The McGill Tribune Vol. 27 Issue 20

THE PLAY'S THE THING! THEATRE, PAGES 16 & 17

By-laws inhibit hospital expansion

PORN:THE AMATEURS ARE BRINGING SEXY BACK, PAGES 12 & 13

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City increasing protection An W ithers The status ofthe $i. 579-billion redevelopment project of the McGill Universi­ ty Health Centre was up in the air last week when Montreal presented its updated Protection and Enhancement Plan for Mount Royal.The plan put forth restrictions on the development in and around Montreal's only peak, which has provincial protection status as a "historical and natural district."

U n iq u e to th e m o u n ta in are sites n a m e d "protected views." A protected vie w ensures visib ility o f t h e m o u n ta in from city level by restricting b u ild in g heights.

Th e re have been an ad d itio n o f 55 view s to th e 49 already protected , b rin g in g th e total to 104.

"The plan has taken into consideration the biodiversity landscape, the pres­ ervation o fth e built heritage, the whole works,"said Gabrielle Korn, director of communications for Les Amies de la Montagne, a non-profit group for the protec­ tion and enhancement of Mount Royal.

The MUHC has agreed to meet the new planning guidelines; in a press re­ lease last Thursday, Director General and CEO ofthe MUHC Dr. ArthurT Porter said he hopes that the expansion will be a "harmonious evolution."

"We have committed ourselves to respect the views o fth e mountain and the principles of development on this precious site," said Julie Paquet o fth e MUHC Planning Office. Unlike McGill's Percival Molson stadium, which has already cleared its plans with the province and city, the MUHC had not yet obtained any such approval for its expansion before the new guidelines were instated.

"Mount Royal is a major part o fth e MUHC's history, as it has been home to four of our five founding hospitals," said Porter in his press release.

MUHC's redevelopment plans include moving the trauma centre o f the Montreal Neurological Centre to the Montreal General Hospital and developing See LA R G E PR O JEC TS on p ag e 4

T h e M ik a d o , p e r f o r m e d b y M c G ill's S a v o y S o c ie t y , is a m u s ic a l m é la n g e o f J a p a n e s e c u lt u r e a n d p o p c u lt u r e , h a m m e d u p t o ju s t t h e r ig h t d e g r e e . S e e D O M O o n p a g e 1 7 .

G e n e r a l A s s e m b ly fa ils t o r e a c h q u o r u m Students remain apathetic despite new advertising campaign Kun S un Despite nearly $4,000 of advertis­ ing costs and an extensive poster-cam­ paign publicizing the third General As­ sembly of the 2007-2008 school year, the Students' Society's GA yesterday failed to engage the student body.

While more than 100 students were in attendance in Pollack Hall yesterday at one time or another, the prescribed quorum was never met.

Under the new by-laws, a quali­ fied quorum o f 2 per cent ofthe student body or 374 students is required for mo­ tions to become policy; if more than 100 but less than 374 students attend, any

motion ratified must go to a plebiscite moderated by Elections McGill.

By not meeting the regular quo­ rum, the GA turned into a consultative forum between students and SSMU. Students objected to the timing of the event, citing midterms and classes as conflicts. Adam Cytrynbaum, a promi­ nent voice at the GA and a U2 mechani­ cal engineering student, suggested to Speaker Yahel Carmon that the next one be held on a Sunday afternoon. Numer­ ous SSMU councillors, as well as Carmon, also cited midterm or course conflicts as a reason for the low turnout. However, Carmon asserted that this was the only time that SSMU could hold the GA.

Arts Councillor and SSMU GA Committee member Hanchu Chen at­ tributed the low attendance in part to the poor decision to hold the assembly between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. and unin­ teresting motions.

"Later on in the afternoon would have been better; if I were a regular student, I would not have come today," Chen said. "These motions are relevant, but not controversial. They don't draw a crowd."

Plans to hold the GA in the SnoAP tents in January were quickly eliminated, as SSMU Vice-President University Affairs Adrian Angus claimed that this option would have required motions to be sub­

mitted by the end of December.

During the question period, which was held prior to any debate, students accused the SSMU executive and coun­ cillors of poorly advertising the GA. As a consultative forum, the GA progressed to discuss the motions on the table. Contrary to the expectations of the McGill Debating Union, their motion on SSMU priorities received the most attention. The motion, which moved to make SSMU's primary obliga­ tion to clubs and services, was met with opposition by Clubs and Services Repre­ sentative to Council Chiara Klaiman and VP Clubs and Services Marcelle Kosman.

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tual wording of the motion because it was vague. If it was actually going to be voted on, we would have amended it," said DU Secretary Josh Stark. "The de­ bate was also fairly confused as it sud­ denly turned into free education, and that wasn't at all what we were talking about."

DU President Alexandra Swann also cited problems with the GA process and proper representation, expressing her disappointment with Kosman and Klaiman.

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For m o st o f h e r s p e e c h , M c L a c h lin c ite d S u p r e m e C o u r t c a s e s fro m t h e p a st th a t c o n c e r n e d la n g u a g e a n d c u ltu re . In m a n y o f t h e s e ru lin g s , t h e ju d g e s state d th a t la n g u a g e w a s n o t o n ly a fo rm o f c o m m u n ic a t io n ,

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a lism in to a b ilin g u a l sy ste m .

D u r in g th e q u e s t io n -a n d -a n s w e r p e rio d , s h e d e ­ ta ile d h e r o p in io n o n th e issu e.

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b u t a n in te g ra l p a rt o f c u ltu re .

"I fin d w h e n I s w itc h fro m la n g u a g e to la n g u a g e th e w a y I t h in k c h a n g e s s u b tly ; th e w a y I re s p o n d c h a n g e s subtly," s h e said , re la y in g h e r o w n e x p e r ie n c e s w ith th e tw o o ffic ia l la n g u a g e s . " L a n g u a g e is p s y c h o lo g ic a l; la n ­ g u a g e is cultural."

A c c o r d in g to M c L a c h lin , th e S u p r e m e C o u r t h as

th a t g iv e s p r io rity to F re n c h a n d E n g lis h . T h a t re fle cts

ta k e n ste p s o v e r t h e y e a rs to in c o r p o ra te F re n c h a n d

o u r h is to ry ; th a t re fle cts w h a t it m e a n s to b e C a n a d ia n .

I h o p e th a t's w h a t it m e a n s to b e C a n a d ia n for p e o p le w h o d o n o t h a v e a n c e s to rs w h o c a m e fro m E n g la n d o r a n c e sto rs w h o c a m e fro m France," s h e said . "M y a n ­

E n g lis h in to d a y -t o -d a y o p e ra tio n s . Fo r e x a m p le , w h e n th e C h a r t e r o f R ig h ts a n d F re e d o m s w a s re le a se d , th e S u p r e m e C o u r t h a d ju s t b e g u n to h a n d o u t ju d g e ­ m e n ts in b o th o ffic ia l la n g u a g e s a n d m a k e tra n sla to rs

e x p la in e d th a t t h e re la x a tio n o f th e b a n w a s n o t re a c tio n a ry .

"T h e re w e re a v a rie ty o f te c h n ic a lit ie s w ith in t h e b a n th a t to o k a w h ile to fle sh out," h e said . "It t o o k th re e o r fo u r d a y s to m a k e su re e v e ry th in g w a s

c e s to rs d id n o t c o m e fro m E n g la n d , t h e y d id n 't c o m e fro m F ra n ce ; t h e y c a m e fro m s o m e w h e re e lse . B u t I a m

a v a ila b le in th e c o u rtro o m . M c L a c h lin a d d e d th a t th e S u p r e m e C o u r t h a s ta k e n a m o re " g e n e ro u s a n d p u r p o s e fu l" a p p ro a c h to la n g u a g e rig h ts in re c e n t ye ars.

"T h e S u p r e m e C o u r t h a s b e e n ta s k e d w ith th e

h e a lth c o n c e r n s fo r n o n -s m o k in g p ris o n e rs a s m o tiv a tin g facto rs, t h e b ill c a m e a s n o s u rp ris e a s Q u e b e c is t h e last p r o v in c e in C a n a d a w h e re in ­

b ic u lt u ra lis m . S h e sta te d th a t o n e o f th e k e y is su e s f a c ­ in g t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t is t h e in te g ra tio n o f m u ltic u lt u r -

o n s ju s t d a y s a fte r its im p le m e n t a tio n . In m a te s at p r o v in c ia l p ris o n s w e re b a n n e d fro m s m o k in g o n Feb . 5, b u t a fte r last Frid ay's a n n o u n c e m e n t b y P u b lic S e c u r ity M in iste r J a c q u e s D u p u is , s m o k in g w ill n o w b e a llo w e d o u t ­ d o o rs.

T h e a n n o u n c e m e n t c a m e h o u rs a fte r rio tin g a t t h e O rs a in v ille ja il ju s t n o rth o f Q u e b e c C ity . T h e d is tu rb a n c e , b e g u n b y in m a te s s e ttin g fire s in ­ s id e t h e ir .cells, w a s a ttrib u te d b y m a n y to t h e n e w law.

H o w e v e r, P h ilip p e A r c h a m b a u lt , s p o k e s p e r s o n fo r t h e o ffic e o f D u p u is ,

in p la c e b e fo re a d ju stm e n ts."

C it in g a n u n h e a lt h y w o rk e n v ir o n m e n t for p ris o n staff a n d g e n e ra l

m a te s still e n jo y e d th e rig h t to sm o k e . " E v e ry o n e s h o u ld h a v e k n o w n it w a s c o m in g . T h is h a d b e e n in th e

c h a lle n g in g w o rk o f w o rk in g o u t t h e p ro p e r b a la n c e b e tw e e n c o m p e t in g in te re sts [in la n g u a g e rights]," M c L a c h lin said . "In fu lfillin g th is o b lig a t io n , th e C o u rt's a p p ro a c h h a s g o n e t h r o u g h a s ig n ific a n t sh ift; b e g in ­ n in g fro m a n a rro w a n d literal a p p ro a c h to t h e re c e n t

w o rk s s in c e A u g u s t [2007]," A r c h a m b a u lt said .

T h is b a n fo llo w s th e le a d o f fe d e ra l p r is o n s -w h e re th e re h as b e e n a b a n o n in d o o r s m o k in g s in c e 2 0 0 6 .

D u e to c o m p la in ts o v e r t h e d iffic u lty o f e n fo rc in g t h e p a rtia l b a n , th e

la rg e a n d m o re p r o p u ls iv e a p p ro a ch ."

M a e J a n e N a m , la w -i, e n jo y e d M c L a c h lin 's s p e e c h b u t w is h e d th a t s h e fo c u s s e d m o re o n th e S u p r e m e C o u rt's p re se n t c h a lle n g e s ra th e r th a n its h isto ry.

"In t h e last 4 0 ye ars, C a n a d ia n p o litic s h a v e re a lly b e e n s h a p e d b y th e E n g lis h -F r e n c h q u e s tio n b u t I feel

C o rr e c tio n a l S e rv ic e o f C a n a d a are se t to e n fo rc e a fu ll b a n o n A p r. 30.

"W e h a v e n 't h a d th a t m a n y p r o b le m s s in c e J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 a n d th e b a n o h s m o k in g in d o o rs w ith fe d e ra l fa c ilitie s , a lt h o u g h w e d id im p o s e a fe w d is c ip lin a r y m easu res," sa id J e a n -Y v e s Roy, a s p o k e s p e r s o n fo r t h e Q u e b e c fe d e ra l c o rre c tio n a l fa c ilitie s.

R o u g h ly 8 0 p e r c e n t o f Q u e b e c 's p ris o n e rs are s m o k e rs a n d sta ff m e m ­ b ers h a y e b e e n k n o w n to e n c o u r a g e th e a c tiv ity . D e e m e d a s o c ia l a c tiv ity

th a t a b o r ig in a l is su e s a n d q u e s tio n s o n a b o rig in a l s o v ­ e re ig n t y h a v e re a lly b e e n le ft b y th e w ayside," N a m said .

"W e p r id e o u rs e lv e s in c o n q u e r in g th e tw o s o litu d e s in th e s e n s e th a t w e h a v e th is b ilin g u a l, b i-ju r is t ju d ic ia r y , b u t w h a t a b o u t fo r th e a b o r ig in a ls a n d th e is su e s th a t

a n d a w e lc o m e d is tra c tio n , it a ls o a p p e a re d to c a lm t h e n e rv e s o f p r is o n ­ ers. T h e p riso n 's h o s tile e n v iro n m e n t, c o u p le d w ith th e k n o w n s y m p t o m s o f n ic o t in e w ith d ra w a l h a v e le d m a n y to fe a r u n re st in th e p r o v in c ia l ja ils w h e re in m a te s are a llo w e d o u t s id e for o n ly o n e h o u r e a c h d ay.

"T h e e ffe cts o f s m o k in g o n p h y s io lo g y a n d m o o d , a n d th e s p e c ific e f­ fe cts o f n ic o t in e w ith d ra w a l are w e ll d o c u m e n te d ," sa id Dr. K a th ry n G ill, a s ­

a ffe c t th e m ?"

A id a n J o h n s o n , a n o th e r firs t-y e a r la w s tu d e n t, said th a t M c L a c h lin re fle cts th e n e w d ire c tio n o f t h e S u ­

C h ie f J u s t ic e M c L a c h lin w e ig h s in o n b ilin g u a lis m .

s o c ia te p ro fe sso r o f p s y c h ia try at M c G ill. T h e s e s y m p t o m s in c lu d e t in g lin g

p r e m e C o u rt.

"T h e fa c t th a t w e h a v e th is b rillia n t, e ru d ite , s c h o l­ a rly w o m a n w h o h a s m a s te re d th e tw o o ffic ia l la n g u a g ­ es, s e rv in g as o u r S u p r e m e C o u r t J u s tic e is in s p irin g . I t h in k it a lso te lls u s a lo t a b o u t C a n a d a ," h e said . "She

eral u n p le a s a n tn e s s .

N ic o t in e p a tc h e s a n d g u m are a v a ila b le to th e in m a te s w h o p a y o u t o f p o c k e t a n d m u s t a p p ly for re im b u r s e m e n t fro m t h e Q u e b e c d ru g p la n .

S m o k e rs ' rig h ts g ro u p s c la im e d th a t p ris o n sta ff w o u ld h a v e a hard

w a s v e r y o p e n to q u e s tio n s , w h ic h is v e r y s ig n ific a n t,

t im e c o n t r o llin g th e p ro b le m . T h e W e b site

b e c a u s e a lo t o f im p o r t a n t p u b lic fig u re s d o n 't ta k e t h e t im e to e n g a g e w ith s tu d e n ts, so th e fa c t th a t y o u h a v e s o m e o n e as p o w e rfu l a s th e C h ie f J u s tic e o f th e S u p r e m e C o u r t o f C a n a d a c o m in g to d ia lo g u e w ith s tu ­ d e n ts in an o p e n fo ru m says a lo t a b o u t her, a b o u t o u r S u p r e m e C o u r t a n d a b o u t o u r C h ie f Justice." ■

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"For th e m o s t p a rt w e w e re all s u rp ris e d at h o w s m o o t h ly e v e ry t h in g w a s g o in g .T h e r e w a s g r u m b lin g , b u t n o t a s ig n ific a n t a m o u n t," h e s a id .»

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sen said .

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little e x p e rim e n ta tio n a n d te s tin g h a s a c tu a lly b e e n p u t -into th e th e o rie s o f e v o lu tio n . U n iv e rsity o f O ttaw a P ro fesso r Rees K assen d e m o n s tra te d h o w th is tre n d is slo w ly c h a n g in g in a p re se n ta tio n last S u n d a y at th e R e d p a th M u se u m .

Kassen's v is it w a s in h o n o u r o f th e D a rw in D ay, an

c u ltu re , m e d ic in e a n d e v e n a th le tics. T h o u g h th e p r in c i­ p le s o f th e e v o lu tio n are w ell k n o w n , e s p e c ia lly to M cG ill s c ie n c e s tu d e n ts, th e p o te n tia l b e n e fit o f e v o lu tio n a ry m u ta tio n s are not. T h e b ig g e s t p ro b le m fa c in g sc ie n tists like K assen is th e fa ct th a t m u ta tio n s are so rare a n d th e p ro c e ss take s s u c h a lo n g tim e th a t it is v e ry d iffic u lt to

in te rn a tio n a l c e le b ra tio n h e ld e a c h y e a r o n Feb. 12. T h is

d e s ig n te sts for.

A c c o rd in g to Ja so n W iles, th e m a n a g e r o f th e E v o lu ­ tio n E d u c a tio n R e se arch , e v o lu tio n c o n tin u e s to b e an e x c itin g fie ld o f research .

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14 9 ye ars after D arw in 's fa m o u s b o o k

T h e s p ir it o f H o c k e y D a y in C a n a d a s p ills o n t o c a m p u s .

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w ill m a rk th e 19 9 th b irth d a y o f C h a rle s D a rw in a n d w ill c e le b ra te th e c o n trib u tio n s h e h a s m a d e to th e field o f a c a d e m ic s .

K asse n , a n h o n o ra ry M c G ill d o c to ra te a n d p a st re­ c ip ie n t o f th e p re stig io u s H o w a rd A lp e r P o std o cto ra l Prize, is o n e o f C a n a d a 's m o st p r o m in e n t b io lo g ists. H is w o rk h as fo cu sse d m o stly o n th e effe cts o f m u ta tio n s o n a lg a e a n d b a cte ria . T h e sh o rt life s p a n s o f th e se or­ g a n is m s m e a n th a t th e y g e n e ra lly h a v e m o re g e n e tic m u ta tio n s a n d m a k e s it p o s s ib le to iso late a n d assess th e ir a d v a n ta g e s to a lte rn a tiv e fie ld s. K assen is c u r­ re n tly w o rk in g to w a rd s fin d in g real life a p p lic a tio n s o f e v o lu tio n a ry p rin c ip le s.

"W h e n I tell p e o p le I a m a n e v o lu tio n a ry , b io lo g is t I g e t o n e o f tw o re a ctio n s: e ith e r a b la n k e x p re ssio n o f

ory, re ally u n d e rp la y s th e v a st s tu d y fro m th e past 150 years, th a t is e v o lu tio n a ry science."

O n e o f Kassen's m a jo r c o n trib u tio n s to th e fie ld th u s far h a s b e e n his d o c u m e n te d e ffe ct o f p re d a tio n o n e v o lu tio n a n d h o w th e ir a b s e n c e sp e e d s u p th e p rocess.

M u ta tio n s are se e n m u c h m o re fre q u e n tly a n d to a m u c h g re a te r d e g re e in e n v iro n m e n ts w ith o u t p re d a tio n , le a d ­ in g to th e th e o ry o f w h y D arw in 's fin c h e s e v o lv e d so ra p ­ id ly in c o m p a ris o n to th e ir n o n -is o la te d c o u sin s. ■

— Graeme Kem pthorne

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Whistleblower accuses McGill Daily of plagiarism Parallels to Canadian Centre's articles found B yro n T au T h e M c G ill D a ily h a s re c e n tly b e e n a c c u s e d o f p la ­ g ia ris m b y M c G ill s tu d e n t a n d b lo g g e r A d a m M ahler.

Last w e e k, M a h le r referred c o n c e r n s o v e r a fe a tu re th a t ran in th e Jan . 7 is su e o f T h e D a ily to th e S o c ie ty o f P ro ­ fe ssio n a l J o u rn a lis ts ' E th ic s C o m m itte e . T h e c o m m itte e re tu rn e d a n a d v is o ry o p in io n o n M o n d a y sta tin g e s ­ s e n tia lly th a t th e a rtic le c o n ta in s p la g ia riz e d c o n te n t, w h ic h M a h le r p o ste d o n h is b lo g , D a ily W a tc h [h t tp : //

d a ily w a tc h .w o rd p re s s.o rg ).

"They had an e-m ail discussion [about the situa­ tion]. The answer th at cam e back was really black and white," M ahler said. "They said basically, This is plagia­ rism because the analysis is copied and the phrases are copied” In a b lo g p o st d a te d Jan . 27, M ah ler, p o in te d o u t th a t D a ily F e a tu re s e d ito r M a rtin Lukacs's p ie c e , "Spar­ in g th e R ich , T a x in g th e Poor", c o n ta in s p h ra s in g , c o n ­ te n t a n d a n a ly s is s im ila r to te x t th a t a p p e a re d in se ve ra l a rtic le s p u b lis h e d b y th e C a n a d ia n C e n tre for P o lic y A l­ te rn a tiv e s. In p re v io u s p o sts, M a h le r e la b o ra te d o n th e c h a rg e s a n d re v e a le d fu rth e r in c id e n t s o f p la g ia ris m in o th e r a rtic le s w ritte n b y L u k a c s th a t w e re later a c k n o w l­ e d g e d in errata b y T h e D a ily.

