The McGill Tribune Vol. 04 Issue 22 by The Tribune

Volume 4, Number 22

Published by the Students’ Society of McGill University

Tuesday 26 March 1985

DU Shines at RMC by John Moot The McGill Debating Union turned in another strong perfor mance at the Royal Military col lege In v ita tio n a l D eb a tin g Tournament held March 15-17 in Kingston. McGill sent three teams to the tournament, which is perhaps the most prestigious on the Canadian circuit aside from M cGill’s own Winter Carnival tournament. T h e te a m o f L in d s e y S la u g h t e r and G opal Sreenivasan placed second, los ing a closely-fought final to Harvard, the McGill team had to argue the Government side o f the resolution “ Be it resolved that all that’s yours is mine and all mine yours.” They inter preted the resolution such that they had to argue in favour o f Canada-U.S. free trade — All college debates involve wacky interpretations).

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Beleaguered ASUS Fights Back by Gopal Sreenivasan The McGill Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) has been in the spotlight a fair bit o f late, what with their elec tions and all. However, not all o f the light has been favourable. A Daily article last week claimed that A SU S events are marked by a lack o f student in terest and enthusiasm. The arti cle generally portrayed the A SU S as an inept organization which does very little at all. There has also been some discussion on campus that the A SU S has been plagued by dif ficulties at the VP (Finance) position, which is the number two position at the ASU S after the President. Apparently, this year’s V P (F in a h ce), Ben Mikula, didn’t work very hard: he missed meetings and general ly did the bare minimum re quired. The ASU S made an un successful attempt earlier this year to impeach him. In an interview with the Tribune, outgoing A SU S presi dent Jack Vincelli responded to some o f the questions hanging over the A SU S. Contrary to Daily belief, Vincelli charged, the A SU S is very much involved in com bat ting student apathy. “ A SU S does a pretty good job o f arous ing student interest,” he said. “ I think we had a good year this year. A lot o f people put a lot o f work into events this year.” When asked what the ASUS

accom plished this year, Vincelli m entioned the co-sponsorship o f W elcome Week and o f Winter Carnival, the funding and supervision o f 32 depart mental associations, the fun ding o f 15 student journals, and th e sp o n s o r s h ip o f g u est sp e a k e r s su c h as R o b ert Bourassa, Billy Hays, and Peter N ew m an .' Vincelli said that when the Daily reporter had asked him the question, he had been “ o ff guard” and very tired because he had been working late on the Grad Ball. Consequently, the impression was created that the couldn’t name very many things that the ASU S had done. With respect to student in terest, Vincelli suggested that it isn’t fair to compare the level o f interest and involvement in the Arts and Science faculties with th at o f fa c u lties such as Management o f Engineering. T h o se fa c u ltie s are m uch smaller and their students have som ething very particular in c o m m o n , V in celli argu ed . A SU S is the largest faculty group on campus, he continued, and it is much more diverse than other faculty groups. “ What does an art history major have in com m on with a biochemistry student?” he asked rhetorically. Vincelli said that this lack o f cohesion is just a fact and isn’t anybody’s fault. V incelli was cau tiou s in responding to questions about the difficulties with the VP

Sreenivasan explained that they had wanted to argue a case in favour o f the redistribution o f income, but that they had refrained because that case had been already used in the final at the World Championships, held here at McGill. Although the audience was hostile to the free trade proposi tion, McGill managed to keep the audience vote close (Har vard 83, McGill 67). McGill lost the judges panel 3-2. Individually, McGill also did very well. Matthew Mendelsohn was the third place speaker and Bruce M orrison placed tenth. Mendelsohn and M orrison also place fifth as a team. In previous tournaments this term, M cGill’s team o f Suzanne Mehmet and Mark Warner placed second at Dalhousie and M en d elsoh n and L aw rence Zuckeer won a tournament at Concordia.

(Finance). He admitted that there had been problems, but declined to be specific on the record. He attributed the difficulties in part to an internal power struggle in the A SU S over the past few years involving the Alpha Delta Phi (A D ) fraterni ty. Quite a few A D s have been involved in the ASUS in the past, Vincelli explained, and the A D s have com e to view the A SU S as “ theirs to run” . Last year’s VP (Finance), Peter H offm an, was an A D , Vincelli said. And although he “ worked very hard” and “ did a good jo b ” , he was obstructive at times and tried to run things his own way, Vincelli com mented. — The current VP (Finance),

Mikula, is also an A D . Vincelli suggested that the difficulties this year stemmed from at tempts by the A D faction in the ASUS to exert their influence. However, he wanted to play down the extent o f the problem. All the work was done anyhow he said. Next year for the first time there will be no A D s at all on the A SU S executive, Vincelli observed. Although three ADs stood for election, none o f them were elected. Similar problems should therefore not arise next year according to Vincelli. Said Vincelli: “ There’s a good council in place for next year. They’re all experienced and have already started to w ork and to fa m ilia r iz e themselves with their jo b s.”

by Adeeb Khalid

The Students’ Council met in a Special session last Thursday to discuss the restructuring o f the Program Board. The matter had been held up from last week’s regular meeting. Tabled were two proposals for the new terms o f reference o f the Board. The StudSoc ex ecutive called for the replace ment o f the position o f over-all chairman by six independent Chairmen directly responsible to StudSoc V .P. (Internal). Yat K. Lo, the mover o f the pro posal, hoped this decentraliza tion would promote healthy com petition among the com m it tees and result in better services. Drew Young o f the Program Board came to the meeting to present an alternative set o f pro posals since he “ found the ex ecutive proposals unrealistic” . His version preserved, to a great extent, the status quo, since in fairs Director o f the Medical his opinion, this year’s Board Research Council will all be pre has been very successful and sent. there is no reason to tamper Each Council will be given an with its structure. opportunity to speak and, In order to better discuss the follow ing, there will be an open matter, the meeting dissolved question period during which itself into a Com m ittee o f the the audience may address the whole for half an hour o f pro representatives. found deliberations. The W orkshop will take place G in n y B arton w on d ered at Thom pson H ouse, the Post- whether the executive proposals G ra d u a te C en ter at 3650 would not strengthen the Stud McTavish Street (north o f Dr. Soc vis-à-vis the Board. “ It Penfield). For this special event looks pretty bureaucratic to the H ouse will be open to all m e,” she said. Andrew Dia members o f the McGill com m ond doubted that the competicontinued on page 10 munity;________________________

PGSS Funding Workshop Wednesday March 27th, 1985 R 8:00 pm the Post-Graduate Students’ Society is presenting a F u n d in g W o r k s h o p w ith representatives from the three major Research Councils. Dr. G .M . M acNabb, Presi dent o f the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council o f Canada (NSERC), Heather S t e e le , D ir e c t o r o f th e Fellowships Division o f the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSH RC), D r. E va K u sh n e r , V ic e President o f SSHRC, and Dr. Francis Rolleston, Public A f-

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Friday, March 29, 1985 • Christian Fellowship — presenting

STUDENTS’ SOCIETY FUNDED GROUPS Tuesday, March 26, 1985 • Gert’s — get into the jazzy, afro & latin fusion sound o f the “ D on Alias Group” ; tonight & tomorrow; 9:00 p.m .; FREE ADM ISSIO N! • The Alley — Take a Break!! Come on down & enjoy the sm ooth cool taste o f our imported draft. The A lley... a touch o f class. • Campus — Join the fun o f improvisational soap opera; every Tues day 5:15-6:15 in Players’ Theatre; ad mission $1.00

Wednesday, March 27, 1985 • Program Board & Women’s Union — Present Dr. Henry Morgenthaler “ A bortion T oday” ; L132; 7:30 p.m .; tickets at Sadie’s I & II; $2.00 students, $4.00 public, limit 2 tickets per person! • Players’ Theatre — Exciting perfor mances com ing soon! ! Keep in touch.

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• Gert’s — Last chance to catch the tunes o f the “ D on Alias Group” ; 9:00 p.m .; FREE ADM ISSIO N.

• The Alley — Special performance by “ Michael Lauke” ; classical guitarist; 9:00 p.m .; FREE ADM ISSIO N.

OTHER CAMPUS GROUPS Tuesday, March 26, 1985 Arab Students’ Society — presents a lecture by Ralph Schoenm an on “ Israel’s Sacred Terrorism” at L26; 7:30 p.m .; students $1.00; public $2.00

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Wednesday, March 27, 1985

• The Alley — M ove with the tunes and sounds o f “ Dave Johanns” play ing jazz & popular music; 9:00 p.m .; FREE ADM ISSIO N.

