The McGill Tribune Vol. 04 Issue 16

S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty M e e ts th e G e n e r a l P u b lic

by M ichael S m art Q uestions fro m a sm all b u t irate group o f students p u n c­ tu ated the stale atm o sp h ere o f M cG ill S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty ’s (MSS) second open m eeting this year, held last T h u rsd ay . T he questions dealt w ith issues ran g ­ ing fro m M SS’s la b o u r relations and its m anagem ent o f cam pus pubs and cafeterias to the acc e s s a b ility o f E x e c u tiv e m em bers.

T h o u g h th e m eeting was sparsely atte n d e d by C ouncil m em bers an d o rd in ary students alike, per c ap ita controversy

was high follow ing a question from M o ira A m brose regarding C ou n cil’s h andling o f resolu­ tions in su p p o rt o f its unions at the Ja n u a ry 19th m eeting.

A m b ro se said th a t she “ was really o ffe n d e d ” w hen Council voted n o t to deb ate a m otion th a t w ould have com m itted the M SS no to in terfere if its parttim e sta ff try to unionise. As a student w ho signed a petition su p p o rtin g the reso lution, A m ­ brose said, “ I feel disregarding by m y representatives. C ouncil ju st threw th e m o tio n aw ay. I was interested in at least seeing

it d e b a te d .”

M SS P resident G race Perm aul defended C ouncil’s handl­ ing o f the m otions. She pointed o u t th a t there was som e debate an d stressed th a t, “ it’s n o t an issue th a t should be tak en light­ ly. I d o n ’t th ink it’s irrelevant at a ll.”

T he m eeting was also atte n d ­ ed by Steven F raser, P resident o f the P o st G rad u ate S tu d en ts’ Society. H is rem arks, less in­ quiries th a n com plaints w ith ap ­ pended question m arks, were directed to P erm au l an d ViceP resid en t U niversity A ffairs,

R o n ald Leber.

F raser expressed concern over the ap p aren t lassitude o f M SS’s a p p o in tm e n t p ro c e d u re (see sidebar, “ B order W ars H it M cG ill” ). H e also com plained th a t M SS’s official au d it was tw o m onths late, suggested th at M SS Executive had overstepped its au th o rity in negotiating with its m anagem ent firm , Les Ser­ vices A lim entaire C V C , an d a t­ tacked the Executive fo r not be­ ing m ore accessible to students.

T he m eeting opened with sep arate rep o rts fro m each m em ber o f the E xecutive. In her

rep o rt, P erm au l called fo r m ore im put fro m students fo r the E th io p ian relief task-force and questioned the financial p ro ­ blem s o f the pro p o sal to create a new athletics co nference.

L eber rep o rted on the progress o f plans fo r a new gym nasium an d his ow n w ork to im prove lighting on cam pus.

A fter fielding questions, P e r­ m aul closed the m eeting w ith a call fo r students to unite against ru m o u red tu itio n fee increases next year. “ All the factions should get to gether to p u t an en d to a re a l p o te n tia l p ro b le m ,” she p ronounced.

B o r d e r W a r s H it M c G ill

by M ichael S m art U nfriendly w ords fly back an d fo rth these days betw een the M cG ill S tu d en ts’ Society a n d th e P o s t G ra d u a te S tu d en ts’ Society as fast as the U .S . envoy used to fly to the M iddle E ast.

Steven Faser, president o f the P .G .S .S . rem ark s, “ T hey (the S .S .M .U .) spend so m uch tim e w orking for Ju d ith B lasser th a t all the o th er students are su ffer­ in g .”

R o n ald L eber, S .S .M .U .’s ViceP resid en t fo r U niversity affairs responds, “ I d o n ’t have any problem s w ith th e P .G .S .S .

M aybe Steven (Fraser) has p ro ­ blem s w ith m e .”

T he tw o societies are u p in arm s over a questio n o f ju risd ic­ tio n in a p p o in tin g stu d e n t rep resen tativ es to U n iversity com m ittees. N orm ally an a m ­ biguous b u t decidedly tepid issue, this year it has been b ro u g h t to th e fore by F raser, w ho thinks th e P .G .S .S . should have th e rig h t to a p p o in t g rad u ate represntatives on their ow n.

In fact, F raser is so anno y ed , h e’s decided to tak e his case befo re the U niversity’s Judicial B oard this week to settle the m atter once an d fo r all.

T ra d itio n a lly , S tu d e n ts ’ Society is em pow ered to a p ­ p o int studen ts to com m ittees o f Senate an d to Cyclical Review C om m ittees. Cyclical Review is the evaluation of each d e p a rt­ m ent an d school adm inistered by the U niversity every five years.

T o date, p o sitions on fo u r­ teen o f the com m ittees rem ain v acant. M any m ore w ere u n fill­ ed th ro u g h o u t th e fall sem ester, as w ere a n u m b er o f Senate com m ittees.

L eber attrib u tes th e vacancies sim ply to stu d en t a p ath y . F raser

d is a g re e s a n d a c c u se s th e S .S .M .U . o f sloth. “ W e sub­ m itte d th e n am es o f nine g rad u ate students (fo r th e com ­ m ittees) in N ovem ber. T hey sent them back because we d id n ’t have th e o ffical applica­ tio n fo rm s,” he said.

T he ap p o in tm en ts w ere final­ ly ratified Ja n . 19, a fte r talks betw een F raser an d S .S .M .U V P In tern al Y at K. L o , Leber said.

L eber explained th a t the two m o n th delay was m ore th a n ju st knee-jerk b u reau cracy. “ T he m a jo rity o f the p ositions were acclaim ed an d I was concerned

th a t Steven m ight have m ade th e a p p o i n t m e n t s h im s e lf w ithout opening the no m in a­ tio n s ,” he said. T he S .S .M .U . w anted the nom inees to apply directly ra th e r th a n have them nam ed by the P .G .S .S .

F raser asserts th a t in ques­ tioning the app o in tm en ts, L eber violated a verbal agreem ent m ad e w ith the P .G .S .S . last year. F raser claim s th a t in A ugust, the tw o agreed th a t the P .G .S .S . w ould m ake its a p ­ pointm ents th ro u g h its ow n a d ­ m in is tr a tio n , r a th e r th a n th ro u g h the S .S .M .U . as is ofco ntinued on page 2

M cG ill’s D eficit W orse Than Expected

by G o p al Sreem vasan T he m essage delivered at last F rid a y ’s S ta ff A ssem bly on M cG ill’s financial o u tlo o k was fra n k a n d d istu rb in g . T he p r e s e n ta tio n s b y P r in c ip a l D av id J o h n s to n a n d ViceP rin cip al (A d m in istratio n and Finance) J o h n A rm o u r centered o n developm ents arising o u t o f the recent an n o u n cem ent o f Q uébec university g ran t figures by the provincial governm ent.

A ccording to A rm o u r, the ac­ tual g ra n t figures are m uch w orse th a n anticip ated. As a result, th e 1984-85 deficit stands at $10.3 m illion ra th e r th a n the $7.2 m illion estim ated. F u rth e r­ m ore, last y ear’s deficit o f $5.1 m illion m ust now be ad ju sted to $6.6 m illion. A nd forecasts o f next y e a r’s deficit swell by $1.2 m illion to a to ta l o f $6.2 m illion. A ll in all, the new figures m ean th a t, fo r th e three y e a rs 1983-84 to 1985-86, M cG ill n ow has an $18.0 m illion deficit to finance.

In th e p ast, M cG ill has covered its deficits by draw ing

on its fu n d o f U nrestricted E n ­ dow m ents. T hese funds repre­ sent m oney d o n ated to M cGill w ithout any specification regar­ ding how it should be used.

H ow ever, because o f this past use to finance deficits, there is o n ly $ 2 .4 m illio n in U n restricted E ndow m ents left.

In sh o rt, M cG ill currently faces an u n fu n d ed deficit o f $15,6 m illion. A s V ice-Principal A r­ m o u r puts it, “ this year w e’re in real tro u b le .”

T he reason fo r the sh o rtfall in gran ts centres aro u n d fo u r fac­ to rs. F irst, the m oney the U niversity receives in foreign stu d en t fees is deducted from the grants it receives from the province. T he difficulty arises fro m the fact th a t the province deducts this am o u n t fro m the g ra n t based on an estim ate o f the foreign student fees the U niversity will receive. A d ­ ju stm en ts to the deduction are only m ade in the follow ing year.

It tu rn s p u t th at M acG ill has suffered fro m excess deductions u n d er this system . This is a parcontinued on page 3

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Students’ Society Funded Groups S tu d en ts’ Society F u n d ed G ro u p s T uesd ay , Ja n u a ry 29 • G e rtru d e ’s — R ock to th e m usic o f P riv ate Eyes; 9:00 p .m .; Free adm is­ sion.

• A rts an d Science U n d erg rad u ate Society — C ouncil M eeting; 7:00 p .m .; L eacock 308.

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W h a t ’s W h a t F rid ay , F ebruary 1 • Film Society — “ M y D inner W ith A n d ré ” ; 8:00 p .m .; Leacock 132; A d­ m ission $2.00.

M usic students u n d er the direction o f P ro f. Kevin D ean; 9:00 p .m .; Free.

