The McGill Tribune Vol. 25 Issue 5

NEWS: Queen's ruins their rep, so we don't have to.

Curiosity delivers. Vol. 25 Issue 5

OPINION: What your vanilla skim latte says about you.

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A&E: More bands than you can shake a stick at.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

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Claims complaint not dealt with ADAM MYERS and A N D R EW SEGAL

The victim of the hazing inci­ dent at football initiation night on Aug. 27 says that the Athletics Department tried to gloss over the events by pinning the blame on one player.

The rookie, who left McGill because of the incident, and his father spoke at length with the /Tribune/ about what they say was an unacceptable reaction by the Athletics higher-ups.

On Aug. 28, the day after the initiation activities at which veter­ an players reportedly prodded the rookies' buttocks with a broom­ stick nicknamed "Dr. Broom," the victim and his father filed a com­ plaint with Head Coach Chuck McMann. McMann responded by suspending fourth-year defensive lineman James Poston indefinite­ ly, and then called the victim's family to inform them of this.

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However, they weren't satisfied. "[McMann] spoke to my wife, and my wife asked him about the other people involved, because there were several other people there on the floor directing this thing,” said the victim's father. "[McMann] said he didn't know who they were, because [my son] hadn't been able to give him names; [my son] could recognize them, but he didn't know all their names, because he had just been around for a week.

"It had just been left like that, and nobody had followed up.

McMann hadn't asked [my son] to look at the program and figure out who those other guys were," the father continued. 'That had just been left by the wayside, so we said 'What about the other peo­ ple?"

See VICTIM, page 21 For our take: EDITORIAL, page 9 Game report: REDMEN, page 20

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New Shagalicious Shop promotes student health, safe sex and a little bit of experimentation NIALL M ACKAY ROBERTS

McGill's Shagalicious Shop, a university-sanctioned distributor of safe-sex paraphernalia, opened Thursday to national media attention and enthusiastic student response.

The Shag Shop, as it is informally known, is located in a chicly converted office near the reception counter at the Student Health Service in the Brown building. The shop boasts a varied selection of at-cost male and female condoms, dental dams and lubricants, as well as

a section of tamer items like lip balm, body wash and bubble bath.

Health Promotion Officer Marius Wolfe mastermind­ ed the creation of the safe-sex boutique, thought to be the first of its kind in Canada. Queen's University has a similar facility on campus, but it functions independently of the school administration.

Wolfe said the shop is an attempt to better serve the health needs of the student population.

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M o n t r e a l e r s t a k e p a r t in w o r l d w i d e a n t i w a r r a lly Iraq war opponents draw attention to Canadian military expansion TERRI ALDERFER

A group of antiwar activists gathered in Montreal Saturday morning to express solidarity with the massive demonstrations taking place in Washington and around the world against the ongoing military presence in Iraq.

Participants read a declaration calling for the end of American occupation and the immediate withdrawal of US troops to a group of about 100 demonstrators.

The open-air protest at Place Emilie-Gamelin also drew attention to the growing military partnership between Canada and the United States.

Raymond Legault, spokesman for Le Collectif Échec à la guerre, which organized the event, urged Canadian citizens to pay attention to their own government's international policies as well as to those of the US. "The role of the Canadian army has transformed radically without any public debate," said Legault, reading from the protest declaration.

The declaration called upon Canadian citizens to reject pro­ posed military-economic partnerships with the US, claiming that reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq are designed to profit large North American corporations.

The 2005 federal budget outlined an enormous reinvest­

ment in Canada's military, totaling approximately $12.8-billion over the next five years. Canadian forces will also increase by 5,000 regular and 3,000 reserve personnel, a portion of which will train in joint Canada-US missions.

A joint Canada-US task force on cross-border relations has also advocated the harmonization of continental economic reg­ ulations and the creation of a single North American defence policy, though the current Liberal government has so far dis­ missed these recommendations.

Cleve Higgins, U1 International Development Studies, is a member of NDP McGill. He attended the demonstration and agrees that Canada is forging an aggressive military partnership with the US. "The Canadian government is moving in the same direction [as the US], and the intention is the same," he said.

Tamara Lorincz, a self-proclaimed environmental and peace activist, came all the way from Halifax to sign the protest decla­ ration.

"This is an international day of action," she said. "We need all the people we can saying that we're against the illegal opera­ tions in Iraq."

Lorincz urged others opposed to a Canadian military part­ nership with the US to do anything they can to express their opinion.

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"Contact the government," she said. "Get out on the street.''

But Adam Cytrynbaum, UO Engineering and a member of Conservative McGill, defended Canada's partnership with the US. "It's the responsibility of the western world to defend itself,' he said. "If Canada wants to be part of the free world, it had bet­ ter support the United States."

Some demonstrators took specific aim at provincial and national media organizations. "(The media] do nothing but amplify the message of fear portrayed by the United States and Canadian governments, and they do not produce any serious investigation into the concrete aspects of this war," said Legault.

The protest in Montreal was only one of several held across Canada, throughout the US, and around the world. The largest took place in Washington, where both organizers and police esti­ mated that at least 100,000 people participated. London and San Francisco reported numbers of around 20,000 each.

Although Montreal's protest was relatively small, participants said that they were making an important statement.

"This was just a small demonstration today, but it is still sig­ nificant," said Lorincz. "This is just one way for Canadians to feel they are part of a global movement." ■

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P i c t u r e M c G ill— in 2 0 2 5 Former dean of Engineering shares his goals, asks fo r help from students Last Wednesday the first McGill community-wide meeting of the Master Plan Task Force was held in New Residence Hall, attended by administration officials and a handful of interested students. The Master Plan Task Force is a university-sponsored group charged with creating a master development plan for the university for the next 20 years. Last week's workshop was the first in a series of open meetings that invite members of the community to contribute to the planning process.

Held as a workshop, the meeting included presentations from John Gruzleski, a former dean of Engineering and chair of the task force, as well as the architects and consultants hired by McGill to evaluate the existing campuses. Gruzleski sat down with the Tribune and shared his thoughts on the progress of the task force, the current state of the downtown and Macdonald campuses and his vision for the future.

W hy does McGill need such a task force?

"I think it's very important for an institution the size of McGill, because of where it is located, to have guidance for cur­ rent and future administrations to know how to plan for the future. We have environmental concerns, heritage, architecture, and we have neighbours right on our doorstep. The hope is that at the end [of the process] we will provide the university with a document that is a valuable tool as we move forward."

level, with the city of Montreal and Ste. Anne-de-Bellevue. There will be further consultations. The city of Montreal is waiting for McGill, because they are in the midst of a master plan for the city, and their plans must mesh with McGill's."

When will the task force finish its report?

"A draft plan is due in February, and our thinking is that the consultants do it in a more formalized way and put the draft in the public domain and invite submissions. We will be holding hearings, probably three or four, to invite public comments.

Written briefs [from the community] are important because there is a detailed record of where they are coming from. At these hearings they will get 10 to 15 minutes to present their con­ cerns. [Vice-Principal Administration and Finance] Morty Yalovsky proposes to present the plan to Senate in late May 2006."

Do you have a timetable for implementing changes once the report is finished?

"No, we don't have a specific timetable. Since we don't know, finances are going to be an important part of the plans.

These types of plans run the risk of becoming dusty documents.

There $re going to be requirements for buildings [being con­ structed] that the master plan be consulted—either [that] there be conformity with the plans, or if not a very good reason."

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What is the purpose of the task force?

'To identify potential sites for improvements, extra space and buildings that can be modified. With respect to the [Macdonald campus], there are much more specific consulta­ tions. If you look at Mac now, it's helter-skelter. It doesn't have a heart."

W hy hold these types of workshops?

"We will be holding several consulting sessions of different formats. [Last Wednesday] was a round table format, with spe­ cific questions. The consultants wanted a chance to get input.

They chose the questions."

Are you doing consultations with the provincial or feder­ al governments?

"We're not doing consultations with the province or federal government. Our primary responsibilities are at the municipal

Have you met with any com m unity groups to discuss the plans?

Gruzleski peers into the future...figuratively, of course

"We met with Les Amis du Montagne. The interest groups know what we're doing, and that it's started."

will also be located on the Glen site, or close to it. Ten to 15 years down the road there will be a significant presence at that site."

What are your goals for the taskforce?

"My priority is that the plan be truly useful over the long term. The other thing I'd like to see is a really good plan for Mac because it is a marvelous asset to the university. There's much more potential for creating because it's so open."

What are the plans for Glen Yard, the future site of the proposed Montreal superhospital?

"Glen Yard currently looks like a mining area. They're just finishing decontamination. The McGill medical faculty does a large amount of teaching in hospitals. By creating one teaching hospital, you create a de facto campus. The Faculty of Dentistry

What about student input for the plans?

"We really want student input. The task force started work­ ing in mid-April, when students were doing their exams and going home, so there has been very little student input. [This workshop] was open to everyone, and we had a few students They use overcrowded, overheated classrooms, perhaps almost run down. We want their input on cafeterias, their questions and what they think would make McGill a happier, more livable, bet­ ter place to learn. ■ — Compiled by Robert Church

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EMILY HARRIS A new research centre is coming to the Faculty of Law, promising an interdisciplinary approach to an expanding field in law and the social sciences.

Researchers at the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism will address the social and cultural application of human rights concepts in different legal systems and will look at the connection between human rights and diverse collective, institutional and cultural norms.

"Our first mission is to foster research and generate new research projects," said René Provost, associate professor in the Faculty of Law and the new director of the centre. "The creation of the centre brings new resources to this area of study and will provide institutional support to provoke collaboration between faculties."

The Faculty of Law defines legal pluralism as the concept of multiple legal systems operating in a given society.

"The Centre provides a way of moving further towards a complex vision of human rights that includes social diversity," said Provost. "Including the notion of legal pluralism in the man­ date of the centre will address the notion that human rights are a Western issue."

Provost said that the centre will discuss questions of cultur­ al diversity to make the notion of human rights a more relevant and powerful tool for social programs. The second mission of the

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centre, Provost said, is to attract graduate students to McGill.

"The creation of several lucrative O'Brien Fellowships will bring tomorrow's intellectual leaders to McGill, which has been difficult in the past," he said.

Part of the difficulty stems from a lack of resources. Tuition at law faculties across the rest of Canada has been deregulated, increasing student fees and bringing more money to those law schools. Quebec's low tuition fees, which arguably increase accessibility for students, reduce the financial resources available to attract graduate students.

Provost acknowledged that the Centre will be aimed prima­ rily at graduate students and professors, but he said that under­ graduate students would also benefit from its creation. He noted that the new Centre would attract knowledgeable guest speak­ ers for human rights lectures and conferences.

Although the Faculty of Law spearheaded its formation, the Centre aims to be interdisciplinary in scope. The majority of pro­ posed members are professors from the Law faculty, but the departments of Political Science and Sociology have also con­ tributed, as has the Faculty of Education.

Dr. Shaheen Shariff, a member of the Department of Integrated Studies in the Faculty of Education, said this interdis­ ciplinary approach is essential to the overall project, and that access to the Centre's resources will greatly assist her research.

"There is a real need in the area of educational policy and practice for an improved understanding of human rights in a

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diverse and pluralistic society," Shariff said. "Educational policy­ makers, school administrators and teachers deal with dilemmas and issues involving competing stakeholder rights on a regular basis. The challenge comes in balancing stakeholder rights-students, parents, teachers, policymakers—and addressing social and institutional power relationships to ensure that some stu­ dents are not consistently marginalized."

Students' Society Vice-President University Affairs Max Reed was optimistic about the opportunities the new Centre will pro­ vide to students and the university in general.

"We think this is a very exciting idea," he said. "The research that [the Centre] produces will be very insightful. [SSMU] was fully supportive at the meeting of the Academic Policy and Planning Committee, and we helped to move [the approval] of the Centre along."

Approval for the Centre is well underway. Senate approved the proposal at its September 1 4 meeting, and the last remain­ ing hurdle is winning a final nod from the Board of Governors.

Provost is optimistic about its chances.

"It would be a surprise if any new issues arose [at the Board of Governors meeting]," he said.

Provost emphasized that the lengthy approval process has been collaborative.

“Students are extremely active [in the proposal] and are extremely supportive," he said. "This has not been merely a topdown or bottom-up process; it is a convergence of interests." ■

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Continued from cover doms behind the [student clinic] reception counter," said Wolfe. "That was just totally embarrassing, so no one did it” Wolfe then envisioned moving condom sales into his own office nearby, adding new products to the inventory and providing health-related brochures, and the project gradually expanded into its current form. Wolfe now shares his office with Japanese condoms, strawberry-kiwi lubricant and a small team of volunteer student "sexperts" who operate the cash register and provide informal safesex counselling after several weeks of training.

Deborah Cross, administrative director of Heath Services, said she supported the project from its inception last March.

"Obviously, with 3 6 , 0 0 0 student visits [to Heath Services] per year, the condom sales were basically nil.

There had to be a better way," said Cross. 'This is an idea whose time had come."

Wolfe expressed surprise at the administration's favourable response to the Shag Shop idea, which was approved last March.

"In McGill, sometimes there's a lot of difficulty in the administration to do something that's innovative, but [the administration] really got the vision and were behind the idea 1 0 0 per cent," said Wolfe. "I thought some senior admin would crack down on me, but... this has been eas­ ier than getting a bigger cubicle."

According to Wolfe, feedback from students and administrators has been completely positive so far.

"In my head I was preparing for a battle, but there's been no battle at all," he said. "I just keep waiting for the ball to drop."

Cross said she has heard a few concerns that the Shag Shop deals too explicitly with student sexuality, but she emphasized that the shop includes more than just sex products. Soaps, toothbrushes and thermometers are also on sale, and the shop carries a variety of Student

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T h e s c h o la r s h ip g a m e Money talks— but McGill isn’t listening JAMES G O T O W IE C

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s undergraduate degrees grow more expensive each year, figuring out how to pay for education can seem like an impossible task. Summer jobs, government loans, student aid and—of course—parents can all contribute to funding a degree, but academic scholarships often play a vital role as well. At least, at other universities they do.

Many students know of someone offered a large schol­ arship at another school but nothing from McGill. Many know of a third-year student with a 3 .9 GPA who gets nothing from the university but a letter of acknowledgement and an invita­ tion to the Dean's List wine and cheese. Why does McGill seem so unwilling to reward its students' academic achieve­ ments?

Getting in is only half the battle A McGill entrance scholarship is hard to come by. At most schools, students are automatically considered for admission benefits. At Bishop's University, any Quebec stu­ dent with an entering average of over 8 0 per cent immedi­ ately qualifies for a renewable $ 2,000 scholarship. The University of Ottawa awards any student with at least a 9 5 average up to $ 1 2 ,0 0 0 over four years. Students with an 8 0 average qualify for up to $4 , 0 0 0 over the same period.

Even the University of Toronto, an institution often lumped together with McGill as oversized and impersonal, automatically considers applicants for admissions awards.

Applicants to McGill, however, must request consideration and provide documentation for even the most basic scholar­ ships.

According to Kim Bartlett, director of admissions, stu­ dents are required to indicate their interest in a scholarship because of the limited number of awards and the high stan­ dards of competition.

'The majority of students that apply to McGill would not qualify," said Bartlett.

