor­ ror films over thirteen days around Halloween. The following films are notable:

sic is one of the more understated of horror films. It suffers from great logic gaps, but the acting, directing and writing almost cover it up. Young Irena (Nastassja

the White people kill their friends and relatives. Pacing and taste are concepts foreign to the people behind this movie. Gory deaths are

more inventive and intelligent than this piece of trash.

Kinski) meets her brother in New Orleans to live with him and find work. Her brother (Malcolm McDowell) occasionally turns into a jaguar and goes looking for vic­ tims. There is something odd about their family history and Kinski has remained a virgin for reasons that become very clear as the movie progresses. Schrader uses the legend of the Cat P eo p le to explore ideas about our human destiny and the consequences of incestuous relationships. It’s not exactly frightening and should be approached as more of a dark drama.

only shocking if they happen to people with whom the audience has established an emotional link (like T he Wild B u n c h , or C asino, or A C lo ck w o rk O r a n g e ). As for campy fun, I recommend the Evil Dead series instead. While just as gory and tasteless, it is infinitely

sents the best and worst of what the horror genre has to offer.

Hopefully, audiences watching will try to open up their imagina­ tions and let themselves be scared, and feel like five-year olds again, because a good horror film is a terrible thing to waste.

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Day of the Dead D a y o f th e D e a d is the real thing: grim, unsettling and devoid of campy elements. It completes writer/director George A. Romero’s zombie trilogy, started with the influential N igh t o f the L iv in g D e a d and continued with the masterpiece D a w n o f th e D e a d . Though still superior to most horror film, D ay o f the D ea d is the least of the zombie trilogy.

The overacting is taken to ridicu­ lous heights, as everyone screams out lines at the top of their lungs, their temples pounding with anger.

Despite these problems, the film still works and at moments is incredibly tense and frightening. It follows a band of desperate sur­ vivors conducting research on the zombies in an underground salt mine after the dead (who eat the flesh of the living, turning them into the walking dead) have taken over the surface. As a whole, this movie leaves something to be desired but individual scenes will stay in your head long after the film has ended.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre The last time T exas Chainsaw played at Parc, I was surprised by the amount of laugh­ ter the film generated. Sure, there were funny scenes but this movie is by no means a comedy.

This is one of the most terri­ fying movies ever made, based loosely on the story of serial killer Ed Gein, who cannibalized some of his neighbors and kept the corpse of his dead mother in his house. Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the story of five youths who come across Leatherface, the human- skin-mask-wearing serial killer who has since inspired dozens of slasher movies. The direction is unsettling, the sound­ track atonal and atmospheric and the acting is so good it’s invisible.

This film is a perfect example of why writing and directing are much more important than good gore effects and carnage in devel­ oping effective on-screen terror.

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Cat People C a t P e o p le is a movie that works at times and fails at others.

Writer/director Paul Schrader’s remake of the 1940’s horror clas­

Cannibal Ferrox Under no circumstances should you throw away a perfectly good evening on the waste of film stock that is C annibal F e rr o x . Part of the wave of Italian cannibal exploitation movies, this rerelease is being marketed as an unintentionally hysterical and dis­ gusting movie.

Truth be told, this movie is actually quite boring and not very shocking. The gore effects are obviously fake, done to characters we don’t care about. The only shocking scene is when a still liv­ ing dismembered turtle is decapi­ tated while its stumps flail about in terror. The fact that animal mutilation scenes were only put in to sell more tickets is completely reprehensible. Beyond that, the acting is so bad it’s exhausting, the writing is atrocious and tiring and the movie as a whole leaves me feeling unclean.

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ing im ag e fo r R ed m en h o ck e y fans.

A fte r h av in g the m ost su cce ss­

“I t ’ s g oin g to b e a d if­ fe re n t te a m m a k e -u p

th e ir co m p e tito rs in the p eren n ially strong F a r E a st d ivisio n.

fu l reg u lar season in sch o o l history,

this y ear. O u r o ffen se

“W e ’ v e g ot B e rg e ro n and se v ­

blo w in g past C o n co rd ia in the sem i­

m a y d ro p a b i t b u t

e ra l o th e r r o o k ie s w h o lo o k to b e

fin a ls, and w inning g am e o n e in the

w e ’ re s t i ll s tr o n g a t

k e y g u y s fo r th e n e x t c o u p le o f

fin a ls a g a in st th e ir a d v e rsa rie s , a ll

every p o sition . W e ’ re

y e a rs , I f th ey c o n tin u e to im p ro v e

s ig n s p o in te d to th e R e d ’ n W h ite

n o t c o n c e r n e d w ith

th e y ’ ll ho p efu lly be a b le to m ake a

b re a k in g the se e m in g ly im p e n e tra ­

m a tc h in g la s t y e a r ’ s

d if f e r e n c e

b le w a ll o f th e P a t r io t e s d y n a s ty

v i c t o r y t o t a l in t h e

R aym on d .

w h ic h h a d w o n 11 o f th e la s t 12

r e g u la r s e a s o n . O u r

“W e ’ re no t as big a team as last

leag u e titles.

g oal is to do be tter in

y ear but w e’ re p o ten tially a q u ick er

th is

seaso n ”

s a id

F a t e , o r m o re e x p l i c i t l y , th e

the p la y -o ffs and pull

te a m o v e r a ll w ith a lo t o f s h if t y

in ju r y b u g , in te rv e n e d and ru in ed

th ro u g h th is tim e in

p lay ers. W e m ig h t no t b e as sp e cta c­

M c G ill’ s g ran d iose v isio n s o f ou st­ in g U Q T R a s it d rop p ed th e f in a l

the fin a ls.”

