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Georgia files ICJ case McGill prof, to represent republic J am es G

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McGill law professor Payam Akhavan is settorepresenttheGovernmentofGeorgiain a case filed against Russia at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. On August 12, Akhavan filed a complaint at the ICJ, also known as the World Court, on behalf of Georgia following the conflict that erupted last month over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia. According to a court press release, Georgia is accusing Russia of violating its obligations under the 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination.

The conflict began on Aug. 7 when Georgian forces moved to retake South Ossetia from separatist forces following a series of smaller clashes. Russia responded quickly and expelled Georgian troops from both South Ossetia and Abkhazia, a second breakaway region. The conflict lasted five days with Russian forces moving into Georgia proper and citizens fleeing the conflict zones.

The conflict was officially brought to an end with a ceasefire deal brokered by the French.

Georgia and many western governments, however, maintain Russia has failed to meet

its ceasefire obligations.

Akhavan, a professor of international law and an expert on war crimes, served as a legal adviser in the UN's prosecution of war crimes carried out in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. He is serving as the lead counsel to the Government of Georgia.

Soon after the conlict began, he traveled to Georgia to gather evidence for the case.

Speaking to the Tribune from Tbilisi, he described the conflict as a classic David and Goliath situation and promoted the use of international law alongside diplomatic pressure.

"What we see today is naked aggression and annexation by a powerful nation of the territory of a much smaller neighbour by instigating ethnic conflict," he said. "Russia's actions have fundamentally challenged basic precepts of international law, and if there ever was a time when the World Court had to vindicate these elementary principles then this is it."

The complaint accuses Russia of a policy of support for ethnic cleansing of Georgians

by Ossetian and Abkhazian separatists.

See LEGAL on page 2

Hall captures bronze 11 Redmen competed in Beijing r 4MW Wn SC ean on on d McGill athletes did us proud this summer. With 11 student and alumni athletes competing for Canada in Beijing, including medalist Thomas Hall, their athletes are bringing more than pens and pencils back to school with them.

Included in the mix was canoeist Thomas Haifa Ui Physical Education student, who won a bronze medal in the 1,000 metre C-1 event.

"I'd say these Olympics, were tremendously successful," said Earl Zukerman, a communications officer for McGill Athletics.

Hall became the first McGill student to win a Summer Olympic medal since 1996, when rowers Alison Korn and Tosha Tsang placed second in the women's eight. He finished with a time of 3 minutes and 53.653

silver seconds, only 0.902 seconds behind silv medalist David Cal of Spain.

"During the race, it was a mix of total pain and adrenaline," Hall said. "Afterwards, it was total elation for about three seconds, and then total, utter fatigue. But that's what it's supposed to be."

Hall, competing in his first Olympics, said he was happy to be there at all.

"It was not a sure thing I was even going to the Games. Canada is such a strong [rowing] nation," he said.

Elsewhere, Bachelor of Commerce student, Marie-Pierre GagnĂŠ of Montreal, captained the Canadian women's synchronized swimming team to a fourthplace finish, while wrestler David Zilberman, U1 Elementary Education, made it to the See CANOEIST on page 5

Fighting for your right to party: a McGill freshman marks his territory as perennial frosh frivolities wrapped up last week.

MUNACA rejects offer Possibility of strike looms large T h eo M eyer The membership of the McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association rejected the university's offer for a new contract yesterday at a General Assembly in the Tomlinson Fieldhouse by a large margin. The motion on whether to accept the contract was defeated by a vote of 298 "Yes," votes to 486 "No." Members of MUNACA, which represents

those who work at McGill in non-academic capacities such as librarians, nurses and administrative assistants, have been without a contract since November 2007.

Yesterday's meeting followed an earlier General Assembly held on Thursday that was forcibly postponed after the fire alarm went off. MUNACA and the administration resumed See UNION on page 4

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Haven Books: Part I of III T heo M eyer

To mark the one year anniversary of Haven Books' re­ opening under Students' Society ownership, the Tribune is running a three-part investigation into the bookstore's controversial past, current status and foreseeable future.

Despite the problems that would grow to surround the little bookstore, the Students' Society's original purchase of Haven Books in March 2007 was remarkably uncontroversial. According to 2007-08 SSMU VicePresident Finance & Operations Imad Barake, SSMU has a history of involvement in student book sales.

"SSMU partially financed and built what is now known as the McGill [University] Bookstore. Successive McGill administrations from 1992 onwards diminished SSMU's stake in the Bookstore to [40 per cent]," said Barake in an email to the Tribune.

Former SSMU President Adam Conter and VP Finance & Operations Eric van Eyken negotiated the sale of the 40 per cent stake to McGill for si.S-million near the end of the their terms in 2006, bringing to an end SSMU's involvement with the store.

SSMU's relationship with Haven Books first began in late 2006, when Haven's independent owner Kevin Bozzo began negotiations with the SSMU executive to sell the bookstore.

Haven, originally named Raven Books after the Carleton University mascot, was started in Ottawa in 2002 by Andy Blair, C.K. Chang and Bozzo. After success in Ottawa, Bozzo opened a second location in Montreal at 2070 Aylmer Street.

"A few of the same conditions existed [at McGill] that did in Carleton," Bozzo told the Tribune in March 2007. "There was nowhere where you could consign used books. There was just the main campus bookstore and a few small off-campus other bookstores, but there was competition lacking."

The Montreal branch proved much less successful than its Ottawa counterpart, however, and was shut down by Bozzo after suffering losses of more than $9S,ooo, according to Barake.

SSMU purchased Haven Books in March 2007 after months of negotiations between then-President Aaron Donny-Clark and VP Finance and Operations Dave Sunstrum and Bozzo. The purchase price remains confidential.

“Sunstrum saw it as a golden opportunity to fill the place of SSMU's lost 40 per cent stake [in the McGill Bookstore]," Barake said.

While Sunstrum negotiated the purchase of Haven Books, the task of opening and running the bookstore fell to Barake when he took over Sunstrum's portfolio in May 2007.

"Haven Books opened its doors under the SSMU

banner after being closed for a year on May 1st, 2007, the day I took office," said Barake. "There was no plan in place, nor were there any revenue projections made at the time."

The lack of any comprehensive plan for the bookstore was one of many factors that made Haven Books' success unlikely. Barake cited a lack of interest in Haven by McGill professors as a critical problem that made it difficult for the bookstore to get off the ground.

While Barake sent emails about Haven to every McGill professor and faculty lecturer, he described the response as "devastatingly abysmal."

Haven Books was also held back by strong competition in the market for textbooks at McGill.

Professorsand students were already used todealing with established bookstores such as The Word, Paragraphe Books, and McGill’s own University Bookstore.

"We were always of the view that SSMU would have problems [with Haven]," said Barry Schmidt, general manager of the McGill Bookstore.

Schmidt cited problems that dogged Haven such as limited hours competition, and problems with the bookstore's consignment model of sales.

"You could wait months at Haven and never sell," Schmidt said. "We offer instant cash . . . if you do the analysis, what we offer is pretty close to what students get [for used books at Haven]."

McGill student Sarah Pease, U1 Biology, agreed with Schmidt's analysis.

"I bought my book at the [McGill Bookstore] new and and can sell my new book back to the bookstore next year," she said.

Pease added that she would only save about five dollars if she bought used from Haven.

In addition Barake's ability to market Haven to students was severely limited by SSMU's Memorandum of Agreement with the university. The MoA forbids SSMU from engaging in any unauthorized business activities in competition with those provided by the university (with the exception of food services). This restricted SSMU's ability to both advertise and run Haven.

"According to our lawyer, posters, flyers and classroom presentations promoting Haven Books, even the use of our @ssmu.mcgill.ca emails is a direct violation," Barake said. "I took that risk anyways banking on McGill's notorious late responses."

The limited interest from professors, the abundance of established competition and the restrictive MoA with the university, combined with the lack of a business plan, set Haven up for financial disaster. As of November 2007, Haven Books was expected to lose $67,658.48 in its first year of operation. The bookstore was projected to continue to lose money over the following three years.

Next week: What steps have been taken to turn Haven Books around? ■

Legal path pursued Akhavan touts inti, justice Continued from COVER

Russia, for its part, claims its forces entered Georgia to prevent genocide against South Ossetians. Russia has kept peacekeeping forces in South Ossetia and Abkhazia since vicious conflicts in the 1990s. Yet Akhavan argues that Moscow had a more sinister strategy.

"If you go back to the origins of the conflict, when Georgia became independent, Russia supported, armed and fought alongside separatists in Abkhazia and South Ossetia who expelled some 300,000 ethnic Georgians," Akhavan said.

"Russia then invited itself in, as a supposedly neutral peacekeeper, although it was clearly a party to the conflict. The condition was that the Russian peacekeepers would facilitate the return of the internally displaced Georgians. But over the past 17 years not only have those 300,000 refugees not returned, Russia has taken steps to support and consolidate the power of the ethnic separatists."

Law professor and Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism René Provost described two main problems with pursuing such a case at the ICI. The first is the length of time; according to Provost such a case could take anywhere between two and eight years to resolve, by which time the crisis may well have passed to another stage. The other issue is the ICJ's lack of capacity to enforce its decisions.

"Even if there were a decision more quickly than not, the court isn't in a position to enforce its own decisions, and there have been examples of states which have disregarded decisions of the court," Provost said. "So this is more of a public relations exercise."

Yet Akhavan believes that international justice must be asserted in such a case.

"The fact is that one can be cynical and say that what difference does international law make in this situation... but it's very clear that legitimacy is important, not least because Russia has constantly invoked international law as a justification for its policies," Akhavan said. "Already there has been a certain moderation of the situation since we got this case before the court because it puts Russia on notice that its action is being scrutinized, and that there will be consequences attached to that." ■

CAMPUS

Hangover from TA strike persists

Legal grievances, hostile rhetoric and mutual mistrust mark relations "We think that the TAs' legitimate concerns were addressed T h o m a s Q uail

The strike may be over—but the saga continues. While the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill's strike officially ended on June 23, the relationship between the union and the university is still marred by legal grievances, hostile rhetoric, and mutual mistrust. As the President of AGSEM Richard Hink said, "If there's one thing I learned this summer: [it's] don't piss the administration off."

According to AGSEM, members of the union have yet to receive pay for work they completed at the end of last school year. Under the collective bargaining agreement, a Teaching Assistant's pay is distributed evenly throughout the semester —180 hours in total. The strike was called on April 8, with one two-week pay period remaining. The TAs filing legal grievances claim, however, that they had completed the requisite number of hours before the strike was called. These claims will go to arbitration next February.

In addition, members of AGSEM have filed cases against the university alleging that they were dismissed illegally. At the end of the last school year, the university made it clear that AGSEM members could not be employed elsewhere on Campus. May sessional instructors, research assistants, and administrative assistants were all relieved of duty. AGSEM alleges that the

university is guilty of employing pressure tactics, especially in this case.

The administration, however, maintains that it was their interpretation of the labour code that led them to the temporary "suspension"of union members from non-union employment.

"It was the university's understanding of Quebec law that the university cannot employ union members who are on strike," said McGill Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning) Morton Mendelson. "I disagree with the interpretation that it was a pressure tactic."

Indeed, most union members were hired or had their classes rescheduled once the strike was terminated.

There have been three cases pertaining to illegal dismissal filed. The first two have foundered in court, while the third is awaiting a decision that will be made in mid-September.

"McGill has good lawyers. We have a lawyer assigned to us

by CSN [Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux]; nevertheless, I'm sure they don't have the same amount of stake in the matter as the McGill lawyers do," said Joel DeShaye, an English literature PhD candidate who was part of the team that filed the third case.

These issues notwithstanding, both AGSEM and the university stated that they were pleased with the final copy of the collective bargaining agreement.

and the university's interests were served," Mendelson said.

Included in the new collective bargaining agreement is a mandatory, trans-faculty work-load form. This work-load form will ensure that every TA is paid fairly by recording every minute of work completed.

The TAs will also receive a salary hike over the next four years. Increasing incrementally, it will plateau in January of 2011 at $24.99 per hour.

Hink explained that he felt the strike had less to do with underpaid TAs, and more to do with under-respected TAs. "Certainly, for some people, salary was the primary issue.

But in conversations I had with people at general assemblies, it wasn't about salary; it was about the way that we are treated," he said He went on to say that he did not think that the administration's attitude towards AGSEM had changed in the slightest.

"When it comes to respecting the union, do I think their attitude has changed? No, I don't," Hink said.

According to other members of the union, there are a few people, even today, who do not have their jobs back from their non-union employer. ■

03.09.08 - The McGill Tribune • 3

Westmount—Ville-Marie by-election On September 8, constituents of the Westmount—Ville-Marie riding in downtown Montreal will vote in a federal by-election called due to the retirement of veteran Liberal MP Lucienne Robillard.

TheTribune recently sat down with the major candidates to discuss their political views and the circumstances surrounding the election. Charles Larivée, the Bloc Québécois candidate, was unavailable or comment.

—Compiled by Vincci Tsui, Theo Meyer, James Gilman and Thomas Quail

Guy Dufort

Marc Garneau

CONSERVATIVE PARTY

LIBERAL PARTY

Yes, it is a fact that the overall crime rate in Canada has been diminishing. It is a fact that violent crime, though, in the riding, has been increasing and that's a fact that we have to deal with.

This riding has been a Liberal stronghold for 50 years. How does this affect your view of the Conservative party's chance of winning?

What do you think is the significance of this by-election given the possibility of a federal election in the near future?