• McGill Outing Club — presents a slide show on “ Mt. McKinley” at L26; 8:00 p.m .; Tickets at door $1.00 students — $3.00 public. • Post Grad. Students’ Society — Info on 3 m ajor Research C ou n cils, F e llo w s h ip s & P o st-D o c to r a l Fellowships; 8:00 p.m . at Thomson H ouse, 3650 McTavish (Graduate Cen tre); FREE ADM ISSIO N.

Friday, March 29, 1985 Gert’s — join “ John Harracks and the Sundance Troupe” for your entertain ment; 1:00-3:00 p.m .; FREE A D M IS SION.

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“ End o f Year Sing-a-Long, Food & Fellowship” ; 7:30 p.m .; Pauline’s 4530 Bourbonnière, n°3 (near Pie IX Métro); for more info, call 933-0064. • McGill Poetry Society — presenting a series o f readings by McGill students and staff; James Jeruis; Alistair Highet and Howard Lessler at The Alley; 8 p.m .; 3480 McTavish; FREE AD M IS SION. Sunday, March 31st

• Presbyterian/United Church Cam pus Ministry — W orship Service at 10:30 a.m . (follow ed by brunch), S t.M a rth a ’s-in -th e-B asem en t, 3521 University; all welcome; for more in form ation, 392-5890.

Monday, April 1st • Presbyterian/United Church Cam pus Ministry — Drop-in with Chris Ferguson 10:00 a.m . — 12:00 noon, Newman Centre, 3484 Peel, 392-5890. • Brown Bag Bible Study with Chris F e r g u s o n , P r e s b y t e r ia n /U n it e d Church Campus Chaplain, 12:00 noon at the Newman Centre, 3484 Peel (392-5890).____________________________

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It’s your chance to bring all the best entertainment and speakers to McGill next year! A P P L IC A T IO N S A R E B E IN G C A L L E D F O R T H E F O L L O W IN G P R O G R A M B O A R D P O S IT IO N S : Chairman of Concerts Committee Chairman of the Welcome Week Committee The student holding this position shall organize concerts, dances, arid comedy events.

Chairman of Speakers Committee The Chairman of Speakers Committee shall organize activities such as guest speakers, daytime lecture series, seminars and conferences.

Chairman of Performing Arts Committee The student holding this position shall organize events such as classical concerts, dance per formances and theatrical shows.

Chairman of Alternative Programs Committee The Chairman shall organize activities such as games, contests, and tournaments plus events which do not fall under the purview of the three chairmen above. Special emphasis will be placed on day-time events. Note:

All of the above positions are considered voluntary. Joint applications will be entertamed from not more than 2 persons for any one position.

The Welcome Week Chairman will chair a large committee of event co-ordinators. He/she will ensure that all activities planned for Welcome Week are properly organized and en courage maximum participation by McGill students, especially those students attending McGill for the first time.

Chairman of Winter Carnival Committee The student holding this position will be in charge of organizing the six festival days in February 1986. Creative ideas for new Carnival events w ill be encouraged. As with the Welcome Week, the Carnival Chairman will oversee a large committee of event co-ordinators.

Committee Membership Enthusiastic and hardworking students are needed to assist the six chairmen in the organizing of these individual respective programs. Experienced students are required to fulfill the role of Vice-Chairman (Finance) and Vice-Chairman (Publicity) for each of the six committees. Com mittee members will be selected by the respective chairmen.

Deadline is no later than Thursday March 28th 1985 at 4:30 pm General application forms are available at the Students' Society General Office, Union 105,3480 McTavish St., at Sadie’s ll in McConnell Engineering, and in Chancellor Day Hall at the SAO and LSA Offices. Completed applications must be submitted to Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary. Students’ Society Office. vat K. Lo Chairman - Nominating Committee

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Morgenthaler To Speak At McGill by McGill Program Board Dr. Henry M orgentaler’s de fian t p u b lic stan ce on a wom an’s right to an abortion has provoked passionate debate on one o f the m ost important and heartfelt issues today. Morgentaler will give a lecture entitled “ A bortion T oday” at McGill on W ednesday, March 27 at 7:30 pm in Leacock 132. His career has been long and controversial. Morgentaler was born in Lodz, Poland in 1923 where he did his primary and secondary schooling. After be ing imprisoned in Auschwitz and Dachau Prison Camps for 5 years, Morgentaler went to Ger many and Belgium where he did his Medical studies and in 1953 he graduated in M edicine from the Université de Montréal. After doing research for one year at McGill and a residency at Queen Mary Hospital he

started General Practice in Eastend Montreal. It was in 1968 that Morgen taler established his first Abor tion clinic in Montreal and was subsequently tried in 1973 on charges o f illegal abortion. He was acquited by the jury, but the Quebec Court o f Appeal substituted a guilty verdict for that acquittal, a decision that was upheld by the Supreme Court o f Canada, and Morgen taler was sentenced to an eighteen-month jail sentence o f which he served ten months. H e went to trial again in 1975 on the same charges and was again acquitted by the jury. As a result o f Morgentaler’s trials, in 1975 the H ouse o f Com m ons passed the Morgentaler Am end ment which removed the right o f an appeal court to substitute a guilty verdict for a jury’s ac quittal. In 1976, Morgentaler had a

re-trial on the first charge and was found not guilty once again by the jury. Most recently he was tried in Toronto in his fourth Abortion trial and the jury rendered the same decision. Dr. Morgentaler also has published a book called A bor tion and Contraception, in French and English and has r e c e iv e d num erous humanitarian awards from such groups as the National Abor tion Federation o f America, The National Abortion Rights A c tio n L ea g u e, A m erica n Humanist A ssociation, and The H u m a n ist A s s o c ia t io n o f Canada, and organization o f which he was president in 1972. A d m issio n is $ 2 .0 0 for McGill students with I.D . and $4.00 for the General Public. Tickets are on sale at Sadies I and II and there is a limit o f two tickets per person.

by Todd Kasenberg C heif C o-ord in ator, The Famine Relief Task Force After the cameras have left, the famine remains. Conditions that aroused widespread media attention and were noted as long ago as 1982 have become worse. Tw enty-four African countries, with a total popula tion o f 150 m ilion people, are still facing catastrophic food shortages due to a drought that is the worst ever recorded on the continent. At this tim e, 9 million people are facing starva tio n . T he crisis situ a tio n reported by Canadian jour nalists will continue at least another 8 to 10 m onths, when the next harvest will be made. C ontinuing emergency relief from all o f us is essential.

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Gibson’s Brave New ASUS by Michael Smart David Gibson sits back in his chair, a satisfied smile on his face. The smile is understan dable. Gibson has just been elected, by a decisive margin, President o f the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society. Gibson is particularly happy because he sees the victory as a chance to put into effect his ow n, new approach to improv ing student life at McGill. “ Unlike most candidates,” he says, “ I entered the race with a definite programme for next year.” Student politicians should do more than look after “ recrea tio n a l a c t iv it ie s ,” G ib so n believes. “ All aspects o f student life are im portant.” And he feels some aspects have been deficient in recent years. S tu d en t ap ath y concerns David Gibson. W hile he admits the phrase is a little hackneyed these days, he believes he has a new approach to the problem. “ I think it has a lot to do with the com m on perception o f the

Can’t you give beer away around here? L ast w eek ’s offer only produced four en tries, kind o f m akes you think everyone is rich. W ell at le a st one o f them w a s cor rect; h is nam e is F r e d M .S . O p p er, and th e answ er w a s PH ILLIPS SQUARE, y e s on S te. Catherine’s directly a cro ss th e street from the Bay. D o e sn ’t anybody go dow ntow n? T his w eek ’s p h oto is by far m uch easier. I will even go so far a s to say that it is on cam pus. M o st o f you probably w alk by it several tim es a day. P .S . P lea se pick up beer tic k e ts and subm it en tries to B 1 9 Student U nion Bldg.

