The McGill Tribune Vol. 06 Issue 19

T f lf MFGILL TRIBUNE Tuesday, February 24, 1987

Publisfied by the'Students' Society of McGill University

Volume 6, Issue 19

Senate Closes Doors On Returning Residents b y C h r is F l a n a g a n

On Wednesday, February 11, the Senate carried a motion which will significantly reduce the number of se­ cond and third year students in residence. The motion, presented by V ice Principal (Academic) Samuel Freedman, limits the nuber of returning students to 20% per residence hall for next year, 15% for 88/89 and 10% for 89/90. The current, unregulated, rate of return stands at 36%.

Prior to the residence limits question, Professor Noumoff presented a motion which would delete the issue of admis­ sion to university residences from the terms of reference of the Senate Commit­ tee on University Residences. He then called for the issue to be added to the mandate of the Senate Committee on Admissions and Scholarships. Senate passed a motion that the matter be refer­ red to the two committees and their fin­ dings reported back to Senate.

Senator Leigh Bowie pointed out that any change in the 'ownership' of the issue appears rather redundant since a motion could be brought to Senate without the agreement of the various committees.

The Senate Committee on University Residences does not support the residence limiting motion.

Vice Principal Freedman's motion passed with little resistance (40-5, with 2 abstentions) although the issue was debated back and forth for nearly three hours.

Senator Grace Ann Baker stated that the motion was unfair because it did not make exceptions for those students cur­ rently in residence who would be forced to move out. These students did not

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have to consider this option when they first applied to M cGill. She proposed an amendment to the motion that would delay the limits by one year.

Vice Principal Freedman argued that although this was an important con­ sideration, the issue of new students should take precedence and that there had already been Three years of consultaiton on the matter. Baker's motion was subsequently defeated.

Senator Leigh Bowie proposed an ad­

ditional amendment that would delay the vote until the Admissions and Residence Committees had returned with their reports.

Again the Senate said no to further delays.

Two additional amendments were put forward which eventually became part of the motion. The first was a clause presented by Professor Herschorn which requires the Director of Residences to present a report on the effects of this

PGSS Proposes Rep By Pop b y J e n n ife r M o r i

Amidst a welter of amendments, points of order, and general procedural confusion, the Post Graduate Students' Society (PGSS) devoted its efforts at it's Feb. 11 meeting to determining the course of action it will take regarding its position within Students' Society.

At the Feb. 4 PGSS meeting, a report on the Students Society (SSMU)/PGSS relationship was presented outlining the long term grievances of the PGSS. It pro­ posed two scenarios. The first states that the PGSS w ill continue to remain in StudSoc but with considerable modifica­ tions in its relationship to Students' Society. The second, suggests that the PGSS separate from StudSoc and con­ tinue as a separate organization.

The PGSS Reps to Students' Council presented the report and proposals to amend the Students' Society constitution on Feb. 10. The proposals, entitle PGSS to proportional representation on Students' Council, the creation of the post of a Vice-President Graduate Stu­ dent Afairs on the Students' Society ex­ ecutive, the creation of a Joint PGSSSSMU Executive Committee comprising the members of both societies' executive and the reduction of PGSS fees to Students' Society to accurately reflect PGSS use of StudSoc facilities. These fees would be subject to a triennial review.

A recent PGSS-SSMU survey has prov­ ed that PGSS now uses StudSoc facilities half as much as undergraduate students.

The proposition presented by PGSS executive at the Feb.11 PGSS Council meeting was that if the Students' Coun­ cil rejected the first proposal, then PGSS would move towards autonomy from SSMU. Autonomy would involve a com­ plete termination of direct fee payments to Students' Society with PGSS paying for StudSoc services in a transfer pay­ ment based on actual usage. The PGSS would use the freed funds to implement

its own programs.

"The reason we're proceeding from the first plan to the second," explained Genevieve Tanguay, PGSS President, "is that it is politically more acceptable to the administration. Also, if we went for the second proposal and got no approval in our own society, we would be in a very poor position."

David Schulze, PGSS Vice-President External Affairs, added that the first scenario, "is an attempt through con­ crete measures to resolve problems with Students' Society." Though the con­ sultative measures would do a great deal to improve relations, increased represen­ tation (there are now 2 grad reps on a Council of 24) would be an immense ad­ vantage.

"Students' Council representation is like a dog's breakfast," Schulze said.

"They have all kinds of odd people com­ ing in back doors and side alleys; they have Club Reps, Residence Reps, stu­ dent Senators, and student members of the Board of Governors. There is also a disproportionately high Arts and

Engineering representation and an under-representation of graduate students."

Paul Pickersgill, Students' Society President, invited as an observer, was asked to give the Students' Society view­ point.

"W e have not begun negotiations," stated Pickersgill. "There have only been preliminary discussions and the PGSS proposals were presented to Students' Society Council last night. At this point, it's hard to state any firm posi­ tion." When pressed for his personal opinion, Pickersgill said, "It's not likely the PGSS proposals will be passed, especially the items on proportionate representation and the Students' Society executive member elected by PGSS." Fears were raised by PGSS councillors that increased graduate representation would not be an improvement if the undergraduates voted 'en bloc.' Mark Readman, PGSS Rep to Students' Coun cil and PGSS VP University Affairs, answered that councillors did not usual­ ly vote in blocks and that greater c o n tin u e d o n p a g e 3

Fee Hike Question Drafted b y M a r ie P a u le L a b b é

Tuition fee hikes came to the fore again at last Tuesday's Students' Coun­ cil. A student referendum addressing the controversial issue is in the works for this spring and a tentative format for the question to be put on the ballot was finally agreed upon after a long and ex­ haustive debate.

