The McGill Tribune Vol. 04 Issue 24 by The Tribune

Volume 4, Number 24

Published by the Students’ Society of McGill University

Friday 12 April 1985

W helanom ics by Victoria Hammond “ W e may have to change som e o f their ways o f living and they’re not going to be happy about th at.” Eugene W helan, sans fam ous green hat brought a message o f mixed hope for Ethiopia to a small group o f listeners at McGill last week. A s President o f the World Food Council, W helan, former Agriculture M inister, could speak with som e authority a b o u t t h e s o l u t i o n s to Ethiopia’s current plight. “ The problem can be solved, but it’s not a one year program, it will be a minimum o f 10 years.” Whelan suggested that the technology exists already that could be put to use in Ethiopia. “ It isn’t big technology farming with $100,000 John Deers but farming with oxen and small anim als.” “ These people are suffering. I don’t care what political beliefs you have. Back in Amherstburg (Ontario) if so m eone needed food we used to give them it, no matter what ethnic group or religion they were.

Congrats Skip, here’s your brand new graduation present. You’ve come a long way, son Whelan rejects the notion put forward by som e that “ if it rains, they’re going to be saved .” “ They d o n ’t have seeds; they don’t have oxen. They don ’t have the strength to plant a crop. They’re miles from their fields and even if they were there, there’s no trees or grass left on them .”

Despite his professed aver sion to political beliefs in the matters o f charity W helan con tinues to see the answer to the Ethiopian situation in the freemarket system. “ W e’ve not showed them how to farm. We never showed them anything about m arketing.” “ N o coun try can be productive unless there is incentive to survive. The reason Canadian farmers are so successful is because they know the land is theirs.” W helan sees the crisis in E th io p ia as “ th e b ig g e st challenge the world has ever faced.” But he does see the solution resting in Ethiopian hands. “ There is no greater pride than a people doing things with their own hands.”

Green Gene harangs “ missionaries” with his message of hope

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Vacancy Vote Vetoed by Brian Todd It seemed like it was going to be an easy transition, the new Students’ Council taking over for the Old at last week’s meeting o f the 1985-86 Council. Easy, that is, until it was brought to the C ouncil’s atten tion that the residences were without a representative. T h is a p p a r e n t la c k o f representation wasn’t a problem for this inaugural m eeting where President-elect James Green simply explained Council procedures and the responsibilites o f several internally elected positions. The problem was going to arise, however, when at the next Council meeting nom inations are to be closed and the Vice-President (Finance) and Vice-President (U n iversity A ffa irs) elected from within Council. Jo Ann Evans, Residence Representative to the 1984-85 Council objected to the sugges tion that as yet unelected posi tions be filled by non-voting

representatives from the current Council. She suggested that it was not a valid proposition for the residences to be representated by their various faculties. “ The residence vote can’t be split up. The residences are a unique situation; that’s why the Residence Representative was created in the first place,’’main tained Evans. At the suggestion o f Daron W estman, Clubs’ Rep, a m otion was passed allowing all vacan cies on the 1985-86 Council to be filled with representatives from the current Council with observer status alone, over the objections o f Evans. In other business, nomina tions were opened for the two Vice-Presidents. Marie Davis, Arts R ep., and Stephen Hum, Clubs R ep., were nominated for V .P .(F in a n ce). A m y Kaler, Sen ate/B oard o f G overnors R ep., and Gracy M imran, Graduate Studies Rep., were nominated for V .P.(University Affairs).

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McGill Students’ Society FOOD & BEVERAGE SERVICES APRIL & SUMMER HOURS GERTRUDE S PUB & PIZZERIA • regular hours until Friday, May 3rd •closed Saturdays starting May 4th •sum m er hours begin May 6th: Monday to Friday, 8 am to 2 pm serving breakfast & lunch, bar opens at 11 am. The ALLEY •regular hours until Friday, April 12th •closed Saturdays starting April 13th •special hours for 2 weeks, April 15th to 26th: Mon day to Thursday— 11 am to 6 pm; Fridayl 1 am to 1 am. •closed week of April 28th to May 3rd •sum m er hours begin May 6th: serving lunch & snacks, Monday to Friday, 11 am to 5 pm. UNION CAFETERIA •H ot lunches & Salad Bar: regular hours until Friday, April 12th •G rill Room: regular hours until Friday, April 12th •G rill Room: special hours for 2 weeks, April 15th to 26th: Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm. SATELLITE CAFETERIAS • Arts, Bronfman & Chancellor Day Hall: regular hours until Friday, April 12th • Education: regular hours until Friday, April 12th. Summer schedule (Monday to Friday): April 15th to June 28th — 3:30 pm to 7 pm. July 2nd to July 26th — 8 am to 1:30 pm. • McConnell Engineering: regular hours until Friday, April 12th. Special hours for 2 weeks, April 15th to 26th: Monday to Friday, 8 am to 2 pm. •Redpath Library: regular hours until Friday, April 12th. Special hours for 2 weeks, April 15th to 26: Monday to Friday, 11 am to 4 pm. •Strathcona Music: regular hours until Friday, April 19th.

by Michael Smart R e s id e n c e f e e s a t M c G ill’ s downtown campus will go up by four per cent next year, the Board o f Gover nors recently decided. The increase will maintain McGill residence’s yet un challenged position as the most expen sive in central Canada. Director o f Residences Florence Tracy attributed the increase primarily to higher labour costs. “ The union received around a four per cent in crease (in wages) last Decem ber,” she said. “ Plus you have to consider food and energy costs.” She noted that wages were autom atically adjusted for the cost o f living each year under the existing contract. Tracy added that only three-and-ahalf per cent was needed to maintain existing services. However, next year, the cleaning staff will be augmented at the request o f residents, she said. Since consumer prices rose by over four per cent last year, the hike is “ below infla tionary co sts.”

