The McGill Tribune Published bv the Student’s Society o f M cGill University
V ol. 2 N o. 26, Tuesday, March 29, 1983.
R e co u n t O rd e re d , N e g lig e n ce Fo u n d
C.R.O. Decision Overturned By Gregg Gibbons
In a decision handed down on March 23rd, the Judicial Committee of the Daily Publications Society overturned a decision by Marcy Vigoda, Chief Re turning Officer (CRO) regarding the referendum making payment for the D aily optional initiated by Jeff Zimskind. The two-to-one decision of the Committee orders “a recount of the sig natures by the CRO under the supervi sion of ^n appointed person.... Signa tures that appear twice are to be counted once. Signatures of persons not regis tered at McGill are to be rejected. From the total number of valid signatures, six are to be struck out.” In closing, the decision reads, “ If the petition be found valid then the Committee deems it prop er that the petition be placed on the November ’83 ballot.” The ten-page report includes the non binding minority report, rendered by Joseph Rikhof, Chairm an of the Com mittee, and the binding majority report, handed down by Ysolde Gendreau and Howard Kalisky, the other two members of the panel. The decision said that there were three issues around which the de bate was centered: “the interpretation of the word ‘signature’, the CRO’s course of conduct in the verification of the peti tion, and the petitioner’s method in col lecting the signatures.” “It is unfortunate, but nevertheless true, that art. 10.2.2.4 of the (Daily) constitution merely requires the signa ture, student number, and faculty of the signing students. There is no additional criterion like ‘name’ or printed name.’ ” Thus, their decision is that “it is not incumbent on (the initiator) to develop new rules which, although helpful in de termining the validity of the petition, were not perceived as necessary by the drafters of the constitution.” This led the report to recommend that “the con stitution be amended to require the sig nature, printed name, faculty, and ID number of the signing students.” Regarding the petitioner’s method of obtaining signatures, the Committee’s decision to strike six signatures from the total num ber of valid ones stems from the promise of one free beer for every 25 signatures collected, made by Jeff Zims-» kind. Six people gathered signatures for the beer and although they received no beef Mr. Zimskind decided not to give any out as it may have been questioned, six signatures will be struck. The decision also questioned Ms. Vigoda’s methods of verifying the peti tion. Her refusal to obtain the list of students by number from the Registrar the day after she counted the signatures revealed, in the Committee’s view, “a negligence in the performance of her functions which the Judicial Board can
not condone.” When Ms. Vigoda count ed the signatures, she had current members of the D aily staff as well as the petitioner and some of his friends. In addition, she left the room where the counting was taking place for an hour so that she could go to a meeting. “Such behaviour,” the report states, “is most unprofessional and unbecoming of some one entrusted with such responsibilities,, especially in view of the fact that the CRO is compensated for the perfor-
mance of her duties.” In the decision of the minority, “the correct interpretation of article 10.2.2.4 should be name, n o t signature.” It also contends that Ms. Vigoda was not neg ligent in the performance of her duties. Rather, it cites the initiator of the peti tion to have been negligent in preparing the petition. Both the minority and majority reports, however, agree that a recount must be made and that if the petition is found to be valid, the ques-
tion should go on the November Ballot. Ms. Vigoda was “disappointed” with the decision. She also felt that putting the question on the November ballot without circulating a new petition would not be fair because of all the poeple who signed the petition and who won’t be returning next year. Mr. Zimskind was pleased with the results, saying, “Even the minority report advocated the same procedure that I asked for.”
