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Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Published by the Students' Society of McGill University since 1981

Vol. 22 Issue 9

Presidential candidates' final words Buzzwords and R e d H e r r i n g funnies abound at debate presidential candidates shared their

Katie Fugler and Jennifer Jett

opinions on topics that ranged from Presidential cam paigning ended

the duties o f the executives, the

Friday as advance p ollin g began,

im portance o f transparency, the pro­

w ith students able to vote on-line

posed athletics fee and the appeal o f

fo r the first tim e. A n d w h ile Elections M c G ill moves into the

pork buns.

R od rigo DeCastro touted his

high-tech era, candidates continued

experience as this year’s vice-presi­

to

methods, covering buildings w ith

dent operations. “ T h e elected president has to

posters, interrupting classes w ith

hit the ground running— he has to

stump speeches and distributing a

know everyone’s name, and know

flurry o f handbills that quickly flut­

the issues they want to tackle,” he

tered to the ground.

T h e results o f the presidential

said.

b y-election

one general assembly each term to

use

old -fash ion ed

and

cam paign

First

D eC a stro

Year

suggested

h o ld in g

C om m ittee o f C ou n cil election w ill

hear

be announced after votin g closes at

favours a second executive retreat in

7:00 pm on Wednesday.

A t a debate last Tuesday, the six

the winter.

M ik e Hashizume, the president

student

concerns.

He

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also

ly,” he said.

C leary said students should be

o f the Political Science Students’ Association, rem inded students that

able to op t out o f the proposed ath­

he was elected vice-president aca­

letics fee. H e also said he w ould

dem ic in a by-election at M edicin e

im prove

H a t C ollege in Alberta. “ Student representation is a

W e b site and im proving the French

constant

learning

transparency b y posting

council minutes on

curve,

the Society s

version.

In a

take out a sense o f self-fulfillm ent

C leary reiterated his goal to facilitate

T h e D a ily Publication Society

and to reconnect S S M U .”

Hashizum e is running on

the vice-presidents’ agenda, as well

is g o in g to small claims court today

a

as increase the number o f opt-out

to

platform o f “truth, trust and trans­

fees and extend library hours.

A lam A lii said he decided to

th eir

run for president “after seeing the

during 2002. Chris Barron, was

first tw o through the third, he said.

disarray into w hich S S M U has. fall­

em p loyed as the Business M anager

“ Students want to know their execu­

en.”

fo r the D a ily fo r the short period

Katie Fueler post-debate

interview ,

T h e ch ief executive officer o f

tives are w orking as a unit, and

Science

U ndergraduate

defend their decision to fo rm e r

business

fire

m anager

after on ly six weeks o f em p loym en t

o f tim e before b eing dismissed, the

Society,

reason he was given was that he

Philip Cleary, the form er presi­

whose proposals include increased

dent o f the G erm an Students Association, said executive-council

presidential office hours, is the only

just “didn’t fit in.”

Barron said, “ I was hired on as

w ork in g together as a team.”

the business manager, and I began

relations w ou ld im prove i f he were

fluently bilingual candidate. “ M c G ill is the on ly English

president because as an outsider, he

m em ber o f [la Fédération étudiante

discrepancies.” Barron w en t on to

has yet to meet most o f the council­

universitaire du Q uébec],

say that he m anaged to docum ent

A lii said.

lors.

to fin d a w h ole bunch o f m on ey

fo r loses o f equipm ent. “ T h e re was a consultant from C on cord ia just w alkin g in and tak­ in g equipm en t h om e.”

VP A d m in is tra tio n b een

only

$3

for

v s

.

Ottawa,

students,

$6

for

to

appear in

in form ation said that he had been in contact w ith Barron o n ly since the lawsuit had been

launched,

“ [Barron] was dissatisfied w ith the w ay he was treated b y the D P S .”

T h o u g h w hen asked i f he had held m eetings w ith Barron before he was fired to discuss the D a ily issue, D r. Yalovsky said that he d id n t

funds and numerous unaccounted-

McConnell

subpoenaed

court and hand over specific D a ily

M a k e H a llo w e e n a H o c k e y H o r r o r for Ottawa U

M c G IL L R E D M E N

and

Finance M o r ty Yalovsky, w h o has

at least 15 thousand in missing

See BY-ELECTION, page 3

“ I think that’s w h y I ’ll be able

Tickets

Former business manager sues for wrongful dismissal, alleges mismanagement

Hashizume said. “ I w ou ld like to

parency.” “ I believe you can achieve the

S t » 7:3opm

McGill Daily back in court

to w ork w ith council m ore effective­

Arena

adults!

See DAILY, page 4

C a m p u s N E ffS

FYCC debate

Athletics asks for $3-million in next referendum [c h ie f returning officer] and myself,” H ow att said.

Jennifer Jett Students’

Society

coun cil

Elections

M c G ill

F irst-y e a r in v o lv e m e n t a p rio rity Miriam Martz

six weight-training machines. Plans have also been made for locker room

C R O Ian

renovations

and

new

facilities

passed a m otion Thursday approv­

Sidey said that due to the rushed

inclu d in g a c lim b in g w all,

ing a special referendum period in

nature o f the referendum question,

room and com bative room for mar­ tial arts.

which students w ill vote on whether to pay a $10 Athletics fee for the next five years.

T h e referendum is scheduled to be held from N ovem b er 14 to 20. “ W e are behind the curve in

Last spring council passed a

“ Increasingly, students are dem anding non-traditional activi­ ties,” H ow a tt said.

“We are lo o k in g at our options,” he said, “ but the C R O and

terms o f im provin g our athletics facilities,” Athletics Representative M a tt H ow att said at council. m otion recom m ending that a refer­

the proposed referendum tim e peri­ od m ay not take place.

E lections

M c G ill

have

yoga

the

T h e cost o f the im provements

choice to run this election or n o t.”

is about $3-m illion. A $10 fee paid

H ow a tt said $ 1.8-m illion in m atching funds could be withdrawn

by students fo r the next five years w ou ld generate about $3.6-m illion.

i f the fee is n ot approved. W h ile he

M otion s to allow students to

cannot guarantee that alumni w ould

op t out o f the fee and to reduce the

w ithdraw funding i f the fee does not

fee from $10 to $7 failed. Students’

endum regarding athletics be held

pass, H ow att told councillors, “ I

d u rin g

Society Vice-President C om m u n ity

can’t guarantee you that they w on ’t

the

fall

election

period.

H owever, the referendum question

... I ’m not w illin g to take that risk.”

does not appear on the current bal­ lot.

and G overnm ent Brianna Hersey suggested that members o f the Post-

Part o f the im provem ent proj­

Graduate Students’ Society pay the

ect includes d oublin g the size o f the

“ W h a t happened was a series o f

fitness centre and creating space for

m isunderstandings

betw een

the

remainder o f the cost o f construc­ tion. ■

15 additional cardio machines and

ate actively rather than on a “prob lem -solution” basis.

T h e First Year C om m ittee o f C o u n c il

presidential

He

candidates

to

revam p

the

F Y C C W eb site, focus on the envi­

debate last Tuesday evening. A ll

ronm ent, and help students sort

three expressed a desire to get first-

th rough

year students m ore involved in the university.

receive d u rin g orientation .

C ournoyea sees this year as being event-oriented.

F Y C C is a Students’ Society

the

Pavan

com m ittee which serves as the voice

tuition

o f first-year students. T h e president

in fo rm a tio n

supports

they

a legislated

freeze because “first-years

SSM U

have the m ost to lose.” H e also

T h e F Y C C presidential candi­

wants to im prove com m unication between F Y C C and both students and administration.

o f FYCC Council. dates

has a seat on

are

Seem a

Brar,

M ich ael

H e w ou ld like to get first-year

Cournoyea, and Joshua Pavan.

students to express their needs and

Brar’s goals this year include im p ro v in g

com m u n icatio n

opinions by com in g to council and talking to their executives.

w ith

first-year students, im provin g aca­ d em ic

support,

and

A ll

p ro m o tin g

the candidates said the

extra-curriculars. She has a strong

debate helped them to understand

background in student governm ent

each other and their respective plat­ forms better.

and com m u nity service leadership.

Brar and Pavan both see the

“ I think that experience is crit­ ical for a position like F Y C C presi­ dent,” she said.

Browsing for books

intends

responded to questions at an open

FYCC

president’s

role

in

the

Society prim arily as representing

Cournoyea, however, believes

first-year students. Cournoyea sees

that “university politics is a differ­

a dual role, both representing first-

ent w orld ” from high school. His

years and in form ing them about the Society. ■

interests include helping to intro­ duce students to life at M c G ill and in

M on trea l,

g ettin g

students

involved, and m aking F Y C C oper-

Elections are o n go­ in g through

29. Votes

October

A ll FROSH

can be cast

at p o llin g locations

students are eligible for l hour of ^

around the campus

free tutoring, y

and on line at

Books you might read for fun, or at least buy cheap. McGill's Book Fair in Redpath Library took place last week.

NEWS Briefs Students face wall of debt

same period,” Kusie said. T h irty per cent o f students w h o drop out

sities across Canada gathered in

o f post-secondary programs, he

O ttaw a last Wednesday to take

said, cite financial reasons.

part

in

an

e ffo rt

led

A llia n c e

by

the

o f Student

Students’ President

Heather Haq Lawrence The

high

last year. Van Eyken said three or

cost o f insurance

m ay threaten faculty association-

S o ciety

V ic e -

C o m m u n ity

sponsored events, in cludin g Frosh.

and

W ith expiration dates already

Associations to build a wall o f

G overnm ent Brianna Hersey was

passed

foam bricks outside Parliament to

M c G ill’s

the

m any faculty associations are lo o k ­ in g fo r alternative ways to get cov­ erage.

representative

at

protest rising student debt. T h e

demonstration. She said that stu­

wall, w hich was 30 feet w ide and

dents in this generation are the

eight feet high, was comprised o f

m ost indebted in Canadian histo­

2,000

bricks from

colleges and

universities across Canada. Each

ry-

or

q u ic k ly

app roachin g,

T h e Science U n dergrad u ate Society has been uninsured since its

“ M edia stunts like this are

p olicy ended at the b egin ning o f

or

part o f a process to raise awareness

last summer. SU S Vice-President

expected debt load o f tw o stu­

o f student debt,” said Hersey. She

Finance Richard Friedlander said

dents.

added that the success o f the cam ­

the SU S has 1n ot had a problem or

paign is yet to be seen.

m ade a claim since [its] creation in 1993.”

brick

d en oted

the

N in e ty -fiv e

current

M c G ill stu­

dents were represented on

the

bricks. T h e wall sym bolized $90m illion in total student debt. “ It

was

really

The

an

National D irector James Kusie. grou p

is a national lobby

of. w hich

the

to ok

Students’

Society is an associate member.

At and

the conference,

oth er

Hersey

are a result o f a negative prejudice.

dis­

H e said that m any insurance co m ­

o f student

panies are raising prices to make

representatives

cussed the problem

D espite its record, Friedlander said the high prices SU S is facing

bying conference in Ottawa.

impressive structure,” said C A S A CASA

dem onstration

place during C A S A ’s annual lob­

q u ite

debt w ith Liberal M P and prim e

th eir

p olicies

u n affo rd ab le

in

minister-designate

Paul M artin,

response to events and lawsuits that

w h o said accessibility is his pri­

“ G eneration

m ary goal regarding education.

have occurred at universities in the US.

D eb t,” intended to alert the pub­

T h e ’‘Generation D eb t” campaign

T h e insurance p o lic y covering

lic to the high cost o f post-sec­ ondary education.

also includes active lobbying on

the A rts Undergraduate Society w ill expire N ov e m b e r 13. A U S V icePresident Finance Eric van Eyken

The wall was part o f a year-long cam paign

called

“ C A S A ’s

concern

is

that

tuition having increased 126 per cent over the last 10 years, student debt levels have doubled in that

?

Lack of insurance threatens Frosh

Representatives from univer­

C anadian

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the part o f C A S A for financial aid reform and to obtain a separate federal transfer paym ent for edu­ cation.

said he heard that the price rise m ay

— Sam Goffman

increase over what the A U S paid

be equivalent to a 1,000 per cent

fo u r

insurance

com p anies

w o u ld also g o up.”

have

F riedlander said that events

rejected the A U S and others w ill

where alcohol is provided have con­

n o t return his phone calls. I f it is

tributed to the rising price o f insur­ ance policies.

unable to obtain a n ew insurance policy, “the A U S w ou ld still exist, but as a m ore lim ited body,” van Eyken said.

Because o f these frustrations, F ried lan d er and van Eyken are lo o k in g in to solutions.

“The

several

alternative

W ith o u t

a lcoh ol

inclusion,

ob taining insurance w ou ld n ot be a problem , and it w o u ld be inexpen­ sive,” he said.

Van Eyken said one op tion is to

get an insurance p o lic y that

w o u ld cover everythin g except for

m ost responsible solu­

events. This, van Eyken said, could

tion ,” Friedlander said, “w o u ld be

mean events such as Frosh, the R ed

to get a jo in t plan fo r all the soci­

and W h ite

eties under the university.”

cheese parties m igh t n o t be held.

Students’ P resident

S o ciety

O p e ra tio n s

and

V ic e -

Friedlander, however, does not foresee any future cancellations o f events like this.

D eC astro agreed that starting a fed ­ one w ay to address the problem .

SSM U

and w in e

R o d r ig o

eration o f student associations is “The

Ball,

“ W e could get insurance on a p er-even t

basis,”

he

said.

Even

is m ore estab­

w ith ou t an insurance plan, the SU S

lished than the faculty associations

has m anaged to h o ld successful events such as Frosh. SU S execu­

and has a g o o d history [w ith insur­ “T h e

tives and Frosh director A la m A lii

S S M U m ay be able to help faculty

ance com panies],” he said.

were able to obtain coverage for

associations le m .”

individual events.

overcom e

this

p rob ­

Van Eyken p oin ted ou t one concern w ith gettin g a single insur­ ance plan to cover all faculty associ­ ations. “ W hat

if

so m e th in g

goes

w ro n g at an SU S event? O u r rates

F riedlander em phasized that the prob lem is n o t an emergency. “ W e are n o t in crisis... it is n ot a frantic scramble, as som e m igh t feel,

he said. “ [O u r lack o f insur­

ance] has had n o effects on any other aspects o f our association.” ■

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these

the

tions have been held up because

m unicipal [and] provincial level

o f misunderstandings w ith the

to be able to effectively com m u­

university over com pliance w ith

William Christensen

nicate.”

Kate Rhodes said it was a

fire regulations. “ Renovations w ill not m ove

“ I w ould propose to change the acronym

difficult decision to run fo r presi­

any faster unless w e actively pres­

o f S S M U to the Super

sure the university,” she said.

