The McGill Tribune Published by the Students’ Society of McGill University
Vol 2, No. 2 Tuesday, September 14, 1982
A Principal Welcome by Patrick H.F. Baillie Along with the history o f McGill University stands an air o f mystery abou t its administrators. W ho a re the G overnors? W hat d o the Vice-Principals do? Throughout the cou rse o f this year, The Tribune will b e presenting interviews with many o f the p eo p le w ho m a k e the decisions regarding McGill, its educational rapport an d your welfare. It m ay seem rather traditional an d uninspired to begin the y ea r with a m essag e from the Principal, but, then, McGill is an institution ste ep ed in tradi tion an d the m essage is fa r from uninspired. As o n e o f the m ost obvious and available o f McGill’s adm inistrators, D avid Lloyd Jo h n sto n is also on e o f the m ost enthusiastic. His young age and lack o f cynicism should not b e con fu sed with any a b se n c e o f experien ce. As student o r faculty, he has spent time at no less than six universities including the University o f Toronto, C am bridge an d H arvard, finally com ing from the position as D ean o f L aw at the University o f W estern O nta rio to b e co m e McGill’s Principal and ViceC hancellor at a g e 37. N ow his life is d ev o ted to McGill, both in term s o f su ch functions a s fun d raising fo r the Alumni Fund and debating the various levels o f governm ents and in terms o f being directly involved in the day-to-day o p e r a tions o f w hat could b e con sidered a m ajor co rp o ration. T he McGill spirit p erv ad es all o f his w ork an d continues into his office w here The Tribune recently h a d an opportunity to interview him abou t why h e an d others have co m e to McGill, w hat is to b e fou n d h ere an d w hat should b e left behind when, fo r the thousands w ho graduate e a c h year, the McGill experien ce draw s to a close. Tribune: R ather than describing why a student might want to co m e to McGill, p erh ap s you could explain what it was that brought you here? Principal: It is a complex answer, but reason #1 would be that I have spent a great part of my adult life involved with universities, I believe very much in the mission of the university in our society and when invited to come to what I consider to be a truly great university, it was an enormous chal lenge and one which I couldn’t turn down. Tribune: T he k ey w ord is the description o f McGill a s a "great University’’; w hat m ak es it great? Principal: The people who put it together: the students, the Faculty and the non-academic staff. For the students, I am impressed by the aca demic calibre, the diversity (from different parts of
the country and beyond our borders), the unusual degree of motivation and the impressive record of their accomplishments. All that seems to go together into a chemistry that leads them to do interesting things and, I believe, have a pretty exciting time when they’re through. The quality of people whom we are able to attract and keep as professorial staff is the second reason. Based on my experience in other good universities, I am able to say that we have an unusually committed and dedicated group of faculty and non-academic staff. The non-academic staff are pretty demanding of themselves and that, too, contributes to mak ing this a great University. Another factor is that McGill is deeply cher ished by its alumni who have shown their dedica tion not only financially, but also with their leader ship and advice to the University. Finally, the cauldron, the crucible of Montreal
within the, at least, bicultural Quebec provides a degree of excitement and challenge that makes for a good learning environment. Tribune: F o r the student w ho follow s you to McGill, w hat will the three or fou r years have to offer them ? Principal: In their particular discipline, we would expect that they should be stretched intellectu ally, that their experience should be one where they are reaching beyond themselves and that that should be an exposure which serves them for a lifetime of learning. We like to think that McGill has been here long enough and in the business of University education that we will not attempt to take short cuts or provide a very narrow training. We would like to see the establishment of an intellectual curiosity, an intellectual foundation, so that this university experience is just one step in a lifelong period of knowledge acquisition. Aside from intellectual development, I think
that the three or four years will also provide the student with a chance to meet a diverse crosssection of people and to share in the richness of community. I hope that we provide an environ ment for personal growth, a broadening of one’s horizons and the formation of enduring friendships. Tribune: Since it is a pparen t w hen o n e loo ks at student services or acad em ics that the University is truly giving a great d eal to the students, is there som ething that you feel the students should give in return to the University? Principal: The first thing that they can really give back to the University is to give us the pleasure of seeing them take as much out of it by way of benefitting from the McGill experience as they possibly can. The reward for the University for doing its work well is to see the students grow in the ways I have mentioned. If I were asking one thing and only one thing of the students who comes to McGill, it would be for him, at his gra duation, to be able to say that this University had met his