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QPIRG co n fro n ts O p t-O u t C am paign in alleged altercation Opt-out system called “undemocratic”

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Interest Research Group supporters and Board o f Directors members surrounded a table hosted by the QPIRG Opt-Out Campaign in the

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hallway between the McConnell En­ gineering and Frank Dawson Adams buildings. QPIRG attempted to block QPRIG Opt-Out campaigners from distributing flyers and report­ edly hurled slurs. The incident cul­ minated in a QPIRG board member ripping QPIRG Opt-Out posters and leaving the scene with a stack o f the Opt-Out Campaign’s flyers.

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had set up a table to distribute flyers to passing students with information on why students should opt-out of the QPIRG fee and instructions for how to do so on Minerva. Jess Weiser, one o f the leaders o f the Opt-Out Campaign, said that a number o f QPIRG board members and sup­

O p t-O u t Campaign flyers found around campus ( Holly Stewart / McGill Tribune )

Opt-Out table steadily grew from two or three to about 1 0 , at which point M cGill Security was contacted

ber, Maddie Ritts, “stormed up to the Opt-Out table and proceeded to steal and violently rip several posters,” according to an Opt-Out Campaign press release. The press release also called for her immediate resignation from the QPIRG Board o f Directors.

Ritts said her actions were completely self-driven and not in any way mandated by QPIRG. A c­ cording to Ritts, she grabbed several flyers and was then seized by Weis­ er, who Ritts said refused to let go o f her as she yelled, “Let go o f me.

Please let go o f me.”

“Despite my attempts to free

porters were also present and tried to “obstruct [Opt-Out campaign mem­ bers] from giving a flyer and would instead give a QPIRG flyer.”

According to Weiser, the num­

m yself from this person’s physical control,” Ritts said, “he would not release me until the person who was flyering with him reminded him that physical harm done to another per-

ber o f QPIRG supporters around the

See “A C C U S A T IO N S ” on page 2

Arts Execs reveal $ 3 0 , 0 0 0 Frosh budget deficit at Council Councillors question Frosh coordinators’ salaries, last-minute food expenses, and planning process

By Matt Essert & Theo Meyer

News Editor & Managing Editor The Arts Undergraduate Soci­ ety announced on Wednesday that Arts Frosh had taken in far less than what was needed to cover the event’s expenditures, resulting in a budget deficit o f $30,105.

AUS Vice-President Finance Majd A1 Khaldi spent more than an hour detailing how the event went so deeply into the red at AUS C ouncil.

Much o f the revenue shortfall, A1 Khaldi said, stemmed from the fact that Nampande Londe.the vicepresident in charge o f organizing Arts Frosh, decided to raise the cap for attendance to 1,800 participants.

More first years chose to register on­ line this summer, which led Londe to believe that a high number would also register on campus in August.

Based on the higher cap, the AUS projected that Arts Frosh would take in $170,863. As the reg­

istration numbers in the days lead­ ing up to Frosh failed to meet pro­

the first week o f term, but most of them did hot see the budget until

the event free o f charge. This year, though, Londe paid to book the Just

jections, however, the AUS decided to open Frosh to all M cGill students in an effort to register as many peo­

Wednesday.

“When I saw the budget, I was

for Laughs Theatre.

After news o f the loss broke in campus newspapers, Londe resigned

istered for Arts Frosh, and the event

appalled,” said Amara Possian, an Arts senator who has been involved in Frosh for the past three years.

“Some o f the things they spent money on were absurd.”

Froshies, for example, have

took in $137,637.

Members o f AUS Council were made aware o f the shortfall during

typically spent the last night o f Arts Frosh at St. Sulpice, a popular bar on St. Denis Street, which hosted

ple as possible.

Nevertheless, this last-ditch effort failed to register many more students. About 1,482 students reg­

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S tu d en ts rally to sa v e th e Architecture Cafe

News in Brief

D e sp ite s tu d e n ts ’ e ffo rts , a d m in is tra tio n refuses to budge on clo su re

By Maria Flores

with those o f SSM U President Zach Newburgh and Vice-President Uni­ versity Affairs Joshua Abaki at sen­ ate failed to sway the administra­ tion. At senate, Possian, Newburgh, and Abaki cited the rally and a slate o f student signatures supporting the proposal for the EUS to run the café under their management.

Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning) Morton Mendelson, however, said that the Architecture

News Editor In a last-ditch attempt to save the Architecture Café, hundreds o f students gathered to protest outside the Leacock Building last Wednes­ day afternoon.

The rally kicked o ff minutes before M cG ill’s first senate meeting o f the year was scheduled to begin in Leacock 232. As administrators, professors, and other members o f senate entered the building, students chanted slogans such as “Save Arch Café” and “Show some respect and show us the numbers,” backed by banging drums.

M cG ill’s administration per­ manently shut down the café at the start o f the school year, citing con­ cerns about the management and profitability o f the café. However, they have refused to disclose exact figures.

At W ednesday’s demonstra­ tion, the largest at the university in recent memory, students held signs displaying phrases like “McGill ranked number one in ignoring stu­ dents” and “Show us the numbers or give back the Arch Café.”

Students cry for restitution at Arch Café rally outside Leacock last Thursday. ( Holly Stewart / McGill Tribune )

ways a great place to go to get rea­ sonably priced food during breaks, and it was student run which was great,” added Cathryn Supko, U2 mathematics. “I think it’s really un­ fortunate that it’s not around any­ more and [the administration is] not even giving us legitimate evidence for why they’re closing it. We have the right to know what’s going on.”

Students’ Society o f McGill University President Zach N ew ­ burgh appeared at the rally and

with student needs and responds to their petitions.

“I think it’s more than just the café,” said Lily Schwarzbaum, a U1 international development student at the rally. “I think it’s a representa­ tion o f the attitude o f the administra­ tion towards students, the manner in which they did it was really inappro­ priate. They want to replace it with study space, which is very clearly not what the students want.”

The Engineering Undergradu­ ate Society, in conjunction with the

“I think it’s really upsetting that they’re shutting down the café, our last student-run food service, and they have absolutely no proof that they’re running a deficit,” said Taylor Stocks, a U3 political science student who attended the rally. “I mean, what’s next? We need a place to work on campus that we run.”

thanked the students for helping to send the administration a message.

The rally continued after the Senate meeting started and eventu­ ally made its way around campus towards the Macdonald-Harrington Building, where the Architecture Café was located. McGill Security refused entry to protesting students.

For some students, the café it­ self is not the main issue, but rather

Architecture Students Association, has presented an alternative propos­ al to closing the café to the admin­ istration, in which the EUS would take over the café and establish it as a student run service, similar to the Frostbite and Copi-EUS food outlets in the engineering buildings.

Despite the optimistic atmo­ sphere at the rally, the efforts o f

“The Architecture Café was al­

the way the administration deals

Arts Senator Amara Possian along

C afé’s closure was part o f a long process o f phasing out student-run food services on campus. He reject­ ed calls to re-examine the issue.

“I can accept that people in the university feel attached to the café, but I am convinced that the café can no longer operate at a manage­ rial loss,” Mendelson said. “There’s been a number o f years where we had student run services on cam­ pus which generated serious prob­ lems that were addressed by taking over.”

The café, Mendelson said, was operating at a loss which the uni­ versity could no longer afford. He added that the purpose o f having co­ ordinated food services on campus is to improve the delivery o f [these] services on campus. “[When the café was] run by A SA , students involved were given seven years notice that there w ill be a change,” said Mendelson regard­ ing claims that students were not consulted when the closing o f the café was considered. “The adminis­ tration does not wish to revisit the issue.”

A ccu sation s fly in QPIRG O pt-O ut incident Continued from CO VER

son is, unlike the removal o f a stack o f flyers from a table, on a whole other level o f violent and aggressive behaviour.”

Weiser, however, denied these allegations, saying he never touched Ritts.

D a w so n s h o o tin g g a m e t a k e n o ff-lin e b y c r e a to r “Dawson C ollege Massacre," a controversial videogame based on the 2006 shootings at Dawson C ol­ lege that killed one and wounded 19, was removed from the Internet on September 17 by its creator, a com ­ puter programmer with the screen name Virtuaman.

Virtuaman initially refused to remove it despite numerous com ­ plaints. He only did so after discov­ ering that the game offended the victim ’s family.

“I don’t really care who or what plays my gam es, I don’t really care if the average person is angry about my game or upset,” Virtuaman said.

“The victims, however, I can understand they could be upset knowing this thing exists, and I can understand if they are angry at me.

[But] some that I spoke with were not angry with me. They were great people. They were able to under­ stand that it’s just a game that tries to explore the mind o f a killer.”

The game was posted on the Internet shortly before the fourth anniversary o f the shooting. It irked many close to the incident and re­ ceived mixed reviews from others.

Despite complaints, police were unable to take the game down since it did not violate any laws.

“We did what w e could do, which is strongly suggest to the Internet provider to take out the game because we didn’t think it was o f good taste,” said Marie-Elaine Ladouceur, a spokeswoman for the Montreal Police Department.

Despite police urgings, both Virtuaman and the U.S.-based web­ site initially refused to take down the game.

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com es to using physical violence, it’s a big problem.”

“QPIRG likes to talk about themselves as an anti-racist group, yet it’s ironic that they used raciaf slurs against us,” he said. ‘“ Fucking rich white boy.’ Those were the three or four words [they used].”

Rae D ooley, a member o f the QPIRG Board o f Directors and for­ mer Students’ Society o f McGill University VP university affairs, said she could understand the inten­ sity o f this debate.

Thursday’s events were the lat­ est in a series o f incidents involving the two groups, including the hack­ ing o f QPIRG’s website and phras­ es like “SLANDER” and “FUCK YOU” being written on Opt-Out fly­ ers on campus.

The two groups have yet to have an official discussion in a for­ mal setting. “T hey’ve never asked to talk to us directly,” D ooley said. “ [We’ve made] consistent and serious efforts to talk to [the OptOut Campaign member] groups in­ dividually,” Ritts added.

“The [QPIRG Opt-Out Cam­ paign] fundamentally disagrees with a lot o f our political stances,” she said. “When you’re getting into sort

“Stuff like getting our website hacked. Come on, are we in univer­ sity?” D ooley said. “It’s escalated but I don’t think it’s going to get out

In an interview, though, Weiser said he was willing to sit down with QPIRG members and discuss the issue.

o f very heated ideological debates like that, it’s going to get heated.”

o f hand, I’m not really concerned about that.”

But Weiser explained that he felt although heated debate is ex­ pected, there is a line that all parties involved need to respect.

“It’s extremely disheartening,” Weiser said. “I mean we can have

Weiser also expressed concern over some o f the actions related to this ongoing debate, citing what some QPIRG members said to him at the time o f the aforementioned incident.

“If anyone believes there’s any­ thing [in their campaign] that’s not factual or that warrants any kind of revision, bring it to our attention im­ mediately,” he said. “We will check it over, and if it deserves to be re­ vised or changed, w e ’ll duly do it immediately.”

Weiser said he felt that the Opt-Out Campaign has been very successful this year and has reached a large number o f students.

“Students see what QPIRG does [and] students don’t like what QPIRG does,” he said. “Students are taking their money back from QPIRG and QPIRG is seeing a big drop on their bottom line and clearly they don’t like that.”

The opt-out system was origi­ nally devised by QPIRG in 1988, but the organization has since grown dissatisfied with it. “[The current opt-out system] is fundamentally undemocratic and in violation o f our MOA with McGill University,” Ritts said.

In the past, students could optout o f a fee by visiting the organiza- tion in person or by loggingon to its website. Ritts said QPIRG believes McGill is out o f line in its collect­ ing and distributing o f student fees through Minerva.

“The McGill administration does not support QPIRG or in­ dependent student organizations financially, but they made a deci­ sion affecting the budgets o f many o f these student groups (including QPIRG) without consultation, and without addressing the concerns o f the SSM U ,” she said.

Spencer Burger, an Arts repre­ sentative to SSM U, said he thought both groups were out o f line and that all on-campus debate and discussion must be “civil and non-violent.”

“It was a very inappropriate ac­ tion, what some members o f QPIRG did in vandalizing property, because ultimately, everything is free in the marketplace o f ideas and it’s impor­ tant that we do not have any form o f intimidation take place on the cam­ pus,” Burger said. “Students have a right to their opinions and I think we should all respect that.”

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McGill placed a m o n g w orld’s b est sc h o o ls in tw o rankings After split in partnership between QS and TH E, University of Toronto comes out on top in one list

By Michal Zuk

Contributor In two rankings released this month, McGill University was rec­ ognized as one o f the world’s top universities. The QS World Univer­ sity Rankings placed M cGill 19th globally and first in Canada, while the Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings placed McGill 35th glob­ ally and third in Canada.

M cGill has been in the top 25 universities in the world by the QS rankings for the last seven years. It was ranked highest in 2007, when it was ranked 12th globally. This year, the QS rankings also affirmed M cGill among the top 35 universi­ ties in Arts & Humanities, Engineer­ ing & Technology, Life Sciences & M edicine, Natural Sciences, and So­ cial Sciences & Management.

In the THE rankings, McGill placed behind the University o f To­ ronto and the University o f British Columbia within Canada.

The publications o f the two

reports is the first since the end o f the partnership between QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd and Times

ion survey asking active academics about top universities in their field.

The THE rankings on the other

mining how M cGill is performing from year to year.

D ow ie also spoke about the

Higher Education. Previously, the two organizations worked together, with QS as the data supplier for THE magazine. This year, however, QS produced rankings in association with partners such as US N ews & World Report and Scopus, the El­ sevier database. THE partnered with Thomson Reuters to produce its own university rankings.

“THE is very happy to be work­ ing with Thomson Reuters, who

hand, place the greatest weight on citations, which make up 32.5 per cent o f a university’s ranking, com ­ pared to just 20 per cent in the QS rankings. THE also assigns equal weights to teaching and research, with each accounting for 30 per cent

unique financial situation faced by M cGill compared to other universi­ ties o f a similar stature.