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• G e rtru d e ’s — R ock fro m 9:00 p .m . to m idnight; Free.

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• Film Society — ” A C lockw ork O ran g e” ; 8:00 p .m .; L eacock 132; A d­ m ission $2.00.

• T h e A lley — Live jazz by F o u rth S tream startin g a t 9:00 p .m .; Free.

• Film Society — “ C u llo d e n ” ; 8:00 p .m .; L eacock 132; A dm ission $2.00.

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• T he Alley — live jazz by M cGill

• A IE S E C M cG ill — L ecture o n “ T he E u ro d o llar M a rk e t” , by R oy C hild, C h ief In tern atio n al M oney M arket D ealer fo r the Royal B ank; question period to follow ; 3:00 p .m .; Leacock 214; free.

• P re sb y te ria n /U n ite d C h u rch C am ­ pus M inistry — W orship Service; 10:30 a .m .; fo llo w e d by b ru n c h ; S t- M a r th a ’s -in -th e -b a s e m e n t, 3521 U niversity; all welcom e; in fo rm atio n 392-5890.

■ " : Z; : ■ M o nday, F ebruary 4 • M cGill C hristian Fellow ship — “ In Search o f a S u n ” , a Spectrum p ro d u c­ tion w ith m usic an d m eaning; panel discussion will follow ; 7:30 p .m .; L eacock 132; Free.

• P re sb y te ria n /U n ite d C h u rch C am ­ pus M inistry — “ D ro p -in ” with C hris Ferguson; 10:00 a .m .-12:00 noon; N ew m an centre 3484 Peel (392-5896) • B row n Bag Bible S tudy — with C hris F erguson; 12 n o o n a t the N ew m an centre 3484 Peel; 392-5890.

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L eber m aintains th a t he is still respecting th e agreem ent. “ T he arran g em en t was th a t P .G .S .S . w ould send its reco m m en d a­ tions dow n to us an d we w ould p ass th e m on to th e U n iv e rsity ....T h a t's w hat I did last week (w hen th e a p p o in t­

m ents were ratified) and th a t’s w hat I ’ll do in the fu tu re .”

T he tro u b le began as long ago as S e p te m b e r w hen L eb er a d v e rtis e d p o s itio n s w h ich P .G .S .S . h ad filled under their in te rp re ta tio n o f the agreem ent.

T h a t, says F raser, “ raised som e concerns fro m o u r p o in t o f view .”

E ver ready w ith an argum ent, F raser counters th a t grad u ate representatives are solely a con­ cern o f the g rad u ate faculty society. H e produces an o th er clause o f the co n stitu tio n which ensures th e au to n o m y o f faculty societies.

Few o f the com m ittees with vacancies have actually m et yet,

L eber cites the S .S .M .U . con­ stitu tio n as p ro o f o f th a t u ltim ate a u th o rity lies w ith him .

In Septem ber, he w rote to F raser th a t the S .S .M .U . “ is'the voice o f all s tu d e n ts ...T h e faculty societies, on the other h an d , deal w ith m atters concer­ ning their respective facu lties.”

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D e fic it H o rre n d o u s — S o lu tio n U n k n o w n continued fro m page 1 tic u la r p ro b lem fo r M cG ill because o f its large foreign stu ­ d en t po p u latio n .

S e c o n d , th e p r o v i n c i a l governm ent has p o stp o n ed the in tro d u ctio n o f a new financing fo rm u la u n d er w hich M cG ill stto d to ben efit. T he schem e w o u ld h a v e c o m p e n s a t e d universities fo r the g reater ex­ pense involved in g rad u ate level e d u c a tio n a n d in c e r t a i n faculties like M edicine. M cG ill has a higher th a n average p e rc e n ta g e of g ra d u a te students, J o h n sto n said a t the m eeting. O ne in fo u r M cG ill students is studying at th e g rad u ate level. M cG ill has thus su ffered m ore fro m th e n o n ­ com pensatio n o f these higher costs.

O verhead costs fo r research w ould also have been covered u n d er the new fo rm u la. C u r­ rently, it costs M cG ill m oney to carry o u t research because ex­ ternal research g ran ts d o not pay fo r th e in fra stru c tu re re­ quired to carry o u t such w ork, Jo h n sto n explained. O ver the last seven years, this research has increased by 156% at M cG ill.

F ig u r e s c ite d b y V ic e P rincipal A rm o u r show ed th a t u n d e r th e c u rre n t fo rm u la M cG ill is being u n d erfu n d ed by 10.6% this year. This is the greatest u n d erfu n d in g o f any Q uebec university, he ad ded.

T he im m ediate effect o f the delay in im plem enting the new fo rm u la is th a t M cG ill loses $1.6 m illion, w hich was to have been the first installm ent o f a phase-in.

T h ird , M cG ill is being asked to co n trib u te $2 m illion m ore th an an ticip ated to a fu n d w hich serves as a cost-sharing schem e fo r th e Q uebec universi­ ty netw ork. It is applied against costs arising o u t o f enrollm ent g ro w th , ren tal costs o f leased space, and so on.

1. Intensified rep resentation to the governm ent w ith respect to b o th sh o rt term relief a n d long term solutions.

2. C ost saving e ffo rts. Essen­ tially, this m eans budget cuts.

3. Salary restrain t. T his year’s scheduled salary increase is being p o stp o n ed fo r one year.

4. T he B oard o f G overnors has struck a task Force on F inance w hich is charged w ith studying the m iddle an d long term issues. T he task force will be holding public hearings o n cam pus,

O n e o f th e re m a r k a b le features o f M cG ill’s financial difficulties disclosed F rid ay was th e w ay the system operates.

T h e recent g ran t an nouncem ent by th e governm ent is the first g ran t news th a t M cGill has h eard in 18 m o n th s. Since th a t tim e , b u d g e t p r e p a r a tio n s , financial planning an d the like have all been based on estim ates o f governm ent g ran ts. L ast y ear’s financial statem ents were d raw n u p w ith estim ates based an d this y ear’s b u d g et was set u p using estim ates based on last y e a r’s estim ates. A n d next y ear’s budget uses estim ates based o n estim ates based on estim ates. A ll o f w hich explains a good p o rtio n o f w hy it was possible fo r M cG ill’s financial picture to have tu rn ed o u t to be so m uch w orse th a n expected.

P rin cip al Jo h n sto n identified this lack o f co m m unication by th e governm ent as a big p a rt o f th e problem .

M ost o f the questions which follow ed the presentations were concerned w ith w hat M cGill (an d o th er universities) is going to do a b o u t th e deficits. P rin ­ cipal Jo h n sto n outlined a five p o in t p lan o f action which M cG ill is pursuing.

T h e B ig R e d 1 S S M U F in a n c e s

deRoo Speaks to P.S.S.A. Rem i d eR oo, A rch b ish o p o f V ictoria, will be the van g u ard o f a colum n o f exciting o f new speakers at M cG ill sp onsored b y th e P o l i t i c a l S c ie n c e S tu d en ts’ A ssociation. deR oo is chairm an o f the C a n a d ia n C o n fe re n c e o f C atholic Bishops an d a co­ a u th o r o f a controversial 1982 rep o rt w hich presented didactic m oral solutions to econom ic problem s like unem ploym ent and inflatio n . H e is also a vocal s u p p o rte r o f “ lib e ra tio n theology” , a m élange o f M arx ­ ism an d C atholicism pioneered

by S outh A m erican clerics.

A lso in th e P S S A ’s lineup this sem ester is G w ÿnne D yer, a S o u th am news colum nist. D yer was the p ro d u cer an d n a rra to r o f the CB C d o cu m en tary series W A R , and th in k s is altogether a

the question o f how to finance the existing deficit. T he answ er here w as fa r fro m reassuring. “ W e d o n ’t know w hat we are going to do w ith o u r $15.6 m illio n d e fic it” said ViceP rin cip al A rm o u r.

A rm o u r’s personal position is O th e r u n iv ersities a re in th a t tu itio n fees should be rais­ a b o u t “ the sam e b o a t as us” ed. T u itio n fees haven’t been an d are pursuing responses to raised in tw enty years. I t’s no th e problem w hich are sim ilar to great favour to students to M cG ill’s, the questioners were freeze fees and to debase the quality o f the p ro d u ct, A rm o u r to ld .

H ow ever, these initiatives are said. T he present official b o t­ only directed to the problem o f to m line, th o ugh, is th a t it is not reducing o r elim inating future know n how M cG ill will finance deficit positions. T here rem ains its deficit. unlike a sim ilar 1981 task force.

5. A n A dvisory G ro u p on C om m unications will keep the university com m unity fully inform ed o f developm ents.

F o u rth , M cG ill’s g ran t ad ­ ju stm e n t fo r increased enroll­ m ent is $2.2 m illion less th an estim ated. This is because the p ro v in c ia l g o v e rn m e n t h a s revised th e process o f m aking these ad ju stm en ts such th a t the ad ju stm en ts are m ade m ore slowly.

