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Volume 27 Issue 4* September 25, 2007

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s t u d e n t c ir c u la t io n Kate Spirgen Attempting to recruit new mem­ bers, clubs and services set up tables at the Students' Society semiannual activités night last Wednesday, but many were disappointed to find that the Shatner building's new capac­ ity restrictions caused long lines and disgruntled attendees.

"It's totally insane this year," Sév­ erine Koen, U2 international develop­ ment and political science said. "Last year was also a hassle because they didn't have the line-ups and people were pushing, so I understand why they devised this system, but it's still so dissuading. There should be sev­ eral activities nights or a different building or something."

At times students were told that they would have to wait 30 minutes in order to reach the second floor and extra security was called in at the last minute in attempts to maintain order and avoid city fines that could be incurred if the building capacity

was exceeded.

"We were expecting this to be an issue," Students' Society President Jake Itzkowitz said. "We had all the clubs and services reps, the activities night coordinator and the executives and security all working at capac­ ity. We thought it was going to be enough, but we were wrong.”

Club officers were also con­ cerned about the amount of traffic in the building, due to a traffic flow system allowing interested students onto the second floor in counted groups in order to avoid overflow. "[Students] just come in waves and pass by tables because it's just so intimidating to wait in line forever and then get in and get called to by everyone at the exact same time," said Kristin Lang, U2 marketing, who was working with the International Relations Students' Association of McGill, Alpha Kappa Si and the firstyear office.

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Despite record breaking offensive performances, McGill found itself on the bottom of yet another game as Acadia scored on a last second drive. See page 20 for more coverage.

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J ohn Semley With a filmic canon that draws equally from German Expres­ sionist cinema, Soviet montage, early-Technicolor musicals and the Bavarian mountain drama, Winnipeg's Guy Maddin is situated comfortably within the paradigm of Cinema du Parc's retrospec­ tive series, the fundamental criteria for which seems to be critical acclaim, ingenuity and just plain weirdness.

Maddin's latest commercial release, Brand Upon the Brain!, sees childhood nostalgia, expressionist horror film and teenage detective drama coagulate into one fanciful, if bizarre, piece of quasi-autobiographical filmmaking.

Told in twelve chapters, Brand! tells the tale of Guy Maddin, a middle-aged house painter who, at the behest of his aging mother, returns to his childhood home to spruce the place up with two thick coats of paint. In the process, the melancholic Guy becomes consumed with memories tied to the place of his youth. As the story unfolds, we see the young Guy bend to the whims of the overbearing and ever-watchful matriarch, fall in love, and fall victim to brain fever. All the while the real Guy Maddin (that is, the filmmaker himself) trots over the standard psychosexual tropes: Oedipal fantasy, incest, homoeroticism, transvestitism and even some new ones, such as voodoo, réani­ mation and child-eating.

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Though the narrative specifics may not speak to the trivia of Maddin's own life (the real Guy grew up in Winnipeg, not in a lighthouse on an unnamed island), the filmmaker contends that Brand U pon the Brain! is "psychologically and poetically one-hun­ dred per cent true."

"I always laugh out loud," said Maddin, "when I see a movie trailer in a big theatre:'Based On A True Story.'What do I care if its true or not?"

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G R A S P é l e a d s r a l l y in s u p p o r t o f s t u d e n t - r u n f o o d Kristin Maich Last Thursday's protest against the closure of the Architec­ ture Café, organized by the Grassroots Association for Student Power, saw students from various faculties banding together to rally support for student-run food services.

"All of this hullabaloo concerning the Arch Café is a surpris­ ingly welcomed response from the normally docile McGill stu­ dent body," said Brynn Smith-Raska, U3 cultural studies. "If the administration insists on perpetuating their mentality of'screwthe-students-into-the-ground,'then the eye-opening protest will hopefully be the first of many rebellions."

The demonstration came a day after McGill's first senate meeting of the year last Wednesday. The Architecture Café issue sparked the most discussion as the administration verbalized its position on the café issue.

Kyle Bailey, U3 environment student and science senator, presented the question on student-run cafeterias to senate.

In a show of support for the Café, Bailey pointed out the importance of its "unique character" and emphasized its ability to "provide quality food service to students with very limited means."

"In a report of the Principal's Task Force, the university has made clear that informal student space is a priority for our com­ munity," he noted. "Furthermore, there is very broad student, fac­ ulty and alumni support for this café."

Bailey then presented his three questions to the Senate.

"Firstly, will the café remain as an informal, student-run, foodservice based and maintain its unique character?" he asked.

Associate Vice-Principal University Services Jim Nicell re­ sponded to Bailey's questions and asserted that the Architecture Café's fate is really in the hands of the School of Architecture.

"If the decision is to have food services offered in this loca­ tion, my colleagues in the university services area, and the food services, in particular, will do everything we can to assist them

with this," he said. “Flowever, it should be noted that wherever money changes hands ...whenever the university's property is used for a commercial venture, even when it doesn't make a profit or generate a surplus, then all the appropriate laws, codes and agreements must be respected by the university."

In response to Bailey's second question, Nicell acknowl­ edged the university's inclination towards centralization of food services.

"The university has been pursuing an a p ­ proach of centralizaing food services."

— Jim Nicell, associate VP u n iversity services "The university has been pursuing an approach of centraliz­ ing food services," he said, "but in the sense that there is a plan to rationalize and coordinate food operatives across McGill."

Nicell stipulated that this centralization did not mean that "all food services will necessarily be given to one food provider or contractor."

Flowever, Nicell was adamant when it came to the students' righ t to alternative food services.

"Quite simply, there are not supposed to be any informal student-run food services on campus, although some groups and clubs on an occasional basis sell foods ranging from samosas to cookies," he stated. "All business operations conducted by student groups must be done within the context of the Memo­ randum of Agreement, between a recognized and appropriate student association and the university."

Management senator Aneerudha Borkotoky asked Nicell to clarify the "rationalized" and "coordinated" approach being taken by university services.

"Are there any policies or processes in place to ensure the greatest financial gain for McGill University, while at the same

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time ensuring the greatest quality being received by the stu­ dents, in terms of price and in terms of the quality of food?" he asked.

Nicell responded that Borkotoky had brought up "an inter­ esting balance."

"I should note right now that all the money earned is rein­ vested back into the infrastructure," he said. "Through the accu­ mulation of the appropriate funds, we are investing back in this infrastructure."

The GRASPé-organized protest took place the day after senate. Gathering on Thursday afternoon in front of the MacDonald-Flarrington building, which houses the Architecture department and the Architecture Café, the estimated 100-large group marched around campus towards the James Adminis­ tration building, chanting "Student-run is better done" and "stu­ dent autonomy is not a liability."

GRASPé member Elizabeth Higgins, U2 women's studies and sociology, explained that the intent of the march was to demand that the Architecture Café continue to be entirely student run, and to become a "model for student management of other food services at McGill."

"We were hoping to send a strong message to the univer­ sity that architecture students were not alone in their defence of the café," Higgins said. "One person told us that he had just been on Mont Royal, and we could be heard all the way from... the top of the mountain. Our message was definitely heard loud and clear!"

As it appears the café will end up reopening and GRASPé's Web site suggested that the remaining questions concern the management of the café: "Will the Café's finances, payroll and other top decisions be made by the Administration or stu­ dents?"

"It's one of the few student-run food services left on campus," Higgins said. "We're not going to let it be taken away from us." ■

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Traci J ohnson Canadian policymakers, ambassadors and academ­ ics convened across the street from McGill last Wednesday to debate and discuss Canada's mission in Afghanistan, a day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed to the people of Quebec for their continued support during a visit to Ottawa. The international conference attracted foreign dignitaries as well as anti-war protestors.

Demonstrators interrupted Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier more than a dozen times during his open­ ing speech at the Hotel Omni. Police in bulletproof vests forcibly removed protestors, who then gathered outside the hotel holding signs and engaging at least twice in pushing scuffles with police blocking the entrance.

Bernier continued his speech, acknowledging the controversy surrounding the nature of Canada's role in Af­ ghanistan while stating that Canada had made a commit­ ment to stay in the southern province of Kandahar, where violence is particularly intense, until at least 2009.

He also addressed opposition to the war in Quebec, quoting Karzai's speech from earlier in the week, praised Quebec's “sons and daughters" and suggested that "the Québécois finish what they start."

The three-day conference included panel discussions on geopolitics, security and development challenges, a public forum hosted by CBC and speeches from Afghan Ambassador to Canada Omar Samad and former UN Special Advisor Barnett Rubin.

McGill professor Stephen Saideman spoke on one of the panels, using power-point slides that could have easily appeared in one of his political science courses. He high­ lighted the difficulties of coalition warfare, the large degree of control Canada's military had over mission control and included a lesson on power politics.

"This is the place that a [militarily] small country like Canada can and is making a key contribution," he said.

Saideman argued that Canada is making a difference in Afghanistan, which gives it more influence on the mis­ sion in Afghanistan and in the world.

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s u p p o r t d e s ir e d forts in a place that matters, so that the mission has a Cana­ dian flavour," he said.

Earlier in the day, Saideman answered a question about the definition of success in Afghanistan, a major theme throughout the conference, almost without hesita­ tion. He emphasized that progress in Afghanistan can not be measured relative to other, already peaceful and indus­ trialized nations. "The military definition of success is a selfsustaining Afghanistan,"he said. "We can't turn Afghanistan into Norway."

Barnett Rubin attempted to articulate a more nuanced definition in his keynote address.

"There are two ways to define objectives, from the in­ ternational players' viewpoint— our goals, interests— and from the viewpoint of the Afghan people," he said.

Rubin praised Canada for devoting proportionally "more than any other country to Afghanistan in people, re­ sources, international aid and sacrifices,"and for its strategic action in Afghanistan.

"Canada has been criticized for participating in George Bush's war, but it has done exactly the reverse," he said.

"Canada was instrumental in transforming the War on Ter­ ror to cooperation with the Afghans."

According to Rubin, Canada was one of the few coun­ tries that gave money to the government of Afghanistan either directly or through a trust fund— money needed to prove that the government, instead of warlords, can pro­ vide basic services to the Afghan people.

But at the public forum with Canadian .International Development Agency official Stephen Wallace and journal­ ist Les Perreaux, individuals questioned both the reasoning behind the government's actions and politicians'truthful­ ness. Opponents of Canada's military role in Afghanistan outnumbered supporters, and more than one attendee used the phrase "our government has lied" when address­ ing the group.

Concordia mechanical engineering student Alfredo Martinez said he attended the forum to learn more about the situation.

“Politicians don't answer questions well, and you could see it," he said, referring to Wallace. "They wouldn't answer direct questions."*

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On Monday night, students were evacuated in their swimsuits out of Currie gym after a transformer blew and the roof went up in smoke. For the full story, see our online edition.

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In the wake of tragedies like Dawson College and Virginia Tech, post-secondary institutions across the United States and Canada have begun reviewing their own security plans.

According to McGill Security Services Interim Associate Director Pierre Barbarie, a McGill large-scale disaster plan had been drawn up, but is still pending final review. However, a hostile intruder protocol had been published and is now avail­ able on-line, and Barbarie encouraged students to use the se­ curity Web site to review the protocol. Despite the fact that the plan has not received final approval, nor has it been officially released, he maintains, "we are as ready as anyone can be for a situation like Dawson or Virginia Tech."

The Students' Society has its own security force and its own large-scale disaster plan in place, involving a full-building evacuation in coordination with the third-party vendors.

"We're not waiting for McGill any longer," SSMU Security Supervisor Wallace Sealy said.

SSMU played no role in McGill's disaster plan aside from sitting on the drafting committee and SSMU President Jake Itzkowitz expressed concern over the lack of coordination be­ tween security forces.

"For a situation in this building, we're prepared to deal with it," he said. "If there's a situation on campus, in general, we're prepared to deal with whatever happens regarding that, in this building, but we're not going to be on the phone with McGill Security dispatch."

Itzkowitz noted that McGill administration's hesitation to cooperate with SSMU Security stemmed from the administra­ tion's concerns over liability. Because SSMU is an independent

entity, overlapping jurisdictions could cause legal problems. As of now, SSMU security has not received a copy of the McGill plan, and according to SSMU Vice-President University Affairs Adrian Angus, the McGill disaster plan is being rolled out slow­ ly, department by department.

Further, neither the SSMU plan nor the McGill plan for di­ saster situations has received final approval or been released to the general public. The lack of SSMU participation and coordi­ nation within McGill's overall disaster strategy further compli­ cates the situation.

Another challenge to security on campus are the restric­ tions on enforcement tactics allowed to security agents.

"They're not peace officers," Barbarie said. "Their arrest powers are the same as an average citizen.”

Guards also lack the power to detain students and can never employ physical force, except in self-defense. Law en­ forcement must be involved in any physical removal of unco­ operative students or persons from McGill buildings or grounds, as well as any serious breaches of campus safety. Campus secu­ rity is able to write incident reports that are given to the McGill administration for further review, but is not a substitute for law enforcement.

SSMU security also faces the challenge of guarding the Shatner building because although McGill owns the building, SSMU has its own security force.

Sealy commented that McGill Security's purview was initially angled towards protecting McGill property, whereas SSMU security aims for a closer relationship with students.

SSMU security participates in all on-campus crime in­

vestigations in conjunction with McGill Security and local law enforcement, and coordinates with the campus security when necessary. However; SSMU security has traditionally taken a different position than McGill Security.

"At times, we have had to take a more proactive stance" Sealy said. "If there is a perpetrator in the building, we will step

in."

SSMU security is not bound by the same rules of physi­ cal contact as campus security; in rare circumstances, physical force is allowed on their part to end fights or remove unco­ operative individuals. However, Sealy insists that agents are trained mainly in verbal persuasion and diplomatic conflict resolution.

Further, SSMU agents often worked large-scale student events such as 4Floors, and maintained order at Gert's. All SSMU agents are educated in municipal liquor law, and have all received special training concerning alcohol which, according to Itzkowitz, is not necessarily something that McGill Security does.

While real security threats remain a rare occurrence on campus, Barbarie maintained that there is a great deal of re­ spect on both the part of students and agents and that serious incidents involving security and students are rare.

With all the challenges faced by both McGill Security and their SSMU counterparts, students still generally laud security for professionalism, and note the safe campus atmosphere, even at night.

"I think its pretty safe. I've never actually heard of anything happening,"said Lee Cadesky, U1 engineering. ■

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by Brian Alters, by professor of evolution education. The aptly named WOW Lab is the recent recipient of an $800,000 grant from the Imperial Oil Foundation, a transaction that has created some controversy within the student body.