"It w a s la z y a n d s lo p p y o f me," L u k a c s said o f th e Jan . 7 a rticle . "But I th in k M a h le r's a c c u s a tio n s a b o u t m e d e lib e ra te ly fin d in g w o rd s th a t w e re really, re a lly e ffe c­ tiv e a n d u s in g t h e m is in a c c u ra te . It h a s m o re to d o w ith m y n o t e -ta k in g p ro c e s s a n d m y re w ritin g ; I ju s t d id n 't d o it w e ll e n o u g h a n d it w a s p re tty s lo p p y o f me."

The Lukacs feature addressed the question of how progressive Canada's taxation system really is. In one particular passage of Lukacs' feature, phrases are bor­ rowed from several CCPA articles th at were written mainly by Marc Lee, an econom ist at the CCPA's British Columbia office, and A ndrew Jackson, senior economist

o f the Canadian Labour Congress.

The Daily has not yet run a retraction or errata on the piece.

"It didn't seem like it was necessary," said Daily Co­ ordinating Editor Drew Nelles. "This is a gray area and som ething to be avoided, but there was an attribution right there in the article. Also, there's som ething called the four-word rule in plagiarism— w here if there are four non-technical words th at appear in a sentence th at ap­ pear in th e original source— which is not the case here."

In o n e e x a m p le c ite d b y M ah ler, L u k a cs w rote, "W h ile th e m a jo rity o f C a n a d ia n s w o rk h a rd e r to d a y th a n 30 y e a rs a g o , th e ir w a g e s re m a in s ta g n a n t. M e a n ­ w h ile , th e t o p fiv e p e r c e n t o f in c o m e e a rn e rs g o t a g re a t d e a l ric h e r.'T h e o rig in a l C C P A text W hy C h a rity Isn't E no u g h b y A n d re w Ja c k so n read, " W h ile th e m a jo rity o f C a n a d ia n s a re w o rk in g h a rd e r a n d sm arte r, c o n t r ib u t in g to a g ro w in g e c o n o m y , m o st are ru n n in g faste r ju s t to stay in p la c e . T h e ir w a g e s h a v e b e e n s ta g n a n t fo r th e last 30 ye ars. M e a n w h ile , th e to p 5 % o f in c o m e e a rn e rs in C a n a d a — are g e ttin g ric h e r b y le a p s a n d boun ds."

"On a gut level, I feel it's plagiarism because w hen an author chooses good words and images to describe something, they don't w ant to see the same words and images describing the same thing w ithout attribution," M ahler said in an e-m ail statem ent to the Tribune. "The intentionality looms large in w h at the Features editor did, even if copying is at the level o f words, phrases and their order."

Nelles, as soon as being inform ed of the plagiarism, also sought an advisory opinion from the Canadian Uni­ versity Press, an organization th at was co-founded by The McGill Daily."After talking w ith William Wolfe-Wylie, the National Bureau Chief of the Canadian University Press, w ho is trained in these sort o f issues, contact­ ing our lawyer, and doing research on my own, it just seemed like it wasn't plagiarism as such," he said. ■

Barlow makes waves on Founder's Day W a rn s

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"Fig h tin g for a so cial or e n v iro n m e n ta l c a u s e is like ta k in g a bath; yo u e i­ th e r d o it eve ryday, or y o u stink," said M a u d e Barlow, R igh t Liv e lih o o d A w ard laureate a n d c h a irp e rso n o f T h e C o u n c il o f C a n a d ia n s d u rin g th e Fou nder's D a y ce le b ra tio n s at M a cd o n a ld C a m p u s last Th u rsd ay.

T h e c o -fo u n d e r o f th e B lu e P la n e t Project, a g ro u p lo o k in g to sto p th e w o rld c o m m o d ific a tio n o f w ater, a n d a u th o r o f Blue C ovenant: The G lo b a l W ater Crisis a n d th e F ig ht fo r the R ight to W ater, a im e d to raise a w are n ess o f th e w ater crisis h a p p e n in g in C a n a d a a n d a ro u n d th e w o rld .

"We d o have a c o m e t c o m in g at us; it’s ca lle d th e g lo b a l w a te r crisis a n d as a h u m a n sp e cie s w e h a ve to c o m e together," B arlo w said.

S h e w e n t o n to say th a t th e sh o rta g e s h o u ld b e re g a rd e d w ith a greater se n se o f u rg e n c y th a n th e e n e rg y crisis d u e to th e e v id e n c e th a t c o u n trie s s u c h as C h in a , In dia a n d A ustralia are a lre a d y ru n n in g o u t o f w a te r a n d try in g to o b ta in it fro m o th e r co u n tries.

"In C h in a alo ne, th e re is a n e w d e se rt cre a te d e v e ry ye ar th e size o f R h o d e Isla n d .T h is is a c o u n try th at h as u se d its w ater resources, d iv e rte d it fro m g ro w ­ in g g ra in for its p e o p le ... to p ro v id e for its e c o n o m ic m iracle,"she said ."T h e y're b u ild in g a m assive p ip e lin e to tak e w a te r fro m th e T ib e ta n H im a la yas, w ater w h ic h fe e d s th e five m a jo r rivers p ro v id in g all th e w a te r for M alaysia. Y ou can see th e p o te n tial c o n flict th a t c o m e s w h e n o n e s u p e rp o w e r starts to ru n o u t o f water."

Barlow w a rn e d th at w h e n th e se issu e s reach N o rth A m e rica , th e U n ited States w ill lo o k to C a n a d a for a so lu tio n . A c c o rd in g to th e U.S. E n v iro n m e n t Pro­ te c tio n A g e n cy , 36 states w ill e n c o u n te r se rio u s to severe w ater crise s w ith in th e next five to 10 years. W h ile C a n a d a h as 6.5 p e r c e n t o f th e w orld 's u sa b le w a te r sup p ly, m o st o f this is fo u n d in rivers th at ru n n o rth a n d d e p o sit into th e A rctic sea. T h e flo w o f th e w ater w o u ld n e e d to b e reversed in o rd e r to sell it, w h ic h Barlow c la im e d w o u ld b e "a b ig g e r p ro je ct th a n th e T h re e G o rg e s D a m in C h in a , a n d p ro b a b ly m o re e n v iro n m e n ta lly d am aging."

A lth o u g h Barlow is a g a in st th e c o m m o d itis a tio n o f w ater, sh e asserted th at co rp o ra tio n s w ill b e c o m e m o re in v o lv e d w ith se llin g a n d d istrib u tin g water.

"I'm not a g a in st th e p rivate sector; th e re w ill b e a p la c e for th e p riva te se c­ to r in th e w ater w e use, b u t it n e e d s to b e o v e rse e n b y th e g o v e rn m e n t a n d it n e e d s to b e d is c ip lin e d by law,"she said.

Founder's D a y C o m m itte e C h a ir a n d d e p a rtm e n t o f p la n t sc ie n c e profes­ sor K ath e rin e M c C lin to c k e n jo y e d Barlow's b a la n c e d a p p ro a ch , c o m p a re d to

The fo llo w in g are excerpts, selected by A d a m M ahler, fro m M a rtin Lukacs's piece, *Sparing th e Rich, Taxing the Poor," a n d the p u b lic a tio n s it alle g e d ly plagiarizes. M a h le r provides a d d itio n a l em phasis a n d th e fu ll text o f the o rig i­ n a l articles o n his w eb site: h ttp ://d a ily w a tch .w o rd p re ss.o rg

o th e r ta c tics sh e has u sed in th e past.

"It w a s a w a k e -u p call fro m a p e rso n w h o h as lots o f e x p e rie n c e a n d d ire ct first-h a n d k n o w le d g e o n th is subject," sh e said. " C a n a d ia n s h a ve to sit u p and p a y attention."

M a cd o n a ld C a m p u s S tu d e n ts'S o c ie ty P re sid e n t Lise C o b itz a g re e d , sayin g th a t it w as im p o rta n t th at stu d e n ts w e re m a d e a w are o f issu es th at are clo se

"A cco rd in g to tax a tio n tre n d s, it a p p e a rs th a t o ver th e last tw o d e ca d e s, a class w a r h as b e e n w a g e d o n th e tax syste m . A n d th e rich are w in n in g .

W h ile th e m a jo rity o f C a n a d ia n s w o rk hard er to d a y th a n 30 ye ars a g o, th e ir w a g e s re m a in sta g ­

"Several re ce n t stu d ie s p o in t to tro u b lin g n e w in ­ c o m e a n d taxatio n tre n d s in C a n a d a . T h e in c o m e g a p b e tw e e n th e rich a n d th e rest o f us keep s g ro w ­ in g , at b re a k n e ck sp e e d . W h ile th e m a jo rity o f C a n a ­ d ia n s are w o rk in g h a rd e r a n d sm arter, c o n trib u tin g

nant. M e a n w h ile , th e to p five p er c e n t o f in c o m e e arn e rs g o t a g re a t d e al richer. A n d o u r tax system , far fro m a lle v ia tin g th is d isp a rity b e tw e e n th e rich a n d th e poor, is a c tu a lly p la y in g a p art in d e e p e n ­

to a g ro w in g e co n o m y , m o st are ru n n in g faster ju s t

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bounds."

to stay in place. T h e ir w a g e s have b e e n sta g n a n t for th e last 30 years. M e a n w h ile , th e to p 5 % o f in c o m e e a rn e rs in C a n a d a — are g e ttin g rich e r b y leaps an d

— A n d re w Jackson

— M a rtin Lukacs

to h o m e .

"It's fan tastic th at sh e sp o k e a b o u t C a n a d a , e s p e c ia lly o n a n issu e th at can u n ite th e world," she said. "Peop le in C a n a d a d on't th in k th e y h a ve a n y th in g in c o m m o n w ith th e th ird w orld , b u t th ere are p ro b le m s here as w e ll." »

Students criticize SSMU accountability Special GA a possibility

"[taxes] also fu n d n e w o r im p ro v e d p u b lic ser­

" ...to fu n d th e kin d s o f th in g s C a n a d ia n s say th e y

v ice s a n d so cial p ro g ra m s: a cc e s s ib le h ealth care, affo rd ab le h o u s in g a n d tra n sp o rtatio n , p u b lic

w a n t a n d n e e d to c o n tin u e to b e p ro d u c tiv e citi­ zen s: p u b lic h e alth care, affo rd ab le h o u sin g , re a so n ­

in frastru ctu re, so cia l assistan ce , u n iv e rsity tuitio n ,

a b le u n ive rsity tu itio n , better p u b lic infrastructure,

a n d child-care."

p u b lic transit, a n d affo rd ab le q u a lity c h ild care.”

— A n d re w Jackson

— M a rtin Lukacs

"It so h a p p e n s th at th e ta x -c u t a g e n d a o f th e late

"Rather th a n le a n in g a g a in st g re a te r in e q u a lity, th e

19 9 0 s w a s u n le a sh e d w h ile p re -ta x in c o m e in ­ e q u a lity w a s a lso s u rg in g — m e a n in g th e rich re­ ce iv e d a tax b re ak a lo n g s id e th e ir a lre a d y in cre as­

tax syste m is n o w re in fo rcin g th e g ro w in g g a p b e ­ tw e e n th e rich a n d th e rest o f us. Tax c u ts h a ve b e e n u n le a sh e d into th e syste m at e x a ctly th e tim e w h e n p re -ta x in c o m e s su rg e d for th e rich e st 1 0 % o f C a n a ­

in g incom e."

— M a rtin Lukacs

d ia n families."

— M a rc Lee "The tax c u t a g e n d a u n fu rle d p re cise ly w h e n in e q u a l­ ity in p re -ta x in c o m e s surg e d , d isp ro p o rtio n a te ly b e n e fitin g th o se w ith th e h ig h e s t in co m e s, w h ile d o in g little for lo w -in c o m e Canadians."

— M a rc Lee

C o n t in u e d f r o m C O V E R body," Sw ann said. "All the people that stood u p to opp o se the m otion w ere SSMU councillors, w ho had to be there anyways, so you can't really say that the opposition that w e encountered in the forum is representational of the student body."

During the prelim inary question period, Fred Burrill, a m em b er o f the Grassroots Association for Student Em pow erm ent, challenged all co u n ­ cillors to disclose their G A pu blicizin g efforts. W hile Burrill d eclin ed to co m m e n t on the record, he pu blicly blam ed SSMU for the lacklustre attendance.

"Accountability [in SSMU Council] seem s to be a big issue in SSMU, said

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SSMU C o u n cil during question period. "In the next year, there should be som e kind o f study to better represent students; [SSMU] is sup posed to represent students."

Moran also spoke out against councillors w h o w ere absent from the G A w ith­ out excuse, or w ho fail to attend regular Co u n cil m eetings, and suggested that tru­ ants be rem oved from their office.

Despite the new initatives taken to spread w ord about the event,

SSMU Presi­

dent Jake Itzkowitz cited student apathy as the m ain problem .

“W e had new e ye-catch in g posters, som e 3,000 flyers, handbills, class an­ nouncements," he said. "There's got to be som e better w ay to reach students.

W hile a special G A loom s in the future, Itzkowitz plans to bring o n e o f the m o ­ tions resolving to establish SSMU's position on food services to a vote in C o u n c il.»

4 • News • 12.02.08

The McGill Tribune

C A M PUS

SPEAKER PREVIEWS

D ia b e t e s lin k e d t o T -c e lls

M o n s iv a is to m u s e a b o u t M e x ic o

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M cG ill im m u n o lo g y professor an d C a n a d a Research C h a ir Dr. C iria co P iccirillo has d isco vered im p o rta n t links in

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o f tim e g et lazy, an d th e cells that have p otential to cau se d isease g o u n ch ecked ,” Piccirillo said. "It's like o n a car, yo u have a n accelerato r an d a brake, a n d n e e d b oth to fu n ctio n properly. D iabetes is like h a vin g a car g o in g d o w n h ill, w ith

th e d e v e lo p m e n t o fT y p e 1 diabetes, o p e n in g th e d o o r for th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f targeted treatm ents.

In a recent article in D iab etes, a scie n tific jo u rn a l p u b ­ lished by th e A m e rica n D ia b e tic A sso ciatio n , P iccirillo o u t­ lin ed his d isco ve ry th at p e o p le w ith T y p e 1 d ia b e te s have a

n o brake. T h e se C D 4 + regulato ry T -c e lls are like th e brakes o f th e im m u n e system . In diabetes, th e brakes w ill fun ction early on, b u t w ith tim e th e y g o defective."

m u ta n t typ e o f w h ite b lo o d cell. T h e m u ta tio n in th e C D 4 +

"the research can be a p p lie d in th e p h arm a ce u tica l in d u s­

T reg ulato ry cells

prevents in s u lin -p ro d u c in g beta islet cells from d e v e lo p in g in th e pancreas. T h is lack o f in sulin cau sés Typ e i d iabetes, versus Typ e 2 diabetes, w h ic h is cau se d by cells that d o not react to in sulin presen t in th e body. In sulin is a h o rm o n e n e ce ssary for m e tab olism .

try eventually, b ut first w e need to u n de rstan d th e m e c h a ­ nism s th at u n d e rlie d iabetes. O u r research w ill allo w us to d e te rm in e th e se m e c h a n ism s related to d iab e te s an d allow us to e ve n tu a lly tran sp o se th at in fo rm ation to clin ica l trials."

"Usually th e im m u n e system can co ntrol w h ite blood cells an d controls w h a t th e y react to," P iccirillo said. "But u n d e r ce rtain circu m sta n ce s th e im m u n e system not o n ly d o e s that b u t also b e g in s to attack itself. It can n o lo n g e r d iscrim in a te w h at is foreign an d w h a t is self. In T y p e 1 d ia ­ betes, certain w h ite b lo o d cells— T ce lls— infiltrate an d d e ­ stroy certain areas o f th e pancreas; specifically, th e beta islet ce lls that m ak e insulin. So th e cau sative a g e n t o f th e d isease is th e im m u n e system .”

th ese C D 4 + reg ulato ry T-c e lls develop," P iccirillo said. "If w e can in je ct a v a cc in e or u n iq u e th e ra p y th at increase fu n c ­ tion or d e v e lo p th e se cells, m ayb e w e can tip th e b a la n ce a w ay from d isease an d tow ards resistance."

U n like T yp e 2 diabetes, w h ic h can d e v e lo p o ve r tim e, Typ e 1 is p u re ly g e n e tic and, as o f now , u n p reven tab le.

"Type 2 affects far m o re p e o p le th a n T y p e 1; there is a g e n e tic c o m p o n e n t [in T y p e 2], b u t it has to d o m ore w ith lifestyle habits, such as d ie t a n d exercise, rather than th e g e n e tic co m p o n e n t,"sa id Je re m y Brace, n ational m e d ia c o n ta ct for th e C a n a d ia n D iab e te s A sso ciatio n. "For T y p e 1, there's ve ry little to d o w ith lifestyle fa c to rs .. .yo u p ro b ab ly have a g e n e tic m ak e u p th at p redisp o ses yo u to it."

Evridiki S g ou ro ud is, a fourth ye ar Ph.D. stu d e n t at M c­ Gill w h o co -a u th o re d th e recent p u b licatio n , exp ected that

"Therap eutically, it is in o u r interest to u n de rstan d how

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Carlos M onsivais, o n e o f Mexico's p re em in e n t chro n iclers an d cu ltu re crit ics, w ill explore how M exicans view their position in a w id e r North A m e rican cul ture— if in d e e d such a c o n ce p t exists— in a p u b lic lecture tom orrow .

T h e O th e r North A m erica w ill be th e first in a lin e -u p o f lectures at th e M cGil Institute for th e S tu d y o f C a n a d a co nference entitled A re w e A m e ric a n ? C a n a d ia r C u ltu re in N o rth A m e rica.

M onsivais has w ritten exten sively o n M exican so ciety an d politics an d is ont o f Mexico's m ost celebrated intellectuals an d jou rnalists. Th e 69 -year-o ld w riter i; a le ad in g v o ice o f th e M exican left, an d is p erh ap s m ost fam o u s for his co lle ctio r of w ork in nu eva cronica, a gen re o f literary jo u rn a lism w h ich M onsivais played critical role in d e ve lo p in g .

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Brace explained- th at Piccirillo's a p p ro a ch to diab etes as a n a u to im m u n e d iso rd e r is a relatively n e w strain o f re­ search.

M onsivais is e xp ected to d iscuss M exican cultural id en tity an d its p lace in t North A m e rican context, in clu d in g th e extent to w h ic h there is cultu ral u n ity on i c o n tin e n t u n d e rg o in g su ch an increase in e c o n o m ic in terd ep en d en ce.

"He ju s t has a very, very go o d in sig h t into th e M exican m in d a n d th e M exi­ can im ag in atio n , an d he'll d o eve ryth in g from lo o king at th e coffee sh o p s that dot M exico City, th ro u g h th e w ay in w h ich th e President o f M exico appears on televi­

"Diabetes has b e e n looked at as a nervo u s [system]

sion," said Dr. W ill Straw, actin g director o f M ISC and th e ch air o f th e conference.

disorder, a n d th e m ore recent c h a n n e l o f research is that

"He's also lo o king a t ... ju s t g e n e rally th e q u ality o f life an d o f cultu re in M exico he sees as h avin g b een eroded by [its] p roxim ity to th e U nited States."

o f d iab e te s as an im m u n e system disorder," he said. "Both c h a n n e ls are im p o rtan t b e ca u se both are p resen tin g im ­ p o rtan t results. N o w there is m o re that's c o m in g o n th e a u to im m u n e system o f sp e cific cell typ e s an d insulin p ro ­ d u ctio n . T h is typ e o f research is re a ch in g tow ards an area th at is relatively new."

P iccirillo also fo u n d th at in T yp e 1 d iabetes, th e a b ility o f C D 4 + T reg ulato ry ce lls to fu n ctio n w e ake n s w ith age, th u s m ak in g th e im m u n e system m o re su sce p tib le to T yp e i d ia b e te s o ver tim e.

