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What’s On TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 AIESEC, first annual gen­ eral meeting 4pm in Bronfman 301. All members, new & old welcome.

Q PIRG , annual general in­ terest meeting at 7:30 in Lea. 132. For info call 398-7432 India Canada Student As­ soc. reception 4:30-6:30pm Union 302. For more info call

848-9304 H istory Students’ Assoc, general meeting at 4:30 in Lea. 26 McGill X-Country ski team, first meeting in the Currie Gym, room 408, at 6 pm.

Liberal M cG ill, Federal Lib­ eral Justice critic Robert Kaplan will be speaking on the issue o f abortion at 5pm in Stewart Bio. S l/3 . All welcome.

The McGill Tribune, September 19-24,1989

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

W om en’s Union, wine & cheese at 5pm in Union 423.

For more info call 398-6832 M cGill Outing Club, gen­ eral meeting at 7:30pm in Lea. 132. For info about hiking, ca­ noeing, rockclimbing, etc be there & get involved.

The Network againstRacism & Bigotry is meeting at the

Hillel House, 3460 Stanley, at 4:30pm. For more info call 8459171 International Socialists of McGill, a public meeting & dis­ cussion on the revolutionary ideas o f Karl Marx. To be held at the Yellow Door (on Alymer north o f Prince Arthur).For more info call James at 3988567 M cGill Choral Society, re­

hearsals are every Wed. nightat 7:30. Registration is $12. We are a non-audition choir for people o f all faculties. Males wanted. But o f course you’ll have to figure out where all this takes place.

The W alk Safe Network, anyone interested in volunteer­ ing should attend the first meeting at 6 pm in the Arts Council room, next door to the English Dept, office.

M cGill Youth Parliam ent, meeting at 4pm in Union 425.

All welcome, and for more info call 289-9143 NDP-M cG ill, general meet­ ing at 4:30pm in Union 310.

For more info call Erik at 2846051 Old M cGill, meeting for eve­ ryone interested in working on the yearbook to be held in Un­ ion 405/6 at 6 pm, it could change your life. Fore more info call 398-6816, orTrarcy at 524-3922 if you can not make the meeting.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 STD Awareness week, an orientation session to educate volunteers about ST D ’s & dis­ cuss the week, 4pm at the Health Services. Please RSVP. For m ore in fo co n ta ct Lori McCurdy in Rm 100 at the Powell Student Services Bldg, on the comer o f Peel & Dr. Penfield. or call 398-6017.

McGill Student Pugwash, general meeting at 6 pm in Burnside Hall room 305. For more info call Stev at 982-3313 AIESEC, career day from 10am to 4pm in the Union Ballroom. Meet representatives from 43 different companies.

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Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual dis­ cussion group; at 5pm. (at a location to be determined). For more info call Bill at 597-0363 or Ken at 499-1766

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The McGill Tribune, September 19-24,1989

Tuition fee hike would hit loanless hardest

BY JILL HANDELMAN A tuition fee hike predicted by Bourassa aide Chris Sirros would hit students without Loans and Bur­ saries hardest, according to McGill Financial Aid Director Judy Stymest.

“Tuition fee increases will af­ fect everyone,” Stymest said last week.

“But students already on loans or bursaries will be the least af­ fected because the government would probably increase their aid in proportion to their increases in tuition.”

Government officials determine who will receive aid by combining the student’s own income with that of their parents.

Last week Sirros, a Liberal MNA for Laurier, told Concordia Uni­ versity students that a Liberal government would probably raise tuition fees over the next four years.

University tuitionfees in Québec have remained frozen atabout$550 per year for the last twenty years, and are almost half those of any other Canadian province.

In a Tribune interview on Fri­ day, Sirros explained that a new fee structure would make “univer­ sity education in Québec realis­ tic”. Québec’s new fees would be no higher than those in any other

province, he said.

Sirros added that a Liberal pol­ icy against tuition fee increases without loans and bursaries in­

creases would also be accomo­ dated. He did not, however, have any concrete program for reform of the loans and bursaries system.

The promises and predictions are no comfort to SSMU Vice President (External Affairs) John Fox.

Fox said that rumours that the Liberals will earmark 40 per cent of revenues from increased tuition fees for loans and bursaries is in­ correct On the authority of a source inside the Ministry of Education, Fox stated that “the Liberals will only throw about 22 per cent of increased revenues into loans and burasaries.”

He added that with increased loans comes increased student debt.

“When you raise fees, you set up a serious barrier to the accessi­ bility of education,” he said.

The Parti Québécois has ex­ pressed a commitment to eventu­ ally eliminating tuition fees alto­ gether, and party leader Jacques Parizeau has promised to maintain the current freeze on fees.

SSMU has produced a position paper affirming open and accesible post-secondary education, and explaining its opposition to tuition hikes. To that end, SSMU is circu­ lating a province-wide petition in cooperation with ANEEQ (Asso­ ciation National des Etudiantes et Etudiants du Québec). The peti­ tion will be available to be signed at tables in the Union, Law, and Leacock buildings on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week.

INVITE'89 to open gates a "little wider"

BY ROBERT STEINER

SSMU Council to boycott Californian grapes At the first Students Society Council meeting on September 12, the SSMU agreed to support a growing international boycott of Califor­ nian grapes. The boycott was instigated by Cesar Chavez and his United Farm Workers, who are reacting against the use of dangerous pesticides in the growing of grapes. The resolution which was passed bans grapes from its cafeterias and functions and urges other campus organizations to do the same. Council was acting on a proposal from Management Councillor Nathalie Labcrge.

Women fight fear on Montréal streets In response to staggering sexual aggression statistics in Montréal, almost 600 women took part in the annual Take Back the Night march on Friday night. The march, organized by the Montréal Assault Prevention Centre, was characterized as “loud and upbeat, but aware” by one marcher. Sexual assault continues to be a major concern for McGill students, as 1216 reports of sexual aggression were reported to the MUC in 1988. This figure is generally assumed by police and counselling groups to be only 10 %of the actual number of incidents of sexual aggression or assault

SSMU to bring tuition fee concerns to General Assembly The Students Society Council has invited all members of the McGill community to a General Assembly to discuss tuition fee policy and a demonstration. Council will ask students to vote on whether or not McGill would join an October 18 province-wide demonstration against proposed tuition fee increases. The Assembly will take place in the Union Ballroom on October 11, between noon and 13h.

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McGill organizers expect 50,000 people to visit the campus during a two-day open house event begin­ ning Friday morning.

Invitation ’89, billed as the “University’s largest public rela­ tions event”, is held tri-annually and follows on the heels of a suc­ cessful 1986 open house.

Bagpipes are set to launch this year’s events at 9:30 a.m. on Fri­ day with a march through lower campus.

Other events planned for Friday range from an architectural exhibit to a demonstration of state-of-theart brain imaging at the Montreal Neurological Institute.

Three bands - The Razorbacks, Too Many Cooks and Cinema V are set to play a free concert on the lower campus Friday night. The McGarrigle Sisters will close Invi­ tation ’89 with a free concert Sun­ day.

Organizers expect one “open house” highlight to be a debate Saturday between City TV’sMoses Znaimer and CBC parliamentary “top gun” Elly Alboim. Both media gurus plan to answer questions about today’s “infotainment” news broadcasts.

“We are leaders in the fields of teaching, research and develop­ ment and in serving the commu­ nity,” one organizer said this week.

“The Roddick Gates will open a little wider this week.”

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Op/Ed

The McGill Tribune, Tuesday March 7, 1989

Investing in your ow n future In the days leading up to the provincial election we are hearing a lot about rising expectations of a hike in tuition fees following an almost certain re-election of the Bourassa government. Always associated with this topic is a discus­ sion on the supposed effect of such a raise in fees on the accesibility of university education. In my view the argument that a raise in fees would lead to decreased access for poten­ tial students of low income is false; and is being used as an excuse for students who, for their own personal reasons, desire a continuation of the status quo.