By-elections by nature are essentially federal and [this by-election] is really directed at local issues and local problems. If we were in a general election, a lot of those issues would not be discussed, so the big advantage of a by-election is to bring those issues out in the open and discuss them.

Can you briefly outline the main policies and platforms you are running on?

I've known this riding for quite a while.

I've had an office here for more than 30 years.

And knowing this riding, I realized that there are—and that's the first issue I mentioned when I launched my campaign back in March of this year—the big issue in this riding . . . is the level of homelessness. And it's hard to evaluate how many of them there are . . . but the concern is that they're getting younger and younger every year. The other issue that is obvious is the level of crime in the riding.

I don't really like to speculate. All I can tell you is I've knocked on 6,692 doors to date [as of August 30] and what I hear and listen to on the ground is such that there is something happening in the riding—to what extent we will know on the 8th—but essentially people are a lot more open to viewing and assessing all of the programs and all of the candidates.

And no matter what some people are saying, from what I gather on the ground it's really a three horse race, and you know, in a three horse race anything can happen.

How can the Conservative party justify the prime minister's recent controversial funding cuts for the arts?

Overall, in terms of arts involvement by the federal government we have increased by more than $ 66o-million funding provided to the arts. Maybe the method in which [the cuts were] done was not as "delicate" as it should have been. But there are realities ... we have to make sure the taxpayers' money is spent properly and within the mission and objective of the federal government, and that's what we're doing. ■

W h a t is th e significance o f th is b y -e le ctio n fo r th e federal g o v e rn m e n t?

Mr. Harper announced this election on the 25 of July to take place on the 8 of September and certainly I'm very concerned [that he will call] a general election before the 8 of September, before the by-election has taken place. He will have essentially made a mockery of the democratic process because he called the by-election himself and by-elections are big and expensive undertakings, especially for Elections Canada. People are expecting a by-election and for him to then cancel it, possibly at the last minute, I think is an insult to Canadians If elected, what are the main issues you will focus on in Parliament?

It will depend on the outcome of a general election. If the Liberals are in power, it will also depend on whether I'm assigned a specific responsibility. Now, from a personal point of view I would be eager to help out in the areas of education, science and technology, and innovation, because that's where I've spent most of my professional life. There aren't too many people who were engineers or scientists in political life, so I think maybe having one or two there would be a useful addition.

This riding has been a Liberal stronghold for 50 years. Is that encouraging for you?

It is certainly very encouraging. First of all, I live in this riding; I've been here for seven and a half years. In fact, I'm the only one who actually lives in the riding amongst the candidates and I've been on the ground, so to speak, since last

October because I was named the Liberal candidate on the 19 of October. I've focussed on the upcoming elections ever since that time. People in Westmount—Ville-Marie have a tradition of voting for the Liberal party because they believe in the Liberal values. Having said that, I am not leaving anything to chance—this is a race between five candidates and I'm working flat out to make sure that I win this election.

Are you concerned that the NDP might be able to repeat Thomas Mulcair's 2007 byelection victory in the Outremont riding?

I treat this as a race between five candidates. If you look at the results of previous elections, and especially if you compare them to Outremont, you'll find that these are two very different ridings. There's a perception that Outremont is one side of the mountain and that Westmount—Ville-Marie is its twin on the other side; nothing could be further from the truth.»

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Claude William Genest

NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY

GREEN PARTY

sponsorship inquiry and the scandal around that. I think the NDP is poised to make some big inroads. One of the reasons I threw my fate in with the party is that I see that there is an appetite for change.

If elected, w h a t w ill be y o u r m a in goals as a M e m b e r o f Parliam ent?

\ccordingtoreports,theHarpergovernment nay call a federal election before the date >f the by-election. If an election is called, do /ou think it will impact the outcome?

I think it's very disrespectful, because Harper was the one that promised fixed nandates in order to avoid election calls for Dolitical and partisan convenience, and this s exactly what he's doing. I think a general Hection would be a good thing, because it least we'll be granted the opportunity to febate some of the things that have been joing on. Perhaps it's better to go to the polls and have the debate, air it properly and look at «hat's really on the table.

How will this by-election change the current >f Canadian federal politics?

We're at an interesting and new phase n Canadian politics right now. We see a nore aggressive approach by the Harper lonservatives, which makes people very mcomfortable, and it doesn't feel Canadian o a lot of people. I think the Liberals are in lisarray, they have not recovered from the

One of my goals would be to reach out to the people in the riding, make contact with them [and] work on the things that concern them. This riding is a cross section of the province. Everything is here: the tree-lined streets of NDG; the summit; the well-resourced neighbourhoods of Westmount; and then we have the entire downtown and the old port. I would like to put the MP back in touch with the voters. I think people feel disenfranchised and since it's been Liberal for so long, nobody has been listening, and that's what I've been doing professionally for 20 years on radio.

This riding has been a Liberal stronghold for 50 years. How does this affect your view of the NDP's chance of winning?

I think our chances are extremely good; I think we are going to win. We get an incredibly favourable reception when we go into the riding. I've had very good reception from long­ standing Liberal voters in the constituency who are not very impressed with what the Liberals are doing, and are very upset with what they see the Harper Conservatives doing. I think we can take it, we saw what happened in last year in Outremont, and we view that as sort of a template for this riding. ■

What was the significance of this byelection to you and your party?

This by-election was truly significant because you're not voting to change the government; you're just changing for that one little by-election. This gives people an opportunity to vote not strategically, but with their values, ethics and passion.

What are the main points of your platform that you would like to achieve in your riding?

Traditionally it's always been held that all politics are local, but people are finally waking up to the fact that the real problems in the riding are global in scale. In terms of what the constituents want, the debates revealed it all. The Liberal came out and said, "We've gone door to door and we're listening to what people care about," and then he began talking about renewed federalism, and everybody groaned. What we're hearing is that constituents care about the environment, the economy and health. Those are the issues, and they're the issues that we address better than everybody.

The riding has been a Liberal stronghold for the past 50 years. Has that affected your campaign strategy in any way?

It's hard for us to get equal footing, but once we're atthe table, everything changes. [At debates,] I'm talking to rooms full of partisan people there to cheer on their candidates and they're listening to me talk, and I can see their

heads are nodding, their eyes are growing wide and they're applauding enthusiastically.

It's a really exciting time for us.

How does your background in environmental work and in television help you as a politician?

I can assure you that as a former actor, my life was fine; I had no political leanings or political aspirations. But, life has made it such that I've developed a unique set of skills that really make me the perfect candidate. I have all the media experience. I have all the ecological experience. I have all the political experience from four elections. I was only one of only 200 Canadians chosen to get trained

by Al Gore this year. I'm just ready, willing and able. ■

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Union leadership fears SEIU raid Chaotic ending to Thursday's meeting Continued from COVER

previously stalled negotiations Thursday night and continued into Friday. The talks resulted in a more generous contract offer.

"It was a fairer deal than what they had originally offered," MUNACA President Maria Ruocco said. "The university is now offering a 12 per cent raise."

The administration had previously offered a 10.5 per cent pay increase, while MUNACA was asking for 13 per cent.

The defeat of the motion reopens the possibility of a strike by the union's membership,

which would severely disrupt the operation of the university. A strike mandate was the primary reason for Thursday's General Assembly, held in Leacock 132.

"We had well over 1,000 members wanting to come into the meeting [on Thursday], We did our presentation and just as we were getting to the vote on the first motion [on the strike], the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate the building," Ruocco said.

Between 300 and 400 MUNACA members were denied access to Thursday's meeting after the room was filled to its 682-person capacity.

While some members left after not being

able to get in, others remained in the Leacock lobby and engaged in shouting matches with MUNACA representative Jamie Troini, denouncing the meeting as illegitimate.

Former Students' Society Vice-President External Max Silverman, who was volunteering at Thursday's General Assembly, speculated that the union members who had not been able to get into the meeting pulled the alarm to prevent the vote on the strike motion.

"From what we understand, just as they were about to take the first vote in the GA, somebody pulled the fire alarm, or there was a fire. It seems like somebody pulled the fire

alarm," Silverman said.

An administrative assistant who insister on remaining anonymous for fear of reprisa criticized the MUNACA leadership for no postponing the meeting once a substantia portion of the membership was denied access "Instead of postponing the meetiru until they could find a larger space, which i what they should have done, they decider to go ahead with the meeting, even thougl there's a large part of the membership tha could not participate in the meeting. As fa as we're concerned, that makes the meetinr illegitimate,"she said. ■

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Olympics: "well run, well-organized" Continued from COVER

quarterfinals of the men's 96-kilogram freestyle wrestling.

Rebounding from an acute case of chicken pox, swimmer Victoria Poon, Kinesiology, swam in the semifinals of the women's 50-metre freestyle.

"Swimming is the sport where you had the most athletes from the CIS," said Michel Bélanger, a Canadian Interuniversity Sport spokesperson.

Swimmers like Brian Johns (University of British Columbia) and Audrey Lacroix (Université de Montréal) also represented the CIS in Beijing.

Of the six McGill graduates competing in Beijing, wrestler Martine Dugrenier was the most successful, narrowly losing a semifinal in the women's 63-kilogram freestyle tournament to Kaori Icho of Japan. She lost the bronze-medal consolation match by a similar margin. "[Canada has] been good in women's wrestling," said Bélanger. "It is a sport

where athletes come from the university system."

The Canadian women's soccer team featured two former McGill students: midfielder Amy Walsh and forward Amber Allen. The Canadians suffered a heartbreaking loss in overtime to the U.S. team—the eventual bronze medalists.

Competing in his fourth Olympics, 34-year-old graduate Keith Morgan advanced to the second round of the 100kilogram class Judo tournament while weightlifter Jeane Lassen, a graduate from Whitehorse, YK, finished eighth in the women's 75-kilogram class.

Contributing to Canada's strong showing in rowing and canoe/kayak, kayaker and McGill grad Andrew Willows placed sixth with partner Richard Dober in the men's flatwater K-2, 500 metre event. Rower Doug Vandor, a 2002 McGill Master's graduate in Experimental Surgery, reached the semifinals of the

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men's lightweight double—rowing courageously with the flu.

Canada took home four rowing medals: one gold, one silver, and two bronze.

In addition, university students from across the nation played an important role in Canada's success at the games.The Canadian flag-bearer, kayaker Adam van Koeverden, was valedictorian of the Class of 2007 at McMaster University.

Historically, 106 McGill graduates and students have competed in the Summer Games, earning twenty-five medals: five gold, eight silver, and 12 bronze.

According to Hall, the Olympics were managed exceedingly well, "It was well run, well-organized, and a lot of fun,"he said.

Hall added that his success at the games has piqued interest back home, with a flurry of TV appearances and interviews since his win. ■

International students at Concordia University will pay as much as $1,000 more this year after the University's Board of Governors slapped a 10 per cent increase on international student tuition.

The vote took place on Friday August 29 and was met by student protest.

According to Elie Chivi, the Concordia Student Union's Vice President Communications, the vote took place along partisan lines, with every non-student governor voting in favour of the measure, and every student governor voting against it.

Attempts to pass the increase this past year were twice put on hold due to student demonstrations, forcing the board to cancel their spring meeting and take the unprecedented step of approving the hike in a teleconference meeting - an action the CSU condemned as illegal, taking the matter to the courts. "[Under] the Quebec corporations act, you cannot have a teleconference meeting if one or more members of the board aren't consenting to it, and we had all the students say that we don't agree with having [it] over teleconference," Chivi said.

On Tuesday August 19 the CSU won a temporary injunction from the Quebec Superior Court, which froze the plans for the hike for 10 days.

This, however, was not enough to stop the increase, which will come into effect almost immediately for the fall semester.

Chivi said the CSU is evaluating their options, but because Friday's vote was done legally, there is nothing more they can do through the courts at this point.

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University officials and Students' Society executives have been hard at work this summer to allay mutual concerns regarding ancillary fee increases.

Talks between the administration and SSMU have so far have been congenial and constructive according to both sides.

Earlier this year, the provincial Ministry of Education decided to restrict the increase of ancillary fees. Since then, SSMU has been up in arms as to what extent the administration should be involved.

In a surprisingly strict ruling, the regulation states that iftheadministration wants to increase ancillary fees, it must obtain the approval of student government. Increases in these fees, however, are strictly controlled. If the university currently charges less than $550 of ancillary fees, they can request a maximum increase of $50. Between $550 and $699, they can request $25.

And in McGill's case, if the university originally charges more than $700, they are restricted to $15.

An ancillary fee is any fee paid to the university except for tuition, such as the student services fee and the fee for the athletics improvement fund "This is one of the few situations where the administration needs us; they have to listen to what we want and they have to follow the structure we put in place," SSMU Vice-President External Devin Alfaro said. "This is a very favourable switch in the power dynamic."

The executive took this regulation as an opportunity to engage the student body. If the administration wants to raise a fee, it will be put to referendum. For the November referenda period, the administration has requested an increase to the student services, athletics, registration and admissions fees.

Mendelson explained that while these fees are an integral part of student life on campus, the administration should, at least, be able to explain what the fees are meant to accomplish.

"We have a very well developed system of student services at McGill because students have been willing to pay for them," Mendelson said. "If students did not pay for these services, we would not have them."

The SSMU executive worries that if the administration was given the power to freely advertise their increase in fee, it may distort the democratic process.

"When something comes from the university, that means a lot, to a large part of the student body; it's important that the process is democratic and enables debate," SSMU President Kay Turner said.

