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Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Published by the Students' Society of McGill University since 1981

C ouncil s u g g e s t s V P s re sig n b e f o r e runn ing fo r S S M U p re s id e n t p roposed th e m o tio n . “ [ T h e in te n t

S tu d e n ts’ S o c ie ty c o u n c illo rs v o ic e d

re se rv a tio n s o n T h u r s d a y

th e p re s id e n tia l b y -e le c tio n

re so lu tio n re c o m m e n d in g th a t a n y v ic e -p re sid e n t w h o chooses to ru n p r io r

to

th e

h is o r h e r p o rtfo lio e le c tio n

but

id e n t N ae e m D a to o is n o t th e o n ly

th e y

p e rs o n n e l

secret b a llo t ag ainst a n o th e r resolu­

leave. H e also noted th e u n c e rta in ty su rro u n d in g th e status o f th e gener­

tio n

al m anag er p o sitio n .

re c o m m e n d in g

by

th a t c u rre n t

“ I f w e have one m o re p o sitio n th a t opened u p , th is c o u ld really d estab ilize th in g s ,” he sa id . “ B y th e tim e w e

o p e ra tio n s .

C lu b s

R e p resen ta tive R o b e rto C a lu o r i said

b le fo r th e b u d g e t, sa id , “ I have expressed m y in te n t to seek th e

D e C a s tro

th e V P s w e re r u n n in g ,” sa id C lu b s

th a t

fo r a p resid en t. “ I f y o u w a n te d to keep every­ one

p o rtfo lio

w o u ld n ’t have a b y -e le c tio n ,”

w o u ld

be “ a re a lly b ig

th e y

a re ,

th e n

you he

sa id . “ F o r good o r i l l , th a t in c lu d e s

“ T h e V P [o p era tio n s] p o sitio n is

w h e re

a v e ry

im p o r t a n t

C a lu o r i, w h o

o n e ,”

th e sittin g v ic e -p re sid e n ts.”

D e C a s tro w o n d ered w h y sim i-

sa id

seconded E lg a z za r’s NICOLE LEAVER

S e e C A N D ID A T E , p a g e 2

m o tio n . “ It ’s n o t so m e th in g th at

R e p re se n ta tive S a ra h E lg a z za r, w h o

out

are im p o rta n t, an e m p ty operatio ns

“ W e o pted to hav e th is by-elec­ tio n w it h th e gu arantee th a t n o n e o f

p o in te d

c o u n c il its e lf has stressed th e need

th a t w h ile a ll th e exe cu tive p o sitio n s

issu e .”

n o m in a tio n fo r p re sid e n t.”

c o lle c t o u rse lv e s, w e ’re

lo o k in g at Ja n u a ry .”

id e n cy, h e w o u ld lik e ly resign as v ic e - p re s id e n t

R o d rig o D e C a s tr o , w h o is resp o n si­

th e

an a c c o u n ta n t w h o is o n m a te rn ity

C o u n c illo r s vo te d

S h o u ld D e C a s tr o w in th e pres­

O p e r a tio n s

w it h in

a b sta in in g .

“ I t is in c o n sis te n t. I w as su r­

fo r p re sid e n t,

change

So ciety, sa id C a lu o r i, w h o c ite d th e h ir in g o f a n e w p o litic a l attach é an d

F o u r o f th e fiv e c u rre n t vicen o t ru n

th e y

p rise d ,” E lg a z za r said .

p resid en ts h av e said e x p lic id y th at V ic e - P r e s id e n t

us

T h e re so lu tio n passed b y a vote

be

presented to c o u n c il fo r ap p ro val.

th e y w ill

to ld

o ffice o f p resid en t at a ll.

O c to b e r 2 3 , w h ic h is th e d a y th e

w h ile

a lre a d y

execu tives n o t ru n fo r th e vacan t

a fte r

S tu d e n ts’ S o c ie ty bu dget w ill

had

o f 10 to o n e , w it h 10 c o u n c illo rs

la te r

th is m o n th . T h e c o u n c il passed a

resig n fro m

T h e resig n atio n o f fo rm e r pres­

V P th a t d ecid ed to ru n [because] w o u ld n ’t .”

ab o u t c u rre n t execu tives ru n n in g in

ca n be fille d easily.”

o f th e m o tio n ] w as to fo re w a rn a n y

S tu d e n ts d e m o n strated T h u rs d a y fo r fro z e n u n iv e rs ity fe e s. S to ry pg. 3.

National Hockey League

E X C L U S IV E

■ “We should temper our enthusiasm about nation-building.”

M ike B a b co ck re a d y to disprove c r i t i c s . . . agai n

NEWS, PAGE 4

■ “Who gave the goahead for hogging the shared armrests between two seats o f Leacock 132?”

lam es Scarfone

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CD

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w o n d e rin g w h y I asked h im a qu es­

lik e h e w o u ld su d d e n d e a th o ver­

u n e xp e c te d p la y o f f r u n . T h e D u c k s

tio n th a t w o u ld be b e tte r s u ite d fo r

tim e in G a m e 7 o f th e S ta n le y C u p

m a d e m in c e m e a t o f m o st o f th e ir

an A r iz o n a C a r d in a ls team g o in g to

f in a l: C o o l, c a lm , a n d c o lle cte d .

o p p o n e n ts, sw e e p in g th e d e fe n d in g

th e S u p e r B o w l.

T h is represents ju s t th e b e g in ­

i

“ I t w o u ld ’ve b een a s h o c k [to

c h a m p io n D e t r o it R e d W in g s , an d

n in g o f th e d e sc rip tio n o f B a b c o c k ’s

in g lo ts th a t is th e L o s A n g e le s free­

e xte rio r. O n th e in s id e , th o u g h , he

M in n e s o ta b e fo re b o w in g o u t to

b e tte r e v e ry g a m e, w e started to

w a y sy ste m , M ik e

em an ates a n a u ra o f c o n fid e n c e ,

N e w Je rse y in

b e lie v e . I n th e e n d , it w a s a ll ab o u t

c o m p a ss io n , a n d a sta u n c h lo v e fo r

f i n a l . A c c o r d in g

h is h o c k e y c lu b .

g ra d u a te , h o w e v e r,

th ro u g h

th e

p a ces

on

h is

c e ll

p h o n e . T h o u g h he’s a lre a d y a ccu s­

B a b c o c k en ters h is se co n d sea­

to m e d to th e m e d ia s c ru m s he’s e n c o u n te re d d u rin g tr a in in g c a m p , S a sk a tc h e w a n

n a tiv e

h an d les

th e rid e a n d th e m id -a fte rn o o n call

so n

as

th e

head

coach

o f th e th a t

D a lla s

th e S ta n le y to

th e th e

Cup

M c G ill c h a in

g o o d c h e m is try .”

B a b c o c k ’s sim p le

of

p h ilo s o p h y

e ven ts w a s n o s u rp ris e to h im a n d

o n th e ic e is a c h in g ly s im ila r to h is

h is p lay e rs.

d e m e a n o u r a w a y fro m th e r in k .

“ W e th o u g h t w e h a d a le g iti­

N a tio n a l H o c k e y Leag u e’s M ig h t y D u c k s o f A n a h e im , a te am

p a st

w i n ] ,” h e c o n ce d e d , “ b u t as w e got

t r y in g to c o n q u e r th e series o f p a rk ­ B a b c o c k goes

c r u is in g

and

th e n

th e

SPORTS, PAGE 19

m a d e h e a d lin e s d u rin g la st y e a r’s

gam e ag ain st th e F lo r id a P a n th e rs ,

OP/ED, PAGE 7

■ “Why do sports fans need to see Bryant exonerated?”

h is w a y to a pre-season

fro m h is a lm a m a te r’s n ew sp a p er

m a te s h o t,” h e sa id , a ll th e w h ile

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2 News The McGill Tribune, Wednesday, October 15, 2003 J T h e n e w g lo b a l c o m m u n ity

th e c o n c e p t o f g lo b al c itiz e n s h ip .

F o rm e r defence m in is te r L lo y d A x w o r t h y d is ­

“The

g lo b a l

c o m m u n it y

is

b e co m in g o u r t u r f ,” he sa id . “ H u m a n s e c u r it y ...

p a rt o f a to u r p ro m o tin g h is n e w ly p u b lish e d b o o k ,

has a n eq u al p lace [w it h ] n a tio n a l s e c u rity .”

Navigating A N ew World: Canada’s Global Future.

O n e w a y to s h ift to a w o rld o f g lo b al c itiz e n ­

A x w o r t h y d re w a tte n tio n to th e “ m a le v o le n t

s h ip , A x w o r t h y sa id , is fo r heads o f in te rn a tio n a l

sid e s o f g lo b a liz a t io n ,” w h ic h h e sa id h a v e increased th e th re at o f “ n e w g lo b a lists” lik e d ru g

o r g a n iz a tio n s

d e a le rs ,

tio n a lly electe d . T h is m o v e , he sa id , w o u ld m ake

s m u g g le rs

and

su ch

as

th e

W o r ld

Y e a r s o f a d v e n t u r e a n d e x p e r ie n c e s q u e e z e d in t o o n e e n g a g in g w e e k

T ra d e

O rg a n iz a tio n a n d th e W o rld B a n k to be in te rn a ­

in t e rn a tio n a l

c rim in a ls . In a d d itio n , he sa id , p o st-S e p te m b e r 11

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g o v e rn m e n ts are “ r e w ritin g th e ru le s” c o n c e rn in g

A x w o rth y

c iv il rig h ts an d lib e rtie s th ro u g h a c tio n s lik e racia l p ro filin g .

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d e fic it C a n a d a is c u rre n tly e x p e rie n c in g . “ W e are b e co m in g la z y a b o u t o u r roles as g lo b ­

In a w o rld w h e re “ fu n d a m e n ta l g ro u p r ig h t s ...

al c itiz e n s ,” h e sa id , th o u g h he f ir m ly b elieves th at

[are] b e in g e ro d e d ,” he a ske d , “ h o w c a n w e e x is t as

“th e re are tilin g s [C a n a d ia n s ] can be d o i n g .. .i f w e

a c iv iliz e d c o m m u n ity ? ”

have th e p o lit ic a l w i l l .”

A x w o r t h y an sw ered h is o w n q u e stio n b y sa y ­

— Sarah Dolgoy

in g th a t sin ce th e C o ld W a r, “ the re s p o n s ib ility w e have is to h e lp in d iv id u a ls , n o t n a tio n s .”

H e ad ded th at C a n a d ia n s s h o u ld h elp d e fin e

Candidate nominations: the jury is still out C o n tin u e d f r o m p a g e 1 la r re co m m e n d atio n s w ere n o t m ade to o th e r p o ssible p re sid e n tia l c a n d i­ dates, m a n y o f w h o m w o u ld vacate a n o th e r p o sitio n w ere th e y to w in . “ It seem s lik e everyo ne th at is ru m o u re d to be ru n n in g is c o m in g fro m so m e w h e re ,” he sa id . “ W h y aren’t w e e n te rta in in g these ques­ tio n s as w e ll? ” H e n o ted th a t execu tives w h o ru n in th e sp rin g e le ctio n s, w h e th e r fo r reelectio n to th e ir p o rtfo lio or

fo r a n o th e r p o s itio n , are n o t asked

feared c o u n c il m ig h t in frin g e o n the

to resig n.

e le c to ra l p ro cess

If

a v ic e -p re sid e n c y w e re

to

becom e va c a n t, a m e m b e r o f c o u n c il C lu b s R ep resen ta tive R a m i H o u ra n i

by

“ W o u ld w e be en d o rsin g one ca n d id a te o ver an o th e r?” she asked.

H e rs e y said th a t th e d e cisio n

q u estio n ed w h e th e r a n y c o u n c illo rs

sh o u ld be m ade b y in d iv id u a l stu ­

w o u ld step fo rw a rd to f ill a vacan t

de n ts a t th e b a llo t b o x , n o t b y c o u n ­

v ic e - p re s id e n c y s h o u ld

c il.

e xe cu tive w in th e e le ctio n .

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w o u ld be ap p o in te d to th e p o sitio n .

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“ I w as m a k in g a re co m m e n d a ­ V ic e and

H e rs e y cast

tio n

based o n

my

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c o n s titu e n ts ,”

for m ore inform ation about

E lg a z za r sa id . “ I t ’s s t ill th e ir ch o ice

C a n a d a C a re e r W eek e v en ts, p le a s e visit:

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th e sole o p p o sin g vo te. She said she

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J o s t e n s o f f e r s q u a l i t y , c u s t o m - m a d e r in g s .

C h o o s e f r o m o u r w i d e s e le c t io n o f d e g r e e p a n e ls a n d s t o n e

îo s te n s .

o p t i o n s t o p e r s o n a liz e y o u r a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s .

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T R IB

S tu d e n ts rally fo r a c c e s s to ed u catio n

ON THE.........

S ce n e

D e m o n s t r a t io n fo r C h a r e s t g o v e r n m e n t to k e e p p r o m is e s d r a w s d o s e to 2 ,0 0 0 s t u d e n t s ate a b ill o n a c c e ssib ility [o f e d u catio n ] as soon

Kathleen Brown S tu d e n ts

as p o ssib le .”

C E G E P stu d en ts jo in e d th e ra lly because th e

th e y fear increased tu itio n at u n ive rsitie s th e y

R o d d ic k gates o n T h u rs d a y a fte rn o o n in a

g a th e re d

acro ss

fro m

ra lly to h o ld L ib e ra l P re m ie r Jean C h a re s t to

w ill soon be atte n d in g . “ P m g o in g to be in u n iv e rs ity n e xt year so

th e electo ral p ro m ises he m ade last sp rin g

I d o n ’t w a n t th e p ric e to go up a n y h ig h e r,”

regard ing h ig h e r ed u catio n .

said S h aw n ee D e g ru c h y , a D a w so n C o lle g e

C h a re st p ro m ise d to rein vest m illio n s in Q uebec

u n iv e rs itie s ,

le g isla te

a freeze o n

stu d e n t. “ I d o n ’t have [the] in c o m e to p a y m o re th a n w h a t it a lread y co sts.”

tu itio n and regulate a n c illa ry fees in h is c a m ­

Q u e b e c u n ive rsitie s are u n d e rfu n d e d b y

p aig n last sp rin g .

In late A u g u s t, la F é d é ra tio n étu d ian te

$ 3 7 5 - m illio n

u n iv e rsita ire d u Q u é b e c d e m an d ed th a t he

is ab o ut $ 8 0 - m illio n , said P ro vo st an d V ic e -

present a fra m e w o rk b ill o n th e a c c e ssib ility o f

P rin c ip a l A c a d e m ic L u c V in e t .

e d u c a tio n .

D is s a t is fie d

w it h

co m p are d to o th e r C a n a d ia n

u n iv e rsitie s. M c G i l l ’s share o f th a t fu n d in g gap

C h a r e s t’s

I f m o n e y is n o t in je c te d in to the Q u e b e c

response, p ro v in c ia l lo b b y g roup s h eld the

u n iv e rs ity system , he sa id , th e q u a lity o f ed u­

ra lly o u tsid e h is M c G ill C o lle g e o ffice .

c a tio n a n d th e va lu e o f degrees m a y suffer.

B r ia n n a H e rse y , S tu d e n ts’ S o c ie ty vicep re s id e n t b e lie ved

c o m m u n it y

and

g o v e rn m e n t,

th a t stu d e n t p ro te st w o u ld

C h a re st to act. “ W e are e xp e c tin g to

force

“ T h e w o r r y w e have is th a t w e are ge ttin g in d ic a tio n s rig h t n o w th a t th e m o n e y ’s n o t th e re ,” V in e t sa id . “ M o re th a n th a t, th e gov­ e rn m e n t is ta lk in g ab o ut cu ts in th e system .

raise aw areness

“ M y o w n c o m m itm e n t is to a p u b lic ly -

w it h in th e c o m m u n ity at la rg e ,” she said . “ It ’s

fu n d e d h ig h e r e d u c a tio n ,” V in e t said . “ T h is is

n o t acce p tab le

p ro m ise

a p u b lic good an d th e g o vern m en t has som e

t h in g s ... an d th e n le t those p ro m ises d isap ­

fo r p o lit ic ia n s

re sp o n sib ility fo r th a t. W h a t w e m u st observe,

p ear.”

H e rs e y led

th o u g h , is th a t at th is p o in t, at th is ju n c tu re , c h a n ts lik e

to

“A - C - C - E - S - S ,

th a t’s th e w a y y o u sp ell success!” w h ile the

th a t p u b lic goo d is in p e ril, b o th o n th e fro n t o f q u a lity an d o n th e fro n t o f a c c e ssib ility .”

energ etic c ro w d w av e d signs at p assing cars,

A n increase in tu itio n m ig h t sp u r th e gov-

w h o se d riv e rs h o n k e d in su p p o rt.

T h e c ro w d w a s c o m p rise d n o t o n ly o f

e rm e n t to p ro vid e m a tc h in g fu n d s, V in e t said.

M c G ill stu d en ts, b u t also su p p o rte rs fro m

$ 5 0 - m illio n

l ’ U n iv e r s it é l ’ U n iv e r s ité U n iv e r s it y ,

du

Q uébec

de

M o n tr é a l,

D aw so n

C o lle g e

à

M o n tr é a l, C o n c o r d ia and

F o r exa m p le , he sa id , a stu d e n t c o n trib u tio n o f c o m b in e d w it h

a g o vern m en t

c o m m itm e n t o f $ 3 0 0 - m illio n w o u ld alm o st m ake u p fo r th e fu n d in g gap. $ 5 0 - m illio n d is­

Laval s

trib u te d am o n g a ll Q u e b e c u n iv e rs ity stud ents

C E G E P M o n tm o re n c y . H e rs e y estim ated th at

w o u ld tran slate in to a tu itio n increase o f ab o ut

betw een 2 ,0 0 0 a n d 3 ,0 0 0 stu d en ts tu rn e d o u t, w hereas th e M ontreal Gazette p u t th e n u m b e r

$ 3 0 0 to $ 4 0 0 a year. “ Fre e z in g tu itio n is n o t an o b sta c le ,” said

at “o n ly a fe w h u n d re d .”

N ic k V ik a n d e r, a F E U Q

A h m e d A b u -S a fia , v ic e -p re sid e n t e xte rn al o f sp okesperson,

th e

P o s t- G ra d u a te

S tu d e n ts ’

e xp la in e d th a t s im ila r rallies w e re ta k in g place

“ E d u c a tio n sh o u ld be acces­

across Q u e b e c. “ R e g io n a l c o a litio n s o f C E G E P an d u n i­

sib le to a ll stu d e n ts; w e need

v e rsity s tu d e n ts ...h a v e

been o rg a n izin g fo r

S o c ie ty .

