Volume 3, Issue 11
Tuesday, January 17, 1984
P u ttin g o n t h e M it z by Pam M uir F o r th o se redeyes w h o h a v e n ’t q u ite rec o v ered fro m th e W elco m e W eek ren d e z-v o u s, p re p a re yourselv es fo r so m e se rio u s R a n d R (rest a n d re la x a tio n ); th is y e a r ’s P ro g ra m B o a rd will b e b rin g in g y o u a W in te r C a rn iv a l E x tra v a g a n z a th a t w ill su rely rid yo u o f y o u r p o st- o r pre-ex am b lues a n d sh o u ld p ro v e to be th e m a in event at M cG ill in 1984. Since th e “ s u n n y ” so u th let us d o w n th is w in te r, cancel all y o u r tic k ets a n d sta y h ere a t M cG ill w h ere w e will be w h o o p in g it u p a n d “ P u ttin g on T h e M itz ” , w hich by th e w ay h a p p e n s to be th e th e m e o f th is y e a r’s C a rn iv a l. T h e sp ecial fe a tu re this y ea r will be “ T h e M itz ” — M c G ill’s very ow n n ig h tc lu b . I t ’s a to ta lly new c o n c e p t in c a m p u s e n te rta in m e n t th a t w ill have e n o u g h g la m o u r a n d g litte r to sham e even th e b est o f th e d o w n to w n clubs. S ince it ’s lo c ate d o n th e 3rd flo o r o f th e S tu d e n t U n io n B u ild in g , i t ’s G O O D B Y E B a llro o m , H E L L O M itz. N o w , how w ill th e P ro g ra m B o a rd , in its in fin ite w isd o m , m a k e th is g rea t c o n v e rsio n ? Y ou m ay be sk e p tic a l, b u t
it can be d o n e . I f you th o u g h t th e face lift th e b a llro o m h a d o n Ju n g le N ig h t w as in c re d ib le , w ait ’till y o u see the M itz. T h e M itz is g o in g to “ w o w ” y o u w ith tru c k lo a d s o f p la n ts, 8000 feet of crep e p a p e r, w aiters a n d w aitresses, p rin ts, c a n d le lig h t, b a rs, c ig a re tte girls, ta b les a n d ta b le c lo th s, c o c k ta ils, m ix ed d rin k s, live e n te rta in m e n t, th e sp irit o f The roaring tw enties a n d , ab o v e all, class. T h e M itz w ill be o p e n in g on W e d n esd ay F e b ru a ry 1st w ith a g ala ce rem o n y a n d live ro ck e n te rta in m e n t. F o llo w in g th is o n T h u rs d a y F e b ru a ry 2 n d , w ill be J a z z ’n Jo kes n ig h t in the M itz w ith th e Y uk Y u k to u rin g show fe a tu rin g c o m e d ia n M ik e M c D o n a ld . F rid a y n ig h t w ill be a co o l reg g ae nig h t w ith n o n e o th e r th a n M essenjah. S a tu rd a y n ig h t, th e g lo ry a n d sp le n d o r will d raw to a clo se a n d w e ’ll say g o o d bye to th e “ M itz ” in fine fa sh io n w ith n o n - s to p w ild c e le b ra tio n to th e en erg etic stra in s o f still m o re live ro ck . B ut th a t ’s n o t all. If you d id n ’t m ak e it to S a ra je v o , ch eer u p , b ec au se you h av e a c h a n c e to w in a g o ld a t M c G ill’s very ow n W inter M cL ym p ics 1984.