SSMU electoral by-laws state that no external body may be involved with referenda proceedings; these fee regulations, however, change the electoral landscape - new by-laws must be drafted. Turner would like the new by-laws to reflect a feeling of collaboration—to a point.

"At the end of the day, we have the final say in the wording of the referendum question,"Turner said.

The ministry's decision earlier this year to restrict increases was seen by many as a tactic employed by the government to silence opponents of the tuition de-freeze.

"The administration has used ancillary fees as a roundabout tuition increase. When tuition was frozen, ancillary fee increases were ostensibly for one thing, but it was used more as a source of revenue." Alfaro said.

Mendelson heartily disagreed with these allegations.

"Not true! The ancillary fees are used to provide services that would otherwise not be provided."

Proposals for new by-laws indicating the administration's role will be sent to the university this week. ■

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After a summer of hard work, the Students' Society Executives are busy preparing for a new year. The Tribune recently sat down with all six SSMU execs to find out what they've been working on and what plans they have for the upcoming year.

Kay Turner, President What are your long­ term goals for the coming year?

First and foremost, I'd like to reinvigorate council. I think last year council really failed—the councillors weren't really involved, they weren't engaged, no one was really interested in anything.

So I'm trying this year to make councillors feel like they're actually part of the way SSMU is running, make them feel like they're part of a community and actually enable them to achieve things on council as opposed to just showing up. In terms of on the sustainability front, this summer I've been working with a bunch of different research projects [one of] which is a green

Julia Webster, VP Internal

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audit. Basically our researchers went through everything that we do at SSMU and looked at the environmental sustainability of all of it, so that's going to be presented— I think towards the end of September beginning of October—and then with the findings from that to develop a five year plan, to which we can actually be held accountable. We had an executive retreat two weeks ago and we spent a lot of time talking about how to reinvigorate [General Assemblies]. So a few ways that we're going to do that: first of all we are having the first one outside again this year, which is really exciting, it's going to be on October 7th, but we're going to do different kinds of advertising, so we're going to try to make videos, get them on Facebook, get them into classrooms, get more people to realise much farther in advance of the deadline that they can submit motions.

What have you been doing over the summer?

We had some research projects, there's the Green Audit and I was also working with the farmers'market. There's a really great project about purchasing—compiling a list of environmental suppliers. Working on ancillary fees, so on top of working out the framework with the administration, we're also trying to work out a memorandum of understanding with the faculties, so that we can all sort of be on the same page. We've seen so many times with group services etc, sometimes the administration chooses issues and divides people by faculty and picks them off one by one, that's something we really don't want to see happening with ancillary fees. We had a couple presidential roundtables

to carve out an identity for what it means to be [VP] Internal, because the communications factor does still fall under the position of VP Internal.

But for me, what I've thought about this summer is taking a more active role in General Assemblies as far as marketing them and making them really relevant [for] students. [I]t's getting more people out and making them more relevant, making sure that the motions are more public and people actually know what is coming up to vote at GAs—that's really important to me.

What have you been doing over the summer?

What are your long term goals for the coming year?

Overall, I'd like to improve the events we have from a sustainable perspective. We spent time this summer working on SSMU Frosh, working with key individuals from Sustainable McGill.

I'd like to see lots of different events as well. Last year we dropped the ball a bit on having a lot of events. I'd really like

Devin Alfaro, VP External What are your long­ term goals for the coming year?

Long-term, the biggest task that I have is to figure out a way to ensure that SSMU remainsapoliticallyactive and politically relevant organization now that we are independent. For most of our history, or at least for the past few decades, we've been affiliated with either a provincial or federal student federation or alliance of some sort. At this point, we're going to [remain independent for the foreseeable future. We've developed a good system for collaborating with other independent student organizations where we all sit down, put our issues on the table, put the various campaigns that we're working on, on the table land then see where there's room for collaboration. It's a way of

Besides planning SSMU Frosh and overseeing all the faculty froshes and getting the permits and dealing with McGill, we've also revamped the entire SSMU web site. It's supposed to be up and running by September 1, but it's going to be more [like] the 14,18, hopefully by the first council meeting which is September 18. We have a new page, we're streaming headlines, it's really cool. We're going to try to archive a lot of things because we need to work on a collective identity and creating a history for the SSMU. As well, I also created an orientation website, because there was no website that has all of the information about orientation at McGill, believe it or not. I approached the First Year Office and we partnered in this task; they compiled the academic side and I compiled all the relevant Frosh information and all the information from the Social Equity and Diversity in

organizing that gives us much more autonomy—we don't have to take directives that come down from a federation, we can decide ourselves which issues to work on.

What have you been doing over the summer?

The first part of the summer was taken up mainly by filling myself in with background information on various dossiers.

There's a lot of history to know for proper context, like the history of funding in the province [and] the history of our affiliation with outside organizations. I was filling in the gaps in terms of what I knew, meeting various other student organizations to make first contact. I took a few trips to Quebec City, a trip to Sherbrooke, getting our ducks in a row for the year to come.

What projects are working on right now?

First off, we're having a federal by-election in Westmount— Ville-Marie. There are a lot of McGill students in the riding and we need to do what we can to help people. I think there [are] a lot of people who don't know the by-election is happening who are eligible to vote, so the biggest thing is communicating. There should be something going out on list serv with the information on how to vote. On a more local level, we're organizing in collaboration with a number of other groups on campus, a campaign called Reclaim Your Campus.The idea is that, at McGill, students are pretty low on the list of priorities. Fleather MunroeBlum says that this year we our prioritizing research and graduate studies. They're quite open about saying that undergraduate

[with the faculties], just to get to know each other. Just trying to plan the dates of exactly when everything's going to happen, so that that way we can come off professional and organized, which is something that SSMU sometimes doesn't do that well.

What projects are you working on right now?

Right now, we're working on drafting the by-laws in terms of how Prof. Mendelson or the University's going to be involved in ancillary fees, so that draft has to be out by Wednesday. Then we're also trying to negotiate an MoU with [the Post-Graduate Students' Society], we've received one of their proposals back, and I have to do another proposal, that's something I'd like to try to get wrapped up sooner rather than later.

In your campaign, you differentiated yourself from youi opponent by saying that you would do more to broaden SSMU's environmental policy. Do you have a comprehensive plan to make SSMU greener?

That's what we're working on, and that's why it was sc important for us to be able to establish the baseline, so that wc can have a five year plan. The other thing that's really cool aboul the green audit launch is our plan to have a public launch so thaï everyone knows everything—good and bad, whatever. So do have a comprehensive five year plan? I haven't seen the audii yet. But the goal is to build a five year plan based on the baseline that we have.

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What projects are working on right now?

Right now, it's probably the web site because we've had i lot of the [mock-ups] sent to us and we need to approve them and we need to get the text ready. We also need to get the texi translated. That's another thing I've been doing—we're trying to refine the way translations are done. We have two translator: this year split up so one takes care of the list serv and ther there's someone in charge of translating internal documents We need to get all of our by-laws translated, we need to have 1 fully bilingual web site—it's mandated in our constitution, anc it can't be the case if we don't have those resources available Flopefully it will be up by September 18.

A gap can sometimes exist at McGill between students whe live on or near campus and those who commute to schoo from places like the West Island and the South Shore. How can you use your position to help bridge this gap?

A lot of the faculties sent letters specifically to students from the Montreal area encouraging them saying:"Yes, you think yot know the city, but [Frosh is] a great way to meet people in othei faculties,"so I guess that's one step that we could take. We've go to promote our events. I've got a lot of friends from Montrea and we try to hire them for coordinating positions.

education is not that high on the list. There are all these group: that have had trouble with the administration because, quite frankly, they don't care; they don't really value student life or campus. The idea of this campaign is to unite all these issues anc go on the offensive. I think it's time that we be more proactivs and point out that there's something systemic in the way McGil deals with students and the way McGill prioritizes students.

You've previously said that the most important issue th< university faces is underfunding. How much will you be able to use your position to combat this?

In Quebec there's a certain law which requires tha medium- and large-sized companies that spend over a millior dollars on their payroll have to invest one per cent of that bad into training their workers and if they don't spend it they have tc give the equivalent sum to a fund which exists to provide mone; for worker-training initiatives. As the system currently exists there's really no incentive to spend the money well, there's jus an incentive to spend the money. A lot of it is spent in way that aren't particularly productive. The idea is to get the lav changed so that a certain percentage of this one per cent has t< go to funding universities and CEGEPs. Universities and CEGEP have the biggest role in training the workforce and they'ri underfunded, so this money would be better spent repairing our classrooms.

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VP U niversity Affairs What are your long term goals for the coming year?

Obviously, and it comes as no surprise to those who know me or saw the campaign, sustainability is going to be a large part of it—specifically, looking to find a long term home for sustainability in the decision making structures of the school.

I'm really working on trying to get online coursepacks, I think that's something that could save students a lot of money, and could save us a lot of paper. I'm also hoping to make sure that we maintain and improve our representation to the University throughout the Senate review process. I would really like to see us have a longer term, and a fixed appointment for an ombudsperson. Right now, it's just the interim ombudsperson and I would like to see a permanent position before December.

We've been without an ombudsperson for long enough, and having someone there on an interim basis isn't as helpful as it could be. And then basically the kind of goal that you hear all the time, and I really hope that I'm able to succeed in it, that is. I really want to be accessible and transparent.The SSMU Execs are going to have a blog this year that we all will contribute to, and I feel like it's really important, so when things like Architecture Cafe happen, you don't have to be in the dark, or be friends with Adrian to figure it out.

What have you been doing over the summer?

I have been working on Senate Review; I've been doing that

Tobias Silverstein, VP Finance & Operations What are your long term goals for the coming year?

I see the job as predominantly based around the operations.

[I want to] try to get Gert's to become functional, to be able to provide a good service to students and make it a place that's safe and enjoyable so it becomes the campus bar and people enjoy coming there. [Also, I want to] improve the Haven [Books] situation. In terms of making sure the clubs and services are able to provide services to the McGill community—we have them for a reason, they're valuable and they increase student participation on campus. [The goal is] to make sure they have the finances to do what they do.

Samantha Cook, VP Clubs & Services What are your long term goals for the coming year?

As a very broad thing I want to make sure there's effective communication between all the clubs and services and my office, and that there's good management coming out of the office. I want to work with publications, such as Old McGill, and I'm working on a structure to properly get this group going and make it a really cool thing to be involved in so that people can actually get involved in immortalizing their McGill experience and have a good momento to look back on. We've been working over the summer on a SSMU for Dummies book for clubs and services that gives them all the basic information they need to know so we can avoid sitting down at the beginning of the year with mandatory meetings that aren't actually mandatory, because nothing happens to you if you don't go. And as for club web sites, we're hoping to implement a new system for club web sites, because currently we get someone on who will be the clubs and services web site designer and when clubs request a new site or to fix up their old one we send them to that person.

They have a contract with that person [so] they have to pay a certain amount of money, however much they decide, and so each club's paying hundreds of dollars for a site when really what think what most of them want is just a basic web presence. So we realized instead of having clubs pay hundred ofdollarsayear, if we can invest, I mean even if its up to a few thousand dollars, although we could potentially do this for a lot less, we could actually implement sort of a template system. People could just log in and put in all the basic information and have the basic site that they need, without paying anything from their limited

for part of the summer. Ancillary fees was a huge thing that I worked on with Kay. I also did what I could where opt-outs are concerned, we're really trying to insist to the university that there's another way to go around this. Another cool thing that I did was speaking with a professor who's really into clickers, and then I was speaking with a bunch of students who were really frustrated about clickers, you know "Professors do this, professors do that." So we struck up a joint SUS/SSMU task force on developing guidelines for clickers, and they've been picked up by Teaching & Learning Services and they really like them.

What projects are working on right now?

I'm hoping we will have an ombusdsperson, a set one, I would like it to be in practice by the end of this semester. I’m also working a little bit with Devin on the Reclaim your Campus thing. I'm also working on the online coursepacks.

You're a veteran of the Sustainable McGill Project. How will this experience affect your actions as VP University Affairs?

It's interesting, because a lot of the people who come to my position have much more of a governance background than I do.

Ever since I started with the Sustainable McGill project I sort of came at governance from an odd angle. I've interacted more with certain actors who people who are in my position haven't really interacted with that much before, so I have a better relationship with—or I have more understanding of how the University really works, from more of an ancillary, university services side, than a governance side, for a lot of these sustainability issues, so because of that I'm not just looking at sustainability and how we can get it into the curriculum system, that's important, of

What have you been doing over the summer?

Most of my summer has been dominated by SSMU. I'm coming in as sort of an outsider to the SSMU system, so part of my summer has definitely been learning how things work, learning how SSMU functions and learning to work with everybody, which has been successful. I've [also] been working on a global budget. I know that was done last year, but really to understand it and to understand our costs a lot better, to understand where we're spending money and what we're actually doing with this money. Between the budget, Gert's and Haven, that's basically my summer.

What projects are working on right now?

Right now, I'm really trying to finish up the Cafe Supreme lease and the budget is basically done, too. There's a couple finishing touches left to go over, but that should be finished within a week or two.

budget, which makes me really excited.

What have you been doing over the summer?

Some of the big projects of the summer were: At the beginning of last semester McGill said that they would be basically evicting the McGill Outdoors Club from their house. So we worked with MOC over the summer and they were working with McGill, and, as it turns out, McGill decided to sell the house to them for what is, compared to what they were selling it for on the open market, an extremely cheap price. That took up a lot of our time, and I wouldn't quite say crisis averted, but its going in a better direction than we thought. [Also,] I've been working with Kay to clean up the by-laws around clubs and services, so we're going to be hopefully bringing that to council in the first or second meeting, which is just sort of tightening up how you become a service. We're putting in a new position to protect our liquor license, a bar service coordinator, so we are going to change the by-laws like that, a lot of little nitty gritty things.