C a n a d a is c o n tr ib u tin g significantly, but we can do more. Canada is able to give so much food aid support because we have a large surplus o f cereals. E x p e r tsh a v e pointed out that there is a world-wide surplus o f food — enough to supply every person with suffi cient caloric intake. It is, however, a matter on entitle ment; the rich nations, with 30% o f the world’s population, consum e more that 80% o f the w orld ’s resources. P olitica l jusifications for not supporting African relief should not sit well when we consider that 9 million people are facing death by star vation. C U R E (or C o lle g e and University Relief Effort) is a

current econom ic situation. W e’re too often in com petition here — for marks and for jobs. That feeling tends to atomise us. The universtiy is no longer a com m unity— it’s simply meant to w eed.” Changing that atmosphere will not happen overnight, Gib son admits. But he does see ways to make students more confident about their futures and more content with the university experience. * Gibson would first like to see student advising by students established in all departments in the faculties o f Arts and Science. “ Practically speaking, incoming students are not well advised.” Professors are too overwork ed to counsel on long-term p la n s , and c o n s e q u e n tly , students don’t know what to ex pect from their programmes. A lso, Gibson thinks, advising by senior students would com bat the sterility o f the average university education. “ It.would help students to interact on a continued on page 14

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The Liberal Opposition has often us ed the health o f the provincial econom y as a point o f contention with the Parti Québécois Government and on Tuesday last, Québec Liberal Party Leader Robert Bourassa brought his arguments to McGill. Speaking to an audience o f 150, the former Premier stated that government programs could no longer supply the necessary growth needed to combat unemployment and that a stronger private sector would be the only unreliable source o f new jobs. “ To encourage competitive free enterprise” , M. Bourassa argued, “ we must cut the size o f bureaucracy. Specifically, the speaker advocated selling the unprofitable steel and asbestos crown corporations while reducing the number o f régies in the province and the political attachés placed outside. When asked if cutbacks would affect education, M. Bourassa commented that there were certainly other areas to be slashed, noting the $10 million spent annually on Government publicity and the $65 m illion absorbed by Radio-

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Québec. M. Bourassa furthermore pro mised to respect the resolution made by the Liberal Spokesman for Education M. Claude Ryan which calls for a freeze on tuition fees. To assure that Québec would have ample revenue, the former Premier proposed greater hydro-electric sales to New York and New England, trade which last year earned Québec $388 million. Incidentally, the Levesque government, also conscious o f the potential increase in sales recently opened a Hydro-Quebec office in New York City to negotiate future deals with greater expediency. Competition is thus becoming quite keen between the two leaders as each wants to appear the champion o f hydro-electricity, the symbol o f Québec strength. M. Bourassa, however, can only compete as Leader o f the Opposition which is contingent upon winning a seat in the Assem bly. “ It’s not unusual for a , party leader to wait” , he declared. “ Levesque took seven years, Ryan, one. I’ve been out meeting the people, putting my house in order. I’m ready now, though, for an election.”

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ty Kavi uurvasuia M ost city dwellers will agree that bums are integral to urban life. They are characterized by their extremely loose clothing, overpowering breath and incom prehensible speech. Unlike the many students w ho fit this description as well, bums do not wear little round glasses, nor do they pay huge sums o f m oney for their rags. These fellow s can be seen wandering the streets, amiably requesting quarters from

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In the downtown area o f M ontreal, especially in the immediate vicinity o f the McGill campus, there is a group o f bums w ho are radically different from the stan dard hobos. In keeping with their surroundings, they carry an air o f ‘swank’ profes sionalism. N o doubt, like everyone else in Quebec, they are uninoized, under a name like ABC M , A ssociation des Bums du Centre-Ville de Montréal. When I first ran into one o f these fellow s, I was bewildered. H e wore, among other things, a car coat made o f fine suede, desginer jeans and a gold necklace. His hair was in style, all in place. As he spoke, I noticed the white, well-kept teeth. His opening line is standard. “ Excuse m e,” he said, “ do you speak any English?” W hen I said that I did, he continued, “ Thank God that som eone in ths infernal ci ty speaks E nglish.” H e then told me the story ’ it he was on a boat from the East headed toward Thunder Bay and he was stuv^ for a few days in M ontreal. This story, or one o f its many permutations, is the trademark o f the professional bums. S o, he continued, could 1 spare a few dollars to help him out. N o doubt, he wanted to call it a day soon and head to G ibby’s for dinner. I shrieked. I had been warned that Montreal is expensive; this, however, was ab surd. And why, I thought, did he want to go to Thunder Bay when the revenues from his jacket could get him a return ticket to Rome? Feeling underdressed for the occasion, I refused. H e insisted, adding that he w ould return the m oney to me by m ail. Partly because I was impressed by his acting and partly because I was born pidgeon, I gave in and handed him fifty cents. I then walked hom e in a daze and had bad dreams in which all the bums in the world to whom I had given a quarter were laughing at me while sipping martinis at Palm Beach. I have run into the same fellow several times, as well as a few o f his cronies. Some o f my friends have also had similar experiences. Yet, we keep giving them money. Perhaps it is the inherent com edy o f a hobo in Giorgio Arm ani’s clothing which makes us cough up whatever change we have. N ew York has bums who lay in front o f your car in the Bowery. Other cities have equally deplorable characters. Only Montreal has hobos who qualify as ‘chic’.

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Notes From All Over And Over by Stuart Aker It’s been about a m onth since I last shared my observations with, and vented my hostilities on the students o f this fine institution. The reasons for m y b r ie f “ s a b b a tic a l” in c lu d e everything from studying (which I ad mit must be done occasionally, but on ly as directed by your physical physi cian) to intoxication (which I leave to your personal discretion...and capaci ty). But fear not, I have not been com pletely idle during this period, and I have been diligently gathering inform a tion and notes from all over to include in a “ super colum n” . A m onth’s worth o f colum n. A colum n’s colum n. This column. First and forem ost, let me comment on the joys o f Spring Break. Can you remember back that far? The break was fabulous, it was great, it was still too short. What are the chances o f get ting a Study Month next year? W hy didn’t any o f the people seeking elec tions in the past few weeks use this as a platform? They would have won hands down. They also would have won the election. W ould any o f the winners like to set up a com m ittee, like the “ real” government does, to study the feasibili ty o f a Fall Semester break? W e need something to help us over the culture shock o f using our brains for the first

time in four m onths. A lcohol only works temporarily. A Fall Break would show immeasurable improvement, I guarantee it. Let me head the com m it tee. Y ou can reach me at my office in Gertrude’s Pub. If we had a m onth-long winter break, the weather would be nice and warm by the time it was over and we wouldn’t have to worry about that in evitable “ killer storm ” that always comes right after the present break. That always kills the Florida-thinnedblood in many o f the students here. Let’s stop this senseless wasting o f human life. Speaking o f Spring (writing o f Spr ing?), the weather is startng to be ter rific. This is agreat time o f year...for love-starved animals everywhere. It has a certain “ je ne sais quoi” about it. Actually, I do know but I’m not allow ed to tell. I can tell it’s Spring because I’m spending more time in Gert’s than I am at hom e. Beer has re-introduced itself to my liver and this is cause for celebra tion ...b oth for me, and for the employees at Gert’s. It’s gotten to the point where I just write in “ Gert’s” as my address on job applications. It’s a m a z in g h o w m a n y p o t e n t ia l employers understand this; there must be a lot o f us out there looking for

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work. Other signs o f Spring include the disappearance o f those awful ankle-toforehead coats. You no longer have to hear som eone’s voice to determine their sex. You can tell just by looking. And looking. And looking. This is follow ed by the resurgence o f skirts and mini-skirts around campus which o f course is accompanied by the resurgence o f smiles on male faces everywhere. Things are looking up, so to speak. Men must be careful, however, not to treat their necks as “ swivels” . This leads to the com m on springtime ailment known as “ skirtlash” , which can only be treated by a week spent in b ed ...alon e. Look, but don’t leer. The springtime elections came and went, without causing too much scan dalous rumours, and without causing too many students to take the trouble to vote. These people had better not complain about anything next year. On the other hand, it would be nice if all the candidates didn’t promise the same things. Variety is the spice o f life, after all. M aybe as previously suggested, the candidates should have promised to look into the more contentious issues like an m onth-long break. Then we probably would have had a 90 % tur nout at the polls, as opposed to ten. Congratulations are in order, though, to all who won. Let’s m ove to the media. A bout a m onth ago, we were all assaulted by the mini-series “ H ollyw ood W ives” . This was, without a doubt, the worst piece o f trash I have ever seen. It w asn’t even “ fun” trash. It was horri ble, smelly, awful, garbage. The “ acting” was abysmal, the “ writing” was ridiculous, the directing was amateurish, and the skin was old. A nybody who sat through this crossed over the line o f stupidity and into the category o f m asochism. Let’s face it, kids, they aren’t going to stop pro gramming this garbage until we stop watching it. If they ever decide to realease this, I’m gonna watch the “ Godzilla meets M oses” movie on the other channel. “ Beverly Hills C op” is the most over-rated m ovie o f the current season.

