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Published by the Students’ Society o f McGill University
Tuesday 26 March 1985
Not On Trial At McGill by Richard A Heft “ Abortion is a woman’ s right, not a woman’s privilege.” Those were the words o f Dr. Henry Morgentaler who spoke to a sell-out audience at Leacock 132 Wednesday night. The talk which was sponsored jointly by the Women’s Union and the Program Board was conspicuous by the absence o f any d em on stration s. “ I’ m greeted by d e m o n stra to rs everywhere I speak except in the province o f Quebec,” he said. Morgentaler was recieved en thusiastically by the supportive crowd and was given a standing ovation as he entered the auditorium. It was clear that the security precautions to protect him from what he has called a “ shrill and desperate opposi tion” were unnecessary that night. In his discussion Morgentaler spoke about his long struggle for the reform o f the abortion laws in Canada. He said his concern began in 1955 when, as a general practioner in Mon
treal, he came across numerous “ botched abortions” perform ed on women who desperately needed them. “ I knew that something had to be done for these women but I was afraid to act alone- — I had a wife and young children and could have had my licence taken away or be imprisoned for life.” M org en taler likened the situation to that o f being unable to help a drowning person because it was against the law to do so. In 1968 however, he decided that he had no choice but to begin to perform abortions in spite o f the risks. “ I was prac ticing what I preached but I began to live a very stressful life. I was living the life o f an outlaw.” In 1969 the abortion laws were liberalized. A bortions could then be performed if a committee o f doctors deemed the woman’s health to be en dangered by the pregnancy. It was also specified that abor
tions could only be performed in a hospital. The system, according to Morgentaler, was not only degrading to w om en but resulted in delays which greatly increased the incidence o f com plications during surgery. Morgentaler's Montreal clinic was raided in 1970 but he was acquitted in 1973 by what he called a “ French Canadian Catholic jury — a great victory for the pro-choice movement in this country. I thought the law was dented and would change, but it didn’t.” The Bourassa government decided to appeal the jury ver dict, which Morgentaler noted, cannot be done in either the United States or Great Britain. He lost the appeal and while ser ving sentence was acquitted by an o th er ju r y on separate charges. The ensuing public pressure, said Morgentaler, forced the federal government in 1975 to pass what is known as the continued page 3
S. Africa Committee Not Sacked by Stephen Hum Council rejected a motion Thursday night to dissolve the McGill South A frica Committee (SAC). The motion proposed by Martine Gagnon, V.P. (Exter nal) and seconded by the vice president (University A ffairs) Ron Leber, called for the repeal o f SA C ’s terms o f reference as o f May 31, 1985. Repeal o f the terms o f reference, the guidelines by which SA C is supposed to func tion, would have meant that SA C would be effectively dissolved as a committee o f council. In sponsoring the motion, Gagnon claimed that she har boured no personal grudges a g a in s t in d iv id u a l S A C m e m b e rs, n o r w as she dissatisfied with SA C ’s perfor mance this past year. “ I’m not saying that SA C hasn’t done a good job. Com pared to past years it has work ed much better.” remarked Gagnon as she presented the motion. However, Gagnon argued that the South A frica Commit tee, despite its mandate from council, was not a committee but rather a club in the interest group category, and the V.P. (External) suggested that once
the terms o f reference were repealed, SA C could reform as an interest group. Another complaint the spon sors o f the motion raised about SA C was the lack o f com munication and co-ordination the committee had with Council in the past. Said Gagnon, “ When I came into office, I found SA C hadn’t really worked as a committee o f council...W e thought maybe this (the current executive’s term o f office) would be SA C ’s ‘chance’ to really work with the council.” S c o tt K e a tin g , V .P . (Finance), asserted that SA C “ is a paradox. It demands the priveleges o f a committee but acts like an interest group.” C o u n cillo rs speaking in favour o f the motion raised the issue o f SAC participation in Anti-Reagan dem onstrations d u rin g th e A m e ric a n President’ s recent visit to Quebec City. “ I don’t think protesting Reagan has a whole lot to do with working against apartheid. As a committee o f council SAC shouldn’t have allowed Council to be seen to be endorsing the d em on stration s.” rem arked Keating. His remarks brought Keating into the firing line o f both angry
councillors and the audience. “ I think the students o f McGill have clearly indicated what they want in two referen da.” said Ginny Barton, clubs representative to Council. Daron Westman, clubs rep., demanded that a member o f SA C be allowed to address co u n cil.“ It’ s ridiculous to decide the fate o f a committee without allowing it to speak for itself.” When allowed to speak, SAC member Paulette Blais took GAgnon and Keating to task. “ Reagan is one o f the biggest collaborators with the apartheid system. As the only expressly anti-aparteid group on campus we had to go to Quebec.” she said in response to Keating. Blais dismissed claims by Gagnon and Leber that SAC and Council would be unable to work together. She did not deny there had been problems but she said, “ We had no set guidelines, so how could we work with council?” “ Meetings are at a set time and they are advertised in the Daily; if you wanted to come at any time you could have.” said Barton. Daron Westman proposed a compromiser: amendment o f S A C ’ s terms o f reference. Westman suggested six amend
ments, including requiring SA C to report monthly to Council and to consult regularly with the V.P. (External) and the V.P. (University Affairs). Gagnon hurriedly withdrew her motion when several coun
cillors, including President-elect James Green spoke in favour o f the amendment approach rather than for outright dissolution o f SAC. However, Gagnon refused to continued page 2
Whelan On Ethiopia by Drew Young ‘W e are facing the biggest challenge ever with millions who are part o f us, starving,” e x p la in s th e H o n o u ra b le Eugene Whelan, the current President o f o f the W orld Food C o u n c il. W h e la n , th e agriculture minister in all o f Pierre Trudeau’s cabinets over a fifteen year period, is expoun ding this theme over and over again on his current lecture tour to raise funds for the African drought victims in Ethiopia. Whelan was aware o f the pro blems that Ethiopia would be facing years before they became nightly horror stories on the news in North America. Whelan expressed his concern to other p oliticians, p rofessors and students but usually found that his audience was uninterested or bored. The outspoken Whelan is openly critical o f both Canada and the United States
regarding their aid for the famine stricken in Ethiopia. He has criticised the U.S. govern ment for paying “ American farmers $90 billion not to grow crops while the whole world gives only $14 billion in food aid.” Whelan stresses that even though Canada was Ethiopia’s largest donor o f food aid, until recently, it could help more. Lome Weston o f the Pro gram Board feels that, “ McGill students can do their part for famine relief in A frica by atten ding Mr. Whelan’s lecture and educating themselves on the true facts o f the Ethiopian disaster.” The witty and knowledgeable Whelan is generously donating his lecture fees from this speak ing tour o f Canada to relief fun ding for Africa. His lecture can be heard tonight at 7:30 pm in the Auditorium o f the Frank Dawson Adams Building.