"Diabetes is an im p o rtan t d ise a se in this c o u n try b e ­ cau se it affects ch ild re n ; th e ped iatrics sense o f it attracted m e v e ry much," said Piccirillo. "But b e ca u se [Type 1 d ia b e ­ tes] o n ly affects ten p er ce n t o f d ia b e tics doesn't m e an w e sh o uld o n ly g ive it ten per c e n t o f o u r tim e . T h e d ise a se is co m p lica te d an d th e side effects are costly, from b lin d n e ss to k id n e y d a m a g e to n e rvo u s disorders. P eople lose pro­

"W hat o u r stu d y fo un d is that th e system g o e s h ayw ire s im p ly b e ca u se th e se C D 4 + reg ulato ry T -c e lls o ver a perio d

d u c tiv ity an d have to in je ct th e m se lve s daily, so it's a d is­ ease that really n eed s to fin d a cure." ■

M onsivais has w on a n u m b e r o f aw ards for his w riting, in clu d in g Spain's Prem io A n ag ra m a d e Ensayo, th e A n ag ram a International Literature Prize, th e M azatlân Prize for Literature an d th e N ational Jo u rn alism Award.

"He is w ith ou t a d o u b t o n e o f th e strongest, w isest an d m ore critical voices in co n te m p o ra ry Mexico," said Dr. Je sü sP é re z-M ag a llô n , ch a ir o f M cGill's d e p artm e n t o f H isp an ic studies. "In add ition, his essays d eal w ith curren t p rob lem s o f North A m e rican integration... it is o u r h o p e that this e ve n t w ill h e lp all those a tte n d in g to better g rasp th e actual issues at stake w h e n w e sp eak o f A m erica, North A m erica, NAFTA. W e believe that this event will b e a co rnersto ne in o u r un d e rsta n d in g o f such urgen t and far-reaching issues." ■ The lecture by M o n sivais Is p a rt o f the M in i-B e atty M e m o ria l Lectures series a n d w ill take p la c e a t 5:00 p.m . a t the H o tel O m n i M on t-R o yal, 1050 R ue Sherbrooke O, w hile the Are we American? conference w ill co n tin u e u n til Feb. 75, e n d in g w ith a lecture by B razilian sin ger/so ngw riter a n d p o liticia n G iib erto G il.

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integration and e xpansion will pu rsue e n viro n m e n ta l an d sustain ab le objectives.

Korn w as co n cern e d a b o u t w h e th e r th e city w o u ld b e ab le to allocate the b udget, staffing and e n fo rcem en t o f th e regulations at tim e s o f large p roject pro­ posals, su ch as th e M UHC.

"We want to make sure the redevelopment, which is larger than anticipated, runs concurrent to the master plan o f M ount Royal," she said.

Paquet anticip ated that th e p h ase d d e v e lo p m e n t plans w o u ld b e largely tak­ ing effect starting in 2010, alth o u g h there are already certain projects underw ay.

"It's tricky b e cau se w e still need to keep th e hospital open,"she said. "It's im ­ portant w e still be ab le to provide th e patien t care that is necessary— it is g o in g to b e a long project."*

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T h e c u r r e n t h o t is s u e in e n v i­ r o n m e n t a lis m is c lim a t e c h a n g e a n d t h e r e d u c t io n o f g r e e n h o u s e

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They're deeply connected.

W hat I say to my friends in the cli­ m ate change m ovem ent is: if you only deal w ith greenhouse gas emis­ sions and clim ate change— and I'm not for one m inute negating how im portant it is— you're only dealing w ith half the subject. Not only is half the equation missing, but half the

solution is m issing... I believe d e ep ­ ly that the displacem ent o f w ater from freshwater ecosystems into the ocean is one o f the major reasons th e ocean's rising; it's not just m elt­ ing glaciers, it's other reasons as well and w e need to put th em together.

Conversely, part o f the answer to global w arm ing is cutting the green­ house gas emissions, but w e also have to say this: w hen you return the w ater to th e w ater cycle, you re­ turn cooling tem peratures. W ater is w h at cools an ecosystem. They call cities"urban heat islands"because of the heat they give off, but w e could recapture rain and if w e could use th at rainwater to cool the systems, it w ould be a buffer against green­ house gas-induced clim ate change.

They are one and the same issue and so far it's only been seen as one th in g ... I'm not asking anyone to m ove away from clim ate change or to stop thinking it's serious, but rather to enlarge their analysis.

w ouldn't have to charge tor w ater at all. Everybody would be so careful and not waste w ater and it w ouldn't be a problem . But I don't think that's going to happen in the industrial­ ized world in the near future. So ba­ sically w h at we're calling for is free w ater up to a certain level o f need for everybody; every hum an being w ould have this certain am ount o f w ater th at they have per day for bathing, drinking, cooking, everyday use. Beyond that, you w ould have to pay; if you're using m ore than you need then you should be paying for it. It w ouldn't be the w ater you w ould be paying for, per se, it w ould be the w ater service and the pricing w ould be graduated.

W h ile y o u a re a g a in s t t h e w o rld c o m m o d if ic a t io n o f w a te r, y o u h a v e a ls o s a id t h a t y o u a re n o t a g a in s t t h e b u y in g a n d s e llin g o f w a te r b y t h e p r iv a t e s e c to r. W h a t w o u ld b e y o u r id e a l s it u a t io n w h e n it c o m e s to m a n a g in g o u r w a te r re ­ so u rce s?

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Everything that you do in the past follows you and influences and informs the work th at you do with each stage o f your life. I learned a great deal in the women's m ove­ m ent about ecology, about survival o f the Earth and so on. It was an im portant training ground for w hat I do now. W ater is a women's issue.

I mean, w ho carries' it, who's sent out to find it and w ho gets beaten up w hen they com e back and there isn't any water? I was at a confer­ ence in Kenya on wife assault and how it's com ing back because of th e water crisis. I'm not saying that it's a good excuse for m en, but the frustration is out, she goes out, she comes back w ithout water, she gets beaten up. .We've heard those hor­ ror stories from all over the world on wife abuse and w ater shortages. So to me, this is a women's issue and in a way it's com ing back full circle and it feels really good.

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In c a se y o u d o n 't kn o w , Zeitgeist is a c o n s p ir a c y -t h e o r y " d o cu m e n ta ry " w h ic h "deb unks" th e "m yths" o f C h ris t ia n ­ ity, 9 /11 a n d th e w o rld e c o n o m y to s h o w h o w a fe w p e o p le th r o u g h o u t h isto ry h a v e p u lle d th e w o o l o v e r o u r e y e s to g a in m o n e y a n d pow er. T h e film m a k e rs m a k e o b v io u s ly b o g u s c la im s a n d th e film is rife w ith b a d g ra m m a r a n d m a la p ro p ism s. N e v e rth e le ss, it is ve ry, v e ry effective.

W h a t I re c o m m e n d y o u d o is g o to th e Z eitgeistW eb site a n d w a tc h th e m o v ie . T h e n , d o y o u r o w n re se a rch a n d see if y o u ca n d is p ro v e th e film 's c la im s — ju s t for fu n . Y ou m a y b e s u rp rise d at ju s t h o w d iffic u lt it is. To g iv e y o u ju s t o n e e x a m p le , I lo o k e d in to th e film 's c la im th a t se ve ra l o f th e a l­ le g e d 9 /11 h ija c k e rs are a c tu a lly still a live . A fte r s c o u rin g th e In te rn e t for a h a lf-h o u r, I fo u n d a c o n firm in g BBC re p o rt fro m a fe w d a y s after 9 /1 1. Five ye ars later th e BBC v a g u e ly a m e n d ­ e d th e re p o rt to sa y th a t it w a s n o t th e h ija c k e rs w h o w e re alive , b u t th a t it w a s a c a s e o f sto le n id e n tity. Yet, in o fficial a c c o u n ts o f 9 /11, th e h ija ck e r's n a m e s a n d p ic tu re s re m a in th e sam e .

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o th e rs g o u n a n s w e re d in all o f th e “re p u tab le " m e d ia s o u rc ­ es. A lm o s t s c a rie r th a n th e c o n s p ir a c y th e o rie s th e m s e lv e s are th e d is c o v e rie s th a t o u r s o u rc e s o f k n o w le d g e are frig h t­ e n in g ly lim ite d a n d th a t th e tru th is n o t n e c e s s a rily o u t th e re to b e fo u n d .

A t th e s a m e tim e , it b e c o m e s c le a r th a t th e o fficial v e r­ sio n o f th e sto ry s im p ly can 't b e true . T h e BB C c o n firm s th a t th e p a s s p o rt o f o n e o f th e h ija c k e rs w as re p o rte d fo u n d in th e W o rld T ra d e C e n te r w re c k a g e in ta c t— a s u rp ris in g fact s in c e th e p la n e s e x p lo d e d o n im p a c t a n d th e T w in To w ers a n d th e ir c o n te n ts w e re a lm o s t c o m p le t e ly p u lv e riz e d .

I w o n 't te ll y o u w h a t to b e lie v e a b o u t 9 /11, b e c a u s e I m y ­ se lf h a v e n o id e a .T h e fa c t, h o w e ve r, is th a t m o st o f us wHI n e v e r s e rio u s ly c o n s id e r c o n s p ir a c y th e o rie s, s im p ly b e c a u s e it is s im p le r a n d m o re c o m fo rta b le to b e lie v e th e o fficial a cc o u n ts .

N o o n e w h o d rin k s co ffe e w a n ts to h e a r th a t th e ir b e v e ra g e o f c h o ic e is re s p o n s ib le fo r ra p in g th e ra in forests. S n a g g in g th a t d e a l at th e G a p , w e d o n 't th in k a b o u t th e sw e a ts h o p s a n d in ­ e q u it y in w h ic h w e a r e c o m p lic it . P e o p le w h o live in th e s u b ­ u rb s a n d d riv e n ic e cars d o n 't w a n t to h e a r th a t they are th e c a u s e o f o u r e n v iro n m e n ta l p ro b le m s . S o c ie ty d is c o u ra g e s p e rso n a l a c c o u n ta b ility .

T h e p ro b le m is a lso th a t w e are so d e p e n d e n t o n th e g re a te r fo rce s th a t c o n tro l o u r w o rld , a n d in th e e n d w e h a v e v e ry little tra n s p a re n c y . O f c o u rse , th e p o w e rs th a t b e care a b o u t th e ir c o m fo rt, too. If y o u 'v e se e n th e

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In c o n c lu s io n , c o n s id e r th e fo llo w in g : Brian W h ite , a M o n ­ treal e n g in e e r, te stifie d a g a in s t H y d ro Q u é b e c in a la w su it c o n c e r n in g th e G re a t Ice S to rm . H e te stifie d th a t t h e p o w e r loss in Q u e b e c a n d V e rm o n t w as n o t d u e to a n a c t o f G o d , b u t to H ydro's d e c is io n n o t to re p la c e w e a k in su la to rs. A c c o rd in g to W h ite , th e s e in su la to rs w e re m a d e w ith a s u b s ta n c e c a lle d C im e n t F o n d u , a fa s t-d r y in g c e m e n t w h ic h is n o w ille g a l in m a n y c o u n trie s b e c a u s e o f its 4 0 -y e a r life sp a n . Mr. W h ite c o n ­ je c tu re s th a t th is s a m e s u b s ta n c e ju s t m a y b e in v o lv e d in th e re c e n t b r id g e fa ilu re s in Laval a n d M in n e a p o lis . A p p a re n tly C im e n t F o n d u w a s u se d e x te n s iv e ly o n c o n s tru c tio n p ro je c ts in th e 19 6 0 s — a b o u t 40 years ago. B ut for s o m e re a so n th is h a s g o n e u n m e n tio n e d in in v e s tig a tio n rep orts.

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• 1. B ro th e l: A SSMU-run brothel would be a guaranteed moneymaker. With low overhead and low startup costs, this could easily becom e the most popular service on campus— surpassing (and reducing the need for) McGill Mental Health Ser­ vices.

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was doing. He just needed to look at scrap metal prices. Scrap metal is an increasingly lucrative busi­ ness— with more and more Chinese companies and developers requiring new industrial-grade steel. And imagine how many students have bro­ ken appliances and furniture to give away. SSMU would go well to get in this business.

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B y ro n a s s e rts : In d iv id u a ls th a t p r o d u c e c h ild p o rn o g ra p h y a n d e x p lo it c h ild re n for se x u a l p u r­ p o se s s h o u ld b e p ro s e c u te d to th e fu lle s t e x te n t o f th e la w — w ith o u t e x c e p tio n . A t th e s a m e tim e , sta tu te s a n d law s th a t b a n th e p o s s e s sio n o f c h ild p o rn o g ra p h y b y re g u la r In te rn e t use rs are p r o b ­ le m a tic . L iv in g in a free s o c ie ty m e a n s th a t th e fre e e x c h a n g e o f in fo rm a tio n b y p riv a te in d iv id u ­ a ls s h o u ld n e v e r b e o u tla w e d , n o m atte r h o w re­ p u g n a n t th a t in fo rm a tio n is. D ata s h o u ld n e v e r b e c rim in a liz e d . Rather, th e o n ly real c rim in a ls here are th e th o s e w h o s e x u a lly e x p lo it a n d a b u s e m i­ nors, re co rd it a n d th e n u p lo a d it o n th e In tern e t.

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th e c u rre n t sy ste m m a y be. F u rth e rm o re , a s tu d y in th e N e w Y o rk T im e s (July 19 , 2 0 0 7 ) sh o w s th a t 85 p e r c e n t o f In te rn e t c h ild p o rn o g ra p h y o ffe n d ­ ers h a v e c o m m itte d re a l-life e x p lo ita tio n a n d a b u s e ra n g in g fro m m o le s ta tio n to rape.

B y ro n re to rts : A r g u in g th a t c r im in a liz in g th e p o s ­ s e ssio n o f c h ild p o rn o g ra p h y w ill s to p re a l-life ex­ p lo ita tio n a n d a b u s e s is like a rg u in g th a t o u tla w ­ in g d ru g s w ill s to p a d d ic ts fro m h a v in g c ra v in g s a n d relap ses. In d iv id u a ls w h o h a v e se x u a l p r e d i­

to w a rd s e n c o u r a g in g said b e h a v io u r. W h ile th e re m a y b e little e v id e n c e to s u g g e s t th a t th o s e w h o p o sse ss h a v e c o m m itte d c rim e s, th e re is e q u a lly little e v id e n c e to s u g g e s t th a t th e y haven't.

le c tio n s to w a rd s c h ild re n w ill c o n t in u e to h a ve se x u a l p r e d ile c tio n s to w a rd s c h ild re n w h e th e r o r n o t p o s s e s sio n o f c h ild p o rn o g ra p h y is le g a l o r not. T h e real issu e is w h e th e r th e state s h o u ld h a v e th e a b ility to re g u la te th e free flo w o f in fo r­ m a tio n a lo n g p riv a te c h a n n e ls , b e tw e e n p riva te

B y ro n fir e s b a c k : D e c rim in a liz in g s o m e th in g is n o t a k in to a c tu a lly s a n c tio n in g it— it m e re ly

u se rs w h o h a v e c o m m itte d n o c rim e a n d h a v e C a r o ly n s h o o ts b a c k : I a g re e th a t th e fre e d o m o f th o u g h t, b e lie f a n d e x p re s s io n is a f u n d a m e n ­ tal h u m a n rig h t, b u t it is o n e w h ic h is lim ite d by s e c tio n o n e o f th e C h a rte r, " su b je ct o n ly to s u c h re a s o n a b le lim its p r e sc rib e d b y -la w as c a n be d e m o n s tra b ly ju s tifie d in a free a n d d e m o c ra tic so cie ty."W h ile c u rre n t la w s re g u la tin g th e p o s s e s ­ sio n o f c h ild p o rn o g ra p h y are p ro b le m a tic , so are m a n y law s re g u la tin g o th e r fa c e ts o f s o c ie ty a n d y e t th e s e law s re m a in e q u a lly in force. In th e s a m e v e in , c h ild p o rn o g ra p h y d o e s p o se a c le a r risk to th o s e w h o are d e p ic te d a n d as s u c h d e se rv e s to fall u n d e r a m e a n s o f re g u la tio n , h o w e v e r fla w e d

n o t to w h o le -h e a r t e d ly s u p p o rt it. Texts in th e R e n a is s a n c e era w e re v a g u e w h e n d e fin in g s e x u ­ al c rim e s for fe ar o f g iv in g p e o p le id e a s a n d w h ile th o s e p o s s e s sin g c h ild p o rn m a y h a v e p re e x istin g in c lin a tio n s to w a rd s se x w ith c h ild re n , s h o w in g s u c h b e h a v io u r a s n o rm a liz e d c re a te s a p ro p e n s ity

n o t a c tu a lly a b u s e d c h ild re n . S h o u ld it a lso b e il­ le g a l to w a tc h a n d d is trib u te v id e o s o f m u rd e rs o r th e fts ? V id e o s o f D a n ie l Pearl's h o rrific e x e c u ­ tio n o r S a d d a m H usse in 's h a n g in g c irc u la te fre e ly o n th e In tern e t. W h a t is so d iffe re n t a b o u t se xu al

in v o lv e s c o rre c tin g law s th a t c a n n o t b e re a d ­ ily e n fo rc e d a n y w a y . R e n a is s a n c e id e a s o f sexu al m o ra lity a sid e , b a n n in g c h ild p o rn o g ra p h y o n th e g ro u n d s th a t it m ig h t g iv e p e d o p h ile s id e a s is like n o t g iv in g te e n a g e rs a c c e s s to b irth co n tro l b e ­ c a u s e th e y m ig h t ju s t a c tu a lly g e t it o n — th is is a s p e c io u s a rg u m e n t, if th e re e v e r w a s o n e . But th e real p r in c ip le h e re is a b o u t c r im in a liz in g d ata.

P o sse ssio n o f d a ta is fre e d o m o f e x p re s s io n — a l­ w ays.

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C a r o ly n a r g u e s : P e o p le aren't lik e ly to re -e x ­ e c u te S a d d a m H u s s e in or D a n ie l Pearl, b u t th e y are lik e ly to m o le s t c h ild re n . W h ile in m a n y ca se s th e state re g u la tin g in fo rm a tio n is p a te rn a listic , in c a se s s u c h as th is w h e re th e re g u la te d in fo rm a ­ tio n h a s b e e n p ro v e n to b e h a rm fu l,-it's d ifficu lt

C a r o ly n e n d s t h e a r g u m e n t : P o sse ssio n o f d ata m a y b e fre e d o m o f ex p re ssio n , b u t fre e d o m o f ex­ p re ss io n is n o t a n a b s o lu te rig h t. It's im p o rta n t to re m e m b e r th a t th e 'data' is n u d e p ic tu re s o f c h il­ d re n in s e x u a lly c o m p r o m is in g situ a tio n s. B e c a u se it is n o t ty p ic a l d ata , it d o e s n o t d e se rv e ty p ica l t r e a tm e n t .*

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W h ile it's hard to p ic tu re g re e n p lan ts w h e n e v e ry ­ t h in g in th e v ic in ity is co ve re d w ith a b la n k e t o f snow , C a m p u s C ro p s h as a lre a d y b e g u n p la n n in g . D e sp ite th e s n o w a n d co ld , th e c lu b p la n s o n g e ttin g p lan ts o u ts id e b y M arch w ith th e h e lp o f a 'cold fram e' w h ic h w ill h e lp ke e p th e s e e d lin g s fro m fro stin g over; b u t un til it's ready, th e y w ill b e g ro w n at th e M a c d o n a ld C a m p u s g re e n ­ h o u se . P rim in g th e p lot w ill in v o lv e re m o v in g all th e sn o w a n d p u ttin g th e fra m e up.

But th e club 's g o a ls for th e sm all p lo t o f la n d tra n ­ s c e n d m o re th a n s im p ly p ro d u c in g ve g e ta b le s.

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In g e n e ra l, th e c lu b is o p e n to e v e ry o n e w h o w a n ts to p a rticip a te . T h e y d o, h o w ever, stress th e ir n e e d for s u m m e r v o lu n te e rs to h e lp from M ay u n til A u g u st, as w ell as v o lu n te e rs to h e lp d u rin g th e fall harvest. *

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If one sen ten ce of warning could have been issued to enter­ tainm ent executives ten years ago, it would have been: “Make way, the am ateurs are coming."

Television networks have been taken over by reality Goliaths—e s ­ pecially in wake of the omnipres­ ent writer's strike—and DVD sales a cro ss the board seem to be in a perpetual sta te of free-fall. Such cataclysm ic Hollywood conditions have, not surprisingly, been mir­ rored by their pornographic coun­ terparts. According to Adult Video News, total DVD sales in the indus­ try fell 11 per cen t in 2 0 D 6, to an estim ated $ 3 .8-billion.

