The McGill Tribune Vol. 8 Issue 11

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M C G IL l T R IB U N E Published by the Students' Society o f McGill University

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Volume 8 Issue 11

W hat’s On is compiled by the InterGroup Liaiason.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH Fiesta ’88: Multicultural Display, Union 107-108 Fiesta ’88: Sol De America in the Alley, 12:30 p.m.

Women’s Union: Discussion on “The Dynamics of Female Friendship : Girls vs Women.” Union Bldg Rm. 423, 4:30 p.m. Info: 398-6823.

Project Ploughshares: GeneralMeeting,Newman Centre, 3484 Peel, 5:00 p.m. Come join the campaign against FAE research.

Save the Children: General Meeting, R.V.C., 6:00 p.m.

Amnesty International: Letter writ­ ing meeting. Union 410,7:00 p.m.

McGill Film Society: The Navigator

History Student’s Film Series:

USA 1926 (90 min.) Dir.: B. Keaton.

FDA Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. FREE.

presents the Deer Hunter with intro­ duction by Prof. Randall. Leacock429, 7:30 p.m. Free, all welcome.

McGill Film Society: A Bout de Souffle France 1959 (90 min.) Dir.: J Godard.

FDA Auditorium, 8:00 p.m.

SCM: Round-tablediscussionof elec­ tion issues. Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer, 4:30 p.m.

QPIRG: General Meeting. New members welcome. Get involved in the recycling project. Newman Cenre, 3484 Peel, 5:30 p.m. Information: 8489869.

Caribbean Student’s Society: Gen­ eral Meeting, Union B09/B10, 6:00 p.m.

Alter, Department of Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley, speaking on “S. Y. Agnon as Psychological Realist”. MacDonaldHarrington Bldg., Rm 112, 8:00 p.m.

Info: 398-4216.

Benefit for Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal. No Address: film about

John P. Humphrey Lectureship in Human Rights: Inaugural address by

homeless native people of Montreal.

Auction of Native Art. Buffet of tradi­ tional foods. Starts 7:00 p.m. $50 per person. For reservations: Maison de la Culture Cote-des-Neiges, 872-6889.

Professor John P. Humphrey. Profes­ sor Humphrey helped draft the Uni­ versal Declaration of Human Rights.

Moot Court Room, Faculty of Law (3644 Peel), 8:00 p.m.

Faculty of Arts-Maxwell Cummings Lecture: Presents Professor Robert

Workshop on Haitian Culture:

McGill Faculty of Medicine-Public Lecture Series: Presents Dr. Louis St. L. O ’Dea, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Montreal General Hospital, speaking on “Fertility and Infertility: New Developments and Technologies”. Leacock 232,8:00p.m.

Info: 398-6752.

McGill Folk Society: Meets this and every Tuesday 8:00 p.m. ‘til late, Yellow Door 3625 Aylmer. Come and teach us a song.

Coalition of McGill Groups against Sexual Assault: Meeting of McGill groups and individuals to take united action on the sexual assualt issue. Get involved! Union Bldg Room 401, 8:15 p.m. Information: 398-6823.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH Fiesta ’88: Sale of Third World Prod­ ucts, Union rooms 107-108 Fiesta ’88: Guitarist Hugo Burgos in the Alley, 12:30 p.m.

Nicaraguan Coffee and other “Bridgehead-Oxfam” products. Available every Wednesday at the Y ellow Door, 3625 Aylmer, 1:00-5:00 p.m. Inexpen­ sive and socially just. Sponsored by the SCM.

“Haitian youth in Montreal”. Resource person: Yolaine Jumelle.Sponsoredby the Centre Interculturel Monchanin, 4917 St. Urbain (comer of St. Joseph Blvd.), 7:00-10:00 p.m. Information: 288-7228.

Amnesty International: McGill and Concordia chapters present Kenneth Carstens, Executive Director of the International Defence and Aid Fund, speaking on “Human Rights Viola­ tions in South Africa”. Room S l/4 Stewart Biology Bldg., 7:00 p.m.

McGill Outing Club: General Meet­ ing, Leacock 132,7:30p.m. Followed

by K2 expedition slide show at 8:00 p.m. $5, $3 students. Info: 398-6817 or Union 411.

Fiesta ’88 Comedy Night: Illustrated Men ofSecond City fame. Opening act: Player’s Theatre Improv Comedy G roup. U nion B allroom , 3480 McTavish, 8:00p.m. Admission: $3.00 Students (with I.D.), $4.00 General Public. Tickets at the door. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Info: 398-6778/6795.

Classical Music Night: Joanne Filion, Soprano, with Kerry T aylor, paino.

Hillel House, 3460 Stanley, 8:00p.m.

Admission: $4.00. Info: 845-9171; 495-4616.

THURSDAY, NOVEM BER 17TH Fiesta ’88: Sale of Third World Prod­ ucts, Union rooms 107-108 Fiesta ’88: Orealis in the Alley, 12:30p.m.

Dept, of Political Science Speaker Series: Presents Jon Kaline, host of CBC Radio Daybreak, of CBC People First, speaking on “Politics, the M e­ dia, and the Federal Election.” Arts Council Room, 3:00 p.m. Informa­ tion: 398-5064.

Dept, of Anthropology/Archaeology Speaker Series: Presents Dr. James Wright, Archaeology Survey of Can­ ada, speaking on “Prehistory and Eth­ nicity”. Leacock 720,4:30-6:00 p.m.

Fiesta ’88 International Buffet: Dinner with live entertainment from 6:30 p.m. $6 McGill students in ad­ vance, $7 general public and at the door. A Night of Food, Fashion and Frolic.

Video “On Indian Land” and dis­ cussion: Herb George from the Gitksan-Wet’suwet’en Tribal Council leads discussion on the land claim struggle in North-West B.C. Spon­ sored by Southern Africa Commitee.

Info: 843-6098. Centre for Develop­ ing Areas Studies, 6:30p.m.

New McGill Reading Series: Scrivener presents poets Robert Allen and Anne MacLean at Le Bistro Du­ luth, 121 Duluth E. (near Colonial).

Info: 287-9096.

M cGill Player’s TheatreTheatresports: Improv Comedy.

Every Thursday in The Alley, Union Bldg.,10:00 p.m. FREE.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH Fiesta ’88: Sale of Third World Prod­ ucts, Union rooms 107-108

North American Studies and PSSA: Present Trade Negotiator Simon Reisman, 12 p.m. Room TBA. Free Trade Election Debate: “The Free Trade agreement is a good deal for Canada”. Sponsored by McGill Debating Union. P.C, Liberal, and N.D.P. McGill participating. All Wel­ come. Leacock 232,2:30 p.m.

“ The Transform ation of Consciousness”: A series of vide­ otapes of talks by J. Krishnamurti.

Sponsored by the India-Canada Stu­ dent’s Association of McGill. Every Friday until December 2nd, Leacock 111, 8:00 p.m. Info: 932-6362, 4810547.

Psychology Student’s Association: “Come as you were” party (The Used Costume Party) Medical Annex 3708 Peel, 9:00 p.m. $2 entrance.

McGill Film Society: The Name o f the Rose Fr/Gr. (129 min.) Dir.: J. Arrand. Leacock 132, 8:00 p.m.

Fiesta ’88: Annoosh at Gerts, 10:00

p.m.

M cGill P layer’s TheatreTheatresports : Improv Comedy Team Competitions. Player’s Theatre, Un­ ion Bldg., 3rd floor, 10:00 p.m. Every

Friday. Admission $1:00. Info: 3986813.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH Pro-Choice Rally: Meet at Parc Lafon­ taine, 6:30 p.m.

McGill Film Society: StarW ars USA 1977 (121 min.) Dir.: G. Lucas. Lea­ cock 132, 8:00 p.m.

MONDAY, NOVEM BER 21ST

Symposium on Five Third World Thinkers: Lectures from 9:00 a.m. 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. -3:25 p.m. in Leacock 232. Sponsored by Centre for Developing Area Studies. More lec­ tures Tuesday 9:00 a.m. -12:00 noon.

NOTICES: McGill Nightline: Is studying getting you down? Are things going from bad to worse? Phone McGill Nightline and give them an earful. They live for that kindofstuff. Call 398-6246,6:00p.m.3:00 a.m. every night.

Player’s Theatre: Presents two Greek one act plays, Philoctetes by Sophocles and Cyclops by Euripides, November 15 th-19th, 3rd floor Union BIdg., 8:00 p.m.

McGill Student Pugwash/M.I.T. Student Pugwash 2nd Annual Conference: This now slated for Janu­ ary 20-22, at M.I.T. in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The theme of the con­ ference is “Universities and Society”.

Interested people wishing to help or­ ganize and/or go should drop by the Pugwash office in Union 403 or call 281-6432.

Development Week at McGill: This event of interest to all groups working in some form or other on development issues is slated for either the week of January 30th to Februaury 3th or Feb­ ruary 13th to 17th. Interested people and groups should begin their plan­ ning and can contact Uhuru na U fahamu at the S tuden ts ’ Society desk orphone 845-2016/481-2790

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by Kate Morisset Nancy *, the victim of the alleged rape at Zeta Psi has seen her words distorted and misquoted in the past six weeks. I felt that she should be able to talk openly without the interpretation of reporters. The following is her story.

KM: “Can you tell me what hap­ pened on September 22nd? At least as much as you remember?

Psi...I was really blasted... there is no other word for it.

I met this guy. He was in one of my classes, he was familiar to me. We talked, things progressed and we went up stairs... I vomited all over him and so he left without anything occurring.

I was trying to pass out - 1 was that drunk. And that is when the first guy came in... I don’treally remember him very well, but I remember the second guy, and the third...

KM: Do you blame the fraternity for what happened?

" I try not to think of it as a solely feminist issue be­ cause I have a lot of guy friends who have been helping me. My closest friend is male.”

N: I ’ll give you a basic sketch. The women’s rugby team had organized a ‘mixer’ with Zeta Psi as part of initia­ tion. I had three beers earlier and then two and a half glasses of punch at Zeta

N: Not the fraternity, no. Not the building, not the institution, not Zeta Psi. I blame the people and the people who watched. I can’t blame an entire house for something that occurred with three individuals and a handful who watched, not all of whom were from Zeta Psi.

KM: You don’t blame a sexist at­ titude which might be in the frater­ nity?

N: I realize that when guys get to­ gether they do guy things... but I have a lot of male friends back home who, if I had been lying down trying to pass out, would not even have tried to rape me.

I try not to think of it as a solely feminist issue because I have a lot of guy friends who have been helping me. My closest friend is male.

KM: Do you think the fraternity has taken a stand on this issue?

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People might ask them­ selves why it wasn't immediate.

It's not easy..."

N: Well, there are the three guys in­ volved and the guys who watched... I am assuming there were about ten... who will corroborate each others’ sto­ ries and probably say that I was will­ ing, and then there is me.

Also, there is a lack of physical evidence. I reported it ‘late’. A doc­ tor’s examination must be conducted within 48 hours of the incident in order to be admissible as evidence... and I had taken a shower. The first thing you want to do is wash yourself.

KM: How do you feel about how the justice system has dealt with your case?

tween the night of the incident and the day you reported it?

N: I think they are afraid of taking a risk. I am very disappointed with the outcome. Although they say they are sympathetic to me, and that they might be able to substantiate why they won’t go to trial, I think it’s injustice because I was sexually assaulted.

N: First of all, I woke up the very next morning with a hang-over, and I wasn’t quite sure of what had oc­ curred... It hit me when I was in the shower. Not until that Friday after­ noon did I cry.

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N: I ’m looking into it. I ’m also hoping to press for re-opening the case.

That’s my idea. They should have a criminal record.... If I have to live with the fact that I was sexually assaulted they should have a label that they sexually assaulted me. It’s only right.

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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday November 15,1988

Three cheers for the U.S. of A. Congratulations, Mr. Vice-President.

You’re the Big Guy now.

Americans have chosen themselves a ‘new’ President o f the United States, along with some judges, senators, representatives, district attorneys, dog catchers, etc. So congratulations are, I suppose, in order to our neighbours south o f the townships.