Those against the grant suggest that accepting funds from an oil giant might be an ethically unsound procedure for a university institution.

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The lab, a joint venture between the faculty of science and the faculty of education, seeks to present science such that students will take more of an interest in the abstract concepts behind many scientific axioms.

"Imperial Oil wanted to fund some­ thing pragmatic and something that would have an impact on the educa­ tion of elementary and high-school stu­ dents," Alters said. “What we've noticed over the past decade is that interest in science seemed to be diminishing amongst kids."

Aiters's group hopes to take groundbreaking science from a variety of McGill laboratories and condense this knowlege into an ecoomically and logistically viable package. The package

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One of the lab's plans is to create a pulley-system that would enable a class to lift their teacher using only their fin­ gers, in order to improve understanding of vector addition.

Interest in this exciting science ap­ pears to transcend maturity and age dif­ ferences.

"Everybody from the Imperial Oil executives to the high school students were engaged and interested in the sci­ ence that was surrounding them,"WOW lab project manager Siara Isaac said. ■ Isaac (left) and Alters work to get students hooked on science.

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AUS recognizes fine arts N e w c o u n c il lo o k s g o o d o n c a n v a s Kate Spirgen After the creation of the Arts Un­ dergraduate Theatre Society last year, a new Fine Arts Council is in the works for the Arts Undergraduate Society in hopes of encouraging new projects and coordinating the different exist­ ing fine arts activities at McGill.

"We see opportunities at schools like Concordia, just not here," AUS President RJ Kelford said. "Basically their mandate would be to increase the opportunities available to stu­ dents to express themselves through the fine arts."

The council will have numerous responsibilities, including maintain­ ing communications between vari­ ous projects, but the main purpose of the council will be to allocate money from funds given to them by AUSfrom the Arts Undèrgraduate Im­ provement Fund this year. For com­ ing years, AUS is considering bring­ ing the AUIF fee down a few dollars

and instituting a newopt-outablefee specifically for the fine arts fund.

"The benefit behind that is that the Fine Arts Council would always know exactly what its budget would be," Kelford said. “We would be en­ croaching on those creative deci­ sions by the executive or council de­ termining the budget for the council.

It shouldn't be up to the executive how much is in the pot."

Kelford is also hoping to save around 15 per cent of the fund spe­ cifically for one-time projects like the Fridge Door Gallery, which are par­ ticularly lacking in support.

"It really doesn't cost that much to run something like Fridge Door," said Eric Forester, U3 English litera­ ture, who participated in last year's exhibition. "It's just hard to find any funding at all for a one-time deal."

In another move to encour­ age fine arts activities on campus, a new office will be given to STEPS magainze and AUTS.

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"For a lot of ongoing things it's not as much about the money as it is about the space,"Kelford said.

There will also be two fine arts commissioners this year to help build the infrastructure of the council and facilitate communications.

"I think this is a fantastic idea," said Amy Flutchinson, U2 art history, who plans on applying for the posi­ tion. "We had tons of activities when I was at Concordia and I'd love to bring more of that to McGill."

The first general meeting of the council will take place on Oct. 1 and any interested students are encour­ aged to attend.

"I'm looking to address a need," Kelford said, "and that need is that there's no centralized body support­ ing the fine arts at McGill. I, don't exactly have all the answers to that so I'm getting as many people who have a vested interest in this body to­ gether to help discuss the possibili­ ties." ■

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First peoples dance to the beat of their own drum last Friday at the sixth annual First Peoples'House PowWow.

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Harvest festivities in bloom S t u d e n t s r e a p b e n e fit s o f r o o ft o p g a r d e n Ines Beatrix During the summer, McGill's ar­ chitecture department teamed up with Roof-Top Gardens to illustrate how urban agriculture can be a real possibility by growing an assortment of vegetables and fruits over the concrete steps of the Burnside build­ ing. Last Thursday, the architecture department and the local organiza­ tion held a Fiarvest Festival in front of Burnside building.

"The vegetables are all organic, pesticide and hormone-free," RoofTop Gardens volunteer Julie Lanctot said.“Roof-Top gardens are an option for any household. We have work­ shops to teach people how to grow vegetables in the containers and make compost. It's also a great way for people to find out where their food is coming from and witness the growing process.”

McGill's architecture program made it possible for Roof-Top Gar­ dens to find a space on campus both by getting the project approved and

by researching where to set up the site.

"We helped locate adequate spaces by doing sun studies for opti­ mal plant growth," architecture Ph.D. student Leila Farah explained.

"Both the architecture depart­ ment and Roof-Top Gardens share a common desire to integrate produc­ tive planting as a permanent feature in cities," architecture professor Vikram Bhatt said. "By cutting down on imports, which travel 3,000 km to get here, a considerable amount of en­ ergy can be saved."

One of the many benefits of this project include reducing the amount of pollution caused when importing vegetables. Aside from its ecological and health benefits, the space dedi­ cated to the gardens aimed to bring nature to an otherwise metropolitan landscape. Bhatt felt that the RoofTop gardens helped to beautify the McGill campus.

Lanctot agreed, adding that the garden is a good social area as well because those involved tend to share

ideals and common interests.

Armel Névo, kitchen manager of local NGO Santropol Roulant, was thrilled with the project's success.

"We wanted to show the world that it's successful and that it's very possible," he said. "The gardens grow an assortment of vegetables includ­ ing fresh tomatoes, zucchinis, egg­ plant, onions, herbs and even some edible flowers."

The Roof-Top Garden helped supply Santropol Roulant's Meals on Wheels service, a program dedicated to bringing dinner to house-bound elderly people, with up to one-third of the vegetables needed during the summer months. This success had encouraged Roof-Top Gardens to spread the concept of the gardens to city dwellers for a more ecologically oriented and healthy urban society.

Encouraged by the success of Burnside's garden, Bhatt hopes to bring the project to new heights.

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Thursday's Harvest Festival had students stop by to observe the blossoming vegetation.

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became the city's first university to participate.

Tyler Palov, U3 international development Campus was unusually devoid of cars last studies, was impressed by the day's activities.

Thursday as McGill partook in Car Free Day. instead "It's great that students have set up these of driving, people were encouraged to leave their events," he said. "The bike workshop might encour­ cars at home and resort to alternate means of trans­ age people to ride instead of driving to school. I portation. Vehicles were turned away from the Rod­ think Car Free Day is important because it raises dick Gates, though a limited number of cars were awareness of an important issue. Even if emissions j given access through the Milton entrance. are only reduced today, it reminds Montrealers to According to Kathleen Ng, McGill's environ­ remember the environment." mental officer, the day brought awareness to an ur­ Down­ gent global greeen town Mon­ issue. treal also cel­ "Clim ate ch an g e doesn't ju st increase "We're hitting ebrated Car the tipping point;" tem p eratures; it affects everything from Free Day with she said. "Some infrastructure to w ater availability.

La Marche des — Kathleen Ng, E n tre p ris e s , even argue that we've already hit McGill's environm ental officer a walk event j the tipping point. organized by Given all the biodi­ the transpor­ versity change, we need to do something." tation management centre, Voyagez Futé Montreal.

In conjunction with Car Free Day, Envirofest Representatives of environmentally conscious busi­ was held along McGill College to promote student nesses, government departments and universities environmental activism. Lunch was supplied by walked along St. Catherine St., which was closed Midnight Kitchen and Vélos Villeneuve bike shop between St. Urbain and McGill College. was on hand to provide free repairs for many cy­ "We're trying to make our colleagues leave clists. Several environmentalist clubs also set up their cars at home. We gave out discounts on bus booths in order to spread awareness of the effects and metro passes and we encouraged them to .of automobile emissions and give tips on leading walk to work," Josée Boudreau, a communications | sustainable lifestyles. official for the Arrondissement de Saint-Laurent.

Danielle Lewchuck, U3 environment and Ng, who participated in the walk on behalf of Greening McGill member, believed that Car Free McGill, believed that making an effort for the envi­ Day is an easy way for McGill staff and students to ronment today is important because the effects of get involved in sustainable living. climate change will be far-reaching.

"It's a nice way for commuters to feel like "Everyone thinks it will be warm in Montreal, they're doing something for the environment," she [but] it's actually going to get cool in some areas," said. she said. “Climate change doesn't just increase tem­ "Environmental consciousness is important for peratures; it affects everything from infrastructure everyone because of global warming," she contin­ to water availability." ued. "It has the potential to affect us all so it's key Montreal Mayor.Gérald Tremblay, who spoke fora sub-community like McGill to be involved and at the end of the walk, said the event sent a "very aware." positive message."

Car Free Day, which began in Paris in 1998, is a "It's important that we be recognized through­ community effort to raise awareness of the effects out the world as a green city," he said. "It's important of vehicles on city life and the environment, and to to prepare the next generation. We need to use our promote the use of alternate transportation. Mon­ green consciousness every day." ■ treal first held the event in 2003, and in 2004, McGill

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Groups of students tossed away their shoes last Thursday on Lower Field to par­ ticipate in Lose the Shoes, a soccer tourna­ ment that raised $1,900 for AIDS research.

Coordinated by Africa is REAL (Responsibility to Elevate Awareness of Life), the event drew 25 teams to play three-on-three games.

Africa is REAL founder Michael Roskies, U3 biology, explained the significance of using soccer as a fundraiser.

“We as Canadians have no connection to soccer but in Africa, soccer is literally a unifier," he said.

After visiting Tanzania last year and ob­ serving African customs, Roskies described soccer as, "such a simple but fun way to get everyone together."

Africa is REAL is a non-profit organiza­ tion at McGill that aims to bring awareness to the issues plaguing Africa, particularly AIDS, genocide and poverty. The funds from the Lose the Shoes event were raised through entry fees, a bake sale and donations col­ lected during the event, which will be do­

nated to two AIDS organizations: Apple, an organization dedicated to freeing child fish­ ery slaves in Ghana, and Kikundi Cha Chawamaki, a support group for women living with AIDS in Tanzania.

"Fundraisers which are active, get peo­ ple to participate, have fun and know they are raising money for a great cause,"said one of the event organizers, David Rimock, U2 political science.

The tournament is played barefoot as homage to the African tradition. Moufid Radj U3 electrical engineering played on the winning team "African Ultimatum."

"The field is not like at home: it is flatter here. At home the fields are very rough and uneven,"said Radj.

While new to McGill this year, the Lose the Shoes tournament was created last year

by College KickAIDS and will be taking place throughout September at over a dozen North America university campuses.

"It's just playing the beautiful game for a good cause," said McGill Alum Flerve Blanchard. "It's a great event and a way to help out Africa through sports." ■

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To utilize more of the space available in the building, many politi­ cally oriented clubs were placed on the third floor and sports clubs were placed in the basement.

"We were definitely upset for being down here," said Teddy Smith, Uo English literature, of the McGill Fight Band. "I don't think anyone knows to come down here."

SSMU VP Clubs and Services Marcelle Kosman explained that much of the problem throughout the night was due to bottlenecked traffic on the stairwells. For the Janu­ ary activities night, she plans to limit the number of people allowed to staff tables to two per club and also make use of the Shatner lounge, not­ ing, "This is insane.”

“We tried having people in the basement and there is lots of space," she said, "but you can't control how many people come at once.”

Kosman also noted the possibil­ ity of an activities week rather than just one night for students to explore all the different activities available on campus.

"The thing is, we're trying really hard to get our capacity back up,"she NIKI HYDE said, "and as soon as our capacity is Wallace Sealy, SSMU security supervisor, struggles to organize the back up it won't be a problem." ■ teeming masses.

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While it is common knowledge that breakfast is the most crucial meal of the day, students returning to Mac­ donald campus this fall found that they will not be able to get this meal from the Centennial Centre Cafeteria, one of two eateries on campus. McGill Food Services made the decision to open the cafeteria for only four-anda-half hours each day, which sparked rumours amongst staff and students that the cafeteria would soon be shut down altogether.

Heather Vallee, supervisor of the CC Cafeteria, said that the decision was unjustified.

"It's most unfair for the students who want breakfast,” she said. "We used to get [students from] the first bus that came in, or some of the peo­ ple who took the first bus to Montreal would run in and get something to eat."

McGill Food Services Director Bill Pageau met with Macdonald Campus Students' Society President Lise Cobitz and Vice-President Internal Emma Loosigian last Wednesday and agreed to have the cafeteria open at 8 :oo a.m. rather than 10:30 a.m. starting this week.

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Both Vallee and Cobitz noted that they were never told why the hours for the cafeteria were changed in the first place, but suspected that low profits and competition from the Link Café played a role.

"They wanted to keep the cafete ria open only during its busiest hours, now that the Link is available," Cobitz said. "I don't think.they realized that maybe [the cafeteria] doesn't make the most money in the morning, but a lot of people come. I guess lunch just makes a bigger profit than breakfast.”

The new hours will be on a trial basis and MCSS will convene with Pageau at the end of the month to see if more changes are necessary.

“It will depend on what happens," Cobitz said. "I think it should be open a little later because, for example, a lot of classes end at 2:30 p.m. and then labs begin. It would be nice if it were open a little later."

No matter what decision is made, Vallee said it will not affect her job very much.

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J osh Fisher JOSHADAMFISHER@GMAIL.COM hat more can OJ Simpson do to assert his unmitigated sense of im­ punity? You will recall that Simpson was acquitted of murder charges in 1995 and found civilly liable for the same acts in 1997 for which he was ordered to pay his victims' families some $33-million.

But fast-forward to the present: Simp­ son has just written a book titled If I D id It, outlining how and why he would have car­ ried out the murders for which he was ac­ quitted 12 years ago. Having become bored by his absence from the media spotlight, and knowing that once acquitted he cannot be retried for the same acts, the man who certainly isn't shy about offending people decided it would be a good idea to let the public understand the acts they were so fas­ cinated by a decade ago. Just in case any­ one was still convinced of his innocence, he wants to clear the record. In Miami, where Simpson lives, this is called "chutzpah."

Of course, there's more. Last week he was arrested for alleged robbery of his own memorabilia. Implicitly referring to his unpopular 1995 acquittal, Simpson denied the charges to a reporter by saying: "I'm OJ Simpson. How am I going to think I'm going to rob somebody and get away with it?"The possibility that it was a set up will play out in the days ahead, but Simpson was sure to boast of his impunity first, and defend him­ self—or let the case against him fall apart later.