New Club R ep .’s to C o u n cil By Brian Forsythe Todd
The failure of the Students’ Society fee increase to pass the March 8 and 9 referendum presents the greatest obsta cle to the newly-elected club representa tives to Students’ Council. As well, the effective representation of the club voice on the Students’ Council remains an ever-present challenge to the three re presentatives elected at the club repre sentative meeting last Thursday. The three elected representatives were Scott Keating, President of the Debat ing Union, Amalia Martinez, this year’s President of the International Students’ Association and finally Marcy Vigoda, a member of Amnesty International, as well as the Students’ Society Chief Re turning Officer this year. The problem of cutbacks to the budgets of the various clubs under the auspices of the Students’ Society was deemed the major issue by all three of the new club representatives to council. Keating suggested that cuts should be made across the board rather than simp ly in the area of clubs. He suggested that the T ribune's budget could be cut as well as the num ber of employees that the Students’ Society employs. He remarked that he was “not certain that all of them were needed.” But he went on to say that is was a very touchy area “since it’s peo ple’s jobs we are talking about.” Keating also suggested that plans for a renovated Gertrude’s and Union Building “could be put off for a few years,” since “the economic problems were not only those of McGill but the economic problems of the whole Canadian economy. Amali Martinez again considered the budgetary problems of the clubs as one of the major issues. She said that she would “try not to get them (club budgets) cut” and suggested that there were “other things that could be cut." With the tight fiscal situation she pro posed that the Students’ Society “hold off on an Executive-Director,” since this added approxim ately $40,000 to the budget. Reacting to the suggestion that
renovations to Gertrude’sand the Union Building be held off, Martinez agreed that the measure would save money b u t1 that “you have to consider the average student who wants to get w hat he is paying for.” Marcy Vigoda was also worried about the problem of budget cutbacks. She was particularly concerned with which clubs would be hardest hit. She was concerned about the “smaller clubs who can’t make money on their own— the public awareness groups such as Project Ploughshares, who pay a lot for posters and publicity.” She suggested that the renovations to Gertrude’s and the Union Building “would not be a priority” but went on to say that the budget would have to be fully examined before she commented on it. Amalia Martinez, as well as stressing cutbacks, thought her “first thing to change was that this year the club repre sentatives did not have contact with the clubs.” She would try to set up meetings
with the various clubs to canvas their concerns. She also said that “clubs do not make enough use of the T rib u n e." She hoped that next year the Tribune would “have more inform ation on clubs. It would be reaching more people and thus more filling its role.” The Students’ Council elects two of its members to the Executive Committee of the Students’ Society, the Vice-Presi dent (University Affairs) and the VicePresident (Finance). When asked whether the new club representatives to council would stand for these positions, Scott Keating was the only one to answer in the affirmative. H e announced his intention to run for the post of V. P. /U niversity Affairs) to make sure that clubs have fair representation on the ex ecutive committees, since, as Keating put it, “a lot of decisions are made by the Executive Committee during the summer which affect the clubs—like budgets and continued on page 3
Many Distressed Over Daily, Unemployment
Student Poll Clarified by Gregg G ibbons
A poll conducted by this reporter re cently shows conclusively that McGill students are very concerned not only with campus issues, but with world issues as well. In this unofficial poll 100% of those polled thought that the D a ily wasn’t worth the money they paid for it. “ Defi nitely not worth the money I paid into it,” responded one pollee. But the worth of the D a ily was not the only question asked of these students. To the question, “Who is the leader of the government in Chad?”, not one of those polled could correctly identify the leader. We may conclude, therefore, that McGill students are apathetic to the world affairs on the American Conti-
nent. Unemployment was another issue touched on by the poll. To the question, “ Do you think that unemployment is bad?”, 100% of those surveyed re sponded to the affirmative. “1 think that it’s bad. I mean, it doesn’t help the econ omy or anything.” One student was dis tressed over the plight of the unem ployed. “ I'm distressed over the plight of the unemployed," she said. Not one of those polled could correct ly name all seven dwarves or all of the things that a Boy Scout is supposed to be. Obviously, the McGill student is un informed. Lastly, 4 of the 5 students 1 polled recommend chewing a sugarless gum.
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D IALOGUE ON ISSUE M én ag e à T ro is / T h re e so m e s by D ian e M . Bousquet
by M ark W eintraub
It is well known that Colin and Mark have been going steady for some time. But last week, at a meeting of the AAAA (Association Against Acronyms, Arseface), con cerned students met to choose a representative to get in on their act. I got the shortest straw, so here I am. And guys, a better chance to invade your emotional and physical Siamese twinship cannot be had. Not only am 1 loads of fun to live with (just ask pooh-bear), but I can teach you to function acceptably in society. Just because our collective minds made the Science Digest list of Recently-Discovered Black Holes is no reason to think you can’t learn a few simple tasks. You know, like fetching the paper, washing dishes. That’s what m en a g e means, after all. In time, you may even learn politeness and manners. Don’t butter your napkin and say “ My, the bread is stale today,” when dining with the Queen, and all that. Of course, there is the traditional activity of those involved in a m e n a g e à trois. You guys can’t possibly be as ugly as those caricatures, and your m other must have had s o m e reason, no matter how small, for not naming you Judy and Betsy. In the words of my hero, Sam I am, “Would you. Could you, in a box? Would you, could you, with a fox?” At worst, I can make a few bucks by selling the film in the rotating camera on your bedroom ceiling. And there’s the issue of furniture. M ark’s grandfather was a doorm at for many years before he became an alcoholic, and I see no harm in perpetuating this fine tradition. And Colin will make a great No-Pest Strip in reverse. Finally, I had to present your happy twosome because it goes against all of Super man’s principles (that’s truth, justice, and the American way, for those of you who never watch TV). If you can expose the twisted workings of your mind to the masses, giving them a warped perspective and ruining them forever, then, by jolly, so can 1! That is the meaning of true freedom, and you cannot deny me my fair share. Also, I believe each woman should get two men to make up for the years of oppression we have been forced to endure. 1already have two chickens in my pot; all I need is two chickens in my bed.