... And Across Campus M eanwhile, the Com m ittee on the C oordination o f Student Services (C .C .S .S .) has recom m ended that University Senate approve a twenty per cent rise in student services fees. Senate will consider the question at its April 17th meeting. The increase, which will raise annual fees for full-tim e students from $95 to $114, com es as a surprise. Two months ago, the com m ittee was debating what to do with accumulated surplus o f more than one million dollars. However, Student Services’ financial picture is not as pleasant as it once seem ed , ex p la in ed ad m in istrative secretary Cathy Sheeran. A deficit o f $380.00 was budgeted this year, she said. Last year’s shortfall amounted to $171,000. Annual revenues would ac crue by about $310,000 with the higher levy on students. Sheeran admitted that the reserve fund could have been used to pay o ff the deficit, but supported the com m it tee’s decision. She observed that fees had not been increased since 1980. Since that time, salaries and physical plant costs have both risen by over thir ty per cent, she said. The com m ittee unanim ously endors

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Tracy disputed that the fees were ap preciably higher than those o f com parable institutions elsewhere in the country. But she did blame high costs on the current collective agreement. “ Wages are fairly high compared to other universities and the benefit package is quite com fortable,” she said. But Tracy does not believe that high fees are sufficient reason to hire a management firm such as Saga or CVC (C V C now o p e r a te s cam pus cafeterias). She said that food services were reviewed last year and “ the students seem to be pleased.” Most observers agree that an attempt to cut costs would require major restructuring o f services and might very well obviate part-time student em ploym ent. “ To reduce it to a question o f cost is too sim plistic,” Tracy thinks. “ It depends on the quality o f services. It’s very hard to evaluate whether it would be preferable.”

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ed the proposal. Student Society president-elect James Green, who also sits on the C .C .S .S . feels that it is im portant to maintain the reserve fund for the time being. “ W ithout the increase, that fund would disappear in less than four years. In the meantime, it’s there work ing for us, collecting interest. Fees would have to go up eventually, so why not keep that cushion? VP (internal) Yat K. Lo agrees with Green. H e points that the reserve would be needed just to maintain cur rent services if enrollment dropped o ff substantially. VP (Finance) Scott Keating also supported the resolution. H e claims that McGill fees are still in line with other Universities and would like to see them go even higher. A poll conducted by the Tribune has determined that most students are un concerned about the possible fee hike. The survey cannot be considered scien tific, however. One student echoed the sentiments o f many other respondents. “ Twenty bucks more? That’s one Friday night downtown, and I could really use the extra sleep,” he said.

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Comptroller Questions Continue by Brian Todd Question: D o you have faith in Mr. Shifman? Scott Keating: He will remain with Students’ Society, whether we have faith in him is a totally different question. Since mid-February a select few in the Students’ Society Ex ecutive Com m ittee and the Ex e c u t iv e D ir e c t o r o f th e Students’ Society have lived with the knowledge that the Comptroller o f the Society has made “ adjusting entries” in the inventory expenses o f various operations within the Students’ Society accounts. For the years in question 1982/83 and 1983/84, Mr. Shif man was the acting Food and Beverage Manager as well as C o m p tro ller. D uring th ese years, he made “ adjusting en tries” to the accounts o f the Students’ Society, which accor ding to the Executive C om m it tee affected the accounts so that the inventory changes “ made to the U n iversity C entre and Sadie’s I and II operations in 1982/83 and 1983/84 were ex

cessive by approximately $91 000 and $94 000 respectively and that excesses should have been charged to the food and beverage operation.” The Students’ Society asked Mr. Shifman to resign after an investigation into the “ ad justing entries” . He refused. Students’ Society consulted the O ffice o f Human Resources for alternative solutions. Neither the University nor the Students’ Society can force an employee to be transferred against his will. Asked whether transfer was against Mr. Shifm an’s will, Scott Keating, V .P . Finance, speaking on behalf o f the Students’ Society said that he didn’t know. The O ffice o f Human Resources decided that th ere w ere n ot su ffic ie n t grounds for the dismissal o f Mr. Shifm an. A t the open meeu. tg o f Coun cil when the Executive Commit tee made public its discoveries, John Murphy, M anagement Councillor wondered whether there was any way o f ensuring future accountability. Keating replied that the Executive Com m ittee was exploring p ro

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cedures, “ a delicate process, at best” . The accounting process for the food and beverage operations were taken over by C .V .C . at the beginning o f this year. Questions continue to fill the minds o f both Councillors and Society members, questions that have not been answered by Mr. Shifman who refuses to com ment on the whole matter. Only two years o f the Students’ Society accounts have been ex amined. It remains to be seen whether Shifman used the same “ adjusting entries” technique in o th er y e a r s. (S h ifm a n himself, continues to maintain that the accounting procedure was consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.) R e lo c a t io n o r th e reevaluation o f Mr. Shifm an’s position still remains a possibili ty. H ow ever, Mr. Shifm an refuses to comment on these questions. A query that con tinues to bother many is what were Shifm an’s qualifications at the point o f his employment. Keating refused to comment on this question and Shifman also declined to comment.

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W in n e r s 1 9 8 5 The Scarlet Key Award Committee has announced the 1985 Scarlet Key Award winners. The following students from across campus demonstrated their ability to lead and motivate fellow students in extra curricular activities. The Key winners received their awards at an honorary dinner that took place at the Principal's residence on April 11. The Scarlet Key Award Society is sponsored by the Graduates ’ Society and supported by the Dean o f Students Office. The 1985 Scarlet Key Award recipients are: Moira Ambrose.................................................................. Arts 85 Bernard Brais.................................................................. Medicine85 Don Cheslock.................................. Arts 85 Darron Eibbitt-McFadyen...................................................... Arts86 Dean Foti.............................................. Science 85 Steven Fraser...................................................................... PhD 85 Martine Gagnon.............................................................Science 85 David Gibson...................................................................... Arts 86 Judy Ikle..................................................................................Arts85 Frank Jefferies............................................................Engineering85 Alexandra Keeling.................................................... Management85 Penny Lamhut............................................................Medicine 85 Jean Lamoureux........................................................ Engineering85 Peggy Leech............................................................................ PhD86 Carole Levesque....................................................................Music86 Anne Loewen..................................................................... Science85 Claudia Lovell................................................................ Arts86 Leela MadhavaRau.............................................................Arts 85 Christian Menard................................................... Engineering 85 Yves Menard............................................................................Law85 Gracy Mimran............................................................ Engineering86 Jacqueline Muir.......................................................... Engineering86 Pamela Muir..............................................................Management86 Beatrijs Paijmans................................................... Engineering 85 Bruce Randall..........................................................................Law85 Christopher Relton.....................................................Engineering86 Marie-Annick Riel...................................................... Engineering86 Mike Rispin................................................................ Engineering85 Andrew Sandilands.......................................Religious Studies 85 Jane Savage...........................................................................MBA85 Yona Shtern............................................................................. Arts85 Ramesh Singal..........................................................................MA85 Todd Sloan....................................................................... Law 85 Marc Steinberg........................................................................Arts85 Andrew Stuart............................................................ Engineering85 Brian Todd............................................................................... Arts86 Robert Treich............................................................Management85 John Trott...................................................................... Science 85 Jack Yincelli............................................................................Arts85 David Williams........................................................................Arts85 Jeffrey Yamamoto......................................................Engineering85 Helen Zicat............................................................................. Arts85

