The McGill Tribune McGILL WITHDRAWS FROM RAEU In an unexpected display of support this past Wednesday, Council voted overwhelmingly (13-5) to support a motion made by Benjie Trister, VicePresident External Affairs and endorsed by the Executive Committee. Mr. Tris ter spearheaded the decision to pull out of RAEU because of what he saw as “the organization being ineffective and un responsive to the needs and views of McGill students”. Despite attempts by some members to postpone a decision on this question until January, the opinion of Council was echoed in a speech by the seasoned councillor from Music, Suzanne Brynes. “Last year’s Council sat through hours of debate on the pro’s and con’s of being a member (of RAEU) and withheld fees until half way through the year. We
thought we were applying political pres sure but nothing ever happened. It’s time to act now,” she said, supporting the move to pull out of RAEU. Student senator David Allsebrooke also vocalized these points when he spoke on the ethics of looking into a new organization while still being a member of another, concluding that “now is the time for action”. Trister finalized discussion by com mitting himself to staging a referendum before another organization is joined and to assit him in his investigation Council created an Advisory Commit tee with 9 councillors, 3 students-atlarge, the official observer to ANEQ, the official observer to RAEU and Mr. Tris ter as Chairman. Executive Committee
“The manifestation of the universe as a complex idea unto itself as opposed to being in or outside the true Being of itself is inherently a conceptual nothingness or nothingness in relation to any abstract form of existing or to exist or having existed in perpetuity and not subject to laws of physicality or motion or ideas relating to non-matter or the lack of objective Being or subjective otherness.” Woody Allen
Food for Refugees by Joanne Bayly As of October 21, government aid to non-status refugees was cut off without forewarning. Without this help, and unable to return to their native coun tries, these refugees and their families will not survive. Over 605 political refu gees from such countries as Poland, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Sri Lanka are stranded here in Montreal, without aid or hope of support. > A groups of concerned McGill stu dents, backed by such campus groups as the German Students’ Association, Latin American Students’ Society, the
Womens’ Union, the South Africa Com mittee, N.D.P. McGill, and the Post Graduate Students’ Society, are joining to sponsor a food drive all this week. Taking place in the foyer of the Union Building, organizers hope to collect donations of non-perishable tinned and dry goods such as condensed milk, cheese, preserved meats, fruit, and vege tables. All donations will be appreciated, they may even save a life. Update:Last Saturday the Provincial government granted provincial welfare to its non-status refugees.
Study Week Still in Future But N ot Present Patrick H.F. Baillie As the 1983-84 proposed Sessional Dates passed through the final commit tee stage on Nov. 5th, one glaring omis sion was noted. Despite continued pres sure by the student members of Senate, the Students’ Society executive and the student representative on the commit tee, there will be no study week in the spring semester of 1984. The Committee on Timetabling and Student Records accepted the proposed dates from its subcommittee on ses sional dates and will pass them along to the Senate for final approval. The calendar runs in a pattern very similar to this year’s, as popular or unpopular as that may be. Some students prefer regis tration after the Labour Day weekend, while others dislike this practice because it pushes the exam schedule too close to Christmas. Next year’s exams will again end on Dec.22nd. Lectures will commence Monday, Sept. 12th and continue until Friday, Dec.9th. The second semester has the same format as this year’s despite the inten tion of Senate to “work towards a study week.” Due to complications in the second semester examination schedule which result from the placement of Easter and Passover holidays, the study week just didn’t fit the plan. The 21 weekdays in April were divided by 5 holidays and 11 examination days leav ing only the first week for classes. Pro vincial law requires that there be 15 weeks to the semester, composed at McGill of 13 weeks of lectures and two of examinations. In 1985, the calendar is more amena
ble to the study week proposal and, bar ring any problems, there should be a 5-day cancellation of lectures during the last week of February. Looking two years away for a study break is little consolation for many McGill students, while it also symbolizes the Administ ration’s sometimes slow responsiveness to the wishes of students. For spring, 1984, then, lectures will begin Thursday, Jan.5th (after a 14-day Christmas break) and will continue until Friday, Apr.6th. Days off are set for Friday, Feb.3rd (Winter Carnival) and Thursday and Friday, Feb.23rd and 24th (Study Break). Much of the dislike for the present University sessional dates is a conse quence of the Provincial regulations and the need for a week of Registration. While the former effect is fixed, the larg est Faculties of McGill are working towards alternate forms of registration which might, in turn, lead to a more favourable calendar. Following are the 1983-84 Sessional Dates, pending Senate approval. 1983- Tues. Sept. 6th, Registration to Fri. Sept. 9th - Mon. Sept. 12th Lectures begin ex. Engineering - Wed. Sept. 7th End of Lectures - Fri. Dec. 9th - Mon. Dec. 12th to Examinations Thurs. Dec. 22nd - Thurs. Jan. 5th Lectures begin Lectures cancelled - Fri. Feb. 3 - Thurs. & Fri. Study Break Feb. 23rd & 24th - Fri. Apr. 6th Lectures End - Mon. Apr. 9th to Examinations Mon. Apr. 30th
ST U D E N T S’ SOCIETY GENERAL M EETING Are you concerned about your University? About your Students’ Society? About your $32? About beer? If you answered yes to any of those questions and you haven’t taken the trouble to call the Executive Committee (Bruce & Bruce 392-8970; Benjie & Peter 392-8971; or David 392-8972) then.:. TOMORROW IS FOR YOU The Students’ Society is having its bi-annual General Meeting where you can have a chance to voice your concerns, or failing that, find out who represents you and talk to them privately. It’s well worth the trouble! 1:00 p.m. Room 310 University Centre DISCOVER WHAT YOUR STUDENTS’ SOCIETY HAS TO OFFER YOU!
