The McGill Tribune Vol. 05 Issue 17

THE MC GILL TRIBUNE Volume 5, Number 17

Published by the Students' Society of McGill University

Tuesday 4 February, 1986

Council Gives D a lly Two Weeks

by Adeeb Khalid

A unanimous Council resolution gave a newly created joint committee of Council and the Daily two weeks to "negotiate changes in the constitution and by-laws of the M cGill Daily" to make the newspaper more democratic and responsive to students.

Council was voting on a substitute motion moved by Club Representative to Council Stephen Hum. Earlier, after a thunderous speech, StudSoc President James Green had moved that StudSoc "request the McGill University Senate and Board of Governors to strike a com­ mittee to draw up a new constitution for a democratically based, autonomous student newspaper that will replace the M cGill Daily.

If the executive committee is not satisfied with the outcome of the negotiations after two weeks, it will pro­ ceed with the course of action sug­ gested by Green's original motion.

Green spoke of a "lack of respon­

siveness on the part of the Daily" and of the "general dissatisfaction on campus with the newspaper.

"I don't know anybody on campus who has nothing bad to say about the Daily, which is an extraordinary state of affairs," he said. "M cGill has the most apathetic student body, and yet we've had a sit-in. Green was referring to the occupation of the Daily offices by a group of students two weeks ago.

"W e don't want to be seen as ogres trampling over an autonomous student newspaper," said Green. "What we want is a responsible autonomous stu­ dent newspaper."

Adam Quastel, a Daily news editor, speaking by leave of Council, respond­ ed to Green's charges. "The Daily finds the Council demands unacceptable for they seek to change our participatory democracy to the potential rule of a board of directors of a few people,” he said.

"There is an enormous possibility for

Mega-Parties May Infringe Student Rights T h e Daily's W itts to c k sm iles in th e face o f adversity

Daily Committee Agenda

by Tribune News Staff In the current negotiations with the Daily, StudSoc is asking for several amendments to the Daily constitution. The demands, approved by Council in confidential session on November 21, are, according to StudSoc President James Green, as follows: • The DPS should have the same referendum regulations as StudSoc; • The DPS should have the same election regulations as StudSoc; • The DPS should use StudSoc's Chief Returning Officer for its elections; • The DPS should use StudSoc Judicial Board for its disputes; • The DPS add at least two student councillors to its Board of Directors; • The DPS should get rid of the veto power of staff members in the Board of Directors; • The Board of Directors should be able to amend all by-laws and the constitu­ tion, and that this should be the only way to amend the constitution; • The objectives should be defined in the constitution, and not in the by-laws; • The fee structure of the society should be differentiated and graduated, so that graduate students pay less than undergraduates, and part-time students less than full-time students.

• Membership to the staff to be gained by the number of submissions and not the number of contributions published; • The implementation of some sort of law by which editorial comments would be limited to the editorial page, and kept out of other sections of the newspaper.

In addition, according to Green, StudSoc is also suggesting that the Board of Directors be given the power to appoint the Editor-in-Chief

by Adeeb Khalid The University Centre policy on "multi-level parties" was the only other issue to provoke debate at last week's Council meeting. Senate Representative to Council Ramesh Singal questioned the propriety of charging an admission fee to the Union Building on these occa­ sions.

Multi-level parties are parties involv­ ing two or more floors in the building.

The policy limits the times when such events can take place and outlines the new procedures for their organization.

"Does charging admission to the building not infringe the right of these students to use the building who do not want to go to the party?" asked Singal.

"W hy does anybody who only wants a piece of pizza have to pay for admis­ sion?"

StudSoc President James Green states that such events cost money which has to be made up for. "Either we have multi-level parties and charge entrance or we don't have them," said Green.

"W e can't have people going just for pizza."

The policy however was adopted.

Council also resolved to ask the Ex­ ecutive Committee to write the Federal Minister of Justice John Crosbie express­

IRC Seeks Detour Managers After weeks of uncertainty, the Detour question will finally be settled on February 13th. The popular dance pub has been the object of controversy since the beginning of January, whep managers Jim Sheridan and John Gallagher were suspended and then a week later dismissed. On the 13th, the Inter-Residence Council's entertain­ ment committee w ill select the managers who will run Detour until the year is over.

Aspiring managers must apply in pairs, as a 'team' submitting thier résumés no later than February 7th. The entertainment committee will be look­ ing for applicants with fresh new ideas, and a willingness to work alongside the IRC to create a successful student ser­ vice.

Sheridan and Gallagher were dismiss­ ed over a failure to comply with IRC directives that called for a greater varie­ ty of food, better music, tighter security and a longer happy hour. Since their

dismissal, Detour has been run by members of the IR C executive, v o lu n te e rs and fo rm e r D e to u r employees who apparently are acting on these directives.

Souvlaki and pizza are now available as alternatives to the trusty hot dog, and in an attempt to introduce some variety in the music, different DJs are being us­ ed. The IRC has already used Colin Mc­ Clelland and Doug Hylton, and hopes to hire Don Rossiter in the future.

Some IRC critics believe that one motive behind the Sheridan-Gallagher dismissal was the profit to be made from Detour. However, acting IRC President Robin Cassel denied the allegations.

She said all profits of IRC-managed Detours will be funnelled towards future parties and trips the IRC will sub­ sidize.

Cassel assumed the position-of presi­ dent when former president Steven Matthews resigned on January 1 due to conflict of interest. Her term will end on February 5 because of the recent IRC

elections, in which four of the five elected positions open were filled by acclamation. The fifth position, IRC Vice-President Internal, remained va­ cant due to a lack of interest. Robin Cassel had previously held the position of VP Internal before she assumed the position of President. This leaves Cassel able to submit a resumé for the Detour manager's position, which she has helped fill as a member of the IRC ex­ ecutive.

When reached on the telephone, Jim Sheridan said neither he, nor his partner John Gallagher would apply again. "I'm tired of the whole thing," he said. "It's time for someone else to run it.”

Whether it is the publicity generated by controversy, or the success of the IRC directives, Detour is doing better than ever. Beer sales have risen by an average of fifteen cases, and the food is slowly becoming a financially selfsufficient department.

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At The EUS?

by Sophie Wilson

New Executive Acclaimed

by Nicole Gaouette

ing StudSoc support for the acceptance of certain recommendations made to Parliament by the Equality of Rights sub­ committee.

C lu b s R e p re s e n ta tiv e D a ro n Westman had earlier asked Council to endorse a letter being sent to Crosbie by McGill Nightline, GALO M and the Les­ bian Caucus of the Women's Union.

The sub-committee's recommendations in clu d e am ending the Canadian Human Rights Act to include sexual orientation as a prohibited ground of discrimination and to bring Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP hiring prac­ tices into conformity with the Human Rights Act. Council also accepted reports from its Nominating and External Affairs com­ mittees. The Constitutional Committee presented the draft version of the new StudSoc constitution to Council. Accor­ ding to the procedures, the document was automatically tabled till the next meeting.

change within the present structure," he said. "O ur policy is set by staff, and the amount of work involved in becom­ ing a staff member is extremely minimal.

Green, however, was adamant.

"There are thousands of people on campus who have absolutely no interest in becoming a journalist. We want representatives elected directly by students to have more power on the board (of directors)," he said.

The Board of Directors of the DPS is composed of four student represen­ tatives elected campus-wide and three representatives of the Daily staff. Con­ stitutional amendments require five votes. Amendments must be then ratified by a referendum polling at least 15% of the membership of the DPS. "W e are going to Senate because Students' Society has no control over the Daily," said Green.

Several councillors expressed doubts about the methods proposed by Green.

Senate Representative Ramesh Singal said, "I agree with the spirit but not the methods of the move."

O th e rs q u e stio n e d the a p ­ propriateness of the move. Said BoG Representative to Council Amy Kaler, "There is no guarantee that the matter would be resolved satisfactorily if it is handed over to Senate. The action is too drastic, and punitive, not corrective. I'd support the existence of the Daily on campus in its present state."

"It is too strong an action too soon," said Clubs Councillor Daron Westman.

"W e don't want Senate dealing with student issues.”

Because of similar objections, Clubs Councillor Stephen Hum introduced a substitute motion calling for a joint StudSoc-DPS constitutional committee recognized by both societies and em­ powered to propose amendments to the DPS constitution.

Council finally passed the motion as amended by Singal who added the time limit and specified the composition of the committee. The five-member com­ mittee is to be composed of three coun­ cillors and two representatives of the Daily staff.

C o u n c il named James G reen, Engineering Representative Beatris Pai-

Jacquie Muir resigned from her posi­ tion as VP Finance of the Engineering Undergraduate Society eleven days ago, after being confronted with accusa­ tions of "misappropriation of funds” .

Although it is still unknown how much money is unaccounted for, EUS President David Williams has stated that the amount is in excess of $3,000.

Although some reports have placed the figure as high as $10,000, Williams re­ jected the suggestion.

"That's ridiculous," he said. "I don't think it's anywhere near that high."

Williams stated that annual revenues at the EUS total roughly $60,000.

Members of the EUS executive are re­ maining tightlipped about the incident.

Williams, told the Tribune that he couldn't give figure on the amount of money involved until the EUS receives copies from the Bank of Montreal of all the cheques Muir wrote in the academic year.

Cheques from the EUS have to be signed by both the president and the V P Finance. Williams explained that it was possible for Muir to have written che­ ques without his knowledge however, since it is "normal procedure" for the president to pre-sign blank cheques.

Williams hopes to settle with Muir "internally", rather than having to go to court over the matter. He stressed, however, that the EUS executive were not trying to cover up the possibility of embezzlement. "W e're committed to getting the money back. W e'll use every avenue—we're going to get it back."

Several people interviewed have sug­ gested that Muir might have embezzled as some kind of elaborate, extravagant plea for attention. Melissa Gopnik, cochairman of the upcoming Winter Car­ nival with Jacquie Muir, told the Tribune that Muir's alleged action was "not normal embezzlement...not simp­ ly taking money." Gopnik resented media coverage of the incident, saying that "it's not right airing someone's p s y c h o lo g ic a l p r o b le m 's in a newspaper." Muir has resigned from her position as co-chairman of the Winter Carnival, as well as withdrawing from all her courses.

Jacquie Muir herself could not be reached for comment. Apparently she has returned to her parents' home, and "doesn't want to talk to anyone from M cGill,” Her own telephone has been disconnected.

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Central America Group — General Meeting. 4:30 p.m. Union 404.

South Africa Committee Meeting — Fundraising, diplom acy RSA quiz number 3, media analysis, Union 425/426 4:30 p.m.

Access McGill — General Meeting.

(M e m b e rs p le a se b rin g y o u r timetables). Union B09/10.

Shiatsu Interpersonal Meditation — at the Yellow Door, 10:00 a.m. 3625 Aylmer.

Peace Activists' Prayer Group — at Yellow Door, 12 noon.

Live Jazz — in the Alley featuring students from M cGill's Faculty of Music.

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Drop-in-at-Newman — with Rev. Chris Ferguson, Presbyterian/United Church Chaplain. 3521 University. 9:00-11:30

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Prof. Chengiah Ragavèn speaking on "The Experiences of a Black Working Class South African" as part of Black History Month. Union 425/426. 5:00 p.m.

Grand Opening of the Polar Bar — Dixie music by Stan Martin and the Hungry Five. 6:00-8:00 p.m. Top 40 with Still Life from 8:00 p.m. $4.00 General public, $2.00 with McGill I.D. McGill Film Society — presents "The Man Who Knew Too Much." 8:00 p.m.

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McGill Outing Club — General Meeting (Arirondacks, winter camping, Valentine Sleigh Ride, spring break) in Leacock 232, 7:30 p.m.

McGill Savoy Society — presents /o/anthe through Feb. 8. 8:00 p.m., Moyse Hall.