T h e g o a lte n d in g

u la r b u t w e ’ v e g o t p o te n tia l to g o fa r. I t ’ s a m a tte r o f th e rig h t g a m e

tw o gam es o f the ch am pionsh ips.

d e p a rtm e n t

plan and a w illin g n ess to w ork hard

is

one

to a ch iev e our g o a l.”

H a v in g a lr e a d y l o s t s e c o n d

a s p e c t o f th e te a m

le a d in g s c o r e r D a v e G o u rd e to a

w hich w o n ’ t be m uch

Breaking News: T h e R e d m e n

b r o k e n le g , th e R e d m e n w ere cru sh ed w hen team cap tain M ath ieu

c a p tu re d th e p re -s e a s o n “ O k to b e rfe s t” to u rn a m e n t at

D a rc h e to o k a b lo w to th e k n e e in

d iffe r e n t fro m la s t season .

B o th Ju n io r

g am e tw o and su ffered a to m m edial

B e n o i t M e n a r d , an

v a n q u is h e d a h e a v i l y f a v o u r e d

c o lla te r a l lig a m e n t. D a r c h e led the

O U A c o n fe r e n c e a ll-

W e ste rn team 5 -3 in the fin als. B o th

C an a d ia n In te r -C o lle g ia te A th le tic s U n io n in sco rin g w ith 6 2 p o in ts in

Coach Raymond imparts his wisdom on a young R edm en team

2 6 g a m e s a n d w a s r u n n e r -u p f o r

W a t e r l o o th is w e e k -e n d . M c G i l l

sta r, and S o p h o m o re

fo rw a rd s D a v id B u r g e s s and G re g

L u c V a illa n c o u r t, a jenny George fo rm er d raft p ick o f the

D a v is had on e g oal and tw o assists, and M u rray C o b b stopped 4 9 shots

p lay er o f the year.

T h e c u rre n t S y r a c u s e C ru n c h

p la y e r s su ch a s a ll- t im e M c G ill p e n a lt y k in g D a v i d G r e n i e r ,

G en tlem an ly p lay er aw ard and gan­

A n a h e im M ig h ty D u c k s , retu rn to

g ly so p h o m o re w in g er G re g D a v is,

s p lit d u tie s b e tw e e n th e p ip e s as

f o r th e v ic t o r y . C o b b and sp e e d y forw ard Paul T h e ria u lt w ere nam ed

le ft w in g er m ade a h e ro ic co m e b a ck

d e fe n c e m a n M a th ie u B o is v e r t and

w h o h a s ju s t retu rn ed to th e team

they did so w ell in 1 9 9 9 -2 0 0 0 .

to u rn e y a ll-s ta r s . M c G i l l ’ s re g u la r

in th e d e cisiv e third g a m e , but w as

fo rw a rd B e n o i t R a jo t t e , th a t ta s k

a f te r a s tin t w ith th e W a s h in g to n

vastly lim ited in h is e ffe c tiv e n e ss as

w ill b e daunting.

T h e re has b e e n , h o w ev er, a

T h e k e y to M c G i l l ’ s fo rtu n e s

sea so n op ens up o n Satu rday at the

C ap itals at their training cam p.

this y ea r w ill rest w ith the ability o f

new ly renovated M c C o n n e ll W in te r

g re a t d ea l o f o p tim is m in tra in in g

A ll-C a n a d ia n D a v id B a h l, the C IA U ’ s top sco ring d efen cem an last

it s y o u n g e r p la y e r s to e m e r g e as valu ab le co ntribu to rs. S e v e ra l ro o k ­

T o r o n to at 1 :3 0 P M . A ll fa n s w ill

d ebilitatin g lo ss to th eir b itter rivals

cam p ,

th e

y ea r w ith 10 g oals and 3 5 p o in ts, is

ies fro m la st y e a r in clu d in g sk ille d

re c e iv e a co m m em o ra tiv e 1 8 7 7 pu ck

o v e r th e s u m m e r , t h e r e t u r n i n g

stren g th o f c o re p la y ers b a c k fro m

a ls o b a c k to h e lp q u a r te r b a c k th e

f o r w a r d s P a u l T h e r i a u l t , D a v id

to h onour the start o f the 125 th se a ­

L iz o tte and Jo c e ly n P errau lt w ill be

son o f R ed m en h o ck e y .

task o f providing an e n co re p e rfo r­

last year.

S e v e r a l re m n a n ts o f la s t s e a ­

R ed m en pow er-play.

T h e trio o f sk illed p lay ers w ill

exp ected to play a b ig g e r ro le and to

m a n ce to la st s e a s o n ’ s e x c ite m e n t,

so n ’ s record setting R ed m en o ffe n ce

lo o k to p ick up the lead ersh ip m an­

h e lp p ro v id e s o m e b a la n c e to th e

and h o p efu lly ov erco m in g the p lay-

are returning w ith the hop es o f rein ­

tle and help to propel the new loo k

R ed m en lineup.

his team fe ll by a 5 - 2 m argin.