This draft gives the student body one of four options: reject the tuition fee in­ crease; accept it; abstain; or neither.

Those choosing the "neither" option w ill be encouraged to add their alter­ native solution at the bottom of the

ballot. If this option receives a majority, the ballots with suggestions w ill be studied and Council's policy may be reviewed.

There -was some grumbling about the extra cost and time that such a pro­ cedure would require, but these objec­ tions were summarily quelled by Ian Brodie (VP External Affairs) who insisted that "once you're already counting ballots, it's no problem putting some in­ to a separate pile."

Paul Pickersgill added that "w e are a democracy, we have to listen to everyone's opinion." c o n tin u e d o n p a g e 8

policy to the Senate in January 1988.

The second accepted amendment, presented by Senator Chris Alexander, required that "the recommendations of the University Residence Committee concerning non-residence housing be implemented with the greatest possible speed."

The motion also contains provisions for Douglas Hall to retain a slightly higher percentage of returning students.

The overall limit is 5% higher than the

per hall limit for each year and it is assumed that Douglas Hall will account for the difference.

Another amendment allows for special consideration to be given under certain "personal circumstances." Finally, the motion gives The Dean of Students and the Director of Residences the respon­ sibility of implementing the selection processes for meeting the returning stu­ dent quotas.

During the great debate, several students in the observation area grumbl­ ed, groaned and appeared to be plotting a protest against the motion which was about to force them to fend for themselves in the real world of Montreal Urban Warfare. But they left.

In other Senate action, a motion was passed which requires candidates for deanships to be 'academics.' This issue was brought about due to the recent changing of the position of Director of Admissions to Dean of Admissions.

Chairman Johnston felt strongly enough about the issue to step down from the chair so that he could Join in the debate.

Johnston had not supported the motion.

In response to a question from Randy Flemings and Grace Ann Baker, concer­ ning irregular and inconvenient library hours, Dr. Eric Ormsby, Director of Libraries responded, "for the past six months, the Undergraduate Library in Redpath has been under intensive study by two separate task forces charged to examine the library services and make sp ecific recom m endations. These measures w ill take time."

Dr. Ormsby also announced that the photocopiers in Redpath, McLennan and other libraries will now be serviced Sundays.

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M c G i l l Wri tes Back........ page 4 Wagner Expresses Alienation...page 6 E x p l o r i n g

Exploitation........... page 8 Basketball Low-Down............... page 11 $ 1 0 0 Fee G ro w s

Dipping Into Dip. Ed. costs associated w ith producing materials given to students in class.

Students of M c G ill's Graduate Ron Kuranoff, M cG ill University's Diploma of Education program are pay­ Comptroller, does not hold with this in­ ing more than the regular allotted $100 terpretation of the policy. "The Depart­ ment of Education agrees with our inter­ course materials charge.

"When I got my account at the end of pretation of the policy" of charging for December, they were charging above courses that require more than 30 credits and beyond this $100 ceiling," said per year. Kuranoff said that Education Amy Kaler, a Dip. ed. student and Minister Claude Ryan's office approved former Undergraduate representative to of M cGill's interpretation of the policy "in recent weeks." the Board of Governors.

The flat $100 fee has been divided in­ According to Student Society Vice to a $3.33 per credit charge by the President (External) Ian Brodie, the situa­ M cGill Administration. Kaler explained tion has yet to be resolved. He believes that the Dip. ed. students take 45 credits that the- University w ill reimburse in their one year program, as compared students for all charges above the basic to 30 credits taken by the average Arts $100 level. student, and as such the students are "W e're pursuing the University Ad­ paying approximately $150 per year. ministration; if they are not in tune, we One hundred dollars is the legal limit have lots of people in the Ministry (of of the charge that came into effect on Education) who'll tell the university it's September 1, 1986. M cGill is required illegal," he said.

The extra charges could be applied to by law to ensure that all monies accrued to this fee go directly to covering all c o n tin u e d o n p a g e 8 b y E liz a b e th P a s te r n a k

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The McGill Tribune Tuesday, February 24, 1987

WEDNESDAY Wednesday, February 25

W H A T’S ON

•T h e Yellow Door presents performers Max Dorsinwille, Ann Diamond, Gerry Wexlwer and Ken Decker as part of “ Written word performed Aloud by Montreal Writers.” Admission $1.50, doors open at 8:30pm . All welcome!

•P ersona, a Swedish film with Liv Ulman, directed by Ingmar Bergman, will be shown in the Union Ballroom at 7:30pm . Admission is free. Presented by the McGill Film Society.

• Dr. Pierre Major of the McGill Cancer Center will speak on “ Approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of Breast Cancer” at 5pm in Rm 705 of the McIntyre Medical Sciences Bldg,. For more info, 392-3036.

• D r . Witold Rybka and Dr. A Langleben will speak on Bone Marrow Transplantation at 8pm in the Palmer Howard Amphitheatre, McIntyre Medical Sciences Bldg. No charge for admission.