It is common knowledge that in other provinces tuition fees run about 100% higher than here in Quebec. Yet somehow I know of many students of limited resources who are man­ aging to attend university in these areas. In the U.S., where even public university tuition runs up to $6,000 CDN, ac­ cepted students who lack sufficient funds can attend the uni­ versity of their choice (through a combination of work-study, loans, grants, and scholarships). It seems to me that an increase in fees would not affect the ability of people to attend universities, but would simply make their lives a bit more difficult...they might even have to work! However, it seems likely that an improvement in student assistance programs would accompany a fee increase. Even if not, having students pay more of the cost of their own education is far more just than the current arrangement.

What is the reality of a system in which students pay only 9% of the total cost of their education? The reality is that university students, who are primarily the children of upper-

middle and upper income families, have their education paid for by taxpayers, the bulk of whom are lower-middle and middle income families. Is it fair that people whose children frequently do not attend universities pay more than half the cost of educating the children of those much better off than themselves? I can not see how it is. While it can be argued that all society benefits when a portion of its mem­ bers acquire specialized knowledge and skills, we must accept that the primary beneficiaries of university educa­ tions are the people who earn the degrees. To students, universities are not as much a vehicle to the betterment of society, as they are vehicles towards high paying careers. I am not saying that no children of lower-middle and middle income people attend university, but one need only make a quick survey of McGill and the people around us here to see how skewed is their proportion. If we really want to make university education accessible to all, we must look at ways of improving education among the very young, and teach them a sense of sacrificing immediate desires for long-term fulfillment; for if this knowledge is not instilled at an early age, no amount of financial ease will increase university enrollment among the economically disadvantaged.

For the present, those of us who can afford to bear more of the burden of the cost of our education should view this cost as an investment in our own personal future; and be willing to pay accordingly.

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BY JO H N FOX The provincial election has been a desert for those looking for outbursts by politicians on the importance o f education.

But that doesn’t mean that the election has no implications for students.

During the last election in 1985, the Liberals promised to keep tuition fees frozen at their current level for the duration o f their mandate. That mandate is now over and indications are that, if re-elected, the Liberals will raise fees next September.

All you have to do is look around you to see that McGill desperately needs more money.

Further, overcrowded class­ rooms and deteriorating lab equipment are not phenomena exclusive to this university. The entire postsecondary system in Québec is in sorry need o f new funds.

In previous years, through Students’ Council and through direct referenda, McGill stu­ dents have made it clear that they are willing to be a part o f the resolution o f this problem.

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would be willing to pay more for their education.

But students did not give un­ conditional support to a tuition hike. They wanted to make sure that they were not to be an excuse for the government to cut back on education funding.

In Ontario, for example, fees have been rising at the rate o f inflation while government subsidies have declined by 16% in constant dollars for the last ten years.

The Students’ Society’s pol­ icy on fee increases reflects this concern. It stipulates several conditions that must be met before a hike can be accepted.

The first is that “relative underfunding” be resolved.

“Relative underfunding” is the result o f the systematic dis­ crimination o f the govern­ ment’s funding formula against universities with “expensive students” (medical, engineer­ ing....). McGill has suffered greatly under this régime. This form o f underfunding is a di­ rect result o f a government formula and must be resolved before any tuition hike. If not,

p r o v in c ia l e le c tio n th e q u a lity

students from other universi­ ties may find themselves pay­ ing our debt.

At this time, the government has not resolved relative underfunding, falling $7 million short

by Minister Ryan’s own esti­ mates at McGill alone.

McGill students are aware that lack o f funding has hurt the quality o f education here and have been willing to do their part as long as the government pitches in too. After all, dou­ bling tuition would only result in a 5% increase in the univer­ sity budget (about $75 million province wide) which consti­ tutes a drop in the bucket in terms o f the financial difficulty o f the university network. Fur­ ther, at least a quarter o f the money raised would have to be diverted to the loans and bur­ saries program. A doubling o f tuition alone will simply not in­ crease the quality o f anybody’s education.

In this light, it seems a trifle ridiculous that a province that has cut its support to universi­ ties by 30% over the past ten years should ask students to

o f e d u c a tio n increase their share by 10 0 %.

With this in mind, Students’ Council decided last week to support a petition opposing a tuition hike at this time. They are available at the SSM U of­ fice, from your councilor or at inform ation tables around campus. You are urged to sign before Wednesday afternoon.

Students are also urged to dem­ onstrate their opposition to tui­ tion hikes by marching with students from across the prov­ ince on October 18. Watch for details.

Many students see tuition as an investment in their future and would be willing to up the ante. However, unless we force Québec to put university fund­ ing back on its list o f priorities, the returns on that investment stand to be negligible.

John Fox is VP External fo r SSMU. The Tribune welcomes com­ ments from the McGill commu­ nity providing that they are relevent to current student events. For more information call the Tribune office.

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L etters from S ou th A fr ica This week the Tribune launches a series of reports from students across Canada and around the world. As part of this feature, we will run a monthly report from South African cam­ puses through the South African

Students Press Union. The report is, to our knowledge, theonly regu­ lar link between Canadian and South African campuses.

This dispatch was compiled for the Tribune by editors of the coun­ try’s English student newspapers.

Their universities are integrated.

Through the actions described here blacks and whites battled this month’s elections there, building what apartheid deems to be impossible - non-racial de­ mocracy.

U n iv e r s it y o f N a ta l (P ie te r m a r itz b u r g ) PIETERMARITZBURG,Natal (SASNEWS) - A campus meeting at the University of Natal Pieter­ maritzburg Campus to “unban” the South African Youth Congress and End Conscription Campaign was banned but took place anyway.

Police arrived during the meet­ ing and filmed participants. They also took the names of people wearing opposition stickers and briefly arrested one student who had refused to give her name.

On September 4, 320 students and 40 academics, including the Dean of Law, were arrested as they marched to the local police station

to present a statement condemning events at university’s Durban cam­ pus. (see Durban report).

In what must have been an un­ precedented event in South Africa, the prisoners held a Defiance Campaign meeting inside the po­ lice station. They sang freedom songs, toyi-toyi’d (an African war dance popular atprotest meetings), heard speeches from leaders of various organizations and con­ cluded by singing the opposition national anthem “N’kosi Sikele”.

They were eventually charged with attending an illegal gathering and released on a bail of R50 (about $25.00) each.

W its d efies a p a rth eid : stu d en ts at J o h a n n esb u rg 's W itsw a te rsra n d U n iv ersity

U n iv e r s it y o f C a p e T o w n CAPE TOWN, Cape Province (SASNEWS)- The University of Cape Town (UCT), like much of the western Cape Province, be­ came the scene of running battles between students and the police during the ru: up to national elec­ tions on September 6 .

A crowd of students armed with picnic baskets travelled to Blouberg Strand beach to “drown beach apartheid”. But, in what has be­ come known as the “Battle of Blouberg”, police helicopters herded the peaceful protestors to a line of constables who dispersed them with whips and batons.

Many people wearing little more than T-shirts and swimsuits left the melee with welts and bruises on their backs and legs.

The UCT Student Council presi­ dent was whipped across her breasts and stomach.

UCT and the “coloured” Uni­ versity of the Western Cape held rallies to unban the South African

National Students Congress. Po­ lice broke up both with rubber bullets, teargas and whips. AtUCT, the “Battle of Woolsack” lasted three hours while thousands of students came onto the campus plaza in support of the protestors.

On September 4, police arrested more than 800 people as they tried to march on parliament. They at­ tacked the crowd using whips and tear gas, and sprayed purple dye from a water cannon. Many of the arrests took place after the demon­ stration as police drove around the city looking for people marked with the purple dye.

One UCT student managed to climb on top of the armoured ve­ hicle being used to spray the dye and re-directed the dye directly at the ruling National Party’s offices.

A plainclothes security police­ man who tried to get at the student was assaulted by a uniformed po­ liceman who mistook him for a

protestor. When the uniformed cop then tried to get at the student, he was punched in the groin‘by a real protestor.

The student managed to escape into the crowd.