M uch o f this ex planation was n o t m ad e to th e S ta ff G eneral A ssem bly last F rid ay , b u t was set o u t in com m ents ViceP rin cip al A rm o u r h a d m ade in th e previous w eek’s M cG ill R ep o rte r. T he cap acity a u ­ dience in L eacock 232 was refer­ red to those rem arks by the V ice-Principal.

b ad idea. B atting cleanup will be E d w ard B ro ad b en t, leader o f th e federal New D em ocratic P a rty an d a self-proclaim ed spokesm an fo r the o rd inary C an ad ian .

PSSA p re s id e n t M a rk W arn er explains, “ w e’re trying to get speakers th a t are wellknow n an d from all parts o f the political arena. W e’re m ore th a n ju s t wine a n d cheese p a r­ ties. W e’ve show n o ther groups th a t it’s possible to have good speakers a t low c o st.” W arner also sta te d th a t p ro v in cial L iberal leader R o bert B ourassa w o u ld p ro b a b ly sp eak this sem ester. deR o o will speak this T hurday a t 7:00 p .m . B roadbent will follow on Feb. 28. D yer will a l s o s p e a k in F e b r u a r y , alth o u g h the d ate rem ains u n an ­ nounced.

by S tephen H um M cG ill owes m ore to beer than it ever realized. N o one ac­ tually said this, b u t it is one o f the m any indirect messages sent out by the m ost recent au d it o f the finances o f S tu d en ts’ Socie­ ty o f M c G ill U n i v e r s i t y (,S S M U ).

A ra th e r m ore d irect, and bracing, m essage is the one scream ing o ff the page fro m the b o tto m line. P ublished to d ay (see T rib u n e, p.6), the rep o rt and and financial statem ents for SSM U delivers a rude blow to M cGill students’ collective solar plexus; SSM U has an ac­ c u m u la te d d e b t o f n e a rly $700,000.

C alculated fo r SSM U by the firm o f C harrette, Fortier, H arvey Touche R oss, the audit shows stu d en t society w ith an operating deficit fo r the year o f an estim ated $81,278.

SSM U ’s incom e, draw n from s tu d e n t fe e s, in te r e s t a c ­ cum ulated fro m sh o rt-term in­ v estm en ts ort th e p a rt o f S tu d en ts’ Society an d opera­ tions such as th e T abagies, G e r t ’ s a n d t h e v e n d in g m a c h in e s s ta tio n e d a ro u n d cam pus seems to disappear beneath a wave o f red ink w hen net expenditures are subtracted from it.

In the rep o rt, in fact, the only SSM U expenditure which seems to have m ade a p ro fit has been the U niversity C entre C afeteria.

Surprisingly, G ert’s an d the w e ll-w o rn c a m p u s v e n d in g m achines look like they have taken a financial drubbing to the tu n e o f over $30,000 each.

H o w e v e r, S c o tt K e a tin g , S S M U ’s V ic e -p re s id e n t (finance), insisted th at the state­ m ent o f loss and deficit was m isleading. “ A ccountants do things in strange w ays,” he rem arked. “ W e’re really m aking a p ro fit on the vending m achines, the A rts cafeteria an d things o f th at n a tu re ,” K eating insisted. T he pubs play a crucial role in keep­ ing SSM U afloat.

SSM U charges a 17l/2% sur-

charge to all the faculties to run y ear’s council seems stiff in­ a n d m a in ta in th e v e n d in g deed, the V P (finance) pointed m a c h in e s a n d th e v a rio u s o u t th a t the Bruce H icks a d ­ c a f e t e r i a s . A c c o r d i n g to m in istratio n saw a deficit o f K eating, incom e derived from $273,255. this form o f trib u te am ounted R eading the au d it, M cGill to a b o u t $187,000 the previous students m ight find them selves year. in a position analogous to the K eating b rushed o ff sugges­ m an w ho w oke u p a fte r a very tio n s th a t this source o f incom e good tim e w hose details elude m ight com e in to som e question him at the m om ent. w ith the advent o f C V C at “ I t’s im p o rtan t to get our M cG ill. H e acknow ledged w ith financial house in ord er. A n th e assum ption by C V C o f the $81,000 deficit is disappointing. m anagem ent o f the cafeteria, A $300,000 is unfo rg iv eab le,” S tudents’ Society’s share o f the said K eating. T he V P also surcharge w ould decline. CVC w an ted to stress th a t th e an d SSM U have agreed to m echanism s fo r a reduction o f divide revenue from the sur­ the debt has been p u t in to place. charge 12 i /2% to 5 % , w ith T he U niversity has already SSM U re ta in in g th e larg er taken the sum o f SSM U ’s in­ share. v e s tm e n t re se rv e fu n d , F u rth erm o re, said K eating, estim ated a t $108,000, tow ard M cG ill and SSM U could hap p i­ the paym ent o f the debt. ly look fo rw ard to b etter service A ccording to K eating, C o u n ­ an d low er costs w ith CVC. cil has included a special D ebt “ W e’re really counting on CVC repaym ent expense into this to be able to cut co sts.” year’s budget o f $50,000.

In the interim , there rem ains O n to p o f this, K eating is the unsettling reality o f the hoping to cut an extra $60,000 d ebt, w hich is taking on epic fro m th e d eb t. T h e Jo in t p r o p o r t i o n s u n s e e n sin c e M a n a g e m e n t C o m m itte e o f Bew are the B lo b prem iered over C ouncil, consisting o f K eating, 25 years ago. the president, th e o th er V Ps and By a d d in g to g e th e r th e various advisors, has initiated figures fro m loans payable, b i-w e e k ly m e e tin g s to in ­ secured, the cu rren t p o rtio n o f vestigate how to cut costs at secured payable loans, loans SSM U . payable secured an d deficit on Does this m ean th a t Clubs the A ssets and liabilities page o f an d SSM U organizations face the B alance sheet a figure o f the prospect o f budget freezes $687,732 is arrived at. o f cuts? In a w ord, yes.

P u ttin g aside the alchem ical N o th in g is d e fin ite said la n g u a g e oT a c c o u n ta n c y , K eating, “ But we are looking at therein lies the b o tto m line: an the possibility o f either an accum ulated d ebt, in accounts across the b o ard freeze o r w hat an d loans, w hich SSM U owes I like to call m olecular freezes M c G ill U n i v e r s i t y . T h is aim ed a t the big spenders. burgeoning debt exists because M aybe cuts to o , b u t th a t’s n o t the university helps S tu d en ts’ definite a t all.”

Society keep its head above K eating conceded th a t the w ater year a fte r year by assum ­ prospects for m aking headw ay in g r e s p o n s ib ility f o r th e w ith the debt were n o t good, operating deficit. b u t he expressed optim ism H ence the im portance o f cut­ a b o u t the fact th a t SSM U was ting the yearly deficit. W hile the at least firm ly com m itted to the $81,278 deficit incurred by this idea o f cutting costs.

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T he Q uebec U niversity A thletic A ssociation (Q U A A ) is the w eakest conference in C an ad a, the team s are not com parable w ith senior high school team s in the U nited States. It will alw ays be this way because Q uebec does n o t have a quality developm ent p ro g ram , also, any talen t th a t develops

L e tte rs D ear F ra n k T he decision h an d ed dow n by the C a n a d ia n In ter-U n iv ersity A th letic U nion(C IA U ) is an em barassm ent to all C an ad ian U niversities.

C o n co rd ia Stingers basketball team was fo u n d guilty o f paying players, the decision h an d ed dow n by th e C IA U was th a t this year the team w ould n o t be ran k ed (so w h at) and they lost the right to qulify for the playoffs w ith a wild card position. T o qualify th e team m u st w in th e Q uebec U niversity

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By Ravi D urvasula T he ro o f race is on. A couple o f weeks ago, the C ity o f T o ro n to announced th a t it will co n stru ct a sports stadium w ith a retractab le ro o f by the year 1988.

This feat w ould m ake T o ro n to w ould fam ous fo r having the first retractab le ro o f in the history o f m odern civilization. P eople w ould flock to the city to gaze in aw e as the ro o f goes up a n d dow n and they w ould carry hom e to the various p arts o f the w orld tales Of “ the ro o f th a t puts all o th er ro o fs to sh am e.”

Faced w ith the prospect o f such in tern atio n al recognition fo r the T o ro n to R o o f, th e C ity o f M o n tréal was in fu riated . A fter all, th e idea o f a retractab le ro o f h ad first been pro p o sed in co n ju n ctio n w ith this city’s Sum m er O lym pics in 1976. D isregarding the facat th a t it failed to im plem ent the plans in tim e for the O lym pics an d disregarding the fact th a t it has failed to build the ro o f d u r­ ing the nine years a fte r th e O lym pics, M ontréal blew its to p w hen co n fro n ted

by T o ro n to ’s encroachm ent into the sacred ro o f territo ry . A n d so, in a daring m ove to ‘cover u p ’ fo r its previous m istakes, the C ity o f M ontréal announced last week th a t it will resurrect the O lym pic S tad iu m ’s retractab le ro o f by the year 1987, thus denying T o ro n to its glory.

T he new ro o f, it has been stated , will tu rn the O lym pic S tadium into quite a to u rist a ttra c tio n . T his goes w ithout saying: w ho w ould pass up the chance to see a sp orts stadium w hich to o k nearly fifteen years to com plete at a cost o f close to $1 billion? Such a feat will pro b ab ly never be repeated.