“We have a reality in Quebec in terms o f the funding issues which is part o f the equation. The kind o f miracle o f M cGill rankings is that with a much smaller resource base than that o f universities with which we are ranked, we still do really w ell. We will continue to do more with less.”

have very reliable data collection methods,” said Richard Renolds, a researcher for THE. “THE has re­ balanced away from reputational surveys and adopted a more scien­ tific approach.”

The two ranking systems now employ substantially different meth­ odologies. Academic reputation is the largest part o f the QS rankings, compromising 40 per cent o f a uni­ versity’s score. This is measured by an academic peer review, an opin­

per cent compared to 5 per cent), a category in which M cGill has con­ sistently performed well.

“Part o f both the teaching and the research components o f the rank­ ing had a reputational component to it as w ell,” said Vaughan D ow ie, executive head o f public affairs at M cGill.

D ow ie said that he was pleased with the recognition McGill was

o f a university’s score.

Another advantageous fac­ tor for M cGill in the QS rankings is the greater weight placed on in­ ternational students and faculty (10

given and explained that the rank­ ings are a useful method o f deter­

D o w ie’s words echoed similar statements made by McGill Prin­ cipal and Vice-Chancellor Heather Munroe-Blum. “ [McGill is] tremendously gratified to be recognized consis­ tently as one o f the world’s leading universities,” Munroe-Blum said in a press release. “[M cGill has] man­ aged to maintain its standing despite a growing funding gap between us and the universities with which we com pete.”

Principal M unroe-Blum smiles at M cGill’s ranking ( Adam Scotti / McGill Tribune )

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cilors voiced concerns about how the event generated such a large shortfall.

“Raising the cap was the big­ gest problem they had, and I wasn’t aware o f the extent to which that was going to have an effect on the deficit,” said Cathryn Supko, a rep­ resentative to AU S Council from the Society o f Undergraduate Math Students. “I was actually really fas­ cinated by the fact that they did not spend as much as they anticipated, and there was still quite a significant deficit.”

Several councillors also ques­ tioned som e o f the event’s expendi­ tures. The AUS originally budgeted $4,950 to pay its six Frosh coordina­ tors, who assisted Londe in organiz­ ing the event. The A US subsequent­ ly raised their total pay to $7,000, despite the fact that one o f the co­ ordinators quit midway through the summer. “ [The decision to raise the co­ ordinator’s stipend] was made by the executive based on the fact that these coordinators had to pull out more work based on the fact that som e­ where halfway through the summer the cap was raised,” A1 Khaldi said.

“They ended up planning an event for 1,800 students instead o f 1,400,

hence this raise.”

In addition, the budget pre­ sented by A1 Khaldi showed that the AUS spent $5,505 on food for a barbeque on the second day o f Frosh, though only $2,263 was budgeted for the meal. A1 Khaldi attributed the overrun to Casey Adams, one o f the Frosh coordinators, who failed to order the food from Provigo far enough in advance.

The AUS spent far more on Frosh this summer than in previ­ ous years. Total expenditures ran to $167,752 this year—about $46,000 more than last year.

According to A1 Khaldi, Arts Frosh had budgeted to lose money on Frosh, but these projections showed the event losing $7,933.

Councillors also expressed con­ cern that A1 Khaldi was unable to be more involved in the Frosh planning process. Though A1 Khaldi was not required to help plan Frosh or be in Montreal over the summer, council­ lors suggested that the future holders o f A1 Khaldi’s position might take a larger role in Frosh.

“I think that it would have been better to have the VP finance there [during Frosh planning] to look over the budget and work in conjunction with them the whole summer,” said Tim Apedaile, the president o f the Political Science Students Associa­ tion. “I think that’s a positive that’s com e o f this because I think they’re moving towards doing that.”

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C yclists and p ed estrian s d isc u ss new bike rules at forum Participants call for guidelines rather than enforced laws on M cGill campus

By Lauren Hudak

Contributor The Students’ Society of McGill University and Univer­ sity Services co-sponsored an open forum in the Shatner Ballroom on Thursday to discuss the new rules and regulations for cycling and pe­ destrian safety on M cG ill’s down­ town campus. A panel o f professors, advisors, and students responded to the questions and comments posed by those present at the forum.

“I was positive and idealistic that we were going to find some consensus, negotiate some ideas and projects, but I was also realistic knowing that lately McGill admin­

pedestrian safety, causing an out­ rage among many students and pro­ fessors.

“Forty-five years ago, the bi­ cyclists were at the forefront o f the green movement. Imagine my anger

the university’s priority is safety, some feel that these claims have

at being at the forefront o f this fight

been exaggerated.

“It is my impression that there has been an overestimation o f the dangers o f cycling and also an over­ estimation o f the difficulty o f imple­

for 25 years and being told by a man in a fluorescent suit holding a stick that I had to walk my bicycle because it is dangerous,” said Pro­ fessor Pieter Sijpkes, an associate professor in the School o f Architec­

menting various mitigation efforts to those dangers,” said Randall Blom a student Senator o f Law. “But, these difficulties can be overcome. For us to say that it is too difficult to imple­ ment, I am not satisfied by that an­

ture. “I agree that we should have a campus as safe as possible. Instead o f closing M cGill campus to cy­ clists, w e should w elcom e them. We should welcom e them because they

swer.”

Because these changes were implemented after the May 2010 convocation ceremonies, many in­ dividuals felt as though there was

2008 . ( Sophie Silkes / McGill Tribune )

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a lack o f consultation and commu­ nication between the administration and the greater McGill community.

“The McGill University Mas­ ter Plan was approved in 2008. So there was lots o f consultation that went into that,” said Blom. “Unfor­

we are having a conversation about this as a community and on issues that affect us,” said SSM U VicePresident University Affairs Joshua Abaki. “It is really important to pro­ vide a forum where people can com ­ pare their different views and you

tunately, due to our short stay at this university, that all happened proba­ bly before w e as students were here.

So, it is very natural for us to feel [...] that w e do not play a part in this

actually get an opportunity to hear what people have to say and their ra­ tionale behind a certain position.”

Nicell said that the forum was better than what he had expected

consultation.”

N icell stressed that there were numerous opportunities for individ­ uals to express their concerns, rang­ ing from forums to presentations.

“We tried to make as many

based on the emails that he had re­

istration has been very unilateral in their decision making,” said Chris­ tian Scott, U3 Sociology and IDS. The strong response gener­ ated by some students and faculty members is partly due to M cG ill’s University Master Plan, an 81-page document that addresses current facilities and space needs while making projections for growth and change in the future, which was ap­

safe.”

In order to ensure the safety o f cyclists and pedestrians, Sijpkes suggested making the distinction between “high-speed” and “lowspeed” traffic, similar to vehicu­ lar standards. The McGill campus

proved by the McGill Board o f Gov­ ernors on April 7 ,2 0 0 8 .

While some components o f the Master Plan were implemented nearly a decade ago, the most ex­ tensive consultation and review oc­ curred during the 2005/2006 year.

literature and research that we have done has shown us that people re­ spond to their environments appro­ priately” said Jacob Larsen, a doc­ toral candidate in Urban Planning.

“Rather than imposing speed limits, a better solution would probably be

One o f these components is the McGill Green Project, which man­ dates that cyclists must dismount their bikes on lower campus and

to design the campus in such a way where people are encouraged by themselves to ride slower.”

Jim N icell, vice-principal Uni­

presentations as possible to get out there, to get an idea o f what the pri­ orities o f the people are,” said N icell “I really think that w e managed to capture them. I’m looking for that

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should noi be home to high-speed cyclist traffic, he said.

“With regard to speed and speed lim its, the main thing that the

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Panel discusses regulations part of M cGill’s Master Plan implemented in

get more student input.”

“I think it’s really great that

ceived over the course of the sum­ mer.

“I want to make it very clear that there is no clear consensus on any o f this. What I was happy about was that it was incredibly respectful,” said N icell “Some of the comments over the last three or four months were insulting. I don’t say insulting to me personally but insulting to the intelligence o f the people who have been debating this stuff for years and trying to figure out a solution.”

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A new historical collections website was unveiled at the Redpath Museum last Thursday. After years of collaboration, the museum’s Heritage Advisory Committee has centralized the previously scattered collection of pages for easier access to departmental and special library collections, museums, and the na­ ture reserves.

The launch gave McGill Prin­ cipal Heather Munroe-Blum, along with students, staff, and the general public, a chance to gain insight into the extent of the collection. Ingrid Birker, science outreach coordina­ tor, likens this collection to a “trea­ sure trove, a cabinet of curiosity,” that arose from the continuous ac­ quisition or donation of artifacts that began prior to the establishment of the university itself. The result is

a vast and unique combination of items, including Ernest Rutherford’s scientific equipment and notes.

Much of the collection remains hidden from the public eye, split be­ tween a number of locations on both of M cGill’s campuses. It was fitting that the launch took place at the Redpath Museum, one of Canada’s oldest free standing museums. “ [It is frustrating because] they have amazing items that are hid­ den, scattered on various Internet pages,” said graduate student Dun­ can Cowie.

Hopes are high that the new website will be resourceful and easy to navigate. The site contains the digital collections, and is organized into categories. Subject matter, background information, and photo­ graphs can be accessed and explored with the mere click of a button.

The online collection allows a much wider audience to access the

information. The publication is a continuation of what the old collec­ tion offered, and it is now accessible for McGill’s faculty, staff, and stu­ dents. In addition to being “an im­ portant resource for McGill students to do research on a variety of subject areas,” this represents yet another way, alongside documentary screen­ ings, public lectures, and discovery workshops, to reach out to the Mon­ treal community.

The historical collection in­ cludes artifacts such as the Napoleon collection, the Ming-Qing Women’s Writing Digitalization project, and the Mirrors Emily Bamforth, allow­ ing for the exploration of an exten­ sive number of artifacts.

According to Birker, the real significance of the launch lies in its ability to be “a wonderful plat­ form to capture M cGill’s treasures,” and take individuals “behind the

News in Brief SSM U Book Bazaar claims success despite fi­ nancial losses The Students’ Society of McGill University’s Book Bazaar, an event designed to allow students to buy and sell used textbooks, lost $17,300 during its first run this Sep­ tember.

Between 200 and 400 students brought their books to the bazaar, which ran from September 1 to 21.

However, in the aftermath of the bazaar’s operations a loss was re­ vealed.

The bazaar was created this year after the closure of Haven Books, a bookstore on Aylmer Street run by SSMU that suffered massive financial losses. The idea of a short­ term textbook exchange is not new, as SSMU held a similar event in the Shatner Ballroom several years ago.

“Essentially, we resurrected an old operation,” said SSMU VicePresident Finance and Operations Nick Drew.

Drew said that the feedback he has received from his coordinators has been generally positive and that he has gotten few complaints from students. However, following the losses, SSMU is planning to change the format of the Book Bazaar.

“I am looking to create some­ thing online so that we do not direct­ ly compete with the McGill Book­ store or squander close to $20,000 every year,” Drew said.

If SSMU decides to change the way the bazaar operates, Drew said that the Book Bazaar would still be an event that is “a faster and inex­ pensive solution for students who do not want to pay top dollar for their books.”

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Ecosystems degrade while human well-being improves they want, so they don’t really see a problem. Whereas on the global scale, we see that in the next ten to twenty years there will be some major collapses in the fisheries.

The Tribune sat down with environmentalist Ciara RaudseppHearne to talk about her recent publication “Untangling the En­ vironmentalist’s Paradox: Why is Human Well-Being increasing as ecosystems degrade?" The author spoke about the impact that envi­ ronmental degradation brings to human well-being.

What was the aim of your paper?

We, as environmentalists, as­ sumed that ecosystem services would be degraded but that human well-being would be impacted by that degradation. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment [found] the opposite: that human well-being was improving across all measures. And so we thought that w e’d investigate that diversion trend a little bit more.

So we set out to understand what the important links [are] between ecosystem services and human well­ being.

What were your findings?

We found that we know a lot about how humans have impacted the environment but we know very little about how ecosystem change, mostly [through] degradation, af­ fects human well-being. That is actually a very important thing to realize, because many people are not convinced that it is important to conserve the environment. They look around and they say, ‘We’re all doing very well, why should we

care about the environment?’ We’re not trying to say that a concern for ecosystems is overblown. Our posi­ tion is that risks to human well-be­ ing are increasing and so we may or may not have the capacity to adapt fast enough to rapid environmental change.

Could you explain the envi­ ronmentalist’s paradox?

The environmental paradox is simply that ecosystem services are degrading across the board while human well-being is increasing. Our paper tries to explain why that may be. We have four hypotheses. One of them is that human well-being must be increasing. We discarded that hy­ pothesis. The other three [all have] elements of truth to them. The sec­ ond one, that food is the most impor­ tant ecosystem service [and] is much more important to human well-being than any other service, is being de­ graded. There is some truth in that, but there is. no evidence that the other services are not important. The

third hypothesis is that technology and human ingenuity are enabling us to decouple ourselves in the envi­ ronment—that because of medicine and technology and global trade we can adapt toenvironm ental change and degradation and get past that.

And there is some truth to that too, but it really is only staving off the effects. Whereas, the fourth hypoth­ esis sort of explains the other three a bit better: that there is a time lapse between which ecosystem services are degraded and the impact actually occurs to human well-being. There is a lot of truth to that but we don’t know very much about where or when the impacts may occur in the future, how big they’ll be and how well w e’ll be able to adapt to them.

Is there a lot more explora­ tion and investigation that needs to be done into the specifics?

Definitely. We say very specifi­ cally where the investigation should occur and it has to do with the fact that we don’t need any more assess­

ments that are showing what humans have done to the planet, we know that already. What we need to know is why ecosystems are very impor­ tant for humans. We need to be able to make a better case for the better management of ecosystem services.