expectations and provided a rewarding growth, development and experience. I would also hope that when our students leave the University they will continue to have a com mitment to it. It is more than simply being a regu lar contributor to the Alma Mater Fund. We need our graduates to give us ideas for the continuance of the institution of McGill University. Finally, I would like to see those who leave this place becoming ambassadors, not only for McGill, but also for the mission of a university education in a time when our society dearly needs good repre sentatives for that cause. T ribune: Finally, is there a greeting o r a w elcom e that you would like to exten d to those w h o a re new to McGill o r those w ho are returning? Principal: Being very personal about it, I would hope that students’would be able to duplicate my university experience - not in the same way, but with the same results. I was challenged and stretched to think more deeply and more clearly than I had ever been or ever thought I could be. My perspective on myself and the world became sharpened and I developed friendships and asso ciations that brought me great joy. To put that another way, I think one of the neglected blessings of life is that of motivation, of getting excited about something, to enjoy working hard at it and becoming involved in it. There is a factor related to the individual, but I would hope that McGill provides the ingredients to make that blessing a reality.
Senate Sends SIR Back to Council by Arnie Swaig The Senate of McGill University refused to rat ify the Student Initiated Referenda package which students approved in a referendum last year. Senate met in May to consider the proposal which would have allowed individual students the right to have any question relating to the Students’ Society voted upon by the student body. The concept of SIR is of fundamental impor tance to students, as the proposal would create a new level in the democratic process of student government. SIR would enable students to com municate directly with their Council, offering its members direction on issues of particular significance. The SIR package, which was presented to the students on March 10, was flawed in that it neg lected to afford Senate the right of veto over referenda. Students’ Society Past-President, Liz Norman made an attempt to ensure Senate that it
was not the intention of the Students’ Society to curb the rights of Senate. Ms. Norman stated that “the approval of Senate on constitutional amend ments had not been an issue; it had been lost in the printing and should be added...’. In effect, Ms. Norman suggested to Senate that it accept her motion to add a clause to a package which stu dents had already voted upon. Senate members were reluctant to adopt Ms. Norman’s motion until students actually had an opportunity to vote on the part of the proposal which was omitted during the printing process. Outgoing Dean of Students, Dr. Michael Herschorn, stated that “although there had been assurace that there was no attempt to remove Senate approval, the effect of what had been presented to the students was to remove such approval and that therefore it was appropriate to refer the whole matter back to the Students’ Society Council.” The present Executive Committee concurred
with Dean Herschorn’s appraisal of the situation and corresponded with senators prior to the vote in order to call Senate’s attention to discrepencies in the SIR package. In a letter to Senators, then Students’ Society President Elect, Bruce Williams voiced his reservations about the legitimacy of the referendum, stating that “some of the important principles contained in this major amendment were not reflected in the question appearing on the ballot, nor had they been discussed in any public forum...” Last year’s Students’ Council even voted to change the referendum ballot from one which listed all the changes to one which asked a very general question and effectively masked the real issues.” The concern of the Executive Committee was further reflected in the letter to Senators from Benjie Trister, then Vice-President ExternalElect, which stated that “we have not received any indication that students support the entire pack age of the SIR. Indeed, it would be difficult to
argue, in good conscience, that students had a fair opportunity to consider the full package. The text of the proposal did not appear at most of the polling booths. In addition, Council did not set up the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ committees, as is required in our regulations.” As the result of Senate’s action to refer the package back to Council, the fate of the SIR proposal now rests with Council. In its represen tations to Senate, the Executive Committee committed itself to bringing the package to a vote as soon as possible. Therefore, the Committee has referred the package to the Constitution Committee, mandating its members to formulate a package which includes all of the proposals of the previous package, as well as the clause requir ing Senate approval. The new SIR package will form part of a rewrit ten Constitution of the Students’ Society as pro-
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A/fARTLETS &,MUPPIEg
ATTENTION ALL McGill STUDENT LEADERS
- to the Council of Universities for recommending that the Govern ment of Québec abolish the Bachelor of Science Nursing Program. - for Don “Crazy Duck” Bulua for the courage he exhibited in his fight for the rights of persecuted heterosexuals.