Mr. Bush has managed to win with a campaign based on deceit, slander, blatant racism and highly questionable McCarthyite red­ baiting. Case in point; the ‘liberal’ controversy. Yet Mr. Bush has somehow been able to pull one over on the American people in order to perpetrate another four years o f reactionary foreign policy and financially irresponsible domestic policy. This is quite a feat, so congratulations are certainly in order.

Mr. Quayle has been able to go for a couple o f months without making a serious gaffe, which, for him, is quite an accomplishment Sure, there has been the occasional comment which might lead viewers to question his sanity (“The Monroe Doctrine is alive and well”), but Mr. Quayle’s advisors have managed to keep Mr. Quayle away from those pesky reporters who might question Mr. Quayle about difficult issues such as how Mr. Quayle’s parents were able to buy their son a way out o f the draft or why Mr. Quayle got a ‘D ’ in Political Science and has done practically nothing in Congress since being elected. Congratulations are in order here as well.

And to the apathetic American electorate. With a participation rate that is predicted to be at record-low levels and little desire to scrape away at either o f the candidates’ flag-waving facades to sec if anything intelligent actually lurks (or cowers) behind all the jingoistic bullshit, it’s not surprising that they have elected Mr. Bush and Friends (kind o f sounds like a garden show for children, doesn’t it?)

Congratulations, America. Ya gets what ya deserve.

PaulM ichell

Environment

by Bill Kendrick During his visit to McGill on Mon­ day, November 7, Michael Wilson, like countless other Conservative can­ didates, blasted his opposition for us­ ing “scare tactics” regarding the free trade agreement. He wants us to be­ lieve that our concerns pertaining to questions like the environmental con­ sequences of the deal are unjustified.

Although the “scare tactics” concern­ ing such issues as social programs, culture and political sovereignty may or may not be valid, the deal signifi­ cantly turns us away from a respon­ sible environmental ethic. It sacrifices the conservation and management of our natural resources and ignores Canada’s and the world’s long-term interest of a healthy environment.

The environmental consequences of the trade deal have been of little con­ cern to the government of Canada. It’s own environmental advisory council recommended an impact assessment of the deal before negotiations were concluded. This advice was ignored.

Around 90 environmental groups in­ cluding the Canadian Environmental Law Association have determined that the deal will have far reaching and adverse environmental effects. Julia Langer of Friends of the Earth speaks of the deal as “the greatest threat to the environment today.”

The following is an environmental assessment of the deal:

How will the deal see Canada man­ age its resources?

Article 904 of the Canada-U.S. Trade Agreement obliges Canada to supply the U.S. with proportionate access to our energy supply (until it runs out) even in times of shortages.

The U.S. is able to pay the same price for these resources as Canadians.

Canadian taxpayers will be angry at

Missing the point

by Jamie Alden As Brian Mulroney stepped into office four years ago as the prime minister of Canada for the Conservative party, his goals were clear. Creating jobs for Canadians and ironing out an agree­ ment with the American government to reduce acid rain causing pollution emissions, were two top priorities on his agenda. Fouryears later, on the eve of one of the most important elections in Canada’s history, his negative rec­ ord with regard to the environment and his inability to close a deal with the Americans on acid rain have become all too clear. D ie environment is the second most important election issue for Canadians behind free trade, yet surprisingly, opposition leaders have failed to attack die prime minister for his unsuccessful negotiations with the Americans on environmental issues.

Since 1978 Canada has be trying to pressure the American government into passing legislation to limit nitrogen oxide emissions and sulphur dioxide emissions from the coal burning power plants, smelters and factories in the urban centers of the United States eastern seaboard. Recent studies have linked these pollutants to the plight of Quebec’s maple sugar industry, the death of many eastern Canadian lakes, and the decline in the fish and fowl population.

In Mulroney’s tenure to date as the prime minister, he has engaged in four bilateral summit meetings with exAmerican president Ronald Reagan.

During each of these summit meetings the issue of acid rain was a prominent topic of debate. In Geneva, back in early May U.S. representatives at a U.N. meeting on global air pollution flatly rejected a Canadian proposal that would have required the Ameri­ cans to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide. Instead, the same representa­ tives stated that nitrogen oxide emis­

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sions, mainly from automobile exhaust, will increase by 20 per cent this year.

The best Mulroney could do in his negotiations with Reagan is achieve an offer from the ex-president to re­ examine Canada’s proposal for emis­ sion reduction. Reagan’s promises include no new money to combat acid rain, no new emission control stan­ dards and no controls on American industrial polluters. Following an ear­ lier summit in Washington the Cana­ dian Labour Congress asked, “If our prime minister can’t do any better than his recent performance in Washing­ ton, what guarantee will Canadians have for an equitable agreement when it comes to negotiating a free trade deal with our big neighbour.”

Mulroney ’s record on acid rain and his governments budget cuts of the M inis­ try of the Environment leave him open to criticism and attack from opposition leaders. Suzanne Blais-Grenier, the first conservative minister, imposed a $33.6 million budget cut on the envi­ ronment department for the 1985-86 fiscal year. The cuts meant a loss of 200 part -time and 216 full-time jobs.

In 1986 the goverment continued their assault on the ministry by announcing to slash 742 more jobs in the depart­ ment by 1991.

In spite of the obvious cleavage, oppo­ sition leaders have attacked M u­ lroney’s record on the environment like an ailing George Foreman; slowly and with glancing blows. Sustained focus on environmental issues has been spared by an all out salvo espousing the imminent dangers of a free trade agreement with the United States.

John Turner has ignored all other is­ sues in favour of his shameful exploi­ tation of Canadians visceral fear of free trade. His “campaign of fear” has managed to squeeze every last ounce of latent patriotism, or maybe better, anti-Americanism, out of the Cana­ dian voters. He has almost completely

ignored environmental issues since he commenced on his one man wrecking crew crudade against free trade. And maybe for good reason. In the early 1980s Pierre Trudeau in his efforts to strike a deal on acid rain with the Americans fared little better than Prime Minister Mulroney has in the last four years. In addition, the Liberal party consistently downgraded the power of the environment minister to the point where the post now receives junior minister status.

The N.D.P. has no such excuse. As a method of condemning the Conserva­ tive party and differentiating them­ selves from the Liberal party as anti­ free traders, taking advantage of the Canadian publics preoccupation with pollution and the environment seems like an obvious campaign strategy.

Though Broadbent has pledged the infusion of new monies into the envi­ ronment ministry and enforced envi­ ronmental regulation, he has not fo­ cused on Mulroney’s recent failure with the Americans and the Conserva­ tive parties systematic“slash and bum” of the environment ministry. He has opted instead for the fear tactics that have been so alarmingly successful in both the American and Canadian elec­ tion campaigns. His party’s attempt to paint a picture of Turner as the “boy from Bay Street” and Mulroney as a friend of Wall Street have attracted little bite from the Canadian public. As it stands, his party looks to be a horse that has come up lame on the stretch run.

Polls now show that the environment is the most pressing concern for Cana­ dians. It is surprising that politicians, andtheN.D.P. specifically, have failed to focus on this issue that not only has local, but global implications. This ignorance and disregard for the envi­ ronment can only be a detriment to politics and to Canadian society.

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this fact as their money has been put into research and development only to be given no benefit in terms of co st Canadian water is not protected by the deal because it isn’t mentioned-and it’s a resource. The possibility for export is there. Only a deal amend­ ment or a draft protocol with the U.S. could change that.

Does the United States need and want our resources to any great extent?

It is well-known to many that U.S. economic domination in the world is declining as we are seeing a surge of such power from Pacific Rim coun­ tries and Europe (a very different trade union!). All these economies, and the world for that matter, need natural resources for continued prosperity and “growth”. The U.S. does not need our market nor our telephones, their para­ mount objective in the deal was to secure access to our resources so they could have a fighting chance at contin­ ued economic domination. They got want they needed. Canada should sit on its resources for soon the U.S. will come a beggin’; we have forfeitted such future leverage ( an acid rain treaty should have come before any trade agreement.)

In what other ways will the deal affect the environment?

Canadian subsidies and incentives to promote a good environment such as acid rain control incentives and reforestation programs could be classed by the Americans as unfair. Even less vulnerable to such attacks underGATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), U.S. mining interests have criticized such subsidies as unfair trade practices.

The underlying economic pressure to reduce costs on both sides of the border will contribute to environmental havoc. Businesses are already pressur­ ing for lowering environmental stan­ dards. In anticipation of the deal, Canada has already lowered its stan­ dards on pesticide testing and licens­ ing to bring them down to the lower U.S. standard. U.S. coal interests have demanded a reduction of sulphur emis­ sion standards so they will be able to compete with our cheap energy. You know what this will do for acid rain!

Proponents of the trade agreement say that the environment won’t be harmed by incorrectly citing Article 609 of the deal. It mentions an “envi­ ronmental exception.” Unfortunately this article has no bearing ontherestof the agreement, thus the effects I ’ve already discussed will still be with us.

The Conservatives speak of the deal being the comers tone for a prosperous Canada for future generations. What they fail to comprehend is that no level of financial security can compare to long-term human survival through a preserved natural environment.

Resource business-people like the deal because they will be able to fur­ ther the exploitation and exportation of our resources to the U.S. The Québec government is satisfied with the deal because they will be able to construct evenmore environmentally damaging hydro projects (10 000 caribou have already died for one) for financial reward. Premier Bourassa once wrote a book that discussed the benefits of water export. More James Bay hydro projects could fascilitate just that.

Unfortunately it is such short-term gain that keeps some business-people “developing” and enables some politi­ cians to getre-elected (we, theelectorate, must change that!).

The environmental “scare tactic” is fact, not fiction. The very nature of the agreement, let alone the specifics of thedeal, turns us away from conserva­ tion and towards American excessive­ ness. We should not want to play their game. It is environmentally irrespon­ sible and a disaster for Canada. On November 21, innovative political thinking will see us elect politicians who will best be able to deal with the environment - the real and most im­ portant long-term issue.

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SSMU VP External Mark Cameron resigns Tribune News Staff Student Society V.P. ExtemalMark imeron announced last night he mid resign his post on December 6.

The vice president, citing “probns with the society structure”, made s announcement to four members of s External Affairs Committee at their gular meeting shortly before 6 p.m stcrday.

“I find it difficult to work with the rrent executive and staff of the sociy," Cameron told the Tribune after e meeting.

‘open governm ent’ last March, Cameron won 45 per cent of the popu­ lar vote for his position in a close race against two other candidates.

“I ran because there were certain priorities I felt I could address in the executive committee, such as Fuel Air Explosives research on campus and Native issues,” he said yesterday.

“I didn’t get the chance to do what I wanted to do with them.”

External Affairs Committee mem­ ber John Fox said the resignation was “unfortunate” and described Cameron as a “devoted vice president”.

Sujit Choudhry, another EAC member, agreed.

“Mark is doing the responsible thing,” he said, adding that he had been

“Student Society should be more student-controlled, not as staff con­ trolled.”

Cameron added that his resignation was not a protest against any SSMU employees.

“I just don’t feel I ’m getting any­ where in this job. In order to be free to say what I want to say, I have to do it outside the executive committee,” he explained.

Cameron plans to return to his Vancouver home in January.

After campaigning on a ballot of

All referendum questions passed y Shannon Aldinger With a surprisingly high 15% of itential voter turnout, McGill stu;nts passed all six questions in last eek’s campus-wide referendum, esults of the referendum include icreased funding for both CKUT tadio McGill) and the Legal Aid linic, as well as four amendments to SMU’s (Student Society of McGill niversity) Constitution. Legal Aid linic and CKUT staff had expressed oncem that voter turnout might not :ach the 10% level required for quoim.

CKUT polled 1941 votes in favour their proposal to increase funds from .00 per student per semester to $4.00 r student per semester. In contrast, e station polled 1014 votes against e question. The increase in funds 11allow CKUT to repay its $130,000 an within five years; this deficit ose due to CKUT’s conversion to an ation last fall.