On the eve of national elections, about 23 people were shot and killed during police action against protestors in and around Cape Town.

The heavy-handed action taken throughout the run-up to the elec­ tion has caused a massive back­ lash: Many groups have called for the resignation of Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok. The State Security Council (South Africa’s highest security body) has banned the use of quirt whips by police. A high-ranking police officer has publically condemned the actions of riot police, and a press photog­ rapher has confessed to being a police informer and agent provo­ cateur.

U n iv e r s it y o f N a ta l (D u r b a n ) DURBAN, Natal (SASNEWS)The defiance campaign kicked off at University of Natal’s Durban Campus on August 21 when stu­ dent organizations met to “unban” the South African National Stu­ dent’s Congress (SANSCO) and the End Conscription Campaign (ECC).

The meeting was banned shortly before it was due to start, and hundreds of protestors gathered on lawns near the original venue.

Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd.

Eight students were arrested.

The following day a number of ECC supporters were arrested af­ ter tying yellow ribbons around trees in the city. Police drove around the city removing yellow ribbons from trees and also chased

and arrested two students who were riding around with ribbons trailing from their bicycles.

Shortly before the September 6 national elections, 254 medical^ students were arres(edafter marching to Duftan campus. . .

A meeting which was to have been held the following Monday to protest against the arrest of the Medical students was banned minutes before it was due to start More than 20 police vehicles drove onto campus while students moved out of the hall where the meeting was to be held. On a nearby lawn they passed a motion con­ demning the state of emergency.

The Student Council president and two organizers were arrested when they tried to present the motion to police. Other students were also

arrested while trying to prevent the police from leaving campus by sitting on their vehicles.

One police vehicle hit a univer­ sity staff member’s car on its way out of campus. As police inspected the damage, a stone was thrown through the window of the police vehicle.

Police then openned fire with birdshotand tear gas, injuringeight students. They also sprayed purple dye on the students to mark those who had attended the protest. When police finally left the campus to loud applause, students staged a sit-in at the university’s gates, demanding the release of their fel­ lows.

The use of live ammunition prompted calls for the resignation of Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok.

S ou th A frican ca m p u ses: te a rg a s a n d tex tb o o k s

U n iv e r s it y o f th e W its w a te r s r a n d JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal (SASNEWS)- More than 100 stu­ dents defied a police order ban­ ning a rally at the University of the Witswatersrand and refused to disperse even after police had launched several tear gas attacks.

For hours students, including hundreds of schoolchildren from Soweto, faced police on the cam­ pus’ main square.

The confrontation arose after police banned a meeting billed “Wits defies apartheid” which was to mark the “unbanning” of such student groups as the Soweto Stu­ dent’s Congress, the Congress of South African Students and the Black Student’s Society, an affili­ ate of the South African National Students Congress (SANSC0).

Police allowed students to dis­ cuss their reactions to the meet­ ing’s banning. But when students regrouped and started singing and chanting, police fired several rounds of tear gas. However, the students were strengthened by the arrival of several hundred Sowetan

students, and regrouped several times during the next four hours.

The impasse ended when police withdrew to the outskirts of the campus and students slowly dis­ persed.

Three of the students arrested have been held since then, and were due to appear in court on Friday.

Before this rally there had been an attempt to “unban” the United Democratic Front (an illegal um­ brella group of opposition organi­ zations). The meeting was sup­ posed to have been held on a Sun­ day at the University, but police banned it and cordonned off the campus.

Buses transporting people from black townships were turned back by the police. In some cases people who had caught trains were beaten.

The meeting continued with the small group of students present.

Police kept watch for a few hours before baton-charging the group.

About 20 students were arrested, but released soon afterwards. page 5

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BY ANDREW GREEN_______ McGill’s newest residence may house more thanjust students when it opens its doors in St. Henri in September 1990.

Student Society executives are considering using the residence to bring together St. Henri community groups in need of special projects and students who would work on them for credit.

“It’s not fair to the community unless we put back some of what we’re going to take out,” SSMU Vice President (University Affairs) Morriset said.

“It’s part of our commitment to the area,” said Morisset.

If approved, the service would be “along the same model” as the Centre Étudiant de Service au Collectivité at l ’Université de Montréal (CESC), Morisset explained.

“SSMU would be the reference point for groups to come to with ideas for re­ search projects and for students and S t. H en ri: profs to come to and look at projects,” she said.

The CESC at l’Université de Montréal has been matching com­ munity organizations with students for five years. It solicits project ideas from interested community organizations. After defining the needs of the organizations and arriving at a description of the project, the CESC advertises the projects to students and profes­

projects. For that SL Henri would be good.”

According to Hébert, between 200 and 230 students or groups of students have completed projects under the program. This year 220 organizations submitted projects, while last year 150 did. Hébert says that the average rate of project re­ alization is one in three. Projects have been com­ pleted by students studying commu­ nications, public relations, social work, psychology, animation and nutrition.

McGill Vice Principal (Aca­ demic) Sam Freedman added that McGill’s ef­ fort might even go farther, to include community health programs.

“We would in­ clude health care problems and problems of com­ munity health be­ cause the SL Henri district happens to be in the area of the Département Santé Commun­ autaire and the b u ild in g w ith M cG ill? photo by Neal Herbert Montréal General Hospital, which is Henri quarter. “It [St. Henri] is as one of our major teaching hospi­ good as other quarters,” Hébert tals,” he explained. told theTribune, referring to the “In fact, the community leaders CESC ’s success in recruiting proj­ in the area have made special re­ ects from SL Henri. quests for joint projects and the participation of McGill students “There are many organizations and staff in health related matters.” in St. Henri, and not many finan­ McGill’s largely-bilingual medi­ cial resources for them. So they of­ cine, nutrition and nursing staff ten call us because they don’t have would offer such services in the financial resources to take on French.

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sors, and tries to match students with projects corresponding to their studies and level.

According to CESC project agent Louise Hébert, the service at l’Université de Montréal receives requests for projects from the St.

Students’ Society has said it would recognize arts councillors Charles Robison, Joanna Wedge andDaniel Green as legitimate Arts and Science Undergraduate Soci­ ety (ASUS) representatives on student council in spite of an ASUS call for new elections.

“We have received no written request for any election to be held,” SSMU President Santo Manna told the Tribune last week.

“For now, the arts councillors who are sitting are legitimate members of the students council.”

Last year’s arts councillor elec­ tions were contested by a candi­ date who complained his photo­

graph was not properly displayed in the Daily. Chief returning offi­ cer Eric Steinman declared the elections valid but last week ASUS executives decided the “confused” situation could only be solved with new elections.

The constitutionality of such elections remains unclear.

Councillor Charles Robison ex­ plained that “no just the new el( tions. The^ aren’t just” consulted,” Robison said.

“They [ASUS] can’t make a ra­ tional decision. Jen Fraser made the three councillors very uncom­ fortable. The whole thing should go to the judicial board.”

Fraser could not be reached for

comment.

SSMU President Santo Manna added that he “could not speculate on what will happen.”

“If it is the best decision, we will abide by it,” he said.

The elections battle is the latest chapter in a hostile relationship between ASUS and SSMU. But, Manna said he expects “No seri­ ous problems this year”.

“It is the priority this year is to have better relations with all the faculties,” Manna explained.

“We [SSMU and ASUS] have the maturity and competence to deal with this situation.”

No candidates have actually an­ nounced whether or not they would run for the three council posts.