Let’s first set the record straight. The threesome—here defined as the co-union, in whatever posture, of two men and one women—is not an institution unique to our post-Quaalude, ‘love the girl in the leather pants doing coke with the D .J.’ era. It is a time-honoured practice, filled with a history of hormones gone ram pant and herpes done the same. The world, past and present, is filled with famous threesomes: Orson Welles for instance; Catherine the Great and two black Arabian Stallions named “Sodo” and “ Me;” Ronnie and Nancy and their Pleasure-Pulse power pack; it is even rumoured that Marx and Engels, that duo of great collaborators, even shared a woman as well. (Indeed the cry “ Female Proletarians of all countries, unite in room 434 of the Hotel Excelsior Monday at 2. You have nothing to lose but your bloomers” became the unofficial rallying call of the International). Snow White even tried a ‘ménage à huit,1 and we all know how that turned out. (Grumpy never got his share, and Doc spent all his time aborting the pregnancies that Happy caused. Bashful never got up the nervej Com atose from the 7-way strain. Snow White hit the road with the first effeminate prince to offer her a one on one.) And we say, if it didn’t work for Snow White, it couldn’t work for us. The live-tn threesome is a menace, a plague, the greatest threat to our collective sanity since the dribble-glass. It’s also not good. And here’s why: The very concept o f ‘ménage à trois’ is a violation of all the principles and practice^ upon which our free and well-dressed western world is based. It has always been ‘1 man, 1 vote,’ ‘1 newly arrived member of a minority group, 1 broom’ ‘1 tickee, 1 washee.’ But ‘ménage à trois’ means ‘ 1 man, '/) a woman.’ Someone really gets the shaft (sorry). We won’t stand for that. ‘1 man, 1 woman, 1 mortgage’ th at’s democracy and th at’s fair. II Three in bed leaves no room for the sheep. And for those of us whose pillow manual is Schaum’s Animal Husbandry (5th edition) that sort of thing really matters. HI ‘ménage à trois’ makes the possibility of revulsion through error very high (Sorry we can’t elaborate. Censors and all) IV with our cheerleader friend here, a threesome would mean Pom Poms in bed. M utual encouragement is one thing, but a fully choreographed version of the Notre Dame fightsong and a half-time show is a little much. Leaps and twirls and cheers of ‘Go team we’re really hot lets give it all we got’ tend to ruin the romantic mood. V. Most of all, a live-in threesome is a complete impossibility. What this puff-head seems not to realize is that we don’t live together. So...never mind.
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The McGill Tribune The McGill Tribune is published by the Students’ Society of McGill University. Opinions.expressed are not necessarily those of the Students’ Society. Editorial offices are located in the Student Union Building, Room4l 1, 3480 McTavish St., Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1X9, 392-8927. Letters and submissions may be left at the editorial office in the Tribune mailbox at the Students’ Society General Office. ’Editor-in-Chief - Anne MacLennan Managing Editor - Joanne Bayly Features Editor: - Marie-Thérèse Blanc News Editor: - Brian Todd Sports Editor - Sarah Marshall Photo Editor - Tamara Tarasoff Staff Ace Baker Brenda Bloomstone Bruce Chase-Dunn Dan Costello Glenn Cunningham Gayle Farrell Gregg Gibbons Donna Gulbransen Colin McGregor Dan Pope Brigette Ramaseder Mel Timmy Neil Tolchinsky Butch Trishman Mark Weintraub Advertising Managers: Tamara Tarasoff and Edgar Wedig
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The M cG ill Tribune welcomes your letters. They should be su b m itted double-spaced typed and should not exceed 300 words. Deadline foi letters is the Wednesday prior to publication at noon. The Tribune reserves the right not to print any letter it may receive. To Colin McGregor and Mark Weintraub, Maybe this is a plain way to express my feelings (for I entertain towards you two alm ost-m aternal feelings, which
keep me, for the time being, from falling head over heels in love with a weekly column) but here it is: you guys are just great. The Trib without “Dialogue on Issues” wouid taste like orange juice without vitamin C, Ritz crackers with out salt, peanut butter without jam , skim milk without grenadine! (I’m also bulemic). Keep up the fantastic work and may 1 ask a question: do you really look like the faces drawn above your respective names? Because if you do, I’ll cm: them out and sew them on my heart. If you don’t, please drop your photos at ihe Union Building. Sincerely, Sophie Nappert, U1
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ANXIOUS ABOUT EXAMS? Now that exams are approaching, you m ay be experiencing more anxiety and tension. While this m ay motivate you to study harder, anxiety can also inhibit • your studying process. In an attem pt to extinguish your anxious feelings, McGil! Hilie! will be offering a two-part session on muscle and psychic relaxation exercises; 4:00 p.rrr, Thurs day, April 6th and 13th, at Hillel House, 3460 Stanley Street This is open to all C egep and University students who pre-register on or before April 4th, at McGill Hillel. There is a $3.00 registration fee. For further information, please contac! Steven Singerm an, 845-9171.