W e’re ecstatic,” declares CKUT ation Manager Susan Elrington.

4ow we can go ahead and plan our owth more effectively.”

M cGill’s Legal Aid Clinic sought rect-student funding after SSMU int Management Committee’s recnmendation to cut their 1989-90 ldget in half. The clinic received 181 votes in favour of the proposed .50 fee per studentper semester, 526 udents voted against this proposal.

Four questions dealt with SSMU institutional amendments. Over 1200 udents voted in favour of the amend­ ent to have the student body directly lect the SSMU Vice-President Fi­ ance in lieu of the previous method of udent councillors electing this posion from amongst themselves. Cur:nt VP Finance Casey Fukada will ms be the last to be elected to the

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position by the SSMU Council alone, and his position will be up for grabs in the Spring SSMU elections along with the other SSMU offices. -Nearly 300 students voted against this question, while almost 1500 declared to have “no opinion”. Clearly, there was much confusion on the issue.

Students also voted overwhelmingly in favour of making the Constitution and By-Laws available in French as w ell as E nglish. Tw o o th e r constitutional am endments were passed regarding the official wording of several articles; SSMU President Nancy Cote refers to these amend­ ments as ‘housekeeping details’. One amendment entailed a change in an official title: the previous Program Director is now entitled Program Coordinator. The responsibilities of thispositionwillnotchangeatall. The second change occured in article seven of the SSMU Constitution regarding the election and naming of various Council positions.

Proposals for fee changes require a 10% voter quorum to be eligible to be passed. This year’s 15% voter turnout was the highest turnout in years .which came as a surprise to pundits who had predicted a low turnout because stu­ dents were voting for referenda ques­ tions rather than candidates for leader­ ship positions.

funding of the group ensures the sta­ bility and autonomy of their actions.

The retroactive collection of the three-dollar-per-student fee, if ap­ proved, will take place in January.

A fee refund procedure is included in the constitution for those students who do not want to support the group.

This procedure was agreed upon through last March’s student referen­ dum question which states that “any student who does not wish to support QPIRG shall have the opportunity to obtain arefund directly from QPIRG.” Amendments to the constitution in­ clude the adoption of the SSMU griev­ ance committee and elections proce­ dures. As well, aposition on the group’s Board of Directors will be filled by a SSMU Student Council member.

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Dean of Students Irwin Gopnik, when approached by the Trib une .reit­ erated the Senate’s position.

“QPIRG was taking money from students and giving it outside the uni­ versity. QPIRG corrected their consti­ tution to state that the local McGill group would get the money,” said Gopnik.

Member of QPIRG Board of Direc­ tors Tim Egan is optimistic that the QPIRG constitution will pass through McGill’s Board of Governors.

“Board of Governors acts as a ‘rubber stamp’, but they can turn it down.” Final approval for the QPIRG constitution and fee collection scheme will be given or withheld at the next Board of Governors meeting, which is to be held on November 21.

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QPIRG, which conducts research, education and action on student issues, were refused Senate endorsement ear­ lier in the year when it was found that their constitution failed to reflect stu­ dents’ interests, as the collected funds would be administered by members outside of the university. According to the brief presented to Senate, student

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The SSMU External Affairs Com­ mittee is responsible for negotiating with the provincial and municipal governments on students’ behalf as well as maintaining links with other Québec universities.

Cameron has recently been involved in attempts to gain provincial govern­ ment subsidies for university students wishing to buy computers.

As well, the committee may spear­ head efforts to set up a branch of the Canadian Federation of Students in Québec with other provincial student associations.

“Lots of these recent issues aimed at strengthening the position of Québec students have real potential here even after I am gone,” he said.

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aware of his problems with the execu­ tive committee for “some time”.

“This resignation doesn’thave to do with his role as V.P., it was his role in the executive committee that was the problem,” Choudhry explained.

It is not yet known how the Stu­ dent’s Society will choose Cameron’s successor.

EAC members suggested last night that a “caretaking chairperson” be named to head the SSMU committee.

“If no one comes forward to assume the role, then External Affairs will have to keep the boat afloat until spring,” Fox said.

“It will be a matter of spreading responsibilities among committee of­ ficers.”

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First Annual Report of the McGill University Ombudsman for Students For the Period S e p t e m b e r 1 st 1 9 8 7 t o A u g u s t 3 1 st 1 9 8 8 I am pleased to present the first Annual Report of the McGill University Ombudsman for Students for the re­ porting period September 1,1987 to August 31,1988, in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Office as approved by the Senate and the Board of Governors. For your information, the Terms of Reference are appended at the end of this Report.

The First Year

O n e o f t h e g o a l s o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y in e s ­

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s is ta n ts a n d te c h n ic ia n s . S in c e m y m a n ­

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r e fe r th e m to th e a p p r o p r ia te s o u r c e s .

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e x a m in a t io n p a p e r s , t o p r o b l e m s w ith in ­

s t u d e n t b o d y , a n y g r ie v a n c e s th a t m ig h t

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a rise

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a g a in s t a n y

one

in t h e

U n iv e rs ity

e x e r c is in g a u th o r ity ; to p r o v id e c o n s u lt a ­ tio n to a n y s tu d e n t re t h e s e s itu a tio n s a n d th e r e le v a n t u n iv e r s ity p r o c e d u r e s , to re fe r th e s t u d e n t to a p p r o p r ia te u n iv e rs ity p e r ­

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p a rtic ip a tio n w ith o u t c l e a r e x p la n a tio n o f t h e b a s i s u p o n w h i c h t h e y w ill b e a w a r d e d (o r d e d u c te d ). T h e re w e re s e v e r a l g r a d u ­ a t e s t u d e n t s w h o h a d b e e n a s k e d to w ith ­

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d r a w fro m th e ir p r o g r a m s , o th e r s w h o fe lt

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T h i s is a n a r e a w h ic h n e e d s t o b e r e c o n s i d e r e d a s t h e m a n d a t e s o f m o s t o t h e r C a ­ n a d i a n U n iv e rs ity O m b u d s m a n in c lu d e a d m is s io n is s u e s .

2 . F a irn e s s N o t i n f r e q u e n t l y s t u d e n t s e x p r e s s c o n c e r n t h a t t h e y w ill b e p e n a l i z e d f o r m a k i n g a c o m p l a i n t t o t h e O m b u d s m a n . It i s i m p o r t a n t t h a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y m a k e c l e a r t o a l l i t s c o n ­ s t i t u e n t s , s ta f f a n d s t u d e n t s a lik e , t h a t t h e r e c a n b e n o r e p r i s a l f o r r a i s i n g i s s u e s w ith t h e U n iv e rs ity O m b u d s m a n . T h e O m b u d s m a n is a n im p a rtia l a r b itr a to r a s f r e e a s p o s s i b le

in t h e c a s e o f i l l n e s s o r f a m i l y a f f l ic ti o n v e r i f i e d a n d a c c e p t e d 'b y t h e A s s o c i a t e D e a n 's O f f i c e , h a s b e e n i n e f f e c t f o r m a n y y e a r s . T h e “J ”, a z e r o w h e n c a l c u l a t e d i n t o t h e g r a d e p o in t a v e r a g e , r e m a in s s u c h e v e n a f t e r t h e s u p p le m e n ta l e x a m in a tio n h a s b e e n w ritte n .

T h i s o f c o u r s e h a s s e r i o u s i m p a c t o n a s t u d e n t ’s r e c o r d . It c a n a f f e c t t h e a w a r d i n g o f s c h o la r s h i p s , e n t r a n c e to g r a d u a t e s c h o o l, e tc .

A l t h o u g h f a i l i n g t o a p p e a r a t a n e x a m a t t h e s c h e d u l e d t i m e i s n o t a c c e p t a b l e , it i s in m o s t c a s e s , s im p ly h u m a n e r r o r . Is th is n o t a v e r y s e r io u s p u n is h m e n t fo r th is ty p e o f m i s t a k e ? H a v in g to w rite t h e s u p p le m e n ta l t h r e e m o n th s la te r , w h ic h m e a n s r e s tu d y in g th e m a te ria l, s e e m s to b e a s e v e r e e n o u g h c o n s e q u e n c e .

M a n y o t h e r u n i v e r s i t i e s d e a l w i t h t h i s i s s u e in a m o r e f l e x i b l e m a n n e r , c o n s i d e r i n g e a c h c a s e o n its o w n m e r i t s . S i n c e e v e r y o n e o f u s h a s a t s o m e t i m e m a d e a n e r r o r o f t h i s n a t u r e , it a p p e a r s t o m e t h a t t h e p r e s e n t s y s t e m

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by Sarah Gualtieri Israel’s war of 1967 was not merely a six-day war but rather, has extended into the nation ’s longest war, one which continues today. It was a war in which the dowry was rich, but the bride was not wanted; the newly occupied terri­ tories were richly endowed, but were inhabited by a population that posed a problem to the vision of an Israeli ‘empire’. Israel thus embarked upon a new era of atrocity; an era of system­ atic oppression of the Palestinian people.

This condemnatory appraisal of Israel began the lecture given by Is­ raeli lawyer Felicia Langer, who spoke at McGill on Monday, Nov. 6. She came to protest Israeli rule in the occu­ pied territories and to communicate the suffering of the Palestinian people.

Langer engaged in a personal crusade to defend the civil and human rights of Palestinians in the occupied territo­ ries. In the past twenty years she has defended more than 3,000 Palestinian clients in her role as a dedicated oppo­ nent of the Israeli judicial system.

Palestinians are treated as non-Jews and are subject to a “separate” pattern of justice, but, as Langernotes, “Where

mads and Ahmads we have.” Appalled, Langer returned, “And y ou can ’t imag­ ine how many Goldsteins and Rubin­ steins we had!” Langer believes that Jews above all have a collective under­ standing of persecution and are en­ gaged in hypocrisy by sanctioning the racist, exclusivist policies of the Is­ raeli government. Jews have lost their sensitivity and are growing accustomed to relegating the casualties of the inti­ fada, which now number over40,000, to the back page.

The result of the recent election in Israel offers no encouragment for Langer. The right wing upsurge can only encourage the “Party of Trans­ fer” which envisions an Israel rid of Palestinians. Policymakers like Shamir and Rabin are sure that the myth of David will be accepted and will con­ tinue their policies of oppression in­ tended to “erase the Palestinian iden­ tity”. Langer issued an emphatic plea to Jews and non-Jews, “to warn the world that it is unthinkable to have such dreams.”

The Israeli reaction to the intifada has only accelerated the machinery of oppression. In their efforts to crush the resistance, the government has turned to harsher measures, but, asserts Langer,’’there is no symmetry between the intifada and the methods used to crush it.” Thus the death of a five year old child is justified by a“stray bullet”, legs and arms are shattered by “rub­ ber” bullets that mame and kill, and women abort their babies because of heavy exposure to tear gas. Yet Langer is convinced that the intifada cannot be crushed. It has become a way of life for the Palestinians and she is im­ pressed by the unity and message of peace behind their uprising.

On several occasions, Langer made anologies between the Jewish experi­ ence under the Nazis and the Palestin­ ian experience under Israeli rule. She herself, a Polish Jew, fled the Nazis while her husband was the survivor of the Buchenwald death camp. She conveyed her dismay upon finding the Palestinians of the Ansar III detention camp (where the detainees are mostly journalists and writers) identified by numbers only. She confronted a guard with this and he replied, “Oh Felicia, you can’t imagine how many Muham­

there are two patterns of justice, there is no justice.” Her position has jeop­ ardized her safety within Israel, but has also earned her much respect among those who believe in the fundamental rights of the Palestinians.

In a poignant, compassionate testi­ mony, Langer spoke of the persecu­ tion inflicted upon the Palestinian people. She effectively took her audi­ ence on a “tour” of the occupied terri­ tories, a symbolic “via de la Rosa”.

She presented as her evidence a series of cases in which Palestinians were beaten, tortured, deported and denied fair trial. She focused on Israel’s re­ cent attempts to suppress the Palestin­ ian uprising, the intifada, which will celebrate a year of struggle on Decem­ ber 9.