Bartlett also noted that no minimum qualifying grades have been established, as many scholarships require letters of reference and other supporting documentation. Last year, however, Quebec students with a CRC below 3 5 .5 were not considered, nor were students from other provinces with a combined grade 11 and grade 12 average of lower than 9 4 per cent.

"Since we know right from the start that many students will not have grades in the 9 0 per cent range, we ask stu­ dents to indicate to us whether they felt they met that requirement," said Bartlett.

McGill generally awards 3 5 0 entrance scholarships worth a total of $l-million. The University of Toronto, in com­ parison, handed out roughly 1 5 0 0 admissions prizes worth a total of $2 -million.

Alex Rotstein, a second-year student at Toronto, said she was interested in attending McGill, but was offered no money by the university. U of T gave her an entrance schol­ arship.

"I originally wanted to go to McGill, so I actually accept­ ed my offer of admission," she said. 'Then I got news from U of T that I had done very well in their biology competition, and if I went there I could get $5 ,0 0 0 ."

Rotstein said that she knows of one person who man­ aged to qualify for a small McGill scholarship, but that stu­ dent chose to attend Queen's instead, after being offered $ 12,000.

Bartlett acknowledged that the dearth of scholarship money might be costing the university a number of top-flight students.

"Within Canada, other universities... are offering better scholarship packages, and they're able to offer them to stu­ dents at a lower academic level," she said. "It's unfortunate that we might be losing some students to universities that

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might be able to offer better packages."

Get those grades up!

Scholarship money can be even harder to get once enrolled at McGill. The university gives out 1 5 0 0 "in-course" awards every year, worth about $3 .5 -million. Committees from each faculty meet over the summer to decide on which students will receive awards.

The awards process within the large faculties (Arts, Science, and Engineering) works in roughly the same way. An associate dean chairs each faculty scholarship committee. In Arts, professors on the committee are nominated by the fac­ ulty nominating committee. In Science, there is a representa­ tive from each department, including the four biomedical departments and the schools of computer science and the environment.

Students are automatically considered for most incourse awards, so there are no applications. To be consid­ ered, a student must complete a total of at least 2 7 graded credits in the fall and winter terms.

Engineering awards between 1 0 0 and 1 2 5 in-course awards, according to Lori Hurdle, student affairs coordinator for the Faculty of Engineering. Science and Arts give out roughly the same number to non-graduating students.

Consequently, the GPA requirement to receive an award is extremely high.

"The lower cut-off for in-course awards to non-graduat­ ing students is a GPA for the year of about 3 .9 4 ," said Henry Leighton, Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the Faculty of Science and chair of the science scholarship committee.

Bartlett says that McGill is aware of the scholarship prob­ lem.

"One of the things that has come forward loud and clear is that McGill needs to be more competitive in the amount of scholarships it gives," said Bartlett "Not only in the num­ ber of scholarships, but also in their value." ■

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Queen’s Homecoming turns into chaos ROBERT CH URCH The annual homecoming cele­ bration at Queen's University, a pop­ ular event famous for its large-scale house parties and drunken revelry, turned ugly on Saturday night as stu­ dents at a street party hurled beer bottles at police and firefighters and lit an overturned car on fire.

Tamsyn Burgmann, a fourthyear Queen's student and news edi­ tor at the Queen's Jo u rn a l, described the events as "out of control.

"I was speechless. This party is notorious, and there have been par­ ties there for the four years I've been [a student] here, but it's never been this wild," said Burgmann. "The police told me there were 1 1 5 offi­ cers on duty that night, out of the 1 7 9 on the Kingston police force. No one could take the weekend off.

There were no fatalities, but there were reports by police and firefight­ ers that they were pelted by beer bottles at certain times."

The reported events took place on Aberdeen street, which is known even among McGill students as the street to visit when in Kingston for homecoming, due to its history of

large keg parties. Burgmann said she was working at the time to cover the story for the campus newspaper, but she witnessed the events as a stu­ dent "There was a car flipped over and people dancing and jumping on it, and I could smell the gas that had leaked," she said. "Around 2 a.m. the car was set on fire, and it's now under criminal investigation."

Burgmann was quick to point out that roughly one in three people she talked to that night were not Queen's students.

Th e C lo b e a n d M a il reported Monday that 3 5 people were arrest­ ed and that 1 9 criminal charges have been laid so far, in addition to 2 0 0 liquor act violations. The paper also claimed that a black officer was the target of racial comments, which Kingston chief of police Bill Closs galled "vile and disgusting behaviour."

Asked by the C lo b e whether the university is considering canceling homecoming events for next year, Queen's Vice-President and Dean of Student Affairs Janice Deakin said, "All options are on the table." ■

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MARIT MITCHELL A new environmental club on campus is looking to change how students and the university approach composting at McGill, and the club is already gaining momentum. Gorilla Composting submitted a proposal to implement a campus-wide composting program, which the university Senate Subcommittee on the Environment considered earlier this month. The club has recom­ mended that McGill convert its organic waste into compost rather than send it to landfills.

Gorilla Composting was co-founded earlier this year by Danny Spitzberg, U3 Environmental Science, and Kaelan Gell. U3 Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics.

"We started working on the proposal in May, and we worked on it until the end of August," said Spitzberg. “It was basically a full-time job. There had been a lot of research done before us, but we transcended everything that had been done within McGill.

We spread out into Montreal and talked to the city and local organizations."

The composting proposal will ultimately serve as more than just a recommendation. Recyc-Québec, the provincial govern­ ment organization mandated to reduce waste and promote recy­ cling, has required that the city of Montreal divert at least 6 0 per cent of its organic waste from the garbage stream by 2 0 0 8 . This regulation will also apply to McGill. However, the university's organic matter will not be collected or disposed of by the city, so the university must develop its own waste-reduction program.

Spitzberg and Gell said now is the time to put McGill's com­ posting infrastructure into place.

"We're McGill's own ingenuity at work here," said Spitzberg.

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If the Senate subcommittee deems the proposal worthy, it will advance to the Senate Committee on Physical Development From there it would appear before the Senate, and finally the Board of Governors.

"Generally the feeling has been very positive," said Kathleen Ng, McGill environmental officer and member of the SCE. "The [members] were very surprised with how far the plan had come over the summer."

Ng also said that McGill is already considering an overhaul of the current recycling program, which could involve incorporating a composting project.

"Ultimately, we would want to be composting anything that's compostable," she said. '"The facility that's being proposed now can't take any dairy, can't take any meat, and can't take any oil, which is restrictive."

According to the Gorilla Composting founders, in addition to reducing its environmental impact and solving the composting problem before it becomes immediate, the university stands to benefit by setting an example for the rest of the city.

"McGill's waste contribution is not significant," said Gell.

"However, McGill's leadership in the area is very, very significant."

The composting pilot project is just the next step for Gorilla Composting. The group already collects organic waste from all the Shatner vendors, the Architecture Café, Tim Hortons in the base­ ment of Redpath Library, the Organic Food Co-op and Lola Rosa on Milton, as well as from many individual students who bring in their household compost. Spitzberg estimated the current collec­ tion to be one-tenth of McGill's organic waste output.

If their proposal is approved, Gorilla Composting would over­ see the transport of waste from downtown campus to Macdonald

Campus, where it would be stored in an enormous cylinder called an in-vessel. Designed by Dr. Samson Sotocinal of the Bioresource Engineering Department, the in-vessel can receive an estimated 2 0 0 kg of waste per day. The compost would then begin to decompose, requiring only minimal supervision.

Eventually, the end product could be put to use as valuable fertil­ izer.

"We're solving the [organic waste disposal] problem for [McGill] right now by avoiding the fines they might run and by saving them on garbage [disposal] costs and the cost of fertilizer," Spitzberg said. "We could potentially save them up to $ 1 4 ,0 0 0 a year for something they have to do anyway."

With 3 0 McGill professors, staff and administrators, nine stu­ dent groups and numerous other provincial, national and interna­ tional groups behind them, Gorilla Composting members have established numerous contacts over the course of their research.

One of their supporters is Students' Society Vice President Clubs and Services Leon Mwotia.

“I think composting on campus is fully deserving of student attention," said Mwotia. "We all stand to benefit if composting becomes as widespread as recycling currently is."

Mwotia commended Gorilla's involvement in the Shatner building.

"The SSMU has supported Gorilla Composting's efforts to make the Shatner building more environmentally sound," he said. "[Composting] is an important part of the broader drive towards having a building that is more environmentally sustainable." ■

For the full proposal, and for Information on volunteering or bringing in your own compost, see the Gorilla Composting Web site at www.gorilla.mcgill.ca.

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McGill's mission is to provide an education of excellent quality to our students. Principal Munroe-Blum established the Task Force to assess our strengths in achieving this mission and, where needed, to make suggestions to strengthen and improve the services and support the University provides to students. It will arrive at recommendations after consultations, analysis and a review of McGill's practices and those of peer institutions. These recommendations will target issues of student life and learning of rele­ vance to the whole McGill community.

The Task Force invites submissions on any issue of concern for its consideration, with par­ ticular emphasis on:

• The place of students in the McGill commu­ nity — How can the University better support students in their academic pursuits? How can McGill better help its alumni use their learning upon graduation?

■ Administrative support and financial assis­ tance — What services should McGill offer to support the well-being of students, such as finan­ cial support, the experience in residence and assistance in periods of personal crisis? What resources and programs are required for McGill to attract and retain talented students at all levels?

■ Diversity at McGill and the internationalisa­ tion of education — How should McGill pro­ mote understanding and respect for diversity?

How should McGill use its international stature to become an important centre for the education of globally-minded scholars and citizens?

■ The Quebec experience — How do students from Quebec and those from other parts of Canada and the world interact and advance their understanding of each other? What potential University initiatives would allow McGill to play a more valued role in its home city and province?

■ Communication and electronic support to assist student life and learning — How can McGill best use communication methods and information technology to support the learning

environment? How can we ensure that our infor­ mation technology services are user-friendly, accessible, comprehensive and timely?

The Task Force will not consider anonymous submissions. Issues of a particularly sensitive nature can be raised in confidence with Victoria Meikle, Special Assistant to the Principal, who will determine whether the matter might be put before the Task Force. Ms. Meikle's address is: victoria.meikle@mcgill.ca.

The Terms of Reference for FOCUS ON STUDENTS: Principal's Task Force on Student Life and Learning at McGill are available on the Principal's page of the University website, at: www.mcgill.ca/princi pal/focus.

For further information, or to submit com­ ments and ideas, please contact focusonstudents@mcgill.ca, or: Sharon Bezeau Recorder Office of Student Affairs Faculties of Arts and of Science Dawson Hall, Room 115 853 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, QC H3A 2T6

The deadline for receipt of submissions is Saturday, October 15, 2005.

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Greening McGill, together with the Senate Committee on Environment, coordinated "Car Free Day" as part of this year's Envirofest.

In its fourth year, Envirofest has grown substantially since its humble beginnings as a single couch on the field. Various environmental and community organizations lined the road from the Roddick Gates to raise awareness about the impact of the decision to drive a car.

The goal, according to Michelle Lee, co-coordinator of both Greening McGill and the event, was to encour­ age people to think about how much they use their cars. But she also said that even though professors received a warning memo about the event, rather than not driving that day "most [professors] presumably found somewhere else to park."

The relevance of the issues raised by Car Free Day events was reinforced by a headline in Th e G lo b e a n d M a il the same day: "Some Canadians wake to gas at $ 2 a litre."

With gas prices higher than ever, many environmental groups say that now is the time to push an agenda of alternative modes of transportation, especially in cities where there are valid alternatives.

The Sierra Club of Canada over­ sees Canadian events on International Car Free Day and claims support for the event from the European Union, the United Nations, the Government of Canada and lead­ ers of 1 ,5 0 0 cities around the world.

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highlight problems caused by dependence on private automobiles, including air pollution, global warming, stress and safety issues. The group also hopes to emphasize the rights of pedestrians and cyclists and the need for improved public transit systems.

Christopher Coggan, a Green Party of Canada parliamentary candi­ date, was on hand for the McGill event. He said that Car Free Day is relevant and appropriately targeted— despite the fact that the majority of students don't drive cars—because students will soon be the ones mak­ ing choices about driving.

Coggan admitted that this type of event would not influence people who are not predisposed to environ­ mental consciousness.

Rather, Coggan said he hoped that people sitting on the fence about "more sus­ tainable choices" might be effected enough to alter their lifestyle.

Julienne Hortle, an Arts exchange student, enjoyed the event but said that it would "probably be better to hold it in the central com­ mercial district."

She added that events like these are about building awareness, and that it is certainly a good start The city of Montreal participated in Car Free Day by shutting down streets in the downtown core, but some called the efforts largely sym­ bolic. A large square bounded by Rene Levesque, McGill College, Maisonneuve and St. Urbain was blocked to traffic from 9 : 3 0 a.m. until 3 : 3 0 p.m., but many of those who work downtown were already at work before the event and left after it ended. There was some degree of environmental concern, with events that included a cycle track and elec­ tric vehicle demonstrations. ■

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Spenser says: Maybe I'm not the economist that most people are, but nowadays, since everything is weighed against the American dollar, it's nice to justify visiting family and friends in New York, or stopping by Seattle for some even cheaper out­ let store purchases. For now, the strong Canadian dollar makes it worthwhile to make more frequent visits south of the border, and while some might argue that they never really wanted to make "frequent" visits, the opportunity is there. The weak Canadian dollar was a competitive advantage from a business standpoint, a stronger Canadian dollar is actually a blessing in disguise. Through purchasing foreign equipment we can increase our long-term productivity, allowing us to remain competitive without relying on the States as our sole eco­ nomic safety net. These are changing times, but not necessarily inefficient times.

Ben rebuts: Regrettably, the world does not rely solely upon Canada for oil, lum­ ber, aircraft engines, minerals and metallurgical products. Are they necessarily qual­ itatively better than their German, Chinese, Sudanese or Mexican counterparts? No. Then why do people buy them? You guessed it: because for many hyper-consumerist countries, importing these goods from Canada is cheaper than producing them domestically. But with the briskly emerging Asian market boasting top-of-the-line microchips, automobiles and square watermelons at "slave wage specials," even our oldest trading part­ ners may need to look elsewhere for that sweet barterable lovin'. The Canadian market has always been competitive... because we trade with three-quarters of a real dollar.