McGill Women's Union — discussion with the Daily on upcoming women's issue. Union 423, 4:30 p.m.

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Speaker and Slide Show — on Guatem ala presented by Central America Group. 12 noon, Union B09/B10.

McGill Film Society — presents "Romancing the Stone." 8:00 p.m., Leacock 132. $2.00.

Theatre Shmeatre — presents "Beat Me On The Beat: Montreal Police Cabaret," at Station Zero (Café Com m unCommune, 201 Milton) through Feb. 8, $3.00.

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Film Night — recent feature films followed by discussion. Presbyterian Church Campus, 3521 University St. 7:30 p.m. Free Popcorn.

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Jazz and Jokes — with the Don Alias Group and hypnotist Mike Mandel.

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"Feminist Theology in South Africa" — with speaker Maureen Kabwe of the United Church of Canada. The Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer, 12 noon.

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Friday, Feb. 7 Reggae Night — featuring the Sattalites.

8:00 p.m., Union Ballroom. Tickets at Sadies. $6.00 General Public, $4.00 with McGill I.D. McGill Film Society - presents "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" at 6:00 and 8:30 p.m. Leacock 132. $2.00 (ad-

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GALOM Wants "Equality For All"

by Jenny Henderson Speaking for GALOM , John Kotchan urged all representatives at a clubs assembly Wednesday to back recom­ mendations that a federal equal rights committee will be making to Parliament early this month.

The committee will move that the government implemement Bill C-225, concerning the addition of sexual orien­ tation as a prohibited ground for discrimination under the Human Rights Act. The committee's special report, Equality for All, also recommends cer­ tain changes in the RCMP and Canadian Armed Forces employment practices, federal government security clearance guidelines and certain Criminal Code laws, Kotchan said.

He asked all clubs to send letters of support for the bill to the Justice Minister as soon as possible. "Letters from in d iv id u a ls are the most important," he said. "Whether you're homosexual or not is not the point."

VP Finance Marie Davis announced new budgeting and election procedures for clubs this year, which set deadlines for budgets and elections in March. She explained that the new procedures will "allow more time for budget prepara­ tion, and permit the incoming executive officers to meet with those leaving."

The revised dates are scheduled so that budget approval can be granted by StudSoc at the first Council meeting in September. According to Davis, "Clubs

will be able to get on with their plans sooner this way."

StudSoc Executive Director Paul Mc­ Cann attributed "very poor budgeting in the past" to a lack of planning on the part of club executives "faced with a budget deadline in the middle of exam time." The new budgeting and election procedures should take some of the pressure off new club officers, he said.

Less than half the representatives at the assembly remained to discuss the final topic on the agenda, policy for ballroom reservations, with VP Internal Affairs Mike Orr. He referred to the draf­ ting procedure as "the frustrating ex­ perience of coming up with a fair policy," and promised to take the com­ ments of club representatives to the Ad Hoc committee responsible for drafting a new version of the policy.

There was general disatisfaction with the policy's Jxtoking priorities, in which the McGill Ski Sale was assigned the highest priority.

"It's a kind of slap in the face to some groups," said Nigel Crawhall of the McGill University Developing Areas' Student Association. "I don't see why its not possible to move the Ski Sale down on the priority list."

Ploughshares Coordinator Daron Westman objected to the low priority clubs were.accorded in the policy. "I resent the idea that faculty societies are two priorities higher than clubs in the policy," he said.

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Councillor Asked To Resign

by Tribune News Staff Bill Brierley, Graduate representative to McGill Students' Council, was cen­ sured by the executive of the Post Graduate Students' Society (PGSS) and asked to resign. At this meeting last Thursday, the PGSS executive also pass­ ed a second motion asking the PGSS Council to remove Brierley from office if

McGill Insurance Rates To Rise?

by Marc Wills Fears that McGill might have to find a new insurer and face exorbitant premium hikes have been put out for the time being as negotiations between McGill and Commercial Union, the in­ surance company which currently ex­ tends liability coverage to the universi­ ty, began last Thursday in Toronto.

M cGill learned two weeks ago through its brokerage firm, Marsh and McLennan, of a notice of non-renewal issued by Commercial Union, with whom the university has dealt for 40 years. "It was a shock," explained Janice McGraw who handles M cGill's insurance policies. "It starts you think­ ing of what could have happened."

At a time when insurance companies are fighting sagging profits and lottery­ like damage awards, McGill could have been paying a 300 per cent increase, a figure McGraw cited as a conservative estimate.

Under M cGill's current contract with Commercial Union, which expires June 1, the insurance company offers the university $5 million of primary level liability coverage, the sum first tapped in case McGill must pay damages to people who are injured on university property or when using university ser­ vices. The Chubb insurance group pro­ vides the excess or umbrella coverage worth $10 million. McGill pays $35,000 a year for the total $15 million liability

insurance package.

But as of last Thursday, a renegotia­ tion process with Commercial Union had begun. A basic description of the university's operation will be submitted to the insurance company in order to update its records and a reassessment of M cGill's field of risk will be made.

McGraw expects "a reasonable im­ provement of the premium."

Reached by the Tribune early last week, Commercial Union's Montreal branch manager Jean-Guy Si rois said his company had "a very favourable bias towards M cGill" and was "very op­ timistic" about negotiations with the university.

The executive of the Post Graduate Students' Society is presently consider­ ing interdicting the fees graduate students pay to the McGill Students' Society and appropriating the money for their own uses. The Executive has asked PGSS Council to approve a referendum of all graduate students on the question.

Other student groups have con­ sidered opting out of compulsory fees before at McGill, however, no attempt has yet been successful. In fact, PGSS V ice President (University Affairs) Sebastian Saba suggested, that the referendum was only for informational purposes and that the Executive might not interpret a yes vote as a mandate to negotiate withdrawal.

According to Diane Dutton, the presi­ dent of the PGSS, the Executive has not endorsed the plan, but she thinks it's important to know the opinion of graduate students on the matter. She said the referendum question was a result of the long-standing demands by some graduate students to withdraw from StudSoc. "It's about time we decided if we want to be a part of them if the answer is no, then let's just shut up and work things out" with StudSoc, she said.

Dutton admitted that there were many problems with the proposal and that the University might not permit graduate students to withdraw from what is a compulsory fee structure. She said that the PGSS had not yet com­ municated with administration officials but said that the Executive would "have to work out the details" at some point in the future.

However, Dutton believes the PGSS would bfe within its rights to withdraw from StudSoc, since by her account the u n d e rg ra d u a te stu d e n t s o c ie ty "unilaterally" absorbed the graduates in 1960.

"It comes down to history. Students' council decided to incorporate us then (in 1960). We fought it and lost," she said. She said the PGSS has documen­ tary proof that the decision was against the wishes of graduate students and therefore illegitimate.

Dutton said her Executive was also considering other aspects of the pro­ blem, including the possibility that the PGSS would make transfer payments to StudSoc for use of the University Cen­ tre. A number of graduate students are members of campus clubs which meet in the building, while many others drink in Gert's and the Alley, StudSoc's two campus pubs. Undergraduates are not

he does not resign.

This action has t>een taken because the executive feels that Brierlet has misrepresented PGSS policy onCouncil.

Brierley would continue as PGSS VP (Finance). Said Sebastion Sava, PGSS VP (University Affairs), "I'm not doubting his position as VP Finance. I just don't want him to represent graduate con­ cerns."

According to PGSS President Diane Dutton, the "culminating point" of PGSS dissatisfaction was a discussion at Council concerning food operations where "Bill (Brierley) has clearly gone against PGSS policy.

The discussion related to a report by StudSoc VP (Finance) Marie- Davis which suggests that cafeteria operations on campus must be organised through (individual undergraduate) faculty societies. PGSS, which wants a share of cafeteria profits, wants StudSoc to be the intermediary between PGSS and in­ dividual faculty societies.

"We're trying to find a way to share these profits with graduate societies,"

admitted to Thomson House, the graduate facility on McTavish Street.

She said she hoped such ar­ rangements could be made amicable, since "this year the relationship (bet­ ween the two societies) has been very good."

StudSoc President James Green called the plan "terribly irresponsible" but said he did not expect it to be approved

by PGSS Council. But if the question does not pass, he predicted "it won't get by the University - they'll never allow."

Green said he did not view the mo­ tion as a rebuke to his own administra­ tion and dismissed it as the result of "one individual's goal of separating. He succeeded at Queen's but he will con­ tinue to fail here."

Green was apparently referring to PGSS Secretary Steven Fraser, who was instrumental in withdrawing graduate students from the student government at Queen's Unviversity. Although the issue has been discussed by the PGSS in the past, this is the first formal move towards secession at McGill.

Full-time graduate students currently pay $36 annually to StudSoc and repre­ sent approxim ately $150,000 in revenue to the central government.

PGSS Council will meet tomorrow night to debate the issue.

Dutton said. "Graduate students use facilities all year round rather extensive­ ly. When Marie Çavis presented that report to Council we were not aware this would happen."

"Bill (Brierley) never contacted the executive on the issue," Dutton said.

"H e said in Council that he had been consulted, the implication being that graduate students had been consulted and were satisfied with the ar­ rangements."

According to PGSS Secretary, Steven Fraser, Brierley did not support a mo­ tion in Council to table the report, as the PGSS executive presumably wanted him to. Brierley abstained at the vote.

StudSoc president James Green was somewhat surprised at the action. "H e (Brierley) seems to have t>een doing a fine job down here," he said. "H e couldn't find any formal PGSS policy on the issue, so he felt he could vote as an individual. I don't see any grounds for his impeachment."

Brierley himself could not be reached for comment.

S African To Speak?

by Brian Todd

Students Consider Opt-Out

by Michael Smart

Photo - Ezra. Greenberg

The suggestion that the South African ambassador to Canada Glen Babb be invited to speak at McGill has prompted a rapid response from the South Africa Committee (SAC) of Students' Society.

In a letter addressed to the Political Science Students' Association, SAC urges the PSSA "not to issue this invita­ tion” to Babb, calling him "a represen­ tative-and therefore an advocate of that which is illegal in Canada — namely, the maintenance of a segregated state based on the constitutional inequality of the races."

The letter was drafted after SAC learn­ ed of a vote at last Monday's meeting of the PSSA. "W e were just talking before the meeting aJxjut how the University of Toronto got Babb to speak. Then at the meeting someone suggested we get him as well," commented Arnold Cohen, an executive member of the PSSA. Initially it appeared that Babb would be invited to speak alone. But Cohen explained on Friday that "we would like to see him in a debate. Speaking alone would allow him an avenue to disseminate his views. We are currently trying to find someone to debate him."

Nigel Crawhall, co-ordinator of SAC, maintained, "O ur line is no Babb but if the A N C (African National Congress) rep agreed to debate with him then we would be amenable."

Crawhall had Tittle hope for this possibility. "W e haven't phoned the top A N C rep to Canada, Yusuf Saloojee, but even if we did it is illegal for Mr. Babb to meet with him under the laws of his

own country.

Cohen echoed this sentiment. "I've been led to understand Babb won't speak to the ANC. We're trying to find someone else to debate him. If no one else is acceptable to SAC then forget it."

Crawhall stated that "we (SAC) can't ac­ cept someone lower than the AN C. And we have 300 reasons for not allowing Babb to speak." .

Crawhall continued, "If the PSSA wants someone to debate apartheid then they should get someone else like Professor Shingler who works right on campus."

Despite the uncertainty of the invita­ tion, the Babb controversy was raised at last week's Senate meeting in the form of a hypothetical question from Arts Senator Mark Warner. Warner asked Principal David Johnston whether "he would allow the name McGill to be associated with this kind of speaker."

Saying his answer was equally hypothetical, Johnston stated, "I shrink from centralized control of what ideas are discussed and espoused at this university."