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accept the Westman amend ments immediately. Instead, she insisted that members o f SAÇ and herself meet to draft the amendments “ in more precise terms” . Council voted to agree. In other moves, Council voted on a plan sponsored by Scott Keating to paint the office space in the Union Building in the month o f May. It was pass ed. Clubs will have to vacate their offices and store their property by the end o f April.
Council also received a report from the ombudsmen David Gibson and David Rose. The report recommended that coun cil consider the creation o f a fu ll-tim e, non-student om budsman in the future for the sake o f objectivity and reasons o f workload.
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“ Morgentaler amend ment” . The legislation forbids an ap pelate court to overrule a jury verdict. In all, Morgentaler has been acquit ted four times on abortion charges. “ How much more proof do they need that the law is obsolete?” he asked. In fact the acquittals have afforded Morgentaler only mixed progress. His Toronto clinic which originally opened two years ago, was closed after police raids. The clinic was reopened after M orgentaler’ s acquittal, on charges o f attempting to procur an il legal abortion. But the clinic is now under 24 hour police protection as a result o f threats o f violence. Further, it is picketed constantly by Right-to-Life protestors who “ harass the women and force them to take leaflets as they enter the clinic.” Morgentaler’s Winnipeg clinic was raided by police for the second time on
March 22. Morgentaler said that he felt the Manitoba NDP government “ had betrayed” their federal counterparts who have taken a pro-choice position. Morgentaler also expressed concern over the possible return o f Bourassa as Quebec premier. “ He has right-wing advisors and I am afraid that he might bring this province back to the ice ages on the abortion issue. He may be older, but he’ s not wisèr.” When asked about the possibility that, with easy access to abortions, women may use them as a form o f con traception, Morgentaler responded “ I have never known a woman who got pregnant in order to get an abortion. Abortions will always happen and they ought to be done safely rather than as they were when they were illegal.” Morgentaler believes the Right-toLife movement has become desperate — and cites the recent bombings o f
abortion clinics in the United States as evidence o f this. However, the McGill Pro-Life group chose not to confront Morgentaler, but instead showed the controversial film “ Silent Scream” in the Union Building the same day. This film, which gives an ultra-sound depiction o f an actual abortion, has been used by pro-life lob byists, in their efforts to outlaw abor tions in the States. When asked by The Tribune what he thought o f the film, Morgentaler said, “ It is viscious and malicious propoganda, which promotes hatred towards women.” Morgentaler, who says he has per formed over 20 000 abortions, views the reform o f the Canadian abortion laws as a slow and hard-fought battle. “ The only way to make progress is to keep opening clinics and to keep being acquitted until it is clear to the govern ment that the law is unenforceable.”
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For the third consecutive week we reach into the depths o f your mind trying to scrape out the distant images engrained far in your subconscious. Last week we were quite successful in soliciting many responses and we are pleas ed to announce that MATTHEW RUANE and the three man team o f KEN MACKENZIE, GEORGE LOCKE and RICK PARENTEAU both submitted the cor rect answer: “rocks near the Redpath Museum & tunnel exit that leads to park with fountain in it." Congratulations! Please stop by B19 and retrieve your free beer tickets. Now since we were kind enough last week and gave you a relatively simple task, this week we will push you a little further. (The ANTE could be rising.) Now, for a subtle hint, again this week the photo is on campus and... In Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Paul Newman rides around on a bicycle and sings a song to Katherine Ross about... . . . „ ~ photo by Ezra Greenberg
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(Submissions will be received from April 1 st until 4 :3 0 p.m ., April 3 0 th , 1 9 8 5 .) Any student group on campus may 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 adopted September 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 following: • Groups with office space in 1984/85 will be given preference. • Students' Council reserves the right to assign office space to any new ad hoc committee it may form up to the time at which space allocation for 1 98 5/8 6 is approved by Council. • The Joint Management Committee will review all space requests and, ot its discretion, will decide which groups assigned space will hove to shore offices. Due to the extremely high demand for office space in the University Centre, it would be highly appreciated if groups, which did not absolutely need office space, refrain from re questing on 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 mode. NOTE: There is no specific request form for office space. Requests with justifications, should be typed and addressed to the Joint Management Committee. They should be delivered or moiled to: Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretory, Students' Society General Office, Room 105, 3 4 8 0 McTovish Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1X9 N O L A T E R TH A N 4 : 3 0 P .M ..T U E S D A Y , A P R IL 3 0 T H , 1 9 8 5 .
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(S u b m issio n s will be received from April 1st u n til 4:30 p .m ., April 30, 1985.) B udget re q u e sts are lim ite d to groups directly recognized by th e McGill S tu d e n t’s C ouncil (i.e. o rg an izatio n s classified a s “F u n ctio n al G roups”, c a m p u s w ide “In te re st G roups” or “S ociety A ctivities”). Interest groups must have been in operation since January 1, 1985 in order to submit a budget request. Groups submitting budget requests will be contacted regarding their submission as soon as is possible. Interest group budget requests must include in the revenue column membership fees from not less than 30 members each paying not less than $2.00. These membership fees and a signed membership list must be handed in no later than Oc tober 31st, 1985 by an interest group with an approved budget. Certain interest groups are not eligible to receive Students’ Society funds as per Council policy adopted December 7th, 1977. These include groups with political or religious affiliations or beliefs. Any other group which, by the nature of its doctrine, discourages membership by all except those which adhere to that doctrine, as determined by Students’ Council, is also ineligible to receive Socie ty funds. Application for Budget packages may be obtained at the Students’ Society General Office. Requests, with justifications, should be typed and addressed to the Joint Management Commit tee. They should be delivered or mailed to: Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary, Students’ Society General Office, Room 105, 3480 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1X9 NO LATER THAN 4:30 P.M ., APRIL 30TH, 1985. S c o tt K eating V ice-P resident (Finance) S tu d e n ts’ S ociety of McGill University
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The first two m eetings of the 1 9 8 5 /8 6 Students’ Society Council w ill be held on April 4, 1985 and April 18, 1985. Both m eetings w ill he held in Room 1 0 7 /8 of the U niversity Centre at 6:30 p.m. At the April 4 th m eeting, n om in ation s for the follow ing p osition s w ill be called for-.