Langer described the military courts where she has spent countless hours trying to obtain fair trials for Palestini­ ans: bus loads arrive each day packed with children who prefer to stay in court than to play ; the verdict of depor­ tation is handed down to those who word a peace declaration; evidence of torture is overlooked; there is no judi­ cial remedy. The courts are in Langer’s words, “the death sentence of the oc­ cupation.”

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Langer pointed to the unwavering U.S. support of Israel as a major ob­ stacle in attaining peace. She noted President Reagan ’s quick condolences

upon the death of a Jewish child, but silent neglect upon the death of a Pal­ estinian child as typical of American anti-Arab discourse that still wishes to equate “Palestinian” with “terrorist”.

Canada too does not fare well in this department. Like the U.S., the Cana­ dian government still refuses to recog­ nize the PLO despite the fact that it is recognized by the Palestinians, and most member states of the United Nations, as their sole legitimate repre­ sentative.

Langer’s lecture was not a political analysis but an eye-witness account. It was an account of the sufferings of the Palestinian people under occupation; an occupation which she sees as an affront to the humanity of the Pales­ tinians as well as“soiling the beautiful tradition of the Jewish people.” In this light her message was remarkably simple; a just peace is not only pos­ sible, it is immediately necessary.

However, the first step to peace is in breaking the Jew’s self-imposed si­ lence. There can be no peace if people continue to turn a deaf ear to the Pales­ tinians. She recalled during the Nazi reign of atrocities asking, “Where is the world?” The Palestinians are now asking, “Where is the world?”

a p h o n e c a ll a w a y a n d h a s b e e n a d e l i g h t t o w o r k w ith .

I w o u l d lik e t o g i v e a s p e c i a l v o t e o f t h a n k s t o t h e e n t i r e s e c r e t a r i a l s t a f f a t t h e M c G ill S c h o o l o f S o c i a l W o r k w h o s e g o o d n a t u r e d c o - o p e r a t i o n h a s m a d e m y li f e m a n a g e a b l e .

T h i s a s s o c i a t i o n h o l d s a n a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e w h ic h t h i s y e a r w a s h o s t e d b y t h e U n i­

T h e y h a v e d e a l t w ith a n x i o u s , d i s t r a u g h t a s w e ll a s a n g r y s t u d e n t s w ith c a lm c o n s i d e r a ­

v e r s i t y o f A l b e r t a . A s o n e o f C a n a d a ’s n e w e s t O m b u d s m e n , I w a s h o n o u r e d b y b e i n g

tio n .

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a s k e d to p r e s e n t a p a p e r a t th is c o n fe re n c e .

t h e i r c o n f i d e n c e a n d t u r n e d t o m e w ith t h e i r p r o b l e m s a n d c o n c e r n s . I h o p e I h a v e b e e n

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a r y . T h e s e tw o g a t h e r i n g s a l lo w u s t h e o p p o r tu n i ty t o e x c h a n g e i d e a s w ith o t h e r s a c r o s s

Conclusion

C a n a d a a n d to k e e p u p to d a t e o n t h e i s s u e s a n d c o n c e r n s c o m m o n to a ll u n iv e r s ity o m b u dsm en.

I b e g i n m y s e c o n d y e a r a s O m b u d s m a n f o r S t u d e n t s w ith e n e r g y a n d e n t h u s i a s m .

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T h is o ffic e w a s e s ta b lis h e d to s e r v e s tu d e n t s . T h is r e p o r t s h o w s , I b e lie v e , t h a t s t u d e n t s a t M c G ill h a v e b e g u n t o b e a w a r e o f a n d t o u s e t h e O f f ic e o f t h e O m b u d s m a n . T o d a t e ,

W ith t h e r e c e n t a p p o i n t m e n t o f a n O m b u d s m a n a t t h e U n iv e r s it é d e M o n tr é a l, t h e r e

I h a v e f o u n d t h a t t h e y h a v e u s e d t h i s s e r v i c e in a r e s p o n s i b l e m a n n e r .

a r e n o w O m b u d s m e n a t a l l m a j o r u n i v e r s i t i e s in M o n t r e a l . T h e O m b u d s m e n f r o m M c G i l l ,

I lo o k f o r w a r d t o t h e c o m in g y e a r a n d h o p e t h a t I c a n c o n t i n u e t o h e l p m a k e t h i s U n i­

U n iv e r s ité d e M o n tré a l, C o n c o r d ia a n d L a v a l m e e t m o n th ly to d i s c u s s i s s u e s o f c o m m o n

v e r s i t y a f a i r e r a n d m o r e o p e n c o m m u n i t y f o r a ll.

c o n c e r n . T h e O m b u d s m e n f r o m U Q A M a n d B i s h o p ’s j o i n t h e g r o u p w h e n e v e r p o s s i b l e .

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D u r i n g t h e f i r s t y e a r a s t h e M c G ill O m b u d s m a n f o r S t u d e n t s , m y w o r k h a s b e e n m a d e m u c h e a s ie r b y th e e x c e lle n t c o -o p e ra tio n I h a v e re c e iv e d fro m V ic e -P rin c ip a l F r e e d m a n

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s u p p o r t a n d e n c o u r a g e m e n t . I h a v e t u r n e d m a n y t i m e s t o t h e D e a n o f S t u d e n t s , Irw in G o p n ik , a n d h e h a s a lw a y s b e e n th e r e to o f f e r h is e x c e lle n t a d v ic e a n d g u id a n c e . M a ria B a t t a g l i a , V i c e - P r e s i d e n t ( U n iv e r s it y A f f a ir s ) o f t h e M c G ill S t u d e n t s ’ S o c i e t y , h a s b e e n a r e a l c o l le a g u e . M a r g o L e D a in , o f t h e O ffic e o f t h e S e c r e t a r ia t, h a s a lw a y s b e e n ju s t

A p p e n d ix - O m b u d s m a n f o r S tu d e n ts T h e O m b u d s m a n s h a l l h a v e a c c e s s t o a ll o f f ic ia l f ile s Function Terms of Reference a n d i n f o r m a t i o n a s a r e r e q u i r e d t o f u lf ill h i s / h e r f u n c t i o n s .

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The McGill Tribune, Tuesday November 15,1988

Keep your bulldozers out of our forest

by Fred de Cour val Nyiti For a number o f years interna­ tional concern has been steadily growing over the waste and defor­ estation o f the Amazon rain for­ est. The problem in Brazil, how­ ever, is more than an ecological one: expansion o f industrial activ­ ity into the forest is threatening the rights o f Brazil’s Indians.The Amerindian tribes are an obstacle in Brazilia’s campaign to exploit all the riches o f the Amazon, and are being treated accordingly.

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The Trans Amazonian highway has brought lumber companies, gold miners, cattleranchers and a rush o f hungry colonos, or peas­ ant setders. In its path the high­ way has threatened the fragile forest ecology and overrun Indian lands.

By forging ahead in its exploi­ tation o f Amazonia’s timber lands and mineral deposits, the govern­ ment o f Jose Samey has failed to fulfill its mandate to protect Bra­ zil’s aboriginal tribes. Some fig­ ures show that the Indians have

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which they are entitled and their population, 2 to 3 million before colonisation, now stands at 222,000. In one case typical of govenment neglect, the state-run Indian Foundation has turned a blind eye to the activities o f white developers on an officially recog­ nized Indian reserve in Tikuna, a village in western Brazil. Local land disputes took a violent turn in April o f this year when 14 un­ armed Tikuna Indians were killed by local timbermen.

The plight o f the Indians has not gone unnoticed in the international sphere. The W orld Developement Bank, a large contributor to Bra­ zil’s expansion projects, is now tying loans to requirements for the protection o f the environment and the indigenous population.

Nonetheless, a complicated sys­ tem o f tax and other incentives offered by various branches o f the Brazilian government continues to make destruction o f the forests possible. The Indians have de­ fended their position well at the local level, but have not been able to match this success on issues which concern the economic in­ terests o f the government W hile Brazil recently an­ nounced a series o f steps aimed at slowing the destruction of the rain forest and protecting Indian rights, the sincerity o f these plans re­ mains questionable. Settlers, lumbermen, as well as large multinationals such as Alcan, Bethlehem Steel, and British Petrolium all have high stakes in the development o f Amazonia.

Construction o f urban centres to accomodate tens o f thousands o f workers and migrants is al­ ready underway and precedent has shown that economic prog­ ress, not ecological concerns or the status of the Amerindians, is top priority for the Brazilian gouvemment.

Hello from Hillel

by Francine Cytrynbaum Hillel Students’ Society, a Jew­ ish students’ group on campus, is dedicated to the social, political and cultural concerns o f Jewish students at McGill.

This year will be packed with interesting programs, discussions, lectures, concerts and much more.

Our cafeteria, now a McDavid’s concession, has been changed for the better, and features delicious falafel, french fries, and all sorts o f Middle-Eastern style foods, with inexpensive daily specials.

W e have many committees which offer students the opportu­ nity to become involved in a vari­ ety o f volunteer and community work, ranging from tutoring young Ethiopian Jewish students to par­ ticipating in community wide events, such as the annual Com­ bined Jewish Appeal, which is a fundraising campaign for all of Montreal’s Jewish community services.

Hillel programs include this

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week’s Tenth Anniversary o f Jonestown,put togetherby Hillel’s Cult Project, or our regular lunchtime informal discussions with guest professors, rabbis, or other students who like to hang out in the cafeteria. We also have po­ litical oriented programs concerned with Israeli and Canadian politics.

In our recent election series, repre­ sentatives o f Canada’s political parties discussed matters o f con­ cern to Jewish students.

The newly opened lounge up­ stairs at the Hillel House is a relax­ ing place to unwind. Students can watch T.V., videos, listen to mu­ sic, talk, read, play board games (Scrabble, Backgammon, Scruples and more), and enjoy free coffee and cook ies.

Our parties, dances, concerts, movie showings and informal gettogethers give Hillel its reputation for being “ a place where friends are made”, and also a place to meet with old friends, relax between or after class, and have a good time.

Tea and samosas

by Samira Sakhia The Pakistani Students’ Asso­ ciation was established as a cul­ tural group for Pakistanis and nonPakistanis to learn about the cul­ ture and each other. This year the Association has been successful in attracting a large group o f mem­ bers, a number o f whom are nonPakistanis.

This year, the Association has held, alone and with other cultural societies, a few events which have been successful both in terms o f the quantity and quality of partici­ pation. Events which promote such cultural exchanges are always beneficial as they encourage and facilitate m utual understanding and trust between individuals and groups.

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F ie s ta : a m u lt ic u lt u r a l c e le b r a tio n Fiesta week is a chance for all McGill students to find out who the multicultural groups are, what they represent, and the issues with which they are concerned.

This year, for the first time, the

dents’ consciousness. Events in­ clude bands in the Alley and in Gert’s, cultural exhibitions and

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is publishing an issue showcas­ ing multiculturalism, in accor­ dance with the goals o f Fiesta.

The issue, like Fiesta, aims to be apolitical in na­ ture.

Fiesta itself is a week-long series o f events with the aim o f bring­ ing the issues of multiculturalism to the forefront o f McGill stu-

sales in Union 107-8, a comedy night in the Ballroom. Caravan’s annual Third World arts and crafts sale will also be held in rooms 1078 o f the Union Building. The week culminates with an international dinner and fashion show. The buffet dinner, with food from fifteen countries, will be complemented by entertainment from five conti­ nents.

On a deeper level, Fiesta seeks to raise awareness at McGill about multiculturalism, which should be an integral part o f our university life. Students and teachers from various cultural backgrounds bring vitality and dynamism to McGill.

In the past, Fiesta week has passed unnoticed by most McGill students.

It has tended to be a series o f events put on by members o f multicultu­

ral groups solely for members of multicultural groups.

This year, Fiesta organizers have sought to shatter this insular im­ age. We sincerely hope this edition o f the Tribune will bring the issues of multiculturalism to the attention of all McGill students. Multicultu­ ralism benefits us all.