Members of SAC have suggested that the security costs necessary to protect Babb at a speaking engagement would be so high that the University would not be prepared to pay. The PSSA has not yet contacted Physical Plant about the costs, but said Cohen, "The costs of security have been blown way out of proportion."

The PSSA was to decide at last night's meeting whether they would proceed with the invitation to Babb.

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by Tribune News Staff The Daily Publications Society (DPS) judicial Committee ruled in favour of the DPS Board of Directors on all three questions of a petition it heard January 21 . The questions concerned the amen­ ding powers of the Chief Returning Of­ ficer (CRO) of the Society, the constitu­ tionality of the proposed questions, and the late appointment of the C R O and whether that had caused prejudice to the initiator of the petition.

The committee ruled that the referen­ dum delay period cannot be extended, as the complainant Steven Fraser had asked, because no prejudice had been proven and the questions that were to be put to a referendum themselves were invalid.

"The complainant has not shown evidence to persuade the Committee that he has suffered prejudice due to any action or omission by the Selection Committee or the C R O ," wrote the Committee. Fraser had claimed that the appointment of the C R O only two days before the deadline for referendum peti­ tions had prejudiced the consideration of the petition initiated by him.

And while the C R O has the right to amend the wording of questions sub­ mitted to him for a referendum, the Committee ruled that he "shall not have the power to amend matters of substance and or content of the ques­ tion" once the written petition has been submitted.

Therefore, C R O John Parfitt's amend­ ment of the preamble to one of the questions put to him was unconstitu­ tional.

Finally, the Committee deemed both

questions proposed for the referendum to be "unconstitutional by reason of the fact that they attempt to amend indirect­ ly the constitution in a way which can­ not be done directly." The Committee also found the question about referen­ dum procedures "uninterpretable" and the question about granting students the option to opt out of the DPS "unfair and inappropriate" because its unamended preamble was biased.

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by Michèle Dupuis "The most striking point in the first analysis is the substantial increase in Research as a proportion of the entire (McGill) University budget," states the Financial Report to the Senate. The M cGill University Senate met last Wednesday to review the finances of the University.

The Research area of the University experienced a 70.3 per cent real budget increase over the last five fiscal years, according to the Report prepared by Vice Principals Edward Stansbury and John Armour.

Further, Research's share of the budgetary pie has increased from 19.5 per cent in the 1980-81 fiscal year to 28.6 per cent of the total budget in the 1985-86 fiscal year.

However, the Faculties' section of the 262 million dollar budget in 1985-86 has decreased by 13.9 per cent over the last five years, according to the report, going from 42.9 per cent in the 1980-81

February 9,1986

For CEGEP and University Students Dr. Yossef Olmert (Professor at Tel-Aviv University) will speak on The Arab-lsrael Conflict Today.

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won the 1984 Israeli Academy Award as Best Film.

Its subject is the relationship established between a group of prisoners, Jews and Arabs.

Also included : Workshops and discussion.

Program fair with representatives from Israeli Universities.

BONUS FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS : LOTTERY WINNER WILL RECEIVE A RETURN TICKET TO ISRAEL. COURTESY OF EL A L A irlin e s .

DATE: Sunday, February 9, 1986 TIME: 10:30 am.

PLACE : McGill University Center 3480 McTavish (Ballroom) ADMISSION : $5.00 including lunch For more information and advance tickets, contact Heidi at Hillel Student Society - 845-9171 or Sari at the Israel Program Center - 481-0218 •Lottery is only open to those who participate in all events of the Seminar, Validated Student I.D. cards must be presented upon registration.

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fiscal year to 36 per cent of the total pie in the 1985-86 fiscal year.

The Faculties of Education, Graduate Studies, Science and Dentistry were the hardest hit with an average budget cut of 20.6 per cent while the Faculty of Arts experienced a decrease of 15.7 per cent.

Management and Engineering were the faculties experiencing the smallest cuts with an average decrease of about 6 per cent. With an increase of 3.8 per cent, the Faculty of Law was the only Faculty to receive a budget increase.

The University uses the "Five Year Plan" formula for allocation of money to the various sections of the University.

However, "no formula is good enough to make all allocations and that is why there is a discretionary fund" to correct monetary vacuums within the universi­ ty, stated Armour.

Gracy Mimran, StudSoc Vice Presi­ dent (University Affairs), suggested at the meeting that students should "have direct input into the Budget Planning Group" in the future.

Principal David Johnson, the Senate Chairman, replied that he believed the current system was "responsive to the priorities of the whole of the Univérsity," and that he did not wish to see the Budget Planning Group turned into a policy making bodv.

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No clue this week. Look, it's art. Send your entries to Ezra, care of this paper, B-15, in the Union Building. Last week's winners, Karen Lavoie, Spy, Alec Sandy adn Tom inoué can pick up their beer tickets at this office as well.

Engineers Run Blood Drive Every day, Montreal area hospitals need nine hundred pints of blood to treat emergencies and other patients who rely on blood and blood products.

However, the shortage of blood is becoming more and more acute.

Already, elective surgery is frequently postponed or cancelled outright for lack of blood. Days pass when the central blood bank of the Red Cross has no blood at all. The Red Cross knows that students are an important and reliable source of blood donation. Therefore, they are counting on you to give at the Engineering Blood Drive, taking place all this week. The Engineering Blood Drive is being held from Mondy February 3rd to Friday February 7th, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Common Room of the Mc­ Connell Engineering Building (3480 University St.) O ur goal is 1200 pints, and we would very much like to count

you among these donors.

If you are unsure about giving blood consider these facts: • Almost anyone in good health bet­ ween the ages of 17 and 65 can give every three months.

• It takes less than a half-hour of your time.

• The pint of blood you donate is about one fifteenth of your total blood volume.

• Your body replenishes the lost blood volume in 24 hours.

• The pint of blood you give can help up to six people.

• AIDS has been incorrectly associated with giving blood. While it used to be possible (though unlikely) to get AIDS from receiving blood, donating poses no such risk. As well, remember that the Red Cross uses only sterilized equip­ ment and needles when you donate.

This year's Blood Drive features the

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OLD McQlLL Yearbook Submit typed; previously unpublished poems to Old McGill’s mailbox, Students’ Socity desk, Union Building (N°. 105) by February 28, 1986. Include name, degree, year and telephone number. All poetry will be retained and winners and other selected poems will be published in OLD McGILL ’86.

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Engineering mascot, Wombo, starring in "First Blood." Each donor will be treated to the traditional pint-for-a-pint, courtesy of Labatt's, and be sure to watch for our two-for-one Happy Hour early in the week. As well, you'll get a free pass to see the special Blood Drive movie, Indiana jones and the Temple of Doom, to be shown on Friday by the Film Society. You'll have the chance to win one of our more than three hun­ dred door prizes from over sixty spon­ sors in clu d in g airplane tickets, calculators (including an HP-11C), din­ ners for two, hotel accomodations, gift certificates, diskettes, movie passes, records, and many others. After you donate, you'll be able to relax and en­ joy free refreshments. And don't forget to buy a "Wombo: First Blood" Blood Drive button, and tell all your friends to donate.

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Too Cool To Be Cold? Or Heated Vuarnets

by Neil Milton

Are you too cold to be cool? Do you scurry from class to class hoping not to be seen and wondering how some peo­ ple manage to exude cool from every pore while your every pore is frozen solid? Well take heart. Though a quick glance around reveals that only a select few know how to cope with the weather, in fact a little remedial action can place you among the truly cool: 1) Only mice look good scurrying (to other mice that is). If you want to be cool you must saunter. Slowly. This is crucial as it is absolutely impossible to be cool and in a hurry simultaneously.

2) Under no circumstances wear a

hat. Hats create hat-head syndrome and hat-head is unquestionably bad news. It is so highly uncool that it is almost nerdy.

3) "M y Vuarnets keep freezing to my face." This is a common complaint for which there are two remedies: i) Get heated shades or ii) Stop wearing them.

A good squint can do woneders for your image.

4) "D o I have to wear socks with my Topsiders?" No, but you don't have to wear shoes either. In fact, boat shoes are absolutely lethal on snow and mutterings to the effect that "they work great on my windsurfer" simply cannot make up for the ignomy of falling flat on

your ass in public. In some circles, black boots with a good dose of salt on them are looked upon favourably.

5) While gloves are not normally con­ sidered "de rigeur," exceptions can be made for truly foul weather. But please remember, real men don't wear mit­ tens, unless they come with attaching strings. Alternatively and with care, it is acceptable to place your hands in the pockets of your Levi's (the only really cool jeans). This is however something that should only be attempted by the semi-cool, otherwise it will backfire, and end up just looking stupid.

6) Can't smoke with gloves on? Quit smoking. As everyone knows, smoking

stunts your cool. mind over matter: it doesn't matter how 7) A dark coat with contrasting scarf is cold it is becaus » if you know that you best. Ski jackets touting your favourite are cool personried, you are imper­ ski hill are a no-no. The idea is to be vious to cold. Other cool people reluc­ cool, not a walking billboard. Most im­ tantly admit that in fact they stay, in­ portantly, don't do up your coat. Left doors most of the day, concentrating all gaping, it shows your scarf to best ad­ of their energy on one very cool, very vantage. leisurely stroll past the Arts building at Obviously, being cool but not cold re­ noon. Still others contest that -30 is quires a delicate balancing act. Self- damn cold no matter what you're wear­ preservation might at first appear to be ing, so you might as well pretend to en­ important in weather such as the latest joy it. cold snap, but it is obviously totally un­ Whatever your personal feelings, as fashionable. How then does one recon­ you strive for the ultimate cool, bear in cile the two? There are several schools mind that runny noses and watery eyes of thought. have not one single redeeming feature Some feel that it is simply a case of and are definitely not cool.

America: The Overkill

by Frank Young

Last week, like many other people, I settled down to a long afternoon of foot­ ball viewing. Imagine my disappoint­ ment when I discovered that the Super Bowl was not on television that day. In­ stead of the NFL Championship game, N BC was showing something called "The Super Bowl: An American Celebration". I always thought that the 4th of July was the American celebra­ tion, but apparently I was wrong.

It seems that wherever one looks these days, one is confronted by images of the Stars and Stripes, as well as the word "Am erican". There is nothing wrong with either the American flag or the word American, but what is in­ credibly annoying is the current fascina­ tion in the USA for all things American.

I do not for a second believe that all Americans are indulging in this self adulation. The leaders of American politics, entertainment and media are, however, and that means that we Cana­ dians are being bombarded with messages telling us about how grand and glorious everything is south of the border.

The roots of this noisy patriotism came with the Iranian hostage ordeal.

The media dubbed the hostage taking "Americans Under Siege," and for the first time since the Second World War, Americans were united due to a foreign country's actions. When the crisis end­ ed, on the day of Reagan's inaugura­ tion, the media, if not the country itself, exploded in an orgy of red, white and blue boosterism.

Reagan's incessant talk of a return to traditional "Am erican" values such as pride and family made a quick impres­ sion on the media gurus. All of a sudden NBC's baseball telecasts were "part of an American tradition". Not to be out­ done, the other television networks began filling the airwaves with less sex and violence, and with more traditional family oriented stories.

The ratings for these sappy "dramas" were not too high however, so the head honchos of America's entertainment centres had to re-evaluate this return to traditional values. Fortunately for them, some marines were killed in Lebanon.

They were also fortunate that conser­ vative lobbies such as the Moral Majori­ ty, the National Rifle Association and the Pro-lifers were gaining influence.

Next came the Grenada invasion, the first war that the USA has won in 3 tries, and the broth of patriotism was beginn­ ing to simmer. The clincher seems to have been the increased number of ter­ rorist attacks on Americans as well as the increasingly tough words that Ron­ nie Reagan has been programmed to say.