It can be argued th a t o th er factors p ro m p ted the decision to co n stru ct the ro o f. T he h arsh M o n tréal w eatgher w hich has been steadily eroding the S tadium has been cited. So, to o , has the recent consensus th a t the ro o f an d tow er com plex will n o t cause stru ctu ral dam age to the S tadium , as had previously been supposed. B ut the tim ing, o r dare I say, contingency o f M o n ­ tré a l’s statem ent w ith respect to T o ro n to ’s annou n cem en t w ould rule o u t all o th er argum ents. M ontréal w ants to be the first; the ro o f race is on.

W hatever the consequences o f this ridiculous co m petition, one thing is cer­ tain: these events which are occurring in M o n tréal a n d T o ro n to are sure to b r­ ing dow n the ro o f so uth o f the b o rd er. T he p ro spect o f tw o C an ad ian cities basking in the shade o f their retractab le ro ofs w hich lack A m erican co u n ter­ p arts will be the cause fo r concern. A bigger and b etter ro o f will be con­ structed. P erh ap s, it will be called the S u p erR oof. N o d o u b t, o u r A m erican friends will n o t sit still while C an ad ian ro o f technology goes over their heads.

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any N B A team o r to p senior high school team s in the U nited States, b u t they will n o t win. W hen D aignault says th a t he can play w ith anyone in the country, does he m ean “ co u n try ” w here farm ers, cows an d barn s are?

T hen he m ight win.

I t’s u n fo rtu n a te a large university like C o n co rd ia tolerates such an inept, disgraceful basketball and football staff.

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in M ontreal leaves the city, they take the “ 401” to O n tario o r go across the b o rd er to the States. Q uebec has nothing to o ffer a student athlete a fter they g rad u ate from high school. S tu­ dent athletes are grad u atin g from university in the U nited States at 21 or 22.

In the C o n co rd ian (Jan . 16),head basketball coach D oug D aignault says th a t this y ear’s team can play with anyone in the country. H e ’s right, b u t they will n o t w in, they can play with

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by S tu art A k er T h ro u g h c o m p u te r a n d satellite technologies we have access to very specific and very fa r reaching in fo rm a ­ tion. Indeed, the ’80’s are th e com ­ p u ter age. T h ro u g h this m edium we have been b o m b a rd ed w ith extrem ely specific an d extrem ely useless in fo rm a ­ tio n , an d it has becom e a p a rt o f o u r p o p u lar culture.

These statistics are everyw here. They are running am o k in o u r society. I believe the m ost in fu riatin g use o f these is on sports bro ad casts.

T he actio n in sports is discon­ tinuous; there are gaps in th e excite­ m ent. Baseball a n d fo o tb all ap p e a r to be the m ajo r culprits. In baseball one guy throw s th e ball w hile fo u rteen others (including coaches an d um pires) s c ra tc h th e m s e lv e s . In f o o tb a ll, tw enty-one guys rest while th e o th er is taken aw ay on the stretcher.

Sports bro ad casters are h u m an (w ith th e p o ssib le e x c e p tio n o n O .J .

Sim pleton). They ca n n o t be expected to talk continuously fo r three hours (or up to eighteen fo r th e Superbow l).

T here n atu rally are gaps an d holes in the bro ad cast. O ne day, ‘Jo h n n y G enius’ decided it w ould be interesting to fill these gaps w ih graphic rep o rts o f individual an d team statistics. In the olden days a cavem an w ould sim ply p o in t to a draw ing o n his w all to il­

lu strate a p o in t. N ow we have com ­ p u ter graphics.

In theo ry , these stats w ould serve m any functions. T hey w ould be attra c ­ tive enough to keep the sim plest o f viewers interested, they w ould give the su b ject-starved announcers som ething to talk a b o u t fo r the next five m inutes (“ T h a t’s an interesting stat, d o n ’t you th in k O .J .? ” “ It certainly is D on, w hat do you th in k F ra n k ? ” etc.), they w ould perm it tim e fo r announcers to swallow w hile we desparately try to focus on the little p rin t, and they w ould give the P ro d u c e r’s nephew “ M o rty ” a jo b .

In practise? W ell, they m ostly get in th e w ay o f the telecast an d becom e a nuisance.

In fact they will pro b ab ly either cause you to fall asleep o r fall o u t o f y o u r c h a ir la u g h in g a t th e ir rid icu lo u sn ess. E ith e r w ay th e y ’re detrim ental to the telecast.

A ssistant T rib E d ito r, Ravi D urvasula, to ld me th a t the group he was w ith to w atch the Superbow l eventually began to spill their beers while laughing a t th e num erous stats posted during th a t gam e. T he people w ith R avi were p ro b ab ly seeing twice as m any stats as everyone else b u t th a t’s n o t im p o rtan t.

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stats becom e m ore interesting th a t the lop-sided gam e. T hey have becom e so pow erful in o u r society th a t they replace the action on th e field as o u r focal p o int. I f the gam es aren ’t exciting enough to hold o u r a tten tio n , let’s stop b ro adcasting them .

I d o n ’t w ant to know how m any one h u n d red y ard gam es hom osexual ru n n ­ ing backs have h ad , in a losing cause, in a Superbow l held later th a n Ja n .

20th, in a leap-year, while only their fath er could m ake it to the gam e.

B aseball is a w orse culprit: they fre­ quently tell o f the num ber o f hom eruns a player w ith m ore th an tw o endorse­ m ent co n tracts w ith cologne and underw ear com panies hits, while play­ ing on n atu ral grass, w hen there are m ore th a n three th o u san d blonde w om en in the crow d, in a gam e held on T h u rsday, at night, while he has m ore th an one strike on him .

These are ridiculous. Statistics arid graphics have becom e unw elcom e. In' the interest o f being interesting they have becom e irratio n al.

Stats are distracting, b oring, irrele­ vant an d upsetting. L et us rid the peace-loving w orld o f these infuriating superfluities. T he m ark et has becom e “ ov er-satu rated ” .

P lay ball.

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by H eath e r C lancy L a s t W e d n e s d a y ev e n in g M cG ill U niversity was host to T erry “ A islin” M osher, one o f C a n a d a ’s m ost p ro m in en t an d p o p u lar political carto o n ists.

M osher cu rrently draw s fo r The G azette, how ever, his carto o n s have ap p eared in m any oth er publications, including Tim e m agazine. M osher led an in­ te re s tin g a n d h u m o u ro u s discussion on this fine a rt.

M osher’s opening com m ent on h u m o u r was one first used

by Freud: “ H u m o u r allow s one to say things w hich otherw ise w ould n o t be a c c e p ta b le .”

M osher w ent o n to say th a t political carto o n ists such as h im se lf w ere in te re s te d in creating a so rt o f “ collective g le e .” P o litic ia n s a re easy targets because their every m ove is being w atched by th e public.

M osher claim s he doe n o t deal w ith the personal lives o f such figures unless they are an im ­ p o r ta n t in flu e n c e o n th e ir public lives.

M osher claim s to “ think a b o u t th e little guy all the tim e .” H e explained th a t th e best draw ings do n o t spring en­ tirely from distinctive facial

features so m uch as “ w hat peo­ ple are saying.” H e does adm it it is an advan tage w hen so­ m eone is elected to office w ho is especially fu n to caricature, such as B rian M ulroney. H e cites a favo u rite subject, Léves­ que.

M o s h e r c o n t r a s t e d h is business a t the present w ith the field o f political carto o n in g in the p ast. C arto o n ists o f yester­ day were expected to have a political leaning. T o d ay such in­ clinations w ould be considered “ p ro p a g a n d ist” . M osher ex­ plained th a t is im p o rta n t for the carto o n ist o f to d ay to have w h at he called “ 365 degree vi­ s io n ” .

O ne m ust be “ e v e n h a n d e d ly m a lic io u s ” .

Policies o f cesnsorship have also changed a great deal.

T opics such as the W o m en ’s M ovem ent an d Sexuality are no longer tab o o . P olitical cartoons are n o t censored .Recording to political b en t, ra th e r the ques­ tio n is one o f tastefulness.

M osher also w ent on to clarify th a t m ethods o f carto o n in g also d iffer fro m co u n try to country.

A m erican carto o n ists “ ten d to travel in schools” , while C an a­ d ia n s p o r tr a y a m o re in ­

W orking under the pen name Aislin, Terry Mosher is one of Canada's best known and most prolific editorial cartoonists. His high qualityj scathing style knows no boundaries as he delights in bringing the giants of public life down to size.

dividualistic style. This parallels differences in actual new spaper policy. C ertain papers in the U nited States tend to be either D e m o c ra tic o r R e p u b lic a n .

C an ad ian papers fo r the m ost p a rt are m ore liberal w hen it

com es to printing a p articular carto o n .

W hen asked how he started his career, M osher jo k ed , “ I got m y first cheque and it d id n ’t b o u n ce” . H e h ad no qualm s a b o u t revealing how difficult it

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M osher explained th a t is is im ­ p o rta n t to have a “ sense as to w h at’s going on, to develop a particu lar audience an d , m ost im p o rtan tly , to be able to m eet deadlines. I t’s a bo n u s to be able to draw . I f he were beginn­ ing his career to d ay , M osher w ould explore the area o f com ­ p u ter art.