Spenser responds: While it can be debated as to the value of Canadian goods to the world market, let's not stray away from the fact that to the average Joe, a stronger Canadian dollar means more for your money. Fluctuations in the world economy and the "true" value of Canadian dollar are all fine and dandy to Alan Greenspan and David Dodge, but putting my toonie into perspective, getting more value for less money is always a plus. I can't say for sure about square watermelons, but cheap Mexican mangoes taste a little better than top-of-the-line microchips. ■

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hile scientists, preachers and the like between unkemptness and brilliance or origi­ may rack their brains to discover the nality? Does piercing yourself in the most unat­ meaning of life and how to find happi­ tractive ways really make you a social rebel? Is ness, I've apparently discovered the secret to smelling like old gym socks and only showering academia: get yourself five lip piercings,once dye a week a prerequisite to take English your hair several unnatural shades at once, classes? grow out that leg hair and, for God's sake, actMaybe for these affected students, their pretentious. grotesque appearance is a matter of emulating Maybe, given my hatred for many and dis­ their intellectual icons. After all, it's common like for most others, I'm not the best person to knowledge that Descartes had a flaming eagle judge the masses. But at least some must tattoo—complete with talons perched on share my outrage at the self-important thorns and bloody plumes—hidden beneath sullen/ostentatious artsy-fartsy set that has infil­ his codpiece, and that Marie Curie fought trated the undergraduate population. It's come oppression by means of excess body hair, to the point where I've conditioned myself to growing out her armpit locks to the point where tune out all questions asked in lectures, so as descriptive adjectives such as "furry" and "Yeti­ to avoid granola-fuelled conspiracy theories on like" could be used. Of course, it's more likely symbolism in The Old Man and The Sea. that resulted from her exposure to radium Much as I try to avoid these types of class­ rather than a form of personal protest. So there es, I do need to fill up my schedule, so I recent­ goes that theory. ly found myself in an English Lit conference, And it's mot just the body-mutilating surrounded by the great unwashed. Amid all of facades that annoy me about these wannabes. these inked up, unshaven (and this applies to These hollow undergrads, who project a foul air both males and females), predictably unin­ of superiority, are far louder than they are intel­ formed and outspoken individuals, I—a relative­ ligent. Memorizing quotes, making a stink ly normal person, if I do say so myself—was about suspect patriarchal oppression and considered strange. And yet, it was I—a middle- brooding doesn't negate obvious insecurities. class white kid just being himself in a room full For all of the high and mighty-ness they assert, of middle-class white kids trying too hard to be I don't feel like less of a person because I lack anything but-wearing jeans and a t-shirt, eat­ activist causes and fail to meet their selfing a turkey sandwich and toting logical ideas imposed dreadlock quotient. I am not morally on the protagonist's struggle, that was the most inferior for appreciating the childhood provided original in the group. by my parents.

These freaks would call me an oppressive Flowever, all is not lost for the rest of us. conformist, a tool of "the man," simply because From observation, I know that those afflicted I go to Starbucks instead of purchasing shitty with this condition will not end up changing the fair-trade coffee and don't fish my clothes out world; instead, they will end up in boring, inef­ of a dumpster. But in their efforts to be as dif­ fectual middle-management positions. To bor­ ferent as possible and pretend they weren't row one of their terms, "karmic realignment" born as children of privilege, it's they who all will ensure that they are eventually confronted end up looking and acting alike. At McGill, try­ with their hypocrisy, while those of us who ing to be a "regular guy" actually makes you aren't always railing against the system end up more unique than if you dressed for every day successful. But even though I know these pre­ as if it were Flalloween. tentious bastards will get what's coming to So to these pompous classmates, I pose them, I still wish the multiple facial piercings these questions: Is there really a connection hindered their ability to talk now. ■

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firmly believe that the java we drink is a clear indicator of the level of stress in our lives. Those with little on their minds are content with ordering "just a coffee," while those whose brains are already full of tasks and to-do lists turn getting caf­ feine into a complex, multi-step procedure. So whenever I hear myself ordering a "large skim-milk sugar-free vanilla latte to go," I know I'm about to reach breaking point.

A few weeks ago, I was ordering my drink of choice at Second Cup. After reciting my lengthy order, I overheard the man at the cash call out "one McGill Girl!" Before I could fig­ ure out why he was announcing my presence, the girl prepar­ ing the drinks echoed "one McGill Girl, coming up!" I looked at her with incredulity and asked, "Is that what you actually call that drink?" She laughed and condescendingly replied, "Oh, don't worry, honey. I'm a McGill girl, too." ! bit my tongue, but what I wish I had said is, "You may be a McGill Girl, but I am a girl who goes to McGill."

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The McGill Girl is a composite of stereotypes put togeth­ er, as far as I can tell, by Montreal natives, Concordia students and McGill students who have grown tired of seeing clones all around them. I doubt that there is a single girl on campus that possesses all of these numerous characteristics, but I know that she exists as a much hated cliché.

The McGill Girl can be immediately picked out of a crowd by her long brown hair (with the requisite side-swept bangs) and her giant sunglasses that would put Jackie O to shame.

Fier Lululemon track pants are ever so carefully juxtaposed against her designer handbag, and regardless of the weather, her feet are rarely seen in anything other than Uggs.

She tends to hail from Vancouver or Toronto, and has set­ tled in one of the rare McGill ghetto buildings that doesn't actually fit the term "ghetto." She spends her days at Boutique XTC and Space FB, and her nights at Lodge or Sofia's. Fier

excursions to the library are for social interactions, and she has usually spent twice as much time on her hair than she will spend looking at a course pack. While the rest of Place Milton's clientele understands that it is acceptable to go for breakfast in stained sweatpants and old pyjamas, the table of McGill Girls will look as perfectly coiffed as they did the night before. And of course, she enjoys nothing more than a skimmilk sugar-free vanilla latte from Second Cup. While I will admit to sharing some of these characteris­ tics—hell, I'm from Toronto, and I'm wearing Lululemon pants as I write this—I will fight tooth and nail to keep from being lumped into this group. For one thing, after attending an allgirls private high school with a mandatory uniform, looking like every other girl on campus really has lost its appeal. So when I start waking up at the break of dawn to straighten my hair, call me whatever names you like. But since that day will never come—sleep always wins out over looking presentable—at least give me a little bit of credit, regardless of my coffee choices. ■

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hen it comes to an initiation ritual so dis­ turbing that it causes a player to leave a team, makes him think about never again playing the sport he loves, and forces him to keep his identity secret for fear of being stigmatized, people will certainly seek to assign blame. And as the details of this disgusting incident—one that apparently did little for team bonding and much to embarrass and demean rookies—have continued to leak out over the past week, it seems there's plenty of blame to go around. The main question then becomes who should have been responsible for making sure the hazing never got off the ground in the first place.

A compelling case can be made that the play­ ers who perpetrated the incident should have fin­ gers pointing in their direction alone. After all, the "suspended six" are veteran players, and all are old enough to know that shoving a chew-toy in some­ one's mouth while prodding their anus with a broom is wrong.

However, that rationale falls short when con­ sidering that a hazing incident is endemic to a team, not just individuals. According to the victim, the rest of the team's veterans sat in the grand­ stands, cheering, hooting and hollering, while the abuse went on. If even one of these players had stood up and told his teammates to stop, that the activity wasn't right and was going too far, that the circle of yearly hazing need not continue, who knows what would have transpired? Perhaps the victim would still be playing football at McGill, no one would have been suspended, and the Redmen would be off to a better start on the field.

Teams, though, take much of the lead from their coaches, and at the end of the day, that's

where the accountability must lie. Football Head Coach Chuck McMann should be not only a coach, but a leader, someone who molds players into men of integrity. While this notion may seem archaic, most people accept the character-building value of playing on a sports team, so it's not too old-fashioned to hold true. And so McMann must ultimately be held responsible for the extent of this debacle. He had the opportunity to nip the hazing in the bud and the ability to enforce appropriate punishments after the players went through with it regardless, and he did neither.

Almost all the Redmen have played football from pee-wee through high school before arriving at McGill, and as players get older, the role of the coach evolves from a mere necessity to an integral part of the team. The coach makes a huge differ­ ence in these players' lives and garners more respect than any school or outside official. These players spend hours of every day with this man, and his actions and words are powerful. He has a commanding presence and a commanding moral authority.

But in this case, this particular coach failed to invoke that authority. According to the victim's father, McMann attempted to absolve himself of blame, saying that he had talked to the players on the team prior to the initiation on the night of Aug. 2 7 , and had warned them to behave themselves during that night's activities. The fact that McMann knew the potential for danger existed and did little to stop it speaks volumes for the kind of man and coach that he is.

Following the hazing reports, McMann acted by suspending just one player, hoping that every­ thing would blow over and that his team wouldn't

be forced to play without its star quarterback and receiver-both heavily involved with the incidentfor the entire season. McMann acted with his mind on what was best for his team's success, rather than what would bring justice for the victim and

McMann had the opportunity to nip the hazing in the bud and the ability to enforce appropriate punishments after the players went through with it, and he did neither. adequately punish the perpetrators. When his hand was forced, he did suspend quarterback Matt Connell, receiver Greg Hetherington and three oth­ ers, but for just one game.

When a coach fails to set a strong example and put his foot down, and when his players then engage in harmful behaviour, the buck stops with him. Any coach that does not impress upon his players the complete unacceptability of hazing is negligent, while any coach who subsequently brushes off hazing incidents after they occur is doing a disservice to his team and the institution he represents.

McMann would be the first to be showered with praise if McGill won the national champi­ onship, and he should be the first to take respon­ sibility for this awful incident. It was his place to control these activities, and he should accept the blame and face the consequences for his inaction.

It's quite telling that McMann has yet to step up and do this; if that isn't the measure of a real coach, it's surely the measure of a real man. ■

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I'd like to think most people have this prob­ lem—and it is a problem—but personal experience in retail has taught me better. The consuming pub­ lic isn't composed of waifs and wafflers like me.

Most people put their foot down, and then they grind you under their heel.

I remember one summer day a few years ago: I was selling my dignity for minimum wage at a heavily trafficked tourist gift shop. I was wearing the store's standard safari uniform and a nametag that misidentified me as "Neil."

"Hey, kid," someone said to me. This is easily amongst the worst ways to greet a customer-serv­ ice employee who takes his Liberal Arts degree seriously.

"Sir?" I said.

"Where's the bathroom. I-" "Right of the glass cases."

"Hey, you don't have to brush me off."

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. Have a good day, now."

And so began the day I found a partially opened colostomy bag in the wastebasket of the men's washroom.

Assertiveness comes in other forms, of course. Anyone keen enough to buy textbooks within the first week of lectures has witnessed the sight of eight-hundred students filing themselves neatly into lines to wart, wordlessly, cheerlessly, gormlessly, for the hours to pass until they, too, can spend $ 1 5 0 on a 6 0 -page paperback. The assertive amongst us, however, will place a few "Used” stickers on the more expensive items, just to bring the final total down to reason. The assertive amongst us might even bang up their books a bit on the way to the cash, for effect. I know a few who have, and I doubt the checkout clerks even care. But still, I demur.

Maybe the problem is really one of courage: I'm just too weak-willed to risk a confrontation.

I've tried expressing myself before, but my timing always seems off. The one time I com­ plained about the wait in my ophthalmologist's office was the one time I shouldn't have.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Roberts, but Dr. Silver will be in shortly."

'Well, I should hope so. It's been twenty min­ utes already."

“Please understand, it's just-" "It's just a waste of my time is what it is."

"No, actually Ms. Silver was delayed at the clinic. She's been receiving her Parkinson's treat­ ment today, but she asked me to apologize on her behalf."

So maybe that's the problem. The extenuating circumstance. The bad day, the rotten luck, the experimental early-stage Parkinson's treatment.

Who am I to complain about the service when the person providing it might have a good excuse for her behaviour? I know I'd appreciate the same con­ sideration if ever I found myself relegated back to retail.

Or maybe—and more likely—people can just sense a pushover, and they know you'll swallow whatever lame excuse they invent on the spot.

They know you'll forgive them and feel rude for imposing. They know you'll never do it again. And maybe like my ophthalmologist and her secretary, they still laugh about you once in a while, when you're not around. ■

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Another Stem letter Okay, I'm going to stop being an annoying alumnus that writes rants everyday, but I just want to point out a serious problem with Lloyd's rationale ('The man we love to hate," 2 0 .9 .0 5 ). He says he's protesting at McGill because the Jewish General Hospital is affiliated with McGill. In point of fact, it actually decided not to join the McGill University Health Centre when the Chest Institute, the Neurological, the Montreal General, the Royal Victoria, and the Montreal Children's hospitals all merged. If I remember correctly, there was even a fair amount of acrimony over the issue. The Jewish General is arguably the only major Anglophone hos­ pital that has actually gone out of its way to distance itself from McGill. So why does Lloydy decide to protest in front of McGill? Beats me.

—D a n ie l S te m , B A

2005

A missive from a disgusted graduate Like all McGill alumni, I am horrified by the news about the behavior of the young men on the Redmen ("Hazing scandal rocks McGill football team," online edition, 2 0 .9 .0 5 ).

I will watch with interest the disciplinary action that McGill takes before deciding on my annual, anonymous contribution to the McGill fund. There should be no place for disgusting behaviour by these students—nor for the coach who permitted it— on the McGill campus.

The name of my a lm a m a te r has been dragged through the mud—I trust the university administration will clean it up.

—T h o m a s C . R o u tle d g e , B . E n g 1966 V a n c o u ve r, B C

Fund curling, not football This is not the first—and is unlikely to be the last—incident involving the sexually infantile behav­ iour of McGill's football team ("Hazing scandal rocks McGill football team," online edition, 2 0 .9 .0 5 ): dur­ ing my time at McGill it was alleged that members of the team were involved in a gay-bashing incident on Prince Arthur, and the offending team members were given a slap on the wrist and allowed to con­ tinue playing. Obviously, the athletics administra­ tion subscribes to the view that "boys will be boys."

Like the Canadian Airborne Regiment, which prior to its disbanding had its own indiscretions involving hazing rituals, the problem is evidently one of leadership, or the lack thereof. The McGill athlet­ ics administration should be ashamed of itself for tolerating and thus promoting this aggressive culture of violence. Football funding should be diverted to the myriad of other deserving teams, like curling, which—unlike their super-sized counterparts—know the proper place for a broom.

—Je a n -M ic h e lle Yo u n g fo x, B A

2003

Does football hazing equal homophobia?

The football hazing incident reported in the press ("Hazing scandal rocks McGill football team," online edition, 2 0 .9 .0 5 ) is a ritual based in large part on latent fear and overt hatred of gay people.

The specific details are not all that important: the reports of threatened penetration with a broom handle, forced simulated oral sex and forced hand­ holding as team veterans yelled "look at the fairies, look at the gays" present an overall picture that gives credence to the view of many of McGill's gay and lesbian students—some of whom play on the varsi­ ty teams—that athletics at McGill is not supportive of gay people. Imagine the double injury these rituals cause to a gay person subjected to them: the same sense as his teammates of being humiliated and demeaned, plus the knowledge that the general humiliation is premised on an intensely personal characteristic fundamental to him.

Obviously, in the wake of these reports, McGill Athletics will have some rebuilding of its reputation to do. As a part of this effort, the problem of homo­ phobia in athletics must be addressed, for the sake of gay and lesbian athletes on the teams and for the

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atmosphere on campus generally. This may involve a specific clause in the code of ethics emphasizing respect for teammates on the basis of race, gender and sexual orientation. It might also involve a poli­ cy specifically barring the use of anti-gay put-downs among training staff. I make these suggestions off the top of my head; they could be developed in consultation with campus gay groups such as Outlaw.

—Tim W o o d , La w

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To make it up to you, how about we call next week's section "Jews in the news?"

I will keep this letter free of racism, sexism, and other isms, even though you could not keep your newspaper free of one. I was horrified to see that on page two were two articles, back to back, that many Jews will find extremely offensive and anti-Semitic ("The man we love to hate" and "An old conflict through a new lens," 2 0 .9 .0 5 ).

At the top of the page is your heartwarming interview with the kind gentleman inciting hatred at the main gates of our campus. "The dedication Davidson displays?' How can you possibly feel com­ fortable giving this "irrational" person a voice and a sympathetic face in your newspaper? Yes, he does have a right to protest whatever it is he thinks he's protesting, but that doesn't mean he has to be given half a page in a legitimate publication to spread his views.