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McGill Students as Racket Guinea Pigs By Butch Trischm an
A recent incident at the U.S. customs station near Plattsburg, New York has led to the discovery of a running scam based in M ontreal and very often involving McGill students. A difference in emissions standards on vehicles driven in the U.S. and in Canada is the driving force behind the racket which can leave “driveaway” clients stranded at the U.S. border. The lucrative operation has been in existence for some time and at present is in no real danger of being dissolved. 4 Border officials, although aware of the operation, are helpless of curing the problem to do systematic covering by the culprits. The current operation is set in motion when experienced auto dealers in Montreal (dnd vicinity) acquire Can adian-m ade automobiles and vans for sale to U .S .-b ased d ealers. These
vehicles do not meet the more strident U.S. emissions standards and therefore must be smuggled past customs officials in Cham plain, New York. Smuggling can occur in one or more of several ways, but most commonly thrives on the forging of E.P.A. stickers found on vehicle engines or inside door hinges. Engine and part sizes are documented for all vehicles and are indicative of a vehicle's legality in a given country— these are used to determine a vehicle’s acceptability. To get vehicles into the U.S., Montreal dealers attem pt to alter vital digits on E.P.A. stickers or use fake stickers altogether. Fake stickers are most com monly found on parts that are easily interchangeable with parts from other vehicles. Obviously the new stickers would be deemed acceptable by customs agents and the vehicle would be ad mitted.
McGill students have become a signif icant source of drivers for the ‘Montreal Driveaway’ agency and it is therefore the students who run the risk of being in upstate New York after the vehicle has been seized by U.S. customs. The D rive a w a y is not directly implicated in the scam. As many as 30 dealer-to-dea!er vehicles are presented at the border each week driven by clients of the Driveaway agency. Frequently illegal cars are hid den in convoys with other passable vehicles and are, in that way, successfully passed through the border. A client of The M o n tre a l D rivea w a y is required to leave a deposit of $130 -
when driving a vehicle. Of the vehicles transported, the ones that come from a dealer in M ontreal are the most suspect. That is not to say that privately owned vehicles pass inspection flawlessly how ever. The result of commercial and private seizings of cars and vans is an impressive parking lot at the U.S. border, highlighted by several Mercedes and Porches. As testimony to the awareness by U.S. customs to the racket, no legal charges are brought against naive Driveaway clients. Simil arly, M ontreal Driveaway returns the deposit money to clients of impounded vehicles as part of their official policy.
Students’ Society RED & WHITE REVIEW
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applications are hereby called for the position of: PRODUCER RED & WHITE REVUE ’83 T he 1982/83 Red & White Revue has been postponed until November 1983 and a producer is required to oversee this stage-musicai production. The show has already been written by Miller, Shtern, Kawkabani & Woods, and is entitled, “If I’m Elected.”