If you are the 1982/83
- to Pat Lapointe, Acting Chairman of Welcome Week, for coming through in the crunch. - to Richard Flint for the idea of the Computerized Meet a Stranger Dance. - to course advisors for not pointing out that no matter how late you schedule your first course - you always sleep in for it.
Introduction to Sports 101-A by Sarah Marshall One of the more enjoyable aspects of Back-ToSchool is that of the sport clubs, associations, and teams that are always so eager for new Fall recruits. The Fall season is usually the time when
CFRM by Albert Perez C.F.R.M ., Radio McGill is one of the universi ty’s largest student-run functional groups. Having just completed its first summer of broadcasting, and boasting a spanking new cable FM licence, the station is now ready to receive what it hopes to be the largest number of applicants in its history. (Auditions are being held between September 10 and 17 for enthusiastic candidates in room B-11 of the Student Union Building.) The station needs not only the musically inclined, but also news announcers, technical engineers, production crews and business keeners interested in the financial side of radio. If you’re a listener only, you can sample CFRM in a number of locations on campus including: McIntyre Medical, Stratcona Anatomy, McCon nell Engineering, Otto Maass Chemistry, Arts, Educations, Currie Gymnasium, Redpath Library and the Union Cafeteria. It will soon be at Molson Hall, McConnell Hall, Gardiner Hall, Bronfman, Chancellor Day Hall and the Stewart Biology Building. CFRM will also be featured in the open air pub on lower campus September 8-17 between 11:00 and 4:00 p.m.
Senate continued from page 1 posed by the Constitutional Committee. The new Constitution does not represent any major changes to the present-Constitution; its purpose is merely to clear up some of the ambiguities and contradictions which exist in the present copy. The Executive Committee hopes to attain Council’s approval of the new Constitution and SIR package as soon as possible, so that it could be voted on by students before the end of October.
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most of the teams on campus push for new blood and life, to pep up the team in question for the busy competitive season approaching. For those that don’t know, there are three basic types of team: intramural, intercollegiate, and the club team. The intramurals are those formed by keeners from within different faculties and/or schools (for the Faculty league), and from within one’s resi dence, group of friends, whatever (for the Open league). These teams grapple against other teams formed in the same manner, from within the Uni versity (hence intra-between, mural-the wall). The sports covered by the IM teams are, for the Fall: soccer, touch or flag football, co-rec (men and women) volleyball and co-rec softball. Later on, according to Jan Meyer at the Curry Gym, teams for basketball, ice hockey, and regular volleyball are formed. To make a team, a representative of the team must present himself, with $15 ($40 for ice hockey, since it is the only team that lasts the two semesters), a list of the names, student numbers, phone numbers, of all the members of the team to the IM office, room 35 at the Gym. Also required are the names of the team captain and alternate captain, and any dates when the team cannot play, to help with the scheduling. For more infor mation, the reader is invited to either phone or drop by the IM office at the Gym. As well as all the above activity, at points unspecified during the year, there are several tournaments organised. They include golf, tennis, and squash. These will be announced well in advance by the Gym. For those athletes who are more serious about their sport, the intercollegiate teams hold prom ise. These are teams formed from the crème de la crème of the entire university, which compete against other such teams from other universities. Fear not, those who are keen, but not that good, or good, but not that keen, because, depending on the sport, there are often several teams, of varying calibre all within the framework of the IC team, so that one can usually find ones berth. In the case of the IC teams, the male players are called the Redmen (McGill’s school colour), and the female players the Martlets (that little bird found on the McGill crest). In this case, the McGill teams include: badminton, basketball, cross country running, diving, football, golf, hockey (field and ice), rowing, rugby, skiing (alpine and cross coun try), soccer, squash, swimming, syncro-swimming, tennis and track and field. More information about all the above can be gleaned from the Athletics Department’s newspaper, “Info Sports”, or from phone calls to the Curry Gym. For any sport not included in the above, there is probably a club which covers these open bases. Generally, clubs are formed by people who are keen on a sport that has no IM or IC team. They can be started by anybody, and anyone can join. For more information, especially with respect to starting one’s own club, Dr. Gladys Bean at 3924548 can be of assistance. The last type of ‘organized’ sport activity is to be found in the Instructional. There are improve ment courses as well as courses for the complete uninitiated beginner, and even sometimes the ‘get fit’ programs. The registration date for all these courses is September 22. The offered courses range from badminton and other court game's, to swimming and lifesaving, to dancing and aerobic exercises. For those readers on the teaching and/or coaching end of the stick, this writer would wel come any news from your club or team, as well as any anecdotes from their summer activities. The number to call is 931-5313 (evenings only), or 392-8927, and leave your name and number.