What are some examples of events lead people to think things are not as bad as they really are?

A very easy example is climate change. We’re having a huge impact on the climate and the ability of eco­ systems to regulate the climate, but people look around and they see, ‘Well no, we seem to be growing enough food, we have enough water, it’s not too uncomfortable to live, so why should we act?’ Another exam­ ple is fisheries. The global fish stocks are decreasing in almost all oceans and we see the limits now. We see collapses of particular fish species but because of global trade we are able to import fish from other parts of the world and an average person in Morftreal can get as much fish as

What are some immediate signs that the average person can look to that shows how, in reality, the environment is doing?

The problem is that it is obvi­ ous when you look at any of the data that the environment is degrad­ ing. That is not really the issue. The issue is more how people interpret that degradation themselves. So the questions are about the human well-being not the degradation. In terms of an everyday sign of how the environmental degradation may affect an average person’s human well-being, it depends on where you live. A person in Montreal may feel hotter weather, some days they might be subjected to more storms, more natural disasters, but Mon­ treal is quite protected. If you live near the G ulf of Mexico or in SubSaharan Africa, that’s already very subject to desertification, you’ll feel that much more strongly. So that’s one of the issues that the paper is really focused on. It’s the fact that those immediate signs are not right in front of your face if you live in a place like Montreal. But people all over the world are currently being affected [but] mostly the poor and the rural.

-C om plied by Kyla Mandel.

O p in io n The Limits of Age Limits Eleven months ago, a 15year-old girl was gang-raped for two and a h alf hours outside her high school dance in California.

More than 20 people were in­ volved in the incident. At least four o f these men ravaged the girl, while several others took out their phones not to call the cops, but to snap some photos. The rest stood back and cheered them on.

On September 10, a freak­ ishly similar incident took place east o f Vancouver. A 16-year-old girl was drugged and gang-raped by partygoers during a weekend rave. This time, one o f the cow­ ardly onlookers decided to take his paparazzi instinct a step fur­ ther and posted the pictures on his Facebook page. By the time his Facebook account was deleted by authorities, the pictures had already reappeared in a dozen other black holes throughout the Internet, and they are still multi­ plying.

Even the RCMP admitted de­ feat. As such, they have now re­ sorted to highly ambitious pleas, urging the online community to stop reposting the pictures and for witnesses to step forward and speak up.

In California and in British Columbia, the ages o f majority are 18 and 19, respectively. In

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Squirrel-watching Underreported Describing his main goals on the Students’ Society o f McGill University website, President Zach Newburgh writes: “L et’s build community together by being socially-conscious, politically-aware, while vibrant in all areas o f student interest.” This is a platform that I as a colum­ nist respect and support. I find it a serious journalistic faux pas when the majority o f M cGill’s pundits only represent the first two-thirds o f it. However, though they are often crisp and eloquent, most editorials and columns on

the California incident, four ar­ rests were made, and in Vancou­ ver, two. In California, all o f the boys— three o f them were under 18 years o f age, one a 15-year old— were charged with at least one count o f sexual assault, and all o f them were charged as adults. In Vancouver, one 16-year old may face child pornography charges, while police are “recommending” charges o f sexual assault for the other 18-year-old. Both o f them have been released until prosecu­ tors “consider” charges.

I am sure— or at least I sin­ cerely hope— that all o f the young m en deeply regret their heinous crimes. The difference, however, is that the Americans are doing their contemplation behind steel bars and not on plush sofas. The young Canadians deserve jail time, too.

However, to remain faithful to the integrity o f this column, I will give the benefit o f doubt to the perpetrators and try to under­ stand them as they would hope to be understood. As unpleasant as this will be, let me exchange minds with an adolescent rapist and a voyeur.

One possibility, as suggested

by Louisa Russell o f the Canadi­ an Association for Sexual Assault Centres, is that there is “a lot o f misunderstanding among young boys on consent.” True, but an 18-year-old male is not a young boy. The actions o f these men are certainly not those o f young boys either.

Raping someone is a deliber­ ate choice. So is getting drunk at a party, and so is circulating the graphic evidence so that the girl and her family are forced relive the traumatic nightmare.

Despite lacking scientific evidence, we continue to blindly accept age limits not as useful yardsticks but as legal absolutes.

We continue to ignore the pain­ fully obvious fact that people o f the same age can behave in very different ways.

There is no evidence or study to show that young people under­ go a programmed metamorpho­ sis at precisely midnight on their 18th or 19th or 21st birthdays.

And yet, if the federal elections were next week, a young girl who is 17 years and 350 days old will not be allowed to vote even if she was the campaign manager for a Liberal candidate, because she’s not yet 18.

Every recent post-election analysis in Canada has depicted puzzled political scientists trying to understand why voter turnout continues to plummet in general and amongst 18 to 24-year-olds in particular. H ere’s an idea: maybe the apathy we observe in young voters is the result o f a long and systematic rejection o f their voices. Maybe we screwed up the most critical habit-forming years o f their lives by neglecting to engage them when it mattered.

Now, these 18-year-olds have aged into perfectly conditioned 35-year-olds who seem to roboti­ cally not care.

It is time to end our blackand-white attitudes about age and start judging individuals on a case-by-case basis. More impor­ tantly, it is time to educate young people better, not only about safe sex and the meaning o f “no,” but also on the ethics o f dealing with each other with dignity and re­ spect.

campus depend on material for either controversial new rules or the unquestionably oppressive acts o f an authority figure. Sure, this makes for powerful read­ ing, but I think that if the mod­ erate student— which most us are— reads another article about whether or not Jimmy can ride his bicycle to class, or anything along the lines o f “Principal MunroeBlum: Angel or Asshole?”, they will surely start using the Trib or Daily as napkins, not newspapers.

There are other aspects to univer­ sity life, things Newburgh um ­ brellas under “all areas o f student interest,” which our newspapers need to be aware of.

Take the culture o f Lower Field, for instance. Have you seen the kind o f stuff that goes on down there? Everything from fris­ bee tossing, to making out in the sun, to remarkably intense staring contests with squirrels. These are events— things that happeifin stu­

dent’s lives that, despite what you might think, can be fascinating. I sat on the Redpath Museum steps the other day for three straight hours, sipping green tea while eavesdropping on conversations around me. Perhaps to the D aily’s dismay, I did not hear one single conversation about immigration laws, the Middle East, or disman­ tling neo-liberal policies. W hat I heard included the ups and downs o f doing an Anthro major, how to inconspicuously cut the Sub­ way line during peak hours and that this girl Jane kinda, like, you know, friggin’ despises her room­ m ate’s boyfriend. It was enlight­ ening, and mostly non-political.

I am not suggesting that we cut o ff all conversation that delves into social problems and highlights awareness. I am saying that we are currently o ff balance.

There is so much more to our experiences here than what the UN is up to or where a student

Commentary Maggie Knight

Steven Wrong on Quebec Tuition Brendan Steven claimed in his September 21 column that increas­ ing Quebec tuition wouldn’t force low-income students out of uni­ versity. While I’m not sure I buy that (unsupported) argument, it’s also student;; from middle-income families who could be shut out by tuition increases. A 2005 Statistics Canada report summary concluded that “Under a deregulated postsec­ ondary education system, all forms of higher education will be avail­ able only for those whose families that can afford the costs themselves or for those who qualify for student financial assistance. Many of those in the middle may find themselves in a situation where they can do nei­ ther.”

While many lower income stu­ dents may still attend university, they will likely take on more student debt. Another StatsCan report exam­ ining the effects of tuition increases between 1995-2005 concluded that “In 2005, Canada not only had more individuals graduating with student loans, but also an increasing pro­ portion graduating with larger debt loads than in the past.” The propor­ tion of students with debt upon grad­ uation of over $25,000 rose from 17 per cent to 27 per cent. Twenty per cent of students expected to take at least 10 years to repay their loans.

Student debt is a conservatising

club will protest next. And that’s coming from a Political Science student. Ten years down the road you will probably remember the first time a lecture blew your mind or a friend randomly bought you lunch more readily than you will the front page o f a newspaper that proclaimed just another “prothis” or “anti-that” headline.

Our usually healthy politi­ cal debate has gotten to the point where it has the potential to satu­ rate all other areas o f student life.

This might excite others, but it does not excite me. There was something exquisitely non-polit­ ical about one o f the Tribune’s most recent covers. Along a sea o f red-painted supporters, a McGill student is held aloft at a football game. Megaphone in hand, joy on the face, we see a glorious pic­ ture o f a university that we are in danger o f losing, one defined by camaraderie and community. It contains an unapologetic accep­

force; in the face of tens of thousands of dollars of debt, a newly-graduat­ ed lawyer is more likely to go into corporate law than work at legal aid. While Steven may not find this objectionable, I’d like to be able to afford to work at a job I find mean­ ingful. For our generation, student debt is additionally dangerous. For middle and low-income families, our generation is likely to feel the pinch of many competing demands on our finances: at 30 we may still be repaying student loans as well as taking on a mortgage, providing for a child or two, paying increasing taxes to keep our (very important) health care system afloat under the demands of the aging baby boom­ ers, and possibly providing financial support to parents. As more parents help their children with the cost of attending university, their own fi­ nancial reserves to live on in their retirement diminish. If these trends continue, how likely is it that we will be able to help our own children afford university while ensuring our own financial security to the end of our lives? Furthermore, how will the increase affect children of single­ parent or single-earner families?

On a side note, I found it hypo­ critical that, despite Steven’s support for tuition increases, he is promot­ ing opting out of QPIRG’s optional fee with a “get money back on your tuition” angle (additionally ridicu­ lous given that QPIRG’s fee is in no way part of tuition). Please have the decency to stick to your prin­ ciples regarding your objections to some of QPIRG’s activities instead of promoting students getting back $3.75 on one hand while advocating for tuition increases of thousands of dollars on the other.

M aggie Knight is a U3 Envi­ ronment & Economics student.

tance o f the fun that can bring us together. And don’t be fooled into thinking that this fun cannot be reconciled with fierce discussion and political debate. You vote fis­ cally conservative? That’s bon­ kers in my book; let’s chat about it over beer.

The rally to save the Archi­ tecture Café was a great example o f students from all faculties— and probably from many differ­ ent political perspectives— gath­ ering to support something they all love. And make no mistake, that’s where that whole situation started: with the loss o f love, fun, and community. It’s that com­ munity we should seek to pro­ tect, not just with fiery words to enhance a stance, but by sharing coffee, trading notes, supporting our sports teams, laughing at our­ selves and— if all else fails— col­ lecting a group o f people to chase all those damn seagulls off Lower Field.

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Editorial to resto re sa n ity Anyone who attended Wednes­ day’s Rally to Save the Architecture Café, and even those who only heard about it secondhand, must have been heartened to see such a positive dis­ play o f campus activity and commu­ nal feeling from the typically som­ nolent McGill student body. The Tri­ bune certainly was. However, those good feelings were undermined by other, seemingly unrelated events towards the end o f last week involv­ ing direct confrontations between members o f the Quebec Public Inter­ est Research Group and an increas­ ingly aggressive campaign against it, which urges students to opt out o f their $3.75-per-semester con­ tribution to that group. Both sides have been guilty o f misleading cam­ paigns, with Opt-Out playing down its political motivations, labelling

groups as ‘fringe’ rather than focus­

sition or victory for their own side,

tecture Café and the bike ban—that

ing on their content, and discussing only those QPIRG-affiliated groups it finds most distasteful. QPIRG is guilty o f selectively listing only the most palatable-sounding working

rather than constructive dialogue and genuine education.

Involvement in debate on cam­ pus is important, but it is also impor­

actually affect students and over which they can have some influence, campus activism can be remarkable.

There is plenty o f room for improve­ ment at McGill in this respect. The

groups on its flyers and o f creating a hostile environment around Opt-Out tables. Last w eek’s confrontation required McGill Security’s involve­ ment. Contrary to the good vibes o f the Architecture Café rally, these in­

tant to make sure we are informed and maintain a sense o f perspec­ tive. One student wrote on the wall for the Arch Café rally’s Facebook event: “Revolutions only start when a society hits rock bottom, the only question is, are w e there yet?” It is to

cidents reflect poorly on all o f us.

As the Tribune has argued be­ fore, campus debate suffers from the hostile tone its participants often assume. Students frequently act in

this kind o f excess that the principal can easily say, as she did to a McGill Daily reporter, “It’s just part o f life in university.” Kids being kids. Ju­ venile outbursts are only to be ex­

ways that are out o f line with the ideals they claim to promote. It often appears to supposedly “apathetic” students that their “involved” peers

pected, which is exactly why they

are merely seeking the joy o f oppo­

don’t work.

When done right, when prop­ erly informed, and when directed towards campus issues—like Archi­

administration apparently feels they can operate just fine without consult­ ing students, because our generally acquiescent student community will respond to even the most blatantly adversarial move with a collective shrug. The Tribune was as inspired by the Rally to Save the Architecture Café as we were dismayed by the shenanigans involving QPIRG and its opponents. As a community, let’s leave behind the gratuitous episodes o f disrespect and increase those of unity, collegiality, and sincere dia­ logue, from which w e all benefit.

M aking A U S es o f th e m s e lv e s In light o f emergent details

themselves to transparency and ac­

about the Arts Undergraduate Soci­ ety’s Frosh budget deficit, the way in which Frosh was organized, and how current AUS executives and council members are handling the situation, the Tribune is deeply concerned over

countability.

At the same Council meeting, the AUS displayed insufficient con­

Financial losses are forgivable, but their apparent refusal to learn from

the coordinators had worked very hard and deserved the extra money.

Effort is commendable, but the Tri­ bune feels it would be better to foster a culture o f rewarding competence.

(For those keeping score at home, the coordinator who wasn’t paid $ 1 2 0 0 was paid just $1000 because she quit

cern over their deficit, conveying a sense that executives and Frosh coor­

the situation is disturbing.