“While people disagree a s to how much such sites have affected the m arket for online adult content, there is general agreem ent that free sites have made it harder for subscription websites and DVD com­ panies to sell their products and have driven the price of adult product down, industry-wide," says Quentin Boyer, managing editor at XBiz World Magazine, which d iscusses issues surrounding the adult entertainm ent business.

Do-it-yourself porn w ebsites such as YouPorn and XTube (which mimic YouTube in setup and function) have mounted the adult enter­ tainment industry, perhaps permanently. Nine months after going live in 2 0 0 6 , according to Portfolio magazine, YouPorn had 1 5 million users and was growing at a rate of 3 7 .5 per cent per month. Online reality porn has becom e so prevalent that the annual pornography award show

by Adult Video News recently added two new categories: B est Amateur Tape and B est Amateur Series.

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A Brave New Smutty World While it seem s that everyone is sweating to find a way to get audiences to pay for content on the Internet th ese days, web-based porn companies are leagues ahead.

XTube, for example, has developed a business model that utilizes innovations such a s wikis and social networking. At XTube, the audience pays 5 0 cen ts to $ 2 .5 0 to view homemade pom flicks. Those who post the videos receive 5 0 per cen t of the revenue, while the remainder goes to the site to cover costs.

Among the multitude of am ateur pom W eb sites, a handful exist as an evolution within the industry. Beautifulagony.com was nominated a t the Australian Adult Industry Awards as the B est Adult W ebsite. This may be surprising considering that, by pom standards, it seem s like pretty tam e place to go for im­ promptu solo sessions. There is no nudity on Beautiful Agony. M ost videos do not even offer skin below the neck. Instead, Beautiful Agony focuses on the erotic, rather than pornographic, nature of sex by featuring close-up videos of people's facial expressions during orgasm.

"W e were deconstructing pom and agreed that, against intuition, it was the face rather than flesh which was the essential core of erotic appeal," says Richard Lawrence, one of the site's creators. "So we tried it out by getting some... contributors, fem ales and males, to submit videos of their face during orgasm and the re­ sults were undeniably sexy.”

In charging a c c e s s fees, Beautiful Agony is able to pay the video posters a comparable rate to what they might earn in a small softcore pom role.

Boyer maintains that, despite popular perceptions, the rise of am ateur pom produced on W eb sites such as XTube and even Beautiful Agony that pay their per­ form ers (however minimally) "is largely illusory."

In Boyer's eyes, “many of the 'am ateur' sites... on­ line are not am ateur endeavors at all; they are cleverly disguised commercial enterprises making use of less­ er-known perform ers and/or perform ers making their first appearances in adult content.”

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The Internet’s seedy upskirt Undeniably, the rise of am a­ teur adult entertainment W eb sites such a s XTube and Beauti­ ful Agony are affecting content in the 'established' pom indus­ try, leaving the previously major corporate giants scrambling to keep up.

"Predictably, the [es­ tablished pom industry are] mak[ing] lame copies... [they are] trying to cling to an erod­ ing market,” says Lawrence.

“But it’s the sam e old stuff, with ta tts and metalwork added.

The mainstream pom industry is hopelessly out of touch with their audience.”

However, Boyer believes the market may eventually grow weary of “reality” pom.

“The top selling titles on the market include Digital Play­ ground’s Pirates—a high bud­ get (especially by adult industry standards) production replete with CGI special effects and a fully developed plot line,” he says.

Regardless, the rise of am ateur pom sites has not com e without its own legal problems, which, for example, include difficulties in verifying user ages.

“It's impossible to regulate anything on the Internet,” says Lawrence. “W hen somebody sends us a folio of their naked images, they take it for granted that we won’t use them in som e other context... personally, I would like to se e an industry body with a code of practice that audits m em bers, so consum ers can be given reasonable assu rance the pom is being ethically produced.”

According to Boyer, the lack of regulations in the industry can be linked to the American government's hesitancy to take any action that might be seen as endorsing pornography.

“Within Congress and within various lower legislative bodies, I’d imagine that th ere are many who fear that if the government steps in to require that all adult perform ers w ear con­ doms during intercourse, or to impose other similar restrictions... [might] further legitimiz[e] the adult industry,” he says. “Lawmakers like us to be a little unsure of our status, I think, and are loathe to adopt any form of trade or production regulation, a s doing Unpolished appeal so would suggest the adult industry is like any other... regulated enterprise.”

“The real pull towards am ateur isn’t even the fact th at it’s real people in som e­ tim es believable situations, it's th at movies put out by the larger studios just can ’t possibly accom m odate all the niche appeal th at am ateurs can. If you happen to really like brunettes with freckles and green eyes, you're a lot more likely to get som e kind of result on that when you’re on an am ateur site than a professional studio,” says Ryan, a U3 arts student who has made multiple pornography videos posted on XTube.* Another 2 1 -year old McGill undergraduate student, Dinah, explains the draw to am ateur W eb sites in her regular pornographic ventures.* “In Quebec you can get soft core pom very easily, however I prefer sex you can get on the Internet because it’s more raw,” she says. “Regular pom is too pol­ ished -h airless body parts for both the male and female roles... It’s nice to be able to see the guy, especially his face, as a woman. In traditional pom, it’s just a cock.”

Though Lawrence acknowledges th at the movement towards am ateur pom may not strengthen representations of female empowerment in the industry—e s ­ pecially considering that consum ers remain overwhelmingly male—he suggests such W eb sites can serve as more gender^positive vehicles.

"I think the historical treatm en t of women as being lowered in status by par­ ticipating in flesh-oriented com m erce is a problem and anything which helps them challenge th at is worthwhile,” Lawrence says.

The long, hard road ahead Dinah admits to having experimented in filming her own homemade porn with her long-term boyfriend.

"The appeal was both the asp ect of being seen and identifying with the allure of the pom star,” says Dinah. “A lot of it is also about having som eone watching you, even if it’s yourself.”

"Everyone I spoke to found [being naked] a very powerful experience,” says Lawrence of his decision to sta rt his other am ateur adult entertainment W eb site ishotmyself.com, which features naked photos of its users. “On a W eb site you can exercise your exhibitionism while maintaining a safe distance... For som e it’s the ex­ perience of creating the shoot that counts and they may not even look at the site.”

Dinah insists the appeal of pom is similar to the appeal of Cosmopolitan maga­ zine to women: It feeds off of insecurities, suggesting th at the audience is not en­ gaging in sex as well as they could be.

“W e ’ve gotten to a point where everyone is very uncomfortable with the idea of having a ‘vanilla’ sexual relationship. [Society] is telling us that we need to buy things—be it a cam corder, cam era or dildo—and add things into our sex lives to make them better,” she asserts. “This is something they tell us cannot happen nat­ urally, that we need som e so rt of outside influence, and that is patently untrue. Sex is b est when it is unfettered and raw and draws only on the connection between two people, hence the appeal of am ateur pom which helps bring light to the oftenignored simplicity of good sex that is, in and of itself, a turn on.” ■ *Note: Names have been changed to protect the identities of the sources.

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From the M arquis d e Sade to Anaïs Nin, from th e Decameron to Lolita, sex in print is noth in g new .Th ese days, however, readers have access to a d izzyin g n u m b e r of genres, from In­ ternet Slash fiction and H arlequin rom an ces to m agazines filled w ith sexy pictures and print. It has b e co m e difficult, if not im possible, to draw lines betw een erotic literature, entertainm ent an d sm ut. It m akes o n e w o n de r if there are dif­ ferences betw een sensual w riting and w riting for arousal— an d w h eth er or not d raw ing the distinction even matters.

Th is d ebate is not m erely o n e o f p h ilo ­ so phical interest. In court, appeals to overturn lim iting d isclaim ers for explicit w riting are usu­ ally granted based o n th e often arbitrarily deter­ m in e d literary m erit of the work. For exam ple, erotic w riting in larger fictional contexts are

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raphy? Lalum ière believes there is n o n e — an y distinction is generated by th e reader. Th e distinction is a story. If the reader fin ds a coherent narrative, a sexually stim u lating work can be literary at the sam e tim e. Moser, however, believes the author's aim is essential.

"For so m eth in g to b e called erotica, it really has to have the intention an d a im of being exciting, sexually,"she explains.

Authorial aim to in d u ce arousal places erotica in the sam e vein as pornography, w h ich holds distinct goals o f arousing the consum er. However, M oser believes that traditional porn is m ore explicit w hereas literary erotica is a m e d iu m that invites a m ore sensual an d n u an ce d approach to the sam e end.

Th e add ition o f visuals to erotic print m ig h t co m p licate this. M agazines are now the m ost p o p u lar places to find sex addressed in print. O f course, the co m b in atio n o f sexy p h o ­ tos and w ords are noth in g n ew — the Kam a Sutra is a case in point. M cGill's o w n sex m agazine, Redlight— w h ich closed d ow n last year— follow ed in th e footsteps o f other college sex-m ags such as th e controversial Harvard p rod u ced HBomb, w hose first editor a n n o u n ce d it served as “a reb efion

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“W h y there are m arkets o f so-called erotica now that are m ore literary is partly b e ­ cause m an y no n -e x p licitly erotica v e n u e s ... are shy about a certain level o f explicit sexuality," explains M ontreal-based author C la u d e Lalum ière. "People that write fiction abo ut sex w ind

first issue includ ed an article entitled "ART vs. PORN: the po­

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happen.” For W asserm an, the m ost im p ortant fu nction o f sex

th ey think of them selves as erotic writers but because it's pretty m u ch th e o n ly place w here their fiction can appear. There's a certain prud­ ishness in m ainstream publishing."

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in print is to act "as a platform to discuss sexu ality... think sex ed ucatio n is really lacking [in the U.S.], We're really trying to fill a void in sex ed u catio n an d in d ia lo g u e ab o u t sex and

is 'artistic' or 'pornographic' d ecides w hether a w ork will be b an n e d from certain a g e groups or altogether. If it w as printed to d ay and ruled in court as lacking in literary merit, Nabokov's Lolita w ould constitute illegal p o rn ograph y (for d e p ictin g sex acts w ith a m inor) in C a n a dia n courts. O f course, sim ilar rulings banished

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the novel for several years in Eng lan d and France after its p u b ­ lication. Lalum ière and others attest this situation is far from a th in g o f the past.

Lalum ière an d co -e d ito r Elise M oser cam e o ut w ith an erotica anthology, Lust for Life, on Valentine's D ay 2006. Lalu­ m ière believes th e p u b lish in g world's division o f erotica into n ich e markets is great for som e looking on ly to satisfy specific fetishes, but is ultim ately not literarily fulfilling. "instead o f ju st catering to w hether yo u w ere into tick­ ling, w h ip p in g , aquatic e ro tica ... I w anted to d o so m ething totally pansexual in every possib le w ay [with Lust for Life], So that it w as m ore a celebration o f the diversity o f h u m a n sexuality and h u m a n experience, instead o f these'fetishized' niches," says Lalum iere.

So what's th e distinction betw een erotica an d p o rn og­

lem ics o f desire."

A lth o u g h it contains provocative photos an d articles, e d ito r-in -ch ie f M artabel W asserm an insists "H -B om b isn't p o m ... because th e content is [meant] to be intellectually stim ulating, not sexually stim u la tin g ... alth o ug h that could

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C o nflicting definitions and go als o f sex in print seem to have stem m ed from the expansion o f sex literature, instead of the m e d iu m bein g pu shed into specific erotic genre, sex literature seem s to have diversified. Th e reasons m ay be sym p tom atic o f view s o n sex in North A m erican culture as a w hole. For centuries, th e printed page w as th e m ost viable m e d iu m that co u ld be m ass-prod uced, dissem in ated wi le ly and co n su m e d privately. People (alm ost exclusively nen) co u ld access sexy w riting and pictures in print w ithout Hav­ ing to reveal it publicly. W ith the fairly recent introducti >n of television, then V C R /D V D s and, of course, the Internet, erotica writing's alm ost exclusive ability to privately turn o n its read­ ers can now be filled b y other m edium s.

Literary erotica is freer from these expectations. It is pos­ sible that the m u ltiplicity o f sex in print— in style, in often overlap p in g roles as diverse as ed ucation, art an d pornogra­ p h y— is d u e to this p h en o m en on . Th is produces re m a K a b le trends: in today's m arket for exam ple, a m ajority o f w om en are consum ers, rather than the o b je ct fetishized for a m ascu ­ line audience. Th is is specific to erotica in print.

Far from a n ich e oddity, literary erotica is a m e d iu m that is m arked by a diversity of possibility. ■

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S u p p o r t in g cast: 2.8 3-m illio n p e o p le d o w n to w n , 8.71-m iUion in th e m etro area.

S u p p o r t in g cast: Billy Flyn n as Roxie's lawyer, A m o s H art as Roxie's h u sb an d “M am a" M orton, th e w a rd e n at th e w o m e n 's prison.

C h ic a g o (the city) Le a d role: M ayor Richard M. Daley, son o f th e 1960s p o litical boss R ichard Daley.

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S e ttin g : P ro h ib itio n -e ra C h ic a g o (the city).

Plot: By 1803, th e U nited States A rm y h ad estab lish ed a fort, w h ich w as d e ­ stro yed d u rin g th e W ar o f 1812. T h e to w n o f C h ic a g o w as chartered in 1833 an d th e c ity w as in corp o rated in 1837 By th e 1850s, it h ad b e c o m e an im p o r­ tan t transp o rtatio n h u b for railroads h e a d in g w est. In 1871, an e n o rm o u s fire d e stro ye d m u c h o f th e city. In recent years, it has b e c o m e n o tab le for th e 110 -sto ry Sears To w e r a n d an exce lle n t Sufjan Stevens song.

S e t p ie c e s: Straddles o f the continental divide, with a big lake on the Eastern side and tw o rivers (the Chicago and the Calumet) flowing through.

T h e W inner: C h ic a g o (the city) W hat w ould the m usical be w ithout the city?Th at's like Ike w ithout Tina, or Lennon w ith­ out M cCartney or Reed w ithout Cale. Plus, every­ one know s that Richard Gere is a self-righteous, sniveling little jerk, w ho som eh ow landed a role in the 2002 film adaptation of the m usical. ■

Plot: V e lm a Kelly, w h o killed her h u sb a n d an d h e r sister, b e g in s th e show . She tells th e tale o f Roxie Hart, w h o m u rd e re d her extram arital lover a n d alm o st c o n v in ce d her h u sb a n d A m o s to take th e heat, te llin g h im that h e r lover w as a ctu a lly a burglar. H art is to ssed in ja il a n d Kelly is u n h a p p y w ith th e attention that Roxie receives. S ch e m in g , p lottin g an d m u sical n u m b e rs ensue.

S e t p ie ce s: T h e C o o k C o u n ty Jail a n d scan d a lo u s lingerie.

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McGill's Savoy does justice to the Gilbert and Sullivan classic G

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Let's g e t this o u t o f th e w ay: G ilb e rt and Sullivan's The M ikado is not a racist m usica l. Even w ith its bizarre portrayal o f "Japanese" cultu re an d th e use o f n am e s like Y u m -Y u m , N a n ki-P o o an d P itti-Sing, th e jo k e is never o n th e Japanese, b u t rather o n th e fad -craz e d V icto ria n s it w as m a d e to entertain . It's akin to Tre y Parker and M att Stone's Team A m erica, in w h ic h th e A rab ic characters sp e a kin g in "derka derka" a n d "Jihad, M o h a m m e d " g ib b e ris h isn't a jo k e o n A rab s but on m is g u id e d w estern vie w s o f A ra b ic la n g u a g e an d culture. T h e fact th at this typ e o f jo k e is still p revalen t to d a y sh o w s th e re lev an ce o f The M i­ kado. A n d even th o u g h th e jo k e o f The M ik a d o is an o ld one, it's still a g o o d o n e an d w ell to ld by th e M cG ill S avo y Society.

A bit o f p a tie n ce is n e e d e d for th e u n in i­ tia te d — e sp e cia lly for p e o p le w h o aren't too keen o n m u sica ls in general. T h is is b e c a u se as an o ld e r m u sica l it d o e s C ontain so m e o f th e genre's b ig g e st clich é s, su ch as o p e n in g so n g s w ith p h rases like "well, I'll tell yo u how." As a n n o y ­ in g as th e se tired stan d b ys can be how ever, th e y are e a sily fo rgiven in th e co n te xt o f th e m usical's terrific se n se o f iro n y a n d silliness. Really, there is n o t a se riou s sc e n e in th e w h o le p lay and th e p ro d u ctio n takes full a d v a n ta g e o f this by a d d in g sly ja b s at p o p culture. T h ro u g h o u t the p e rfo rm a n ce th e se g e t q u ic k la u g h s that don't interfere w ith G ilbert's m asterful w it: a p p e a lin g to th e G ilb e rt a n d S u lliva n o utsid ers w ith o u t a g ­ g ra vatin g th e ico n ic duo's m o re elite patrons.

But all o f this w o u ld be in va in if it w eren't for th e q u a lity o f th e p e rfo rm a n ce itself. T h e re is h a rd ly a so u r note, a stuttered lin e or a m issed step th ro u g h o u t th e tw o h o u r plus p erfo rm an ce, w h ic h is q u ite a feat for a g ro u p o f p e o p le w h o

th e fans co u ld p o ssib ly offend are m e m b e rs o f

sin g in g , w h ic h C a re y h a p p e n s to b e ve ry g o o d

h ig h lig h t o f th e ir d u e t in a ct tw o. W ith g o o d p er­

d o th is in th e ir spare tim e. H ow ever, as strong as th e p e rfo rm a n ce is, th e re are still so m e n o tice ­

th e cre w th em selves.

Also, in th e spirit o f th e m usical's silliness,

fo rm an ce s all aro u n d , this is d e fin ite ly a sh o w w o rth se e in g for m u sica l theatre fans. T h e rest

a b le sh o rtco m in g s.

A m in o r yet a g g rava tin g flaw is th e a tte m p t to rattle so m e of th e d u st o ff o f th e 'Th ree Little M aid s From S c h o o l's c e n e by re p lacin g th e fans

a lot o f th e a ctin g is p u rp o se fu lly h a m m e d up, w h ic h is fin e for th e m o st part b u t in so m e cases tu rn s into o b v io u s o ve ra ctin g . Je n n e Carey's portrayal o f Y u m -Y u m , in particular, so m e tim e s

at, a n d m o st o f Pooh-Bahis o v e r-th e -to p sillin ess is ve ry w e lco m e .

T h e re is a lot m ore g o o d th a n b ad in this p e rfo rm a n ce , how ever, su ch as th e fantastic p e rfo rm a n ce s o f K o -K o a n d Katisha b y Jo n a ­ th a n Patterson a n d C h ristin a H olm es. W h at

w ith n otebooks. To g e t rid o f so m e th in g so ico n ­

c o m e s o ff as to o o ve rly e m o tio n a l a n d b u b b ly,

m ake s th e m great is not o n ly th e ir ta le n t for

ic in th e n a m e o f o rig in a lity se e m s sh o rtsig h te d sin ce for m o st o f th e a u d ie n c e this is th e ir first tim e se e in g The M ik a d o ; th e o n ly p e o p le w h o

w h ile so m e o f Pooh-Bah's (G e o rg e C u m m in g s ) su lkin g c o m e s off a b it strong. But to th e ir d e ­ fe n s e ,th e m ain strength in p la y in g Y u m -Y u m is

a ctin g a n d sin g in g , b u t also for a ctin g w h ile sin g in g , w h ic h a d d s an extra level o f h u m o r to th e ir a lre a d y fu n n y so n g s a n d m ake s a n u n like ly

m a y n o t b e so e n th u se d , b u t for tw e lve d o l­ lars a ticket (for stud ents) it's d e fin ite ly w orth g iv in g o n e o f th e m o st p o p u la r m u sica ls o f a lf t im e a t r y .B

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POP RHETORIC

T h e m e ta - o c a ly p s e h a s b e g u n John S

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e in g m o re a fan o f d e ath m etal's c o n s u m m a te ly b o m b a s ­

tic a e sth e tic th a n d e a th m etal itself, o ve r th e past year or so I've d e v e lo p e d a fo n d n e ss for M etalocalypse. Equal p arts Scooby D oo, p o ke rfa ce d N e w h a rt c o m e d y a n d G W AR m u s ic vid e o , M etalocalypse is an a n im a te d series a irin g a lo n g ­ sid e o th e r o ffb eat A d u lt S w im p rog ram s, su ch as A q u a Teen H unger Force, H arvey B irdm an a n d Tim a n d Eric A w esom e S how

G reat Job!. T h e series fo llo w s th e e x p lo its o f th e fictio n a l m etal b a n d D e th klo k. In th e a n im a te d im a g in a ry o f M etalocalypse, D e th k lo k is th e tw elfth largest e c o n o m y o n th e p la n e t a n d is c o n sid e re d "the w orld's g reatest cu ltu ral force.”W h a t D e th k lo k rep resen ts is a kind o f alte rn ate future: e x tra p o la tin g w h a t M e tallica w o u ld b e like if th e y hadn 't released a n y th in g after The Black A lb u m or e re cte d th at fa m o u s ly a lie n a tin g firew all b e ­ tw e e n th e m se lv e s a n d th e ir fans.