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4 _tbiRô d im en sio n Exams Pending, Hearts Pounding II by Stuart Aker A s has been discussed many times in this particular forum , the winter semester is better coped with than the fall semester. In general, the winter semester seems to go by a lot faster. One major problem with this, though is the fact that the winter exam period seems to approach us much quicker than its fall counterpart. W hile both travel at the speed o f light, the winter exams appear to travel in the dark as well. In the Christmas exams article, I pointed out som e o f the “ d o ’s” and the “ don’ts” , som e o f the good, som e o f the bad and, yes, even som e o f the ugly. I tried to help students to cope with som e o f the inherent pressures o f the exam period. W ell, I again feel the need, I again hear the call. The winter exam period has many problems with it. Indeed, the mere fact that it exists presents a problem for many students. But for the majority o f us who pick our courses by interest in the subject matter and not by the weight o f the texts, the location o f the building or by whether or not an exam “ sounds possible” , exams are a part o f life which we cannot control. The main problem with the winter exam period is that it can lead to cumulative tests in “ D ” courses. Cumulative exams are cruel, indecent and inhumane. Maybe those animal rights protectionist agencies would have som ething to say about this. That is if they aren’t too busy stealing animals or som ething. People are animals to o , you know. Statistics show that consum ption o f illegal stimulants increases dramatical

ly at this time o f year, this can only be due to cumulative exams, or maybe to finding som eone to sublet your place for the summer, thus creating a certain am ount o f pocket m oney. For the rest o f us who can’t afford to break the law (for one reason or another) there are legal stimulants like coffee. And then there’s coffee, and finally there’s cof fee. C offee however, does terrible things to people. If abused it tends to give one “ blood-shot bug-eyes” ... at least whenever w e’re not in the bathroom. This leads to depression as we tend to feel how we look. Depres sion then; leads to reduced desire to achieve, which leads to less studying which leads to more anxiety which leads to depression (It’s a vicious cir cle). To make a long story short — you fail. Then the summer is hot; spent sweating in a heated classrqom with lots o f fat people who want extra credits while all o f your friends are drinking on the grass outside. C offee is not the culprit, it is the symptom. Cumulative exams must go. Another problem with the exam period is that it invariably bestows upon the helpless student more work than is humanly possible. W ho can do three and a half months worth o f five courses in three weeks? Is it a bird? Is it a brain? Seriously though, even if you’ve kept up in your courses you still must re-learn everything. U nless you are blessed with a name like Melvin, it is a m onstrous task. Depending on on e’s exam schedule (and w e’ll get to that in a minute) one could conceivably have

to do a whole semester’s work over again and com m it everything to memory, in just five or six days. Does accomplishing this make one smart? N o, it makes one resourceful and/or lucky. G ood marks in this system don’t always depend on intellect and that isn’t right. It permits people like “ Ralphs” to abuse the system. They simply d on ’t care how they do, they pick and choose that which they feel like studying and hope that it comes up on the exam. If it doesn’t, well they’ll do an extra semester or ten. If it does, they get higher marks than those students who tried to learn the most material. Som ething smells here, and it isn’t the food in the caf. O f course one o f the biggest pro blems with the exam period is its ar bitrary scheduling. I would like to pose a few questions about this scheduling process. W ho is it that makes up the exam schedule? Why? H ow much do they pay you? (I’m sure thirty thou sand students can top a measly salary?) Are you happy knowing that you’ve ruined the lives o f fun-seeking kids everywhere? Describe your relation ship with your mother. W hat did I ever do to you? D o you have a daughter? Enough asked. It seems that there are three possible exam schedules: five in the first week o f the exam period; four in the first week, one on the last day, or, one on the first day, three in the second week and one on the last day. There is a lot to be said about each o f these schedules (and I’ve said a lot o f it). In the first in stance, you die. But at least you get out early; you get to start forgetting them before everyone else. O f course the marks in this instance cannot possibly

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be good ones but you have your ex cuses to M om , and yourself, and you can convince yourself that employers never look at G P A ’s, just extracurriculars. In the second instance: you die a prolonged death. You have the worst o f all bad worlds. The marks will be bad, the social life will die, the summer will have started for everyone else long before yours, and all the jobs will be taken. The highest bridge around here is south, I believe, I’ll see you there. In the last instance; you lucked out. Probably it will work this way: The one you have the least time to study for will be the hardest, the one you have the m ost time to study for will be the easiest. But, that’s life at the university level. A t least you will still have some time for socializing and job-hunting. But fear not, this “ least objectionable skedj,” as it is affectionally known, has never, ever, in the history o f the universe, occurred two years, or even two semesters in a row. Enjoy it while you can. So those are the problems and troubles with the winter exam period, at least some o f them. They ostensibly are unchangeable problems so we will just have to cope as best as we can. Remember: (I promised to repeat this) failing a course is not the end o f the world, failing to have fun while failing a course makes it seem as if it is. D on ’t be too serious, don’t be depressed, in three weeks it’s over. H ave a terrific summer and con gratulations, or more succinctly: con gratulations to all those escapees from this fine institution, and to the rest o f you: see you next year.

