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U .S. Invades G ert’s by Michael Smart Americans Abroad, that organiza tion dedicated to mutual preservation in a hostile land, drew its wagons into a circle last Tuesday night to celebrate the reannointment of their Leader, Ronald Reagan. Toes
Report On Science Part II Of Demise Of Canadian Universities?
by Grace Permaul With the belief that a core cur riculum will improve the quality of education, the authors of “ The Great Brain Robbery” recommend that Canadian universities return to a system that was once considered by many to be elitist. Although it is true that a core curriculum would provide the first-year student with a better foundation from which he or she could later diverge, it is difficult to decide which courses should be part of such a curriculum. It is important to realize that the expectations of society at large also dictate to a certain degree what is or is not considered to be essential in the learning process. With much atten tion and concern directed towards the technological age and the individual’s ability to deal with computerization, “ how-to” courses are now being of fered and widely attended. As one who made the error of taking a computer course that was severely overcrowded, poorly organized and taught, I also responded to societal pressure. Although it is questionable whether courses which tend to be divorced from the discovery of truth actually do pro vide a broad base, many students con tinue to fill the classrooms and often do so to their detriment. Unfortunate ly, while some students would prefer to study Latin, the need to be employed during the summer months has increas ed the number of students taking courses which are skill-oriented. Although a core curriculum would eliminate some of these problems, a limited choice of courses could also mean a limited perspective on life itself. Perhaps the real core of the pro
blem is that in selecting courses, students are not receiving the proper guidance. A few minutes session with a pro fessor who signs the student’s form is not enough. I am one of many students who did not receive the necessary counselling to make well-informed course choices, therefore, I strongly believe that all first year students should have m an d a to ry course counselling to discuss course selection, future career options and the link bet ween the two. If we are in fact to solve many of the problems arising from the lack of consultation, then greater fun ding must be directed to advisory and counselling services where trained counsellors have knowledge of the courses that are offered. Almost all universities are faced with one major problem: a lack of funds. Unlike American universities, most Canadian institutions do not have strong alumni associations. Never theless, McGill has taken the lead and is making a concerted effort through the McGill Advancement Program (MAP) to raise funds on its own in itiative. This type of action will ameliorate the situation to some ex tent, but is only one step in a long pro cess to preserve to future of the univer sity. While we may not as yet have all of the answers, reverting to the elitist system of the past is not going to solve the problems outlined in “ The Great Brain Robbery” . The world in which students are pursuing knowledge and searching for truth is changing and the university must be able to adapt in order to survive.
The party, held at Gertrude’s Pub, was by all accounts a great success, not least for its native American delicacies, such as egg salad sandwiches on white bread, and for the American beer available at half price. Among the distinguished guests pre sent at an invitation-only reception preceding the party were William D. Morgan, Consul-General of the United States to Montréal, and Lynn Farr, director of Montréal operations of General Dynamics, an American-based defence contractor. Farr lauded President Reagan’s landslide victory, remarking, “ Reagan has stood up to the Russians, and that’s the ultimate test of leadership.” He compared the U.S. invasion of Grenada earlier this year to former President Jimmy Carter’s abortive at tempt at rescuing U.S. hostages in Iran
in 1980, commenting that Carter was “ a wimp” . Farr attributed the imminent closure of General Dynamics’ Montréal plant to the policies of the former Liberal government. He said he regrets the decision, which will mean the loss of 300 Canadian jobs, but defended it as the only option for the firm ’s American directors Consul Morgan welcomed the Con servative victory in the recent Cana dian federal election, predicting im proved Canadian-American relations in the years to come. “ I think (Mulroney) has shown it’s time to get friendly again,” he said, referring to Tory promises to relax foreign invest ment controls. Morgan also suggested Canadians should attempt to understand, their American neighbours better. He ad monished Canadians not to take the two nations’ economic and military in terdependence for granted, saying Canadians should “ remember where your (defence) umbrella comes from .” The Tribune has learned that neither Morgan nor Farr took advantage of the special on beer.