What projects are working on right now?

I'm training the new interest group coordinator with the old one. I am finishing up office space and putting it in a very nice PDF map. I am going to start on locker space applications, and we're getting 20 new lockers on the fourth floor, so I'm waiting until we get more applications from clubs that don't have offices anymore. Activities night is coming up on September 11, so I'm going to be working with the Activities Night Coordinator to make sure that goes smoothly. Getting ready for council with the by-laws. Fielding a lot of questions about how to start a new club. I'll be discussing budgets with all the services individually, and having a week where I am available for clubs to come in, just about every afternoon, to ask me questions about the SSMU for dummies and how to do what they want to do. One of the biggest things on my plate right now is a project of SSMU'i

course, but how we can sort of see it in a comprehensive fashion.

My background with Sustainable McGill project has shown me that we really need all the stakeholders to come together— consultation is actually an incredibly effective tool, and m u lti-sta k e h o ld e r approaches are really effective in solving problems before they happen, and in making sure that we see all the parts of the problem. That's one of the reasons that I commissioned three reports this summer, one of them is on sustainability and governance, and where should sustainability fit, and not just who makes the decisions, but how they are carried out.

The other two reports: one of them was on room-bookings, and how can we make room-bookings more accessible, and then the third project was on administration and governance at McGill.

What changes can we expect between last year's budget and this year's budget?

In terms of the budget, it's a lot of clarification—very clearly laying out the idea of a cost driver, [which is] where our costs are generated. For example, with printing, it depends on how many sheets of paper you print. I'm going through a lot of the details and clarifying it more instead of just giving general, broad numbers so we can have a good understanding of what's going on.

that will involve potentially expanding our daycare operation| to better accommodate undergraduate students, but as always space constraints play a large role in if we can do this.

We're going to see a little bit of a space shuffle in the building, so stay tuned...

One of your stated campaign goals was to stabilize funding for clubs and services and reduce large funding fluctuations. How have you been working to accomplish this?

It's a tough road, the Post-Graduate Students' Society memorandum of agreement is stil not fixed, and as optimistic as I was, it seems that the new PGSS exec is even less inclined to give more money to us, so we're trying to work out a deal with them but it's sadly, not looking fantastic.As for other sources of funding, Liquid Nutrition will be open right after the start of school, so we'll have rent from there. Cafe Supreme, which is going into the Caferama space, should be opening up in January or so if all goes according to plan, their lease is still being finalized, and that will be a great investment for us. Also, McGill has more people enrolled than ever, which means we'll just generally have a little more money.

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t's that time of year again. As students flood back to Montreal from all ends of the earth, we're joined by the perennial crop of freshmen (and women) abandoning their sheltered past lives and stepping into the world of independence and self-suffi­ ciency. Unfortunately, these doe-eyed firstyears will almost immediately encounter a phenomenon that will plague them from now until the day they die. Dearest froshies: welcome to McGill. And welcome to the wonderful world of forced taxation.

As you login to Minerva, McGill's Greek goddess of frustration, no doubt you'll notice that your e-bill is two pages long.

Scanning the page reveals that this mindblowingly long list adds up to a great deal of dough. You become progressively more irate as you read the bill and discover fees for transcripts, athletics, facilities, copy­ rights, the daycare, something called Access McGill, a radical left-wing interest group named QPIRG, a radio station that you'll never listen to and an organization named World University Services Canada. You can opt-out of some of the more offensive fees— like QPIRG's— but you're stuck with the rest.

And that's your first lesson at McGill, dear froshie. (Unless, of course, you've al­ ready learned the iron-clad law of "Beer be­ fore liquor, never been sicker/Liquor before beer, you're in the clear.") For the rest of your life, and even after you're six feet under, the state will be coercing you for cash. You'll be continually shafted by different levels of government using new and inventive names to take what you've earned. This cursed list of taxes is even more colourful

than your e-bill: property tax, consumption tax, capital gains tax, corporate tax, excise tax, income tax, tariffs, tolls and (of course) the death tax.

If you're disheartened to hear that your relatively tax-free life is over, you should know that there's no better place than Que­ bec to learn about taxes. According to the Fraser Institute, the average family from Quebec will pay $ 35,454 in taxes this year.

That family will need to work for nearly six months to pay off their taxes and start earn­ ing for themselves. Like it or not, once you leave the hallowed grounds of this institu­ tion you'll likely be working for yourself six months of the year and "the man" for the remainder.

This inescapable burden would be more bearable if our tax dollars were used efficiently and productively. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Public waste, corruption, patronage and the natural inefficiencies of a burgeoning bureaucracy guarantee that our money is not spent well. That's the nature of government, and the relentless yearning of interest groups further dooms our wages to reckless oblivion.

Faced with this harsh reality, it's easy to see why one might think that "the facts of life are conservative." This year, my column will be dedicated to politics and policy, and counteracting the left-leaning undercurrent on campus by discussing these facts of life.

I'll be taking apart the issues of the day with a small-c conservative slant, and a commit­ ment to freedom, smaller government and individual responsibility.

Oh, and with all seriousness, welcome to McGill. ■

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nless you have some kind of jock-vi­ sion that filters out comic book char­ acters, you're probably aware of Heath Ledger's Oscar-worthy performance in The Dark Knight. As someone who waited in line for two hours to see the midnight premiere, I can vouch for the quality of Ledger's work. He personifies chaos and mayhem as the Joker, with a warped humanity reminiscent of pop culture's greatest villains. The Joker rightfully joins the ranks of Darth Vader and Hannibal Lecter as characters that are impossible to for­ get—the Voldemort to Batman's Harry Potter.

But Ledger's personal legacy is also entwined with the Joker's place in the fraternity of iconic villains.

Because of his untimely death, Ledger's Joker is the last completed testament to his considerable acting skills. Ledger died as the Joker, so Ledger forever is the Joker. But I don't want Ledger's death to be the most significant aspect of his role.

Death alters our memories of some­ one's life— I owe this idea to the sociologist Barry Schwartz. In Mourning and the Making of a Sacred Symbol, he argues that Abraham Lincoln's legacy as a great American presi­ dent hinges on his assassination. The U.S. was as politically divided after the Civil War as it was before, and the South still hated Lincoln.

But every American honored the office that he held. The Presidency was bigger than the man who held it, and Lincoln's failures were glossed over after his death. His legacy was set in stone. The premature death of a politi­ cian spares them from criticism, because that would be disrespecting the office itself.

As an American, I like to think that we'd remember Lincoln for ending slavery regard­ less of his assassination. But I also wonder

how his death shaped what I learned in his­ tory class. The death of a public figure ampli­ fies their achievements: the mediocre become good, the good become great and the great become legends. That's why I'm terrified that President Bush may be assassinated. His death could prevent us from remembering him as the idiot he is, and I want history to hang him for his failures.

But let's return from Washington to Hol­ lywood. The same phenomenon applies to all celebrities: an actor's death lets people hon­ our the career of the departed and the craft it­ self. Just as the President's office is bigger than anyone who holds it, celebrity is bigger than any one performer. An actor's eulogy inevita­ bly distorts the significance of their career.

Take John Ritter, who died of heart prob­ lems in 2003, as an example. Ritter's best per­ formance was a forgettable bit part in Bad Santa, but after his death there was much talk of the "legendary" John Ritter. Not to sound callous, but I can't think of anything "legend­ ary" that John Ritter ever did. To be clear, I'm not discussing John Ritter as a person— he may well have been a legend to those clos­ est to him. My point is that the manner of his death affected how he was remembered as a performer, and his work doesn't deserve all of the praise it was posthumously given.

Ledger is fascinating because he went out at the top of his game. Is he getting Oscar buzz because of his Joker, or because it’s our last chance to give him an award? I think it's the former, but it's easy to be cynical in an era of 15-minute celebrity. So I hope that one day the Joker will be dissociated from the death of his performer. I can't think of a better way to honour Ledger than letting his final perfor­ mance stand for itself. ■

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Democracy is fun again B ernard R udny

didn't think it was possible to out-crazy Lyndon LaRouche.

LaRouche, in case you're wondering, is the man who pays for that table of pamphlets outside the Roddick gates. You know the one—it's usually covered with flyers imploring us to "Abolish the New Deal," or explaining how "Environmen­ talism is British Neo-Eugenics." But the Westmount-VilleMarie by-election has brought out a politico who makes the LaRouchites of the world seem downright sane. His name is Andrew Wattie, and he's our Conservation Party candidate.

Wattie may seem normal at first glance. Yes, his campaign posters look a bit odd (his photo has been described around the Tribune office as a "dishevelled mug shot"), but that's understandable for an independent candidate. Besides, he's college educated, well-travelled and a native Montrealer.

But his platform is another story. To avoid any chance of misrepresentation, I'll quote directly from Wattie's campaign flyer. To solve the world's supposed overpopulation crisis, he proposes that "one out of about fifty extended family mem­

bers would be called upon to be the one ... best suited to represent its members in the human gene pool."To his credit, Wattie will allow each family to choose their gene pool repre­ sentative. I'm looking forward to that family reunion.

The Conservation Party's eugenics are supplemented with a healthy dose of misogyny: "females would have on av­ erage two children but would stay at home with their parents so as to discourage further procreation." Add in some plans for a utopian world government— "the world would be bro­ ken up into twenty naturally frontiered regions, each with its capital and with the island of Cyprus as the world's capital"— and you have the full picture of Wattie's brave new world.

Compared with this, LaRouche's plan to achieve world peace by building a tunnel under the Bering Strait seems practical.

I don't know if representative democracy is the best pos­ sible form of government, but it's definitely the funniest. Can­ didates like Wattie are a godsend to anyone with a healthy sense of the absurd. But I also have a serious point to make

here. (And no, this newspaper isn't going to endorse Wattie, his party or his platform. Though it was tempting.)

The world needs crazy ideas. There was a time when universal suffrage, racial equality, and veganism were all considered abnormal. (The jury's still out on that last one.)

But our society has extracted a lot of mileage from each of these ideas. As Frank Zappa put it, "without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." Today's nutjob may be tomorrow's Gandhi, so we ought to hear everyone out.

This is your opinion section, printed in your newspaper.

If Wattie's plans for the gene pool deserve public discussion, then so do your ideas. Like most newspapers, the Tribune publishes letters to the editor every week. If you want to discuss something in greater depth, we also print guest col­ umns under the "Vox Populi" title.

So submit something. It can be political, comedic, out­ landish, or outrageous. As long as it's 550-650 words long and not patently offensive or untrue, we'll print it.B

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he McGill administration has mitigated another strike on campus-for now. Last week, with a little help from lady luck, the university nar­ rowly avoided a strike by the McGill University Non-Academic Certi­ fied Association. But a consensus has yet to be reached on a new collective bargaining agreement.

MUNACA called a General Assembly to vote on a strike mandate last Thursday, but the administration caught a break. A fire alarm went off mid­ way through the meeting, extending the deadline for a strike vote. Later that night, the administration came back to the union with a new offer. But that offer was rejected yesterday, and things are still too close for comfort.

The risk of a MUNACA strike is very real, and it's hard to run a university without library or maintenance staff.

Everyone will be relieved if MUNACA and the administration are able to avoid a strike. But for other campus unions like the Association of Grad­ uate Students Employed at McGill—whose 10-week strike officially ended on June 23—things have already turned sour.

The AGSEM TA strike has had severe repercussions. It has spawned over 150 legal cases which won't be brought before an arbitrator until Feb­ ruary. Union members have lost non-union employment on a permanent basis—a challenge forTAs who are financially reliant on laboratory work.

And due to the shortage of qualified instructors, undergraduates taught at least one course this summer.

Clearly, these strikes must be avoided. But negotiations between unions and the administration reach an impasse whenever a new collec­ tive bargaining agreement is tabled. This pattern has been repeated mul­ tiple times, suggesting a lack of good faith on the part of the administra­ tion.

The Tribune isn't decidedly pro-union. But the administration should abandon its corporate mentality when negotiating with campus unions.

Scrimping to save pocket change in the short-term compromises the in­ terests of students in the long-term. To maintain a healthy intellectual life at McGill, TAs and university employees of the university need to feel se­ cure in their employment. Was Newton worrying about workload forms when he developed the Law of Universal Gravitation? And will great minds flock to the academic analog of Wal-Mart? We're a community with a com­ mon goal. So if McGill wants to be a great university— rather than a great corporation-the administration should stop its petty bickering and step up to the plate in future union negotiations. ■

A message from the editor: back to the old grind

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or the 28th year in a row, the McGill Tribune has the pleasure of welcoming readers back to school with our post-Labour Day issue. Founded in 1981 to fill the void left by a newly indepen­ dent McGill Daily, the Tribune is the official newspaper of the Stu­ dents'Society. We started out as little more than a newsletter— SSMU's Pravda— but over the years we've gained editorial autonomy, sometimes to SSMU's chagrin. These days, 11,000 copies of the Tri­ bune hit newsstands 27 times a year, usually on Tuesdays.

What sets the Tribune apart? Plenty. We have a strong commit­ ment to honest, objective journalism. We have a diverse opinion sec­ tion that serves as a forum for campus discussions. We're not strictly political: all of our sections are open to a variety of perspectives.