H aving co m e to grips w ith the

M c G ill p la y e rs a re fa c e d w ith the

R e d m e n R e cru its and

c o a c h 's

s c o u tin g

rep o rt •Daniel Jacob(LevisLauzon, Cegep AA), defence 6’6 all-star from Cegep: “tough” •Chad Blundy (Thornhill Rattlers, Tier2 Ir.A) — forward: “character guy” •Joel Bergeron (Joliette, Jr.AAA) — right wing:“looks to make an impact right away” • Kyle Hickey (Weybum Red Wings, SK JHL) — defence: “strong stay-athome defenceman” •Matthew Singerman (Middlebury College, NCAA Div 111) — defence: “skilled, offensive oriented defenceman.”

•Justin Grenier(Shawinigan Cataractes, QMJHL) — for­ ward: “young, only 19, tough guy, with a lot of grit who had some big hits in camp” •Paul Mailhot(John Abbott College Cegep AA) — forward:" fast, smart good checker.”

la r g e ly

b ecau se

of

G o a lte n d e r s : B e n o it M e n a rd • # 2 9 (Ju n io r) Luc V a illa n c o u rt #5 (S o p h o m o r e )

Players to watch in 2000

w h e n th e y h o s t th e U n iv e r s ity o f

D avid B u r g e s s C e n tr e # 9 (Ju n io r )

D avid B a h l D e fe n c e m a n #21 (Ju n io r)

A more pressing issue for McGill sports fans than Sommerfeldt versus Couillard in the battle for the starting quarterback position, is Menard versus Vaillencourt in the battle for the number one goaltending slot. Because both play­ ers are so talented and capable of being the go-to guy, coach Raymond feels confident giving either one the call - no matter the scope of the game.

Last year Menard tallied an 18-6 record with three shutouts a 2.80 Goals Against Average, and a .906 save percentage.

Vaillencourt was 9-2 with a 3.07 G.A.A and a .913 save percentage.

“We’re strong at the golatending position," said Raymond. “Both guys can be counted on, and Murray Cobb is also a goood goalie.”

A former member of the Baie Comeau Drakkar of the Quebec Major Junior hockey league, Bahl, a Paul Coffey prototype, had 42 points in 38 games overall last year as an instrumental member of the Redmen to earn second team All-Canadian status.

“Bahl showed us he had the offensive skills as a rookie, but what impressed me most about him was his strong defensive play,” said coach Raymond at the end of last season.

Burgess, a slick skating junior from Crystal City Manitoba with tremendous hockey sense and an uncanny passing ability was third in team scoring last year with 20 goals, 37 assists and 58 points in 38 games played over­ all. During his career with the Redmen, he’ s tallied 43 goals, 58 assists, and 101 points. Look for him and Greg Davis, who played together last season, to be nearly as formidable a onetwo punch as Darche and Gourde were.

The Mc G ill Tribune, T uesday, 17 O ctober 2000

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Anaba double sends Redmen into playoffs Varsity men's soccer clinched playoff birth by beating Laval 3-0 at home on Friday. ju s t a few m in utes later

B y E d G l Oc k s m a n

for the Cam eroonian m idfielder.

m ent sin ce the begin ning o f the sea­

on a co m er kick when he

T h e seco n d h a lf g av e c o a c h

son even though th eir opponents on

m anaged a so lid head er demanding an even more

R aim ondo the ch ance to test the depth o f his lineup, putting less experienced

the night were notably weak.

Su rp risin g ly, M c G ill only m an­

the league title and secured hom e field

solid save from a stretch­

players on the field. T he M c G ill pres­

aged a 0 - 0 draw last tim e these two

a d v a n ta g e f o r w h at w ill b e a tw o -

in g L a v a l g o a lk e e p e r .

sure was strong and Laval positioning

team s faced each other in Laval. “This

g a m e p l a y o f f s e r ie s . T h is is t h e ir

T h e R e d m e n ’ s o p en in g

was equally bad.

w as re v e n g e a fte r o u r fir s t g am e

tw enty-first post season appearance in a row . In order to qualify for nation­

su rg e w as e v e n fu rth e r strengthened when, in the

G uy A n ab a A nab a show ed that he had one m ore p iece o f m agic up his

(against L a v a l),” com m ented a sm irk­ in g S c o t t Jo h n s to n in th e d re ssin g

als, the R edm en have to win both the

12th minute, Student fed

sle e v e w hen in the 5 9 th m in u te, he

room after the game.

sem i-fin a ls and fin a ls, a w eek apart,

G uy A naba A nab a from

sto le the b a ll fro m a c a re le s s L a v a l

O ffensively, the R edm en have no

beginning on Friday, O ctober 27th.

th e r ig h t s id e and th e

defender and hit the target with ease,

n o t ic e a b le p r o b le m , g e ttin g g o a ls from their entire lineup.

F o r th e f o u r th tim e in s e v e n y ears, the R ed m en so cce r team w on

M ag ician didn’ t h esitate

giving his team a 3 -0 lead and sealing

co nfid ent about his team ’ s ability in

to

the victory for his team.

the post-season, “W e ’ve got fourteen

advantage. A t this point,

A fte r th e g a m e , A n a b a A n a b a

days to prepare and we are optim istic.

M c G i l l lo o k e d l ik e a

w as en th u siastic about the prospects

h av e th e h a n g o f it. It e n a b le s th e

W e are the best team in the com peti­

w ell-oiled m achine, out­

o f the post-season.

pressure o f goal scoring to be spread

tion.”