You might be pleased to learn that a U.S. judge awarded one of his victims'family the right to publish and retain all proceeds from the book. The Goldmans retitled it "If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer," with the "If"

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in tiny font. Given Simpson's profound com­ mitment to "justice"for himself, I would only expect that he would launch a defamation suit against the Goldmans for damaging his reputation. Simpson wrote of how he "might" have done it, and will surely be of­ fended upon learning that his readers will be led to see it as a confession.

So he's offensive and arrogant, and may again escape justice. So what? Prisons are overcrowded, and maybe OJ is not much of a threat. The real question here is: why is his book number one on Amazon.com? Why did two of our own national TV newscasts—CTV News and Global National— lead last Friday with this story? And why are more McGill students reading this than my last column about human rights in China and Darfur?

Maybe people simply get a sick thrill from reading about a wealthy, famous guy getting away with murder. Maybe chutzpah is entertaining in whatever form. One blog­ ger writes, "Losers who follow celebrity news need to turn off 'El' move out of their par­ ents basements and get a life.There are big­ ger things in this world.” But maybe OJ news is one of those bigger things. Surely to the families of the victims, lawyers, journalists and commentators it is big. Maybe OJ-mania is important if there are lessons we can learn that can advance social justice. Maybe pros­ ecutors won't be as incompetent in the fu­ ture and maybe police officers will be more honest. Maybe the result will be one more guilty man convicted or one more innocent man left free.

I'm too apathetic to lament student apathy. But if I did, this is how I would have done it. ■

he Liberal fortress has fallen. Last week, in what was arguably their safest riding in Montreal, Liberal candidate Jocelyn Coulon took less than 30 per cent of the Out­ remont vote in on his way to a second place finish behind NDP candidate and former pro­ vincial cabinet minister Thomas Mulcair. This is a riding that has voted Liberal in every elec­ tion since its creation in 1935, with only one exception. In 1968, the Liberal candidate re­ ceived an unfathomable 78.7 per cent of the vote. During the Trudeau era, it was uncom­ mon for the Liberals to get less than 60 per cent. As political strategists across the coun­ try conduct their post-mortems of last week's by-elections, the most pressing question will be whether or not Liberal leader Stéphane Dion can be blamed.

Dion could not deliver what should have been an easy Liberal victory in his home province. Despite the ten months that have passed since he was elected leader, Dion has not been able to unify the clashing factions of his party. Rumours abound regarding the role Michael Ignatieff or his supporters might have played in purposely ensuring that Dion's hand-picked candidate would lose.

Further, Dion has failed to implement a cohe­ sive organization framework that would help him win elections.The campaign was sloppy, with candidate signs and campaign literature taking far too long to hit the streets. This left potential voters wide open to influence from every other party. Having been reached first by everyone else, voters were left to vvonder why they should vote for a party that doesn't even have the capacity to distribute pam­ phlets to them.

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before the by-election showing that they were leading by six points. At this point, it was essentially over. I live in the Plateau, but I swear I could hear the air being sucked out of the Liberal campaign office on the other side of Mount Royal. Viral pessimism infected every volunteer who came into the cam­ paign thinking they were backing a bona fide winner. Desperate to salvage the campaign, Liberal staffers from Ottawa scrambled to help out the struggling candidate. However, the last minute actions were in vain, as the negative publicity from the poll would grow exponentially while political commentators all over the country mused loudly about why the Liberals were in jeopardy of losing such a long-standing stronghold and why Stéphane Dion couldn't get his act together. Liberal vol­ unteers lost faith in their candidate and his ability to win, while the NDP was reinvigorat­ ed by the possibility of their first election vic­ tory in Quebec since 1990. The poll deflated any enthusiasm left in the Liberal camp and drove the NDP to what would eventually be­ come a 20 point margin of victory.

While many of my fellow Tory partisans have declared that the Outremont by-elec­ tion results were desirable, I look at it with a bit of caution. I'm not worried about the NDP in Quebec—they will have to poach a lot of famous provincial cabinet ministers to make any sort of a dent here. What I am worried about is the excessive destabilization of Dion’s leadership. While this may seem like it would benefit the Conservatives, consider the long term gains of having Dion stick around; he is not a strong leader, nor is he someone that has a lot of potential for growth. Let the man flounder, I say. I want him around for a long time to come. ■

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Y o u r a lle rg ie s a re n u ts David Levitz DAVID.LEVITZ@MAIL.MCGILL.CA n today's world of anaphylaxis, I am a peanut warrior. I am convinced that peanut butter is an entire food group unto itself and I am prepared to defend my cause. I know the sweet joys of her love and I know the pain of separation. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder and on a year-long exchange to Berlin, I discovered the truth of this saying. When culture shock was at its worst, I sought refuge in my little bit of North America— my precious, hoarded jar of all-natural PB from home.

Here I revel at the PB selection offered to me in every grocery store. But the world is a cruel place in which no joy can go untarnished. There are those who want to come be­ tween me and my beloved. These people call themselves al­ lergic.

I am not one to suggest that there are not people who are truly, deathly allergic to nuts. But 1 have to wonder: Has the number of peanut allergies really increased so dramati­ cally over the past years? Or have nut allergies long lurked beneath the surface, like the struggles of underrepresented minorities, waiting for the acknowledgment of an enlight­ ened public? Perhaps there really has been a rise in nut aller­ gies—to the delight of countless hypochondriacs waiting to get in on the biggest fad of our time.

What I do know is that some people, whether truly al­ lergic or not, need to lose the attitude and put down their crosses. Society is waking up to their needs, and it's pretty ac­ commodating. Our new sensitivity is evidenced by peanutfree airlines and schools, clearly marked warnings on food packaging and even the organic, hypoallergenic space-cakes I was offered a few weeks ago at Tam-Tams.

And yet the allergic and their supporters perceive them­ selves as under attack—vaguely like conservative Christian Americans suffering from an oppressed-victim complex be­ cause the big, bad liberals won't let them bring mandatory prayer back into public schools.

But maybe they're just my own experiences. In the past, having had one too many drinks at a party, I provoked fellow party-goers by pretending to dislike all Japanese. I stopped, though, when I discovered that claiming not to believe in peanut allergies was far more effective than racism at pro­ ducing outrage.

I experimented with this tactic after an incident which occurred at my friend's pasta potluck last year. I was making a cashew sauce, and as I was about to put the actual cashews into the sauce, a girl rushed up and very curtly informed me that I could not put cashews into my cashew sauce.

Her friend was allergic and wanted to be able to taste every sauce. Looking around the room at the number of sauces containing meat, I didn't find the situation so unfair. As a life­ long vegetarian, I've heard everything from "Well, we do have a side salad on the menu,"to, "I heard you were vegetarian, so I made you chicken instead of steak," to, "Don't worry. I think I got most of the meat out," to, "HAHA, when you weren't looking I hid some chicken in your ice cream!" So it is with understanding and compassion that I say to please get over it. The world is not conspiring against you. Of course, a year later people still call me "that asshole who hates people with nut allergies."

Lately, though, I've started to mellow out, and this col­ umn is probably the last word anyone will hear from me on this topic. It turns out my boyfriend's new roommate is deathly allergic to nuts. I like him, he's not self-righteous, and now I'm making every effort to clean my peanut buttery knives so he can continue living.

Ignorance and fear seem to be at the root of all bigotry (even mine), and now that I know one of them, my animosity seems to be melting. We have a tacit understanding of one another; I let him eat his sausage links, and he lets me eat my peanut butter. ■

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ast Thursday, the Canadian dollar reached parity against the U.S. greenback for the first time in 31 years. As a result, headlines from zealous and patriotic media sources across the country have been patting Canada on the back for developing such a robust, strong economy.

The formerly feeble Canadian looriie has finally risen up against the mighty greenback and now reigns supreme in the North American currency market. But don't pop those champagne corks yet—the loonie's rise comes with a whole host of unintended consequences for Canadian industry, and the North American economy as a whole.

The loonie's surprising appreciation over the past five years has been driven by a combination of factors, the most obvious being a robust Cana­ dian economy spurred by high commodity prices and a series of trade and.fiscal surpluses. It is also a consequence of the current structural weak­ nesses in the American economy: a large trade deficit, unsustainable levels of government bor­ rowing, an imploding U.S. housing market and a high sub-prime loan interest rate. Moreover, the Federal Reserve has recently cut their short-term interest rates by 0.5 per cent, causing an even larger drop in the American currency against the Euro and the Canadian dollar.

Currently, prices in Canada still do not re­ flect parity between the two currencies. Accord­ ing to BMO Nesbitt Burns, products are currently 24 per cent higher in Canada than in the United States— most evident in consumer good prices, such as books and automobiles. The important Quebec and Ontario manufacturing sector has also been aversely affected by the high loonie.

Canadian goods are fetching lower prices in the United States because of reduced U.S. consumer purchasing power and more prohibitive pricing.

Companies and business dealing in Ameri­ can-bound exports are particularly affected.

Livestock farmers, the "Hollywood North," tour­ ism;: American customers are no longer coming to the Great White North for better deals. In fact, the opposite is happening. Canadians are cross­

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ing the American border for better prices, enrich­ ing U.S. retailers, at the expense of home-grown Canadian companies. Further, automobile com­ panies have ignored consumer demands to slash Canadian prices, instead asking for special price protections and tariffs to bolster the Canadian domestic market.

Forestry in British Columbia, another one of Canada's strongest industries, is taking a double whammy from the current economic situation.

The housing slump in conjunction with the ris­ ing dollar is causing massive revenue losses for lumber companies. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, every sustained one-cent rise in the value of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. greenback is costing the B.C. forestry industry up to $i70-million (CAD) per year.

In a typically Canadian situation, it's one province causing all the trouble. Back in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, Quebec and French national­

under the weight of the petro-dollar. As a result, our domestic industries have seen declining bot­ tom-lines, while Alberta reaps the benefits of its rentierism. The loonie has appreciated strongly against the greenback but has not seen the same meteoric rise against other forex currencies— in reality, the Canadian economy simply isn't strong enough.

The time has come for Canada to finally crack down on these provincial provincials; in­ deed, the time has come for expulsion. Let's get rid of Alberta. Before he was prime minister, Ste­ phen Harper once suggested constructing a wall around Alberta in a separatist fit— maybe now is the time for its implementation. By jettisoning the oil-ridden province, Canadians will get eco­ nomic relief for domestic businesses and an end to these dollar woes.

We could even kill two loons with one stone: By engaging in a massive population transfer, the

" T h e t im e h a s c o m e f o r C a n a d a t o f in a lly c r a c k d o w n o n t h e s e p r o v in c ia l p r o v in c ia ls ; in d e e d , t h e t im e h a s c o m e f o r e x p u ls io n .

L e t 's g e t r id o f A lb e r t a ." ism was the crise du jour as the province became mired in extremism, and eventually, terrorism and repeated separation referenda. Recently, we have seen the issue of Maritime rights pummel the cohesion of the Dominion as provinces such as Newfoundland— historically reluctant part­ ners in Confederation— threatened to remove themselves from our union. In today's currency climate, we find resource-rich Alberta causing panic for the rest of the non-oil soaked country.

Canada, although praised by pundits and analysts as a financial and industrial powerhouse, is really a Middle East style, petrol-driven rentier economy. Our recent success is much too focused and localized, and not nearly diverse enough to sustain a healthy economy. Alberta is basking in the joy of high oil prices and a resulting cur­ rency boom, while the rest of Canada is crushed

Canadian government could move the separat­ ist Quebeckers to Alberta and the federalist Al­ bertans to Quebec, and voila! We solve both the currency dilemma and nationalist aspirations of lingering separatist Quebeckers. "New Quebec" would be able to survive the split and its infant stages of sovereignty due to the region's wealth of resources while the transplanted Albertans would no longer wreak economic havoc with their combination of Western productivity and oil.

Rather than gawking at the recent loonie flight, Canada needs to step back and seriously consider the long-term economic implications.

More than this, however, we need to start imple­ menting solutions that do not leave every prov­ ince besides Alberta empty-nested.

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hese days, many people are leaning toward the concept of awareness. For those of you not "up" on the activist "lingo," the concept of awareness is to spread, well, awareness of a prob­ lem so that more people will get involved. Unfortu­ nately, one of the side effects of spreading aware­ ness is that those who become aware of said cause decide to spread more awareness as opposed to acting on the issue. Before you know it, you have a country full of self-satiated socialites whose over­ inflated sense of selflessness is just about ready to burst, while the poor children in Uganda are still starving to death.

This is how it works: awareness begets aware­ ness. If your goal is to rriake people aware of some­ thing, then your best-case scenario is that the same eventual goal will be transferred to them. Why not actively contribute personal time or money to something that directly impacts your cause? Short of ridiculous shock tactics, awareness just doesn't have the same force it once did. Everyone, well ev­ eryone our age at least, knows about Darfur. It has been all over the news, the papers, the Internet, ev­ erything. Are people contributing significant sums

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of money towards it? No. Not enough at least.

Awareness can only do so much.The end purpose of awareness is to create action, so why not just skip the middleman and send some money your­ self?

Here's a novel idea: Go to an ATM, take out $20, maybe $40, maybe even $100, whatever you can spare, put it in an envelope, and just mail it out to an aid organization. Ask yburself which one the world food organization would prefer: a lovely let­ ter saying that you and your whole class didn't eat for two days so you knew what it would feel like to be a starving child or an envelope with $300 and a note saying "everyone in my class felt so strongly about it, we all gave what we could, I hope it can help in some small way." Do you think one of the ex-child soldiers in Uganda will take more solace in knowing that a group of students went without food for a couple days or in the fact that $300 could probably provide him with enough medicine, food and supplies for over a year of comfortable living?

"But wait," I hear, from a tiny voice in the back row, "if enough people make a fuss, then the gov­ ernment will send foreign aid to. the country!"

That's actually a valid point. The problem with that idea lies specifically with the situation in Uganda.

Currently, the president is not allowing foreign troops to come to the aid of his country. Seeing as Canada is unable to provide human support, what else are they able to give? Supplies.Things that can be purchased with money. Do you see the flawed logic here? Anything sent by our country can eas­ ily be purchased by an NGO with the private funds we supply. Also, considering that most charitable donations are tax-exempt, the difference in terms of personal finance is negligible.

I ask everyone reading this: please go-look up the Ugandan conflict. There is a documentary out about it right now called Uganda Rising that will be an excellent watch. If you decide you want to di­ rectly help the Ugandans or any other major inter­ national crisis, go to your bank, get some money, stick it in an envelope, and mail it to an aid organi­ zation of your choice.

If there is a choice between ignorance and awareness, choose to be informed. But if you have a choice between awareness and true activism, it's not really a choice at all. ■

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Y o u c a n 't say I d o n 't b le e d fo r m y c o u n try Elizabeth Perle he Canadian government should be taking those rage-inducing Always commercials to heart: Let women "have a happy period" and remove the tax from our tampons, for cunts'sake!