And we're the only newspaper on campus with a sports section.

We're also excited to be back. The sixteen members of our Edi­ torial Board have been working hard this past week, writing and ed­ iting almost every story in the paper. But as much as we enjoy see­ ing our names in print multiple times, writing pages one through 24 is a sure recipe for flunking the semester— even with all the bird courses we're taking.

That's where you come in. Get involved! The Tribune is looking for writers for every section, along with photographers and graphic artists to make our pages look pretty. There's no set commitment: pick up as many stories as you like, or feel free to take a few weeks off when life gets busy. No experience is necessary—just email info@ mcgilltribune.com for more information. We promise you won't re­ gret it. We're also looking for a new copy editor and online editor.

Applicants should email editor@mcgilltribune.com by September 17th.

To our returning readers: thank you. We hope you appreciate the changes we've made this year and will keep giving us feedback and support. To our new readers: welcome. We're happy to have you with us and hope that you will send us a letter—we publish all letters that conform to the conditions found at the bottom of this page— or drop by Room 110 on the main floor of the Shatner Bulding. Don't be a stranger—with the exception of managing edi­ tor Tom Quail, we're all lovely people.

Welcome (back) to Montreal. In September, there's no better place in the world to be. ■

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henever I could scrounge up some gas money and motivation this summer, I drove from my northern Illinois home­ town to the swing state of Wisconsin to volun­ teer for Barack Obama's campaign. Though I sometimes manned phones or handed out flyers, most of my time was spent going door to door in Kenosha's less affluent neighbourhoods to regis­ ter voters.

Most of the people I met were already reg­ istered or enthusiastic about doing so, but there were also plenty of Kenoshans who politely de­ clined our offer. They had many reasons— per­ haps the saddest was a wheelchair-bound man on the street who said he didn't want to vote for the "next guy to screw him over"— but their reluctance always stemmed from the belief that their vote doesn't make a difference.

Statistically speaking, those reluctant Wis­ consinites are right. Because the presidency is awarded based on states won in the electoral college rather than the popular vote, voters in swing states have a disproportionate amount of influence in U.S. presidential elections. Of the 50 states, 13 are considered swing states in this election. The other 37 were solidly Republican or

Democratic in the 2004 election.

As residents of a swing state, Wisconsinites have more influence in choosing their president than most Americans. John Kerry won the state by just 0.38 per cent in 2004, but even that thin margin represents a gap of thousands of votes between the winner and the loser. Though a sin­ gle Wisconsinite may wield more influence in se­ lecting a president than a voter in any other state, the chance of a single vote affecting the outcome of the presidential election is remote at best.

But Wisconsinites who discount the value of their votes forget that they have infinitely more power to decide who wins the White House than the inhabitants of the world's other 194 countries.

While American citizens are the only ones who will choose the next U.S. president, their decision will affect the lives of people around the globe.

From U.S. trading partners like China and Canada to American-occupied Afghanistan and Iraq, the decisions made by American voters have ramifi­ cations far beyond their borders.

Consider the explosive issue of America's re­ lationship with Iran, which President George Bush put on his "Axis of Evil" list in 2002. Barack Obama, the Democratic Party's nominee for president, has

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called for direct, unilateral talks with the Iranian government. Republican nominee John McCain has criticized this approach as naïve, and instead supports a controversial missile defence system based in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Both of these approaches would have a dra­ matic impact on the citizens of Iran, Poland, the Czech Republic and their neighbours. Yet these people have no say in whether Obama or McCain wins the White House in November. And while the concerns of Iranians may seem remote to most McGill students, the U.S. presidential elec­ tions will affect Canada just as much as Iran. The re-negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement has been discussed this election season. An unfavourable agreement would cost many Canadians their jobs and increase prices for imported goods. But Canadians have no more say in choosing the next U.S. president than Iranians.

Though the influence of those reluctant Wis­ consinites may be miniscule, there are billions of people in the world who get no say in the mat­ ter at all. And the decision will affect them all the same. ■

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M onday

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5 3 .1 6 / 9 7 .4 6

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FEATURES The modern pandemic:

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m a tte r ention a pandemic to the casual observer and you'll likely hear about the Spanish flu or get cries of "Bring out your dead!" But despite their associa­ tion with less sanitized eras, the question of a modern-day pandemic is only one of time. It has been 39 years since the last influenza pandemic, and one thing's for sure— it won't be much longer until the next.

"It is not a question of if, but when— of course we can­ not predict exactly when that when is," says Gregory Hartl, project leader, information management and communica­ tions, Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response, a divi­ sion of the World Health Organization (WHO).

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in the 20th century, and the world is overdue for another.

Mixing the viral ingredients There are several requirements for a pandemic. A new influenza A virus, capable of infecting humans, has to emerge. It has to cause severe illness to which the popula­ tion has little immunity and must be able to spread easily from person to person. At present, most of the require­ ments have been met— once the virus mutates or merges with another into a form that spreads easily between peo­ ple, the conditions for a pandemic will exist.

The WHO monitors worldwide influenza circulation so they can take appropriate measures if a strain begins to have a greater number of occurrences or a wider area of circulation. The surveillance is based on sentinel sites in individual countries collecting information from hospitals and general practitioners in order to monitor the status of a pandemic worldwide.

"What we're watching for is a really significant change that results in the population as a whole not having im­ munity," says Jill Sciberras, a senior epidemiologist with the Public Health Agency of Canada. "When a pandemic oc­ curs, it's going to be caused by a virus that we really haven't seen before, so everyone's going to be vulnerable."

O nce a pandem ic starts, how quickly it spreads d e ­ pends on a num b er of factors.

"Does it start in a little village in a rem ote part o f an un­ developed country, does it start in a three-m illion resident

city in a developing country or does it start in a place like New York or London or Paris? All these would have differ­ ent scenarios," says Hartl.

If it starts somewhere that is fairly isolated, the WHO would attempt a rapid containment operation, in which they would distribute anti-virals in hopes of slowing down or stopping that stage of the pandemic. If it started in a large urban centre, the global spread would be much quicker and much more difficult to contain.

"All we can do is try to be ready to respond as quickly as possible," says Hartl. "You might have a chance of stop­ ping it if it starts in a fairly isolated location, but you need surveillance capabilities and response capabilities, because you cannot prevent this. You can't stop the virus from mu­ tating."

R apid response

One of the most crucial parts of the response is manu­ facturing and distributing vaccines. There are only a few countries with such a capacity: Canada, the United States, Japan and several countries in Europe. For a developing country, the ability to produce pandemic-geared vaccines would take years to reach. Developing countries lack a sea­ sonal demand for flu vaccines and so maintaining manu­ facturing plants is a loss-making venture.

"Until [seasonal demand] happens in developing coun­ tries, it's going to be much more difficult to support manu­ facturing a pandemic vaccine, because normally an exist­ ing seasonal vaccine manufacturing plant would switch over and produce the pandemic vaccine," says Hartl.

To make up for that deficiency, the WHO is trying to create a stockpile which will ensure developing countries have at least some access to vaccines. Unfortunately, that stockpile will only be useful if the pandemic virus is H5N1— avian flu.

"At the beginning of a pandemic, unless it's a pandem­ ic caused by H5N1, we will not have a vaccine. Assuming it's a new virus, it takes six to eight months to develop and distribute a vaccine," says Hartl.

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Pandemics of the 20th century C arolyn Y ates

Pandemics have been documented since the 16th century and occurred long before that.

In the last century, there were three pandemics: 1918 to 1919,1957 to 1958 and 1968 to 1969. While they have their differences, they share a com­ mon ground: a global death toll.

T h e S panish flu: 1 9 1 8 -1 9 1 9

Fortunately, Canada is one of those countries with vaccine-manufacturing capabilities.

"Canada is one of the best-positioned countries in terms of our abilities to produce a vaccine and man­ age during a pandemic. Countries are not going to be exporting their vaccines, they're going to be keeping it for themselves,"says Joan Burton, Senior Strategy Advisorforthe Healthy Workplaces division of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has devel­ oped a range of strategies for dealing with pandemics: before, during and after they happen. Their measures include plans for vaccine production and distribution, an alert system for respiratory illnesses (such as SARS), ongoing surveillance and quarantine services.

Additionally, the Agency has a Pandemic Influenza Committee, which includes representatives from fed­ eral and provincial governments, laboratories, the First Nations and the military. The committee meets on a monthly basis to discuss pandemic preparedness and provide guidelines to work towards.

"But that is just within the health sector, and it's important to recognize that pandemic response goes beyond the health sector," says Sciberras. "There are parallel groups... also meeting regularly and planning their part of the response: the non-health issues [and] the keeping-society-functioning issues which will come up in the event of a pandemic."

One of those issues is the economy, both during and after a pandemic, in part due to an estimated 35 per cent employee absenteeism. Schools and universi­ ties might close, non-essential businesses might suffer layoffs, while the medical industry would struggle to keep up with a massive surge in demand. While the impact can be reduced through certain measures, such as restricting access to buildings and telecommuting, it is yet another issue which both officials and individu­ als must consider when planning for pandemics.

"If you have that amount of people off sick, most

industries are not going to be functioning very well and so you may have shortages. Food is the obvious one... if we run out of milk, we expect to be able to get more, but if the dairy industry has 35 per cent ab­ senteeism and the truckers delivering the milk have 35 per cent absenteeism, you may get to the store and there's no milk. People need to be prepared for short­ ages like that— in food, in clothing, in transportation," says Burton.

R ead y o r n o t

One of the most difficult aspects of pandemic planning is the uncertainty. Organizations working to­ ward preparedness have to work from a set of assump­ tions, says Sciberras, but it's still difficult to know how variables will react.

"This whole area is really characterized by its un­ certainty. We know this is going to happen at some point in time, we don't know when, we don't know how severe," says Sciberras. "We're preparing for a pan­ demic that could look slightly worse than what we see on an annual basis compared to something that's dev­ astating... There is no one answer to what this thing is going to look like when it comes."

Another barrier to preparation is the misconcep­ tion that, while pandemics happened before, they won't happen again.

"People need to understand that there have been three to four pandemics every century for the last seven or eight hundred years and they're not going [to] stop now," says Burton, who adds that despite advances in medicine since 1918, viral defenses have changed very little. In addition, people are far less self-sufficient and travel more, which also increases the vulnerability to infection.

"We don't know how deadly the virus is until it starts circulating. We don't know if it's going to be mild or if it's going to be a more deadly form of influenza virus," says Hartl/We just don't know." ■

The deadliest influenza epidemic was an outbreak that occurred shortly after World War I and caused over 21 million deaths worldwide, including over 50,000 Canadians and 675,000 Americans. Some historians estimate that the total might even be much higher, as flu deaths may have gone unreported in less developed countries. According to a study by the Public Entity Risk Institute (Preparing for a Local Crisis within a Global Pandemic, 2006), at least 25 mil­ lion could have died in India, raising the toll dra­ matically.

Reports of the flu first came from British troops in April 1918 and spread to German and French troops within a few days. It was particu­ larly notable for its indiscretion in victims. While the flu usually targets the very young and the very old, this particular strain thrived on 20- to 40-year-olds.

T h e A sian flu : 1 9 5 7 -1 9 5 8

So named because it was first identified in Guizhou, China, the Asian flu had a global death toll of nearly two million. Identified more ac­ curately than the Spanish flu, vaccine produc­ tion began in May 1957- The vaccine was pub­ licly available by September and over 30 million doses were quickly delivered.

While the elderly had the highest death rate, the infection was most common in children and pregnant women. A World Health Organization expert panel during the pandemic found that rates of infection tended to follow large gather­ ings, and estimated that this was the reason for the rate of infection among school-aged chil­ dren.

T h e H o n g K ong flu : 1 9 6 8 -1 9 6 9

Even milder than the Asian flu pandemic, the Hong Kong flu killed only one million peo­ ple worldwide. First detected in Hong Kong, the flu spread to North America in 1968, and cases in the United States peaked in December 1968 and January 1969. The vaccine was available in the U.S. starting February 1969.

There are several reasons why the Hong Kong flu was less severe than the two before it.

It was similar to the Asian flu, and so it is possible that the previous infection might have provided some protection against the new one. The peak of the pandemic fell over the winter holidays, so with children at home, the infection might have spread less than if they were exposed to it at school and carried it home. Finally, medical care was more advanced and the vaccinations and antibiotics that were available were more effec­ tive than those used a decade before. ■ Source: www.globalsecurity.org, www.riskinstitute. org

S tudent L iving

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(Re)building Reaching a real, live human good study habits What to press to get through Preparation, memory and concentration are key

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After months of mainly using your short-term memory, it can be dif­ ficult to get back into studying—a challenge made much harder by the fact that there are as many ways of studying as there are people. Despite personal preferences, there are a few basic principles to think about before settling in for the year.

Memory

Concentration

Concentration is easily the most important part of studying, as prepara­ tion and a good memory are useless if you can't stay on topic for more than a few minutes at a time. There are a number of factors that can contribute to lousy concentration, including an uncomfortable or loud environment, too little sleep, poor diet, lack of exercise, problems with friends or fam­ ily, anxiety—about anything from other courses to finances— and lack of goals. While many factors are beyond control, others are more easily taken care of. Living a healthy, balanced lifestyle, setting goals and making lists are all ways to improve your concentration and your studying. ■

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Preparation

Without memory, there's no point in studying. Generally speaking, the more ways you learn something, the more likely you are to remember it. It is easier to remember something you read, hear and speak aloud, instead of only read. Repetition is also useful.