R edm en C oach Pat Raim ondo is

d o u b le

h is

s id e ’ s

“O ur new strategy was a little bit d iffic u lt to g e t used to bu t now w e

playing their w eak oppo­

“ T h i s w a s y e t a n o th e r ste p

R aim ondo’ s sentim ents are ju s ti­

n en ts at ev ery m om en t.

towards the nationals, we now need to

ou t e v en ly a cro ss th e tea m , not ju s t letting one or tw o players shoulder the

f ie d . H is te a m im p r o v e d g r e a t ly

L av al w as c lo s e to n o n ­

fo cu s on g etting ready fo r the p la y ­

burden.” explained M ath ieu Harding

th r o u g h o u t th e s e a s o n and m a d e

e x iste n t, ra rely c o n tro l­

quick, easy w ork o f Laval in Friday’ s

lin g

o ffs.”

S tu d e n t s u b s e q u e n tly le f t th e

w ith regard to Pat R aim on do’ s newly im plem ented form ation featuring five

hom e game, helped by the g oal-scor­

M cG ill half.

In the 18th m inute,

g a m e , fo r c in g a y e llo w ca rd up on

m idfielders and one forward.

ing abilities o f Justin Student and Guy

h im s e lf by s ittin g on th e b a ll ju s t

D efen siv ely , not m uch could be

A naba Anaba.

o n ly

b e fo re a L a v a l fre e k ick . T h e m ove

proved o f the team , as their opponents w eren ’ t o ffe n siv e ly ca p a b le enough.

th e

b a ll

in

th e

a d iv in g k e e p e r M a th ie u

entertained the crow d and was incon­

this season has been their inability to

H a rd in g ’ s d artin g rig h t

sequential sin ce the yellow card w ill

Sw e e p e r G a eta n o Z u llo sum m ed up

take an early lead. T h is w ould fo rce

s id e

be erased on ce the playoffs begin.

Friday night’ s defensive achievem ent.

their opponents to open the gam e up

to w a rd s th e g o a l fro m

T h e rest o f the second h a lf was

“Things were easy for us tonight and

and allow fo r less restricted play. T he

an e n tire ly o n e -w a y a ffa ir, le a v in g

w e g o t th e jo b d o n e . I t ’ s to u g h to

op ening m inutes o f their en cou nters

fu r th e r d e v e lo p in g th e lead. O n ce again, L av al’ s

M c G ill k eep er Eddy Zuppel and his

co m e here on a co ld O cto b e r night,

h a v e b e e n m a rred b y w hat se v e ra l

d efen siv e p o sition in g , if

d efense with little to do. T he Redm en

n o b o d y l ik e s to p la y M c G i l l , ” h e

players describe as, “flat-footed-ness.”

e v e n t h e r e , c a m e in to

passed the ball around w ell and enter­

added, referring to the upcom ing play­

In contrast, Friday night’ s gam es fea­

question.

tain ed the cro w d w ith d aring b a c k -

offs.

s to p p e d

O ne o f M c G ill’ s m ain problem s

tured the R edm en breaking the gam e

R edm en kick their way to first

open and dem oralizing their opponent early.

In only th e 3rd m inute o f play, Ju s tin Stu d e n t w a tch ed as h is fre e k ick , from several m eters outside the bo x, curled pow erfully and beautifully before striking the very bottom o f the crossbar, bouncing into the goal. T h e L a v a l k e e p e r n e v e r r e a c te d as h is team w as se n t in to a d e fic it b e fo re

break aw ay

run

A s the first h alf pro­

heels and dribbling displays. Prospect

In a fortnight, the R edm en take

gressed, the R edm en slow ­

g oalkeeper, D ustin D ied rick son , was

their first o f two steps to the nationals

ly rem o v e d th e ir f e e t fro m the g as

throw n in to the g am e to g ain som e

and co u n t o n a g o o d su p p ort fro m

th e y e v e n k n e w th e y w e re o n th e

pedal. No noticeable opportunities fo l­

re g u la r s e a s o n e x p e r ie n c e , g iv in g

th e ir h o m e fa n s. S a d ly , G in o L a lli,

field.

low ed until th e 3 5th m inute w hen a

Zuppel a rest.

Ja s o n F o r s y th and J u lie n E lia w ill

Student was happy to see his shot

le ft-fo o te d e ffo rt by S c o tt Jo h n sto n

“Dustin would be a starter on any

lik ely b e unavailable fo r the rem ain­

flew ju s t over the crossbar. T h e h alf

other team in this league, here he has

der o f the season due to injury. T hey

“K evin (M cC o n n ell) and I w ork

en d ed ju s t a fte r A n a b a A n a b a w as

to sit out due to the extent and depth

w ill be m issed but the team must ju st

on those at practice. H e w asn’t in the

m is ta k e n ly c a lle d o ffs id e , sp o ilin g w hat w ould have been a on e-on -o ne

o f ta le n t on our te a m .” co m m en ted co a ch R a im o n d o about his n in eteen

co n tin u e to p lay as th e y have b e en p la y in g , d om in a tin g o p p on en ts and

breakaw ay w ith the opposing keeper

year-old backup keeper.

getting results.

go in.

lineup tonight so I was focused to take all k ick s lik e that one.”

Stu d en t w as b ack in the a ctio n

T he w histle finally blew and the R e d m e n h a d a c h ie v e d t h e ir g o a l.

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At the McGill Invitational held at the Olympic Basin, the home rowing team had a respectable tournament.

The men’s lightweight eights finished 1st while the lightweight fours finished 3rd. The heavy­ weight boats were less successful with the fours and eights finishing 4th and 5th respectively.

On the women’s side, the novice eights and lightweight eights both finished in first. The lightweight fours finished in 3rd while the heavyweight fours fin­ ished in 5th. The heavyweight eights performed admirably end­ ing the race in third position.