Yet even worse than the AUS executives’ indifference is the con­ gratulations that running in the red

dinators could do no wrong and that mistakes were just useful “learning experiences.” Last year, the AUS ran a deficit of roughly $50,000, and this year plan to “not make a single cent” on any major events, making it un­ clear how they plan to earn back the lost funds. During the meeting, this did not seem to outrage people, but was explained as normal and what ought to be expected from the AUS. Although, as Marshall repeat­

apparently earned their Frosh coordi­ nators. The coordinators were hired at the beginning o f the summer and promised a paycheque o f $1,000.

Others were brought on halfway through the summer and were prom­ ised $650 for their work. However, at the end o f the summer, all coor­ dinators but one were paid $ 1,200 by the AUS. It is unclear why they should have been paid so much more money given Frosh’s losses, which

edly said, the A U S’ goal is not to turn a profit, that does not mean it should be losing or mismanaging money.

were largely due to oversights and miscalculations in the planning process. AUS executives explained that

become a bit too real.

Another Open Letter to McGill University

your labour right in front o f you?

Wouldn’t your eyes sw ell with tears at the sight o f individuals, in whom you have invested so much o f your time and energy practicing what you have apparently taught them? Wouldn’t you feel a sense o f accomplishment in knowing that stu­

in practice the skills and knowl­ edge you pride yourself in having instilled in us. We understand that you have a contract with Aramark, and in a way, I guess we should feel proud that they truly viewed the Ar­ chitecture Café as competition. We understand that you’re trying to hon­ our your agreement with them, but wasn’t your first agreement with us,

I recently read that you placed extremely w ell in various rankings

dents from different faculties, facul­ ties that wouldn’t necessarily have anything to do with each other, are willing to work together for a com ­

ourselves and each other does.

This issue o f the Architecture Café is greater than brownies and zaatars. It’s about us; it’s about the students—the reason that this uni­ versity exists in the first place. It’s about us having a voice, and a place to belong to, grow, learn, and share.

It’s about sometimes putting the quality o f life before the dollars and cents o f it all.

W e’re not asking you to say yes

the students?

the way AUS is being mn.

At Wednesday’s council meet­ ing, the AUS revealed the grand total of the amount lost during Frosh this year to be $30,105. This was a sur­ prise to the Tribune, since a reporter asked AUS President David Mar­ shall and VP Finance Majd A1 Khaldi two weeks ago if the loss had been in the range o f $30,000-50,000, and was informed that that number was inconceivably large. Apparently, the AUS finds deceiving campus media nore convenient than submitting

C o m m e n ta ry K atherine M e ssin a

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o f universities around the world.

Congratulations! You must be very proud. I hope you realize, that, as Heather Munroe-Blum herself said,

theopinions of the McGill Tribune, its editorsorits staff.

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innovators in their fields—would you not be proud to see the fruits of

this is in large part due to the stu­ dents and alumni.

In light o f this, my question to you is as follows: As an institution which prides itself on the calibre o f its student population, who claims that its graduates are in a league o f their ow n —that they are leaders and

mon goal that does not in any way have a grade or money sign assigned to it? This unifying goal is one that is pure, simple, and good. Aren’t those

to the Architecture Café right away,

the values you want to teach?

When your students stood to­

is integral to the life and history o f this esteemed establishment and

gether in front o f Leacock before Senate, did you not feel a tugging at your heart strings? How could you not be m oved—even if you dis­ agreed with them—by their passion

that w e can find a way to make it work. Let us try to devise a sustain­ able business plan that pleases both you and us. But really, it shouldn’t be you, the university, and us, the students. Shouldn’t it just be an all

and fervour and dedication?

Life and death do not depend on your decision, but confidence in

but only to let us try and convince you o f what w e the students are so convinced ourselves—that the café

encompassing us?

W e’re asking you to let us put

before the event.)

The AUS has shown a blatant disregard for the value o f student money, neither spending it wisely nor being clear about how it has been used. The executives seem to be doing their best imitations o f real politicians, mimicking everything from their fiscal irresponsibility to their inconsistent commitment to honesty. It’s a rather impressive per­ formance, but for us it’s starting to

KatherineMessinaisanArchi­ tectureMaster’sstudent.Reachher atkatherinemessina@ gmail.com.

Correction Last w eek’s article, “W hy I still ride my bike on campus,” cited the research o f “Professor Jacob T. Levy (School o f Urban Planning).”

The research was actually conducted

by Jacob Lawson o f Transportation Research at M cGill. The Tribune re­ grets the error.

8 C o m m e n ta r y Q P IR G O p t-O u t C a m p aig n A s many M cGill students know, several associations have once again joined together to launch the QPIRG

terror suspects currently detained by the Canadian government under security certificates. Students Taking Action in Chiapas stands in solidar­

doesn’t have a right to your money: you can take it back, and withdraw your consent from the causes that they support.

ity with the Zapatistas o f M exico, a violent rebel movement, and seeks to bring the struggle “back home” to Canada. The Chaotic Insurrec­ tion Ensemble actively promotes

QPIRG itself is terrified o f stu­ dents making an informed decision on whether to opt-out. They are so terrified, in fact, that some o f their members have actively harassed the

Opt-Out Campaign. Every semester,

anarchism, while Tadamon! is an

Opt-Out Campaign. The removal o f

the campaign aims to inform stu­ dents about their right to opt-out of the Quebec Public Interest Research Group. We never expected that this

anti-capitalist, anti-corporate orga­ nization which lobbied the Canadian government to remove Hezbollah from the terrorist organization list.

flyers and the destruction o f posters have antagonized what should be a free and open debate.

year QPIRG would use violence to try and stop us.

QPIRG claims that Israel is an apart­ heid state.

QPIRG was founded some 23 years ago as an organization pursu­ ing the interests o f students on mat­ ters of public concern. In this respect, they have failed atrociously. QPIRG

QPIRG also publishes School Schm ool, the organizer that once celebrated the creation o f the pipe bomb and teaches readers how to vandalize and destroy private prop­ erty.

dation culminated on September 23 when QPIRG members discovered that our campaign was tabling in the MacDonald Engineering Build­ ing. W hile at first these individuals engaged in argument, they became more aggressive as tabling contin­

collects $7.50 per year per student o f student fees, which it pools to fi­ nance the activities o f radical fringe groups.

The list is stunning. The Coali­ tion for Justice for Adil Charkaoui seeks the immediate release o f all

C o m m e n ta r y Q u e b e c Public In terest Research G ro u p Publicly funded social services and organizations exist because we value the role they play in keeping our com m unities—whether nation­ ally, locally, or campus-based— healthy, supportive, and inclusive.

Canadians fund affordable housing, w om en’s shelters, employment pro­ grams and public advocacy groups because we believe that they are a social good. The fact that not ev ­ eryone uses those services does not make them any less valuable to our community as a whole. This logic also holds true when applied to our university community. As we do in society, we should strive for a uni­ versity experience that includes a

C o m m e n ta ry Ryan H u g h es

Steven Very Wrong on Quebec Tuition I would like to challenge some o f the faulty reasoning expressed in Brendan Steven's column titled, “Scrap the Quebec Tuition M odel” (McGill Tribune, September 20).

In his article, Brendan gauges the value o f our entire higher educa­ tion system through the lens o f one university. He confuses weakness in the government with the inability to equitably fund all tertiary institu­ tions while satisfying the ambitious

These acts o f political intimi­

The Opt-Out Campaign features a diverse array o f organizations.

Free the Children M cGill, the Ital­

ued; this aggression spiraled into the hurling o f racial slurs and stereotyp­ ing, in addition to the destruction o f campaign property.

ian Student’s Association, and Swiss

The crowd o f QPIRG members

Club are only a few examples. We want students to know that QPIRG

grew, and they began to physically obstruct members o f the Opt-Out

diverse range o f services, opinions, experiences, and analyses. This di­ versity is not only an ideal, but also an expectation.

Crops, the Filipino Solidarity Com­ mittee, Greening M cGill, and many

The Quebec Public Interest Re­ search Group (QPIRG) is one part o f creating that diverse, critical uni­ versity space. It is a publicly funded organization that aims to connect the ivory tower to social and environ­ mental struggles in our communi­ ties. This materializes both through events and programming (such as Culture Shock, Social Justice Days, workshops, speakers, and films), as well as through resources and initia­ tives made available through QPIRG (an alternative library and the Com­ munity University Research Ex­

others). It fills a void by supporting underrepresented and important is­ sues on campus that affect many students and community members.

By opting in to QPIRG, McGill stu­ dents make typically scarce funding

Campaign from distributing flyers.

McGill Security was contacted, and QPIRG was told to maintain a rea­ sonable distance from the Opt-Out Campaign.

While the situation stabilized, it eventually deteriorated when Maddie Ritts (a member o f QPIRG’s Board o f Directors) stormed up to the Opt-Out table and proceeded to steal and violently rip posters. Secu­ rity caught several individuals, and a report has been filed with admin­ istration.

Campaign members were fortu­ nate to have the presence o f McGill Security, who stood firmly for free speech when they told QPIRG that political intimidation was unaccept­ able in a university atmosphere.

Campaign members did not ex­ pect such a violent response to our exercise o f free speech and open de­ bate. We thought that w e could en­ gage in a sincere disagreement with QPIRG, and have our disagreement aired respectfully.

does not explain to students what QPIRG does or how it functions, and, as a result, discourages students from making their own informed de­ cisions. When the opt-out campaign does address QPIRG’s work, they do little other than insinuate that it funds “fringe” groups from the

change project). Crucially, QPIRG also funds working groups who do

food, the increasing corporatization o f campus, a car-free campus, and the struggles o f First Nations, im­ migrant, and LGBTQ communities.

Furthermore, it’s worth noting that that many QPIRG working groups have as many active student m em ­ bers as many SSM U clubs, meaning there is no quantifiable argument to be made regarding the “fringe” na­ ture o f these groups. Similarly, like

research, education, and action on a diverse range o f social and environ­ mental problems (such as Campus

silences the fact that the goal o f the campaign is, in fact, to incapacitate QPIRG and its work. The campaign

SSM U clubs, working groups exist to represent a portion o f the student population and their concerns, and,

needs o f M cGill. Heather Munroe-

since 1992.” He claims that low tuition is not improving our gradua­ tion rate, but w e must be careful not to look merely at university degree holders, because there are a variety o f factors that influence university attendance and completion. One of the reasons Quebec lags behind in

doing great by M cG ill’s standards, but her significant lobbying is un­ dermining the advantages o f a low tuition rate for the majority o f the other students in this province.

Steven states, “There is no solid evidence that the Quebec model im­ proves education. In fact, Quebec lags behind Canada for proportions o f young people holding a univer­ sity degree. Quebec’s graduation rate lies w ell below the OECD aver­ age. M eanwhile, Quebec has had the lowest rate o f increase o f those hold­ ing degrees in the entirety o f Canada

graduation rates is because o f the problems in both the primary and secondary levels o f the Quebec edu­ cation system, which contribute to a large dropout rate.

Surprisingly, Steven raises the issue o f equalization payments. He states they are despised in the rest of Canada, but that is simply not true.

This issue is recycled across Canada when media outlets would like to sell more product or gather more attention to their product. They do this by dragging out polarizing is­ sues that perpetuate the “Quebec

QPIRG needs to be sent a m es­ sage: we all have the right to express our thoughts and voice our dissent, and we shouldn’t be bullied for it.

D on’t let QPIRG intimidate you, or tell you that they have a right to your money. We urge you to inform your­ self further, and if you feel that this group doesn’t deserve your money, don’t give it to them.

The QPIRG Opt-Out Campaign is a coalition o f concerned students and associations dedicated to in­ forming students about their right to opt-out and to explaining why we feel they ought to. A complete list o f all those involved can be found at qpirgoptout.com.

NathanielElfassy, Marc-Olivi­ erFortin, ShaynaGoldman, Lisa McLennan,DivyaPahwa,Brendan Steven,andJessWeisercontributed tothisarticle.

Clearly, w e were terribly wrong.

and resources available to our fellow students and community organizers.

In this context, the strategies that have been used in the last week by the students running the QPIRG Opt-Out Campaign are ones that have been deliberately misleading, inaccurate, and intended to starve access to resources that would allow for a more diverse, inclusive, and critical space on campus. The optout group, by framing their cam­ paign in terms o f saving money,

Blum would like McGill to rise up in the international rankings. There would be nothing wrong with that if we were a private university. But this action would impoverish our system. And this is a critical prob­ lem , whereby Monroe-Blum may be

QPIRG is only concerned with its pocketbook, not with the concerns o f M cGill students.

“radical left,” which apparently in­ cludes causes such as locally grown

versus the rest o f Canada” hyperbo­ le. These payments are mathemati­ cally calculated and used to pay for healthcare and education—big ticket items that would otherwise burden provincial finances.

Tuition is one way o f increas­ ing revenue to universities and I have no doubt the current govern­ ment will try to increase the tuition rate over the next few years. Clearly, the voice o f McGill is being heard in the Charest administration. But all tuition is artificial as most students in the entire country do not pay the “real” cost o f a university education.

Tuition, however, like the price for any product, tends to rise until the market will bear no more—when the average investment does not equate to advantage or benefit. In fact this may already be the case for many students in Ontario, the province

like many campus clubs, QPIRG does have a political mandate—one o f social and environmental justice and anti-oppressive work.

The opt-out campaign’s tactics serve only to stifle political expres­ sion and organization on campus. As it would be with any other student service, when QPIRG is constantly under attack, it hurts the well-being o f students, the diversity on our campus, and the aspirations o f our university and our wider commu­ nity. Fortunately, when w e choose to continue to support the work o f QPIRG and all other student ser­ vices, it makes it possible for those same values to flourish.