• D E S A présentes “ Planet of the Apes” filmfest every Wednesday night at 7pm in Gert's - Admission is free!

• Women’s Union general meeting will be held at 4:30pm in Union 423. All are welcome!

•C F R M Radio McGill is proud to announce the 1987 Radio Marathon for the Canadian Diabetes Association, Feb. 25 to 27th - two announcers will be on the air for 50 consecutive hours. The event is being held in conjunc­ tion with Universities across Canada. Don’t miss Itl • Eric Barton, will speak on “Why a successful business man would venture into the Third world and how to go about getting involved in volunteer organizations” from 1:30 to 3pm in B 09/10. An ASUS event.

•D ebate - “ Is Nuclear Fusion a Feasible, safe, and Peaceful Source of Energy?” Features reps from in­ dustry, Atomic Energy Canada and McGill Pugwash. At 8pm in the Stewart Biology Building, room S 1 /3 . Spon­ sored by M SPS, Pugwash and A SUS. •A ntigone will be performed by the Ensemble Studio theatre group until February 28 at Player’s Theatre. All per­ formances begin at 8pm. The production is also a fundraiser for Montreal Women's Aid Inc, a non-profit organization. Tickets: $12 general, $8 students and seniors. Group rates over 25 people. Don’t m iss these perfor­ m ances.

• McGill Medical Blood Drive ’8 7 ...Come and give blood through Friday, 10am to 6pm in the McIntyre Medical Bldg, 6th floor foyer.

•V id e o laser discs of the Voyager space probe mission will be shown in room 115 of the Rutherford Physics Building from 1 to 4pm.

THURSDAY

Thursday, February 26 • Gays and Lesbians of McGill are holding communications workshop number 4 entitled Between Women and Men at 7pm in Union 425/426.

• The Tin Dnim, a German film with David Bennett, will be shown in Leacock 132 at 7:30pm . Admission: $2.

Presented by the McGill Film Society. Don’t miss it!

• A reception for Ontoanalysis to Logoanalysis in Art, with the artist present, will be held at 4:30pm in the Foyer Gallery, Birks Building. For information: 392-4828.

•G ilb ert and Sullivan’s “ patience” performed by the Lakeshore Light Opera at John Rennie Theater, Pointe Claire, February 26 to 28 and March 5 to 7. For more information call: 695-7785.

• Hysterical Women presents Theater of the Oppressed with Lib Spry for women only. Thirty hour workshops, February 27 to March 7. Evenings and weekends. Cost: $45 and $65. Please call for more information: 272-5780 or 849-7167. Subsidization may be arranged if necessary.

•T h e Killing Fields will be shown in Leacock 26 at 7:30pm . Come to see the film before Dith Pran, the actual subject of the movie, speaks on Monday. Admission: $1.50. An ASUS event.

• McGill Crossroads will hold its general meeting with surprise guest speaker at 7pm in Union 107/108. All welcome!

• Religious studies Students-Association wine and cheese at the Yellow Door Chaplaincy on Aylmer, 7pm. All

welcome.

• Psychology Students Association ski trip to Mt. St. Sauveur for night skiing. Tickets $15, available in room 7 /1 1 , Stewart Biology Bldg.

• PAA S/D ESA hosts a ski trip for afternoon and night skiing. Contact DESA for tickets.

•Americans Abroad general meeting, Union 107/108. More info, call 731-2907.

FRIDAY Friday, February 27

•B io lo g y students Union hosts a skitrip to Smugglers Notch. Bus leaves Union Building at 7:30am and returns the same day. Tickets $25 available in advance in the Stewart Biology Biology Bldg. W 2/4. All welcome!

•Anupam Sharma will speak on “ India and Pakistan: a protracted social conflict analysis” at 12 noon at the Centre of Developing Area Studies, 3715 Peel, Seminar Room 100.

• Ontoanalysis to Logoanalysis in Art. The Faculty of Religious studies is pleased to announce an exhibition of oil sketches and small paintings by Thomas Seniew. The exhibition runs until March 13. For more information' 392-4828.

• The Godfather starring Robert DeNiro and Marlon Brando, directed by Francis Ford Coppola will be shown at 7:30pm in Leacock 132. Admission $2.25. Presented by the McGill Film Society.

• Fish Bowl Party with D J in the Ballroom Sponsored b\ Labans Rartin L’ : 3 ;l! and ASUS Join in the Funl

SATURDAY/ SUNDAY

Saturday, February 28 • Deja Voodoo and Condition will play in the Ballroom at 8pm, to benefit the Daily. Admission is $5.00.

Presented by CFRM and A SU S. Get out and have a good timel • Project Ploughshares presents McGill’s third annual Peacefest, 7pm to 2am in the Alley. See the Big Snit and other film s, hear live music, discover guerrilla theatre and more! $3 voluntary contribtion — Don’t m iss it!

•R a g in g Bull with Robert De Niro will be presented by the McGill Film Society at 7:30pm in Leacock 132. Admis­ sion: $2.25 • Live on tape at Radio McGill. Don’t m iss Breakfast with video at 5:30pm on CFRM, 91.7 cable FM.

Sunday, March 1st • Morning worship at 10:30am with Presbyterian/United Church Campus Ministry, followed by brunch at StMartha’s-in-the-basement. For information: 392-5890.