NICOLE LEAVER

T h is p ro te ste r w ro te h o w he f e l t P ro te sto rs had o rig in a l w a y s to g et th e ir m essag e a c ro ss. stu d en ts as it has in th e p a st, b u t there are

tu itio n b y $ 2 0 , it ’s re a lly n o b ig deal because

hopes o f e xte n d in g it to o u t-o f-p ro v in ce an d

it ’s go in g to better serve us in th e e n d .”

in t e r n a tio n a l

stu d e n ts .

E m ily

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C la ire S m ith , U 2 Psych o lo g y, is also w ill­ in g to p a y m o re fo r q u a lity e d u c a tio n . “ M y parents are p a y in g [fo r u n iv e rsity ] s o ... i f th e figures w e n t u p o r d o w n it q u ite

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fra n k ly w o u ld n ’t re a lly affect m e ,” said S m ith .

th e ir m o n ey] ju s t because th ey’re fro m o u tsid e

“ I ’d ra th e r p a y m o re th a n s it o n th e flo o r o f a

th e p ro v in c e o r th e c o u n try ,” she said .

D e s p ite w id e sp re a d su p p o rt fo r access to

le ctu re c la ss.”

E v e n w it h th is o p p o sitio n , m a n y stud ents

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I d ' s e s ta b lish m e n t tip of iceb erg Christopher Moore

C on vocation m a y be held on low er field Jennifer Jett

ra tio n . “ I t ’s re a lly q u ite d ra m a tic ,” she

T h e u n iv e rs ity is c o n sid e rin g

said .

S tu d e n ts ’

h o ld in g sp rin g c o n v o c a tio n cere­ m o n ie s

u n d e r a te n t o n

Lo w er

F ie ld , said u n iv e rs ity m arsh al K a te L e M a istre .

A lth o u g h

th e u n iv e rs ity has

S o c ie ty

V ic e -

P re s id e n t U n iv e r s it y A ffa ir s

an d

a c tin g p re sid e n t V iv ia n C h o y has atten ded several c o n v o c a tio n cere­ m o n ie s in th e F ie ld h o u se . “ T r u t h f u lly ,

b o o k ed th e T o m lin s o n F ie ld h o u se ,

I

w as

v e ry

w h e re a ll th e cerem o n ies w e re h e ld

im p ressed b y the level o f decora­

la s t year, fo r th e firs t w e e k o f Ju n e ,

tio n s ,” she sa id , “ [b u t] it s till does lo o k lik e a g y m .”

Le

M a istre

is m eetin g w it h

S e c re ta ria t

and

the

C h o y co n sid ers L o w e r F ie ld to

F a c ilitie s

M a n a g e m e n t th is w e e k to lo o k at

be th e ideal lo c a tio n . “ Y o u ’re on c a m p u s,” she said .

th e co st an d lo g istics o f h o ld in g sp rin g c o n v o c a tio n o n L o w e r F ie ld .

“You

are

w h e re

you

“ W e r e k in d o f re stric t­

rep o rt c o m ­

F ie ld h o u se o r to m ain

p ile d

said

by

M a istre , w h o

Secretary-

is resp o nsible

G e n e ra l R o b in

fo r the organ i

G e lle r

za tio n o f all

y e a r lo o k e d at

c o n v o c a tio n

b o th o n - an d o ff

m o n ie s.

la st

cam pus

renues.

Stu d e n ts have c ritic iz e d the

“ W e can use

F ie ld h o u se as b e in g too in fo rm a l a se ttin g.

P la ce des A r ts in th e

“ T h e atm o sp here ju s t isn ’t as

fa ll because

a

th e y can g u aran ­

respected in s titu tio n lik e M c G ill

tee us a date in

n ic e

as

c o n v o c a tio n

s h o u ld

b e ,”

U n d e rg ra d u a te

fro m

A rts

th e fa ll fo r one

P re sid e n t

c e r e m o n y ,”

sa id S o c ie ty

Le

S e th O ffe n b a c h .

In

s p rin g ,

c o n v o c a tio n has been

I tee us a series

an d

o f d a tes.”

so cial science cere­ A v a ila b ilit y

m o n ie s due to the

obstacle to

size o f th e facu lty.

in

so c ia l

sc ie n c e th e n

is

th e

h o ld in g

and you

one

d o n ’t get to grad uate w it h

“Th ey

in

d e fin ite ly your

N o t even P la ce des A r ts , h o w ­ ever, has an adequate c a p a c ity fo r

can

get a lo t m o re

m o n e y re n tin g fo r a ro c k co n c e rt th an th e y can fro m M c G i l l fo r c o n ­ sa id . “ W e stan d th e r is k o f b ein g b o u n c e d .”

w o u ld

O n e p o s s ib ility is to h o ld larg ­ er cerem o n ies fo r A r t s an d S cie n ce

w h ic h w o u ld lik e ly last m o re th an

in th e F ie ld h o u se w h ile u sin g v e n ­

three h o u rs. S u c h an even t c o u ld

ues lik e le M o n u m e n t N a tio n a l,

p e o p le

w ho

P o lla c k H a ll o r R e d p a th H a ll fo r

o n ly be h e ld o n L o w e r F ie ld .

W it h

a c a p a c ity o f 2 ,4 0 0 ,

sm a lle r facu lties.

larg e

“ I f it’s in one lo c a tio n , th at

eno u g h to h o st every c o n v o c a tio n

s im p lifie s th e lo g istic s, b u t th ere’s

c e re m o n y excep t A r ts . B y h o ld in g

no

th e even t in th e Fie ld h o u se , th e

can’t h o ld [co n vo ca tio n ] in d iffe r­

u n iv e r s it y

e n t ve n u e s,” L e M a istre said .

T o m lin s o n

F ie ld h o u s e

can

also

is

c o n tr o l

th e

th e In te r n a tio n a l C r im in a l C o u r t ,

p ro ceed in g s a n d th e in te rn a l w o r k ­

S o w e need to d e velo p a w a y o f

P h illip p e K ir s c h , e x p la in e d th e m is ­

in g o f th e in s t it u t io n .”

m a n a g in g th is issue o f v ic tim s in a

S ta tu te o f R o m e p ro v id e s a

s io n o f th e c o u rt a n d o u tlin e d th e

O n e ch alle n g e “ is th e P re - T ria l

w a y th a t leaves th e c o u rt e ffe c tiv e ,”

m a jo r ch allen g es fa c in g th e n ascen t

C h a m b e r .. . a n e n tire ly n e w in v e n ­

e x p la in e d K ir s c h , a d d in g th a t th e

in s titu tio n o n O c to b e r 8 , at th e

t io n ,” sa id K ir s c h . “ In s te a d o f let-

c o u rt has to be tra n sp a re n t to be f a ir a n d e ffe ctiv e .

M o o t C o u r t . T h e R o m e S ta tu te o f

M o re o v e r, o n ly 9 2 o f 1 3 9 sig ­

th e I C C w a s ad o p te d J u ly 17 , 1 9 9 8

n a to rie s o f th e R o m e S ta tu te have

a n d to o k e ffect J u ly 1, 2 0 0 2 .

r a tifie d it. “A s it stan d s rig h t n o w ,

A p e rm a n e n t b o d y in d e p e n d ­ e n t o f th e

UN,

C h in a ,

c o n c e rn e d w it h

th e

U n it e d

“ I t ’s a iry , it ’s b ig ,” L e M a istre sa id . “ I t gives us ro o m to do the to

u sin g

th e Fie ld h o u se , L e M a istre sa id , are

a

[T o m lin s o n

sh a m e

not

F ie ld h o u s e ]

to to

use its

a n d w a r c rim e s, th e I C C

chunk

c o m p e te n t

in

“ is o n ly

[an d ]

re sp e c t o f c rim e s

o f th e w o r ld

c o m m itte d a fte r its S ta tu te cam e

tries— as w e ll as states lik e Is ra e l,

in to e ffe c t,” , he sa id . C o m p o s e d o f

h a v e n ’t ra tifie d , o r in so m e cases,

18 ju d g e s, one p ro se c u to r a n d one

h a v e n ’t even sig n ed th e tre a ty ,” said

c o u rt reg istrar, th e c o u rt “m a y o n ly

J u s tin F ra te rm a n , e d ito r - in - c h ie f o f

exe rcise its co m p e te n ce w h e n the

th e M cG ill International Review. “ O n e o f its biggest p ro b le m s is

S tate o n w h o se te rr ito r y th e c rim e s to o k p lace o r th e State o f w h ic h the p e rso n a c c u s e d ... is a c itiz e n have

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K irsc h e x p la in e d th e ICC m issio n .

th e in c lu s io n o f ag gressio n, as w e ll as

t e r r o r is m ,”

h ig h sch o o l g y m . I d o n ’t w a n t to graduate in a u n iv e rs ity g y m ,” ’ said L e M a is tre , w h o urges stu d en ts to atten d a c o n v o c a tio n c e re m o n y in th e F ie ld h o u se to see h o w

it is

tra n sfo rm e d b y lig h tin g a n d deco­

Rachel

ed th e c o u rt’s co m p e te n ce b y m ean s

tin g th is b e co m e a n . . . a d d itio n a l

o f a d e c la r a t io n ... [a n d ] m a y o n ly

o b stacle

exe rcise its ju r is d ic t io n i f th e states

co u rt

c o n c e rn e d are u n a b le o r u n w illin g

Cham ber

to

of

tria l is free o f a n y im p e d im e n ts at

“ N e ith e r th e U n it e d States n o r

I C C ’s

th e ju r is d ic t io n a l le v e l... w h e n th e

Ir a q are p a rtie s o f th e sta tu te , an d

p ro se cu te

c rim e s ”

th e

p e rp e tra to rs

fa llin g w it h in

th e

ju r is d ic t io n , K ir s c h e xp la in e d . “ B y d e fin itio n ,

[ad h o c ]

t r i­

b u n a ls are in s u ffic ie n t , because th e y

to

th e

m u s t ...

p ro c e e d in g s, use th is

e ffe c tiv e ly ,

so

d e n t. “ I n te rm s o f c h a lle n g e s, the

th e

biggest [is] th e n o n - ra tific a tio n o f

P r e - T ria l

th e U n it e d State s, a n d th e im p lic a ­

th a t

tio n o f th e U S [fo rce ] in Ir a q .”

th e

tr ia l is b e in g c o n d u c te d , so th a t the

th erefo re th e c o u rt does n o t have

tria l it s e lf c o u ld be m u c h m o re e ffi­ c ie n t .”

j u r i s d ic t io n ,”

K ir s c h

s a id .

“The

c o u rt e xists, b u t it c a n n o t a ct a lo n e .

s i t u a t io n s ...

“A n d th e n th ere is c o m p le m e n ­

I t needs m o re th a n ever, p ra c tic a l,

T h e y are re tr o a c tiv e .. . so th e effect

t a r it y . . . th e p r in c ip le u n d e r w h ic h

p o lit ic a l, a n d m o ra l su p p o rt. I t is

cover

o n ly

c e r ta in

s a id

th e c o u rt in te rv e n e s o n ly w h e n the

o n ly w it h

K ir s c h . “ S o e v e n tu a lly th e in te rn a ­

states th a t n o r m a lly exercises ju r is ­

c o u rt ca n su cceed in its strug g le

tio n a l c o m m u n it y [c o n c lu d e d ] th a t

d ic tio n are u n a b le o r u n w illin g to

ag ain st im p u n it y .” ■

th ere re a lly w as a need fo r a p e rm a ­

do s o ,” c o n tin u e d K ir s c h . “ W e w ill

of

d e te rre n c e

is

l i m i t e d ,”

n e n t in s titu tio n th a t w o u ld at least

nee d to m an ag e th is c o n c e p t .. . in a

h ave th e p o te n tia l to deal w it h a n y

w a y th a t does n o t [slo w ] e v e ry th in g

c rim e s c o m m itte d a n y w h e re .”

d o w n .”

th a t s u p p o rt

CD

th a t the

Check o u t

D e s p ite its e s ta b lis h m e n t, the

F u rth e rm o re , th ere are th e v ic ­

c o u rt stills faces ch alle n g e s. “ F ir s t o f

tim s , w h o h av e t r a d itio n a lly been

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for more info.

[past] trib u n a ls fo r th e p ro se c u tio n ,

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s a id

B e n B a y a n , a se co n d y e a r la w stu ­

p la in ts th at it ’s an in fo rm a l ven ue. “ I t ’s p erceived to be a g y m n a ­

p o p u la tio n ,

b e in g v e r y p o w e rfu l c o u n ­

la c k o f p a rk in g an d stu d e n t c o m ­

s iu m . People say, T g rad uated in a

and

In d ia — [re p re se n tin g ] a sig n ific a n t

1 1 .0 0 a m

is it becom es exp en sive. “ I t ’s

th in g s w e w a n t to d o .” d isad van tag es

in g c o n v o c a tio n in m u ltip le venues

S ta te s

g e n o cid e , c rim e s ag ain st h u m a n ity ,

fu n d a m e n ta l reason w h y w e

T h e o th e r d ra w b a c k to h o ld ­

dates c o n v o c a tio n is h e ld .

The

v e r y d iffe re n t tre a tm e n t fo r v ic t im .

big g est

a tten d a c o m b in e d A r ts cerem o n y,

2 ,8 0 0

in d e liv e rin g ju s tic e , in b o th c o u rt

c o n v o c a tio n

v o c a tio n c e re m o n ie s,” L e M a istre

frie n d s ,” O ffe n b a c h said .

th e

P re s id e n t a n d C h i e f Ju s tic e o f

o ff-ca m p u s at ven ues lik e th e B e ll C e n tre .

“ I f y o u ’re ta k in g a d o u b le m in o r, one h u m a n it ie s ,

th e y

c a n ’t g u a ra n -

d iv id e d in to separate h u m a n it ie s

M a is t re

said . “ In the

re c e n t y e a rs,

o r th e d e fe n ce, to p ro ve th e ir cases.

The

e ith e r ra tifie d th e sta tu te o r accep t­

A

^

ed in the sp rin g to the c a m p u s ,”

p re c is e ly

stu d y .”

K ir s c h . “ T h e c o u rt w i l l also h av e to d e m o n stra te th a t it ca n be effe ctive

w w w .a u s m c g ill.c o m / g ra d

A rts U n d e r g r a d u a te S o c ie ty

ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR FUTURE

News 5

The McGill Tribune, Wednesday, October 15, 2003 P E R S P E C T IV E ^

s

C a m

NEWS

p u s

Ragan says Arts will get new building

Iraq: the glass is 'half full' th e In te rn a tio n a l Peace A c a d e m y ’s p ro g ram o n tra n sitio n a l a d m in is tra ­

la c k o f corresp o nd ence betw een the

tio n s, h ig h lig h te d th e need to rede­

resources devoted to a m issio n and

fin e th e co n ce p t o f success in state­

the resources needed to acco m p lish

b u ild in g m issio n s o n O c to b e r 7 . “ W e sh o u ld te m p er o u r e n th u ­

it. T h is is related to the d iscre p an cy

A lth o u g h the U n iv e rs ity has d e cid e d

he

th at exists between sh o rt-te rm in te n ­ tio n and lo n g -term c o m m itm e n t o f

sa id . “ [W e sh o u ld ] be m odest ab o ut

the re co n stru cto rs. A s an exam p le o f

w h a t can be ach ieve d an d w h o can

th is “ foreign p o lic y atte n tio n d e fic it

achieve i t .”

C h e s te r m a n

d is o rd e r ,”

sia sm

a b o u t n a t io n - b u ild in g ,”

C h e s te rm a n

c ite d

th e

issues faced b y th e U n it e d N a tio n s

cated no fu n d s to the re c o n stru ctio n

a n d o th e r players in th e re co n stru c­

o f A fg h a n is ta n , despite the professed

tio n o f Ira q . A self-d escribed “ res­

A m e ric a n desire to b rin g peace and

o lu te

p ro sp e rity to the u n stab le state.

o p t im is t,”

C h e s te rm a n

also

F in a lly ,

o ffered p o te n tia l so lu tio n s to these

the o b je ctiv e s

o f the

o f the c o u n try b e in g reco n stru cted .

C h e s te rm a n illu s t ra te d h is p o in t

A rs e n a u lt F a m ily

and

w it h the case o f the E a st T im o re s e ,

the D e p a rtm e n t o f P o litic a l S c ie n c e .

w h o rejected m u ltip a rty d e m o cracy

q u e stio n

th e

reco n stru ctio n m ay c o n tra d ic t those

because in the past d iv is io n s , w ith in

UN

faces reg ard ing its ro le o n th e in te r­

E a st T im o r had w eaken ed the n atio n

n a tio n a l stage, C h e s te rm a n sa id , is w h e th e r it sh o u ld be an o p e ra tio n a l

in the face o f In d o n e sia n d o m in a n ce .

H o w e ve r, C h e s te rm a n does not

b o d y o r a le g itim iz in g o n e . I n o th e r

see these pro b lem s as in s u rm o u n t­

w o rd s , sh o u ld th e U N take a c tio n or

ab le. H e stressed th e need fo r c la rity

s im p ly au th o rize th e actio n s o f o th ­

ab o ut o b jectives, ab o u t re latio n sh ip s

ers?

b e tw e e n

in t e r n a tio n a l

and

lo c a l

acto rs, a n d ab o u t th e c o m m itm e n t

S in ce th e en d o f the C o ld W a r,

Above

a ll,

risin g exp ectatio n s fo r the U N h a v e

re q u ire d .

led to e ver-in creasin g m andates.

urged everyo ne to be re a listic ab o ut

C h e s te r m a n

th e exte n t to w h ic h a state -b u ild in g

“ T h e p ro b le m o f exp e ctatio n o f w h a t th e U N is fo r ca n be seen in the

m is sio n ca n be su ccessfu l.

w a y people ta lk ab o u t th e U N , ” C h e s te rm a n sa id . “ People say ‘the

C h e s te rm a n sa id , “ th e glass is h a lf

In

arg u ed

c o n te x t

of

at re a lizin g its o w n

has engendered three c o n tra d ic tio n s

ch an g in g strategies. H e in te rp re te d

th at can in h ib it th e re c o n stru ctio n o f

th e U S ’s change in a ttitu d e to w ard

a c o u n try u n d e r U N

th e U N as p o sitive . T h is stance w as

su p e rv isio n .

d iffe re n t fro m reg ard ing it as a rele­

siste n cy betw een m eans an d end s.

v a n t acto r in re c o n stru c tio n . ■

— Sofia Guay and Aislinn O ’K eefe

T h e re is o fte n a d is ju n c tio n betw een the th eo retical p o litic s o f h ig h -le ve l o fficia ls an d w h a t is a c tu a lly h ap p e n ­

x

w

e

a fte r c u rre n t c o n s tru c tio n

l

l

C

u

m

th a t

fu n d ra is in g

w it h

su ccess

e ffo rts,

c o n s tru c tio n

n o w I h ad f i v e ... w e ll let’s say $ X m illio n ... I

th in k th ere is som e

of X

th at

n o t to a s k .”