T he producer will oversee a large volunteer staff including stage director, musical director, technical staff, set and costume designers as well as the cast. ll applications will be treated confidentially and will be reviewed by a committee consisting of the incoming Chairperson of the Program Board, the Vice-President (Internal Affairs), the Program Director of the Stu dents’ Society, the Liaison Officer to the Dean of Students and the Executive Producers. The best qualified candidates will likely be interviewed by this committee. eneral A p p lic a tio n forms are a v a ila b le from the Students’ Society G eneral O ffice, Room 105 of the University Centre, 3480 McTavish Street. •* o m p lete d a p p lica tio n s must be subm itted to Joann Pasquale, A dm in istrative Secretary, Students’ Society General Office, NOT LATER THAN
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Bruce M. Hicks, Chairperson Students’ Society Nominating Committee
Rep.’s (cont’d) room allocations.” Keatingalsoclaim ed that it would be im portant to get a uni fied .front on Senate committees and in the Senate and Board of Governors themselves. He suggested setting up a student caucus to find a general consen sus among students before they go into meetings. Keating claimed that sudents were often forgetting that they represent an entire student population and begin to argue their own point of view. The other two representatives said that they would not run for the Execu tive Committee. Martinez said that she will be too busy with her position as President of the Latin American Stu dents’ Association and on the council of the International Students’ Association, helping the new executive team learn tlie ropes. Vigoda has “no intention of run ning for an Executive Committee post.” She will be busy next year co-chairing Amnesty International and providing better representation for clubs on the Students’ Council.
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Students’ Society VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers requested for next year’s Blood Drive Program Board & Students’ Society Publications
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NOW IS THE TIME TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP OUT WITH NEXT YEAR’S ACTIVITIES!
WEDNESDAY: • Hot Roast Beef Sandwich • Mediteranean Beef Stew
THURSDAY: • Lasagne • Spare Ribs
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attention student councillors-elect
during the summer
The first two meetings of Students’ Council-elect Will be Please in d ica te any p articula r area(s) within the activities or interests you checked in w hich you w ould like to work: (eg., publicity, logistics, finances, etc.)
FIRST METING: • Thursday, April 7th, 6:30 p.m., • University Centre, Room 107/8. • To call for nominations for the positions of Vice-President (Finance) and Vice-President (University Affairs) and to announce the following available positions: Speaker of Students’ Council, 3 seats on the Joint Management Committee, a minimum of 2 seats on the Nominating Committee and several other committees. j
Hand in com pleted form at the Students' Society General O ffice or m ail to: Leslie C opeland, O perations Secretary, 3480 McTavish, Room 105, m ontreal, Q uebec H3A1X9 (392-0930).
SECOND MEETING: •Wednesday, April 13,6:30 p.m., • University Centre, Room 310. •To hold elections for the 2 vice-presidential positions and to appoint councillors-elect to the other above-noted positions.
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Students’ Society M cGILL PROGRAM BOARD APPLICATIONS applications are hereby called for the following appointed positions: (D ead lin e: 4:30 p.m., Today, M arch 29th, 1983) VICE-CHAIRMAN GENERAL PROGRAMS The student holding this position will oversee all events and activities (with the exception of guest speakers and the Red & White Revue) which take place outside of the Welcome Week and Winter Carnival time periods. Events could in clude such things as dance and theatrical performances, concerts, dances, com edy acts, films, etc. VICE-CHAIRMAN PUBLICITY
VICE-CHAIRMAN SPEAKERS The student in this position will familiarize him or herself with guest speakers currently on the university lecture circuit and present a speakers program for the T983/84 year (including Welcome Week and Winter Carnival periods) to the Board for approval. The V-C Speakers will oversee the implementa tion of the approved speakers program. VICE-CHAIRMAN VOLUNTEERS
Thé Vice-Chairman, Publicity will assemble and chair a committee of students which will ensure that all events and activities organized by the Program Board are properly publicized and promoted on campus and from time to time within the Montreal community. Design of posters, newspaper ads and on occasion, production of radio ad vertisements will be involved as well as the issuing~of press releases. VICE-CHAIRMAN FINANCE
Each year the Program Board enlists the assistance of a large number of student volunteers who work at the many events sponsored. In recognition of the importance of these people who help out at events, this position has been created solely to co-ordinate the volunteers and to improve communications between them and the individual event organizers.
The Vice-Chairman, Finance will be responsible for oversee ing all aspects of the finances of the Program Board includ ing budget preparation, control of expenditures, ticket sales, arranging for payment of entertainers, etc.
The secretary will act as liquor officer, booking co-ordinator and general secretary to the Board. He or she shall be responsible for making sure rooms are booked for events, liquor licences and forms have been obtained for all events as well as taking minutes at Program Board meetings.
CO-ORDINATOR WELCOME WEEK The Co-Ordinator, Welcome Week will chair a large committee of event co ordinators. He or she will ensure that all activities planned for the Welcome Week period are properly organized and encourage maximum participa tion by McGill students, especially those students at McGill for the first time.
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CO-ORDINATOR ACTIVITIES NIGHT The student holding this position will be in charge of organizing Activities Night, the annual “meet the clubs” night in the Union Building in midSeptember.