In my eyes, this bloody debate can be boiled down to the question: should women be compensated for hav­ ing an inconvenient bodily feature that costs them more money?

To put it bluntly, women are at a disadvantage be­ cause of the way society has us deal with our periods.

"Feminine hygiene products," such as tampons (which are made from two of the cheapest raw materials to acquire: cotton and cardboard), are overpriced to take advantage of women, who purchase the products simply because they are the only options society has made readily avail­ able to them. Our periods have become vicious cycles— in more ways than one.

Currently, "necessary items" such as food are exempt from federal and provincial taxes. Apparently, the govern­ ment considers tampons and pads to be "luxury items."

There are two million women in Quebec between the ages of 15 and 64 who, in one year, will pay the government $18 million in tampon tax. Over their lifetime they will pay the Government $930 million dollars. There are an estimated 11 million women between the ages of 15 and 64 in Canada; one can only imagine what the national costs add up to.

The question remains: is there an equivalent cost that men have to come up with every month for 50 years of their lives? The simple answer is, no. The more intimidat­ ing question, however, is: If men had to pay for tampons, would there be tax on them?

One of the mainstream arguments against discount­ ing women for these products is that women shouldn't get special treatment for being different than men because nature made them like that, not society. This is true. Soci­ ety does not create the period. However, it does create the

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inconvenience of the period by not accommodating it or treating it like it does not exist. Women have to go on as if it doesn't happen, but get penalized for it by having to purchase tampons, pads and other such products. More­ over, unnecessary or harmful materials, such as bleach and perfume, are often used in their manufacturing because we associate the colour white with 'cleanliness' and a socalled scent as 'unnatural.'

However, the argument that women are disadvan­ taged by natureand therefore society should accommodate them is specious, too. Women aren't disadvantaged. Soci­ ety has disadvantaged women because it favors the bi­ ology of men. If we reorganized society in a way that ac­ counted for periods, there would not be a problem.

To critics of the tax who call it sexist, it is also impor­ tant to note that the tax doesn't apply to women who do not menstruate and applies to men that do. I am pointing specifically to the fact that many transmen would still get the tax break, and women who are trans, had hysterecto­ mies, take the seasonale pill, or don't have their period for whatever reason, wouldn't benefit. Ergo, it is not an inher­ ently sexist tax. It applies to anyone who gets their period and uses those kinds of products.

The elimination of taxes on these feminine products is absolutely necessary, and the fact that the major Canadian political parties— NDP aside— have yet to integrate this cause into their policy platforms is extremely perturbing.

Furthermore, in such an environmentally charged political climate, it seems only logical that we should be looking to making non-wasteful period products (such as the keeper, washable pads, the diva cup etc.) more easily accessible (or even discounted, as an incentive), since the products we use now are wasteful and environmentally unsafe.

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— Danielle Bakhazi, U4 electrical engineering In the Sept, 11 issue, the Tribune printed a correction sourcing the data in the aformentioned “By the Numbers."All quoted data comes from HemaQuebec and Health Canada. The Tribune, once again, apologizes.

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S am D rory The question of what beer to drink is an eternal one. The many varying tastes make the task seem gargantuan. Below, lovingly selected by illustrious beer drinkers, is a compilation of the finest grocery-store varieties, with special attention paid to local, domestic and import beers. Prôst! lo. Folle du Roi: Rousse au Chanvre. This is a hemp-based red ale brewed

by Les Trois Mousquetaires in Montreal. Hemp beer is always appealing, partly because of the big pot leaf emblazoned across the box. However, it has an unfortunately burnt taste, so it would be hard to imagine drink­ ing a six pack of it. Perhaps someone will, one day, figure out how to make good hemp beer.

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Belle Gueule: Rousse. This is a red lager brewed by Les Brasseurs RJ in Montreal. It is a fairly common Québécois brew. This Amber beer is truly amazing in its fundamental lack of taste, however the 5.2 per cent abv won't disappoint.

Boréale: Dorée. This is a light ale made with honey, brewed by Les Brasseurs du Nord Inc. in Blainville, Quebec. Although a common Québécois beer of some notoriety on campus ever since they began sponsoring frosh, it's time Boreal got another chance. While honey beer is an acquired taste, in this one the brewers seem to be com­ pensating for poor-tasting beer through the addition of honey. The result is not great, but drinkable.

O'Keefe. This is a pale ale brewed

by Molson in Montreal. Molson Canadian, with its bland flavor and slightly sweet aftertaste, easily de­ scribes O'Keefe. If you don't like the taste of beer much, but like to drink it, this one's for you.

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Alexander Keith's: An India Pale Ale brewed by Keith's Brewery in Nova Scotia, Halifax.This beer gets what all the other big Canadian ones wish they could: universal appreciation, despite a distinct flavour. A smooth, slightly bitter crisp beer, India Pale Ale is a classic. Enough said.

Sapporo: Premium. A lager brewed by Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. in Guelph, Ontario. It turns out that in Canada this Japanese beer is brewed

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Saying 'tofu' to a devoted carnivore produces much the same reaction as that emitted by a ter­ rified two year old forced to sit on some creepy Santa's lap. Fortunately, you can avoid the tears and temper tantrum by slipping tofu into a dish such as this vegetarian lasagna; the tofu takes on the flavours of the tomato sauce and vegetables while letting you inject a little more protein into a vegetarian meal. This lasagna tastes even bet­ ter the next day, so make sure you save some for leftovers!

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Preheat oven to 450°F. Cut eggplant in half lengthwise and prick skin with fork. Place cut side down on lightly greased baking sheet; bake for 15 minutes or until ten­ der. Let cool, then cut into small cubes.

Meanwhile, in food processor, purée tomatoes. Pour into large saucepan; add tomato paste, onion, garlic, bay leaf, basil, oregano and pepper. Simmer uncovered for 20-30 minutes or until onions are tender. Remove bay leaf.

While the sauce is simmering, bring a pot of water to a boil and add lasagna noodles. Cook for 8-10 minutes until tender but firm. Drain under cold running water and lay flat in a single layer on sheets of paper towel.

Combine beaten egg and ricotta cheese in a small bowl.

Heat olive oil in a large saucepan; add sweet peppers and zucchini. Cook for about two minutes then add mushrooms. Cook for another few minutes, stir in egg­ plant and set aside.

Spread thin layer of sauce over the bottom of a 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Top with a layer of noodles. Cover with half of the vegetable mixture followed by half of the ricotta mixture, half of the crumbled tofu and 1/3 of the mozzarella cheese. Cover layer with tomato sauce.

Laydown next layer of noodles followed by the remain­ ing vegetables, ricotta, tofu and another 1/3 of the moz­ zarella. Cover layer with tomato sauce. Finally, set down last layer of noodles. Cover with tomato sauce, remain­ ing mozzarella and parmesan.

Cover dish in tin foil and bake in a 35o°F oven for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake for 10-15 minutes longer or until hot and bubbly. Let cool for 5-10 minutes before serving (makes 8-12 servings).

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Emma Cabrera-A ragôn Once, in our Western society, eating insects was a prerogative relegated to the nasty smelly kid who'd do anything to make a quick buck. On the same principle, with much larger prizes, reality shows such as Fear Fa ctor c a m e along and exploit­ ed the eternal reverence for the disgusting. There are ways, however, of quietly enjoying an insectivore-style snack that are less revolting to our deli­ cate palates, and are, in fact, better for your health than the usual vending machine fare.

Insects have long been a part of non-Western cultures. The Aborigines of Australia suck on the backsides of sugar ants to draw out honey en­ cased in the bugs'swollen abdomens. In Thailand, a popular replacement for beer nuts, stemming from a long-standing appreciation for bug-meat and its nutritional value, is a mix of fried locusts

and beetles with salt sprinkled on top.

Most corner candy shops, even if they carry more conventional novelty items, don't stock in­ sect-filled snacks. But there are a number of web­ sites that allow you to order sleekly packaged, bug-filled epicurean delights. For example, A m a ­ zon is known for its variety of products and ability to supply you with chocolate covered creatures including cockroaches, grub worms, slugs and grass-hoppers. Produced by G ou rm et C and y Stand, prices are fairly reasonable at only two dollars a pop. H o tLix, an American company, specializes in lollipops with a twist— single insects are imbed­ ded in hard candy, which comes in a selection of flavours.

There is one website that distinguishes itself among its peers in unusual desserts: w w w .ed ib le. co m , for the brave at heart and strong of stom­ ach. Each dessert has its own page, with photos,

scientific names and a map detailing the insect's origin . For the less daring, the chocolate-covered leaf-cutter ants from Colombia, said to have a nutty flavour and texture, would do, or perhaps the same ants encased in a hard peppermint candy—sugar-free and breath-freshening. If that isn't enough, try the Mopane worms from Zimba­ bwe, or worm crisps, which make a good popcorn alternative. For the extreme, there are chocolate covered scorpions—which allegedly taste like a KitKat— taffy covered scorpions, and the pièce de resistance, a honey-dipped giant hornet.

Disgusted? Insects hold far more nutri­ ents than the average candy bar. The protein content for the average mealworm is approxi­ mately 62 per cent of its total body mass. For crickets, 69 per cent. The next time insects in­ vade, put down the Raid and pick up a fork. It's snack-time. ■

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M eghna Marjadi Nowadays every drink seems to be forti­ fied, whether with fibre, vitamins, antioxidants or disease fighting herbs. Bread is vitamin-filled, eggs come with omega-3 and teas are enriched with almost anything. Natural and traditional therapies have found a permanent place in the market and are attracting increasing attention as people get more attuned to their bodies.

In May of 2007 , the Canadian government imposed another layer of regulations on the Natural Health Sector, which deals with natural remedies, homeopathic medicines, vitamins, medicinal herbs and certain teas. The new sys­ tem allows the regulations to apply to more Natural Health Products (NHP) while also requir­ ing more precise labeling on product bottles.

This movement has been the result of an effort to make the NHP sector more uniform since 1997 , when many Canadians complained to the government that they were not confident in

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The overwhelming popularity of natural therapies seems to be due to a general public desire to become more responsible for per­ sonal health and better health decisions. The idea that people should take their health prob­ lems into their own hands, however, remains a conflict between the allopathic and alterna­ tive medicine therapies. This conflict started in North America in the mid 1800's when the American Medical Association was formed for the sole purpose of fighting homeopathy. This is a conflict that does not exist in Europe.

To understand and be understood One of the many reasons people are turn­ ing to alternative medicine is because they want they their health care to be individualized.

"Evidence based medicine is based on sta­ tistics, but if you are sick, you don't see your self as a statistic," explains Dr. Faith Wallis, a McGill history professor specializing in the history of

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Wallis insists that with the advent of mod­ ern medicine, patient-doctor dialogues became more one-sided and scientific. She explains that homeopathic doctors spend longer amounts of time with their patients in order to understand their lifestyles, thereby better understanding their medical situations. Not only do patients of homeopathic doctors feel they are better understood, they also have a better chance of understanding their doctors and treatments.

It's far easier to understand simple herb treatments than the technicalities of bacteriastrains and the antibiotics that could wipe them out. They are also more easily accessible: herbs are available over the counter, while antibiotics require a prescription after a time-consuming doctors visit.

Moreover, since herbs are easily available and barely regulated, there is a general per­ ception that they are harmless in comparison to powerful allopathic drugs with long lists of documented side effects, though this is not al­ ways the case.

Whole body medicine In most alternative medicines, the con­ nection between the mind and body is cen­ tral. Physical problems can be rooted in mental problems and mental problems can have ori­ gins in physical problems. The body is treated as a whole with a concentration on balancing energies to keep the dynamic system in good condition. This holistic view of treatment is something almost non-existent in modern medicine. We see doctors for different parts of our bodies; for example, there are podiatrists, dermatologists and psychiatrists.

"I think we miss this sense of being treated as a whole person. There is a tendency in bio­ medicine [conventional medicine] to sort of treat our bodies as machines with removable parts" she jokes. "This is of course exaggeration and a caricature but it is the perception that people have. So turning to alternative medicine is not just self-help, it's also a sense of looking for something that responds to the central problem of being sick. It's not just your body that is sick it is your whole self," says Dr. Wallis.

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Treating the world around us Wallis suggests that the recent rise in eco­ logical concerns are also helping to fuel the natural medicine industry. Bacteria that have developed antibiotic resistance pose threats to humans as well as the environment and have the potential to leave the human race without any defense against many diseases. Antibiotics have only been in use since 1930 and there are already many resistant strains of bacteria. As a result, new and more powerful antibiotics have to be made each year to keep infections at bay.

On the other hand, homeopathic medicine has been around for 200 years, and according to users of each, they remain tried and true.

Wallis credits Quebec's interest in home­ opathy to the European influence on the prov­ ince.

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"Many people come to Reiki as a complement to their traditional medical care. Many others find that they want to approach their health care on a more holistic level and Reiki is extremely effective for stress reduction, pain management, numbness and dizziness," explains Karen Wylie, a registered practitioner and teacher with the Canadian Reiki Association.

It can also boost the immune system, promote self-aware­ ness, and reduce sleeping disorders and back problems.

Still skeptical? "Reiki is at the very least a stress reduction and relaxation therapy,"says Wylie. "It is no more mystical than microwave energy."

Sessions last about an hour. Patients lie on a table, fully clothed, while the practitioner directs energy from the uni­ versal life force through their hands to corresponding energy points along their patient's body. Unlike massage, acupunc­ ture, and other therapies based on tissue manipulation, Reiki involves no hands-on movements. Even when the patient gives permission for touch, there's very little physical con-

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Doctors are equally reluctant to give credit to alternative medicine."The doctors who I have talked to are not yet open to the idea," explains Wylie. "But I have worked with chiroprac­ tors often and they recommend my Reiki services... [they] feel that Reiki is a compliment to chiropractic care. They rec­ ommend Reiki for those they feel need additional help for emotional stress and pain management."

Other therapists are more hopeful for the future of Reiki in a hospital setting."! have taught [Reiki] to physiotherapists, osteopaths, naturopaths,"says Matt Briand, who both practic­ es and teaches in Montreal. "Healers and medical profession­ als share the same aim: healing and helping other people. We can learn from each other by working together."

Wylie agrees. "There need to be more areas where tra­ ditional and complementary healing modalities work in har­ mony."