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PRO-CHOICE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY NO ONE INTEREST GROUP HAS THE RIGHT TO UNILATERALLY IMPOSE ITS INTERPRETATION OF MORALITY ON THE REST OF US. LIFE IS NOT OURS TO GIVE OR TAKE BUT IT’S A GIFT FROM GOD. WHEN A FETUS OR A MAN IS ACCORDED RIGHTS WHICH SUPERSCEDE THOSE OF A FULLY GROWN WOMAN THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG. ONLY GOD CAN BE OUR MORAL JUDGE, AND HE OFFERS F Û ^ ^ ^ B K h ï O ALL WHO ARE SORRY FOR IE A LONG WAY SINCE THE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. ABORTION IS NOT A CRIMINAL] DAYS OF BACK STREET ABORTIONS AND WE'RE NOT Gf 4 0 l ^ M E R E S T GROUP HAS THE PRO-CHOICE PEOPLE BEfeTEVE THA"M^AJPLURAJ*fSTIC ^ T > I ^ ^ B r EST OF US. LIFE IS NOT RIGHT TO UNILATERALLY IMPOSE ITS In TEKPRCTATION OF" OURS TO GIVE OR m K E BUT IT’S A GIFT FROM GOD. WHEN rFETUS O R ^ ^ B IS ACCORDED RIGHTS 1ERE IS S O A ^ ^ B g SERIOUSLY WRONG. WHICH SUPERSCEDE THOSE OF A F U L ^ G R O W N WOMAN I G IV E N E S Ç ^ ^ ^ P WHO ARE SORRY FOR ONLY GOD CAN MÏ OUR MORAL JUJJGE, &JD HE^ . LONG WAY SINCE THE WHAT THEY HAVjt DONE. ABORTION IS DAYS OF BACK STREET ABORTIQù»r<ND, ______________ ÏTEREST GROUP HAS THE PRO-CHOICE PEOPLE BELIEJ riOl^OF M ( J ^ B B g y THE REST OF US. LIFE IS NOT RIGHT TO UNILATERALLY IJ rOM"G<**D. W HENATETUSTE t A MAN IS ACCORDED RIGHTS OURS TO GIVE OR nAKE BI GROWN ^ M A W*fHERE IS^OMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG. w h ic h s u p e r s c e d e V h o s i AND HE OFFERS FORGIVENESS TO ALL WHO ARE SORRY FOR ONLY GOD CAN BE OUÏ PIS NOT A CRIMINAL MATjerR. WE'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE." LAND WE’RE NOT GQIWCT^ACK!!

DAYS OF BACK STREET. THAT IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY NO ONE INTEREST GROUP HAS THE OSE ITS INTERPRETATION OF MORALITY ON THE REST OF US. LIFE IS NOT IT’S A GIFT FROM GOD. WHEN A FETUS OR A MAN IS ACCORDED RIGHTS OF A FULLY GROWN WOMAN THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG.

PRO-CHOICE PEOP] RIGHT TO UNILAT OURS TO GIVE OR WHICH SUPERSCED

In courtrooms, homes and houses of parliament each person's right to determine their own future is being pitted against the 'rights of the unborn.' Education is the key. We do not necessarily support any one viewpoint. The choice is yours.

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BY SARAH VENART AND DON WRIGHT According to the Harpers ’ Index an estimated two hundred thou­ sand women die each year world­ wide from botched illegal abor­ tions. * The Montréal Morgentaler Clinic, the first of its kind in Can­ ada, operates from a small brick bungalow in the residential area of Honoré-Beaugrar.d. The clinic is open three or four days a week and is staffed by five doctors (four men and a woman) who together per­ form an average of fifty abortions a week.

Morgentaler himself divides his time between his clinics in Win­ nipeg,Toronto,andMontréal, and is expanding his clinic in Halifax which currently offers only coun­ selling and information. He has appeared twice before the Supreme Court of Canada to defend his clin­ ics’ right to provide safe, acces­

sible theraputic abortions on de­ mand.

Twenty years ago, Morgentaler developed a procedure which every woman who goes to theclinic today follows. After making an appoint­ ment, she would be interviewed by a sexologist, who determines whether or not she realizes her options and has reached a firm, well-informed decision. If the sexologist feels that the woman is not yet certain of her choice, she will recommend that more time be spent considering the decision.

Should the sexologist, however, think the woman is secure in her decision, the next stage is an inter­ view with the doctor who is to perform the abortion. After deter­ mining the woman’s medical his­ tory and explaining the procedure, the doctor will answer any ques­ tions before showing the patient into one of two operating rooms.

The doctor and two nurses - one to

provide support for the patient and the other to assist the doctor - per­ form the abortion.

The operation itself takes ap­ proximately one minute for every week of pregnancy. Following the procedure there is a rest area for the woman to recover and relax. In that room, there is information available on various forms of birth control. Before leaving, the woman is given the telephone number to reach a clinic staff member at any time in case of complications or questions.

Protesters in Toronto forced Morgentaler to demand an injunc­ tion barring anti-abortion demonstraters from the immediate vicin­ ity of the Harbord Street clinic.

Although the injunction was granted, they have had serious problems with enforcement of the ban. The situation in Montréal has been much less explosive in recent years, so there has been no need for such expensive legal measures.

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Students who test positive are referred to Montreal General Hospital, where full counselling and abortion services are offerred. While statistics are not compiled at Student Health Services concerning abortion rates, it was suggested by the staff that an overwhelming majority of student pregnancies end in abortion.

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P r o -c h o ic e : n o n e w la w n e e d e d The Tribune asked a supporter o f the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League to explain its posi­ tion on reproductive choice.

For decades the pro-choice movement has been struggling to fight back the forces of fanaticism which would have us return to the days when women died in desper­ ate attempts to end their unwanted pregnancies. This summer was no exception.

The majority of Canadians watched in horror as two men tried to stop their former girlfriends from having abortions. Even though the injunctions were finally over­ turned, the cases of Barbara Dodd and Chantal Daiglerepresenta very serious threat to human rights in this country.

In 1969, abortion was legalized under certain conditions, but it remained in the criminal code for twenty years. When the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the abortion law in January 1988, I thought that Canadian women would no longer have to fear being branded as criminals for asserting their right to choose. Apparently I was wrong.

The reaction was the same from every woman I spoke to: shock and outrage that it was possible for these men to use the courts to exert such power over their ex-girlfriends. Many drew analogies to Margaret Atwood’s A Handmaid's Tcde in which women are controlled by men because their fertility has become a scarce commodidty.

“How could this happen?” they said. There was after all, no abor­ tion law on which the judges could base decisions on the injunctions.

The answer is simple; as long as there are judges who would arbi­ trarily impose their morality on the rest of society, and it often seems that they have the power to do so, women like Chantal Daigle and Barbara Dodd can have their lives dragged through the courts and through the media.

Freedom of choice is not an ex­ treme position. The term pro-abor­ tion is a misnomer used by the anti­ abortionists alone. Pro-choice people believe that in a pluralistic society no one interest group has the right to unilaterally impose its interpretation of morality on the rest of us. Many people are person­ ally opposed to abortion but en­ lightened enough to understand that this is their own conviction and that others may feel differently.

The anti-choice people talk about the sanctity of the human life. No­ body denies that the fetus is living, but when the fetus or a man is ac­ corded rights which supersede those of a fully grown woman, there is something seriously wrong.

Where is the discussion of quality of life? Is it right for a twelve year old victim of rape or incest to be forced to bring her pregnancy to term?

Why is it that generally the same people who oppose abortion under any circumstances also oppose birth control and sex education?

Why is it that we seldom hear them talking about child abuse by un­ willing parents? Most often, anti­ abortion sentiment is inspired by a single minded religious doctrine which states that life begins at the point of conception and therefore the termination of any pregnancy, even one which is in the early stages of cell division, is murder.

The pro-choice lobby, on the other hand, actively campaigns for better education on contraception so that the need for abortion will be reduced. They recognize that women and men today must make difficult choices about how they will lead their lives, and that some of their options are not sanctioned by many religious institutions.

They realize that despite the infor­ mation andresources that are avail­ able, contraceptives, like people, are fallible. And they do not be­ lieve that forced childbirth should be used as a punishment for care­ lessness.

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abortionists. Aren’t there thou­ sands of parents waiting to adopt?

There certainly are. And while adoption is a viable alternative for some women, no-one should be forced to be a human incubator simply because there are people who unfortunately cannot have children themselves.

“What about the rights of the fa­ ther?” they said. What about them?

It is undeniable that under the best of circumstances a woman will

We do not need a new abortion law in Canada. Over 70% of Cana­ dians favour freedom of choice.