•A nglican morning worship at Christ Church Cathedral, 8am — traditional Eucharist. 10am — contemporary with choir and sermon. For more information: 392-5890.

MONDAY

Monday, March 2 •A nglican Chaplaincy student and staff Eucharist every Monday at 12 noon in the Newman center.

• McGill Cheerleaders hold practices every Monday in the Currie Gym from 9 to 11pm. Join the squad and show your school spirit!

• Wondering what to do about income tax returns this year? Fear not. The McGill Accounting Club is holding its annual Tax Clinic during the month of March. Bring all the necessary documents to the Bronfman Building lobby from March 2 to 6, between 10 and 4:30pm . The Clinic itself will be held in the Union Bldg two weeks later. Con­ tact the Accounting Club for more information.

• Dith Pran, the Cambodian Journalist upon whose real life experiences the movie The K illing Fields was bas­ ed, will be speaking at 8pm in Leacock 132. A question period will follow. Tickets: $3.50 students, $5 general public.

The Students’ Society of McGill University will be visiting the various buildings on campus to listen to your ideas. students on committees referenda elections S' anything that concerns you

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NEWS

Tuesday, February 24, 1987

Daily Brings Local Bands To Ballroom

Increasing McGill's International Profile and

aegis of the Dean of Students. "W e would appreciate financial aid," said International students make up 15% of Akoury wistfully, but the funds are not the student population at M cG ill. available.

Although fi nances are a major concern Despite this, their profile here is surpris­ ingly low. Fiesta Week, January 21 to for the Multicultural Society, they are a January 23, may have rectified this situa­ much more pressing matter for interna­ tion to some extent, but there is still a tional students. That is, except for our southern friends who are attending "a long way to go.

"M cG ill itself does not have a strong name institution for a bargain price," multicultural presence," said Maro said Lawrence Lang, advisor for Interna­ Akoury, president of the Multicultural tional students. Most foreign students Society. "W e must promote more events not only have to contend with M cGill's like Fiesta Week to improve the fees for "Non-Canadians" but also with constantly varying exchange rates. multicultural profile."

In the past few years M cGill has lost Both Akoury and the individual ethnic organizations that took part thought 800 international students, from 2,800 foreign students enrolled in 1983 to Fiesta Week was a great success.

"W e had the largest turnout ever," 2,000 students today. This loss is due said Sarah W ilson, president of mainly to financial difficulties on the stu­ Americans Abroad. "The buffet dinner dent's part.

While the majority of M cGill's foreign was sold out, which was surprising con­ sidering the weather we had on Thurs­ students come from the U.S. there are over 100 different countries represented day night." in M cGill's student body. " T h e events w ere ve ry w e ll The most recent notable influx of organized," added Jean-Marie Papelian, president of the Armenian Students' students from one country comes from Association. "W e've participated in the People's Republic of China; last year Fiesta over the past two years and it there were 35 students from China at didn't make much of an impact because M cG ill. This year there are 100.

Because the adjustment for many in­ of poor organization by the Multicultural ternational students' advisor's office also Society. Interest was high this year and there are many different services which should be even higher next year." have been established to aid them. Aside T h e m e m b er c lu b s and the Multicultural Society are planning in­ from the general student services, the in­ dividual and joint projects for the re­ ternational student's advisor's office also provides services geared specifically to mainder of the semester. All the clubs the foreign student. have their own rosters of speakers, films, Last year a committee on international seminars, and parties as well as their student life was organized by Lang. The communal efforts with the Multicultural group founded the International students Society. resource centre, which now provides "W e must continue to co-operate with pertinent information to foreign students each other and with other groups at and their spouses, and the International M cG ill," stated Akoury. "W e and our Student's Flandbook. One of the foreign clubs don't interact much as a rule. It's student's wives developed a spouse's in­ not that we don't want to, we just don't formation kit which deals with the pro­ have the opportunity."

Most of the club presidents interview­ blems a foreign spouse would face living in a different country while one's hus­ ed were enthusiastic about the future of band attends university. their own organizations but when asked The committee also decided that a about the multicultural scene in general person should be hired to continue im­ looked blank. "W e live in our own little plementing the new ideas and to create world with our own members. We have a more personal contact between to promote ourselves within the whole foreign students and Student Services. As bigger M cGill community."

Akoury put it, "International students As it is, most ethnic groups have closer ties off campus than on campus. "A ma­ need more than administrative help with their visas." As a result, Kim Bartlett was jor goal this year," Akoury continued, hired on a six month contract by the "is to establish contacts within the Dean's office.

M cGill community."

Taking on the job enthusiastically, The Multicultural Society has received Bartlett carried out the Airport arrivai a great deal of moral support from the In­ program and a buddy system that paired ternational Student's Office under the international students with M cG ill students. Although Bartlett was let go after her six month contract was up (McGill finances were unable to sustain her position), it is hoped that the pro­ grams which she initiated will continue. b y M ic h e lle N in o w J e n n ife r M o r i

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the Students' Society (SSMU) have all Ian M . Harrold In the hopes of boosting both its' joined the Daily as co-sponsors in an financial status and its' cultural links to unusually united partnership aimed at the outside musical community, the making the Bash an unqualified success.

M cCill Daily w ill hold a fundraising While CFRM will donate the services benefit this Saturday, February 28th, in of a DJ and its Mobile Audio unit and the Programming Network w ill provide the the Student Union Ballroom.

