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Grace Permaul, President of Students’ Society and A den^7iaun!^o!a!T *of Women’s Cenlennial Committee cut Centennial Cake.
They Ate Cake
by Thelma Dawson | The Women’s Centennial celebraj tions at McGill began last Thursday afternoon. Grace Permaul cut a huge "100 pound” cake to start the celebra tions for this special year at McGill. It was a cold, blustery afternoon marked by bursts of sunshine when Grace, President o f the Students’ Society along with Arlene Gaunt, chairman of the Women's Centenary Committee sliced and served cake to the patrons of the Open Air Pub and other onlookers. The year 1984 marks the centenary of the entrance of women students to this university. It is an event which along with women’s entrance to other North American institutions of higher learning, has been enormously impor tant to the role of women in our socie ty. The cake cutting was the first of many activities planned throughout the school year. The celebrations have been organized by a group of commit tees who have been working for the past two years. The events include the minting of a specially designed medal, a costume exhibit at the McCord Museum, the publication o f a book —
“ A Fair Shake” — written by and about McGill women, athletic events, international conferences and panels, speakers and concerts. A full calendar of events was published in last week’s McGill Reporter. In addition, a mon thly newsletter, entitled “ Update” will chart the course of the Centenary events. O f course, watch The Tribune for full coverage of Centenary events. Last Thursday’s events concluded with the unveiling of the book, “ A Fair Shake” . The event was attended by most of the 30 women connected with McGill who wrote autobiographical essays for the book. Many spoke of the progress women had made in the past 100 years but there was a note of bitter cynicism from those who questioned how far the changes had actually gone. Students began to get involved in the planning of the Centennial last year, organizing the “ 100 pound” cake, sponsoring speakers, dances and athletic events, ideas which are always welcome, may be aired this week at a meeting in the Union Building. Watch for further announcem ents. The organizers promise that this will be a special celebration for everyone at McGill.
Tuesday 11 S e p te m b e r 1984
Pubs Renovated As
M an ag em en t F irm H ire d by Brian Todd In a radical departure from Students’ Society policy, the McGill Students’ Society has entered into a contract with Les Services Alimentaires C. V.C. to run the cafeteria and the two pubs in the Union Building. While the Students’ Society will maintain owner ship and ultimate policy control of the services, C.V.C. will manage them on a day to day basis as well as do the hiring and the purchasing. The new Executive Committee was faced with a dilemma when they took office. The employees of the cafeteria and pubs were organizing themselves in hopes of forming a union. In addition, both Gertrude’s and Gertrude’s II were in need of renovations. Executive Committee members saw possible price increases of 25 per cent looming on the horizon in order to pay for increased labour costs and needed renovations. Upon entering the contract with C.V.C., the Students’ Society was guaranteed a lower increase in prices as well as renovations undertaken by a private contractor rather than Physical Plant (and thus at substantially reduc ed prices). When interviewed on the subject, Grace Permaul, President of the Students’ Society, stated that the deci sion to enter into a contract with C.V.C. reflected, “ a change in focus for the Executive Committee from beer and pizza to politics.” She continued, that despite this change in focus, the Executive Committee wanted to main tain the high level of service combined with the quality of service that had been offered in the past. As they saw it, the only way to bring this about was
either through the sale of the operation entirely or the hiring of a professional management team specializing in Food and Beverage operations. The deal with C.V.C. involves a sharing of both profits or losses depen ding on the revenues generated. The Executive Committee hopes that with the computerized management systems available to C.V.C., the firm will be able to control and monitor profits and losses more accurately than the Food and Beverage Department ever was. “ They will be able to rapidly shift their resources and focus on what they find student needs to be,” commented Grace Permaul. What this means for the average stu dent is that Gertrude’s has a brand new coat of paint and flooring as well as a stand-up bar. Also the games that used to be in Gertrude’s have been moved downstairs to the new quiet pub. The former Gert’s II has undergone exten sive renovation and change to create an entirely new atmosphere. On or about September 15, “ The Alley” will open as McGill’s long-awaited quiet pub. The games will be kept in a separate room that is insulated from the rest of the plush carpeted, wood-paneled bar. Available in this pub will cappucino, croissant .and many speciality foods not complimentary to the famed “ Gert’s pizza.” M ajor prom otions have been planned for both bars by C.V.C. with regular musical perfor mances being part o f the overall at mosphere change. The cafeteria while undergoing little physical change will be endeavouring to target their food service and menus to the fickle student tastes.
Endless Summer by Calvin Couch Well, the School Year is upon us once again, but there is no need to let go of Summer yet! The Program Board and T he A rts a n d S c ie n c e Undergraduate Society have a full week of events planned to let you hang onto Summer Fun for a short time anyway. The theme for Welcome Week ’84 is MAKING WAVES, so Fun in the Sun can continue until September 15th! Join us at one of the Open Air Pubs from H am to 4 pm any day this week on Lower Campus Barbeques, live entertainment and a great way to meet
people. The Inter-Student Meet starts today at 3 pm. Drop by the Welcome Week Booth for sign up sheets and rules. Tonight, the 11th at 8 pm you can watch your friends and strangers forgetting their names, dancing a jig or just acting silly at the Mike Mandel Show. A Mentalist of the finest quali ty. Mike Mandel can make anyone do the craziest things! Tickets are $2.00 at both Sadies’ or at the door o f Pollack Concert Hall. This year the Ballroom o f the University Centre will be turned into one of the hottest nightclubs in town.
■ » ” ver ,or an°"<er year. Registration ended last week wi thousands of happy students matched ideally to courses designed to their individu Welcome Week is sure to be a roaring good time at THE SA N D B A R . Live bands like F.M ., J R . Express and the Box and great comedy with The Yuk Yuks Comedy Tour will be featured. Imagine yourself sitting at a beach watching live music. Well, we have the next best thing — so go to THE SA N D B A R and forget the “ back to
school blues” . Wednesday Night is the G rand Opening o f TH E S A N D B A R F.M . and Nash the Slash. A great New "W ave” band, the Arrows will keep you enter tained all evening. You can dance on a huge dance floor or just sit at your table and let the waiter and waitresses continued on page 5