The McGill Tribune Vol. 22 Issue 9

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Published by the Students' Society of McGill University since 1981

Vol. 22 Issue 9

McGill gobbles student revenue; EUS caf is next Mark Sward T h e M c G ill adm inistration is

1985, several faculty student soci­

the

eties,

op p ortu n ity to oppose the takeover

in c lu d in g

U n dergrad u ate

the

S o ciety

A rts

and

the

AUS

was

g ive n

v e ry

little

o f the A rts cafeteria, according to A U S President Rachel Telch.

gradually repatriating the operating rights

student

o f the largest groups on campus,

placin g

entered into a collective agreem ent

transfer o f A U S student fees [that

of

w hereby the Students’ Society o f

are collected by the U n iversity on

A n cilla ry Services, w h o outsources

M c G ill U n iversity w o u ld coo rd i­

b eh alf o f the A U S ] until the agree­

operations to Chartwells Q uébec, a

nate m anagem ent o f all student-run

m en t

school

cafeterias o n campus, stream lining

W ith o u t these fees, the A U S was

o f undergraduate

s ociety-ow n ed

cafeterias,

u n der the ju ris d ic tio n

fo o d

service

corp oration .

“The

U n iversity

was

refused the

sign ed ,”

she

said.

fo o d service operations and increas­

unable to operate, so then-President

that have surrendered student con­

in g

C hase

trol o f fo o d services, despite receiv­

groups.

U n d ergrad u ate

student

societies

T h e U n iversity sees a central­ ized

service organ iza tion

as the

op e ra tin g

C h artw ells serves

R o b in s o n

was

e ffe c tiv e ly

forced in to agreeing to a solution that he d id n ot fin d favourable. In exchange fo r the cafeterias,

ever, the M c G ill adm inistration has g ive n

revenue.

fo r student

O v e r the past fe w years, h o w ­

in g som e com pensation fro m the are losin g sign ificant

cafeteria p rofits

Q u é b e c,

C o n c o rd ia

c o n tro l

to

w h ich

also

U n iversity.

the U n iversity o ffe re d w hat

was,

a ccord in g

the A U S to

T elch ,

“essentially a buy-out fee, w hich is

m ost efficien t w ay to feed those

Faculty student societies sign five-

b eing distributed over the five-year

w h o d o n ot venture o f f campus for

year Letters

p e rio d

meals. Several faculty student soci­

M c G ill, w h ich define their rights to

eties

disagree,

how ever,

on

the

w h en

of

m eth od fo r cafeteria takeovers has

dent-run cafeterias on campus, w ill

been to change the language o f the

also soon be bought out, according

in The

campus since the

agreements, n o lon ger g ivin g the

to

a snack

student groups the rights to use the

Society V ice-President o f Services

bar

was

opened in the Faculty o f M usic. In

INSIDE

executive o f

U n dergradu ate

See CAFETERIA page 6

R u g b y : B r in g o n t h e N a t io n a ls

Health se rv ice s sick New s

E n g in e e rin g

cafeteria space themselves. T h e 2000-2001

3

tion fo r the dom inan t M c G ill team.

Sarah Wright

I t was litd e com p etition at that,

Le Québecker O p in io n / e d i t o r i a l

A c c o r d in g 9

F ea tu res

to

the

M a r tle t

rugby head coach, C on cord ia put up their strongest figh t o f the sea­

Monogamy reviewed 11

son against his team in the con fer­ ence finals on Sunday.

B o w lin g for C o lu m b in e A&E 15

But the Stingers still couldn’t beat M c G ill, holders o f the Q u eb ec Student Sport Federation w o m en ’s

Fernando Daluisio S ports

L e tte r

G o o d Bytes, the engineering

m y are taken away fro m students.

1930s,

the

cafeteria, on e o f tw o surviving stu­

build ings.

enterprises on

[o f

A gre e m en t].”

ad m in istration ’s

space

grounds that revenue and autono­ Students have operated foo d

o f A g re e m en t w ith U n ive rs ity -o w n e d

use

Tuesday, October 29, 2002

The headless Redm an roam s lower field

Science Undergraduate Society, tw o

U niversity,

A&E 15

Features 10

M cG ILL

th em

Deconstructing Hallowe'en

Biker gangs & home delivery

rugby title fo r the past fou r years. 2 0

T h e M artlets are o f f to their fourth national cham pionship in as m any

“I ’d lik e to liv e as a p o o r m an w ith lots o f money. ”

years, after defeating C on cord ia 4910 Sunday. T h is season, C on cord ia pro­

— P a b lo Picasso

vid ed the on ly source o f com p eti­

n o te d

H ead

C oach

V in c e

deGrandpré. “A n y th in g they threw at us, w e w ere able to answer back.” It was a gam e packed w ith penalties

and

b ig

hits,

g iv in g

M c G ill a taste o f what is to com e at nationals. “ It was a really hard-hitting g a m e ,”

said

secon d

ro w

A rab a

C h in toh . “ T h e y really wanted it and they cam e ou t strong.” F orw ard

C an d ace

Patterson

concurred w ith her teammate. “ T h e y [C on cord ia] had every-

See RECORD SETTERS, page 22

JENNY GEORGE

James McGill rose from his grave to declare another tuition hike.

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