S ociety

dent.

“I

b oth

a com prehen sive

A lii, however, denied that

understanding o f the issues... but

the delay was due to fire regula­

also a fresh perspective,” she said.

Rhodes also said it is an

tions. Rather, he said, the prob­

im portant year for the Society because o f issues such as the letter

and accountability.

R ed H e rrin g

o f agreement, faculty association

W illia m

insurance, and the Society’s feder­

out the group o f contenders and

al lob b yin g affiliation.

presented a clear platform :

have

I

'-ties,

and I ’m running beca.'

1 w ill

every stall.”

Christensen, w h o sported a special T-shirt fo r the occasion,

not let that happen,” she said. that

these issues have deadlines and, therefore, cannot be left undone.

candidates were upset w hen they

a federation o f student associa­

didn’t get to sit dow n next to the

tions such as Arts Undergraduate

guy w ith the T-shirt that said,

Science

‘I ’m w ith Stupid,’ ”

Undergraduate Society to address

joked-

issues like insurance coverage.

Rhodes disagreed, saying a

luck.” ■

is unnecessary. “ I believe S S M U already has the infrastructure to handle the

M id n ig h t qu izzed

c on tin g en t

K itc h e n

candidates

of

volunteers about

the

D eCastro said that the delay arose from the need for an exter­ nal staircase. “ T h e university had a m eet­ ing for the external staircase,” he

r

“ U n decid ed at the m o m e n t... I have

more than it

“The

U 2 Arts “ Is this for the re-

SSM U

election? I have not had

has

a

accom plished

Kim D ’Souza

_ i _ i

con sider

needs

to

con tinu e

to

accomplish great things.”

Emmet Z u fm a n -U l A rts

Mike Hashizume

“ I haven’t decided. I don’t

“ [M y hat] is a blend

feel that I k n o w enough about

o f Alberta roots and m y

the candidates.”

openness to new experi­ ences in M ontreal.”

Karine Pellerey -

Philip Cleary

Exchange - C iv il en gin eerin g “ I don’t know.

o f the VPs and they look

I have seen the

posters but fo r the m om ent, that’s it.”

very friendly.”

P h ilip C lea ry 31 per cent

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g

R o d rig o D e C a stro 16 per cent

Glen Bremner -

m

U 3 C h em istry

QJ r+

“A lam , I k n o w h im ... and he’s a standup guy. H e has a lo t o f experi­

K a te R hodes 30 per cent °S .

en ce... and he w ill b rin g respectability back to the S S M U .”

A la m A li 11 per cent W illia m C hristensen 7 per cent

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M ik e H ash izu m e 6 per cent T H I S W E E K ’S Q U E S T I O N : W h a t should prin-

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to

great things this year, and

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chance

w h o’s up for the taking.”

“ I ’ve met w ith most — With files from

Cheryl Tyler -

ever has.”

Kate Rhodes already

to check ou t the platform s.”

counts

Hashizume

p q

delayed Shatner renovations.

A

Rodrigo DeCastro “ Experience

“ I guess that’s just m y

federation o f faculty associations

issue,” she said.

A large

A

that som e other

D eCastro advocated creating

..

Carlo Siracusa - U 3 A rts

M c G ill

was seated between Hashizum e and Rhodes. “ I k n ow

Sarah Dolgoy

been pretty busy and haven’t had a chance

.1

missed all those o

and

of

SSMU presidential by-election and why?

University.”

roun ded

d ow n as the year w hen S S M U

S ociety

Q U E S T IO N : Who are you voting for in the

this tim e

tation o f tw o-p ly toilet paper in

ou t

2

.

w ou ld like to see the im plem en­

p o in te d

dent agenda.”

candidate

“ T h is does n ot have to go

R hodes

agenda should be the stu­

lem was a lack o f transparency

C hristensen

Candidates... what candidates?

“ R igh t now the on ly

“ It is im portant when attending at

PH O T O P O L L

Alam Alii

said, “ but w e were n ot invited to that m eeting.”

Rhodes said that the renova­

m eetings

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Campus NEWS

Doily accusations fly

Elections McGill rides the wave of the present Dany Horovitz

their student I D number and M inerva password. T h e order o f the names on

Elections M c G ill has opted to

the ballot is random ized, m eaning the

im plem ent an on-line votin g system

order is different each tim e som eone

for the fall election, m aking it much

votes. By clicking on the names o f the

easier for students to cast their ballots.

candidates, students can see their pro­ files and photos.

O n -lin e votin g was first tested last spring during the accreditation

W h ile votin g can be done from

referendum. T h e new system elim i­

any

nates the need to count paper ballots. results

righ t

away,”

fo r

the

Students’

said

Society.

O nce

votin g has closed on W ednesday at 7:00 pm.

tim e o f day. O fficials can also break

student

num ber

Barron also claims that the Daily previous to his tenure had not

Sidey said that this inform ation w ill

opportunity to judge in the future which [pollin g stations] obviously are

besides

the

integrity o f the system is corrupt cam­ paign practices.

no w ay to track w h o voted fo r w hom , preserving security.

shoulders,” said R ob Kozak, campaign m anager fo r presidential candidate A la m A lii.

students having trouble accessing the

K ochen said that i f there were

log in site. “ I logged in and after click­

“any kind o f large number that seemed abnorm al, w e w o u ld

have the IP

addresses and be able to check into it.”

Kochen said that on-line votin g w ill s ign ifica n tly turnout.

tures a 32-bit encryption code, which

“ [O n -lin e votin g] gives you an

concern

get people to vote, look in g over their

on-line voting. T h e new system fea­

make elections less expensive in the com in g years.

A n o th e r

tion from the actual ballot, so there is

Security is a main concern w ith

increase

voter

“ It takes tw o minutes,” she said.

is equivalent to the kind that credit

Kozak is m ore pessimistic.

card companies use.

“ W hen

“ People m igh t try to hack in directly,” said Brian Lack, the designer

independent issue because w e have no control over the Daily." had a legal audit in the last fourteen years, “ T h e form er business

“ T here is nothing to stop anyone

Ian

think he had spoken to him before the ending o f his tenure, “ I d on ’t think he spoke to m e before he was let go, it [w o u ld have been] an

w ay for it to crash w ou ld be [for] M ontreal pow er to g o ou t.”

from goin g around w ith a laptop to

ing V ote here’ it prom pted m e to log in again,” said C aid in Buckley, U 3 Political Science.

dow n voter turnout by faculty and year.

Students log on to vote using

a

T h ere have been som e reports o f

by busiest p ollin g stations, days and

m ost successful,” said Sidey.

“ It’s com pletely secure,” she said.

SCH0LARS.UM0.EDU

“ N o one else has access to it. T h e on ly

is

W it h the on-line votin g system, Elections M c G ill can analyze votin g

O ffic e r

Kochen also has confidence in the system.

entered, it is stored in a separate loca­

w ill not be able to see the results until

R etu rn in g

the

were chosen because they were the m ost used in the past.

Elections M c G ill officials, however,

C h ie f

to

Lack insisted that the security is top notch.

tions around campus. These locations

Carlyryan Kochen, deputy returning o ffic e r

con nected

Internet, there w ill also be p ollin g sta­

“ W e ’re goin g to have the prelim i­ nary

com p u ter

been to learn about these methods and anticipate them .”

[the

U n iversity

of

m anagers [M arian Schrier was using her] husbands accounting firm .”

Barron said that w hen he approached the advertisem ent m an­ ager, Boris Shedov to p oin t ou t m issing f>- V he was soon after fired, “ T h e y are in breach o f so m anv

dations, [ i f fou n d

to be true] they can be taken into

'h e university.”

Shedov w hen asked about this specific incident. s,ud that the reputation o f the paper, the fact that it has been published fo r over n in ety years speaks fo r itself, “ I f he is th inking this is an E nron [sit­ uation] he is dream ing.”

T h e Daily w h ich is representing itself in court, said that the accusations m ade b y Barron w ere unfounded. Phil T od d , last years coordinating ed itor fo r the Daily , said that Barron just d idn’t fit, “ It’s frustrating, as an organization you have to be v e ry careful w h o you h ire ... w e fired h im during the probation p eriod in his con ­ tract.

T o d d w en t on to say that Barron has an agenda to distract

attention away from his case by casting suspicion, “ H e is casting d ou b t on [n o t on ly] the credibility o f the D P S , but on form er em ployees and our accounting firm ,” T o d d said that his accusations o f m ism anaged m on ey and loss

Toron to] used on-line voting, voter turnout w ent d ow n .” ■

o f equipm ent, is m erely Barron tryin g to advance his ow n interpre­

o f the system. “ T h ere are lots o f insid­

tation, and that i f there was any cause fo r concern about D P S the

ious techniques to d o that. M y job has

— with files from Jennifer Jett

appropriate people, “w o u ld have been breathing d ow n our necks last year.” ■

Student challenges anti-plagiarism policy Aislinn 0 ’Kppfp............

announced by Laszlo on the first day o f

A n Arts student w h o refused to sub­ m it an assignment through the W eb site

class, at w hich p oin t students voiced con­ cerns, Rosenfeld said. “ I m ay be the on ly one w h o’s official­

turnitin.com as required by his economics

ly refused, but there are m any students, I ’d

class has subsequently received no credit

even say a m ajority o f students” w h o are

for the assignment.

upset about turnitin.com ,” he said.

E conom ic D evelopm ent, one section o f which is taught by Professor Sonia

R osen feld ,

who

w ro te

about

tur-

nitin.com in a September 8 news article in

Laszlo, is one o f a handful o f M c G ill cours­

the M cG ill Daily, in form ed

es that requires the submission o f assign­

advance o f his intention to hand in his

ments through the W eb site, w hich checks student papers for plagiarism. T h e univer­

w ork w ith ou t using turnitin.com , and said

Laszlo

in

he knew it was a possibility that he w ould

sity is running a trial o f turnitin.com as a

receive zero on the assignment. H e is n ow

m ethod to detect and deter plagiarism.

in contact w ith M c G ill Student Advocacy

Jesse Rosenfeld, U1 Arts, refuses to

in order to try and receive credit for the

use turnitin.com on the basis that it makes

work. T h e y are seeking to resolve the issue

students feel “persecuted” and “assumed

through negotiation w ith out filin g an o ffi­ cial grievance.

gu ilty o f plagiarism.”

H e added that the

W e b site, w hich adds submitted papers to its database to compare to future submis­

Laszlo declined to com m ent.

Students’

Society

V ice-Presiden t

sions, undermines students’ intellectual property rights.

University Affairs V ivian C h o y said that

“ Students are being coerced into p ro­

made to address the general issues o f tur-

viding a profit for a private com pany,” he

nitin.com and plagiarism, including inves­

said adding that the use o f turnitin.com

tigating alternatives to turnitin.com .

beyond this specific case, efforts are being

creates “an atmosphere w hich removes stu­

“ W e are trying to make headway on

dents from professors and creates a polar­

this issue on all fronts,” C h o y said. “ It’s one

ized learning atmosphere.

thing to say, ‘w e don’t like turnitin.com .’

“ T h a t’s a kind, o f education I don’t want to be a part o f.”

It’s another to say, ‘this is som ething bet­ ter.’ ”

Rosenfeld’s concerns were echoed by Arts Representative Rachel Marcuse. “ It’s g ood that Jesse’s challenging [the p o lic y ],” she said.

The

tu rn itin .com

p o lic y

was

C ol-,A C U A .

As to future assignments in the class,

Plan a trip at

Rosenfeld said, “ I ’m n ot goin g to use turnitin for any assignments.”

The Friday. ■

second

assignment

was

due

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www.mcgilltribune.com/travel ,

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Studen(Universe

The M cG ill Tribune, Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Naomi Klein condemns corporatization of Iraq

T R IB

ON THE..........

S c e n e

nom ic uncertainty, K lein said. It also

Laura Saba

SSMU Daycare: Who should pay for it?

said.

Contracts for the reconstruction j

allows for large tax breaks for private

based author o f No Logo: Taking Aim

corporations.

Mass privatization, she contin­

were passed out in secret to com pa­

at the Brand Bullies, argued that Iraq

ued, takes things that are not com ­

tio n

is “a country that has been sold” at a

m odities such as water and education

nationally and abroad,” K lein said,

lecture Saturday night.

T h e lecture was held to raise

and turns them into products.

rather than organizations such as

Finally, she said, mass deregula­

U n ic e f that traditionally undertake j

N aom i

K lein ,

the M on treal-

as a source fo r p ro fit both

m oney for the legal defence o f the A ctio n C om m ittee for Non-Status

industries and allows foreign capital

these tasks.

K lein gave examples such as j

A lgerian s

to penetrate.

K lein referred to the terms used

water supply in parts o f B olivia,

for the drastic econom ic reforms in

raised the water rates by 50 per cent j

w orld premiere o f part o f a docu­

places such as Russia, C h ile and

and then pushed for a law that made j

mentary that Klein and her husband,

Argentina, as “shock therapy.” Iraq,

it illegal for residents to collect rain­

A v i Lewis, are m aking about poverty-

she said, makes the experiences o f

water. Bectel, w hich is also present in j

stricken Argentina’s occupied factory

these countries loo k like ‘ spa treat­

Iraq, was later thrown ou t o f B olivia j

m ovem ent.

K lein watched coverage o f the

ments.” “ ‘ Shock and awe’ m ilitary force

Iraq war w h ile in Argentina, a coun­

is being used to enforce shock thera­

try she said has becom e a “ hollow ed-

py.” She said.

Iraq is a

the

T en t

C ity

O rgan izing C ollective.

T h e lecture also included the

ou t

nation”

after

fo llo w in g

the

and is now suing the B olivian gov­ ernment for loss o f profit.

T h e difference between privati­ zation in Iraq and the privatization o f

cou n try

rich

in

Latin Am erican countries, K lein said,

resources, m ost o f w hich have yet to

is that there is no foreign governm ent (

“ recipes” for econom ic developm ent.

K lein said that after September

be privatized because the m ajority o f

that the m ajor corporations have to

the econ o m y was ow n ed

deal with. K lein cited the Economist:

M o n eta ry

student fees are paying for

Bectel, a com pany that privatized the !

F u n d ’s

In ternational

The Tribune looks at what

nies “that see health care and educa­

tion reduces the protection o f local

and

b y the

11, 2001, there was an instinctive

Baath Party. M ilitary action in Iraq

in five months, Bectel has recon- |

shift by activists from figh ting global­

was

structed one

ization

war.

because globalization needs growth

bridges out o f 49, and has yet to j

H ow ever, she argues that these tw o

to survive, and recently, m ore devel­

are related.

She likened tryin g to

op in g countries that used to con­

restore h a lf o f Iraq’s phone lines.