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Yes, it is funny. Yes, Eddy Murphy is good. Yes, the girl is great looking. N o, it is not the year’s best movie. N o, it is not the funniest movie I have ever seen. N o, it will not rest in my memory banks forever. Think about it: are car crashes, worn-out stereotypes, and violence that funny? N ot to this kid. Besides, the popcorn was stale. The Radio McGill Marathon for the Kidney Foundation o f Canada was a terrific success, as the previous success, as the previous high was easily passed. Thank you to all who organized, paricipated and donated. Special thanks are in order for Bertie Kish, as he stayed up and on the air for fifty consecutive hours, and helped us to raise three times the am ount that C on cordia’s radio station did. Staying up for fifty hours takes it toll on the brain, however, and this explains some o f the wierdness that was broadcast on Friday morning (i.e. the “ attack o f the ice martians” ). Thanks for a job well done Bertie. Bertie? Bertie? By the way, don’t bother requesting “ Shout” or “ D on’t You (forget about m e)” , at the station anymore. They were worn out, plain and simple, dur ing the “ all-request” marathon. I don’t know exactly how many times they were played, but I do know they were played TOO often. Let’s leave the “ overkilling” to the commercial radio stations. And finally, the celebratin’ and in ebriatin’ o f Old St. Patty’s Day has com e and gone for another year. This, for me, is a special time o f year as I get to see green people walking around, even when I’m sober. It’s a nice feel ing. N obody parties better than green people...nobody. W ell, those are my notes from all over. That is my m onth’s worth. I don’t foresee another long vacation so I will be in another issue before the end o f the semester. Perhaps I’ll do a se quel to the Christmas Exams article. That one got the best response, so my r e s p o n s e is to s e e k a n o t h e r resp on se...or som ething like that. Thank you for allowing me to vent and to share. Happy studies everybody.

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A Philosopher’s Corner Cut And Pasted by Leah Out Note: Due to a slight underabundance o f written copy, my superiors here at the Tribune turned to me, a mere pro duction lackey, for my trivial com m en tary on life. (Even so, I have a space re quirement to meet, I’m confined to twelve inches.) Newspapers are filthy. “ A h ,” you say, “ an ambiguous statem ent!” In deed this is true. N ot only is newsprint one o f the most grimy, annoying substances to have on your new pants, blank lecture notes (not to mention

your hands and subsequently your face), the business itself can sometimes get messy. It’s hard to conceal errors in a mere twelve to sixteen pages o f copy. Everything is laid out, bared before your eyes. D oes this just magically occur? “ N o !” I protest vehemently. The printed page doesn’t just leap together. (H opefully it doesn’t look that way either.) It’s hard to decide which sec tion should be glutted with ads each week. (Or whether there’s enough

A Message From The New Exec Com by James Green Mike Orr Luc Joli-Coeur

fair share o f funding (especially as 1985 is Year o f the Youth).

The dust from the elections has settl ed ... and as next year’s executive (James Green — President, M ike Orr — V .P . Internal, Luc Joli-Coeur — V .P. External) we want to ensure that the quality o f student life continues to improve at McGill. External affairs is an area that fun damentally affects students by way o f fees, quality o f education, financial aid etc. At Dalhousie University, the students came up with a novel idea to avoid tuition fee increases (by creating an endowment fund). This sort o f idea often comes from som eone in the University who is not politically active. If this person never tells his/her elected representatives o f the ideas, they will never be acted upon. We are convinced that if we make good recommenda tions to the Federal and Provincial governments they will give McGill its

There is no reason why McGill students can’t have the best entertain ment around. We need good people to help and there are hundreds o f ways to get involved. You can make student life more interesting and exciting by applying to any o f the new Program Board positions. It doesn’t end there; an incredible variety o f clubs exist and they are just waiting for members. It is a sad but true fact that most deci sions made by the executive are made over the summer (in the absence o f school work). This is largely why peo ple feel they are not adequately represented. Given this state o f affairs it is o f vital importance that we as your elected representatives know what you want — now. It is not that we have no ideas o f our ow n...indeed if we ac complish them all we’ll be the most

successful executive in decades! It is simply that there are areas o f the University with which we cannot be in timately familiar. If you see room for improvement in any area o f the University, please tell us about it — you can make a difference. By bringing a problem to our attention we are that much closer to the solution. Next time you hear a friend bitching about some aspect o f McGill University — your University — get him /her to put it in writing and drop it o ff at the Students’ Society front desk in the U nion Building (no matter how strong the language!) In the past there has been a fair amount o f disagreement (and even hostility) between Faculty Societies and Students’ Council. However, this year people are already expressing their con fidence in the elected executive. Perhaps for once we will have a united student body and not let others divide and rule us.

room for the articles when they’ve all gone in!) In kindergarten I used to hate fingerpainting because it was such an ar bitrary form o f art. I never did learn to draw a straight line without my official Snoopy ruler. So how did I get sucked into the world o f production? I don’t know! But som eone has got to do it. I now have nightmares o f predatory picas and antagonistic picas instead o f the scary monsters o f my official childhoo'd. I leave you with one last thought to ponder; is the ink that becomes part o f your hands every week an accidental phenom enon or the act o f some malicious force? W ho do you think o f when this happens? M ost would not imagine that our writers would ask for removable ink. Y ou’d be m ost apt to think it the responsibility o f the pro duction staff. Thanks for the recogni tion. On a closing note, my space is com ing to a close, I ask only that you send contributions to ..., but seriously, I just wish to express and stress what an in tegral part we play in this game. Right, Brian? (You can be sure I’ll only be ar ranging print and not writing it next week!)

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5g g i @ 9 3 by Don Rossiter Take two sludgeabilly-kindaguys, a drum, a guitar, throw in some primal screams and som e good boppin’ music and you have a Deja V oodoo (not to be co n fu sed w ith a W all o f V oodoo). Stars o f M ontreal’s modern primitivism scene, Deja V ood oo, appeared live and kicking last W ednesday and Thursday at Station 10 Pub on St Catherine St. having heard little o f the band before their performance, I w a r pleasantly surprised to find their own b ra n d o f m u s ic , te r m e d “ Sludegeabilly” , energetic, wit ty and plain good fun. Guitarist and vocalist Gerard Van Herk, adorned by a large, plastic tarantula tie, describes “ Sludgeabilly” as a hybrid o f Rockabilly, Rythm and Blues, Garage Rock, 60’s Punk, and finger p o p p in ’ c o o l. D eja

V oodoo derived" much o f their inspiration from artists such as the Cramps and Bo Diddley — but their raw, primal sound could hardly be deemed wholly derivative. Deja V ood oo is a Montreal duo, formed in 1981, com posed o f Van Herk and Tony Dewald, who mans the drums (no cym bals) and obscene screams. The band has one album to their name, CEM ETARY, as well as a couple o f E P ’s, including the forthcom ing, TOO COOL TO LIVE, TOO SM ART TO DIE, released on Midnight records in the U .S . The band has just recently signed a two-year con tract with the New York-based M id n ig h t I n te r n a tio n a l Records, while their previous releases will still be handled by their own Og label. The Og label also carries such local lu m in a r ie s as T e r m in a l S u n g la s s e s a n d A m e r ic a n Devices. Van Herk finds the band’s audiences very receptive, and while their touring is limited to the small but nonetheless lively underground and college cir cuit, the group has built up a lo y a l fo llo w in g and even p u b lish es its ow n o ffic ia l newsletter, the Deja Voodoo Train. Van Herk further asserts that it is difficult to break into

the Canadian music industry unless you have a commercial approach and some videos to your name. I was told this tuneful twosom e supports their act by making sandwiches dur ing the day. Deja V oodoo relies heavily on audience interaction; their live performance is their strongpoint. While the audience was sparse the night I saw them, they were n on eth eless en thusiastic and varied. What struck me most about the band was its humour, best described as an Qbtuse, hip brand o f silliness. Their songs are short and fast, centered around a few rhyming couplets and a dancy hook. Examples in clude “ If Mashed potatoes were Security Guards” and my par ticular favourite — “ D on ’t Send Me Flowers, Send Me Vegetables Instead” with sam ple lyrics: D o n ’t send me flowers, Send me vegetables in stead... Flowers look nice and they smell good too But they taste really funny when you put ’em in a stew. In all their sets were a string o f similar spirited numbers, ended o f f by the much re quested “ Raised by W olves” — the tale o f a w oodland band, its members, products o f their p rim itive b egin n in gs: T hey learned how to hunt and learned to survive “ and boy did they learn to how l” . The evening was also the scene o f their latest venture, a film starring the band, titled

Sludgeabilly M onsters From Outer Space. Van Herk explain ed the premise o f the film as the adventures o f two aliens (the band) sent down to earth in the image formed by their home planet from stray T .V . and radio waves from the 50’s earth. With a new record, an opener for The Violent Femmes lastyear, and cinematic immor talization imminent, I hope the band receives the attention it deserves. If not, Deja V oodoo seems at ease and quite content in the small, appreciative circuit in which they exist.