"Ah-ha!" the executives on Madison Avenue and in Hollywood cried, "the traditional values that should be ex­ ploited are the negative ones". The reasoning seems to be that "family" shows bored people, while stories of Americans fighting back against the bad guys, well as a tougher sort of national pride, can be exciting.

At the same time, the American politi­ cians got the lobbies' message that liberals, homosexuals, feminists and ad­

it seems that even when the message of a T.V. show or movie has nothing to do with Russians, it is sold by appealing to people's patriotic feelings. Therefore, Bob Hope is "America's Favourite Fun­ nyman" while the Space Shuttle disaster is "America's Tragedy". Never ones to miss a trend, advertising men have improved such products as Miller Beer by having it made "The American W ay". Not to be outdone, Budweiser now salutes the men and women who are rebuilding the Statue of Liberty.

Perhaps the ultimate examples are the ads for Chrysler - whose spokesman Lee laccoca is the leader of a new breed of American hero, the businessman where the jingle seems to sum up the message of all of these commericals: "The Pride is Back, Born in America".

Even that formerly sleazy business rock and roll has embraced respectabilty by cleaning up its stars and by pushing such singers as Bruce Springs­ teen and John Cougar Mellencamp. Spr­ ingsteen has been embraced as being a red, white and blue patriot on the strength of his songs dealing with the mistreatment of a Vietnam war veteran and unemployment.

All in all, it is an annoying intrusion when one is forced to look at the stars and stripes over and over again, especially during such violent pieces of garbage as "Hostage Flight". The American flag represents so much that is good and decent, that it is criminal

that it is being used to justify violence, cold heartedness and the existence of Bob Hope.

The only way that this nonsense will end is if the Americans who do not feel that "O ld Glory" is a justification or a marketing tool make themselves heard.

Politically it will be hard, as the special interest groups control so many legislators. Fortunately, the media and advertising men may someday soon discover a new way to sell their pro­ ducts.

In the meantime, beware of inspira­ tional music on television, because if you hear some, rest assured that you will shortly be seeing the stars and stripes. vocates of gun controJ were merely a shrill minority, while born-again Chris­ tians, defence-contractors and right-tolifers were the only people who voted.

After the 1984 elections, this seemed to be a safe assumption. Suddenly, "con­ servatives" were the only people whose voices were being heard, and since there are very few (successful) politi­ cians who felt otherwise, the United States seemed to be poised to return to the 1890's.

So, in the mid-1980's America seem­ ed to be ready to go back to the days of prayer in school, international aggres­ sion and back alley abortions. While this may be overstating the case somewhat, this has been the trend. For

McGill Volunteer Service VolunteersNeeded

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• 6:00 a.m . - 8:00 p.m . — Ski Day, Smuggler’s Notch, $23.00 for bus, lift ticket and apres-ski pub beer $ 1.00

• 11:00 a .m. - 1 :00 p .m. — Broom ball Tournament. McGill winning team to play Concordia • 8:D0 p.m . — Reggae Dance,The Satio1'.,talites, The Polar Bar

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Book Review

Callwood on Porn

Homer Explained

by Susan Schutta

by Daron Westman H o m e r, Paolo Vivante, Yale University

Press, 1985.

This introductory study of Homer by Paolo Vivante, a professor of classics at McGill University and the author of numerous scholarly works on Homer, is the latest addition to the Yale University Press Hermes Books Series. These books, published under the general editorship of the distinguished classical scholar John Herington, aim to com­ municate to non-specialist readers the beauty and relevance of Greek and Latin literature.

Homer, as Vivante explains, is par­ ticularly accessible to non-classicists because the nature of his poetry is such that it requires no sp e cia lize d background in order to be understood and appreciated.

H om er's scenes, says V ivante, "enacted as they are moment after mo­ ment, are naturally impressive by virtue of their own strength. One reason for this is precisely that no preliminary lear­ ning is required. For these scenes are self-contained and self-explanatory.

What they present comes to life through a power of its own. It is indeed the sud­ denness of realization which makes them so forcible."

Vivante illustrates this point by turn­ ing to the opening scenes of the Iliad. It is instantly clear as the poem opens that the Iliad is not about the Trojan War, but rather about a single moment dur­ ing the whole war — the anger of Achilles and the consequences of this emotion.

The actions of this moment of ex­ perience are presented by Homer in and of themselves without background or interpretation. What stands out is human action in and of itself with great power and immediacy. There are no digressions to give the biographies of the characters nor any extraneous details of d e scrip tio n ; H om er's characters reveal themselves im­ mediately and totally in the dialogue and action of the moment.

Vivante argues that it is this lack of ex­ traneous detail and the concreteness of the fact itself which gives Homer's poetry its unique power. For example, Homer expresses the beauty of a place or a person, even Helen herself, not through description but through the ef­ fect of this beauty on the observer.

Vivante sees Homer in this sense as being closer to drama than narrative.

The concreteness of the action and the instant realization of the characters in their immediacy and totality is such that "we are immediately brought face to face with the characters as they stand forth and play their part. We find representation rather than narration, hence an action unfolding from mo­ ment to moment rather than a story about events."

However, as Vivante points out, the Homeric poems also differ from drama, especially Greek drama, in the way in which dialogue is used. The Iliad and the Odyssey resemble drama in that the greater part of the poems are made up of dialogue, but Homer's dialogue serves, not to explain, recapitulate or anticipate the action, but rather as ac­ tion itself. Homer's dialogue is action, it is what the characters are. What the characters say expresses powerfully who and what they are, and the whole action of the poems lies in the dialogue which embodies the moment of human experience.

It is not surprising then that the chapter on characters and characteriza­ tion occupies just a few pages less than half the book. Here Vivante argues that in Homer the character of a hero arises from the situation or action itself.

Character is not pre-determined, but

emerges from a hero's actions or the states surrounding him.

The best example of this process is the characterization of Odysseus in the Odyssey. Seeking to return home despite great difficulty, Odysseus is con­ stantly thrust into situations from which he needs to escape or confronted with obstacles he needs to overcome. It is in response to these challenges that he becomes crafty, cunning, versatile. His character develops the qualities it re­ quires to meet the needs of the moment — practical wisdom, an ability to deal with people, the power to speak well and influence people.

The same is true in the Iliad, where the moment when a hero's life is at stake brings out courage or cowardice and weakness. Character is one with the action, and each determines the other.

Homer is far from the stereotyped and categorized characters of later Greek and Roman comedy, for example; Homer's characters are shaped by what they experience, they are what they are on the strength of what they are and do at the moment itself.

Indeed, since character does not precede and determine action and a hero is rather defined by his actions, none of Homer's heroes can be defined with one adjective or even several ad­ jectives.

Each is rather a focus for several qualities which arise as the need occurs, in the crisis of the moment, which fur­ ther accentuates the àctuality and presentness of the action in Homer.

Everything is what it is totally and im­ mediately, without any feeling of mean­ ing or standing for something else. The bright moment of human experience, the perishable moment of time that will not come again, is all that there is.

It is in this synthesis of poetic style, theme and ch aracterizatio n that Vivante's book is most valuable. Most studies of the Homeric poems tend to c o n c e n tra te on h is to r ic a l, a n ­ thropological or technical questions and to divert attention from the nature of the poetry itself. Vivante's Homer is a welcome corrective and an excellent in­ troduction to Homer as poetry.

"It's hard for a woman to say she's not in favour of censorship. I've been accused of not understanding the suffer­ ing women experience because of hate literature." June Callwood acknowledg­ ed.

Callwood, a noted columnist with the Toronto and Mail and the author of over twenty books, spoke at M cGill, recently on the to p ic ''W o m e n and Censorship". She was the first speaker in the "Anti-Imagination" Series spon­ sored by McGill Censowatch.

In her address, Callwood steadfastly refused to endorse censorship as a means of combatting pornography branding it a dangerous political tool.

Laws which restrict freedom of speech, she maintained, ultimately suppress ideas. "If you give away the power to decide what you think whould be read, the next thing you know it will be your idea that is censored." she said.

Hate literature and pornography, Callwood argued, do not change the at­ titude of individuals. Told by a man in the audience that pornography should be censored because it treats women as objects Callwood replied: "Does imper­ sonal sex appeal to you because you see it? Has your attitude toward women changed because of pornography?"

"Censorship attempts to correct society by using repressive laws", said Callwood. "Instead of trying to hide pornography we should be talking about the attitudes which legitimate it."

Callwood warned that censorship laws can only be subjective—What is considered offensive by one individual may not be by another. Canada's cur­ rent guidelines for what consitutes of­ fensive material are extremely vague.

"Customs officers are told to con­ fiscate an article if it could be con­ sidered obscene in court, but there are no consistent judgements on 'trashies'.

What is censored depends almost en­ tirely on the whim of individual judges," Callwood remarked.

T h e a n ti-c e n s o r s h ip p o s itio n Callwood holds is unpopular in the feminist movement. Many feminists c o n tin u e d fro m page 5

the politicians, this conservatism seems to be a smokescreen to divert the public's attention from the increasing injustices in a country where poverty, crime and teenage pregnancies are on the increase, while they advocate the wasting of billions of dollars on such necessary defence items as $800 ashtrays.

Meanwhile, back in media central,

consider pornography to be hate literature which should be censored.

While Callwood believes violent por­ nography is offensive and degrading for both men and women, she does not believe it should be banned." The por­ nographic image of woman as object is everywhere in our culture. Pornography is only the most blatant and graphic ex­ pression of society's attitude toward women."

According to Callwood the fight against pornography is a waste of valuable time and energy. "Women are facing more pressing social and economic problems - the need for economic security, the right to choose to have children, access to good daycare - these are all problems being neglected by the fight against por­ nography," she stated.

Callwood pointed to the banning of books by school boards as a particularly harmful form of censorship. "Many wonderful, marvellous books are being kept from a whole generation of students."

The banning of books not only denies students the experience of reading im­ portant literary works, it also affects the content of what a writer will produce.

"Writers realize that if they are in­ cluding sex or religious blasphemy in their work school won't buy their books." Callwood asserted.

Explicit sexual and blasphemous content'are not the only criteria schools use to censor books. Literature containing racist or sexist stereotypes is also bann­ ed because it is thought to encourage negative attitudes.

When asked to comment on the pro­ blem of including racist or sexist literature in school curricula Callwood responded: "I know it's a difficult pro­ blem, but I don't think censorship is the answer. You can't combat bad ideas by silencing them" she said.

"The importance of freedom of speech is that it allows both good and bad ideas to stay out in the open. If you believe in the sanity of society then you'll believe the good will come out on top."

the heads of the studios began serving up a series of abysmal movies and T.V. shows where the good guys were red, white and blue while the heinous villians all have strange accents. "Rambo", "Red Dawn", "Invasion U SA", "Rocky IV" and the forthcoming mini­ series "Amerika" are all designed to make Americans feel good by showing them how thoroughly awful the com­ mies are.

Book Review

The P o litic a l M y th o lo g y O f A p a rth e id

by Brent Bauer The Political M y th o lo g y o f A p a rth e id ,

Leonard Thompson, Yale University Press, 293 pages.

As the winds of change sweep across South Africa, one of the most difficult problems for North Americans, and for the Western media in general, is to try to understand the mind of the ordinary Afrikaaner.

Overt racism, combined with na­ tionalism, has produced a theoretical foundation for the actions of the South African government, which are difficult to conceptualize in our own society, based as it is on the theory of equal rights for all regardless of race. Leonard Thompson, a professor at Yale, provides a valuable service in The Political Mythology of Apartheid, by examining the formation of the political and social fo u n d a tio n s of the A frik a a n e r philosophy.