Stern Words For Education by Stephen Hum “ For me there is no word more beautiful than ‘iconoclast’. It conjures up the picture of religous images, icons and my hands smashing them .” Thus spoke Aaron Stern, self-procalimed iconoclast, a Nobel prize nominee and “ genius maker” . And for Stern no “ icon” is more odius, more in need of smashing than that of the 20th Century’s “ false pro phet” , public education. On Wednesday, November 7, 300 people gathered in Leacock 132 as Aaron Stern took his case to them, outlining a vision on the ‘world accor ding to Stern’ and artfully defending that vision against a series of ques tioners who, while never openly hostile, were often sceptical of his ideas. The world according to Stern is a place to warm the heart of a philistine; it is a place dominated by greed and brutality “ which asks us not to think” , which offered a test that told a young Aaron Stern that he should aspire to be a welder, in 1948. Stern, now a profesor of political science, repudiated that advice and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1950; three years earlier he had been an impoverished and ill refugee from Poland, a survivor of the Holocaust. In 1952 he launched what was to be a life-long struggle against modern education when he summoned the press to announce that he would mould his new-born daughter Edith, into a “ genius” , a statement that Stern freely admits was meant to shock a compla cent. Such a bold proclamation might well have disappeared into the “ lifestyles”
section of public consciousness forever if Edith had not proved him stunningly correct. After reading the entire En cyclopedia Britannica by age 5, Edith entered university at age twelve, and by the time she was 15 she had graduated and was an instructor in topology at Michegan State University. Now 32, Edith has been employed by IBM for 15 years in the c o rp o ra tio n ’s cybernetics division and is the mother of one son who is being raised by the same techniques her father used for her. Stern developed what is called the Total Education Submersion Method. It is based on the premise that knowledge is built in two stages. The first is the acquisition of information which begins at the prenatal stage and reaches it peak before age 6 . On this foundation of information a structure of concepts is then built. But “ children are brutally shoveled into a public education that is more in terested in peace and quiet than knowledge,” said Stern. “ There is con spiracy powered by greed to keep us continued on page 3
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Beacon On The Hill by Ravi Durvasula I was standing in line at the bank the other day waiting for what seemed to be an eternity. Suddenly the girl next to me began to dance uncontrollably. With her un dulating body, her arms tossed about and her flying hair barely retained by her hat, she was a sight to see. I, of course was bewildered. I had read about such spon taneous euphoria being associated with certain elaborate religious ceremonies in other parts of the world. But surveying the drab decor of the Bank of Commerce, I could think of no appropriate stimulus for her behaviour. Edging in closer, I could detect loud music emanating from her head. This left me confounded: I had never read of people who are capable of generating music from their heads. “ Excuse me, Miss,” I asked her, “ What sort of person are you who can spon taneously produce music from your head and gyrate convulsively while waiting in Une at the bank?” Her eyes were closed; she didn’t hear a word that I had said. “ Excuse me, Miss,” I repeated, tapping her on the shoulder,“ what sort of person 99
“ ... Huh? Wha? What do you want?” she shouted, snapping out of her turbulent trance. “ I was saying that you are a very talented person.” “ I don’t get it,” she yelled while continuing to dance furiously. I felt as if I were confronting a maniac. “ Why do you yell?” I asked her. “ So I can hear myself. The music is very loud,” she replied. “ Why do you say I am talented?” “ You’re the only person I ’ve ever met who can make music come out of her head spontaneously while waiting in line at the bank.” A quizzical look crossed her face. “ Are you screwed up?” she screamed. Sensing a lack o f communication, I pointed to her hat and explained that what she was doing was miraculous. She backed away from me. “ You are weird,” she shouted. Then taking off her hat, she added, “ It’s only my new super compact Sony W alkman.” Looking at the set of tiny headphones which were hidden under her hat when I first saw her and the cords which ran discreetly down her neck and into her jacket, I felt terribly disappointed. I was reminded of the day when I turned sixteen and found out that there was no Santa Claus. “ You mean that’s itV ' I exclaimed. “ No special powers? No miracles?” “ Nope.” “ Why you lousy ...” I had an overpowering urge to twang her headphones on her ears. “ Then why the heck do you wear those silly things and act like a lunatic in public?” “ So I can escape.” “ Escape from what?” I asked. “ The world. My surroundings. Everything.” She proceeded to dance up a storm. There, I thought while walking out of the bank, is a very strange person. Then, looking across the street, I caught sight of a fellow dancing madly down the sidewalk. He too, had a super compact Walkman attached to his head. “ Perhaps they’re related,” I muttered to myself. But as the day progressed I realized that this bizarre form of escape was widespread. There were people writhing rhythmically in their seats in class, escap ing, for some strange reason, from the lecture they had chosen to attend. I even saw someone wired into his Walkman in the library. “ What are you escaping from ?” I asked him. “ From all this quiet,” he replied. “ Then why,” I asked, “ are you in the library in the first place?” Caught up in serious escape, he didn’t hear me. The thought of all people escaping from one another and the world around them was scary. Someone could drop a bomb and no one would notice. Whatever the reason, it seemed like a irreversible tide, one that had left in its wake widespread lunacy.