B ut u n like M e ta llica — o r Iron M a id e n or M e g a d e th or a n y o f th e o th e r m o n sters o f m etal w h o s e inflated le g a cie s M etalocalypse e q u a lly la m p o o n s a n d co n se cra te s— D e th k lo k h as released a d e c e n t a lb u m in re ce n t m e m o ry. In S e p te m ­ b e r o f last ye ar The D e th a lb u m d e b u te d at #21 o n th e Billb oard To p 200, m a k in g it n o t ju s t th e h ig h e s t ch a rtin g d e ath m etal a lb u m b y a virtu a l b an d , b u t th e h ig h e s t c h a rtin g d e a th m etal a lb u m ever. A n d to reiterate, th o u g h th e record is attrib u ted to th e carto o n p e rso n a s o f S w isg a a r S w ig e lf (lead guitar), Toki W a rto o th (rhythm guitar), Pickles th e D ru m m e r (er, drum s),

em ley

W illia m M u rd e rfa ce (bass) a n d N a th an Ex p lo sio n (vocals), the

stage, th e ir m o tio n s sy n c h e d to th e m u s ic b e in g cre a te d by

b a n d isn't real.

th e "real" m u sicia n s.

I'm a w are th at th is -is b y n o m e a n s a n e w tren d . Virtu al b a n d s have existed, in o n e fo rm or anoth er, from T h e C h ip ­ m un ks, to Dr. Teeth a n d th e Ele ctric M a yh e m , Sprinal Tap, Josie a n d th e Pussycats, th e Ju n k ya rd B and fro m Fat A lb e rt and, m o st fa m o u sly in re ce n t years, D a m o n A lb a rn a n d Ja m ie Hew lett's

W ell g u ys, it se e m s th a t d e sp ite se m io ticia n Alfred K o rzyb ski's lo n g s ta n d in g cla im to th e contrary, th e m a p really is th e territory. O (p o st)m o d e rn ity! W h a t tre a ch e ro u s im a g e s hath y o u so c a llo u s ly w ro u g h t?

G o rilla z .T h e d iffe re n ce here is th a t all o f th e se g ro u p s (w ith th e e x ce p tio n o f G o rillaz, w h o w ere c o n c e iv e d as a n "actual" b and ) h a ve m o stly b e e n c o n te n t to sin g th e ir fairly silly so n g s w ith in th e b o u n d s o f th e ir're s p e c tiv e T V sh o w s or, if th e ir p o p u la r­ ity (so m e h o w or an o th e r) w arran ted, m a yb e a n o v e lty record.

D e th klo k, o n th e o th e r h an d , se e m s to b e ta k in g itself v e ry seri­ ously. (W ell, as se rio u sly as a b a n d w h o se a lb u m b o asts p ro ­ d u c tio n b y D ick "M agic E a rs"K n u b b le r can take itself.)

W h e re M etalocalypse is a b lack c o m e d y in th e tra ditio n o f Beckett, P y n c h o n , S trangelove a n d S o lo n d z, d e liv e re d (d e­ sp ite fre q u e n t forays into b u rle s q u e e p is o d e s o f h e a v y m e ta lin sp ire d carn a g e ) in th e d e a d p a n style series c o -c re a to r Brend o n S m all m aste re d o n his first a n im a te d sitco m , H o m e Movies,

As e n te rta in in g as D e th k lo k is, a n d as like ly as I w o u ld be to p a y to see th e m "perform " live, th e re is s o m e th in g d e e p ly u n se ttlin g here. Has th e levee fin a lly b ro k e n , su ch th a t an y o n c e d is tin g u is h a b le barrier b e tw e e n th e real a n d th e virtual has c o lla p se d u n d e r th e b ru isin g force o f m e tan arrative s, selfreferentiality, w a rm e d -o v e r fo u rth w all jo k e s a n d n o n se n sica l p s e u d o -a c a d e m ic tw a d d le ? In th e d o m a in o f p o p u la r m u sic, g iv e n a fake d e ath m etal band's m e te o ric rise th ro u g h th e ch a rts a n d th e p ro cliv ity o f e v e ry o th e r h a lf-fa sh io n a b le act th e se d a ys to so u n d like little m o re th a n a k n o tty ball o f in flu ­ ences, it w o u ld a p p e a r so.

T h e n a g ain , g ive n o th e r c o n te m p o ra ry m u s ic tre n d s— like all th e d is b a n d e d rock b a n d s re a sse m b lin g , often (as is th e

The D e th a lb u m is a s u rp risin g ly so le m n affair, u n b le m is h e d by

case w ith V an H alen , S m a s h in g P u m p k in s, G e n e sis a n d Led Z e p p e lin ) w ith o u t m e m b e rs o f th e o rig in a l lin e -u p , re n d e rin g

S p in a l T a p c h e e k in e s s or Y a n k o v icia n g e n re satire. D e th k lo k is also p la n n in g a "D e th to u r"fo r th is year, w ith S m all a n d th ree o th e r m u s ic ia n s p u ttin g o n a G o rrila z -style show , w h e re th e re p re se n tatio n s o f th e ca rto o n b a n d are p ro je cte d o n to th e

th e m se lv e s little m o re th a n b a n d s c o v e rin g th e ir o w n cla s­ sics— m a y b e w e have no greater re co u rse a g a in st th e p u n g e n t w h iff o f n o stalg ia th an to take co m fo rt in liv in g (or at listen in g ) w ith in th e a m b iv a le n t e m b ra c e o f th e "scare q u o te s." *

12.02.08 •The McGill Tribune • 17 THEATRE

N o t -s o lit t le w o m e n TNC plays dress-up with T h e A ttic , T h e P e a rls , a n d T h r e e F in e G irls ritie s o v e r h e r c h ild le s s n e s s , fa ile d

C rystal C han The Attic, The Pearls, a n d Three Fine Girls c o n s ta n t ly tilts — fro m fa r­ c ic a l to s e n tim e n ta l, s illy to d e e p , c h ild h o o d to a d u lt h o o d , t h e a ttic to th e 'real w o rld ' d o w n s ta irs. W a tc h ­ in g it is like a rid e o n a s o m e w h a t m a n ia c a l s e e -sa w , w h ic h is fittin g , b e c a u s e th e s h o w is a ll a b o u t c h ild ­ h o o d g a m e s — a n d th e a d u lts th a t p la y th e m .

A fte r y e a rs a p a rt, t h e titu la r F in e siste rs u n c o m fo r t a b ly c o llid e , fo rc e d t o g e th e r in th e s a m e h o u s e afte r t h e d e a th o f t h e ir father. T h e F in e h o u s e is d e s c r ib e d as a s ta n ­ d a rd , b ig o l' fa m ily h o u s e , b u t th e se t o n ly p re se n ts a c r a m p e d , c o n ­ fu s in g ju m b le o f to y s u p s ta irs a n d n e w s p a p e rs d o w n s ta ir s th a t th e c h a ra c te rs s e e m to c o n s ta n t ly b e t r ip p in g over. A p a r t fro m t h e b r il­ lia n t s ta g in g o f an a ttic s u s p e n d e d , tra p d o o r a n d all, o v e r a liv in g ro o m , tin y T N C T h e a tre 's se t a p p ro p ria te ly c o n v e y s th e ch a racte rs', m e n ta l un ease

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ity to o n e a n o th e r. It a ls o a d d s to a m o re d is t u r b in g ly v o y e u ris ­ t ic p o s itio n for t h e v ie w e r th a n in m o s t p lays.

T h e e ld e s t siste r Jo jo (S im o n e F in c h ), is a n E n g lis h p ro fe sso r w h o p e r fe c tly lo o k s t h e b u t t o n e d -u p p art. S h e is b r im m in g w ith in s e c u ­

m a rria g e s a n d in a b ility to s e c u re te n u re . Fie r c h a ra c te r s e e m s to be w ritte n for o v e ra c tin g . A s a result, h e r b a c k -a n d -fo r t h s b e tw e e n h y s ­ te ria a n d u tte r re se rv e s e e m a b it u n w a rra n te d . B ut n o m atte r. It's n o t as if Jo jo w a sn 't re a listic e n o u g h to sc a re t h e w its o u t o f m e w h e n sh e s p e n d s th e m a jo rity o f t h e s e c ­ o n d h a lf r u n n in g a ro u n d w a v in g a se rra te d c a k e knife. J a y n e (Ju lie M o re a u ) is a fe ro c io u s , o v e rw o rk e d b u s in e s s w o m a n . J e lly (D in a C ip in ) is

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s e e m s th e fla k y n ic e o n e a t first, b u t is re v e a le d to b e t h e real je lly — er, g lu e — o f t h e fa m ily a n d th e m o st m a tu re . T h e c h a ra c te rs are o v e r th e t o p to th e p o in t o f b e in g u n re la ta b le a n d u tte rly s te re o ty p ic a l. T h is isn't a b a d th in g : ste re o ty p e s are g re a t fo r c o m e d y , a n d th e s h o w m a k e s little p r e te n s io n s to re ality. R ath e r it u s e s e x ce s s to p ro je c t its g e n e ra l th e m e s o f a d u lt c h ild is h n e s s a n d h u m a n in c o m p a t ib ilit y .

T h e a c t r e s s e s 'g re a te s ts tre n g th

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T h e d r e s s c o d e m a y b e m o d e s t , b u t T N C 's la t e s t p r o m is e s lib e r a l a m o u n t s o f o v e r -t h e -t o p la u g h s .

T h e A ttic, T h e Pearls, a n d T h re e c la p p y t h in g s a n d n u rs e ry rhym es," "W e h a d a b la st! W e p la y e d F in e G irls runs a t TNC Theatre (M ors h e said . g a m e s a s c h ild re n , w e n t o n little

h y s te ric s to d is c u s s in g a d y in g fa­

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t h e r in a m a tte r o f s e c o n d s . D ire c ­ to r F le a th e r R o b in s o n e x p la in s h o w

y e a rs o ld , p la y in g w ith sp a rkle rs. W e to o k t h e m o n little w a lks, le a rn in g h o w to c ro ss t h e ro a d , p la y e d h a n d -

year. T h e ir last is th e P u litz e r -w in ­ n in g H o w I Learned to Drive ta k in g th e s ta g e in m id -M a r c h .■

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A ll h a n d s o n d e c k f o r la te s t s t a b a t S t o p p a r d Players' scores with the the sea-savvy humour of R o u g h C ro s s in g 1 mir1 ^

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m isin te rp re t th e ir relation sh ip , an d th e ship's q u irk y stew ard D v o rn ic h e k (M artin Boersm a), w h o p roves to be

n o t as use less as his flo u n d e rin g se a-

2003, a n d h as n o w retu rn ed to S to p ­ pard's q u a lity rep erto ire w ith Rough Crossing, a c h a rm in g m u sica l c o m e d y

leg s first m a k e h im seem .

Stop pard's id o liza tio n o f S h a k e ­ speare is e v id e n t in m o st o f his w ork, in c lu d in g his fa m o u s Rosencrantzand Guildenstern Are Dead, w h ic h fills in th e u n se e n a ctivitie s o f tw o m in o r ch aracte rs in Hamlet, as w ell as in

d ire cte d b y Ja m e s Pohotsky..

W ritten in 1985 a n d set en tire ly o n b o a rd a tra n s-A tla n tic o c e a n liner b o u n d for N e w York, Rough Crossing revolves a ro u n d th e p la yw rig h ts S a n d o r Tu rai (Alex G o rch ko v) an d Alex G a l (D an ie l Rojas) as th e y stru g g le to w rite an e n d in g for th e ir n e w m u sica l

his film w ork, h a vin g co -w ritte n th e scrip t for Shakespeare in Love. Ech o e s o f th e Bard are e v id e n t in Rough Crossing too, as S top p ard m im ic s his c o m e d ic style as w ell as th e sig n a ­ ture structural te c h n iq u e o f a p la y w ith in -a -p la y , often used to d e v e lo p o r c o m p lim e n t th e m a in plot. T h e

a n d preserve th e ro m a n tic re lation ­ sh ip o f th e ir c o m p o se r A d a m A d a m (D avid W indrim ). w ith actress N ata­ sha N avratilova (Jessica Hill). A c c o m ­ p a n y in g th e m o n sh ip are acto r Ivor Fish (Sara Saroyan), w h o se p ersistent

h u m o u r o f Rough Crossing ranges from so m e c la ssic m a la p ro p ism s to e x ce lle n tly d ire cte d p h ysica l co m e d y, e s p e c ia lly in th e last few scenes. T h e play's settin g also p rovid e s a ru n n in g s u p p ly o f n a u tica l-th e m e d h u m o u r,

d ro o lin g o ve r N atasha lead s A d a m to

w ith D v o rn ic h e k d e liv e rin g th e m o st

h isto ry at M cG ill's Players' Th eatre.

T h e c o m p a n y p ro d u c e d Dogg's H am ­

let, Cahoot's Macbeth, a n d The Real Inspector H ound b e tw e e n 20 0 2 an d

I— » iu,— 1d aFvbInle aas r ko acs \aw /i ith H la h e /“caiytûc o m e s ta to g rip

th e use o f "starboard,’"'port" an d o th e r s u c h sea term s.

Pohotsky's a d a p ta tio n c o n ta in s so m e o f th e b e st a ctin g y o u w ill see in a stu d e n t p ro d u c tio n . T h e six m ain pe rfo rm e rs are p e rfe ctly at ease d e liv ­ e rin g strong so lilo q u ie s a n d o rch e s­ tra tin g fast p a ce d a n d o ve rla p p in g c o m e d y s k e tc h e s .T h e a b ility o f Hill to flicke r b e tw e e n g o o d a ctin g a n d her character's o w n ro b o tic p e rfo rm a n ce is p a rticu la rly c o m m e n d a b le .T h e o n ly u n c o n v in c in g a sp e ct o f th e p ro d u c ­ tion , w h ic h o rig in a te s in Stop pard's text, is th at th e ch a racte rs w o u ld g o to su ch le n g th s to preserve A d a m an d Natasha's re latio n sh ip , w h e n A dam 's tim id ity a n d g o o d nature s u g g e s t he w o u ld have u n d e rsto o d th e situ atio n had such d e ta ils b e e n d iv u lg e d to b e g in w ith.

T h e m u sica l e le m e n ts o f th e play are refreshing in th at th e y rem ain sparse an d un o b tru sive . S top p ard w rote th ree so n g s for Rough Cross­ ing o f w h ic h th e ch a racte r N atasha p e rfo rm s m ost, b u t th e e n tire cast p ip e s u p at o n e p o in t or another. For th e relatively m in o r p art m u s ic plays in th e p ro d u ctio n , it w o u ld h a v e b e e n p o ssib le to h a ve sk im m e d past th e se s o n g s in rehearsal, y e t all six cast m e m b e rs sin g w ith s u c h c o n fid e n c e a n d g u sto th at th e rest o f th e p erfor­ m a n ce is re n d e re d a fairly s m o o th ­ sa ilin g re n d itio n of Stop pard's solid play. ■

Catch Tom Stoppard's R o ugh a t Players' (3480 McTavish, 3rd floor) from Feb. 14-17. For show times a nd tickets contact Players' Theatre a t (514)398-6813.

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P r e v ie w s M u sic. E th n ic H e rita g e E n se m b le . Feb. 13 at 8:00 p.m.; Sala Rossa (4848 St. La u ­ rent)! Led b y W est A frican p e rcu ssio n ist K ah lil El'Zabar, th e c h ic a g o -b a s e d Eth ­ n ic H e rita g e E n s e m b le h as b e e n p e rfe ctin g a b le n d o f ja z z a n d w o rld m u sic for o ver th irty years. C u rre n tly fe atu rin g A rt E n se m b le o f C h ic a g o tru m p e te r C o re y

E u r o p e a n v a c a t io n In B ru g e s an especially ballsy romp

W ilke s a n d g u e s t-g u ita ris t Fareed H aq u e , th e E th n ic H e rita g e E m s e m b le m ixes th e a n c ie n t w ith th e a v a n t-g a rd e . T ick e ts are $15 at th e door.

F ilm . R e n d e z -v o u s d u c in é m a q u é b é c o is. Feb. 14 - 24. Fe a turin g o ve r 250 film s o f all styles a n d genres, as w ell as lectures, m aste r cla sse s a n d art e xh ib its, this year's R V C Q is a b o o n for local c in e m a a ficio n a d o s. V isit w w w .rv cq .co m for m o re in fo rm ation .

D a n c e . B lu e Lig h t B urlesq ue. Feb. 14 at 8:30 p.m . a n d Feb. 15 at 8:00 p.m .; La T u lip e (4530 P apineau). M ontreal's p re m ie r b u rle s q u e tro o p takes to th e stage in "La fete d e l'a m o u r"for e veryo ne's favo u rite H a llm a rk h o lid ay. C h e c k o u t th e g a rte r-b e lte d girls for a little a lte rn a tive V alentine's e n te rta in m e n t. C a ll (514) 5 29 -5 0 0 0 for ticke ts a n d m o re info rm ation .

S p e a k e r. G ilb e rto G ill. Feb. 15 at 6:00 p.m .; H otel O m n i M t-R oyal (1050 S h e r­ b ro o ke W.) Both a G ra m m y w in n in g sin g e r-so n g w rite r a n d Brazil's m in iste r o f cu ltu re, G ilb e rto G ill w ill sp e a k o n th e re lia b ly h o t to p ics o f c o p y rig h t, d ig ital c u ltu re a n d in te rn e t rights. A d m is s io n is Free.

Y o u r n a m e in p r in t!

T h is is e x a c tly t h e s o r t o f s p o n ta n e o u s p u b lic ity t h a t m a k e s p e o p le !

W r ite r s m e e tin g s e v e r y M o n d a y a t 5 :3 0 in G e rt's .

(L o o k fo r t h e g u y s w it h s ta c k s o f C D s a n d c r e a tiv e fa c ia l h a ir.)

p e llin g m o m e n ts o f te n sio n (and th e re are q u ite a few of th em ). T h o u g h In Bruges g ets o ff to a great c o m e d ic start, M c D o n a g h has n o q u a lm s w ith b lo o d a n d v io le n ce , nor w ith d is p a tc h in g cro w d favourites. N o n e o f th e characters are safe here.

B e n L e m ie u x Bruges is Belgium 's h id d e n treasure. O n e o f th e m ost m e tic u lo u s ly p re se rve d M e d ie va l citie s in Europe, its w in d in g can als a n d g o th ic arch ite ctu re m ak e it look like a N o rd ic versio n o fV e n ic e , o n ly w ith h a lf th e tourists. Tw o

A n d w h ile th e a ctin g is a d e p t o n all co u n ts, sp ecial

o f th e se tourists are Ken (the a lw a y s -e n d e a rin g B rend an G le e so n ) a n d Ray (C o lin Farrell), a pair o f Irish h itm e n sent into h id in g after a jo b in Lo n d o n takes a turn for th e w orse.

W h ile Ken, th e o ld e r a n d m o re g re g a rio u s o f tw o, is q u ite d e lig h te d to sp e n d tw o carefree w e e ks in o n e o f th e co n ti­

m e n tio n sh o u ld b e g iv e n to Fien n es. H is portrayal o f an e c­ ce n tric, ill-te m p e re d so cio p a th is u n ca n n y , m a k in g th e a u ­ d ie n c e g e n u in e ly fear his fie ry re b u ke a n d la u g h at his b i­ zarre e cce n tricitie s. A so cio p a th w h o g e ts o ffe n d e d w h e n

As Ken takes a sulle n Ray s ig h tse e in g (seein g as h o w there's little e lse for th e m to do), th e a u d ie n c e is treated to

his a rm s d e a le r offers h im a s u b m a c h in e g u n a n d exclaim s: "An U zi? T h is isn't S o u th -fu c k in g -C e n tra l Los A n g e le s! I'm n o t try in g to kill tw e n ty b lack kids in a d riv e -b y! I w a n t a n o rm a l g u n for a n o rm a l person.”G o ld .