Doctors may be skeptical, but you don't have to be. Ses­ sions are short and usually under $150 a pop, so for the stu­ dent with money to burn and wanting a boost of life energy, Reiki might be just what you need. ■

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Ware has recently compiled a 4th year elective course for medical students, entitled "Complementary Medi­ cine in Clinical Practice.'There is also a module discus­ sion group about complementary therapies which will allow students to formulate their own opinions on how to deal with complementary therapies.

“We're not trying to promote or deny the use of these things," says Ware. "Patients use them. We need to think about how we as physicians feel about our patients using these [complementary therapies]. So that when we do encounter a patient who says listen, I'm using homeopathic treatments, for my children's asthma, you can respond, you can engage that person in a good therapeutic dialogue so that you can ensure that that parent and child are getting the best pos­ sible care."

edies. It seems to me, from my experience here, that most of the brand names of homeopathic remedies [in Quebec] are French."

Wallis adds that while there are North American companies producing homeopathic products, the Quebec market remains flooded with European brand names.

Risks of self-treatment As a result of the seemingly harmless nature of Natural Health Products, most consumers take the liberty to self-medicate. NHPs are not as regulated as conventional pharmaceuticals; they do not endure the same clinical trials. Though self-medication with homeopathic medicines often does not pose any im­ mediate problems, there is no way to be certain. In­ teractions with other herbs, allopathic medications or your own body are all risks. Self-medication also poses a problem for doctors.

"A lot of patients don't even tell their physicians that they're using [alternative therapies]"says Dr. Mark Ware, a chronic pain specialist at MUHC and an as­ sistant professor in family medicine and anesthesia at McGill. "With homeopathic remedies the risks are somewhat difficult to quantify because, as you prob­ ably know, homeopathic remedies are prepared from herbal treatments or extracts and then diluted down to the point where the solution that is used to treat the patient has little or none of the active ingredient left in it. It's not clear whether [homeopathic thera­ pies are]; toxic it's not clear whether [they have] any therapeutic value. This is all really out there, we don't know."

Although Ware accepts the presence of comple­ mentary medicine he, like most physicians, doesn't endorse it.

"The risks are more if [patients] chose not to use a [allopathic] treatment which is known to be effective but they use homeopathy instead," he explains.

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I refused to take any of them because some of those medicines would have tested positive [in drug tests]."

Osteopath is an alternative therapy that cocentrates on body structure, the spine, the nerves and the mus­ cles around them.

Hopefully there will eventually be enough com­ munication between conflicting therapies for doctors to think more about their patients and their patients' individual health needs rather than those treatments which fit into their style of therapy.

Dr. Wallis suggests that doctors may be in sup­ port of some homeopathic remedies but cannot en­ dorse them. "I remember one doctor, who will remain nameless, a big name in Montreal. I ran into him at the medical school and he said 'Oh how are you doing' and I said 'I'm not feeling so great I think I'm coming down with a cold. I've got a sore throat.' He pulled me aside and he said 'Don't tell anyone I told you this, but zinc, take zinc and don't tell anyone I said this.' For his public persona, he must not be seen to endorse this sort of this thing. I took his advice: it works."*

McGill's role McGill is doing its part to prepare medical stu­ dents for future encounters with complementary medicine. "There are a large number of the popula­ tion, estimated 50 to 60 per cent of the population using complementary therapies to self-treat various ailments," says Ware. He also stresses that allopathic physicians should be schooled enough in alternative therapies to be able to respond knowledgeably to pa­ tients who use them.

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Advil not quite cutting it? Try ELIZABETH turning to Chinese medicine for your aches and pains. After all, it has been around for lon­ ger than most of the modern medicinal treatments your doctor has to offer— over 2,000 years, to be exact.

Acupuncture is classified as an alternative therapy in Canada and is increasingly being used as a legitimate, complementary medical treatment in hospitals across the country.

"There are many contemporary theories and models in the west trying to explain how acupunc­ ture works, but none of them [has] even [come] close to explaining the healing capacities demonstrated by acupuncture treatment," explains James Wang, of the SinoCare Acupuncture clinic, located on 4177 Decarie in Montreal. "Chinese medicine recognizes that there is a vital force [the Qi], which controls the working of every parts of the body.Jn all illness, the flow of Qi is impaired. Acupuncture directly affects the movement of Qi by inserting thin needles at acupuncture points located on the energy pathways [called meridians]."

Quite literally, an acupuncturist penetrates tiny, metallic needles all over a patient's body and manipu­ lates them manually or with electrical stimulation, fo­ cusing particularly on the person's particular areas of discomfort. While lying on a table with needles sticking out of your body may seem like a daunting image, do not fear: in reality, acupuncture treatments are relatively painless and most patients will tell you that they hardly feel anything at all during their visits.

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Wang, however, admits that most of his clients do not come in for this sort of treatment, but rather, are infertility and gynecology patients. However, he main­ tains that there remain "many patients [who] come in seeking treatment for pain control, weight loss, smok­ ing secession and other health problems related to the digestive, circulatory and respiratory systems."

Acupuncture treatment should not have any sig­ nificant side effects if practiced correctly. According to regulations established in 2003, needles for acupunc­ ture treatment can be used only once by practitioners in order to eliminate any potential risks, such as AIDs, from the equation. The most common complaints, ac­ cording to Wang, are bruises on the needling points, which will disappear in a few days by themselves.

Due to such an increase in popularity in North America, acupuncture treatment has now spread into other sectors of our society, most notably, in veteri­ nary clinics. Acupuncture is now being used as a way through which pet owners can treat their animal's dis­ eases, such as that of the liver, kidney and skin.

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There are many ways to benefit from herbs. You can cook with them, for example, but the easiest, most direct way is to brew teas. Use a nonmetal teapot and steep one teaspoon of herb for every cup of boiling water. You can add your favourite regular teas to the mixtures as well, but be sure to let it steep longer than you usually would for simple tea; the ideal time is ten to fifteen minutes.

Some (with a cold) like it hot To speed along healing of a virus, add some cayenne spice to your diet. You have to build up a tolerance in order to take enough to treat your virus, though, so try adding more chillies to your cooking on a regu­ lar basis. Some suggest putting Tabasco sauce in water or milk, but for those who gag at the thought, cayenne pep­ per can be blended into sugar and spice in a nice traditional Mexican hot chocolate. Echinacea is also a very common im­ mune system booster, but ginger and peppermint teas are lesser-known cold remedies. Ginger clears up your system and relieves most symp­ toms such as fever, sinus congestion, sore throat, stomach ache and nausea.

Peppermint, especially fresh, helps with pain and symptoms as well. These teas are also the perfect balm when you are feeling fuzzy headed.

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Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme are medical soothers as well as famous lyrics. Parsley aids digestion and also contains a host of vitamins and antioxidants. A 2003 study from the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics found a correlation between sage intake and improved performance on cognitive tests in Alzheimer's patients. On top of being a brain booster sage is an antiseptic; it is found in some mouthwashes.

Rosemary is also full of antioxidants, and thyme encompasses all the powers of a Turns capsule. On top of keeping pesky vampires away, garlic is a strong antibacterial that has no serious side effects, except perhaps bad breath. When garlic cloves are cut, an antibacterial substance known as allicin is released, which is especially efficient at fighting respiratory infections. If you take garlic capsules, make sure the form of allicin in them is natural rather than synthetic. Other delicious herbs that might just keep the doctor away include oregano, which is chock-full of anti­ oxidants, basil, which is antibacterial and cilantro, which is anti-inflam­ matory.

Not the answer to everything Be aware— don't rely solely on herbs. Depending on the quality of the herb and the way ingested, taking herbs for therapeutic purposes may be stronger or less effective than you might have thought. If you start taking supplements or mixing herbs on a more regular basis, take a day off every few days and assess whether the herbs are actually benefit­ ing you. Herbs seem to be a harmless addition to everyday diets but they can have serious side effects if taken incorrectly or injudiciously by the wrong person. But even if the herbs don't help with your health they will add a kick to any meal ■

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Zach Condon isn't famous because of the eastern European sound that his musical 'project' Beirut has come to represent on the indie-rock scene. Rather, his success is the result of a superb song-writing ability and an evocative, soulful voice that avoids the whiny intonations of second-rate talents. But there's no denying that his unique blend of sounds and influences has helped him stand out amidst the cutthroat competition of the music busi­ ness.

Beirut’s much heralded debut album, Gulag Orkestar, is what happens when the Balkan musical staples of brass band and ac­ cordion get mixed up with ukuleles, string arrangements and the vigorous warble of Condon's surprisingly mature vocals. Recorded primarily in Condon's Santa Fe home, the album is essentially a solo effort, though it benefited greatly from the help of former Neutral Milk Hotel drummer Jeremy Barnes and violinist Heather Tost (who together form the Albequerque-based instrumental outfit A Hawk and a Hacksaw). It was also Barnes who introduced the album to Ben Goldberg, proprietor of New Jersey's Ba Da Bing! Records, precipitating its near-instant popular and critical success. Following Condon's move from Santa Fe to Brooklyn and

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"After I got on board it became clear Beirut's simultaneous bandying about by that [Condon] was going to have me play blogo-savvy New York hipsters, the band guitar less and less,” he said, "and instead began its meteoric rise to indie fame, had me picking up different instruments: unhampered by a notoriously disastrous mandolin, ukulele and keyboards at (though spectacularly attended) open­ times." ing show at New York experimental music It's not a change that he regrets, venue The Knitting Factory. however.

"It is kind of a mystery," said Beirut gui­ "With this band it's been fun," he said, tarist and mandolin player Jason Poranski "because I get to move around a lot on of the band's rapid success."lt was right off the bat, from our first shows. There were stage and play different instruments."

Though surprised at the band's sud­ enough people that had either heard JAOOCH.BLOGSPOT.COM den popularity, Poranski- has taken his Zach's songs online, or had bought the Sittin' up in his room: Condon poses newfound celebrity in stride. record as soon as it came out and those beside one of his antique instruments “I didn't know what I was getting my­ first shows had way more people attend­ self into," he said, "we had to adapt to that situation really quickly, ing than you'd ever have imagined."

The 21-year old Condon's brief but unusual biography hasn't and hopefully we did."

"I don't really feel too famous," he added. "I feel like I'm part of hurt Beirut's mystique either. Having already made several unre­ leased self-recordings, including an entire album's worth of doo something that's taken off."

Beirut's latest album, The Flying Club Cup, available through wop songs, Condon dropped out of high school at 16 (and subse­ quently from four different colleges), deciding instead to make a iTunes though not yet released on CD, has already been em­ grand tour of Europe. It was during his extended stays in Paris and braced by fans. Featuring string arrangements by Final Fantasy's Amsterdam that he encountered the works of Romanian band Owen Pallett, the album continues Condon's quest for ever more elaborate instrumental combinations Taraf de Haïdouks, Serbian trumpeter and and accumulations. While incorporating band-leader Boban Markovic and Kocani many of the same sounds as Gulag O rke­ Orkestar's Naat Veliov (who has gained star, Flying Club C up is a little less obvious recent notoriety for yet another Borat in its influences, though it still achieves lawsuit, in this case for the unauthorized the attractive combination of majestic use of his music). The influence of these melodies, lush arrangements and a deli­ Balkan and Romani musicians, along with ciously sloppy back-alley ambiance. Sev­ the films of Palme d'Or winning Sarajevoeral of the album's tracks are also avail­ born film director Emir Kusturica [Under­ able on the internet in the form of gritty ground, Black Cat, White Cat ) was to for­ videos shot around various Brooklyn ever change Condon's musical outlook. back rooms and stairwells.

"It wasn't something that I knew tons Though Condon's creativity seems about..." said Poranski of Condon's Euro­ to have withstood the traditional sopho­ pean sound."What I liked about it is that it more album test, the true one is whether sounds to me like Zach's songs with a little or not his unique sound will be durably bit of influence, for sure." popular and not just the flavour of the After returning to New Mexico and ALLMUSIC.COM month. For their part, however, the band recording Gulag Orkestar, Condon decid­ Beirut's latest. The Flying Club Cup. is committed to the long term. ed to bring his music to Brooklyn where "I think we're all on board," said Poranski. "It's really fun, the his younger brother Ross was already living. It was though Ross that Condon came into contact with Poranski, a Brooklyn based live shows are a lot of fun. We should all be on board for quite painter and musician who he recruited, along with several others, some time." ■ in an effort to translate the album for live performance. Though Beirut plays a t La Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent) from Sept. 28-30. originally a guitar player, Condon's artistic vision and idiosyncratic Call (514) 284-0122 for tickets a n d show tim es. musical style forced Poranski to branch out.

Britney's back, bitch?

Danielle Trabsky

here is no use defending Britney Spears's performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. Admittedly I am a huge fan; I own her G rea test Hits album and am often caught humming the tunes of her songs and requesting them a little too enthusiastically when out at a 'trashy 90s' themed party. But her pathetic excuse for a performance was undoubtedly tragic. When I first witnessed the event my jaw dropped. A wave of disbelief swept over me. How could this have happened to Britney? She used to be the hottest superstar in the world: she had an immaculately de­ fined body, perfect features and sexy moves. Her music was popular and almost always reached number one world­ wide. Everybody wanted to be like her. Everybody wanted to be with her. I was convinced that she would be the Ma­ donna of the noughties.

But there she was, lost in the cyber reality of my com­ puter screen, moving in ways I had never thought possible.

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she dry-humped her back-up dancer or when she tried to dance but only moved her arms. Moreover, she was attired in glitzy clothing that was clearly too tight. She just looked tragic.

So, as I watched this dreadful performance, I could not help but feel mixed emotions. On the one hand I was nos­ talgic and part of me yearned for the old Britney, the one who was young, childless and had not yet met K-Fed; the one who was still with Justin and who proclaimed a vow of chastity. I longed for the days when Britney was singing about how she was not a girl, and not yet a woman.

Yet, like most people, I also revelled joyously in watch­ ing the performance. Britney had fallen hard and would never be what she was, ever again. My first thought when I saw Britney perform “Gimme More" was that she had be­ come fat. I could not stop staring at her body, wondering where her abs had gone. Yes, I know that she has popped out two children and I do not think that she is fat perse, but she used to have abs that anybody would die for. Her abs gave me a reason to go to the gym. She made me believe

that a washboard stomach was possible (given, of course, that you do at least 500 sit-ups a day). And now they've gone.

Britney's failing career and flaccid body intrigues so many of us mainly because we invest our fantasies into celebrities. As soon as they crumble, give birth to some children, have two failed marriages, shave their heads and go to rehab and back again, the better we feel about our­ selves. They are no longer stars that we admire; in actuality we realise that their lives are pathetic. While we may have been envious of their lifestyle, now we feel sympathy for them. We realise that fame has made them become lost in bourgeois anxieties of self-representation and identity politics.