CO-ORDINATOR WINTER CARNIVAL The student holding this position will be in charge of organizing the six festive days in February 1984 called Winter Carnival. Creative ideas for new Carnival events will be encouraged. As with Welcome Week, this CoOrdinator will oversee a large committee of event co-ordinators.
NOTE: Notwithstanding the specific nature of some of the above positions, all students holding positions on the Board are expected to attend meetings throughout the year and assist in other areas beside their own. The Board will jointly organize Activities Night under the direction of the Chairperson. All of the above positions are considered voluntary. Joint applications will be entertained but not from more than two (2) students for any one position. All applications will be treated confidentially and will be reviewed by a committee of the incoming Chairperson of the Program Board, the Vice-President (Internal Affairs), the Program Director of the Students’ Society and the Liaison Officer to the Dean of Students. The best qualified candidates will likely be interviewed by this committee. “General A p p lic a tio n ” forms are available from the Students’ Society General Office, Room 105 of the Student Union Building, 3480 McTavish Street. Completed applications must be submitted to Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary, Students’ Society General Office NO LATER THAN 4:30 P.M., T O D A Y , MARCH 29th, 1983. B ru c e H ic k s C h a ir p e r s o n S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty N o m in a t in g C o m m itt e e
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Students’ Society STUDENT LEADER REGISTRATION
T his year 465 team s were registered in In tram u ral and C o -recreatio n sp o rts league. A n o th er 140 people p articip ated in individual sp o rt to u rn a m e n ts such as tennis, sq u ash or gold. We w ould estim ate to tal IM and C R involvem ent to be a b o u t 5.700 fo r the I982-83 season. Ice hockey is still the largest overall league sp o rt and provides a g reat deal o f ex citem ent, particu larly a ro u n d play o ff tim e. T he cham p io n s in all 1M activities are indicated below:
Prediction Run - Men - C orm em e T o rsita n o Women - H eath er Peniuk Golf - Men - Ja m es G elfand Women - N athalie M archand Tennis - Men - F rederick B randel Women - Julie Labelle Squash - Men - E am on M cC onnell (A dv.),
attention all McGill Student Leaders: The 83/84 President, Editor, Chairperson, C o-O rdinator of Chief Officer of any M cG ill Student Club, Society, Publication, Service, C ouncil Com m ittee or Association must register with the M cG ill Students’ Society
NO LATER THAN APRIL 15th, 1983. Registration allows McGill organizations to 1. be able to book sp a ce in other cam pus buildings at McGill rates 2. receive the summer edition of the McGill Student Leader Publication 3. be informed about the September leadership seminar 4. receive copies of operating manuals for club officers.
Cam pus Groups no* recognized by April 15 will be considered inactive and w ill lose ali cam pus privileges until such tim e as they are reinstated.
Student leaders must complete the form below, or obtain a summer registration form from the Students' Society General Office, Union 105, 3480 McTavish, complete it and hand it in BY APRIL 15 1983 to Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary.
REGISTRATION FORM O rg a n iza tio n _______________________________________________ Name of Chief O f f ic e r ______________________ Title
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Summer Phone Numbers If the chief officer will not be in the Montreal area during the summer of 1983, please add the name and summer address of one member of the organization who will: Title Summer Address _______ ,------------------------------------No. Street Apt. Summer Address ----------------------------------------------------City Postal Code Telephone
AUTHORIZATION TO RELEASE INFORMATION The Students’ Society is often asked for the name, address and number of students holding various positions at McGill. Kindly initial one or both of the following categories authorizing the Students’ Society to give the above addresses and numbers to those requesting them. 1. Student Leaders on cam pus only _____________ 2, Any member of the public asking to get in touch with the person holding your position(s). ________________________ hand in or m ail to: Leslie C opeland, O perations Secretary 3480 McTavish, Room 105 Montreal, Q uebec H3A 1X9
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Students’ Society BUDGET & OFFICE SPACE REQUESTS N otice to all M cG ill Student G ro u ps: (Submissions will be received from April 5th until 4:30 p.m. April 29th, 1983) Budgets Budget requests are limited to groups directly recognized by the McGill Students’ Council (i.e. organizations classified as “functional groups" or campus-wide “interest groups”). Interest groups must have been in operation since January 1st, 1983 in order to submit a budget request and shall not show a budget deficit of more than $400 which represents the subsidy to be received from the Students’ Society. Interest group budget requests must include in the revenue column membership fees from not less than 30 members each paying not less than $2.00. These membership fees and a signed membership list must be handed in no later than October 31st, 1983 by any interest group with an approved budget. Interest group budgets will be approved on a first come, first served basis. Certain interest groups are not eligible to receive Students’ Society funds as per Council policy adopted December 7th, 1977. These include groups with political or religious affiliations or beliefs. Any other group which, by the nature of its doctrine, discourages membership by all except those which adhere to that doctrine, as determined by Students’ Council, is also ineligible to receive Society funds.