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e n te r ta i n m e n t Alex Thom: A Memorium by Shloime Perel Some o f you may have noticed the absence this year o f a quiet, likeable, older man who in the past could fre quently be seen walking around in the Redpath Library or relaxing in the cof fee room . This was A lex Thom , a m ost unlike ly, though fortunate, choice for head o f library security. A lex worked as a guard at McGill since the early ’70s, m ostly in the library, though, in his early years, also in the bookstore and the then new chemistry building. It was characteristic o f Alex that he didn’t act like the authority figure one might associate with the role o f guard. So he refused to wear a uniform. Madeleine Bieau, currently head o f library security, told me: “ I worked with him for 10 years, and he was a very good man, a very nice man. He worked too hard som etim es. H e got sick last year and didn’t tell anyone. A lex worked seven days a week, even holidays som etim es.” Alex worked for the N ational Film Board in the early ’40s doing docum en taries. He then joined the Canadian ar my out o f a commitment to fight fascism and went overseas, primarily to Britain, as an intelligence officer. He should have continued in film work

after the war, but as som eone without a com petitive psychology, he could perhaps only with difficulty have ad vanced him self through the careerist world o f the cinema. In addition, Alex was a committed family person. Taking care o f sick relatives occupied a substantial part o f his time. Still, he lived an interesting life. Joe Swift, who works at McLen nan, told me that Alex had lived in Greenwich Village during part o f the 1920s and had known various artistic personalities there, including the poet e.e. cummings A lex was politically progressive and was concerned with human rights around the world. He seemed definite ly to be the child o f an earlier, more optim istic age. At the end o f World War II, a new, more peaceful, less op pressive world was expected by many, and like them, Alex must have been disappointed. It is no exaggeration to say that A lex’s relationship with people at McGill and elsewhere was in line with his humanistic perspective. One o f his best friends, Peter Gregory, describes him as “ a very sensitive and nice per son, quite social.” David Inhaber, who as head o f the bookstores’s stationary section had

worked with A lex, summed it all up for me. “ He treated the students very politely and was well liked by everyone. A lex was always very, very interested in books and spent a lot o f time with students, just discussing books. He was well educated, a quiet spoken man, very sincere. I don’t think he ever killed a fly. He didn’t believe in hate, wasn’t hateful towards anyone. He was always a loner, whenever you saw him on the street he was always by himself. But then, even when he was no longer at the bookstore, he would com e in to look at the books and talk to me. So far as I am concerned, he was one o f the greatest gentlemen at M cGill, and I think he is very greatly missed in the library.” Pat, a porter at McLennan, told me that Alex got along very well with the students and was very devoted to his work. I’d seen him com e in very early in the morning many times. I was shocked to find out he had died. The guards brought flowers to his funeral. I feel privileged to have known Alex and for him to have known some o f my friends at McGill. Last year, after I returned from a several m onths stay in Fredericton, I was greatly saddened to find out that he had died on June 10 o f cancer.

It may be a platitude to say that there is all too little contact between students and campus workers. As far as I know, every single university is structured in a manner which assumes the “ naturalness” o f this. Campus workers are not made to feel that stu dent groups and activities can be for them as well. W hy shouldn’t they write for student publications or join the campus Am nesty group or spend time in the Alley? W e don’t always realize what a stratified place the university is. One thing which bothers me is that there is no official McGill record o f Alex ever having worked at McGill (and after about 15 years!) This is because he was paid by the Corps o f Commissioners, a guards’ employment agency for armed service veterans. This is part o f the reason I am writing this article: to express indignation that there is no record at McGill for Alex, who gave it so many years.

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There is an amazing resemblance between the sex phermones o f animals and hum ans. W e can see this resemblance when we examine the stimuli emitted by a boar which causes a receptive female pig to assume a posi tion called “ im m obilization reflex” . This makes her ready for mating whenever she is in the boar’s presence. This phermone released by the boar is strikingly similar to the male horm one, testosterone. These chemicals have musky odor and are concentrated in the sweat and saliva o f the boar. Today, there is evidence that certain human chemicals operate as sexual stimulants, perhaps at a subliminal level. Humans have a com plete set o f non-functional organs whose glands secrete odorous materials suspected to have phermone-like activity. In many societies humans try to use perfumes which are, in part, based on animal secretions which originally serv ed as sexual stimulants. Until modern perfume industries began advertising their products as capturing and bottl ing the true sexual essence o f animal scents, our culture forced us to view our natural odors, and sexual urges resulting from these, as repugnant. Musk is an odor characteristic o f a number o f animal secretions, which people have been using as a perfume for over 3000 years. Com pounds in humans which smell like musk have structural resemblances to com pounds found in boars, deer and the civit cat. Someday you may find that it is easier to attract your desired lover when you are not wearing colognes that disguise your natural scent. So think twice before you go out and buy a fifty-five dollar bottle o f perfume; let your natural essence work its charms. Just Tarzan and Jane.

by Julie Carman Is it love at first sight or first smell? For centuries lovers have courted, movies been made and songs written on this romantic notion o f “ love at first sight” . Recent studies in the field o f Chemistry now reveal that “ love at first smell” may som eday prove to be the dominating force behind the attrac tion and repulsion o f men and women. Have you ever met som eone and fallen head over heels for them or known in stantly that you’d never see eye to eye on anything? Today’s chemists are discovering that human odors and the sense o f smell may play a major role in the mating and dating game o f people where the chemistry between two in dividuals may draw them closer or draw them further apart. Chemically emitted phermones are the dominant factors behind the sexual com m unications o f lower life animals, ranging from insects to apes. Pher m ones are chemicals that are released into the enviroment by organisms and act as messengers to others o f the same species. These odors or tastes that are emitted are significant sexual attractants in the field o f animal com m unica tions, with the exception o f human be ings who make little known use o f the chemicals they emit. Sex phermones cause aggravation, thus drawing in dividuals to the vicinity o f the pherm one. These phermones are used to at tract others o f the same species to their sexual partner and stimulates reactions in the opposite sex which usually result in mating. Females emit sex phermones directly from their bodies thus drawing males into the vicinity. The phermones also act as arrestants which keep the mate from leaving the vicinity. (This would be nice if bottled).