I f y o u ’re w ra p p e d u p in W inter Car nival th a t you d o n ’t h av e tim e to coY>k, o r y o u m a n a g e to w o rk u p an a p p e tite d u rin g th e M cL ym pics, fea r n o t ... you ca n alw ay s h e a d to th e c a fe te ria fo r a R ally a ro u n d a n d get y o u r crew to g e th e r fo r ev e ry th in g fro m th e b o a t races to fra t craw ls to th e 9 legged race. O r ca sh in o n a n irre sita b le Ski D ay special a t S m u g g le r’s N o tc h , V e rm o n t. T o help a g o o d ca u se (T h e C a n a d ia n H e a rt F o u n d a tio n ), a n d h av e a clean a p a r tm e n t, d o n ’t m iss th e ch a n c e to b id fo r y o u r fa v o rite slave a t th e a n n u al Stave A u c tio n in G e rtru d e s. *
N e w C h a n c e llo r N a m e d L a te la st se m ester, th e B o a rd o f G o v e rn o rs o f M cG ill a p p o in te d Je a n d e G ra n d p ré O C , QC„ D C L , L L D as th e new C h a n c e llo r. M r. de G ra n d p ré w ill re p la c e C o n ra d H a rrin g to n w h o se eig h t-y ear te rm en d e d in D ecem b er. H o w ev er, M r. de G ra n d p ré will n o t ">ke o ffic e u n til la te r th is sp rin g . U n til
McGill and South Africa by C am pbell M orrison P a r t o f o u r e d u c a tio n is p a id fo r th ro u g h in v e stm e n ts m a d e by M cG ill U n iv ersity in c o rp o ra tio n s o p e ra tin g in S o u th A fric a . T h e se c o rp o ra tio n s p r o fit b y th e o p p re sse d la b o u r fo rc e in th a t c o u n try . A s in v e sto rs, M cG ill U n iv ersity is p a rtia lly re sp o n sib le fo r th e o p p re ssio n o f th e B lack la b o u r fo rc e : a n d , as s tu d e n ts, w e a re also p a rtia lly re sp o n sib le . T h e S o u th A fric a n g o v e rn m e n t has c re a te d an e c o n o m ic a tm o s p h e re in w h ich th e w o rse elem en ts o f ca p ita lism ca n o p e ra te freely . By k ee p in g th e B lack A fric a n s in a sta te o f se rv itu d e, th e g o v e rn m e n t h as effectiv ely cre ate d
a c o n tin u o u s so u rc e o f c h e a p la b o u r. T h ro u g h v a rio u s law s, all in th e n am e o f th e ra c ist A p a rth e id sy stem , the B lacks h av e b ee n ex c lu d e d fro m g o v e rn m e n t, strip p e d o f th e ir rig h ts as citizen s, m o v e d a b o u t th e c o u n try in an y w ay th e g o v e rn m e n t a n d th e c o r p o ra tio n s see fit, a n d given n o p ro te c tio n a g a in st th e evil asp ec ts o f the m a rk e t-p la c e . T h ey a re co n tin u o u sly p a id th e lo w est w ag e s, a n d a re p e rse c u te d as if th ey w ere in fe rio r. T h e situ a tio n in S o u th A fric a is a p p allin g , a n d sh o w s n o signs o f im p ro v m e n t. T h e re is really very little we can d o a b o u t S o u th A fric a , b u t w h at little we
Martin Shines at National Debating Championships by Suzanne Parent K eith M a rtin , a m e m b e r o f th e M cG ill D e b a tin g U n io n , w as deem ed th e b e st in d iv id u a l sp e a k e r a t th e N a tio n a l U n iv ersity D e b a tin g C h a m p io n sh ip s a t D a lh o u sie U n iv ersity L aw S ch o o l in H a lifa x , N .S . held on N o v e m b e r 4, 5, a n d 6. F aced w ith the p re p a re d re so lu tio n , “ th e c o m p u te r is th e h o o la -h o o p o f th e 8 0 ’s ” , M a rtin , a n e c o n o m ic s stu d e n t, c o u n te re d w ith th e o b v io u s tru ism “ th e b a n a n a peel is
the hoola-hoop o f the 80’s” to hurtle himself and his partner, Elizabeth Jar vis, to the semifinals o f the tourna ment. Jarvis, a graduate student in history, was rated as the 8th place in
dividual speaker and the McGill team ultimately attained the position o f 3rd place team at the debating tournament. Martin is 20 and left-handed. T h e M cG ill D eb a tin g U n io n , now th e h o m e o f th e b e st d e b a te r in C A N A D A , w ill be h o stin g th e larg est d e b a tin g to u r n a m e n t in th e w o rld on th e w eek en d o f F eb . 2, 3, a n d 4. In a d d itio n to d e b a tin g te am s fro m all o ver C a n a d a a n d th e U n ite d S ta te s , d e b a te rs fro m D u b lin , I r e l a n d , G la s g o w , S c o tla n d a n d S y d n e y , A u stra lia a re c o n firm e d to m a k e th e trek to M cG ill fo r th e ev en t. T o h elp in this m assiv e e f f o rt, sto p by th e D eb a tin g O ffic e — U n io n B-16.