Abortion has always existed and always will, even if the anti-choice lobby is successful. Late abortions are a red herring, as only about 0.4% of abortions are performed

after twenty weeks, and there are invariably compelling reasons for these. Abortion is not a criminal matter. People our age do not re­ member what it was like before abortion was legal, but our moth­ ers and grandmothers remember.

We’ve come a long way since the days of backstreet abortions and we’re not going back.

People who women’s right to choose should do more than just talk about it among themselves.

The anti-choice lobby is very or­ ganized and very vocal. It’s time the politicians heard the voice of the majority.

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consult her partner before making any decision. But this decision has to lie with her in the end. As a man I must accept the fact that it is women who bear children and respect that childbirth affects their lives much more immeadiately than it does a man’s.

A n ti-a b o rtio n : life n o t to b e ta k en

BY SA R A K E L L Y

The Tribune has asked McGill Christian Fellowship for a letter outlining its position on abortion.

Abortion is an emotive issue currently rocking the Canadian judicial system which is forcing Canadians to look at their moral and social values and responsibili­ ties. Avoidable human death is unquestionably wrong. Human lives are invaluable, and cannot be equated to anything material. We cannot buy or sell one another.

Those who take human life are condemned and punished, and the world expresses its outrage at their actions. Why, then, are so many willing to accept the idea of abor­ tion?

For many, the crux of the matter is this - either an unborn child is a human being, or it is not. But the fact that an embryo could possibly be (and cetainly can become) a human being is what is important.

I am doing postgraduate studies in teratology and mammalian embryogenesis. Every fertilized egg is a unique indi viual by virtue of its genome (genetic formation) being different from that of either parent.

The mother’s claim that it is part of her own body is not valid - and embryo’s reliance on its mother to survive is no different from that of a newborn - the fact that a newborn baby completely relies on another human for its survival does not negate its humanity. The embryo develops from conception until well after birth. So it is not a matter

of an embryo suddenly becoming ‘human’ at a given point in gesta­ tion.

In addition to medical argu­ ments, the Bible tells us in Psalm 139 v.16 (New King James Version) that God knows us as in­ dividuals before we are bom:

Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.

And in your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.

Life is not ours to give or take, but a gift from God. Some argue that because spontaneous abortions occur, we too can abort. But spon­ taneous abortions and death are both natural processes, and we don’t kill people just because they will die at some point A husband and wife are faced with the choice whether or not to conceive a child. This choice, how­ ever, is not to be made after the child has been conceived. Con­ senting adults outside the marriage relationship are equally responsible for their action, just as any adult is expected to take the consequences of his or her decisions. This is no different Jesus Christ values each one of us so much that he died for us. And he wants us to value and love each other in the same way. This means that we should value others at least as much as ourselves.

By no means is the physical life

of the baby more important than the physical life of the mother - if the mother is likely to die from the pregnancy, and is is a matter of choosing one or another, the mother’s life must be protected.

But when the mother’s right to her own life becomes a right to her own convenience of her own de­ sired lifestyle over the life of an­ other, this becomes unjust. The right to deny another’s right is no right at all.

It is hypocritical to stand and criticize without acting to help those faced with such a situation.

With love and compassion, we must help women so that they do not feel obliged to abort their ba­ bies. All levels of government must work to improve the situation of single and married mothers, mak­ ing the support of a child socially and economically feasible. Many worthwhile volunteer organiza­ tions such as the Pregnancy Coun­ selling Centre and B irthright allow us to prsonally give our time and money to affirm and support preg­ nant women and their children.

We in MCF encourage you to join our social action task team sending volunteers to the Preg­ nancy Counselling Centre, or sim­ ply to get involved on your own.

I have no desire to judge women who have had abortions - only God can be our moral judge, and he offers free forgiveness to all who are sorry for what they have done.

But we must not stand idly by without defending those who can­ not defend themselves.

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is the architectural exhibition of the year. On display for the first time, a collection of the City's newest planned and projected developments will showcase the Montreal of tomor­ row. With the generous support of First Q uebec C orporation, The M agil G roup and BCE D evelopm ent C o rp ora­ tion, scale models and illustrations of over 30 projects will highlight the future of Montreal's skyline. The next decade will deliver such exciting architectural landmarks as: Maison Ultramar, Tour BNE, Place Canada Trust, Complexe du Fort, IBM-Marathon, Lavalin-BCED-Teleglobe "1000 de la Gauchetière”, Montreal World Trade Centre, La Tour du Faubourg, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, McCord Museum and Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.

Join us for their viewing on Friday the 22nd (noon to 6:00 PM) and S aturday the f (10:00 AM to 5:00 PM ) in th e M cG ill School o f A rchi­ tecture exhibition room , M acdonald H arrington Building, 3rd floor.

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O ver the last three years The knowns to being the grassroa scene. The band was discover by reknowned guitar wiz and p has worked with the legends lil duced both of the Razorbac C a n a d a ). It is the m agic and as lead singer Tony Kenny Expie moment".

K ate & Am M o n tre a l's fa vo u rite sisters - K ate a n d A n n a M cG a rrig le - are to m a k e a triu m p h a n t c o n c e rt return as th e y p la y a free c o n c e ri M cG ill University. O n S aturday S e p te m b e r 23rd a t 8:00 PM ( sha The M c G a rig g le Sisters will p e rfo rm u n d e r th e " Big Tent “ o n M c G Low er C am pus F ootball Field (Sherbrooke a n d M cG ill C olle A venue).

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A feast for m ind and eye The Redpath Museum will host the exquisite and priceless Feather Book Collection. The "book", which is on display for the first time in North America, comprises 157 pictures of birds crafted entirely from the feath­ ers of each species. This collection was created on hand made paper by the Chief Gardener of Milan in 1618.

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Having beaten out bands from across the nation at the recent Rock Showdown '89 in Toronto, CINEMA V is anxious to thank their hometown sup­ porters with an exciting aw ard winnig perform ance.

Another unique exhibit uses original manuscripts to illustrate the British view of the events in France. "The English Face of the French Revolution" will be on display in the front hall of the McLennan Library.

Other unique treasures are found in the Rare Books and Special Collec­ tions section of the McLennan library. It contains over 50,000 precious books, manuscripts (which include those of Stephen Leacock and Hugh McLennan), private papers and maps dating from the 15th century to the present.

The Lande Collection of Canadiana consists of more than 12,000 pam­ phlets, maps, prints, perodicals, government documents and books.

The Lincoln Room houses iconographie items of Lincolniana and foreign tranlations of Abraham Lincoln's work.

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BY KARL UHRICH The format is snappy, the ar­ ticles penetrating. A new women’s magazine was launched on Sep­ tember 6 to an overflowing crowd at L’Essentielle bookstore. It’s not Flare ,notElle, definitely notMirabella. It’s gasp, a magazine which audaciously calls feminism ‘fun’ and strives to provide a renewed burst of thought and examination to a world where Vogue dares to call the shots.

Gasp bills itself as “an alterna­ tive wimmin’s magazine”. The idea for its inception came to editor Maria Stanborough when she was sitting in the orange chair of an airplane, leafing through the air­ line collection of women’s maga­ zines.

“They were interesting to look at, fun to flip through,” admits Stanborough. But almost without exception they all related to women on purely physical terms. Beauty and style, a sassy ability to “vogue it” are the decided champions of thought among their bright pages.

Woman as Consumer is the major identity trumpeted by mainstream magazines.

Gasp, says Stanborough, is not diametrically opposed to these values. Its goal, however, is to critically examine the “pervasive

one-dimensional images of women” and address the other dimensions. The magazine’s in­ troduction states, “rather than fo­ cus only on the image, gasp ad­ dresses the layers of life, layers which can never be devoid of the body, but do not depend solely on the the physical.”

The resulting publication is a collection of articles examining the diverse social-political issues cur­ rently facing women. Its writers take on discrimation against women of colour, the environment, and Harlequin Romances. Also appearing in the first issue are snip­ pets of poetry and fiction, artwork, literary reviews, and interviews with a Turkish anthropologistwriter and an Asian-British film­ maker.