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continued from page 1 dumb. The knowledgable will ques tion; the dumb won’t .” Stern rejected this and built what he called a “ palace of learning amidst the poverty” his family lived in. From her birth, Stern spoke to Edith in correct English, read her Chaucer — “ her favourite” — and took her to lec tures. He played her only classical music — “ gregorian chants are the best. The waves are so soothing. Try it at exam tim e.” — rock and roll being anathema. From the beginning, he says, he en countered opposition, from the state and his wife who went to court several times to prevent him from taking their daughter out of the school system. Edith left school after grade 9 (“ when they made her take Home Ec. that was the last straw” ). And there is still opposition, if some o f the responses o f the lecture audience were any indication. Several members of the audience came with axes wellground and took exuberant swings at Stem. The first questioner pulled a concealed weapon from his coat, a report stating that academically ac celerated children suffer from severe emotional difficulties. Stern smiled earnestly and assured that Edith made lifelong friends during her college years and is now well adjusted. Another questioner rem arked that Stern’s techniques smacked of “ Pavlovian overtones” . “ Edith is no robot. We disagree; she works for IBM for a hefty salary. I’d rather she made less and worked as a medical researcher. Obviously she’s not my tool” , Stern replied.
Inexplicably someone else took ex ception to Stern’s pacifist beliefs, believing apparently that no education is sufficiently rounded without an uzi in the crib. Dressed in an awkwardly fitting grey suit, Stern looked like a St. Laurent baker rather than a “ genius maker” but even without convincing the au dience about the validity o f his ideas, and many went away unconvinced, he still managed to convince them of his passionate belief in human capacity. “ You know, I’m not a genius maker. What Edith is we all can be.' Only in comparison does she seem a giant. Think o f Gulliver’s Travels. When in Lilliput...” Stern doesn’t necessarily believe in early university entrance even though the primary education is “ useless” . Rather he told the audience to believe only that all knowledge is open to all and that “ con ventional wisdom never brings pro gress” . Yet as the audience left, a young man held up a sign to announce Aaron Stern workshops; “ Do you feel smarter yet?” he asked with a smile. CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
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sweet oil into her tawny flesh with masterful sweeping motions, while say ing in a silky voice: “ Hi, how do you like me so far?” To which she will sleepily respond: “ Mmmmmm” If she doesn’t, try coughing up small stones or sneezing sand — easy tricks with a little practice. And next time trim your finger nails. In the Public Washrooms the con versation may follow this course: “ W hat are you doing in the Women’s washroom?” “ Attending nature’s call without making other guys feel inadequate.” “ But this is for women only!” “ So, madam, is this.” On the crowded bus at rush hour continued on page 5
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W hen The M ountains 1 by Jennifer Clibbon T h e S o cial Ju stic e C o m m itte e o f M o n tré a l is h o ld in g a b en e fit sc reen in g o f th e 1983 film o n G u a te m a la , W H E N T H E M O U N T A IN S T R E M B L E . T h e sc reen in g will ta k e p lace on N o v . 14 a n d 15 at 8:00 p .m . at th e St. Ja m e s U n ite d C h u rc h o n 1435 ru e C ity C o u n c illo rs. W HEN THE M O U N T A IN S T R E M B L E , th e jo in t d ire c to ria l e ffo rt o f T o m Sigel a n d P a m e la Y ates, is th e first fe a tu re film to em erg e a b o u t th e o n g o in g re p re ssio n in G u a te m a la . C o m b in in g d o c u m e n ta ry fo o ta g e w ith d r a m a t i c r e c r e a t i o n s , t h e f ilm c h ro n ic le s th e h isto ry o f th e c o u n try fro m th e 1954 U .S .-b a c k e d c o u p to th e In d ia n m a ssac res of 1983.