B eyon d e x ce p tio n a l p h o to g ra p h y, sid e sp littin g c o m ­ e d y an d g lib repartee, In Bruges has ye t a n o th e r asset w h ic h lifts it a b o ve y o u r a v e ra g e a c tio n -c o m e d y : balls. Balls for p o sitin g a v illa in m o re p rin c ip le d th an its m ain protag on ist;

th e p h o to g ra p h y o f Eigil Bryld, w h o treats B ruges w ith the

b alls for a llo w in g its m o st s y m p a th e tic ch aracte rs to suffer

a w e a n d re ve re n ce o f a first-tim e visitor, yet also w ith th e sa v v y o f a life lo n g dw eller. In effect, Bruges itself q u ic k ly b e c o m e s th e th ird star o f th e film . T h a t is, un til th e third star o f th e film , H arry (Ralph Fiennes), ap p ears. H e is (u n su r­

h o rrib le m isfo rtu n e o r u n tim e ly d e ath ; b alls for o ffering an e n d in g th at isn't m e re ly n u a n ce d , it's s tra ig h t-u p a m b ig u ­ o u s a n d larg e ly un satisfyin g . It's a film th at c h a lle n g e s th e v ie w e r to a cc e p t it at face valu e . If you're a b le to d o this, In Bruges w ill b e o n e o f 2008's e a rly d e ligh ts, if n o t th e n p e rh ap s Rambo is th e b etter film for y o u .»

n e n ts b est kep t secrets, Ray re m a in s u n sh a k a b ly c o n v in ce d th a t th e p ic tu re sq u e .F le m m ish to w n is a "shithole" (alm ost th e o n ly w o rd h e e ve r uses to d e sc rib e it) a n d ap p e a rs ready to b e h a v e like a p e tu la n t c h ild for th e d u ra tio n o f th e ir se q u e ste rin g .

prisin g ly) th e b ig b o ss in this little c rim e syn dicate , a n d has d e c id e d th at h e a d s h a v e to roll for th e b o tch e d Lo n d o n jo b . H e orders o n e o f th e h itm e n to kill th e o th e r a n d voila, th e g a m e is afoot.

In B ru g es is playing a t the Scotia Bank Cinema (977 St. Catherine W). Check w ww .cinem am ontreal.com for showtimes.

T h e d re a m lik e little villa g e , w ith its e le g a n t .c a th e ­ dral, h istoric p a n a ch e , a rch w a y b rid g e s a n d ch ic, to uristy restaurants, sets a p erfect to n e for th e film , sin ce Bruges is a rg u a b ly th e least likely p la c e to w itn e ss a fu ll-fle d g e d g a n g ste r sh o w d o w n . D e sp ite th e ir efforts to lay low, Ken a n d Ray stick o u t like sore th u m b s in Bruges, w ith their p re p o ste ro u sly lo ud an d e x p le tiv e -la d e n e x ch an g e s, a n d w ith Ray's p ro clivity for g e ttin g in to skirm ish e s w ith A m e ric a n tourists.

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ART

THEATRE PREVIEW

R e tu rn o f th e M A C

Feel g o o d a b o u t H o u d '

Exhibit a Can-art trinity

A magician's musically melifluous morphe C lare P idsley Born on March 24 , 1874 , fourth among the seven chil­ dren of a Hungarian rabbi, Erik Weisz was the boy who grew up to be the most successful international spectacle of the early twentieth century and one of the most influential live entertainers of all time: Harry Houdini. Dexterously seek­ ing the limelight from a young age, at only ten years old Weisz performed as a trapeze artist named T h e Prince of the Air,'before turning to the world of magic under his more famous stage name that would come to be synonymous with logic-defying manoeuvres and awe-inspiring illusions.

Although most people with ears have heard of Harry Houdini, the lesser-known facts of his life and works con­ tinue to provide the basis for various performances and productions. As part of the Montreal Highlights Festival, The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre are to show the world premiere of Houdini, a musical interpretation of the escap­ ologist's biography.

Writer Ben Gonshor has been working on the project with composer Elan Kunin and director Bryna Wasserman for about a.year, and Gonshor is excited about this original approach to the legend of the magician.

"There's never been a staged musical on Harry Houdini so this is really unique,"he said.

Although the musical attempts to portray all aspects of Houdini's life story, Gonshor identifies three main as­ pects of the illusionist's life that the production chooses to focus on.

"One is the rise of Harry Houdini, another's his family relationships, and the other is his relationship to the spiri­ tual m ovement which is led by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle," he explained.

The portrayal of the rise of Harry Houdini demands that Kevin Kraft, who plays the adept deceptor, be well versed in the art of magic.The production includes some of Houdini's most famous routines such as "The Amazing Metamorpho­ sis” where the performer escapes after being tied up and locked in a large wooden chest, appearing in place of his accomplice from behind a curtain. Gonshor himself is in awe o f the actor's magic skills, both on and off stage.

"You should see him balance a chair on his head!" he said.

Houdini's relationship with the spiritualist movement lead by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is explained by Gonshor to

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be another important aspect of the magician's life. Gon­ shor describes the conflict with Conan Doyle as related to Houdini's beliefs.

"He opposed the idea that you could communicate with the dead," he said.

Unlike other performers of the time, Houdini never claimed to have spiritual powers and used his magician's skills in order to actively seek out and disprove those who made such claims.

Now almost 100 years since Houdini's death, itself an enigmatic event that many believe had a lot to do with the actions of McGill student J. Gordon Whitehead, there is still something about Houdini and his tricks that continues to inspire intrigue and awe. Gonshor is conscious of the mark his subject has left on the world.

"Today anyone like David Blaine or David Copperfield owes a debt of a gratitude to Harry Houdini," he said.

"Houdini was known as a master self promoter," he added. "He knew how to entertain an audience." Possi­ bly the magician's most vital feature for success, this latter strength is one that the musical version of his life also as­ pires to most ambitously. ■ H o u d in i

takes over the Segal Centre for Performing Arts

(5770 Cote St. Catherine Rd.) until Mar. 2. Check www.segalcen-

tre.org for tickets and showtimes.

8, the Mac will feature the works of Geoffrey Farmer, Yannick Pouliot and Arnaud

Maggs: three artists whose attitudes towards art are as divergent as the media they dabble in.

Somewhat unseasoned, Farmer has never had more than tw o pieces on display in any gallery. Now, however, museum visitors will have access to 20 of the artist's most mind-blowing works and the results of the 40 -year-old British Columbia native are nothing short of impressive. Farmer has taken apart the mu­ seum, either by cutting columns in half and hollowing them out or by removing flooring in order to create post-its (yes those little sticky pieces of paper you use to leave messages). His work is part visual, part conceptual and a few parts audi­ tory— periodically a spoon smashes a pot in some far off corner. His works can be as small as a note left on a museum wall or as large as a trailer hitch.The grandest of Farmer's works on display, "The Last Two Million Years," freely associates cut­ out images from encyclopedias in order to create a multidimensional timeline of human existence.The exhibit offers poetry in addition to works that require you call a phone number.

Yannick Pouliot has brought an entirely different taste of contemporary art to the table. Inspired by decadent tastes of French royalty, Pouliot has created elaborately designed furniture, some of which visitors are asked to use. His major installation, "Louis XVI: Indifferent," offers the visitor a maze of narrow corridors leading to single, well adorned chairs.The walls and seating are richly decorated and offer an immersive experience highlighting isolation in a decaying world.The décor provides this sensation through its claustrophobic and opulently present installation. Excitingly, the Quebec Museum of Fine Arts has loaned "The Courti­ san" (a sort-of time traveling experience in a big brown box) to the MAC while it upgrades its infrastructure.

Arnaud Maggs' exhibit is of a smaller scale, but takes the spectator into a mysterious world of old science writings. In an anecdote told by Maggs, a Mon­ treal octogenarian walks into the Blackader-Lauterman Library and asks to take photographs of a rare book. The book in question is Werner's Nomenclature of Colours. It is a dusty tom e used by Darwin in order to describe the colours of the animals and vegetation that he saw on his exploratory voyages. The library tells Maggs that they would make the photocopies themselves. Maggs insists that he do it. Maggs has the Museum call and as a result, all can enjoy beautiful photo­ graphs of an early 19 th century colour directory. The book makes wonderful con­ nections such as"Colour 53: Emerald Green: Beauty Spot on Wing ofTeal Drake'for "Colour 88 : Flesh Red: Human Skin."

The exhibits as a whole offers a well balanced experience. Although quite cerebral at times, the conceptual art is well understood and well explained. Capti­ vating and interesting at all times, this exhibit doesn't miss a beat. ■

RANDY COLE W e is z g u y s : K r a ft a n d G a b D e s m o n d b o w in g a s b r o s .

CRITICISM OF CRITICISM (OF CRITICISM ) In w hich the Tribune pays Tribute to notable critics o f the past.

E d m u n d W ilso n E zra G unter Possibly the most important literary critic of 20 th . century America, Edmund Wilson preferred to think of I himself as a journalist whose beat was literature. Short : and pudgy in stature, evenly measured in style and j fiercely obstinate in critical temperament, Wilson was a I writer chronically hostile to academic criticism who be! lieved that the discussion of important books should be I carried on in ordinary language and in the public sphere 1 of popular magazines and newspapers. From his start at Vanity Fair to his later eminence at The New Republic, The New Yorker and The New York Review o f Books, Wilson wrote prolifically and entertainingly on a vast array of literary, and occasionally political, topics. Recently, his work from the 1920 s to the 1940 s has been collected and re­ published by The Library of America, an institution whose mission to keep American classics in print was largely of I Wilson's own conception.

The ideal critic, in Wilson's view, was not an aca! demie specialist, but a highly-educated generalist. "Such j a reviewer should be more or less familiar, or be ready to familiarize himself, with the past work of every important I writer he deals with and be able to write about an au­ thor's new book in the light of his general development and intention," he wrote in "The Literary Worker's Polonius,"a humorous introduction to the world of professional I writing. While he wrote extensively on the relationship I between political ideologies such as Marxism and litera­ ture, he opposed any pre-formulated critical frameworks, 1 or what he called "a process of lopping and distortion to I make [the work] fit the Procrustes bed of a thesis."

Like H.L. Menken before him, Wilson saw himself as

T h e M ontreal M u se u m o f C o n te m p o ra ry Art (185 St. C a th e rin e W ) is curren tly ex h ib itin g th e w orks o f three C a n a d ia n artists w h o se u n iq u e aesthetic sensibilities un dersco re th e spirit of freshness at th e heart o f th e m useum 's ethos. As o f Feb.

an e n e m y o f w h at he perceived to be A m e rican b o u r­ g eo is ph ilistin ism . In his q u e st to b ring a m ore so p h is­ ticated d e gre e o f culture to th e A m e rican la n d sca p e he c h a m p io n e d th e creative an d te ch n ica l exce lle n ce of Europ ean m odernists, th o u g h his o w n creative an d criti­ cal w ritin g s w ere far from b e in g m o de rn ist them selves.

He w as th u s re sponsible for th e ve ry first review o f Jam es Joyce's Ulysses an d th e first A m e rican review ofT.S. Eliot's "The W aste Land."Later, his 1931 b o o k Axel's Castle c o n tin ­ ued to in tro du ce th e cream o f Europ ean m o d e rn ism to A m e rican readers. In ad d itio n to Eliot an d Joyce, the book in clu d e d essays o n w riters such as W.B. Yeats an d M arcel Proust, th e latter o f w h o m he characterized as "the little m an w ith th e sad a p p e a lin g voice, th e m etap hysician' m in d, th e Saracen's beak, th e ill-fitting d ress-shirt an d th e great eyes that seem to see all a b o u t him like th e m a n y-

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faceted eyes o f a fly."

Throughout his career at the heart of New York journalistic and literary world, Wilson made many friends and not a few enemies. He was a close confidante of E Scott Fitzgerald, with whom he had gone to Princeton, and sustained a tumultuous, eight year marriage with fellow critic and Partisan Review insider Mary McCarthy.

He also managed to antagonize some of the most emi­ nent American writers, such as Ernest Hemingway, who threatened Wilson with a law suit for calling him not only "arrogant, belligerent and boastful” but also "the wors invented character to be found in the author's worf Though overtaken in his own lifetime by cultural force he thought degenerate, Wilson remains the poster-child of classic American literary journalism.»

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R e v ie w s Dead Meadow. Old Growth. For those of us who know that Black Sabbath is the best rock outfit to ever exist in the history of the universe, all these acts who direct their musical energies into lommi-style riffs and deep, languid, Geezer Butler basslines prove equal parts comforting and troubling. As enjoyable as it is to hear bands like Dead Meadow (or Black Mountain or Witch or The Sword) lumber through the sonically-dense hard rock formula, you always end up with the nagging feeling that your hour-or-so would be better spent listening to Para­ noid, Master o f Reality, Sabotage or even Blue Cheer's Outsideinside. Perhaps aware of their position within the current proto-doom revival, Dead Meadow have loosened up a bit here, moving away from the stoner metal leanings of their self-titled debut or 2003 ’s Shivering King and Others. Instead, the band continues treading water in the pool of jangly psychedelia they started mucking around in on 2005 's Feathers. As generally heady as the album is, some tracks ("What Needs Must Be,""I'm Gone") are guilty o f being downright poppy. But there are some good moments. "Seven Seers" manages to compress the epic doom metal cre­ scendos of groups like Sleep into a neat four minute Celtic-influenced acoustic number and "The Queen of All Returns"hasthe band at their trippiest. Still, where are the eight-minute epics? Where's the ear-crushing sludge?The biggest disap­ pointment: finding out that, given the ample promise of prog-rock after-images, "The Great Deceiver" isn't a cover o f the King Crimson tune.

Bob Mould. D istrict Line. Back on his 1996 self-titled album, Bob Mould proclaimed that he hated alternative rock. Considering he came to semi-prominence a the guitarist/singer/songwriter best known for his work with the monumentally influential Hüsker Dü and alt-rock group Sugar, it seemed as if Mould was biting the hand that fed him. Well, the demure Mould is back (again, with his vocoder) for seconds with District Line. Long gone is the raucousness of Hüsker Dü or the Sebadoh/Robert Pollard-influenced lo-fi sound of some of Mould's earlier out­ ings. Instead, Mould is content to experiment with pop (and borderline disco) sounds, with tracks like "Stupid Now"and"W ho Needs to Dream" sounding more like the sweetness of Sugar than his first band. The ballad "Old High New Lows" shows how Mould's alt-rock can sound adult, transcending the frequent them at­ ic and three-chord juvenility of punk, grunge and other alternative movements.

The song stands, much like the album itself, as an articulation of the grown-up sensibilities of some of underground rock's icons from bygone days. Not the best record ever (and perhaps a shock for fans o f Zen Arcade and New Day Rising who have not followed Mould's solo career) but nonetheless, District Line is al­ together listenable.

— John Semley

S p o r ts HOCKEY— UQTR 1, REDM EN 0

S l u g g i s h e f f o r t c o s t s R e d m e n in f in a le Despite the loss, McGill set for first round meeting with Carleton M att C hesser

m a rk o f t h e first p e rio d . UQTR's le a d in g g o a l-s c o r e r J o n a th o n

W ith p la y o ff s e e d in g a lre a d y d e c id e d , th e M c G ill R e d m e n lo o k e d like a te a m th a t w a s th in k in g a h e a d to th e p o s t-s e a s o n , p la y in g th e ir w a y to a s lo p p y 1-0 lo ss to th e U Q TR P a trio te s o n

B o u tin to o k a p a ss in th e slo t fro m T h ie r y P o u d rie r an cf s n a p p e d a q u ic k s h o t p a s t g o a lt e n d e r M a th ie u Poitras's rig h t p a d , to n o tc h w h a t w o u ld p ro v e to b e th e g a m e -w in n in g m arker.

"W e d id n 't p la y w ith m u c h e m o tio n , b e c a u s e th e g a m e

S u n d a y a t M c C o n n e ll A re n a . T h e lo ss c lo s e d o u t th e re g u la r

w a sn 't w o rth a n y th in g .in th e stan d in g s," sa id P oitras. "W e've

s e a s o n for th e R e d m e n , w h o fin is h e d s e c o n d in th e O U A Far

p la y e d g o o d h o c k e y in th e last tw o w e e ks, b u t t o n ig h t w as

East, e ig h t p o in ts b e h in d th e P atriotes.

n o t o u r b e st effort. It's a t o u g h loss, b u t u ltim a te ly it d o e s n ’t m e a n m uch."

"I t h o u g h t w e re a lly s tru g g le d h a n d lin g th e p u c k ton igh t," sa id M c G ill H e a d C o a c h M a rtin R a y m o n d . "That's v e ry u n lik e us, b u t w e ll lo o k a t th e v id e o to try a n d fig u re o u t w h a t w e n t w ro n g . W e h a d b e e n p la y in g v e ry w e ll o v e r th e p a st c o u p le o f

Po itras w a s o n e o f th e o n ly b r ig h t s p o ts for t h e R ed 'n' W h ite , w h o w e re o u ts h o t 2 5 -2 0 b y th e P atrio te s. T h e b e st o f h is 2 4 sa v e s c a m e late in t h e s e c o n d p e rio d w h e n , after m is -

w e e ks, e v e n in o u r lo sse s, b u t t o n ig h t d id n 't lo o k like o u r te a m w a s re a d y o r focu ssed."

J e a n -S é b a s t ia n B reto n o f a n e m p t y -n e t t a p -in g o a l.

p la y in g a U Q TR d u m p -in , h e s tre tc h e d o u t h is rig h t le g to ro b

P e n a lt ie s h u r t M c G ill T h e g a m e w a s a p h y s ic a l affa ir th a t b o rd e re d o n d irty

Poitras's c o u n te rp a rt, U Q TR n e t m in d e r S y lv a in M ic h a u d , a lso h a d a n e x c e lle n t g a m e , m a k in g 2 0 s a v e s to re co rd h is first s h u to u t o f th e s e a s o n . M ic h a u d w o u ld h a v e d o n e w e ll to p u ll

h o c k e y at tim e s, a s b o th te a m s lo o k e d m o re fo c u s s e d o n

a P a tric k R oy a n d t h a n k h is p o sts for p r e s e rv in g h is sh u to u t, as

t h ro w in g hits th a n s c o r in g g o a ls . R e fe re e M a th ie u C o te h a n d ­

M c G ill's b e st c h a n c e o f th e g a m e c a m e w h e n S a m B lo o m to o k

ed o u t 13 m in o r p e n a ltie s to try a n d k e e p th e g a m e u n d e r c o n ­

a b e a u tifu l b e h in d -t h e -b a c k p a ss fro m S im o n C o u rc e lle s b u t ra n g h is s h o t o ff th e rig h t po st.

trol, e ig h t o f w h ic h w e n t a g a in s t th e R e d m e n .

O n e o f th o s e p e n a ltie s p ro v e d c o stly, as th e o n ly g o a l o f th e m a tc h w a s sc o re d w ith M c G ill d e fe n c e m a n Yan T u rc o tte

G e a r in g u p fo r p la y o ffs E a rlie r in th e d ay, th e R e d m e n le a rn e d th a t th e y w e re a s ­

in th e b o x fo r h o o k in g as th e g a m e a p p ro a c h e d th e m id w a y

su re d a firs t-ro u n d m a t c h u p w ith th e C a rle to n R ave n s, w h o f in is h e d six th in th e O U A Easte rn c o n fe re n c e . M c G ill p la y e d C a rle to n o n F rid a y n ig h t, g e t ­ tin g g o a ls fro m fiv e d iffe re n t p la y e rs e n ro u te to a 5 -3 v ic t o r y ,a t th e C a r­ le to n U n iv e rsity Ice H o u se ,

"Carleton's a big team , w ith a good mix o f some skilled players," said Raymond. "They play a very physical brand o f hockey, which is going to make this a tough playoff series. We didn't have any easy games against th em this year, and they're only going to g e t to ugher w ith their season on the line."

M c G ill

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, w e e k s later, th e R e d m e n d o w n e d th e ADAM SCOTTI R a v e n s 5 -1 o n th e s tre n g th o f a h a t-

a t 7 p .m . a t M c C o n n e ll A re n a . G a m e tw o o f th e O U A East q u a r ­

tric k b y C o u rc e lle s .