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M ass o f the Lord’s Supper 7 :3 0 pm. Adoration o f the B lessed Sacram ent (all night) Morning Prayer (6 :0 0 am) Celebration o f the Passion and Stations o f the Cross (3 :0 0 pm)
Easter Vigil ( 1 0 :0 0 pm) (The most important liturgy o f the year: service o f light, word, and eucharist). Followed by an all night réveillon (all night party — please bring a dish o f food to share). Sunrise service on the mountain (meet at the Newman Centre at 5 :0 0 am) Easter Mass ( 1 1 :0 0 am)
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Fred G. Willikers Spotted In Paraguay by Alfred Nuremburg McGill Continuing Education student and publisher-in-exile o f The Reaction Magazine, Fred G. Willikers is currently soliciting endorsements for a new neo-conservative student magazine and participating in the Leopoldo Galtieri Open G o lf C la s s ic a m o n g st P arag u ay’ s large expatriate community, according to in vestigations conducted by the Not The Daily. The Quadrilingual magazine (English, French, German and Spanish), called L’Etat, C ’est Moi is to be published, written, laid out and edited by Willikers and will be distributed by the o ver-th e-bord er m ail order within two weeks. Willikers was also the driving force behind a chain o f cloned (remember “ Invasion o f the Body Snatchers” ?) right wing newspapers appearing under different names — Thermidor, Divine Right, Unity, Mother
Hobbes and Privilege — on Quebec and Ontario university campuses. The Not the Daily discovered that the papers were bankrolled by the n o n -p ro fit shady, American-based RIF (Reading is Fundamental), a rightist propoganda organ through its Afterschool Specials program. C o n ta c te d at h is Sandusky,Ohio headquarters, Lester Nesman, RIF spokesman told the Daily, “ Mother thinks highly o f Fred. But his latest project is a renegade affair. W e’re into “ See Spot run” . Freddy is into “ See Spot.” “ See the poor” , “ Sick Spot on the poor.” “ Run, W elfare bums, run.” He receives no more RIF funds.” said Nesman. His former colleagues at RM shy away from Willikers as well. One told the Not The Daily, “ who?” But when confronted by overwhelming documenta tion o f sightings o f Willikers over the years, he admitted,
“ Yes, we know him” . “ But look, it’s not all our fault you know.” he explained that Willikers activities would have come to an end long ago if it were not for American com plicity. “ They arranged for his passage in return for his services as an NBA scout.” The trail o f the elusive Willikers has grown cold during the past few years. Though he was the subject o f a recent episode o f Leonard Nimoy’s “ In Search O f” on CBC, the last reliable sighting o f the “ Printer’s Devil” was made by Dick Flintstone, a form er editor-in-cheif o f the Not The Daily. Flintstone made the sighting at a “ John Travolta” night at Gilley’s Bar and GRill in Dallas, Texas. “ He was riding the mechanical bull,” said Flint stone, “ I’ d recognize him any where... we were in the air cadets together.” According to documents ob
tained the Not The Daily, Willikers attempted to organize a field trip to C a n a d a ’ s W o n d e rla n d in 19 8 0 . Wonderland officials refused to comment, but under sustained questioning by Not The Daily staff, promised to refer the case to the Ministry o f Youth and Sports. However, with the impending publication o f L -E tat, C ’est M o i, Willikers appears to have resurfaced. Information obtain ed by the Not The Daily from Tasmanian Interpol reveals that Willikers is living in Asuncion, Paraguay under the assumed identity o f Augusto Duarte, chiropractor Willikers appears to be ex tremely unpopular among con servatives because o f ques tionable practices in his jour nals. O f Willikers now defunct chain, Herbert Tarlick, RIF stu dent Co-ordinator, remarked, ’ ’ D iff e r e n t c o v e r , sam e
story....he (Willikers) reprinted many o f the same articles from magazine to magazine, often without crediting the articles to their original sources.” The pre-production mock-up o f L ’E tat, C ’est M o i which the Not The Daily has obtained several copies which have ap peared — without credit in some o f the defunct clones — including a series o f articles en titled “ From the Cuisinarts ol the Ruling Class” . This series reprinted without permission includes William F Buckley’s recipe for Chicken Gumbo, Irving Kristol’s Deep Fried Guatamalan Bananas and Hambourgeois à la Bush. Contacted at his Asuncion o f fice, a secretary read from a prepared statement: “ So What'1 Wonderland is a nice place Lots o f people go there.” T he s ta te m e n t w as a manifesto fo Willikers inten tions: “ I want to fight the en trenched liberal biases one finds here in Paraguay.”
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unearthly Scandal Another scandal has materialized in the hallowed halls of our venerable university. First Microbiology... now Solid Earth Geophysics. Professor Molt N. Rock has made an earthshattering discovery in his McGill lab, but has patented it with his private company Rock Inc. News o f the discovery leaked to the N o t The D a ily late last night. It appears that Dr Rock has conclusively proven that the earth is triangular, not round. Had Dr. Rock published this information legally, he would have contributed to McGill’s fine reputation in the scientific community. But, be ing a s e lfis h c a p it a lis t, bourgeois, sexist, slime dog, he chose material gains over in tellectual gains. Further in
vestigation has shown that Rock is a white, heterosexual male. This disgraceful behaviour can not be tolerated in our universi ty. A Nuke the Rock rally will be staged tomorrow at 2:00 pm in the 5th floor women’ s w ashroom in the Physics building. Tickets are available at Sadies 1 and 2 (20% discount for students affiliated with obscure left wing political groups).
Arts Sent Packing by Brendan Fester Students in McGill’s Faculty o f Arts will soon be looking for apartments in the Waste Island if the University goes ahead with its plan to deport Arts students and professors to Mac D o n a ld C am pus n ext September D ir e c to r fo P h y s ic a l Resources and Planning G. S. Kingdon announced the deci sion yeaterday, explaining that the A rts and Leacock Buildings were needed to alleviate poor facilities and overcrowding in E n g in e e rin g , a f a c u lt y acknowledged to have rightist political leanings. K in g d o n , h im s e lf an d engineer by profession, an nounced that a limited number o f Arts students would be ac cepted at the downtown campus on a revised formk o f redemp tive status. “ The required curriculum will include all Science courses
for Arts students and at least, one class in accountancy,” he said in an interview. Students enrolled in A rts wil! also gain credit for volunteering to test fuel air explosion (FAE) and chemical weapons, Kingdon noted. But Not The Daily has learn ed that the Administration had other motives in forcing the move. When questioned about the decision, Dean o f Engineer ing P.R. Belanger admitted the move was part o f a general plan by the U niversity and its Washington bosses to eliminate liberals from the Cnadian political spectrum. “ O ff the record? Yeah, it’s true: we just want to get rid o f you Artsies. We had con solidated our position when we took ovei* the H arrington Building but we were concerned our lines o f supply over to Gert’s might be jeopardised. We had to act while there was
still time. Reached by telephone at 4 air last night, Principal David Johnson refused to comment on th e a lle g a tio n s “ U hh... W haa... fksgrbls.,. zzzz zzzzzz,” he said. Kingdon denied that the Faculty had not been consulted about the decision. “ (Dean o f Arts) Mike Maxwell told me once how much he liked going into the country. So I figured he wouldn’t really mind moving,” Kingdon explained. But outgoing ASUS President Jack Vincelli expressed concern about the decision. “ I dunno,” he said. “ I hear they have a lot o f dirt and stuff out there. That’s sooo working class.” Student VIP and campus figure Steven B. Matthews agreed. “ This is an outrage. It requires strong, determined ac tion on the part o f all students. I may even have to graduate,” he said.