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TMALOGUE ON ISSUEg C ensorship by Colin McGregor Burke once said that “it is generally recognized that Freedom is a great thing, the most wonderful of all liberties, when it is not abused”. This is a fairly astute comment for someone who’s dead. For today we live in a society where freedom of speech is constantly and forever abused. On McGill campus today, for example, fringe and minority groups are constantly droning on and on about how their particular rights are being trodden upon, or how some little pack of cold furry animals is getting beaten upon for no good reason, or something similarly irrelevant like that. Well, I for one am sick of it. All of this “free speech” business has got to stop. Plato once said that for a society to function well, you have to regulate what people see and hear. True, he’s dead too, but he’s got a point. Our minds are being cluttered and confused by all so rts of confusing little groups with their own little narrow viewpoints. Some of them are even anti-big business. What are we coming to? In tough times like these, therefore, censorship makes g o o d sense. My proposal is simple enough—we should take all of the fringe groups in this world, and put them into one monster umbrella group. We should call them the “Gay Whales for a Nuclear-Free Seal Hunt in Uganda”. This group would be able to print anything they wanted to print, as long as it did not exceed four typewritten pages per day. Yes see, groups like this never convince anybody anyway to change their wicked capitalist ways. They drone on and on, preaching to the convinced and simply annoying sensible people like me and muh horse. Who ever picks up an anti-seal hunt pamphlet and screams “You’re righ t! They d o have a soul! I’ll never clobber one again!” See? It’s all just an annoyance. People have to learn—it’s a tough world out there, and in an age of cutbacks we simply don’t have time to waste on quiche-type thinking. Hobbes used to say that life is “poor, nasty, brutish, solitary and short”. Of course, Hobbes too is six feet under today —see how tough it is out in the real world? Freedom of information has been so abused in today’s society that we have to limit it. We must concentrate on the sorts of issues that deal with our survival as an industrial society—issues like inflation, our next meal, and unemployment—and n o t a whole lot of smoke screen issues that we would be better done without. Put all of the radicals in one room, I say. Only in this way can we protect democracy and the rights of the individual. ‘Nuff said?1
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S om eth in g to T hink A b o u t Patrick H.F. Baillie Following In Medical Footsteps With more and more universities join ing pools for applications to medical schools, it was only a matter of time before undergraduate colleges teamed together. While the Association of American Medical Colleges has a uni fied form and the Ontario universities have a similar process whereby students need file only one joint application to all of their desired schools, until now no such central system existed for earlier undergraduate programs. The American Educational Guidance Center has introduced such a service, with 71 colleges already registered as members. One $50 fee is required for application to 5 schools, thereby saving $25-75 and much time for the student. Suit Worth Peanuts? A University of Wisconsin newspaper has been sued by United Features Syndi cate for unauthorized use of copy righted material, namely the likenesses of Charlie Brown, Lucy and Pepermint Patty. The P o in ter was sued along with its printer, the University Health Service and the University’s Board of Regents following publication of an article fea turing the P eanuts characters. The P o in ter attempted a parody of the Heath Service’s posters by depicting one pregnant cartoon character and two others in “an intimate position.” United Features claims the cartoons are a lewd use of characters from its familyoriented comic strip.
by Charles O’Brien What a boring article this would be if I were to say, “Of course you’re right, I agree completely”. Fortunately I don’t. It is through disagreement and different perspectives that we develop our own idea and views. It is only when the Jehovah’s Witnesses come knocking at my door in the dead of night that I realize that I really do not want to be a J. W. Some of us are intolerant, Mr. McGregor, but arrogance and self-righteousness is no reason to deny others their basic right to self-expression. If we put all our foamingat-the-mouth, wild-eyes radicals in o n e room distributing o n e pamphlet the world would become a very sad place indeed. It would leave us a world filled with dull people espousing th e state philosophy. I, for one, liked reading The C atcher in th e R v e — especially the dirty bits. There is a serious issue here, but as usual, the gentleman opposite has decided to sidestep it. Martin Heideggen once wrote, “when we are seeking the essence of “tree”, we have to become aware of what pervades every tree, as tree, is not itself a tree that can be encountered among all the other trees”. Now does this make any sense to you? No. But it’s funny. This p r o v e that even if people aren’t right, they can be amusing to listen to even if they are worm fodder. Take your basic Jesus-freak on St. Catherine for instance. Now if you toss him a few lines of Nietzche, he turns red, yells lo u d er and becomes legitimately am u sin g to watch. Last week 1 met a woman handing out pamphlets about women’s rights. She was a riot. She thought Manitoba was a sexist province—it should be called Personitoba. Very strange. Look at all these hilarious clubs on campus: “Young Trotskyies for Cheaper Beer”, “Rights for Inanimate Objects”, “Rights for Dead Philosophers”, “Rights for the Socially Inept”, “The Election Suffrage Movement”, “Generic Foods are a Communist Plot”. In response to Mr. McGregor’s position on the subject I’d like us to remember Jean-Paul Sartre’s famous dictum, “get your foot off my hand”...or as Mickey Spillane said, “If this is life, I’d like to trade it for what’s behind door #2.” Censorship is a stupid concept espoused by dogmatic kilt-sniffers. If people have something to say it might be useful and informative, if not it might raise a snicker somewhere. Next Week: Something Else