d elicio u s b eer a n d ta c o d in n e r. A n d fin ally fo r th o se o f y o u w h o h esita te to sp e n d $ 5.00 o n a m o v ie d o w n to w n , th e re w ill be tw o w o r th w h ile , e n jo y a b le film s a t re a so n a b le rate s sh o w n d u rin g th e w eek. T h is is o n ly a sn eak preview o f w h a t w ill b e h a p p e n in g fro m J a n 27 to F eb 4 so keep y o u r eyes o p en fo r fu rth e r d etails, a d s, a n d p o ste rs b ec au se th e re is lots m o re. Be su re n o t to m iss “ P u ttin g o n T h e M itz ” . If y o u ’d like to get in v o lv ed in W in ter C a rn iv a l ’84, d o n ’t h esita te to d ro p in to th e p ro g ra m B o a rd o ffic e (B07) an y tim e .
ca n d o w e m u st; it is o u r o b lig a tio n to h u m a n ity . T h e o n ly w ays in w h ich we ca n in flu e n ce S o u th A fric a is th ro u g h b o y c o tts, w hich h av e been p ro v en n ea rly fu tile in th e p a st, o r th ro u g h d iv e s tm e n t. W h e re v e r p o ssib le we sh o u ld in su re th a t m o n e y o v er w hich w e h av e som e c o n tro l is n o t u sed by th o se w h o p e rp e tu a te th e sta tu s q u o , as it exists, in S o u th A fric a. A s s tu d e n ts, w e h av e v irtu a lly no m o n ey d irectly u n d e r o u r c o n tro l w h ich w e co u ld easily div est fro m o p p ressive c o rp o ra tio n s in S o u th A fric a . B u t, w e h av e, in d ire c tly , th e m o n ey o f th e u n iv e rsity , w h ich is c o n tro lle d by th e B o a rd o f G o v e rn o rs fo r th e sak e o f efficien cy . T h is m o n ey is o w n ed by M cG ill U n iv ersity , a n d w h a t is a u n iv e rsity b u t a co llec tio n o f stu d e n ts; th e r e f o r e , in d ir e c tly , th e m o n e y b elo n g s to th e s tu d e n t b o d y . T h is, h o w ev er, also fo rces us to a c ce p t so m e o f th e re sp o n sib ility fo r th e c o n tin u o u s o p p re ssio n in S o u th A fric a . As we realize o u r c o n n e c tio n w ith th e o p p re s sio n , a n d reco g n ize o u rselv es to be o p p resso rs, we also realize th a t th is is a tim e o f p en a n ce , a tim e o f sh a m e fo r ac ts d o n e in o u r ig n o ran c e. By d o in g w h a t little we c a n , by d iv e stin g o u r fu n d s aw ay fro m o p p ressiv e c o rp o ra tio n s in S o u th A fric a , a n d re-in v estin g in th o se c o rp o ra tio n s w hich a re try in g to ch a n g e th e s itu a tio n , w e will be clean sin g o u rselv es o f th e g u ilt.
th e n , M cG ill will h av e to get alo n g w ith o u t a titu la r h ead . Je a n d e G ra n d p ré h as long been a s so c ia te d w ith M cG ill. C u rre n tly c h a irm a n , p re sid e n t, a n d ch ief ex ecu tiv e o ffic e r o f Bell C a n a d a E n te r prises In c ., th e h o ld in g c o m p a n y fo r Bell C a n a d a , de G ra n d p ré g ra d u a te d a g o ld -m e d allist B C L fro m M cG ill in 1943. W h ile a t M cG ill he w as p resid e n t o f th e law stu d e n ts in 1941 a n d re p re se n te d th a t fac u lty o n S tu d e n ts ’ C o u n c il in 1942. de G ra n d p ré w as called to th e Q u eb ec B a r in 1943 a n d w as m a d e a Q u e e n ’s C o u n sel in 1961. In 1966 he e m b a rk e d o n his ca re e r in b u sin ess an d ro se th ro u g h th e ra n k s to b eco m e c h a irm a n a n d ch ie f ex ecu tiv e o ffic e r o f B e ll C anada in 1976. W hile w o rk in g at Bell, de G ra n d p ré k ep t his ties to M cG ill. H e served on th e B o a rd o f G o v e rn o rs fro m 1968 to 1976 a n d w as v ic e-p re sid e n t o f th e M cG ill D ev e lo p m e n t P ro g ra m , th e last c o m p leted fu n d -ra isin g c a m p a ig n , de G ra n d p ré has since th e n received a D o c to r o f L aw s honoris causa fro m M cG ill in 1981 a n d w as m a d e an O f ficer o f th e O rd e r o f C a n a d a in 1982.
M cGill’s new head honcho, Chancellor-to-be Jean de Grandpré