As a result o f Iraq being deem ed

stop war w ith ou t stopping the eco­

tribute to this growth are pursuing

“too protectionist,” K lein said, US

nom ic drive behind the war to trying

privatization. “ T h e Bush crew has stepped

firms can ow n 100 per cent o f com ­

M o re funding is needed for

panies in Iraq, w ith the exception o f

the Students’ Society Daycare cen­

u p ... T h e y are no longer asking, but

oil companies, and can also remove 100 per cent o f the profits from these

tre in order to make it operational year-round, V ice-P resid en t

companies out o f Iraq.

O p era tion s

to

fig h tin g

against

to stop a bom b that has already been dropped.

U sin g

the

“ M c G o v e rn m e n t”

to describe the

term

needed,

tak in g,”

said

K le in

K lein .

con tended,

“They

have

m oved from Free Trade L igh t to Free

m ile

o f road,

three NIC0LE LEAVER

graduate student per semester goes

Sofia

K lein said that in the name o f

directly into the Daycare fund and

w o rld safer for multinational corpo­ rations,

the

compensate for the war by recon­

democracy, the Iraqi people are being robbed o f a fundamental com ponent

“ M cG overn m en t H a p p y M eal” has

structing Iraq, she said. T h is respon­

o f that very system, the right to own

by

three com ponents: mass downsizing

sibility was handed to private com pa­

body. T h e

o f the public sector, mass privatiza­

nies selected by the Bush administra­

their country. “ T h e call has to be for an end to

tion and mass deregulation.

D ow n sizin g the public sector

tion.

increases unem ploym ent and eco­

but they’re com ing to buy it,” K lein

franchise she

m ak ing

explained

that

the

the corporate occupation o f Iraq, “ It sounds like the Peace Corps,

R o d r ig o

D eC a stro

said.

Trade Reloaded.”

T h e Bush adm inistration had to

ec o n o m ic

T h e daycare, open full-tim e since January, is m ainly subsidized the

undergraduate

student

Q u eb ec govern m en t

and those students w h o make use j

o f the daycare centre make up the difference in funds. T h e m ajority

she said.

— With files from James Grohsgal

o f children enrolled in the center, however, are graduate students’ children. T h e

question

o f who

should pay to keep the service run­

e le c tio n s ...

ning is one that raises controversy.

m c g ill

“ Undergraduate students are currendy subsidizing graduate stu­ dents,” D eC astro said.

T h ere are currently 38 chil­ dren enrolled in the daycare, nine

S S M U P R E S ID E N T IA L BY E L E C T IO N A N D F Y C C E L E C T IO N

o f w h om are children o f under­ graduates.

D eCastro believes that the M c G ill

Post-Graduate

Students’

Society should help finance the

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D eCastro said. “ T h is is n ot in our

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A h m ed Abu-Safia, vice-presi­ dent external for PG SS has said that the daycare issue is one that is “d efin itely on the agenda.” PG SS President Ives Levesque was not available for com m ent. “ S S M U has a b u dget o f $108,000 a year for the daycare, collected

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student fees in

accordance w ith the referendum passed a couple o f years ago,” said D eCastro. “ Five dollars per under-

an additional

$70,000

is raised

through parent fees,” he said.

M eanw hile, the PG SS

does

not contribute directly to funding the daycare. “ W e have a contract w ith the PGSS

of

about

$ 1 6,000

that

allows graduate students to take advantage o f S S M U ’s services, including the daycare [ . . . ] but no m oney from the P G SS goes direct­ ly

in to

the

daycare

D eC astro said.

T h e p ro b lem

of

center,” lack

of

funds is one that C ynthia Dezso, the

c oo rd in a tor

o f the

SSM U

Daycare centre, is fam iliar with.

D ezso’s m ain project for the day­ care is to allow it to run all year long, but she said that is currently impossible. “ W e don’t have enough fund­ ing to be open in the summer when students still need the day­ care,” she said.

A graduate student and par­ ent o f a child enrolled in the day­ care centre, noted that the ratio o f undergraduate to graduate stu­ dents’

ch ildren

registered

in

Daycare could vary from one year to the next. “ H o w do you foresee the ratio next year?”

she asked. “ Besides,

[graduate students] pay m ore than anyone in the system for access to Daycare,” she added.

T h e fee fo r an undergradu­ ate student to enroll a single child in the daycare centre is $ 15 a day; it is $20 a day for graduate stu­ dents. “ Five dollars a day makes a big difference,” another parent said.

D eCastro urges graduate stu­ dent parents to lob b y for a PG SS contribution. “ It w ouldn’t be right to make undergrads pay fo r the summer program when

m ost undergrads

are not around,” he said. “ PG SS could make [the summer program] a reality; graduates w ou ld benefit the m ost from it.” ®

Save me, Aristotle: a practical guide to SSMU bullshit detection

T

he cam paign sucked. R o d rigo D eC astro

For (1 ), candidates call fo r reducing stu­

put up on e-w ord posters ( “ D eC astro” )

dent debt loads, increasing bursaries, freezing

and M ik e H ashizum e ran on a gim m ick

tuition and ending differential fees; they also

(that awful red Stetson). P h ilip C leary

w an t M c G ill to stop screwing students at the

inserted a V P university affairs platform

cafeterias and the bookstore. For (2 ), they seek

in to Bill C lin to n ’s 1992 cam paign slogan ( “ It’s

lon ger library hours and m ore representation at

the Libraries, Stupid” ). Hashizum e claim ed he’d

the Board o f Governors. In addressing (3 ), the

restore

candidates talk about the undergraduate soci­

A la m

trust, A lii

truth

k ept

and transparency”

saying

and and

eties’ insurance crisis, w h ich could m ean the

accountability.” Kate Rhodes, w h o stated she

“transparency

cancellation o f Science Carnival. T h e problem s

hates buzzwords, said things like “there are so

o f virtue, w hich fall under (4 )— S S M U ’s lack o f

m any com p lex issues that im pact m y con­

an anti-discrim ination p o lic y and the Shatner

stituency.” T h ere was m uch to debate, but

cafeterias addiction to Styrofoam , fo r exam ­

n oth in g was debated.

As

ple— are described in id eological terms (viz.

Bullshit debate leads to bad governm ent.

equ ity and environm entalism ), but have m ate­

G eorge O rw e ll said in Politics and the

rial consequences. (S S M U ’s involvem ent in the

English Language, “the present political chaos is

so-called

con n ected

m ovem ent and the Palestine-Israel con flict— is

w ith

the

d ecay

U n fortu n ately fo r victim s debate,

p o litic a l

language

of

lan gu age.”

o f last Tuesday’s has

w orsened,

because unlike in O r w e ll’s day, fe w students

‘d ivisive

issues’— like the anti-war

m ore sym bolic than practical because groups w h o disagree have equal access to club subsidies and the Cam pus L ife Fund.)

today get a classical education enforced by cor­

T h e candidates did n ot propose anything

poral punishment. T h e reform ers w h o educated

innovative. W orse, though, was that the unpre­

our parents thought that pad d ling was cruel

pared candidates m ade a virtue o f their ign o­

and G reek irrelevant, so they renounced our

rance by claim ing outsider status and substitut­ in g buzzwords fo r argument.

classical birthrigh t and allow ed formless expres­ sion to overrun effective oratory.

T o cut through the crap, here is a test to

It falls on us to restore reason to political debate, but the Greeks can help us. In Rhetoric,

distinguish a buzzw ord fro m a debatable posi­ tion:

A ristotle id entified three m odes o f persuasion: pathos

(the appeal to e m o tio n ), ethos

(the

appeal to reputation), and logos (the appeal to reason).

Ethos is about trust and name recognition:

LEGAL EAGLE

Watch out for the double H It’s A p ril 28 andyou’vejustfinished exams. You had one really hard test but | you studied your butt off, going over everypiece o f materialyou couldfind. In fact, you refeeling really proud o f yourself becauseyou even went over every old test with your bestfriend and stayed up until 4:00 am three nights in a row, just to hash out what a ll the right answers were.

You’re especially happy about that because a lot o f the same questions were on your final.

Next thingyou know, there’s a knock at your door; it’s registered mail from M cG ill. It says that you’re suspected o f cheating on that very exam and that you’re being called in to an interview about it. You’re a little worried, but you decide to just go to the interview; afier a ll it’s just a misunderstanding and it w ill get cleared right up once you explain everything. Toyour horror, it does not get “cleared right up.’’ You are presented with a set o f statistics and seating plan and told it is “clear, convincing and reli­ able evidence” that you cheated. Despite a ll your protests, you are found to have cheated and you get an F in the course. |

Is it a goal?

O

D oes the candidate propose a means to achieve it?

C an a reasonable person disagree about the goal o r means proposed to achieve it?

kay, so rew in d ... what happened?

T h e problem , o f course, is that I H arp p-H ogan says nothin g about h o w J it came to be that tw o sets o f answers ! were similar. It is possible, as in the example above, that these similar pat­ terns could happen innocently, which means that students can potentially be found guilty on nothing m ore than statistics and a seating chart.

As you may know, the H arppH ogan system is used to examine a large m ajority o f the m ultiple choice exams (both m id-term and final) at M c G ill. Its use is announced at the beginning o f each exam, as appropri­ ate. Unfortunately, students w h o have no

inten tion o f cheating generally

ignore

this

announcem ent.

Occasionally, students get in trouble, n ot

because

they’ve

cheated,

but

because they, understandably, haven’t taken precautions to prove they didn’t cheat.

So what can you do?

Sit in the front row: I f there’s no one sitting in front o f you, it’s a lot harder to cheat. I f the seating chart shows you were sitting in the front row, you are much less likely to be found guilty o f cheating.

W hat

R em em ber where you sat and

occurred is that you

write it down: take dow n a seat num ­

and

you r

frien d

sat

ber, or just count rows o f seats to make sure that you k n ow where you sat. the case m ay be) occasionally make

D eC astro s posters and Rhodes’ description as

Case A : D eC astro wants to help under­

together and g o t too m any o f the same w ron g answers on

“a senior m em ber o f the campus press.” Pathos

graduate societies get liab ility insurance by

your final, probably because you stud­

Invigilators (o r your fellow students, as

is about m aking a con nection w ith on e’s audi­

fo rm in g a federation o f student unions. Rhodes

ied together using the old tests. T h e

ence: Rhodes’ vegetarianism causes M id n ig h t

mistakes in putting together the seat­

agrees w ith the goal, but thinks the C ou n cil o f

statistics you were presented w ith are

K itch en applause and Hashizum e’s hat elicits

in g chart and you want to have a way

Presidents is the means. R uling: D eC a stro and

results from a program called the F.xam

smiles. Logos,

Rhodes have arguments.

Security M o n ito rin g System, affection­

to make sure the seating chart is cor­ rect.

the fou n dation o f persuasive

argument, seldom appeared this m on th because

Case B: A lii and H ashizum e w an t trust,

ately referred to as H arpp-H ogan, after

n o on e argued about the things that m atter to students.

D o n ’t sit near your friends, espe­

transparency and accountability. T hese are n ot

its creators D avid H arpp and James

cially i f you studied w ith them: Sitting

W h a t matters is happiness, w h ich Aristotle

goals but values, and no one has said h o w to

H ogan . H arp p-H ogan is an automated

near friends looks suspicious. Also, i f

achieve them . T h e y are n o t debatable positions

system that compares every person’s

you studied w ith them using old tests,

defines as “prosperity com b in ed w ith virtue.”

because on ly the Red Herring wants mendacity,

answers on a test to every other per­

you are m ore likely to select the same

T h e candidates, then, should tell students h o w S S M U can help them:

opacity and kleptocracy. R uling: buzzwords.

son’s answers. It flags people w ho, like

w ron g answers and get flagged H arpp-H ogan.

by

B uzzw ord-spew ing candidates cause the

you and your friend, have unusually

1) Put extra m eat (o r tofu crumbles) into student apathy they claim to be com batting. their pasta sauce, Students should lo o k beyond em otion al appeals 2 ) G e t a better grade on their paper, and vote on the persuasiveness o f the candi­

similar patterns o f w ron g answers. It

G et an advocate to go w ith you to

then produces a statistical report on

your interview: Yes, this is, yet again,

3)

H a v e a g o o d tim e on a Friday night, and

dates’ arguments.

4)

M a k e the w o rld a better place.

Since A ristotle tells us that “deliberation

letter saying that you are suspected o f

should never run, because students deserve bet­

H ogan, fo r our purposes, m igh t as well

having violated the C o d e o f Student

ter than their recycled bullshit. ■

be perfect.

ends,” the candidates must explain h o w they’ll m ake students richer, smarter, happier and m ore socially responsible.

McGILL TRIBUNE

Eoitor-in-C hiei7 Mark Kerr A ssociate Editors-in -chief Kate Rhodes (O n leave o f absence)

Sarah Wright Production Manager Natalie Malo-Fletcher

— Editor’s note: James Grohsgal advised

Kate Rhodes on her campaign.

a H arp p -H o ga n

C ondu ct and D isciplinary Procedures,

“flag” is com bined w ith a seating chart

it is serious. It w ill be to your benefit to

saying that the people sat close togeth­

talk to Student A d vocacy to get proper

er, it is essentially seen as conclusive p r o o f that cheating went on.

advice and representation. ■

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shameless self-prom otion. I f you get a

A s far as the math goes, H arpp-

Candidates w ith ou t ideas

seeks to determ ine not ends but the means to

the

the likelihood that you cheated.

Lynne Hsu

Tomoko Shida A d v e rtisin g a n d M ark e tin g M a n a g e r

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Op/Ed

7

O p in io iftÆ d ito ria l

EDITORIAL

The Tribune: anti-Queer?

Fair share for daycare?

W e have noticed an alarming trend in the M cG ill Tribune’s news coverage this year. As many o f you know, 2004 w ill be a pivotal year for queer people’s rights in Canada, w ith im pending leg­ islation that, i f passed, w ou ld recognize same-sex unions in the same w ay the federal governm ent ——-

currently recognizes opposite-sex relationships as marriage. W e understand that this is a divisive

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issue that has inspired quite a bit o f debate at M c G ill in the past few months; unfortunately, the

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he release o f this week’s 2003-2004 Students’ Society budget paints an

T

interesting fiscal picture fo r the m ajority o f the undergraduate student

|| Tribune's news reporting has denied its readers access to one side o f the discussion.

population. Its contents reveal that S S M U ’s budget for the Students

As a publication serving all M c G ill students, the Tribune has an obligation to represent both

Society Daycare is $108,000 a year. “ Five dollars per undergraduate student per semester goes directly into

sides o f every news item it covers, ^Thile we feel that the m ajority o f students are in favour o f grant­ ing queer couples their rights as protected under the Canadian Charter o f Rights and Freedoms,

the daycare fund and an additional $70,000 is raised through parent fees,”

w e value the debate brought about by the campus groups and professors w h o feel that this right

said Vice-President Operations R od rigo DeCastro.