g PEAKOU'Y The Post Graduate Student Society Council, during a three hour meeting on Monday night, November 8, 1982, unamimously approved a fee hike for the 1983-1984 academic year, its first in five years. Presently each full time graduate stu dent pays twenty dollars per semester to the university cashier under society fees. Thi6 twenty dollars is broken into several parts: half goes towards the Stu dent Society and the Daily. From the other half $9.00 goes to the Post Gradu ate Students’ Society (P.G.S.S.) which pays for the expenses of Thomson House (the Graduate Centre) and other activities undertaken by the P.G.S.S. The remaining $1.00 is retained in a trust fund and is used to pay for the expenses of physical repair and upkeep of the Thompson House. The P.G.S.S. has been operating with a deficit for the past three years. The annual deficit breaks even with the depreciation cost on the house facilities, however no money is saved for replacing the aging furniture and other facilities in order to keep the quality of the House. This also means that service operations could not be expanded at the current rate of fees. The new fee structure as approved by the P.G.S.S. Council is as follows: Comparison of current and suggested fee structures for Graduate Students. Type of 1982/83 1983/84 graduate student per term per term Full Time Graduate Students $9.00 $11.50
Diploma $9.50 of Education $7.50 Additional Session $6.50 $5.00 Students This fee hike will bring in a much needed additional $9,000. per term to the P.G.S.S. With the new income, the P.G.S.S. will be able to replace some of the old furniture and other facilities that need to be replaced. The new income will also enable the P.G.S.S. to plan for more and better programs such as more current movies and lower rates for rooms reserved for departmental programs. The approval of the fee hike by the P.G.S.S. Council is only the first step towards finalizing it. The fee hike will be presented to an Open Meeting of the P.G.S.S., now scheduled for Friday November 26, 1982. Once the fee hike is approved at the Open Meeting, it will be presented to the University Senate for a final approval. The students, however, will only experience the hike next September. The fee hike is a well deserved one. Thomson House has been providing the graduate students with one of the best facilities and service operations availa ble on campus today and if the level of the services is to be maintained, a small fee hike after five years may well be worth it. Bahram Massoudi Vice President, P.G.S.S.
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Interview with Andy Haber, P.G .S.S.
A Broken Dynasty by Brenda Bloomstone Andy Haber, president of the PostGraduate Students’ Society (PGSS) has been studying chemical engineering for seven years at McGill. He is currently doing his Ph. D. while undertaking the position as president of the PGSS for a second year. Trib: W ho m a k es up the e x ecu tive o f
bulk of graduate students don’t use the facilities provided by StudSoc or take part in their activities, it doesn’t seem fair that they have to pay for it. Trib: H o w m u ch d o g ra d u a te stu d en ts p a y th e S tu d en ts' S o ciety?
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Haber: The executive consists of six people who fill the positions at Presi dent, V.P. Finance, V.P. University Affairs, V.P. External Affairs, V.P. Internal and secretary. In past years, these positions were filled solely by M.B.A. students. At the end of their terms, they used to get six of their friends to take their place. This is the first year where we only have one M.B.A. student, V.P. Finance on the Executive. Trib: W hat a ctivities w ere y o u in v o lv e d
Haber: Very little, though they claim to represent some student views on campus at large. We have our own members of council and representatives to Senate and Board of Governors. Maybe now things will improve as we have more reps on the Student Society executive and J. M.C. I’m not too optimistic, since last year I met with Liz Norman we both agreed that the Students’ Society can do only so much for the PGSS. Trib: G radu a te S tu d en ts m a k e u p 25%
Haber: As an undergraduate, I worked on the Plumber’s Pot and on all social activities in the Engineering faculty like the Wine and Cheese parties and the Pubnites. I was also a distinguished member of the P.P.O. (Actually, I was or in truth my tush was - the “M” in the McGill halftime cheer at football games.) As a graduate student I was President of the Chemical Engineering Graduate Society for three years running and V.P. Internal for the PGS before becoming President. Of course, then I was... Trib: W o u ld y o u w an t th e P G S S to secede?
Haber: There are many people who would like us to secede from StudSoc because they feel it to be a waste of time. Personally, I wanted to separate two years ago. However, last year, when I brought it before the Council, few were interested in this proposal. Student apathy like everywhere else limits how much can actually be done. Now if we were a monarchy... Trib: W hy w o u ld y o u w ant to separate? Haber: Graduate Students pay a lot of money to StudSoc for duplicated activi ties. They have their own graduate cen tre, Thompson House, and their own social activities like movies, sports and dances, which unlike the Students’ Society are free. Also graduates have their own council and executive repres enting 40- departments. In addition, the PGSS gives grant allocations to depart ments every year. Considering that the
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Haber: We pay approximately $20 per student per year. Trib: W hat d o es S tu d en t S o c ie ty d o f o r
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o f the stu d e n ts p o p u la tio n at M cG ill, y e t on e w o u ld never k n o w it. H o w d o y o u g et th em in v o lv e d a n d w h y d o n ’t th e y p a r tic ip a te w ith o u t a ll y o u r en couragem en t ?
Haber: Graduate students are older set tling down and have already had their share of university experiences. Despite the fact that everything is free at Thompson House, there are only a few hundred out of 4000 that take advantage of this. Trib: Is it n o t y o u r ro le to g e t as m an y g ra d u a te stu d en ts in v o lv e d as y o u can?
Haber: Well, I’ve tried, but there’s only so much one can do without resorting to brute force. We publicize all activities, and supply the students with information through things like the graduate newspaper, the Thompson House Times. Trib: H o w is y o u r n ew sp a p er w orkin g out?