Notes From Above by Brian Todd, Editor-in-Chief (originally fro m Guelph) As another day dawns bleary-eyed on McGill University, the rag tag team at the

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for students only to have them lie va cant. applications for these positions will be called for early next year. They can be seen on the last pages o f the first papers o f the year. The problem that exists here is not only due to student apathy but also to a lack o f inform a tion presented to the students. H opefully the incoming Student Socie ty Executive will realise the importance o f filling these positions with interested students and will be conscientious enough to inform the student body o f exactly what these committees do. The majority o f them do not require one to be politically minded or even tolerant o f the politically minded: they merely require one to be an interested student. Remember, experience in working with people is o f tremendous value to fur thering your education and career. Stu dent activity is o f tremendous benefit when applying for jobs etc., in the future. An opportunity to play a role in the running o f the University and the opportunity to meet faculty members and senior administration should not be passed over lighty. W ho knows, with a job well done you might be able to get an influential letter o f reference.

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Slugger’s Wife: Film Fouls Out • by Gene Shallot “ Slugger’s W ife” is S the latest H ollyw ood o f ferin g tak in g as its themes young love, suc cess and pop music. It does have its propitious

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This poses a problem for Debbie, who has to be Her Own W oman. She wants to tour with her band and is on the verge o f signing a record contract. Her creative energy is stifled by Slug ger’s oppressive love.

just another long fly ball by poor acting, bland cinematography and absurd dialogue. “ Slugger’s W ife” is not suprisingly, the story o f S lu gger (M ich a el O ’K eefe), a mediocre hitter with the Atlanta Braves and his wife Deb b ie (R e b e c c a de M ornay), an up-andcoming-singer. A tongue-tied and diffident farm boy, Slugger r a th e r p e r v e r s e ly , decides to prove his love for Debbie by breaking Roger M aris’s single season home run record. This oughn’t to prove very difficult, since he hits two or three in every game we see. But there’s a hitch. Slugger only hits when he knows the wife is watching the game.

M o reo v er, d irector Hal Ashby cuts quickly from scene to scene, transforming important segments into little more than moving tableaux. The technique is par ticularly annoying dur ing the baseball scenes, which have all the ten sion and excitement o f the salad scene from “ My Dinner With A n dre.”

In spite o f its ubi quitous faults, Slugger’s W ife really isn’t that bad. H ow can this be? The answer seems to be that you just can’t make a bad m o v ie ab ou t baseball. “ Pride o f the Yankees,” “ Bang the D rum S lo w ly ” , “ T he Natural” were all pretty good. True, they seem to be alot better when som ebody dies in the end: for one thing it generally rules out se quels. Frankly, I would have sat through this m ovie if it had been “ Bad News Bears Reach Puberty.” It was like opening day com e two weeks early, except without the beer or the smell o f grass (which is pretty much o p tio n a l th e s e d a y s anyway). The problem is, o f course, real baseball has now started. W hy go see a pointless film when you can go to Olympic Stadium and watch Bob Rodgers pray for rain? The choice, I think is clear.

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McGill In Quebec Drama Festival by Earle Taylor G ood news. McGill University will be represented at the 1985 Quebec Drama Festival! Bearing Witness, a one act play by former M cGill student Marc Coté, is the only play out o f four McGill entries which will be staged at this year’s Q DF. Bearing Witness is the story o f a young black novelist, attempting to write his first novel with the help o f a female blues singer and her music. The play is loosely based on the life o f James Baldwin and was originally pro duced by Player’s Theatre as a lun chtime show in early March. The actors, Robert E. Pennant and Dawn Roach, are well-known in the McGill theatre scene and critics have given them excellent reviews for their performances in Bearing Witness. Recently Roach appeared in the critically acclaimed Boesman and Lena produced by Tuesday Night Café and Pennant was seen in Life is a Dream (M cG ill D ram a) an d Streamers (Players’ Theatre). Pennant is also an alumnus o f M cGill’s improvisatonal soap opera Campus, produced by Players’ Theater. Bearing Witness is being directed by Margaret M ardirossian and stage managed by Martha-Marie Kleinhans.

Sponsored by The Graduates’ Society o f McGill University (our alumni association), it will be staged at the Centaur Theatre on day four o f the Festival; Friday evening, May 3rd. Tickets are a measly $4.50 which in cludes entry to Bearing Witness and With a Bit of Lime by Paperman Theatre. For inform ation call the QDF at 843-8698.

Big Bang Re-created Tonight by I.M.X. Ited H ave you ever tried to imagine what would happen if McGill students from all faculties attended the same event? If Engineering and Arts were mixed, perhaps with a dash o f Management thrown in? M aybe a Graduate student might attend...or two! D o Doctors and Lawyers ever cross McTavish? After a little research it has been discovered that a small select group o f people have been studying just this question only from a slightly different angle. They asked “ What sort o f ex plosion might occur if students from a wide variety o f Faculties were mixed together at the same time?” . These dare-devils decided that the only way to find out would be a full scale experi ment. (Sm all scale m ock-ups gave in conclusive results.) A nd so the plann ing o f the event to end all events was begun. The best time to hold such an event? When people would least expect it — and yet a time when all would be able to attend. The obvious choice? THE LAST D A Y OF CLASSES! However, merely agreeing on a time is not enough. A few o f the more d e b a u c h e d s t u d e n t s ( p r o b a b ly Engineers) might well go to Gert’s on the last day o f classes. So, how to get everyone? For weeks these dedicated researchers pondered the problem and

then one bright morning the answer became apparent. D on ’t plan one event for all; plan several events, each dif ferent in character, and hold them all in the same building. Finally the pieces were falling into place. Put a major event in the Ballroom — videos, lights — make sure the place is revamped and looks classy — base it on a New York night club. Gertrudes then didn’t seem at tractive en ou gh ...so get a live band. Finally for the mellower crowd: put a quiet Jazz Band in the Alley — SO M E T H IN G FOR E V ER Y O N E. Just the final touches remained. Keep the U nion Building open all night, serve breakfast from 2-6 am, and, o f course, keep prices low. Only one problem was left — fun ding and sponsorship. O bviously none o f the larger Faculties could sponsor it because the other groups would simply reject it as something for students o f students o f that Faculty. So a small group...but who would be foolish enough to invest about four thousand dollars to entertain your average McGill student?...The M usic Faculty. The name EINE GROSSE N A C H T MUSIK (a lot o f night music) and you know what? Those foolish Music students think they’ll break even!