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It may or may not be obvious, but preparing to study both mentally and physically is important. First, look at where you study. Do you prefer the library, your bedroom floor, a local coffee shop? Having an established study space is key. Ideally, your space should be quiet and free of distrac­ tions. Invest in an office chair that is comfortable enough to sit in for hours but not comfortable enough to fall asleep in. A moderate temperature and natural or incandescent lighting are also necessary.

Next, consider study goals. Lame as it sounds, specific realistic goals are important to preparation. Think of the amount of time you have to study and prioritize urgent tasks over those that can be accomplished later.

Also pick well-defined tasks which can fit in to your available timeframe (e.g.,"read Act I" instead of "read some Marlowe").

A calm mental state is also important. Breathing deeply and listening to music (baroque over other types of classical and classical over anything modern) can help prepare you for learning.

systems that haven't been updated since the 80s. Back in the day, all you had to do to reach the operator was hit'o'endlessly until you found help, but those days are over- The following short cuts will save you from hours or ear-burning hold music. Enjoy—just don't tell them we told you.

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CASH AND CAREERS

Keeping your change

Budgeting for the year ahead

Figure out how fat your bank account is:

M eg h n a M arjadi Students are notorious for spending money in all the wrong places and pinching pennies at the end of the month— usually because most students cringe at the thought of bud­ geting. Although reviewing bank statements and receipts to create a working budget can be boring, it will prevent you from spending too much money on your credit card or eating croutons for dinner.

Source: Study Smarter, Not Harder, by Kevin Paul.

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Most students don't receive a steady pay cheque; instead their money tends to come from loans, part time jobs, scholarships and, of course, families. Figuring out exactly how much money you have to spend involves de­ termining what comes from where.

Make a realistic list: List out all your expens­ es. The obvious things like rent and tuition

are easier to remember, but don't forget about smaller costs such as laundry. Look online for downloadable expense sheets Review your receipts: It's important to look at actual costs, instead of estimating. Look up your bills or call the companies to make sure you know how much you'll have to pay.

Remember the small stuff: Everyone has un­ planned expenses. Whether it's a beer with a friend or an extra coffee at the library, it's easy to spend cash and forget where it went.

The best way to deal with this is to figure out how much you are spending and decide if it's sustainable or not. Keep a financial jour­ nal for a week and write down everything you spend. Once you know how much you're spending you can decide how much cash to withdraw at the beginning of the week: the key to keeping extra spending at bay is to only withdraw cash once a week in a prede­ termined amount.

Watch your wallet: If you end up taking out money more often than you need to or you find your balance particularly low, figure out why. It may take some digging for you to determine what is eating away at your money but if you don't find out you may be in trouble. Also, reevaluate your budget every month; make sure that you are spend­ ing within your budget. Take into account that you will need to spend more money at certain times: at the beginning of the semes­ ter you have to buy books, in winter heat­ ing costs go up and during exams you may cook less. Plan now and you will have money when you need it. ■

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FOOD GURU

Restocking

THE INTERVIEW

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

Relive frosh

Dear readers,

Tools for any cook M e g h n a M a r ja d i

Recently a good friend of mine was visiting. She just moved into an apartment on her own for the first time, and one morning I found her rummaging through my cabinets to figure out what she would need. Oh, inno­ cence. Beyond a saucepan, frying pan, wooden spoons, mixing bowls, knives and a cutting board, there are a few additional tools you might want to consider when re­ stocking your kitchen: Aluminum foil: Foil is one of the most versatile cook­ ing tools. Wrapping seasoned fish in tin foil and putting it in the oven with some veggies doesn't quite match a grilled fillet, but it is satisfying and quick. As an added bonus, you don't need to clean anything, the fish cooks , evenly and you can reuse the tin foil to store leftovers.

Labels and a Sharpie: Just because you put leftovers in the fridge, it doesn't mean you're going to eat them.

In order to avoid digging into a bowl of fermented rice, label leftovers with the date so no matter how rarely you clean out the fridge, you won't ingest something toxic.

An egg cup: My egg cup came free with the microwave and it makes a perfect measuring cup for every­ thing from pasta to oil. Preferring a measuring cup makes sense, but I have never used one. The real value of the egg cup is that it provides a standard that I can use for J everything and it allows me to mix small amounts.

A rice cooker: A four-cup rice cooker will run you be­ tween 15 and 20 dollars. It's useful even if you don't eat rice. I like to use my rice cooker to poach eggs as well as steam asparagus and carrots. If you get a steaming plate on top you can steam things while your rice is cook­ ing. The best thing about a rice cooker is that you don't have to watch it like you would rice on the stove. Just hit the button, take a shower, come back and everything is done.

A milk frother: A milk frother can turn your kitchen into a café. It lets you make café au lait, cappuccino or even hot chocolate in a few minutes and can even beat eggs or whip cream.»

An insider's look C rystal C h an

Frosh is a memory, beer tents are down. The M cGill Tribune caught up with SSMU frosh coordinator Anders White before it all began.

McGill Tribune: What was your own frosh like?

White: Maybe it sounds lame, but I had a lot of fun white water

rafting in my first year. Actually, this year's frosh coordinators, Kay Turner and a couple of people from SSMU went down to test out the rafting. I mean, we had to test it out to make sure it was a good deal and all. As for things I did during frosh, I really don't know how much I should mention— nothing too crazy!

McGill Tribune: Why Froshasaurus Rex? White: Not to be immodest, but I was the one who chose the

name, so I'm pretty proud about that. We have bouncy castles that are dino or prehistoric themed—giant dinosaurs, cavemen. We're cre­ ative, so'Escape from the dinosaurs on the Lachine rapids'while we're going white water rafting, stuff like that. We spoke to the biology de­ partment and they couldn't actually get us dinosaurs; we spoke to archaeology and they wouldn't give us any fossils, unfortunately. ' Frosh is really similar from year to year in terms of the basic events.

You come to the field and hang out, drink beer or water or pop. The style or the emphasis you put is what makes each frosh unique and special. It's a branding thing.

McGill Tribune: How much do you expect to drink during frosh?

White: To be honest, it's one of those things you think: 'free beer: awesome!' but I've been here this last week a lot, from morning to night. So by the end of the day what I really want is a drink of water, not a beer.

McGill Tribune: Any recommendations for other students suffer­ ing from frosh withdrawal?

White: OAP! [The open-air pub] is a really good time and will be open in Three Bares Park until the end of the first week. If you miss your frosh leaders, that is probably where you'll find us. ■

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We a ll saw The Dark Knight and Pineapple Express (or at least got sick of hearing about them incessantly), so here are some under-hyped summer films you probably m issed...

soundtrack but lacks both depth and humour. With its weak plotline and unlikable characters, The Wackness is an unconventional period piece that's effective primarily in creating nostalgia for a time when listening to Run-DMC and saying "word" were still dope.

My Blueberry Nights

The first feature film in English by acclaimed Chinese director and writer Wong Kar-wai, My Blueberry Nights is a road trip film that tells the story of a woman who travels across America to discover herself, and discover that the love

The Visitor

To his students and colleagues, Professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins; Nathanial Sr. on Six Feet Under) is a grumpy, lifeless man, yet when he arrives at his New York City apartment to find an immigrant couple residing there his true softie is revealed. This film is one of the sweetest, most touching movies that succeeds in showing the kindness and love that can exist in the world, without making you want to gag. When Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) is arrested and detained as an illegal immigrant, we see the complete and utter helplessness that individuals face when colliding with the post-9/11 national security system. Moving, funny (Vale learning to play the African drums may be the best part of the movie), and beautifully written and directed by Thomas McCarthy (2003's The Station Agent), The Visitor deftly illustrates the humanity and magic created through the relationships of the characters, versus the sterile, almighty bureaucracy of the U.S. Immigration system.

The Wackness

Drinking 40s in city parks as Notorious B.I.G. blasts on a nearby boom box is a pastime commemorated in The Wackness, a coming-of-age tale set in Manhattan during the stifling summer of 1994- Josh Peck of Nickelodeon's Drake & Josh stars as Luke Shapiro, an apathetic and socially awkward pot dealer with an eye for the popular and savvy Stephanie (Juno's Olivia Thirby). Naively mistaking their blossoming summer fling for true love, Shapiro falls hard for Stephanie, who views their relationship simply as a cure for summer boredom. The film's storyline is as awkward and contrived as both Mary-Kate Olsen's bizarre cameo as a flower child drifting through central park and the film's random early 90s setting, which just seems like an excuse for dialogue featuring a whole lot of "dope" and "wack."

Summer foreplay in all its forms. Clockwise from left: The Director Jonathan Levine misses the mark in this trite Visitor, Boston.com. The Wackness, Teamsugar.com. My and unoriginal summer fling story that features an impressive Blueberry Nights, Starpulse.com.

she sought was always right back where she started. Norah Jones makes her cinematic debut as Elizabeth, a regular at the quaint New York City café run by Jeremy (Jude Law).

Elizabeth skips town after a painful breakup, leaving her ex's keys in a fishbowl in Jeremy's café and taking a Greyhound to Memphis.The people Elizabeth encounters on her voyage across America's heartland, such as a reckless gambler played by Natalie Portman and a southern belle with a tragic story (Rachel Weisz), act as a mirror for Elizabeth herself in her quest for self-understanding and love.

The opening film of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, My Blueberry Nights is extremely aesthetically appealing with its whimsical and dreamy slow-motion scenes and a beautiful soundtrack featuring Cat Power and Norah Jones. Jones delivers a mediocre and unconvincing first performance, but with its swirly images and lyrical quality, Wong Kar-wai creates a beautiful although sometimes disjointed film. ■

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Rated 'R' for religion

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he separation of church and state is regularly discussed and debated; it's a key part of our Canadian society and it is closely monitored by the public and the government. People notice when the line between the two is blurred. Such an act nearly always leads to protest and outrage. Unfortunately, this vigilance is absent when it comes to separating religion and action movies. God-worshippers are realizing that if they can't convert our children through school lessons about creationsim, they can get them where they learn the most about the world: big blockbusters.

As long as they don't make a big deal about it (e.g. the opposite of the big Jesus party that was The Passion of the Christ), religious fanatics can fill your head with as much sub-conscious religious bullshit as they want, without anybody seeming to notice. For instance. The Dark Knight—the biggest blockbuster in the world right now—is secretly teaching little boys and girls about how amazing the son of God was. After all, Batman is nothing more than Jesus with a much cooler car. Bruce Wayne realizes that for Gotham to be safe he must be whatever they need him to be; he must be seen as the bad-guy. He

allows himself to be hated and persecuted so that they can be safe. He sacrifices himself because, as Batman puts it, "Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded." Sound familiar? Sure the hero as martyr thing is nothing new, but if the guys who wrote the Bible were around today, they'd certainly be suing for copyright infringement.

But it's not just legitimate religions that are turning to product placement. Scientology is sneaking in as well.

In Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Indy spends two hours racing around the world and escaping from bad-guys because some aliens landed thousands of years ago and buried their spaceship in the earth. Now this alien isn't given a name, but his parking strategy and his ability to pass on knowledge to humans sounds awfully familiar to another fellow called Xenu. The similarities to Scientology are so blatant that it's a shock that neither Spielberg nor Harrison Ford are going the way of Tom Cruise and jum ping on the Scientology bandwagon.

Although you don't even have to be a convert of the faith to subtly support it. Will Smith —a flip-flopping Scientologist— starred in a gaggingly religious piece

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of Christian propaganda that nobody seems to know is religious. In / Am Legend, humans are wiped out by a plague after trying to use science to go against God's own designs (i.e. they tried to cure cancer). Again we see the hero sacrificing himself to save humanity, but the stress on faith and how one man can save the world as long as people believe in the good of God is even greater than in DarkKnight.The movie includes a heated argument about whether or not God exists and a warm, fuzzy realization that He has a plan for us all. By the end of the movie, if Smith had tried to save one more heathen zombie from the dark-side, I would have bit him myself.

Some sort of line has to be drawn to command how religion and blockbusters can mix. If you're going to have religious undertones in your film, be a man about it. Don't try and sneak it into me like a dog's pill in peanut butter; go the route of John Travolta in Battlefield Earth and just say right out that you're filming your favourite religious story. That way I can keep my 12 bucks for something more secular. ■

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FESTIVALS

CD Reviews

Crowd-surfin g across Canada

Summer music festivals from Vancouver to Halifax

L aura T in d al Who needed Glastonbury when these am azing festivals were happening right in your backyard this summer?

Catch up on what you missed out on or relive the glory, and don't forget these festival tips for next summer.

North by Northeast: Ontario Venue: Over 40 bars and clubs in downtown Toronto, June

11-14 Crowd: Canadian music insiders (read: managers, rockstars,

magazine men), guys with scruffy beards and Cowboy shirts, girls with skinny jeans and tank tops.

Sample Line-up: Hey Rosetta!, Great Lake Swimmers, Ladyhawk, Matthew Barber, Two Hours Traffic, We Are Wolves Debatable Best: Monotonix, a crazy Israeli dance-rock band who had the crowd drenched and ecstatic.

Festival Tip: If you want to see some of the more popular bands when they play at the Horseshoe, get there at least one set beforehand and don't leave between sets: you're not MUSIC.AOL.CA going to get back into that sardine can.

Hanging out with Monotonix.

Sappyfest: New Brunswick Venue: The pretty town of Sackville, August 1-3 Crowd: East coast hipsters: guys with moustaches, girls in homemade, so-tacky-

it's-cool dresses.