O ffice Space in the University Centre Any student group on cam pus may request office sp ace in the University provided the group has been in operation since January 1st, 1982. According to Council policy adopted September 13th, 1978, the sam e groups ineligible to receive Students’ Society funds are also not eligible to be given office sp ace in the Union. Office sp ace will be awarded on a first come, first served basis with the following provisios: • groups with office sp ace in 1982/83 will be given preference • Students’ Council reserves the right to assign office sp ace to any new a a hoc committee it may form up to the time at which sp ace allocation for 1983/84 is approved by Council. • the Joint Management Committee will review all sp ace requests and, at its discretion, will decide which groups assigned sp ace will have to share offices. • groups recognized by the Students’ Athleics Council will be entitled to one office only. This office will be shared by not more than 6 sports clubs as determined by the SAC. Due to the extremely high demand for office sp ace in the Union, it would be highly appreciated if groups, which do not absolutely need office space, refrain from requesting an office.
NOTE: Application for Budget forms may be obtained at the Students’ Society General office. There is no specific request form for office space. Requests with justifications should be typed and addressed to the Joint Management Committee. They should be delivered or mailed to: Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary, Students’ Society General Office, Room 105, 3480 McTavish Street, Montreal, Q uebec H3A 1X9 NO LATER THAN
4:30 P.M., FRIDAY APRIL 29th, 1983.
David Sinyard Chairman Joint Management Committee
Tuesday, March 29, 1983
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Fencers Come Through Third by Jennifer Cameron and A lan Munn
Whenever the sport of fencing is men tioned, bad jokes seem to abound. Whether they concern swinging chande liers, chain link, picket or even stolen goods, non-fencers always seem propared to display their rapier wits. A group of McGill students, however, take fencing much more seriously. These students belong to the McGill Fencing Club. The club offers some thing to both recreational and competi tive fencers. McGill is a member of the ASUQ (Association Sportive Universitaire du Québec) and fences competitively against Université de M ontréal (U de M), Uni versité Laval, Université du Québec à M ontréal (UQAM ) and University of Ottawa. Four ASUQ tournam ents and one invitational tournam ent were held this season. The final league standings were determined from the ASUQ tour nament results in mean’ and women’ foil only. Unfortunately for McGill, the épée and sabre events were not consist ently represented to warrant their inclu sion in the final results. The first ASUQ tournam ent was held in October at U de M. McGill picked up two first place finishes, one by the sabre team (Michael Carey, Duncan Day, Jam es Turner) and the other by the épée team (Philip Chibante, Ron Dewar, Oliver Baltuch). In November, McGill hosted the sec ond tournam ent of the year. Again, the sabre team (Michael Carey, Duncan Day, James Turner) and the épée team (André Ivanov, Oliver Baltuch, Philip Chibante) captured the first place titles. In J a n u a ry , the team travels to Laval University to participate in the third competition of the season. Al though McGill did not earn any first place finishes here, three second place standings were gained (womens’ foil, épée and sabre). The final ASUQ tournam ent of the seasaon was held in March at UQAM. In McGill’s strongest showing of the year, three first place titles were cap tured: in women’s foil (Jennifer Camer on, Geneviève Tanguay, M arta M or gan), in épée (Ron Dewar, Philip Chibante, Alan Munn) and in sabre (Michael Carey, James Turner and Lio nel de Chabris). In the final league standings, McGill placed third. U of O captured first place, with U de M in second. Individual re sults were also tallied. McGill’s Jennifer Cameron placed third overall in women’s foil. The McGill Fencing Club also hosted the annual McGill Invitational tourna ment in February. Participants from local universities and cegeps were in at tendance. McGill picked up two first place finishes here, one in the épée event (André Ivanov, Ron Dewar. Alan Munn) and the other in women’s foil (Jennifer Cameron, Geneviève Tanguay, M arta Morgan). The club has experienced a lot of
changes in the past year, especially with regard to the instruction and coaching. Pedro Yoselevitch, coach of the McGill Fencing Club for many years, was re placed in January by Guiseppe Mancini. Mr. Mancini is now coaching the club and team members exclusively with Mr. J.C. Lanthier teaching the Level I fenc ing classes. Under the direction of a hard-work ing President, the club has also under gone some major administrative changes. Increased com m unication and co-ordi-. nation, facilitated by regular meetings and discussion, has allowed for the suc cessful running of two University com petitions, the purchase of new fencing equipment, the participation of club members in many provincial league tournam ents, as well as better general organization and structure. The club is finally seeking a positive direction and many members have become very in volved. Consequently, participation and enthusiasm are higher and more con sistent than in previous years. In recog nition of their hard work and dedication to the club, Jocelyne Chaput and Don Cheslock were awarded the most valua ble player a wards for the 1982-1983 sea son. In addition, because of the cohesive nature of the club, special bonds have
formed between club members. Sports such as fencing have a very special way of bringing people together. Friendship and fencing go hand in hand, in an expe rience which can be neither denied nor forgotten. With the 1982-1983 fencing season now over, the coming year is awaited with high hopes and expectations. The results of this year show definite im provement and the McGill Fencing Club is setting its sights on next year’s ASUQ championship.