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by Kevin Nishmas M A T C H Y O U R W IT S W IT H LIEUTENANT THOMPSON’S THE C ASE OF THE BLO O D Y BODY What lay in room 435A of Dawson Hall was not a pretty sight. The sun shone on Allan Morgan’s body. Blood dripped from the top of his head, where he had been struck by a blunt instrument. Everything else was settled in the room; there were no signs of a struggle. Around the prone body stood a T.A ., Mark Walters, Morgan’s fiancée, a colleague, two policemen, and McGill’s ace detective and security guard, Lieutenant Thompson. The lieutenant cleared his throat. “ Now, let me get this straight,” he began, “ you, Professor Peterson, were the first to find Jhe body.” “ T hat’s right,” the little man replied. “ Professor Morgan and I had a meeting planned for last night. When I entered his office, I discovered him lying here — exactly as you see him now.” “ Why didn’t you report what you saw right away?” asked Thompson. “ I was afraid,” Peterson said. “ A fraid o f w hat?” Thompson demanded. “ Afraid of what would happen to you, I bet,” said Morgan’s fiancée, Ellen Jones. “ You had a powerful motive for killing your colleague.
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by Patrick Johnson If all goes as McGill’s Heather Peniuk hopes we can attribute the cure for the common cold, not only to years o f research, but to poetry. At the age of thirteen Heather, about ready to compete in a poetry contest, came down with a cold. The result of this was a disappointing se cond place finish in the contest, and, more importantly, the beginning o f a seven year project to find a cure for the mysterious phenomenom known as the “ common cold” . Ms. Peniuk’s initial research was, without question, “ quite basic.” Using her friends at school as guinea pigs and the m ost elem entary equipm ent Heather began her study. She says her techniques were, “ to say the least, primitive.” however the personal aspect of her work contributed a lot to her own understanding of the disease. “ By studying the people around me” Heather points out, “ I greatly improv ed my knowledge about the nature of the cold” . She was able to study the factors that were present when an in-
dividual developed cold symptoms. It is this personalized approach to scien tific research Heather feels is often lacking in research, and is very impor tant if one is going to come to a full understanding o f not only the cold but disease in general. The past seven years has seen a vast refinement in her technique as a researcher. At the age of fifteen H eather enrolled in a graduate statistics course at the University of Manitoba which enabled her to publish the results of her research in a clear and comprehensive manner. This, in addi tion to years of science fairs and research work across the country has led to what appears to be a breakthrough in the search for the common cold. The solution centres around the cold causing Rhino Virus. Every time so meone with a cold sneezes, that person releases Rhino Virus into the air. If one comes into contact with the virus, most likely by picking it off a table and rub bing it in one’s nose or eyes there is a possibility of getting sick. As any
m oderately hardw orking student should know, the chances of catching cold increases during a period of psychological stress. The exact effects of stress are not fully known but it ap pears that the overly ambitious Rhino Virus is not held in check during stress and one is forced into the forbidding world o f nasal mists and chicken soup after catching a cold. Heather’s research has attempted to put a check on the virus. She started with the proven fact that Rhino Virus is acid sensitive and thought that if an effective acidic substance could be developed that was safe for human use, the Rhino’s power would be limited. Developing a safe acid, however, was quite a task and resulted in some harm ful self-experimentation on Heather’s part. Because, given that Rhino Virus is harmful when it is situated in the nasal area, the acid would have to be applied to the nose, consequently, it was important that the substance be such that it did not bore through the nasal tissue.