M osher is know n here in M ontréal by his pen nam e ‘A islin’. As well as being the nam e o f his d aughter, the w ord originates from a G aelic term m eaning “ vision” . A islin seems to enjoy his profession o f deflating the largest egos in politics. H e calls it “ attacking the center” . H e prefers n o t to know his subjects personally, perhaps so he can be m ore ob­ jective in his satire. W hen asked if he ever experienced a fru stra ­ tion fo r lack o f subject m atter, he quipped “ F ru s tra tio n ...I’m in Q uébec!” C urrently, A islin is w orking on his latest p ro ject, a m agazine, due to com e o u t, ap­ p ropriately, on A pril F o o l’s D ay (A pril 1). A s editor o f Z ED : In Lieu o f C anadian H u m o u r, M osher will not be draw ing; instead his tim e will be devoted to editorials. H is aim , as alw ays, let C an ad a see the h u m o u r in itself.

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by M elanie C lulow T hey entered unobtrusively enough,' taking scant notice o f the few o th e r figures in th e ro o m , w ho were poised in c a r e f u lly s tu d ie d la n g u o r , w aiting, w atching, sipping slow­ ly. T he am bience was to be ex­ pected at G e rtru d e ’s at such an

early h o u r: sm oky, dim and u n h u rried . T im e stood still for the new com ers, as it did for E th n ic D rivers w ho appeared over an h o u r la te ... B ut no m at­ ter, T he m ysterious p air to o k it all in stride, pens in h and.

E v e n tu a lly th e e n ig m a tic tw osom e were jo in ed by two

others in long dark coats. A nd then there were four. A n d they all w aited, facing the stage (?).

They knew the facts. This was M cGill R ocks, and they ex­ pected an extravaganza.

Suddenly there was a sound, and a b rie f m om ent o f anticipa­ tio n . T he E thnic D rivers h ad a r­ rived. T he qu iet fo u rso m e glanced m eaningfully at one an o th er. W as this w hat they had expected??

T he ban d began som ew hat apologetically, and the selfdepreciatory m anner pervaded the entire set, ju st inviting au ­ dience condescension an d em ­

A b o u t half-w ay into th eir set, the b an d becam e m ore relaxed, and their sound im proved as a co n seq u en ce, a lth o u g h th ey w ere beset by sound system dif­ ficulties. B ut n o t all the tension dissipated. E ven w hen the lead singer m ade a brave attem p t at dancing gleefully aro u n d the stage, the question still rem ain­ ed — were they really having a good tim e? D espite this, the b an d did get m any people o u t on the dance floor, especially to th e ir b e st o r ig in a l so n g s , “ F ro z e n in M o tio n ” a n d “ W ake U p T o M e” . T he bassist was excellent an d the lead vocalist’s voice was pow erful an d m oving w hen she sang at a higher pitch. In low er tones her voice was lost som ew here in the rh y th m section. PS bro k e in, “ T he singer uses so m uch echo th a t she sounds like she could be in a cave.”

barrassed cringes. By now the m em bers o f the foursom e were each in blissful reverie, their “ Y es,” agreed JD , “ C ould it m inds teem ing with astonishing insights a n d d elig h tfu l w it­ be perhaps th a t her voice is be­ ing created by the sound m an ?” ticism s.

Said KV th oughtfully, “ W ell, T h e y sat in c o n te m p la tiv e they do have individual talent, silence until KV, w ho had b u t together they lack p ro fes­ evidently been silently com pos­ sional finesse — like a puzzle ing yet m ore w ords o f w isdom w ith the edge pieces m issing” . sum m arized the b a n d ’s p erfo r­ T he others tu rn ed to stare at the m ance: “ T he E thnic Drivers speaker, am azed by the astute should hit a yield sign an d take criticism an d poetic articu latio n the tim e to in co rp o rate such ‘in­ spewing from the lips o f this essential’ elem ents into their unassum ing first-year science m usic as harm ony, tim ing, and the concept o f being in sync.” student.

H e r c o m p a n io n s lis te n e d , aw estruck nodding sagely at this clever p artin g rem ark . T he E thnic D rivers left m uch as they h ad arrived — sheepishly and w ithout in tro d u ctio n .

T his Blue P ian o , a new highenergy b an d were next, rushing o n to the stage w ith zest, prom is­ ing a spectacular show. A

refreshing change a fte r the selfeffacing attitu d e o f the E thnic D rivers.

Said PS decisively “ I like the o rg a n .” “ Y es,” replied JD , “ b u t w here is the blue p ia n o ? ” “ P erhaps if one were to shine the blue spot on the organ, it could be called a blue piano, o f so rts.” This novel idea from PS. T his Blue P ian o played w ith g reat professio n alism , co o r­ d in ation an d confidence. T heir harm o n y , and m o o d changes were sm ooth an d together, particulary on “ S k ask a” (soon to be a hit!?) an d “ Sunset T o o S o o n .” Said M C w ith finality, “ T his Blue P ian o is destined for success, w ith only a b rief stop at o b scu rity .” The critical fo u r­ som e beam ed, p ro u d o f the evèning’s delightful repartee.

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by T a ra Ellis H ow d o y ou fit 500 people in­ to 350 seats? Y ou invite Yuk Y u k ’s com edy team . T he team th a t arrived at the B allroom last T h u rsd ay nig h t was a m ix o f younger com edians and m ore experienced ones b u t each w ith a unique sense o f h u m o u r.

T he fu n started w hen Sim on R a k o ff, th e m a s te r of cerem onies, to o k to th e stage.

T he show was sold o u t, the c ro w d re s tle s s b u t re a d y .

R a k o ff established an easy, altho u g h caustic, ra p p o rt w ith the audience; a m anagem ent stud en t w ith “ neat h a ir’’ an d a p h o to g ra p h e r w ho was taking pictures fro m the fro n t row were singled o u t fo r harrassm ent m uch to the delight o f the audience m em bers w ho were h id d e n b e h in d p illa r s o r obscured by shadow .

The first act was Jerem y H o tz fro m Y uk Y u k ’s in O ttaw a. His ap p earan ce seem ed m o re fitting fo r a m em ber o f a b a n d like Q uiet R iot th a n fo r a com ic.

A dm ittin g this, he discussed his resem blance to T iny T im w ith the audience, then led th em in the singing o f the them e song o f the k id s’ TV show ‘H ercules’ an d as a finale he stripped dow n to a Soviet w restling suit fo r an enterprising sketch depic­ ting — you guessed it — a Soviet w restler. A ll in all a very successful act w ith th e crow d w ho w ould no d o u b t agree w ith the philosophy: W hen in d o u b t, tell jo k es a b o u t drugs.

A d u o . A1 & G eorge, follow ­

ed exclaim ing th a t they w anted each to be a star. H aving w ork­ ed o u t o f th e T o ro n to Y uk Y u k ’s fo r alm ost a year an d a h alf, A1 & G eorge are a highly original act com bining m usic a n d sharp h u m o u r to create songs such as “ H u rry u p and die G eorge B urns” a n d the “ Elvis W o rk o u t” .,W ith G eorge grinning m aniacally and playing a m ean “ one c h o rd ” gu itar and A l’s d e ad p an looks, these tw o are a team to reckon w ith.

P a t B ullard, the featu red act, is an established an d clearly ex­ perienced p erfo rm er. H is rela­ tionship w ith the audience was friendly an d relaxed; he feels th a t “ as soon as a com edian w alks on stage, the audience can tell if he’s going to bom b or do w ell.” B ullard has had m any o p p o rtu n itie s'to test this theory, in his fo u r years o f perform ing he has been on num erous televi­ sion shows an d has opened for acts such as A sia, L ou Rawls an d P au l A n k a, the latter per­ fo rm an ce b efore an audience o f 5 000 people. C urrently w riting fo r tw o C BC radio shows, B ullard plans a m ove to Los Angeles in the near future. This w ould m ean a bigger audience an d hopefully even greater suc­ cess.

D espite the difficulties with s e a tin g a n d te m p e ra m e n ta l sou n d equipm ent, the evening was successful in proving th at people, even though they m ay be very d ifferen t, can always fin d a jo k e to share.

every good boy

by M ario E m o n d I f a line exists betw een sanity an d insanity the Soviets are not the ones to draw it. In T om S to p p a rd ’s p lay, Every. G o o d B o y D eserves F avour, the p er­ vasive d isto rtio n o f justice an d tru th by S oviet a u th o ritie s m akes m adness com m onplace; in this society it is th e sane who are locked up.

In th e Soviet U n io n , th e play suggests, justice an d tru th are n o t socially d raw n b u t are deter­ m ined by the au th o rities. T he institu tio n s an d the people who ru n them are alw ays right, w hereas those w ho d are con­ trad ic t them are alw ays, in this case, insane. T he desire for tru th an d justice is n o t a sign o f social an d m ental h ealth but becom es a sym ptom o f psychic disorder.