The magazine’s sharpest arrows are aimed at the bizarre array of policy-makers and supporters of the “New Right”.Themovement’s female face in Canada, the now infamous REAL (Realistic, Equal, Active for Life) Women, oppose inclusion of an equality clause in the Charter ofRights and are quoted with such aphorisms as “women are best at nurturing and caring; men fight wars and worry about the deficit” In perhaps the maga­ zine’s most insightful piece, Carla Gruodis argues for an understand-

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BY MELANIE LITTLE Whether you are a cinéphile, or someone of the school that thinks Spring Break is the best film ever made, it is highly unlikely that you will walk out of Cité Ciné unim­ pressed. Consisting of extracts from over 130 films from eight countries, and using more than 540,000 watts of lighting as well as some of the slickest technology around, Cité Ciné leaves Cineplex Odeon whimpering sadly in the dust.

It is far more than a trip to the movies - or even many trips to the movies. It is a brilliant example of how the effect of an aesthetic ob­ ject can be amplified when it is experienced in the context in which it was created. As the name im­ plies, the exhibition is almost ex­ clusively concerned with cities the films highlighted take us on a trip from Paris to New York, from Rome to Tokyo, and, of course, to Montréal. Not only are the films themselves thematically linked; the real fun of this exhibit is that it immerses the traveller (“specta­ tor” would be too narrow a term) in the sights, sounds, ambiance, and even smells of the “city”around him or her.

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The barrier between audience and object, between fantasy and real­ ity, is eradicated. You are in the movie.

In total, the exhibition is com­ prised of sixteen completely unique and meticulously planned scenar­ ios. The first, “La Ville en Fete”, a myriad of mirrors and coloured lights, creates the impression that we are plunging right into the musicals on the screen. The ultraapocalyptic “LaFeux Sur La Ville”, where the theatre becomes a nu­ clear shelter and films like Charlie Chaplin’s Shoulder Arms, Fellini’s Amaracord, and Return o f the Jedi are shown is proof positive of the cinema’s love affair with the idea that the world is about to blow up.

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ing of this alarming movementand presents more questions to the reader than pat parcels of dogma and easy solutions.

Gasp stands as an extremely encouraging example of the suc­ cessful publishing of ideas either ignored or contradicted by the mainstream media. Stanborough says that starting gasp wasn’t dif­ ficult. She had already produced a prototype edition for a McGill communications class which gen­ erated a keen interest among many woman writers. All it took was a little real sweat to crystalize gasp into a reality.

Now, less than two weeks after its launching, the magazine has already made quite a splash in Montréal. The first printing is on the brink of being sold out, and a second is on the way. Plans have been finalised to sell the magazine in Toronto and other Ontario cit­ ies, and distribution is being nego­ tiated for Vancouver. The next issue of the quarterly magazine is expected to be bilingual and will appear in January.

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L a u r a S an G ia co m o : o n e o f th e m e n a g e à q u a tr e in S ex , L ies, a n d V id eo ta p e.

Sex, lies, a n d v id e o ta p e : c e llu lo id d r e a m s H istory S tudents' A ssociation GENERAL M EETING

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Denys Arcand’s complex Jésus de Montréal. Spike Lee’s explosive Do the Right Thing. Both were acclaimed as extraordinary works of art by international critics - but for the coveted Palme D ’Or, the prize for best movie at the Cannes Film Festival, the judges chose the work a first-time writer/director, Steven Soderbergh’s sex, lies, and videotape. Why? Simply put, sex, lies, and vide­ otape is fresh. It succeeds because Soderbergh has the courage to use his medium in new ways, and to examine the nature of the camera without sinking to the clichés of self-conscious cinema. Focu s ing on only four characters, he circles ever closer to the truths that lie at the bottom of their relations with each other. In doing so, he ex­ plores questions of truth, control, and neutrality as few directors, no matter how experienced, could.

The action centers around John (Peter Gallagher) and Ann (Andie MacDowell), a young married couple in Baton Rouge. John is a rising young lawyer, and Ann has quit her job to take care of their home. The picture of domesticity and simple values; but there are demons lurking beneath the sur­ face. Ann, in conversation with her therapist, emerges as a woman

with a deeply troubled but con­ cealed inner life. She has stopped having sex with her husband - who is secretly having an affair with quiet Ann’s extroverted and he­ donistic sister, Cynthia (Laura San Giacomo). While all is normal to the naked eye, Soderbergh’s re­ lentless ironic intercutting of sound and pictures makes it clear how entwined these three are in a web of deception.

Into this circle comes Graham (James Spader), a college friend of John’s, who hasn’t seen him for nine years. While John plays with his responsibilities, Graham has his car, his few clothes, and a box full of video equipment. He is a strange person, revealing little while turning every conversation into an interview. It is Graham who will cut through the lies and sexual secrets, finding his own truth in the process.

He becomes friends with Ann, who finds herself revealing her secrets to him, and soon she finds out his secret: impotent “in the presence of another person”, he finds sexual release by videotap­ ing interviews with female sub­ jects in which they talk about their sexual histories, and watching them alone. Soon enough Cynthia and Ann start revealing themselves to him, and seeing the truth about themselves as they do. This new

truthfulness, empowering as it is, is bound to have a profound effect on the women, but the form that effect takes is more than even Graham could have predicted.

Through Graham, Soderbergh gains a profound insight into his own art form. Graham believes that staying behind the camera grants him a neutrality that is akin to honesty, but he cannot be cured until he realizes that he still has an effect on people. Just as Graham sets up his situations with a cam­ era, so Soderbergh uses light and framing to give much of the movie an almost theatrical sense of bound­ ary. The music, the set design and especially the lighting and cine­ matography give the film a beauti­ ful, pensive atmosphere.

The real strengths of this movie, however, are Soderbergh and his cast. Spader is perfect, projecting a sense of solitude and awkward­ ness; MacDowell’s acting gives her personality the force it needs to match her physical beauty; and newcomer San Giacomo sizzles, while revealing the fragility under­ neath. Young and largely un­ proven, Soderbergh et al. never­ theless had the skill and the dedi­ cation to make sex, lies, and vide­ otape, against the odds, one of the best movies of 1989.

Currently showing citywide at Cineplex Odeon theatres.

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White Chicks get crazy in suburban wasteland

BY CHRIS GOSNELL Hanging unobtrusively on the kitchen wall was a small, framed inscription: “I want you to like me as much as I like you.” It is the kind ofbenign aphorism thatmightwell hang unnoticed in any typical household, but as the backdrop for A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking it reflects some of

the deeper desperation that hides behind the organized lives of two suburban housewives.

Maude Mix (Denise Beamish) is an all-American housewife liv­ ing in the upper middle-class resi­ dential equanimity of Westchester, safely outside of New York City.

Her life is invaded by a brazen Texan who has just moved in next door, Hannah Mae Bindler (Col­ leen Curran), who is determined to make friends of her new next door neighbour...whether she likes it or not The play is set around the uni­ versal symbols of the kitchen table and the coffee-pot, and is precisely as the title of the play would sug­ gest: light-hearted and fun, verg­ ing on the ridiculous. Take any hard core Texan with a snaky drawl, and mix her with a wholesome New Englander who might have graduated from Mount Holyoke College, and you have the ingredi­ ents for incendiary laughter.

Beamish and Curran have a chem­ istry that really makes the humour work; instead of crossing the line into inanity, the dialogue and ac­ tion know when to restrain them­ selves. The result is a hilarious

clash of disparate worlds.

Unfortunately, this chemistry between the characters doesn’t come out until well into the play.

Initially, the animosity between Maude and Hannah Mae is over­ done and makes the first two scenes as unpleasant for the audience as it is for the characters. When this animosity abruptly gives way to a warmer relationship, the effect isn ’t entirely convincing.