Haber: The paper was started three years ago by a friend and myself. Our goal was to get the grad newspaper underway and eventually find someone to run it autonomously. At present Diane (V.P. External) and I run the newspaper. We both agree that this is pointless and a waste of money, since we’re not getting any good student sup port or interest. Trib: Last qu estion , h o w w o u ld y o u su m u p y o u r ye a rs as p resid en t?
Haber: Well, I obviously think I’m the only President on campus who keeps every election promise, even though I was acclaimed twice.
Body Bakers Bring Bucks Patrick H.F. Baillie The specimens were anatomically accurate. Students had worked for hours to prepare teeth, bones, organs and entire sections for the judges’ analy sis. Out of the usual method of dissec tion, these models were without long term preservatives and, in the end, were baked. The purpose of heating was not cremation, but to make the pieces edible. Sounds goulish? This was not Hallo we’en, rather it was the second annual Anatomy bake sale held earlier this month. The late afternoon event was attended by about 250 students from
Dentistry, Medicine, Physical and Oc cupational Therapy, Anatomy and many other departments. The 20 entries raised funds for the Anatomy Students Asso ciation through the auctioneer’s gavel. Dr. Louis Hermo provided the descrip tions for the cakes and cookies, while offering free tutorial assistance to en hance the creations’ appeal. The best cake award (a Medical Atlas as the prize) went to Barry Slapcoff, a demonstrator in the popular Systematic Anatomy course taught by Dr. Hermo. His cake raised over $40 in a heavy bid ding battle.
Tuesday’s Child by Adrienne Jones
Montreal-born N ick R um in is an individual with a keen desire to know what is happening in student politics at McGill. As Vice-President Arts of the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society, he has been given the opportunity to increase his awareness of this organization and of the Students Society as a whole: “I decided to run last year because I was upset with what was going on... 1figured if I didn’t run, I’d have no one to blame but myself if I was still dissatisfied...One of the advantages of (my) position is that its self-initiative, I do what interests me.” The only obligatory duty of the VP Arts is to fill the vacancies for student represen tatives of the faculty, student affairs and curriculum committees, and Nick himself sits on all three. He is also Co-Chairman of the A.S.U.S. Speakers and Entertain ment Sub-committee. The main problem Nick sees with the A.S.U.S. is a lack of cohesiveness: “The A.S.U.S. is not very structured...there is no real set of common goals. Also, one of the difficulties with the individual departments is that there isn’t much communica tion between us and them. Often we don’t even see the departmental reps, and the Interdepartmental Council we set up last year has not been that successful, although we have put considerable effort into making it work.” When asked about the complaints the A.S.U.S. has been receiving from the journals concerning insufficient funding, Nick replied: “The finance committee has been very stringent about what they require from the journals...they want a fairly detailed budget and a certain amount of control over what’s going on, and I think that’s the cause of the problem.” Nick, a second year political science student who enjoys squash and running, is looking toward a career in law. Will he continue his extra-curricular activities and seek another elected position? “N ever again!” he said jokingly. Final Note: Nick is looking for more input from individual students, particularly those from the Arts faculty to find out whether or not the A.S.U.S. is meetingtheir need. “We don’t get enough feedback,” says Nick. He can be reached at 392-8950 in the Union, Office B-22. Tuesday’s Child is a weekly column spotlighting students who are involved in an extra curricular capacity at McGill. Suggestions for future columns can be dropped off at the McGill Tribune Office in the Union c/o Adrienne Jones.
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element. During the first session, Abrahams is a witty woman whose clothes match her humour—dresses in lavenders and royal blues. As he begins to see herself as being in a hopeless situation, her clothes reflect her misery as the colors go from earthtone to a drab beige. This was very well done and congratulations go to Barbra Matis who also designed the costumes. Despite the basic faults with its script, Duet For One, as directed by Scott Swann, is well worth seeing. Fiona Reid and Maurice Podbrey see to that. The play will run until December 19th.
Waltz of the Toreadors If the Centaur’s production of D u et F or One is indicative of the quality of acting and directing that it normally produces, then Montreal theatregoers can look forward to a delightful season. In D u et For One, the acting is of a superior calibre. Nevertheless, by intermission time the audience was a little restless from boredom. The fault lay with the play itself. D u et F or One, written by Tom Kempinski, examines the struggle that a famous violinist must undertake after having been stricken down with multiple sclerosis. Having to face the horrors of becoming a ‘has-been”, enduring sexual insecurities, as well as feeling the unequal competition with her husband, who is also a musician, Stephanie Abrahams seeks the professional help of a very sensitive and devoted psychiatrist. She does this only at the advice of her husband. The play focuses on session after session in Dr. Feldman’s office and this gets to be a little tedious after awhile. Both actors, Fiona^Reid and Maurice Podbrey, do their best to overcome the restrictions of the script. Fiona Reid, who plays the stricken Stephanie Abrahams, is a graduate from the Drama Department of this university. Having attended this institution between 196972 (when most of us were still in Elementary School), Miss Reid does McGill proud. Since then, she has been seen on the stage throughout this country, in New York and London. T.V. lovers will remember her as Cathy King o f ‘The King of Kensington’ fame. She has recently completed her second season at Stratford and is now gracing the Centaur with her presence, and not for the first time. She does a marvellous job as Stephanie Abrahams. Her accent is just right and her tongue is razor-sharp. While she has the audience laughing at her numerous sarcastic jabs, she also makes one feel like slapping her self-pitying face. Again, another mistake on the part of the playwright. Mr. Kempinski did nothing to soften this character in his script. She is depicted as a ‘first class bitch’ and rarely do we ever sympathize with her. We sympathize more with the psychiatrist, Dr. Feldman, who is often the object of her chilly wit and who demonstrates a never-ending flow of patience. Dr. Feldman is played by Maurice Podbrey, the founding Artistic Director of the Centaur. Originally from South Africa, Mr. Podbrey studied theatre in England where he began his career as actor and director. This career led him from England to Scotland and, in 1967, to
Last week, the Drama Department presented their first production of the year, entitled The W altz o f The T oreadors. The W altz o f The T oreadors, written by French playwright Jean Anouilh, is a bittersweet comedy that explores the conflicts between men and women, young and old. In 1957, it won the N. Y. Drama Critics’ Circle Award for most ‘outstanding’ foreign play. The McGill Drama Department’s rendition of the play, under the direction of Brenda Anderson, displays much of its humour as well as its wistfulness.