T h e problem w ith these numbers lies in the disproportion in which

should continue to be reserved exclusively for opposite-sex couples. T h rou gh this debate, the

Tribune has consistently covered events in which religious and academic perspectives that do not

undergraduate students use the daycare com pared to graduate students

support legal recognition for same-sex couples have been explored— “Anglican Archbishop joins class to discuss same-sex unions” (Septem ber 23);

using the service. O n ly nine o f the 38 children enrolled in the daycare are

Liberal M P says same-sex marriage could fur­

ther deteriorate Canadian fam ily values

children o f undergraduate students. H ow ever, the M c G ill Post-Graduate

(O ctob er 7 )— sadly, the efforts o f Queer

Students’ Society is on ly contributing $16,000 to S S M U , w hich gives them

M c G ill and other campus groups and individuals in favour o f equal marriage

access to the service.

PG SS makes a smaller contribution because there are fewer graduate

for queer couples have consistently been ignored.

T o its credit, the Tribune d id publish an excellent feature story on

students in proportion to undergrads.

T h is is not to say that the potential for undergraduate students to take

the debate, entitled: “ Same-sex marriage: R ecogn izing the ‘supremacy o f G o d ’ or the ‘ rule o f law’ ?” (Septem ber 23). W e feel, however, that

advantage o f the daycare is nonexistent. W h e n look in g at the current num­

despite the efforts o f other sections o f the paper, news writers should

bers, it is evident that the potential to utilize the service weighs in favour o f

feel the utmost need to represent all sides o f every discussion w ith in their ow n articles, as this is where m any students lo o k to know all the facts surrounding what happens at M cG ill.

W e find it disappointing and dow nright irresponsible that the “news ’ is allowed to be biased like this, especially given the fact that news editor K im

graduate students.

T h e Students’ Society Daycare is, w ith out a doubt, a valuable asset to those w h o need it, and providin g social services is som ething that benefits the entire M c G ill community. A t what cost can S S M U and undergraduate student fees continue to serve the daycare, when it is on ly being utilized by

D ’Souza openly stated his opposition to Q ueer M c G ill’s and other groups’ arguments

nine undergraduates?

T h e system in place for student social services is no different than a uni­

for im m ediate recognition o f same-sex marriage when he testified before the parliamentary justice com m ittee in May. W h ile w e do n ot know whether or not D ’Souza acted in good faith in regards to this issue, the appearance o f personal bias cannot be ignored. O f course, editors and reporters

versal health care system in w hich the term inally ill are afforded the same

are entitled to personal beliefs; however, they are obligated to take these beliefs into account and

benefits at the same cost as those w h o are in perfect health.

Five dollars a semester may seem inconsequential, but to the under­

n ot let them show when they cover such divisive debates.

Please, let the news reported in the Tribune be truly unbiased as it claims to be, so that it w ill

graduate student population between the ages o f 18 and 22, the m ajority o f w h om d o not have children, $108,000 is a steep price tag to put on child

not be perceived as one-sided propaganda.

— Michelle Marsman and Alex Dow Co-administrators, Queer M cG ill

SACOMSS misquoted O verall, “ T h e fine line between pick­ ing up and sexual harassment” (O ctob er

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care.

Daycare is not the on ly place on campus where such discrepancies are found. T h ere is a possibility for an athletics referendum to be held in N ovem b er for a fee that w ou ld raise $3-m illion for im provem ent o f servic­

V

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es. Graduate students are ‘piggybacking’ on the athletics referendum to

u 15) did an admirable job o f raising aware­ ness regarding the issue o f sexual harassment on campus. It provided inform ation regarding the grievance

which the undergraduate student population w ill fo o t the bill. PG SS has not yet offered financial support towards athletics’ im provem ents, yet grad­ uate students continue to use its services. S S M U and the undergraduate stu­

procedures at M c G ill and affirm ed the fact that harassment should not be tolerated under any circum ­

dent population are d oin g their part in financing M c G ill student services,

stances. H ow ever, we w ou ld like to draw attention to the fact that we were m isquoted through the substi­ tution o f “victim ” for “survivor” in the statement, “ N o th in g the victim does or says justifies or provokes sex­

but where are PG SS and the graduate student body?

W h a t PG SS should be d oin g is initiating a referendum o f its ow n to

ual harassment.” T h e issue at hand is not m erely one o f semantics, but rather reflects a philosophy that

raise m ore m oney for the services that it uses. T h is w ill enhance the quality

guides the Sexual Assault Centre o f M c G ill’s Student Society in the services it provides.

S A C O M S S believes the use o f victim language to be disem powering because it treats survivors as pas­

students w h o also face the potential o f rising tuition costs and various other

sive and helpless. W h ile w e support each person’s right to define themselves in the manner they choose, we

fee increases. A greater PG SS contribution w ou ld add m ore weight to their

prefer to describe those w h o have experienced sexual assault as survivors to connote respect for their strength and for their efforts to make sense o f their experiences. T erm in ology and language play a large role in shap­

involvem ent in campus life and the campus community.

Graduate and post-graduate research is obviously beneficial to the uni­

ing our understanding o f situations, and w e hope that you recognize w h y w e believe such a distinction to

versity, and putting a price tag on academic returns is a difficult feat. But the

be important."

numbers don’t add up. Perhaps it is tim e for PG SS to step up to the plate

— Amy Darwish and Eden Dion Co-external coordinators, SACOMSS

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o f service given and w ill level the m onetary playing field fo r undergraduate

and put its m oney where its children are. ■

Unity must be done right

O

ne m ajor task must be finalized

by the

runner-up and Alberta Prem ier Ralph K lein — whose idea o f

prospective Harris campaign, a province that decidedly did not like his policies or his demeanour.

W e also cannot forget the man that left a bad taste in

Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian

Canadian history excludes Q uebec and prohibition— Harris

Alliance in order for the Conservative Party

w ou ld be the w ron g choice to lead the Conservative Party o f

o f Canada to succeed in federal politics: find a leader. A n d not just anyone— a great one,

Canada.

T h e federal Liberals have a stranglehold on this coun­

as he or she w ill have to endure som e very rough roads i f the

try, so m uch so that they are successfully recruiting card-car­

tw o biggest righ t-w ing parties together and is considered a

new party wants to dom inate Parliament.

Since the tw o right-w ing parties announced a possible

ryin g supporters that are not even citizens. N o w

that

dark horse for the leadership candidacy. T h a t’s just what

M artin, a fairly righ t-w ing G rit, looks like he w ill succeed

Canada needs in its next federal election, a dinosaur p oliti­

m erger tw o weeks ago to finally unite the right, an interest­

Chrétien as prim e minister, it w ill be very tough fo r som e­

cian in the running. I thought that’s w h y w e g o t rid o f Joe

in g decision is n o w on the table as the election approaches

one to com e in and sweep Canadian voters o f f their feet in

as to w h o w ill take on Paul M artin as the conservative voice.

on ly a fe w months. Stockwell D a y cou ld n t d o it three years

Clark.

T h ere’s the situation o f the B loc Q uébécois as well,

M a n y polls and political pundits agree that form er

ago, and Harris certainly does n ot have the physique to even

w hich has yet to voice its concern, m ainly because it doesn’t

O n tario Prem ier M ik e Harris is the favourite for the post,

attem pt the childish stunts the form er leader o f the opposi­

care. T h e country’s other righ t-w in g party knows it can

w h ile Peter M a c K a y o f the Tories and Stephen H arper o f the

count on the voters o f the second biggest province to decide

ultra-conservative Alliance are left out in the cold. M acK ay

tion pulled.

H arris,

the

has barely gotten his feet w et as the leader o f the P C , while

R evolu tion ,”

w hich

Canada’s m outh, let alone one province, w hen he left office: Brian Mtrlroney. H e was silently part o f the deal to brin g the

Sense

in favour o f the nationalist group foun ded by their saviour

m any

H arper has dug dow n deep enough into Jean C hrétiens psy­

Ontarians, w o u ld have the unenviable job o f tryin g to lure

Lucien Bouchard.

T h a t leaves Harris counting on the non-influential

che that he’s been able to exhibit his ow n hideous arrogance

back the province that overw helm ingly voted his form er

M aritim es and conservative Alberta fo r his n ew party’s votes.

very nicely since he m oved into Stornoway.

D oes it really matter, though, w h o w ill lead the aggre­

mates ou t o f Queen’s Park in favour o f the big red machine.

A lth ou g h it is to the benefit o f Canadians that they

O n e wonders how he g ot re-elected the first time.

O n tario is the country’s haven fo r Liberal votes— the

have a proper choice, it is doubtful that the m ajority w ill be

gate o f tw o parties w h o were prone for d o o m in a Liberal­ thinking nation?

T h o u gh he’s n ot nearly as disgraceful a leader as poll ............ .. ....... '' ‘ .

p ion eer

of

the

“ C om m on

didn’t make m uch sense to

2000 election saw every seat from

the nation’s largest

province g o to the Grits. T h is w ill be a tough sell fo r the —— —

partial to the n ew right i f M ik e Harris becomes its leader.

Better to g o w ith the younger, less notorious face in Peter M acKay. ■

Features

T h e M c G i l l T r i b u n e , T u esday , O c t o b e r 2 8 , 2 0 0 3

Oops, I didn't knowwe couldn'ttalkaboutstress Chill out—ADRIENNEAKMAN is not a professional. But because of her own experience, she's able to address the issue of anxiety and find the light at the end of the tunnel for those too anxious to get a grip on their own.

20 per cent. O n campus, the reality o f anxiety is severe.

required. Strategic distraction helps to restore a sense o f pe r­

D irector o f M c G ill M ental Health Services Dr. N orm an

spective which is lost to the anxious mind. I f you have to

H offm a n estimates that 10 per cent o f the student bod y suf­

think about it, w ork at it, or negotiate for it, you may well be pitching too high.

fers from anxiety. Every year at M c G ill 800 to 900 students are treated fo r anxiety, and even m ore are left untreated.

For the full-service seeker

H offm a n attributes the apparent change in the last 20 years elcom e to the m ost d is tu r b ­ ing reality p ro g ra m ­

to the fact that “people are feeling m ore fragile in life, like they don’t have a solid foundation.”

W h eth er it is instances or awareness that is on the rise,

A n emphasis on self-help suggests that anxiety can be controlled w ith practice, but not always to the p oin t o f replacing professional and scientific treatments. In truth,

the indisputable reality o f anxiety resonates in the experience

D .I.Y . strategies need to be applied w ith som e com bination

o f Canadians and certainly university students.

o f less palatable therapy and even— gasp— medication.

m ing yet. T h e task threatens to

H o w then, do so m any people on campus suffer from

M edication. Indeed, psychopharm acology is to m edica­

be m ore difficult than falling in

anxiety yet so fe w remain unaware o f the problem? T h e stig­

tion as mental illness is to general health— terrifying. A n d

love w ith a com plete stranger,

m a attached to mental illness is that o f weakness, unbalance,

m ore painful than an extreme

and disruption. It w ill never cease to be heroic to break a leg

yet, i f you had a fever, you w ou ld n ot likely hesitate to take a pill to relieve that sym ptom . T h e logic is plain enough

makeover, and m ore humiliat­

in some w ild act o f physical exertion, but dow nright weak to

ing than getting kicked o f f the

experience anxiety over som e similarly strenuous mental

island. Today, the reality to be

feat. T h e reality o f anxiety is n ot far rem oved from physical

Similarly, psychotherapy poses no cause fo r alarm.

drawn out o f the shadows is anxiety. W h ile no one is going

ailment. Like a broken bone, anxiety requires a careful bal­

O n ce w e drop that nasty prefix to an otherwise tolerable

to w alk away w ith a m illion dollars, the issue is intim ately

ance o f individual attention and professional treatment

word, w e find that therapy is m erely a scheduled op portun i­

related to reality, perhaps m ore so than m any o f us w ou ld

through which it can be greatly diminished, i f not entirely overcome.

ty to com plain. It boasts the assurance o f occurring in con­

care to admit. Herein, I hope to offer a battle plan, a strate­ g y fo r those am ong us brave enough to adm it that w e m ight have an insider perspective on the matter.

The Do-It-Yourself (D.I.Y) formula

Should it m atter whether the sym ptom occurs in the body or the mind?

fidence, and free from judgm ent. In effect, therapy is just a day spa for the brain. You get whatever package suits you, and w ith it the opportu n ity for professional attention to

T h e com plexity o f anxiety is such that it is impossible

your problem area.’ T h e com pound o f self-help and profes­

o f the general population (six m illion people) and 30 per

to establish a single form ula fo r treatment. T h ere m ay be

cent o f Montrealers over the age o f 18 reported experiencing “quite a lot o f life stress.”

som e basic tools useful in m itigating the im m ediate symp­

sional treatments is thus the com plete form ula fo r com bat­ ing anxiety.

toms, and m inim izin g anxiety-related discom fort. Enter the

Som e realities are better left unexposed: whether a fist

Before w e begin to fret over ailing Canadians, w e must

blueprint for progress: the art o f distraction. Accom panied

fits into a human m outh; excellence in digestion o f live

consider what constitutes “a lo t o f life stress,” and at what

by other m ore conventional forms o f treatment, this tactic

insects, o r even willingness to prostitute one’s soul for not

p oin t that stress becomes anxiety.

offers a straightforward plan o f attack for when you are feel­

nearly enough money. Anxiety, however, is a m yth much in

A t the turn o f the m illennium , in Canada, 25 per cent

In the broadest terms, anxiety may be defined as “a

ing under attack. T h e essential element in becom ing your

need o f debunking. Unveiled, the reality o f anxiety is one

duration, frequency, number, and intensity o f symptoms

ow n Dr. Phil, (but m uch better looking, o f course), is fin d ­

that are significant enough to interfere w ith a persons qual­ ity o f life” ( Textbook o f Anxiety Disorders). Understanding

ing your simple pleasure, for lack o f a m ore technical term, w hich constitutes the necessary distraction. This

which w e are increasingly able to define, w ith out being defined by it in turn. ■

anxiety requires being attuned to the language o f the brain.

pleasure m ay take any shape. T h e on ly requirements

As elsewhere, pain and discom fort indicate a problem .

are that it be readily accessible, available in abun­

A n xiety occurs when a perceived threat triggers the fight or

dance, and com pletely unrelated to any sense o f pro­

fligh t response, discharging hormones such as adrenaline to

ductivity. A p petites

the bloodstream and brain. T h is state o f arousal is accompa­

Examples m igh t include poutine or mindless televi­

nied by physical sym ptom s o f discom fort which com m only

sion. The aim is not to eat or deny the anxiety away,

include dizziness, nausea, tightness o f the chest, and d iffi­ culty concentrating.

but to relax the brain, engage the body, and acknowl­

are a g o o d

place to start.

edge the insignificance o f this trial.