As well, even more offensive is the expression of anti-Semitic, anti-Israeli opinions in what is mas­ querading as the next news article. With all of the great, world-renowned speakers that choose to visit the McGill campus, it's amazing the one you chose to report on was used to glorify and promote antiIsraeli sentiment on campus.

"The 2 0 0 2 battle in Jenin, where war crimes were self-evident?" How can your paper express this as a fact when no legitimate investigation has ever concluded that there were war crimes? This refugee „camp was used as a terrorist training base and a launching pad for attacks against Jewish Israeli civil­ ians. The Israeli Defense Force, against self-interest, chose to send in infantry in order to minimize dam­ age and casualties to Palestinians, instead of employing the "bomb first, shoot later" policy of the US Army—leading to many avoidable IDF casualties.

There were no war crimes, do not present it as a fact.

Instead of calling page two "news", maybe it should be the "Anti-Semitic Forum".

—E v a n S in g e r, U

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Umm...point, meet Corey. Corey, point.

The blatantly one-sided and disgustingly parti­ san opinion article by Leigh Aslateei about the Governor General ("In the right: Governor General: sympathy for le diable," 9 .2 0 .0 5 ) was a real piece of work.

Not only was the entire article premised on a giant ad hominem argument, the author is so clear­ ly one of Stockwell Day's former minions that the opinions he expressed might as well have come straight from a Conservative Party press release.

While I'm not normally a huge fan of Paul Martin, I have to say that appointing Michaëlle Jean was one of the smarter ideas he has had (and by he, I mean his advisors). She is young, full of ener­ gy and a francophone minority. Mr. Aslateei, I'm sure, would have preferred a nice, quiet male from Alberta, someone who wouldn't stir up too much trouble and do nothing for five years. Thank good­ ness Mr. Aslateei does not get that choice.

At a time, when voter turnout in Canada is at an alltime low, when people aren't sure we even need a Governor General, Michaëlle Jean was a perfect choice.

At the very least, she deserves a chance. Where on earth does Mr. Aslateei, and people like him, get off criticizing the woman's performance before she even takes office?

—C o re y S h e fm a n , U 1 P o litic a l Science A rts C o u n c illo r to th e S S M U

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D ru m m o n d : A fan of squash (the gam e) but not pizza (the food).

A n a tive M o n tre a le r, D r. D e re k D ru m m o n d h a s b e e n w ith M c G ill—a s a s tu d e n t, p ro fe s ­ s o r a n d a d m in is tra to r-fo r o ve r 40 ye a rs. W hile m o s t w o u ld b e irk e d b y b e in g p u lle d o u t o f a w e ll-d e se rve d re tire m e n t to se rve in a d m in is tra tio n , D ru m m o n d see s th e p o s itio n o f A th le tic s D ire c to r a s a n exciting ch a lle n g e h e is p re p a re d to m e e t h e a d o n . In a d d itio n to his n e w d u tie s, h e a lso teache s in th e S c h o o l o f A rch ite c tu re . D ru m m o n d says h e lo ve s his stu­ d e n ts a n d su b je ct m a tte r to o m u ch to a b a n d o n te a ch in g fo r a p u re ly a d m in istra tive career.

Th e boys of Borderless W orld aren't just tasty eye candy, they're fighting the evils of poverty too.

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ooking around McGill's campus, you don't see signs of poverty, abandoned children or ram­ pant disease. It's a haven of mostly happy, healthy, well-off students, within the greater haven of Montreal and the even larger haven of Canada.

Let's face it—in first world nations, we don't know jack about what life is like in a third world nation.

Daily confrontation with AIDS patients or orphaned children just isn't something we live with. For some students, it's good to escape the world's problems; for others, especially students in International Development Studies, knowledge of the problems often exists without the hands on experience nec­ essary to make a difference. Farouk Meralli, presi-

"Ever since a young age, I've had the opportunity to do a lot of traveling. For a long time, my whole mindset has been toward development. dent of the McGill chapter of Borderless World, is hoping to change that.

Meralli co-founded Borderless World Volunteers in 2 0 0 3 from his home in British Columbia. When he came to McGill and saw a high-quality IDS program without readily available fieldwork, he started the McGill chapter of the non­ governmental organization. This year, the group has 2 0 0 members and is steadily growing through word of mouth as more and more students sign up to help those in need.

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development projects in third world nations. Says Meralli, "Ever since a young age, I've had the opportunity to do a lot of traveling. For a long time, my whole mindset has been toward development Having seen conditions [in third world nations], I felt I needed to do something. [Students] would, too, and devote themselves to development, if they had the chance to see [the places I have seen].''

Although there are many other programs through which student can participate in develop­ ment projects, they tend to carry a hefty price tag and high admission standards. The average stu­ dent doesn't take the time to fill out the necessary paperwork for these groups, but, says Meralli, 'You shouldn't have to apply to help people." Volunteers with Borderless World are only responsible for their travel expenses; the club's mostly corporate spon­ sors cover room and board.

The club has summer projects of one to four months in a third world nation and works on train­ ing the volunteers during the year. This summer, McGill's volunteers will be heading to Pune, India to help in a children's hostel and work with anoth­ er campus club, Shelter Wakadogo, with orphaned children in Uganda.

"We need future thinkers for development,” says Meralli, and Borderless World is well on its way to putting these thinkers in a hands-on envi­ ronment where thoughts can become tangible projects. He says, "Our vision is that anyone with a passion for development should be able to make a difference." ■ M e e t w ith M e ra lli a n d his e xe cu tive te a m this Th u rsd ay, S e p te m b e r 29 a t 6p m in th e Le v-B u c k m a n C o u n c il R o o m o f th e S h a tn e r B u ild in g a n d take y o u r

When I chose a career... my father couldn't understand why I wanted to go into archi­ tecture because he was a businessman. When [my parents] chose my godparents, whether knowingly or not, both of my godfathers were architects and my godmother's husband was an architect, so the chances of me being influenced by my godparents were, I guess, pretty strong.

When I was asked to be Athletics Director... I had actually just retired, and I became an

emeritus professor in the spring when I was asked by the provost if I would consider doing this. The way he put it: "I'm just trying a wild chance if you might be interested." I said, yes, I would. I still have plenty of energy and the idea of coming to be an adminis­ trator appealed to me. [Whenever any of my friends find out that I'm doing this, the reac­ tion is the same, including my colleagues on the campus: they laugh.

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inspiring to do something like this, to meet a whole new group of people and to try to administer something and to improve it. That’s what we always do when we administer something, we try to improve it. So it was a wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime chance.

My personal athletics experience was as... a squash player. I was also a tennis player, but I didn't play tennis for McGill. I played squash for McGill for about four or five years.

W hen I watch sports on television... If I want to sleep, I watch golf; it usually puts me to sleep, although I think it’s a wonderful sport on television. I do enjoy football. Those are probably the two I watch the most.

I think the men's locker room is... exactly as it was when I was student... and it wasn't particularly good when I was a student. But that's in the last phase. The idea is to have the two locker rooms on opposite sides of the centrally controlled baskets. We need more money to finish that.

If I had to eat in the gym cafeteria every day... spare me, oh Lord. I've never actually eaten in the gym cafeteria. I'm not a pizza man. Occasionally, I'll get a yogurt and maybe a muffin.

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...outside of recycling bins or mountains of trash LISE TREUTLER hen in rez, do as the dons say, and keep your recyclables nicely separated from your trash. Since rez life naturally creates a plethora of empty mickeys, 4 0 s and cheap bot­ tles of dep wine, it's easy to convince Ms. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle to deem you a worthy soul.

Alas, leaving rez makes environmentally-friendly living more difficult. Some adopt the blasé attitude—"It's a nice idea, but I just don't like dragging my green bin out to the curb!"-and become, as a result, smote by Mother Earth. Others deserve applause for their refusal to succumb to the "lazy student" stereotype: not only are their homes d e a n , but they remember when recycling day is and never miss it Whether you recycle because it's simply the "thing to do" in your area (you Plateau-dwellers) or because you core about the environment and aim to do the best you can (the rest of you Plateau-dwellers) doesn't really matter. But wouldn't it be nice to feel good about what you're doing? If you recycle, go ahead and pat yourself on the back, or get a friend to help for maximized sat­ isfaction.

And if you are a non-recycling little twerp? Do a little research on the recycling options available where you live, and then take steps to improve your behaviour before you've been banished to the inner labyrinths of the nearest landfill.

The McGill Ghetto. Thanks to our friends at Rethink McGill and their community clean-up on Sept. 7 , the streets of the MiltonParc community look somewhat better than they did before. But will the partying stop long enough for residents to take out the trash, sort their recyclables and take a few extra steps to avoid lit­ tering? Only time will tell, as the (so far) one-time event is a mere baby step in the right direction.

Plateau Mont-Royal. Walk along the tree-lined streets and admire the spiral staircases on a Wednesday in this chic locale and you'll surely notice the recycling bins, filled to the brim with soy milk car­

tons and boxes of Kashi GoLean Crunch!. This is the land of bicy­ cles, health food stores and artsy folk who wouldn't dream of liv­ ing anywhere else. Ignore the constant trails of cigarette butts and the Plateau is th e haven for the three Rs. St-Henri. Welcome to dodgy alleys, used drug and sex parapher­ nalia and suspicious strangers frequently avoided by Solindwellers. There's something to be said for the area as it grows in popularity, but the dingy sidewalks leave much to be desired. StHenri remains divided: the newer residents belonging to the gentrification class try to create a cleaner neighbourhood, but more than just good will is needed to clean up the grime. Take action, we say—start a new trend!

N.D.G. Impeccable lawns and gardens make N.D.G. more than just an option for students; this is th e place to raise a family (unless you're beyond rich and can afford Westmount). Residents care about their neighbourhood with an attitude similar to planned communities—sans the utterly creepy factor, that is.

Perhaps the more "adult" nature of the borough plays a leading role in the serene cleanliness—could it rub off on students? We hope so.

Even if you don't reside in one of the above neighbourhoods, you can still find your inner environmentalist! Though we would hope your efforts would stem solely from the goodness of your heart, there are a few perks to recycling! If you're short on cash, for example, returning bottles to your local grocery store—such as Métro in La Cité—will bring you a small collection of change (use­ ful for laundry purposes, but unless you're a champion beer con­ sumer, you won't make m u ch money).

While you're saving up those bottles and cans, check to make sure you have a recycling bin. If your landlord didn't ensure your acquisition of one, go to the nearest éco-quartier depot to pick one up. Visit our fair city's official Web site at ville .m o n tre a l.q c .c a —available in both English and French—to find a list of addresses, as well as more information on the program. ■

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Do you ever get a weird feeling when you're listen­ ing to music and you realize that the musician is dead?

Here are thirteen songs that take that sensation to the next level: their lyrics read like an ironic punchline to a morbid joke. Like foreshadowing on Th e X -File s , these songs retrospectively sound like eerie omens of what is to come.

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John Lennon was shot in 1 9 8 0 .)

I H a te M y s e lf a n d W a n t to D ie - Nirvana (Frontman Kurt Cobain killed himself in 1 9 9 4 .)

S p e a r a n d M a g ic H e lm e t - The Gits (Singer Mia Zapata was murdered in 1 9 9 3 .)

Ju n k h e a d - Alice in Chains (Frontman Layne Staley overdosed on heroin and cocaine in 1 9 9 2 .)

Fro m D e s p a ir to W here - Manic Street Preachers (Rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards has been missing since 1 9 9 5 .)

C a rn a g e - Mayhem (Singer Dead committed sui­ cide in 1 9 9 1 ; bassist Count Grishnackh murdered gui­ tarist Euronymous in 1 9 9 3 .)

B le d W hite - Elliott Smith (Killed himself with sever­ al stab wounds to the heart in 2 0 0 3 .)

W ay to B lu e - Nick Drake (Overdosed on antide­ pressants in 1 9 7 4 .)

H e re C o m e s a R e g u la r - The Replacements (Guitarist Bob Stinson drank himself to death in 1 9 9 5 .)

D e a d S o u ls - Joy Division (Singer Ian Curtis hanged himself in 1 9 8 0 .)

40 O z . to Fre e d o m - Sublime (Frontman Brad Nowell overdosed on heroin in 1 9 9 6 .)

D e a th w is h - Christian Death (Frontman Rozz Williams killed himself in 1 9 9 8 .)

W hen th e M u sic's O v e r - The Doors (The Lizard King died of a "heart attack" in 1 9 7 1 .)

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Remove from heat and sprinkle with fresh herbs.

Tomato-Basil Crab Bisque 1 / 2 cup chopped onion 1 tbsp butter salt and black pepper to taste 1 cup tomato sauce 1 cup coarsely chopped cooked crab meat 1 cup half-and-half cream 1 / 2 cup chicken broth (or veggie broth) 1 / 4 cup chopped fresh basil or parsley

Combine lentils and water; bring to a boil.

Bring down to a simmer, add tomatoes, celery and onion.

Cover and let simmer for 4 5 minutes. Stir every 15 minutes and add water if needed.

Add spices in the last 15 minutes.

Melt butter in sauce pan; sauté onion until tender. Use salt and pepper to taste.

Add tomato sauce, crab meat, half-andhalf and chicken broth to the onion. Bring to a boil, then simmer covered for five minutes.

Tomato-Curry Lentil Stew 1 cup dry lentils 2 cups water 1 0 oz stewed tomatoes 1/ 4 cup chopped onion 4 stalks celery, chopped, with leaves 1 / 2 tsp curry powder 6 cloves garlic, minced salt and black pepper to taste

African Vegetable Stew 1 large onion 1 bunch of Swiss chard 1 can chickpeas 1 / 2 cup raisins 1/ 2 cup rice, raw 2 yams (a.k.a. sweet potatoes)

Several fresh tomatoes or a large can, chopped 1 clove garlic Salt and black pepper to taste Hot sauce to taste In a large pot, fry onion, garlic and white stems of chard until barely limp.

Add the rest of the chard, chopped, and fry for a minute.

Peel yams or scrub with a vegetable brush and cut into thick slices.

Add chickpeas, yams, raisins, tomatoes, salt and pepper. Cook for a few minutes on medium heat.

Make a hole in the center of the mixture in pot and pour rice into the hole. Pat the rice down until it is wet.

Cover and cook for about 2 5 minutes on medium heat until rice is done.

Add hot sauce to taste.

Easy Veggie Chili 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 cup chopped onions 3 / 4 cup chopped carrots 3 cloves garlic, minced

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In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Combine onions, carrots and garlic and sauté until tender.

Add green and red peppers, celery and chili powder. Cook for about six minutes, or until vegetables are tender. Stir in mushrooms and cook for about four minutes.

Add tomatoes, kidney beans and com.

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half-hour bus ride away, you'll find McGill's Macdonald campus in the quaint town of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue on Lake St. Louis. There are about five buildings of real significance, and the only residence is 5 0 metres from the Student Society build­ ing and the campus bar. The grassy, tree-covered campus feels a million miles away from downtown. Sadly, though the free bus service is available five days a week, stu­ dents seem to use it only for necessity’s sake and very few downtown students know Macdonald exists.

What the hell is out there?