A lexander (Scot B ishop) — a character inspired by V ictor B ukovsky, a Soviet scientist w ho was actually im prisoned in the U SSR fo r his scientific research — is com m itted to an asylum because o f his belief in tru th a n d justice. In w anting to in fo rm the public o f the im ­ priso n m en t o f fellow dissidents in asylum s, w here they are m istreated, he is him self locked

u p with the insane. O nce there, he is diagnosed as schizophrenic an d is given little red pills (com ­ m unist dogm as?) to help cure his ailm ents.

In the asy lu m /p riso n Alex­ an d er m ust share his w ard /cell w ith a real m ad m an . O r is he really m ad? T he a p p aren t ail­ m ent o f Ivanov (Jo h n P erring), is m anifested by his hearing a five piece orchestra at his bed­ side. T h e d o c to r (R ic h a rd B auer) who exam ines him says he is inventing this m usic an d is th erefore a lunatic. N ow for the twist: this sam e d o cto r actually sits in w ith the bedside o r­ chestra! W ho th en is really m ad you m ight w onder? A lexander, th e p o e t a n d tru th -se e k e r?

I v a n o v , th e b r a i n w a s h e d lunatic? O r the d o cto r w ho d is to rts tr u th a n d re a lity ?

T he m adness diagnosed by this deluded m edical au th o rity is actually a p rojection o f his ow n m ental disorders. A n d on a l a r g e r s c a l e , a l l S o v ie t au th o rities institutionalize their m adness. T he public institu­ tions represented in this play — the health, educational, m ilitary an d artistic institutions — are perverted by C om m unist irra ­ tionalities; instead o f serving the people they oppress them .

T he play, jo in tly produced by P lay ers’ T h eatre an d C ensorw atch, a ch aritable organization e s ta b lis h e d a t M c G ill to m o n ito r censorship o f the arts and professions, takes u p the fig h t o f a w o rth y cause fr e e dom .

H ow ever the perfo rm an ce last w eek, although it gave rise to som e strong m om ents, was generally flat. In the strong scenes, characters such as A lex­ an d er’s fru strated son (A lan M ozes) and the crazy Ivanov, w ho p u t in a good im itation o f M arty F eldm an’s leering eyes, gave convincing p o rtray als o f the effects o f the m adness upon them . O therw ise, the dialogue o f the o th er characters, accom ­ panied by A n d ré Previns m usic, do n o t clim b to the feverish pitch one w ould expect from such a socially condem ning play.

If S to p p a rd ’s satire is at times enjoyable, m uch o f it is second­ h an d an d superficial. The result is th at we do n o t sufficiently feel o r see the m adness o f the au th o rities o r the suffering o f their victim s. T he com plex and controversial issues o f Soviet censorship an d oppression are given neither the insight n o r the treatm en t they require.

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e n te r ta in m e n t B lu e C .P . T h r ills M c G ill S a tu rd a y

by Stephen H u m , with special T ribune co rresp o n d ents Steam y brass an d elegant dress tr a n s f o r m e d th e p a la tia l U n io n b allro o m in to the C o tto n C lub on S atu rd ay night. T he young, the a ttra c ­ tiv e , th e e lig ib le w e re o u t in fashionable droves to p arta k e in a to r­ rid dance m a ra th o n set to the m erry m usic o f the B lue C urrent Preserve Sw ­ ing Band.

D esigned as a close to M cG ill W inter C arnival W eek, the “ Big T h rill” becam e a jazz revivalists’ m eeting.

Sassy selections such as “ T uxedo June-: tio n ” an d “ In T he M o o d ” , big w hen C allow ay was king and E llington duke, w on the M cG ill audience over to the B C P Sw ing B and.

T he evening began inauspiciously as th e d ap p er th ro n g huddled by the sidelines sip p in g g in to n ics a n d L a b a tt’s, conceding the dance flo o r to a c o te r ie o f s w e a te r-c la d B C P groupies. T h e sultry rhythm s o f swing seem ed to intim idate a generation w eaned o n the free fo rm gyrations o f such neo-disco p h enom ena as U ltravox an d F rankie G oes to H o llyw o o d .

B ut as the tem po w ent up, the pyrotechnics m oved dow n from the stro b e lights a n d into the sw eaty m ass o f sav o ir-faire below , bu rn in g dow n th e house.

A n d th e b a n d is e v e ry th in g .

E stablished a few years back, B C P is an energetic seven-m an ensem ble w ith enough show -biz savvy to play up its u n m is ta k a b le n a tu r a l a d v a n ta g e s, nam ely a big b an d sound excavated fro m jazz age digs and a fro n t m an called T obias on ten o r sax. Based in O ttaw a, B C P has attain ed the status o f a civic cult.

W hether set on the stage o f a sm oky jazz b ar o r in the confines o f a frenetic high school p ro m , B C P offers a n exhilirating blend o f jazz, blues an d sw­ ing whic pays trib u te to such legends as E llington, Basie, G lenn M iller and Jam es B row n.

T he b an d also serves up m ore th an ad eq u ate covers o f m aterial from C redence C learw ater Revival, P au l Sim on, a n d G ino V anelli classics.

A t its vertiginous best, a night w ith B C P is a revelatory experience which has a ra p tu re d crow d crying o u t fo r m ore o f the good w ord by evening’s end. Such was the case as the “ Big T h rill” un fo ld ed as it should on S atu r­ day night.

B C P had to w ork h ard th o ugh. As the evening began, it seem ed to the Tribune the operative m o tto w ith the shiny crow d was n o t “ R elaxin’ A t C am arillo ” or doing the “ B ongo B op” , b u t ra th e r “ See an d be Seen” .

Billed as a night o f swing, the “ Big T h rill” th reaten ed to peter o u t in to a

dim ly lighted cocktail soiree w ith sar­ torially splendid socialites gossiping in hushed tones, while casting a nervous glance aro u n d the b allroom in search o f T ony Schnurm acher.

T he first set saw the dance flo o r re­ m ain a cavernous paradise fo r B C P ’s hard co re as th e m ajo rity shied aw ay fro m swing. T he b a n d ’s spirits seemed som ew hat dam pened by this as they m oved routinely th ro u g h the set.

Ironically it was th e filler m usic, courtesy o f tracks fro m g roups like G eneral P u b lic, betw een sets th a t began to lure people fro m the b a r to the dance floor. H appily, they stayed to get acqu ain ted w ith B C P .

A ra p p o rt w as quickly established as the b an d belted o u t tried an d tru e b a rn ­ burners like “ P ennsylvania 6 /5 0 0 0 ” .

T he dance flo o r expanded in to a sw eltering sea o f B row nian M otion w rit large, an d the crow d w as in flight by th e tim e B C P b ro u g h t the “ T hrill” to a close an d the house dow n with “ B irdland” . By p o p u lar d em and the b an d cam e back fo r tw o encores and left the stage w ith pleas fo r a th ird ring­ ing in th eir ears. “ O h w ow, they’re so fan ta stic !” en­ thused a groupie, expressing B C P ’s charm eloquently if n o t articulately.

In th e end, it was as h o t as a N ight in T unis. T e n o r sax o p h o n ist T o bias declared, “ W e’ll see you s o o n .”

an n am v S H A PPY HOUR 4 p.m.-7 p.m.

by P au l S henher Endless P arty ? T here was an a tte m p t to achieve this m ythic state o n F riday night in the U n io n B allroom . T he ef­ fo rt was m ade by tw o b ands: Body E lectric an d T eenage H ead .

F rid ay ’s show started w ith th e ap ­ p earance on stage o f th e M cG ill W inter C arnival King an d Q ueen. D ressed in Scottish sw eaters a n d plaid kilts, they m anaged goo d Scottish accents an d in­ tro d u ced B ody E lectric.

B ody Electric opened their set w ith a n u m b er called “ T w isted” . T his was a p leasan t d itty explaining how the c h a r a c t e r e n g a g e s in a b n o r m a l b ehaviour a ro u n d b eau tifu l, young w om en. It was n o t an encouraging sign. O ther songs did little to redeem the b a n d ’s lyrical abilities. O ne cut contained the th e follow ing b it o f w isdom : The m ore things change / th e m ore they sta y th e sam e. / The m ore I loo k, / th e less I can ex­ plain.

Still an o th er song h a d th e boy explain­ ing to his girl th e follow ing insight: Y ou can ’t ta ke it w ith y o u , / so w hat y o u sa v in ’ it fo r ?

T o be fair, n o one ever claim ed th a t a P ulitzer prize was needed to w rite p o p lyrics. Still, B ody E lectric cam e across as A .M . radio p hilosophers trying to so u n d im p o rta n t.

B ody E lectric was b etter m usically.

T he m em bers o f th e b a n d are obvious­ ly talented m usicians. T his is n o t su r­ prising since th e m em bers o f Body E lectric are fro m T ro o p e r an d S traight

Lines. H ow ever, the talen t th a t the b a n d does have is lost because o f a n ex­ trem ely com m ercial sound. B ody Elec­ tric ’s so u n d was basically a p o o r syn­ thesis o f L overboy an d the C ars. B ody E lectric d e m o n strated th a t talen t alone does n o t m ake good p o p m usic. This was pain fu lly clear w hen the ban d played a cover version o f the 1964 M an fred M an n classic “ D o W ah D idee” . T h e a ttem p t at up d atin g the song was technically perfect b u t so u n d ­ ed h o rrib le . T h e b a n d h a d no substance.