Peters n o ted th e d iffic u lty in

said Peters, “ b u t th a t bu dget is

gettin g m o n e y fro m th e p ro v in c e .

w o u ld say, T o o k y o u ’ve got X and X is p re tty good. L e t ’s assum e th at 15 m in u s X w ill co m e in p re tty easily. L e t ’s get g o in g .’ H o w big does X have to be? I d o n ’t k n o w ,” said R a g a n .

T h e u n iv e rs ity ’s se n io r a d m in ­ istra tio n c o u ld n o t be reached fo r c o m m e n t. H o w e v e r, A r t s Se n ato r

S h a p iro h ad n o t m ad e a d e ci­ sio n regard ing th e A r ts b u ild in g

fro m

th e

C a p it a l

Im p ro v e m e n t

F u n d in th e u n iv e rs ity ’s budget.

th is fisca l e n v iro n m e n t,

y o u can’t be as vag ue as [the se n io r a d m in is tra tio n ] has b e e n .”

M o re o v e r,

b u t Peters a n d R a g a n said th a t he

Pe ters

s a id ,

“ It

m ig h t have d ecid ed to fu n d p a rt o f

doesn’t m a tte r i f M c G ill decides to

th e firs t phase.

D e s p ite th e

w e l l alread y be th a t m u c h b e h in d .

lo a n us m o n e y a year fro m n o w — u n c e r ta in ty ,

W e sh o u ld have b ro k e n g ro u n d

R ag a n rem a in s c o n fid e n t. th a t... th is is doable an d it ’s going

th is fa ll.

“A t M c G i l l , th e fa c u lty o f arts

to hap p en because w e ’re go in g to

is a cash co w , yet its share o f th e pie

c o m m it the tim e

“ I ’m

a b s o lu te ly

c o n v in c e d

an d

resources

is ge ttin g sm a lle r an d sm aller. It ’s

it

h a p p e n ,”

o ne th in g fo r th e p rin c ip a l to ta lk

R a g a n sa id . “ I believe there are

ab o u t k e e p in g th e u n iv e rs ity w ell-

people o u t th ere w h o are p a ssio n ­

b a la n ced , b u t a n o th e r fo r h e r to

ate ab o ut lib e ra l a rts, passionate

p u t h e r m o n e y w h e re h e r m o u th

ab o u t M c G ill [an d ] have v e ry fo n d m e m o rie s o f th e ir tim e at M c G ill. ”

is ,” said Peters.

R ag a n sa id , “ I ho p e th at the

n e c e ssa ry

to

m ake

Peters w ish e d R a g a n success b u t p o in te d

o u t th e

d iffe re n c e

u n iv e rs ity

recognizes th e cen tral

im p o rta n c e o f lib e ra l arts an d [th at

betw een m a jo r c o rp o ra tio n s and

it o ug ht] to give th e m the ap p ro ­

in d iv id u a ls . “ In d iv id u a l d o n a tio n s are a

p ria te space to do w h a t th e y do in

p a tc h w o rk q u ilt o f arrangem en ts

a first-class w a y .”

Peters believes th at w it h stu ­

th a t takes years to co m e to g ether,”

dent

Peters sa id . “ I t ’s h a rd to lo o k fo r

issue, th e u n iv e rs ity w ill liste n . H e

d o n o rs, w h e n th e y ask h o w m u c h

s a id ," I ho p e w e ca n p u ll th in g s

th e u n iv e rs ity is p u ttin g in .”

to g ether in

a tte n tio n

fo c u se d

on

th e

th e n e x t m o n th

in

th e

te rm s o f [w ritin g ] an o p e n letter

pro sp ect o f ge ttin g fu n d in g fro m

an d [arran g in g ] an open m eetin g . I

th e p ro v in c ia l g o v e rn m e n t is n o t

t h in k

b rig h t, b u t said he w o u ld seek it

h e rs e lf to be o pen to stu d e n ts.” ■

Ragan

N ic k Peters sp eculated th a t a lo a n fro m the u n iv e rs ity w o u ld com e

“ In

n o w u n d e r re v is io n .”

[th e P rin c ip a l]

a d m itte d

th a t

[the p rin c ip a l]

has sh o w n

Campus equity policy in the works

m

i

n

g

s

M e m b e rs

Christin Cullen

Senate an d

o f th e

B o a rd

U n iv e r s ity

o f G o v e rn o rs

th a t it c o u ld also p o te n tia lly be a p lace w h e re

stu d e n ts

c o u ld

file

c o m m itte e

s till

m e t T u e sd a y to discu ss th e estab­

c o m p la in ts . T h e

V ic e - P r in c ip a l

lish m e n t o f an e q u ity p o lic y and

needs to w o rk o u t w h a t its fu n c ­

A c a d e m ic L u c V in e t hopes to have

tio n s w ill be and to w h o m it w ill

an e q u ity p o lic y read y fo r p resenta­

o ffice fo r th e U n iv e rs ity .

The J o in t S e n a te - B o a rd

tio n b y th e end o f th is acad em ic

C o m m itte e o n E q u it y w a s created

rep o rt.

Stu d e n ts’ S o c ie ty V ic e - p re s i­

year, he said last Tu esd ay.

to p ro d u ce a fo rm a l e q u ity p o lic y

d e n t U n iv e rs ity A ffa ir s an d a ctin g

fo r M c G i l l , as w e ll as an o ffice to

P re s id e n t V i v ia n

deal w it h e q u ity issues o n cam p u s.

th a t th e n e w e q u ity o ffice sh o u ld

C u r re n tly , th e u n iv e rs ity has no

take a lead ersh ip ro le in th e area o f

g e n e ra l

m em b ers a ll stressed th e urg e nt

cam p u s eq u ity. “ I t sh o u ld be p ro activ e rath er

need fo r the u n iv e rs ity to adopt

th a n

one.

issu es,” she said.

C u r r e n t ly , a ll

P ro v o s t

L

e

c

t

and

u

r

e

D on Murray S e n io r F o r e ig n C o r r e s p o n d e n t

PRISONERS OF THE SONATA: T V N ew s a n d H is to ry "

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p o lic y

P r in c ip a l

on

e q u ity .

The

H e a th e r M u n ro e -

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re a c tiv e

Choy

b e lie ves

[re g ard in g ] e q u ity

e q u ity com ­

B lu m agrees. “ E q u it y is v e ry im p o r ta n t,”

p la in ts m u st be m ade to th e o ffice

she said . “ W e need to em brace the

th a t th is is n o t ad equ ate, ho w ever, as th e p o s itio n o f o m b u d sp e rso n is

d iv e rs ity o f o u r stu d e n t p o p u la ­

C________________ a n a d i a n B Br o n a d c a s t in g C o r p o r a t io n

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in

c o u ld begin n e x t year. “ L e ts suppose a y e a r fro m

v a lu e

B e rn a rd ] S h a p iro w as th in k in g ,”

m istakes and

T h e firs t c o n tra d ic tio n is an in c o n ­

a

w ill n o t p a y fo r the b u ild in g b u t is c o m m itte d to m a k in g sure it is

b e lie ve s

nonetheless. “ F ra n k ly , y o u ’re cra zy

C a p it a l

Ir a q ,

la c k o f c la rit y ab o u t th e U N ’s role

M

o f A r t s C h r is R ag a n .

P r in c ip a l H e a th e r M u n ro e -

been faster th a n m o st o rg an izatio n s

th a t th e

f ir s t

fa ll, a cco rd in g to A sso ciate D e a n

f u ll.”

H e p o in te d o u t th a t the U S has

U N sh o u ld do so m e th in g ,’ b u t w h a t does th at m ean?”

C h e s te r m a n

th e

$ 1 5 - m illio n

R a g a n , associate dean fu n d ra isin g ,

th e M c G ill Pe ace S tu d ie s C o m m itte e , w it h th e su p p o rt o f the

b a sic

th e

p ro jects are c o m p le ted . H o w e v e r,

c o u n try o r o rg an izatio n in charge o f

The

on

phase c o u ld begin as e a rly as n e xt

b u ilt

q u estio ns.

T h e le ctu re w as presented b y

F o u n d a tio n

a new

B lu m has said th a t th e U n iv e rs ity

th e

A p ril 2 0 0 2 U S b u dget, w h ic h a llo ­

ad d ressed

ag ain st fu n d in g

b u ild in g fo r the F a c u lty o f A r ts , w o rk

Im p ro v e m e n t

F u n d is w h e re [fo rm e r P rin c ip a l

“The

Kim D'Souza in g lo cally.

T h e second c o n tra d ic tio n is a

S im o n C h e s te rm a n , d ire c to r o f

t io n .”

V in e t believes th at th e sexual

o f the o m b u d sp e rso n . M a n y feel

o n ly p a rt-tim e a n d th ere is a gro w ­ in g n u m b e r o f c o m p la in ts .

h arassm en t o ffice rs sh o u ld be c o n ­

M a n y o f th e c o m p la in ts are

su lte d reg ard ing th e c o n te n t o f a n y

c o m in g fro m stu d en ts w it h d is a b il­

e q u ity p o licy .

T h e c o m m itte e has n o t y et set

itie s , a n d are relate d to th e issue o f

a d e ad lin e fo r w h e n th e p o lic y is to

th e

be fin a liz e d . “ I hop e it w o u ld h ap ­

D is a b ilitie s Jo a n W o lfo rth said th at

p e n w it h in th e y e ar,” said V in e t ,

she has “ n o tice d ‘slip page’ in term s

ad d in g th a t th e e q u ity o ffice w o u ld

o f se n io r a d m in is tra tiv e su p p o rt”

p ro b a b ly n o t be set u p u n t il the

reg ard ing ren o vatio n s o n cam p u s.

p o lic y is estab lished .

T h e re are s t ill

S h e gave th e e x a m p le o f R e d p a th M u s e u m , w h e re

q u e stio n s

cam p u s

accessib ility. D ir e c to r o f

O f f ic e

fo r

S tu d e n ts

w it h

th e her

reg ard ing th e e xa ct ro le th e e q u ity

o ffice ’s request to have a n elevato r

o ffice w ill p lay. A c c o rd in g to V in e t

in s ta lle d

th ere is c u rre n tly n o cle ar m and ate as to w h a t th e re sp o n sib ilitie s o f

d e n ied .

M u n ro e - B lu m

th e o ffice w ill be, excep t th a t it w ill

u n iv e rs ity sh o u ld n o t le t th is h ap ­

be co m p o sed o f b o th stu d en ts and

pen ag ain.

“A n y o p p o rtu n ity m issed to

staff. “ I t sh o u ld have a d im e n sio n o f e d u ca tio n to i t ,” he sa id , ad d in g

d u rin g

ren o vatio n s w as said th a t the

develo p access is a lo ss ,” she sa id . ■

6 Op/Ed

The McGill Tribune, Wednesday, October 15, 2003

& -U /&

think about

p ro p h e sizin g ‘n o d iffe re n c ’.’ I f th e T o rie s an d the A llia n c e

IT

w e w o u ld have som e k in d o f a real co n te st. M a y b e w e

i X \

Q-.; -:.V

w o u ld ju s t get th e ir acts to g ether and jo in forces ag ain , then

•'

How the W est w as won

.

sh o u ld a ll vo te fo r th e c o m m u n is ts ju s t to , y o u k n o w , sh ake th in g s up .

------Dany Horovitz

M e a n w h ile ,

back

at

th e

ra n c h ,

g o v e rn o r-e le c t

Schw arzeneg g er needs to p ro ve th a t he ca n p u m p th in g s up .

y n o w , everyo n e k n o w s w h o w o n th e race fo r gov­

B

H e m a y n o t have a to n o f exp erien ce, b u t fo r o n e reason o r

e rn o r o f C a lifo r n ia , a n d people have h a d am p le

riag e, a n d has m a n y o th e r lib e ra l tendencies th a t are c o m ­ m o n am o n g D e m o c ra ts.

a n o th e r he seem ed to c o n n e c t w it h m a n y C a lifo rn ia n s in a

o p p o rtu n ity to p o ke fu n at th e w in n e r. N o b o d y

N o w , d o n ’t get m e w ro n g , I w o u ld n ’t have w e p t i f he

w a y th a t th e o th e r cand id ates s im p ly c o u ld n ’t, an d w as

seem s

to

be

t a k in g

rew arded w it h a la n d slid e v ic to ry .

g o v e rn o r-e le c t

lo st, b u t I am w illin g to give h im a ch an ce. M o re th an th at,

Schw arzeneg g er se rio u sly, excep t, o f co u rse, the c itize n s o f C a lifo rn ia .

I ’m th e o n ly o n e I k n o w w h o recognizes th a t w h a t h a p ­

In a fe w w eeks here at S S M U , there w ill be a stu d e n t

pened in C a lifo rn ia w asn ’t a cu rse . T h e recall w as an o p p o r­

b y -e le ctio n . F u lf ill y o u r d u ty a n d vo te , because th e p o w e r is

I fo llo w e d th e cam p aig n w it h great fa sc in a tio n , a n d I

tu n it y to have an electio n th a t w as tr u ly a n y o n e ’s gam e. A s

in th e h an d s o f th e p e o p le, a n d i f o n ly th e peo ple w o u ld

m u st say th a t in a ll ho n e sty, Schw arzeneg g er gave th e best,

a general ru le , y o u have to be b o rn w it h a silv e r sp oon in

realize th a t, th in g s w o u ld chang e fo r th e better.

m o st im p a ssio n e d speeches. N o t to m e n tio n , ju d g in g fro m

y o u r m o u th to w in o ffice . W e ll, th is ele ctio n h ad o ve r 130

th e q u a lity o f h is m o vie p e rfo rm a n ce s, I ’m p re tty su re he w asn ’t actin g .

c an d id ates, m a n y o f w h o m got to n s o f e x p o - _ sure fro m C N N , so vo ters h a d p le n ty o f

I n an ele ctio n race th a t ra n fo r o n ly 11 w e e ks, there

c h o ic e . T h a t ’s m o re th a n I ca n say fo r o u r

w as h a rd ly a n y tim e fo r th e cand id ates to co m e u p w it h

M EET M BA PRO GRAM

co u n try .

so lid cam p aig n p o lic ie s an d be ab le to sell th em to th e p u b ­

W e ’ve been u n d e r th e ru le o f a ‘f rie n d ly

lic . Schw arzeneg g er o u tsm arte d a ll th e o th e r can d id ates b y s tic k in g to th e sim p le “tru s t m e” cam p aig n .

d ic ta to r’ fo r m o re th a n a decade n o w , acco rd ­ in g

to

Globe a n d M a il c o lu m n is t Je ffre y

A n d peo ple believed h im . H e is o n e o f th e to p box-

S im p s o n , an d it seem s th a t th a t w o n ’t change

o ffice d raw s o f a ll tim e , a n d it w o rk e d to h is ad vantage. H e

a n y tim e so o n . F o r m o n th s everyo n e’s been

d o e sn t need the m o n e y o r th e exp o sure. Schw arzeneg ger

ta lk in g ab o u t P a u l M a r t in as th e n e x t p rim e

sp en t h is c h ild h o o d w o rk in g h a rd to leave h is o ld life in

m in iste r, lik e he a lre a d y w o n th e p o s itio n , as i f

A u s tria b e h in d a n d im m ig ra te to th e U n it e d States. H e su c­

n o b o d y has a n y say in the m atter. I t ’s alm o st

ceeded as a b o d y b u ild e r a n d w as g ive n th e ch an ce to m ake so m e th in g o f h im se lf.

lik e th e y fo rg o t a b o u t th e electo ral process.

A ft e r jo in in g th e R e p u b lic a n P a rty, h e becam e p o lit i­ c a lly a c tiv e , an d c am p aig n ed fo r th e firs t p re sid e n t B u s h . In

T h in k a b o u t it. ■

A b o u t a year ago, a c o u sin o f m in e asked m e , “ W h a t does it m a tte r i f it ’s th is c ro o k o r th a t one? T h e r e ’s no c h o ic e .”

m a rry in g M a ria S h riv e r, he w e d h im s e lf to th e m o st p o lit i­

E v e n n o c h o ice is s t ill a c h o ic e , and I

cal fa m ily in th e U S , th e K e n n e d y s . H e started w it h n o th ­

believe th a t i f y o u d o n ’t vo te , y o u d o n ’t have

in g an d m ade it as b ig as an y o n e in th e w o rld can m a ke it;

th e rig h t to c o m p la in ab o u t p o litic s . I do vo te ,

an d th a t, d ear reader, is e xa ctly w h a t is m e an t b y th e great A m e r ic a n D re a m ’ .

so I ca n c o m p la in .

I d o n ’t have a n y th in g p a rtic u la rly against

I t also ju s t so hap pen s th a t Schw arzeneg g er has a p ro ­

the L ib e ra ls o r M a r tin b u t one o f th e reasons

file th a t u n ite s a ll C a lifo rn ia n s p o litic a lly : h e ’s a R e p u b lic a n

people d o n ’t vo te is because th e y feel it w ill

c a p ita list w h o is pro -b u siness a n d ag ainst n e w taxes. B u t

m a k e n o d iffe re n ce . In effect th e y p ro te st b y

h e ’s also p ro -c h o ice , p ro -g u n c o n tro l, p ro-sam e-sex m a r­

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p ro g ram s. I t is n o t d iffic u lt to u n d e rsta n d h o w issues

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EDITORIAL More money, not frozen money S o m e th o u g h ts o n fro zen t u itio n : W h o are w e h e lp in g here— th e d e sp a ired , d o w n tro d d e n p eo p le w it h n o hope? O r are w e tr y in g to sa tisfy th e needs o f stu d en ts ro test season opened T h u r s d a y as u n iv e rs ity a n d C E G E P stu d en ts fro m

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w h o feel th e b u rd e n o f th e ir e d u c a tio n a l costs s h o u ld be b o u g h t a n d p a id fo r b y th e

across M o n tre a l gathered o u tsid e P re m ie r Je a n C h a re s t’s o ffic e , p a rt o f a

ta x -p a y in g p o p u la tip n ?

L e t ’s take a lo o k at "some in te re stin g facts. F ir s t , w h e re are th e lo w est tu itio n s

p ro v in c e -w id e ca m p a ig n to en a ct a leg islated tu itio n freeze, secure the re g u la tio n o f a n c illa ry fees, an d o b ta in a g o v e rn m e n t c o m m itm e n t to

fo u n d in C a n a d a ? R ig h t here in Q u e b e c . N o w le ts lo o k at w h e re th e low est per c a p i­

re in ve stm e n t in p o st-seco n d ary ed u catio n .

ta n u m b e r o f u n ive rsity -a g e d stu d e n ts are e n ro lle d . S u rp ris e , Q u e b e c! T h a t s rig h t, fo lk s , d e sp ite h a v in g th e lo w est c o sts o f a n y stu d e n ts in C a n a d a , Q u e b e ce rs have the

S tu d e n ts are p ressu rin g th e L ib e r a l g o v ern m en t to keep its ele ctio n p ro m ises,

lo w est u n iv e rs ity e n ro lm e n t in C a n a d a . N o w sh a ll w e lo o k at w h e re th e hig hest

as w e ll th e y sh o u ld . B u t m ayb e these are p ro m ises th a t never sh o u ld have been

tu itio n s are in C a n a d a s N o v a S c o tia . A n d guess w h a t, th a t p ro v in c e has th e h ig hest

m ade. “ E d u c a tio n is a rig h t, co m e w it h us an d jo in th e fig h t!” S tu d e n ts’ S o c ie ty V ic e -

u n iv e rs ity e n ro lm e n t.