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Duet for One
The Centaur’s D u et For One Fiona Reid and Maurice Podbrey
Diana Kolpak as Mlle, de St. Euverte, Jimmy Pappas as General St. Pé At times, however, one senses that some of the actors are being somewhat overdramatic. There are far more flailing arms than necessary. There are also times when one would like to see the play picking up a bit as the pacing is not always smooth. All in all, however, the Drama Department did a commendable job. The focus of this play centers upon an old,general, General St. Pé, who is married to a curse of a woman. His wife, claiming to be an invalid, nags him constantly and has no intention of ever letting him out of her clutches. They have two poor excuses for daughters, played by Andrea Jenkins and Paula Danckert. The general has one fault, if you could call it that: he loves young women with ‘tender breasts’. When he sees the woman that he had fallen in love with seventeen years earlier at a ball, he is consumed by the desire to marry her at last. She, instead, falls in love with his young male secretary, Gaston. The general realizes, in the end, that he was really nothing but a foolish old man who lost a battle of the heart because the forces of youth were too strong for him. His fate is that he will remain with his horror of a wife until ‘death do they part.’ As General St. Pé, Jimmy Pappas was an excellent choice. Pappas, who recently toured with Montreal’s Jody Production of A M id su m m er N ig h t’s D ream and Montreal’s Studio Workshop Theatre in The Glass M anagerie, brings a sweetness to the hilariously funny character of the lecherous general. Delise Alison, who dos a powerful job of Mme St. Pé, demonstrated her acting talents to the hilt. Her diction was flawless. Diana Kolpak, as the romantic Mademoiselle de St. Euverte, is delightful. Ms. Kolpak can be remembered by McGill audiences for her previous roles in S tic k s a n d S to n es and R o sen cra n tz a n d G uildenstern A re D ead. Her young lover, Gaston, is played by Mark Krause. Mr. Krause’s portrayal of this refreshingly innocent youth is, next to the performance of Jimmy Pappas, one of the reasons that I was happy to have seen the play. While the sets were adequate, the costumes were lovely. Debra Raffey did a great job in this area, especially with Mlle de St. Euverte’s ensemble and the nightgown of Mme St. Pé. The W altz o f The T o rea d o rs will run until November 20th, in Moyse Hall (Arts Building). For more information, call 392-5000. The McGill Drama Department is planning to present The Im p o rta n ce o f Being Earnest in March and their annual Theatre L ab a n d D irectin g P rojects in April.
Canada. In that same year, he became Artistic Director of the English section of the National Theatre School Since, then, he has acted and directed in many Centaur productions. His portrayal of Dr. Feldman demonstrtes both sensitivity and intelligence. While the sets designed by Barbra Matis were a bit on the artificial side, the costumes ere excellent. As the play evolves from session to session, we see the emotional deterioration of Stephanie Abrahams. This deterioration takes on a very phyical
COMING EVENTS Tuesday Night Café will be presenting songs from Brecht and Brel, entitled What K eep s A M an A liv e . This will run from November 19-20, at the Golem Coffee House. For information, call 392-4637. McGill Players will be presenting S o n d h eim ! from November 18-20 at the Players Theatre. For information, call 392-8989.
Micr o-N aughts? by Brian Forsythe Todd Will your son or daughter, or even your little brother or sister have his edu cation provided by satellite to a compu ter screen in his living-room? Will the classroom as we know it become a thing of the past? These were the questions that were faced last Monday night in the McGill Society for Dialogue in Educa tional Issues’ symposium entitled “Satellite Communications: Implica tions for Education.” As with many symposiums of this nature more questions were asked than were answered. But the guests Profes sors Boyd of Concordia University, Marcil-Lacoste of Université de Mont réal and Henchey of McGill tackled the problem from three different points of view. Professor Boyd, a physicist, dealt with the technical aspects of satellites, as to how they are put into orbit, the number of positions open in space and the scope of their coverage. He also pointed out some of the problems inher ent in satellite communications namely the limited number of satellites, the problems of transmission and reception involved and the problems of costcalculation. Doctor Boyd also pointed r
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Education by Satellite
out several satellite-education namely the programs of TV Ontario, the know ledge network in British Columbia and the Inuit education program operated by the C.B.C. Professor Marcil- Lacoste seemed much more emotionally involved in the subject. She described satellites as the means for combining various media in a combination to end all combinations. She faced the problem of the computer and humanist dead on. Marcil-Lacost feels the answer is yes that the computer and humanist were made for each other. The problem of a fixed view-point dis appears as a problem can be examined from a miriad of different viewpoints. Professor Marcil-Lacoste hopes that the computer will re-intellectualize the T.V. generation. They will use their minds while staring at the cathode-ray tube. The “micro-kids” will be able to control their own learning with a more natural type of learning of math and science. The conflict of computers as the dream or nightmare of the future is a philosophical question to be answered by today’s generation of teachers. Teachers would have to become stu dents alongside their little protégés. The final question of who would be servant
and who master in the world of compu ters has yet to be answered. As you can see the question of satellites somehow has slipped a notch into computers and their technology. Somehow these two questions had to be meshed but that was not a reality last Monday night. Professor Henchey of McGill is known as a speaker and rightly so as his caustic remarks were the highlight of the even ing. Professor Henchey’s remarks dealt with educational policy and how it could cope with the satellite revolution in the future. Educational policy was described as a bridge between present past and future that dealt not only with the formal school system but also the whole realm of continual education. Indeed, this was a primary topic of dis cussion, the problem of education and re-education. As Professor Henchey saw it there were three challenges to the system: 1) the basics of education in cluding methods, quantity and model 2) the problem of the lack of continuity and role-modelling and finally 3) the problem of the communications revolu tion itself: over-information. Professor Henchey went on to look towards a whole value shift from work to intelli gence as the source of wealth. The whole
idea of a Working-World would have to be scrapped. In fact reality would become a rare concept as global culture became homogenized. In a satellite world culture becomes North-American, white, male and scientific. BUT Hen chey saw a flip-side to the coin where life would become very decentralized, each man having his own little corner in the computer-world. As always the final control of the medium was RAISED as a problem with access to the world liter ally as the plum. A question period followed which seemed to raise more questions than it answered. Questions raised ranged from control of satellite systems (which was deemed to probably lie in the hands of governments and large corporations), to a commercial for the first French - lan guage university of the air in Canada. The imbalance of information geogra phically was seen not to be a question of technology but rather of morals and priorities. For whoever gets the infor mation also gets, the power. The evening ended on a more cheery note as wine and cheese were served.