:Aurelia et Sylvia au Café de la Place by Mario Emond

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; Dying fis an art, like everything else. : 1 do it exceptionally well. ; I do it so it feels like hell. 11 do it so it feels real. 11 guess you could say I’ve a call. jilt’s easy enough to do it in a icell. | It’s easy enough to do it and ;stay put. jilt’s theatrical. i — Ces vers sont tirés du poème Lady Lazarus, un poème comji posé par Sylvia Plath en 1962, jiun an avant son suicide. Ils sont j mornes et intenses com m e les jjquelques années de la vie de son

auteur. Plath était une artiste qui transformait ses joies et ses angoisses en des poèmes débor dant d’espoir et sombrant de noirceur. — Alors voilà que Je t ’em brasse, S ylvia , une p ièce biographique de cette poétesse, nous détourne de l’essence même de cette artiste. La pièce, présentée au Café de la Place jusqu’au 20 avril, retrace la vie de la poétesse de son enfance précoce, à son mariage tout cassé avec le poète britannique Ted H u g h es, ju sq u ’à son divorce en 1960 et son suicide en 1963. Le tout est présenté en détails qui peuvent à la fois in former et émouvoir le spec

tateur. — Le problème est que la quan- ! tité de détails ressemble vite à de j la répétition. Les hauts et les creux alternent à jamais sans toucher, que superficiellement, ;: le s in s p ir a t io n s q u e c e s j moments peuvent nourrir. Si J cette pièce fut écrite à partir des 696 lettres que Sylvia écrivit à sa mère, elle ne présente toutefois qu’une liste de faits et une p o ig n é e d ’é m o t io n s sa n s soulever la substance. — En somme la pièce nous présente une personne qui rit, qui danse et qui souffre mais pas une poétesse qui pense. Le spectateur ne peut, comme le continued on page 10

1964: A Time Machine by Jacky Danylchuk F rid a y n ig h t’s P ro g ra m Board equation was roughly: four musicians from Ohio = ? The Beatles. The question mark is in the equation because 99% o f the audience was too young to have reliable 1964 memories to compare to the 1985 event. C o n s id e r in g th is , it w as remarkable how many judicious appraisals were circulating in the ballroom. Or maybe not. From recordings, photographs, books, films and videos the Beatle’s image has remained almost as accessible to our generation as it was to our parents’, while the Beatles’ per vasive influence on modern popular music is now more generally appreciated than it was at the height o f their popularity. 1964’s act, as the name pro

mised, centered around songs from as early as the legendary Ed Sullivan Show when the Liverpool group made their debut in America. “ If I Fell, “ I Feel F in e” , “ T hat B o y ” , “ Twist and Shout” , “ Miss Liz z y ” and other hits w ere reconstructed with melodic and rhythmic precision that disap pointed few. W hile music was the central concern, the audience was also hoping for a hint o f what the Beatles might have been like on stage. Here too, the band carefu lly recreated h istory. Complete with vaguely similar features, Christopher Robin wigs and Peter Pan collars, they were notable semblances o f the early Beatles image. 1964 also aimed to present the characters o f the group by emulating the expressions and gestures o f each

performer: “ John” was marked by a carefully-English accent and sardonic tone; “ Paul” by a ready smile and “ George” by shy sideward glances. From behind his Ludwig drum set, “ R ingo” became the favourite for his angelically vacant gaze and rubber wristed wave. Gim micky? Maybe, but effective all the same. Perhaps most importantly, all the members o f 1964 were acutely aware o f their audience — establishing eye contact, responding to requests and in viting participation in the show. In the end “ authenticity” was less crucial than the feeling that we too, twenty years later, could somehow be a part o f the pop-cultural myth that the Beatles have become.

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______________________eoteRtainraeot Northern Opera Sterile by M elinda Ham On Saturday night, the N or thern Opera Theatre presented their debut performance o f H enry P u rcell’s seventeenth century op era “ D id o and A eneas” in M oyse Hall. Much excitement has sur rounded this neophyte com pany’s birth. The com pany was created by Colin D oroschuk, member of" the rock group “ Men without H ats” , based on his belief that almost anyone can enjoy opera given proper exposure. Unfortunately, this premiere performance did not convey this popular appeal. Sterility was the m ood con veyed through the black and white costum es, stark set, em o tionless acting contrasting with -superb yet icy-clear voices. “ D ido and A eneas” is the on ly full length opera Henry Purcell com posed. He employs the haunting libretto o f Nathan Tare with such lines as “ W ho like dismal ravens crying, Beat

the window o f the dying” . It was first performed in 1689 in Chelsea, England. The story line follow s that o f a typical tragic love story. It is set in ancient Greece. Aeneas, a young sailor, returns from a battle in Troy and professes his love for D ido, Queen o f Car th a g e . M e a n w h ile , th e sorceresses who despise Dido cast a spell on her to ruin her happiness. In the middle o f a Royal hunting party — a spirit appears and drags Aeneas o ff to battle in Italy. Dido is heart broken, rejects Aeneas forever and commits suicide. With such an exciting and tragic plot, one would expect a lively and moving opera. U nfor tunately our expectatiohs are not fulfilled. The com pany does have strong voices. Highly acclaimed professionals are combined with fin e y o u n g M cG ill op era students. The voices are the on ly highlight o f the performance.

Nancy Delong sang Dido and has performed with the M on treal Opera Company in several performances. Her voice had a rich resonant quality to it. Her performance demonstrated the only slight show o f em otion in the whole opera. Arthur Merhendissian per formed Aeneas. He had studied in Paris, Armenia and even at McGill. He has performed with many com panies, several in Courtney B.C. His baritone voice though was not especially remarkable. This, com bined w ith h is s t i f f , a w k w a rd movements, did not make for a

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very memorable performance. On the other hand, Susan Eyton-Jones, a McGill Master’s student, although in a secon dary role, shone through with extraordinary talent. Her voice, sharp and clear as shattered crystal, sent shivers down one’s spine. Watch for her name in lights with the Metropolitan Opera Company in a few years. The main downfall o f the per formance lay in the integration o f constituent parts. The lead singers stood like lead soldiers in the foreground with the chorus behind them, frozen like statues as well. An attempt at. action was the addition o f four d ancers fr o m L ’ E c o le Supérieure de Danse du Québec who flitted in between the sta

life -siz e d p u p p ets for the characters in the play. These puppets, held and manipulated by cast members soon take on lif e - lik e q u a litie s . M cG ill Drama makes no effort to hide the cast members; they can be clearly seen moving the pup pets. It is to their credit that they are able to create the illu sion o f life in their puppets. The audience cannot help but be taken in with the illusion. Calderon’s work moves with a plot o f intrigue and illusion.

tionary groups injecting a spark o f life into the scene. But there really did not seem to be a definite purpose. There was no com m unication between any o f the parts. The set was com posed o f red or blue lit backdrop and black alternating grids with some hid den meaning. A ll in all, the performance w as far fro m s e n so r a lly stimulating and fell far from the e x p e c ta tio n s o f a ttr a c tin g almost anyone to opera. Listening to a record with headphones in the com fort o f your bedroom would have given you the same satisfaction. Bet ter luck next time, Northern Opera Theatre.

Life is a Dream deals with many important philosophica issues. Segismundo, moving out o f the cave and into the real world must reflect upon the very nature o f life before he can act properly. His thought is very skeptical; he believes that life is but an illusion. Calderon, through Segimundo, puts forth the view that the only way to deal with life’s uncertainty is to accept it. In the face o f this profound illusion one can only turn to honour and

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Basically the intricate plot turns a r o u n d th e c h a r a c te r o f Segismundo, the son o f the King o f Poland. Forced to live in a cave by his father, S eg ism u n d o w ants n o th in g more than to be free. Basilio, the King, locked his son away in order to prevent the fulfillment o f a prophecy proclaiming the monstrous reign o f his son who will cause the murder o f his mother. Basilio, however, decides to test the prophecy and give his son a chance to reign. If Segismundo rules wisely and justly he will keep the throne, if Segismundo rules cruelly, he will be removed by Basilio and sent back to his prison. M oving in and out o f the storyline are the intrigues o f various other characters. The activities o f the others also in volve the blurring between illu sio n and reality. T his is reflected in the cross-sexual dressing and hidden identities in the play.

idealism. In this way, one car challenge fate and act freely. McGill Drama has enhancer these themes greatly by the us< o f puppets. The conflict bet ween illusion and reality take; on a deeper meaning when it is p la y e d o u t b y p u p p e ts manipulated by actors. The ten sion between fate and free will is also enhanced. The performances given by the cast were o f a high quality The actors used their voices most effectively. Their stage presence was also good. While the actors do not express their puppet’s part, they cannot distract from it either as they are always visible. The Baroque atmosphere of the play is enhanced by the ex cellent costum es and wellcrafted puppets o f Cathy Stub ington. A lso adding to the Baroque effect was live period music by lutinist Guy Mar chand.