S o is th ere a c o rre la fld n b etw een h ig h tu itio n a n d lo w e n ro lm e n t? N o , th ere isn ’t.

P re sid e n t C o m m u n it y an d G o v e rn m e n t B r ia n n a H e rs e y urged th e c ro w d . H e rs e y

W h e re rh ere is a c o rre la tio n is'th e s e fo o lis h ly lo w costs fo r sch o o l a n d lo w q u a lity

is ab so lu te ly c o rre c t. E d u c a tio n is a rig h t. H o w e v e r, e v e ry rig h t, w h e th e r it ’s free­

e d u c a tio n . E v e ry w h e re else in C a n a d a labs are b e in g u p d ated an d resid ences e x p a n d ­

d o m o f speech o r access to a ffo rd ab le h e a lth care, has a related re sp o n sib ility. B y

ed , w h ile th e cla ssro o m s o f Q u e b e c c o n tin u e to fa ll b e h in d th e b e n c h m a rk set b y

a tte n d in g class a n d u sin g u n iv e rs ity fa c ilitie s, stu d en ts are c o n su m in g a se rvice.

P rices go u p o ver tim e ; it is u n re a lis tic to exp ect o th e rw ise .

o th e r C a n a d ia n sch o o ls.

C o n s id e r in g h o w m u c h m o re th e average u n iv e rs ity stu d e n t m ake s w h e n she

H ir in g m o re fa c u lty to redu ce class size, c o n stru c tin g a n e w A r ts b u ild in g ,

grad uates c o m p a re d to Jo e au to w o r k e r w h o is p a y in g o u r fees, th e m id d le in c o m e

im p ro v in g th e lib r a r y c o lle ctio n — a ll o f these th in g s cost m o n ey. W h a t goo d does

Q u e b e c ta xp a y e r is b e in g th e h ard est h it b y th is tu itio n freeze. I t is n o t re a listic to p a y

a tu itio n freeze do i f it m eans c e ilin g tile s w ill be d ro p p in g o n stu d en ts’ heads, as hap p en ed to one u n fo rtu n a te C a n a d ia n h is to ry stu d e n t tw o years ago? T h e

n e x t to n o th in g a n d receive to p -n o tc h fa c ilitie s a n d p ro fesso rs.

Y o u h av e to a sk y o u r s e lf th is q u e stio n : D o I w a n t a cheap e d u c a tio n n o w a n d be

p ro vin c e w ill n o t be able to ad eq u ately rein vest in p o st-seco n d ary e d u c a tio n , at least

u n c o m p e titiv e fo r jo b s in an in te rn a tio n a l m a rk e tp la c e , o r do I w a n t to p a y a litt le

n o t in th e im m e d ia te fu tu re . B y d e m a n d in g a legislated tu itio n freeze, stu d en ts m ay

m o re n o w a n d m a k e a lo t m o re in th e lo n g ru n ? So as y o u w a ve y o u r sig ns a ro u n d ,

be c o n d e m n in g them selves to a lo w e r-q u a lity e d u c a tio n .

a sk y o u rs e lf: w h o m am I re a lly tr y in g to h e lp , Je e p -d riv in g stu d e n ts o r th e m a n o n

F u rth e rm o re , le g islatin g a tu itio n freeze m a y m ake p o st-seco n d ary ed u catio n

th e street w h o can ’t eat because so c ia l p ro g ram s th a t c o u ld h e lp h im are p a y in g Jeep

m o re affo rd ab le , b u t th a t doesn’t n ecessarily m ean m o re people w ill take advantage

b o y ’s tu itio n .

o f it. A n O c to b e r 6 a rtic le in th e M ontreal Gazette c la im e d th a t alth o u g h average un d erg rad u ate tu itio n fees in Q u e b e c th is year are $ 1 ,8 6 2 , o n ly 2 0 per c e n t o f Q u e b e c ’s 2 0 to 2 1 -year-o lds w e re fu ll- tim e stu d en ts in 2 0 0 0 . S tu d e n ts in N o v a

— Brennan Wood U 2 Political Science

S c o tia , b y c o n tra st, have b o th th e h ig h est tu itio n fees ($ 5 ,5 5 7 ) an d th e h ig h est rate o f e n ro lm e n t (3 2 .6 per c e n t).

H o w can stu d en ts ju s t if y a s k in g fo r a leg islated tu itio n freeze w h ile at th e sam e

Leave the diatribe out

tim e d e m a n d in g a d d itio n a l p ro v in c ia l fu n d in g ? I t ’s th is k in d o f d o u b le -d ip p in g th at has ta in te d stu d e n t a c tiv is m , u n fa ir ly ch a ra c te rizin g it as u nreaso nab le an d la c k in g se lf-re strain t. I f the m a jo rity o f stu d en ts agree o n th e need fo r a legislated tu itio n

I am w r itin g th is in response to th e a rtic le “ T h e pap er ap peal is p lan e to see (O c t o b e r 7 ) . T h e q u e stio n th at sp ru n g to m in d w h e n re ad in g th e firs t p a rag rap h w as,

freeze, th en th e y sh o u ld p u rsu e it , b u t th ey c a n n o t m a ke these d em an ds o n the gov­

“ is th is a rtic le a new s a rtic le a b o u t an e ve n t, w h ic h w as en jo yed b y c h ild re n o f all

e rn m e n t w it h o u t b rin g in g possible so lu tio n s to th e table in re tu rn .

T h e C h a re s t g o v e rn m e n t w o u ld be m o re receptive to stu d e n t de m an d s i f w e

ages, o r an o p in io n piece laced w ith a ll o f th e v ir u le n t lib e ra l b ia s o f a le ft-w in g rad-

m ade a fe w concessio ns o f o u r o w n . W h a t i f th e g o v e rn m e n t in stead leg islated stric t

ic a l? ” g jg jjf T h a t v a rio u s a irc ra ft have been used f o r d ecades as w e a p o n s o f w a r is n o t a m a t­

lim it s o n th e rate o f tu itio n increase? S u c h m o derate leg islatio n w o u ld be m o re d if­

ter fo r debate; th e y have been used in stfeh a role a n d , q u ite su cc e ssfu lly , d e p e n d in g

fic u lt to repeal in tim e s o f fin a n c ia l c ris is. A leg islated tu itio n freeze c o u ld be c o n ­

on y o u r d e fin itio n o f success. V a rio u s a irc ra ft h av e also been used .as ad van ced w e a th ­

sid ered ag ain o n ce tu itio n is raised clo ser to th e n a tio n a l average. A lte rn a tiv e ly , w h y

er sta tio n s, tra n sp o rta tio n fo r co u n tle ss n u m b e rs o f p e o p le, an cLaffo rm o f e n jo y m e n t

n o t ab o lish d iffe re n tia l tu itio n ? Q u e b e c is th e o n ly p ro v in c e th a t charges o ut-o f-

fo r sig htseers. Y e t n o n e o f these uses w e re m e n tio n e d in th is a rtic le .

p ro v in c e stu d en ts m o re th an p ro v in c ia l resid ents.

H o w does th e a n ti- w a r rh e to ric f it in to a n a rtic le a b o u t an e ve n t h e ld fo r fu n ?

U n iv e rs itie s w ill g ain m o re fro m increased p ro v in c ia l fu n d in g th a n fro m

I t w o u ld be ju s t as f itt in g to go to an e ve n t to celeb rate th e s u rv iv a l o f o ld -g ro w th

increased tu itio n , b u t a n y a d d itio n a l in c o m e w o u ld h e lp . I f stu d en ts accede to a

fo re st, a n d lo u d ly d isp a ra g in g th e trees as m e re ly to o ls used b y c o n q u e ro rs in c e n ­

tu itio n in cre ase , th e p ro v in c ia l g o v ern m en t sh o u ld resp o nd b y e a rm a rk in g p a rt o f

tu rie s p a st as b a tte rin g ra m s , o r m o re re c e n tly b y s ic k in d iv id u a ls as b u rn in g crosses.

its re in ve stm e n t to w a rd stu d e n t g ran ts, n o t lo an s.

P o st-seco n d ary e d u ca tio n sh o u ld be affo rd ab le , b u t it m u st also be w e ll fu n d ­

T h e in te rv ie w s w it h th e c h ild re n a n d p ro fe ssio n a ls a lik e w e re in te re stin g read­

ed. B y fo c u sin g o n th e need fo r re in v e stm e n t in e d u ca tio n rath er th an a c o n tin u e d

in g , b u t please, leave th e d ia trib e fo r th e “A s I See I t ” se ctio n .

tu itio n freeze, stu d en ts w ill take a c tio n th a t w ill b e n efit b o th Q u e b e c u n iv e rsitie s

— Bryan Redm ond Worcester, Massachusetts

an d th e stu d en ts w h o a tten d th e m . ■

Miss Manners would not be pleased W

h ile som e have been able to recognize recent e xa m ­

b u y th e frag ran ce in th e firs t place, so c o n tro l th a t o d o u r

ples o f stu d en t m isb e h a vio u r, m ost have failed to

e m issio n an d c h e c k y o u r excessive a p p lica tio n !

H M H B B n a iM M M M

ackn o w leg ed a c o m p ro m ise d im m u n e system ? Is everyo ne really th at se lf-in v o lv ed ?

W it h w in te r fast ap p ro a ch in g and

note th at these instances are p art o f an a la rm in g

T h e A r ts c o m p u te r lab in L e a c o c k also dou bles as an

s n ifflin g o n the rise, ru n n y noses an d sn eezing fits w ill take

em ergent tre n d . B a rb a rism has infected the cam p u s an d is

e p icen tre o f an a rch y . L a s t w e e k , w h e n try in g to p r in t o u t m y

reflected in th e actio n s o f m o ra lly -b a n k ru p t, u n c iv iliz e d

essay before its fiv e o’c lo c k d e a d lin e , I w as fo rced to engage

o n e p id e m ic p ro p o rtio n s.

D u r in g th e firs t w e e k o f sc h o o l, seated a m id a class o f

classm ates. Fo rg et ‘please’ an d

th a n k y o u ’ ; m o st people

in som e m in o r h a n d -to -h a n d c o m b at w it h a sh o rt, m ilit a n t

7 0 , I le t o u t a rib -c ra c k in g sneeze. N o b o d y flin c h e d . T h e

ab an d o n ed th a t fo rm a lity years ago. F ro m th e nose-pickers

over-eager acad e m ic. M e : co llected an d easygoing , c o n fid e n t

b ra t w it h c rim p e d h a ir tw o seats d o w n d id n ’t even o ffe r m e

w h o paste th e ir treasures fro m nasal excava tio n o n the w a lls

because I had p le n ty o f tim e to h a n d m y essay in .

H e r:

one o f h e r tissues th a t I had p re v io u s ly seen h er p lu g g in g her

o ver th e u rin a ls , to th e g irls w h o le t th e ir h a ir fa ll carelessly

m a n ic , v io le n t, an d begging fo r a tra n q u ilize r/m u zzle /stra it-

o n to the desks b e h in d th e m , b o th genders have c o n siste n tly

ja c k e t. T h is a n g st-fille d little fire c ra c k e r sh oved m e o u t o f

o w n nose w it h .

Im a g in e m y h o rro r w h e n I lo o k e d d o w n to see a m o n ­

d isp layed th e ir fa ilu re to m in d th e ir m a n n e rs. S in ce w h e n

th e w a y a n d p ra c tic a lly d rap ed h er b o d y over La se r P r in te r 1,

stro us m o u n d o f m u cu s sp lattered across th e p a lm o f m y h a n d an d w it h n o th in g to w ip e it o n . W it h too m a n y people

has it becom e acceptable to rid e one’s b ic y c le o n the sid e­

as i f th a t w o u ld so m eh o w encourage th e m a ch in e to p r in t

w a lk , an d w h o gave the go-ahead fo r ho g g ing th e shared

o u t h e r essay firs t. C r a z y C a t h y th en resorted to m a u lin g the

n ea rb y to r is k d e p o sitin g m y y e llo w ish p rize in a no n -d is-

arm rests betw een tw o seats o f L e a c o c k 132? A lth o u g h I m

en tire sta c k o f p rin te d pages, c ru m p lin g a n d rearra n g in g

creet lo c a tio n , I w as fo rced to fake ge ttin g so m e th in g fro m

c e rta in ly c u lp a b le as w e ll, I h aven’t em b raced rudeness to the

everyone else’s essays as she w as cau g h t up in h e r o w n

m y bag a n d th e n m is e ra b ly decorate a fo rm e rly co lo urless

exten t th at is seem s everyone else has.

d e stru ctive w h ir lw in d o f p a n ic . W e h ad w o rd s— b u t eve n tu ­

sy lla b u s. T h a n k s fo r th e h e lp guys! I bet y o u ’re th e sam e b ar­

O n e c o u ld argue th a t it ’s u n fa ir to take issue w it h peo­ ple w h o d o n ’t w e a r d e o d o ran t, because som e m a y n o t be able

a lly I w as fo rced to h a n d in an essay th a t w as n o t o n ly in c o ­

b a rian s w h o tear sheets o u t o f th e reserve b in d ers an d lic k

h eren t an d u n d er-re searched , b u t se verly dam aged to boot.

y o u r fin g e rs to fa c ilita te p a g e -tu rn in g . D a m n savages.

to affo rd it. B u t w it h those w h o feel th e y have th e rig h t to

A n d w h a t hap p en ed to sneeze reco g n itio n ? W h ile som e

S c re w th e fa sh io n p o lic e , w e need th e m an n e rs p o lice to

p o llu te th e c o m m u n a l airsp ace w it h a c lo u d o f o verp o w e rin g

sneeze-response phrases m a y be deem ed too re lig io u s, can’t

in vad e o u r cam p u s an d p is to l-w h ip everyo ne b a ck in to c iv il­

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in g o f th e ‘o n e -n ig h te r,’ because th e d u ra tio n o f h e r stay

ro o m m a te ,” says Je ssica A n d e rs o n , U 1 Psych o lo g y. A d d s

is so lim it e d . T h e p erso n b ro u g h t h o m e o n ly enters th e

B e tty M a k a ls k y , U 1 K in e s io lo g y , “ Becau se m y ro o m ie s are

w ra p th in g s u p .”

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b a sic a lly m y fa m ily , I lo o k o u t fo r th e ir best in te re sts. I

th is n e w p e rso n , n o r do th e y w a n t to feel a w k w a rd in th e ir

istin g stable h o u se h o ld . T h e o n e -n ig h te r beco m es a gam e.

guess I ’m so rt o f p ic k y sin ce I k n o w [m y ro o m m ates’]

o w n ho use. “ I t o n ly b o th ers m e w h e n m y ro o m m ates have a n y ­

lo n g as so m eo n e in th e a p a rtm e n t is g e ttin g a c tio n , I ’m

p o te n tia l.”

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one s ig n ific a n t o ve r w h e n I ca n h ea r sex th ro u g h the w a lls ,” says M a k a ls k y . “ T h is is re a lly a w k w a r d .. . I m ean

m ix fo r a b r ie f p e rio d o f tim e a n d is n o th re a t to th e co e x­ A s o n e a n o n y m o u s se co n d -year stu d e n t says, “A s h a p p y .”

T h e o n e -n ig h te r acts as a b o n d m e c h a n ism b etw een

in g e n v iro n m e n t cause ro o m ie s to be e xtra ju d g m e n ta l.

w h a t ca n y o u do? T u r n o n m u sic ? L e a v e th e ap artm e n t?

ro o m m ate s: th ere are alw a ys w o n d e rfu l sto ries to be

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sh ared b etw een ro o m m a te s a fte rw a rd s. T h e “date” w h o is

b rin g th a t p e rso n h o m e . W h a t i f y o u r ro o m m ates d o n ’t

J o in in o n th e fu n ? ” I f y o u w a n t y o u r ro o m m ates’ ap p ro val o f th is n e w

approve?

m a te , le a rn to keep th in g s re la tiv e ly lo w -k e y w h e n th ere’s

p u ll th a t ro o m m a te in to h e r ro o m w it h th e d o o r clo sed ,

a f u ll ho use.

a n d , w it h fre q u e n t ap pearances, adds a n e xtra b o d y to th e

in v ite d o v e r to m eet th e ro o m m a te s, ho w e ver, th re aten s to

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It w as n e ith e r lik e a fa ir y tale n o r lik e th e firs t tim e w e dated . I

f y o u sat n e x t to m e in class, I w o u ld seem no d iffe re n t fro m y o u r

w a tc h e d reru n s o f Saturday N ight Live w it h h im w h ile he la y there recu ­

o th e r peers. I am a 2 1 -year-old U 3 stu d e n t p u rs u in g a degree in

p e ra tin g fro m b a c k surg ery, an d he liste n e d to m e ta lk ab o u t h o w m u c h

S e co n d a ry E d u c a tio n te ach in g E n g lis h an d h isto ry. I atten d classes

g ro w in g up I h ad do ne w h ile a w a y at m y firs t year o f sc h o o l. I retu rn e d

85 p e r c e n t o f the tim e an d have a good G P A . I am an am ate u r r u n ­

to M c G ill to b egin m y seco n d sch o o l year, a n d Ju s tin le ft h is se m in a ry

n er an d p h o to g rap h er. I lo ve dogs a n d am in d iffe re n t to cats. I

stu d ie s. W e began d a tin g in N o v e m b e r o f 2 0 0 1 . It w as v e ry d iffic u lt to

t h in k cheese, ch o co late an d coffee are th e best fla vo u rs G o d ever had

liv e o u r liv e s fro m o ne w e e ke n d v is it to an o th er. I sp ent to n s o f m o n e y

th e good sense to m a k e , an d th at th ey can be enjo yed in a n y c o m b in a ­

o n bus tic k e ts, a n d he d ro ve up to see m e w h e n he w as n o t w o r k in g o r

tio n . I am a re a lity sh o w ju n k ie , fro m American Idol to T h e Bachelor to

in sch o o l. O u r e n tire d a tin g re la tio n sh ip has been lik e th is. I t is n o t the

Survivor. I lo ve p la y in g b a sk e tb a ll, w a tc h in g fo o tb a ll an d b e ttin g on

ideal w a y to b u ild a n e w re la tio n sh ip , b u t it is th e id e al w a y to b u ild a

w h o w ill w in W im b le d o n alth o u g h I have n o idea h o w the gam e o f te n ­ n is is p layed . I t h in k I ’m p re tty m u c h a ty p ic a l u n iv e rs ity stu d e n t in

lastin g one.