A fter th e dull perfo rm an ce o f B ody E lectric th e crow d was beginning to th in k th a t it had bo u g h t tickets fo r an endless m o n o to n y rath er th an an endless p arty . M ost people were now w aiting fo r Teenage H ead . They voiced this desire by yelling, “ Give us Teenage H e a d .”

Teenage H ead to o k th eir place on th e d ark en ed stage wile recorded bagpipe m usic filled the B allroom .

T his Scottish m usic was accom panied by a lecture on the U nion o f the C row ns. W h at the p u rpose o f this was is n o t clear b u t m ost were sim ply glad th a t T eenage H ead arrived.

W hen th e bagpipe m usic finished, T eenage H ead ripped into a scorching version o f “ W ild O ne” . T he crow d w ent wild. D ozens o f norm ally placid M cG ill stu d ents began th rashing wildly in fro n t o f th e stage. Beer was flying everyw here. T he endless p arty was be­ ing rein stated in a forceful m anner; Teenage H ead kept up the fran tic pace th ro u g h o u t the show.

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F ro m U n d e r T h e B le a c h e rs

By F ra n k Y oung O ne chilly N ovem ber night tw o years ago, a group of" young m en m et in the darkness o f D oug P u b to fo rm a new

sports franchise. Since no one ow ned p ro p er hockey equipm ent, it was decid­ ed th a t b ro o m b all w ould be the vehicle

fo r their sporting prow ess. “ B room ball” , said one o f the young m en, “ W h at is b ro o m b a ll? ”

M c G ill T ie s C h ic o u tim i

by H arry G uy A lain R o b ich au d ’s goal w ith only 39 seconds rem aining lifted the M cG ill R edm en to a 5-5 tie w ith the first place C hicoutim i Inuks on S atu rd ay night.

R o b ich au d ’s goal, his second o f the night, cam e w ith (be M cG ill n et em pty as C oach Ken T yler w ent w ith th e extra attack er in a desperate e ffo rt to salvage a point.

T he first p eriod o f the gam e saw C hicoutim i in to tal co n tro l as they out-

shot M cG ill 20-6. G oalie Stéphane F o r­ tin k ept the R edm en close how ever, as he stopped Inuks shooters tim e and again. C hicoutim i was actually lucky to be leading 1-0 at the interm ission, as M cG ill’s M ike Bean rifled a shot o ff th e cro ssb ar w ith only 20 Seconds re­ m aining in the period.

A lth o u g h M cGill cam e o u t strongly in th e m iddle period, C hicoutim i went ah ead 2-0 o n a goal by the dangerous D aniel L arouche. M cG ill’s h ard w ork

B e h in d T h e H a b s

by R ichard H eft A t 7:00 p .m ., an h o u r b efo re the gam e I enter th e M o n treal F o ru m . It is a S atu rd ay night an d this building feels like a holy place. O f course it is a holy place — hom e to Tes C an ad ien s’. The players are gods to m any w ho will be here to n ig h t, as they w ere to m e w hen I was grow ing up in this city.

B ut tonig h t I will have a new perspective, on the team . T h ro u g h m uch effo rt, an d countless telephone calls, I have finally acquired a press pass fo r to n ig h t’s gam e again st the lowly New Jersey Devils. In fact, I am actually n o t concerned w ith w ho the C anadiens will be playing: I’m here to get an insider’s view o f th e gam e w hich has captivated m e ever since I can rem em ber.

As a youngster m y fav o u rite player was Yvon C o u rn o y er “ T h e R o ad ru n n er” , a stocky spark p lu g o f a player w ith fan tatic quickness an d the ability to sh o o t left- o r rig h t-h an d ed in order to confuse the o p posing goaltenders.

T he up an d com ers a t th a t tim e were m en like L arry R obin so n , Bob G ainey an d Steve S h u tt. T hese guys are now either veterans o r they have retired. O f course there is plenty o f young talen t o n the club, b u t now th a t I ’m older th a n these youngsters the m ystique is largely gone.

I am given m y special pass, an d the seem ingly derelict old m en a t th e en­ tran ce direct m e to the press room w hich is located at th e to p level o f the F o ru m . B efore going u p stairs, I walk th ro u g h the garage a rea w here th e , Z am b o n i is k ep t, an d o u t to ice level to w atch the players w arm up.

A t a b o u t 7:20 I h ead u p to th e press ro om . T here is a b u ffet fo r all m em bers o f th e press an d a b o o k let is available giving a p leth o ra o f statistics on the C anadiens.

These stats are the sorts o f things

th a t end u p as filler in m ost sports a r­ ticles an d som e o f them are rath er obscure. F o r exam ple, “ T he C A N A ­ D IE N S w ere 8-7-8 w hen they scored 3 goals or m ore in a gam e during 1984,” o r “ T om K urvers has scored»6 o f his 7 goals on the ro a d this seaso n .”

In th e press ro o m there are a b o u t 20 jo u rn a lists b u t only tw o th a t I recognized: R ed Fisher o f T he G azette an d R on R eusch o f CBC Sports. A fter indulging in the spéciliatés de la m aison (tw o h o t dogs and a coke), I decide to in tro d u ce m yself to these distinguished personalities. W e are soon jo in ed by M cG ill a lu m n u s D ick Irv in , th e ebullient play-by-play m an o f H ockey N ight in C an ad a. The conversation centers a ro u n d Irvin a n d Fisher w ho talk a b o u t th eir upcom ing ro a d trip to V ancouver w ith the C anadiens, an d the M o n treal celebrity sports b an q u et, to w hich F isher jokingly says he passed u p because he co u ld n ’t get a free ticket.

Irvin leaves a fte r ten m inutes to p rep are fo r the b ro ad cast, an d I decide to see w here the jo u rn alists will be observing th e gam e from . A s I’m leav­ ing I see th e form er C anadiens great T oe Blake. H e is seated an d very busy counting a stack o f lo ttery tickets he h ad p urchased earlier in the day. I d id n ’t in te rru p t him .

T h e press box is a perch a t the to p o f th e F o ru m w hich overlooks the action.

F ro m this sp ot you can n o t see the faces o f the players because you are too far from the gam e, how ever it is an ideal location fo r how the plays develop.

‘B o nhom m e’ o f the Q uébec carnival drops the opening faceo ff an d the a t­ m osphere in the press box is surprising­ ly relaxed considering the jo u rn alists will have to subm it their stories w ithin a h a lf an h o u r a fte r to n ig h t’s g am e...

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The R edm en tied it up ju st 46 seconds later as D ave P retty outm uscled a C h ic o u tim i d e f e n d e r to fe e d R obich au d the puck in fro n t o f the In ­ uks goal.

D efencem an M ike B abcock p u t M cG ill ahead 3-2 barely three m inutes later on a nice set up by C ap tain Dave D ucharm e, w ho played an o th er strong gam e. A t 14:56 o f the period, B enoit L afleur was called on a delayed penal­ ty. A s the referee p u t his arm in the air to signal the penalty, C h icoutim i’s D aniel Lem ay unleashed a wicked drive from the to p o f the face-off circle th at beat the screened F o rtin , an d the period ended in a 3-3 deadlock.

T he R edm en cam e flying o u t o f the b lo c k s in th e th ir d as D a n ie l L am iran d e p u t the puck over the sp raw led In u k s g o a lte n d e r P ie rre D ionne w ith only 41 seconds gone.

M cGill co n trolled the play until the 6:40 m ark w hen the te a m ’s leading scorer D oug H a rriso n was called for an alleged b o ard in g penalty. I say “ alleg­ ed” because H a rriso n b ro k e no know n rules as he delivered a clean body check. A t any rate, C hicoutim i cashed in on the pow erplay o p p o rtu n ity as P au l G agné scored to tie up the score once again.

T he play see-sawed betw een the team s u n til M ark R eade’s erra n t pass was picked o ff at the R edm en blue line

by Jean -P ierre A llard w ho directed a shot tow ards the net th a t team m ate R ichard H élie deflected past F o rtin .

A ll seem ed lost fo r the R edm en until D ave P re tty , w ho was stationed at the side o f the net, fed R obichaud fo r the tying goal at 19:21.

T he tie com es on the heels o f a 4-2 win over the floundering C o n co rd ia Stingers. T he win gave M cGill the season series over the Stingers fo r the first tim e ever. T he R edm en were led

by G uy A rguin, w ho played his strongest gam e o f the year, an d M ark R eade. T he win w as unspectacular, b u t easy, as the Stingers played an in­ credibly flat gam e o f hockey.

T he R edm en now sp o rt a 8-4-1 record in conference play, an d have solidified their hold on second place.

M cGill trails C hicoutim i by 8 points, b u t has played 4 gam es less. N ext hom e gam e is on F eb ru ary 8th, as the O ttaw a G ee Gees will be the opposition fo r the red h o t Redm en.

S oon it was discovered th at only two o r three o f the student-athletes had ever played broom ball before. N o m at­ ter, these m en w anted to play this strange hybrid o f hockey and spring cleaning. A fter the sp o rt had been chosen, a nam e had to be picked. “ W e should nam e the team a fte r the p u b ” , cam e a suggestion th a t was greeted by unam im ous agreem ent.