It hurts me to say that it is probably the last we have seen of Britney. Her MTVVMA performance made her lose her manager and the respect of her fans. While this may be the case, however, to me she will always be clad in a school uniform singing"... Baby One MoreTime"and dancing pro­ miscuously in “I'm A Slave 4 U".To me, her spirit lives on. ■

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MUSIC

Hot Springs' geothermal thrust N e w a lb u m

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Always experimental, Webber listened to nothing current while working on the album, resorting to jazz re­ Living in a world where electronics can mimic music cordings and Black Sabbath. It worked—you can't say'Hot to the point of impersonation, where voices are enhanced, Springs sound like...'The omniscience and individuality pitched and toned and where people pay good money of Volcano is such that Webber's hip hop alter ego, Gisele to watch some DJ press keys on a laptop, the quality of Numba One, has been placed on hold, even with a full album ready for release. a live show is crucial. Too "It's hard for me to often bands appear full of switch between those potential on their initial two characters or roles in EP, only to crash and burn my life,"said Webber,"they on stage. In the case of are completely different the Montreal-based band people... it's very schizo­ Hot Springs, however, phrenic, . I can't switch their reputation for ener­ between them, its weird, getic and unique concerts I know, but that's the life I render them in quite the created and I have to stick opposite situation—will to it." their first LP Volcano live Hot Springs has a up to the standards they disdain for all that is con­ have created? Lead singer, ventional, and a some­ songwriter and guitarist what refreshing modesty Gisele Webber isn't even regarding the perils and concerned. efforts of a musical ca­ "We don't fuck reer. Webber is training around as a band, we organists and choirs for don't take long breaks; we the upcoming album just go and go and go and release, because "CD re­ go," she said. lease parties always have And her energetic something cool so 1 have dedication isn't limited this kind of protocol to to live performance, but live up to." She continues extends into the studio as the tradition of support­ well. ing Montreal locals in the "In order to sing and industry, but don't think play and make it feel like Hot Springs is just an­ I'm in a concert," she said, other wannabe Montreal "I have to kind of recre­ ate the night time, so you have to get drunk every day at underground band."People always want to shout Arcade two in the afternoon, and you're totally burnt out... I was Fire at us,"she said, "and why not, it's a fun word to say. But homeless and I would be drunk and stoned, so I would that's something very different; I don't think we're going sleep on the mountain, or on my friend's balconies if they to be like that at all."

Despite Webber's involvement in two separate musi­ weren't home. I felt like the littlest hobo and no matter where I slept or where I ended up I knew I had to make it cal collaborations, and the frantic organization of a third, back to the studio for v a.m. to do another recording and she is the first to admit that "musicians seem so busy, but it went like that every day for like three or four months...'" when they're not on tour and not recording they're just The product of Webber and her band-mates Rémy sitting around smoking weed or watching kung fu mov­ Nadeau-Aubin (guitar), Anne Gauthier (drums) and Fred ies." Not exactly the glamour we expected from this rock Sauvé (bass), Volcano is a collision point for psychoso­ 'n' roll meets hip hop meets punk queen, but then again, Webber has a restless matic rock energy and energy which places catchy hooks and melo­ her in the wrong era. I dies. As Webber claims, can too easily imagine Hot Springs is an open the boys from the Sex book on the record.

Pistols fighting over her "I'm the musical (though she wouldn't equivalent of a populist give them the time of politician," said Weber. "I day), or her head-bang­ don't know how else to ing to Black Sabbath in be, I don't keep a diary, the front row but never so this is what I do." being a groupie. She la­ Fortunately, Vol­ ments how blasé the ca n o does not succumb New York scene has be­ to the comfort of an­ come and how much other rock 'n' roll love she has to really pull out record. Though deeply all the stops and shock personal, it plays with audiences out of their the battle between light nonchalance. Shocking and dark, it dances in shouldn't come too hard magic, it dreams of Tolk­ to Webber, however. Hot ien and lives in a medi­ Springs plays alternative eval age. Nevertheless, rock in its truest form, midway through the because they haven't chorus of the first single subscribed to the fad "Headrush,"Webber pro­ of trying to write the claims, "goddamn, this is 'soundtrack of our lives.' a straight up love song," Actually, Volcano is the much to her own and soundtrack of Webber's everybody else's sur­ HOT-SPRINGS.CA life, and she won't let prise. you forget it. ■ "it's hard to still feel This one goes out to Hot Springs. Can I get a "hell yeah"? like a rebel in rock'n'roll, H o t Springs La un ch es Volcano On Sept. 28 a t Le it's gotten so tame," said Webber, betraying a fear of the ordinary. "Pretty much any show where we feel like we're N ational (1220 Ste-C atherine St.E.) Call (514) 845-2014 for ticket info. being a badass, that's always the favourite."

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Previews Music. "A Cabaret Celebration à la Kurt Weill!,''Sept. 28 at 8:00 p.m.; The Unitarian Church of Montreal (5035 Maisonneuve).

As the first of an ongoing chamber-music series, this perfor­ mance features the work of legendary musical theatre com­ poser Kurt Weill. Set to the words of Bertholt Brecht, Langston Hughes, Ira Gershwin and Ogden Nash and played by noted Montreal jazz musicians, these classics are bound to please.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for students. Refreshments are included.

Comedy. Comedy on St. Laurent, Sept. 30 at 9:00 p.m.; 3 Minots (3812 St-Laurent). The drinks are cheap and the promise of great comedy is prosperous at this weekly stand-up showcase. Local comedians David Schultz, David Heti, Dan Scholten, Nick Carter and Peter Gunstra take the stage before Just For Laughs-vet David Pryde busts out his sureto-be hilarious headlining set. Cover is a paltry five bucks.

Music. Geoff Berner, Sept. 30 at 9:30 p.m.; Le Divan Or­ ange (4234 St-Laurent). This accordion-playing, punk­ singing, hard drinking singer-songwriter brings his west coast brand of whisky-drenched dance tunes to one of the trendiest, not to mention corhfiest, venues in town.

Call (514) 840-9090 for ticket info.

Literature. Rawi Hage, Oct. 2 at 5:30 p.m.; Casa del Popolo (4873 St-Laurent).

Hosted by author and Dawson professor T. F. Rigelhof, award-winning author and visual artist Rawi Hage will be lecturing as part of the Quebec Writ­ ers' Federation Writers O u t Lo u d Series. A Lebanese expatriate, Hage is best known for his recent novel D e Niro's Gam e, which is set against the backdrop of the Lebanese civil war. Admission is three dollars.

Gaming. H alo 3, X-Box 360; ships Sept. 25.

Stock up on cereal and refill the bong water!

Master Chief returns this week in the next in­ stallment of the hugely popular sci-fi shooter franchise. If you didn't pre-order your copy, get ready for long lines at Future Shop and Electronics Boutique. If you did, get ready for some sleepless nights, the acrid taste of Red Bull cut with Mountain Dew and some serious hang outs with fair-weather friends you haven't heard from since you bought Halo 2.

Music. Dr. Dre, Detox; sometime in the future. Dre announced this week that the Chinese D em o cra cy of hip-hop albums would not drop this year, as previ­ ously announced. Amidst movie deals with New Line, law suits with Death Row records and tirelessly working on Eminem's new album, it appears that Dre won't release the much-anticipated album until 2008. Eight years to complete a solo record? It would seem Andre's medical moniker is fitting.

Music. Herbie Hancock, River: The Jo n i Sept. 25. The eminent jazz pianist and composer's tribute album to Joni Mitchell hits shelves today. Hancock, a long-time friend of Mitchell's who col­ laborated with her professionally on the 1979 album M ingus, enlists the likes of Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Tina Turner and Mitchell herself (on "The Tea Leaf Prophecy") as guest vocalists. Get ready to enjoy this one with a half-caf chai mocha whatever-the-hell at some irritatingly fashionable coffee shop.

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FALL ART SPECIAL

Karel Funk: A new take on portraiture W in n ip e g

a r t is t 's r e a lis t p a in t in g s a lie n a t e a n d

J ennifer Bartoli Be prepared to feel alienated, alone, confused and in awe.

Karel Funk's newest exhibit at the Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal does just that.The immediately alienating effect is in large part due to curator Pierre Landry's choice to display all nine of Funk's paintings in a single spacious room. And though the subjects of each portrait are angled in different directions, not one of them faces its audience. Most of them are portrayed from the back and even when the subject's profile is shown the eyes are always half hidden and the gaze is elsewhere.

Funk's pieces may vary in size, but they deviate little in content; and his painted subjects, all men, are portrayed with astounding accuracy. From afar the canvases resemble photo­ graphs and leave an unsettling'more real than real'impression.

From up close, however, the incredible detail and precision of the many layers of acrylic paint is fully visible. This is quite a knock down blow to people who dismiss contemporary art as being void of artistic skill. Skill, in fact, does not get much more impressive than this. From skin imperfections to grey hairs,

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blemishes and clothing creases, hyperrealism ap­ Historically, portraiture was a common way for pears here at its finest. wealthy families to showcase their goods and social Funk's portraits are intriguing in that, on the status, in the Renaissance, for example, portraits were commissioned and specially designed to represent one hand, they seem to offer a realist portrayal of the subject, but on the other hand offer very lit­ the subjects best features. Funk's portraits, however, tle. The backgrounds of all works are solid white are a distinct departure from that long-standing artis­ and the figures are all dressed in heavy outdoortic tradition. The paintings tell us very little about their sy gear, which often hides their figure and faces. subjects and instead turn the viewer into a voyeur, In all of the subjects there is an unsettling sense gazing into a scene he or she was not meant to see.

This is the very first museum exhibit of the of utter quietness and concentration, so much so that it feels uncomfortable to stare at them Winnipeg-born artist, and will undoubtedly be one of many to come. The only disappoint­ for tod long.

Having completed his Masters ment was the small amount of pieces pre­ of fine arts degree at Columbia Uni­ sented. Nonetheless, Karel Funk's work is versity in 2003, Funk has said that he unsettling, daring and a pleasure for the eyes. ■ found inspiration in the New York sub­ way, where people are forced into close proximity with strangers. This ___________________________________________________ The Karel Funk exh ibition runs until allowed him to observe and analyze MACM.ORG Jan. 6 at the Musee d'Art Contemporain Funk's portraits: not just for "Members Only." (185 Ste-Catherine WJ. individuals as he pleased.

The realms of reality

Art that's fit to burst

E - a rt e x h ib it b r id g e s a rt a n d t e c h n o lo g y

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C arolyn G régoire Brightly lit across a'dark room are words from the biblical book of Genesis: "Have do­ minion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." Reflecting the creative‘and de­ structive power of man and modern technol­ ogy, the words refer to Edourd Kac's installation piece "Genesis” and welcome visitors to E-art: N ew Tech nologies a n d C o n te m p o ­ rary Art.

As part of a new exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Kac has cre­ ated a synthetic gene by translat­ ing the biblical quote into Morse Code, which he then converted into DNA base pairs according to his own con­ version principle.

The gene was then incorporat­ ed into an E. coli Man anc* machine: it's art bacterium, in which visitors can trigger muta­ tions, along with the biblical quote, by switch­ ing on an ultraviolet light.

The exhibition celebrates ten years of ac­ complishment by The Daniel Langlois Founda­ tion for Art, Science and Technology, a Mon­ treal-based international charitable organiza­ tion which aims to bring art and science closer together through technology. Since 1997, the foundation has been supporting artists and re­ searchers across the globe who are dedicated to deepening human knowledge of the rela­ tionship between man and his environment, both technological and natural.

"This art, driven by the technology of its time, sprints past the merely avant-garde," said museum director Nathalie Bondil. "This is art that will without question generate public debate on the ethical issues of the day and whose participative works will turn more than one aesthetic tradition on its head."

According to Jean Gagnon, executive director of The Daniel Langlois Foundation, "Here...we offer Montrealers a glimpse of works by artists who have defined and contin­ ue to define the merging of art with electronic and digital technology. This exhibition focuses on individuality—works and artists whose of­ ferings are both unique and powerful."

Featuring ten artists, the exhibit displays works in a variety of media, such as filmed cho­

reography, interactive apparatus, robotics and electronics. San Francisco artist Jim Campbell's works use Plexiglas screens at various angles and distances to project shifting photographic images.

"Most of the technologies in my work in this exhibition have been out since at least the 1970s, so I think th e ... important question is 'why use them now?,"' said Campbell. "And I think that has to do with new technologies that have caused us to think about how the representation of imag­ es affects [in new ways] what is conveyed by the images." Seventeen of Campbell's works are on display.

According to On­ tario-based artist David Rokeby, "[My works] were never motivated by the technology itself.

They were explorations of the ways that these technologies affect us and our society and at times illuminated de­ sires nascent in our cul-

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Rokeby's piece "Seen" uses four separate video projections to provide a view of the Piazza San Marco in Ven­ ice. Two of the screens separate that which is still from that which is moving, and the mov­ ing images are then projected back with a halfsecond delay on a third and fourth screen. The image and its distortion convey, in a dream-like sense, the passing of time.

Sub-titled C o m m u n ica tin g Vessels, the ex­ hibit was further inspired by surrealist André Breton's novel of the same name, and refers to the vessels of the conscious and .the subcon­ scious. Many of the works focus on the role of digital technologies in the transformation of art and the encoding and translation of one system or reality into another.

"Here, the computer is the vehicle of the transfers, code conversions and translations between universes, which, until recently, were surrounded by solid boundaries,”Gagnon said.

"The impact of new technology has ren­ dered these boundaries porous," Gagnon con­ tinued, "and in the works featured in our ex­ hibition, we witness the entanglement of art and science, the real and the virtual, human language and the language of machines and interactive space and its human users."»

E-art: New Technologies and Contempo­ rary Art runs until Dec. 9 at theMontreal Museum of FineArts (1380 Sherbrooke W.).

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Ezra G linter The female nude has always been a fa­ vourite subject for male painters, from Fran­ cisco Goya's mischievously seductive "The Nude Maja,"to the fleshy profusions of Dominique Ingres"'TheTurkish Bath."While recent work by fe­ male artists has reclaimed the female nude and allowed viewers to reconsider it through wom­ en's eyes, the view is surprisingly not that much different. Though eschewing the high-brow tradition in favour of an unabashedly low-brow pop-art model, a current ex­ hibition by Montreal artist Natasha Clay­ ton demonstrates a similarlyvoluptuous sensuality and con­ tinues a tradition of innovation and subversion.