H avin g defined the criteria, w e can assess the preva­

A p p lyin g your pleasure is self-explanatory. N o

lence. Estimates for the anxiety sufferers within the general

batteries required— well, that m ight depend on your

population range from a conservative five per cent, to 10 to

pleasure o f choice.

Better said

no

instructions

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Brown B uilding, 3600 M cTavish, Suite

5500, M ontreal, (5 1 4 ) 398-6019

Montreal General Hospital, Behavioral Clink: (5 1 4 ) 485-7772 Recovery Inc. Peer Support Group: (5 1 4 ) 481-4258 Head and Hands, Free Professional Counseling: (5 1 4 ) 481 -0277 Student Services, Mental Health, Anxiety Disorders: w w w .m cgill.ca

Creepy Cats: When calling a girl isn't AM barks back at c a tc a lls .

E

arlier this September— during that one precious

“ It’s kind o f funny, actually. I was biking along, feeling

week o f M ontreal weather when it was neither too

really con fid en t... out getting fresh air and exercise... and

I f you get all dressed up to go out, you’ve done your

hot nor too cold— Alison H err decided to forgo the

one disgusting com m ent just com pletely killed it,” says Herr.

hair and makeup and you’re wearing a very provocative out­

bus and take her bike to school. As the sun beat

She added that the com ments from these m en made her feel “self-conscious and cheap.”

fit, and no one looks at you, you’ll feel... ignored.”

dow n on her face, she thought about h o w great it was to start the day w ith a nice lon g bike ride, and how she’d like to make a habit o f it, w hen a harsh yell jolted her out o f her euphoric state. “ Hey, nice tits!” was the cry that came out o f a nearby Jeep, from tw o leering m en almost 10 years her senior.

Canadian society proclaims itslelf to be advanced and egalitarian, yet com ments o f this nature are hurled at w om en

M a n y other w om en feel the same way— any form o f cat­ calling, whether it be an explicit com m ent on a w om an’s

like H err have experienced.

Black

finds these stares and com ments to be a kind o f recognition, or an ego boost. “ I know that cat-calling is bad because it reduces w om en

body, or som ething as simple as a whistle, is com pletely

to their looks, but i f you’re g o in g ou t dressed in the kind o f

unwelcome. But while some w om en w ill g o ou t o f their way

w ay that gets that attention, you probably value your appear­ ance, too.”

to avoid this attention from

males, others w elcom e it.

Samantha Black (n o t her real name) is one such wom an.

W h ile Black’s argument holds water, m any w om en agree that their clothing has little to d o w ith the reason they get

on a daily basis. It can be som ething as innocuous as a car

“ I ’ve heard a lot o f lines, but m y favourite is definitely, ‘O o o o h , baby girl, baby girl!” ’ Black, U l , admits she some­

horn honk, and other times it can be words so vile that this

times enjoys the remarks m en throw her way, explaining that

newspaper w ou ld never print them. W h ile some consider

she has never felt degraded or insulted by the m en w h o com ­

called in M ontreal is a) you are noticeably female, and b) you have a pulse.

catcalling a natural part o f male-female interaction, others find it insulting and degrading.

m ent on her appearance. However, she admits that she has

W h y is this behaviour almost exclusively male to female,

never been the recipient o f the distasteful catcalls that w om en

catcalled. In fact, one could argue the criteria fo r getting cat­

See "HEY SWEETHEART," page 9

Features 9

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Getting down with Divali

JEFF ROBERTS checks out a colourful fête for the Hindu New Year

W

ith saris swirling and pungent aromas,

incantations,

M c G ill’s

Sanskrit and English. T h e colourful student onlookers

H in d u

students

brought

w ith

the

priest alternating

between

uncharacteristic energy to the Shatner

stood respectfully about, contem plating the ritual.

building’s drab ballroom last Friday. A t

times, the young m en and w om en passed eager and

At

an evening event, the com m u nity cele­

inquisitive glances between themselves. C om p letin g the

brated D ivali, the most im portant holiday on the

scene were several friends from outside the H in d u com ­

H in d u calendar. T h e event was an interesting one, due both to the festivities themselves and a study in blend­

munity, and a few student politicians.

M c G ill’s H in d u Students’ Association pegs the

ing cultures.

D ivali can be loosely translated as an array o f

These students have arrived from a scattering o f places,

lamps’ , and celebrates a popular legend in which Lord

in cludin g

Ram a returns from exile and defeats the evil king,

D iversity was also reflected at the D ivali event, w ith the

Ravana. In the legend, the city o f Aydohya welcomes

organizers providing fo o d and signage from all parts o f

the victory by adorning all o f their houses w ith lamps.

India. A t times, good-natured bickering broke ou t as

T h e illum ination is further intended to sym bolize the

students tried to establish the nuts-and-bolts details o f

removal o f spiritual darkness and the onset o f happiness

their traditions— were the sweets to be eaten w ith

and prosperity. T h e holiday is also a N e w Year celebra­

spoons or by hand?

Shifting between secular campus life and D ivali

number o f Hindus on campus at approxim ately 700.

tion in which firecrackers are set o f f and gifts and sweets are exchanged.

T h e day also coincides w ith the sun entering into

Because they couldn't set off firecrackers in the Shatner ballroom, these students were forced to find other ways to celebrate Divali.

N igeria , T o ro n to

and Mauritius.

appeared to com e easy for most attendees. A d orn ed in rich red and indigo robes, girls bantered about classes

its second course and passing Libra w hich is represent­

and boys amidst a general m ood o f laid-back convivial-

ed by a balance. Th is occurrence has traditionally been

ity.

The

seen as an appropriate tim e for the balancing and clos­

CARMEL MUSHIN

D elh i,

VP

External

of

the

.

H in d u

, , Students

ing o f account books. N o te d one D ivali celebrant,

Association, Sonali Shah, noted that meshing the new

M am tu M atabadul, “ In the m orning, w e go to D ad ’s

and

office. H e takes out new ledgers and everyone writes a

Canadians. W h e n asked whether the sporadic flaring o f

g o od w ill message on the front pages.

In the M c G ill context, D ivali this year was marked

the

tradition al

is n ot

hard

fo r

m ost

In d o-

religious tensions am ong other student groups had had any effect on M c G ill’s H in d u students, Shah was soft-

by strings o f lights sweeping across the ballroom , and an

spoken. “ N o , it hasn’t really been an issue this year,” she

evening o f costumed partying. T o com m ence the event,

said.

a H in d u priest drew the approxim ately fifty attendees

T h e overall m ood remained decidedly celebratory

around a small table laden w ith fruits and sweets and

as the D ivali evening shifted towards dancing, a variety

conducted a ritual puja (cçrem ony). T h e puja featured

show and eating. ■

"Hey Sweetheart!"

BENJAMIN FELDMAN

Subtlety is key-lfs pretty safe to say that these boys aren't admiring the label of her jeans.

Continued from page 8

“ W h y don’t I yell shit at girls? I don’t know— w hy

and rarely the other w ay around? Professor Peta Tancred, a retired sexual ethics teacher, believes that there is a sim­

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ple explanation for this. Som e m en still see w om en as nothin g m ore than sexual objects.

She admits that

w om en have been known to catcall men, but that these occasions are usually planned, in a w o u ld n t it be fun i f w e catcalled some guys?” kind o f way. As Tancred puts it, m en treat an attractive w om an in the same manner they w ou ld treat “a nice piece o f furniture.” T h e y d o not see an attractive wom an, they see an attractive object. W h ile

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tables, this illustrates Tancred’s theory in an interesting way.

O f course, not all m en make a habit o f catcalling.

For example, Christopher Johnson,

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w om an’s attention in this manner. W h ile he and his friends d o com m ent to one another about an attractive w om an w h om they pass on the street, their intent is not for her to overhear.

w ou ld I? I don’t really see the point o f it.” Johnson cited another valuable reason to refrain from catcalling, asking, “ W h a t i f I yell at some girl, ‘hey, nice thunder thighs!’ and I have a conference w ith her the next day?”

Johnson speculates that men are constantly told by television, movies, and other men, that catcalling is a typ­ ical, masculine behaviour. Therefore, by emulating this behaviour, they too w ill be seen as masculine and d om i­ nant.

It is unclear h ow cat-calling became so culturally accepted. Yet som ehow it seems to have becom e a com ­ m onplace norm governing m ale-female relations such as the three-days-after-date calling rule. W h ile , refreshingly, m any men are beginning to see catcalling as a no-no, m any men— and w om en— don’t understand how it could possibly be found offensive. So ladies, be wary. W h ile it seems that catcalling is slowly being phased out o f our society, it m ight be a g o o d idea to have a good com eback ready next tim e you walk past a construction site. ■

10 Features

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Actors turnedauthors: Are you serious?

LAUREN ATTARD examines the blurring of celebrity image and legitimate art the arduous quest o f w riting a novel or w in ning a political office?

work, but many are failing to question whether her literal endeavours are simply another form o f acting.

“ It adds another layer o f m eaning to their ‘star text,” ’

Society’s willingness to support celebrities* ’’ genuine

explains Derek N ystrom , a professor in the C ultural Studies

interests” by purchasing the fruits o f their (ghostwriter’s)

department. H e describes star text as the m any different asso­

labor show how gullible and gossip-hungry w e are. From this

ciations society has w ith a celebrity, including their public

knowledge, w e then must question where any o f the actors

appearances and what tabloids say about them. “Authoring a

w h o suddenly spark an interest in “serious” disciplines w ith ­

b ook can thus reinforce, reinflect, or counter some o f the

out having any experience (um , Schwarzenegger?) are part o f

other meanings that are already associated w ith their star text.”

the real w orld or are just reading H o lly w o o d ’s heavily-script­ ed P R plots. ■

N ystrom gives examples o f celebrities w ho attem pt to alter the m eaning o f their star text.

Steve M artin, fo r example, in his m ove from com edian to actor to director, has becom e a serious actor.” “ [M artin’s] books enables him to reinforce this im age,” explains Nystrom . “ Ethan Hawke, on the other hand, is some­ one whose career has fluctuated between that o f

A

ctors, musicians, politicians, and executives ana­

cute teen star (M ystery D ate) and serious inde­

lyze their ratings and financial statements daily.

pendent film actor. Thus, his novels are clearly

N o m atter h o w hard they try, it must be difficult

an attempt to reinflect his star text w ith more substantive associations.”

n ot to see these numbers as a realistic measure o f

their success. So h ow d o these “famous people” fix their ow n ratings and worth? Som e choose to stop doin g

When does acting stop and art begin?

what they are g ood at, and try som ething new— they becom e

M a n y object to M artin being lum ped with

self-proclaim ed fashion authorities, or religious gurus or take

the “actor turned author” crowd, which con­

a crack at the great Am erican novel.” T h e crossover from act­

notes such literary horrors as Britney Spears’

ing to other forms o f fam e is in vogue. T h ere is Ethan H awke,

novel and M aria Shriver’s attem pt at child psy­ ch ology in a children’s book. W ritin g since

the actor/producer-cum-novelist. M on ica Lewinsky went from tram py intern to handbag designer. Dr. Phil has

around 1960, M artin com posed an arguably

The Pleasure o f My Company,

attem pted to straddle the role o f psychiatrist w ith that o f talk

w itty novel in

show host and diet expert. A n d , o f course, there is the b old ­

which delves into the life o f a most abnormal

est crossover to date, A rn o ld Schwarzenegger: actor/bodybuilder to governor.

man w h o

These crossovers are n ot particularly successful; H aw ke’s first novel, The Hottest State, sold fairly w ell (40,000 copies)

believes that the score o f 90 he

received on his I Q test is a typographical error— it should be 190— stopping him from becom ing a m em ber o f Mensa.

but received horrible reviews. Lewinsky has virtually disap­

In an interview w ith Terry Gross on N P R ’s

peared from the lim elight, except fo r the occasional “ Saturday N ig h t L ive.” Dr. Phil seems to have a short shelf life. I f

“ Fresh A ir ” early this m onth, M artin explained his interest in writing.

Schwarzenegger is smart, he w ill fo llo w M adonnas lead and be the next to remake “Am erican Pie.”

hom e waiting fo r scripts to com e through the

“ I never wanted to be an actor w h o sat at

Society follow s these celebrities like puppy dogs. T h e

door.” As difficult as it is to im agine Steve

pow er a fam iliar name holds makes the difference between

M artin sitting at hom e im paitiently w aiting for

popular and best-seller— a m ovie suddenly becomes better

a job, it seems even less plausible that M adonna

once it features T o m Cruise; G ap pants becom e m uch m ore

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society than just the celebrities w h o try to w rite serious nov­

her daughter Lourdes, w h o is ridiculed in school

els. “ It’s all about the physics and econom ics o f fam e,” he

fo r her m other’s fame. N P R b ook critic Polly

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Shulman explains the story attempts to teach

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The

M c G ill

T r ib u n e ,

T uesday,

O c t o b e r 28,

2003

SIC

DJs prove they can be rockstars

Mr. Scruff and DJ Spinna deliver the goods Natalie Goldenberg-Fife

M uscle.

Cheryl Tyler

hip-hop, sentimental vocal p op and newschool electronica. T h e

It could have been C ock ers British T o quote a friend, “ [M r. S cru ff] plays

transitions were

T h e M o n tre a l E lectro n ic G ro o v e Festival has been a lon g tim e com ing.

voice-d istortion

and ultraviolet

all the songs you [have] never heard of, but

N o t on ly does it provide an occasion to

b o d y paint, that caused som e members o f

wish you had!” T h is past Saturday, about

T h e spacious venue o f the S A T was a

b oo gie fo r all those so inclined— note

the audience to rigid ly p on der the specta­

300-plus people danced to those songs until

key ingredient to the show’s success and stel­

“ G ro o v e ” in the festivals name— but it

lar atmosphere. T h e re is n othin g worse than

sass, or his curious disguise in volvin g a device

clean and every n ew song g o t the crow d dancing even harder.

cle. Yet fo r those w h o came to dance,

their clothes were drenched w ith sweat. T o

also brings an array o f international acts,

C o c k e r’s experien ced

and stage

quote another less eloqu ent friend whose

tryin g to dance in a tin y floo r space w h ile

allow in g a thorough

presence, accom panied

by the d rivin g

advice I sought in describing the experience,

others bum p into you— but there was m ore

music. T h e acts that played Friday night

electronic bass, m ade it hard n o t to m ove in approval.