Ju s tin an d I ta lke d o ften ab o u t m arriag e w h ile w e dated . W e k n e w

M o n tre a l, liv in g life . H o w e v e r, I guarantee th a t there is one th in g th at

h o w lu c k y w e w ere to have fo u n d each o th e r ag ain after so m a n y years

sets m e ap art fro m the stu d en ts w h o s it n e x t to m e in class. R e a lly ap art.

ap art. W e h ad alread y each seen th e o th e r th ro u g h m a jo r illnesses and

I got engaged th is su m m e r— engaged to be m a rrie d — “ ’t il death

deaths in th e fa m ily . W e h ad th e m a tu rity a n d tru st to m a ke lo n g -d is­

I

do us p a rt .” I have been d a tin g th is a m a zin g m an n am ed Ju s tin fo r the

tance d a tin g w o r k . I k n e w I w as y o u n g , b u t I k n e w I w as ready.

better p a rt o f tw o years. H e is 2 4 a n d ju s t fin ish e d u n iv e rsity . Ju s tin

I started g ro w in g m y fin g e rn a ils o u t last A p r il, th in k in g so m etim e

m o ved to m y to w n w h e n he w as seven an d I w as fo ur. T h o u g h w e

soon J u s tin w o u ld propose. O n Ju n e 1 8 , he d id , in a w a y th a t felt ju s t

atten d ed th e sam e c h u rc h an d sc h o o l, I d id n o t re a lly k n o w he existed

as rig h t as o u r re la tio n sh ip does. H e got d o w n o n o ne k n e e in h is liv ­

u n t il I w as in grade n in e an d he w as in

grade 12 . Ju s tin w as th e ta ll,

in g ro o m an d asked m e to be h is w ife . I accepted. I c rie d . I got so n e rv ­

sh y b o y across th e b an d ro o m fro m m e , m e th o d ic a lly ta p p in g o u t d ru m

ous th a t I n e a rly th re w u p an d h ad to ask fo r a glass o f w ater. J u s tin p u t

rh y th m s w h ile I p layed tru m p e t. W e ate lu n c h tog ether fo r an en tire

th e rin g o n m y fin g e r. P ic tu re p e rfect.

sem ester a n d s lo w ly becam e frie n d s. W e even dated fo r fo u r m o n th s,

Ju s t tw o w ee ks ago, I set th e o ffic ia l date a n d b o o k ed a c h u rc h fo r

b u t w h e n he le ft fo r u n iv e rsity , I d ecid ed th a t th e re la tio n sh ip w as too

1 :0 0 p m o n Sa tu rd a y, O c to b e r 2 , 2 0 0 4 . N o t o n ly does th is date m a rk

serious fo r a 1 5 -year-o ld an d calle d it o ff. Ju s tin lo ved m e too m u c h .

m y w e d d in g day, b u t th e m o m e n t w h e n I w ill change m y last nam e and

W e w ere too hap py, b u t I k n e w real life w as n o t lik e th is.

c h e c k o f f th e “ m a rrie d ” b o x in those d o c to r’s-o ffice su rve ys. It is the

W e stayed in to u c h a lth o u g h w e w ere a t v e ry d iffe re n t places in o u r

b e g in n in g o f a n e w life , o ne in w h ic h I w ill share a bed, a b a n k acco u n t

lives. I fin ish e d h ig h sch o o l a n d m o ved to M o n tre a l to go to u n iv e rs i­

an d a h o m e. It is a change th at I feel in c re d ib ly at peace w it h an d yet

ty. Ju s tin atten d ed a state u n iv e rs ity fo r tw o years, th e n a C a th o lic sem ­

also o ne th a t m akes m e u n b e lie v a b ly n e rv o u s. T h e rin g is o n m y finger,

in a r y fo r tw o years d u rin g w h ic h tim e he stu d ie d to becom e a p rie st.

an d w e are in lo ve. N o w a ll th a t is le ft are th e d e ta ils .. .

W h e n I cam e h o m e fo r th e su m m e r o f 2 0 0 1 , w h ile Ju s tin w as o n a leave o f absence fro m th e se m in a ry , w e fe ll in love.

This is the first instalment o fa five-part article. The next part will be published November 2 5 . ■

10 Features

The McGill Tribune, Wednesday, October 15, 2003

What's so LoVely about Louis V? A love for all things Louis Vuitton has hit mainstream and ARIANE MALAWSKI notes that Montreal fashionistas usually have at least one Louis, real or fake, in their closet U

nless y o u have been cau g h t in a fa sh io n v o rte x fo r th e last year, it

co lo u re d m o n o g ram bags. T h is p la y fu l b a b y -d o ll m o tif, to p ped o f f w it h bo w s an d

w o u ld have been h a rd n o t to n o tice th e su d d e n p ro life ra tio n o f

a ll, is a sh arp change fro m th e m o n o to n y o f th e classic beige a n d b ro w n bags.

L o u is V u it to n “ re ad y to w e a r.” A lth o u g h th e c o m p a n y a n d m o n o ­

“ I t h in k th ey’re h o r r ib le ,” says M it c h R u s k , a U 2 A r ts stu d e n t. H e ad d s, “ It

g ram have been a ro u n d sin ce th e late 1 9 th c e n tu ry , th e ir p o p u la r­

lo o k s lik e th e y h ad som e le ft o ver fa b ric a n d th re w p a in t o n it, a n d d ecid ed to call

it y has re c e n d y sk y ro c k e te d . I n an a tte m p t to re vive itse lf, L o u is

i t fa sh io n . It ju s t doesn’t d riv e w it h th e tra d itio n a l L o u is V u it to n b u ye r.”

V u it to n has broad ened n o t o n ly its target au d ie n ce , b u t also the range o f p ro d u cts it o ffe rs. N o w , n o t o n ly ca n y o u b u y th e classic c irc a - 1 9 th c e n tu ry steam er t r u n k , b u t y o u ca n also get a m a tc h in g c e ll p h o n e car­ rie r an d B la c k b e rry hold er.

In past years, L o u is V u it to n d id n o t have to ad vertise . T h e luggage an d h a n d ­ bags w ere targeted to a n o ld e r, m o re a fflu e n t au d ien ce th a t w as a lre a d y fa m ilia r w it h the lin e . L V ’s p o p u la rity w as based o n w o rd o f m o u th . N o t su rp risin g ly , w it h the

Y e t a cco rd in g to an u n o ffic ia l re p o rt fro m

th a t even top c lie n ts w h o are o n the w a itin g lis t have s till n o t received a bag. S o fo r a ll th e lo w e r c lie n te le o u t th ere, w a itin g to get th e ir paw s o n a n e w L o u is , d o n ’t h o ld y o u r b reath.

P a u l B o u sq u e , U 3 S c ie n c e , has h is o w n s o lu tio n to th e e xo rb ita n t p ric e o f the L o u is V u itto n fad .

recent s h ift to w ard s m ass a d v e rtisin g a n d th e e n lis tm e n t o f m u s ic d iva s-tu rn e d -m o d e ls su c h as E v e a n d J - L o , L V ’s tre n d i­ ness has s ig n ific a n d y rise n .

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H o w e v e r, p ro u d L V o w n e r L y n n e C o h e n , U 2

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classic a n d c o m p le te ly tim e le ss.”

serio us b u cks o n an accessory,

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a n d th a t th e y have th e fin a n ­

“ I t ’s a great in v e s tm e n t because i t lasts forever. P lu s

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The fine line between 'picking up' and sexual harassm ent With standards for social interaction constantly evolving, FARAH QASEMI reminds students that silence is not the appropriate response to harassment D

ictionary.com defin es sexual h arassm en t as “the

stu d e n t. S a d ly en o u g h , it ’s n o t u n c o m m o n to be se xu a lly

m a k in g o f u n w a n te d an d o ffen sive sexual

harassed b y som e sort o f an a u th o rity fig u re. W o rse s till,

ad vances o r o f se xu a lly o ffen sive rem a rks o r

oth ers are re lu c ta n t to rep o rt harassers w h o are p o p u la r

acts, e sp ecially b y one in a su p e rio r o r su p er­

w it h in th e ir so cial c irc le s. People m ig h t fear lo sin g th e ir

v is o ry p o sitio n o r w h e n acquiescence to su ch

jo b s, ge ttin g a bad grade o r ge ttin g d u m p e d b y th e ir frie n d s sh o u ld th e y rep o rt an a u th o rity harasser.

b e h a v io u r is a c o n d itio n o f c o n tin u e d e m p lo y m e n t, p ro ­ m o tio n , o r sa tisfa c to ry e v a lu a tio n ,”

“ O n e th in g th at a ll stud ents sh o u ld u n d erstan d is th at

T h is d e fin itio n , how ever, is fa ir ly e xc lu sive . M o s t peo­

th e y have clear rig h ts. N o b o d y fro m th e p a rk in g g u ard to

ple t h in k se xu al h arassm en t has to in v o lv e re c u rrin g in c i­

th e p rin c ip a l is safe i f th e y c o m m it an o ffen ce. Sam e goes

dents a n d /o r a u th o rity fig ures. T h is is c e rta in ly n o t tru e .

fo r sexual h a ra ssm e n t,” says o m b u d sp e rso n at M c G ill.

N o b o d y has to tolerate a n y th in g th a t m akes th e m u n c o m ­

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M ille r,

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As the victim, it's never your fault

C e n tre o f M c G ill S tu d e n ts’ S o c ie ty says, “a n y k in d o f u n w a n te d se xu al ad vance fa lls u n d e r se xu al h a ra ssm e n t.”

T h e re are m a n y reasons w h y cases o f se xu al harass­ m e n t are left: u n a n sw e re d . H e re are som e m y th s d isp elled .

Sexual assault vs. sexual harassment: Which one is less important?

“ N o th in g th e v ic tim does o r says ju s tifie s o r pro vo kes b e in g

s e x u a lly

h a ra s se d ,”

e m p h a size s

SA CO M SS.

A c c e p tin g th a t is the firs t step in d e alin g w it h a h arassm en t s itu a tio n .

W h a te v e r y o u decid e to d o , be assured th a t c o n fid e n ­ t ia lit y is guaranteed at M c G ill. N o n e o f th e o fficers o r

A c o m m o n m isc o n ce p tio n is th at se xu al h arassm en t is n o t as ‘ im p o rta n t’ as se xu al assault.

c o o rd in a to rs w h o w ere in te rv ie w e d w o u ld g ive o u t statis­

“ B o th cause th e s u rv iv o r to feel u n c o m fo rta b le ,” says

th at y o u w ill have to ap pear o n Jud g e J u d y w it h a G re e n

tics o r even possible scen ario s. S p eak in g u p doesn’t m ean

S A C O M S S , “ an d b o th cause fru stra tio n o f som e degree.

B o o k -h o ld in g A n d re w B ry a n o n y o u r side! N o te : th e Leg al

[N e ith e r] is excusable a n d y o u c a n n o t ra n k th e m o n a scale o f se verity.”

In fo rm a tio n C lin ic does n o t deal w it h se xu al harassm ent cases.

The power overdose

logue an d th e presence o f u n b iase d m o d erato rs o f y o u r

O fte n tim e s, th in g s can be solved w it h in fo rm a l d ia­ “ W h a t i f m y jo b ’s at stake?” asks an a n o n y m o u s fem ale

ch o o sin g . I f p ro b lem s p e rsist, o ffic ia l c o m p la in ts can go all th e w a y to th e p rin c ip a l’s o ffice .

T h e firs t th in g to do w h e n sex­

QaiamDus.services__________

JONATHAN CSOMAN

Nice bum-where you from?

S e x u a l A s s a u lt C e n t re o f M c G i l l S tu d e n ts’ S o c ie ty ( S A C O M S S ) :

u a lly harassed is to c o n tro l y o u r fru stra tio n , co lle ct y o u r th o u g h ts, p o ssib ly reco rd a ll th e details o f the

u n in te n tio n a lly , d o n ’t be a fra id to face th e m . A p o lo g ize , even i f y o u have to do it repeatedly. A lth o u g h it m a y be d if ­

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H a ra ssm e n t can h ap p en u n in ­

M c G i l l S e x u a l H a ra s s m e n t O ff ic e : 5 1 4 -3 9 8 -4 9 1 1

te n tio n a lly . F o r e xa m p le , i f y o u see a p erson d o in g so m e th in g (e.g. f lir t ­

A lth o u g h there’s n o p h y sica l o ffice th a t h arassm en t v ic tim s ca n gc to , messages ca n be le ft at a relay lin e a n d calls are retu rn e d w it h in 2 4 h o u rs. A ll o ffic ia l sex­ u al h arassm en t c o m p la in ts o n c a m p a s are file d th ro u g h th e Se xu al

in g , k is sin g , e tc .) w it h

H a ra ssm e n t O ffic e .

doesn’t n ecessarily m ean th a t th e y

tvww. mcgilL ca/harass

are w illin g to do it w it h y o u too .

K n o w th e d iffe re n ce betw een f ir m ly u n in terested an d p la y in g hard -to-get.

O ff ic e o f th e S tu d e n t O m b u d s p e rs o n : 5 1 4 -3 9 8 -7 0 5 9

A s D r. c o o rd in a to r

M a ste r the a rt o f c o m p le m e n tin g strangers w ith o u t so u n d in g o ffen sive . F o r exa m p le , “y o u lo o k cu te to d ay”

O ffe rs c o n fid e n tia l, in fo rm a l, in d e p e n d e n t, an d n eu tral d isp u te reso lu tio n

H a r v e y S ig m a n , th e at th e Sexual

H a ra ssm e n t O ffic e says, “ N o th in g in

services to everyo ne. T w e n ty -fo u r per cent o f a ll th e issues th a t w ere reported

th e u n iv e rs ity reg u latio ns says a n y ­

to th e O m b u d sp e rso n last year w ere in te rp e rso n a l issues.

M c G i l l H e a lth C e n t re : 5 1 4 -3 9 8 -6 0 1 7

M cG ill has a Sexual Harassment Policy that has been outlined in detail in the Student Rights a n d Responsibilities Handbook (2 0 0 3 ), Chapter 4, pp. 3 7 -4 1 . Online version: httpd/upload. mcgill. ca/secretariat/greenbookenglish.pdf).

Se xu al h arassm en t is an issue th a t people need to be ed ucated ab o u t. N e v e r b e in g su b jected to it does n o t m ean

are n o t excep tio n s, an d b ein g d r u n k is n o t an excu se.” In o th e r w o rd s,

th a t it doesn’t e xist in o u r society. Sp eak u p , a n d encourage dialo gue.

an yo n e w h o chooses to d r in k sh o u ld be able to c o n tro l them selves.

“ O n c e th e d o o r’s o pen to issues lik e th is , th e y can e v e n tu a lly be sto p p e d ,” says D r . M ille r.

I f y o u do feel y o u have harassed

W h ile so ciety m ig h t n o t be p e rfe ct, its im p e rfe ctio n s c e rta in ly can be m in im iz e d . ■

som eone, w h e th e r in te n tio n a lly o r

treat th e th in g s in th e a p a rtm e n t as th e y w o u ld th e ir o w n th in g s ,” adds O la h .

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th e ro o m ie s. T h is w ill ensure th a t th e sp ecial som eone

th e o n ly tim e th e y see y o u r date is e x itin g th e bed­

w ill get th e c h e c k m a rk fo r a c k n o w le d g in g the ro o m ­

ro o m , b a th ro o m o r a p a rtm e n t.

m ates’ e xisten ce .

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T h e y w ill be m o re in c lin e d to accep t th is person

S o do n o t fear b rin g in g th a t n e w som eone h o m e

i f she’s w a tc h in g T V in th e fa m ily ro o m w it h th e m ,

to y o u r d e cre p it stu d e n t a p a rtm e n t to m eet th e ro o m ­

d a n c in g u p an d d o w n th e h a lls o r c o o k in g in the k itc h e n .

m ates. A s lo n g as she respects th e ir space a n d does n o t

“ M y ro o m m a te ’s b o y frie n d is g re a t,” says H e a th e r O la h , U 1 S c ie n c e . “ W h e n he stays over, th e three o f us

th ro w o f f th e b a la n ce o f th e h o u se h o ld , y o u r ro o m ­ m ates w ill be th rille d to have a n e w frie n d an d m ayb e even a n e w p a rt-tim e ro o m m ate .

m a ke a n d eat b reakfast to g ether in th e m o rn in g .” I t is necessary to integ rate th is sig n ific a n t o th e r in to the

They like me, they really like me M y ro o m m a te an d I stared at th e shoes fo r a n o th ­

ro u tin e s o f th e ro o m ie s, b u t also to m a in ta in aw areness o f b o u n d arie s.

e r d r u n k e n m o m e n t, th e n realized th e m y s te ry shoes

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b u t i f th ey’re there a ll th e tim e , th e y sh o u ld sta rt p a y ­

h im . H e had passed o u r tests the firs t fe w tim es he’d

in g so m e o f th e re n t,” says M a k a ls k y . O r , at th e v e ry

co m e over. So w e le ft th e shoes a n d w e n t to bed satis­ fie d . ■

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in g . B u t th en ag ain , aren’t w e a ll o n a s im ilia r jo u rn e y ?

— Panthea Lee

is n o t w h a t y o u ca n see th a t m a tte rs, b u t w h a t y o u e n v is io n .

CO N TACT:

www.fcmm.org

— Mirella Christou

Le Piège D'lssoudun

(Canada, 2003), French

-kk-kikik

R o u g h ly tra n s la te d , th e t id e is T h e T r a p a t Is s o u d u n , a s m a ll c it y in e a ste rn Q u é b e c . W rit e r / d ir e c t o r M ic h e lin e L a n c t ô t uses a f a ir y tale to c a p tu re a m o th e r’s d e sp e ra tio n . T h e f ilm stars S y lv ie D ra p e a u as a d is tra u g h t m o th e r d riv e n to k ill h e r c h ild re n , an d F re d e ric k de G r a n d p r é p lays a p o lic e o ffic e r tr y in g to fig u re o u t w h a t to d o w it h th e distressed w o m a n he stu m b le s u p o n . D ra p e a u ’s p e rfo rm a n ce is sp e c ta c u la r an d de G ra n d p ré does th e best he c a n , as th e a tte m p t at h is c h a ra c te r d e v e lo p m e n t is so m e w h a t c h o p p y an d n o n se n sica l.

T h e s tu n n in g c o n tra s t o f fa ir y tale a n d real life is d o n e w it h great in s ig h t a n d a llo w s fo r an a p p re c ia tio n o f life im it a t in g a rt.