"Playoff hockey is always tough,

p u ck h e a d s, th e a c c o m p a n y in g 12 h o urs o f grassroo ts lo v e -in s h a ve b e c o m e s u p re m e ly e x ce ssive a n d th e c o m ic a l h e ig h t o f

d ay's events. A re m o te v illa g e in N u n a v u t can 't afford h o c k e y e q u ip m e n t for th e ir fo u r-te a m le a g u e so so m e T h u n d e r Bay, sa lt-o f-th e -e a rth h u sb a n d a n d w ife ta n d e m w ith p u c k -p la y ­ in g to d d le rs fly a ch a rte re d S e ssn a to Iq aluit in o rd e r to d e live r th e p re cio u s c a rg o o f skates a n d life lessons. A m en's le a g u e

th e a rch e typ a l C a n a d ia n in fe rio rity c o m p le x th a t o ver-stresses th e o n e area o f C a n u c k d o m in a n c e . I k n o w that, as C anada's p rim a ry p u b lic b roadcaster, it h as a fq a n d a te to p ro m o te th e u n ify in g e le m e n ts o f o u r g e o g ra p h ic a lly a n d lin g u is ti­ c a lly fractu red so ciety, b u t C B C , w e g e t it a lre a d y: C a n a d ia n s like h o ckey. A lot. W e eat, Jive a n d b re ath e h o c k e y : w e p u t

o f 9 0 -y e a r o ld s in K elow na, B.C. w h o p laye d h o c k e y o verseas

it o n o u r fre a kin g fiv e -d o lla r bill. Is this a re v e la tio n ? D o e s it

While Saturday's NHL triple-header— usually featuring all

T h is y e a r m a rk s th e 2 2 n d tim e in th e p a st 25 s e a s o n s th a t th e Red 'n 'W h it e h a v e q u a lifie d for p o s t-s e a s o n p lay. M c G ill E a ste rn c o n fe re n c e , b u t are s e e d e d b e lo w Q u e e n 's, w h o fin ­ is h e d a to p th e M id East d iv is io n . U Q TR a n d th e G o ld e n G a e ls w ill b o th re c e iv e b ye s in to th e s e c o n d ro u n d .

m iss CB C 's a n n u a l H o ck e y D a y in C a n a d a , b u t w ith th e "special" n o w h a v in g c o m p le te d its e ig h th e d itio n I'm relatively c o n fid e n t in m y a b ilitie s to run d o w n th e list o f th e

O h , a n d let's n o t forget th e scores o f N orth ern ers, in c lu d in g n u m e ro u s cu rre n t N H L players, w h o are in te rv ie w e d e sp o u s ­ in g th e virtu e s o f th e 6 a.m . p ra ctice a n d h o w h o c k e y so lid ifie s th e p a re n ta l-c h ild b o n d b y c o n fin in g fa m ily u n its to ic e -c o ld cars for th o se b ru ta lly e a rly m o rn in g trip s to th e arena.

g o in g to h a v e to b e re a d y to p la y a lo t b e tte r th a n w e d id tonigh t."

h a d th e s e c o n d h ig h e s t p o in t to tal a m o n g te a m s in th e O U A

six C a n a d ia n team s, th e re b y p la c a tin g all th o se a n ti-T o ro n to w h in e rs for at least o n e w e e k — is c e rta in ly a treat for all us

K enya w h e re h o c k e y has b e c o m e th e n e w "rage" d e sp ite th e fact th at all 40 p layers o n th e tw o e x h ib itin g te a m s are w h ite bread C a n u c k s from R eg in a p la y in g in front o f t e n spectators.

b e c a u s e e v e ry o n e 's p la y in g d e s p e ra te hockey," sa id Poitras. " C a rle to n h a d a p re tty g o o d year, th e y 're a g o o d te a m , so w e're

m et

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in WWII — Can ad a's g reatest g e n e ra tio n , o f co u rs e — a n d have n e v e r lost th e ir co lle c tiv e lo ve for th e g a m e d e sp ite Father T im e n ip p in g at th e h e e ls o f th e ir sticks. S o m e rid ic u lo u s C a ­ n a d ia n -s p o n s o re d aren a c o n stru cte d in D u b a i, U AE or N airob i,

D e f e n c e w a s t h e n a m e o f t h e g a m e in a o n e - g o a l t ilt .

tw ic e p r e v io u s to F rid a y n ig h t's m a tc h , w ith e a c h te a m w in n in g o n e g a m e . In e a rly O c to b e r, C a rle to n d e fe a te d M c ­ G ill 3 -2 in a s h o o to u t, a n d th e n tw o

tte n d in g o n e o f th e ir h ig h ly a d ve rtise d trip le h e a d e r g a m e s this past Saturday, I fo rtu n a te ly m a n a g e d to

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n e e d to b e re h a sh e d o ve r a n d o ve r a g a in for e ig h t o f th e last n in e years (w e w eren't treated to a H o ck e y D a y in 20 0 4 d u e to th e N H L lo cko ut; a p p a re n tly local h o c k e y v a n ish e s from th e fa c e o f th e p lan e t w h e n b illio n a ire s force m illio n a ire s to stop p la y in g )?

Be it the similarly annual Stanley Cup playoffs, NHL AllStar Game or World Junior tournament, the quadrennial W in­ ter Olympics or even the weekly and historic Hockey Night in Canada broadcast, the CBC and other hockey carriers such as TSN incessantly harp on this most obvious o f observations: that Canadians enjoy their sticks, skates and ice, and, for the most part, are exceedingly the most successful practioners o f the sport. We are constantly assaulted with images of kids

T h e R e d m e n b e g in p o s t-s e a s o n p la y o n W e d n e s d a y n ig h t te rfin a l is s c h e d u le d for F rid a y n ig h t in C a rle to n , a n d , if n e c e s ­ sary, g a m e th re e w ill b e p la y e d a t M c C o n n e ll A re n a o n S u n d a y n ig h t. ■

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a n d a d u lts p la y in g s h in n y o n a g ia n t frozen p o n d u n d e r th e m a je stic R o ckies or o n so m e m ak e sh ift b a ckyard rink. A n y N o rth ern b ro a d ca st o f N H L h o c k e y in e v ita b ly featu res c o m ­ m e n tato rs to u tin g th e "good C a n a d ia n kids" w h o le arn e d th e v a lu e o f hard w o rk a n d m a x im a l effort from th e ir d ays w o rk­ in g th e farm o n th e p rairie s— w h o hasn't heard su ch p raise h e a p e d a d -n a u s e u m o n th e S u tte r or Staal fa m ilie s ? Hell, C B C is th e sa m e n e tw o rk that, after se e in g th e e n o rm o u s su cce ss o f th e ir C anada: A People's H istory d o c u m e n ta ry p ro d u ctio n , th o u g h t it w as p ru d e n t to c o m m is s io n a 10 -p a rt series c h ro n i­ c lin g th e g ro w th o f th e n a tio n a l sp o rt in C a n a d a a lo n g s id e th a t o f th e C o n fe d e ra tio n — o rig in a lly titled Hockey: A People's H istory — ju s t in case w e forgot.

T h a t p rim a ry th e sis o f H o ck e y D a y— th a t h o c k e y a n d its lo ve -a ffa ir w ith o u r c o u n try is a live a n d w e ll— is su p e rflu o u s a n d u n n e c e ss a ry as it is p o u n d e d into o u r b rain s at m u ltip le p o in ts th ro u g h o u t th e year. W h y d o w e n e e d an a n n u a l fu lld a y m e n tal m a ra th o n to rep eat th e sam e fu n d a m e n ta l p o in t?

H o ck e y D ay's d e b u t in 2 0 0 0 w as a c u d d ly n o v e lty a n d w as a rg u a b ly cru cia l in h e a lin g th e se ve re ly b ru ise d p o s t-N a g a n o C a n a d ia n p s y c h e b y re a ssu rin g c o n c e rn e d fan s th a t C a n a d a w a s still th e ce n tre o f th e h o c k e y un iverse, b u t in re ce n t years, w ith th e re su rg e n ce o f C a n a d ia n d o m in a n c e , its v e ry ex iste n ce is overkill. C B C , stick to th e h o c k e y n ig h ts, n o t th e d ays. ■

12.02.08-Sports-21 VOLLEYBALL— SHERBROOKE 3, MARTLETS 1

M a r t le t s m is s o u t o n N a t io n a ls b e r t h McGill loses decisive game three against Sherbrooke A lt h o u g h ra n k e d h ig h e r in re g u la r s e a s o n p lay, S h e r­

V ladimir Z ivkovic

b ro o k e h e ld h o m e c o u r t a d v a n t a g e in th e se rie s a n d in g a m e

In a hectic w eekend th at saw the sixth-ranked M art­ lets face their eighth-ranked opponents from Sherbrooke in a th ree-g am e playoff series over three consecutive nights, McGill proved less adept than the Vert et Or in coping w ith the quick turnarounds and em otional rollercoasters and, as a result, saw their playoff aspirations com e to an end in heart­ breaking fashion.

A fte r t ra d in g 3 -0 s w e e p s w ith S h e rb r o o k e in th e first tw o

o n e th e y p ro te c te d t h e ir t u r f in d o w n in g t h e M a rtle ts 3-0 .

B ut w ith th e ir b a c k s a g a in s t th e w a ll a n d f a c in g a n e lim in a ­ tio n s itu a tio n in th e s e c o n d m a tc h , a d e te r m in e d R ed 'n 'W h ite o u s te d th e V e rt e t O r in th re e stra ig h t se ts a t th e M c G ill S p o rts C o m p le x to e v e n t h e b e s t o f th re e Q u e b e c C o n fe re n c e s e m i­ fin a l se rie s at o n e g a m e a p ie c e .

W ith a liv e ly h o m e c ro w d b e h in d t h e m , th e g a m e g o t o ff to a p e rfe c t sta rt fo r th e M a rtle ts, w h o ju m p e d o u t to a n e a rly

c o n fro n ta tio n s , th e M a rtle ts fa lte re d a n d w e re t h e first to b lin k

6 -2 le a d a n d q u ic k ly g r a b b e d th e m o m e n tu m ; h o w e v e r, th e

in th e ru b b e r m a tc h a s t h e y w e re d r o p p e d 3 -1 to b rin g a c r u s h -

V e rt et O r s to rm e d b a c k to ta k e th e n e x t fiv e p o in ts as th e

in g e n d to t h e ir se a s o n . D e s p ite t h e b e st efforts o f A ll-C a n a d i­

t e a m s e x c h a n g e d ra llie s. W ith t h e s c o re 14 -16 , a d e s p e ra te M c ­

a n p o w e r h itte r J e n n ife r T h o m p s o n w h o le d t h e te a m w ith 24

G ill s q u a d c a p tu re d t h e n e x t e ig h t p o in ts to ta k e a 2 2 -1 6 lead.

k ills a n d 18 d ig s , M c G ill w a s u n a b le to sta v e o ff t h e S h e rb ro o k e

V e te ra n m id d le b lo c k e r, G illia n J o h n s o n w a s a d o m in a n t fo rce

a ss a u lt a n d n e v e r le d in th e fin a l m a tc h .

a t t h e n e t all n ig h t, p o s tin g 11 kills, n in e d ig s a n d fiv e b lo ck s,

"W e w e re p h y s ic a lly p re p a re d ," M c G ill H e a d C o a c h R a c h e le

in c lu d in g b a c k -t o -b a c k stuffs to c lo s e o u t t h e first set, 2 5 -2 0 .

B e liv e a u said . "W e k n e w w e h a d to c o m e o u t s tro n g b e c a u s e

"It w a s liv e o r d ie fo r us. W e k n e w w e h a d to c o m e o u t

t h e y h a d m o re e x p e rie n c e : t h e y h a v e s o m e p la y e rs o n th e n a ­

stro n g ,"B e live a u sa id ."W e k n o w w e c a n b e a t th is te a m , a n d th e y

tio n a l te a m a n d fiv e o f s e v e n o f o u r starte rs a re 19 o r un d e r.

k n o w th e y c a n b e a t us, it w a s b a c k a n d fo rth d u r in g th e se a s o n .

[S h e rb ro o k e ] w a s m o s t ly 2 2 t o 2 4 y e a r o ld s so I t h in k t h e m a tu rity

T h e re w a s d e fin ite ly p re ss u re c o m in g in to th is se rie s o n b o th

o f t h e ir te a m w a s b e tte r th a n o u rs. B u t c o m p e t it iv e ly w e w e re

te a m s .T o n ig h t w e p la y e d a little m o re a g g re s s iv e ly , a n d th a t w a s

rig h t there."

th e difference."

T h e M a rtle ts c a rrie d t h e ir m o m e n tu m in to t h e s e c o n d set, a g a in ta k in g c o n tro l e a rly o n a n d g e n e r a t in g a 7 -2 le a d . W ith S h e rb r o o k e s to r m in g b a c k to tie t h e se t at 23, se tte r V a le rie S ava rd , p la y in g in h e r first g a m e b a c k fro m an a n k le in ju ry , h ad a p o w e rfu l kill to p r o d u c e se t p o in t fo r th e M a rtle ts. M id d le

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b lo cke r, K e lse y Irw in , w h o h a d 8 kills, 5 .dig s, a n d 5 b lo c k s o n th e n ig h t, t h e n d e liv e re d o n e o f h e r th re e a c e s o f th e n ig h t to g iv e th e M a rtle ts th e s e c o n d se t 25 -23.

"W e p la y e d re a lly w e ll a s a te a m . It w a s n ic e to c o m e h o m e a n d p la y in fro n t o f th is c ro w d , w h o w a s re a lly b e h in d us to n ig h t", sa id K e ls e y Irw in . "W e w e re v e r y re la x e d in t h e te a m ro o m b e fo re th e g a m e . T h e c o a c h to ld us to v is u a liz e t h e p e r­ fe c t se rv e , t h e p e rfe c t h it a n d ju s t g o o u t th e re . W e p la y e d re­ a lly w e ll a t th e n e t to n ig h t, a n d th a t w a s th e d iffe re n c e fo r us."

T h e th ird se t fe a tu re d g re a t h u stle fro m b o th te a m s , w h o , a g a in e x c h a n g e d h ig h -t e m p o rallie s. W ith th e s c o re 2 1 -18 for

ADAM SCOTTI J e n n if e r T h o m p s o n a n d K e ls e y Ir w in t r y to s t u f f a V e r t e t O r a tta c k .

S h e rb ro o k e , t h e M a rtle ts p u lle d t o g e th e r a n d w o n six o f th e n e x t s e v e n p o in ts , fo rc in g t h e V e rt e t O r in to m a k ­ in g a n u m e r o u s u n t im e ly errors. T h o m s o n c lo s e d o ff th e

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Despite their intense perform ance in gam e tw o to push the series to a deciding m atch, the Martlets were unable to carry over their m om en tu m into the final tilt, ending their at­ te m p t to reach th e CIS cham pionship to urnam ent.T he defeat was a crushing blow to the Red 'n 'W h ite but w ith th e very young side possibly returning all but tw o starters for next sea­ son and traditional Q uebec powerhouses losing most o f their lineups, th e expectations are very high for 20 0 8 -0 9 after sur­ prising success in this cam paign. ■

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T h e o t h e r t im e le s s p r o t e c t i o n d e b a t e It's a b su rd th a t after w a tc h in g th e h o rrific in ju rie s su ch as th o se suffered

by Bryan Berard and, m o re recently, R ich ard Z e d n ik , fan s an d co m m e n ta to rs are

W ritin g an an ti-visor, a n ti-n e c k g u a rd a rg u m e n t w ith o u t d e ­ s c e n d in g in to th e kin d o f n o n se n sic a l rh e to ric ty p ica l o f D o n C h e r­ ry is d ifficu lt, b u t I th in k th e re is s o m e th in g to b e said for p e rso n a l

still d e b a tin g th e m erits o f fo rcin g N H L p layers to w e ar e q u ip m e n t like visors

p re fe re n ce as w ell as for th e q u e stio n o f w h e re th e lin e is d raw n b e tw e e n b e in g p ro a ctive a n d b e in g ove rze alo us. I th in k th at this is a lot m o re e v id e n t o n th e n e c k g u a rd issue, w h ic h w ill sure ly be th e to p ic o f so m e h e a te d d e b a te after th e h o rrific in ju ry suffered by R ichard Z e d n ik o n Su n d ay. Surely, after se e in g Z e d n ik c u t a cro ss th e

a n d n e c k g u a rd s th a t c o u ld save lives, n e v e rm in d careers. T h e N H L an d th e ir c o u n te rp a rt u n io n , th e NHLPA, h a ve m a d e liv in g s o n s q u a b b lin g in ce ssa n tly o ve r issues th a t m o st o f us v ie w as c o m p le te ly trivial, su ch as w h o g e ts th e re­ m a in in g $50 0 ,0 0 0 slice in th e $ i-b illio n pie, b u t h a ve w o e fu lly failed in c a rin g for th e h e alth a n d safety o f th e ir m o st prize d assets— th e ir players. Both sid es

thro at b y te a m m a te O lli Jo k in e n a n d th e s ick e n in g sig h t o f b lo o d

have sh o w e d u n b e lie v a b le inertia in a p p ro a c h in g th is issu e to u tin g rid icu lo u s

g u s h in g from his n eck, th e re w ill b e re n e w e d calls for m a n d a to ry n e c k g u a rd s fro m c o n c e rn e d fan s a n d w riters. But th e in ju ry to Z e d ­ nik w a s su ch a flu ke o c cu rre n c e th a t o n e sh o u ld b e careful a b o u t re a d in g to o m u c h in to it. In th e 9 0 -p lu s ye ars o f N H L ho ckey, o n ly

a rg u m e n ts su ch a s"p la ye r c h o ic e ”a n d th e n e e d to e x p o se th e ir stars'faces to an A m e ric a n p u b lic a ll-to o u n fa m ilia r rather th a n s h ro u d in g th e m b e h in d visors or cag es.

That's th e best th e a n ti-v is o r a n d a n ti-n e c k g u a rd forces can m a n u fa c tu re ?

tw o p layers h a ve b e e n se rio u sly c u t across th e neck: Z e d n ik an d fo rm e r Buffalo g o a lte n d e r C lin t M alarch uk. W h e n yo u c o n s id e r th e

W h ile p layers are ru sh e d o ff th e ice w ith b lo o d sp ra y in g from th e ir slice d e y e ­ ball or o p e n e d necks, at least th e fan s in A tlan ta can see th e ir faces. It's tim e for th e N H L a n d th e PA to a lly th e m s e lv e s a g a in st w h o lly u n n e c e ss a ry in ju rie s a n d

n u m b e r o f p layers w h o h a ve p laye d th e g a m e , th e o d d s o f b e in g c u t o n th e n e c k are a lm o st e q u iv a le n t to c u ttin g y o u r w rist te n d o n o n a skate in y o u r d re ssin g ro o m (as D an Bo yle d id earlie r this year).

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m a n d a te th e w e a rin g of, m in im a lly, visors a n d n e ck p ro te c tio n .T h e sa m e a rg u ­ m e n ts a g a in st h e lm e t-w e a rin g w e re proffered p rio r to th e ir g ra n d fa th e rin g into

You can't protect against every fluke possible injury in the game, nor should you have to.

NHL players are grown men who should be able to make responsible decisions about the possibility of injuries inherent in the game. If players think they can gain a slight advantage by not wearing a cumbersome neck guard or a visor that limits visibility, then why should we stop them? The NHL shouldn't take cues from the nanny-state govern­ ments that have passed laws designed to restrict personal choice. They have bigger prob­ lems on their hands— namely stopping players from violently hurting each other.

The gam e has image issues as it is, so let's not further hide players behind visors and badly designed neck guards. If you make additional equipm ent mandatory then where do you stop? Full cages for players would completely eliminate facial injuries, bulkier skates would eliminate broken feet on blocked shots, and padding on the back o f legs would stop tendon-slicing cuts. Hell, why don't we just wrap players in bubble-wrap? That way no one can ever get hurt.

th e N H L in 1979: T h e y w o u ld b lo c k th e p la y e r-sp e cta to r b o n d or th e y w o u ld restrict p laye r skill d u e to th e ir o v e rw h e lm in g ly u n co m fo rta b le nature. C a n a n y o n e tru ly im a g in e a n N H L h o c k e y m a tch to d a y w ith o u t h e lm e ts ? T h e y su re ly have saved th e care er a n d lives o f m a n y a p laye r sin ce th e ir in tro d u ctio n a n d th e se a d d itio n s w o u ld u n d o u b te d ly d o th e sam e.