Still, the emotions manage to come through. Underlying the crazy antics between this incon­ gruous pair of housewives is a picture of two lonely people cling­ ing to each other. Both Maude and Hannah Mae discover themselves to be the victims of disloyal hus­ bands and become stronger friends in looking to one another for sup­ port This infidelity provides a prime target for much of the cyni­ cal humour of the play, but it also touches the deeper lines of loneli­ ness, suppressed feelings, and dis­ placement which hide beneath their laughter. Though never fully drawn out this theme creates a dimension of the play beyond mere clownery and situation comedy.

Ultimately, what makes A Coupla W hite C hicks Sitting Around Talking enjoyable is the

comic silliness of two incongruous personalities forging a friendship in a suburban kaleidoscope of foolishness, fun, and madness.

D e n ise B eam ish a n d C o lleen C u rra n d rin k c o ffee a n d rap at T h e C en ta u r.

The p la y runs September 14-24 at The Centaur. Tickets $10.50 fo r students. Phone 2883161 f o r reservations.

Dance fest begins to shine

BY KIM FARLEY Hold onto your senses. This week launches the Festival Interna­ tional de Nouvelle Danse, which draws together 21 companies from all backgrounds who sharejust one element: genius.

The genius is in varying stages of cultivation. For example, this year’s festival pays special tribute to Japanese dance, and to explore the violent, erotic form of butho, organizers have arranged for the grandfather of the form to appear alongside those who take ■uenergetic,’modem’ chances. | Teachers will perform with pupils who have struck out on their ~ own, as in the Jocelyne Montpetit/ a Minoru Hideshima performance of c Mi'k. Young solo dancers such as Holland’s Angelica Oei and Van­ ’S couver’s Jennifer Mascall will 'g appear alongside large companies like O Vertigo Danse and Fonda­ it tion Jean Pierre Perreault. ~ Whatever your taste, whatever I your budget, make sure you catch

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T h e M o v e m e n t T o w a rd s In te g ra tio n : C o m m u n ic a tio n R e sea rch fo r th e N e x t T w e n ty -F iv e Years Saturday, 2 3 September 1989 15:30 Room 5 0 4 , Charles F Martin Amphitheatre McIntyre Medical Building 3 6 5 5 Drummond Street, Montreal

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This lecture has been made possible by a grant from the Beatty Memorial Lectures Committee.

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(Note: 1 Senator required for each faculty.)

• Only members of the SSMU w ho are full time students in Satisfactory standing(as determined by McGill University) are eliglible to stand for election to the Senate of McGill University.

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body in one of the vehicles). This makes for a suita­ bly charming at­ mosphere in which to watch the rau­ cous car chases in such films as The Blues Brothers and Luc Besson’s Sub­ way.

Please pick up your application forms at the Students’ Society front desk.

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for steamy scenes from films from around the world, proving that lust - not to mention bad taste - is a uni­ versal thing.

At Ciné Cité, a penchant for God­ dard and Tmffault can be indulged on the breezy rooftops of Paris, orapreferencefor the incredibly romantic Italian films can be in­ dulged sur­ rounded by stuc­ coed walls of the houses of Rome.

You can relax in Tokyo’sJapanese Garden or be served in a Pari­ sian cafe, watch­ ing films all the while.

To those who are familiar with Aldous Huxley’s “feelies”, this “total immersion” idea is far from revolu tion ary.

Why such a veri­ table feast for the senses hasn’tbeen popularized al­ ready is the only mystery.

The next “land” recreates superbly the Paris Metro as the films showcase life in the Under­ ground. Hint: if you sit on the tracks, be careful not to dip your feet in the water. De­ serving particular note is the exhibi­ tion’s tribute to contrast, which is an integral element of city life, in “Interieurs/Exterieurs”. You can watch films in a prison cell one moment (complete with clanging bars, footsteps, and jan­ gling keys as sound effects), and in the adjacent Commis­ sioner’s office the Ciné C ité runs until O ctober 15 next. And by all a t the P alais de la means, don’t ne­ Civilisation. Stu­ glect to pay a visit d en t adm ission to the “Chambre Chaude”, where p ric e is $9.50. you sit on a huge That’s only $ 2 JO lurid pink communal heart-shaped more than Garth bed in a room with pink satin walls D rabinsky audiciously skins you and zebra-skinned pillars. The fo r. Think about it. For more infor­ purpose; to provide an atmosphere mation, call 522-1245.

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The festiva l runs fro m September 19 to O ctober 1. Phone 287-1423 o r 288-1888f o r more information

WANT TO WRITE FOR ENTERTAIN­ MENT? COME TO THE WRITING SEMINAR! FOR INFORMATION CONTACT KIM FARLEY AT 398-6789, OR 398-3666.

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BY JAMES STEWART Former McGill assistant head coach Pat Sheahan has won three Shaughnessy Cups in a row. Un­ fortunately for McGill fans his third came as head coach of the Concor­ dia Stingers when his club defeated the Redmen 27-23 in a very enter­ taining football contest Saturday afternoon at Molson Stadium.

Sheahan, who spent the last five seasons as the assistant head coach with McGill, said coming to his former home field “really didn’t make a difference.” No doubt, leaving with a victory did. Espe­ cially over his new arch-rivals, McGill.

It appeared at the outset that Concordia might just walk away with the 21st edition of the Frank Shaughnessy Cup. McGill looked unorganized and listless, and the Stingers took advantage of their mistakesbyjumpingtoa20-l lead.

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back Gerry Ifill got their signals crossed as Préfontaine pitched the ball to nowhere. Sean Keating of Concordia recovered the ball in the end zone and it was 7-0 after the convert McGill’s offence could not move the ball out of their half of the field and looked shaky. In the mean­ time the Stingers added two field goals of 37 and 46 yards by Paul Geary.

After Martin Ferdais intercepted a Préfontaine pass, his teammate J.F. Heroux plunged two yards to stake the cross-town rivals to a 20 1 lead as the crowd of 2,667 fell silent The pain of the first half was eased a little as McGill finally scored a touchdown with 3 secGerry Ifill with a seven yard pass for the score, leaving it 20-8 at the half.

McGill came out and showed some offensive spunk in the third quarter but couldn’t turn it into points. Down at Concordia’s 17

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yard line with a 3rd andl, McGill elected to go for the first down instead of the easy field goal. They failed and moments later Nigel Smith ran 22 yards to seemingly put the game out of reach at 27-8.

But the Redmen showed a lot of character. They refused to quit and came very close to defending the Shaughnessy Cup. The French Connection (Préfontaine to Thiffeault) got together for a 55 yard pass and run play to cut the score to 20-14. At 8:43 of the final quarter, Oshawa native Bob Linklater blocked a Slinger punt and scooted 42 yards and suddenly the Tribe trailed only 27-21. A Concordia safety made it 27-23.

The moment of truth for McGill came late in the final quarter when facing a 3rd and 10 situation from the Concordia 12, Préfontaine missed seeing an open Paul Ro­ man and was snuffed out at the 7.

Concordia killed the remaining minute, and took only their sixth Shaughnessy Cup in twenty-one

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There were 25 penalties on Satur­ day. Six were for unnecessary roughness and seven for objection­ able conduct. As Concordia Head Coach Pat Sheahan put it,”It’s a greatrivalry. Each school’s image of the other is not great.” Not only did Concordia siphon former McGill coaches Pat Sheahan and

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student John Hillhouse coaching their kickers. He wants to play for them next year. There appeared to be more around 1,800 in atten­ dance. McGill is now 18-9 versus Concordia lifetime. Players of the week last week were kicker Chuck Petipas and defencive back Eric Toupin. McGill hosts the Ottawa Gee Gees this Saturday in the annual homecoming game. Kick­ off is atl :00pm.

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M a r tle ts k ic k o f f s e a s o n in f in e f a s h io n

BY AMY WILSON It was a dark and stormy after­ noon. No, wait It was a cold and cloudy day. OK, let’s put it this way: die only thing hot on Sunday was the McGill Martlets soccer team. They opened up their nine game season this weekend with a definitive 3-2 win over Sherbrooke.