— Leah Freeman

•kk-k-kOs Wheel of Time

Les Jours où je n'existe Pas

(Germ any, 2003), English

(The Days I don't Exist)

O f th e m o d e rn re lig io n s , T ib e t a n o n B u d d h is m is

(F ra n c e , 2 0 0 2 ), F re n c h , E n g lis h s u b title s

one o f th e least u n d ersto o d in N o rt h A m e ric a . H o p in g A n to in e is a m o d e rn -d a y C in d e r e lla o f so rts. H e d is a p ­

to cap tu re its essence, G e rm a n d ire c to r W e rn e r H e rz o g

pears at th e stro ke o f m id n ig h t e v e ry o th e r d a y— body, so u l, the

has created a m aste rfu l v isu a l d o c u m e n ta ry. T h e f ilm is a

w h o le shebang— and reap­

p o w e rfu l s p iritu a l jo u rn e y th ro u g h th e K a la c h a k ra , an

pears after 2 4 h o u rs. T h a t ’s

a n n u a l in itia tio n rite th a t p ro m o tes peace a n d h a rm o n y

rig h t, the m a n ceases to e xist

in th e w o rld . H e rz o g ’s p u rs u it o f tru th leads th e aud ience

e v e ry o th e r day. T h e

kkkiteik Proteus (Canada/South A frica, 2003), English and Nama, English subtitles

film

th ro u g h an u n b elievab le p ilg rim ag e o f believers fro m a ll

doesn’t delve in to w h y and

o ver A s ia in to T ib e t , w h e re w e m eet th e D a la i L a m a ,

no e x p la n a tio n is o ffered.

w ho se w isd o m sheds lig h t o n th e re lig io n . W h ile the

I n P ro te u s , C a n a d ia n d ire c to r Jo h n G re y s o n d o c u ­

cam e ra floats o ver the cerem o n ies an d ritu a ls , H e rz o g ’s

m ents a 10 -year h o m o sexu al love a ffa ir b etw een an A fr ic a n

F a ir en o u g h , im a g in a ­ be a w o n d e r fu l

n a rra tio n encap sulates the sense o f w o n d e r an d aw e su r­

h erd er a n d a D u t c h sa ilo r in a p e n al co lo n y. In s p ire d b y h is ­

th in g . H is g irlfrie n d is le ft

ro u n d in g B u d d h is m . Perh aps o v e rly in q u is itiv e tow ards

to ric a l even ts, th e f ilm is set in 1 8 th c e n tu ry S o u th A fr ic a ,

on h er o w n w h e n he is gone, a n d th ey sp en d th e tim e he is in existen ce en g u lfed in each other.

the w o rsh ip p e rs w h o o ften seem irrita te d b y h is cam era’s

a n d exp lo res th e h o m o se xu a l c u ltu re o f A m ste rd a m an d its

presence, H e rz o g s t ill su cc e ssfu lly im m erses th e aud ience

co lo n ie s. A s is the style w it h m o st h is to ric a l ja il m o vies, it

T h e d ia lo g u e, th o u g h so ft and slow , becom es g ratin g as

in to th e g ran d eu r o f th is m isu n d e rsto o d fa ith . So m eh o w ,

also exp lo res th e g rim p u n ish m e n ts b ro u g h t ag ainst those

A n to in e ’s v a ria tio n s o f “ W h a t h ap pen s o n th e days I d o n t exist?

th e Wheel o f Time its e lf becom es a p ro fo u n d relig io u s

in v o lv e d . B u ild in g o n the th em es o f p re ju d ice an d h u m a n

get repeated over, an d over, a n d over. In ste a d o f feelin g s o rry fo r

exp erien ce.

rig h ts v io la tio n s , G re y so n in co rp o rates v isu a l a llu sio n s in to

tio n

ca n

h im , the au d ien ce begins to tire o f h is in cessan t, self-absorbed w h in in g . H e is n o t a lik e a b le c h a ra cte r a n d th e aud ience never

— Matthew Arnot

th e f ilm th a t refer to th e so cial d e stru c tio n S o u th A f r ic a e xp erien ced d u rin g th e a p a rth e id . D e s p ite b e in g o u t o f sy n c

w a rm s u p to h im , n o r h is so ft-sp o ken g irlfrie n d w h o la c ks a n y

w it h , say, th e c e n tu ry in w h ic h th e f ilm is set, these a llu s io n s

d is tin c tiv e p e rso n a lity tra its.

B e a u tifu l shots o f F ra n c e do n o th in g to save th is w e a k f ilm

f o r t if y th e im p a c t o f th e f ilm ’s so c ia l c o m m e n ta ry . G r itt y , re le v a n t a n d g ra p h ic a t tim e s— in m o re w a y s th a n o ne—

fro m the depths o f its ir rita tin g n a rc issistic d ro n e . F o r a better

Proteus is a f ilm th a t doesn’t a llo w us to fo rg et h o w th e

tim e , go re n t Cinderella.

strugg les o f o th ers hav e b ro u g h t us to w h e re w e are today.

— Panthea Lee

— Cheryl Tyler

14 A&E The McGill Tribune, Wednesday, October 15, 2003

^ ® > o k s Snobbery cuts too close for comfort o b servatio n s. In these se ctio n s, th e read er is present­

Grace Zee

ed w it h fa m ilia r situ a tio n s, a llo w in g one to recognize

A

re

you

a

sn o b ?

Do

you

lo o k

dow n

on

som e people o r e n v y o th ers?

M o st

th is c rit ic g ru d g in g ly agreed w h e n h e r D u t c h frie n d s

glue th em selves to th e T V ! ”

p e o p le

T h e A m e ric a n s am o n g us can c e rta in ly id e n tify colleges. W h o am o n g us w o u ld n ’t c o n sid e r a p p lyin g

a tio n w it h one o f so ci­

to H a rv a rd o r B r o w n ju s t because it w o u ld lo o k

ety’s biggest p et peeves.

good o n resum e? A n d w h o w o u ld n ’t w a n t to go to

Jo se p h E p s te in , a u th o r

N Y U because th e U rb a n O u tfitte rs is accessible b y

o f th e b o o k Snobbery,

u n d e rg ro u n d passageway? A r e these scho o ls g e n u in e ­

says th a t it is a rare

l y e xce lle n t, o r have w e sim p le designated th em as

be

in

a

b ein g excellent?

E x a m p le s o f w h a t passes fo r good taste pose

“snob-free zo n e .” E v e n AMAZON.COM th o u g h no one w an ts to h ea r it , Snobbery s

a n o th e r

o p p o r t u n it y

fo r s n o b b e ry

to

flo u r is h .

E p s te in c la im s th a t p references are n o lo n g e r based

readers can ’t h elp b u t id e n tify w it h E p s te in ’s alm o st

o n tra d itio n , b u t ig n ite d b y “ta ste m a ke rs,” su ch as

endless list o f c rin g e -w o rth y co n cep ts. T h e a u th o r’s

m o v ie m a ke rs, d ecorators an d ce le b ritie s. A n d w h ile

re c o g n itio n o f h is o w n o cca sio n al sn o b b ism m akes

there

is

n o th in g

sn o b b ish

ab o u t s im p ly

ta k in g

h is c la im th a t m u c h m o re ap p ealin g an d c o n v in c in g .

“ d e lig h t in e xc e lle n ce ,” p rid in g o n e s e lf o n one’s o w n

So w h a t e xa ctly is a snob? A c c o rd in g to E p s te in ,

good taste m o st d e fin ite ly is a te ll-tale sig n o f a snob.

the essence o f sn o b b e ry is “a rra n g in g to m ake y o u r­

F o r e xa m p le , “ c o u ld a n y sane in d iv id u a l ever p refer

s e lf feel su p e rio r at th e expense o f o th e r p e o p le .”

S ta rb u ck s to T i m H o rto n s ? ”

H e m akes the d is tin c tio n betw een d o w n w a rd

B u t E p s te in q u a lifie s in fle x ib le b e lie f in a pre­

an d u p w a rd -lo o k in g sn obs. H e also characterizes

scrib e d style as sn o b b ish too . T h is c r it ic has recog­

“ reverse sn o b s,” o r those w h o m a k e the co n scio u s

n ize d th e c a c o p h o n y o f “she is one o f those peo­

effo rt to “d e rive c o m fo rt fro m feelin g them selves

p l e . . . ” an d w it h d e a d ly d is d a in , “ th a t re g u la rly m is ­

o u tsid e th e sn o b b e ry gam e alto g eth er.” A ft e r a ll,

takes paaahsta fo r n o o d le s.”

those w h o fa n c y th em selves as b e in g above and b eyo n d m a te ria lism , u n lik e us G a p -sp o rtin g fash io n -

E p s te in ends h is c o lle c tio n o f o b servatio n s w ise ­ ly : alth o u g h sn o b b e ry is u n h e a lth y, it doesn’t lo o k

istas, w o u ld never a d m it th a t th e ir b o h e m ia n attire

lik e w e can e lim in a te it faster th a n th e tre n d fo r

w as also lik e ly fab ricated b y c h ild re n in southeast

m u s t-h a v e ,

c ro c o d ile - s k in n e d ,

p e e k-a -b o o

toed

stiletto s. Perhaps it ’s tim e to je t to a L a t v ia n film n o ir

A s ia .

A ft e r d e fin in g w h a t sn o b b e ry is, E p s te in breaks

w it h m y n e w ly -a c q u ire d , im p o ssib ly -tin y -ce llp h o n e -

th e c o n ce p t in to several facets. H e illu stra te s each

to tin g so cialite frie n d , because, w e ll, I ju s t d o n ’t do Peel P u b . ■

cate g o ry w it h h is o w n a m u sin g exp eriences • an d

S

S

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S S M U COUNCIL MEETING

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Monday

Held every 2nd

E

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been

o u tsid e

in

a

Tuesday

there is no co ver charge.

C a fé

T h e dance flo o r is sm a ll, an d

a T u e sd ay

b y o ne o’c lo c k in th e m o rn in g , the

k n o w s the appeal o f an

space is o fte n f u ll. W h ile it never

C a m p u s on

80 s n ig h t. A s an a lte rn a tiv e to the

q u ite

h u g e , sw e a ty T u e sd a y s

at

m o sh

p it

C am p u s,

reaches th e level o f C a fé

th a t

is

C a m p u s , sq ueezing in to the fra y at

th ere

is

th e h e ig h t o f th e eve n in g is n o t fo r

Ju p ite r R o o m on T h u rs d a y s .

th e fa in t o f h e a rt. N o r is go in g up

A sm a ll ven u e, Ju p ite r co nsists

th e p e r ilo u s ly

o f a bar, som e tables, a D J booth

n a rro w

f lig h t

fa c t, u sin g th e b a th ro o m itse lf. T h e

On

do o rs are le ft g a p in g o p e n , an d

1 h u rsd ays, the space is c o m ­

m itte d

to fans o f th e 8 0 s, w h o

so m e o f th e stalls them selves la c k

co m e o u t to hear th e ir favo u rite

do o rs altogether. O n

h its m ix e d w ith lesser k n o w n , and

sid e, a sta ll w it h o u t a lo c k does

s o m e tim e s

m ake

d o w n rig h t

stra n g e ,

it

easie r to

th e b rig h t

get o u t a n d

m u sic fro m th at fu n n y and fab u ­

re c la im y o u r p lace am o n g th e m o v ­

lous bygo ne era.

in g bodies o n th e dance flo o r.

P a rt o f w h a t m akes th is n ig h t so

m uch

fu n

is

th e

c ro w d

W h ile

it

th e

m u s ic

b o u n ce s

fro m P rin c e to P a t B e n a ta r to D e v o

attracts. T h e re is alw ays an in tere st­

to strange te ch n o beats fro m before

in g m ix tu re o f devoted 8 0 s-ch il-

o u r tim e , th e te levisio n s h an g in g

tig h t

fro m th e c e ilin g sh o w a c o n tin u o u s

jean s, a rtsy-lo o k in g stu d en ts fro m

d re n

in

c u t o f f s h irts

an d

p ro g ram o f classic 8 0 s m u sic video s

M c G ill, C o n c o rd ia an d N a tio n a l

th a t everyo ne ca n reco gnize, ap pre­

T h e a tre S c h o o l, and an yo n e else

ciate an d lau g h at. A lm o s t every­

w h o com es to e n jo y the v ib e and

th in g a t J u p it e r o n T h u rs d a y s — the

p e o p le-w atch . So m a n y d iffe re n t

cheap d r in k s , th e c ra z y cro w d and

k in d s o f people

th e fu n n y vid e o s— are a catalyst fo r

flo ck

here that

chances are yo u w ill see som eone

am u se m e n t, d iscu ssio n an d a gen­

yo u k n o w , o r at least so m eo ne you

eral goo d tim e . I t is a fu n , m e llo w

w o u ld lik e to m eet.

n ig h t o u t, a c o m b in a tio n o f sittin g ,

Ju p it e r

is also

a h aven

fo r

ta lk in g , d r in k in g an d d a n c in g . A l l ,

those w h o w a n t to go o u t b u t are

o f co u rse, backed b y the piece de

feeling th e c ru n c h o f m id -sem ester budget co n stra in ts— the c lu b offers

resistan ce: a k ille r 8 0 s so u n d tra ck .

■

tw o m ixe d d rin k s fo r $ 4 .5 0 , and

— Sim one Cruickshank

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s s

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Gert's Afternoon Movies

Equi-TEA Time

4 p m -7p m

M cGill Bookstore 4:30 pm

Homecoming Weekend

H omecoming Weekend H omecoming Football Game 'Shrine Bowl': McGill Redmen versus Concordia Stingers (Molson Stadium; 1:30 pm)

4pm -7pm

Lev Bukman Council

Homecoming Weekend Gert's TNT

Room. 2nd Floor,

Sunday

Every Thursday

Shatner Building.

Homecoming Weekend

6:00pm.

UPCOMING

Monday

M EETINGS

Know your rights and responsibilities

October 23

Talk to your Senator!

Tuesday Know your rights and responsibilities Talk to your Senator!

Gert's Afternoon Movies 4pm -7pm

To get your event in this calendar for free, please e-mail the SSM U Communications Commissioner at cc@ssmu.mcgill.ca two weeks in advance.

Wednesday Know your rights and responsibilities Talk to your Senator!

McGill Arts Graduate and Professional School Fair: Shatner Ballroom; 11:00 am - 3:00 pm The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-inthe-Moon Marigolds (Players' Theatre) Stuart Nulman presents "Beyond the Mountain: True Tales about Montreal" Book Launch and Montreal Trivia Quiz McGill Bookstore; 6:00 - 7:30 pm Gert's Afternoon Movies 4:00 - 7:00 pm

Thursdays Know your rights and responsibilities Talk to your Senator!

The Effect o f Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Players' Theatre) SSMU Council Meeting Lev Bukhman Room, Shatner Building, 6:00 pm

F r i* ,, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds P layers' T h e a tre

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

"Montreal Matters"

Gert's Afternoon Movies

Every Thursday

Leacock 26, 7:00 10:00 pm

Gert's Afternoon Movies 4:00 - 7:00 pm

Saturday The Effect o f Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Players' Theatre)

Sunday 6

TNT (Gert's)

wm

Monday F

of

stairs to get to th e b a th ro o m , o r, in

and a dance flo o r a ll in o ne ro o m .

T S L I S T I N G O C T O B E R 2003

Gert's Afternoon Movies

Thursday in the

lin e u p

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u n d o u b te d ly

to

n yo n e w h o

A

e xc la im e d : “ O h ! Y o u ’re m o v in g to A m e ric a ? Y o u ’re

d e n y h a v in g a n y associ­

o c c a sio n

Jupiter Thursdays are out of this world

som e o f h is o r h e r o w n “sn o b b e rie s.” F o r exa m p le ,

w it h E p s te in ’s d iscu ssio n o f Iv y Le ag u e , even tre n d y

w o u ld

€ fc h tlife

Gert's TNT

Friday

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Saturday

4pm-7pm

Sunday

The McGill Tribune, Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Ot

eatre

[[[m u rm u re]]] whispers

Enjoying the sexual

sw eet nothings on the Main

perversion persuasion

street w h e re y o u ca n do th is , a n d th e p o in t

Julie Peters

Panthea Lee

is to get to k n o w th e n e ig h b o u rh o o d o n a

Y:

’ ou’re w a lk in g alo n g S t-L a u re n t o n a F r id a y n ig h t. B r ig h t lig h ts fla sh , 5 0 C e n t blasts fro m th e resto-bars d o t­ tin g th e M a in an d w ell-d re sse d g irls

an d boys p u sh past y o u to get to th e ir pre­ fe rre d w a te rin g h o le .

O u t o f th e c o rn e r o f y o u r eye, y o u n o tice an u g ly, ab an d o n ed b u ild in g o n th e co rn er. Y o u lo o k u p . P e rch ed o n th e lam p post is a huge green ear w it h a p h o n e n u m ­ ber a n d a code o n it . Y o u p u ll o u t y o u r cell p h o n e an d p u n c h in th e n u m b e r.

“A a a h h llllo o o ... c’est S e rg e ...,” says a th ic k , g ra v e lly Q u é b é co is accen t. Serge goes o n to m u rm u r a sto ry ab o u t w h y th is b u ild ­ in g th at is fa d in g in to th e u rb a n land scape is im p o rta n t to h im . O n e m in u te later, th e sto ry is fin ish e d a n d y o u see th is obscu re c o m e r in a n e w lig h t. H u n g r y fo r m o re , y o u c o n tin u e alo n g th e street a n d sp ot a n o th e r green ear beside th e d o o r to an a p a rtm e n t above som e fla sh y restau ran t. Y o u flip open y o u r c e ll p h o n e ag ain a n d close y o u r ey e s... [[[m u rm u r e ]]] is th e title o f th is o d d exp erien ce. I t is a n in te ra ctiv e a rt p ro je c t, a secret th a t th is c it y is m o re th a n read y to w h is p e r in to y o u r ear. A s o f th is past F rid a y , th e te ch n o lo g y fo r th is p ro je c t has becom e ava ila b le 2 4 h o u rs a day. A n y o n e can sp ot a green ear a lo n g th e M a in , p u ll o u t h is o r h er cell p h o n e a n d liste n to a sto ry ab o u t the place. T h e sto ries are a m ix o f p e rso n al anecd o tes, p e rso n al h is to ry a n d fa c tu a l h is ­ to ry. T h e re are a b o u t 10 places a lo n g the

id y o u k n o w th a t, ap p aren tly, c u m sm ells lik e C lo r o x an d it tastes lik e ju n ­

m o re perso nal level.

T h e M a in is th e

D

io r p ro m ? S u c h earth -sh a tterin g revelatio n s are a d im e a d o zen in T u e sd ay

m o st a p p ro p ria te

I N ig h t C a f é s latest o ffe rin g , Sexual Perversity in Chicago, d irecte d b y L a ra

place fo r th is. I t is an im p o rta n t p lace fo r

C h a tte rje e a n d M a x W o e rte n d y k e . A n d d o n ’t w o r r y ab o ut try in g to get

M o n tre a le rs, b o th fo r S a tu rd a y n ig h t parties

y o u r ja w b a ck u p , th is p la y w ill leave y o u r m o u th h an g in g o pen th e en tire

an d as a h is to ric a l la n d m a rk . I t also m a rk s a E n g lis h parts o f to w n . I t m akes sense fo r

tim e , be it in sh o c k o r in laug hter.