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Revolution is not a tea party, but the collective at the Not \ The D aily would like sympathy. The first step is to raise the consciousness o f the McGill student in the face o f some Chomski-esque preconceptions about what goes on down here. Basically, you’re all the dupes o f a postnatal academic media complex (PAMC). Contrary to popular myth, the collective is not composed o f a group o f left wing, Trotskyoid gays and lesbians with delusions o f political potency. It’s time to lay to rest our im age as a bunch o f hit-and-run revolutionaries with a Radicaler-than-thou demeanor. Rather, all o f us come from “ leave it to Beaver” country, upper middle class, urban nuclear families with 2.3 kids and a dog named Spot. W e’re what you get if you went to see “ The Mouseketeers go on the Long March” at Cinema V. W e’re the very flower o f the Bourgeoisie. But then, if we spent our time writing about the joys o f be ing, as comrade D affy Duck used to say, “ comfortably wealthy” and what to wear with plaid, we lose what audience we still had. And it wouldn’t be as fun. So we have committed ourselves to building a better world, for everyone, wimmin and myn, and then dragging you all to it, kicking and screaming if necessary. We have set out to in form you all o f the benefits o f being caught below the poverty line, o f all the rights you never knew you had, and examining why it’s fun to experiment with your sexuality. A fter all, this is university. Besides, our Anthropology pro fessors tell us all these neat things that just have to be right. A fter all, they are professors, Without this healthy expression o f ideas and indignation, we doubt if we could ever get over the guilt o f being responsi ble for creating an imperfect world where some are more equal than others. So keep your eyes open comrades and stay tuned to this space for the Cause o f the Week. If you ever doubt our convictions, just tell yourselves we’re doing it for your own damn good. The Collective Catscan Braindead, Mindy Woodstock, Brend Infested, Alfred E. Nuremberg, Reeli Madatyou, Adam Quizical, Randolph Coltrane
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Daily Meets Chip Lenin. S Not The D aily Interview with Chip Lenin, Socialist.
“ I won’t stop until Brian Muironey is the doorman at the Hotel Sherbourg!” said Chip Lenin Wednesday night at a table in Henri Richard’s. Chip, a relative o f famous Russian revolutionary V.I. Lenin, was in Montreal to promote DisneyFans Organized for Global M a rx ist A c h ie v e m e n t, o r DOGMA. The Not The Daily was granted this interview at H enri R ic h a rd ’ s b etw een periods o f the Montreal-New Jersey game. Not The Daily: Chip, if I can call you that, your most recent work, M arx and M ickey: The M an and The Mouse, has come under attack in certain capitalist newspapers. Yet, the left has praised it as a book o f monumental im portance, a manifesto even. Could you elaborate? Chip: Obviously the bourgeoisie are not happy. However, as I p o in t o u t in m y b o o k , capitalism is based on the desire to build a better mousetrap. This is clearly antithetical to the interests o f Mickey. In effect I have liberated Mickey from his alienated existence as a song
by Catscan Braindead and Bar my the Slooth News o f the proposed summit between US President Ronald R aygun and S o v ie t F irst Secretary Mikhail Garbageoff s p a rk e d s p o n ta n e o u s demonstrations o f indignant students outside the Not The Daily office and on campuses across Canada. Coming within months o f Raygun’ s offer to share Star W ar technology with the Soviet socialist imperialists, this pro posed summit has given rise to great suspicion among the democratic forces o f the world. Investigative reporting by the Not The Daily has uncovered documents that conclusively suggest that the two sides will discuss more efficient ways o f running the arms race, will decide on new makes for the hotline telephone sets and sign an agreement on the export o f McDonald’ s franchises to the Soviet Union.
and dance mouse for the docile children o f the rich. I should also point out that Mickey has certain qualities that could make him the V.I. Lenin o f North America. DOGMA has recently given Mickey wirerim glasses, rather like those o f John Lennon, and Mickey has also grown a goatee. He has an uncanny resemblance to Lenin. His looks will inspire the masses. The only problem, and we feel it to be a minor one, is with Mickey’ s voice. DOGMA feels that Mickey must lower his voice for those constant calls to revolution. Not The Daily: W e’ve been hearing rumours that Mickey’s close friend and confidant, G oofy, has been reading Trot sky. Can you confirm this? Chip: Yes, a few months ago G oofy turned into a raving Trotskyite. He was arguing that we should be trying to persuade other leading entertainers like Bugs Bunny or Scooby Doo to join the cause. DOGMA felt rather uncom fortable about this. G oofy wasn’t considered to be a threat. Then, a few weeks ago, some o f DOGM A’a agents found G oofy at John F. Kennedy airport buying a one
way ticket to Mexico. We had no alternative, G oofy was li quidated, we blew him away. It was messy. G oofy is history. In other words, for us he no longer exists. Not The Daily: Well I guess G oofy’s elimination was better than having politically incorrect views floating around. On to other matters. How close are we to the socialist revolution? We here at the Not The Daily are getting rather tired o f waiting for it and my parents are threatening to take the gold card away. Chip: As I see it, the revolution is close. Maybe in August. I think people will feel like it by then. Maybe early September. Not The Daily: What direction will it take? Chip: As I see it, there are two ways a socialist regime in our society can go. Earlier in my thought I was attracted to the Star Trek model. I believed then, and I still do, that Captain Kirk was the first socialist man. I mean when the Enterprise shakes, Captain Kirk shakes along with it. Besides, Comrade Kirk has a nice ring to it. Unfortunately, I realized that a division o f labour exists on the
In this time o f the deepening o f the people’s revolutionary stru g g le, M cG ill stud en ts demonstrated spontaneously. Some o f the banners read: “ Long live the Revolution” , “ No to S u p e rp o w e r Collusion” , and “ I Love Boy George” . (The person carrying this last was drunk and pro bably in the wrong crowd.) Several progressive campus groups were worried about the effect o f these im perialist negotiations on the rights, o f le f t - h a n d e r s , a n im a ls , vegetables, red-heads, fa t heads, and other minorities. Said Herb T urf o f the Dumb Chums’ League, “ The arms race leads to exploitation o f the non-human species. It is plain from historical experience that we cannot trust the welfare o f this planet and its species to meat-eating politicians.” These views were echoed by Herb T u rf o f the McGill Vegetable Fund and by Herb Turf o f Gardening McGill. This
amazing unanimity o f opposi tion was not limited to the clubs alone; said Très M. Oron, a McGill Engineer, “ Those guys are damn bad; I wonder if we’d’ve any more wrestling?” Across the world, the summit has been denounced by all pro gressive opinion. Said Enver Hoxha, o f the Party o f Labour o f Albania: “ Our Party and the broad working masses strongly denounce this shameless deed; we are confident that this will lead to the further deepening o f the revolutionary struggle o f the working masses and the youth in the two blocs.” When the Not the Daily con ta cted the G o ry F o reig n Minister Joe Blarp in Ottawa, he said: “ I have not heard o f any such meeting. You guys sure you’re not pulling my leg?” There will be a protest meeting at Gert’ s Wednesday night. Beer will be 32 1 /4 cents, live music by The Day After band.