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complainte du phoque en Alaska. que Ton attende impatiemment le prochain épisode de Lance et compte, ou bien que Ton lise Les chroniauesdu plateau Mont-Roval. on se reconnaît tous un peu, on pourrait même avancer que c ’est cette culture qui nous définie. Tout compte fait, l’important n’est peutêtre pas de déterminer cette culture mais bien de la faire évoluer, de la comprendre, de la vivre.

Not like the U.S.A.

by Sabine Casagrande Multi-culturalism is an impor­ tant issue today in both the United States and in Canada. The choice that must be made by cultural groups is whether to assimilate into mainstream society andrisk losing their cultural identity, or keep their traditions and be thrust into ethnic ghettos. However, mainstream society itself has choices to make regarding cultural integration, and the people o f the United States and the people o f Canada have re­ sponded to this dilemma very dif­ ferently.

In 1986, the U.S.tookin 602,000 legal immigrants, as well as an enormous number o f illegal immi­ grants. Washington D.C., for ex­ ample, has a large Hispanic com­ munity, many o f whom are illegal immigrants from El Salvador. From the minute they enter the country, they are exploited. They are not U.S. citizens, and therefore have no rights. They are forced to live in hispanic ghettos, often in very poor conditions. Many never learn English. If they find illegal work, they are extremely underpaid.

American society will not accept them for what they are, and they lack the means by which to americanize themselves.

The cultural rift dividing immi­ grants and Americans is often very wide. As an American, I have found that many Americans do not ac­

cept other cultures with open arms.

The U.S. is often referred to as a “Melting Pot”: immigrants must either assimilate or live outside the mainstream. Chicago, for example, is approximately 88% segregated along cultural lines.

Multi-culturalism has gained a new emphasis in Canada with the appointment o f our first Minister o f M ulti-C ulturalism , Jerry Weiner.

In Canada, the various cultures can move more freely within mass society while keeping their own values and traditions alive.

I live in a largely Portuguese neighborhood; it is not a ghetto.

Residents are integrated into Mon­ treal society yet still retain, and are proud of, their culture.

The system is not perfect, how­ ever. When an immigrant cultural group brings their native struggles to Canada, violence and animosity often ensue. And although Canada seems to be very successful at inte­ grating immigrant cultural groups, the Anglophone/Francophone and Native Indian conflicts remain unresolved.

Although such problems exist, Canada’s accepting nature o f multiculturalism is more beneficial to cultural advancement than the American melting pot and its flagwaving patriotism. When such pa­ triotism becomes staunch nation­ alism, it is detrimental to a multi­ cultural society.

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by E. Ndua Kenya is a multi-tribal society.

The various local communities arc mostly rural-orientcd and mainly depending on agriculture is the main source of income. Although there are many local languages, the unity

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and understanding of the traditional values. The young members of each community are taught and initiated to the societal values and morals and their importance to the sustenance of the social and economic aspects of communities. However, just like in any developing society, some of the traditional customs are faltering and are being replaced gradually by the adopted European culture and behavioral patterns.

The traditional dress, food and modes of recreation vary form one community to another, but the overall meaning was and is basi­ cally the same. Traditional dances were meant to relay a message.

Today the culture of the people is preserved by having occasional festivities on national days or in the communities. Kenyans, whether in the country or abroad, have great respect and honour for their culture and custom.

The march of time: Islamic Studi

by Parveen Hasanali During its relatively long history at McGill, Islamic Studies has metamorphosized. Officially established in 1952, the Institute of Islamic Studies began as a co-operative en­ terprise undertaken by Muslims and Westerners to understand and inter­ pret Islam. This has been the reign­ ing spirit until now. Consequently, the Institute holds series of seminars every year with speakers from all over the world and has students and

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staff coming from different parts of the world. The Institute was initiallly established with a large grant from the Rockerfeller Foundation and has over the years collaborated with a number of institutions such as the Hartford Seminary. Most recently (since 1980), the Institute is affili­ ated with the Aga Khan Foundation and the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. The Institute also estab­ lished a branch in Teheran in 1969.

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by Yousef Abazari sive uprising which substituted Iran is one of the most talked about new political structure controlled b but least known countries in the the Islamic clergy. Establishment c world. In the last decade, it has the new political power, called th undergone immense social and cul­ Islamic Republic, was synonymou tural change, yet mostof the world is to execution and imprisonment ( unable to distinguish between what thousands of people who did n< Iran has been and what it has be­ accept the ruling party’s view an come. opposed its harsh religous contre Iran’s ancient civilization goes over daily social and cultural at back 2500 years, when Sirus the pects of life. The Iran-Iraq war fui Great established the first Persian ther worsened the social climate empire. Iran has rich resources and making daily life unsafe and lettin is strategically located between Asia and Europe, making it attractive to superpowers past and pres­ ent.

Located in middle west Asia between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf, Iran has an area 3/20 of Canada’s yet its popula­ tion is nearly double. The majority of Iranians are Moslems,converted from Zoroastrian to Islam after the invasion of Arabs into Iran 1300 years ago. Chris­ tian, Bahai, Jewish and Zoroastrian minorities have always lived peace­ fully with the Moslem majority in Iran.

Before 1978, Iran was ruled by monarchy jenown as the Pahlavi.The last monarch’s (the Shah’s) government, was a corrupt, bureaucratic and oppres photo by Kathy Foster sive state, massively sup prated by multinationals, which used the government have control ovei torture to crush any opposition. every area of peoples’ lives. Iranian; emigrated in huge numbers, leaving The 1978-79 revolution ended the behind the political oppression, cul­ Shah’s monarchy. The Iranian gov­ tural restriction, harsh economic ernment was overthrown in a masrestraints and educational closures.

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History has a strange way of ging people’s memories. As combs through the archives o tides that have been written oi Institute from its initiation to pn times, one is amazed to discove pioneering role that the Institut staff and students have playet founder, Wilfred Cantwell S sought to transform and infom Western world’s understands Islam. The programs initiated b Institute englobe the countries o world and cover various discipl such as history, law, theology, lit ture, philosophy, and mysticisn number of significan exhibit hosted by McGill’s Institute ol lamic Studies were covered by nadian, Pakistani, and Arab new; pers and journals. The Insti helped in the establishment of Islamic Community Centre in M treal. The list of awards recei vet the faculty at the Institue is q long, among the latest being ‘Sitara-e-Imtiaz’ conferred upon Donald P. Little, the present dire of the Institute, by the govemmer

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a to r s h ip ccording to a United Nation’s >rt, there are more than 1.5 milIranians abroad, some of whom under refugee status around the >e. Iranians have never emmied on such a large scale before, l under the swords of Alexander, Arabs and Gengiz Khan. It is •rising that only the Islamic Re­ lic of Khomeini and his followhas been able to cause such a d of mother-land desertion by ions of Iranians.

here are more than ten thousand dans in Quebec, most of whom e settled down in Montreal. In last five years, the Iranian comlity in Montreal has grown rapdue to an increasing arrival of

it McGill cistan. On a more mundane scale, ; of the earliest typewriters with tbic script to be used inb North îerica was obtained by the Insti; in 1954, and even made news izette September 10, 1954). In ; age of information technology I due to the excellent computing ulties at McGill, we barely pause •onsider the McGill of the I950’s. e thing that is definitely reflected he important role our predecess played in those times.

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reflection on the history of Islic Studies is quite in keeping th the multicultural tradition of nada. IntheFiesta’88exhibitthe amic Studies Students’ Associan (I.S.S.A.) will seek to trace the ateral evolution of the Institute th as a centre of Islamic studies d as a physical migration over a riod of 36 years. The Institute has ivelled from its foundation in vinity Hall (Religious Studies), to move to Redpath Crescent and acock, and to Morrice Hall extly 30 years after its inception. Let : seek to capture the spirit of the ist through the annals o f time.

Iranian refugees and immigrants.

Most of these newcomers are under 25 years old and can adapt themselves harmoniously to the new social environment. Iranians are one o f the few minorities who have been able to establish themselves in a very short period of time (3 to 5 years) and participate actively in the social, economic, cultural and edu­ cational aspects of Canadian life.

There are more than 50 Iranian __________ students at McGill some of whom are active members of the McGill Iranian Stu­ dents’ Association (MISA). The main objective of MISA is to help Iranians to preserve theirculture and to introduce that unique culture to Ca­ nadians.

There are also a few courses offered on campus, including Persian literature and language, which give interested students a chance to learn about Iranian culture.

Formore informa­ tionplease sendyour requests to: McGill Iranian Student Association 1fulticulturalSoci­ ety 3480 McTavish, Room402 MTL. P.Q. H3A 1X9 or you may reach us at 485-7680Nadir 931-6962 Yousef

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More than beaches and reggae Caribbean Student’s Society Because of the turbulent history of invasion and colonialism in the Caribbean, most modem West Indi­ ans are of Afro-European descent.

Today, the customs of Europeans Africans, Asians, Arawaks and Caribs are still visible throughout the islands. Together, they weave a shared Caribbean culture that varies only slightly as you pass from island to island. The languages of Spanish, Dutch, French, English and Creole (no, not the food, a mix of a Euro­ pean language with one from Af­ rica) are tossed back and forth casu­ ally, all mixed together in some pockets, sharply differentiated in others.

Best known for its white sandy beaches, excellent climate, lush tropical vegetation and scintillating scenery, the Caribbean has always been a popular vacation spot. Yet in the last fifty years, since gaining independence from their European ‘parents’, the islands have evolved into more than just get-away places to tan and listen to reggae. The Car­ ibbean is slowly gaining recognition for its manufacturing industries,

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agriculture, education, and social services. Culturally, the food, mu­ sic, dances,sports, and religion of the Caribbean are beginning to spread around the world.

We from the Caribbean Students’ Society of McGill are here to make the culture, image and existence of the countries of Caribbean known at McGill and in Montreal. We pro­ vide a “homey” escape for Carib­ bean students, immigrants and their descendants,as well as anyone inter­

ested in the Caribbean, a place to engage in harmonious relationships and stay close to the culture. Try ing to help students adjust to life at uni­ versity (and bring out the ‘culture’ in all of us),we hold an annual cul­ ture show, parties, video-nights, socials, games evenings, sports tour­ naments, meetings,picnics, talks and fantastic dinners which feature a variety of Caribbean foods at the end of each semester. We are more than just beaches. We are countries.

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demie year, we held a well attended Tea and Samosa in conjuction with the India-Canada Association, and a dinner with the Muslim Students’ Association followed. Most re­ cently, the Association hosted a pizza and movie night, featuring an Urdu Comedy. In addition to such events, the Association regularly competes in Volleyball Intramurals and always welcomes new and en­ thusiastic participation. The Asso­

ciation plans on continuing to hold a variety of events during the re­ mainder of the academic year.

Fiesta has given the Association an opportunity to become involved in an inter-cultural event which at­ tracts a larger audience. We wel­ come this opportun ity and hope that the tradition and goals of Fiesta continue to inspire everyone long after the official exhibitions and festivities end.

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the roles that were filled by three ac­ cording to the rig­ ours of space and personnel. Allison Luke was not bad as a caricature of a paid snitch.

The lighting for the whole evening was quite good, within the con­ strain ts o f the space. The set, w hich h an d ily served in both plays was good, although the papier-mâché rocks did echo when struck. The costumes in the first play were a bit of a problem, as when­ ever a character bent over, or sat, or even strode in a mightily classical manner, there was this unbearab le tension. The cos­ Philoctetes and Cyclops: Odysseus was “rather stuffy.” tumes in the sec­ ing at a beach. If you have allergies, ond play had much less trouble, and don’t sit front row. they were quite good. The satyrs’ Philoctetes was the more difficult costumes may have looked a bit like work, for the cast, I take, as well as the Cats goes to the Salvation Army, but audience. Firstly, it was a tragedy, and really, they were very appropriate. My the Greeks did not build their tragedy big problem with the technical aspects from gradually increasing inner con­ of thisplay was the oh-solifelike sand, flict. Instead, the soul’s workings are letting us in on the secret we are look­

Players ’ Theatre’s latestproduction is highly ambitious indeed. They have set out to stage two plays from ancient Greece, and to do that often means asking audiences to let go of their preconceptions of what theatre should and should not be. Although the plays are thematically linked, and were writ­ ten within twenty years of each other over2400 years ago, they are radically different, and I think I shall deal with them differently.