—Man Chesser

—Aaron Sigal

T h e "uncom fort" a n d "skill restriction" a rg u m e n ts are c o m p le te red h e rrin g s as w ell. W h ile I'm not as sure o f e q u ip m e n t re g u latio n s in E u ro p e o r Russia, th e w e a rin g o f full face sh ie ld s a n d n e ck g u a rd s are m a n d a to ry in m in o r h o c k e y in b o th C a n a d a a n d th e U.S. W h ile ju n io r h o c k e y in C a n a d a a llo w s for n e c k p ro te ctio n to b e sh ed , b o th it a n d N C A A h o c k e y in A m e ric a still force p layers to use face sh ie ld s (alb eit o n ly viso rs in t h e C H L ). So C a n a d ia n s a n d A m e ric a n s w h o m ake u p m o re th a n h a lf th e N H L (and p ro b a b ly E u ro p e an s too) all g re w u p p la y in g w ith full m asks an d n e c k g u a rd s — h o w u n co m fo rta b le can th e y tru ly fin d th e m w h e n th e y w ere o rig in a lly w o rn in th e ir m o st sk ill-fo rm a tive y e a rs ?T h e N H L, as w ith h e lm e ts, sh o u ld g ra n d fa th e r in th e se p ie ce s o f e q u ip m e n t a n d m ak e it w ell kn o w n th at w h ile cu rre n t p layers w ill b e e x e m p t from th e le g isla ­ tio n , th o se in c o m in g w ill n e e d to a b id e b y th e ir u sa g e a n d b e w ell fo rw arn e d .

22-Sports-12.02.08

The McGill Tribune

HOCKEY— MARTLETS 4, CARLETON 0

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Just before th e w eekend, M artlet fans got some good news as th e University o f M ontreal announced th at th ey w ould be launching a wom en's hockey program next year. The Carabins will be a w elcom e addition to th e QSSF, adding a m uch needed fifth team th a t should partially allevi ate the repetitious nature o f Q uebec league play.

"The m ore com petition th at w e have, th e b etter it will m ake us,” said Sm ith. "I th ink it's terrific th at th ey've start­ ed a program — it's long overdue. W e need another team in the conference and in Quebec."

The M artlets ( 1 6 -0 -0 ) are next in action on Fri day at M acD onald cam pus against th e O ttaw a GeeGees (7 -7 -0 ) and th en close out th e season on Sunday at M cConnell Arena w ith a gam e against th e Concordia Stingers (4 -12 -0 ). ■

g o a l o f th e g a m e , le a d s t h e Q S S F w ith 2 8 p o in t s t h r o u g h 16 g a m e s .

d a y s to re m a in u n d e fe a te d d u r in g t h e re g u la r s e a s o n . T h e

E a rly in t h e s e c o n d p e r io d , a n o th e r p o w e r p la y g o a l

M a rtle ts , w h o a re ra n k e d first in C a n a d a , ran t h e ir re g u la r

d o u b le d t h e M c G ill le a d a s ro o k ie A lle y L in d -K e n n y to o k a

s e a s o n re c o rd to 1 6 -0 a n d h a v e n o t lo s t a Q u e b e c le a g u e or

n ic e fe e d fro m fe llo w fr e s h m a n J o r d a n n a P e ro ff a n d s lid a

p la y o ff g a m e s in c e Fe b . 10 , 20 0 7 .

b a c k h a n d ju s t in s id e th e le ft p o st. T h e n ic e s t g o a l o f th e

C a r le to n , o n th e o t h e r h a n d , m u s t lo a th e p la y in g in th e

g a m e c a m e a b o u t 13 m in u t e s later, w h e n fo rw a rd A ly s s a C e -

f o u r -t e a m Q S S F w ith M c G ill, w h o m t h e y h a v e n e v e r b e a te n .

c e re b e a t M u h lig o n t h e h ig h g lo v e -s id e o n a b re a k a w a y ,

T h e p a ir o f v ic t o r ie s fo r t h e M a rtle ts ra n t h e ir life t im e re co rd

a fte r a g re a t p a s s fro m C a r ly H ill p u t h e r in -a lo n e b e h in d

to 3 6 -0 -1 a g a in s t t h e R a v e n s — a re c o rd th a t in c lu d e s a re ­

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m a r k a b le 2 2 s h u to u ts .

D efender Jasmine Sheehan w ould close out th e McGill scoring, ripping a snapshot over Muhlig's right shoul­ der a bout halfway through th e third period.

"I th ink there's still a bunch o f little things w e need to focus on if w e hope to keep winning," said Da­ vidson. "[The loss in last year's gold m edal gam e] is definitely a m otivating factor for us to keep on w orking. We're trying to take it gam e-b y-g am e, but w e cam e so close to tast­ ing gold th a t it keeps us focussed on improving."

McGill w ould fol­ low up Friday's w in w ith a 3 -1 victory on Sunday at th e Carleton University Ice House. Team captain Shauna Denis scored once and added tw o assists, and Labonté m ade 15 saves to pow er th e M artlets to vic­ tory. The Ravens'only goal o f th e gam e was th e first tim e since Nov. 25, 2 0 0 6 th a t th ey have scored against McGill.

" T h e g irls c o n t in u e to m o tiv a t e t h e m s e lv e s to p la y at a h ig h le v e l, r e g a rd le s s o f t h e ir o p p o n e n t," s a id M c G ill Fle ad C o a c h P e te r S m ith . "W e're a lw a y s lo o k in g to p la y o u r g a m e a n d w o rk o n a n y little d e t a ils w e 'v e b e e n m is s in g , a n d I t h o u g h t w e d id th a t t o n ig h t . W e d id n 't s c o r e a s m a n y g o a ls [on F rid a y ] as w e p r o b a b ly w o u ld h a v e lik e d to, b u t w e c r e ­ a te d a lo t o f o p p o rtu n itie s ."

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The h o m e -a n d -h o m e s e rie s b e t w e e n t h e M a rtle ts a n d R a v e n s b e g a n o n F r id a y n ig h t w ith a 4 -0 M c G ill v ic ­ to ry a t M c C o n n e ll A re n a . C h a r lin e L a b o n t é m a d e 15 s a v e s to e a rn h e r le a g u e -le a d in g t e n th s h u t o u t o f th e s e a s o n a n d t h ir t y -t h ir d c a r e e r w h it e w a s h in ju s t 70 g a m e s in red a n d w h ite . F rid a y 's g a m e a ls o m a r k e d t h e n in t h -c o n s e c u ­ tiv e s h u t o u t a g a in s t t h e R a v e n s fo r t h e O ly m p ic g o ld -m e d a l w in n in g g o a lte n d e r.

L a b o n té h a s a llo w e d o n ly s e v e n g o a ls o n 236 s h o ts d u r in g th e re g u la r s e a s o n , a n d le a d s t h e C IS in s a v e -p e r c e n t a g e (.970) a n d g o a ls -a g a in s t a v e r a g e (0.47).

"W e s e e t h e s a m e t e a m s o v e r a n d o ve r, b u t it's a n e w g a m e e v e r y tim e," s a id L a b o n té . "So w e t ry to a l­ w ays

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M c G ill o p e n e d t h e s c o r in g le s s th a n fo u r m in u te s in to th e g a m e w ith a p o w e r p la y g o a l, a s le a d in g -s c o r e r V a n ­ e ssa D a v id s o n p ic k e d u p t h e lo o s e p u c k d u r in g a g o a lm o u t h

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M c G ill s y n c h ro n iz e s to g o ld M cG ill n a rro w ly w o n th e freestyle te a m ro u tin e title o n a tie -b re a k e r o ve r C a lg a ry to ca p tu re th e C a n a d ia n U n ive rsity S yn ch ro n iz e d S w im m in g Le a g u e c h a m p io n s h ip in K in g sto n , O n ta rio o n Saturday. Both te a m s p o ste d id e n tica l scores o f 75-333 p o in ts in th e fin al even t, th e freestyle te a m ro utine, b u t M cG ill w as d e e m e d c h a m p io n s after officials im p le m e n te d tie -b re a k in g p ro ce d u re s from S yn ch ro C a n a d a .

T h e w in n in g M cG ill sq u a d , c o a c h e d b y C a ssa n d ra B ilo g an , w a s c o m p o s e d o f C a rly H o u rig a n , E m ily G ilfa llin , Laura Sw ift, M a rie -E v e C h artier, M ich e lle Laro cq u e , R e b e cca N e irinck, K rystina A n to n e c c h ia , Je n n ife r G ill-W ilso n , Lyn n M acR ae a n d A m y M arrow . M cG ill's B -sq u a d , k n o w n as th e "Red" team , fin ish e d eig h th .

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BOX SCORE Sun d ay, Fe b ru a ry io , 2008 M c G ill M artlets, 4 vs. C a rle to n R avens, 0

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Î p .m . (if n e c e s s a ry ), a t M c C o n n e ll A re n a I T h e R e d m e n kick o ff th e p o st-se a so n a g a in st th e C a rle to n I R avens, w h o th e y d e feated tw ic e in th re e re g u lar season e n co u n te rs. T h e R aven s are a b ig , p h ysic a l h o c k e y te am w h o s e style o f p la y sh o u ld b e h e ig h te n e d b y th e h ig h stakes a n d th e ir u n d e rd o g role. After a d is a p p o in tin g e a rly exit from last year's playoffs, th e Red 'n'W h ite w ill lo o k to m ak e a m e n d s a n d set u p a s e c o n d ro u n d m e e tin g w ith th e ir m o st bitter rival, th e Q ueen 's G o ld e n G ae ls. W e w a n t a n o th e r c h a n c e to g e t slo sh e d a n d c h a n t a b o u t a m o ro u s relation s b e tw e e n th e G o ld e n G a e ls a n d sh e e p , so let's h o p e th e R e d m e n ca n reel o ff a c o u p le g u ic k w ins. : W o m e n 's H o c k e y — C o n c o r d ia S tin g e rs at M c G ill M a rtle ts;

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S C O R IN G SUM M ARY: FIR ST PERIO D: (no sco rin g ) S E C O N D PER IO D : 1. M cG ill: A n n e -S o p h ie Bettez (13) (S. D e n is, C . C h artra n d ), 00:28 T H IR D PERIO D: ' 2. M cG ill: V a n e ssa D a v id so n (14) (A.S. Bettez, S. D en is), 16:07 (PP) 3. C a rle to n : Sara Seiler (1) (K. Palm er, J. G o rd o n ), 18:53 (PP) 4. M cG ill: S h a tin a D e n is (8 ) (V. D a vid so n , A.S. Bettez), 19:35

! S u n d a y , 1 p .m . at M c C o n n e ll A re n a T h e g u e st for a p e rfe ct se aso n runs th ro u g h th e C o n c o rd ia Stingers, as th e M artlets p la y th e ir fin al re g ular se aso n g a m e o n S u n d a y a fte rn oo n . After fin is h in g o n e loss sh y o f I* an u n b le m is h e d record last year, th e lad ies in R e d 'n 'W h ite lo o k to fin ish 18-0 for 2007-08 after a run o f p la y e ve n m ore d o m in a n t th a n th a t e n jo ye d b y th e N e w E n g la n d Patriots (in th e re g u lar seaso n, n o t w h e n th e y c h o k e d in th e S u p e r Bowl). Like th e Patriots, th e M artlets h a v e a rg u a b ly th e best h e a d c o a c h in th e le a g u e , Peter S m ith , a n d th e b est p laye r in w o m e n 's u n ive rsity ho ckey, C h a rlin e Lab o n té. Sm ith's a better d resser th a n B e lic h ick th o u g h .

In th e n o v ic e te a m freestyle ro utine, W estern score d 61 p o in ts to e d g e M cG ill (58.5) a n d M cM aster (56.5) o n th e p o ­ d iu m . T h e n o v ic e so lo te c h n ica l ro u tin e w as ca p tu re d by M cG ill's Ji W ei Yang. K im M offit from th e jo in t W a te rlo o -L a u ­ rier te a m w as n ext o n th e p o d iu m , fo llo w e d b y Trent's Laura

G O A LTEN D ER S: M cG ill: C h a rlin e L a b o n té (W ), 1 5 -0 -0 ,1G A , 15 saves, 60:00 C a rle to n : V a lé rie C h a rb o n n e a u [L], 2 -5 -0 ,4 G A , 27 saves, 6 0:00 S H O T S BY PERIO D:

R e d m e n w a lk a ll o v e r G a ite rs M cG ill g u a rd S e an A n th o n y sco re d 18 o f his g a m e -h ig h 26 p o in ts in th e first q u a rte r as th e visitin g R e d m e n d efeated th e Bishop's G a ite rs 78-70 o n Saturday. W ith A n th o n y le a d in g th e w ay, th e R e d m e n ju m p e d o u t to an e a rly lead a n d th e n w ith sto o d a Bishop's rally in th e fo u rth q u a rte r to h a n d th e G a ite rs th e ir 11th straig h t loss.

W h ile Bishop's m a n a g e d to g ra b a n e a rly 10 -5 lead, th e R e d m e n q u ic k ly re g ro u p e d a n d w e n t o n a n im p re ssiv e 3 2-9 run to m ak e th e score 37-19 after th e first quarter. T h e G aiters, how ever, re sp o n d e d w ith a 17 -7 s e c o n d q u a rte r run to c u t M cG ill's lead to e ig h t p o in ts b y halftim e.

T h e tw o te a m s tra d e d baskets for m u c h o f th e th ird q u a r­ ter before a 14 -2 M cG ill run late in th e q u arte r g a v e th e R e d ­ m e n a 69-51 lead e n te rin g th e fin al fram e. W h ile Bishop's d id p u tsco re M cG ill 19 -9 in th e fo u rth it p ro ve d to b e a c a se o f to o [ittle, to o late as th e R e d m e n c a m e a w a y w ith th e w in.

W h ile A n th o n y's 26 p o int, 12 re b o u n d p e rfo rm a n ce led th e w a y for th e R e d m e n , g u a rd M oustafa El Z a n a ty also had an im p re ssive e v e n in g , fin is h in g w ith 21 p o ints, th re e assists a n d th re e steals.-

M c G ill 9 1 0 1 2 - - 31 C a rle to n 8 5 3 - 1 6

M c G ill s q u a s h e s c o m p e t it io n fo r s p o ts o n O U A s q u a d B e n ja m in M arie n a n d V ikra m C h o p ra , b o th m e m b e rs o f

N H L — P h ila d e lp h ia F lye rs a t M o n tre a l C a n a d ie n s ; S a tu rd a y ,

7 p .m . a t th e B e ll C e n tre ; C B C D e sp ite c o n s e cu tiv e se tb a ck s a g a in st th e lo w ly Leafs a n d s u rg in g Senators, th e C a n a d ie n s are a rg u a b ly th e hottest s e c o n d -h a lf te am in th e le ag ue . We're sure it w ill g o d o w n th e to ile t so m e tim e so on , b u t for n o w th ey're p la y in g an excitin g style th a t m ake s for great hockey. M e a n w h ile , P h ila d e lp h ia h as b e e n re su rge n t th is se aso n , d e sp ite a d irty style o f p lay th at m ake s th e m th e m o st hated te a m in th e le a g u e . Even th o u g h we're n o t th e b ig g e s t M o n treal fans, w e ll c h e e r for a n y o n e w h e n th e y p la y th e Flyers. G o H ab s go!

N B A — A ll-S ta r S k ills C o m p e t it io n ; S a tu rd a y , 8 p .m . a t th e ; N e w O rle a n s A r e n a ; T S N T h e a ctu al A ll-S ta r g a m e is th e fo llo w in g day, b u t there's really no p o in t in w a tc h in g th a t g lo rifie d p ic k -u p g a m e .T h e real fun I c o m e s o n S atu rd a y n ig h t, w h e n th e gam e's b est g a th e r to I I I I I

s h o w o ff th e ir "m ad skillz". T h e d u n k co n te st is g e ttin g old , b ut yo u ca n a lw ays c o u n t o n it to p ro v id e o n e or tw o Y o u Tub e m o m e n ts, an d w e ll tu n e in to w a tch Steve N ash in th e th re e p o in t c o m p e titio n . Finally, o n S atu rd a y n ig h t I'll h a ve a use for th e o ld p ic tu re -in -p ic tu re feature o n m y TV.

W O U L D Y O U LIKE T O INVEST SIG N IFIC A N T T IM E A N D RESOURCES IN TO PRESSING Q UESTIO N S LIKE "W H Y D O C A N A D IA N S LIKE HOCKEY?" IF THAT'S THE TYPE OF H A R D ­ H ITTIN G JO U R N A LISM YO U W O U L D LIKE T O BE A PART OF, C O M E WRITE FOR SPORTS! EM AIL US A T SPORTS@ M CG ILLTR IB U N E.C O M OR DROP BY SHATNER 110.

G A M E MVPs: M c G ill : C h a rlin e La b o n té C a rle to n : Sara S eiler

th e se c o n d -s e e d e d R e d m e n , h a ve e a rn e d a b erth o n th e O n ­ tario U n ive rsity sq u a sh A ll-S ta r te a m s as th e O U A c h a m p io n ­ sh ip s at St. C a th a rin e s, O n t. W ere h e ld last w e e ke n d . M arien w a s se le cte d to th e first te a m w h ile C h o p ra w as p ick e d to th e s e c o n d sq u a d East S e ctio n a l in K in g sto n , Nov. 17. T h e o th e r se m ifin a l w ill p it to p -s e e d e d a n d u n d e fe a te d W estern a g a in st fo u rth -ra n k e d Toronto.

FANTASY Everyone should be happy this weekend, not because reading week is only tw o weeks away, but because it is the longest tim e until another Hockey Day in Canada. Don't get me wrong, the hockey wasn't bad, but to sit through ten hours of pond hockey and interviews with locals from no name, Alberta is not w hat I call fun. Sure it's great that people w ho have never heard Don Cherry in person can get to fully appreciate the reason behind CBC's seven-second tape delay, but his racial comments can't be the focus for an entire day.

Anyways, I should get back to fantasy, so here are the picks,' looking at centres.

N o -B ra in e r

C Evgeni Malkin— Pittsburgh: It's scary that Pittsburgh can be this good without Sidney Crosby. Sid the Kid's high ankle sprain is probably the best thing that has ever happened to Malkin, w ho is finally back at centre instead of on the wing.

With the spotlight finally upon him, he's let loose and is on a tear. Malkin doesn't have hard match-ups this week, and has plenty of m om entum going into the week after a ridiculous seven-point weekend.

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C Chris Drury— NY Rangers:The Rangers only have tw o games this week, with one coming against the Sharks so don't expect anything big from Drury— not that you should expect much a n y week from the underwhelm ing former-Sabre.

BOX SCORE Su n d ay, F e b ru a ry 10 ,2 0 0 8 U Q TR Patriotes, 1 vs. M c G ill R e d m e n , 0 M c C o n n e ll A rena S C O R IN G SUM M ARY: FIRST PER IO D : 1. UQTR, J o n a th a n B o u tin

(17) (T. Poudrier, M. G ravel) 7 2 5 PP

P e n a ltie s M C G : G . D e m e rs (h o o kin g ) 1:02, UQTR: T. La fo n tain e (interference) 3:58, M C G : Y. Tu rco tte (trip p in g ) 5:42 S E C O N D PER IO D : (No S co rin g ) P e n a ltie s UQTR: C . B erg ero n (h o o kin g ) 3:30, M C G : G . D o u c e t (c h e c k in g from b e h in d , G M 50) 5:01, UQTR: J. Breton (b o a rd in g ) 6:50, M C G : S. S h e w c h u k (slashin g) 14:53, UQTR: C. La ro ch e (ro u g h in g ) 18:13 TH IR D PERIOD: (No S co rin g ) P e n a ltie s -

T h e U n d e rd o g

C Andy McDonald— St. Louis: The Blues play four games this week, and even though most of them are against very good teams, you can't pass up the chance to play the Kings. Look for him to have'a solid week, with a point in at least three of his games.

— S am ay B hachech

M C G : B. G a z d ic (interference) 3:18, M C G : S. B lo o m (h ig h stickin g ) 6:59, M C G : B. G a z d ic (ro u g h in g ) 10:23, M C G : S. B lo o m (interference) 12:55, UQTR: A. D e m e rs (interference) 13:25

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