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oialist bridge. Spock is logical because computers made him that way. Ohura is really a glorified phone operator. I like Kirk but his o f ficers are alienated. And what about those poor guys in thè red shirts who get killed like flies down there on those weird planets. The second route is that o f DOGMA. I was inspired by a trip to Disneyland. I thought it would be great to live in Disneyland. DOGMA would use “ It’s a Small W orld A fter A ll” as a paradigm. When DOGMA comes to power we will turn the whole world into a small world and then everyone can be happy and Sing all day long. It will be true socialism. It is this model that will be the suc cessful one, I think. Not The Daily: Yes, I see, this is very profound. W e’ve often said that ideas are dead at McGill but as you’ve shown here, ideas are alive outside o f this conservative cow pasture.
Next Week: Thomas Je ffe rs o n ’s plan to use nuclear weapons during the A m erican R evolu tion.
[T E R S IE T T E R S L E T T E R S L E T T I To T he N ot The D aily: Your article entitled “Racism In Sports” hit the nail on the head. I am a third year student of Jewish background and this year I tried to make the McGill football team. A lthough I tried my best, I was the first player cut. W hen I asked the coach the reason, he shrugged and said, “You w eren’t good enough”. This is the sort of comment that has been hurled at my people for thousands of years, but it was still shocking to w itn ess such b la ta n t a n t i semitism at an institution of “higher learning”. Sham e on M cG ill. F ran k Young, U 3 English To T he Not The D aily: It is time to clear the air about my campaign for A SU S VicePresident. Your reporter quoted me as saying th at if I won, I would “Send all Commies to C ub a”. I said nothing nothing of the sort. W hat I said was “M y M om m y’s in C u b a”. in n n m F 7 W W W 7 * * * * * * * * 7
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Furthermore, I was quoted as saying “I don’t think much of queers”. The interview took place in G ert’s, and w hat I said is “I don’t drink too much beers”. To top it off, your reporter claimed th a t “ I p a s s io n a te ly h a te Indians”, well the conversation turned to football, and I merely said I hate the ((Washington) Redskins. This sort of irresponsible jour nalism is what is ruining the Not The D aily, and I feel that the fact th at these misquotes were printed in bold face on the front page was instrum ental in my loss. You will be hearing from my lawyer. Yours in litigation, Len F ogler U 2 Physics
To The Not The D aily: The other day I was walking home through campus when I saw some graffiti on the side of the Leacock Building. The graffiti read “Free the Outrem ont 193”. W hat does this mean? A P rep U 1 A rts E d ito r’s R e p ly : We d o n ’t know, but graffiti is good.
Sources in the Dental Faculty tell me that nothing new has happened in the you-know-who case. Stay Tuned...W hat’s this I hear about a certain American President funding a certain fascist publication ~diere at McGill? The truth must come o u t...A c e Not The D aily reporter Brenda Killy tells us that she overheard an antiwimmin remark in Gert’s last week. Seems to me that Gert’ s should be shut down while the investigation continues. Latest culinary delight here at McGill is the Albanian Pizza now available at Gert’s...Lowcal an d boy, is it yummy...Buses leave at 6 am Thursday for the protest at the Sierra Leone Embassy in Ot tawa. This week, the protest is against the cruel treatment o f a nest full o f sparrows that was knocked out o f a tree outside the Embassy...Seems to me that a certain faculty at McGill is be ing denied space so that the Faculties o f Death can have more room to perfect their techniques for poisoning our third world brothers. Management fashion show, s u p p o rt th e r i c h ...B r i a n Bulroney was spotted in the Ritz last week...He bought a copy o f the Times, five cigars and the latest issue o f Juicy Jugs...He then had lunch with represen tatives o f Canada’s Indian groups, and just before the bill came, he pretended he had to use the phone and left the hotel...The Indians were left holding a $549.64 bill, and bet ween them they only had $78.90...FOR SHAME. Last week, I found a dead fly in my Union C af Club sand wich... Someone tells me that they bought a fried egg sand wich that came complete with a c e n tip e d e ...a n o th e r h o rro r story concerns reports o f an ant
farm in a Chicken Salad Sub...what is going on? Trib Ad Manager and Bon Vivant, Jack Berry apparently spent his entire weekend in the Union Building last week...says Berry “ It was easy, after Gert’s closed, I hid in the washroom, by 4 am I had the building to m yse lf’ ...W hy did you do this Ja c k ?...“ It seemed like it would be a neat th in g to do” ...Hmmm... Don’t you love the taste o f the vending machine coffee? Turns out that it isn’t coffee, it’s asbestos, flavoured with chemicals...Food and Beverage M anager A g g ie O stopolopolopolopolous tells me that this was due to a mistake on the requisition form s... W asn’ t that Bruce Sicks wearing a Reagan sweatshirt at the Engineering Pub the other night? Careful Brucey, don’t w e a r th a t at an A S U S party...D o you believe that peo p le s t ill do d r u g s ...tr è s tacky...Speaking o f a certain ex-president named Hicks, how come he still has the keys to ail o f th e U n io n B u ild in g Offices...Did you know that he also gets in free to all Program B oard fu n ctio n s...H e also d rin k s fr e e at th ese parties...Seriously. Donald K. Donald tells Con rad that a certain thrice weekly McGill paper was naughty at the U2 concert last week. Seems that a prom inent national magazine arrived at the concert to find that their press pass had b een ab scon d ed . One photographer at McGill will h ave tro u b le lo o k in g at him/herself in the mirror in the morning. W asn ’ t M o rg e n ta le r great?...But boy is he short and ugly...That’s all for now, but remember, keep your nose clean or Conrad’s nose will find you.