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Comment: Disarm am ent W eek Now that Disarmament Week has passed, I think that it would be justified to contribute a piece of germane com ment. Ostensibly, the concept of unify ing the populace in support of a more peaceful world is commendable. Never in the history of the world, has there been such a colossal threat to every liv ing creature on the globe. Moreover, it seems that to achieve the coveted “superpower” status, a country must be capable of blowing up the planet at least 500 times. Mankind has wedged a foot in the door of an age, where life on earth could cease to exist. I like to refer to our time as “the era of the superfluous arsenal”. The message of a ‘Disarmament Week’ is warranted; the sacrifice admir able. With all the attributes of great messengers, the disarmers lack one ingredient: a comprehension of the world situation. It takes only a rudimen tary knowledge of history to define which forces on the globe should be labelled as threats. Fortunately, there are only two such threats that could be feared as antagonists to Armageddon. The two factions are: powerful terrorist organizations, and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is presently the worlds’ most awesome death machine. In accordance with Marxist doctrine, the Soviet Union has incessantly invaded and possessed fragments of the world, bit by bit. This can’t be denied; fact is fact. In addition, the Soviets (now called the USSR), have no intention of relent ing on their ordained mission of spread- ing the virtues of Communism. (I don’t think any member of the Politburo would deny this). Right now, there is a Soviet sub (for the third time in a year)
in Swedish waters gathering intelli gence. “Simply maneuvers”, you say? No way. Scandinavia will be the next region to fall to the Soviets. While play ing radical all you want, one can not deny the facts- the Soviet Union is the most aggressive nation on earth. But perhaps the military might of the Russians shouldn’t be mankinds’ ulti mate fear. The Soviets have a strategy. Every move they make has been calcu lated and considered. With the proliferation of nuclear weapons a way of life, it is understanda ble that these instruments could fall into undesired hands. The possibility of ter rorism by nuclear incursion is growing daily. Terrorism has been an indomita ble force in history for one reason: Ter rorism lacks judgement. It is this injudi ciousness that can be the most over whelming thought of all. Regardless of the means by which they obtain power, the fact is that terrorist groups are more potent than ever. You might be wondering where the U.S. stands in this painting of mine. Let’s examine the situation. The U.S. is faced with a crisis that can not be ignored. Cuba, the ace Soviet puppet is perched 90 miles off the coast of Flor ida. Soviet influence in the western hem isphere is expanding daily (including the unpublicized existence of martial law in Nicaragua). Should the U.S. (and NATO) jeopardize its safety by laying idle and watching the cancerous man date of the Soviets unfold? Perhaps we should remind ourselves that it was superior U.S. military strength that saved a war (and therefore, lives) during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and brought a curtailment to World War II. Does the
wSrld really think that the U.S. would have invaded Afghanistan if the Soviets hadn’t beaten them to it? Ideally, the notion of disarming the world should be applauded. Living in fear of the ultimate apocalypse is the single disease that afflicts every edu cated human being. The aggressive ‘dis armers’ should address the global agita tors. History shows that disarming peace-loving counries such as Canada
or the U.S. is pragmatically unfeasible. Butch Trischman C o m m en t reflects the o p in io n s o f the a u th o r a n d n o t n ecessarily th o se o f the T R IB U N E s ta f f o r o f th e M c G ill S tu d e n ts ’ S o ciety. The colum n is open to all. L ibelous, racist o r sex ist pieces, h o w ever, w ill n o t b e accepted. A rticles sh o u ld b e typ ed , dou ble-spaced, a n d o f an a p p ro x im a te length o f 600 w ords.