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STUDENTS' SOCIETY ^ O F F I C E SPACE REQUESTS NOTICE TO ALL McGILL STUDENT GROUPS (Submissions will be received from April 1st until 4 :3 0 p .m ., April 30th, 1 9 8 5 .) Any student group on campus m ay request office space in the University Centre provided the group has been in operation since January 1st, 1 9 8 5 . Ac cording to Council policy ad o pted Septem ber 13th, 1 9 7 8 , the some groups ineligible to receive Students' Society funds ore also not eligible to be given office space in the University Centre. Please note the follow ing: • Groups w ith office space in 1984/85 will be given preference. • Students' Council reserves the right to assign office space to any new od hoc com m ittee it m ay form up to the tim e at which space allocation for 1 9 85/86 is approved by Council. • The Joint M anagem ent Com m ittee will review oil space requests and, at its discretion, will decide which groups assigned space will hove to shore offices. Due to the extrem ely high dem and for office space in the University Centre, it w ould be highly appreciated if groups, which did not absolutely need office space, refrain from re questing an office. In the letter of application for office space, please include any comments or recommendations relating to the physical condition of the club offices, the adequacy of the furniture and accessories and any improvements that should be m ade.

NOTE: There is no specific request form for office space. Requests, w ith justifications, should be typed and addressed to the Joint M anagem ent Comm ittee. They should be delivered or m oiled to.- Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretory, Students' Society General Office, Room 105, 3 4 8 0 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1X9 NO LATER THAN 4 :3 0

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continued from page 8 lecteur d’un poèm e, pénétrer à l’in térieur de son aiîie pour en découvrir les rouages de sa vie. Parmi les plus in téressantes phrases qui nous révèlent Plath on découvre que Sylvia était une “ fille qui aurait voulu être D ieu” . T outefois, pour faire justice à la comé dienne Christiane Proulx l’interpréta tion de Plath fut engageante, parfois même accaparante. — L’interprétation de la mère, jouée par Huguette Oligny, aussi fut bien, même si parfois elle paraissait un peu

neutre. Elle aimait tellem ent sa fille qu’elle vivait ce que sa fille ressentait; on dirait qu’elle vivait à travers Sylvia les découvertes et l’indépendance qui lui ont été coupés lorsqu’elle s’est soumise aux désirs de son mari, aban donnant son poste de professeur d’université pour devenir mère de famille à plein temps. — Je t ’embrasse, Sylvia est une pièce émouvante et bien interprétée. Par contre, la surabondance de détails néglige les profondeurs d’âme atteintes par les poèmes de Sylvia Plath.

Council Re-Programs Board continued from page 1 engendered w ou ld necessarily be healthy. H owever, the meeting was generally sympathetic to the StudSoc version o f reform . W hen Scott

Keating, V .P . (Finance) and seconder o f the proposal, embarked upon “ a bit o f marketing” , his eloquent hard sell won the day for the executive pro posals.

continued from page 9 Other than a few opening night jit ters, the only real drawback to the pro duction was the staging. The seating in Morrice Hall is not tiered with the result that som e have trouble seeing. The seating was on both sides o f the staging area. This meant that, because o f the use o f puppets, the majority o f the audience sometimes found itself looking at the backs o f the cast and not the puppets. Still, these problems do

not detract seriously from the play.

Life is a Dream is worth seeing. It is a production that is both profound and entertaining. Life is a Dream will con tinue Wednesday through Saturday, March 27-30. It will be playing in the Morrice Hall Theatre, Morrice Hall, 3485 McTavish Street. The time is 8:00 p.m . with a 1:00 p.m . matinée on Fri day. Tickets can be purchased at the door and cost $5.00 for the general public and $3.00 for students.

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by Frank Young Due to an incredible response to my National League preview that appeared last week, I have decided to present my 1985 American League preview this week. As you may remember, I picked the Mets and the Padres to finish first in their divisions, with the Cubs and the Astros challenging. Now for the A.L.

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all o f baseball. The addition o f Bill Caudill and Gary Lavelle to the bullpen makes the team unbeatable. I’ll even bet on it. 2. Baltimore Orioles (5 th). The Orioles are not a team that stands pat when things go wrong. The addition o f Fred Lynn will give Eddie Murray 10 more RBI’s, and the acquisition o f Lee Lacy will give the O’s at least 5 more wins. Baltimore still has a great pit ching staff, and that will be enough to keep them ahead o f Detroit. 3. Detroit Tigers (1st). The Tigers are a great team. However, an o ff season from Dan Petry or Jack Morris or W illie Hernandez will sink the team. N o major changes from last year, but will challenge to the end. 4. New York Yankees (3rd). The Yankees acquired Rickey Henderson during the off-season, and that makes their line-up a nightmare for opposing pitchers. They also picked up a 14-game winner Ed W hitson from the

A merican League East 1. Toronto Blue Jays (2nd last season). True, I am from Toronto, and I would sacrifice my first born for the Jays, but they are an amazing team. The Jays are solid at every single posi tion, and they have a strong bench. George Bell, Lloyd M oseby, W illie U p shaw and Jesse Barfield in the middle o f the lineup? There are no words to describe it. The rest o f the team can hit as well. Still, the Jays strength is their poitching staff. Dave Stieb, Doyle Alexander, Luis Leal and Jim Clancy comprise the best starting rotation in

Padres, but their pitching staff will not stand up to the punishment that Baltimore, Toronto and Detroit will be routinely delivering. Besides, I hate the Yankees. 5. Boston Red Sox (4th). The Bosox have some awesome hitters, including three outfielders — Rice, Armas and Evans — who com bined for 103 home runs and 349 RBI’s. Add Mike Easier and Wade Boggs and you have a great hitting team. Add a pathetic pitching staff and you have the fifth place Red sox. 6. M ilwaukee Brewers (7th). Father Time can wreak havoc on the best o f teams. H e sure did to the Brewers. 7. Cleveland Indians (6th). Expos fans take heart, there is a worse fran chise in baseball. A truly had team.

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3. Chicago W hite Sox (5th). Only last year the Chisox were touted as be ing the team o f the 80’s. W hat happen ed? Injuries and age have hurt this team, and the trading o f LaMarr Hoyt w on’t help matters. A good pitching staff if som e hurlers can turn it around, but mediocre hitters doom the Sox t o also-ran status. 4. Texas Rangers (7th). This is not to imply that Texas is a good team. The bottom four teams in the West are not good at all. Still, I like Buddy Bell at third base and es-Blue Jay C liff Johnson at D H . A sub-.500 team. 5. Seattle Mariners (5th). A few good young players and nothing else. 6. California Angels (3rd). The Angels made the P layoffs a few years ago by paying huge salaries to established stars. The stars are past their peak now , and the Angels must start from scratch. 7. Oakland A ’s (4th). A three-man team; Dwayne Murphy, Dave Collins and Dave Kingman. Could win 65 if lucky

American League West 1. Kansas City Royals (1st last year). N ot a great team, but good enough to win the weak A .L . W est. George Brett should return to form, and that should be enough to send the Royals to the P layoffs. Besides, Dan Quisenberry is worth at least ten wins. 2. M innesota Twins (2nd). Despite the presence o f the horrible reliever Ron Davis — who almost single handedly costs the Twins the W est title — M innesota has a solid pitching staff. The hitters have enough punch to keep them in contention.

So according to my predictions, it will be the Mets against the Padres in the National League playoffs and the Blue Jays versus the Royals in the American League. In the W orld Series, the Jays will destroy the Padres in four straight games. Remember, you read it here first.

Ravi’s Rebuttal by Ravi Durvasula

(“ Birds” referring to the O ’s and not the Jays) are traditionally a late season ball club. Carried by the best rotation in the American League, including the two best new arms in the A .L . — Mike Boddicker and Storm Davis, and four .300 hitters in Ripken, Lacy, Murray and Lynn, the Orioles should prove unstoppable. I’ll admit the Jays are a very power ful and diverse club, so I’ll give them third place. The resurgent Yankees will capture second, edging out the Blue Jays. T he Red S ox w ith their thunderous offence will hang tough but, without experienced starters, they will drop to fourth. The rest o f the American League is a w rite-off. The N ational League will be overpowered by the Mets (I agree with Frank on this one), but New York will bow down to the Orioles in six or seven games. Those who know me may argue that my years spent in Baltimore and my in sistence that close friends and family memorize the names o f the four twenty game winners on the ’71 Orioles staff cloud my objectivity. This is not so. Trust me. I’m willing to bet on it.