P/u'/ocleles suffers pretty badly from a barely comprehensible translation.

Certainly, the actors seemed to have a mighty hard time with it. They did manage to struggle through, for which they deserve credit, as does the person who cast the whole evening. This is the extremely rare sort of production where the better actors seem to have better parts.

Accordingly, then, John Ullyatt as the proud, long suffering Philoctetes was excellent, if one can be kind enough to forgive his hopelessly overplayed entrance, and aslight tendency to writhe too much. Kerry Harris as Neoptolemus was not bad at all, particularly when he addressed the Gods, which is not an easy thing to do. He had to struggle a bit against the serious im­ pediment of looking like a football player in an unflattering miniskirt, but otherwise...

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the evening. laid out clearly in the somewhat parMy perplexity increased as the sec­ able-like form of ond play began, for the same director appeared to have caught every nuance myth. of language, in the high camp style for Philoctetes was an important Greek which the play screamed. There really soldier who had was very little to dislike in the rendi­ been abandoned tion of Euripides ’ Cyclops. The play is a Satyr play, essentially a fourth cen­ eleven years before tury B .C. version of Monty Python. To our story starts by Odysseus and one imagine the devastating total effect, whom the purists try to imagine the Keystone Cops, with will allow me tocall some dancing spirits and some Greek heroes thrown in for fun. ‘som e g en e ral’.

Odysseus, who was rather stuffy in Unfortunately, it Philoctetes, was stuffy again, but this came to be prophe­ sied that our dear time blown out of all proportion as an alliterative satire of his own earlier oo deserted fellow was portrayal. I don’t know where they .2 to be the man who g; w ould co n q u er found their Cyclops, but the best ad­ jective I can think of for that presence Q. Troy, and accordis miraculous. The satyrs were posi­ ^ ^ ingly, Odysseus set tively silly. I think the part of Silenus out to get him back, 5' with the aid of the was written for Dan Abramsky ’s great Greek grandfather. The man could ^ son of Achilles, the teach a course in using a broom. great hero. Neop3 tolemus, the said The only explanation I have for the son, (feel thatname disparity between the two plays is that perhaps the director might have let his trip lightly off your attachment to his own slangy and tongue), is con­ charming translation affect the amount vinced by Odys­ of time that he spent on each of the seus to use trickery to coax Philoctetes plays. For the second half of the eve­ to rejoin them, and I hope I don’t spoil ning alone, for those who enjoy chuck­ the ending for too many people if I say ling for 45 continuous minutes, Play­ Neoptolemus feels really bad about ers’ Theatre should be a definite stop the whole thing. on the entertainment itinerary.

Philoctetes suffered from too much respect being paid to the fact it was Players' Theatre, Union Building Greek, and from what appeared to be third floor, presents Philoctetes and insufficient script work, something Cyclops until Saturday, Nov. 19. Ticket which surprised me when I realised and reservation information are avail­ that Christopher Marshall, the direcable by calling 398-6813. tpr, had translated the second play of

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Also released by Cineplex the same day will be Hanna’s War, starring Ellen Burstyn, Anthony Andrews, and Donald Pleasance. The film relates the story of Hungarian Jew and emigre to Palestine, Hanna Senesh. In order to rescue her compatriotes, Senesh was trained by the British army as a para­ trooper. Hmm. Third on the list is the finale to a series called NFB F UrnsAbout Women.

The two films to be screened next Thursday, Nov. 24 concern women and health. What People are Calling PMS and Is it Hot in Here? A Film About Menopause. 7:00pm at NDG Maison de la Culture, 3755 Botrel, Villa Maria metro.

•Heater Theatre: Don’t forget to do the Players’ Theatre Greek thing and/or the Gingerbread munch (see Trib reviews). Opening next week (Nov. 24) at TTieatre Elysée (comer of Milton & Clark) courtesy of Bulldog Productions is Eleemosynary (Is this one Greek, too?). Call 843-6376 for all the info.

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by Steve Fraser A lot of good movies have emerged fom independent film companies in the past few years. Unfortunately, except for the likes of Platoon, and Dirty Dancing, few of them have stayed in the public eye for very long. The problem, I believe, has been just that: they are good movies. To get an audi­ ence out to the theatres today a film needs a little extra pizzazz. That spark may come from a popular personality, from a well orchestrated media cam­ paign, from a current issue, etc. but that something more almost certainly has to be there. We have become ac­ customed to seeing average stuff from television. So it does not bode well that Mystic Pizza was directed by Donald Petrie, whose biggest claim to fame is having directed the famous “Venus Butterfly” episode of L.A. Law. Mystic Pizza is based around the friendshipofthreeyoung women work­ ing as waitresses in a pizza parlour.

Like the series L.A. Law, it is a dramedy, though its similarities lie more with a film such as Moonstruck than network television. Its setting is a sea­ side tourist trap in Connecticut called

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Those of us who are originally from a small town will recognize the char­ acters in this film right away. It is probably one of the better films to capture the small town feeling I have ever seen. But that is not saying much: the essence of living in a small com­ munity in North America has rarely

Illustrated Men: Technicolour funnies

by Heather M itchell In Calgary they: “sizzled”.

In Edmonton: “quick and clever” In Winnipeg: “riveting and hi­ larious” In Toronto: “outrageously funny and one of the hottest comedy shows.”

Now Montreal will be given the opportunity to judge the Illustrated M en, the Toronto improvisation trio.

Nothing is sacred in this act.

Subjects vary from ingrown toe­ nails to Don Getty to the Twilight Zone.

Audience participation is criti­ cal to the show’s success. Mem­ bers frequently find themselves the subject o f one of the skits.

“The kind o f audience you’re working with can make a real dif­ ference”, said Adrian Truss, one o f the ‘Men’, in an interview with the

Winnipeg Sun. Most o f Illustrated Men’s two hour act is improvised. In the Sun interview, Bruce Hunter noted

“The best thing is that moment of discovery. It’s the same creative process you use in rehearsing a play, except you’re doing it all the time and the audience is in on i t ” Comics David Huband, Bruce Hunter and Adrian Truss met while working at Second City in Toronto.

Tired o f the restrictions imposed on them by SCTV, the trio branched out on their own under the name Il­ lustrated Men. In addition to performing in the­ atres, cabarets and universities across the country, Illustrated Men has performed in benefits for The Afghanistan R elief Fund, The United Way and The Toronto West End Detention Center, so they’ve gotta be hip. (if not politically correct and socially concious.)

Are you suffering from general exam and paper overload ? This act is the perfect antidote.

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been caught on film. It has been at­ tempted before, and the mandatory clichés have emerged from those at­ tempts, but most of them leave you feeling nostalgic, while not really remembering.

The three waitresses in Mystic Pizza are the personification of today’s youth outside of the city. Jojo is the not too smart one who is perfectly happy to stay in Mystic but is not yet sure what the town holds for her. Kat is the do wn to earth one, mature for her years, who knows she has to leave Mystic and go to college. She understands that you

have to work hard to make your dreams come true. And finally there is Daisy.

She does not know exactly what she wants but she knows it certainly isn’t in Mystic. Her only hope is to grab onto the right man, oft times trying too hard, and winding up stuck in Mystic anyway.

In a sense, Mystic Pizza is a coming of age story times three. Jojo goes on to marry her high school sweetheart after fainting at their first ceremony. Kat falls in love with a married man and, of course, loses him, thus proving intelli­ gence has nothing to do with love. And

Daisy wakes up to her self-worth in time to save her dignity.

Granted, storywise the film has its flaws, which may be due to the list of writers responsible for said story. And some people will notice how they seem to define their lives through men.

Technically, the direction is fine, though a bit claustrophobic and lacking in establishing shots, something one comes to expect and hopes will be overcome by a television-trained director like Petrie.

All in all, Mystic Pizza is another of a long list of cute movies that have been released by independents. But this one is a little cuter. What I find particularly ironic is that this is the type of film that would do well in small venues. It is a film that made me re­ member, almost ruefully, my small town upbringing, and left me missing the innocence we all seemed to have there. Though it has an excellent cast, the fact thay they are all no-names or new faces does not make this the kind of film that distributors would try to have played in, say, Grand-Falls, New Brunswick, instead of Montreal and Toronto.

Who knows though, maybe the cryptic title Mystic Pizza will be that kindle this film needs to pack them in.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Gingerbread cast tries best in poor facility

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday November 15,1988

by Max Harrold Nothing beats a good soap opera.

And the McGill Drama Program’s The Gingerbread Lady, currently playing at Motrice Hall, offers some really juicy scenes.

It’s fun to watch the actors in this play - written by Neil Simon in the early 1970s - shreek and shake their way around the little set. In fact, the intimate atmosphere in Motrice Hall makes this play better than anything currently on “daytime TV” o r“Superstars of Wrestling”.

Just back from the detox clinic, Evy Meara (ChristinaMeiliunas), the faded lounge singer and recuperating alco­ holic, huffs and puffs her way around until we surrender and finally admit she’s just like someone we know or, (gasp!) she reminds us of ourselves at one point in our lives.

Ditto for Toby, played with flare by Lisi Tesher, who brings us deep into the world of the tense, neurotic, New York woman. You know the kind, the one you notice in large department stores, lurking near the free perfume displays as you zing by. Woody Allen

would be proud. Evy’s innocent daugh­ ter Polly is played perfectly by Jac­ queline Hourigan. Hourigan’s plead­ ing and screaming scenes with her lush-mother positively sizzle! Some­ body at the big networks should give this woman a job.

Jimmy (Neil Babins), a ranting and raving kind-of-guy, adds a bit more spice to the salad and Manuel, the exotic grocery delivery boy, is thrown in just for the heck of it. And I almost forgot Lou (Simon Oliver), Evy’s abusive hippy bed partner who says words like ‘fabulous’.

And so we sit and, like voyeurs, peer into what is essentially a family spat as Evy grapples with her problems and her friends. Unfortunately, strung along between the yelling and the loving, come those oh so awkward moments, full of stale - and inappropriate - jokes and nervous overacting.

The fault for this must rest largely with Simon’s outdated script. Make no mistake folks, this was a nice, light play in its day, full of contemporary comedy and relevant commentary.

But it’s no classic, and the wear and

tear is showing, (i.e. “We can move to Canada,” says one character to Evy. “They don’t do sex in Canada.”)

Ironically, this production seems like a symbol of wear and tear itself. Wear and tear of the Drama Program, that is.

As crew members demonstrated clearly by their booth in the hallway just out­ side the theatre, the Program needs a facelift. Act Now!, a group of activist English students, is pushing the uni­ versity on its long-delayed renovation plans for Moyse Hall. The beautiful, grand theatre should be the crown jewel intheprogram’srepertoire.Butitisn’t, and until the administration realizes this, audiences will have to make do with lively enthusiasm from actors trying their best in sometimes shabby plays and mediocre productions.

McGill English Department Drama Program’s presentation of The Gin­ gerbread Lady runsfrom Wednesday till Saturday,Nov. 16-19.398-6558 is the number for tickets and informa­ tion. Don’t forget to support the Act Now! campaign.

Evy (Christina Meiliunas, left) and Polly (Jacqueline Hourigan): really juicy scenes.

Centaur’s Gigli Concert complex

by Irish playwright Thomas o Murphy, the latest production e by Montreal’s Centaur The­ re atre Company. On the other ^ hand, if you are ready to digest ^ an evening’s worth of existenre tialism , m etaphysics and c pseudo-psychology, this play re may be what you are looking 3 for.