N ow cam e th e h a rd p a rt, w hat was to be the te a m ’s nicknam e? H un d red s o f thousands o f m erchandising dollars were on the line, so great care h ad to be taken in choosing the nam e. A s so o ften happens,, the heavy h an d o f fate interceded, as the song “ Real E n o u g h ”

by D oug an d the Slugs cam e on the stereo. N o t a w ord was spoken, none were needed. The D oug P u b Slugs were now ready fo r action.

Like all first year franchises, the Slugs had their problem s on the ice.

This was due to the player’s lack o f ex­ perience an d their lack o f p ro p er shoes.

Still, the team was a hit with the fans, as every S unday hordes o f Sluggettes (the official fan club) cam e to cheer the Slugs on and to drink som e o f the free beer th a t was in co n stan t supply. T he Slugs ended the season w ith a perfect record o f 0-8. Scoring leader fo r th team was Kevin O ’Brien (1 goal -— 0 assists — 1 p oint), w ho declared free agency after the season an d was signed by the D ouglas H all team . Fans are still talking a b o u t the grace an d agility displayed by the Slug players as they m anaged to play the sport while on th eir backs. Like all great com petitors th o u g h , the Slug players kept getting back up. T hey proved th a t they d id n ’t know the m eaning o f the w ord futility.

L ast season, the slugs add ed a co-rec team stocked with m em bers o f the original team , a couple o f Sluggettes, an d som e truly outstan d in g first year students w ho had been m ercilessly recruited by m en ’s coach T ony G ray.

W hile the m en ’s team h ad a great year an d actually m ade the sem i-finals, it was the m ixed team w hich captured M cG ill’s im agination.

T he m ixed Slugs began the season by losing tw o in a row . T here were rum o u rs o f financial insolvency, as the attendance at hom e gam es was plum m e ttin g . A c tin g C o a c h D a v e M cGreevey called a team m eeting to clear the air. H e told the players th at the team w ould be rem aining the D oug P u b Slugs fo r a long tim e yet, as the ru m o u rs o f the team ’s sale to a consor­ tium o f investors th a t w ould m ove the team to D eto u r w ere ju s t th a t, ru m o u rs. H e to ld the team to merely play the best they could, and to have fun on the ice. M cG reevey th en played

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M cGill led fro m th e outset o f the gam e, hittin g the first 9 shots en rou te to a 21-9 advantage. E ven th o u g h the R edm en com m itted 16 perso n al fouls while the G aiters w ere only called for 2, M cG ill still led 29-14 a t the half.

C oach Ken S childroth attrib u tes the team ’s high num ber o f fouls an d tu r­ novers in the h a lf to the fact th a t the players w ere “ pressing to o m u ch ” . In the dressing room during the interval, Schildroth em phasized the need to force tu rn o vers and com m ît less fouls.

T he R edm en responded, forcing the G aiters to cough up the ball 10 tim es w hile only being called on fouls 3 tim es w hile cruising th ro u g h the second half.

A fte r regulation tim e in the title gam e, the score was deadlocked at 1-1.

O vertim e an d th en double overtim e was played, b u t neither the Slugs, nor their o p p o n ents (w hose nam e slips my m ind), could score. Finally, the re f called fo r a sh o o to u t. T he crow d was hushed. E ach team to o k the regulation five shots, b u t no one scored. T he sh o o to u t continued th ro u g h a tenth ro u n d w ith o ut a goal being produced.

In the eleventh ro u n d , goalie J.D . m ade w hat he has called “ the save o f m y life” to keep the Slugs in the m atch. C hris C u n ningham was chosen to tak e the shot fo r the Slugs. H e b roke tow ards the goalie and th en used one o f his p aten ted head fakes to deke him o u t. C u nningham m ade one m istake w ith the sh o t as he blasted it hom e. The D oug P u b Slugs h ad w on the cham ­ pionship o f the entire univers(ity), and

B le a c h continued from page 13 his tap e o f K nute R ockne giving the “ W in one for the G ip p er” speech. The Slug players were so fired up , they left the ro o m w hen th e tap e was still rew in­ ding.

T he rest is, as they say, history. The Slugs w on th e last six gam es o f the regular season by using a p a tie n t, but explosive offence, com bined w ith a h ard -h ittin g defence th a t consistently left opponen ts begging fo r m ercy. “ Slug P o w er” becam e the rallying cry in bars across this fair city as th e Slugs w on tw o play -o ff gam es to advance to the finals.

T he R edm en played w ithout injured guard C laude Briere an d forw ard P atrick A rsenault was rested fo r large po rtio n s o f the gam e due to illness.

W ith Briere o u t, th ird year guard O w en O fficer was pressed into full tim e actio n . O fficer responded w ith an o u tstanding effo rt, as he led M cG ill with 16 p o in ts. Bernie Rosanelli and François D ion chipped in 11 an d 10 points respectively. W ith B ishop’s big the w orld was once again safe for dem ocracy.

E P IL O G U E :M a n y m o n th s have passed since th a t u n fo rg ettab le day, but Slug fever still rages. P osters o f team m em bers have been sold o u t for m onths, while the Slug calender — com plete with pin-ups o f d ifferen t players — has been banned in this co untry due to the pose o f M arch ’s Slug o f the M o n th . A nd, o f course, w hat o f those cuddly stu ffed slugs th at kids everyw here love so m uch?

A lthough the on, and o ff ice, success o f the D oug P u b Slugs is an extrem e case, m any o ther in tram u ral team s have becom e “ m in i-d y n asties” . I w ould enjoy hearing ab o u t these, or any o th er team s. Subm issions should be a b o u t 75 w ords, an d should be bro u g h t to the T rib u n e office in R oom B-18 in the U nion Building fo r inclusion in fu tu re colum ns.

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m an Nick van H erk neutralized by the hustling M cG ill defence, the G aiters d id n ’t even m ake the gam e close. P o in ­ ting to the G aiters w oeful scoring stats (4 o f 24 in the first half). C oach S childroth m ade the u n d erstatem ent o f the week w hen he said th at M cGill was “ dom inating play a b it” .

B efore the R edm en gam e, the M cGill M artlets claim ed first place in the Q U A A w ith an easy 59-49 win against the B ishops’ L ady G aiters. T he M artlets now have a perfect 3-0 record in conference play an d are currently ranked n o .6 in C an ad a. A fte r a slowfirst half, w hich saw the M artlets gain a 4 p o int lead at the interm ission, the team pulled ahead early in the second an d then coasted to a ten p o in t victory.

M cGill was led by M irielle Belland as she pop p ed in 14 o f her 16 points in the second h a lf. H élène C ow an h ad an o th er great gam e, as she scored a gam e high 18 points while grabbing 12 reb ounds. C ow an was nam ed Q U A A Fem ale A thlete o f the W eek fo r her o u tstanding perform ances in the first tw o M artlet vitories where she pro d u c­ ed 29 points an d 24 reb o u n d s, and seems to have becom e the do m in an t player in the league.

T he R edm en an d the M artlets next see action to n ig h t (the 29th) w hen they travel west on S herbrooke street to m eet the C o n co rd ia Stingers. T ip -o ff tim e fo r the M artlets is 6:30 p .m ., while the R edm en play at 8:30 p.m .

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Nominations must be signed by at least 75 members of the McGill Students’ Society along with their year and faculty.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS Candidates must be members of the McGill Students’ Society and must be registered at McGill University as full-time students in good standing following the normal load of courses per year. Nominations must be signed by at least 75 members of the McGill Students’ Society together with their year and faculty.

SENATE Candidates must be members of the McGill Students; Society and: 1. be students in good standing who are registered full-time for a degree or diploma and have satisfied conditions for promotion in their previous year of studies,

or 2. be students in good standing who have satisfied conditions for promotion in the previous year of studies and who are registered in a degree of diploma program, but who are perm itted by Faculty to undertake a limited program ,

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3. be students in good standing who are registered full-time or in a limited program for a degree or diploma, and who are repeating a year for reasons other than academic failure.

Nominations must be signed by at least 50 members of the McGill Students’ Society who are in the same faculty as the prospective candidate together with their year and faculty, or by 25% of the student enrolment in the faculty together with their year and faculty, whichever is the lesser of the two.

N.B. Students in Continuing Education are NOT members of the Students’ Society.

OFFICIAL NOMINATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE STUDENTS’ SOCIETY GENERAL OFFICE, ROOM 105, 3480 McTAVISH STREET. ALL NOMINATION FORMS MUST HAVE THE CANDIDATE’S SIGNATURE TOGETHER WITH HIS YEAR AND FACULTY, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER. •CANDIDATES MAY RUN FOR ONE POSITION IN EACH OF THE THREE CATEGORIES PROVIDED SEPARATE NOMINATION PAPERS ARE HANDED IN FOR EACH POSITION. A PEN SKETCH OF 100 WORDS OR LESS AND A PHOTO OF THE NOMINEE MUST BE HANDED IN WITH THE NOMINATION. ALL NOMINATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE STUDENTS’ SOCIETY GENERAL OFFICE IN THE STUDENTS’ UNION NO LATER THAN: 16h30FRIDAY 8 FEBRUARY c/o LESLIE COPELAND, Secretary

DORIS RONCA Chief Returning Officer