Sample Line-up: Attack in Black, Elfin Saddle, Laura Barrett, The Burning Hell,

Jim Bryson Debatable Best: Old Man Luedecke, who could probably bring a man back to

life with his banjo playing.

Festival Tip: It's Sackville; people are friendly. Why pay for a hotel when you can bring a tent and just camp in another music lover's backyard?

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Pemberton: British Columbia Venue: In the shadow of the mountains in Pemberton,

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guys in boardshorts and bandanas. Quite a few families with children.

Sample Line-up: Tom Petty, Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails, Tragically Hip, Wolfmother, Jay-Z Debatable Best: Coldplay: the sunset breaking through the clouds and illuminating hundreds of paper butterflies floating from the sky.

Festival Tip: Bring a bandana to cover your nose and mouth or risk suffocating in the dense clouds of dust.

Osheaga: Quebec Venue: Parc Jean-Drapeau, just off the island of Montreal, August 3-4 Crowd: Lots of students; guys with no shirts, girls with rain-boots and jeans. Lots of mud.

Sample Line-up: Jack Johnson, The Killers, Plants & Animals, Broken Social Scene, Metric, MGMT Debatable Best: A tie between Iggy and the Stooges pulling fans up on stage and Broken Social Scene, whose

crowded, energetic set was crested by a rainbow after a day of clouds.

Festival Tip: Sneak in food or alcohol by wrapping it in sweaters or towels in your bag, and try and go for the security guards who are just peeking, not rummaging. ■

Bloc Party. Intimacy. One of indie rock's biggest bands is back with their highly anticipated third album.

Bloc Party digitally released Intim acy for download exclusively on their website last week, with the hard copy due out in October. Intim acy begins with racing guitar and a drum beat that sounds more like the Chemical Brothers than a British rock group.

The initial tone carries through to the single, "Mercury", which is a mixture of rock, electronica and a college marching band that could put Nick Cannon to shame. As heard in the drum 'n' bass sounds of "Ares" and the choir accompaniment in "Zepherus", Intim acy is a departure from the raw energy of the band's debut album, Silent Alarm. The new album is a combination of upbeat songs instead, with Trent Reznor-style electronic effects and, as the title suggests, slower, more intimate tracks. Despite the new direction, songs like "Halo" and "Trojan Horse" remind us that this is undeniably a Bloc Party album. Intim acy is a must-have for fans with an open mind and a desire to rock this weekend in the city.

-Kyle Carpenter

Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra. Enjoy!

"This will either be absolutely brilliant or absolutely awful." My friend was referring to Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra, who we were going to see at this summer's Montreal International Jazz Festival. Why the concern? Well, the Bjorkestra is a 20-piece jazz band that exclusively plays the music of Icelandic pop singer Bjôrk Guômundsdôttir. You can imagine how many things could go wrong.

But they didn't. And as someone who isn't always enamoured with Bjôrk's music, I was pleasantly surprised by the Bjorkestra and their debut album Enjoy!

Much of the credit goes to Sullivan and his fellow arrangers: they preserve the idiosyncrasies of the original material while letting it breathe in a modern big band context.The arrangements are muscular and c re a tiv e fans of the Mingus Big Band or Flat Earth Society know what to expect— and include plenty of room for extended improvisation. And hearing the industrial "Army of Me" reinterpreted by a big band horn section is a real thrill.

Vocalist Becca Stevens also deserves praise. Bjôrk's vocal style is, to put it mildly, eccentric. It's no small feat to emulate her, and Stevens does an admirable job. She's not alone—the Bjorkestra hails from New York City, and the Big Apple's abundance of jazz talent is on display here.

That being said, Enjoy! has some rough edges. While the arrangements succeed, the album's production falters. Stevens's vocals and the horns come across well, but the rhythm section sounds anaemic. Bassist Yoshi Waki, who shines in a live context, is frequently buried in the mix on Enjoy!, and the drums sound like they were recorded in my closet.

But my friend's concerns proved unfounded. Modern jazz fans owe it to themselves to see the Bjorkestra live. And failing that, Enjoy! is the next best thing.

-Bernard Rudny The Stills. Oceans Will Rise. The third

album from Montreal's own The Stills is an interesting mix of indie rock, pop and folk that takes their sound to a new level. Like a collision between Sam Roberts and Interpol, Ocean Will Rise blends different styles of music in an attempt to create a unique sound.The first single, "Being Here," is an upbeat chorus-driven song that is reminiscent of "In The Beginning," the first single from The Stills' sophomore album Without Feathers. Much of the new album tries to reconcile catchy anthems with soothing ballads. The result is a multitude of songs that attempt to be both—which can, but does not always, work. A song that stands out is"Snakecharming the Masses," which has tribal drumming pulsing beneath a thin, twanging guitar and echoing vocals. Other notable tracks include''Panic,"a quieter song which switches gears unexpectedly, and "I'm With You," an example of when the anthem and ballad hybrid clearly worked out. Though different at times than their previous two albums, Oceans Will Rise certainly does not disappoint. Buy this album and you'll have a new reason to still be in love with The Stills.

- Kyle Carpenter

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FILM

Mugshot of the artist as a young man New documentary looks at life of controversial director Roman Polanski C aro lyn G régoire

Director and producer Marina Zenovich's new documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired examines the life and films of Roman Polanski, a dark, brilliant creator who was simultaneously desired in France and wanted in America. A mixture of clips from Polanski's films, footage of his Hollywood life in the 60s and 70s and modern-day interviews, the film examines the cinematic brilliance and personal tragedies of the legendary filmmaker. The documentary will be playing at Cinema du Parc starting September 5th, along with several of Polanski's most famous works, such as Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown and The Pianist, to commemorate the film's Montreal release. Zenovich's film, winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Award for Documentary Film Editing, investigates the inextricable ties between the events of Polanski's tempestuous life and his art.

Born in France of Polish descent, Polanski's life was marked by tragedy, starting in his childhood when his mother was killed by Nazis during the Holocaust. His love affair and marriage to actress Sharon Tate ended when she was

gruesomely murdered in their Los Angeles home by followers of Charles Manson in 1969, an event that definitively marked the end of the carefree hippie era that was the Sixties. Always a survivor, Polanski prevailed and continued with his career until the events of a photo shoot with a young girl for Vogue Homme that would drastically change the direction of his life.

Capturing the duality of two opposing testimonies in his 1977 trial for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, the film examines the juxtaposition between the testimony of the 13year-old victim Samantha Gailey and that of Polanski himself.

Interviews with Gailey, Polanski's defense attorney Douglas Dalton and actress Mia Farrow among others portray a man of great charisma and a desire to do extraordinary things who made a mistake that foreveraltered his life. After pleading guilty and serving 42 days in a correctional facility, Polanski bought a one-way ticket from Los Angeles and fled to Europe just hours before the judge ruled hisfinal sentence. Polanski's abhorrence of the cruelty and misrepresentation of the press became one of the factors that led him to leave America— where he was viewed as a dark, twisted and controversial figure— for Europe

where his legendary films had earned him a reputation as a tragically brilliant creator. Zenovich investigates the injustice and corruption in Polanski's trial, which was manipulated by presiding Judge Rittenband, a man who loved the press and orchestrated a media circus around the highly publicized trial.

To this day the case remains unresolved.

The documentary presents a perfect gateway to understanding Polanski's films, as so much of his life and his intensely personal art overlap. Ironically enough, all of Polanski's major films are grounded by underlying themes of innocence and corruption, the very elements that led to his own Hollywood downfall. The documentary gives its audience a new lens through which to view Polanski's films, affording a greater understanding of the influence his tragic life played on the great director's groundbreaking and deeply moving films. ■ Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired w ill be played alongside a showing of Polanski's films at Cinem a du Parc from September 5 to September 77.

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S ports FOOTBALL PREVIEW

Redmen rebuild from the ground up

For McGill football, it's about the process J a c o b K an ter

After a precipitous fall from grace for the McGill Redmen football program, starting with the 2005 hazing scandal and culminating with the worst record in school history last season, the 2008 edition of the Redmen finds itself in the midst of a rebuilding year. Head Coach Sonny Wolfe replaced Chuck McMann last season, bringing with him a vastly different football philosophy. But McMann left behind a weak recruiting class, and the coaching transition led to an 0-8 record—leaving McGill winless for the first time since 1966, when they went o6. The Redmen averaged less than 50 yards rushing per game, gave up the third most yards in the nation on defence and did not attempt a field goal all season due to a lack of a serviceable kicker, making them the first team in the CIS to earn this dubious distinction since 1979.

Impressive aerial attack That's the bad. The good mostly revolves around three players, all of whom return this season. Quarterback, punter and captain Matt Connell, in his final year of eligibility, will break the CIS record for completions in a career (he needs only seven more) and needs 1,975 yards through the air this season—558 less than his total last year—to set the mark for most career passing yards in CIS history. His two main targets, WRs CharlesAntoine Sinotte and Erik Galas, return to form one of the most formidable passing games in the country. Sinotte was awarded the 2007-2008 D. Stuart Forbes Trophy last year as McGill Male Athlete of the Year, after leading the CIS with 72 receptions. Galas was tied for second in the country in receptions with 54.

However, Connell will not have as easy a time passing the ball this year, as three starting offensive linemen from last year's squad were lostto graduation, including three-time All-Canadian Ben Walsh. To further add to the team's blocking woes, guard Jordan Knowles was injured during last week's 32-13 exhibition loss to the Queen's Golden Gaels.

The problems at offensive line will affect the running game as well. "Clearly if we could run the ball better and more often, that would give us better balance," said Coach Wolfe. "Whether or not that is possible, we'll see. We're going to try to run the ball outside a little bit, because that's something we never did last year. We never ran outside the tackles. Not that we ran all that often between the tackles."

McGill lost last year's leading rusher, Alex Bussandri, to graduation. What remains is a running back-by-commission strategy. Third year Chris Hayes and freshman Taylor Kuprowski, who headlines this year's incoming class, will split what few carries they get this year.

A retooled defence The Redmen defence will need to overcome the loss of six starters, including Linebacker Jean-Nicolas Carrière, who was drafted by the Toronto Argonauts in the offseason. But the secondary returns its two most important components—defensive backs Anthony Lukca and Schuyler O'Brien. Lukca had a CIS-leading 71.5 tackles last season and O'Brien led the team with three interceptions. The defensive line returns most of its starters and adds Kyle Nash, who had 1.5 sacks against Queen's. McGill already showed marked improvement in run defence from last year, holding the Golden Gaels to 93 yards on 32 carries, an average of only 2.9 yards per carry. The defence gave up an average of 229 yards per game on the ground last year.

Special teams should also be vastly improved this year, primarily due to the arrival of kicker Austin Anderson. The son of future NFL Hall of Famer Gary Anderson converted field goals of 45 and 12 yards against Queen's. The acquisition of Anderson will allow McGill to score three points this year, whereas the team would always attempt to convert on third down by passing or rushing. Having lost three games by eight points or less last year, Anderson could easily be the difference between winning and losing this year.

"Literally at every position, we got more athletic and we got a little bit tougher because of the incoming class," Wolfe said. "We're a little more athletic [on special teams], so we should be able to cover punts and kickoffs better. And we're also more athletic defensively, so we should give up less big plays."

But in addition to infusing athleticisim through new players, Wolfe is hoping to rebuild the foundations of the program itself.

"Winning is about the process," he said. "It starts out with kids developing a better work ethic. It HUGEGALDONES means finishing every snap, every sequence, every quarter, and every game. Our team will be better The Redm en will try to escape th e clutches of last year's iniquity. because we'll compete. Whether we're 3-5 or 1-7 or 5-3, team then returns to Montreal for the Shaughnessy Cup game, I really don't know. I do know that we're closer to where we have against Concordia, on Sept. 12 and the "Fill the Stadium" game to be based on the work ethic and the kids in the program. Over versus the Bishop's Gaiters on Sept. 19. Information on the "Fill time, that will lead to wins." the Stadium" match—which will feature a tailgate party and 350 The Redmen kick off their regular season schedule on cheerleaders—can be found online at www.fillthestadium.com. the road against the Sherbrooke Vert-et-Or on Saturday. The

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Redshirt reform

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he days of pure "amateur" athletics are long gone.

We were reminded of this during the Olympics last month, where cheating is barely frowned upon— hello, Chinese gymnasts—and again last week when the NCAA college football season kicked off in front of a nationwide audience in the tens of millions. The top university sports are now a big business. The Ohio State University football program turned a profit of $28.5-million in 2006, which sounds impressive until it's compared to the $42.5-million that the University of Texas football team raked in that year. The lucrative deals aren't limited to football, however, as CBS is currently in the middle of an 11 year, $6-billion contract that grants them the exclusive broadcasting rights to March Madness (the NCAA's Division 1 Championship Tournament). Yet the players who are the driving force behind these insane revenue streams are still governed by a set of Draconian laws that give them little to no freedom.

Every year the NCAA enforces transfer rules that require student-athletes to spend an "academic year in residence" when switching universities. Essentially, no matter what one's reasons for transferring to a new school happen to be—for example, better education opportunities, higher scholarships or a chance to play closer to home—the

NCAA requires college athletes to sit out a year of athletics while taking a full-time course load, usually paying full tuition without the benefit of a scholarship. The CIS, Canada's governing body of university athletics, is no better, enforcing an almost identical version of the NCAA transfer rule.