“ I think you should just say ‘W O W ’ and end it there.”

than enough room to pull o f f your m oves on Saturday.

at the S A T showed that w hen it comes to

Su m m ing up the feel o f the night,

insight in to

the

som etimes confusing w o rld o f electronic

v o ic e

M anchester,

E n glan d

native

Andy

electronica, just about anything goes.

M o s t p eop le k n o w

at least on e

of

C arthy’s songs, even i f they claim to have

As one o f fe w females in a pred om ­

never heard o f the British DJ. T h e w ell-

inately male scene, DJ C h loe, esteemed

know n track “ G e t a M o v e on” plays in a

in the Paris club network, showed that

Volkswagen com m ercial where there’s noth­

sugar ‘n spice is a tasty com bination as

ing but d rivin g through

she warm ed up the crowd. H e r genteel,

accordance w ith funky instrumentals and

m odest presence chicly contrasted w ith

the diverse DJs A re N o t Rockstars closed

her “often dark” techno beats.

the proceedings. T h e collaborative m ix­

C arthy— w o rd is he don ned the nicknam e

the country in

the lyrics, “You’ve g ot to keep m ov in g .”

S cru ff in acknow ledgem ent o f his always

In fact, “you ’ve g ot to keep m o v in g ’

neatly-trim m ed beard— came to the stage at

sums up S c ru ff’s show. Even those n o t danc­

F ew in the audience seemed quite

ing o f D J / M C Princess Superstar and

prepared fo r the act that follow ed. T h e

A lexander Technique had the audience

around 11:00 p m and did n ot stop pum pin g

ing substances o f f were at least tapping their

view in g fou r turntables spin at once.

his magical trip-hop beats until 4:30 in the m orning.

feet or m ovin g their heads. So i f ever you hear that M r. S cru ff is com in g to tow n

S cru ff and his partner in musical genius

again, make sure to purchase a styling pair o f

concept? Take the lead singer from on c e-n oto rio u s

B ritp o p

band

a

(Jarvis

U n con ven tion al com binations

such as

C ock er from Pulp), give him a cam py

M a d o n n a ’s

n ew persona, w rite som e guitar heavy

N otoriou s B .I.G .’s “ H y p n otize ” held the

for the night, B rooklyn’s DJ Spinna, played

d an cin g

crow d in au ditory awe until shutdown.

a set that included everything from 60s and

because “m ovin g ” is all you ’ll be d o in g once you get there.

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songs that draw fro m all genres, slap some

“ L ik e

a

V ir g in ”

w ith

randy lyrics on top, then poun d an elec­

D iverse DJs and musical com bina­

tro bass line underneath. W h a t you ’re left

tions ruled on Friday at the M E G , p rov­

w ith

is a h igh ly entertaining

experience,

musical

alo n g

w ith

your

ticket,

ing that, in the w o rld o f electronic music,

care o f the band Relaxed

® e a ir e

70s soul-jazz and funk, old reggae, classic

shoes

there’s som ethin g fo r everyone. ■

A celebration of the ass

Liz Treutler

T h e show, capably directed by Barry O ’C on n ell (w h o also plays Frank n Furter), opens w ith a spray paint-happy,

On-stage sex in a variety o f positions, fabulous costumes, guys w ith eyeliner— w hat m ore could you ask fro m a night at the theatre?

O c to b e r 30 and 31 marks the 30th anniversary o f Richard O ’ Brien’s The Rocky

H orror Show at K ola N o te . You k n o w you’re in fo r a g o o d tim e when, upon w alk in g in, there’s a stage in fro n t o f you, a bar behind you and h a lf the audience is dressed to the

rocked-up version o f “ Science Fiction/D ouble Feature,” perform ed by C olum bia, M agen ta (Luisa Pepe), and the Phantom s, a six-person chorus in jealousy-provoking and just plain provocative costumes that range from M adon na’s V irg in T ou r to tattooed and bleeding-vam pire Goths.

Im m ediately,

Pepe’s vo ic e

is the standout.

She’s

described as a “scene-stealer,” and that’s n o lie. She later shares the vocal spotlight w ith Eddie (Tanya A gostin e) in a fantastic rendition o f H o t Patootie” and a loveable R ock y creature 0am es A llp o rt).

nines in boas, tiaras and bellbottom s (fo r

T h e rest o f the cast seems to have h opped ou t o f a

the non-tiara toting guys). T h is is w ithout

blender, a m ix o f standouts and those w h o seem to be lo o k ­

m en tion ing the fantastic pre-show music

in g forw ard to the end o f the perform ance. T h e Phantoms

over the loudspeakers: a plethora o f Billy

are a great addition, singing, dancing and form in g the

Idol

m usic,

U n d e rg ro u n d ,” Boy.

Sneaker and

“ Six

occasional car seat. O C on n ell has the T im C u rry speaking

P lacebo’s “ N a n c y

P im p s’

voice d ow n pat and can certainly wear a platform heel bet­

Yes, folks, The Rocky Horror Show

was g o in g to be fun.

It becam e clear that

ter than this fem ale critic ever has.

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T h e underground feelin g played ou t w ith technical the

A rockin' good wild and sexy time at Rocky Horror.

night

sound difficulties during the first act. T h e cast handled thé

w ou ld have an underground feel when

problem s well, regardless. It was the actors responses to a

the start tim e o f eight o ’clock really

on ly one that gave this feeling. H e r perform ance really

certain group o f R ocky-deflow ered audience mem bers that

makes you wonder, damn, Frank, w h y ’d you k ill him?

m eant, “A n y tim e after eight they felt

really showed whether they kn ew their stu ff or not. O n the

like starting.” A h , the rock show m en­ tality.

w h ole,

Just w h en you ’re ready to pull ou t

an oth er

cigarette

and

order

an oth er drink, y o u ’re greeted

they did, com plete w ith

the frien dly narrator

(Alexandra Valassis) stripping w hen asked and quip p ing about her breasts, w hich seemed to have a fan club o f their ow n.

by

W it h its rock-show feel, the production could benefit

C olu m b ia (N a d ia Verucci) in fabu­ lous fishnets and the tiniest shorts you’ve ever seen, cheer­ fully m aking sure that you ’ve g o t a program .

perform ers. T h o se voices need to b oom ; the audience

from either a m uch stronger sound system or m ore vocal needs to feel them in their seats. Agostin e’s song was the

Its n ot Broadway, but it’s a g o o d tim e and a perfect prelude to a w ild evening fo r two. I f you ’re n ot convinced, take it fro m m y frie n d ’s en d -of-sh o w “ D am n, n o w I ’m all h orn y!”

proclam ation :

Just think o f the possibilities. ■

Richard O Briens T h e R ock y H o rro r Sh ow runs October 30 and 31 at Kola Note (52d0 Parc). The show starts at 8:00 p. m. Tickets are $20, $16fo r students.

The M cG ill Tribune, Tuesday, October 28, 2003

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Scaring away the laughs

24 has becom e the p rim e tim e soap opera o f today.

In what seems like a vapid

around

Jack

It revolves

Bauer

p eriod o f television program m in g

S u therland),

overw rought w ith hyped gim m icks,

C ou n te r-T e rro ris m

an

Dany Horovitz

(K ie fe r

agent U n it

fo r

the

of

the

it’s nice to k n ow that there are som e

Federal Bureau o f Investigation. In

ploys a cut above the rest.

the first season, Bauer was dis­

Enter 24, F ox N etw o rk ’s best

A m ovie like Scary M ovie 3 brings up an interesting question: is it okay to en joy really dum b things? Perhaps, as lon g as they’re w ell executed.

T h e first Scary M ovie yeas funn y w h ile the second one was not at all.

Scary M o v ie 3 had m e shaking m y head in shame fo r h a lf o f the m ovie,

patched to protect then-presidential

chance at boosting its sagging T V

candidate Senator D a v id

ratings. T h e

third season, w h ich

(D enn is H aysbert), w h o was the

n r k . no

prem ieres to n ig h t w ith o u t c o m ­

target o f assassination, n ot fo r being

Kiefer Sutherland back for more 24.

Palm er

m ercial interruption, promises to

black, as the audience is in itially led

b rin g thrill and excitem ent to the

to b elieve, but rather fo r his in v o lve m e n t in an assassination

cou ld

p rim e tim e lineup and is one o f the best programs to watch regularly.

attem pt against a Serbian terrorist

v is io n

m asterm ind

seem in gly be

taken

fro m

headlines, and put them into a tele­ show.

In

tra d ition al

Fox

H o p p e r ).

manner, these subjects could be

ple, in fact, it makes you wonder:

Various subplots un fold and the

deem ed controversial. T h e netw ork

w ith the popularity o f fad program ­

assassination is foiled.

Season tw o picked up a year

has been kn ow n to push the enve­

M illionaire, w h y couldn’t the smart 24 be as successful? Each one-hour

and a h a lf later and in volved anoth­

m oil, reality fiction m igh t provide

er terrorist p lot o f nuclear w eapon­

the best prescription to fictional

episode takes place w ith in one hour

ry being engaged w ith in the borders

T h e premise is simple; so sim ­

as Survivor and Joe

m in g such

(D e n n is

lope, though, and in a tim e o f tur­

o f real tim e. A t various points in the

o f the U S . W h e n the b om b ends up

reality.

W h e th e r 24 continues to a sus­

show,

detonating in the N e w

a

ch ro n o m eter

a llo w in g us to

appears,

check our V C R

M exican

tainable and viable program in the

desert, the second h a lf o f the season

face o f the reality television crap

dealt w ith the political and social

that is currently ou t there remains

T h e scriptwriters d o a superb jo b o f

backlashes that such an event m igh t

to

keeping episode plots w ith in the

precipitate. T h is season’s plot, full

scriptwriters can continue to w rite

one-hour tim e frame.

Stretching this g im m ick fur­

o f drug lords, biological warfare

engaging plots, and the actors can

and terrorists, should prove n o less

m aintain the physical demands o f

ther is that a season series,

interesting than the past two.

continuity, then this w ill be the

clocks to believe this phenom enon.

24

episodes, is based around an entire

W h a t is striking about 24 is its

day. Thus, the scriptwriters are pre­

fearlessness in selecting its subject

sented w ith

a further challenge:

matter. M u ch the w ay T o m C lancy

h o w d o you keep the viewers enter­

has w ritten his apocryphal depic­

tained, not o n ly over the course o f

tions o f nuclear submarines and ter­

the entire season, but w ith in the

rorist

scope o f each episode as well?

Congress. 24 has taken stories that

S S M U

airplane

h ijackin gs

in to

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and laughing fo r the other half.

In this film , p lot is absolutely irrelevant because it is based around set­ ups and parodies. T h e dialogue is m ostly bad, except w hen they’re m aking side jokes, w h ich they d o quite a bit. But they really could have w ritten a better script. , , „ O n e o f the funniest scenes parodies M . N ig h t Shyamalans Signs, lorn (C h arlie Sheen), in w h ich the man w h o im paled his w ife asks for a ride h om e from the crash site. It’s a small scene in the m ovie, but it had m e in T h e jokes, w h ich take lon ger to set up, are m uch less humourous. For example, one scene— an obvious parody o f The Others

is used solely to

make a M ichael Jackson joke. T h e subject m atter has been w ay overused in late-night talk shows and, quite frankly, isn’t fiin n y at all any m ore.

T h e re is also an extrem ely long, b orin g scene at a funeral and anoth­ er at a W h ite H ou se press conference.

T h is m ovie represents a m arked im provem en t on the last instalment, and veteran director D a v id Z ucker impressed w ith his com ic tim ing. N o w i f o n ly the b ig problem s could be fixed. ■

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The effect of skilled theatre buffs on hard-to-sadden spectators

C^eatre

Natalie Malo-Fletcher

achievable through careful attention to detail and skilled m anipulation o f dialogue and m ovem ent, both accom plished

Its supposed to be hopeful!” cries actress Leora M orris as

adm irably in this production. T h e appropriately disordered

she saunters ou t o f Player’s T heatre after the op en in g o f The

stage design, interesting use o f ligh tin g and ever cozy atm os­

Effect o f Gamma Rays on M an-in-the-M oon Marigolds last

phere o f Players com b in e to create this abode o f eccentric spirits.

Wednesday. But one lo o k at the spectators’ perturbed expres­ sions and its clear they’re not convinced: m ouths slightly

T h e acting trio, led by H o lly G reene as freak-show m om

agape, eyebrows contorted, still hypnotized by Paul Z in d e l’s

along w ith Shelley Lieb em b u k as hyper Ruth and M orris as

notoriou sly macabre hum our and uncanny ability to expose

cute-as-pie T illie , is unassailable. T h e ir lines trickle ou t natu­

harsh reality in all its rawness. H o p e is a flu ffy illusion in rela­ tion to what they just witnessed.

rally, w ith flawless rapidity during m om ents o f tension, and suitable sluggishness during regular conversation. Greene is so

Gamma Rays is the kind o f experience that is w orth living, but n ot because it is enjoyable. A tw o-hour glance at

con vin cin g you want to march right up to her and slap her across the face, but then you decide against it; she has ch loro­

m other-daughter relationships through w hiskey goggles is

form and knows h o w to use it— ask the fam ily bunny, he’s still recuperating.

hardly pleasant. T h e script captures your attention to the p oin t that you ’re not so m uch a spectator as an appalled neigh­

Indeed, the plays tim in g is w ell calculated, on ly seldom

bour, curiously w atch ing desperation inflate through the

falling into the overly theatrical. In her second M c G ill produc­

newspapered w in dow s o f a small vegetable shop som ewhere in

tion, director Elise N ew m a n has shown she clearly knows how

the bowels o f N e w York City. It’s alm ost like you shouldn’t be

to put the chill and giggle into an ultim ately unsettling drama.

there or, at least, shouldn’t be lo o k in g directly at this nasty display.

As fo r Z in d el, his understanding o f teenagers in this par­ ticular endeavour is perhaps a tad too m orbid. T h o u gh appar­

But, som ehow, you can’t lo o k away, so you stay, huddled

ently based on autobiographical m em ory, the script is like a

in the corner, w atch ing a self-involved m oth er scornfully

Glass Menagerie s p in o ff w ith m ilitant estrogen. N o need for

flaunt her lifes failures, oblivious to the destructive sparks she’s

b oiled cats, harassed nannies and whim sical underdogs: ad o­ lescence is scary enough as it is. ■

hurling at her fragile and im pressionable daughters.

In Ruth, the old er daughter, you detect the remnants o f a bout o f madness that manifests itself as constant chatter and

W HEN:

the occasional epileptic fit. In T illie , the hopeful baby, you see op. Surprisingly, though, it grows anyway, first into eager

W H E R E : 3rd floo r Shatner

m onologues about the value o f atoms, then in to a first-prize

Building

science experim ent that becomes the on ly source o f fam ily pride.

ELISE NEWMAN

U n lik e her w in n in g m arigolds,

however, T illie

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is

exposed to dam aging emissions, but still manages to bloom .