Provocatively titled N udie Cutie Plethor-a-m -a: Bountifulness B ou n cy Babes,

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with the work of cult filmmaker and subcultural studies professor John Waters, the influence would prove to be definitive.

"I'm really into the B-movie thing," said Clayton in a recent interview. "Having all these buxom, big-breasted beautiful women who will karate chop you and break your back in half and then go off and go-go dance into the sunset."

Clayton's style was further refined during a four-year art school stint in Athens and two years of subsequent employment in the gal­ lery of Greek artist Takis Moraitis. It was while work­ ing for Moraitis that Clayton sought the men torship of Gorgos Kouzounis, an old-time movieposter artist who taught her how to mix her own paints and pig­ ments.

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criticism that her paintings objec­ Claytify and exploit ton'si2-piececollecwomen, Clayton tion celebrates the insists that the beauty and power opposite is true. of the female body "My women through a profusion are never victims," of light, colour and she pointed out, body glitter. Follow­ "they're always ing in the footsteps really powerful of influential coun­ COURTESY NATASHACLAYTON women who have ter-cultural artists Clayton's take on the modern woman on the go. a lot to say about such as California cartoonist R. Crumb and B-movie film-maker themselves. They're very sexually assertive and Russ Meyer, Clayton's attention-grabbing acrylic won't take shit from anybody. A lot of women paintings burst with vivid, primary colours and think that because I paint a lot of nudes that I'm her full, bright-bodied women emanate an erot­ exploiting women. But I don't see it that way at ic sensibility that is simultaneously both charm­ all. I see it as a positive thing, that the female ingly innocent and downright lascivious. Billed body is beautiful, it is a work of art and I love to paint them." as "burlesque pin up cuties yer dirty ol'grampa Clayton's artistic sensibilities strike a par­ would enjoy," the exhibition represents years of diligence and the accumulation of vvildly un­ ticular chord in Montreal, where a vibrant bur­ lesque scene flourished in the 40s and 50s at orthodox influences.

Encouraged since childhood to indulge venues such as the Gayety theatre renowned her creative impulses (her mother would drape for dancers such as the beloved Lili St-Cyr. Though Clayton is currently taking a break the walls of the house with rolling paper to allow the diminutive artist to doodle anywhere from a six-month creative stint, a future exhi­ and everywhere), Clayton only realized her ar­ bition is already in the works. Entitled Beyond tistic calling while studying art abroad. It was the Valley of the Bone-Crushing Vixens and other at a London film festival that she first encoun­ Lovely Ladies, the collection is based on the say­ tered the movies of Russ "King of the Nudies” ing of historian Lauren Thatcher Ulrich that"well Meyer, an American photographer and movie behaved women seldom make history."» director known for such films as 1965's "Faster, Nudie Cutie Plethor-a-m-a: A Bountiful­ Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" (starring Japanese-American actress and exotic dancer Tura Satana, another ness of Bouncy Babes, runs until Dec. 3 at Atelier of Clayton's influences) and 1968's "Vixen!." Along Legend'art, 200 Churchill, Geenfield Park, QC.

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In remembrance of things past (kind of) B r a n d

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Continued from COVER H ospital, he portrayed Gimli, Manitoba as a community of but­ tock-grabbing necrophiliacs; and 2003's The S a d d est M u sic in the World, which thrust Maddin somewhat out of the dismal domain of Canuck cinema obscurantism and installed him as an inter­ nationally recognized auteur, depicts a Depression-era Winnipeg complete with roof-high gypsum snow, talking tapeworms and a paraplegic beer baroness with glass prosthetics.

But the considerable critical acclaim and modest commer­ cial success o f S a d d est M u sic has in no way tempered Maddin's inspired cinematic sensibility. Brand Upon the Brain! was filmed predominantly in grainy monochrome and contains no dialogue, apart from a narration track provided by Isabella Rossellini.

"I firmly believe that there are some things that silent film does better,” said Maddin. "It's immediately not bound in literal­ mindedness... and quite often that much more poetic as a re­ sult."

The figurative qualities of the silent film are rendered all the more apparent in Brand Upon the Brain! by Maddin's matured technical and stylistic impetuosity. Brand! sees Maddin injecting the slumbering, oneiric pace of his earlier features with the fre­ netic kineticism of his manically propelled short films such as The H eart o f the W orld or Sissy Boy Sla p Party.

While he is no stranger to autobiographical revisionism, hav­ ing recast himself as a hockey sniper caught amidst noir tragedy in 2003's C ow ard Bends the Knee, the idea of doing a childhood recollection piece has been growing in Maddin's head for some time.

"I wanted to make my Léolo',' he said, referring to Québécois

filmmaker Jean-Claude Lauzon's 1992 exercise in adolescent fan- ans just can't get comfortable with their own stories, their own historical figures," he said. Unlike our notoriously self-mythologiztasy. "I just transplanted one big, key episode from childhood."

Maddin's unembarrassed shift from more conventional nar­ ing neighbour to the south, Maddin feels that Canadians lack the rative (which, save for 1997's Tw ilight o f the Ice N ym phs, he never ability to "boil down our own history into something that can really had much use for anyway) to autobiographical indulgence help us arrive at a Canadian identity."

Maddin has taken the project of crafting a perfectly esohas been upheld in M y W innipeg, a so-called'docu-fantasia'piece which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier phoric Canadian mythology in his own hands, be it in his anach­ ronism-rife history of Gimli, the ominously avalanche-prone al­ this month. "It liberates me to be masochistic, self-deprecating pine village of 1992's Careful or the imagined international Win­ nipeg music festival where S a d d est M usic lays its scene.

The result of all this lavish historical revisionism and sub­ conscious prodding are works like S a d d est M usic, Brand U pon the Brain! and M y W innipeg , which Maddin proudly counts amongst his most honest output. "It's like having a really good alibi," he said. "I've just gone that extra step to reveal more about myself and weld those embarrassing facts to my characters."

And to be sure, Maddin's recent work stands distinguished from his early features, where he was mostly content to borrow formally from what he calls "vocabularies and dialects of forgot­ ten film languages.'Through openly delving into the recesses of ADAML.WEINTRAUB memory, Maddin's work has progressed and mutated stylistically Happy family: Ma, Pa and Sis in Brand Upon the Brain! as well, revealing him as more than some pastiche-artist of erst­ and mischievous," said Maddin of his move into ersatz autobiog­ while cinematic esoteria.

"I'm like one of those weird egg-laying mammals in New Zea­ raphy. “It enables me to out members of my family, to impugn ex-girlfriends... all my masochistic impulses are completely satis­ land or something like that,"explained Maddin."I've evolved."* fied."

Brand Upon the Brain! will d e b u t a t C inem a du Parc (3575 Parc) Though he certainly exhibits a stylish postmodern proclivity for distorting the facts (such as they are), Maddin has also revelled as p a rt o f th e currently running Guy M a d d in retrospective. Seven o f in constructing his own richly realized systems of mythologized M addin's o th er features, as w ell as a h a n d fu l o f his sh orts are playing particulars. "I've long realized that for whatever reason, Canadi- as well. Check www.cinemaduparc.com fo rsh ow tim es.

Win passes to the special advance screening of the fascinating new IMAX® movie in 3D: SEA MONSTERS 3D: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE on Wednesday, Septem ber 26 at 8:30 pm at the IMAX® TELUS theatre of the M ontréal Science Centre.The first 10 students that show up at the Tribune office will receive a double pass for the advance screening.

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Reviews Jesca Hoop. Kism et. When Tom Waits described Jesca Hoop's music "like going swimming in a lake at night," he captured perfectly how it is both peaceful and at the same time thrilling.The young Californian singer-songwriter was nanny to Waits's children and is heavily influenced by his dark lyr­ ics and jarring musical hybrids. Although her voice is a little easier on the ear, at times it is in­ nocently sweet and at others ripe and husky. Her debut album K ism et opens with "Summertime," where Jesca's soft yodels invoke the fresh ambiance of the country. "Seed of Wonder" follows with a foreboding beat and what could be a duet between the two sides of a schizophrenic. Hoop calls and answers her own voice as it alternates be­ tween what sounds like the velvet tones of Joni Mitchell and the high cries of Joanna Newsom. Raised in a Mormon family, Hoop's music contains a certain hymn-like spirituality.The third song,"Enemy,"is a haunting ballad of poisonous beauty, whereas following tracks such as “Havoc in Heaven" re­ semble the righteous entreaties of a battle-ax. In its entirety, Kism et, mean­ ing destiny or fate, is a gothic romance record suitable for fans of the super­ natural and strange.

— Clare Pidsley

Thurston Moore. Trees O u tsid e the A cad em y. As the mouse-faced sovereign of exploratory noise rock,Thurston Moore has amassed an abounding musical taxonomy, the breadth of which encom­ passes the heady chaos of albums like B a d M o o n Rising, th e subtly-sweet psychedelia oft996's Psy­ chic Hearts, collaborations with little-known jazz musicians (1995's K lang fa rb en m elo d ie, 1999's The Prom ise) and the avant-bullshit of Sonic Youth's SYR recordings. But on Trees O utsid e the A ca d em y, we see shades of a new Thurston: one who has traded in the third-bridge pandemonium of his electric guitar playing for under­ stated acoustic melodies which sound (audaciously enough) as if they may even be played in standard tuning. But don't put on a pot of chamomile just yet. For though Thurston may have unplugged, he hasn't gone Clapton.

Accompanied by Sonic Youth bandmate Steve Shelley on drums and violin­ ist Samara Lubelski, Moore's restrained acoustic disposition underscores his craft as songwriter and lyricist. He moves naturally through jaunty grooves ("Fri/end"), sparse, introspective melancholia ("This Shape is a Trance") and brings his slacker-drawl vocals to a silken "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"-style duet with the Charalambides' Christina Carter on "Honest James." But be­ cause Moore has nothing to prove, Trees is more than just some maturation project or stab at adult-contempo acoustic banality. There's plenty of rau­ cous caterwauling as well, as seen on the title track, where Moore and fellow master shredder J. Mascis entwine their blistering fret-board acrobatics and eager amp abuse into a stunning six-minute crescendo of the most sublime cacophonies. Unlike the more alienating, atonal streaks of some of Moore's Sonic Youth output, Tress reminds the listener that rhythm and noise, chord strumming and axe smashing aren't to be understood antagonistically, but rather as part of the same dialectically-constituted aural fabric.

— Jo h n Sem ley

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Connell struck early and often in the first It's hard to imagine what it must feel like half, passing for 288 yards and putting together when your quarterback breaks Quebec confer­ two drives which culminated in touchdown passes to wide receivers Charles Antoine Sinotte ence single-game records for attempts, passing yards and touchdowns and you still don't taste and Timothy Kraemer. The fourth-year quarter­ back then called his own number, plunging into victory.

Matt Connell and the Redmen know ex­ the end zone on a one-yard option run to send McGill into the break with a 23-15 lead. actly how that feels after suffering a crushing Sinotte also had a monumental day, cap­ 45-44 defeat at the hands of the Acadia Axemen in front of 1,836 fans at Molson Stadium on Sat­ turing the QUFL single-game record for recep­ tions (16) and the McGill mark for receiving urday.

Putting the silencer on an offensive shoot­ yards (238).

But, despite the personal accomplish­ out in which McGill and Acadia combined for 1,001 yards of offence, Axemen kicker James Mi- ments, Sinotte echoed his captain's sentiments chener chipped a 22-yard field goal through the after the game.

"The records and the stats mean nothing uprights with three ticks left on the clock for the when you lose the game," he said."It's so hard on win. It was his third field goal of the day.

“We don't play 60 minutes, we haven't for myself and the team to lose like this at the end" Connell shared the spotlight with his Aca­ the past two years,"said a disappointed Connell.

"We can compete with anybody, but when we dia counterpart Lockwood, who completed 36 of 52 passes for 456 yards and two touchdowns don't play 60 minutes we kill ourselves." in an effort that was good enough to break the AUFL record for passing yards in a game.

Records fall in battle of the quarterbacks Both Connell and Acadia quarterback Keith McGill plagued by sloppy play LOckwood posted stratospheric numbers in an The Redmen had plenty of opportunities offensive showdown that was dominated by to put the game away in the second half but each team's aerial attack.

Connell broke a multitude of QUFL single­ could not capitalize on them. The McGill de­ game records, including attempts (59), passing fence managed to force a fumble and snatch an yards (536) and passing touchdowns (five). In interception, but could not stop a seven-play, 71 addition, he broke the McGill record for touch­ yard drive that set up the game-winning field downs in a career with 42 scores in 24 games, goal. Neither of the second-half turnovers re­ smashing Vic Pywowarczuk's previous mark sulted in points for the Redmen.

Connell threw two interceptions of his own of 38 touchdowns in 31 games. The pivot also obliterated his own record for passing yards in a to add to a mistake-filled second half. For the game, an undisciplined Redmen squad com­ single game, which had stood at 449 yards.

For Connell the achievements meant noth­ mitted 20 penalties for 118 yards.

"We got into a spell mid-third quarter, early ing in light of the one-point defeat.

"I wouldn't give a shit for anything but a 'W' fourth quarter where we got a couple of turn­ and we needed it so bad today," Connell said. overs and lost a lot of momentum,” said McGill "If we came back and won that, it could have Head Coach Sonny Wolfe. "We had something M ike V allo

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Despite , the costly errors, the Redmen found themselves down by only five points, 42-37, and within striking distance with 1:34 left in the game. Connell went on an impressive march highlighted by passes to Sinotte, Jerome Burke and the drive-capping touchdown pass to slotback Erik Galas, to put the Redmen up 4442 with 49 seconds remaining.

However in the thrilling last act of an epic game, Lockwoord led the Axemen down the

field to set up a game-winning 22 yard field goal by Michener with just three seconds on the clock.

"I've never seen this team so high when we came back,"Connell said. "And then it looked like we were watching a horror movie on that last drive."

The Redmen will try to bounce back from the heartbreaking loss when they visit the Sherbrooke Vert-et-Or on Saturday. Following McGill's 0-3 start the game is a must win if the Redmen hope to salvage their season. ■

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Enough w ith the A aron S igal ockey has time and time again solidified its position as kingpin in the Great White North, weaving itself into the Canadian historical and cultural tapestry and al­ ways leaving us Canucks frothing for more puck. Hockey is Canada and Canada is certainly hockey.

While our love of the frozen game sometimes borders on a type of mania, we’re not a one-dimensional populace; for us, it's never been hockey to the exclusion of other pastimes. Pro­ fessional sports such as baseball, football and basketball have long been part of the Canadian athletic and fan experience.