Though it is not in my contract to stick my nose into sports, I feel, for this one time only, com pelled to stick my nose into sports. The reason is the article directly above, written by our world renowned Sports Editor, Frank. Frank is in the unfortunate position o f being a fan o f the Toronto Blue Jays. Though has has admitted to undergoing many treatments, medical, holistic and otherwise, to cure him self o f this ailment, nothing has worked. Consequently, we are subjected to such statements to the effect that the Jays have the best rotation in the league, the Jays are going all the way and the Jays are on a special mission from G od (this statement was o ff the record). I feel it is my duty to return som e ob jectivity to our venerable Sports Department (like Frank it, too, is world renowned) and to offer a predic tion based on logic and not passion. The Baltimore Orioles will run away with the title this year, as they did in 1983. They will have som e com petition for at least the first half o f the season. But, as everyone knows, the Birds

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Wrestlemania Sweeps The World by Frank Young W hen I was a kid, I used to love pro fessional wrestling. My brother and I used to go to Maple L eaf Gardens to see the bouts. I still remember the time that I saw C hief Jay Strongbow fight the Sheik to a 50 minute draw. The highligh t was u n d ou b ted ly w hen Strongbow broke a bench over the Sheik’s head and the Sheik didn’t even wince. In those days, the good guys in cluded The Mighty Igor, Tex Macken zie, The Stom per and H aystack Calhoun. The bad guys were Papero Firpo (“ The wild man from the Pam pas” ), The Destroyer, Mr. Fuji and the thoroughly despicable Shiek. Times change, and wrestling fell out o f favour. N ow , from south o f the border com es word o f a Wrestling resurgence. The W orld W restling

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Foundation (W W F), headed by thirdgeneration promoter Vince McM ahon Jr., has widened the appeal o f wrestl ing to the point that grapplin’ once again brings in crowds over 15 000 across North America. N ow , the question that m ost people ask is “ Isn’t Wrestling fake?” . The answer has to be “ W ho cares?” . Pro fessional wrestling has never claimed the sort o f legitimacy that a totally cor rupt and vicious sport such as boxing does. Pro Wrestling is either good clean fun or a modern day morality play, depending on how deeply one wants to delve. Wrestling is a com bination o f a street fight, ballet, the theatre and rock music. Yes, rock music. Part o f the credit for the resurgence o f pro wrestl ing must be given to Cyndi Lauper, who has helped to promote the sport to new heights o f popularity. (O .K ., Cyn di Lauper does, not sing rock, but I can not risk a lawsuit by saying what she does sing). A ll o f t h is b r in g s u s to “ W restleMania” . ‘ W restleMania” is a W WF card beinj. held at Madison Square Garden in Hew York on the 31st o f March, and is being beamed via closed circuit T.V . to over 200 screens across North America. Local fans will have the chance o f seeing the card at the Verdun Auditorium beginning at 1 pm.

A nd what a card it is. The first match has S .D . Jones fighting King Kong Bundy. This brawl will be followed by the match between upand-comer Tito Santana and the veteran masked wrestler The Execu tioner. Next com es the match between the always dangerous “ Master o f the Figure-Four Leg Lock” Greg (The Hammer) Valentine and my personal favourite, The Junkyard D og. After that match it will be David Smmartino, son o f all time great Bruno, against the sleazy and hateful Brutus Beefcake. A s if that were not enough, the next four matches will decide the face o f pro wrestling for years to com e. In a match between the behemoths o f wrestling, 6’9 ” Big John Studd, weighing in at a svelte 369 pounds, will do battle with 7 ’4 ” , 460 pound André The Giant. Studd has offered $15 000 if the Giant can body slam him. Next up is the W WF tag team title match between good guys Barry W indham and Mike Rotundo and the bad guys, Russian N ikolai V olkoff, who sings the Soviet anthem before each fight, and ex heavyweight Champ, The Iron Sheik, an Iranian who chants “ Iran no. 1,

U SA phooey” , obviously very unloved in the states. My m oney is on the bad guys. The W W F wom en’s title between the Cyndi Lauper managed W endi Richter — who is 24 years old, and apparently been a pro wrestler for 15 years — and champ Lelani Kai will be on the line. Kai beat Richter on February 18th to take the crown, so revenge will be on Richter’s mind. Finally, the big match o f the day. Rowdy Roddy Piper, the slimiest man alive, and his partner Mr. W onderful will take on the team o f world cham pion Hulk H ogan and Mr. T. This fight is truly a grudge match, as Mr. T, who has never wrestled before, was viciously beaten by Piper and W onder ful when he tried to protect Miss Lauper. As T says, “ They’re going to have to pay the price.” Rowdy Roddy Piper has been known to break bottles against the heads of guests on his cable T .V . show “ Piper’s P it” , while Mr. W onderful kicked Cyndi Lauper in the head recently. Whether this makes him a hero or a villian is anybody’s guess. The referee for the main event will be M uhammud A li, while the special ring announcer will be Billy Martin. As an added bonus, Liberace will be the guest timekeeper. Say what you will about wrestling, but I know where I will be on the 31st. Besides, there is nothing good on T.V. that afternoon anyway.

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Ringside At The Athletic Banquet by Harry Guy The annual McGill athletics was held this past Friday night at the Chateau Champlain H otel, and this reporter was fortunate to be one o f the invited guests. However I think that the powers that be in the gym wished to tell me something, as I was given a seat at a table populated by a gang o f rugby players. Instead o f a quiet evening o f reflection on the glories o f sport, I spent a loud night chanting rugby songs and hurling abuse at the ski team. There were many, many awards given out before the dinner o f jellied, devilled eggs and chicken was served. The highlights o f dinner came when an unidentified student-athlete celebrated

the joy o f being young, rich and fit by spreading his dinner all over his chest. This was followed by an experiment on the aerodynamics o f roast chicken in flight. The rowdiness was on the verge o f becoming uncontrollable when the Reverend Chris Ferguson gave his speech. After the Reverend’s talk calmed the m ob d o w n , m ore aw ards were distributed, and then everyone danced until the wee small hours. The follow ing is a list o f the winners whose names could be heard over the rugby songs.

PLA YERS OF THE YEAR Skiing — Men — Louis Beauchemin Women — Mary White

Field H ockey — Sandra Dial Rowing — Men — Guy Savard Women — Rita Toporof-

Last week was certainly a great time for those members o f the M cGill com munity who are on the side o f goodness, bravery, strength and justice for all, as the Super H-M en won a decisive victory over the universally despised Jockey Club in the M en’s Open ‘A ’ league finals. The H-M en won their last six games en route to the playoffs. Even so, the team finished fourth. Som ething had to be done in order to get the h oseheads through the p la y o ffs. Although it took a herculean effort, the hangovers w ere k ept to a minimum, and the goal production was raised to a maximum. The turning point came when the Super H-M en faced o ff against the first-place Flying Lesions. In what was probably the toughest, hardest fought game ever played the H-M en emerged victorious. It w asn’t pretty, the team in fact resem bled the K ansas C ity Bombers roller derby team, but they won. After that win, the Super H-M en had to play the second place Jockey Club. The finals were no contest, as the ef forts o f Big H , Little H , Yogi Haira, Boss, Tony, Bernie, Duncan and the rest were too much for the Jockey CLub to deal with. This is perhaps a good place to ex plain the history o f the Super H-M en. It all started 15 years ago when Ianin “ H osehead” Verigan was being taught som e o f the tim e-honoured rites o f the

Doukhabour culture. Iain’s father was teaching him the practices o f arson and nude protesting. Iain soon tired o f tor ching local buildings and running around in his birthday suit. H e realized that he could combine his native heritage with Canadian culture. Yes, hockey became Iain’s calling. Iain Verigan became the star o f his midget hockey team. Unfortunately he had to leave the team when it was discovered that he was not a midgeat. Even at that early age, Iain neutralized opponents by setting them ablaze. Because o f this, he became known as “ H osehead” . The rest is, as they say, history. Iain has taught an unruly group o f guys Ms style o f undisciplined and dirty hockey. Even young Donald Hogarth has learn ed how to score crucial goals while skating on his ankles. The future looks bright for Iain, and his disciples, as they will all be playing hockey here at McGill for many years to come.

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level not possible in class. It’s difficult to meet people here. It’s difficult not to feel processed by the system .” A similar system is being in dependently initiated in P olitical Science next September. Gibson hopes this will serve as a test-case for his idea, which could be enacted the follow ing year. Gibson would also like to see career days that would show students that their programmes aren’t necessarily the ticket to specific jobs. “ Part o f the problem is the lack o f knowledge o f potential careers. W e’ve got to con vince students that they’re not in a rat race. They’re here to be educated

liberally.” G ibson plans to channel more m oney into student-initiated extra curricular activities. “ W e’re interested in funding people who are out doing things by them selves,” Gibson ex plains. For him, it’s this sort o f activity that can enrich the lives o f students. G ibson, a self-confessed Political Theory student, sees all this as part o f his philosophy o f student government. “ Our opportunity to get a good educa tion has declined, so students must take the responsibility o f educating them selves. Basically, that’s what w e’re trying to d o .”