W hat is interesting about the medication is that, unlike cold relief products found in today’s market, w ould actu ally be p rev en tativ e medicine and applied when cold symp toms first appear. After years of research Heather is close to developing such a medication, and is in the process of filing interna tional patents. Because of the details involving the testing and susequent commercialization of the product, the precise nature of the substance cannot be released. Heather very cautiously chose only to say that she is “ very en couraged by the results of the studies” . News of this sort was not going to get by without attracting the attention of North American drug companies and many are closely watching developments as they unfold. One such company, Kleenex producer, Kimberly Clark, has gone so far as to offer Ms. Peniuk a confidentiality contract. Heather is trying to downplay her research as much as possible. The re cent media attention has “ blown continued on page 7
T h e B ra in E x p la in e d by David Thomas “ If the right side of the brain con trols the left side of the body then only left handed people are in their right m ind.” — So read the front of a fellow student’s T-shirt. As you can conclude from the opening line, your brain is divided into two hemispheres and each one deals with contra (opposite) lateral primary sensory and motor informa tion. Thus motor neurons in the left primary motor cortex control your right hand while is holding this paper. Your brain is divided into lobes or regions and then further divided accor ding to function. Hopefully, your brain contains a frontal lobe (that which gets severely damaged in boxers because it lies beneath your forehead), a temporal lobe, which lies beneath the frontal lobe and is the most inferior part of the cortex (note that inferior does not mean stupid but closest to the feet), an occipital lobe which is behind the temporal lobe at the rear of the brain, and a parietal lobe which lies between the occipital lobe and the frontal and above the temporal. Within these regions are many areas responsible for specific functions. In the frontal lobe lies the primary motor cortex which controls all voluntary motor movement. Involuntary move ment and motor control is handled by your cerebellum. Note that you are not aware of how much tension is in a mus cle in your leg while you are standing. The frontal lobe is the most recently evolved part of the brain. It is about
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Memory at the moment is poorly understood and is thus at the forefront of research. Brenda Milner, working at M .N .I., has produced outstanding work in this field and is a world renowned neuro-psychologist. The occipital lobe at the rear of the brain contains the visual system. This complicated system which receives a projection from cranial nerve two, (a nerve which innervates the retina), lies in the depths between two convolutions or gyri in what is called the calcharine sulcus. This system is not fully understood however, but thanks to some detailed work by Nobel Prizf winners Hubei and Wiesel the genera mechanisms for analysing visua stimuli are hinted at. Notice how recent this work is. We are only now beginn ing to understand some of the mechanisms in the brain. The parietal lobe consists of the ad ditional third of the brain. It is the lobe that separates man from the beasts. If you look back through evolution you can see this area enlarging. Anyway, the parietal lobe, apart from contain ing the primary sensory area and the areas which analyse this information, also combines, integrates and analyses many of the functions of the other lobe. It’s situation, bordering all the other lobes helps in this capacity. It is like a computer for the brain in that it will take many different inputs, which have been analysed separately and combine the results to give a final com plex answer.