T h e p lo t fo llo w s th e b r ie f b u t passio nate ro m a n ce o f D a n n y (P h il M c K e e ) an d

people w h o liv e here to w a n t to feel closer

D e b o ra h ( E m ily G re e n ) in th e m id - 7 0 s, as th e y jiv e to th e tu n e o f th e m a tin g dance.

lin e b etw een E a s t a n d W e st, th e F re n c h and

D a n n y is p ro d d e d a n d co ached b y h is ru d e , lo u d -m o u th e d frie n d B e rn ie , w h o enjo ys

to it . L is te n in g to these stories m akes y o u

te llin g ta ll tales o f im a g in e d se xu al e xp lo its and o g lin g at a n y th in g th a t w a lk s by.

feel lik e y o u u n d e rsta n d th e c ity better.

D e b o ra h , o n th e o th e r h a n d , co n fid es in h e r ro o m m ate Jo a n , a h o stile , I ’ll-b ite -if-y o u -

M o n tre a l is a b u stlin g u rb a n lan d scap e , b u t

ta lk -to -m e fe m in is t, th e u n fo rtu n a te resu lt o f b e in g b u rn e d

it is also a c o m m u n ity . H is t o r y is im p o rta n t

o n e too m a n y tim es.

A s y o u w a tc h M c K e e ’s in n o c e n t, a w k w a rd

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review s s o m e h ig h lig h ts.

Merci Docteur Rey

Eden's Curve

(France, 2002)

(USA, 2002)

T h is is th e h ila rio u s s to ry o f T h o m a s , a g a y m a n

j

E d en ’s Curve is a tr ip b a c k to a 1 9 7 3 sm a ll college

in P a ris w h o sees th e m a n he w as a b o u t to h o o k u p

to w n w h e re Peter, a fre sh m a n se ttlin g in to co llege life , is

w it h , w h o a c tu a lly tu rn s o u t to be th e fa th e r h e ’s n e v e r

b e frie n d e d b y Jo e , a so p h o m o re w it h a g ir lfrie n d , a n d an

k n o w n , get stabb ed b y a h u stle r. T h is sends h im r u n ­

in c lin a t io n to ad d P e ter as a gu est star to th e p a ir ’s rela­

n in g to h is th e ra p ist, D r . R e y . U n fo rtu n a te ly , in ste a d o f

tio n s h ip . I t doesn’t ta k e m u c h to in itia te P e ter in to th e

D r . R e y , T h o m a s reveals h is c o m p lic a te d s to ry to one

th re eso m e a n d th e re are h in t s th a t p e rh a p s th e boys w o u ld ra th e r c a r ry o n a lo n e .

o f h is p a tie n ts, a n u n h in g e d actress, m a sq u e ra d in g as th e th e ra p ist.

B esid es h is n e w frie n d s , P e ter develo p s a h o m o e ro t­

T h e c le v e r p lo t is f u ll o f su rp rise s a n d som e v e ry

ic re la tio n s h ip w it h a te a ch e r re su ltin g in m e lo d ra m a tic

f u n n y m o m e n ts d o m in a te d b y m is ta k e n id e n titie s a n d

sequences o f th e p a ir r u n n in g th ro u g h th e fo rest n a k e d .

a d ra w n - o u t se q ue nce based o n th e secret c o n s u m p tio n

A d a rk e r sid e o f th e s to ry is in tro d u c e d th ro u g h B illy ,

o f p o t b ro w n ie s. T h e c o m e d y ca n be a t tim e s stale an d

o n e o f P e ter’s fra te r n ity b ro th e rs w h o has h is o w n p la n s

so m e w h a t s la p s tic k , b u t th e f ilm m a ke s u p fo r th is b y

fo r h o w to in tro d u c e P e ter to th e g a y scene o n c a m p u s,

th e o rig in a l s to ry w h ic h co m es as a b reath o f fre sh a ir

a n d w h o s e c ru s h o n P e ter ad ds to th e c o n flic t s u rro u n d ­

to q u eer c o m ed y. I t also has slo w e r m o m e n ts w h e re th e

in g P e ter’s in itia tio n in to th e g a y w o r ld .

s to ry is a b it m o re b a n a l a n d la c k s b e lie v a b ility . S tro n g

U lt im a t e ly , it is a n in te re stin g p o rtra y a l o f th e real­

a c tin g a n d th e c o m p le x s to ry c a r ry th e f ilm , m a k in g

iz a tio n o f sam e-sex desires a n d th e u n d e rg ro u n d gay

M erci Docteur Rey a b e a u tifu l a d d itio n to q u eer co m e ­

w o r ld o f sm a ll- to w n co llege cam p u se s in th e 7 0 s.

dy.

— Evan Voroney

— Evan Voroney

Secondary. Hiab,

Neverland

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(Canada, 2003)

(USA, 2003)

im a g e + n a tio n b ills S e c o n d a ry H ig h as “ h ila r io u s , g o o fy a n d su rre ­

S e t in w h a t c o u ld be su b u rb a n L o s A n g e le s , th is is a

a l... a h ig h c a m p ta ke o n th e teen m o v ie g e n re .” Grease is c a m p . Drop

h y p e rre a l m o d e rn a d a p ta tio n o f P e ter P a n .

D ea d Gorgeous is c a m p . A irplane is c a m p . Secondary H igh isn ’t— i t ’s

I n th is v e rs io n , P eter is a lw a y s a c c o m p a n ie d b y h is

to ta l c ra p . T h e lig h t in g w as a w fu l, th e s o u n d w as w o rse , a n d th e d ia ­

fa iry , a d ru g g ed -u p c lu b k id w it h o n e too m a n y sp arkles on

lo gu e w asn ’t fu n n y . O c c a s io n a lly a n e n te rta in in g m o m e n t does o c cu r,

h e r s k in a n d a lit t le to o m u c h ‘f a ir y d u st’ u p h e r nose.

o r o n e b it o f d ia lo g u e m ig h t be d e liv e re d w e ll, b u t it ’s a ra rity . W h ile

T h e r e is so m e c o n fu s io n a b o u t th e s e x u a lity o f Peter, th e

th e f ilm d id n ’t m a k e m u c h sense a n d w as p o o rly e d ite d , its o n e red e em ­

b o y w h o do esn’t w a n t to g ro w u p a n d han g s a ro u n d w it h

in g q u a lity w as its s o u n d tra c k — b u t th a t’s c e rta in ly n o reason to go see

fa irie s, th o u g h he p ro c la im s th a t h e is “p a n se x u a l.”

a m o v ie . C h a ra c te rs are su d d e n ly d ro p p e d a n d ad d ed , b u t th e v ie w e r

N e v e rla n d it s e lf is a d ir t y a m u se m e n t p a rk an d th e lo st

doesn’t care a n d , c o n se q u e n tly , b a re ly n o tice s.

boys liv e in a cave be n eath it . F o r th is a d a p ta tio n , w h ic h

“ E p is o d e T h r e e ,” th o u g h b a re ly a m u sin g , is th e m o st to le rab le o f

stayed tru e to th e o rig in a l B ro a d w a y d ia lo g u e , C a p ta in

th e th re e se g m en ts. H e id i (A ly s o n R ic h a rd s ) a n d h e r c o u sin C h e t (B u b b a ) le ad th is f ilm

H o o k is th e head o f th e p a rk ’s m a in te n a n c e d e p a rtm e n t,

o f f to a p a in fu l sta rt, T h e o d o r a (C a th e r in e

a n d fits th e stereo typ e o f th e g a y S & M m aster. T h e f ilm

B e r t in ) n u m b s th e a u d ie n c e th ro u g h a b o rin g m id d le se ctio n , a n d L iz z y

b rin g s a d iv e rse cast to th e screen a n d ch allen g es a ssu m p ­

(B e c k y Jo h n s o n ), H e a r t (K a t e G illia m ) a n d S n a tc h (K a th le e n P h illip s )

tio n s a b o u t race o n o c c a sio n . T h o u g h , at tim e s , th e f ilm

m an g le th e fin a le b u t m an ag e to g ive th e fe w goo d lin e s o f th e e n tire

seem ed a litt le lo w b u d g e t a n d so m e w h a t u n d erexp o sed ,

c in e m a tic d isaster. D o n ’t re n t it , d o n ’t see it , a n d please d o n ’t enco urag e

Neverland is q u eer m o v ie m a g ic a n d stan d s alo n e as a

these p e o p le to p ro d u c e a n o th e r p ro je c t lik e th is o n e.

stro n g f a ir y ta le in its o w n rig h t.

— Brody Brown

— Evan Voroney

Addison Grooves Montreal can cer d iagnosis o f bass p la y e r Jo h n H a ll at th e sta rt o f th e ir

Ryan J. Mulligan

su m m e r to u r. “ H e ju s t fin ish e d a ro u n d o f ch e m o an d had

T

d e lig h t, F r id a y n ig h t

a su rg e ry th a t rem o ved m o st o f th e m a in tu m o r,” says

m a rk e d th e re tu rn o f A d d is o n G ro o v e P ro je c t to

o th e b a n d ’s su rp rise an d

M a rsc h e r. “ H e ’s d o in g g reat.” So w e ll, in fa c t, th a t H a ll

M o n tre a l in fro n t o f a p a cked L e S w im m in g c ro w d .

re tu rn e d to th e stage fo r th e to u r o pener in N e w Y o r k C it y .

A s its to u r m anag er p u t it d u rin g set b reak, “ W h e re

T h e tou ghest p a rt fo r th e band is th e in d e fin ite lim b o th a t the situ a tio n has created fo r th e ir lo n g -te rm p lan s.

d id a ll these people co m e fro m ? T h e y sure as h e ll w eren ’t here last y e a r.” T h is has becom e a stan d ard recep tio n fo r th e Bo sto n-b ased ja z z - fu n k ensem ble, as th e ir p o p u la rity an d fa n base in th e n o rth e aste rn U S has g ro w n rap id ly.

F o r the g ro u p , w h o se success began b y w in n in g a lo cal h ig h sch o o l b attle o f th e b and s c o m p e titio n in 1 9 9 7 , th is year has been b ittersw eet. A ft e r g rad u atin g fro m p restig io u s

E v e n th o u g h the th o u g h t o f rep lacin g H a ll has been d is­ cussed it w as u ltim a te ly vetoed fo r th e sake o f the b a n d ’s in te rn a l d y n a m ic s. T h e f u n k b an d has in stead relied o n M a rsc h e r to h a n d le th e lo w -e n d , w h ic h h e does e xtra o rd i­ n a r ily w e ll.

T h ro u g h a ll th e chang es, the b a n d ’s so u n d has rem a in ed

DAVID BROADKEY

Boston funk outfit makes an appearance at Le Swimming. an d tru m p e t w o r k o f B re n d a n M c G in n a n d , m o st o f a ll, the fu n k y grooves o f M a rsc h e r created a co lle ctiv e u n it th at p e r­ suaded th e au d ien ce to beco m e an energ etic e xten sio n o f the b and .

scho o ls su ch as B ro w n an d B o s to n U n iv e rs ity in Ju n e , the

as stro n g as ever. B u ild in g o n in flu e n ce s fro m L e d Z e p p e lin ,

b an d d ecid ed to take th e ir p ro je c t to the n e x t level b y sta rt­

T h ro u g h tw o sets, th e b a n d b o m b ard ed th e c ro w d w it h

M ace o P a rk e r an d even M a h a v is h n u O rc h e s tra , M a rsc h e r

songs lik e “ W a itin g fo r th e P o lls to C lo se ” an d “ M a rin a te ,” w h ic h d e m o n strated th e d e ep ly-ro o ted fu n k p o te n tia l the band possesses.

in g to to u r o n a fu lltim e basis. A lth o u g h it is s t ill e a rly in the

s im p ly d e fin es A d d iso n G ro o v e P ro je c t’s so u n d as a “ 70 s

gam e, k e y b o a rd ist R o b M a rsc h e r e xp la in s th a t th e tra n sitio n has been a sm o o th one.

style fu sio n b a n d ” b len d ed w it h v a rio u s o th e r h ip -h o p and e le c tro n ic a in flu e n ce s.

“ I t ’s been a lo t o f fu n to p la y th is m a n y sh o w s. W e real­

It w as n o t o n ly th e d ive rse m u sic a l styles th a t m ade

ly get used to p la y in g e ve ry n ig h t, w h ic h has h elp ed us be a

paused a n d sa id , “ W e w o u ld re a lly lik e to get to the p o in t

F rid a y ’s p e rfo rm a n ce e n te rta in in g , b u t also th e m u sic a l c o o r­ d in a tio n a n d c h e m is try betw een th e m em b ers. T h e ta n d e m

w h e re w e can to u r fu ll- tim e in fro n t o f b ig cro w d s at h ig h

lo t tig h te r,” he notes. “ B e in g o n the road hasn’t re a lly gotten to us y e t.”

sa xo p h o n e p la y in g o f D a v e A d a m s a n d B e n G ro p p e , the

U n fo rtu n a te ly , th is year w a s also m a rre d b y th e recent

ro b u st d ru m m in g o f A n d r e w K e it h , th e m e tic u lo u s g u ita r

A s fo r th e fu tu re o f A d d is o n G ro o v e P ro je c t, M a rsc h e r

q u a lity v e n u e s... a n d exp an d to o th e r parts o f w o r ld .” I f F rid a y ’s sh o w w as a n y in d ic a tio n , it w ill o n ly be a m a tte r o f tim e . ■

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o u t o f p o s itio n . C o - c a p ta in Je r e m y L a w s o n

th e o ffe n s iv e zo n e , a n d , d e sp ite lo s in g th e b a ll,

w a s th e re to m a k e a q u ic k save o n th e se co n d

g o t b a c k in tim e to m a k e th e d e fe n siv e p la y

c o rn e r k ic k .

a n d re g a in p o ssessio n fo r h is te a m .

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tw o y e llo w ca rd s a n d o n e re d c a rd to p la y e rs

n e a rly c o u g h e d it u p a g a in .

T h e c o lle c tiv e sig h o f r e lie f m ix e d w it h

w h o p u sh e d th e l i m i t , v e r b a lly a n d p h y s ic a lly ,

so m e

m e a n t th e h o m e te a m h a d p re se rv e d its 1-0

p ro cess.

K y le G r a h a m , in h is f ir s t g a m e b a c k fro m

edge o v e r l ’U n iv e rs ité d u Q u é b e c à M o h tr e a l

a n in ju r y , w a s th e r e c ip ie n t o f th e red c a rd ,

en ro u te to its f if t h v ic t o r y o f th e seaso n .

fo r c in g th e R e d m e n to p la y a m a n s h o rt fo r th e

la u g h te r

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a n d m a n a g e d to en rag e b o th te a m s in th e

stan d s

D ie d r ic k s e n w a s c a u g h t o u t o f p o s itio n . A n

b e tte r p a rt o f th e se co n d h a lf.

L e m ie u x e x p la in e d th a t th e

e x c ite d a n d p u n c h y U Q À M p la y e r g o t th e b a ll

w it h th e o f fic ia t in g h as b e co m e c o m m o n p la c e

a n d h a d a c le a n s h o t a t th e e m p ty n e t b u t h it

th is seaso n . “ T h a t referee i s . . . c o n s is te n tly b a d ,” he

th e in s id e o f th e p o s t. T h e b a ll th e n b o u n c e d r ig h t to th e fo o t o f a n o th e r U Q À M p la y e r w h o d e n ie d b y a M c G i l l d e fe n d e r.

W ed. Oct. 8

fru s tra tio n

s a id . “ I t is o fte n lik e t h is .”

A s a re s u lt o f th e w h is tle - h a p p y re f, m u c h

o n e -tim e d it b a c k to w a rd s th e n e t, o n ly to be

Rugby (M)

fo rw a rd s w e ll in to

ro u g h ly tw o a n d a h a lf se co n d s to g o , th e y

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o f th e p la y w a s in t e rr u p te d in th e se co n d h a lf,

a fte r th e save, th e f in a l w h is tle b le w , m a rk in g

w h ic h d is c o u ra g e d th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f stro n g

th e e n d o f th e g am e.

Je a n - F ra n ç o is L e m ie u x

s c o rin g o p p o rtu n itie s . lo n e

T h e lo w sco re c o u ld also be a ttrib u te d to

goal o f th e g a m e. F o r w a r d Jo se p h M c B r id e

th e m a n y losses to M c G i l l ’s s ta rtin g lin e u p .

g a in e d p o ssessio n o f f a U Q À M d e fe n siv e e rro r

T h e R e d m e n w e re w it h o u t F e rn a n d o D a lu is o ,

deep in th e C it a d in s ’ e n d a n d m a d e a q u ic k

w h o h as th e se co n d -m o st goals th is seaso n in

cro ss to L e m ie u x s tre a k in g d o w n th e fa r sid e.

th e Q u e b e c S tu d e n t S p o rts F e d e ra tio n ’s sc o r­

L e m ie u x n e tte d th e b a ll o n th e r u n w it h h is

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t u n it y ,” L e m ie u x sa id . “ I k ic k e d it w it h m y le ft

S u n d a y . A ls o m is s in g w a s la s t y e a r’s te a m M V P

fo o t, so I d id n ’t k n o w w h a t w a s g o in g to h a p ­

D e r e k T s a n g , w h o is o u t in d e f in it e ly d u e to a n

p e n , b u t i t w a s a n ic e p a ss.”

M c G i l l ’s p a ssin g g am e d id n o t c lic k u n t il

in ju r y . “ W i t h so m a n y [re g u la r] p la y e rs m is s in g ,

a b o u t 2 0 m in u te s in t o th e f irs t h a lf, b u t as

it lo o k s lik e a w h o le n e w se a so n ,” sa id M a r .

H e a d C o a c h A d a m M a r n o te d , th e gam e p la n

“ T h e ro o k ie s h a v e re a lly h a d to step u p , a n d

w e n t ah e a d as u s u a l. “ W e t r y to p la y to th e s trik e rs ’ fe e t, b u t

th e y cre ate d th e g o a l in th e f ir s t h a lf.

T h e R e d m e n d id n o t m a in t a in

t h e ir

th a t d e p e n d s o n h o w m u c h tim e th e y g ive us

m o m e n tu m

next

u p t o p ,” M a r sa id .

A n d th e y d id n o t get m u c h a t th e o u tse t.

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d e M o n tr é a l o n M o n d a y . M c G i l l lo s t 1-0 a n d re c e iv e d fo u r y e llo w c a rd s in th e p ro ce ss.

M c G i l l is 8 - 7 - 2 o v e ra ll, in c lu d in g a league

fro m th e ir e n d fo r th e fo rw a rd s to ch ase d o w n

M c G i l l re lie d o n g reat in d iv id u a l s k ills to

re c o rd o f 3 - 4 - 1 . T h e R e d m e n c u r r e n tly s it in

th e s id e lin e s . T h e m a in d iffe re n c e b e tw e e n th e

get th e b a ll o u t w h e n i t w a s deep in its e n d .

fo u r th in th e e ig h t-te a m c o n fe re n c e , o n ly tw o

tw o te am s w a s th a t U Q A M c o u ld n o t fin is h .