Yet.TSN—the most significant national sports carrier— seems to be blindly wedded to the notion that Canadian sports fans are a hopelessly addicted crew, aimlessly wandering our fro­ zen tundra and jonesing for our next hockey fix.

During the NHL regular season,The Sports Network pum­ mels its viewers with mountains of nightly hockey highlights, analysis and game coverage. On the excruciatingly dull trade deadline days, TSN steps up its commitment to the National Hockey League and supplies Canadians with staggering day­ long treatment, ignoring all other sporting happenings of the day. For the April to June Stanley Cup playoffs, the network also ratchets up the hockey focus as their famed hockey panel, including a monkey, inhale half of the hour long S p o rtscen tre with replayed highlights and inspections of the most minute of on-ice details. The NHL Network meanwhile— aTSN prog­ eny devoted entirely to hockey—further saturates the North­ ern mind with all puck-related information. Surely, for some Canadians who live and die by the stick, TSN and its television counterparts, despite their best efforts, can never satiate their

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demand for hockey. For the vast majority of sports fans, how­ ever, this pure devotion to hockey to the detriment of other highlights is infuriating at the very least.

This past Monday morning, after a weekend bursting at the seams with NFL, MLB and CFL goodness, TSN decided, yet again, that Sp o rtscen tre would be a platform for the Cana­ dian pastime. Now, if this was November or January or March, hockey would be the primary feature; but it's not November or January or March, its p resea so n h o ckey in late September.

The order of Monday's morning loop saw the show kick off with Brett Favre's record-tying Packers game (he tied Dan Marino's career TD pass mark), followed by highlights of the Philadelphia Eagles' thrashing of the Detroit Lions, the Bills' spanking at New England, the two Sunday CFL clashes and the requisite Yankees-Jays, Red Sox-Devil Rays matchups that had huge implications on the American League East divi­ sional race. By that time it seems, even before its first com­ mercial break— a time in which only the very elite highlights should be shown— the TSN producers felt that Canadians had already been saturated with too many non-ice related sports and needed some exhibition action to simply tide us over until the next segment. If they had shown us the titanic preseason clashes between the Vancouver Canucks and Ana­ heim Ducks, in which Ducks' third-string goalie Jonas Hiller started, or the Habs and Bruins, where 10,000 fans showed up at the Metro Centre in Halifax, Canadians would have had no choice but to turn to heroin to satisfy-their cravings, thereby surely missing the next, post- commercial break segment.

TSN, you do realize that there is an absolute dogfight in

baseball's National League to make the playoffs, don't you?

Isn't it your station's mandate to let the sports-ravenous pub­ lic know that the New York Mets, trying desperately to stave off a white-hot Philadelphia Phillies club and avoid a historic divisional collapse, won their crucial Sunday night game in n in n in g s ? Where were the highlights of the Cleveland In­ dians or Anaheim Angels who both clinched their respec­ tive divisional crowns and punched their tickets to October baseball on Sunday? It sure would have been super-nice of you to show us the peppy Colorado Rockies take down the teetering San Diego Padres in the NL West, keeping that wild­ card race a heated affair with four teams within 3-5 games of each other. Even if almost-playoff, down to the wire baseball wasn't TSN's drink of choice— only God knows why the selfprofessed Canadian sports leader would neglect it—then at least finish off the Sunday NFL highlight packages before moving on to completely inconsequential preseason NHL ac­ tion. Who really cares how any team is performing in their ex­ hibition matches? Show us what matters in sports, not what doesn't matter in hockey— after all, you claim to be The Sports Network.

Don't get me wrong— I love hockey. It is my first passion in sports, and sometimes unfortunately, in life. I am as giddy as most Canadians for the NHL to finally get underway again, but I'm excited for the regular season, for meaningful match­ ups and, in late March, for fights with playoff implications. : Right now, however, my attention, and that of most true Ca­ nadian sports fans, is squarely focused on baseball's fantastic races to the post-season. Why isn't TSN's? ■

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The McGill Redmen learned a lesson the hard way on Friday: even good teams can't afford to take 45 minutes off.

A lacklustre first half, in which McGill could only muster a single shot on net, led to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the UQAM Citadins at Molson Stadium on Friday night. Fresh­ man striker Adrien Mouffiet tallied twice-for the Citadins in the first frame, converting the only two shots on net that UQAM managed in the entire match.

"We only showed up in the second half," said McGill Flead Coach Philippe Eullaffroy.'lt was as if we forgot to play the first half—I don't know why. If we just want to play 45 minutes it's going to be almost impossible to win games against good teams."

The Redmen played the first half without the services of All-Canadian forward James Scholefield, who recently returned from an undisclosed injury. His entrance into the game in the second half seemed to revitalize his team­ mates, as McGill began to employ a more-aggressive attack to challenge a Citadins squad that was happy to bring all its players back in a defensive role.

Scholefield would notch McGill's only goal of the game, in the 65th minute, taking a pass from midfielder Ga­ reth Banks and beating UQAM goaltender Alexandre Rouge with a hard shot that found the bottom right corner of the net.

"The intensity was there in the second half, but once you dig yourself into a hole it's hard to get out," said Scho­ lefield. "In the first half we couldn't string more than two passes together, and that's unacceptable."

The first half was marred by sloppy play from both teams, neither of which could mount any sustained

pressure. The difference between the teams, however, was UQAM's ability to convert their chances in the earlygoing. In the 13th minute the Redmen found themselves caught by a fast break, as speedy defender Kevin Butler had time to find Mouffiet alone in front of the net. Butler's beautiful cross gift-wrapped an easy goal for Mouffiet, who simply redirected the ball into the right side of the net.

"They were winning all the balls in the air in the first half," said Redmen midfielder Alec Milne. "We lacked inten­ sity at the start, and that allowed them to get an easy early goal."

With just under seven minutes to play in the half, Mouffiet would strike again for the Citadins, capitaliz­ ing on a breakdown in the Redmen defence. Somehow, Mouffiet was left completely unmarked at the top of the box, forcing McGill goalkeeper Olivier Boulva to move out to challenge the wide-open striker. Mouffiet chipped the ball over the onrushing keeper to stretch UQAM's lead to two.

The Redmen would press in the second half, but UQAM employed a stifling 4-5-1 defensive formation that effectively snuffed-out most quality chances. McGill's best chance to tie the game came when Alec Milne headed the ball off the crossbar, then couldn't beat Rouge with a low shot on the rebound.

On Sunday afternoon the Redmen battled the Con­ cordia Stingers to a 1-1 draw, getting a lone goal from midfielderThomas Lucas in the fifth minute of play. The Stingers scored on their only shot on net of the match. Next up for the Redmen (1-2-2) is another Friday night home game at Molson Stadium, this time against the seventh-ranked Laval •Rouge-et-Or (2-0-2). ■

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MEN'S HOCKEY— REDMEN 3, WILFRID LAURIER 2

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If the McGill Redmen's upcoming season is anything like their first exhibition game on Friday night, then fans are sure to get more than their money’s worth.

Veteran Redmen winger Shawn Shewchuk took a cross-ice feed from rookie Guillaume Doucet and fired the puck past Laurier goaltender Jeff MacDougald with only 8.7 seconds left in regulation to give McGill a thrilling 3-2 comefrom-behind victory over the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks at McConnell Arena.

“I think we showed a lot of composure to come back late in the game like that, because that's the problem we had last season,"said McGill captain David Urquhart.

Though it was only an exhibition game, both teams were fired-up for the contest, displaying a hard-hitting, high energy game in the evenly-matched but scoreless first pe­ riod.

The Redmen looked to pull away from their opponents in the second stanza as they dominated Laurier in the early minutes but ultimately failed to capitalize on their chances.

McGill's troubles were epitomized by a spectacular shift from freshman centre Doucet, which saw him produce two

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incredible chances: Once receiving the puck alone in front, and then later on a partial breakaway only to be stoned by Laurier's MacDougald both times.

The tide began to turn in favour of the Golden Hawks later in the second frame when forward Mark Voakes streaked down the right wing and fired a laser past Redmen netminder Jean-Michel Filiatrault, who had relieved veteran keeper Mathieu Poitras minutes earlier, to give Laurier the lead. Things went from bad to worse for the Redmen when, with only seven seconds left in the period, Voakes struck again, firing a weak shot from the sideboards past a sur­ prised Filiatrault.

"It bounced off two guys and found a way between my legs," said Filiatrault when asked about the late goal. "I was not happy about it, but it happens sometinnes."

McGill found itself facing a two goal defecit to start the third, but fought hard to claw their way back. It was the cap­ tain, Urquhart, who rejuvenated his team when he took a pass from winger Chris Churchill-Smith on the power-play and buried a quick shot to move the Redmen to within one.

Less than three minutes later, the Red 'n'White tied the game when Doucet walked in unchecked and unleashed a glove-side howitzer past MacDougald, making amends for his missed chances in the second.

With the clock winding down and the third period looking as if it was going to end in a deadlock, the Redmen were given one last chance to finish the comeback when Laurier defenceman Chad Kennedy was assessed a holding penalty with only 35 seconds remaining. Doucet cappedoff a spectacular game with a perfect cross-crease pass to Shewchuk who buried his first goal of the pre-season and sent the Golden Hawks home with a loss.

After the game, Head Coach Martin Raymond praised his team's overall effort, especially their power play and pen­ alty kill, which went 2-for-7 and 6 -for-6 respectively.

"We maybe spent 45 minutes in the last two weeks on the special teams, so I though the guys did a good job con­ sidering the circumstances,” Raymond said.

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Martlets conquer Concordia on soccer pitch Striker Magalie Kolker tallied twice and added an assist on the game-winning goal as ninth-ranked McGill downed Concordia 3-0 in women's soccer at the Loyola campus on Sunday. The Martlets, now 2-0-1 in their last thee games, controlled the game from the opening whistle and finishing with a 17-5 margin in shots directed towards the net, including an 8-3 edge in shots on net. Kolker set up fellow striker Dylan Saunders for the winner in the 35th minute, and then notched two markers of her own in the 6 T 1 and 73rd minutes.

Goalkeeper Anne-Catherine Huot was credited with the win and shared the shutout with rookie Catherine Ardagh, who came into the contest for the last 30 minutes. The win came two days after McGill's first victory of the season, a 1-0 triumph over the UQAM Citadins at Molson Stadium on Friday night. Saunders scored 76 seconds into the match, and Huot made a single save to register the shutout. The Martlets' regular season record now stands at 2-1-2.

Martlets spank Sherbrooke in women's rugby Fly-half Maria Jaworski scored 14 points as visiting McGill blanked Sherbrooke 78-0 in Quebec university women's rugby, on Sunday. It was McGill's 15th straight win and 14th shutout in 15 lifetime meetings versus Sherbrooke since 1998, when the sport was sanctioned for national championship play under Canadian Interuniversity Sport. McGill, which led 36-0 at the half, awoke after a season-opening loss to Laval on Sept.

8 . The Martlets have ovérwhelmed their opponents since then by a 129-0 margin in the last two matches.

Among the 10 McGill players who scored two tries apiece were freshman flanker Mandy Mongeon, sopho­ more winger Naomi Grenier and freshman winger Clara Briscoe.

Muddimen, Flynn lead McGill runners at UWO meet Sophomore Patricia Muddiman placed 20th of 147 women, pacing McGill to a seventh place finish at the 33rd annual Western International cross-country running meet in London, Ontario on Saturday. Muddi­ man completed the five-kilometre women's race on the Thames Valley Golf Club in 19 minutes, 12 seconds.

Western's Leila Angrand won the competition in 17:52 and was followed on the podium by Leslie Sexton (18:15) from Queen's and McMaster's Jessica Pearo (18:48). On the men's side, McGill was ninth in a record field of 18 teams. Freshman Sébastien Flynn was the top Redmen runner for the second straight race, finishing 20th overall in a field of 148 entries. The 19-year-old finished the challenging 10k race in 33:09. McGill's score of 262 points in the men's event was well off the torrid 25 point score that secured a gold medal for the University of Eastern Michigan.

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Redmen Soccer— McGill vs. Laval; Friday, 10 p.m. at Molson Stadium After much hype and optimism heading into the 2007 season, the Redmen have failed to live up to expectations on the pitch, posting a meager 1-2-1 record and slipping to fifth in a very strong Quebec conference. Last year, McGill lost 1-0 to the Rouge et Or in overtime of the QSSF semi-finals and this campaign touted Laval as one of the elite teams that the program would need to overcome to reach the next level. This will be a statement game for the Redmen— either they will prove their lofty outlook and gain vengeance or fall even further behind in a race in which they seem outclassed.

Redmen Rugby— McGill vs. ETS; Sunday, 1 p.m. at Molson Stadium McGill will win this game; it's simply a matter of how much mercy they decide to show their opponents. The Redmen, one of the top rugby teams in the country, face an École de Technologie Supérieure club that simply is not up to snuff as the Red 'n' White have never lost to the Piranhas in nine previous meetings. In their first clash this season, McGill demolished ETS 88-5 as the squad set a new single-game scoring record for the rugby program. Look for flyhalf Alastair Crow to continue his domination of university rugby in this one.

NHL Hockey— Anaheim Ducks at Los Angeles Kings; Saturday, 12 p.m.

(ET) at O2 Arena in London, England, Versus Adhering to its long standing tradition in cities such as Phoenix, Nashville, and Miami of playing hockey where no one actually cares, the NHL takes its show on the road to yet another venue that has no hockey interest— London— where it will officially open up the 2007-2008 season. Adding even more fuel to the apathetic fire, the game features two teams with poor followings and absolutely no tradition or heritage in the NHL—last year's Stanley Cup cham­ pion Anaheim Ducks, and the laughable LA Kings. To highlight the fact that no one gives a shit, this game won't even be available on Canadian cable; only those lucky few who have access to Versus on satellite will have a chance to ridicule the NHL with visual evidence.

NFL Football— Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns; Sunday, 1 p.m. at Cleveland Browns Stadium, CBS Sure there are flashier games this weekend such as the high-octane Monday nighter between the Cincinnati Bengals and New England Patriots. Sure the Browns are atrocious this year and Baltimore doesn't really seem destined to challenge for that much. Still, it's always fun to see the Raven franchise and owner Art Modell have to return to Cleveland after he raped that city of their beloved and highly historic Browns team and turned them into Baltimore's substitute for the lost Colts. Nothing whips Ohio into a rabid frenzy like Modell's or Baltimore's visit—even though Art doesn't usually show— and you can always be sure that this will be one of the most hostile atmospheres on the NFL calendar as the Dawg Pound starts foaming for vengeance.

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