Movie Trivia Contest . c Guess the film from the follow ing photos and pick up a free ticket to the showing of “The Slugger’s W ife” , Thursday March 28th at 10:00 p.m. Bring entries to Trib office (Union Bldg. B-18)

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NOTES 1. Where the incoming student senator is not available, the outgoing student senator for the faculty involved will be the only alternate. 2. An alternate is NOT eligible for election. 3. There will be no replacements to this meeting for incoming student governors who are unable to attend. 4. Only incoming student senators and governors shall be eligible for selection.

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Randall On Sophisticated Systems by Michael Karasick The school o f computer science, as part o f its “ Systems 85” lecture series, invited Professor Brian Randell o f the University o f Newcastle, to McGill from March 4th to 7th. Professor Randell gave a general lecture on “ The Design o f Sophisticated Computing Systems” in the Leacock Auditorium to an audience o f about 300. Professor Randell is no stranger to Computer Science. H e was involved in the late 1950’s in the design o f one o f the first com puter program m ing language processors, or compilers, for a language called ALG O L, a forerun ner o f Pascal and many other modern computer languages. H e has worked in the United States for IBM among others, on the design o f distributed computing systems — systems which contain more than one actual com puter. Professor Randell began his talk with a discussion o f the history o f operating system design and computer technology. H e pointed out that the hardware technology has improved dramatically in the last 20 years, whereas the software, or systems d e sig n te c h n iq u e s h a v e la g g e d significantly. N owadays, the disparity has reached alarming proportions, when one considers som e o f the large automated com puting systems that control such things as Anti-Ballistic missile systems. Such computer pro grams are millions o f lines long, and are frightfully com plex to the point that it is difficult to guarantee that such software is correct and safe. To this end, the team at the Universi ty o f Newcastle has been attempting to understand the functionality o f com plex computing systems — i.e. exactly what a com puting system is expected to do. They abstracted out such issues as system reliability, or robustness, and system security. In essence, the problem o f designing a com plex com puting system is one o f decom posing the system into primitive com ponents, and trying to understand how these com ponents should interact. This is the very nature o f research in Computer Science and in other fields. Dr. Randell related a brief anecdote about discovering an automated pro gram used by architects to untangle building design issues. Unfortunately the input to jh e program was so detail ed that it could only be used by ar chitects who had already solved the design problems and had no need o f such a system. The conclusion reached by the program designers was that it would be wise to wait and see what the computer scientists could do. The Newcastle team decided to work on the design o f computing systems by building on the work o f others. They chose for the basis o f their research a (now) very popular com puting system called U N IX , produced by Bell Labs in the early 1970’s. The U N IX operating system is unusual in that it is com posed o f a large set o f well understood com ponents interacting in well understood ways, in contrast to many other cur rently used systems, which seem collec tions o f haphazardly constructed pro grams, often working against, rather

than with the user. The U N IX progrmmer has basically a toolbox containing tools which can be used in isolation or in conjunctionm in surprisingly simple ways.

transparent layer o f software, called the “ Newcastle Connection” between the kernal and the user’s program. This layer acts as a local telphone exchange. If the user only accesses files or pro

ph oto by Vince Young U N IX is also unusual in that it has been transported to a variety o f dif ferent computers, from tiny m icrocom puters, to large supercomputers. We currently have an operating system called U TS, a version o f U N IX that runs on the M cG ill C om puting Centre’s mainframe. One reason for this portability, according to Dr. Randell is that U N IX is designed func tionally. The operating system is designed around a kernal o f operating system programs. The U N IX kernal is defined only by what it does and not how it accomplishes its tasks. Another reason for the popularity o f U N IX is the way in which one refers to programs within the operating system. Dr. Randell likened U N IX to a telephone network, in which a full telephone number is actually ( a se quence; country, area code, exchange, number. When one wishes to dial a number at M cGill, for example, one only need dial four digits — within M ontreal, seven digits, Telephone numbers are relative locations within the enviroment o f the telephone user, and it is rare to use the full telephone number. The U N IX operating system works in a similar way. Each user has a local working directory o f programs, which are normally all that is referenc ed. If a program is located elsewwere, then special syntax is used to tell U N IX how to go about finding the desired program. This naming convention sounds simple, and in fact it seems sur prising that it is not used in other com puting systems — telephone exchanges have been around for a very long time. What Dr. Randell’s team did, is simply hook up several U N IX com puting systems together, by adding a

absolutely no changes are necessary to the U N IX operating system itself; the “ connection” consists o f a relatively small program, and the functionality o f U N IX is not altered. Having addressed one problem, that o f building up a distributed operating system with well defined functionality, the team next addressed the problem o f reliability. The reliability problem is that o f keeping the computer system “ up” all the time, and guaranteeing that the answers produced are correct. The engineering community has been using the concept o f triple redundancy for many years: the redundancy is en forced by having three computers ex ecute different copies o f the same pro gram simultaneously, and a “ Majority o f Three” rule reigns. The Randell team added another layer o f software to their operating system, which en sured that all three computers were working on the same task, and allowed consensus to be reached. Like the con n e c tio n , th is so ftw a r e layer is transparent, and is small. Dr. Randell concluded his lecture by commenting on the lack o f more research in the field o f distributed com puting in the academic community, and by discussing other problems which could be approached by using the same methods, notably computer security.

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grams on his/her machine, then the “ connection” intercepts the request to its kernal, intercepts the reply and sends it back to the first machine. In this way, the entire distributed U N IX system acts as a single system, even though the computers are physically (p e r h a p s e v e n g e o g r a p h ic a lly ) separate, and the distributed system could itself by embedded in an even larger distributed system. Remarkably,

Lecturers: P ro f. Ryszard M ichalski, from the University o f Il linois, will be lecturing on April 9 at 8:00, in the Frank Dawson Adams Auditorium, on “ M achine Inference and Learning: Research into the Next Generation o f Computers” . Professor Gerry Salton, o f the Ecole Polytechni que Federale do Lausanne, will be lec turing on April 11 at 8:00, in the Leacock Auditorium, on “ W hat’s New in Autom atic Inform ation Retrieval.”

Fight Famine

continued from page 3 Canada-wide college and university campaign planned for this week. All campuses that have decided to participate are members o f the CURE network. The Famine R elief Task Force o f Students’ Society, established in January o f this year, has decided to ally itself with other Cana dian campuses in the Fight against fam ine. The fund-raising and educa tional campaign currently underway is the focus fo the Task Force’s efforts this semester, but we plan to be involv ed in the creation o f a nation-wide col lege and university communication net work for further co-operation. The Famine Relief Task Force has already deliberated and decided to direct all funds raised at McGill through O X F A M -Q u eb ec, chosen because o f its reputation, low ad ministrative overhead (in fact, in aid to Ethiopia, there are no administrative deductions), and lack o f political af filiations or preferences. The Task Force’s specific mandate includes information-gathering, fundraising and educational functions for

the McGill community. The Task Force acknowledges that the relief assistance offered by OXFAM -Quebec and others relatively stop-gap, but this does not take away from the im mediacy and importance o f solving the present crisis. There is a real need for immediate food, medical and shelter assistance. Beyond this, long term development strategies, which address the root causes o f hunger in the developing world must be implemented in order to prevent such tragedy from occurring again. This week, McGill can make a dif ference. Queen’s University raised more than $10 000 in a week’s worth o f effort. We believe we can do better! Drop by the collection/inform ation tables, located in the Union building all week long and in other campus buildings as the week progresses. Join in a cross-Canada campaign to help Fight famine. Pick up a famine fact sheet and ask volunteers about the severity o f the famine. Participate in the upcoming educational events that the Task Force co-sponsors. But most importantly, give generously!

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The 1985/86 President, Editor, Chairperson, Co-Ordinator or Chief Officer of any McGill Student Club, Society Publication, Service, Council Committee or Association must register with the McGill Students' Society N O LATER T H A N APRIL 15,

Y O U R IM PETUS IS N E E D E D T O TH E M AXIM US!

1985.

Registration allows McGill organizations to: 1. be able to book space in the Union; 2. be able to book space in other campus buildings at McGill rates; 3. receive the summer edition of the McGill Student Leader Bulletin; 4. be kept informed about the leadership seminar in September; 5. receive a copy of the operating manual for club officers.

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