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Louis Malle In America ing hard working yet they are also por trayed as being secretive and unco operative. The native Texans are shown as being bigoted and violent, yet through the trials o f Shang, the au dience senses their frustration. The action in “ A lam o Bay” unfolds slowly and deliberately, and by the climax o f the film, the audience can sense the inevitability o f the violent en ding. “ A lam o Bay” is a film lacking a grandiose message; it is merely a well told story about a real life situation. The film is made memorable by the fine perform ance by Harris and especially by Madigan. In addition, M alle manages to turn an ugly little tow n full o f ugly people into the home o f some o f the most memorable images seen in an American film since Michael M ann’s “ T h ief.” “ A lam o Bay” is certainly not going to be perceived as being an “ impor tant” film because o f the fact that it refuses to take sides. What “ A lam o Bay” does do is tell an interesting story about real life events. A s in life itself, there isn’t any wrong or right, “ Alam o Bay” is a film about grey areas.

by Frank Young Film director Louis M alle came to town last week in order to prom ote his new film “ A lam o Bay” . Although Malle is only 53, he has made his mark in both his native France and in his adopted hom e, the United States with a series o f film s that are noteworthy both for their excellence as well as for their lack o f pretension. In films such as "Lacom be L ucien,” “ Atlantic C ity,” “ Murmur o f the Heart” and “ My Din ner With A ndré,” M alle has shown him self to be both a perceptive and sur prisingly unbiased filmmaker. Malle’s new film “ A lam o Bay” is reminiscent o f “ Atlantic City” in that the story is told against a backdrop o f tacky Americana without even a hint o f condescension. M alle, unlike most European directors, understands the American way o f life and, as a result, his films do not bear the stamp o f an expatriate. M alle has becom e one o f America’s best filmmakers. “ Alam o Bay” is the story o f the ten sions between the Vietnamese refugees who settled as fishermen on Texas’ G ulf Coast and the natives. The story in the film is based on actual events that occurred in 1980 as Texans struck out at the Vietnamese, and the Viet namese struck back. A la m o B ay fo c u se s on three characters, Shang (Ed Harris) a Texas fisherman on the verge o f bankruptcy, Glory (A m y Madigan) Shang’s old girlfriend who has returned to Alam o Bay, and Dinh (H o Nguyen) a recent arrival in Texas. W hile the screenplay in “ A lam o Bay” is straightforward, the film covers all aspects o f the issue without ever slipping into a pseudo documentary style. “ Alam o Bay” succeeds as a film because o f the fact that M alle develops his main character; they are flesh and blood, and not mere caricatures. The Vietnamese in the film are shown as be

he “ doesn’t very much like docudram as.” CBS never did make the television film and Malle attained the rights. When asked as to why he was so fascinated by the events in the story, M alle replied that the G ulf Coast o f Texas was interesting as it comprises “ a subculture” o f America. Malle decided to take the American point o f view when film ing “ A lam o B ay,” because he realized that he “ didn’t understand fully” the Vietnamese peo ple. This does not mean that he was biased towards the Texans in the film, it only means that the Vietnamese are portrayed as being “ a catalyst for misunderstanding” . Louis Malle is too honest a filmmaker to pretend that he understands what he does not. He realizes that his strengths as a director lie in telling a story and evoking great performances. When asked if he felt as though he were a French filmmaker working in America, Malle quickly replied that he “ never defined him self as French” . His education was French, but other than that, Malle does not see him self as

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being influenced by his Gallic heritage. Malle sees his role as a director as be ing the “ first spectator” o f the films that he makes. He dismisses his craft as being “ a little voyeuristic” , but it is a half-hearted dismissal. When Malle could not find the words to praise him self as an artist, A m y Madigan ex claimed that M alle’s “ vision is clear” . She explained that Malle knew exactly what he wanted from his actors, and because o f the fact that he has acted in the past, “ he knows actors” . At this point, the representative from Colum bia Pictures came in the room to tell M. Malle that he should finish up the interview as he has a plane to catch to Toronto, where he was due for another 8 or 9 interviews. Before he left however, Malle discussed the fact that he always works “ side by side” with the editors o f his films. He describes it as being “ part o f my work” to ensure that each film that he makes looks just the way that he wants it to. In addition, Malle is usually in volved with the script for his films, as is the case with the screenplay for A lam o Bay .

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Louis Malle is a compact man who does not appear to be in his m id-fifties. M alle is on a publicity tour along with his star Am y Madigan to drum up in terest in his new film “ A lam o Bay” . A lthough he appeared exhausted, M alle managed to be personable and expansive, and when he faltered, Madigan filled in the gaps. M alle has been interested in making a film about the events in Texas since 1980 when he read an article in the New York Times about the tensions. Malle attempted to acquire the film rights to the story, but CBS beat him to it. The network had plans to make the story in a so-called ‘docu-drama’, and they asked M alle if he was interested in directing. Malle turned CBS down, as

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Malle continued from page 10 Louis Malle may be regarded as being one o f the lesser lights o f the French ‘New W ave’ o f filmmakers, but he has taken the riskiest m ove o f all o f these directors; by moving to the U .S .A . and making films about America, Malle has gambled his reputation on a country that values actors over directors. That the gamble has paid o ff is a tribute to the film art o f Louis Malle. M alle’s personal stamp on his movies is that o f a caring and unprejudiced observer o f the in tricacies o f daily life. Alam o Bay is not the best film Louis Malle has ever made, but it is a film o f quality nevertheless. In the hands o f almost any other director, the story would either be made to seem trite or ex ceedingly violent. In the hands o f L ouis M alle, the film em erges as a m eticu lou sly crafted and wholly believable look at an issue that tore apart several small com m unities. It is a film that only Louis Malle could have made.