P R IC E :

T h e m o v in g atmosphere, distressing as it m ay be, is o n ly

The Gam m a R a y s trio: not your typical family portrait.

M c G ill s b o d y dedicated new

m usic in v o lvin g

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technology. T h e y

have presented works by leading Canadian

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T h e antics continued w ith costum e changes, the classic fan + sm oke m achine = w in dstorm gag, a rotating platform , a foam machine, faux-fashion girls passively sipping cham pagne onstage and finally m ore con fetti accom panied by a giant mass o f virgin w h ite balloons raining on the crowd.

celebrated its 20th anniversary by p rogram m in g the w o rk o f its three fou n d in g members: John O liver, C laude Schryer and Alcid es Lanza

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T h e Fischerspooner show began w ith a bland taste as fron t m an Casey Spooner cruised through three pieces along w ith a backup singer and four

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A&E

Death Cab serves up good album, lacks in concert

Zany zines and kooky comics

Greg EUermann F ollow in g the launch o f their latest C D ,

The second annual Expozine, an independent print-media fair, took place last Saturday after­

Transatlanticism (Barsuk Records), D eath C ab

noon, Almost overwhelming in scope, it saw an astonishing variety of personal zines, political

fo r C u tie played at Cabaret on O c to b e r 17.

writing and independent comics. The

Transatlanticism, one o f the years most

Trib's GREG ELLERMAN picks some of the best.

accessible independent albums, follow s a tw oand-a-half year hiatus during w h ich tim e the band members pursued various side projects.

Ghost Pine #7

Vocalist Ben G ibbard took the op p ortu n ity to w o rk o n a pen pal collaboration project called

A collection o f personal stories from

Postal Service. T h e experim ental indie syth-pop

Comic Calendar Cookbook 2004

the life o f one l e f f M iller. It’s so w ell w rit­

on the album

ten that you ’ll feel like you’re reading a g o o d short story instead o f som e piece o f self-indulgent crap.

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return to the band w ith a m ore mature sound,

w hich features a d ifferent vegan recipe for

clearly evident o n the album s title track and

every m onth o f the year. It’s seriously amaz­

other songs such as “ T h e N e w Year.

T h e L o n g W in ters began the evening’s p ro­

ing and they are always taking recipe con ­

ceedings, successfully fusing the sounds o f the

tributions fo r next year’s edition.

Barenaked Ladies, D e l A m itri and m e punching

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m yself in the leg to stay awake.

N a d a Surf, in what seems to be the peak o f their second career, brought to m ind a really

A g o o d m ix o f personal stories about traveling, m ovin g into new houses, reflec­ tions on life and punk rock.

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Querencia #7

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that could be im agined. T h e ir banter in French seemed to be w ell received by the crowd. I f

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produce som e awesome w riting.

o f Q uebec.

D eath C ab finally began

could be the D a v id H asselh off

Contact: querenciazine@yahoo. com T h is

Give Up allowed G ibbard to

is a fu lly illustrated calendar

T h is

their set near the w itc h in g

features

hour and played fo r over an

interviews w ith Cursed and the C ircle Jerks

hour and a h a lf which, unless

Side Effect

along w ith lots o f reviews and som e really

you’re P in k Floyd, is w a y too

g o o d quality pictures.

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long. T w o massive crescendos

't his is a collection o f short com ics G o th

and about 20 songs later, they w rapped it up, dem onstrating that som etimes

O lym p ics” and a story w hich addresses the

the first album really is the best one. T h e band

issue o f what happens when a box o f sex

seemed to have fun though and, really, that’s all

toys is found at the A rctic Circle.

that counts. ■

and drawings that includes som e pretty en terta in in g s tu ff such as “ T h e

Contact: comics@sideeffict.ca

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Swiss Miss f y ou w an t to feel like

Sauerkraut ($ 8 .9 5 ). T h e W ien erschnitzel was sup­

you’re in a real alpine

posed to be breaded veal— the bread was certainly

chalet

in

there, but the veal was hard to fin d inside the massive

Switzerland, y ou should

crust o f soggy breadcrumbs. It is a true tragedy that a

som ew h ere

consider tryin g Alpenhaus (1279 Rue St-M arc). A fixture even fro m Ste- Catherine, there are fe w w h o have not yet spotted its whitewashed walls and frus-

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this small, cave-like restaurant is truly unique; w ith an old -w o rld w ooden-hearth cow -clim b in g-m ou ntain no-electricity yod elin g feel, it really m ade us feel like w e w ere in Europe the m om en t w e w alked in.

Unfortunately, that’s as g o o d as it got.

F rom the beginning, the staff was inattentive and not particularly friendly. T h is was surprising, given that there was no o verflo w o f diners. (W it h regretful cynicism , w e were forced to attribute this to not

18h30 on Thursday, October 30, 2003 Shatner Student Lounge (Main Floor)

b eing in the over-60 age group). A fte r a lon g wait to order, w e finally asked fo r our entrees: a plate o f Burgundy snails ($ 5 .9 5 ) and a bow l o f Goulash soup

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to escargot served elsewhere. Instead o f a traditional butter sauce, these were served w allo w in g in oil, w h ich both detracted from the flavour and increased

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the unpleasant greasiness. As for the soup, on e w ou ld be better served to g o into a nice Italian restaurant and order a b ow l o f flat-flavoured B olognese sauce; it w o u ld probably be about the same ingredients, but hop efu lly tastier.

A fte r finally con vin cin g the staff w e had finished our first course, we were served our “specialties

of

W ienerschnitzel ($ 1 4.7 5 ) and Schublig St. G all w ith

c a lf was mistreated its entire life to be disrespected in such a way. T h e Schublig St. G all, on the other hand, tasted like a higher-end turkey sausage fro m Provigo.

Stuffed inside its tough outer skin, there was an ed i­ ble but entirely unremarkable sausage. W h ile we w aited fo r our m ain dishes, w e had first considered the possibility that the animals had not yet been killed, hence the extended delay. It becam e clear once w e w ere served, however, that the chefs just hadn t yet had the chance to d o their grocery shopping.

Still hop in g for a turnaround— or at least a vehi­ cle to safely pat dow n all the m ediocre flavours in our stomachs— w e op ted for a dessert. Since w e hadnt yet experienced Alpenhaus’s fam ed fondue, w e ordered the Swiss chocolate fondue ($ 1 1.5 0 ). A gain , this was perfectly edible— bananas, cantaloupe, oranges, and pineapple all ready fo r d ip p in g in h ot chocolate sauce— but the materials used were hard to distin­ guish fro m store-bought ones. W h ile w e hoped the restaurant had m ade its ow n m elted chocolate, what w e were served tasted eerily like the k ind Smuckers sells in jars to be poured on ice cream. A n d , despite the fruit’s freshness, w e were disappointed by the lack o f m ore interesting variety. Perhaps w e m igh t have seen som ething like a strawberry to lend som e colour to the mix.

T h e beautiful, charm ing lo o k o f Alpenhaus is entirely killed by the blasé service and the d ow n righ t disappointing foo d . Save you r m on ey and stop at the grocery store on the w ay hom e. It 11 be faster, cheap-

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PREVIEW

BO ARD

Redmen struggling to make up for offensive losses

F o o tb a ll

Sat. Oct. 2 5

Redmen

51 10

Bishop's

Redmen Hockey

H o c k e y (M )

Fri. Oct. 24

Concordia Redmen

H o c k e y League’s H u ll O lym piques.

4 2

Player turnover is to be expect­ ed on any inter-collegiate roster, but

Sat. O ct 2 5

] I

J

tain o f the Q u eb ec M a jo r Junior

Ben Raby

UQTR

2

Redmen

tryin g to replace three all-stars, tw o

dous

goalies and a captain in one year is

L em ire said. “ I ’m better prepared

Sun. Oct. 2 6

Martlets Concordia

30 0

26 20

deal w ith

the

Lem ire, w h o finished second

R edm en, w h o are com in g o f f an

o n the R edm en in scoring last sea­

impressive 16-6-2 season and a sec­

son w ith 36 points, w ill be expected

ond-place finish in Q uebec. A s a

to

result, this year’s team w ill be rely­

w ith the inju ry to forw ard G reg

step

up offensively, especially

in g on a prim arily defensive brand

LeBlanc. LeBlanc, w h o p otted the

o f hockey in their attem pt to repeat

third m ost goals on the team last

last seasons perform ance. In addi­

year, w ill be ou t o f action until

fro m

the

18 returning newcom ers

to

January, recovering from shoulder surgery. T h is w ill be a significant setback fo r a team that m ay struggle

m ake up for the loss o f a num ber o f

to put the puck in the net. Senior

talented veterans.

d efen cem en

C had

D a n ie l Jacob

Key departures

B lu n d y

as w e ll

and

has been solid and as lon g w e can

a w ay to score on a consistent basis.

get som e offen ce w e should be all

R elyin g on a duo o f freshm en to

right. T h e inexperience factor has

handle the goalten din g responsibil­

n o t been m uch o f an issue.”

ities does n o t appear to be p rob lem ­

as ju n io r

atic, but i f the R edm en w ant to play

Fri. O ct 2 4

1 1

Expectations

returning, and w ill be serving as alternate captains.

Martlets Laval

NICOLE LEAVER

Pierre-Antoine Paquet is among those who wiU need to step it up.

w in ger M a rk Debusschere are also

A m o n g those n o t returning to

S occer (W )

|

season,”

the 2003-04 edition o f the M c G ill

players and seven

Redmen Bishop's

[properly]

this

n o w to

required

ig

Sun. Oct. 2 6

me

coaches, talk to m y teammates, and act on the ice.”

tion, strong contributions w ill be R u g b y (M )

to

asking a lo t fro m even the m ost H ow ever, this is the task facing

R u gby (W )

help

resilient o f teams.

1

(OT)

“ T h e experience [ o f being a captain] in H u ll w ill be a trem en­

Young guns L o o k in g to p ick up som e o f

F o llo w in g

Sun. Oct. 2 6

B o th

Burgess

and

g ry crop

o f freshmen, including

goalten ders

Martlets Concordia

2 0

G o d in

and

i

be join ed between the pipes by K im

t

St-Pierre, in her fifth year o f e ligi­ b ility at M c G ill, but playing on the

1 t

S o c c e r (M )

Fri. Oct. 2 4

m en’s varsity team fo r the first time.

S t-P ierre

c

Redmen Laval

Patrice

Stéphane Beaudoin. T h e duo w ill

1 0

“ W e ’re con fid en t that w ith the

w ill

be

the

th ird

string goalie fo r m uch o f the season, although an early season inju ry to

? n

Beaudoin has tem porarily elevated her to the backup role. T h e thought

I

Sun. Oct. 2 6

Concordia Redmen

e

o f d epen din g on three fresh faces in

l

si

goal is enough to m ake som e coach­

0

5

dent his netm inders are up to the task.

es cringe, but R aym on d is con fi­

“If

Returning veterans

an yth in g,

th ey’ve

been

R aym o n d is clearly apprecia­

keeping us in games so far. W e ’ve

tive o f the leadership that is return­

had a fe w one-goal losses that could

ing, b egin ning w ith n ew team cap­

have been m uch worse i f n ot for

tain Bruno Lem ire, a form er cap­

our goaltenders,” he said. “ G od in

1-3 pre-season,

sive holes le ft

b y the losses o f

L em ire says that he and his team ­

Burgess,

mates realize that they w ill be the

L izo tte, the team ’s pow er-p lay quar­ terback, is a necessity.

un derdogs this season, em bracing the role.

the slack this season w ill be a hun­

(

a

w ell in to M arch , fillin g the o ffe n ­

and

are

an

“ W e k n o w that w e are not a powerhouse, and o f course U Q T R [the defen din g national cham pions and divisional rival] is always there,

A ll-C a n a d ia n ,

and

Redmen lose in OT I f the op en in g w eek o f the reg­ ular season is any indication, the task w ill be difficult.

so w e understand our place,” the

T h e R edm en have registered

captain explained. “ But i f w e fo llo w

just fou r goals in three games, all o f

our defensive system, and are able

w h ich were losses. A fte r a season­

to score a fe w goals, w e could sur­ prise peop le.”

op en in g 2-1 loss against O ttawa,

R a y m o n d , m ea n w h ile, says that he is lo o k in g fo r his team to

on

G u e n e tte

im p ro v e

C on cord ia’s Phil O zg a stym ied the

th ro u gh ou t the season,

and expects his club to be at its best after Christmas.

the R edm en fell 4-2 to C on cord ia Friday.

and the

Rheal

goals

as

R edm en b y m aking 55 saves.

On

“ For the next fe w weeks w e ’re

L e m ire

n o tch ed

Saturday, in their h om e

opener, the R ed ‘n’ W h ite dropped

h op in g to build up and develop and

a 2-1 decision against U Q T R

then when w e com e back in January

overtim e. T h e R edm en w ill lo o k for

w e should be playing our best hock­

th eir first regular season w in Friday

ey o f the season,” he noted.

in

night at M c C o n n e ll A ren a as they

W h ile the R edm en are capable o f securing one o f the division’s

play host to the O tta w a Gee-G ees.

T h e puck drops at 7:30 pm . ■

three p la y o ff spots, it w ill n o t hap­ pen in 2003-04 unless they can fin d

Dryden still Game after 20 years Mark Kerr

behind the dressing room doors o f on e o f hockey’s greatest dynasties.

Since the original publication

Paragraphe

talks abou t the pitfalls o f celebrity.

Y et it is som ethin g that he and his

the end o f his p laying career in the

B ook store last Saturday to

book, he searches fo r the larger

copies o f the n e w book. Judging by

they have special status that “others

the lineup that stretched ou t the

take o f f their clothes and kill for.”

ture; a n o tio n that is akin to the tow erin g presence o f D ryd e n

Still relevant after 20 years.

v is ite d

decades ago, the b o o k still stands tall w ith in C anadian literary cul­

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as

m eaning o f the national pastime.

team mates accept,

k n o w in g

that

A c c o rd in g to Globe and M a il

door, the H a ll o f Fam e goaltender

The

remains as m uch a celebrity as dur­ ing his p layin g days.

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D ryd en graciously handled the

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colu m n ist

R oy

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Game is “a w o n d e rfu lly w ritten

in the 1970s, w h ich still lingers in

b o o k [that] w ill stand up fo r 200

m any h ockey fans’ m inds.

years, n o t just 2 0 .”

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D ryd e n s renow n as a w riter—

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See FORMER, page 19

The M cGill Tribune, Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Marlins versus Yankees:

last

95

years since the

w o r ld

cham p ion sh ip .