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Photographers have right to take pictures in public places T he Press, by Clair Balfour is a w eekly featu re in T h e G azette. This article first a p p ea red in The G azette, S ep tem b er 4,1982 an d is reprinted with the permission o f T he G azette. What follows is part of a letter from an unhappy reader: “In T he G a z e t t e ... I came across a photograph ... and in it I was visible. That picture of me was taken without my consent and knowledge. Since then I have been bothered and annoyed ...” The reader, although neither identified in the photo caption nor named in the accompanying article, felt exposed. The picture showed this per son in a public place where gambling was taking place. This example points up what can happen when private citizens, going about their business, come within the focus of the media, also going about their business. The letter raises the question of invasion of privacy (or unauthorized publication). It’s a ques tion with many facets—some ethical, some legal, some of good taste. The feeling that privacy has been invaded by a camera can arise in a public place, as in the case of the letter writer, or within the confines of a per son’s home. A few examples illustrate the complexity of the subject and the variety of responses. First, some public situations: • G azette photographer Michael Dugas recalls a Rolling Stones’ concert at the Forum more than a decade ago during which an exuberant teenage fan pulled off her T-shirt. Dugas, who at the time worked for T he M ontreal Star, took her picture, which appeared on the front page of the enter tainment section. The embarrassed girl’s parents sued. They lost. The court said the Forum is a public place. • Bobby Krouse, a defensive back for the
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Hamilton Tiger Cats, sued Chrysler Canada Ltd. for using his photo without permission in a 1971 advertising leaflet. The leaflet included an action photo of a football game in which Krouse— No.14—was identifiable. He lost. The Ontario Court of Appeal said there was no implication that he endorsed Chrysler’s cars. • Today, a newspaper in Cocoa, Brevard County, Fla., published a dramatic photo of a nearly nude woman being escorted by a sheriffs burly deputy following a hostage drama in 1977. Hilda Bridges Pate had been held unclothed by her husband in his apartment. Police surrounded the building. Her husband killed himself. The photo, taken as Pate ran from the building, shows her holding a garment, trying to cover her self. She said the picture haunts her and she sel dom leaves her home. She sued for invasion of
Bookstore Profits
The Marathon Continues So Does The Hope
by Joanne Bayly
by Patrick H .F. Baillie
Due to a lack of student support at University Bookstore Committee meetings last year, the share of bookstore profits that usually goes to Students’ Society ($50,000 last year) is now to be channelled in a different direction. The Bookstore Committee decided at a meeting last year (a meet ing at which only one student representative was present) to redirect these funds towards the pur chase of a computer which will completely re organize and improve the operation of the bookstore. Rather than giving Students’ Society a lump sum payment or giving individual students a minnimai rebate on the purchase of books, the book store will re invest the money in its own organiza tion and development. Students’ Society intends to fight this decision in Senate this year. The five student representa tive positions in the University Bookstore Com mittee will be filled by four members of the Execu tive Council to show the importance of this issue being re-discussed in Senate. Students’ Society spokesperson Peter Dotsikas believes that the funds will be of more benefit to students as a whole if transferred directly to the budget of Students’ Society where the money can be used to effectively finance student clubs, socie ties, and events. This cancellation of Students’ Society’s ex pected share of the bookstore’s surplus will seriously affect next year’s budget, limiting a budget that has already suffered numerous cuts and restrictions.