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/--------------------- The Scoop---------------------Interview with M a Hinz by Ace Baker M rs. Janina H inz, affectio n a tely referred to b y h erfa n s I a d m irers as ‘M a H in z’, is a v e ry m u c h -lo v e d la d y in th e g rea ter O tta w a area. T s e e sh e has re a re d q u ite a son, a n d h e ’s d o n e h er p r o u d . H is n am e is W illy H inz, a n d h e ’s captain , 2-yr. M V P , a n d tea m leader o f th e M c G ill R ed m en b a sk e tb a ll team . A t last w e e k e n d ’s (N o v .6-7) O tta w a U n iversity ‘T ip -O ff In v ita tio n a l T ournam ent, I h a d th e g rea t p lea su re o f ren ew in g an o ld acqu ain tan ce w ith her during th e M cG ill-O tta w a fin a l. D re sse d casu ally b u t sm a rtly in beige slax, crem e b lo u se a n d b ro w n c o r d vest, ‘M a H in n z’ b ea m s p r o u d ly f r o m th e th ird ro w up b e h n d th e M cG ill bench. I th in k she's as e x c ite d a b o u t th is as I am.
Ace: Mrs. Hinz, great to see you, how are you? Ma: Wonderful, so nice to see you,...isn’t it a great game? Ace: The greatest—do you think the Redmen can hold on? Ma: Oh yes, I think so,... Willy had french toast this morning, his favourite, I know he’ll come on soon...he’s been quiet so far though. O r s o it seem ed . A t h a lftim e I ch eck th e sta ts: in a ‘q u ie t’f ir s t h a lf W illy leads th e team in p ts . (14) a n d reb o u n d s (9), w ith th e R ed m en u p b y 21 (51-30). Typical. H e’s lo w p ro file, b u t sta ts speak.
Ace: And what did you feed William before this game? Ma: Just a hot sandwich and a big kiss!...oh my!... W illy, on defense, p ic k s o f f a lose b a llflo a tin g across th e key, p o u n d s d o w n the f lo o r th ree strid es clear o f th e nearest defen der —h e’s up, it’s up, it ’s dow n.
Ma: ...I’ve never seen him run that fast!...(laughs hard, suddenly aware of her outburst)...(sigh) he’ll be tired tonight... Ace: Who’s your little friend? Ma: Oh yes, you must meet Willy’s 2-yr. old niece Elisha, it’s the first time she’s ever seen him play... Ace: Pleased to meet you ’lish. Elisha e n jo y e d th e gam e. W illy e n d e d u p w ith 22 p ts ., leadin g th e R ed m en to a 99-80 v ic to ry a n d w it it th e tou rn am en t cham pionship. M a H inz was glow ing. It w as g rea t M a, w e’ll see y o u again at th e C arleton U. In vita tio n a l (also in O tta w a N ov. 29-30). A n d incidentally, on b e h a lf o f son Willy, th efa n s, the team a n d th e Trib, w e lo v e ya. ^ _____________ —Ace Baker is a syndicated columnist for the Ghetto Gazette. ^
Tuesday, November 16, 1982
It Hurts!
by S.C. Marshall Picture this scene: while playing a pickup game of basketball, you land crookedly from a rebound, twisting your ankle. Or, while pumping some iron in the Turner Bone Room, you lift the weight the wrong way—and you hear something in your wrist go ‘pop’. What would y o u do? And what if the injured part started to swell up like a balloon? The logical answer is to get someone to look at it, right? But who? Who is in Currie Gym but Athletic staff, coaches, and the Porter, you ask?... Here the Sports Injury Clinic comes to the rescue. Staffed by Athletic Thera pist Lynn Bookalam and some 20 or so student Physiotherapists, the Clinic can handle just about any acute mishap that hobbles in, and they treat the conditions until all is fixed. What does an Athletic Therapist such as Bookalam do? She is in charge of the care, prevention and treatment of ath letic injuries at all levels of serious and non-serious sport at McGill, from Inter collegiate to recreational. Bookalam personally oversees the Red and White Basketball teams, and she has delegated the other Intercollegiate teams to each of the helpers, to cast their eagle eyes over in the never-ending war against
athletic injuries. The Clinic is to be found in a cubby hole on the second floor of the Currie Gym off the hallway from the main stairwell to the gymnasia. The proce dure for a Clinic assessment/treatment is very straight-forward: knock on the door Mon-Thurs 4-10 p.m., or Fri 4-6 p.m. Unfortunately, there is no help on the weekends, because of the abovementioned battle. If you are in serious shape, Bookalam suggests checking into the Emergency department of the Royal Victoria Hos pital, just around the corner. If you have an ongoing condition, or just want an MD’s opinion, this too can be arranged. The protocol is to phone Health Servi ces, weekdays, at 392-5441 between 94:30 (except 12-1:30), and ask specifi cally for an appointment in the S p o rts In ju ry Clinic. Appointments are availa ble Mon 1:30-4:30 p.m. and Wed 10:3012 noon. These damaged souls will be seen promptly, without the usual wait at the Health Services, by Dr. Jean MacDonald. But, warns Bookalam, “don’t ask for Dr. MacDonald by name, or you’ll end up waiting for months for an appoint ment in the Dermatology Clinic, or something...”.