Thomspon begins by outlining a general framework with which one can analyse political mythology in the modern world. D efining political mythology as a "cluster of myths that reinforce one another an jointly con­

stitute the historical element in the ideology of the regime or its rival," he shows how every society takes events, actual or apocryphal, and molds them into a national mythology; in the pro­ cess, historical fact is distorted.

Examples of myths given range from the United States (George Washington and the cherry tree) to the Soviet Union (the relationship between Stalin and Lenin during the Bolshevik Revolution).

However, it is interesting that the author does not completely condemn the no­ tion of historians describing events powerfully. "Historians, as specialists in knowledge of the past, have an obliga­ tion to communicate their knowledge to other people as effectively as possi­ ble," he writes.

The subsequent four chapters deal w ith the A frik a a n e r n atio n a list mythology, centering upon two key myths: the Slagtersnek rebellion of 1815 (which resulted in the hanging of five Boer frontiersman), and the more powerful myth of the Covenant (which is based upon the Battle of Blood River on December 16, 1848, when an Afrikaaner commando force defeated a

vast Z u lu a rm y ). T h o m sp o n demonstrates, with thorough documen­ tation, how the facts of these two events have been enhanced to fit into Afrikaaner mythology.

More significantly, Thompson shows that these myths were originally design­ ed to counter British imperialism, yet have evolved to promote or legitimize the repression of the majority of the South African people (in a 1980 census, 15.7% of the total population was w h ite, of w h ich 56.9% spoke Afrikaans). The final chapter of the book

d e s c r ib e s how the A fr ik a a n e r mythology has evolved since the general election of May, 1948, which brought D.J. Molan's National Party in­ to power.

In what many scholars have healed pioneering work, Thompson challenges the historical assumptions upon which politicians base their decision-making.

More importantly, it provides the reader with a better understanding of the political and social system called Apar­ theid.

P G S S C o u n c i l , 6:30 p m , F e b r u a r y 5 , 1 9 8 6 Thomson House e c i a I Notice of Motion: Removal from Offic PGSS Councillors are hereby given notice that a special notice of motion has been given to remove from office a graduate representative. If Coücillors have not received their Agenda package they may obtain copies from the doorman at Thomson House.

lolanthe Could Use Some Fairy Magic

by Heather Clancy When the curtain went up on open­ ing night of the Savoy Society's most re­ cent production, lolanthe or the Peer and the Peri, I was not there. To the in­ itial dismay of Martin Scott, Publicity Director, as well as myself, I was forced to attend the dress rehearsal of the pro­ duction last Wednesday evening. Still, I was able to form an adequate idea of what audiences can expect from the show.

The plot of the operetta is full of typical Gilbert and Sullivan twists and contrivances, all designed to create a happy ending. In lolanthe, the human world of Parliament and the fantasy world of fairies clash to form the con­ flict. Stephron (John Ullyatt) is a young Arcadian shepherd, half-fairy but "mor­ tal from the waist down," in love with Phyllis (Amy Barrat), a Ward in Chancery. Stephron's mother lolanthe (Lorraine Coffin) has been exiled from her banishment, and the flirtatious fairies agree to help her son obtain the hand of Phyllis. But alas, the Lord Chancellor (Graham Prince) is also in love with the beautiful ward and refuses to give his consent. In revenge, the Fairy Queen (Nicole Wallack) casts a spell over the House of Peers causing Stephron to enter Parliament and pass any bill he wishes. However, he is still estranged from his beloved...

As I am aware of how much oil such productions need, the stiffness of the first act was no surprise. There was a general lack of energy making most of the m ovem en t seem p a in fu lly mechanical. Especially noticable was the nâive Stephron. I couldn't decide whether his awkwardness was part of

N icole W allack, the Fairy Q u een , confronts Graham Prince, the Lord Chancellor , and his bear his character, or a discomfort with his blocking.

The two characters who brought the act most to life, were the most humourously dignified. Graham Prince creates a wonderfully Fagan-like Lord Chancellor, talking himself through life.

Nicole W allack dominates the stage in a huge silvery-white gown as the sup­ posedly severe Fairy Queen. Especially memorable is their confrontation at the conclusion of Act I.

A m y B arratt (Phyllis) and Joh U lly a t (S treph on) fro m lolanthe.

There was an amazing rise of energy in the second, shorter act. It flowed more smoothly, more effortlessly. I derived the most pleasure from three consecutive musical numbers which fall at about its mid-point. The first was a melodic quartet sung by Phyllis, Lord Tolloller (Robert Birnie), the Lord Mountararat (Christopher Aylward) and Private W illis (Liam Kearns) entitled "Though p'raps I may incur your blame." Both the lords have been

engaged to Phyllis, but decide to avoid a duel by relinquishing their claims. She is happy to acquiese. "Love, unre­ quited, robs me of my rest," reveals the Lord Chancellor in a mental frenzy due to his love for Phyllis. The last song, a trio, is the most humourous of the show. "If you go in you're sure to win" raises eyebrows, as well as the Lord Chancellor's nightshirt.

The musical score to this operetta is enchanting. As a whole the cast had a rich sound and were easily understood.

Solo singers were fairly audible, but I'm afraid the sound they were projecting that evening might be swallowed by a full house. This was especially true of John Ullyatt as Stephron, which was un­ fortunate as he has an outstanding voice. Also charming listeners with especially rich and melodic sound were Christopher Aylward and Robert Birnie as Lords Mountararat and Tolloller.

Cheerful costumes by Charlotte Burns, and a simple yet effective set designed by Robert Birnie helped add liveliness to the show.

With stronger fairy magic, expecially in the first act, lolanthe should be able to cast at least a weak spell over au­ diences. I think it will find the proper charms to achieve this after several per­ formances. lolanthe completes its run this week from February 5 through 8 at 8:00 p.m. in Moyse Hall. Ticket information may be obtained by calling the Savoy Socie­ ty (392-8983) or contacting Sadie's Box O ffic e (392-8926) from 9-5 on weekdays. (Hint: If you're watching your pocketbook, or have your doubts, it's less expensive to go on Wednesday or Thursday.)

STERflIWEfIT 9

The McGill Tribune Tuesday 4 February, 198b

Record Review

The Jesus and Mary Chain

by Andrew Williamson

Green On Red

by Robert Costain Many bands these days are described in terms of their influences. Very often it is hard to judge a band at face value because one feels compelled to make comparisons with its contemporaries or predecessors.

In the same vein, musical acts often are pegged with vague, sometimes inac­ curate labels like "alternative," "avantguard," or "new wave" merely because no one has heard of them before, or because they use an unusually large amount of hair styling gel.

Green on Red is a band which will probably be classified as "alternative."

Their new album, No Free Lunch is a familiar sight on college radio station playlists which specialize in the "alter: native," but will probably not break in­ to the commercial market or be heard by anybody outside of the "alternative" environment. The reason: Green on Red's musical statement doesn't fit into a standard mold.

Unfortunately, the band doesn't real­ ly have anything original to say either.

Their sound is basically a melange of American country-oriented blues rock sounds. Names like C C .R ., Tom Petty and George Thorogood come to mind while listening. To its discredit, the group has failed in striking a distinctive chord of its own to create some music which is actually interesting. What Green on Red has created is a collection of original tunes for some reason, sound like they have all been done before.

Some bands, it seems, were born to produce singles and singles only. Unfor­ tunately The Jesus and Mary Chain seem to have pigeonholed themselves in that category with their debut L.P. offering, Psychocandy.

1985 was, without a doubt, the year of the Mary Chain on the U.K. Indepen­ dent music scene. At a time when the '60's revival and subsequent U.S. mini­ invasion (led by the likes of The Long Riders and Green on Red) was starting to irritate, along came a refreshing twist to that sound.

With their simple yet unique fusion of '60's psychedelia and '70's punk, the U.K. music press touted them as the Pistols of the '80's (how many times have we heard that one?). Alan McGhee, 17-year-old Creation Records

founder and current Chain manager, shrewdly snapped up his four fellow Glaswegians and the rest, as they say, is history.

Their first single Never Understand, included on the album, mixes the dron­ ing, faintly echoing vocals of Jim Reid atop the driving beat created by bassist Douglas Hart and drummer Bobby Gillespie (now rumoured to have left the band) and the searing feedbackinfested fuzz-tone guitars of Jim and brother William. It quickly became the thrash anthem of '85 and was quite rightly chosen as single of the year by the New Musical Express. Upside Down, their follow-up single (sadly missing from the album), was next on the year-end NME chart, saying something for the critical acclaim they've garnered.

The group is comprised of competent, even excellent musicians. Guitarist Chuck "Billy the Kid" Prophet IV is especially impressive. Unfortunately, Dan Stuart's vocals are irritating to the point that they tred the pain threshold.

If rockabilly, southern fried rock or even country and western are to your taste, then No Free Lunch may be the album for your collection. Then again, maybe not.

But let's not get carried away here.

Listening to Psychocandy, it becomes apparent that The Jesus and Mary Chainis a band to be taken in small doses.

Listen to the first song on each side of the disc and you have the basic gist of the other twelve songs, lust Like Floney, which opens up side one, is indicative of the 'soothing,' 'melodious' Mary Chain while the chaotic Never Unders­ tand begins side two. The rest are simp­ ly variations on these two themes, and uninspired variations at that. The initial barrage of spine-tingling electronic mayhem grows irksome, even tiresome.

Frequent recourse to liner notes con­ firms that no, they're not repeating songs. The wall of noise crumbles, ex­ posing four musicians squeezing as many permutations as possible out of three chords. Shades of disposable mid-'60's garage rock a la Seeds...

Psychocandy, due for domestic release on Feb. 11 via WEA Canada, is a highly overrated record but worth a listen before second-rate pretenders like Ihe Pastels and Slaughterhouse Joe, both, incidentally, on the Creation label, flood the market. Their March 17th Spectrum concert should also be worth the $14.50 despite the hordes of black-clad clones with Carefully tousled hair who'll undoubtedly be in atten­ dance. An autumn gig at North London Polytechnic, not exactly noted as a bas­ tion of conservatism, saw students res­ pond to the twenty minute set with a full-scale riot. Will Montréalers join the chain gang with the same fervour?

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Kurosawa's Chaos

by Stephen Hum

nemesis can make it. Piece by piece, the If, as Thomas Wolfe said, each mo- order which Ichimonji has built over fit­ ment is a window on all Time, then the ty years dissolves into Chaos, pivotal moment in RAN passes when Sprawling and epic in scope, RAN is Lord Ichimonji looks out the tower win- probably not as cohesive or as tightly dow of the castle refuge he has sought concieved as Kurosawa's previous effort out midway through Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha (whose battle scenes served Shakespearean Samurai epic. as dry run for RAN's martial sequences).

Aroused from sleep by the confused isior as vital, alarm of struggle, Ichimonji surveys a Kagemusha. which premiered in scene off the canvas of Hieronymus 1980, was reviewed by jay Scott of the Bosch: wide swaths of blood, banner C/obe and Mail who pronounced it and flame; soldiers and horses, stricken, "Kurosowa's Ivan the Terrible with the kicking up ashes and dust; the sky filled sentimental heart of Twain's The Prince with arrows and a father under siege by and the Pauper". his two sons. As he turns away from this RAN's mythopoeic grasp necessarily carnage, Ichimonji's face is a death means that there is a certain stylised, mask of Sophoclean dimensiorts. stagey quality to the project. In It's precisely this combination of Kagemusha, as with RAN, the ending is elements from Shakespearean and no less inevitable, but the procession Creek tragedies and Japan’s martial past fa d in g to it seem infused with a feel for that gives RAN this quality of a "Summ- the human lacking in RAN. While based ing up". on Lear, RAN has very little of the sort of Ten years in the making RAN (which asjde and earthy humour associated means "Chaos"), is likely Kurosawa's with Elizabethan tragedy (or Kurosawa's last film. At the age of seventy-five, earlier work).