It's time to put an end to these ridiculous transfer rules and give college players the same basic rights as any noncontracted employee. Athletic scholarships are awarded on a year-to-year basis, yet universities expect a minimum four-year commitment from their student-athletes. At the end of any school year coaches have the right to withdraw scholarships for any reason— be it performance-based or otherwise. Any athlete that is promised four years of athletic aid has nothing more than the coach's word to guarantee that he/she will continue receiving money from the athletic department. And when a coaching change is made, any semblance of financial security is yanked away from an athlete. If the athletic department of a university is only expected to make a one-year commitment to its athletes, why should we demand a four-year commitment from the athletes to a university?

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before our 18th birthday rolls around. I, for one, seriously considered transferring out of McGill after completing my first year. If I had been an athlete, my ability to explore other options would have been severely limited. Athletes often rely on scholarships that are not available to them during a sit out year, as well as the support systems (such as group study and tutoring) provided by athletics departments that help them with schoolwork. Athletes even require a letter of permission from their coach just to talk to another school's athletic department, which is a ridiculous barrier to basic fact gathering.

It's time to stop trying to control every aspect of an "amateur" athlete's life. Student-athletes deserve the right to pick the best university available and maximize the athletic financial aid that they are eligible to receive. At the very least, give students a two-year grace period in which they can transfer universities without penalty, allow any athlete currently not receiving a scholarship, regardless of what year they are in, to transfer to a school that will offer them an athletic financial award without a sit out year and make scholarships revocable only for reasons of academic ineligibility or inappropriate conduct.

University athletics is a multi-million dollar enterprise.

It's time we stopped treating it like Pop Warner Football. ■

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NFL PREVIEW

Bringing backSundays...finally American Football Conference NORTH

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Indianapolis Colts*: With no significant losses in the offseason, it looks like injuries will be the only thing preventing them from raising a banner in their new Lucas Oil Stadium.

QB Peyton Manning's status is questionable heading into the season. If his injury lingers, the Colts may finally be dethroned as division champions.

San Diego Chargers*: The Chargers will need

New England Patriots*: Coming off their epic Super Bowl loss, the Pats are still the cream of the crop in the AFC East. Despite offensive line issues, the Brady-Moss express will again give opponents nightmares. The Pats' only real worries are on defence, where they lost both starting cornerbacks from last year's 18-1 squad.

Pittsburgh Steelers*: Losing G Alan Faneca

Buffalo Bills*: The Bills have several offensive talents, from QB Trent Edwards and RB Marshawn Lynch to wideouts Lee Evans and rookie James Hardy. The defence, with the return of MLB Paul Posluszny and the addition of DT Marcus Stroud, is on the upswing. The dark spot? LT Jason Peters has gone completely AWOL in a bizarre contract standoff.

Denver Broncos: Jay Cutler needs to be the franchise QB that the Broncos have been coaching reins from Brian Billick, and he has searching for this season. Denver has never had a potential franchise QB at his disposal in Joe trouble running the football, but the Broncos Flacco. Flacco will not have LT Jonathan Ogden could not stop the run with any regularity last protecting him, however. The Ravens have year, ending the season ranked 30th in rush historically been known for their defence, but defence. Unless they can improve on that their age may begin to catch up with them this number, Denver will hover around .500 yet year. again.

Houston Texans: When oft-injured QB Matt Cleveland Browns: Despite being known as a Schaub and WR Andre Johnson are on the field, defensive head coach, Romeo Crennel's offence Houston's offence is explosive. But their defence Oakland Raiders: The good news for Raiders carries this team. The Browns improved their nullifies the offence's talent, particularly in the fans is that they will get to see QB JaMarcus run defence by signing DT Shaun Rogers, and secondary. Barring injury the Texans should Russell and rookie RB Darren McFadden play gave QB Derek Anderson another weapon in continue their steady improvement and for most of the season. WRs Javon Walker and WR Donte Stallworth. Anderson is a trendy pick become the first Houston team to make the Ashley Lelie will help Russell out. The bad news: with young players leading the team and few to regress following a Pro Bowl season. playoffs since the 1993 Oilers. defensive bright spots, the Raiders won't make Cincinnati Bengals: The biggest news in Tennessee Titans: Tennessee's defence, led by the playoffs.

Cincinnati this offseason was WR Chad Johnson LB Albert Haynesworth, carries the team in spite legally changing his name to Chad Ocho Cinco. of perceived leader QB Vince Young, who led all Kansas City Chiefs: The Chiefs had the best But theirdefence, which ranked near the bottom starters in interceptions per pass attempt. In a draft in the NFL, taking DT Glenn Dorsey and in every major category, made no significant division as tough as the AFC South, he is going G Branden Albert, who should be cornerstones improvements. They will be a fun team to to need to protect the football if he wants the in the trenches at Arrowhead Stadium for years to come. RB Larry Johnson might return to his watch, but it's not likely we'll be watching them Titans to make another trip to the playoffs.

2006 form, but the defence will not be able to in January.

—Sam Greenwood overcome the loss of DE Jared Allen.

—Sam Greenwood —Sam Greenwood

New York Jets: The Jets went on a spending spree this summer, signing G Alan Faneca, DT Kris Jenkins and some quarterback named Brett Favre. Due to the gaudy acquisitions, it may take time for the team to gel. While Favre is an instant upgrade under centre, he looked anything but excited to be a Jet at his introductory press conference.

Miami Dolphins: After sharing a joint with RB Ricky Williams, we came up with this lovely Haiku: Pennington Reborn? / Parcells' Project Number Five / Beat-downs Beckoning —Bean Brenner

is going to make it even harder for a porous offensive line to keep QB Ben Roethlisberger on his feet. If he gets time to throw the ball to his WRs, the offence should be very efficient.

Assuming TCasey Hampton and STroyPoiamalu are healthy for the beginning of the season, the defence should be one of the league's best.

Baltimore Ravens: Jim Harbaugh takes the

another MVP-calibre performance from RB LaDainian Tomlinson and a healthy Antonio Gates at tight end if they want to make a Super Bowl Run. Defensively, all eyes are on LB Shawne Merriman, who has ignored several doctors'orders and will play this season instead of having reconstructive knee surgery.

Jacksonville Jaguars*: RBs Maurice Jones Drew, Fred Taylor and Greg Jones give the running game an excellent 1-2-3 punch. The defence is solid at every position. With one more year under his belt and WR Jerry Porter joining his receiving corps, expect QB David Garrard and the Jaguars to contend for the Super Bowl.

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Dallas Cowboys*: Regardless of what the Cowboys do on the field this year, they will be entertaining off it. They should be the favorite in the NFC, but with such a tough schedule, it is unlikely they will repeat the 13-3 performance they had last year. Most of the team remains intact, but they are limited at WR due to injuries to Sam Hurd and Miles Austin.

Minnesota Vikings*: QB Tarvaris Jackson is the lone impediment to a Super Bowl run.

After adding DE Jared Allen they have the best defensive line in football. And in Adrian Peterson, they have the most explosive running back in the NFL. If new addition WR Bernard Berrian can spread the field, they will turn heads this season.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers*: it seems as if CFL

Philadelphia Eagles*: If QB Donovan McNabb

Green Bay Packers: QB Aaron Rodgers takes over for Brett Favre, and he has enough talent surrounding him to ensure a smooth transition.

With a defence without serious holes, they should make the playoffs. But the downgrade at quarterback makes another NFC Championship run unlikely.

Seattle Seahawks*: The Seahawks have been consistently solid for the past few seasons, and this year should bring be more of the same.

Seattle shed its one-time franchise RB Shaun Alexander and replaced him with Julius Jones, who will get a lot of carries because Nate Burleson is the lone healthy receiver heading into the season. LB Lofa Tatupu and and DE Patrick Kerney will maintain the status quo on defence.

alumnus Jeff Garcia never gets any credit for his strong performances at quarterback. Garcia should have another efficient year where he will move the chains and protect the football, and Monte Kiffin's Tampa 2 defence should continue to stop opposing offences.

RB Reggie Bush, QB Drew Brees, WR Marques Colston and recently acquired TE Jeremy Shockey make New Orleans an entertaining team. But unless the Saints can stop the pass, they will entertain more often than they win. If new LB Jonathan Vilma can regain Pro Bowl form, the Saints should be a playoff team.

New Orleans Saints*:

can stay healthy, the Eagles will be one of the best teams in the NFC and they could be a Super Bowl sleeper. WR Kevin Curtis is out indefinitely, but the Eagles have succeeded with limited wideouts before.The signing of CB Asante Samuel improves an already excellent secondary.

New York Giants: The Super Bowl Champions

don't have much of a chance of repeating.

The defensive line that carried them through the playoffs lost DEs Michael Strahan and Osi Umeniyora. If QB Eli Manning can return to his postseason form they will make the playoffs, but if he doesn't, expect a very short Super Bowl hangover in fickle New York.

Washington Redskins: The Redskins won't

duplicate last year's emotional performance.

While other divisional opponents improved they stood pat, only adding DE Jason Taylor who at 33 will soon be a better dancer than pass rusher. Unless QB Jason Campbell improves his play, new Head Coach Jim Zorn will have a rough first year in the capital.

—Sam Greenwood

Chicago Bears: If Kyle Orton is your starting QB, it doesn't really matter if LB Brian Urlacher and company have a bounce-back year on defence—last season the Bears were 28th in the league in yards allowed. The Bears are hoping Rookie of the Year candidate Matt Forte can carry them through the season at running back.

Carolina Panthers: By drafting RB Jonathan

Stewart and OT Jeff Otah, the Panthers' offence will be more balanced this year, and QB Jake Delhomme should get more time to throw the ball, which should allow him to stay healthy longer. But even when WR Steve Smith returns from a two game suspension, Carolina isn't talented enough to challenge the upperechelons of the NFC.

Detroit Lions: QB Jon Kitna will still throw to WRs Roy Williams and Calvin Johnson, but the focus is now on the running game. Rookie RB Kevin Smith will not be a slacker, but it is safe to say that coaching changes will stunt this offence's growth. The defence gave up the most yards in the league last year and did little to improve its personnel.

owner Arthur Blank decided to build a team with strong character. As a result, Pro Bowl CB DeAngelo Hall was traded and QB Matt Ryan was drafted. The 29th-ranked defence did little to improve its standing this offseason. Ryan will be wishing he were back at Boston College.

—Sam Greenwood

—Sam Greenwood

Atlanta Falcons: After the Michael Vick debacle,

Arizona Cardinals: QB Matt Leinart recently lost the starting job to Kurt Warner, but with receivers like Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin around him, either QB would put up gaudy numbers. Their 27th-ranked defence did not improve in the offseason, and will once again be the weakness of this squad.

St. Louis Rams: The Rams made two big offseason moves, drafting DE Chris Long second overall and signing RB Steven Jackson to a big contract. Assuming everyone stays relatively healthy, the Rams should improve from last year. But the talent level on a defence that gave up the second-most points in the league last year will make it difficult to make a playoff appearance.

San Francisco 49ers: "Is it Mike Martz's players or his system that produces success?" That question will be answered this year as the offensive coordinator brings his scheme to a 49ers team that lacks talent on offence outside of RB Frank Gore. Unproven QB J.T. O'Sullivan and WR Bryant Johnson will be in the spotlight with Martz at the helm.

—Sam Greenwood

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That loss left the Redmen with a bitter taste in their collective mouth."We went through a difficult season last year, and I think we learned our lessons," said Head Coach Craig Norman. "The guys that have stuck through it have come out stronger. They worked their butts off over the summer. They were in [the gym] four days a week doing weights and speed/agility/quickness work."

Seven Redmen returned following last year's difficult season, including the three linchpins of last year's team.

Guard Moustafa El Zanaty and forward Sean Anthony, both in their fifth year, along with third year swingman Matt Thornhill combined to score 58 per cent of McGill's points last year.

The hard work that Coach Norman spoke of was apparent on Sunday morning, as the season began on a resounding high note. In their home opener, the Redmen defeated the University of Virginia Cavaliers 88-83. It was their first victory against an NCAA Division 1 opponent in 23 years, when McGill beat the Maine Black Bears 86-80 on October 19th, 1985.

El Zanaty, Anthony and Thornhill scored 63 of the Redmen's 88 points, indicating their importance to the program. But every returning player on McGill's roster is capable of shouldering the scoring load should one of the big three be faltering from the field.

"We worked out together all summer and we have a good rapport," El Zanaty said of the seven returning players. "We talk to each other on the court, and on any given night, any of us can go off for a bunch of points. All seven of us are willing to step up."

Seemingly every player on McGill's roster is capable of hitting three-pointers—the focus of Norman's attack.

El Zanaty can penetrate nearly every time down the floor, and from there, he can dish to Anthony, Thornhill, third year Guard Pawel Herra or second year Guard Sebastien Gatti—each of whom forced Virginia to extend its defence well beyond the perimetre on Sunday.

There is a tradeoff that comes with a bounty of outside shooting, however. The Redmen are lacking in size, with only two players over 6's''—freshmen Nicolas Moise and Greg Gause—neither of which saw playing time on Sunday. 6'4" third year Forward Michael White will draw the opponent's big man each time out on the floor. He performed admirably on Sunday, pulling down six rebounds over a number of players taller than 6'8 ".

Anthony grabbed 11 boards to go along with 16 points— the first of what will be many double-doubles.

The Redmen hope trading size for three-point shooting will work out in their favour over the course of the season, as it did against Virginia. But the camaraderie and comfort that comes with a season of playing together and summer of practicing together will hopefully allow them to reach new heights.

"They have played together for a few years now," Norman said. "They have chemistry, they share the ball and they play hard with one another."

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