The typical sentiment regarding the Macdonald campus is along the lines of the old nursery rhyme: "Old Macdonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-ol". In fact, Nancy Lewis, Student Services secretary, believes, While it's not a brutal bus ride out there, every stu­ "It's a definite misin­ that dent I spoke with had a long-standing grudge against terpretation we're on a farm the inter-campus shuttle schedule that picks them up here. Yes, there's a too early to be convenient or drops them off too late farm over there, but we're not mixing for class. with the cows." As a December 2004 graduate from the downtown McGill campus, Lewis has a perspective on both campus­ es.

Though the buildings are few, the offerings of Mac go beyond the classroom walls. The farm, now home only to pigs and cows, is only the most well known Mac feature. Raptor research at the Avian Science and Conservation Centre continues to bring new findings about the effects of environmental change on birds of prey. The Morgan Arboretum is a 2 4 5 hectare forested reserve that gives students and nearby

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residents a chance to stroll or ski along the tree-lined path or learn more about the con­ servation of woodland resources. The Brace Centre for Water Resources Management, Centre for Host-Parasite Interactions and the Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition/Environment round out the selection of unique and educationally expansive offerings of Macdonald. If you're looking for a fresh snack in your cross-campus wan­ derings, you should stop by the Mac Market, a greenhouse where fresh vegetables are sold.

Mac students: what they love and hate It1s easy to picture Mac students as back-country hicks with too much time on their hands and nowhere to go. Interestingly, there isn't a noticeable difference between downtown students and Mac students. Everyone still sports the same trendy clothes, shoes and jewelry; even Paris Hilton would be at a loss in this simple life.

Jessalyn O'Donnell, U3 Dietetics and Kinesiology minor, lived on Mac for her first year before moving downtown. "The nice thing about Mac," she says, "is that they have the same [clubs], an awesome gym, intramurals, theatre groups, a bar. It's also really pretty along the lakeshore."

'The normal thought is, 'Oh my Cod! You're going to sit on the bus for that long!' or else people idolize [Mac]," reflects Hannah Moffat, U3 Environmental Sciences. The reality is somewhere in between. While it's not a brutal bus ride out there, every stu­ dent I spoke with had a long-standing grudge against the inter-campus shuttle sched­ ule that picks them up too early to be convenient or drops them off too late for class.

Moffat also complains, "I've been putting [one class] off for the last three years [because of] coming out [to Mac]. It's not because I don't like [the campus], it's just because of the bus time and working classes downtown and at Mac." Also irksome to students were the misleading comments from the administration that living at Mac would be convenient to Montreal's hub. O'Donnell suffered this frus­ tration herself, noting, "I came from a small town, so I was looking for something bet­ ter. They tend to mislead you when you come out here and say it's accessible to down­ town, when it's not."

Joan Kavalersky, who does the books for Mac's Student Society, has been on the

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W h a t ’s a b o n a - f i d e e n v i r o n ­ m e n ta lis t t o d o ?

For every act, there’s an organization behind you LISE TREUTLER

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ontreal has long been known as a mecca for activists—and not just because of the Concordia riots, now universally infa­ mous. We live in the city with the highest student population per capita in Canada, thanks to the many universities, colleges and CEGEPs. Thanks to students' renowned thirst for knowledge and experience, as well as their diehard attitude towards their personal beliefs and principles, we are a population inextricably linked to relentless activism.

Educating oneself about the various causes—environmental or otherwise—can be accelerated by joining an organization or political group dedicated to the cause in question. Here, for the burgeoning environmental activist, are three very different organizations to con­ sider and whet your earth-conscious appetite.

The Green Party

During the 2 0 0 4 elections, did you consider the Green Party?

More bluntly, were you aware of their platform or even their exis­ tence? When we discuss Canadian politics, we are apt to limit our­ selves to the major parties—the Liberals, the Conservatives, the Parti Québécois and the New Democratic Party. The Green Party, howev­ er, has been growing steadily since its humble founding in 1 9 8 3 at a Carleton University conference.

Under their current leader, Jim Harris, Greens are making histo­ ry: in 2 0 0 4 they became the fourth federal party in Canadian histo­ ry with candidates running in all 3 0 8 ridings. Harris maintains the goal of being at the political forefront: “The Green Party is neither right nor left-w e are in front," begins his message on the party's offi­ cial Web site (g re e n p a rty .c a ).

While clearly not an activist group, the Green Part/s platform is based on environmental responsibility: “jWe offer] a government which actively considers the long-term viability of communities and ecosystems in its policies and actions. The goal is long-term well­ being."

Animal Liberation Front

If strong core values and constant activism appeal to you, then

campus for over 2 0 years. Though it's sometimes difficult for students to find their footing if the/re traveling back and forth between campuses, Kavalersky thinks it can be done. "You really have to centre your life around Ste. Anne's," she says. "Maybe in their first year, students will commute, but some of them realize they can't get involved without living out here."

Perks and peace of mind With about 3 0 0 students living on campus, the small size makes for a family-like group of students and faculty. Library assistant James Ranjitsingh has worked downtown and at Mac, and says, "[Mac is] much better. I would­ n't go back downtown. The students, faculty, members [of the library]—it's like a big family. You don't get that downtown."

Even when the/re not big-time bonding, Mac students and faculty have what Lewis terms “a less formal, one-on-one relationship." Students feel the love, too, in their classes and in passersby. "I feel like the classes are really different [at Macdonald campus]," Moffat notes. "You introduce yourself in class and get to know everyone. That almost never happens downtown."

Staying true to their ideals in the School of Environment, Mac students have worked to get many planet-friendly initiatives underway. Self-Serve Bikes, for instance, is a project that allows those on campus to ride around on loaned bikes from the beginning of April to the end of October. In addi­ tion, says Ranjitsignh, “Most students [at Macdonald] are very dedicated.

You'll see the input they have had to get environmentally safe things done, [such as] double-sided copy machines, just to save paper."

Most people here think life tends to move at a slower pace at Mac. It's more relaxed, people are easy-going and you're not trying to screw the next guy out of making a traffic light. Ranjitsingh declares, "The way I've always viewed it: Working downtown is like a superhighway; working [at Macdonald] is like a country road.” Macdonald campus definitely offers a nice change of pace and is worth checking out, but at the end of the day, it may not be what most of us were looking for when we came to school in Montreal. ■

the Animal Liberation Front has much to offer. Though an Americanbased group, the ALF has organizations worldwide, and ALF Canada has been an active participant in that coalition since 1 9 7 9 , freeing animals from university laboratories and using strategies of "eco­ nomic sabotage," such as the 1 9 8 9 burning of three meat markets in Vancouver—two of the three subsequently went out of business.

Clearly these tactics will not appeal to all; for those who want tamer—and more legal—methods of involvement, the ALF Web site ( a n im a llib e ra tio n fro n t.c o m ) offers a seemingly unlimited list of things we can do to help the cause as groups and as individuals. Most applicable to all is the subsection entitled "ALF Daily Living," where you can find information on vegetarian and vegan diets, pet care and a list of "cruelty-free" companies.

Earth First! à Montréal

For those wary of joining either activist or political groups, Earth First! offers an international movement-not an organization with members-where self-dubbed "Firsters!" can take action any way they wish. The umbrella Web site (e a rth firs t.o rg ) offers suggestions on how to start a group, lists of activities and links to location-specific sites. Though the English version of E a rth Firs t! à M o n tré a l (u s e rs .re s is tc a /~ te rre d a b o rd /in d e x .p h p ) is still under construction, the French version is filled with links to the latest news, upcoming events and major current campaigns, such as the anti-logging move­ ment to save René-Levasseur Island, located in northern Quebec.

Whether you're already active in the environmentalist scene or simply curious, the crucial message is not only to join—or participate in—only those organizations or movements you feel align perfectly to your personal beliefs, but to keep a part of your mind in objectiv­ ity mode. Continue to evaluate your group's actions and ask yourself if you support them fully. Though it may seem obvious, do not par­ ticipate in any event where you do not feel comfortable.

More importantly, keep an eye over your shoulder for safety purposes. No matter how much you believe in a cause, actions such as animal liberation are dangerous. If you don't want the justice sys­ tem to permanently stitch "eco-terrorisf to your record, be cautious and evaluate each situation separately.

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P o p a r o u n d t h e c lo c k to n ig h t Overwhelmed by Pop Montreal’s musical orgy? W e ’ve got you covered MELISSA PRICE Tuesd ay, S e p t.

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ontreal's music scene is pretty damn good, with copious excellent local bands and plenty of other acts passing through. However, nothing even comes close to the music nerd's wet dream that is Pop Montreal. Featuring up-andcoming bands from all over North America, its an amazing fes­ tival for anyone craving interesting new sounds and general musical weirdness. The ridiculous number of shows can be over­ whelming, so here's a day-by-day guide to where you want to be.

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The festival kicks off quietly—hey, it is a Tuesday night— with shows at three venues on rue St-Hubert. Your best bet is to head over to Théâtre Plaza ( 6 5 0 5 rue St-Hubert, 9 : 3 0 p.m.) to check out Dragonette, a synth-heavy pop group with a honey-voiced female singer. Their sound is energetic and bright, but they're saved from the archives of pop drivel by the fact that they also rock pretty damn hard, incorporating assertive drums and sturdy riffs into their sugar-coated melodies.

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No fewer than sixteen venues get Pop Montreal going with a vengeance. Enthusiasts of psychoactive chemi­ cals should report to Petit Campus ( 5 7 Prince Arthur E., 10 p.m.) to catch Black Moth Super Rainbow's exceedingly trippy show. With song titles like "I Think It Is Beautiful That You Are 2 5 6 Colors Too," they construct sparkling electro-soundscapes wrapped in lyrics so surreal that Dali would be proud.

If you want to go even quirkier, head over to the Main Hall ( 5 3 9 0 St-Laurent, 1 1 :3 0 p.m .) to see the awesomely named Jesus and the Headliners, who go by the mantra "Bad music makes Jesus cry." Their unconventional punk strives, they claim, to incite a unified revolution in society. There's also some stuff about mir­ acles and holy water. Their manifesto makes so little sense that they've got to be at least interestingly bizarre, if not technically solid.

On the same note, Toronto's The Ghost is Dancing (O Patro Vys, 3 5 6 Mont-Royal E., midnight) apparently formed in 2 0 0 9 and then traveled back in time to save the world with their music. That's pretty nice of them, eh? The six-piece churns out sprawling, orchestral art-rock that, whether it brings us salvation or not, is certainly lovely.

Amusingly, the lineup at Club Soda ( 1 2 2 5 St-Laurent, from 1 0 p.m.) includes both Busdriver and TTC, which is also the name of Toronto's public transportation sys­ tem. Busdriver hyperactively spouts rapidfire underground rap, sometimes layered with accelerated samples of classical music—weirdly interesting. Right afterward, TTC ushers in a quick

Pop Montreal offers a wide variety of hairstyles. language shift with its extremely francophone brand of hip hop.

The back beats are head-noddingly solid, and at any rate, it's entertaining to hear the word "formidable" in a hip hop song.

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For a veritable smorgasbord of music, check out Petit Campus. Eight bands take the stage between 8 : 3 0 p.m. and 2 a.m., including Controller.Controller, who play irresistibly danceable gloomy post-punk, and the Illuminati, mas­ ters of grubby trucker rock with wicked guitar solos. It's worth checking out Magneta Lane's set at 1 2 :3 0 —the all-female trio's gritty guitar rawk has been drawing rave reviews.

The show by neo-post-punk idols Interpol at Metropolis ( 5 9 St-Catherine E., 11 p.m.) is, surprisingly, not sold out. Their past Montreal shows have been fantastic, channeling Ian Curtis with touches of glittering guitar and dreamlike lyrics, so it'll prob­ ably be packed.

If you're claustrophobic, a better bet is The Dearly Beloved at Jupiter Room ( 3 8 7 4 St-Laurent, 8 p.m .). Their music is a time warp back to the bluesy side of the late sixties, with textured female vocals and deceptively simple-sounding chord arrange­ ments. Furthermore, a lot of their songs are about sex.

For music of the more furious persuasion, Gutter Demons bring psychobilly to Café Chaos ( 2 0 3 1 St-Denis, 1 a.m .).

Psychobilly, for people who have lives, is a blend of punk and rockabilly—fast-paced and deeply moshable, but also incorporat­ ing doomy metal riffs. The singer sounds like he's been swallow­ ing sandpaper, which gritties up the sound nicely. Also, they dress up like zombies and use an upright bass. Wicked. yW y

Dragonette—synthy, seductive superstars.

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he Comedy Network. Is it simply slap stick humour, or is it the only place you can venture to obtain a truly uncensored optic on the political climate of our world?

If you are like me and thousands of other North Americans, you have been completely captivated by Th e D a ily S h o w , whose merciless yet amusing vision of American news seems to have taken the US by storm.

Hosted by none other than comedy guru Jon Stewart, this show has become an icon for a generation.

What makes this show so unique in today's media, though, is not its wit, Jon's charisma, nor its ability to com­ pare Hurricane Katrina to Monica Lewinsky's vagina, but rather the void it fills in America's coverage of national and international news. It is a comedy show, and therefore it is able to wield a much more critical and bipartisan eye on the administration's decisions, instead of shying away from controversy like many of the official news stations. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for example, was a guest on the show in a recent episode discussing his study on autism, and how it uncovered links to vaccinations given between 1 9 8 9 and 2 0 0 3 . This was the only forum where Kennedy could

speak candidly. The national news stations had previously censored him, after giving in to pressure from drug com­ panies who did not want the bad press.

The American population seems to be awestruck by the novelty of the concept of "fake news" following The D a ily S h o w /s success. As a consumer of mainstream Canadian television, all I have to say about this is: "Urn...w hat about This H o u r a s 22 M in u te s T In Canada, such political satire programs as This H o u r , R o y a l C a n a d ia n A ir Fa rc e and others have been a strong force in shaping our political culture for decades. America, historically, has taken itself much too seriously.

Has our unwillingness as Canadians to define our­ selves by our politics, or our ability to embrace satirical crit­ icism of our government led to a freer, more open press within our country? I have yet to see a documentary enti­ tled “O u t-C B C -e d " * exposing the evils of Canadian broad­ casting. This is, of course, not to say that the Canadian media is without corporate bias or government influence.

Today, nothing is. Not even you.

This augmented freedom of the press, shall we say, could be attributed to the fact that controversy is less

extreme in places where politics are less charged. In an environment as politically charged as the US, this sort of satire and humour is even more practical and necessary, if for no other reason than to alleviate the social strain bur­ dening a profoundly politically and ideologically fragment­ ed people.

Such political satire has certainly played a key role in the way the world has been looking at American politics for the past few years. Many attribute the demise of CNN's C rossfire to Jon Stewart’s guest appearance, during which he exposed the absence of true political discussion in American media, even on shows that showcase so called political debates. With any luck, Th e D a ily S h o w and other media forms like it will lead a movement instrumental in shaping a new political culture in the US, and if not, will at least lead a generation of people who will want to create one.

As an endnote, consider the wise words of Rick Mercer: “H e re 's to d em o cra cy. M a y w e g e t w h a t w e d e s e rve ."