Daily Co-Coordinating Editors Bren­ Ballroom Space, ASUS, on the other dan Weston and Joe Heath say they hand, has agreed to cover any loss of up hope the already healthy relationship to $500, if necessary.

Daily Editors Heath and Weston are the Daily has with Montreal-area bands w ill provide "a good party" for students optimistic about the financial outcome, as well as an infusion of some much however, pointing to the help of the sponsors and thefact that the bands have needed cash into the Daily's coffers.

Billed as "The Biggest Daily Bash agreed to play for rock-bottom fees.

Ever!", the benefit w ill feature perfor­ Heath and Weston deny that the event mances by three well-known Montreal s directly intended to influence voters bands (Fail-Safe, Déjà Voodoo and Con­ before the March 10th Daily fee increase dition) and w ill charge a cover of 55.00 referendum, which has been rejected by at the door with beer going for $1.50 a students for the last five years. Rather, they say it is an effort to take advantage pop.

CFRM Radio M cG ill, the Arts and of the healthy links the Daily has with Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS), Montreal bands and bring them to the M cGill Programming Network and continued on page 10 by

Some international students have already complained that her "personal touch" is missing. "She did her job so w e ll," Lang explained, "nobody wanted to see her leave."

The principal's reception is another M cGill function for foreign students; it allows the students the opportunity to become better acquainted with "the powers that be."

Three years ago a host family program over the Christmas holidays was begun.

This year with Bartlett's assistance over 140 foreign students had the opportunity to celebrate a family Christmas the Cana­ dian way. This program is now being run through the Alumni association, and they hope to make the host family din­ ners a year round event.

The International Student adviser's of­ fice is concerned that the programs already initiated will continue and Lang is committed to providing a support structure out of the office. Lang is con­ vinced that "there is a lot of interest in the international student services on campus. Through the contribution of concerned people at M cGill the pro­ grams can and will continue."

Support from the student society and the Multicultural organization are im­ portant in this endeavour. Lang believes that "the university has renewed its com­ mittment to international students and it is up to different student organizations to take part."

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continued from page 1 represen tatio n w o u ld p o litic a lly changes outlined by the PGSS Reps to Students' Society referendum by Feb. motivate Students' Council.

The possibility was also raised that 24, 1987 (today), the PGSS w ill go to other faculties might ask for proportional referendum this spring to give its ex­ ecutive the mandate to begin negotia­ representation.

"That is not our problem," replied tions for autonomy in accordance with Schulze, "W e won't address it. It's not the terms of the second proposal.

"The general feeling on the executive our responsibility."

A time limit of one year was placed is that SSMU will not go for the provi­ upon implementation of the Students' sions of the first proposal," said Ja­ Society constitutional alterations, sub­ cqueline Winters, PGSS VP Finance. ject to the deliberations of Senate. If "This measure will be politically good in nothing substantial is done by Feburary, the eyes of the administration. The op­ tion is left to SSMU and we feel they will 1988, PGSS will reconsider secession.

It was further resolved that if Students not accept a fee decrease and propor­ Council has not sent the constitutional tional representation.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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The Post-Graduate Students' Society has, in effect, presented an ultimatum to the Students' Society. Either the Students' Society is to grant the PGSS substantial concessions (Scenario A) or say farewell forever to the post graduate students (Scenario B).

The Students' Council has been presented with a non-choice. The post graduate students' Scenario A w ill never be accepted by Council. If the PGSS gets one-quarter proportional representation, what w ill be the position of the Facul­ ty of Arts, or of any other faculty for that matter? If proportional representation were made standard, the Students' Council would become so large that it would become unmanageable. If PGSS is to pay lower fees because its members use Students' Society facilities less, what about the law and medical students, who rarely set foot on the main campus, let alone in the University Centre? If there is going to be a Vice-President Graduate Student Affairs, why not have a Vice-President Undergraduate Student Affairs, or two or three, if proportional representation is to be main­ tained?

Also, consider the post graduates' claim that they are a fundamentally different group from their undergraduate counterparts in terms of age, work patterns, academic orientation, lifestyle, and so on. Would the implementation of Scenario A necessarily guarantee the solution of post graduate grievances with the Students' Society, considering the uniqueness and diversity of post graduate interests?

If, by some miracle, the Students' Council decides that it cannot do without the post graduates, what does this have to do with what the student population marks on its referendum ballots? There is no guarantee that students w ill agree to the proposed Students' Society constitutional changes. How many of us would be seriously upset to find our T.A's non-members of the Students' Society? Students' Council has not always been entirely accurate in interpreting the w ill of the electorate.

The Students' Council w ill probably find Scenario B the lesser of two evils. Whatever the outcome, the issue of PGSS secession raises important questions about the position of all of us in the Students' Society, not only as faculty organization, but as individuals. The primary motive for the post-graduate departure is over twenty years of insen­ sitivity on the part of Students' Society towards PGSS views. The Students' Society has been and judged and found wanting. Although it is unfair to make this year's Students' Council deal with the results of over two decades of its predecessors' shortcomings, the question remains. What is membership in the Students' Society worth?