Redbirds fail to advance playoffs The McGill Redbirds com­ pleted a suspended game against Concordia last Tuesday and dropped a tight contest 10-9.

Going into the final inning, they held onto a one run advantage but could not hold on.

In the losing effort, Geoff Pertsch went 2-4 with a double.

Cam Davies went 2-3 with 4 RBI and 2 doubles while Jason Katz went 2-3 with a walk.

This was a very disappoint­ ing way to end the season for the Redbirds who had high hopes going in to the contest. Laval will be representing the QUBL in the Nationals this week.

McGill-Adidas Athletes of the Week Sarah Ali-Khan- McGill’ s middle and long distance runner extraordinaire led the women's cross country team to a great fin­ ish in Quebec City. This was enough to earn her the distinction of being the athlete of the week.

Murray Cobb- The backup goaitender for the McGill Redmen ice hockey team stopped 49 shots in the Oktoberfest tour­ nament at Waterloo in the cham­ pionship game victory over Western. Cobb was also named to the all-tournament team.

T he Mc G ill T ribune, T uesday, 17 O ctober 2000

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Martlets soccer still unbeaten M a lo n e y 's tw o go a ls p ro p e l te a m to re s o u n d in g 2 -0 v ic to r y o v e r a rc h -riv a l Laval were not able to settle the play, or play the way we have to.” said If you’re not on the band­ coach Marc Mounicot.

Defender Ashlee Gentry, wagon yet, it’s time to hop on.

Thanks to two second half among others, agreed with her goals by Alana Maloney, the coach. “They were dominating number one ranked Martlets and beating us to every single defeated the number eight Laval ball. We were sitting back too Rouge et Or 2-0 this past week­ much and waiting.”

Whatever Mounicot told his end to lock up first place in their players at halftime seemed to conference. work. McGill came out flying in How good is this team?

The victory extended their the second half and had more winning streak to 10 games in chances in the first couple of min­ conference play and 12 over all. utes than they had in the entire They last lost two months ago to first half. Alana Maloney opened US division 1 opponent the scoring in the 55th minute off Dartmouth College. Their 38 a Maite Criexell cross. The ball goals in 10 games are the highest ricocheted o ff two defenders in the league and their 4 goals before landing at the feet of Maloney who calmly poked it by against are the lowest.

Striker Amber Allen alone the goaltender.

“There was a loose ball and has more goals than every team in I just happened to be in the right the conference except Bishop’s.

All told it means the place at the right time. The goalie Martlets are attempting to become came out a bit which left me room the first team in QSSF history to at the side,” said Maloney. It was the type of ugly goal you have to record a perfect season.

Despite McGill’s impressive score to win championships. credentials, Friday’s victory over Immediately after the marker Laval was certainly no “gimmie.” Mounicot called his players over The Rouge et Or were 6-1-1 to the sideline for a meeting.

“I told them to score right coming in and had allowed only 5 away. The game plan was if we goals in 8 league games.

Laval had the first good were to score first, we’d have to chance of the game when Melanie get a second goal very quickly.”

No problem. Five minutes Vezina launched a high shot from the penalty area that McGill keep­ later midfielder Vanessa Lussierer Sacha Liben had to leap to cor­ Dubuque spotted Maloney at the side of the net. She beat the keep­ ral.

“I can’t take credit for that er to the ball and slid it into the open side. one.” Liben said.

“Vanessa saw me and the Her modesty aside, it was Liben’ s second big save in a keeper came out again which many games and kept the score 0- made it easy to put around her,” 0. Laval almost beat her two min­ said Maloney.

The goal was M aloney’ s utes later when forward Lisa Nolet hit the crossbar from just fourth of the yearand her seventh inside the box. The Martlets were point.

After the game Mounicot lucky to escape the first half tied at 0. It was the first time at home had praise for McGill’s forgotten this year that the Martlets had striker “She’s a silent leader on the been outplayed.

“The first 45 minutes (we) team. Today she played well and

By A

n d rew

Ra v en

scored two important goals,” he said.

With the victory, the Martlets proved that they could beat a good team with­ out a dominant effort from striker Amber Allen. Their second half comeback against a top ranked opponent had all the earmarks of a champi­ onship team.

“After halftime they came back, their intensity level was high and the quality of soccer was much better,” said Mounicot. “They were able to get a few scoring chances and capitalize on them. The fact that we have the resources to win against a solid team like that, not play­ ing our best soccer, is encour­ aging.”

If the Martlets win their next two games against Bishop’s and Concordia they will become the first team in QSSF history to record a per­ fect regular season.

“Finishing 12-0 would give the girls a lot of confi­ dence and energy (heading into the playoffs). It would be good for the girls because no one’s ever done it before. It would be an accom plish­ ment,” said Maloney.

But the game against Bishop’s will be a tough one as they are the only team in conference that can rival M cG ill’ s offensive fire power.

Bishop s has tremen- Martlets blow past the R ouge et Or dous speed and they gave us a lot of problems (two weeks ago to the playoffs. How well the in Lennoxville),” said coach team does in the post season will Mounicot. It should be an excel­ be the true measure of success or lent game Friday at Molson failure. Once the playoffs begin a Stadium and a possible preview perfect regular season record doesn’t mean much. of the conference finals.

“We have to concentrate and But Mounicot and the play­ ers are looking beyond the last play as favorites because every­ two games of the regular season one wants to beat us. Playoffs are

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a win or die situation. You could have a bad game and your season is over.” So hop on the bandwagonwhile there’s still time. This team won’t disappoint.