*lf you do not understand this reference, go and rent Now. I'll w ait ■

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Friday, Sept. 3 0

If you're the kind of person who enjoys over­ whelming beauty, go see Wintersleep (Club Soda, 9:45 p.m.). Their songs are fabrics of delicate loveliness, with darkly stunning lyrics and gauzy melodies. Friday night is a great time for aching intro­ spection, which is a common side effect of their music.

However, if it's not a Friday for you unless you're assaulted with pure rock, head over to Saphir (3699 StLaurent, 9 p.m.) for Romeo Liquor Store's perform­ ance. Dirty punk crashes head-on into sleazy metal, and the result is some of the rockingest rock that ever rocked. In one song, they address the growing issues of pill abuse and eating brains when you're hungry—good times.

Turned loose on unprepared audiences at Academy Club (4445 St-Laurent, midnight), The Crates are likely to win over a few new fans. Their decidedly stripped-down sound, crowned by fuzzed-up, howling vocals, can be jarring at first, but after a bit of a listen all the low-fi buzz starts to fit together seamlessly. Raw pas­ sion is the most authentic kind.

Any band with a name composed of words that Roald Dahl made up is cool with me, so The Vermicious Knid's show at Green Room (5386 St-Laurent, mid­ night) deserves a mention. Despite being named after a fictional ferocious beast, their music is intense emotinged rock, perfect for people in black-framed glasses who feel misunderstood.

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It is absolutely imperative that you go see McGill's very own Lovely Feathers (Club Soda, 9:30 p.m.). Touted as Montreal's "next next big thing" in Toronto's NO W magazine, their music is an awesome amalgamation of infectious guitar and key­ board riffs and unexpected lyrics. Their live show is even

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Interlacing the axes—Kiss Me Deadly. better, featuring the frontman in nerdy-chic suspenders and lots of epileptic dancing.

In the mood for some dancing yourself? Casa del Popolo (4873 St-Laurent, 11 p.m.) is the place to be for Kiss Me Deadly's irresistible rhythms. The entangled, intricate guitar work will get your feet tapping, but they"re lyrically intense enough to give your brain a decent workout as well.

For danceable music of a more unusual ilk, Mixel Pixel is playing the Jupiter Room (3874 St-Laurent, 9 p.m.). They stick arcade game sound clips and appliance rumblings into sprawling electronic doodles with deeply weird lyrics. They're followed by Oxford Collapse, rhyth­ mic indie rockers with elastic melodies and obscurely comforting vocals.

Holy Fuck (Academy Club, 11 p.m.) deserves a mention just for having a name that would make your mom wash your mouth out with soap, but they also stretch meshworks of glitchy electronic into mind-mas­ saging trance. Somehow, they also do this without any use of computers, drum machines, samplers or any­ thing other than cheap keyboards and guitar effect ped­ als—a noteworthy achievement in live techno.

The 10 best band names of Pop Montreal 2005 Jesus and the Headliners

Hexes and Ohs The Verm icious Knid

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You Say Party We Say Die!

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Film. C orpse B rid e—in theatres Sept 23 Using the technique of stop-motion animation that gave The N ig h tm a re B efore C hristm as its finishing touch of creepiness, Tim Burton's Corpse B rid e tells the story of a young man who manages to accidental­ ly marry a woman who happens to be dëad. Johnny Depp voices the hapless chap, who is already engaged—to a woman with a pulse—when he finds him­ self being dragged around the underworld by his new dead wife. The promos promise the same brand of deliciously disturbing imagery and macabre surre­ alism that has become Burton's trademark. Perfect if you like maggots, necrophilia or just an occasional dose of the sinister.

Theatre. C abaret—Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts— 5170 ch. de la Côte-Ste-Catherine—through Oct 2 C abaret, which was originally written in the 1960s, cen­ tres around Berlin's Kit Kat Klub during the rise of the Nazi party. The club's pale, skinny, androgynous Emcee leads the whirl of noirish, sex-soaked numbers (yes, it's th a t kind of club) as the political disquiet slowly and sub­ tly creeps into the open. The narrative concerns the club's star dancer, Sally Bowles, and the American writer she's entangled with, as the upheaval inexorably becomes more profound. It's a raunchy, disquiet­ ing and bleak musical, and hey, it's probably cheaper than going to an actual strip club.

Art. D ise m b o d ie d —Carolee Schneemann-4001 rue Berri, #105—through Oct 23 As one of the stronger voices in feminist art, Carolee Shneemann has spent several decades trying to destroy the taboo of the eroticized female, often by appearing nude in her own work. D ise m b o d ie d takes this aim one step further by plac­ ing the issue in the context of our global society and its prob­ lems. Composed of photography and two video installations, D ise m b o d ie d was designed to make you think about for lack of a better phrase, what the world is coming to. The conclusions that viewers come to should be interesting.

Poetry. LoVE L a n C U a g E -T b e Green Room-5386 St-Laurent-Oct 2 The connotation of poetry has changed. Instead of flowery incantations writ­ ten by long-dead white guys, the current conception of poetry emphasizes performance—the human aspect of words. Created by the Black Theatre Workshop, LoVE LanG U agE is a poetry jam about, of course, love. The 15 fea­ tured poets are hand-picked and competing for a cash prize, so it's fairly cer­ tain they'll give it their all. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Music. Dead Can Dance—Théâtre St-Denis—1594 StDenis—OcL 2 and 4 Sick of predictable power chords? The ephemer­ al layers in the music of Dead Can Dance are the perfect remedy. Although beloved by gothy mopers for years.

Dead Can Dance have a sound that is not so easily pigeonholed. Using archaic instruments and keening, syllabic vocals, their songs have been categorized as "dark world music," which may or may not be a contradiction in terms. Either way, their songs are full of gossamer melodies and smooth ambience; a beautiful cure for the worst headache.

Doors open at 8 p.m.

T h e Rem ains o f Brian Borcherdt

Architecture in Helsinki

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To rock your Sunday up low-key, turn to Kings of Leon (Club Soda, 10 p.m.). They flaunt a modernized style of southern rock, like Lynyrd Skynyrd with better guitar pedals and cleaner solos. It's authentic rock music, the kind that belongs in seedy dive bars with cheap beer—luckily, Club Soda has the sincerity without the sketchiness.

NWAR's show at the Main Hall (10:15 p.m.) gets a mention because they're really freaking nice and sent me a thank-you note despite my dissing their band a few issues back. They also sound great when in a cer­ tain state of mind, so load up on your substance of choice and go grind your teeth and marvel at them drilling into cymbals.

You can trip balls the old-fashioned, chemical-free way with Pattern is Movement (Green Room, 11 p.m.), who are billed as pretentious math rock. Really, though, they're much less pedantic than a lot of mathy bands, focusing on complex melodies that are just dirtied up

enough to keep things interesting. They retain math rock's unconventional time signatures, which make the instruments almost—but not quite—discordant. Basically, they sound like their name.

If you want to end the week quietly, the dive-alicious Barfly (4062A St-Laurent) is hosting bluegrass music all night long. Grab a beer, listen to banjos and pretend you're in the Deep South.

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The festival closes down quietly, with only one venue getting in on the act. However, this venue boasts a set by Socalled (Théâtre National, 1220 Ste-Catherine E., 11:30 p.m.), the brain­ child of F lou r writer and all-around hip hop guru Josh Dolgin. He knows his shit, so the beats are neat and the addition of unconventional elements like Yiddish folk songs actually seems reasonable—a tremendously peculiar send-off for a festival packed with awesome weirdness. ■

compiled by Melissa Price

SEPTEMBER 28.2005. from 5:30 p.m. onwards

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Long-running poetry night serves up wordy art SID PHARASI Controversies will always rage over whether poignant combinations of words or visual elements, a phenomenon commonly referred to as art, form the building blocks of the human expression of life. Luckily, if your answer is more inclined toward the wordy side, there is a venue right in the McGill Ghetto where you can get your literary fix on a regular basis.

The Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer, is a quaint, laidback coffeehouse that features local poets, writers and folk musicians. For the past seven years, the comfortable space has been home to monthly poetry and prose readings organized by Ilona Martonfi, a poet well known in the Anglophone literary scene in Montreal.

Thursday evening brought together a few local literati to exhibit their work through short 10- to 15-minute sessions for a small but enthusiastic crowd. After Jens Christian Justinussen warmed the audience's senses with his emotive violin compositions, local author N. Grant read a few imagery-laden

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Next, neo-beat poet Brian Campbell took the stage and amused listeners with haiku-like meditations on love, sex and twirling dancers. Susan Elmslie, an estab­ lished poet of Brick publishing house, evoked themes of apology, death and exis­ tential ponderings with her graphic metaphors and dark-humoured passages.

The night was capped off by Jaspreet Singh and Louise Arsenault reading selections from their upcoming short stories and stage plays.

The Yellow Door is endorsed and often praised by the artists themselves, who appreciate the intimate setting and collec­ tive, soulful feeling among the diverse crowd. Opportunities for amateur writers and poets abound. So whether you are con­ tent with listening or want to perform, the Yellow Door coffeehouse is not to be missed.

Check o u t tw o up co m in g p o e try rea dings on Oct. 2 0 a t Café S arajevo a n d O ct 2 7 a t the Y ellow D oor. For m o re in fo rm a tio n , v is it .www.yellowdoor.org o r e -m a il ilo n a .m a rto n fi@ sym patico.ca ■

Computers, machines and electronic manip­ ulation are rapidly infiltrating all genres of music, destroying the limitations that once plagued tradi­ tional instrumentation and performance. Thursday night's eclectic triple bill of Hot Chip, Four Tet and T.Raumshmiere at the Cabaret Music Hall show­ cased just how astounding and unique electron music has become.

I've never seen such a crazed, maniacal artist— I realized what it must have been I to catch rock legends Iggy Pop or Sid Vicious in their drug-fueled heydays.

With five synths, a guitar and plenty of machismo, the goofy quintet Hot Chip opened the night with cut after cut of quirky, whacked out electro cheese-pop. Combining fun, flamboyant beats with playful lyrics, Hot Chip's eccentric showmanship quickly won over the initially quiet crowd. Sporting a shady grey hoodie and pink rock star sunglasses, frontman Joe Goddard accompanied his whiny Britpop vocals with plen­ ty of outrageous dancing.

Next to the stage was England's Four Tet, aka Kieren Hebden. Surrounded by laptops, dials and faders, Hebden concocted a mesmerizing mix of breakbeats, bliphop and noise in support of his new album, E verything Elastic. As it is on the release, Four Tet's set was dominated by layer on

top of percussive layer of distorted bells, strings and hip-hop beats, which crossed to create angu­ lar, unpredictable grooves. Unlike most laptop deejays, Hebden echoed the energy of his music by gyrating along freely.

While Four Tet created pretty, playful sounds, Marco Hass's T.Raumshmiere brought a dement­ ed, self-destructive mix of industrial techno and hardcore to the stage. With pale, tattoo-covered skin, unkempt hair and lusting eyes, Hass flung 80-proof sweat into the air as he tore across the stage in an alcoholic frenzy. In over 10 years of attending live music, I've never seen such a j crazed, maniacal artist—I finally realized what it must have been like to catch rock legends Iggy Pop or Sid Vicious in their drug-fueled heydays.

Musically, T.Raumschmiere delighted ears with their signature dark, synth heavy, edrum driven beats that are reminiscent of early, angrier Nine Inch Nails. Fans couldn't help erupt­ ing into spasmolytic movement as Haas threw beer and water into the audience before throwing himself onto the outstretched arms of the crowd, who barely returned him to the stage in one piece. Although touring in support of his new album, B litzkrieg Pop, Hass treated fans to many old glam favourites from the critically acclaimed R adio B lackout, including "I'm Not Deaf, I'm Ignoring You" and "Monstertruckdriver."

These artists clearly make the case for the diversity of electronica, with their songs ranging from free-spirited eccentricity to Iggy Pop-style sonic self-destruction. The machines have spo­ ken. ■

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Breastfeeders guitarist launches solo effort ERZA G UN TER Sunny Duval, guitarist for the popular Montreal sextet Les Breastfeeders, launched his first solo album at Café Campus on Wednesday night. Playing to an energetic, enthusiastic audience, he continued to solid­ ify his growing reputation as a local rock and roll figure.

His new album, A chigan, features an honest, down to earth and vigorous approach to rock and roll that hails back to decades past. Though some might consid­ er the sound of his music antiquated, his particular vision of driving garage rock is bound to attract admir­ ers in an age of what is often forced and largely unorig­ inal innovation. Not only did his Campus performance confirm his status as a virtuosic guitarist, but he also demonstrates his broader musical ability on A chigan, namely by playing all of the instruments himself.

Though these substantial strengths give his music a definite appeal, he is not without his shortcomings.

Setting aside his musical talents, his song writing skills are decidedly mediocre. Many of the songs on the album, though they have a catchy, innately appealing quality, demonstrate a lack of the melodic genius nec­ essary to create a successful, classic rock and roll riff.

The strongest parts of the album are the final, more laid-back recordings, "Pas D'Sous" and "Double Rhum"—the latter in particular a beautiful, languid, blues-inflected instrumental track.

Live, however, Duval is a treasure. His infectious musical zeal makes his shows a pleasure to attend and is mirrored in the fervour of his fans. Fortunately for those who have not yet had the opportunity to see him in action, he has a few shows already slated for the near future. On Oct. 7 he will be playing solo at the trendy "bistrot culturel" Le Va-et-Vient (3706 Notre Dame O.), and appears with Les Breastfeeders at Cégep du Vieux Montréal (255, rue Ontario E.) on Sept.

Montreal musician Sunny Duval's musical ability extends beyond the guitar to other instruments.

27. His shows are truly worth experiencing—even if you can't quite grasp the French lyrics—for the language of rock and roll is truly universal. ■

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Miss Julie yanks all the right heartstrings BEN LEMIEUX August Strindberg's Miss Julie was unquestionably one of the most provocative and controversial stage plays of its time. First presented (and immediately cen­ sored) in 1888, Miss Julie dealt cynically with all the mores of the contemporary epoch. The struggle between its titular main character and her male counterpart, Jean, aimed to tear down gender and class barriers all too prevalent in the late 19th century.

The Centaur's recent production of Miss Julie, at the hands of National Theatre School graduate and Shaw Festival veteran Paul Lampert, is a taut, angsty and grip­ ping reiteration of Strindberg's heart wrenching master­ piece. The use of minimalist set décor—the stage a tabu­ la rasa save for a table, two chairs and transparent murals—to highlight the brutally honest emotional quali­ ty of the play works perfectly in conjunction with strong turns from leads Marc Marans and Olga Konstantulakis as the imperious, oversexed Miss Julie.

True to form, Miss Julie takes place over a largely

undisturbed, unbroken 90 minute span on a hot, mid­ summer evening. During the night, an abrupt, unexpect­ ed tryst between young, noble-blooded seductress Miss Julie and Jean, her father's valet, dissolves the habitual norms of class conduct between them. The result is both unsettling and riveting to watch, as the two characters dig deeper and deeper into an abyss of indecision and exis­ tential meaninglessness. Jean feels more apt at problem solving because the lower classes simply face more trou­ ble, whereas the struggling- Miss Julie still feels in control because she's used to giving orders. In the end, Marans and Konstantulakis both manage to convey a degree of helplessness, unease and ignorance typical of a dassist society where everyone is ill-equipped to survive person­ al tragedies and, as Jean rightfully points out, "nothing is sacred.'' Least of all love.