by Tara Ellis Enter a non-descript band wearing narrow ties, white shirts and looking like skinny Blue Brothers (except for the lead singer who looks like John Belushi) and what is an au dience to expect but either a cheap imitation o f plastic jazz or the typical W ednesday night top 40 band? Secret A ct, at G e r t’s la st T u e sd a y and W ednesday, was a pleasant change from the overbearing and repetitive juke box and bands that sound just like it. Despite the three hour sound check that regularly assaulted the audience’s ears with feed back and screeches, and a first set that only lasted 20 minutes, the band impressed themselves as a confident energetic and yes even original group o f musi cians. Original material played

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side by side with cover tunes by W ilson Pickett (In the Midnight Hour) and The Talking Heads (Cities) seemed at hom e with the M otown influenced sound. Lead Singer Ralph Di Iorio and guitarist Robert Ranaldi have been playing together for 5 years and the other band members have joined in the past three years. They currently have an EP called “ Pick Me U p ” that has been released in the Montreal area. There will be another chance to see Secret Act at the Union Ballroom on April 18, the first night o f yet another Ethiopia benefit. Playing also on the 18th will be This Blue Piano, Dub Trio and Kaya. On the 19th Top R anking, the D arned, and Jahcutta & the Determinations will be playing; a studio recor ding will be made at a later date.

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College Roundup by Julie Carman at University o f C hicago... W ith the help o f $500 000 worth o f parts donated by the metal-working in dustry, a physics professor is trying to develop the world’s most powerful electronic microscope, one that would magnify the specimen up to 20 million times its actual size. If Dr. Albert Crewe o f the Universi ty o f C hicago’s Enrico Fermi Institute succeeds, his invention will be three times as powerful as the m ost powerful microscope now in existence. That device, presently housed at the Univer sity o f California at Berkely, was developed in Japan. Crewe, who invented the scanning microscope in 1963, obtained the first black and white photographs o f atoms in 1970. In 1976, he and physicist Michael S. Johnson made the first black and white m otion picture o f the atom . at Brown U niversity... In what has been termed the most ambitious integration o f liberal arts and medical education to date, Brown University has begun plans to merge its college and medical school programs. W hen the program takes effect next fall, all o f Brown’s medical school

students will be admitted directly from high school. M otivated by a desire to eliminated what Brown adm inistrators term “ premedical syndrom e” o f those undergraduates who wish to continue on to medical school, officials say the eight year course o f study aims to relieve the stresses involved in applying to medical school. The guarantee that the student will be already admitted will provide students greater freedom to choose courses and strong en couragement to pursue an academic discipline unrelated to the medical sciences.” » “ It’s easy to get lost in the theory o f th is,” states Dean o f Medicine at Brown, David Greer, “ but we really want to produce physicians that are tangibly different from the standard product.” The entire idea for the project stems in response to a major move that is underway to train physicians conver sant in the nuances o f medicine, ethics and philosophy. Greer admits that this is no small concern in a profession that has recently experienced record-high levels o f divorce, alcoholism and suicide among its members. Greer at tributes this problem to a “ too narrow approach to things” .

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Invasion of the Red Docs by Colin Cameron This m onth a group o f nine Soviet physicians are touring Canada as guests o f Physicians for Social Respon sibility (Canada) to sensitize people to the issues o f disarmament and the prevention o f nuclear war, and to discuss the disarmament movement in the USSR. This visit will culminate here in Montreal with a public seminar on April 17 at 7:30 pm at the Pavilion Lionel Groulx o f the University o f Montréal (3200 Jean Brillant, corner Decelles, room K0215). The seminar will be free o f charge and everybody is welcom e. It will be presided over by Dr. Paul Cappon o f the Centre for Nuclear Disarmament and Public Health o f the Montréal General H ospital. Two Soviet physi cians Dr. Mikhail Kuzin, Director o f the Vishnevsky Institute o f Surgery M oscow , and Dr. Marat Vartanyan, deputy Director o f the All-Union Research Center o f Mental Health M oscow , will be speaking on behalf o f the Soviet delegation. Dr. Donald Bates, a professor o f the History o f

Medicine at McGill University, and Dr. Augustin Roy, president o f the Profes sional Corporation o f Physicians o f Québec will speak on behalf o f the Canadian side. Following these four presentations there will be a question and answer session with the audience. The seminar will be conducted in both English and French. The movement o f the International Physicians for the Prevention o f Nuclear War was founded in 1980 by two Soviet and two American Physi cians. Dr. H elen Caldicott o f “ If You Love This Planet” fame is one o f the approximately 30,000 members in the United States. There are a comparable number o f members in the USSR and about 2500 members in Canada at pre sent. The organizing committee o f this tour is hoping that as many students as possible can attend this event and make their views know to the Soviet guests, some o f whom have regular contact with the Soviet leadership. If you would like any furhter information regarding this event you may contact Colin Cameron at 288-6717.

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Gridsters Training Already by Frank Young Although baseball season is almost upon us, the McGill Redmen football team has already held its spring Prac tice for hopefuls for next year’s squad. Spring Practice is a football tradition, as it gives the coaches a chance to both assess new talent, and review the pro gress o f the more established players. Practices ran daily from the 23rd o f March until April 2nd, and there was even a scrimmage on the 31st. Head Coach Charlie Baillie saw Spring Camp as a chance for all players to “ gear up for the 1985 season” . With more than forty returning players, Coach Baillie has quite a bit o f talent to assess. The Redmen will be looking to re bound from a fairly disappointing 1984 season, in which the team boasted a 4-3 record before being crushed by Queen’s in the playoffs. The 1985 schedule looks fairly tough for McGill, as the team ’s two non-conference

games are against the always tough University o f Toronto Blues and peren nial Ontario champs, the Western M ustangs. When the regular schedule begins, things will not get easier for the Redmen. McGill opens the conference schedule on the 21st o f September with our homecoming game against defen ding Q U A A regular season champs Bishop’s. Fortunately for M cGill, they play fifth-place Concordia twice in the next three weeks. Unfortunately, the Redmen must play Bishop’s again later in the season. M cGill’s third and final hom e game, coming after four straight road games, is against perpetual door mats University o f Ottawa. It seems as if M cGill’s fate is in their own hands, as they play three games against the two teams that finished behind them, and four against the three that finished ahead. One final note: Q ueen’s does not play here next year.