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Some of us have been bitching lately about the low marks and heavy workload here at M cGill. A mood of anxiety prevails amongst the student body (particularly at exam time); a repressed anxiety. We ignore the misery and drown our sorrows. Somehow, though, the university experience is just not what we hoped it would be, what with all the austerity imposed by this goddam competency-based education in vogue nowadays. Profs too have their problems: so many evaluations to make, and altogether too many hostile students to listen to. How would you feel if you had to read and criticize 50 papers or lab reports, and then defend yourself? All of this breeds the heavy atmosphere of alienation, reproach and self-castigation we know so well. It is disgusting.

For some time now I have been trying to write, but each time I did the effort ap­ peared to be subjective and evident of little more than sour grapes. On Feb. 17th, however, the solution presented itselfl Dr. Graeme Decarie, Professor of History at Concordia spoke at Concordia on the subject of "W hy Johnny Doe, B.A., Can't speak or W rite," a lecture convened by the Sparklers (an associa­

tion of Mature Students at Concordia, age 55 and over). I report herein Dr. Decade's polemic, and some of the en­ suing debate.

Decarie treated us to witty and amus­ ing diatribe too caustic to be repeated verbatim; a splendidly impassioned and committed attempt to address the sen­ sitive issue of competency. Decarie spoke espousing the "freedom to learn" politic, dead since the mid 70s, but born during the heady 60s and soon to blossom forth anew. "W e want creativi­ ty, not conformity," etc. Here are Decade's major points: Johnny can't express himself well because he doesn't think — he spends all his time reproducing the thoughts of others so that he may pass his exams.

This is, in other words, rote learning; pure memory work requiring only low level cognition, not much convergent thinking and a virtual absence of divergent thinking. The synthesis that the university desires the student to pro­ duce is lacking in his work. Conscien­ tious profs may find that baffling.

Decarie's train of thought led him to consider the fact that university teachers are rarely trained in pedagogy. He went on to say that lecturers are too often hired on the basis of their credentials as publishers of scholarly works without

Ego Vs Identity

regard to their abilities as orators faced with the task of persuading and convinc­ ing large bodies of sceptical students.

By this time Decarie had spent himself indulging in gross over-statement and the like, so the audience, somewhat en­ thused, had the opportunity to reply. A young woman mentioned that she contributed little of her own thought as a stu­ dent simply because the system was awesomely overpowering, and it sup­ pressed her, crushing her creativity.

Once put down, thereafter she vvas less inclined to risk further exposure. I then commented that profs rarely listened to their students and almost never understood what they were saying, ten­ ding to condescend. I added that insofar as the student was neither trusted nor respected, the prof wasted his time try­ ing to inculcate also; the whole of the foregoing being pedagogically unsound.

I suggested that a better method might be the Socratic, where the students develop what they know but didn't know that they knew. Dr. Decarie still had some bark left in him and gave a fiery reply to what I said, but afterwards it seemed we were fundamentally agreed despite outspoken and contrary comments.

John B en son B .E D ,

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I read your column in the Tribune ("Unstacking the Little Boxes of Life") with some interest. I am an American citizen with roots in Cape Cod and New Mexico. However, I have spent the last 16 of my 22 years in Canada. Although I have also met with some of the stereotyping that Canadians inflict upon Americans, the more I became at home in Canada, the more I found myself hav­ ing the same reactions to Americans that Canadians had had to me. I do not think that this response was simply a matter of wanting to fit in with the norm; rather, more important feelings, were at stake.

Canadians, Ezra, are not scared of Rambo. What I react to in Americans is their annoying tendency (note the word tendency) to treat Canadians as though they were just more Americans. This tendency underscores the fear for our sovereignty. Its loss is treated as a fait ac­ compli. Furthermore, to say that the Canadian Government has not done enough to expose the American public to our concerns is to ignore both the page 4

massive differences in population size between the countries as well as the even larger differences between our respective notions of national impor­ tance. In brief, Canadians are not indoc­ trinated from childhood in the vision of an all conquering nation and way of life.

Americans generally are.

I assert this point with some trepida­ tion, because I realize that it is only a generalization, and the number and im­ portance of exceptions to generaliza­ tions about humans often makes them equivalent to lies. My point is that an in­ tellectual grasp of "issues" is not enough, nor is a suitable shift to the "correct" political ideology. What is needed on the part of Americans (and in­ deed on the part of everyone else) is a loss of national ego, but with a retention of national identity. It is only more press­ ing that Americans achieve this because of the horrifying power they can exert over the lives of everyone else on the planet.

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homosexuals (sic) as a result."

T h a n ks, guys, for acting like grownups. Thanks for your vaunting your own publication in a letter that's supposed to apologize for it. Thanks for not mentioning the deal about requiring submissions to carry the author's name.

Thanks for chauvinistically presuming that insulting gay people means you need apologize only to "homosexuals."

Thanks, moreover, for finishing your self-lampooning apology with an invita­ tion to "any individual at M cG ill" to write for the Pot. OK. I could handle all that. GALOM 's lawyer and I had managed, after all, to wring an apology out of a group notorious for its hamhanded intolerence and insensitivity. Not only was I prepared to let bygones be bygones, but I even offered them a homo valentine which made it to press. Surprise, sur­ prise, then, when on page two of the Valentine's issue "Le Sperminator" ad­ vises us not to "go around making fun of people (or women, blacks, Jews, whales, rocks, etc.). You might offend them and then five months later you'll have to sit and listen to a smooth-talking lawyer de­ mand 'prophylactic measures' for an hour, like we editors did."

