T h e M c G ill T r ib u n e Published by the Students’ S ociety o f M cG ill University
V ol. 2 N o. 16, Tuesday, January 18, 1983.
Students’ Society Launches Awareness Campaign Apathy Takes Its Toll S te p h e n L eaco ck w ro te in th e M cG ill A n n u a l in 1924: “ The old college is no by Bruce H icks It is stro n g ly suggested th a t an y o n e w h o passes th ro u g h o u r im m o rta l R o d ick G ate s to stu d y in th e se hallow ed h alls o f h ig h er learn in g , m a in ta in a sense o f h u m o u r, b ecause M cG ill is filled w ith irony. N o t only d o es C a n a d a ’s o n ly s tu d e n t D aily n o t p u b lish every d ay , b u t C a n a d a ’s m o st n o ta b le n o n -p o litic a l s tu d e n t E x ec u tiv e is 4 /5 p o litica l science stu d e n ts (p re sen t and p ast). T o to p th in g s off, last w eek my
co lu m n in th e Tribune ta lk e d a b o u t th e ev e r-p ressin g co n c ern o f to ilet p ap e r a n d th e n e x t d ay I w as fea tu re d u n d e r “ ass-h o le” in th e D aily . It d o es pay to keep o n e’s h u m o u r! T h is y e a r has a c c o rd e d m an y c o u n c il lors an d stu d e n ts an o p p o rtu n ity to sit back a n d , by p u ttin g th in g s in to p ers pective, see th e iro n y o f c e rta in o cc u r rences. N o t th e least o f w h ich has been th e o n g o in g sa g a o f o n e o f th e c o m m it tees I have th e h o n o u r to C h air.
Are You Gilty? by Brigitte R am aseder W ell, if y o u ’re n o t, get p re p a re d fo r â d o se o f G ilt w hich w ill ca u se a ram p a g e o n cam p u s. G ilt, th a t d y n am ic 5 m e m b er b a n d w hich play ed to cap acity a u d ie n ces a t M cG ill last y ear, is back!!!! T h ey ’ll be a p p e a rin g at th e U n io n Ball ro o m o n S a tu rd a y , J a n u a r y 22nd and y o u d o n ’t w an t to miss it! T h e th re e w o rd s w hich th e ir lead g u ita rist, M a rk D e la h a n ty , uses to des crib e th e b an d a re “pow er, pop, w ave,”
a n d th a t is ex a ctly w h at th e ir m usic an d p e rfo rm a n c e s ex u d e. T h is y o u n g M o n t rea l-b a sed b a n d is full o f y o u th fu l elec tric ity a n d e x c ite m e n t b ut is also high on talen t, professio n alism an d ap p eal. T h eir stag e p rese n ce is se n sa tio n a l an d lead singer, S h a n e M o o re ’s c o n sta n t dash es in to th e au d ien c e heig h ten th e energy o f th e ir m usic. G ilt’s m u sic can be d escrib ed as new w ave ro ck . T h e ir v ast re p e rto ire incontinued on page 6
Engineering Week By J o a n n e Bayly By now y o u m ay have n o tic e d th a t E n g in e e rin g W eek has been in full sw ing sin ce la st T h u rs d a y . T h o u g h lim ited this y e a r w ith liq u o r licenses fo r on ly one h o u r a d ay , th e E n g in e erin g U n d er g ra d u a te S o cie ty in te n d s to m a k e full use o f th a t o n e h o u r per day. E vents su c h as beer bash es a n d b a r nites, co n te sts a n d film s, s h o o t-o u ts a n d b o a t races, will give E ngineers, a n d an y o n e else, th e o p p o rtu n ity to have fun an d an o cc assio n al free beer. A n y o n e e n te rin g in an y o f th e co n tests, th e S cav e n g er H u n t th is m o rn in g a n d th e tu g o f w a r o r w h e e lb a rro w race o r egg to ss th is a fte rn o o n , w ill be p ro v id ed w ith a b eer to e ith e r c e le b ra te his
o r her v icto ry o r to get o ver his or her loss. N o t to be m issed to n ig h t is A m a te u r N ight. A n y o n e is free to com e u p on stage, be e n te rta in e d o r e n tertain in g , a n d to p e rfo rm an y so rt o f show . M o st even ts a re free ex c ep t fo r P u b N ite, w h ich h as a 1 d o lla r ad m issio n , a n d all even ts a re o p en to ev ery o n e (if y o u w a n t to m ix w ith th e E ngineers!) T o to p o ff th e w eek w ill b e S a tu rd a y ’s d a n c e fe a tu rin g G ilt, p resen ted in c o n ju n c tio n w ith E n g in eerin g W eek an d P ro g ra m B o ard E ngineerin g W eek’s T h em e is “T h ere’s N o Life L ik e It”, m ean in g , I suppose, th a t life as an en g in eer is to u g h ?