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The Kritical Kultcha List Films: P arag u ayan Indian Film F e s tiv a l, C a fé P e o p le ’ s Republic April 3-8. Not too m any people are up on Paraguayan films, but those people are bourgeois morons anyway. If you don’t go to see these films, you are slimy. The highlight o f the series is P e d r o ’s N ew C an o e an 8 minute ex ploration o f the dangers o f materialism on a “ primitive” society. Filmed in grainy 8mm, the film is made memorable due to the performance o f Pedro el Pablo as himself. Pedro has been h ailed as a S o u th American Emanuel Lewis, and it is easy to see why. T h ey S h o t a n d S e v e r e ly W o u n d ed M y B o yfrien d . 1982
El Salvador. A stunning film about love, honour and fascist Imperialism, shot in and around war-torn San Salvador. One o f the finest films ever to come out o f El Salvador, B e v e rly Ffills C o p 1984 U.S. A brutal and touching parable about the plight o f the Black
man in America today. Eddie Murphy convincingly portrays a poor Black man on the trail o f justice in white, racist Beverly Hills. One o f the most impor tant films ever made.
Live Music: M o d ern Ja z z at Gimpy’ s Bar 3987 Parc. Perfor m an ces on th e e le c tric washboard and the zulitiphone are fe a tu re d , along w ith Gimpy’ s famous salad bar. M o n tr e a l S y m p h o n y O r ch estra plays the works o f
T heatre: M en A r e Icky. McGill Wymmin’s Union presents a new play by wymmin, about wymmin and for wymmin. No men will be allowed to see this play. Since I am a man, I can’t tell you what it is about or where it is being held, but I’m sure that it will be good.
Karen Carpenter. Memories o f the late lamented songbird are presented. Place des Arts April 13. H a rd C o re P u n k T riple H eader: The C hunks, P u p p y M ad e a M ess and the V ivisectionists a t C lu b P u k e 3 6 2 6 M o u n ta in S treet. A p r il 9 -1 1 .
Miscellaneous: P o e try R eading — J a c k B e rry read s fr o m his N oise: a truly great piece o f
work by Samuel Beckett. In a darkened theatre, the audience is subjected to a series o f ran dom so u n d s: gun sh o ts , flatulence, dog barks. The lights never go on. The play is merely noises, A tad longish at 4 1/4 hours, but a searing, life changing play. Presented by the M cGill Drama Department. April 3rd & 4th.
rece n tly p u b lish ed collection o f verse in th e A lle y . N ow u n til the en d o f the sc h o o l y e a r. L a st ta b le on the le ft.
The McGill Ballet Society presents an innovative evening o f interpretive dance. Featuring the music o f Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, and Twisted Sister Moyse Hall April 7th at 8 pm. B a lle t —
A Walk On The Right Side
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by Reeli Madatyou Rightists! A re you feeling lost in an increasingly pluralistic world? Have you been wonder ing how to get in, touch with the reactionary community? It’s easier than you might think. Montreal has a dynamic con servative sub-culture with a plethora o f things to do. And it’s all happening in your own front courtyard This is an invitation to all those who are genuinely in terested in rediscovering tradi tion, Come., join us on a tour o f true blue Montreal. Take a walk on. the right side , Where to begin? F R ID A Y NOON: A sk a heterosexual colleague out to lunch. Dress for success and carry American Express A good place to eat is A m ie l’s. an unobtrusive bistro on the corner o f Marie Antoinette St. and Rand Ave. The decor is tasteful an d u n d e r s t a t e d -----p re d o m in a n tly n a v y w ith pinstriped tablecloths and char ming grey flannel curtains. Ask for the Blue Plate Special, w h ich in c lu d e s S c h a fle y S c h n itz e l g a rn ish e d w ith Mushroom Cloud. For desert, try the Fascist Parfait with just a dash o f grated hypocrisy. A veritable taste extravaganza. A fter lunch, take a stroll up the mountain to Montreal’s famous Observe-a-Tory. This picturesque site, is, by conser vative estimates, the most popular sight-seeing spot for right wing Montrealers. It pro vides a wonderfully fixed view point o f Montreal’ s bustling financial core and outlying in-
dustria! hotspots. The perfect ming? There’s Bennett Beer on place to relax, take a bresh o f tap. W ell, the night has slipped fresh air, and reflect contented ly on one’ s contribution to the away, and it’s breakfast time already. Where to go to satiate status quo. A quick dash home to change that passion for good food in into evening dress and grab the a.m .? Try N a n c y ’s, an allMummy’s pearls and you’re night diner with the best, ready for dinner, to see and be breakfasts in town. Be sure to seen. Dine in the exquisite sur sample the morality muffins roundings o f The C hosen F ew , enriched with dogma; the rea; the newly-opened restaurant at health-nuts among you will go The F a lw e ll Inn on Oligopoly for for the Pro-Life cereal Row. Here, opulence is the bot Some, not all, rightists are tom line and no expense is veg etarian s. U n fo rtu n a te ly spared, neither theirs nor yours. N a n c y ’s no longer serves This new eatery features a menu Coathanger croissants They’ve o f old favourites, including suc been censored Nancy, proprietor o f N a n c y ’s culent promises in Rhetoric sauce and Fundamentalist Fon is always on the sidelines, gently due. Such a meal can only be admonishing the serving staff or followed by a slice o f W elfare sprucing up the red decor, her Crumble with a dollop o f Im favourite colour. With such a, perialist Ice Cream and coffee motherly type around, you’ll with crème de la crème. Sit back feel right at home. To continue your Saturday and revel in the exclusivity o f it a ll. L is te n in to y o u r on a fitness note, head to one o f neighbour’s conversations; you the new rightist spas Ladies can are surrounded by potential head on down to A n n a b e l’s, The T otal W om an, where they connections... can le a rn to p reen and It’s 11:30. Now you’re ready to trip the manipulate themselves into a light fantastic. Head on over to secure niche in the nuclear fami A f t e r E lites, the fabulous club ly unit. Gentlemen, work out at on Cutback Crescent; a bit out R o n n ie ’s S p a o f E te rn a l Y outh. o f the way, and a rather long Yes, that old carcass can still drive, but it’s most definitely make a comeback. R o n n ie ’s, worth the wait. The end justifies th e lo c k e r ro o m o f the distinguished man. the means, as we say. This concludes our tour. We Here you can enjoy the com pany o f people just like you, hope you’ll continue to frequent and if you don’t feel like danc these spots and strive toward ing to the sound o f the big the opening o f new ones. Only band, there’s always someone through your continued support ready to discuss the latest issue can the Establishment flourish. o f L ib ertas, or any o f a group W e leave you here. But o f similar publications, over a remember, you’re definitely not B-52 or a G&T. Feel like slum- alone.