Erratum In last week’s Tribune, an advertisement for nominations to Senate Committees mentioned the Committee on Student Records and the Com mittee on Scheduling and Timetabling, requesting two students for each. These commit tees have been merged into the Senate Commit tee on Scheduling and Student Records and only two students for this one committee are needed.
On Sunday September 19th, McGill students will have an opportunity to join in the Marathon of Hope begun by Terry Fox in a campaign to raise funds for and increase public awareness about cancer. The Second Annual Terry Fox Run will start at the Jacques Cartier (angel) monument at the east base of the Mountain. Participants may run, jog, walk, roller skate, bicycle or otherwise move along the 1 km route up the Jogger’s path. The purpose of the Run is to continue the fund raising drive started by Terry Fox in his attempt to run across Canada. That run was cut short by the disease itself as the cancer that had already cost Terry his right leg caused him to end his trek at Thunder Bay, Ontario, well over half way to his goal. Terry’s efforts have produced over $25,000,000 for cancer research projects all across Canada, but the fight continues. The financial success of Terry’s run really began as he approached Toronto. A local radio station, CKFM 99.9, had been giving particular attention to the Marathon of Hope, so the city was prepared for his arrival. Met by a huge crowd in Nathan Phillips Square, Terry later threw out the first pitch at a Toronto Blue Jays game before a standing ovation from 20,000 fans. Later when Terry came into the stand to take a brief pause in his 26 mile per day pace, a number of fans approached him, thrusting various denomina tions of bills into the hands of someone they felt they knew. That spirit remains and certainly did not die when cancer finally claimed Terry’s life in June, 1981. The Terry Fox Run hopes to raise money in two ways. Entrants may either use pledge forms avail able at Sadie’s, the Gym or any Y.M.C.A. or they may pay the $5 entrant’s fee as they begin the run. Starting times run from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The event is being jointly sponsored by the McGill Athletics Dept, and the Engineering Undergradu ate Society. The key to winning the fight against cancer is involvement. To be a member of the Terry Fox Run does not require perfect physical condition ing, just enthusiasm, concern and participation.
privacy and was awarded $10,000, T oday has appealed. • The S a cra m en to B e e published a long lifes tyle feature story on May 30 about how sex affects people devoted to running, and vice versa. The story was illustrated with photos of a man and a woman running; neither was in the story. The woman complained that the juxtaposition of her photo with the subject of the story was painful to her and her family. The paper’s managing editor apologized. No legal action was involved. • A N ew Y ork Tim es M agazine cover photo in December 1978, focussed on Clarence Arring ton, a handsome black man wearing a dark threepiece suit and a patterned tie. Arrington, who works for the Ford Foundation, knew nothing of the photo, was not interviewed and did not form part of th story called “The black middle class: Making it.” Arrington sued. He lost his invasion of privacy angle, but a twist in the case is causing fear and loathing among U.S. news executives. The photo was taken by a freelance agency which sold it to the magazine. In April, the New York State Court of Appeals said such commer cial use of the photo without written consent could lead to a misdemeanor and damages in a civil suit. The court let the Tim es off the hook but caught the photographer, Gianfranco Gorgoni, his agency, Contact Press Images, and its president, Robert Pledge, for sale of the photo. Further developments are expected to lead to the state legislature, or the U.S. Supreme Court. Some private examples: • T he T oron to S tar published a photo of a retired provincial court judge sitting at home. The photo accompanied a sensitive story last Nov. 17 of the former judge’s decline and fall due to drink. The photo had been taken through the man’s