The unheralded heroes

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The McGill Martlet rugby team has remained unbeaten so far this season without a great deal of fanfare. Captain Mandi Brunet thinks it’s about time this changed.

“Finally!” Brunet exclaimed when told of the upcoming article on the rugby team.

Who can blame the veteran’s yearning for a little publicity? This year’s team has not only won every game, but has done so in grand fashion. After nine league games, the team has scored a phenomenal 504 points while holding oppo­ nents to only twenty-nine. This weekend the Martlets won 65-0 over Sherbrooke. Jessie Matiaszuk had 23 points off four tries.

The point differential shows

the strength of the team’s defensive ability as much as it does the offen­ sive strength. Coach Vince deGrandpre acknowledges this when discussing the Marlets’ keys to success.

“We have a very good backrow,” said deGrandpre not wanting to single out any one player in his praise. “They are winning enough balls to score a lot of points.”

Because of the strong backrow, the McGill team can utilize the speed that its coach has stressed. The ball moves quickly down the pitch, allowing for numerous scoring tries a game.

“There is a lot of speed on this team,” said Brunet. “The backs are really fast and the forwards are stronger this year. There are a cou­ ple new girls at 5 foot eleven.”

Centres Julie Brisebois and

Jessica Young lead the Martlets up front. Despite being relatively new to the game, Brisebois has excelled. She was recently named to the Canadian national rugby pro­ gram.

“She moves the ball down the line where it is more one-on-one,” said deGrandpre of Brisebois.

“She can outrun players or run over other players.”

The additions of transfer stu­ dent Tracie Allan, and rookie Stephanie Lynman have strength­ ened M cG ill’ s attack as well.

Allan has had numerous tries while Lynman has given McGill a kick­ ing game, something lacking from last years squad. Combine this with the pleasantly surprising con­ tributions of another rookie, Sarah Mondoux, and the team is much deeper with talent than last year.

Player ability is not the only area marked by improvement.

More off field interaction has brought the team together on the field, according to Brunet.

“We have learned to play as a team this year,” said Brunet.

“There is a lot of talent that we use as a team and not as individuals.”

The true measurement of improvement will come in the approaching weeks. The ultimate goal is to once again reach the CIAU championships, something that the Martlets have done the past two years.

“Our chances are better this year,” remarked deGrandpre on the nationals situation. “It all depends on the draw though.”

The coaches and players will hope to avoid the tough universities from Ontario and Alberta for as

long as possible. The competition these schools offer is decidedly greater than that at the QSSF level.

First things first, however, for the Martlets. The team will have to win the Quebec conference, with a rematch against a challenging Concordia Stingers team a strong possibility. Despite large victories all season, the playoffs are a whole new season. The Martlets will have to prove themselves once again, with their sights fixed on a CIAU medal.

“We usually get blown out at nationals,” Brunet said in reference to consecutive fifth place finishes.

“We have to keep pushing our­ selves in practices and games. I think that we are physically ready; we have to focus on the mental preparation.”

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Waterloo derails McGill's hopes for perfect season Redmen football can't rekindle comeback magic in disheartening loss

must oust the wellbalanced Rouge et Or in what should be an intense match-up on Sunday.

“We’re going down there into a hornet’s nest,” said coach Baillie.

“They’re going to have a lot of fans, and we’re going to have to take the crowd out of the game early.

They’re a solid all around team, but we think that we can beat them. We’re going to have to be more pol­ ished, and step it up.

We can’t make mis­ takes. “

B y Jerem y K u z m a r o v

There were no second half heroics this time for the Red’n White.

After pulling together come from-behind-victories in their first five games, McGill fell short against a tough Waterloo Warriors team on Saturday in a hard-fought 27-25 loss.

McGill now sits tied for sec­ ond place in the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference with Ottawa at 5-1, and faces divi­ sion leader Laval in Quebec City next Sunday.

“We played pretty well. We had 450 net yards of offence but we made some costly mistakes at crucial times,” said Redmen head coach Charlie Baillie. “Turnovers hurt us, and we couldn’ t take advantage of our opportunities. We got to the 15 and 20 yard lines on a few occasions and weren’t able to put any points on the board.”

McGill’s offence which seems to be gelling with every game, was led by the usual cast of characters including standout wide-receiver Ben Wearing who caught eight passes for 128 yards and a touch­ down. Slotback Jeff Derman, who caught nine passes for 87 yards, was also a dominant factor for McGill.

Running back Nick Hoffmann was able to wear out the Waterloo defence while racking up an impressive 156 yards on 22 carries including an 18-yard touchdown run.

Defensively, McGill did a bang up job in shutting down Warriors all-Canadian back Mike Bradley who was ineffective.

Converted wideout Andrew Cook of Abbotsford, British Columbia led the way with an interception and a knockdown to go with four tackles on the day.

Linebacker Steve Colwell was a stalwart for McGill up the middle notching seven tackles along with a forced fumble and a fumble recov­ ery.

Unfortunately for the Redmen faithful, the solid numbers on both sides of the ball weren’t enough to propel the team to victory; McGill was crippled by the six turnovers forced by the feisty Waterloo

means that Walsh and Yack cannot return to the team until next season, and Trowse who was guilty “by association,” according to Triantafilou, can return to the team if they qualify for post-season play.

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defence, which proved to be the difference in the game.