OK Plumber's Pot. I've had it with you, and I'd wager all of M cGill has, too.

You're a disgrace to this university on all counts. You cost the Engineering Undergraduate Society (thus engineer­ ing students) $6,000 this year, published a paper so scandalous that everyone with a brain is offended by it, "made a big boo-boo," as you put it, with your in­ sulting September article, and refused to take your lumps like any responsible person in the real world. In my opinion, M cGill couldn't go wrong by ditching this scurrilous, randy, antediluvian tabloid. We'd save Québec a lot of its trees, give the engineers more money to spend on harmless beer parties or whatever else they want, and would put some persistent Neanderthals in their places once and for all.’

Get rid of the Plumber's Pot. J o e C la r k

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Maybe I'm weird or something, but I have this wild idea that the world can run almost fairly if people want it to. So when it came to my attention, as coor­ dinator of Gays & Lesbians of M cGill (for whom I do not speak in this article), that a rag called The Plumber's Pot had published a story of a nature very offen­ sive to gay people, I became upset. It seemed like a blaring injustice to me, so, with the help and support of others in GALOM and elsewhere, I started the ball rolling to bring the authors of the trash in question before disciplinary committees.

Now, I actually had little to do with the legal procedures necessary to file a complaint under M cGill rules; our ace lawyer from Legal Aid took care of that.

He also managed to arrange a meeting, five months after the offense, among the Pot staff (heretofore without identity), the president of the Engineering Undergraduate Society, and us. Great — a chance to act like reasonable and reasoning people and get this problem out of the way.

Things went well. The Pot editors agreed to publish an apology in the M cGill media, most notably in the Pot itself, and" to require the names of authors to future editions. These authors could request anonymity in the paper to guard the satiric nature of the Pot, but their names would remain on file should any problems arise.

Joy. So what happens? A month passes and what do I see but a marginal and mildly sarcastic apology in the Trib and the Plumber's Pot — as yet not in the Daily — and a far more sarcastic editorial in the February 14 issue of the Pot. First things first. The Pot editors (still unnamed in print!) assert in their apology that the Pot exists to satirize, but that its staff "is committed to protecting the rights of all individuals and strives to keep the content of the Plumber's Pot conducive with the M cGill charter of rights." Having made this statement, presumably with a straight face, the editors confess and apologize in par­ ticular for "any damages suffered by

Here's to the Editor's red pen! There should have been no fear of using it on a particularly obnoxious sentence in Moira MacDonald's article, "Setting the Stage for Canadian Theatre" (Feb. 10).

Although no one expects journalese to be free from grammatical errors and col­ lo q uialism , I am "sh o cke d and appalled" by the butchery made of the English language in the outrageous "(Karl) Durart paradigms this statement on the experience of Beth Henley's Crimes of the H eart..." Sorry to say, but paradigm just isn't a verb, Moira — not even in American dictionaries. In fact, my Webster New Encyclopedic defines it first in terms of its meaning in the world of grammar, before going on to the definition we all know and love.

Paradigm isn't even listed in Roger's College Thesaurus as a synonym for model, the word Moira was obviously trying to replace with a more impressive sounding variation. Her clearly obfuscatory use of paradigm has driven me to paroxysms of prolixity. And oooh, that makes me mad.

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OPINION

Tuesday, February 24, 1987

Getting The Locals Involved Having been involved in various activities and projects at M cGill over the past three years, I have observed that apathy is rampant on campus. More particularly, I have discovered that M cGill's Montreal student population is an astonishingly silent majority. We all know the pattern too well: go to class, study, go downtown, go home. Students in general just don't care about M cGill events and, unfortunately, about campus life itself. The traditional explanation of this pattern is as follows: M cGill is a CITY University, right in the middle of a cosmopolitan community. It is not a typical "college;" its school spirit is consequently very weak. In addition, people in the 1980's are very in­ dividualistic. Students just want to get their degrees, obtain good marks and leave school as soon as possible to get a good paying job...There is just not enough time to get involved in activities and participate in campus life. While I ad­ mit that such factors are definitely at play here at M cG ill, there are perhaps more salient causes which can explain our practically extinct campus spirit. Let's ask ourselves a few questions to focus on the problem.

W hy is the Winter Carnival such a disaster year after year? Did you know that M cGill's Carnival used to rival Le Carnaval de Québec in terms of fame and success? Are we merely subsidizing our events, when we should actually be making profits on them and having fun at the same time? Why do only 15% of M cGill students care to vote in their own general elections? Why don't people show up at intercollegiate sports events? What should be made of the fact that the Montreal student majority is "represented" by a Student Council full of unilingual anglophones from out of town? How can we produce BIG events like last year's ASUS tent party more often, and with no financial difficulties?

Why are campus-wide events such as Welcome Week, Int. Youth Year or Fiesta so hard to promote?

Obviously, there are many different answers to these questions and I am sure we could all think of many others along the same line. However, I believe that there is a pattern underlying most of our problems: the lack of communication processes. Did you know that the M cGill Students' Society does not have a VP communications while many other Universities do? One would expect the President or the VP External to handle the complex information ideas which need to be developed to ensure the social and financial success of our events. But they don't have the time. Their political responsibilites are much too important...Even the VP Internal and the Programming Director (a full-time employee) don't have the time or the resources to plan, organize and implement a professional communication Strategy for the whole campus. The pattern is thus very clear: on one hand, you have the political isolation of the top levels of The M cGill Students' Society and on the other, the totally uninvolved response of our largest target market, the Montrealers who comprise the majority of the M cGill student population.