window from a building across the street after he had refused requests to be photographed. Controversy and soul-searching within the newsroom about the photographer’s technique resulted in the picture being dropped from the paper’s final two editions. • T he G a zette and many other papers last February published a photo of the Princess of Wales, bikini-clad and pregnant on a Bahamian beach, taken from a distance and without her knowledge. More than 170 readers complained to T he G azette. Buckingham Palace rebuked two British papers and the photographer and reporter were recalled. • Celebrities or public figures know they’ll be photographed and written about. Most publicity is good for their careers. They don’t all like it, at least not all the time. For example, Jacqueline Onassis won a court order in 1975 restricting activities of freelance celebrity photographer Ron Galella. Here’s an example of a third variety: • A Montreal doctor, E.E. Robins, wrote to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. to criticize a televi sion program. Those running the program prompt ly telecast his name and address, and invited viewers to cheer him up. Robbins received offen sive letters, phone calls, unsolicited taxis and C O D. parcels. He sued for damages caused by invasion of privacy—and won in 1957 In M edia L aw H an dbook, former CBC legal counsel, Stuart M. Robertson, says: “There is no legal requirement that you seek permission of a person before you take his or her picture...Pub lishing a photograph of a person taken in a public place would not invade the person’s privacy.” “However, publishing a photograph of a person taken when the person was in a private situation and unaware of it having been taken could (italics added) invade that person’s privacy.”
TUESDAY’S CHILD hv A d rie n n e Jo n e s
It is not unusual to see Students Society Councillor Suzanne Byrnes running from a class in the Strathcona Music Building to a meeting in the Union. She spends most of her time coping with a very demanding schedule, trying to juggle cômmittees, her music and her other interests. A native of Ottawa, Suzanne studied for two years at Ottawa U. before coming to McGill and entering the Faculty of Music in the honours programme in music education. She has been here for four years. “I showed up at a faculty baseball game and asked, ‘How do I get involved?’ 1 was signed on as first year faculty rep. right there,” "Suzanne said, remembering the beginning of her commitment to extra curricular activities. Music students as involved as Suzanne are, unfortunately, a rarity mainly because of the isolation of the faculty, and as she said..“...many of them don’t even have a chance to leave the building, and practicing takes a great deal of time.” Two hundred people from the faculty did show up for the Cutbacks demonstration last March which Suzanne, who was Music Undergraduate Society President for two years in a row, felt was an encouraging sign. Students’ Council is also a familiar stomping ground for her. This will be her second year as a councillor and she will be taking on added responsibility as Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Food and Beverage. “I think one of the weak points of last year’s council was that not enough attention was given to the Food and Beverage Department, which is afterall, a major service...we’ve now hired a vending manager which will mean better co-ordination of our vending operations, and there is also a strong possibility of expansion.” When asked what she thought of the services which are already being provided, Suzanne said, “I expect there will be demands to upgrade the quality of the food etc., but I think it is already quite good and the prices are certainly reasonable, especially when compared to other universities.” As to the future of this year’s council as a whole, she feels that it will be more structured, less time will be wasted at meetings and any major conflicts will be those involving The Daily. She expressed some concern at the all-male executive, but is fairly confident that women will continue to have a strong voice on the council, and sees the executive being able to work together very well throughout the next several months. When she’s not wrangling with council or her faculty, Suzanne spends time skiing, playing broomball and cycling. Her major is flute and she does squeeze in a practice every day, but right now her pet project is the McGill Choral Society, of which she is President, and is starting to get it off the ground. It is a club open to all students who enjoy singing and a musical background is not required. There will be an opportunity for interested students to sign up at Activities Night, or they may contact Suzanne through the Students’ Society at 392-8922. Final N ote Suzanne’s advice to new students this fall; “G et inuolued! Don’t be scared. It’s a great way to meet people and it builds character.” Tuesday’s Child is a weekly column spotlighting a student who is involved in an extra-curricular capacity at McGill. II there is someone you would like to know more about, drop off your suggestion to the Tribune c/o Adrienne Jones.
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