Kurosawa, painstaking perfectionist is Still, RAN is full of great perforunlikely to complete another such epic, mances. Nakadai is excellent as But as the summation of a brilliant ichimonji in conveying a gradual slide career RAN will serve as an eminent fr0m pride to grief to madness. But one coda. performance is singular. Mieko Harada, RAN is a variation on the themè of a discovery out of Japan's vast TV soap Shakespeare's King Lear. Old and war opera factory, is stunning as Lady weary, Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tat- Kaede, daughter of an Ichimonji enemy suya Nakadai) decides to divide his do- and wife to Taro, the eldest son. main amongst his three sons. As in Lear, Lady Kaede is RAN’s most successful the older two children flatter his folly, elaboration on its Lear framework, telling him what he wants to hear. But Harada plays Kaede as an amalgam of Saburo, the youngest, is banished for tady Macbeth and lago, her pursuit of telling him what he must hear: his plan the Ichimonji clan's destruction singleis sheer foolishness. minded. Her seduction of Jiro, The seEven in old age hubrii is not unkown. COnd son, is a magnetic study in hard the mechanism of tragedy is activated, surfaces and cold passion, and what follows is as inevitable jg ____________________________________

Tuesday R & R At Deke Pub

by Neil Milton Scandalous as it may sound, some people party on Tuesday nights. The site of this ill-timed revelry: Deke Pub, bet­ ter known as The Blue Door at 3653 University.

But this is not just another frat party intended for the hardcore beer guzzler.

At this event, cheap beer is an added frill to the main attraction; live music.

Yes Virginia, there is live R&R on cam­ pus, and some of it is even quite good.

Essentially, the purpose of the Deke Pub is to provide an alternative to the absolute dearth of live music on the rest of campus. Every week for better or worse a new band takes the stage. They play for exposure, experience and a fridge full of beer. The audience, mostly regulars, come to wail and participate in the rather informal show.

The success of the Pub is due in part to its location on neutral ground, half way between main campus and residence. Furthermore, though one can hardly describe the basement as either cozy or attractive, it does have a friendly air about it. It is sufficiently small that a very few people can give the band the impression that someone is watching them. On the other hand, it is spacious enough to crowd when things get going.

The first Pub of the new year, featured "Then One Day." Their material, a liberal mix of covers and original work, was delivered capably but rather hesitantly. Consequently they didn't ex­ cite too many people. However, one week later the scheduled band was unable to appear, so "They One Day," fresh from four gigs in seven days, made a second appearance. The change was quite dramatic. The sound was crisp

and clear; the delivery energetic and forceful. Some hot guitar work made several Clash songs and a crowd pleas­ ing "G loria" stand out as particularly good.

The crowd was responsive and the evening was an ample demonstration of how much fun live music can be when the chemistry is right.

On the 28th a band by the name of "The Sneakers" was the main attrac­ tion. They played a stream of covers, mostly of the straight rock variety. Un­ fortunately, they seemed to deteriorate slightly as the night wore on but their performance was very admirable.

In addition to the band of the week, many other performers make short ap­ pearances. (In some cases, short was a

merciful word.) The most noted guest is comedian extraordinaire Steve Evans.

While the Band takes a break between sets, Steve releases a torrent of horrible jokes. His unflagging ability to tell some of the worst jokes imaginable is rapidly gaining him a cult following.

Last Tuesday, Steve disappointed many-by failing to say anything tasteless about the space shuttle, but he did suc­ ceed in slamming just about everyone else. The great virtue of his act is that no matter how bad the band may be, they are a welcome change after his jokes.

Perhaps next weeks' show will be dynamite. Then again, it might not, but you'll never know unless you're there.

What else have you got to do on a Tuesday night?

ARE YOU LO O KIN G FO R INTERNAL AFFAIRS? (Deadline: 4:00 p.m., Friday, February 14, 1966)______________________

PROGRAMMING NETWORK — CHAIRMAN

The Chairman of the Programming Network will have general responsibility for the proper functioning of the Network ofice and for providing the proper administrative backup to the committee chairmen. The Network Chairman will advise the committe chairmen on activities they plan. The Chairman will call and chair meetings of the McGill Programming Network and sits on the committee which selects the following committee chairmen.

Activities Night, Welcome Week and Winter Carnival. (Applications for these positions will be called in the McGill Tribune on February 1 1th and 25th). Only individual applications will be accepted for the position of Chairman.

Applicants for this positon should be prepared to attend the entertainment conference sponsored by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities, June 1-4, 1986 in Waterloo, Ontario.

I'm ready fo r W in te r C a rn iv a l, are you?

NETWORK - SECRETARY

The Secretary of the Progamming Network shall act as secretary at Network meetings and will ensure that committee chairmen are aw are of and follow Students' 5ociety, University and government regulations concerning room bookings, liquour licences, audio-visual equipment, room capacity maximums, etc. The Secretary will also be responsible for the ordering of office, promotion and other supplies.

NETWORK - VICE-CHAIRMAN, PUBLICITY

The Vice-Chairman, Publicity, will offer advice concerning promotion of events to the committee chairmen and if so requested by committee chairmen, will take charge of promotion for particular events. The Vice-Chairman, Publicity, will assemble a small group of volunteers to assist with the design of posters and newspaper ads as well as the issuing of press releases.

NETWORK - VICE-CHAIRMAN, VOLUNTEERS

Each year the Network enlists the assistance of a large number of student volunteers who work at the many events. In recognition of the importance of these people who help out at events, this position hos been created solely to coordinate volunteers and maintain communications betw een them and the individual event coordinators.

All of the above positions are considered voluntary and ore responsible to Students Council. Except as noted above, joint applications will be accepted from not more than two (2) students for any one (1) position.

All applications will be treated confidentially and will be reviewed by the Students' Society Nominating Committee. The best qualified candidates will likely be interviewed by the Committee.

TO APPLY

General Application" forms are available at the Students' Society General Office, Union 105, 3 480 McTavish treet and at Sadie's II in the McConnel Engineering Building. All applicants should expect to have a written esponse to their applications by the end of March 1986. lom pleted applications must be submitted to Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretory, Students' Society General Office, NO LATER THAN 4:30 P.M., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1986.

Michael Orr Chairman Nominating Committee

Photo - Ezra Greenberg

Polar Bar Warms Winter "To whom it may concern, For several years now, the M UCTC buses have been used for Winter Car­ nival pranks and parades... This year, the M U CTC has decided to tolerate this no longer and to take action against any students involved. " Claudel. Marier Director of Public Relations M UCTC Yes, it's Winter Carnival time again at McGill University. This year's Carnival deemed "The Icebreaker" promises to bring you quality entertainment ranging from a political satirist Michael McGee Monday, Feb. 3 to a semi-formal closing soirée featuring a swing band on Satur­ day, Feb. 8th.

The Polar Bar (a.k.a. the Union Ballroom) starts bopping Wednesday night with the top 40 cover bank Still Life. The band has been playing the dance bar/college scene for the last cou­ ple of years and recently finished a 6 week stand at the American Rock Café.

Why such a long stay at A.R.C.? Leslie Retter, American Rock's booking agent said, "They're great. I can't wait to have them back."

Just for laughs, we've invited Mike Mandel to take over centre stage at the Polar Bar on Thursday night. Mandel has played several cross-country tours and has also made American Pay T.V. comedy special! Audience participation is what his show is all about and this comedian-hypnotist usually plays to overwhelming responses!

Reggae lovers will be glad to hear the Toronto-based group The Sattalites will be turning up the heat in the Polar Bar, Friday, Feb. 7th at 8:00 p.m. The Sat­ talites are currently riding on a wave of rave reviews. Their first hit, a reggae version of "She Loves You" has been played on all the major Canadian radio stations including our own CHOM-FM, CJFM and CKGM . "She Loves You" recently hit number 6 on the Canadian AM charts. The Sattalites self-entitled album earned tlje band a Juno nomina­ tion! A band ot look for in '86!

To close the Carnival with style, the Polar Bar will host the Polar Ball. The Ball will feature a 17 piece swing band (for those of you who do not ballroom dance, a D.J. will also be provided!) The semi-formal soirée will take place on Saturday, Feb. 8th. It promises to end the carnival with a touch a class!

Neuro Volunteer Program O bserver: Amateurish And

by Glenn Pierce

The Montréal Neurological Hospital is the best in the business. McGill stu­ dent volunteers have been helping to make the Neuro's success story com­ plete, by helping patients through dif­ ficult times.

The Neuro's only volunteer program is made up almost completely of McGill students. Volunteers visit patients, pro­ vide company, conversation, and sup­ port, as well as entertainment, such as movies, bingo, and exercise groups.

The purpose of the program, accor­ ding to John Hale, volunteer coor­ dinator, is essentially twofold. "The pa­ tients at the Neuro are a different breed.

They're in for months at a time, come from other provinces and countries, they're alone. They need people more than patients at other hospitals."

The students also volunteer for th e m s e lv e s. " E v e r y o n e has a humanitarian side that has to be ex­ pressed," said Hale, a McGill National Law student. "When you volunteer you realize how lucky you are. You have papers due and tests to write, but when you see someone your age who's quadriplegic or ostracized from society because they have epilepsy, it makes you think."

A majority of the patients at M NH are epileptic. These patients on the average stay for testing from six to eight weeks, but some patients have been there for as long as seven years.

For such patients, the volunteer pro­ gram is important, according to Verna

Bound, MNH Director os Social Work.

"It's a valuable adjunct to the treatment team," she said. "The Neuro is an ultraspecialized, acute care hospital. It's also small — it's not intended for rehabilita­ tion or long-term treatment. Therefore, we have no social, recreational, or leisure programs.

"W e don't have the time, facilities, or the budget to set up such a program for the patients. The students do it all," said Bound.

Bound stated that many hospitals have large volunteer programs with paid staff coordinators. "This is the only program I am aware of that is all students. It is essentially coordinated and run by students,"-she said.

It is also funded completely by students, mostly through a Skip-a-Lunch program at the McGill residences. This year the residences raised $1700, part of which was used for a V CR for the pa­ tients. These funds are also used for publicity and day-to-day operating ex­ penses of the program.

The program was started in 1977 when a group of ten students who had been informally volunteering formed the program with Bound. Last term, there were about 200 volunteers, and there are 140 this term.

"I don't forsee any more growth, said Hale. "W e're working at capacity now." Hale said that he is going to try to get the program status as a McGill club, eligible for funds from Students' Socie­ ty-

Changiah At McGill with the McGill student body. Un­ On February 5th, 1986, Professor doubtedly, the purpose to this lecture is to sensitize students to aspects of South Changiah Ragavan will be speaking at McGill University in room 425/426 of Africa, rarely seen or covered by the the Union Building. His topic of discus­ media. It is the indigenous South sion will be "Discussions of a Black African who knows the conditions South African From the Working Class." there, better than anyone else; Professor Ragavan, because of his many academic or otherwise. Discussions political activities in South Africa, has about his presentation are welcome been detained by the police on many from all whether they approve or disap­ occasions, placed under house arrest, prove of his stance.

Participation from the student body is and subjected generally to unfair treat­ ment by the South African government. essential to the success of this lecture, It is because of his continued dedication and it is hoped that those interested will to an ongoing struggle that he has taken make the effort to attend. You won't be time out of a busy schedule to share his disappointed!

This event is sponsored by the McGill many views, thoughts, and reflections Black Students' Network.

by Mark Wynston Holder

A Review

c o n tin u e d fro m page 10

RAN works best as the culmination of the anti-martial message Kurosawa has delivered in a thirty-five year career that has included such classics as Seven Samurai and Throne of Blood.

The battle scenes in RAN, presented in slow-motion with classical music ac­ companying the flurry of banners have

the vividness of nightmares. In its ex'quisitely choreographed destruction, these scenes depict without endorsing it, what Kurosawa has called the "aesthetic of death".