KiraPage, SarahWoolf, and Sebastian Ronderos-Morgan con­ tributedtothisarticle.

with some o f the highest tuition fees in the country. Steven advocates scrapping the current tuition model because it would be advantageous for M cGill, and I have no doubt that it would. But is it worth destroying our current provincial system so that we can re-create Harvard in the heart o f Montreal?

We have to look at other ways o f generating revenue. Tuition is one method, but it is not the only way.

The best way to discuss this issue would be in a forum. I chal­ lenge the author to present his case at the PGSS/SSM U/AGSEM panel discussion on university financing this upcoming October.

RyanHughesisVice-President ExternalofthePost-GraduateStu­ dents’SocietyofMcGillUniversity, andcanbe reachedat external. pgss@mail.mcgill.ca.

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Learn more about the thirteen new sustainability projects at M cGill and how to get involved. Food will be served at 5:30 p.m., so arrive early.

Cultivate your knowl­ edge o f Jazz with composer, arranger and pianist, Jim McN eely, accompanied by Alex Walkington on bass and Dave Liaing on drums. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance.

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m a rk o f th e ir b u sin e s s e s . H o w ­ e v e r, th e local fo o d m o v e m e n t is n o t a t all n ew , and n e ith e r are th e a rg u m e n ts a g a in s t it.

c ity d w e lle rs can g ro w th e ir o w n fo o d , also te n d t o p o p up in u rb a n a re as d u rin g re c e s s io n s . “ If y o u g o b a c k t o th e 1 9 th c e n tu ry , e v e ry tim e y o u had a re c e s s io n , c o m m u n ity g a rd e n in g m a ke s a c o m e b a c k ,” sa ys D esro c h e rs . “ B u t w h e n th e e c o n o m y c c o rd in g t o th e U n ite d p ic k s up, th e y fin d b e tt e r jo b s .

S ta te s D e p a rtm e n t o f A g ­ T h e y g iv e up on th a t and th e land ric u ltu re , th e n u m b e r o f fa rmise ersv’e n tu a lly d e v e lo p e d .” m a rk e ts in th e U.S. has tr ip le d in th e p a s t 1 5 y e a rs , w ith o v e r 5 ,0 0 0 m a rk e ts o p e ra tin g a ro u n d th e c o u n tr y d u rin g p e a k se a ­ cso o n. n ­ T h is r e fle c ts an e x p o n e n tia l o c a v o re s v a ry in th e ir re a ­ g ro w th in th e p u b lic ’s in te r e s t so n s fo r th e ir p ra c tic e s , in lo c a lly g ro w n fo o d s , and p o s ­ b u t th e m o s t c o m m o n o ne s are s ib ly a g re a te r in te r e s t in o v e ra ll re d u c in g c a rb o n e m is s io n s and h e a lth . H o w e v e r, tr e n d s to w a rd s s u p p o rtin g local fa rm e rs . Joe s u p p o rtin g local fa rm e rs are S c h w a rc z , a u th o r, c h e m is try p ro ­ o fte n an in d ic a tio n o f tro u b le d fe s s o r and o n e o f th e fo u n d e rs e c o n o m ic tim e s . o f M cG ill’s O ffic e o f S cie n ce and N in e te e n th c e n tu ry c e n tra l S o c ie ty , sa y s th e r e ’s a p o s itiv e P e n n sylva n ia re p re s e n ts an e a rly so c ia l c o n s c io u s n e s s t h a t arises e x a m p le o f th e p a ra lle l b e tw e e n w h e n b u y in g fr o m c o m m u n ity s in k in g e c o n o m ie s and g ro w in g m e m b e rs , and it c a n ’t be ta k e n in te r e s t in lo ca l fo o d . T h e a d v e n t lig h tly . o f th e ra ilro a d n e tw o rk re s u lte d T h e g re e n h o u se g as re d u c ­ in an in c re a s e d ease in tr a n s ­ tio n a rg u m e n t, h o w e v e r, is up fo r p o r tin g g o o d s , fa rm in g b e c a m e d e b a te . A r e c e n t p a p e r p u b lis h e d m o re c o m p e titiv e a c ro s s th e b y th e M o n tre a l E c o n o m ic In s ti­ U.S., th re a te n in g th e e x is te n c e t u t e c la im s th e m a jo r ity o f a g ri­ o f sm all, local fa rm s . c u ltu ra l g re e n h o u s e g as e m is s io n s “ A n a g ric u ltu ra l b u re a u c ra t s te m fro m th e p ro d u c tio n s ta g e . tr ie d t o s ta r t a local fo o d m o v e ­ T h e re fo re , b u y in g fo o d g ro w n lo ­ m e n t,” s a ys P ierre D e s ro c h e rs , a c a lly o n ly re d u c e s c a rb o n e m is ­ g e o g ra p h y p ro fe s s o r a t th e U ni­ sio n s fro m tr a n s p o r ta tio n , o fte n v e r s ity o f T o r o n to and fo o d p o li­ re fe rre d t o as fo o d m iles. W hile c y e x p e rt. “ T h e y w a n te d t o p re ­ ta rg e tin g fo o d m iles is a w o r th y s e rv e th e jo b s o f c e n tra l P e n n s y l­ ca u se , it w o n ’t s u b s ta n tia lly re ­ v a n ia n fa rm e rs and ke ep m o n e y d u c e t o ta l g re e n h o u s e g a s e s in in th e c o m m u n ity .” th e lo n g run . S o m e m ass m a rk e t S im ila r p a tte r n s w e re also fa rm s are e v e n to u te d as b e in g seen a c ro s s N ew Y o rk S ta te w ith m o re e n v iro n m e n ta lly frie n d ly . th e d is c o v e ry o f fe r tile land in “ The la rg e c o n g lo m e ra te s th e O hio V a lle y . h ave m o re a t s ta k e in te rm s o f C o m m u n ity g a rd e n s , w h e re c o s t,” sa y s S c h w a rc z . B ecause

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th e y ’ re d e a lin g w ith m o re m o n e y and a w id e r c o n s u m e r m a rk e t, t h e y ’ re o fte n m o re lik e ly t o fo l­ lo w th e C anadian Food In s p e c tio n A g e n c y g u id e lin e s , and p ro d u c e fo o d m o re e ffic ie n tly . S c h w a rcz is c a re fu l to s p e c ify t h a t th e re is a w id e v a ria tio n w ith in th e fa rm ­ ing in d u s try , and t h a t u ltim a te ly , i t ’s h ard t o m a ke a c o n c lu s iv e s ta te m e n t a b o u t w h ic h ty p e is b e tt e r fo r th e e n v iro n m e n t. “ T h e re are so m e sm all fa rm ­ e rs w h o d o a v e ry g o o d jo b a t o rg a n ic ,” sa ys S c h w a rc z . “ T h e re a re so m e w h o lie and c h e a t and sa y t h a t w h a t t h e y ’ re se llin g is o rg a n ic w h e n it isn ’t . ” If p ro d u c in g on a la rg e r s c a le — e ve n re q u irin g m o re fo o d m ile s— is m o re e n v iro n m e n ta lly e ffic ie n t in th e lo n g run , th e n w h y has b u y in g local b e c o m e such a tre n d ? “ M o s t p e o p le g ro w up in th e c ity o r th e s u b u rb s . T h e y u n d e r­ s ta n d g a rd e n in g , b u t th e y d o n ’t re a lly u n d e rs ta n d la rg e sca le a g ­ ric u ltu ra l p ro d u c tio n ,” sa ys D esro c h e rs . “ U rb a n ite s te n d t o have a ro m a n tic iz e d and u n re a lis tic p e rc e p tio n o f th e r e a lity o f m o d ­ e rn p ro d u c tio n .”

W hile th e C anadian F ood In­ s p e c tio n A g e n c y m o n ito rs th e fo o d s u p p ly , it d o e s n o t m o n ito r local fa rm e rs ’ m a rk e ts . T h e o n ly w a y fo r a v e ra g e c o n s u m e rs t o te ll if th e ir e ffo r ts t o b u y local fo o d s are w o rth w h ile is t o in v e s tig a te in d iv id u a l fa rm s , and h o p e t h a t th e y ’ re te llin g th e t r u t h a b o u t th e ir p ro d u c tio n p ro c e s s e s .

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like Q u e b e c , o r m a n y p a rts o f N o rth A m e ric a , w h e re th e r e is in ­ fe r tile land o r harsh w in te rs . L o ­ c a lly g ro w n p ro d u c e is in fin ite ly b e tt e r th a n w h a t’s fo u n d on s u ­ p e rm a rk e t s h e lv e s — lo n g tr a n s it tim e s a ffe c t th e ta s te , q u a lity , and rip e n e s s o f m o s t fr u its and v e g e ta b le s — b u t t h a t p ro d u c e d is a p p e a rs in th e w in te r.

L o c a v o re s a rg u e t h a t d u rin g th e w in te r, c o n s u m e rs s h o u ld s a c rific e c e rta in p ro d u c e in lieu o f w h a t’ s fre s h ly a va ila b le fr o m local so u rc e s . B u t S c h w a rc z c o u n te rs t h a t i t ’s n o t so e asy, and n o t as n u tr itio n a lly s o u n d . “ T h e c o n te n t o f w h a t I e a t is m o re im p o r ta n t th a n w h e re it g ro w s ,” he sa ys. “ W h e n t h a t o p ­ p o r tu n ity e x is ts , y e a h , fre s h e r is b e tte r , and y o u ’ re m o re lik e ly t o q e t it fre s h e r w h e n i t ’s c lo se b y .”

U ltim a te ly , it can b e c o m e a q u e s tio n o f p ittin g th e c o n ­ s u m e r’s h e a lth a g a in s t th e e n v i­ ro n m e n t’s. A c c o rd in g t o D e s ro c h e rs, t o d a y ’s fo o d s u p p ly — in v a rie ty and q u a n tity — is m u ch b e tt e r th a n w h a t it u sed t o be fro m a n u tr itio n a l s ta n d p o in t, re ­ g a rd le s s o f w h e re it c o m e s fro m .

O p tio n s d u rin g th e w in te r are no lo n g e r lim ite d t o c a n n e d and f r o ­ zen fo o d s . B o th S c h w a rc z and D e s ro c h e rs a g re e t h a t c o n s u m ­ e rs s h o u ld e a t lo c a lly w h e n e v e r p o ssib le , b u t t o e a t a c o m p le te and h e a lth y d ie t, lo c a v o re s have t o relax th e ir r e s tric tio n s . “ I w is h p e o p le w o u ld s o r t o f u n d e rs ta n d t h a t if w e p ro d u c e fo o d lo c a lly , w e can o n ly d o so m u c h ,” sa ys D e s ro c h e rs .

D e fin in g w h a t is local can also be p ro b le m a tic and c o n fu s in g to th e a v e ra g e c o n s u m e r. T h e McGill

O ffic e o f S u s ta in a b ility r e c e n tly b e g a n an in itia tiv e t o in c lu d e lo ­ c a lly p ro d u c e d fo o d on c a m p u s m e n u s, b u t i t has b e e n a c o m p le x p ro c e s s . “ A fa rm c o u ld be w ith in a [g e o g ra p h ic a l] lim it, b u t use p e s ­ tic id e s ... o r can it m e e t o rg a n ic p rin c ip le s w ith o u t g o in g th e fu ll c e r tific a tio n r o u te ,” s a ys D ennis F o rtu n e , th e o ffic e ’s d ire c to r.

F o rtu n e e m p h a s iz e s t h a t c rite ria m u s t be d e v e lo p e d on a c a s e -b y case basis f o r d iffe r e n t c a te g o ­ ries o f fo o d , b u t th is c o u ld ta k e a w h ile , re q u irin g h e a v y s tu d e n t in v o lv e m e n t and in -d e p th re ­ s e a rc h . .

r a tio n s ] t o w o r r y a b o u t,” sa ys D e s ro c h e rs . “ E sp e cia lly in an e c o ­ n o m ic re c e s s io n , m o s t p e o p le w ill s till lo o k a t th e b o tt o m lin e .”

v e ra g e c o n s u m e rs are u n ­ lik e ly t o fo llo w th is tre n d re lig io u s ly in th e ir d a ily lives, s im ­ p ly b e c a u s e i t ’s to o e x p e n s iv e , n o t as n u tr itio u s fr o m se a so n t o s e a so n , and re q u ire s to o m u c h p la n n in g . T h e c o m p ro m is e s re ­ q u ire d t o s u p p o rt local fa rm e rs and t o d ra s tic a lly re d u c e fo o d m ile s can be to o h ard t o h andle o n a d a y - to - d a y basis. H o w e v e r, lo c a v o re s s h o u ld ta k e c o m fo r t in th e f a c t t h a t i t ’s p o s s ib le t o relax r e s tr ic tio n s and re d u c e c a rb o n e m is s io n s . hile th e local fo o d m o v e ­ S o oke H a rb o u r H ouse re ­ m e n t is g ro w in g , it re a lly o n ly re p re s e n ts a sm all p e m r caein n st­ an a n o m a ly in th e local fo o d m o v e m e n t. T h e Phillips are age o f th e m a rk e t, and is u n lik e ly e x p e rie n c e d in g ro w in g th e ir o w n t o d o m in a te a n y tim e s o o n . T he fo o d , and h ave d e v e lo p e d c lo se v a s t m a jo r ity o f p e o p le w h o b u y fo o d lo c a lly are fr o m u p p e r in ­ tie s w ith th e c o m m u n ity w h ic h m a k e s th e ir e ffo r ts e asier. T h e ir c o m e b ra c k e ts . D e s p ite sa vin g inn ta r g e ts a lo n g s ta n d in g — b u t on tr a n s p o r ta tio n c o s ts , local s m a ll— n ich e in th e fo o d m a rk e t. p ro d u c e is u s u a lly m o re e x p e n ­ M o s t im p o r ta n tly , th e y ’ re able to sive th a n w h a t’s a va ila b le a t th e s tic k t o th e ir p h ilo s o p h y b eca u se g ro c e ry s to re . M any c o n s u m e rs i t ’s e s s e n tia l fo r th e ir b u sine ss. can g o t o fa rm e rs ’ m a rk e ts on “ F ood is th e m o s t sp ecial o c c a s io n , b u t h a b itu a lly b u y in g th in g fo r h u m a n b e in g s ,” sa ys local fo o d s re q u ire s a d ju s tin g F re d e riq u e . “ A n d f o r us, th e re is th e ir b u d g e ts . Even M cK innon no o th e r w a y .” and S m ith ran in t o c o s t p ro b le m s

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O D D S & ENDS

Sexual ex p erien ces g o n e terribly w rong M cGill students dish on gigolos, yomit, and hiding from the police Accidental prostitution Near the beginning o f the se­ mester last year, a girl at a club ran­ domly pointed at me and asked me to dance with her. I was pretty sur­ prised, but also intoxicated, so I just went with it. We danced for a little while and then eventually went back to my apartment, where we started making out. I was slow ly trying to progress to the action, but the girl said she couldn’t, and I told her that it was fine. However, she seemed to feel really bad about not wanting to sleep with m e—as if she had really let me d ow n .»