The Redmen once again got off to a slow start, and trailed 13-0 after the first quarter. McGill’s defence was burned on a 33-yard touchdown catch by Waterloo receiver Chris Kreibich, and on some determined running by back Jay Akindolire who later scored the winning touchdown.

Unlike their previous games, McGill started to pull things together in the second quarter and narrowed the Warriors’ lead to six points at the half. Wide-Receiver Paul Chenier caught a seven yard touchdown pass, and Anand Pillai kicked a 22-yard field goal.

The Redmen were unable, however, to duplicate the second half exploits of previous games, and could not overcome the deficit.

“We’re getting closer to our goal of playing 60 minutes, but we’re not there yet.” said coach Baillie.

McGill has its work cut out for it next week as it faces defending Vanier Cup champion Laval on their own home-turf.

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Three Waterloo play­ ers did not suit up for Saturday’s game.

Backup defen­ sive linemen Chuck Walsh and Pete Yack and backup fullback Greg Trowse found themselves suspend­ ed from the team last week as a result of a night of beer-fueled mayhem that will cost the University $10,000.

On the night of September 30, just hours after the team lost 18-10 to the eighth ranked Western Mustangs, the three players broke a slew of win­ dows, lights and parking arms on campus after a night of heavy drinking.

“It sounds punitive,” said Waterloo Director of Athletics Judy McCrae of the punishment, “but the measures are absolutely appropriate to be taken, athletical­ ly.” The decision, handed down by Warriors Coach Chris Triantafilou,

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Laval’s offence is led by senior quarterback Jacques Chapdelaine who is a mobile and poised signal-caller. The Rouge ct Or are most explosive on the ground, where they are led by the potent dual-rushing tandem of Stéphane Lefebvre and Mathieu Brassard. Laval’s special teams’ is also dangerous with punt-returners Jean Frederic Tremblay and JeanFrancois Turgeon being peren­ nial touchdown threats.

“We have to pay attention to their punt-return guys, we can’t give them room to run,” said coach Baillie. “They throw the ball well, and have two good running backs who we’ll have to contain.”

K ey s f o r M cG ill

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Randy Chevrier said two weeks ago, the Redmen can ill-afford to come out flat in the first half.

Against a dominant team like the Rouge et Or, McGill will need to play at its peak level for the duration of the game. The big play could be the differ­ ence.

Im plication of Gam e In order win the division title, the Redmen will need to triumph over Laval, and come back with a home-field victory against Ottawa in two weeks.

“Our goal is still to win the division title, and win our last two games,” said coach Baillie.

“Wc think that’s something which is realistic.”

The Mc G ill Tribune, Tuesday, 17 O ctober 2000

Pooling together as a team

McGill's swimming squad looks to continue its recent success in the upcoming season place in the top five at the CIAUs. On the provincial level, the Swimmers are a strange breed. main threat is Laval.

“It’ s going to be close all Long before most people have even hit the “snooze” once, swim­ year,” Laurin said of the three meet mers have already started their series that determines the champi­ daily routine. Running, weight ons. But we should do well. On training, hundreds of lengths of the the women’s side, I think we will pool, all before morning classes be able to defend our title. We even begin. When classes end and should be strong. This year, we’re many call it a day, swimmers much more diversified with the return to the athletic complex for men. We’ll try to regain the title several more hours of training. As that we lost last year to Laval.”

According to Laurin, finishing if five days a week weren’t enough, Saturdays frequently fea­ well at the CIAU nationals is a ture double practices with occa­ realistic goal as well.

“As for CIAU’s, we should sional training on Sunday. As one cynic put it, “If swimming were double the number of people going from last year. I think, in general, easy, it would be called football.”

The Martlet and Redmen our team will qualify a lot more swimmers are among the most suc­ finalists. There’s a good possibili­ cessful competitive sports teams at ty that we’ll finish in the top five.

If things go really well, we could McGill.

Francois (Frank) Laurin, a be in the top four or three,” McGill alumnus and head coach explained Laurin.

Some rookies to watch are for 16 years, is supported by assis­ tant coach James Hieminga and Marie-Hélène Gagnon in the indi­ vidual medley (IM) and butterfly student assistant Prism Schneider. events, and Carolyn McCabe and 21 Redmen and 17 Martlets will strive to match or exceed their Jessica Warren in the sprint freestyle. On the men’s side, records set in recent years.

Last season, the women won Laurin feels Doug McCarthy the provincial championship title should be a finalist in the backfor the fifth time in six years. The stroke events.

This year, the team is putting team also took home their second consecutive combined men’s and an emphasis not only on swimming women’s combined title. The well, but on being a supportive and men’s team was successful as well, cohesive team. Duranceau and the placing second behind the men’s team captain, Chris Farber are working diligently to promote University of Laval.

At the Canadian team unity and spirit.

Though training began in early Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) championships, the September, the first competition of women placed 8th and the men the season takes place Saturday, October 21 at the Currie pool, 11th.

With 20 veterans returning, where the Redmen and Martlets including women’s team captain will face both Waterloo and Elaine Duranceau and All- Sherbrooke.

Then it’s only 7 meets and Canadians David Allard and Matthew Walker, plus the addition about 150 practices until the CIAU of 18 rookies, Laurin thinks this national championships in Guelph team can go far. The goals are to February 23-25. All before you’re sweep the provincial titles and even out of bed.

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McGill's silent superstar

Sophomore Sniper Greg Davis is as modest as he is skilled B y J e n n if e r L o r e n t z

Like a breath of fresh air, Greg Davis burst onto the Canadian university hockey scene last year with a modest demeanor and a dazzling array of skills.