First

basem an

B ill

m oun t to a swear w o rd in N e w E n glan d — m isp layed

a

rou tin e

D u rin g the Cubbies’ m ost recent

grounder that cost his team

Series appearance back in 1945, a

cham pionship, ensuring the curse

the

patron attem pted to b rin g his goat into W rig le y Field. W h e n the usher

lived on.

So just w h en it seemed that 178

refused, the fan is said to have cursed

collective years o f fu tility w o u ld

the team to eternal failure. Fifty-

com e crashing d ow n in a m atter o f

eight years, 33 managers and 11 U S

tw o days and 10 outs, the forces o f

laden,

presidents later, the hex had still not

human nature collid ed to m aintain

been broken.

the status quo. It was the sponta­

T

n a il-b itin g

baseball around

As fo r the R ed Sox, the infa­

neous decisions o f tw o m en that for­

their T V s h o p in g to witness

mous Curse o f the B am bino began

ever altered history, leaving o n ly the

history. It was the closest that tw o

in

1920, w h en the team sold its

rubble o f un fu lfilled dreams fo r m il­

seem ingly eternal “ curses” came to

superstar— one Babe Ruth— to the

lions o f w o rth y fanatics o f these

b eing broken in one fell swoop. T h e

hated Yankees. T h e curse last m ani­

perennial losers. A n d just because it’s

C h icago Cubs could play the Boston

fested itself in 1986, w h en Boston

easy to second-guess w o n t stop m e

R ed Sox in the W o rld Series— one o f

was on e strike away fro m w in n in g

them w o u ld have to w in . W as the

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year’s

three

S ophie Acheson ,

“ She’s here captains,

Suzanne

Fujiki,

toughness to the team ,” Sm ith said.

and Sarah Lom as, have all m oved on

accom plishments. C oach ed by Peter

fro m their M a rtlet days, and the

Sm ith, the team finished ranked N o .

team w ill have to adjust to fill the

T h e head coach was quick to

2 nationally and earned a bronze

void .

T h e departure that keeps every­

adm it that he doesn’t have any high

C an ad ian

Interuniversity Sport cham pionship.

one guessing, however, is that o f St-

fill, but w ith a total o f eight new

T h e team’s hard w o rk resulted

Pierre. T h e K in esiolo gy student set a

recruits, he m ay just get m ore than

in an impressive 30-6-3 record over­

n ew C IS record last year w ith 11

he bargained for— and that isn’t a

all, w h ich placed it in the top spot in

shutouts, and led the country w ith a

bad thing.

the

Sports

m iniscule 0.40 goals against average

Federation, the first tim e M c G ill has

and an astonishing save percentage

require patience w ith their develop ­

achieved that feat in the 30-year

o f .983. She w ill be replaced by

ment. T h e y w ill progressively get

existence o f the QSSF.

K alie Tow nsend and last year’s back­

better each w eek,” the coach said,

up, D elp h in e Roy.

notin g that his team w o u ld have a

m ed al

at

the

Q u ebec

Though

S tuden t

this

achievements

g ro ce ry

list o f

is remarkable,

it is

S m ith

is

o p tim is tic

these

indicative o f a roster that no longer

w o m en w ill d o m ore than make up

Years of adventure and experience

exists. T h e captains have graduated,

the seem ingly significant loss.

squeezed into one engaging week

n ew recruits have been introduced,

Expectations

expectations that the girls must fu l­

“They

are y o u n g,

and

they

d ifferent approach this season.

M c G ill

w ill

be

h ostin g

the

national tournam ent in m id-M arch,

“ W e ’re in an enviable spot right

w hich p rom pted Sm ith to concede

St-

now ,” he said. “ W e ’ll see h ow the

that w in n in g the C IS crow n was the

Pierre has departed fo r the R edm en

season unfolds, but w e ’re very lucky

M artlets’ top priority.

instead. C an a m ix o f talented veter­

to have tw o [solid goal tenders]. N o t

ans and eager rookies fill such illus­

every team can say that.”

and O ly m p ic goaltender K im

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“ K n o w in g

w e ’re

g o in g

to

nationals w ill allow for g o o d plan­ nin g,” he claimed.

N o b ig expectations,

eh?

It

looks like these girls can handle it. ■

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Creek, O n tario, w ill continue to be a large asset as a centre on M c G ills to p line. She led last year’s team w ith 29

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Abysmal football programs a minor hurdle

Blame game, anyone?

„

Continued from page 17

s ym b o lic a lly

The

of

b ackbone

any u n iversity’s sports program is its football team.

I f successful,

it

brings prestige and rais­ es the reputation o f the school. I f it fails to per­ form , it risks the possi-. b ility o f tarnishing a university’s im age. W h y, then, d o universities w ith

con sisten tly lo s in g foo tb a ll

team s

con tin u e

to

invest

large

am ounts o f m on ey on a small num ­ ber o f students, w h en the funding could benefit m any m ore i f it were spread out?

T h e M c G ill R edm en suffered through a 3-5 season, and M o u n t Allison , U B C and the U n iversity o f T o ro n to were winless. Attendance is dreadful,

and these teams reflect

p o o rly on their universities.

W hen

asked

ab ou t

the

M ou n ties’ lack o f competitiveness, Jack D rover, M o u n t A llison s direc­ to r o f athletics, responded that his team is not as com p etitive as others because it does n ot have the option o f a $1,000,000 budget. O n e o f the teams he is referring to is the Laval R ou ge et O r, w hich has plentiful resources, according to H ea d C oach G len Constantin.

A n o th er explanation fo r these struggles is that teams at all levels go

season,

the

Blues

tin g in the first ro w in foul territo­

replaced Laycoe w ith Bob H ow lett,

ry, n o t im m ediately recognize that a

so the coaching “soap opera,” as

ball he can catch could also be

H o f f term ed it, seems to have com e

caught by M oises Alou? Poor, b ro­

to an end. T h e prob lem is, H o w le tt

k en-hearted

had to start fro m scratch, and it

explained that he g o t caught up in

tion by Saint M a ry ’s tw o years ago sunk the N e w Brunswick program in to dire straits.

T h e R edm en had their m ost successful cam paign ever last year,

the m om ent. T ry explaining that to

N o t all Canadian universities

they can’t hear you.

have been as persistent w ith their

A n d w h y did

keep

p itc h in g

d u rin g

in n in g

of

Pearl Jam

to

fie ry

It’s the m anager’s

their

continue

football

and

the

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of

C oach

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Since

M arsh all 1997,

H ead

cam e

th ou gh ,

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Marauders have im proved dramati­ cally, m aking themselves a strong recru itin g school w h ile

breaking

countless offensive records.

O n e football team whose dow n p erio d stretches the idea o f the cycle is the T o ro n to Varsity Blues, whose last w in n in g season came in 1995.

Since 1998, the Blues have n ot been bad— th ey have They

been

appalling.

have amassed a com b in ed

record o f 2-46 w ith 439 points for, and alm ost 2,000 points against.

T h is is from a team that w o n the Vanier C u p o n ly 10 years ago.

A ccord in g to form er offensive linem an Russ H o ff, the team’s trou­ bles can

be attributed

to

m ajor

coaching problems. Form er coach B ob Laycoe reportedly lost control o f his team after he was diagnosed w ith Parkinson’s disease. T h is led to a lack o f new staff b eing brought in and p o o r player recruiting. For the

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Women's soccer team 2nd in province

Football Redmen live to see

captured the Q uebec university cross-coun­

C oncordia captain François Bastien scored

try championship on Saturday in laval. T h e

the game’s on ly goal. A lex Scott was named

T h o u gh the team was unbeaten all sea­

men finished in second overall, helping

the player o f the game fo r the Redm en, w h o

son, including a draw w ith Laval Friday night and a 2-0 shutout from C oncordia on

M c G ill secure the title.

Pierrin, a 24-year-old native o f France,

w ou nd up in a tie for fourth place in the

Sunday, the M artlets w ill finish in second

com pleted the grueling 5 K course in 19:11,

place. First place la v a l w on the conference

to w in her third gold m edal o f the season.

on point differential. Jenny W h ite scored

C oach Dennis Barrett w o n Q SS F coach-of-

the tying goal against the Rouge et O r in the

the-year honours as well.

90th minute. M c G ill w ill face l’ Université de M ontréal in p la y o ff action this Friday at

conference.

Grapplers have strong showing at first meet T h ree female M c G ill wrestlers brought hom e hardware from Saturday’s Concordia

Rugby Martlets take Quebec again

Invitational, their first meet o f the season.

M olson Stadium.

Hana Askren w on a gold medal in the 48 kg

T h e M artlets w o n their fifth straight The

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d efen ce

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Redmen ruggers come from behind to win in QSSF finale

special

teams came together just in tim e as the R edm en beat up on the Bishop’s Gaiters

W ith their perfect season on the line

51-10 Saturday, clinching the fourth and

QSSF

title,

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C o n c o rd ia

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w h ile

M issy

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72 kg classes, respectively. O n the mens

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Sunday, the men’s rugby team overcame a

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kg division.

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C a m p b e ll

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Three Redmen earn football all-star spots

process.

48-0-1.

Laura Belvedere scored 10 points on

threw his first touchdow n pass o f the sea­

second straight season. M att D e G raff put

tw o tries and was named the Q S S F cham pi­

the Redm en ahead for g o o d with 12 m in­

onship M V P Stephanie Lynam also scored

Despite a disappointing season for the team, M c G ill kicker/punter Anand Pillai,

fin al

p la y o ff

son,

sp ot

in

Q u arterba ck

a

76-yard

the

D ave

h o ok u p

Q uebec

w ith

G reg

H etherington , on the gam e’s first play from

utes remaining, b ootin g his third penalty

10 points, while Jocelyne Barrieau and F.rica

scrim mage, and finished 17 o f 26 fo r 308

goal o f the afternoon to go along w ith a

Leonard each added a try.

yards.

conversion. R obin Maclachlan added two

C am p b ell, w h o

was

nam ed

the

Q I F C offensive player o f the week, also

tries, while John

threw a T D to R o b LeBlanc, and ran for a

Redm en w ill face Sherbrooke on Sunday in

m ajor o f his ow n. T h e R edm en victory,

the conference semi-finals.

c o m b in e d

w ith

L aval’s

w in

sive back G uillaum e R oy made the Q I F C ’s

Cross-country team wins provincial championship

l’Université de M on tréal, means that the R ed ‘n W h ite w ill be heading to Ste-Foy to

all-star team, as voted on by the league’s six

Redmen soccer just miss out on postseason

Reid scored one. T h e

G oa lk eep er

over

offensive lineman Jim M errick and defen­

D ustin

coaches.

Pillai led the conference in punting average and field goal accuracy, connecting

D iedricksen

on 14 o f 18 kicks as he broke the Q I F C

recorded a shutout on Friday in a 1-0 win

record for field goals in a career. M errick

over Laval. T h is meant that all the Redm en

was selected as the Redm en’s blocker o f the

needed Sunday was a w in to secure a post­

face the R ou ge et O r in a sem i-final show­ M c G ill distance runner C athy Pierrin

d ow n on Saturday.

— See the full-length report at mcgilltribune. com

season

berth.

H ow ever,

the

w on the w om en’s individual title and earned

Stingers had plans o f their ow n, stealing the

conference M W

final Q SSF p la y o ff spot after a 1-0 victory.

honours as the M artlets

game twice during the season, and R oy led

C on co rd ia

the Q I F C in tackles, recording 50 solos and 60 total. H e also recorded five takeaways.

T H IS

Former goaliesigns book, meets fans

WEEK

Hockey (W) Sunday, November 2, 1:00

vs. Carleton McConnell Arena

Hockey (M) Friday, October 31, 7:30

vs. Ottawa McConnell Arena

Hail of Farrier's seminal book

Rugby (M) Sunday, November 2, 1:00

overcame the stereotypes

vs. Sherbrooke Call (514) 398-7003 for site

surrounding dumb hockey jocks

information

equivalent o f literary h ot-d oggin g.

Soccer (W)

A t one p oin t, D ryd en talks o f read­

Friday, October 31, 7:00

ability to lin k the intellectual and

in g the fro n t page o f the m orn in g

sporting worlds.

paper first. But as legendary author

vs. Montréal QSSF semi-final

M ord ecai R ichler poin ted ou t in an

Molson Stadium

Continued from page 16

“ The Game is the best b o o k ever w ritten on hockey, and the

essay fo r G Q in

first great literary treatm ent o f the

intellectual reads the sports section

sport— to rival the best w ritin g on

first. D ryd e n is accused o f over­

baseball and b ox in g and perhaps

com pensating.

horse racing, w h ich have produced

H o w ev e r,

1983, any true

these

m atters

trivial w hen com pared to D ryd en ’s

says Stephen Brunt o f the Globe

talent for capturing the m om en t,

and M ail. “ D ryd en was the first

som ethin g that Richler concedes.

o n ly ]

hockey

player w h o

“ D ry d e n

was

an

astute,

if

could translate the experience o f

occasionally lon g-w in d ed, observer

playing at the highest level and

o f the game, his team and the p eo­

b eing part o f an N H L team into

ple around him . T h e era is fading,

glorious p rin t.”

M ich ael Farber, a senior w riter

but the thoughts rem ain fresh,”

Sports Illustrated and form er M ontreal Gazette colu m n ist,

fo r

adds Farber.

R ead ing the b o o k 20 years later, the truth remains that hockey

believes the m ost im portant aspect

is som ethin g bigger; that it repre­

o f The Game is its insight into the

sents,

hockey w orld . “ In its ow n literate w ay it had

“ intense, shared experience o f par­

as m uch im pact as Ball Four—

friends, w in n in g and losing, dress­

w ith o u t

licentiousness— in

in g room s, road trips, fans, dreams,

op en in g up a heretofore shut w in ­

m on ey and celebrity. “ H o c k e y has changed, but the

the

d o w into the gam e,” says Farber.

O n e criticism , however, is that D ryd en stresses the intellectual fac­ tor

to o

m uch,

c o m m ittin g

the

in

D ry d e n ’s

w ord s,

Dryden's still a celebrity in Montreal despite his Leafs' affiliation.

are

the best material in the canon,”

[and

GRACIA JAIEA

an

ents and backyards, teammates and

gam e has n o t.”

W h o could argue w ith that? ■

Sports file Sport: Sw im m ing Featured stroke: Sprint freestyle and butterfly Birthday: M arch 30, 1981 Hometown: T oron to Height/Weight: 5’8 ” 62 kg Year and Program: U 3 K indergarten / Elem entary Education Major accomplishments: M V P and M o s t Im p roved 2002-03 season, fifth at 2003 C IS cham pionship in 50 m fly, Q uebec record holder in 200 m freestyle relay

Career aspirations: Teacher Favourite team: T oron to M ap le Leafs Favourite athlete: Sw im m er Steven Clarke Favourite movie: Ever After Favourite food: Ice cream

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