I told her not to worry about it, but she came up with a “solution.”

She said she knew a bunch o f girls who would “totally do m e,” and she could point them out if I went back to the bar. I told her she was crazy, at which point she gave me a five dollar bill and told me to get in a cab and find another girl to sleep with at the bar. Before I could answer, she left my apartment. I stood in my room going over what had just happened.

I had randomly found a girl at a club, made out with her for a while, and then got paid five dollars. I had just becom e a gigolo.

— Marc

Puke fest In first year, my serious girl­ friend and I were at her place after a party. We started fooling around and having sex, but about one min­ ute in, I stopped her (no, I was not done) and excused m yself momen­ tarily. I made my way to the balcony

because I didn’t have time to make it to the washroom, and puked over the railing. I rinsed my mouth with water (note, not toothpaste or Listerine) and went back into the bedroom to finish the act. The next morning, when I left to go home, I walked by my puke and gagged a little.

Four months later, she asked me about that night and I confirmed that I had puked. She said she knew I had vomited, and she slept with me anyways. That’s a real woman, but it also says something about my abili­ ties.

— Steve

Bloody good head I had been seeing this guy for almost two months and it was going really w ell. We were still getting to know each other, but the sex was great and we were both very frus­ trated when we had to take a break for my period. So the second I thought I was done, we hopped back into bed and he started to go down on me. After showing some incred­ ible talent and making me climax, he started to work his way back up my stomach, but at the same time we both noticed something horrible: there was blood all over my lower abdomen and his face, as w ell as a distinct trail o f kisses back up.

I was mortified. I couldn’t be­ lieve I’d just got period blood all over this gu y’s face. He was going to run for the door, I knew it. It was over.

It was then that we realized that he’d had a nosebleed. He was embar­

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rassed and I was mildly less embar­ rassed. Thankfully we were able to laugh it o ff in the shower and we are still together two years later. Need­ less to say, w e bought a humidifier a week later.

once a month. The long distance thing is tough enough as it is, but both o f our parents had decided

My boyfriend and I were back

to stay in for the evening, and we only had a couple o f days to satisfy ourselves. We decided to drive to a nearby park and get busy in the car. Midway through the act, we saw another car drive up in the lot.

home in Toronto for a weekend. He goes to University o f Ottawa, so w e ’re only able to see each other

Thinking it was our friends that recognized our car, we didn’t panic right away. Turns out it was a cop,

— Katie

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who came up to our car, shining a flashlight through foggy windows. I quickly grabbed my jacket and cov­ ered myself.

While I was reaching for my underwear on the passenger seat, the cop sternly told us our public parks were not to be used as hotels.

When we drove away, my boyfriend asked me “Well, are we going to finish?”

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A & E LITERATURE

F inding sa n ctu a ry in th e w ritten w ord Canadian author Jane Urquhart talks Afghanistan, butterflies, and the Gothic in her new book

By Brahna Siegelberg

A&E Editor Jane Urquhart was bom a writ­ er, but she never envisioned that she would one day be considered among the ranks o f the most widely read and respected Canadian authors. With the recent publication o f her seventh novel, Sanctuary Line , Urquhart has been nominated for the prestigious Giller Prize: an award honouring the author o f an outstanding work o f Ca­ nadian iterature.

Aside from demonstrating Urquhart’s astonishing prose and vivid, cinematic descriptions, Sanc­ tuary Line's importance stems from its ability to incorporate—and mas­ terfully weave together—a number o f contemporary Canadian issues.

“It’s a novel that’s almost im­ possible to describe,” says Urquhart.

“When I try to describe it, it sounds as if it should be 1,400 pages. But in fact it’s quite a slim book. I wanted it to be spare, not burdened with too much stuff because o f the various things that were occupying my mind at the time.”

Among the many issues she

grapples with are the plight o f the monarch butterfly in Canada, the decline and almost full disappear­ ance o f the family farm in Ontario, and Canada’s uncharacteristic role as a combatant in Afghanistan. (Par­ ticularly female involvement in the combat.) Urquhart skillfully touches upon these issues by telling the story o f entomologist Liz Crane who returns to her fam ily’s 150-yearold farm to study butterfly migra­ tion. There, she mourns her cousin Mandy who died in Afghanistan, and reminisces about how her uncle Stanley’s mechanization o f farming techniques contributed to the demise o f the traditional family farm.

While Urquhart is not among the camp o f writers and scholars who consider Canadian literature to embody something inherently dis­ tinct from other Anglophone writ­ ing, she certainly credits her coun­ try’s unique geography and history with providing the landscapes for her works.

“My work is geographically autobiographical,” says Urquhart. “I do com e from an agricultural past; a pioneer, Irish past that has intrigued

me all my life. I didn’t grow up in Essex county, but I visited it every summer, so in that way I’m like Liz, w ho’s only in that world in the sum­ mertime.”

Urquhart’s work is also part o f the body o f contemporary Cana­ dian fiction that has brought about the coining o f a sub-genre called “Southern Ontario Gothic.” Invok­ ing the Gothic genre made famous

by American writers like William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams, the term describes works that sim i­ larly critique social conditions and

cause I am dealing here with the ends o f things—the moment when whatever it is that has existed in a seem ingly stable state is no longer going to exist.”

And that emphasis on the ends o f things that were seemingly stable is the root o f the novel’s ironic title.

Although the multi-generational Butler family felt incredibly secure in their prosperity and long-standing traditions, a series o f events revealed throughout the novel ultimate dis­ prove their apparent stability. While Liz goes back to her childhood sum­

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Other well-known Canadian writers whose works fit into this genre are A lice Munro, Margaret Atwood, and Timothy Findley. As Liz describes her fam ily’s subtle

uge from her painful memories, the memories evoked by the place itself becom e even more painful.

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mistreatment o f the Mexicans hired to work the farm and emphasizes the ghostly presence o f her dead family members, it’s no wonder Urquhart’s work is associated with this term.

“Weirdly, this book may be more [Southern Ontario Gothic] than the works that got associated with that term,” says Urquhart. “B e­

plains Urquhart. “The family felt so secure, as if what had been created around them was stable and forever.

And o f course that wasn’t the case.”

Like many writers, Urquhart is convinced o f literature’s ability to not only tell a compelling story, but to teach us something about our his­ tory and ourselves. As the study o f Canadian history is fairly recent, it

was left up to who she calls the “fictioneers” to fill in the gaps. Although she began her career as a poet, Urquhart sees the novel as unique in its ability to re-create lost worlds and bring life to individual stories.

“I like the novel better for m e,” she says. “Not as a reader, but as a writer; I am able to create an alterna­ tive world and keep it with me for long periods o f time. When I’m in the middle o f writing a book, it’s the happiest time o f all.”

THEATRE

O p era d e M ontreal ex p lo res th e dark price o f lau gh ter Verdi’s

R ig o le tto

tells the story of the court jester who tried to tempt destiny Political incorrectness aside, Gilda is a multi-dimensional char­ acter, and soprano Sarah Cobum got a standing ovation at the curtain call as she sang Gilda’s challenging vocal parts admirably.

By Sean Wood

Sports Editor Opera de Montreal’s season­ opening production o f Rigoletto 's famous tunes, virile tenor solos, rousing choruses, lavish costumes, and talented cast are w ell worth the price o f admission.

Spectators w ill be rewarded with a dark, com pelling fable o f comedy and fate. Rigoletto is the hunchbacked, misanthropic jester in

The 16th century set and cos­ tumes further enrich the drama. (It's worth checking out the costumed mannequins in the concourses dur­ ing intermission.) The D uke’s court boasts a gaudy 25 foot tall statue of a cherub that emphasizes his deca­ dence and lavish appetites.

the court o f the Duke o f Mantua—a libertine with limitless and danger­ ous desires who “shun[s] fidelity like a bad disease.”

Rigoletto’s bitter joking gets him into trouble when he mocks a rival count, who puts a curse on him. When the Duke falls in love with Rigoletto’s cherished daughter

If you go, you’ll want to spend some time people-watching during intermission. Montreal’s aristocrats com e to the opera dressed to kill,

Rigoietto, the hunchbacked jester, jokes his way through life until fate gets the best o f him (Opera de Montreal)

Gilda, the jester vow s revenge. The curse, however, prevents him from doing so.

Like most operas, Rigoletto’s plot m oves slowly. The tunes, how­ ever, are so catchy that you don’t even notice. The opera runs a fast two hours and 30 minutes.

simultaneously accessible and seri­ ous scores, and Rigoletto is one o f his masterpieces. The quartet in Act

he is capable o f powerful, concen­ trated love. M ichaels-M oore’s rich voice is especially strong in R igo­

III, in which four characters with totally different psychologies sing together in a coherent ensemble, is a world-famous piece o f operatic art.

Rigoletto is a complicated, tor­

letto’s introspective scenes, where it soars and falls with the character’s passionate emotional cadences.

Opposite him, David Pomeroy is very good as the predatory Duke.

That’s not to say, however, that Rigoletto is just a sequence o f foot­ tapping songs. Composer Giuseppe

tured character, and baritone Antho­ ny Michaels-M oore is excellent in the role. He despises his career, his employers, and mostly himself, but

He prowls the stage like a panther, and is by turns slyly seductive and fiercely sexual. His voice isn’t as commanding as M ichaels-M oore’s,

Verdi was especially good at writing

but is full o f style and bravado.

In a supporting role as the law­ less assassin Sparafucile, Ernesto M orillo’s broad, woody bass is also particularly memorable.

The story is set in an unapologetically male world. The D uke’s courtiers’ sing three all-male chorus­ es that are extraordinarily energetic, and the play’s most famous tune is “La donn’é m obile,” or “woman is fickle.”

and if you stand by the bar you can witness a steady stream o f them or­ dering $25 glasses o f champagne.

Relinquish your credit card, find a date, get dressed up, and see

Rigoletto. It’ll be a grand game of make-believe as you watch the ac­ tors onstage with your opera glasses and pretend you’re rich and famous.

Rigoletto is playing at Salle Wilfred-Pelletier, Place des Arts.

Tickets are $30 each fo r two produc­ tions (it’s probably the cheapest op­ portunity you ’ll ever have to see an opera like this).

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W ith hwhdredls o-f perform ers £r^cih£ more fta h 5 0 s f ^ e s across fhe cify, T o p ]Moh+re^l c~ah be d o w h ri^kf overwhelming. T he £oodl news? T k ^ f me^ns -fhere’s something -for everyone. T k e -full schedule can be -found online (popmon-fre 4 l.com), buf here's 4 lis-f o-f some bi£ n-ames, up-4 ndcomers, 4 nd Special eVen+S worth checking ou-f. (the new beats duo o f Gentleman Reg Vermue and Ohbijou’s James Bunton), E vening H ym ns, and Tasseom ancy, it’ll be an evening of all around good times.

October2,9 p.m.,LeDivanOrange,$8/$10.

T he xx, W arpaint, Zola Jesus Perhaps the biggest show o f the festival, the xx are the kind o f band you need to listen to closely to

o f Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings) is a pretty good indication. Play­ ing instrumental music combining Ethopian influences with jazz and afro-beat, these guys know how to get groovy. Dancing shoes are a must. The Sway M achinery and T he Youjsh open.

October2,10:30 p.m.,ClubL’ambi,$17.

and ridiculously fun stage presence, very few bands put on a show quite like Hollerado. Always ones for audience participation, these boys from Manotick, Ontario are invit­ ing everyone to paint their van after the show. Paint and paint brushes w ill be provided. With U ncle Bad

be easy to do in the pristine acous­ tics o f Place des Arts. They were just awarded the Mercury Prize (Britain’s version o f the Polaris) for album o f the year, so take this op­ portunity to judge for yourself. Buzz bands W arpaint and Zola Jesus open.

Shonen K nife When you hear that Shonen Knife are an all-girl pop-punk trio formed in Osaka, Japan in 1981, you may be taken aback. But their

October1,8pm., Placedes Arts,$20/$30.

music is a heady combination o f ‘60s Beach Boys pop and early punk acts like the Ramones. Opening are all-girl garage rockers T he Peelies, Indonesia’s M alaikat D an Singa,

H oly Fuck

M olly

Torontonians Holy Fuck make experimental electronic music, sometimes without instruments.

Known for using miscellaneous items like toy keyboards and phaser

Often called Quebec’s answer to Radiohead, these guys won al­ most every Quebec music award imaginable before gaining the atten­ tion o f Anglo Canada by winning the Polaris Music Prize last week.

And what serendipitous timing:

guns to create some o f their effects,

Touch,

English

W ords,

October 1,9p.m.,LeDivanOrange.

R ankin, and G iant H and.