Track & Field: Making Great Strides by S.C . M arshall
With a reasonably late and slow start, the initial response to the track team was limited. However, by February 19 of this year, th ctjU A A Championships at the Universtiy of Laval saw McGill with 52 athletes in attendance. The success at this meet allowed McGill’s T & F team to advance nine athletes into the CI AU Champs. McGill’s season ended with a ranking in the C1AU top ten for the men, and top twenty for the women: the
men finished 9th, the women 17th. The season opened on December 4. and finished March 12, with the N ation als. It is most encouraging to see that the season ended with McGill winning both the men’s and the women’s QUAA Championships banners, to be hung proudly in the halls of McGill. The en thusiastic response of the large number of athletes, coupled with the excellent results, along with the renewed interest generated, has made recruiting easy and exciting for next year’s team. According to one of the more prom i nent stars, Dennis Barrett, the team this year was “good compared with last year. It was'a great improvement. We quali fied 2 women and 5 men for the ÇIAU Championships”. Barrett was also excited about the large num ber of participants this year The T & F team was “one of the biggest teams on campus (with 52 athletes), and th at’s the idea of college athletics—not money”. This attitude was largely due to the efforts of Coach Dale M unkittrick, says Barrett. Farewell words, intended to tide training runners over the summer, from Barrett, are “ It was a good year. Things are going to be even better next year, believe it!” Individuals to keep one’s eye on. for next year, and during the summer in clude: Carol Ann Leslie, Dennis Barrett. Orlar.do Haughton, Gordon.Neysmith, Sandra Wilson, Michel Sutton, and René Bélanger.
W a tc h T h a t B ird ie ! by E. Goldberg
On M arch 19, the McGill badm inton team travelled to Rimouski for the QUAA badm inton finals. McGill de feated l’Université du Québec à Choutim rin the final round to recapture the QUAA title for the first time in four years. This was McGill’s fourth QUAA championship in the past seven years. This year, the QUAA divided its badminton competition into three roundrobin tournam ents. McGill won the first two tournam ents, one held in November at McGill and the second held in Ottawa during February. Going into the Ri mouski tournam ent, McGill held a sub stantial 13-point lead over second place UQAC. Unfortunately, due to illness and in jury, McGill was only able to send four members of its eight-member team to
Rimouski. Among those missing from the tourney was women’s singles player Beena Narwani who was chosen as the team ’s female MVP for the third year in a row. Narwani was undefeated in the first two QUAA tourneys and despite her absence at Rimouski, she was named the QUAA overall individual women’s champion. Roevel Guzman, who replaced Nar wani at Rim opuskias McGill’s women’s singles com petitor, made it to the finals, but lost to the UQAC entrant in the finals. Guzman normally competes in the women’s doubles with partner Susan Drummond. That^duo had been very successful this season and the two play ers were named QUAA women’s dou bles champs by the league. Gary Currie and Louise Johnson competed in the mixed doubles event in
Rimouski, winning their final match against Chicoutimi to secure the cham pionship for McGill. Currie and John son were named mixed champions by the QUAA for the second year in a row. In addition, Currie was chosen as McGill men’s MVP for the third con secutive year. Amos Peres was the fourth member of the team to participate in the Ri mouski tourney, and although he did not make it to the final round, he placed second in the men’s individual overall championships. McGill finished the linal QUAA tournam ent with a total of 52 points, six points ahead of Chicouti mi. In the end, experience and poise were the major factors for McGill, even playing with only half a team.
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