A t th e 3 4 m in u te m a r k , th e C it a d in s te st­

J u s t b e fo re th e h a lf, U 3 d e fe n c e m a n D i m i t r y

p o in ts b a c k o f th e last p la y o f f sp o t.

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nless y o u have been o n M a rs o r co o p ed u p in y o u r ro o m s tu d y in g fo r m id -te rm s th e past th ree m o n th s , y o u k n o w th a t L o s A n g e le s L a k e rs allsta r g u ard K o b e B r y a n t has been accu sed o f se xu ­

WANTED: COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER E v e r d re a m o f w a tc h in g a n d fo llo w in g sp o rts a n d g e ttin g p a id fo r it? H e re is y o u r c h a n c e . A n assistan t sp o rts

o u r so ciety, w h e re p ro fe ssio n a l ath lete s are th e clo sest th in g w e h av e to th e fa m e d heroes o f a n c ie n t tim e s. W e see o u r stars a fe w tim e s a w e e k , fo r a fe w h o u rs at a tim e , p e rfo rm ­

al assau lt in C o lo ra d o .

W h a t y o u m a y n o t k n o w is th a t even b efo re th e p r e lim ­ in a r y h e a rin g , B r y a n t ’s accuser, th e p ro se cu tin g a tto rn e y a n d th e ju d g e tr y in g th e case received d o zens o f d eath th re a ts, som e fro m self-p ro fessed “ sp o rts fa n a tic s ,” d e sig n ed to sto p th e m fro m g o in g ahead w it h th e p ro ceed in g s. A t th e sam e tim e , n u m e ro u s W e b site s, lik e fre e k o b e .c o m

d o sp o rts fan s nee d to see B r y a n t exo nerated?

T o f in d th e an sw er, w e n eed to lo o k at th e h ie ra rc h y o f

a n d p ray-

in fo r m a tio n o ffic e r is needed

fo rk o b e .c o m , h ave sp ru n g u p to su p p o rt B r y a n t , a n d o u tsp o ­

at M c G i l l A th le tic s .

k e n c e le b ritie s lik e C h a rle s B a r k le y have co m e to h is defence

G iv e E a r l “ th e P e a rl” a c a ll at

as w e ll.

S o , th e q u e stio n s arise : W h y are p eo p le w a s tin g tim e

3 9 8 - 7 0 1 2 i f y o u w a n t to be a

o ver a fa ir ly ro u tin e legal p ro c e d u re , e sp e c ia lly o n e in w h ic h

p a rt o f th e te a m .

th e tr ia l p o rtio n has n o t y e t started? M o re im p o rta n tly , w h y

in g se e m in g ly H e rc u le a n feats th a t m o st o f u s ca n o n ly d rea m o f m a tc h in g . W e in v e s t tre m e n d o u s e n e rg y a n d e m o ­ tio n in c h e e rin g th e m o n , a n d d e riv e a lo t o f p rid e fro m th e m w h e n th e y su cceed . W e ca n w a tc h th e m o n o u r T V screens a n d p la y in g fie ld s , m a rv e l at th e m a n d even w o rs h ip th e m , b u t can n ev er ap p ro a ch o r to u c h th e m , lest th e y be b ro u g h t d o w n to o u r le v e l.

H o w e v e r, w h e n

th is v e n e e r is ta rn is h e d , w h e n

our

d e m ig o d s are m ad e m o rta l, th e w o r ld seem s o u t o f jo in t .

T h e re fo re , w e feel th e need to restore o rd er, so w e can go

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b u t lo ts o f g u ys [w h o ] h a v e co ach e d

w e ll, a n y th in g b u t p la y in g h o ck ey.

B a b c o c k has been in th e gam e

w o r ld to u rn a m e n ts , ju n io r h o c k e y

lo n g en o u g h to d is m is s q u e stio n s he

su ave

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a n d A m e r ic a n

L e a g u e h o c k e y are

C a lif o r n ia n m a y c ru is e u p a n d d o w n

re c a lle d . “ M c G i l l w a sn ’t th e p lace fo r

th e

of

h o c k e y e xp e rie n c e , i t w a s fo r life

S o u th e rn C a lif o r n ia w it h h is clean-

e xp e rie n c e . T h e s k ills y o u d e velo p

c u t h a irsty le

s t in t s

th ere a n d le a rn in g fro m th e p eo p le

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B M W -cro w d e d and

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A f t e r a tte n d in g g rad sc h o o l at M c G i l l s tu d y in g sp o rts p sych o lo g y,

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h e seized th e o p p o rtu n ity to c o a ch a

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te am across th e p o n d in E n g la n d .

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a p a rtm e n t d u rin g th e m id - 1 9 8 0 s . T o

T h e jo b p u t h im o n tra c k fo r the

a ffilia te

th a t e n d , h e g o t tic k e ts fo r h is o ld

d re a m c o a c h in g jo b , at th e P o n d in A n a h e im .

c h ise -re c o rd 41 w in s in 2 0 0 0 - 0 1 ,

co lleg e b u d d ie s, in c lu d in g lo n g -tim e

F o r n o w , th o u g h , B a b c o c k is p la y e rs b y b e in g u p fr o n t w it h a ll o f th e m , a n d le ttin g th e m k n o w h o w

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us m o re .”

Though h e w o n ’t ta ke a n y th in g less th a n b e in g

H e ju s t m ake s p e o p le feel g o o d .” an a ll-sta r d e fe n ce m a n

n u m b e r 1, B a b c o c k w ill ta k e it

w it h th e R e d m e n , s c o rin g 2 2 goals

o ne gam e a t a tim e a n d fo cu s

a n d 8 5 assists fo r 1 0 7 p o in ts in 1 4 6

o n ly o n w h a t is im p o rta n t at

also

th a t p o in t in tim e .

rece ive d 3 0 1 p e n a lty m in u te s , a

“ W e ju s t h av e to p la y as

g o o d in d ic a to r o f h is in te n se n a tu re .

h a rd as w e ca n a n d re-estab lish o u r id e n tit y .”

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c o n tin u e u s in g th e tra p , a

f r ie n d

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G a m e 2 o f th e C u p fin a l in N e w

re m a rk e d . “A f t e r th a t, I g o t a jo b

Je rse y th is p ast sp rin g .

o ffe r at R e d D e e r [A lb e rta ] C o lle g e .

“ T h a t ’s w h a t u n iv e rs ity is a ll a b o u t, y o u m a k e goo d frie n d s an d

M y M c G i l l b a c k g ro u n d th a t o p p o rtu n ity .”

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g u ys are sm a rt g u ys an d th e y are a ll a

th a n a decade la te r th a t th e D u c k s

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B a b c o c k sa id , a llu d in g to th e fact

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m o re th a n 5 0 ,0 0 0 l a s e r v i s i o n

th a t h is

jo b in A n a h e im .

c o r r e c t io n s .

frie n d s are m o re a c c o m ­

p lis h e d th a n he is as a h o c k e y co ach .

a lw a y s

w h e n lo o k in g b a ck

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ly resp o n d e d b y b la m in g th e m e d ia

sp o rts in fo r m a t io n o ffice r, to a tten d

w ill

b e r o f th e M c G i l l R e d m e n

to th e S ta n le y C u p , h e q u ic k ­

p h e n o m e n o n , d e fe n d in g

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stra te g y th a t to o k th e D u c k s

The intensity rises each and every playoff round for Anahiem's coach.

G e n e ra l M a n a g e r B r y a n M u r r a y

“ E a r l does a g reat jo b o f k e e p in g

T e c h n o lo g y

e ve ry o n e in to u c h w h e n h e sends us

W e o f f e r p a t ie n t s s t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t

[ M c G ill] stats b y e -m a il to g ive us an

t e c h n o l o g y a n d e y e e v a lu a t io n

u p d a te .”

e q u ip m e n t , in c lu d in g t h e B a u s c h

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class fo r stu d e n ts; th e y w e re a closek n it b u n c h w h o h e lp e d tu rn a ro u n d o u r h o c k e y p r o g r a m ,” ad ded .

Z u k e rm a n

A s th e 4 0 -y e a r-o ld n am es o f f e v e ry o n e o f h is ro o m m a te s fro m years p a st a n d th e ir fo rays in to b u si­

The skills you develop at McGill and learning from the people around you, it prepared me for life. ^

& L o m b Z y o p t ix c u s t o m la s e r .

R e s u lt s M o s t o f o u r p a t ie n t s e n jo y 2 0 / 2 0

P ie rr e D e m e rs , M D O phthalm o log ist 11 ,0 00 su rg e rie s

A v i W a lle r s t e f n , M D j O phthalm o log ist 20 ,0 00 su rg e rie s

c a ll “ B a b s” can’t see h im s e lf as c o m ­ in g o u t o n th e to p o f h is class.

M ike Babcock Mighty Ducks’ head coach

O u r fe e c o v e rs :

a n d w as e cstatic th a t B a b c o c k c o u ld c o a ch D is n e y ’s te a m , as e vid e n c e d b y

P rices m a y va ry b a s e d o n pre scrip tion strength.

m isses h is u n iv e rs ity - p la y in g d ays.

B a b c o c k ’s h ir in g o c c u rrin g o n ly 2 0

A p p lic a b le to s u rg e ry o f b o th eyes.

H e p in e s fo r th e toga p a rtie s in th e

d ays a fte r M u r r a y to o k th e G M p o si­ tio n .

p e o p le ,

a p a rtm e n t a n d a ll th e aspects o f c o l­ lege life .

s ta rtin g a t

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Paul

Thom as

a lre a d y p u lle d u p to h is p r io r it y

each w o rd

He

h o ly g ra il o f h o ck ey. D e s p ite

hockey

th e g a m e a n d

gam e.

w h ic h is, o f c o u rse , to seize the

A lth o u g h he w a s in a ru sh to

t h e ir

fillm e n t o f h is goal th is season,

C in c in n a t i to a fra n ­

im p re ssiv e

im p ro v e

ho p es th a t w i l l re su lt in th e f u l­

w h ic h is w h e re h is c u rre n t boss sp o tted m in d .

a

in te re ste d in g e ttin g th ro u g h to h is

in th e W e ste rn H o c k e y L e a g u e w it h

eng ro ssed w it h th e ir A n im a l House-

d u r in g

g e ttin g as v o c a l as m a n y seasoned co aches d o .

B a b c o c k ’s

coach

L e m a ir e

H e do esn’t la y o f f th e o ffic ia ls either,

p re tty m a tu re w h e n th e y get h e re .”

w a s p ro u d to have g o n e th e re .”

B a b c o c k recalls th a t h e a n d a bu nch

c o a c h Ja c q u e s

p la y o f f gam e fo r o v e rly p h y s ic a l play.

Toronto

Mississauga

Niagara Falls

The McGill Tribune, Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Sports 19

Lakers star the n ext Mike Tyson? ra th e r th a n th e c o a c h - c h o k in g L a t r e ll S p re w e ll o r

Continued from page 17

th e g u n -to tin g A lle n Iv e rs o n .

E s s e n tia lly , th o se o f us w h o fo llo w sp o rts d o n ’t

b a ck to o o h -in g and a a h -in g o ver the glove saves

w a n t to w re stle w it h th e re a lity th a t o u r id o l is a

an d 360-d eg ree-reverse d u n k s . S t a b ilit y can o n ly be re-established

i f th e a th lete

in

q u estio n

m a n w h o su cc u m b s to te m p ta tio n a n d e m o tio n .

is

W e n eed assurance th a t th e accu ser is a m a lic io u s

cleared o f w ro n g d o in g , so w e su p p o rt h im b lin d -

w o m a n , a tta c k in g B r y a n t fo r p e rso n al g a in — h er

ly.

It

happened

when

fa n s

s u p p o rte d

15 m in u te s o f fam e— a n d th a t o u r sta r is s t ill th e

M ik e

sam e m a n as b e fo re. B u t do w e ever sto p to t h in k

T y s o n d u rin g h is rape tria l and th en paid u p to

th a t th is is an u n re a so n ab le request? D o o u r stars

$ 5 0 ( U S ) fo r h is p o st-p riso n b o u ts. B u t w h ile w e

re a lly need to be s u p e rh u m a n b o th o n a n d o f f th e

as fans c le a rly stand b y o u r m e n , sh o u ld w e feel

p la y in g surface?

W h e n th e fix a tio n w it h an a th lete extend s

the need to see th e m a c q u itte d — o r can w e a llo w th em to s im p ly m ake m istakes?

In th is case, B r y a n t’s past re p u ta tio n d ictates

b e yo n d th e gam e a n d in to h is p e rso n al life , th in g s sta rt to go w ro n g . N o p e rso n , n o t even a su ppo sed

o u r re a c tio n . In a league w h e re m e -first p rim a

“ go o d gu y” p ro fe ssio n a l a th le te lik e B r y a n t , c a n be

d o n n a s , m a riju a n a arrests, and d o m e s tic abuse

th e p e rfe c t ro le m o d e l th a t a fa n w a n ts h im to be.

charges are c o m m o n p la c e , B r y a n t w as one o f the

A n d ju s t because w e k n o w e v e ry stat fro m every

few su p erstars w h o avo id e d all th a t. A tim id 25 -

gam e doesn’t give us th e rig h t to in s id e r access to

y e a r-o ld , B r y a n t w e n t o u t, d id h is jo b p h e n o m e ­

th e p la y e r’s p riv a te life . S o , fo llo w K o b e B r y a n t in

n a lly , an d avo id ed o b n o x io u s s e lf-p ro m o tio n . H e

h is q u est to re tu rn th e L a k e rs to p ast g lo ry , b u t give

w as the k in d o f g u y y o u w o u ld love to take h o m e

th e m a n a b re a k w h e n it co m es to h is life o f f the

to m eet y o u r m o th e r. P a re n ts p o in te d h im o u t to ASSOCIATED PRESS

th e ir k id s as th e ath lete th e y sh o u ld e m u la te ,

c o u rt.

The Great Debate: Free him or fry him?

Football Redmensent home red-faced M a th ie u B e rtra n d th re w fo u r to u ch d o w n passes an d over 4 0 0 yards as th e N o . 6 L a v a l R o u g e et O r (5 -1 ) cru sh ed th e M c G ill R e d m e n (2 -4 ) 5 8 -5 in fro n t o f 1 5 ,7 4 3 fans at P E P S S ta d iu m in Q u e b e c C i t y o n Su nd ay. T h e L a v a l p assing a tta ck , w it h 10 d iffe re n t receivers m a k in g catches, w as led b y Je a n -F ré d é ric T re m b la y , w h o cau g h t 13 passes fo r 191 yard s an d a p a ir o f to u ch d o w n s.

T h e o ffence o n ly m ustered a 2 8 -y a rd fie ld goal fro m k ic k e r A n a n d P illa i ag ainst the R o u g e et O r . T h e lo ne b rig h t sp ot fo r the R e d m e n w as ro o kie r u n n in g b a c k M ic h a e l S a m m a n , w h o c a rrie d 19 tim es fo r 9 9 yard s. M c G ill q u a rte rb a c k D a v e C a m p b e ll played the en tire gam e, c o m p le tin g 12 o f 2 8 passes fo r 1 2 9 yards b u t w as p ic k e d o f f three tim es.

T h e 18-year-o ld so p h o m o re , w h o has yet to toss a T D , has th ro w n 11 in te rc e p tio n s in s ix gam es.

D e fe n siv e b a ck G u illa u m e R o y o f S t-A u g u stin , Q u e b e c led th e R e d m e n defence w it h 12 tackles, n in e o f th em solo. T e am m ate B ry a n M c C r o ry , a defensive ta ck le , w as c re d ite d w it h n in e assisted ta ck les, tw o solos and a forced fu m b le .

Saturd ay. L a v a l w in s th e Q u e b e c c ro w n , bu t

Martlets can't take sole possession of top spot

M c G ill w ill s till take p a rt in the n atio n al

D e sp ite go in g u nb eaten th is past w e e k ­

c h a m p io n s h ip

in

M o n tre a l

b ecau se

th e

en d , the w o m e n s soccer team c o u ld n ’t get a

O n ta r io c h a m p io n T o ro n to V a rs ity B lu e s

firm g rip o n firs t place in th e Q S S F . A fte r

opted n o t to a tten d due to fin a n c ia l c o n ­

s h u ttin g o u t U Q À M o n F rid a y , th e M a rtle ts

stra in ts. Sh o rtsto p Jo h n C o m e a u w as 3 fo r 7

tie d

on

fo r the R e d b ird s th ro u g h o u t the w eeken d

M o n d a y to stay und efeated (8 -0 -2 ) th is sea­

series. H e also k n o c k e d in three R B I and

so n . W it h five gam es left before the post­

had tw o d o u b les.

l ’ U n iv e r s it é

de

M o n tr é a l

1-1

Way to go buddy.

season, M c G ill rem ain s tied w it h the R ouge

Hockey Redmen win tournament on technicality

et O r fo r to p spot in the co nference.

K r is t in a Perusco earned an o th er shut A ll

o u t as h er team beat U Q À M 2 -0 at M o lso n S ta d iu m . E lo ise V a n d a l scored the game-

th re e

te am s

in

In v ita tio n a l T o u rn a m e n t

th e earned

Redm en a

1-1-0

You finally worked up the nerve to talk to that girl from Psych 101, but you still sounded like a doofus with nothing intelligent to say.

That's where we come in.

ro o kie

reco rd b u t M c G ill cam e out on to p after

d efencem an S h a ri Fraser got the in su ra n ce

w in n in g o n p o in t d iffe re n tia l. T h e R e d m e n

goal ju s t before h a lftim e . M c G ill w ill p lay

beat O tta w a 5-3 on F rid a y n ig h t and lost to

V isit o u r w e b s ite a n d s u b s c rib e to th e E m a il E d itio n .

Sh erb ro o ke th is F rid a y n ig h t at h o m e.

U Q TR

Y o u ’ll g e t th e latest c a m p u s n e w s , c o lle g e s p o rts ,

w in n e r o n ly

16

m in u te s

in

an d

3 -2

Sunday

a fte rn o o n .

P a tric e

G o d in backstopped the R ed ‘n’ W h ite in b o th

Redbirds swept in playoff action

gam es, sto p p in g

29

sh o ts

ag ain st

C o m in g o f f a se m i-fin a l sw eep o f Jo h n

O tta w a an d 3 5 shots versus U Q T R . B ru n o

A b b o tt C o lle g e , M c G ill’s boys o f su m m e r

L e m ire , th is y e a rs G u y L a fle u r b u rsary v ic ­

w ere sw ep t b y L a v a l, lo sin g 14-3 in G a m e 1

tor, scored one goal and added tw o assists

and

over th e tou rn ey.

8 -3

in

th e

e lim in a tio n

m a tc h

on

a n d c a le n d a r e v e n ts d e liv e re d right to y o u r in b o x .

F ille d w ith intelligent to p ic s ...

S u b s c r ib e to th e E m a il E d itio n to d a y!

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