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KEY HOLDERS TO CLUB OFFICES IN THE UNIVERSITY CENTRE APRIL 15TH is the deadline to return all keys that
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Alias pounds out smooth sound
Alias Plays G erts’ by Heather Clancy Those present at G ert’ s T uesday and W ednesday evening last w eek were treated to a dose o f ja z z by the Don A lias Group. The group w as nam ed for percus sionist Don A lias, who has the distinc tion o f having p layed w ith the likes of Jo n i M itchell, C hick C o rea, C h arlie M ingus and the list goes on. M ost o f the others in the eight-person group had strong M ontreal ties. K eyboardist Luc B eaugrande is associated w ith our own F acu lty o f M usic, and has ju st recently becom e a p art of the band. Because o f its leader, the group has a strong, som etim es overpow ering, per cussion section. O f the eight persons on stage, five took their places at the sides o f an incredible variety o f percus sion instrum ents. The show got o ff to a som ewhat delayed start at 9:30. A t first the crowd w as puzzled as a mere three persons calm ly took their place beside their in strum ents. There w as a m ysterious lack o f p e r c u s s io n m u s ic ia n s . T h en som ewhere in the distance a drum beat began. The entire percussion section casu ally w alked into G ert’ s, giving an unexpected, at least for the sm all crow d, d isp lay o f th eir individual rythm ic skills. I was im pressed, if not som ewhat taken ab ack. U n fo rtun ately, the rest o f the first set did not live up to m y in itial expecta tions. A lthough the percussion section w as undoubtedly full o f talen t, they tended to drow n out the saxiphonist and the keyboard p layer who w ere vy ing for a position in the stream o f the m usic. The drum beat at tim es becam e m onotonous, and as I w as alread y som ew hat drow sy, it tended to lu ll me dan gero usly close to sleep. Ever optim istic, I p atien tly w aited for the gro up ’ s second set and I’ m h ap py to say I w as not disappointed. M y curio sity w as sparked by the presence o f some bow -like instrum ents w ithin the percussion section. These in strum ents, called Berim B au, w ere used in the first num ber, “ M erry-G oR ound” , and when played, they pro duced a very o rien tal sound. The rest o f the pieces contained strong A fro-A m erican overtones, with nice use m ade o f both the bongos and the congas, giving the atm osphere o f a trib al gathering. I especially enjoyed the flutist, M artin D aviault, in these num bers. The dialo gue between flute and keyboard w as very clear and was
m ade en jo yab le b y D aviault’s apt handling o f the instrum ent. A t these tim es the band cam e together and com plem ented each other’ s interpretation o f the m usic. Those present at G ert’ s were recep tive to the group. A lias rem arked that although it w as a sm all cowd it was ap preciative. One couldn’ t help but enjoy the enthusiasm o f the band m em bers in their attem pt to bring som ething d if ferent to G ert’ s.
Albert Vaskovics Building Manager University Centre
Study Medicine in ISRAEL Touro College will prepare you to earn an M.D. in Israel from one of the w orld’s gréai universities Technion-lsrael Institute of Technology Touro C o lle g e , th ro u g h Its C e n t e r fo r B io m e d ic a l E d u c a t io n , a n d the T e c h n io n F a c u lt y o f M e d ic in e , o ffe r a n in te n s iv e p r o g r a m le a d in g to the M .D . o e g r e e . If y o u a re a q u a lifie d s tu d e n t w h o h a s c o m p le t e d the tra d itio n a l p r e - m e d re q u ire m e n ts , y o u m a y r e c e iv e a s e c o n d b a c c a la u r e a t e d e g r e e fro m Touro, a n d a n M .D . fro m the T e ch n io n , a fter a total o f fo u r y e a r s p lu s o n e y e a r o f a d v a n c e d c lin ic a l ro tatio n s in Israel. Initially, y o u 'll s p e n d 18 m o n th s at the b e a u tifu l H u n tin g to n , ‘ L o n g Isla n d , N e w York c a m p u s o f T o u ro C o lle g e C o u r s e s in c lu d e a d v a n c e d s c ie n c e s a n d in te n s iv e s t u d y o f H e b re w . F o llo w in g s u c c e s s f u l c o m p le tio n o f the Touro p h a s e , y o u b e c o m e e lig ib le for a d v a n c e d s t a n d in g a t the T e ch n io n F a c u lt y o f M e d ic in e in Israel, w h e re y o u w ill s a tis fy the 3 2 m o n th s o f s t u d y a t m e d ic a l s c h o o l r e q u ir e d fo r lic e n s u r e in the U n it e d S ta te s . You m u s t s u c c e s s f u lly c o m p le t e a b r id g in g p r o g r a m , to b e a c c e p t e d fo r c lin ic a l s tu d ie s , th en s u b m it a th e s is a n d ta k e a d v a n c e d ro ta tio n s b e fo re re c e iv in g the M .D . d e g r e e A p p lic a t io n s a re n o w b e in g a c c e p t e d fo r the th ird e n te rin g c la s s . F o r a p p lic a t io n s a n d in fo rm a tio n c a ll o r write: C e n te r for
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e n t e r t a in m e n t The Hon. Eugene Whelan President of the World Food Council
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U2 Can Be A Teen Idol by Rollin L.T. Milroy U2 perform ed at M o n treal’ s Forum W ednesday, M arch 27 and if you did not know it beforehand yo u definitely w ould have on the follow ing T h ursday. The show had been preceded b y m on ths o f rum ours, this being one o f the few tim es the band actu ally did m aterialize. To no one’ s surprise, U2 won the hearts o f everyone involved. The crow d the concert attracted I found a little surprising and also a bother. E veryw here you looked, you could only see tiny-perfect-people. H air coloured and coiffed ju st so, the tastefully-to rn and layered clothes. It w as all rath er ironic when you com pare them to the scruffy m usicians they were there to see. W hen U2 fin ally arrived on stage, the reaction these kids rem inded me of the film clips o f teens crying, yellin g, and gen erally rioting at B eatles con certs. I thought they gave shots to avoid th at stu ff n ow adays. I m ust ad m it I felt very old standing in front o f the stage, surrounded by w hat ap peared to be a grade seven class scr'eaming loud enough to compete with the speaker several feet aw ay Cjust rem em bering the w hole scene gives me a headache). A ll criticism aside, there are several p o s itiv e fa c to rs to th e se k id s ’ fanaticism . They obviously did not see
U2 as ju st an im age band to em ulate these such as C ulture C lub or D uran D uran. They a ll h ad a grounding in U 2, w hat songs on w hat alb um , and the lyrics, not ju st to singles, but every song. It really becam e quite annoying. T he o th er re aso n one can n o t disregard the teen enthusiasm is the positive ideas U2 represents. The band is a vocal m em ber o f a new era o f per form ers; anti-drug abusers. They also are quite proud o f their strong religious beliefs. These two stereo typ ically ‘ nerd y’ ideals prove to adolescents (o f all ages) that yo u can have fun, be ‘ cool’ , and be taken seriously both as a band and as a person w ithout having to en dorse the rotten side o f the rock and roll m ystique. But an yw ay, there is a concert to discuss. The m aterial the band w as a fair cross-section o f their four album s. A s expected, their latest release ‘The U nforgettable F ire’ provided much of the m usic, but nobody seemed to mind that. ‘ B ad ’ w as a w onderful num ber, being the first song in a long tim e that could really raise em otions in people. T hey concluded their fin al encore with ‘40’ , a very pow erful hym -derivative. The power o f this band w as perhaps best exem plified by 20 000 people sing ing the chorus, w ith only the drum m er L arry M ullen rem aining on stage.