K arkw a

Karkwa will play their first show since the big win on Friday, in their hometown no less. Expect an added Anglo presence as we try and figure out what w e’ve been missing all these years. L eif Vollebekk opens.

September30,7:30p.m.,Metropo­ lis,$24.83.

O ut o f This Spark Show case In just a few years, Out o f This Spark has becom e home to some of Toronto’s —and Canada’s —most promising young bands. You’ll get to see just about all o f them at this showcase. Headlined by the D ’U rbervilles and with sets from Forest C ity L overs, L ight Fires

most talented artists? Featuring P at­ rick W atson, K atie M oore, The Barr Brothers, and others, this is one musical event that can truly be described as ethereal.

October 3, 3:30p.m., Ukranian Federation, PWYC(suggested$15).

fully appreciate—something that’ll

H ollerado With their catchy pop-rock

Patrick W atson’s Sacred Sunday What better way to nurse those ringing ears and throbbing heads than to listen to beautiful gospel music played by som e o f Montreal’s

and Dadaist-influenced M avo.

September30,9:30p.m.,Cab­ aretMile-End,$15.

these guys are also known for their ability to whip up a very sweaty dance party. Seizure-inducing noise rockers Indian Jew elry and the in­ famous Bad Tits (featuring former Death From Above 1979 drummer

Bonjay Given that their name is spice island slang for “Good God!” Bon­ jay’s m ix o f R&B rhythm, dancehall grooves, and indie aesthetic should

September30, 11p.m., Little BirgundyPOPloft,$15

com e as no great surprise. Bom in a basement at Ottawa’s legendary DISORGANIZED parties, this duo has generated a lot o f media hype, playing at South by Southwest this year to great acclaim. Pink S k u ll’s electrofied psychedelia opens.

R adio Radio Fresh from the release o f their second album this acclaimed Acadian-French trio was shortlisted for the Polaris Prize this year and nominated for a hand­ ful o f other awards. On stage, they

September 30, 9p.m., Jukebox, $10/$13.

Budos Band If you ’re wondering how funky and soulful this band is, the fact that they’re on Daptone Records (home

Sebastien Grainger) are the opening acts.

Belmundo Regal,

serve up a mix o f electro-pop and bilingual hip-hop. Isis—o f Toron­ to-based electro-hop duo Thunderheist— opens.

The D ears The Dears w ill be playing their new, as-of-yet untitled album in its entirety during a three-night residency at M ission Santa Cruz. Be one o f the first people in the world to hear the new material and help a good cause; proceeds from merch sales w ill go to War Child Montreal.

October2,8:45p.m., September29-October1,9:30p.m., ClubSoda,$24.83.

MissionSantaCruz,$15/$20.

Cke<sfp Thrills M oney a little tight? Fear not, there’s still plenty to do

If you’re a budding musician, manager, or just a fan,

during Pop without lightening your wallet.

If you ’re looking for shows, Divan Orange is host­ ing a series o f free afternoon performances Thursday to Saturday, featuring T hink A bout L ife (Saturday, 4 p.m.),

check out the free conferences happening during the Pop Symposium at Agora. D iscover how to improvise Roma­ nian gypsy-style with the M ahala R ai Band (September 29, 2:30-4:30 p.m.), take in composition and arranging

O berhofer (Thursday, 4 p.m.), N o Joy (Friday, 3 p.m.), Black F eelings (Friday, 4 p.m.), and T he G olden Dogs (Saturday, 2 p.m.). Phonopolis w ill also be holding free shows in its basement on Thursday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

tips from the master Van D yke Parks, who has worked with Brian Wilson and Joanna Newsom (September 20, 1:00-2:30 p.m.), find out what it takes to M ake it in M on ­

(Dog D ay, Shotgun Jim m ie, Baby E agle, C harlotte Cornfield) and Friday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Braids, G obble G obble. Long L ong Long, H unter-G atherer).

treal (October 1, 1:00 p.m.), or even how to G et Your M usic Played (September 30, 2:30 p.m.). There’s plenty to learn outside o f the venue.

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LITERATURE

D rinking in th e fo o ts te p s o f Richler

Music gets most o f the atten­ tion a t Pop, but there are a mul­ titude o f interesting art and film events equally worthy o f your time.

N o Fun City A look at Vancouver’s vi­ brant—if troubled—punk music scene, No Fun City examines those determined to keep underground

E verything O utta Sight Curated and performed by The L uyas, Everything Outta Sight aims to “create a fictional ecosystem in an audience space to enhance a musical experience, so that life can be beauti­ ful and weird and better than usual.”

What exactly does that mean? Who knows? But featuring visual artists, dancers, actors and new music from The Luyas, it’s going to be weird, wild, and most likely wonderful.

October 2, 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., Red-

music alive as they clash with police and city codes. Sticking it to the man has never sounded so good. Featur­ ing interviews with Japandroids, D .O .A ., Skinny P uppy, and 3 In ch ­ es o f Blood. October 2, 8 p.m., Blue

bird, PWYC (suggested $12).

tro artists the M ontreal N intendo O rkestar and G rim es, and movies like Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages and The Cabinet o f Dr. Cali-

Look A t What The Light Did Now Making its world premiere at Pop, this documentary chronicles everything surrounding Feist’s mega-successful album The Re­ minder, from the recording sessions on the outskirts o f Paris to the sta­ dium tours that follow ed its release.

Featuring candid interviews with Feist and her many collaborators,

Look At What The Light Did Now gives an intimate look into the cre­ ative process one o f Canada’s most celebrated musicians. September 29,

9 p.m., Ukranian Federation, $8.

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Sunshine, Price TBD. N ot So Silent N ights Silent films have almost always been accompanied by live m usic, but never quite like this. Featuring live soundtracks from lo-fi, glitchy, elec­

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Managing Editor Mordecai Richler never attend­ ed M cGill University, but it’s likely the university’s administrators wish he had.

Richler, the acclaimed M on­ treal novelist whose works depict the city in gritty detail, is the name­ sake o f M cG ill’s new writer-in-residence program, which will bring two authors—one Anglophone, one Francophone—to McGill to teach one class each and deliver periodic lectures. The first two writers-inresidence will start next year.

Last week, McGill hosted a pub crawl at two Crescent Street bars Richler used to frequent. The event, a fundraiser for the writer-in-resi­ dence program, started at W innie’s

about the writer.

“To m e, he was a friend first and writer second,” said Jack Rabinovitch, the real estate magnate who attended Baron Byng High School on St. Urban Street with Richler in

been

around almost as long as there have been concerts, and this exhibition features some o f the best. From metal to folk to psychedelic, see new and old works from D om inique P étrin, N om n R yn, D irty D onny, D ay G ristle, Sweet G rognasse, A im ée Van D rim elen, Alan Forbes and M arielyne Tarabulsy. Septem­

glophone Montrealers, spent as much time discussing Richler’s pol­

By Theo Meyer

Bar before moving across the street to Z iggy’s, and hosted several o f Richler’s friends and former drink­ ing buddies, who told barroom tales

gari, this series sounds bizarre and totally entertaining. September 30 (8 p.m.) and October 2 (9:30 p.m.), Studio Off Interarts, PWYC. T he Birth o f Art Concert posters

Pub crawl toasts Montreal author

the 1940s.

Other speakers included two longtime Gazette contributors: Bill Brownstein, a city columnist, and

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Terry Mosher, who has penned car­ toons for the newspaper under the “A islin” moniker since the 1970s.

“I was very fond o f Mordecai,” said Mosher, who noted that he’d drawn 50 to 60 cartoons featuring Richler. “He was at his best when

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you met him alone.”

As he showed Richler cartoons to the crowd, Mosher recalled going to Montreal Expos games with the author. After hanging out for years, Mosher discovered both o f them had snuck into Canadiens’ games at the Forum as teenagers.

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itics as his literary output.

In the decades follow ing Que­ b ec’s Quiet Revolution, Richler be­ came an outspoken critic o f French language laws and other nationalist measures, drawing the ire o f the province’s political leadership. Years ago at the Ritz-Carlton in Toronto, Rabinovitch said he and Richler sat drinking for three hours because the writer refused to leave the bar before Bernard Landry, the Quebec nation­ alist and future premier, who hated Richler.

Richler lived in Paris and Lon­ don as a young man, but he spent most o f his life in Montreal, despite his frustrations with what he per­ ceived as the province’s growing hostility toward Anglophones. As he grew older, he found Quebec some­ what more inhospitable.

“He was a lot more comfortable on the streets o f London than on the streets o f Quebec City,” Mosher said.

Richler loved talking about politics and baseball at the Crescent Street bars where he hung out, sev­ eral speakers noted, but he disliked discussing his novels. But more than his political commentary, the n ovels—especially The Apprentice­ ship o f Duddy Kravitz, his breakout success in 1959, ahd Barney’s Ver­ sion, the film o f which premiered earlier this month at the Toronto In­ ternational Film Festival—are what Richler is most remembered for.

Speaking at Z iggy’s at the end o f the pub crawl, Brownstein, the Gazette columnist, called Barney’s Version one o f his “favourite books o f all time.” Richler, he said, taught him that writers didn’t need to wal­ low to produce meaningful work.

“You didn’t have to starve in a garret,” Brownstein said with a laugh. “You could have a good time.”

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CD Reviews

FILM

Like d a u g h ter, like m o th er

By Lea Choukroun

Contributor

YouAgain

could have been writ­ ten by a group o f moms to convince

Sparkle In their 17 years as a band, N ew York indie veterans Blonde Redhead’s unique and mesmeriz­ ing sound has taken on a number o f permutations. Their eighth fulllength album, the

PennySparkle—

culmination o f a musical evolution which began with the gritty art-rock o f their 1995 self-titled debut—is testament to the trio’s protean na­ ture. Lacking the indie rock edge o f and

MiseryisaButterfly 23,Penny Sparkle’s,

R obyn, Body Talk Pt. 2 Part two o f three in Swedish singer-songwriter Robyn’s project continues what one can only assume is her mission to bring class and quality back to main­ stream pop music. How is she doing this? The magic o f Robyn’s music

their daughters that they can move past high school trauma. Success­ ful publicist Mami (Kristen Bell) com es back home to finally meet her beloved brother’s bride-to-be, and finds that it’s her old high school bully Joanna (Odette Yustman).

The m ovie opens with a flash­ back o f Mami as a bespectacled, acne-covered, and friendless teen­ ager. Although Mami is now beau­ tiful and successful, when she sees

lies not in its form but in its execu­ tion. With the range and volume one would expect from an experienced pop singer, she is also a lyricist with unexpected depth and intensity.

Joanna after all these years, she be­ gins to re-enact her awkward high school self. Not surprisingly, Joanna is still as m thless as she was in high school.

Body

Talk

m ellowed out and melan­

Behind this formidable frontwoman is an equally impressive

choly electro-pop is a positive matu­ ration for the trio. Lead singer Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amadeo Pace have evolved from loud and rough around the

production crew. The success o f the first installment was in no small part due to veteran Swedish producer Klas Âhlund and contribu­ tors Rbyksopp and Diplo. Âhlund

edges to smooth trip-hop, and the result is arguably their best album. is an album to listen to from start to finish without

takes the wheel again on the sec­ ond part o f with a fresh set o f collaborators: Kleerup (who has worked with Robyn before), Diplo (again) and strangely enough, Snoop D ogg. Fresh from working with another pop star, Katy Perry,

PennySparkle

interruption. Transitioning seam­ lessly from one downhearted love song to the next, the album is cohe­ sive, but each track stands alone as a unique achievement. “Here Some­ times,” the intro track, lures its lis­ teners into a dark dream world with M akio’s wistful crooning: “I’m only

BodyTalk

BodyTalk

here sometimes / Under the tree of

Snoop throws down a few verses on “U Should Know Better,” one o f best efforts. A lso nota­ ble is the album’s first single “Hang With M e,” a love ballad discourag­ ing heartbreak, which showcases

life.” The trance-y “Will There Be Stars” is a highlight o f the album, along with the hauntingly beautiful “M y Plants are Dead.” The breathy vocals and lo-fi ambience o f “Love

Robyn’s production team at its best, creating gorgeous, layered elec­ tro tracks for Robyn to sing over.

Throughout the rest o f the album, robotic symphony o f thumping bass

or Prison” showcase the best o f the trio’s matured sound. The album’s sole flaw is that it ends too soon after just 10 tracks, with “Spain” leav­ ing its listeners reluctant to leave the darkly alluring sonic world that

lines and synth arpeggios abound, always crowned by Robyn’s distinc­ tive and seductive vocals.

There can be only one conclu­ sion when listening to Body Talk— this is what good pop music should sound like.

Makino and the Pace brothers have created.

-CarolynGrégoire

This m ovie is certainly not an intellectual indie flick, nor a halting suspense thriller. But it has all the ingredients for the standard Ameri­

can teen comedy, and masters them fairly w ell. While predictable and cheesy, the m ovie is funny for the most part. And though Bell is used to playing the bitchy hot chick, she is quite convincing in the role o f an ex-loser still being outshined by the popular girl.

YouAgain

manages to take a slightly different turn from the stan­ dard trope when it turns out that Joanna’s aunt Ramona (Sigourney Weaver) is M am i’s mother’s (Jamie Lee Curtis) high school nemesis as w ell. This sub-plot is probably what saves the m ovie as both Weaver and Curtis are skilled comedic actresses.

O f course when history begins to re­ peat itself, they becom e as juvenile as their children.

The film also departs from the standard mean-girl-who-has-everything character by giving Joanna a

ity. Though she continues to bully M am i, you genuinely feel a bit sorry for her, making it a slightly less black-and-white portrayal o f a cli chéd scenario. In the end, she even manages to turn around her “mean girl” ways and face adulthood.

few sympathertic aspects to her own life. Both her parents died, and she is now a nurse who gives to char­

preaches the famil­ iar message that while old habits die hard, people can change.