In Kurosawa's greatest scenes we seem to see the people of the world at exactly the moment they first attained the title of "Suffering Humanity".

by Daron Westman

The O bserver: Special Beagle Issue,

Volume 7, Number 1, January 1986 The only good thing one can say about the return of The Observer after a long and (if this issue is any indication) well-deserved absence is that at least we will not know what to expect if Scrivener or Rubicon ever decide to publish a joke issue. I have never read such ludicrously bad writing and I come from the Eastern Townships, where we still think "In Flanders' Field s" represents the forefront of art.

It is true that the first short story, "Baby," does have a number of fine paragraphs, but the effect of the whole is ruined by a self-indulgent tone and an affected style which make the abortion at the end seem a manipulative and unfelt ending. But even "Baby" looks good next to "Beach Party," a story which can only be described as a cross between Sesame Street and the worst excesses of the Sturm and Drang move­ ment. The author of this story has no

Daily Constitution c o n tin u e d fro m page 1

Daily Editor-in-Chief Melinda Wittstock asked for an extension in the time given the committee. "O ur represen­ tatives will have to be elected by staff, and we won't have a meeting till Mon­ day (Feb. 3), which would give us only a week to negotiate," she said. "I can't see why you can't give us a couple of days more."

Council, however, was unmoved and passed the motion. As of Friday, the DPS had elected news editor Adam Quastel and production coordinator Hanka Hulsbosch as its representatives

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read anything but . <ad limericks. These verses (I hope you can hear the scorn and contempt dripping from my words) have no sense of rhythm or metre, and most of the rhymes are so forced as to set even the author's mother's teeth on edge. That any editor allowed these pieces of excrement (we call 'em like we see 'em in the Townships) to emerge from the pesthole of the author's mind and see the light of day is absolutely in­ credible.

Even more incredible is the over-all production quality of the magazine. The number of typographical errors is outrageous, though some of them have the virtue of improving the poem or story they grace. I especially love it when the author of that letter called the "Beagle Poems" becomes "Christ" rather than "Chris" twice. The lay-out is just plain ugly and stupid. It is as if the editor was so fatigued from playing the precious artiste on the few pages where he tries to do anything with the lay-out that on most pages he was too tired to do anything but slap the copy on in the most boring manner conveivable.

All in all, it is such an amateurish and puerile production that it is an embarassment to its publishers, the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society — or, since the magazine has a Science Editor but no Science copy, is that the Arts and Arts Undergraduate Society?

The date on this issue's cover originally said "January 1985" and has been bad­ ly corrected in pen before printing to "January 1986." Let's hope that the next issue is a year late too.

feel for language, over-writes to the point of making images incomprehensi­ ble, and has such a bad ear for dialogue that he thinks people actually talk like they did in Victorian potboilers. The sad truth is he will probably make a million dollars writing Harlequin Romances.

Most of the poetry is slightly better (it could hardly be worse). At worst it is just insipid and uninspired, while'some of the better pieces are at least inoffen­ sive. What really mars these poems is that their authors are trying to be selfconciously poetic. Readers have to wade through oceans to pointless and frothy description worthy of Word­ sworth at his worst or somehow manage not to cringe when an adolescent at university poses as world-weary or hard-bitten.

But these seem mild sins compared to what both author and editor have the effrontery to style a "masterpiece" — the garbage that masquerades as poetry in the so-called "Beagle Poems." These monstrosities could only have been penned by someone who has never

Since it became autonomous from StudSoc in 1981, the DPS has been pay­ ing StudSoc a nominal rent of $1 per year for its office space. The lease ex­ pires on May 31 and StudSoc wants to renegotiate the agreement.

Early in negotiations, StudSoc demanded rent at commercial rates, which came to $35,000. Then, on November 21, meeting in confidential session, Council gave Green a mandate to negotiate amendments to the DPS constitution.

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"We're an incorporated body under the Canada Corporations Act and they (StudSoc) are not," she said. "BoG and Senate can't change Alcan's constitu­ tion, so how can they change ours?"

"James Green specifically, and others on Council are trying to hold the Daily at ransom," she charged. "All these moves should be seen in the context of the rent negotiations that are going on."

newspapers affiliated with Canadian University Press to start a letter writing campaign directed at StudSoc. Green, however, is not worried about Senate's inability to change the DPS constitution.

"W e don't want to change their con­ stitution," he said. "W e want to kick them out of the building and start a new corporation."

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by Frank Young

This week's column should be subtitl­ ed "Thoughts From An Overactive Mind And An Underactive Body," if on­ ly because I like the sound of it. At any rate, a number of events in the sports world have caught my eye this week, and with your permission, I'd like to comment on them.

The big story in sports this week is the disclosure by New England Patriots Head Coach Ray Berry that a number of his players have drug problems. There is, of course, nothing wrong with a coach saying this if he feels that it is true.

The trouble is that the Patriot's General Manager Patrick Sullivan told a reporter from the Boston Globe the names of the players involved. Taking

into consideration the lack of class displayed by all of the Sullivans (remember the incident after the Raiders game?), this breach of trust is not surprising. What is disturbing is the fact that the players are now known as drug addicts. Instead of keeping the whole affair private, as some teams do, the Sullivans and their coach' have made these players into scapegoats for the Patriot's humiliation at the hands of the Bears. There has rarely been a more sickening example of a team's manage­ ment abusing the players.

To make matters worse, the slime bag Sullivans may have singlehandedly ruin­ ed the NFL's attempts to combat the use of drugs by players. Gene Upshaw, leader of the NFL Player's Association, has been working with Commissioner

Pete Rozelle on developing a solid, well thought out policy on drug use and abuse by players. Upshaw has com­ mented (New York Times, Jan. 31) that "The one thing that we have tried so hard to sell the players is that no one was going to find out." Since the disclosures from the Patriots have ruin­ ed this idea, Upshaw claims that "every player is going to be afraid to come for­ ward." Upshaw's comments make perfect sense, whereas the actions of the Patriot's front office are merely a smokescreen to remove responsibility from everyone but those seven players named.

The good news in all of this is that the Sullivans may be forced to sell the fran­ chise due to debts incurred when they promoted the Jackson's "Victory" tour.

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The annual McGill Blood Drive, sponsored by the Students’ Society, will be held during five days from September 29 to October 3, 1986 in the Union Ballroom.

The Chairman must choose a committee to oversee publicity, entertainment, door prizes, clinic volunteers, etc. The Chairman is responsible for organizing and supervising the McGill Blood Drive in cooperation with the Canadian Red Cross. Applicants must be available to plan Blood Drive 86 during the summer.

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ST U D E N T H A N D B O O K —EDITO R-IN -CHIEF _ . , , , The Student Handbook will be given to every student at McGill during registration in September 1986. This book will include introductory material about McGill, Montreal, the Students’ Society and other campus groups with particular attention paid to helping new students orient themselves to McGill and Montreal. The Editor must be in the Montreal area over the summer.

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O LD M cG ILL—EDITO R-IN -CHIEF Old McGill is the hard-cover, 368 page yearbook covering the entire school year. It will include photographs of all McGill graduates of that year as well as other relevant material as the Editor sees fit. The Editor shall appoint and supervise a large staff including writers, photographers, section editors and layout people.

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SECO N D H A N D TEX T B O O K S A L E -C O O R D IN A T O R ., -, The Students’ Society will sponsor a second hand textbook sale in September 1986 and possibly January 1987. The Coordinator must organize all aspects of the sale which include publicity and finding student staff. (The Students’ Society encourages applications from individuals representing particular campus groups which could have group members act as volunteers.) The Coordinator must be in the Montreal area for at least a part of the summer to organize this event. Any proceeds realized by the sale will go to a charity agreed upon by the Coordinator and Students’ Council.

S O U T H A FRICA C O M M ITTEE—C O O R D IN A T O R , . The South Africa Committee was established by Students’ Council to provide members of the Students Society and the University community informa ion pertaining to the situation in South Africa. The Coordinator shall be responsible for overseeing the activities of the committee and shall act as official spokesman of the committee.

ST U D E N T D IR EC T O R Y —EDITO R-IN -CHIEF , , *, . . . . . , . , The Students’ Society will be publishing a Student Directory in the fall of 1986. The Editor will oversee all aspects of the publication including the organization of authorization release cards to be signed during the September registration period, establishing a budget and calling for printed quotes from various publishing companies. He or she will also decide on other relevant information to be included in the Directory. The Editor must be in the Montreal area over the summer.

JU D IC IA L B O A R D —5 MEMBERS , .r , The Judicial Board of the Students’ Society acts as the final authority on the interpretation of the Constitution and By-Laws as well as acts of Students Council and any student group recognized by Council. These five positions are open to law students who, during the 1986/87 academic year will be in third or fourth year or pursuing a graduate degree in law. Application forms will be available in the SAO and LSA offices. Only individual applications will be accepted fot each position.

M cG ILL F IE S T A -C H A IR M A N , w o ,l i r , c .... . . lk Each year the international and multicultural student groups at McGill celebrate their cultures and heritages during McGill Fiesta. Exhibitions, cultural shows, an international buffet and a closing dance are all part of the festivities. We need a well-organized individual who can work with a variety of student groups to help McGill’s International students share their culture with other McGill students.

NOTE All of the above positions are considered voluntary and are responsible to Students’ Council.

In the past, some of these positions have received honoraria. However, the exact amounts must first be approved by Students’ Coufrcil. Except as noted above, joint applications will be accepted from not more than two (2) students for any one (1) position.

All applications will be treated confidentially and will be reviewed by the Students’ Society Nominating Committee. The best qualified candidates will likely be interviewed by the Committee.

H OW TO A PPLY : “ General Application” forms are available General Office, Union 105, 3 4 8 0 McTavish Street; at Sadie’s II in th Building and in Chancellor Day Hall at the SAO and LSA offices. A1 to have a written response to their applications by the end of Marc Completed applications must be submitted to Leslie Copelanc Students’ Society General Office, NO LATER THAN 4 :3 0 P.M ., Michael Orr Chairman Nominating Committee

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While the NFL is probably the best run league in the world, it is still the home of people like the Sullivan family who use their position of power to bully the players. Hopefully, they will be out of football by the start of next season. By hopefully, I mean for the sake of Patriots fans, because as this special scandal was developing, Raymond Clayborn, who is an all-pro defensive back, said that he would never play in New England again.

Canada's Soccer team has qualified to play in the 1986 World Cup. This is not news, as they won the right to play in the tournament last September. What is news is the fact that many of Canada's top soccer players will not be able to train with the team due to the fact that

the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) will not release the players from their contracts.

First of all, the MISL is not a major league. Furthermore, indoor soccer is not a real sport. Try to imagine a 5-man baseball played in a mini-stadium where balls that bounce off of any wall are in play. In short, it is a great in­ tramural game, but it is not a sport.

While one can understand the reluc­ tance of a financially strapped league to give up some of its star players, it is in­ excusable that the federal government will sit idly by while Canada's soccer team stands on the verge of collapse.

I'm sure that if the Tories would offer the Canadian Soccer Association a few million dollars, the CSA would find some way of getting these players back.

As it stands now, some of this country's best players will be unable to join the World Cup squad until one week before Canada's opening match against the mighty French team. Canada will not win the World Cup, but they have the potential to play well against the world's best. For the Minister of Sports etc. to allow the Canadian team to face problems like this is inexcusable.

Recently, Kirk Gibson's agent charg­ ed that the Major League Baseball owners were in collusion in their refusal to sign the big free agents to the huge contracts. Well, it is about time. No one can say that the players are suffering when a below average first baseman who will not even start this season-Terry Francona-"settles" for $450,000. The

owners are the ones who started the salary mess in the first place, so it is up to them to end it.