An integral part of McGill’s 1999-2000 championship run, his humble outlook may be his most impressive quality.

“He doesn’t talk a big game.

He lets his actions do the work,” said Redmen head coach Martin Raymond, who recruited Davis from the Olds Grizzleys of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

“His approach is something we appreciate. We don’t like arro­ Greg Davis breezing past the Stingers gant people around here.

Humility is the root of greatness looking back on the season, and we ask our guys to [act hum­ Raymond remembers being pleas­ antly surprised with how well ble].”

In Davis’ case, his grounded Davis performed.

“We never expected him to do character has coincided directly that much in terms of offensive with his success on the ice.

As a rookie last season, Davis contribution,” Raymond confessed. had an exceptional campaign, in “As much as we knew he was a which he was fifth on the offen­ good prospect for us, but to actual­ sively oriented Redmen with 41 ly score as many goals as he did points in 38 games, including 23 last year was beyond our expecta­ goals (11 of which were on the tions.”

Though the goals were a defi­ power play).

The lanky sophomore left nite boost last season, Davis brings winger was rewarded with an invi­ more than just a scoring touch to tation to the Washington Capitals’ the Redmen. He plays a very physi­ National Hockey League training cal, and intense game. He’s very good on the forecheck, and relent­ camp this fall.

“It was a good experience to less in terms of pursuing the puck see how talented they are and how carrier and loose pucks. That’s one hard those players work to be reason why he had so much suc­ cess. there,” said Davis.

“He wound up doing really While originally in awe of players like Peter Bondra, and well in terms of plus/minus last Vezina Trophy winner Olaf Kolzig, year because of his relentlessness,” Davis eventually settled down and explains Raymond. “He’s not just a goal scorer. He’s a guy we can did his best to fit in.

“I think the first time you’re rely on to play well defensively.”

This season, Davis feels the out there, you just kind of watch what they do and you’re not really pressure to raise his level of play in concentrating on your game. After the absence of the potent offensive you’ve been on the ice a couple of duo of Mathieu Darche and David times you get used to it and just try Gourde, who both graduated.

Davis realizes that the scoring to play the best that you can,” burden will fall squarely on his Davis explained.

Last year, during a preseason shoulders, and that he will need to interview, Redmen head coach click with his linemates, including Martin Raymond listed Davis as talented junior centre David one of the rookies to watch. Now, Burgess, who was third in team

KCBolton scoring with 58 points last year, to help power the Red’n White attack.

“Burgess is back on my line, which is good because we know each other from playing together last year. They [the lines] are being set already, so hopefully we’ll stick with those lines and we’ll get used to our linemates this weekend,” said Davis.

‘This year he’s going to have a little bit more responsibility offensively as part of our first line,” added Raymond. “We’re not too concerned about numbers to tell you the truth. We’re looking more to have Greg Davis the way he is, which is a very intense, hard forechecking player, with a good shot and a great work ethic. And so far, that’s what we’ve seen.”

If his work ethic was strong before, working out with the Capitals only strengthened it.

“I know that you have to work hard to improve yourself and your game and that if you want to achieve something, you can because it’s not really that far off,” Davis explained. “Those players are good, but you can be there too if you really put your mind to it.”

If the attitude of a focused and more experienced Davis rubs off on his teammates, this season, big things could be in store for the Redmen.

McGill men's tennis team shoots for championship

By Jeremy Kuzmarov The McGill men’s tennis team is play-off bound, and has its sights set on bringing home the championship.

After missing the post-season last year, the team finished in second place out of eight teams in the Ontario University Athletics confer­ ence with a 5-2 record.

Leading the way in McGill’s charge has been number one seeded Dominic Laflamme, who won 6-3, 62 in his singles match and teamed with Steve Walker to win 8-7 in dou­ bles against the Golden Gaels.

Another standout on the Redmen squad this season has been player/coach Jeff Rosenblatt. He and doubles partner Daniel Miller, who also serves as team captain, finished off the year as the number two ranked doubles pairing in the conference.

The duo won 8-4 against Queen’ s over the week-end, and

Rosenblatt also was victorious in his singles match with a hard-fought 6-0, 57, 6-4 triumph.

Other winners on the week-end were third seeded Leor Pomeranc who breezed by in singles 6-3, 6-1, and who teamed up with A1 Gersch to triumph in doubles 8-4. Sixth seeded Steve Walker also cruised by with a 64, 6-2 singles victory.

“We’re a deep and well-bal­ anced team,” said Rosenblatt. “We receive little recognition from the university but we practice hard, and are having a very successful season so far.”

In the absence of a genuine coach, Rosenblatt and Miller have had to collectively provide the leader­ ship and direction to the team in their quest for a championship.

“Before we all play I give a little speech, and hopefully we’re all relaxed before we go out to play,” said Rosenblatt of his team whose

home court is at the Nun’s Island Tennis Club.

“I try to motivate the players by keeping them loose. We’re a team that plays with a lot of heart and grit, and that’s been a key to our strong results so far.”

The chief nemesis for McGill as it enters the play-offs is top ranked McMaster who ousted McGill 4-3 during the regular season when the two teams met.

The Redmen will be counting on their top guns this week-end as they compete in the round-robin post-season tournament at Wilfred Laurier University. Rosenblatt and his team­ mates are confident about their chances.

“We’re hungry for McMaster,” said Rosenblatt. “They’re our biggest roadblock and we haven’t beaten them in four years. We came real close in the regular season. We’U be ready.”

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