Tw o generations of tormented women (collider.com)

YouAgain

In C on cert : T he T a llest M an O n Earth

BodyTalk’s

-AlexanderHamilton

The Tallest Man O n Earth (Kristian Matsson) returned to Montreal Saturday night to play a sold out show at Le National. With the crowd in the palm o f his hand, he stalked the stage performing songs from his recently released album The Wild Hunt and EP Sometimes the Blues IsJust a Passing Bird. Songs new and old were met with rapturous applause and Matsson profusely thanked the audience for their kindness. See more photos at mcgilltribune.com (Cabriela Cilm our)

S po r t s F O O T B A LL

R ed m en p ou n d Q u e e n ’s

1 3 -4

, th en p ou n d alu m n i n

-2

M cGill moves into tie for first place with win; in exhibition, varsity silences alum ni’s trash-talk G aels. When asked for their thoughts on their upcoming game, Jeffrey Liebermann was the spokesman for the group.

“I think it’s going to be 12-8

By Sam Hunter

Contributor In a contest between the third and fourth seeds in the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Associa­

alumni. Murdoch’s pretty soft these

tion East, M cGill battered Q ueen’s 13-4 to move into a tie for first.

The big win made clear the gap between the top three teams in the division (M cGill, Carleton, and Bishop’s) and the bottom

days. You can tell him that,” he said.

Though the alumni have never won, Ting was careful not to underesti­ mate them.

“Every year that the guys grad­ uate we have a lot more alumni com ­

three (Queen’s, Trent, and Toron­ to). McGill improved to 4-1 while Queen’s dropped to 1-3.

To open the scoring. Jishan

ing back, so they’re good. T hey’ve been on the sidelines waiting to get back out there and so I think they’re going to com e out hard and be phys­

Sharpies beat his man one-on-one

ical,” he said.

Murdoch was pleased with the number o f alumni who showed up, and agreed that they had the talent to compete, highlighting their “several all-Canadians, several former cap­ tains and M VPs.” But he also identified their

and fired home a hard bounce shot.

His goal opened the floodgates; the Redmen scored the gam e’s next three goals in quick succession to take a 4-0 lead.

The first half finished 7-2 in fa­ vour o f the Redmen, and the Golden Gaels were unable to threaten in the second. With a big lead, the Redmen were able to give a lot o f their younger players time on the field.

“We had a lot o f our young guys

weakness.

“I don’t think they’re going to be in very good shape so w e’re going to try to run them,” he said.

get in the game so it’s really good that they’re getting experience,” said team captain Mike Ting.

Head Coach Timothy Murdoch emphasized the importance o f “good participation and [getting] most of the players into the game.”

Ting paced the Redmen, leading all scorers with four goals. Goalie

on that, taking a lead o f 6-1 at the half and winning by a final margin o f 11-2.

The Redmen play next on Sep­ tember 30 at home against current division leader Carleton at 8:30

The Redmen follow ed through

M cGill’s varsity men’s lacrosse team continued to shine in Saturday’s win, ( Alice Walker / McGill Tribune )

Guy Fox and the vocal crowd were the next biggest contributors to the win.

Though the sparse crowd at Forbes Field wasn’t as big as the

one at Fill the Stadium, the fans that were there were at least as boisterous and involved. Many o f them were M cGill lacrosse alumni who had arrived early for the alumni-varsity

exhibition game, which follow ed the Queen’s-M cGill tilt.

The alumni gave the Queen’s players a hard time, but they didn’t save all o f their trash talk for the

p.m.

M cGill has dominated its oppo­ nents 53-26 this season.

T H IR D M AX N FL needs to face the cost of concussions This past weekend, two Chi­ cago Bears defenders nailed Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten on a 23-yard reception over the mid­ dle. After Cowboys team physician Robert Fowler examined him on the sidelines, he said Witten could not return to the game. Witten did not accept this, and TV cameras caught him yelling at Fowler. Witten’s heart and toughness deserve respect, but the first thing he should have done Monday morning was find Fowler, apologize, and thank him for keep­ ing him out o f the game.

Witten could lose much more than football games if he continues to try to play through serious head injuries. In the last couple years, studies have shown that football concussions and head injuries have severe long-term effects.

Andre Waters, for example, was an All-Pro defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals from 1984-1995 whose

Seven years later, the Universi­ ty o f North Carolina studied around 2,000 retired NFL players, 595 of whom had sustained three or more

When does the players’ long-term health becom e more important than the gam e’s entertainment value?

To former NFL offensive tack­

ably have to sue the NFL ... It’s just [expletive] criminal and it’s going to com e to a head.”

Turley is right; at some point

rough hits earned him the nickname “Dirty Waters.” Waters’ life, how­ ever, came to a tragic end when he shot him self on November 2 0 ,2 0 0 6 .

le Kyle Turley the line has already been drawn. Turley is only 35, but his concussions are already caus­ ing major consequences. Accord­

He was 44.

In his autopsy, forensic patholo­ gist Bennet Omalu found that signif­ icant brain damage had led Waters to develop severe depression. Waters’ brain tissue was so damaged and degenerated from multiple concus­ sions that it resembled the brain of

concussions from football. Shock­ ingly, 20.2 per cent o f those were clinically depressed.

As more and more findings sur­ faced, the NFL issued its own study in September 2009. It found that the likelihood o f A lzheim er’s or similar memory related diseases in former NFL players' between the ages of 30-49 was 19 times the normal rate.

NFL players over 50 were five times more likely to suffer from some form

professional football is going to have to confront its dangers. While it is tempting to sit back complacently and wait for the NFL to solve these issues internally, it is hard for me not to feel I-m participating in the play­ ers’ destruction. I watch football, I

an 85-year-old man with early-onset Alzheim er’s disease. If Waters had lived 10 to 15 more years, he would have been fully debilitated.

Waters’ story is not the only one o f its kind. In 2000, a study o f 1090 former NFL players found that 26 per cent had suffered three or more concussions in their careers. These players experienced memory loss, concentration problems, speech im­ pediments and headaches.

o f memory disease.

Like many grandchildren, I have had first-hand experience o f how debilitating memory loss dis­ eases are. Even so, I’ve spent many Sundays watching players bash their heads and risk their future health for my own entertainment. There is no debating the long-term damage that football has on the brain, but no one seem s to care.

Where do w e draw the line?

not properly treated for his head in­ juries and was encouraged to “play through the pain.”

“They’re ruining guys’ lives,

ing to an article by Yahoo! Sports’ Michael Silver, he collapsed last year at a concert and was rushed to the hospital vomiting and unable to speak. He suffers regular headaches, disorientation and vertigo. Turley is considering suing all three NFL teams he played for. He feels he was

potentially,” Turley said in an inter­ view with Silver. “I mean, I barely drink, I don’t sm oke—I’m a perfect­ ly healthy person without any reason for this to be happening, and look at me. I literally could’ve died after I collapsed, and who knows when it might happen again? I’ll prob­

go to gam es, and I buy jerseys, but I find it all increasingly hard to jus­ tify.

Football has to change. The NFL ow es its players, fans, and young football players information about concussions’ severe conse­ quences. They have to reform the sport and its culture so that players like Witten do not end up like Waters or Turley. I want to see improved helmets, different rules, and better medical practices. While I w ill al­ ways love the game o f football, the NFL has lost itself a fan until it re­ solves these pressing issues.

—Walker Kitchens

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SOCCER

R edm en lo s e tw ic e , N o . 2 -ranked M artlets still u n b ea ten Redmen lose 2-1 to UQTR and UdeM; Martlets win handily Friday night and tie on Sunday

By John Hui

“What can I say? We didn’t play with enough intensity and we didn’t have enough desire to put the ball in

are not playing w ell,” he said. “ And during halftime, I make sure they know how I feel about that ... I told

The Redmen dropped their con­ test against the University o f Quebec at Trois-Rivières Patriotes by a score o f 2-1 Friday night. The disappoint­

the net,” said Capolungo. We did the same thing last game and w e can’t do this anymore. We have to wake up soon. We can’t keep disappoint­

them to raise their level o f play, I told them to be faster and I told them to be patient. I knew their defence would break down but it took us lon­

ing loss put UQTR one spot ahead o f M cGill in the Quebec Student Sport Federation standings.

McGill did themselves in early, letting UQ TR’s Robin Manceau fin­ ish off a beautiful cross in the 21st minute.

Redmen midfielder Yohann

ing ourselves and our fans.”

“We have another chance Sun­ day against Montreal,” he continued.

“W e’ve got to take back our dignity and play like real men. If we want to make nationals, we have no other choice.”

Unfortunately for the Redmen,

ger than expected.”

His pep talk and clever coach­ ing paid o ff in the final 45 minutes o f play. Changes in the lineup saw first-year players Selena Colarossi and Stephanie Avery leading a de­ termined attack. Colarossi almost reaped a reward in the 63rd minute,

Capolungo’s reply 11 minutes later was the only bright spot on a gloom y night. The fleet-footed midfielder sprinted through the defence down

their w oes continued on Sunday at the University o f Montreal, losing 2-1 and dropping to fifth place in thé conference.

the middle and fired a close-range volley. The UQTR keeper stopped it,

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cutting in from the right wing and sliding the ball just wide o f the net.

The play gave the team the confi­ dence boost they needed, and Co­ larossi buried home the first goal o f the game shortly thereafter. Twelve

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but Capolungo capitalized on the re­ bound to bring the fans to their feet.

The home crowd grew disheart­ ened, however, as the team missed chance after chance. In the 52nd minute, the Patriotes’ Jason B ois­

b u t c a n ’t p le a s e c o a c h The second-ranked Marlets may have blanked the Patriotes 5-0 on Friday night, but they didn’t im­ press Head Coach Marc Mounicot.

His disappointment was war­

minutes later, Stephanie Avery took a cross from Morin-Boucher and fired a powerful volley home to break the game wide open.

“I got a nice cross from Alex and I took it across and hit it far post,” Avery said. “After that goal, scoring just got easier.”

M cGill subsequently exploded for three goals in the final two min­

up the game was when forward Peter Valente’s header off a com er kick went just wide o f the net in the 70th minute.

“We didn’t compete a full 90 minutes tonight and it showed in the final result,” Head Coach David

ranted; the game looked like an am­ ateur scrimmage. UQTR’s defence aggressively contained the Martlets to midfield, and McGill didn’t look particularly interested in attacking.

A swift Alexandra Morin-Boucher had some chances, but was robbed

by Patriotes keeper Isabelle B. Senecal. The first half ended scoreless, and the Patriotes were congratulat­ ing themselves as if they had won the game. In the home locker room,

nicot made sure his players knew they had to play better next game.

“He told us that the score was flattering us and w e know it, “Selena Colarossi said.

On Sunday, the Martlets played

Simon said. “And we didn’t play as a team. I thought our players weren’t reading o ff one another very w ell.”

however, Mounicot fumed at his team’s effort.

“My players know when they

better, but the University o f Montre­

vert gave his team a permanent lead.

Instead o f responding aggressively, the Redmen complacently waited for the equalizing goal to material­ ize. The closest they got to knotting

utes. But instead o f congratulating his players on a job w ell done, M ou­

al held them to a scoreless tie.

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R edm en on a roll M cGill improves to 3-0 with 47-7 win stopped the few scoring opportuni­

By Rebecca Babcock Contributor On a rainy Sunday afternoon, the M cGill Redmen rugby team dominated Bishop’s in a 47-7 victo­

ties the Gaiters had.

The Redmen dominated their own lineouts and stole the ball from the Gaiters multiple times in theirs.

They also communicated extremely

ry. Despite a slow start, the Redmen

well on the field both offensively

finally scored in the 20th minute o f the first half. From that point on, the tries kept on coming.

In the first half, M axwell Greg­ ory made the first try, follow ed by

and defensively.

“We have a habit o f slowing down once w e ’ve got the lead but we need to take care o f the game in the first 40 minutes. We need to get such

Lawrence D i Pilato’s score six min­ utes later. After some beautiful pass­ ing with Gideon Balloch and Bren­ dan O ’Sullivan, Liam Brown scored

a lead that the other team knows that they w on’t be able to catch up,” said Beemer.

Balloch agreed with his coach.

the third try easily, making it 21-0 McGill.

The second half again started o ff slow ly for the Redmen. They let Bishop’s team score a try in the first 10 minutes, but they came back with a" bang a few minutes later when Balloch scored beautifully on a pass

“It went really w ell for us, however we stopped playing for 20 minutes. Saying that, it’s the most dynamic game w e’ve had so far. We lost some good players last year so this year w e’re just trying to show everyone that we can still be a com ­ petitive team that can put up a good

from the middle. After a 20-minute lull, Joshua Reznick broke away from the Bishop’s poor defence and scored the fifth try.

Sam Skulsky made a beauti­ ful run to make it 38-7 before the half. Roderick Mackenzie scored the last try in the gam e’s final min­ utes. O ’Sullivan made six o f seven conversions, making the final score a hefty 47-7.

“I think the game went very well overall and I’m really happy with how the boys played. We man­ aged to get most o f the boys on the field and every boy on the field

score,” he said.

The team has three more regu­ lar season games before playoffs begin near the end o f October.

“We have set a lot o f goals for ourselves this season. We want to first win the regular season, then playoffs, and then host and compete in the Eastern Canadian Champion­ ships,” said Balloch.

Their next game is October 3 at 1 p.m. at Molson Stadium against

made an impact ... they really sup­ ported each other out there,” said Head Coach Craig Beemer.

The game featured a number o f substitutions, but the team is still running at full strength.

“The substitutions were made for rest purposes, not for serious in­ juries, fortunately. There were a lot o f boys that played through their minor injuries today ... [one player] even dislocated his finger and kept playing, though vfthen he dislocated his shoulder we took him out o f the game to rest,” said Beemer.

The Redmen team executed their plays thoroughly, dominating Gaiters’ side o f the field. Their tack­ ling brought the Bishop’s offence to a standstill for most o f the game and

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