doubt gone and we cannot bring it back i f we would; but it would perhaps be well i f we could keep alive something o f the intim ate and friendly spirit that inspired it . . . Whereupon, I am certain, som e will at once propose a university com m ittee on brotherly love with power to com pel attendance and impose fines.” F o r w an t o f a b etter cause, S tu d e n ts’ S o ciety in tro d u c e d th e A n ti-A p a th y C o m m itte e in to its fold. W ith S e n a te ’s 22 S ta n d in g , 4 A d H oc, 4 J o in t a n d 12 T e n u re C o m m ittees; th e B o ard o f G o v e rn o rs’ 12 S ta n d in g , 7 J o in t, 1 A d H o c an d 23 “ O th e r” C o m m ittees; C o u n c il’s 8 S ta n d in g , 3 A d H o c a n d 3 E x te rn a l A ffairs C o m m itte e s an d G o d k n o w s how m an y facu lty an d d e p a rtm e n ta l co m m ittee s, it is little w o n d e r th a t th e A n ti-A p a th y C o m m itte e w en t th ro u g h m o st o f th e first te rm u n n o ticed . F in ally , in late N o v em b er, C o u n c illo r B ob B raid an d V ice-P resi d en t B enjie T riste r to o k it u p o n th e m selves to fo rm a lly d e m a n d a m eeting. (F a c e it, it is m ildly em b a rra ssin g th a t a c o m m itte e to fight a p a th y h ad g one seven m o n th s, since its in cep tio n , w ith o u t a m eeting.) Yet a p a th y h ad n o t finished inflicting its w o u n d s u p o n th is w ell-in ten tio n ed c o m m itte e . Q u o ru m co u ld n o t be rea ch ed a t th e first m eetin g a n d th e re p re se n ta tiv e s fro m M a n ag e m en t an d E n g in e e rin g h av e yet to a tte n d one. (H a v e n o fear th o u g h , becau se th e 'la te st in d ic a to rs sh o w th a t a p a th y has been co n q u e re d in th o se facu lties - so m uch
so w ith E n g in eerin g , th a t V ice-P rin cip al F rie d m a n arg u e d th a t th e re w as little need fo r liq u o r d u rin g E n g in eerin g W eek.) U n d a u n te d , th e in d iv id u als p resen t beg an to an a ly z e th e p ro b le m an d c o n stru ctiv ely e v a lu a te a lte rn a tiv e s to effect a rem edy. O n e o f th e m a jo r p ro b lem s w as d efin ed as aw aren ess. F ew stu d e n ts are a w a re o f w h a t th e S tu d e n ts ’ S ociety p ro v id es a n d th a t b u ried b e n e a th th e p o litical rh e to ric an d gam es, are services th a t m an y ta k e fo r g ran te d . F ro m ta n g ible th in g s su ch as to ilet p a p e r to th e less ta n g ib le s like fig h tin g fo r s tu d e n t rights, th e re is m u c h th a t goes w ith o u t notice. It w as to rem ed y th is th a t th e A n tiA p a th y C o m m itte e d ecid ed th a t on J a n u a r y 18th, it w o u ld lau n ch an aw a re n ess ca m p a ig n . T h is w o u ld have a g o al o f in fo rm in g stu d e n ts o f th e servi ces o ffered by th e S tu d e n ts ’ S o ciety to c o m p le m e n t th e a c ad e m ic side o f s tu d en t life. H o w ev er, th e A n ti-A p a th y C o m m it tee w as n o t o u t o f th e fo rest yet. E x actly o n e w eek b efo re it w as to begin, th e aw a re n ess ca m p a ig n su ffered its first m a jo r se tb ack . A n o th e r o rg a n iz a tio n on c a m p u s, w ith access to ty p e settin g e q u ip m e n t lau n ch e d an A n ti-A w aren ess C a m p a ig n . A n d so th e sa g a co n tin u es! N ev erth eless, th e S tu d e n ts’ S o ciety A n ti- A p a th y C o m m itte e o ffic ia lly la u n ch e d an aw aren ess c a m p a ig n to d ay . T h e re w as no fan fare o r p a rty , afte r all (by d e fin itio n ) no o n e cares. If all goes w ell w e m ig h t be a b le to h av e fan fa re o r a p a rty a t th e en d b u t rig h t now , no on e m ay show up.
Escort Service Returns by Patrick H .F . Baillie “ N ew an d im p ro v e d ” is p ro b a b ly n o t th e best w ay to d escrib e it, b u t re g a rd less o f th e lab el, th e I.R .C . E sco rt S e r vice is back. F o llo w in g so m e a d m in is tra tiv e p ro b le m s last sem ester, th e S er vice h a d a ro u g h s ta rt, h o w ev er m o d ifi c a tio n s to p ro c e d u re s h av e been m a d e a n d a “ useful safe sy stem ” now exists. O n W ed n esd ay , T h u rs d a y an d F rid a y n ig h ts ( s t a r t i n g to m o r r o w ) fro m 10:30pm . to 12:30a.m ., an esco rt fro m th e lib ra rie s o r G e rtru d e ’s to th e g h etto o r th e R esid en ces is ju s t a p h o n e call aw ay. A t th o se tim es an o p e ra to r will an sw e r calls to 392-4261 (a free call fro m th e M cG ill p h o n e a t th e end o f th e p a y p h o n e s in th e U n io n b u ild in g ) an d p ro v id e a reliab le esco rt. T h e esco rts, all o f th e m R esid en ts, have been screen ed by
H all co u n cils a n d w ill be id e n tifiab le by a n am e ta g an d a co d ed badge. B rian O ’C o n n e ll, o rg a n iz e r o f th e ser vice, e x p la in s th a t “ we need th e co d e so th a t im p o sters d o n ’t p rese n t them selves as e sco rts.” T h e co d in g will be so m e th in g like th a t u sed o n sk i lift tick ets, fo r e x a m p le a c o lo u r o r s h a p e u n iq u e to th e ev en in g . T h e ca lle r will be to ld th e ir es c o rt’s n a m e a n d th e id en tify in g “co d e” . In a n o th e r o f th e ch a n g es fro m th e e a rlie r sy stem , m ale o r fem ale escorts w ill be av a ila b le , th e w o m en w o rk in g in pairs. In sp ire d by a sim ila r system at Q u ee n ’s U n iv ersity in K in g sto n , O n ta rio , O ’C o n n e ll ad d s, “ It’s p o ssib le th a t w e m ig h t ex p a n d th e service to o th e r n ig h ts w ith m o re h o u rs, b u t it d ep en d s on th e resp o n se; w e’ll see how it goes.”