5* The story revolves around re the relationship between pov­ erty-stricken quack psycholo­ gist J.P.W. King, and his lone client, a self-made millionaire who seeks the services of King to fulfill his dream of singing like the late Beniamino Gigli, the world famous operatic tenor. The action of the play is in the form of “counselling” sessions which take place in Mr. King’s squalid apart­ ment. As we eventually realize, the

Beniamino Gigli tenoring.

by Larry Ullman If you are searching for light­ hearted, cheerful entertainment at the end of a hectic day, you should proba­ bly steer clear of The Gigli Concert,

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•Other stuff: SSMU’s Program­ ming Network presents Illustrated Men, improv comedians from good ol ’ Second City, Wednesday at 8pm. Tick­ ets are a paltry three bucks. Please go: people need to laugh at this time of year.

Also, a gentleman from the Mon­ treal Symphony Orchestra has in­ formed me he is interested in survey­ ing students’ tastes in classical music.

The questions will appear in next Tuesday’s Trib, along with areview of theMSO’sperformanceatNotreDame Basilica (tonight and tomorrow night, 7:30pm).

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theplay whichis.inM urphy’s words, “The starvation of the spirit - singing being the great expression of the spirit.”

Simon W ebb’s (King) acting tal­ ents are deserving of special men­ tion. Even though the other two members of the cast are adequate in their roles, W ebb’s natural ability often transcends their presence, and he single-handedly injects life into the script. In fact, if you become overwhelmed by the complexity of the narrative, try focusing your atten­ tion on Webb to see what spontane­ ous and skillful acting really entails.

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preting some rather cryptic symbol­ ism and imagery. Add to this the play’s running time of close to three hours, and you may be leaving the theatre somewhat more exhausted than some of the actors.

As the play unfolds and the Irish man is eventually cured, his lunatic obsession becomes seeded in the spiri­ tually dissatisfied soul of King. This brings us to the underlying theme of

filthy and decaying nature of King’s living quarters is symbolic of the condition of his soul at the time the millionaire arrives for guidance.

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by M ike Martin For the third weekend in a row, the Redmen basketball team won two o f three games, but this time they reached the finals of their Redmen Invitational Tournament to finish in second place. Friday’s victory over Carleton, 88-68, pushed their league record to 3-1.

In non-league action, they out­ fought the Lethbridge Pronghorns in more ways then one to win in an intense battle 92-80, but Sunday they fell to Concordia,103-92. The Redmen were without their highscoring, high-rebounding forward Paul Brousseau who is out for a minimum of two weeks with a frac­ tured metatarsal, and Ilya Gutlin suffered a potentially broken wrist in Friday’s victory over Carleton.

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Their overall record now stands at 9-3.

David Steiner continued his con­ sistent high-scoring against Carle­ ton with a 21 point effort. The Redmen led at the half 46-35, and cruised to the victory after Patrick Arsenault’s baseline jumper with 10 minutes to go put them up by twenty, 65-45. Individual contri­ butions included Pat Baker’s solid all-around performance, Bruce McElroy’s defense, and Mike “Chewy” Soussan’s spectacular steals and a fabulous blocked shot.

Saturday, the Redmen disposed o f a big Lethbridge Pronghorn squad (what the .... ?) by twelve through some amazing individual performances and inspired play, especially after a fight broke out at

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by Tribune Sports Staff The McGill Soccer team went to Vancouver this past weekend for the Canadian Nationals and came back the second best team in Canada behind the University of Toronto. In semi final action, McGill played St.Mary’s defeat­ ing them 2-1. This was achieved after double overtime with McGill tied 1-1 on a Jeremy Prupas goal.

In the ensuing kick-off McGill scored four times to St. Mary’s two. Scorers for McGill were Jul­ ian Barrow, Filice Mastrostefano, Dave Stewart and Dean Juliana.

In their final game, McGill played the University o f Toronto for the national championship.

Losing by only one goal on a pen­ alty kick in the second half, the Soccer team played a great game against the highly regarded Toronto team. This is the most successful season at McGill since the day’s of Gord Gow ‘s national champions.

Congratulations to all team mem­ bers.

In other sporting action, the McGill Hockey team won two road victories. On Saturday, McGill de­ feated Waterloo 3-2 with goals by Mario DeBenedictis and Marc Lajeunesse. On Sunday our skat­ ing Redmen blew Laurier out of the water with a 4-0 victory. The game belonged to goal keeper Reeve who maintained a shutout with 41 shots on goal.

The women’s swim team was up for the challenge at the prestig­

ious College Cup swim meet held in Edmonton, Alberta this week­ end. McGill entered the meet ranked first in the country and came away with seven gold medals.

Jennifer Lailey was outstanding as she finished first in the 50m and 100m backstroke. Overall in the tournament the team finished a close 3rd behind Alberta and Toronto.

The Women’s basketball team

had a somewhat disappointing weekend as they lost to Fordham 84-64. TinaFasone was high scorer with 24 points. On Saturday, the 12th the Martlets incurred a sec­ ond loss to Hostra by a score o f 7359, Fasone again high score with 21 pts. On Sunday, in an exciting game against MaristCollege, from Ploughkeepsie, N.Y., the Martlets won 72-69, Leah Hayman high score with 24 points.

a t in v ita tio n a l 14:35 in the second half. In the incident, McGill’s Perry Douglas was ejected from the game. The skirmish began as David Steiner and some Pronghorn battled for the ball after the referee signalled a jump ball. Another Pronghorn, Mike Lynagh (6’8" 250) went af­ ter Steiner, and so Douglas tackled Lynagh without throwing a punch.

Unfortunately, he soon had the three other Pronghorns swinging wildly at him. Douglas stepped back and calmly pumpkinned a Horn, then both coaches and all 0 three referees arrived to separate the players. The refs proceeded to ^ throw only Douglas out, deciding ÿs i t unnecessary to eject Lynagh, the man who instigated the incident, (perhaps for fear o f losing this giant’s favour).

Perry had been unstoppable up to then, but the Redmen exhibited this year’s impressive depth by not just staying even after Perry’s exit, but by gradually going well ahead o f the Pronghorn’s, putting the game beyond their reach. In the first half, Douglas repeatedly set up teammates with passes, and he was hot from three-point range.

Jamie S imon also provided a strong first half with some intimidating blocked shots and inside moves, which put the Redmen up 47-42 at the break, after an early Horn lead.

The Redmen gradually extended their lead into the second half with a three-pointer from Bruce McElroy (the Jeep-Eagle player o f the game). They led by six at the time o f the melee, but soon wid­ ened the lead to twelve. “Chewy” Soussan chipped in with two timely steals and three hoops over a four minute span. Jamie Simon’s bucket at 11:02 put the Redmen up 67-57, and Gavin Slethaug ’s free throw at 9:34 pushed the lead to twelve, 7159. They maintained that lead the

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rest o f the way with spectacular plays like Ariel Franco’s threepoint play. From halfcourt he went by one Horn with a behind-theback dribble, then juked two more, reached the paint, and put up his shot off-balance as he was fouled.

At 5:42, Mike Millman shot the glass literally with a beautifully high arching of the glass six-footer over some big Pronghorn to put the Redmen up by fifteen, 82-67. From then on, intense defense and David Steiner (20 points in the game) took over, and the Redmen held on to win 92-80.

Against Concordia, the game began with a pretty pass from Steiner to Jamie Simon for an in­ side slam, but from then on, Con­ cordia took control. A strong Concordia core o f Dexter John, Alan Cox, Dino Perm, Nick Artvenitis, and Mike C ow ie worked together to produce a 5340 halftime lead. Although the Redmen trailed by twenty-one with 13:40 left in the game, they fought back, finally coming to within ten, 82-72, after seven consecutive points by Douglas. S teiner’s threepoint play at 2:40 pulled McGill within seven, 93-86, and Ariel Franco’s four free throws, around a Stinger hoop, brought the Redmen within five, 95-90, with 1:20 to play. They could come no closer as Concordia pulled away in the final seconds, winning 103-92. Douglas led the Redmen with 24 points.

David Steiner took All-Tourna­ ment team honors. Dexter John, the first year player from Dawson, was named the Toumament MVP. This Friday, N ov. 18, the Redmen travel to Sudbury, On­ tario for theLaurentian Invitational Tournament where they will take on Laurentian in their fifth league game o f the year.

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SPORTS T ru e

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by Ruari Nicholson The splash o f salt water as the Stars and Stripes makes it s way through a Mediterranean surf : the sport of sailing has long been associated with such events as the Americas cup, however, through the efforts o f a handful o f Quebec sailing en­ thusiasts the sport o f sailing may finally make it’s way on the Que­ bec University level.

Quebec sailing has, for a long time, had a slowly evolving existence.

Now comes a concerted effort on the part o f six students from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commer­ ciales (HEC) to create an Annual InterUniversity Sailing challenge.

Says organizer o f English-speak­ ing universities Marie-Claude Beaulieu “ This is a great opportu­ nity for sailing in Quebec; it’s an unprecedented event.” Known as the D.I.V.A. cup, the five regattas will hopefully take place in the last spring or early summer o f 1989 at Lac St- Louis in the West Island.

Beaulieu told the Tribune that the crews will be made up o f students from universities across Quebec including Bishops, Concordia and o f course, McGill. It is the hope of the organizers that these regattas

will receive investment from companies looking for promotion through “ involvement in the dy­ namic and prestigious event.”

The initiators o f the project, all stu­ dents o f HEC, have in mind the es­ tablishment o f an event which will be held annually on a long term basis says their newsletter “ it will become a place for meetings, ex­ changes and an opportunity to increase co-operation between universities and companies through other projects.”

While it is obvious that this project will require a great deal o f organi­ zation, Quebec is not without its sailing opportunities. With numer­ ous bodies o f water, marinas and its sailing federation Quebec has all the infrastructure necessary for the development o f not only this event but for the sport in general.

As for the involvement of students, Beaulieu says “ there is agreat deal o f interest at these universities, it’s simply a matter o f channeling this.”

Certainly, within McGill, there are a great many students with sailing experience from such provinces as Nova Scotia and British Colom­ bia. Many companies and organi­ zations involved in the field o f

sailing have shown a great ant confidence in the project. Anacom the North-Atlantic communicatioi Agency, ic rontributine to tht

D.I.V.A cup by offering it’s expertice in communication and promo­ tion o f sailing for competition.

W e wish good luck to the sailing

enthusiasts involved in the organ­ izing o f this event and encourage all sailors at McGill to involve themselves in the program.

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o f M c G ill S q u a s h learning. Kenya has a traditionally bred great squash players and after 9 years o f playing the game, Shoa is out to prove that he is no excep­ tion. While regular team play doesn’t start until Saturday, he recently won the 46th Annual Xerox M .A.A.A. Tournament (softball Category) establishing his strength in the game. Ironically, he met the team coach, Chris Dukas, in the final and proved that the student can be master.

i M att Price Perhaps one o f the least recogzed varsity sports at McGill is uash, not because of a low league inding but because of lack of iblicity and facilities. This, >wever, could change very lickly with the coming o f a new ason and with a team capable of eat achievements. Last year, cGill players finished 5th in the ntario-Quebec division with a irrow defeat at the hands of ueens, stifling their chances of :hieving a higher standing, owever, there is at least one ldition to the team that could make big difference in the upcoming ason and who could compete with e best if things go well.

Shoa Ehsani came to McGill in inuary from Kenya, where his mily moved to after escaping e Iranian Revol ution. At 21, he is i the beginning stages of a chemiil Engineering degree after havlg spent a great deal of time waitig to attend a higher institution of

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;t a precedent. Because it’s such a ompiex case, I need an ambitious, goetter lawyer who believes in me and istice.

KM: Where do you go from here?

N: More lawyers... It’s kind of up in le air. It’s an issue which isn’t up to îe. I may have laid the complaint but re justice system decides on my life. I dll kick and scream until I get justice.

KM: How do you think the Uniersity administration has dealt with his?

N: The University has been good, [hey had been told to hold off their nvestigation until after the police had completed their own. So now they can ;o ahead with their investigation as oon as possible. They have been very upportive. Extremely supportive.

KM: How do you think the Uni­ versity community as a whole has leak with this?

N: I think there is a lot of anger yet also a lot of people are making jokes about it... like when you hear that at Douglas people are going around say­ ing ‘W e’re the Zeta Psi rape squad’...