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HorrorPops. Bring It On!. I'll admit it, I have a secret love for chick-fronted rock bands. With particular regard to FlorrorPops' new CD, it just tickles me in the right way. Like the illegitimate three-way love child of Garbage, early No Doubt and the Halo Friendlies, HorrorPops are a tasteful blend of the rock, ska and pop traditions. The resulting tunes are fun and catchy, yet varied enough to provide a consistently engaging listen. Moreover, lead singer Patricia Day largely abstains from inappropriate bouts of screechy, whining vocal lines, something that seems to be an unfortunate inevitability in the recent female scream-out rock. HorrorPops have a solid, well-contemplated sound, despite the occasional use of distracting (and simply odd-sounding) ticking percussion.

Of note is the first track on the album, "Freaks In Uniform," a song that sets up the CD by suggesting that anyone who doesn't like their sound can go "NANA-NA-NA-NA yourself." For those with a soft spot for a permutated, 21 st cen­ tury rockabilly, Bring It On! offers 13 tracks of high-energy music-a great album for anyone with their own secret penchant for chick rock.

-Elizabeth Campbell

BAG. BAC. It's admittedly difficult to develop an accurate first impression of this album. Marketed as the CD for which Gene Simmons re-opened his label-evidently viewed as a point in BAG's favour-one could get the wrong initial impres­ sion. Predictably, this CD has some of the misogynist tenden­ cies that made Simmons famous, but BAG, like Simmons' selftitled album, come across as far more amusing than offensive. The first four songs, including "I Can't Stand Your Face" and "I Hate You Baby," are raucous, pump-up tracks, perfect for a quick listen before heading out to a bar to hit on underage tourists. "Aye Mi Amore (I'm So F**king Horny)" is a vaguely comical five-minute ode to all of those men out there just trying to get some. Granted, this album could be construed as frequently offensive or idiotic, but BAG is a welcome addition to a long-standing tradition of white guys, from Sublime to The Eels, with more soul than they know what to do with. Though the vocals are occasionally irritating and the lyrics asinine, his beats, hooks and melodies are catchy to the last. A solid album-so long as you aren't expecting enlighten­ ment, you're guaranteed a good time.

—Jade Blair

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Lo and the Magnetics. A Part. Fronted by former Kingpins member Lorraine Muller, Lo and the Magnetics are a five-piece Montreal-based band on the rise. With their debut album, A Part, one can hear a variety of sounds and influences, from ska to electro to pop to jazz to eighties retro. While they never stray from their ska roots, this album has a more pop-influenced sound that could successfully bring ska music into the mainstream. The downside, howev­ er, is that A Part doesn't fall into the sphere of particularly deep listening.

Although Lo's songs grab you from the get-go, they lack substance and signifi­ cant differentiation from one another, often making you wonder if the same song is on repeat. The melodious violin orchestration at the opening of "Come On, Bring It Home" and the sublime "Tachée"-the longest song and only French-language track on the album—both offer pleasant touches of innovation and genial music writing. The latter combines a driving, eighties kick drum beat à la White Stripes with a number of quirky electronic productions reminiscent of the stellar francophone acid-jazz ensemble Air. While it could be branded as an album which lacks substance, what ultimately makes A Part successful is their uniformly strong vocals, deft musicianship and consistently potent lyrics.

Overall, a catchy summer sound that would probably be best suited to a live performance.

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Jean and Miss Julie—palpable gender and class tension.

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McGill scores early and often in stunning upset CHARLIE BLORE On Friday, members of the McGill football team held a players-only meeting, where they considered forfeiting this week­ end's contest to protest the suspension of defensive lineman James Poston. On Saturday, the Redmen showed why playing the game was a good idea.

Following a week marred by perhaps the biggest scandal in the team's 125-year history—and with Poston still on the side­ lines indefinitely for his role in the hazing incident that caused a rookie file an official complaint with the university—the Redmen responded with their best performance of the season. The team scored touchdowns on three of its first four possessions, en route to a 45-16 victory over the St Francis-Xavier X-Men Saturday at Molson Stadium. The victory was McGill's first of the season.

"We knew today was a must," said quarterback Matt Connell, who was one of five Redmen to be suspended for just a single game last Saturday. "There were no ifs, ands or buts. We had to come out with a W today.”

Connell led the charge, completing 27 of 39 passes for 385 yards and three touchdowns. Two of those scores were caught by wideout Greg Hetherington, who had a stellar day hauling in 11 balls for 131 yards.

"In the four seasons I've been here, that's the fastest start we've gotten off to," Hetherington said. "So it definitely makes things a lot easier."

The Redmen set the tone early when Chris McGuire returned the opening kickoff to the McGill 50-yard line. The offence then drove the remaining 60 yards in less than three minutes for an early 7-0 lead.

It was a sign of things to come as McGill seemingly moved the ball at will against a St F-X defence that had only allowed 13 points all year. Running back Michael Samman ran wild over the X-Men, collecting 148 yards and two touchdowns on 19 as the Redmen finished the game with an eye-popping 600 yards of total offence.

Defence takes advantage of turnovers The defence also contributed to McGill's first win of the sea­ son. They held the X-Men to just 10 points in the first half while playing opportunistic football after the break, picking off three of St. F-X quarterback Nick Chessa's passes and recovering two fumbles.

"It took some time but when we got them, we got them," said Redmen defensive back Reynaldo Merisier. "It gave us a lot of momentum."

VLADIMIR EREMIN QB Matt Connell shakes off a defender—and the controversy that surrounds the team—to have a very productive day.

The game was still within reach for St. F-X early before McGill got on a roll and ran away with the contest. Trailing 28-10 and with the ball at midfield, St. F-X was moving when X-Men receiver Ray Natress fumbled the ball. The Redmen quickly put the game on ice, as Connell connected with a wide open Erik Galas on a 48-yard play-action pass on the next down. That led to seven McGill points two plays later, effectively ending any chance of a comeback.

A successful end to a trying week The victory couldn't have come at a better time for a Redmen team that just hours earlier was facing an uncertain future. Friday, the players skipped an organized team meeting and instead discussed the possibility of forfeiting Saturday's game in support of Poston. However, they learned that conced­ ing the game would result in their entire season being forfeited.

Instead of not playing, team captains Connell, Ben Walsh and

Kerwin Clarke all had Poston's name taped to the back of their jerseys.

Somehow through all this, Head Coach Chuck McMann got his team to concentrate on Saturday's game.

"That was tough," McMann said, when asked how he kept the team's focus. "I would have to attribute that to the guys, they did a great job. We only practiced twice this week, we had a lot of meetings, but the guys were able to get a cause and get together and they were just pulling for each other".

Saturday1s turnaround was important for the club that sits on the edge of the playoff race halfway through the season. Had they fallen to 0-4, the Redmen would face an uphill battle to get into the playoffs but the win puts them one game behind the Sherbrooke Vert et Or for the fourth and final playoff spot in the conference. McGill can seize an upper hand in that battle if they beat Sherbrooke at Molson Stadium this Saturday in the annual Homecoming game. ■

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ourage is a word that has been strongly associated with athletes for years. Whether leaning into a baseball to get on base, going into the corners in hockey or com­ ing across the middle in football, courage is necessary to succeed in sports. However, in two different yet similar ways, two notable athletes took actions this past week that serve to redefine how the word courage should be used in a sports context The first hits closer to home: the Redmen football rook­ ie who had the courage to report his teammates' abusive and unbecoming behaviour, and all but ensure an end to hazing for every one of McGill's sports teams. Even though the assault reported in his particular case might not have been all that severe, by standing up and speaking out, he may end up stopping an initiation death, like the one that stunned the Bishop's University rugby squad earlier this month.

The second athlete plays on a larger stage, and he took the heroism of the McGill player to a macro level. Laveranues Coles, a wide receiver for the New York Jets, recently related to /The New York Times/ his story of surviving years of sexu­

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al abuse as a child. Coles was molested for three years, from the ages of ten to thirteen, by a man who eventually married his mother. He told his story to the world in an attempt to prevent this from happening to other young children.

What's particularly striking about Coles' case is that this is one of the few examples of an athlete on the public stage using his fame, power and celebrity for a good cause. In today's professional sporting world, has become common to hear athletes promise donations for worthy charitable caus­ es, like hurricane relief; however, for most athletes, the spe­ cific charity they give to is irrelevant, so long as they get good press from the announcement. It is rare, though, to hear an athlete speak from the heart with the intention of preventing the needless suffering of children who are sexually abused but are afraid to reveal it.

But that is exactly what Coles did, hard as it may have been for him. Opening up old wounds must have daffected him terribly. So why did Coles come forward when he per­ sonally had nothing to gain? Because he exhibits courage that most people could never dream of having.

As a survivor of abuse, Coles knows how traumatizing an

experience like that can be, and he's hoping that his bravery will encourage more kids to come forward. So while his NFL counterparts continue to believe courage is putting your body on the line to make a big play, Coles reassures us cynics that that /some/ athletes /can/ see the bigger picture. Coles can­ not be grouped with the arrogant millionaire stars who are constantly feuding with teammates about not getting the ball enough. Coles sees his fame as an opportunity to make a dif­ ference.

So before judging professional athletes as spoiled rich sucks, let's be careful not to generalize or stereotype. There are rare cases where one, uses his platform to have a posi­ tive impact. Whereas most athletes use the media to bolster their own stardom, Coles has used it for so much more.

Like the McGill football player, Coles' revealing of the facts should be commended, but more so should the courage it takes to tell a horrible story and stand up to a soci­ ety that stigmatizes victims of abuse. So I don't need Coles to go over the middle and catch a pass to prove himself any­ more; to me, he's already the most courageous wide receiv­ er in the NFL. ■

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The victim then went through the program and identified the players who were on the floor adminis­ tering the initiation, at which point his father insisted on a meeting with the Athletic Department. On Aug. 31, the victim and his father met with Derek Drummond, interim athletics director, Lisen Moore, manager of intercollegiate athletics, and McMann to discuss their concerns.

"We asked them questions about the procedure, and they were sort of vague, and said this was just a fact-finding," the father said. "They said some of the right things, but there wasn't much force and commit­ ment behind it. And no one presented any sort of plan as to how [my son] could come back to the football team.

"After that meeting, we were just so unhappy with the way it had gone and the lack of commitment they had that both my wife and I sent e-mails separately to Derek Drummond saying, 'Look, you've got to do something here for [our son]. Please have the coaches and players reach out to him in a very direct, face-toface way,"' the father continued. "Well, suffice it to say, that never happened."

The student who filed the complaint said the out­ reach he did receive was inadequate.

"What did happen was that two of the team cap­ tains called me to say, 'Yeah, we're sorry this happened.

We'd like you to come back to the team so this whole thing goes away,'" the victim added. "That was 10 days later, and they were completely insincere. It seemed that they were almost forced to do that. They had no real interest in talking to me, and I don't think they even wanted me back."

In the meantime, the additional players who had participated in the hazing continued to play for the Redmen, appearing in the team's games against Concordia and preparing for their game against Laval.

McMann and the rest of the Athletic Department had, to that point, failed to issue any additional punish­ ments. The victim said Poston was used as a scapegoat for the entire incident, as the football program had hoped that by suspending him, the incident would fly under the radar.

However, the victim and his family found this unacceptable.

'The Tuesday after Labour Day, I was getting fed up," the victim said. "No one had contacted me and from what I knew, nothing had been done except for that initial suspension. And there were five more guys on the floor that night, all of whom did something. I didn't feel right that one person was solely responsible.

It was more than that. It was the whole leadership of the team that had organized this and spearheaded this whole thing."

At that point, the victim's mother filed an official complaint with the university through Principal HeatherMunroe Blum. This was the first time Munroe-Blum had heard of the incident, and she began the universi­ ty's official investigation. Concurrently, the additional five players were suspended for the Redmen's third game, against Université de Montreal.

Robinson, McMann defend football program's actions Although the victim believes that the additional players were suspended for one game each to avoid the issue reaching the upper levels of the administra­ tion, university spokeswoman Jennifer Robinson said that the suspensions handed out by McMann were his decision and were made without any input from on high.

"The coach has the responsibility to discipline team members as he sees fit," Robinson said. "He took

n Sunday, the New Orleans Saints host the Buffalo Bills in their de facto home, San Antonio's Alamodome. On this day, we will be bombarded by two different stories. The first tells us how sad the Saints are right now, orphaned by Hurricane Katrina, forced to flee New Orleans and split time between San Antonio and Baton Rouge. On the other hand, the Saints are the brave and heroic warriors fighting in the name of the Gulf coast region and its victims. Imagine sitting down to watch a simple sporting event, only instead being treated to Oliver Twist versus Goliath.

That's the situation surrounding the patron Saints of New Orleans these days. Instead of just having to deal with their own situation in the aftermath of Katrina, the football club has been made the unofficial mascot of the Gulf coast. Instead of just trying to do their job and win football games, the Saints now step onto the field every Sunday playing on behalf of Katrina's victims.

How is that for pressure? A million people have had their lives ruined by a natural disaster, and now it's your job to make them feel better by throwing a ball around and making a tackle or two.

The worst part of this is that the Saints aren't even a good football team! This is a squad that, in its last four seasons, posted records of 8-8, 8-8, 9-7 and 7-9 without a single playoff appear­ ance. The Saints had carved out a nice little niche for themselves in the NFL—playing mediocre football, flying below the radar, and quietly earning themselves a nice little slice of the revenue-sharing pie.

But now, their cover is blown. Saints games are lead stories on /SportsCentre/ and The Score, so fans from coast to coast now get to see the team lose games by turning the ball over four times and committing 14 penalties! These poor guys are being embar­ rassed publicly and nationally. It reminds me of a seventh-grade dance I went to when a wallflower named Suzie spent all evening trying not to draw any attention to herself, only to have the vice­ principal, Mr. Goldberg, drag her out to the middle of the gym to dance. We're talking about /that/ kind of humiliation for the Saints.

Last Monday night, after the debacle that saw the Saints "host" New York at Giants Stadium and get clobbered 27-10, some of the team members started to crack under the intense and bogus media frenzy. "Don't patronize us," said quarterback Aaron Brooks. "It could go on and on like this...at some point, it is going to wear down on us."

Brooks knows that the media's "we're all Saints fans now" mantra has manipulated people and put the team in a position to fail. Because the Saints are a flawed football team with personal hardship to deal with amidst a punishing travel schedule, there is no way they are going to be a winning team this year.

But however bad this season is for them, it won't be bad pri­ vately. Now let's add to that the pressure of playing for a million people, whose lives are literally in ruins, by saying something like, "If you stop playing football, then the hurricane has already won."

So either the Saints put aside their grief and exhaustion, and find a way to become a much better football team, or they run the risk of disappointing a million people. This is a tough situation for the Saints. Each of them decided that New Orleans was the place where they wanted to make their livelihood, and now that city is under water. But you can't feel too bad for them either, because they're not sleeping in stadium bleachers at night, or worse.

So stop crying about how hard things are for the Saints, because they don't. And don't make excuses for their play, because they won't. Just let them play, and treat them like any other team in the league. That is the only way that the Saints will feel at home this year.

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action that is independent from the ongoing investiga­ tion that is underway from the university. The suspen­ sions from the team are decisions that the coach took; they in no way compromise or influence the investiga­ tion ongoing now by the university."