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Rowing Redmen:
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OQIHL 1. Concordia 2. UQAC 3. Laval 4. UQTR 5. Ottawa 6. McGill OUAA 1. Queen’s 2. Western 3. Trent 4. Brock 5. Ottawa 6. Toronto 7. McGill OWIAA 1. Queen’s 2. Western 3. Trent 4. Toronto 5. McGill 6. Ottawa
G 9 9 4 7 6 7
W 7 5 3 2 2 0
L 1 4 1 3 4 6
T 1 0 0 2 0 1
P 15 10 6 6 4 1
Pts. 37 34 31 22 13 12 9 Pts. 27 25 22 21 21 9
THE EATERY TUESDAY - CHICKEN WINGS CHINESE STYLE ................. $3.25 WEDNESDAY - VEGETABLE OMLETE WITH SOUP & DESSERT ................................. $1.99 T H U R SD A Y -R O A ST CHICKEN .................................................. $3.25 FRIDAY - FALAFEL .......................................................................... $1.50 MONDAY - HAMBURGER WITH FRIED ONIONS ............... $2.99 All meals include soup and delicious vegetables, except on Friday (Falafel). We also have a variety of different meals, roast beef and chicken sandwiches, and assorted snacks and health foods. Hillel, 3460 Stanley Street (below Dr. Penfield)
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M cG ill Crews’ “End o f Season” W in Leah Geller The “Annual Ice Breaker Regatta” concluded the McGill Rowing Club’s fall racing season. The race hosted by the Laval Rowing Club included open men’s and women’s 8 crews. McGill’s women’s varsity 8 had their most suc cessful race, completing the 3,000 meter well under the time of the other women’s boats. The men’s crew placed third and the novice women placed fourth. Although the club has been running in an unorganized fashion for the last few years, McGill has been able only this fall to hire its first full-time salaried row ing coach, Bob Marlow. He has over ten years experience as a coach in various clubs including Woodstock, London, Ste. Catharines and the National Team. Assisting Bob Marlow is a staff of volunteers. Responsible for the novice women’s 8 are the combined efforts of Larry Holmes, previous coach at Queen’s and Linda Loucks, herself a former rower. The women’s varsity crew is coached by Rejean Beauregard, whose background includes victories at the Royal Canadian Henley and other national races as a lightweight rower. Along with running the fall program Bob Marlow trains the light and heavy weight men’s crews with the help of vete ran rower Tim Holt.
Though the season was slow to start due to lack of available equipment and experienced oarspersons, various crews were competitive against such wellestablished clubs as Queen’s and West ern. In fact, McGill’s novice women placed a strong third at the Ontario Championships in Ste. Catharines, rac ing in a field of nine crews. The team, in essence, has only just begun. Plans for the winter include a fitness program of indoor tank training, running, weights and optional activities such as cross-country skiing. New equip ment will be purchased for the spring with the aid provided by funds raised in the First Annual Centraide/McGill Rowing Club 10 km run. Through the diligent organizational efforts of women’s crew captain, Sue Payne, the club was able to raise close to $3,000. The club is optimistic that with the advantage of the Olympic indoor tank facilities and the dedication of both coaching staff and crew, the spring and future seasons will provide much success. Anyone interested in joining the McGill crew and participating in winter training in preparation for the spring racing season may call Bob Marlow at 392-4729 for more information.
T rib Scoreboard (as of November 14, 1982) Soccer
Nov 13*
CIAU FINALS vs Victoria McG: 1
V: 0
McGill Wins Championship Ice Hockey Redmen Martlets Basketball Redmen
Nov 13
at Laval
McG: 3
L: 6
Nov 10
at Bishop’s
McG: 4
B: 5
at Ottawa U. Invitational vs Bishops vs Guelph vs Clarkson vs Ottawa Plattsburg
McG: 95 McG: 73 McG; 65 McG: 99 McG: 67
B: 67 G: 70 C: 67 O: 80 P: 76
at Carleton U. Invitational vs Waterloo McG: 79 vs Queen’s McG: 76 vs Carleton McG: 81
W: 52 Q: 47 C: 44
Nov 5, 6, 7*
Nov 9* Martlets
Nov 5, 6,7
Nov 12, 13, 14 at Toronto Invitational vs Bishop’s McG: 51 B: 55 vs Toronto McG: 69 T: 93 Swimming Nov 6 at Laval Invitational (Quebec City) overall McG: 4th Nov 13* Vermont (M) McG: 61 V: 33 (W) McG: 48.5 V: 46.5 COMING EVENTS: Basketball Redmen Nov 18 at St. Peter’s, N.J. Nov 19 at Lafayette, Pa. Nov 20 at Moravian, Pa. Nov 21 at Lehigh, Pa. Martlets Nov 16* Concordia Nov 19* So. Connecticut Nov 23* UQTR Ice Hockey Redmen Nov 19 at Ottawa Nov 20* Laval Martlets Nov 19* Bishop’s Volleyball Nov 20 at Pierrefonds for the Qualifications for ‘A’ League Synchro Swim Nov 20* host Carleton and Queen’s •home games
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EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1 student with a background in Québec anglophone CEGEP relations (working knowledge of English an asset)
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE 3 students to assist in examining the Québec student movement
COMMITTEE TO COORDINATE STUDENT SERVICES 3 students for the Counselling Board* 3 students for the Advisory Committee on the Handicapped 2 students for needs assesment survey (1 student in Computers or Quantitative Methods 1 student in Arts or Education —in particular with a background in Social Work) This body will be conducting a Needs Assesment Survey of the services provided by, or the responsibility of, Student Services (i.e. Health Care, Tutorial Service, etc.)
PROGRAM BOARD WELCOME WEEK COORDINATOR 1983/84* The Welcome Week Coordinator will chair a large committee of volunteers. He or she will ensure that all activities planned for the Welcome Week period are properly organized and encourage maximum participation by McGill students, especially those students at McGill for the first time. *It is the Students’ Society policy to re-open positions automatically when the exact quantity (or fewer) apply. “General Application” forms are available from the Students’ Society General Office, Room 105 of the Student Union, 3480 McTavish Street. Completed applications must be submitted to Leslie Copeland, Oper ations Secretary, Students’ Society General Office, NO LATER THAN 4:30 p.m., Thursday, November 18, 1982. Bruce M. Hicks, Chairman Nominating Committee