Gibson's agent felt cheated because of the fact that this client wasn't offered a 5 year/$8 million contract. Poor Kirk settled for 3 years and $5.6 million. I'm sure that he'll find a way to make ends meet.

The only time of year that baseball is hard to enjoy is contract time, when guys like Tim Raines refuse one year contracts worth $1.7 million Cdn. Hopefully, the insanity will end soon.

The players are not to blame, the owners are. But if an owner is losing money, how can he afford to pay a Jay Tibbs $350,000?

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REPRESENTATION 3 representatives, at least 1 of whom is to be registered in the Faculty of Graduate Studies &. Research.

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COMMITTEE FOR TH E COORDINATION OF STUDENT SERVICES Sub-Committee and Boards Health Services 3 representatives Counselling Service Advisory Board 2 representatives International Students Health Insurance at least 2 representatives it the Students’ Society /IcConnell Engineering pplicants should expect 986. )perations Secretary, RIDAY, FEB R U A R Y 7, 2986.

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STUDENTS’ SOCIETY ELECTIONS TO B E H E L D M A R C H ID , 11 , 12 1986 NOMINATIONS ARE HEARBY CALLED FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS STU D EN TS’ SO C IE T Y EXECU TIV E

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President—may be a member of the McGill Students’ Society in good standing with the University except: i) partial students taking less than three courses ii) students registered in the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research who are non-resident students or full members of the teaching staff.

Nominations must be signed by at least 100 members of the McGill Students’ Society together with their year and faculty.

V ic e -P re s id e n ts , In te rn a l & External—same qualifications as for President.

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

MANAGEMENT MEDECINE (incl. Nursing and P&OT) MUSIC RELIGIOUS STUDIES SCIENCE

Candidates must be members of the McGill Students’ Society and: 1. be students in good standing who are registered full-time for a degree or d ip lo m a and h av e satisfied conditions for promotion in their previous year of studies. or 2. be students in good standing who have satisfied co n ditions for promotion in the previous year of studies and who are registered in a degree or diploma program, but who are perm itted by Faculty to undertake a limited program. or 3. be students in good standing who are registered full-time or in a limited program for a degree or diploma, and who are repeating a year for reasons other than academic failure.

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

BO A RD O F G O V ER N O R S Candidates must be members of the McGill Students’ Society and must be registered at McGill University as full­ time students in good standing following the normal load of courses per year.

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

* CANDIDATES MAY RUN FOR ONE POSITION IN EACH OF THREE CATEGORIES PROVIDED SEPARATE NOMINATION PAPERS HAVE BEEN HANDED IN FOR EACH POSITON. A PEN SKETCH OF 100 WORDS OR LESS AND A PHOTO OF THE NOMINEE MUST BE HANDED IN WITH THE NOMINATION. ALL NOMINATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE STUDENTS’ SOCIETY GENERAL OFFICE IN THE STUDENTS’ UNION NO LATER THAN: 16h30 FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY MARK PROUDMAN c / o LESLIE COPELAND, Secretary Chief Returning Officer N.B. Students in Continuing Education are NOT members of the Students' Society OFFICIAL NOMINATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE STUDENTS’ SOCIETY G t ’ERAL OFFICE, ROOM 105, 3480 McTAVISH STREET ALL NOMINATION FORMS MUST HAVE THE CANDIDATES SIGNATURE TOGETHER WITH HIS/HER YEAR AND FACUTLY. ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.

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Redhocs Slump To Fourth

by Edward Leachman, François Lejeune and Fallon Fairchild

The ever-dangerous Ivan Knobskl

Knob Hockey Update And Rules

by Flarry Guy

After many months of tireless plann­ ing, the First Annual M cGill Knob Hockey Showdown Challenge/Tournament is set to begin. With over 40 en­ tries from 17 countries and 6 different Montréal suburbs, it will surely be an Olympiad of Knobs. Unfortunately, the opening ceremonies have had to be cancelled due to the inability of the "U p With People" troupe to clear customs.

Regardless, competition is starting this week. If you have signed up for the tournament, check the list of opening round matches that is posted in the Ar­ cade to find out who your opponent is.

Every effort has been made to pair up competitors according to their preferred times. If you have no idea as to the iden­ tity of your opponent, leave your phone number so that s/he can contact you.

For the opening round games, it is up to the competitors to ensure that the mat­ ches are played by Feb. 14th. Although the Union Building Arcade is the official home of the competition, matches can be played at any arcade.

If one of the two players misses his/her match, it will be counted as a default, unless the opponent agrees to a new time. If neither competitor makes an effort to play, it will be counted as a double default. Competitors are urged to split the cost of their games.

With that out of the way, here are the official rules of the tournament: 1) There is no scoring off of the face-off.

The puck must be passed before a goal can be scored. If the pass bounces off of an opposing player and goes into the net, then the goal stands. If the face-off goes directly into the net, then whoever has been victimized shall be awarded a

free goal.

2. The players shall switch teams after each game.

3. There shall be no unnecessary wasting of time in the third period.

4. Other than in the above cir­ cumstances, every goal counts, no mat­ ter how lucky it is.

5. A coin toss shall decide which player has his/her choice of teams to begin with.

Those are the basic rules of the com­ petition. They are the standard rules of knobs, and are designed to ensure the fairest possible matches. Remember: Knob Hockey is a gentleman's game, so keep the violence to a minimum. I should also add, that due to the odd number of competitors, there may be some byes awarded in the first or se­ cond rounds. These byes shall be awarded on a random basis. Now, let the games begin...

Concordia's Jeff Carter capitalized on a defensive lapse and scored with only nine seconds remaining in the third period to give the Stingers a 6-6 over­ time tie against the Redmen, at Loyola's Sports Palace last Tuesday.

The Stingers scored the equalizer after pulling goalie Tony Guerrerio in favor of an extra attacker and outshot McGill 43-31 in the game.

"W e panicked, lost our poise," said Redman defenceman Mike Babcock, of the play which had blueliner André Martin leading a 2-on-1 rush into Con­ cordia territory, only to lose the puck to Carter, who promptly found an opening between goalie Jamie Reeve's legs.

McGill had taken a 5-3 lead into the third period on goals by Martin, Daniel La m ira n d e , . Jo h n H a r r is , A la in Robichaud and Doug Harrison.

But Concordia contained the Red and White like a vice-grip in the third period, scoring three times while outshooting M cGill 15-6.

The tie marked only the fourth time in 27 lifetime meetings that M cGill did not lose on Concordia ice.

Harrison scored his second goal of the game to give McGill a short-lived 6-5 lead with less than six minutes re­ maining in regulation time. The play developed from a face-off won deep in McGill territory by Mark Reade, who promptly iced the puck.

Veteran David Ducharme outraced a Stinger defenceman to nullify the icing call and slipped the puck to Harrison, who made no mistake in finding the net.

It was the fifth goal scored in the game as a direct result of winning a faceoff and Reade's assist extended his scoring streak to 17 consecutive games.

Concordia, who had the league's worst power play percentage in the first semester (9.3%), scored their first four goals with a manpower advantage and finished the night going 4 for 5 on the power play.

"W e outscored them 6-2 playing at even- strength," lamented Ken Tyler,

The Currie Gym saw a lot of basket­ ball action this past weekend, as both the Martlets and the Redmen tasted vic­ tory twice in doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday night.

Friday, the McGill Martlets, presently ranked 5th in Canada, squared off against the nation's number 8 team Laval. The Martlets came on strong from the opening tip-off, playing particularly intense defence to frustrate Laval to no end. Due to the intensity, both teams were in foul trouble within the first 13 minutes of the game, which put them on the line often. The fouls served to slow down the McGill offence, which resulted in-the Martlet's 18 point lead shrinking to 10 at the half, 37-27.

The second half was all McGill, as the mighty Martlet defence held the pun­ chless Laval offence to 15 points. With 9:35 remaining in the game, M cGill's high scorer Nancy Avery was nailed with a truly brutal block that caused a minor arm injury. Avery had to sit out the next 7 minutes, but as she returned to the court, she was fouled immediate­ ly. Showing no ill effects from her in­ jury, Avery cooly sank two free throws to gain a measure of poetic justice. She then finished the game with a final

avenging shot from way outside to give McGill a 65-42 victory. Avery was high scorer for the Martlets with 12 points, while Mirelle Beland, Janet Swords and Bonnie MacNaughton each contributed 10 points for the victors in a game that Coach Hubert Lacroix called "possibly the best played defensive game of the year."

The men's game on Friday saw the Redmen squeek one out against the Trois Rivières Patriotes 73-71. It seems that no matter what the standings are, UQTR-M cGill games are always close, and this one was no exception. Leading by 5 at the half (34-29), McGill would eventually lead by as much as 9, until U QTR put in a very effective half court trap that allowed them to struggle back and tie the game at 44 with 12:30 left in the contest.

At this point, Coach Ken Schildroth called a much needed\ime out and sent in promising rookie Tommy Yee and re n o w n e d re b o u n d e d S im o n Onabowale, and within three minutes, the Redmen were back up by 8. A final Trois Rivières flurry at the game's end made for a close finish, with McGill holding on for a two point win. High scorers for the Reds were Simon Onabowale with 20 and Patrick

Arsenault with 18. Mention must also be made of the fans who attended Fri­ day's games, as their antics added some much-needed spirit to the usually deathly silent gym.

S a tu rd a y n ig h t w as a n o th e r doubleheader night, with the Bishop's men and women coming to the Currie.

The Martlet game was a low-scoring af­ fair, due to a combination of fatigue and poor health. The game was a close one, however, with the lead changing hands several times before McGill took advan­ tage of the Lady Gaiters' loss of three starters due to foul trouble to post a 41-36 victory.

The Redmen had an easier time of it against the male Gaiters, as they trounc­ ed them 68-39. The Redmen were pac­ ed by Bernie Rosanelli who had 15 points, while Simon Onabowale and Pat Arsenault contributed 11 apiece.

Both the Martlets and the Redmen travel to N .D .G . on Thursday to play the Concordia Stingers. A win for the Martlets would virtually assure them of first place in the Q U A A, while a Redmen win would put them back in the hunt for the division title, but a loss would give the Stingers the Q U A A Championship for the first time in 3 years.

The Redmen played cautiously in the 10-minute overtime period and were outshot 6-2 in the extra frame as goalie Jamie Reeve staved-off the Stingers time and time again.

When asked if the team was playing for the tie, Coach Tyler snarled "It cer­ tainly appeared that way although we hadn't intended on it.

"I guess we'd have to accept an over­ time tie in this rink, although were not happy about the way it occurred," add­ ed Tyler.

The Redmen took the long drive into Chicoutimi last weekend with a seem­ ingly solid hold on third place in the Q U A A. Although Wednesday's tie took some steam out of the team, thy had still gone undefeated in five games. Unfor­ tunately, the Redhocs left their winning ways somewhere on the TransCanada highway, as Les Inuks beat them 5-3 on Friday and 5-4 on Sunday.

Sunday's loss was a heartbreaker, as McGill fought back from a 3-1 deficit in the third period. Dave Ducharme's se­ cond goal of the game, just 31 seconds into the final frame brought the good guys back to within one. Although Chicoutimi's Paul Gagné scored a minute later, the Redmen did not fold, as Captain Paul Barber and Doug Har­ rison pulled McGill back into a tie at 4.

Unfortunately, Eric Bernier put the puck behind Jamie Reeve at 14:07 to give Les Inuks a sweep of the weekend series.

The Redmen play at home twice this weekend, and at this late point in the season, the games could mean the dif­ ference between fighting for second place and struggling to make the playoffs. Friday's game is against the se­ cond place Ottawa Gee-Gees and the opening face off is at 7:30. Sunday sees the Stingers of Concordia coming to McConnell Winter Stadium for a 7 o'clock match.

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