McMann said the reason he only suspended the additional five players for the team's third game because "I had to gather the facts."

That said, McMann's decision to only suspend Poston indefinitely is puzzling. The victim claims that all six members participated equally that night. The ques­ tion remains as to why McMann is making one player a scapegoat.

The players also see this tactic as unjust; however, they believe every team member is innocent. They do agree that suspending Poston for the crime is unfair, which is evident from their considering boycotting Saturday's game to protest Poston's suspension. They ended up playing, although the team captains taped the sidelined lineman's last name to their backs.

University disputes victim's account The university also contests much of the informa­ tion provided by the victim. According to Robinson, McMann acted immediately to the best of his ability in trying to discern the events in question. Both the uni­ versity and the coach agree that it took time to gather information.

Moreover, the university insists that it helped the victim lodge his formal complaint and that it was more "Suspending them for one game is way too light a punishment. If you want to discour­ age this type of behaviour, you have to be serious about the punishment. You have to lay down the law." concerned about the physical and mental well-being of the victim.

"There was nothing unusual or overly lengthy in the process," Robinson said. 'There was a period where there were discussions between the family and various members of the administration. Our first reac­ tion was to ensure he was okay. We provided all the assistance immediately. The written complaint came after discussions with the university because we want­ ed to assist him in filing the written complaint."

However, the victim claims that the Athletic Department withheld information from higher officials in the university. What he cannot understand is how a one-game suspension issued by the coach is a fair and justifiable punishment for the actions committed by those other players.

"Suspending them for one game is way too light a punishment," the victim said. "If you want to discourage this type of behaviour, you have to be serious about the punishment. You have to lay down the law."

The university is now formally investigating the incident and has indicated that it will take another two and a half weeks before their inquiry is complete. This is solely the university's examination of the hazing events and its findings have no association with any penalties already handed out to team members.

However, the victim points out that if the unnamed associate dean looking into the incident decides to send the matter to a disciplinary committee, the former player will never find out what, if any, sen­ tences are handed down, as all rulings of the Committee on Student Discipline are confidential. But one thing is for certain: by the time the investigation is completed by all parties involved, the season will be long over, leaving the victim to question if his stand was all for naught. ■

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DAVID BLYE I'll be honest:: I don't know how I'm able to write this. The ordeal I put myself through over the weekend is a textbook example of stu­ pidity.

Allow me to explain. On Friday afternoon, I left Montreal for Kingston and the annual party that is Queen's Homecoming. Earlier in the week, my editor told me that if I was going to take a weekend off, I had better be able to give him a piece that somehow related all of this to sports [Ed. note: I make no apologies for actu­ ally wanting sports content in the Sports sec­ tion], So, after speaking to a friend of mine at the Queen's Journal, I was told they'd be able to get me into Saturday's football game. I was going to be join 10,818 students and alumni as an honorary Golden Gael.

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It looked like everyone would win. I'd go to one of Canada's biggest parties, and the tyran­ nical editor would have his story. Everything was set. But somewhere between Friday's drive to Kingston and Saturday morning, something went wrong. Well, two things. The first was that I joined my friends and partook in the festivities on Friday night and Saturday morning—this is not so much a bad thing, it just had bad results.

The other was I found out that the sports editor at the Journal was unable to find me a press pass—not his fault, but it happened.

I was in trouble. I had to get into the game.

But as a non-alumnus, I needed a ticket to gain entry to the sold-out affair. I panicked. I phoned everyone I knew in Kingston, spoke to every friend I could find. But no one came through. All of a sudden, it was 2 p.m. The game had start­ ed, and I wasn't there. I began to freak out, dreading having to explain this debacle.

But suddenly, a miracle occurred. Some time during the third game of beer pong—so I guess it was around 3 p.m—the last of my friends' housemates arrived and informed me he had an extra ducat for the game. I felt like Charlie Bucket finding the last golden ticket. I had my entry and could be a part of the tradi­ tions: the famous all-gold jerseys reserved just for Homecoming, the purple-dyed engineers smashing their jackets onto the field at half-time and the famous "Oil Thigh" sung after every touchdown. I had done it.

Unfortunately, the game didn't turn out the way I hoped. Arriving just before halftime, I was just in time to see Ottawa's Cheeler Lindor intercept a pass and return it 71 yards for the score to put the GeeGees in front 13-7. When play resumed after the break, it was clear that the Gaels weren't coming back. Ottawa pro­ ceeded to outscore Queen's 20-11 in the sec­

ond half, sending the masses home drunk and disappointed.

However, the loss wasn't going to spoil my night As the sun went down, my friends and I regrouped and made our way to the infamous party on Aberdeen. It was out of control. Open alcohol, public drunkenness, glass shards every­ where and, of course, a tipped car that was set ablaze. I don't know how I made it out alive, but I somehow ended up back in Montreal on Sunday.

So here you go, editor. Here's the damn story: the end result of a two-day bender and massive search for a ticket. I know there's prob­ ably more I can say, but you're already on me for missing my deadline.

Oh, and if you don't mind, leave me alone for a day or two; I'll be catching up on all the sleep I lost. Honestly, I'm amazed I can still stand. But still, what a weekend. ■

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Feisty old foes hand McGill first loss CHRIS MacLEAN After experiencing the euphoria of being on top of the country, the Redmen soccer squad now knows what it feels like to come crashing back to earth.

Coming off the most lopsided victory in the pro­ gram's history, an 8-0 win over Concordia that propelled McGill to No. 1 in the CIS rankings, the men stumbled to a 1-0 loss against the Sherbrooke Vert et Or Friday at Molson Stadium. The followed that up by losing 1-0 to Laval in Ste-Foy on Sunday, bringing their record to 2-2-0 for the season.

McGill has traditionally struggled against Sherbrooke, with their pesky opponents denying the Redmen a spot in the Quebec playoffs last year with a victory in the sea­ son's final game. Friday's loss drops McGill to 1-4 against the Vert et Or over the past two seasons.

"Sherbrooke is a tricky team," said forward Nicholas Knowland. "We always seem to have trouble whenever we play them."

The match was a back and forth affair, with McGill failing to capitalize on a number of chances to exorcise last season's demons against the Vert et Or, and the lone goal of the match epitomized that. After five minutes of steady McGill pressure on the Sherbrooke net, a Vert et Or defender sent up a long ball that was received by the team's speedy striker, Fabrizzi Manzoni. Engaging the McGill net, he sent the ball smoothly past charging Redmen keeper Olivier Boulva at the 30-minute mark.

The match displayed contrasting approaches, with the Redmen playing possession-style soccer and the Vert et Or content to wait for the precise moment to counterattack. Although the Redmen looked sharp throughout the contest and outshot their oppo­ nents 9-5, they just couldn't find the back of the net.

"The spark just wasn't there tonight," said captain Daniel Jones.

"We had high hopes coming in having played so well last weekend, but tonight we just didn’t have the spark."

exuberance as the team's downfall, which isn't surprising, given the 12 rookies on the roster. The Redmen especial­ ly seemed to have problems converting set plays, experi­ encing a number of miscommunications with their indi­ rect free kicks during the match. The possession style Eullafroy demands will require a lot of patience from such a youthful team.

"The biggest problem tonight was our impatience," he said. "Because we are a young team the guys just want to move up the field and attack quickly. We need to play with more patience. The loss is nothing to be concerned about; I cannot and should not expect that there won't be some struggles. It would be impossible not to encounter some bumps on the road."

Another such bump came Sunday, when the Redmen fell 1-0 to the Rouge et Or on a goal scored by Laval's Michel Manga 25 mihutes into the game. Boulva again took the loss despite playing well.

Even after such a disheartening weekend, Eullafroy was able to put things in perspective, showing composure in the face of two losses that will surely knock McGill from the top spot in the nation.

"The CIS rankings mean nothing at this point" he said. "They don't mean that we are the best team or any­ thing. We just got the No. 1 ranking because both [the University of] Western [Ontario] and [University of] Toronto happened to lose that weekend. What will really matter are the rankings in November. That is what we must focus on." ■

Young players make mistakes VLADIMIR EREMIN First-year Head Coach Philippe Eullafroy pointed to McGill's youthful The Redmen will surely drop from their number one ranking this week.

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A R O U N D THE H O R N Rugby records destroyed as Martlets maul the Vert et Or

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Laura Belvedere scored 40 points and Sandra Simpson of added 31 as McGill shellacked Sherbrooke 116-0 in Sherbrooke on Sunday, extending the Martlets' unde­ feated streak to 53-0-1 over the last eight years.

Both Belvedere and Simpson set Quebec conference single-game records in this lop-sided affair. Belvedere tallied eight tries while Simpson broke her own league mark with 13 conversions, in addition to a try. It was the third time this month that Simpson had broken the sin­ gle-game conversions record.

Additionally, a school record 11 different women scored points for McGill as the Martlets have now outscored opponents by a 347-7 margin in four games.

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Redmen Hockey-UQTR @ McGill, Tuesday, 7:00 pm, McConnell Arena.

The Redmen begin the 2005 campaign tonight against the side that ended it for them last year. It won't matter that it's pre-sea­ son; the Redmen should be pumped for this grudge match Marlets Soccer-UQÀM @ McGill, Friday, 7:00 pm., Molson Stadium.

The top team in Canada looks to reclaim the top spot in the QUSL on Friday night against the winless Citadins. After drubbing UQTR 5-0 last weekend, it's clear that the Martlets are on a mis­ sion to claim that elusive CIS banner, and the Homecoming game will be nice showcase for the defending conference champs.

Redmen Soccer-UQÀM @ McGill, Friday, 9:00 pm, Molson Stadium.

The second half of a double-header, the formerly-No. 1 Redmen hope to dust themselves off after losing twice last weekend. A win over a middle-of-the-pack team should help right the ship.

Redmen Football-Sherbrooke @ McGill, Saturday, 1:00 pm, Molson Stadium; also on RDS. After their emotional destruction of St. F-X last weekend, the Redmen seem to be back on track, but avoiding a letdown and getting a win over Sherbrooke is a must if the McGill wants to make the playoffs. With the Homecoming crowd behind them, look for the Redmen to hold nothing back against the Vert et Or. MLB- New York @ Boston, Saturday, 1 pm on FOX. For those that don't plan on attending the Redmen game, there seems to be this baseball series between two teams that hate each other. Evidently, it matters in the standings and the loser could very likely miss the post-season. We suppose it's worth a look.

NFL- San Diego @ New England, Sunday, 1 pm on CBS. Both the Pats and the Super Chargers came to life in big ways on Sunday. Brady and the boys will host LDT and the Bolts in what should be an amazing display of football prowess.

TH IS WEEK IN M cCILL SPORTS HISTO RY Saturday, September 27, 1997 The Martlets and Redmen cross-country teams began the 1997 season off in right way, dominating the field at the annu­ al Mount Royal meet. The Martlets, led by first place finisher Tambra Dunn, cruised to the overall team victory. The Redmen finished in second place in team points, paced by Chris Barrett who finished fourth in a field of 100.

SCORING SUMMARY First Quarter MCGILL - G. Heatherington 15 yd pass from M. Connell (R. Eeuwes kick), 03:07 MCGILL - G. Heatherington 13 yd pass from M. Connell (R. Eeuwes kick), 09:49 1 MCGILL - P. Beesla 1 yd run (R. Eeuwes kick), 3:35

Sunday, September 30, 1996 The Martlets volleyball team capped off their first weekend of the season by capturing the Concordia Volleyball Classic. The squad was red-hot throughout the affair, defeating every team thrown at them, and concluded the tourney with an intense five-set victory over Université de Montréal. Aside from the Carabins, no other team could take a set from the Martlets all weekend.

Redmen ruggers remain perfect After just edging Bishop's last weekend, the Redmen returned to their dominant ways, defeating Ecole Technologie Supérieure 30-8. Frank Hewitt led the charge, scoring a pair of tries as McGill exploded for 25 unanswered points as the Redmen extended their undefeated streak to 28 games, dating back to 2001.

Second Quarter STFX - T. Kirby 4 yd run (T. Turnbull kick), 02:18 STFX - T. Turnbull 18 yd field goal, 08:42 MCGILL - M. Samman 1 yd run (R. Eeuwes kick), 13:50

Rounding out the score sheet for McGill were Francois Vachon-Marceau, Darius Chehrzad, Simon Taillefer and Adrian Thorogood.

Third Quarter MCGILL - C McGuire 5 yd pass from M. Connell (R. Eeuwes kick), 04:46

The Redmen, now 4-0, have outscored their QURL opponents 155-8 and will host play host to cross-town rivals Concordia on October 5.

Fourth Quarter STFX - N. Chessa 3 yd run (N. Chessa pass failed), 01:47 MCGILL - M. Samman 1 yd run (R. Eeuwes kick), 09:27 MCGILL - R. Eeuwes 11 yd field goal, 12:18 Score by Quarter

Martlets spilt their weekend series On Friday night, the Martlets thoroughly dominated Sherbrooke, blanking the Vert et Or 5-0. The Red 'n' White stormed to a 3-0 lead in the first half, with goals by midfielder Eloise Vandal, Jennifer White and Sarah Chan. The onslaught continued in the second half with Rookie Carolyne Pelletier making it 4-0 only three min­ utes after the play resumed. Sarah Chmielewski closed out the scoring with a marker in the 83rd minute.

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However, Sunday saw the end of the Martlets perfect season, after falling 2-1 to the Laval Rouge et Or. The Martlets were in tough after going letting in two goals late in the first half. The Martlets tried to right the ship in the second half, with striker Jenny White scoring her

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Saturday, September 28, 2002 In front a crowd of 3,123, the Redmen football squad made the Homecoming fans proud, handing the expansion Université de Montréal Carabins a thorough 58-0 shellacking.

In his final Homecoming game, quarterback Josh Sommerfeldt completed 12 of 15 passes for 157 yards and three touch­ downs before being taken out of an already lopsided affair.

Rounding out the scoring, with one try apiece, was Sylvia McIntosh,Cindy Pressé, Morgan Roberts, Melany Waring, Natalie James, Shelly Carpenter, Julianne Zussman and Ashley Rycroft.

The Martlets (4-0) will put their streak on the line in Ottawa against the Gee-Gees (2-1).

St. Francis-Xavier Univeristy 16 vs. McGill University 45 Sept. 24, 2005 at Molson Stadium

It is pathetic that a playoff team is going to come out of the lowly N.L West... LSU fell a spot in the college football coaches’ poll without even playing a game their game this weekend, as their game was postponed until Monday due to Hurricane Rita. What did they do to deserve losing the third spot in the country?... The Americans won the President's Cup this week with a vic­ tory over the International squad. Does anyone care? This tournament is a pathetic attempt to create ratings in coun­ tries that are not represented by the Ryder Cup... Without Antwaan Randle-El's boneheaded lateral attempt on Sunday, the Steelers probably would have won the game.

Here's to giving the best team of the decade more oppor­ tunities to win... Jets fans, please contact the sports edi­ tors if you would like to purchase an old Dolphins' Jay Fiedler jersey. Buy the shirt, get our pity for free...

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However, Laval keeper Marie-Pier Bilodeau closed the door, ending the Martlets hopes of a comeback.

The Martlets will resume the season on Friday night when they host the UQAM Citadins. Kickoff is at 7pm at Molson Stadium.

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