That is sickening. How could they joke about something like that? It’s sicken­ ing to me as a woman, and also there are guys who are Zetes who don’t go around raping people.

I have had a lot of support from the community. There are some who say : ’ Any girl who goes upstairs with a frat boy is asking for it’. That’s ludicrous.

But on the whole I have had tremen­ dous support and a positive response.

KM: How do you feel about the fact that the names of the guys who were suspended from Zeta Psi, fol­ lowing your complaint, were printed in theDaily"!

N: I asked them [the Daily] not to.

They had told me and at first, I didn’t know what to think because it seemed v-i v '*> yi .*

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Shoa will be playing the top po­ sition in a team o f 6 going to Trent to compete in the first regular sea­ son tournament. McGill is trave­ ling to Trent after having turned down the chance of hosting the tournament due to the lack o f inter­ national sized courts at McGill.

The team is optimistic and the softspoken Shoa feels that it has “bet­ ter depth” this year, which will enable it to win the wide range of positions.

natural that I would want that, that I would want revenge. Then I thought about it.

There is going to be a school ‘trial’ and it’s not going to be a fair trial if things happen like this. It frustrates me. I had asked them not to and they did it anyway.

KM: How do you feel about the Rape Awareness Campaign which is sched uled to be launched in Janu­ ary?

N: Terrific. I feel strongly about that. It’s a great idea. When I go home at Christmas I want to talk to my high school about rape. I ’m from Northern Ontario. People don’treally think about it. They aren’t prepared. I mean I get someone to w alk me home at night but I didn’t think of the act or of the rami­

fications. People should be aware of what they should or should not do.

I can’t dwell on the fact that I was a victim. You have to think of moving forward, to try to change things. So many men know nothing about it. The firstpersonl told was aguy... he had to call his mother. He didn’t know what to do.

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N: Yeah. I ’ve dropped out for this semester because I’ve missed six weeks of school. But I ’ll be back in January.

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by Ian Dorion (continued from last week) In the quest for adequate protein consumption there lies the problem of bodyfat. Bodybuilders and other ath­ letes are always striving to keep bodyfat to a minimum. This is accomplished by keeping dietary fats to a minimum.

Why? W ell, recent studies have shown that calories from fats put on more bodyfat than calories from other types of food.

Keeping dietary fats to a minimum while keeping a high protein intake is not easy because fat is everywhere in meats and dairy products. At 9 calories per gram, it is not hard to add bodyfat.

Getting adequate protein to support exercise .muscle growth, and strength while avoiding dietary fat, cannot be done with food alone. You have to supplement with fat-free protein pow­ ders and/or amino acids. You’ve got to realize first of all, that the supple­

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S u p p le m e n ta tio n ments are not going to make you grow bigger than Arnold Schwarzenegger.

By themselves they won’t make you grow at all. It is the intense training that will utilize this available protein to make your muscles grow.

Amino acid supplements should be taken on an empty stomach immedi­ ately after a workout and just before going to bed. They should be taken with water or juice, but not with milk since it will hamper their absorption in the stomach. Protein supplements can be taken either in between meals or with them. You should consume no more than 30-40g of protein at one sitting because the body can only use a little bit at a time.

The next macro-nutrient I ’m going to discuss is carbohydrate. Carbohy­ drates are made up of atoms of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

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metabolize very quickly in the body. the muscles as glycogen is what allows Complex carbohydrates, starch and you to do heavy and intense weight cellulose primarily, are found respec­ training. tively, in foods like potatoes, pasta and 2. Muscle size is increased when the rice, and in a wide variety of vege­ body stores glycogenand water in the tables. These take longer to metabo­ individual muscle cells. lize and therefore have a ‘time-release’ 3. Carbohydrate in the body has a effect in providing energy to the body. ‘protein-sparing’ effect, keeping the Here is an exerpt from ARNOLD body from burning up exessive protein SCHW ARZENEGGER’S ENCY­ for energy.

CLOPEDIA OF MODERN BODY­ 4. Carbohydrate is the main source BUILDING to further explain: of energy that fuels the functioning of “ Carbohydrates are the easiest form the brain, and a deprivation can have of food for the body to convert into en­ severe effects on mood, personality ergy. Once ingested, carbohydrates are and mental ability.” turned into glucose, which circulates So, if you do not have an adequate in the bloodstream and fuels muscular supply of carbohydrate in your body, contraction,and glycogen, which is your workouts and performance in stored in the muscles and the liver for sports will suffer. A good way to load future use. Adequate supplies of car­ your muscles with energy giving gly­ bohydrate are essential to the serious cogen before a workout or a game is bodybuilder for a number of reasons: through supplementation. There are 1.

Carbohydrate is a primary form numerous sports drinks on the market of energy. The carbohydrate stored in designed to enhance an athlete’s per­ formance. In my opinion, the best drink to take for high-energy performances and workouts is CARBO POWER. This drink, distributed by Northern Lights in Canada, supplies 85g of pri­ marily complex carbohydrates and comes in delicious fruit flavours. These drinks should be taken shortly before a workout or performance.The advan­ tage is that you get readily absorbed carbohydrate without the bulk of food.

The next aspect of supplementation is one I’m sure everyone is aware of and has done— vitamins and minerals.

A major problem in current times is that people are not receiving an ade­ quate intake of nutrients. This is obvi­ ously a problem for those who are dieting, those who are too poor to afford good nutrition or for those whose lifestyle is sedentary and must cut down on food intake to avoid obesity. On the other hand, there are people who con­ sume adequate or exess calories, but of the wrong kind of food. ' Todaymanynutritionistsclaimthat a ‘well-balanced’ diet including serv­ ings from the four major food groups wUlresultinnutritional adequacy. They also say that hard training athletes will automatically receive the extra nutri­ ents necessary by their increased con­ sumption of food.

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-In processing, storage and cook­ ing, food may lose much of it’s value.

-Insecticides are often used in the soil and sprayed on foods.

-Modem life is stressfull.

-Our air and water often contain pollutants.”

It has become increasingly difficult in these times to know if your nutri­ tional needs are being met by the foods you eat. There is also the RD A , which if it turns out to be inaccurate, could result in an overhaul of long-held nu­ tritional beliefs. The problem is also compounded for physically active people who need more nutrients than sedentary people.

What can you do? The best thing, if possible, is to consult an intelligent professional who is up-to-date an cur­ rent research analysis. This way you could get a comprehensive report on your nutritional requirements.

The next best approach, especially if you are an athlete, is to take a daily combiation of vitamins and minerals.

Every morning you should take a vitamin/mineral mega-pak as well, in order to help correct nutritional deficiencies and to assist in the functioning of the bodies biochemical reactions.

Now I would like to deal with some­ thing more advanced— performance enhancers. When I talk about perform­ ance enhancers I do not mean anabolic steroids, but totally natural products that are designed to optimize an ath­ lete’s workout or performance and to assist in recuperation.

In recent years there has been a great advance in nutritional research which has provided athletes with scientifi­ cally developed supplements to help them achieve their potential faster.

Most of these products are taken before a workout and allow an athlete to train more intensely due to increased and sustained energy. They also allow an athlete to recuperate better after a workout. This is extremely important because without adequate intensity .growth cannot be stimulated, and without adequate recuperation you will not progress in your training— you are likely to regress.

These products are generally com ­ binations of amino acids, vitamins, minerals, biocatalysts, sometimes car­ bohydrate and othernutrients. In order to give you an idea of what I ’m talking about I ’ve decided to discuss some of these performance enhancers that are available to the athlete today. By the way. I ’ve actually tried these in my own training in the past, and they do work.

METABOLOL(Champion Nutri­ tion) Metabolol is the world’s first meta­ bolic optimizer. You will get results that were never possible with amino acid formulas, protein powders or complex carbohydrate products alone.

Metabolol will make your metabolism function more efficiently and make it easier for you to gain strength, size, stamina and speed without making you fat. Each ingredient strengthens a link in the physiological chain of events necessary for muscle development. In addition to the metabolic optimizing formula, Metabolol is also a complete food product containining protein, branched-chain amino acids, peptides, complex carbohydrates, medium-chain triglycerides, vitamins and minerals.

MUSCLE NITRO(Champion Nu­ trition) This is another metabol ic optimizer created by Champion Nutrition and can be used as a complement to Metab­ olol. It is designed to maximize muscle stimulation during workouts; it con­ tains succinates to increase a biochemi­ cal process that improves your ability to maintain ATP {*When you perform a series of repetitions, your muscles use ATP(adenosine triphosphate),the

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NUTRITION

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday November 15,1988

...yet more on nutritional supplementation fuel of muscular contraction.) levels at their peak so that you can train harder. Muscle Nitro also contains the inosine needed to produce adenosine(a major component of ATP) and also the type of amino acids used most during the of a workout—leucine, isoleucine and valine. To put it simply, it is for­ mulated to peak your workouts and push your recovery.

INOSINE

quality of many of our foods today m ake it imperative that we turn to food supplements for even the simple goal of good health. Not only do you need food supplements to ensure that you’re eating a well-balanced diet, but also to ensure that fitness, bodybuilding and athletic goals are attainable. You in­ vest alot of time in improving your body. Don’t you owe it to yourself to supplement your training regime with

This is a substance that takes part in sugar metabolism, promotes ATP production and helps keep your respi­ ratory process going smoothly even when you’re in oxygen debt. In other words inosine helps you to sustain exertion. Inosine is used by top Soviet athletes.’

So, you see, eating alone isn’t the answer. The processing, chemical additives and mediocre nutritional

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M cG ill S tu d e n t P u g w a s h

-2 0 5 0

2550

500

970-

M cG ill Y o u th P a r lia m e n t

-2 0 0

856

656

9 7 0 -8 5

M o d e l U n ite d N a tio n s

-1 7 3 5 0

18050

700

9 7 0 -6 9

P a k is ta n S t u d e n t s ' A s s o c ia tio n

-3 8 5

1036

651

970-

P a n - H e lle n ic C o u n c il

-1 6 0

501

341

9 7 0 -8 9

P e r s o n a l F in a n c e C lu b

-6 5 0

1350

700

9 7 0 -9 5

P r o je c t P lo u g h s h a r

-3 4 3 0

3795

365

9 7 0 -7 8

S im u la tio n G a m e r s

lild

-9 8

474

376

9 7 0 -4 6

S o u th - E a s t A sia n £

e n t s 'A s s n .

-3 6 0 5

4141

536

9 7 0 -8 1

V i e t n a m e s e S tu d e r

A s s o c ia tio n

400

1100

700

9 7 0 -7 2

W U S C McGill

-6 1 0

1030

420

9 7 0 -5 6

M is c e lla n e o u s C lu t

0

3500

3500

-6 8 5 5 7

86387

17830

S u b -T o ta l I n te r e s t G r o u p s S p e c ia l P ro je c ts 9 7 0 -6 2

I n te r n a tio n a l S tu d . R e c e p tio n

0

700

700

9 7 0 -1 8

I n te r n a l A ffairs

0

1438

1438

9 7 0 -9 1

U n iv e rs ity A ffairs

0

4300

4300

9 7 0 -4 2

S a d i e 's III

0

1200

1200

9 7 0 -6 2

M is c e lla n e o u s P r o je c ts

0

22362

22362

S u b -T o ta l S p e c ia l P r o je c ts

0

30000

30000

9 7 0 -6 3

C a p ita l R e s e r v e

0

26944

26944

9 7 0 -6 3

C a p ita l E x p e n d . R e s e r v e F u n d

0

10000

10000

-432928

1412154

979226

-1623016

1623016

0

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TOTAL EXPENDITURES -PROFIT/SUBSIDY

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Wednesday

Guitarist - Hugo Burgos (Alley) 12:30 p.m.

Caravan - A sale of Third World Products (Rooms 107-108) C©nnn©iy NngMt (Ballroom) 8 p.m. illustrated Men with special guests TheatreSports

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Oreotts (Alley) 12:30 p.m.

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Friday

Caravan (Rooms 107-108) *3.noosh> - Funky Worldbeat Rhythm (Gert’s) 10 p.m. p All events will be held in the University Centre.