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It w ould be redundant to say U 2 per form ed w ell live. The band m anages to keep a sense o f spontaneity about the perform ance w hile actu ally keeping things on a very tight reign. The Edge is as incredible live as on vin yl. He is an excellent exam ple o f a m usician who has m ade use o f all the w onderful new technology availab le w ithout becom ing its slave. U2 has becom e som ew hat fam ous for incorporating songs other than their own into the live perform ance, and this show w as no exception. The audience w as treated to p arts o f ‘W aitin g for the M an ’ , ‘ R uby Tues d ay’ , ‘ Sym p ath y for the Devil’ and a strong encore perform ance o f ‘ Knock ing o f H eaven’s D oor’ . D ylan ap p aren tly thinks quite highly o f Bono, the lead singer, and has invited him on stage several tim es in the past. A t one point in the concert Bono stood on a speaker at the stage’ s side, sign allin g into the crow d for som ething to be throw n down to him . Several sm all w hite flags landed at his feet. No, that w as not w hat he w anted. F in ally w hat he w anted w as handed up to him ; a large Irish flag. By this point it was ap p aren t that the other band members w ere oblivious o f his m otive. He slow ly draped the flag over his shoulders, crouched dow n, and sang a pow erful chorus o f ‘A m azing G race’ . By this point I had the guy tagged an em o tio n al burn-out. H ow ever, when he brought a girl from the audience onstage ancj held her at the conclusion o f ‘ B ad ’ , I realized that it w as not th at he is an y m ore unstable than anyone else. The persona he exudes on stage is a very vulnerable one, an open book for the w hole au dience to see. It is this honest and unapologetic exposure th at draw s peo ple to him , and w ell it should. V ery few people can stand in front o f 20 000 people and appear both exposed and strong at the sam e tim e. Bono is a m an o f clichés, delivering lines com m on to alm ost every concert, like ‘T hank yo u for m aking us feel at hom e’ , ‘You m ade a ll this possible’ , etc., etc. H owever, after w atching the m an for tw o hours yo u realize there is genuine honesty behind his rem arks and antics.
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From Under The Bleachers by Frank Young W ord reaches us that two o f North A m erica’ s peripheral sports leagues, the U nited States Football L eague (U SF L ) and the North A m erican Soc cer L eague (N A SL), are in big trouble. The U SFL is currently facing an inter nal battle concerning when the league w ill p lay its gam es, w hile the N A SL has been reduced to two team s. The N A SL seemed like an interesting idea ten years ago. Soccer is the most popular sport in the w orld, and the num ber o f people p layin g the gam e in C an ad a and the U nited States was b o o m in g. B y w isely m ak in g the L eague’ s New Y ork fanchise — The Cosm os — the cornerstone o f the league, the N A SL set up instant rivalries between the Cosm os and all of the other team s. The problem s started when the N A SL found itself with two or three w ealthy franchises and fifteen team s that had neither m oney nor a large potential audience. How could a team p layin g in a tin y stadium in Rochester com pete w ith the Cosmos who were bankrolled by the huge W arner Brothers C orporation? The answ er was that they couldn’t. Team s in cities such as San Jo se and T ulsa ju st did not have the m eans to be com petitive, and since soccer is not a trad itio n al A m erican spectator sport, these team s quickly went belly-up. But w hat o f the clubs th at even five years ago appeared strong? V an couver, New Y ork, M ontréal, Seattle and Toronto all seemed to be stable franchises, but the huge salaries that were being paid to such stars as G iorgio C h in aglia, C arlo s A lberto, R o b erto B ettega an d K arl-H ein z G anitza drained the team s’ m oney, w hile crowds o f 15-20 000 could not cover expenses. One by one these team s ceased operations, aqd when W arners refused to b a n k ro ll the C osm os anym ore, the league was doom ed. The N A SL w as a victim o f two things; too m uch optim ism , and a fee ble brand o f soccer. The team s in the league felt that A m ericans could be lured to the stadium to see over-the-hill stars th at they had never heard o f in the first place. W hen a team p ays so meone a six figure contract, they ex-
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pect not o n ly goals, but fans to be pro duced b y the p layer. In the N A SL, this did not happened. M uch o f the league’ s optim ism w as a result o f the large ethnic populations in North A m erican cities. The thinking went that if they loved the gam e in the old country, then th ey’ ll love it here. O nly problem w as that the N A SL gave these life long soccer fans an abom ina tion o f the gam e. Rules were tilted so that gam es resulted in 5-4 scores, or if there w as a tie, a shootout — the worst thing ever to happen to soccer — w ould be played. There is no question that recent im m igrants still love their soccer, w itness the ecstatic celebrations in Toronto when Italy won the W orld C up, but they hate trash soccer. Good bye N A SL. W hen the U SFL began, I bet a friend that the league w ould not m ake it to a third season. I was w rong, but I will glad ly bet again st the league m aking it to a fifth season. There is a lot o f talk about Doug Flutie as being the saviour o f the league. Seems to me th at the sam e w as said about H ershell W alker when he cam e into the league two years ago. W ell, Flutie and W alk er both p lay on the New Jersey G enerals, and the team draw s 40 000 per home gam e. This w ill not p ay for much m ore than those two p layers’ salaries, and even rich men — and G enerals’ ow ner
D onald Trum p is a very rich m an — lose patience when losing m oney. W orse yet, there is an internal battle within the U SF L . Jo h n B assett, owner of the T am pa B ay B andits w ants the U SF L to p lay in the fall and take on the NFL head to head. How on earth did Trum p ever accum ulate so much m oney if he has ideas like th at? If the U SFL p layed opposite the N FL, the new league w ould last two weeks at the most. Besides th at, the U SFL is a horrible league to w atch. The caliber o f p lay is b arely that o f the alw ays bush C F L ,
and at least the C an ad ian gam e can be fun on occasion. The rich men who run the U SFL have their dem ographics, but they do not know their sports; peo ple w ould rath er stay home and w atch a team th at is both new an d bad. The U SF L w ill not be with us for much longer, as it has fallen into the sam e traps that all new leagues do. L ike the W H A , the A B A and the W orld Foot b all L eague, the U nited States Football L eague both overestim ated the satu ra tio n p o in t o f sp o rts fa n s an d underestim ated their devotion to their favourite team s.
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