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Red Socs Lose Semis by Takane Chloé Aizeki A breadth of a hair can make a lot of difference. Just ask the McGill Soccer Redmen — they were edged 1-0 by the U niversity o f B ritish C olum bia Thunderbirds in the national semifinal bout on Sunday, November 4th. By “ a breadth of a hair” we are not talking about the closeness of the match. The game was almost totally controlled by McGill. After a scoreless first half by plaguing the Thunderbird defense with a barrage of scoring op portunities. With the control of the game, and the news that the Carleton Ravens top ped the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers 2-0 in the other semifinal played on Saturday, the Redmen and their fans were sitting high on hope. The winner of this game was to face Carleton, and McGill had beaten the Ravens 2-1 in exhibition play earlier this season. The trouble for McGill came in the form of 6’ tall UBC keeper Brian Ken nedy, however. The first year Thunderbird dove, kicked, and punched out the finest of Redmen offensive efforts, keeping the 250 fans at Molson on the edge of their seats. UBC on the other hand, was not able to have one decent shot at net until 17 minutes into the second half, but
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capitilized on their sole opportunity by coming up with the decider. El Ladah, a 6’2” Thunderbird defender, snuck past the Redmen defense and booted the ball past challenging keeper Aldo Braccio. McGill pressured feverishly for the tying goal in the remaining 25 minutes of the game. A shot by Redmen for ward Jim Wilson missed the post — by a hair. A shot rebounded off the crossbar. Most of McGillian midfielder Marc Noe’s infamous phenomenal throw-ins were picked out of the air by the ever persistent Kennedy. QUAA’s top scorer Graham Butcher blasted a low shot that appeared to be a sure goaler — but Kennedy made the most important save of the game by diving to the left, and touching the ty ing shot out with his finger tips. “ Fortunately, Butcher was close when he shot,” said Kennedy, who had played for McGill four years ago. “ It made it an easier save.” “ The goalie (Kennedy) made the dif ference,” a brooding Butcher retorted after the game, “ it was his game today” . Kennedy received similar appraisal from his coach Joe Johnson. “ Our goalkeeper was definitely the dif ference in the game,” Johnson admit ted. “ McGill had a stronger team .”
comprised of Queen’s University, the University of Toronto, Western and McGill proved challenging as McGill lost in the tournament final to the strong University of Toronto team. The Martlets play throughout that tournament was characterized by great floor speed, continuing fast-breaking, relentless defense and a strong inside game. Coach Lacroix capitalized on the lightning quickness of returning guards Mireille Beland and Alexandra Franco to push the ball up the court for easy lay-ups. The Martlets’ bigger players also proved to be a key as forward Annette Kiss was strong on the boards and Helene Cowan always consistent in scoring from the low post off the pass from the wing. In the Big Four tourna ment, both Alexandra Franco and Helene Cowan were again named to the All-Star team. The Martlets will be traveling to the T oronto Invitational T ournam ent Nov. 9,10,11 and then to the States before playing in Montréal again, at the Concordia University Invitational Tournam ent Nov. 22,23,24. The Martlets will welcome all support, so come out and see the Martlets play!
Common Cold continued from page 6 everything out of proportion” she ex plained. Not wishing to create “ any false hope” Heather insists that a lot more work has to be done and the public should not get overconfident about the results. “ It is important” , she said, “ to create a safe and effective product” before announcing that the battle against the common cold is final ly won.
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Martlets Basketball Triumph In Ottawa by Kristine Whitehead The Marlet basketball team proved itself to be a promising and exciting team this season with a tournament victory at the Carleton University In vitational in Ottawa the weekend of Nov. 2-4. Tournament play began for the Martlets Friday, Nov.2 with an easy 70-47 victory over Carleton, the host team. Saturday the Martlets con tinued the winning streak, defeating. Brock 62-50, to advance to the finals on Sunday, where they triumphed over Concordia 55-48 in the exciting, and characteristically fast-paced style that is quickly becom ing a M artlet trademark. Head coach Hubert Lacroix and new assistant coach Linda Schaapman were pleased with Martlet play over the past weekend, particularly with the Martlet defense. Coach Lacroix found the ef fort to be “ the most intense defense I’ve seen so far” . Another strength of Martlet play over the weekend was consistent boxing-out by all team members on both the offensive and defensive boards, allowing the shorter Martlet team to avoid rebounding dominance by their opponents. Starting point guard Alexandra Franco was commended by the Martlet coaching staff for “ consistent, under control” play, and was deservedly recognized by being named to the tour nament All-Star Team, while Helene Cowan was named the tournam ent’s most valuable player. The Martlets’ participation in the Carleton tournament was not the first exhibition game for the Martlets. The team first displayed their talents for McGill fans as the hosts of the Big Four Tournament on the weekend of Oct. 20-21. The new Big Four league,
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