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!4 sp O R tS From Under the Bleachers The hockey playoffs are now upon us, and that means two things; two more months o f hockey and playoff drafts. N o one is really sure which o f the two came first, athough I have a sneaking suspicion that the playoffs led o ff. For the uninitiated, a p layoff draft is a great form o f gambling. What hap pens is a group o f people get together, and, in order, pick a team ot players who are on p layoff teams. For exam ple, if there are 10 people involved, the first person picks the first player, no. 2 picks the second and so on. When the pick com es to the tenth participant, he picks twice and the 9th player picks, then the 8th etc, etc. Those are the rules, and they are simple enough, the hard part comes when you attempt to pick a team that will win you the pool m oney. I have been involved in these hockey drafts since grade 8, and I’ve never finished higher than third place. I attribute this total lack o f success to the “ Gretzky Factor” . Since you are given two points for each goal that one o f your players scores, and one point for each assist, you can see that having Gretzky gives one person an unfair advantage. Needless to say, I have never benefitted financially from the skills o f the Great

One. This past Sunday, I participated in the Seventh Annual York Mills Col legiate Alumni H ockey draft in that bastion o f excitement, Toronto. This year’s draft included 12 teams o f anywhere from one to three highly ex citable young men who had to pick 16 players each. When it became time to pick numbers to see the drafting order, I picked no. 12. Once again Gretzky had slipped away. Fortunately for my brother Randy and m yself, we ended up getting two o f the choice picks in the draft when our turn came. With John Tonelli and Mats Naslund safely ensconced in our camp, our strategy was set; we were favouring the Habs and the Islanders. Later on we added some good players from Chicago and Calgary to round out the team. The theory was to take four players from each o f four teams that we think will play in a lot o f p layoff games. H opefully, the theory will work, and if it doesn’t, there’s always the other draft that we’re in, where we took Oilers instead o f Flames, and Nordiques instead o f Canadiens. If you’re thinking o f holding a hockey draft, or if you are planning to participate in one, here are a few pointers to make the draft more plea-

sant and hopefully, more profitable. 1) Allot enough time. Remember that everyone wants to win, and everyone has their own com plex theories. These things take time. Last Sunday, my brother and I showed up with ten sheets o f statistics to help us make our picks. 2) Always keep score. This way, there are never any hassles at the end. 3) Never take any B uffalo Sabres. They are a notoriously bad playoff team, and they do not have any excep tional offensive players. 4) Never ever take any player who played for the Toronto Maple Laffs. Som ehow wearing a L eaf sweater poisons a player. 5) Take grinders. Players such as Tonnelli, Bob Ganey, the Hunter brothers and the Sutter brothers are playoff performers. 6) Take the entrance fee up front. This is self-explanatory. 7) Remember that in the playoffs, experience counts. My p layoff predictions are for the Oilers to meet either Les Canadiens or the Islanders. I don’t like the Oilers’ chances o f beating either o f those two teams. To be less specific, the Oilers will lose the Cup to any team they meet. W ell, the old calendar on the wall

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A T T E N T IO N G R A D U A T IN G STUDENTS! if yo u o re planning to g ra d u a te in 1965 with a b ach elo r’s o e g re e a n d you corne from outside Ittontreal, then AVRA w ants to know a b o u t it. AVRA is the Alumni Volunteer Recruiters’ Assac ation which contacts prospective mcGill students across North Am erica a n d personalizes the pre-entry com m unication process at the univesity level. We now w ant to enlist your p a r ticipation in this rew ardin g program . As a soon -to -b e alumnus,'a, your kn ow ledg e a n d experience can provide encouragem ent to those who a re think a b o u t IDcGill, but a re not a s yet certain or a w a re of the a d v a n ta g e s a n d opportunities a v a ila b le here. Interested in knowing m ore a b o u t AVRA? Give us a call at 392-4842 or fill out the form b elow a n d le a v e it in the Student Liaison m ailbox at the University Centre, 3 4 8 0 ITIcTavish Street, Room 105.

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Quiet Second Coming of Stan Gray by Stephen Hum McGill marked the beginning o f the Easter holiday with the return o f Stan Gray, a political science lecturer fired by the university in 1969, ostensibly for disrupting a Board o f Governors meeting. Gray, now the director o f the Workers Occupational Health & Safety Centre in H am ilton, Ontario, delivered a lecture entitled “ The 6 0 ’s at McGill: Student R adicalism ” to a wellattended gathering in Leacock 232. Stan Gray’s dossier is the stu ff o f legend: he graduated as a university scholar in 1965; as a lecturer at McGill University from 1967-69, he was also a leader o f McGill Français, a m ovement to integrate “ the bastion o f AngloC olonial privilege” with Quebec socie ty and Students for a Democratic

University. But those who attended the lecture expecting the unrepentant m anifesto o f a man once described as “ M cGill’s most prominent revolutionary” were disappointed. Gray delivered a peripatetic speech whose heart was a meditation on the limitations o f the “ campus revolu tions” o f the 1960’s, tinged if not with bitterness then with doubt. “ The student m ovem ents were reac tions against the rigid cold war culture o f the 1950’s. M ovements like the Com m ittee for Nuclear Disarmament were the predessors o f various student actions.” Gray asserted. “ War wasn’t an abstract issue for students.” Gray said in an oblique reference to Vietnam, “ The direct, per sonal social struggle this generated gave us inspiration in the university.” For people unfamilar with the heated issues o f the 1960’s, Gray’s talk was a revelation,“ There was a ‘cultural revolution’ going o n ...” Gray remark ed. In the university, hallmark o f this revolution was a revolt against the role o f “ the university acting as a parent” ; this was a reaction, said Gray, against the authoritarian style o f administra tion found at universities like McGill. “ M ovem ents began in 66-67 for democratic change,’’said Gray. At McGill the Political Science Students’ A ssociation came into conflict with the department over students’ demand for parity in the hiring o f professors. At one point in the dispute the offices o f the department were occupied by students. “ On the issue o f self-determination

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