Despite the weather, the ladies kicked off the first half with a spir­

ited offensive drive. After blasting the ball into the Sherbrooke end, forward Jane Shaw shot a high lob toward the goal which was blocked.

This was followed up by a power­ ful kick from left halfback Sharon Tait, but the shot missed. Another midfielder, Natalie Ioanidis brought the ball back on a breaka­ way, only to collide with a Sher­ brooke defenseman, and some wet Astroturf.

The ladies then gave their goalie a breather, executing some smart passes, only to hassle her once again with a goal by Bruckert, on a drive into the lower left comer.

Relaxing with their 1-0 score, the McGill defense allowed a lone Sherbrooke player into their end for only the second time in the half.

Unfortunately, it was enough; she scored on a light shot over goalie Judith Abbott’s head, tying it up at 1-1.

The Martlets revived, just miss­ ing a goal from the agressive Ioani­ dis, and then retook the lead with a hard flat drive from Tait, 2-1.

Tait credits her goal to the new system the team has adopted. While no details can be revealed as yet, this new line-up is “good no matter what kind of team you play, offen­

sive or defensive,” she says.

To prove her point, her goal was immediately followed by another scoring chance. Feisty Naomi Hasegawa fed the ball to forward Jane Shaw, whose shot hit thecross bar just shy of a goal, leaving the score 2-1 at the half.

Even after all this action, both coaches Tony Iachetta and Deb Murin found the first half slow.

“The girls weVe nervous, jittery,” said Murin. “They always have a faster pace in practice, but it should pick up in the second half.”

The Martlets certainly looked faster coming back on the field.

Ten minutes into the half, star sweeper Josee Dutil (Québec Fed­ eration of Student Sports player of the week) carried the ball all the way up the center and dished it off

to Sarah Cartwright, an agressive midfielder. Cartwright fed it right back to Dutil, who faked out the goalie and scored. 3-1 McGill.

The action cooled off, however, when Sherbrooke scored on an­ other breakaway. McGill kept them in check after that, confining them to their own half, and taking nu­ merous but unsuccessful shots on goal, winding up the game with a solid 3-2 victory.

Coach Iachetta liked the results, but wants more speed. “They need to stop holding back,”he says, “and get used to the new system,” with which he is still experimenting.

But he judges it a good first game, full of strong players and snappy passing.

So yeah, there were a few hot moments on Sunday.

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BY MARCELLO AUSENDA It’s early evening at the Olym­ pic Rowing basin and McGill Rowing Team head coach Mike Lizée keeps a watchful eye on his lightweight women’s crew. Lizée rides along the bicycle path that runs the length of the 2 km course.

After ensuring that his girls are gliding well into their pace, Lizée turns his head and reveals an unre­ strained grin: “I’m existing on caffeineandeggsalad sandwiches.

I sleep in 3-hour shifts.”

Lizée enjoys his work. In his

second full season as head coach he finds himself coaching twice a day, starting at 6:00 am and finish­ ing as late as midnight In his ini­ tial campaign the McGill team finished a respectable fourth over­ all at the Ontario University/Ontario Women’s Inter-university Athletic Association (OU/ OWIAA) Championships in St. Catharines. This year Lizée is guardedly optimistic. “I’d like to improve on last year’s perform­ ance. A third-place finish this year would be great.” Lizée is confi­ dent about top 3 results in all var­

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Lizée feels that this year’s club is bolstered by a strong novice programme. He feels the women in particular will be especially competitive, while the men should also fare well.

At the varsity men’s heavy­ weight camp Montréal native Matteo Cendamo is enjoying his first coaching campaign at the varsity level. Cendamo has been involved with the rowing pro­ gramme since its rejuvenation in 1980. From that year throught 1982 Cendamo was a constant in the lightweight eight programme. In the fall of 1985, Cendamo entered the coaching realm at the novice level. In 1987 and 1988 he guided the men’s heavy weight junior var­ sity programme.

At press time the much antici­ pated selection of Cendamo’s eight was still very much up in the air.

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T H E S P O R T S P IT roes by twenty points.

With the war reaching its mid­ point the wily grandmaster Baillie managed to nab a Bishop. King Yanik spotted his mate Ifill in Stinger territory and did not waste his opportunity.

When the sides called a ceasefire at halftime the protege appeared in control, yet the end of the second quarter (a touchdown with seconds remaining) no doubt left a feeling of unease in the gut of the student.

The third quarter was all quiet until near the end when the student went for the jugular. Setting up for the kill Concordia kidnapped McGill’s queen. Nigel Smith, the burly Knight snuckbehind Redmen guards to steal her majesty and give the Stingers a seemingly in­ surmountable advantage, surely the

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Even before McGill and Con­ cordia met in the Shaughnessy Cup football match last Saturday one got the feeling that more than a measely two points in the stand­ ings was at stake.

The game took on the personal­ ity of a classic chess match. It wasn’t Kasparov and Karpov, rather two men, one the crusty teacher, the other his student, challanging his master for the very first time.

The home side, led by Charlie Baillie, chose white. Surveying his charges, Baillie properly recog­ nized that the role players, his Sordo’s, m il’s, Thiffeault’s, and Masotti’s were being led by an in­ experienced king, King Yanik.

The visitors wore black, the colour of enemies, led by the pro­ tege Pat Sheahan, they bore the label Stingers.

From the outset those who had gathered to watch knew the stu­ dent would be brash. For Pat Sheahan’s team were laden with hard working pawns, both on of­ fense and defense. The package also included an experienced, yet sometimes confused leader, quar­ terback Ron Aboud.

As both forces prepared for the actual battle the sun shone. When the war began clouds rolled in, the gods had come to watch.

Sheahan’s Concordia side opened bravely. Touchdown, field goal. The youngster had struck first The war was on. Baillie would know he was in for a struggle.

The second confrontation proved no kinder to Baillie.

Sheahan continued to steal his pawns with alarming ease. A quick perusal of the scoreboard revealed the protege’s success. After only nineteen minutes of battle the enemies were devouring the he­

beheading of the King could not be far behind.

Peering over to the McGill side­ line Sheahan cast a gleeful glance at the ailing Baillie. Sheahan stood with pride, eyes gleaming. The student had defeated his teacher.

Or had he?

The one lesson the teacher had preached was that you always make sure the enemy is dead. With that two white angels descended. First Thiffeault, finding alleys and pas­ sageways in the Concordia defense no one thought possible. Then Linklater who seemed to drop from nowhere to block a punt and run to glory.

The master Baillie appeared to have awakened from the dead, suddenly only four separated stu­ dent from teacher. With the apex

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...continued from page 14 by passing next weekend’s competition, he has more time to take a closer look at his prospects in preparation for the Head of the Trent Regatta on September 30.

Also from Cendamo’s heavy­ weight camp comes the surprising news that National team oarsmen Grant Gush andJohn Younger have decided to abandon McGill’s elite ‘eight’. Instead Gush and Younger will row in only the doubles com­ petition.

This year’s run at the overall points trophy at the OU/OWIAA championships on October 28 takes onanew twist in lightof the change in format authorized this summer by the regatta executive. At this year’s championships only varsity crews will compete. Also, in an attempt to promote better skilled, more well-balanced athletes, com­ petition will not be restricted to ‘eights’. Singles, doubles and coxed-fours in addition to ‘eights’ will be run in all varsity categories.

The Brock Invitationals, also in St. Catharines, on October 14, will serve as the unofficial champion­ ships for Nbvice and Junior Var­ sity crews.

of battle approaching Baillie was going for checkmate.

King Yaniklooked to becoming of age, letting Sordo and Ifill de­ liver decisive blows McGill edged nearer the brink of victory. With just one minute left there remained three tries. As Baillie conferred with young Yanik, Sheahan the student showed fear.

Baillie had one final decision to make. Should he keep with the knights, Sordo and Ifill or try the inexperience of Yanik. The gods turned their backs. The crowd stood, disbelieving, the protege stood, stunned. How aftereighteen years could Baillie falter so greatly?

His king was dead.

For McGill the loss is bitter. To come so near the brink against our most hated of rival, and lose.

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