It's really not surprising that Montreal students avoid voting and getting involved. Student Society leaders, most of them from out of town, do not have an inherent interest in reaching out to Montrealers. There is no desire to actively cater to the majority. As the saying goes, " if Montreal students don't get involved, it's just too bad for them." I believe that this kind of attitude is extremely unhealthy for the Students' Society and M cGill University itself. McGill needs active students from everywhere in order to entertain good alumni relations. How can we count on young Montreal alumni to support the University if most of them have never been involved and have no reference source? How can we ensure the financial success of our programs if the ruling minority is "incapable" of involving the silent majority on a day-to-day basis? Montrealers are consciously or unconsciously turned off. It's a vicious circle. As a wise business move and for the benefit of our overall school spirit, this situation needs improvement. And the sooner the better, as we are now facing extremely powerful consumer developments right at the University's front doors (Place Montréal Trust, Eaton Centre, Cours Mont-Royal and Promenades de la Cathédrale). This downtown boom will be very tempting in terms of entertainment, food consumption shopping and just walking around. What then is going to happen to M cGill's campus life?

We have to start to seriously improve our communication processes in order to better promote M cGill events and campus life as a parallel to this incredible downtown vigor (ie. new M cGill College Avenue).

I would like to offer a series of ideas which might be viewed by the next executive as potential solutions. First, try to get Montreal student input in The Student Council. Perhaps we should revise the actual set-up of our general elec­ tions. The residences currently hold the balance of power. They have the highest turnout because they have a voting station installed right at the entrance of their Cafeteria...As people line up to eat, they also line up to vote. Objective­ ly, this is not very fair. While out of towners vote for their buddies more easily, Montrealers get the short end of the stick: Montreal candidates have to get the commuter vote out and this is not an easy task. Montreal students don't have a conveniently placed voting station in their dining room...Being naturally uninterested, Montreal students have to make a conscious effort to stop and vote in one of the polling stations on campus. Up at residence, however, voting is just another automatic thing to do. I think we could eliminate that voting station and let residence students vote like everybody else on campus. Once Montrealers are présentât the executive levels of the Society, they will be in a bet­ ter position to outline objectives and plan programs which will interest the majority. Montrealers could also use their existing contacts with the outside community to obtain co-operation from city groups or companies in promoting new programs.

Another level of solution, perhaps more important, concerns the actual communication, public relations and infor­ mation processes of the Students' Society. As we are all fully aware, there is major lack of efficient programming and promotional objectives. The creation of a new executive position, VP. Communications, would be highly useful. This person, along with the Programming Director, could start looking at innovative ways to interest students. This would also give a boost to the very nebulous network. Professional organizational strategies should be put forward and im­ plemented enthusiastically. For example, we used a direct mailing system to recruit approximately 450 Montreal volunteers for Open House. Why not use this mailing system to elicit the interest of the Montreal student population?

Instead of dishing out thousands of dollars on posters that nobody really reads anyways, why not send, with the co­ operation of sponsors, a personal promo-letter to each Montreal student? This would be very effective to promote events and school spirit. It's only innovative ideas like this that will make a difference.

We should uplift our image in the community and on campus: improve our logo, attract sponsors, organize events with all faculties (including Engineering and Management), renovate the Union Building with our own financial cam­ paign, and most importantly, promote all our events and programs with a consistent and exciting approach to im­ prove the financial stability of the Students' Society. By doing this, we will then be able to offer more services and benefits to all members. Finally, the most important way to improve our campus life with Montreal input would be to stop being "set in our ways." It seems to me that the way to plan and promote events at the The M cGill Students' Society is in a rut, especially after replacing The Program Board with The Network. Year after year, the same organizational and promotional mistakes are repeated with a much too high turnover rate of volunteer positions.

I think it's time to get our act together, and not be afraid to look at the situation with a professional outlook. If com­ munication experts are needed to help us improve our image and promotions, I think it would be a great idea to con­ sult them. With innovative marketing strategies and serious objectives, I am positive that The Students' Society of M cGill University can fully live up to its potential as a dynamic and powerful organization in the middle of Montreal's ever-changing downtown core.

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GET INVOLVED D E A D L IN E E X T E N D E D H e r e ’s y o u r c h a n c e to bring th e b e s t e n te r ta in e rs & s p e a k e r s to M cG ill next ye a rl Applications are called for the following

P R O G R A M M IN G N E T W O R K P O S IT IO N S ( D e a d lin e : 4 :3 0 p m , F r id a y , F e b r u a r y 2 7 th , 1 9 8 7 )

P R O G R A M M IN G N E T W O R K C H A IR M A N The C hairm an o f the P ro g ra m m in g N e tw o rk w ill have general re s p o n s ib ility fo r the p roper fu n c tio n o f the N e tw o rk o ffic e and for pro vid in g th e p ro p e r a d m in is tra tiv e backup to the co m m itte e c h a irm e n . The N e tw o rk C hairm an w ill advise th e c o m m itte e chairm en on a c tiv itie s th e y are planning. The C hairm an w ill call and chair m eetings o f the M cG ill P ro g ra m m in g N e tw o rk and sits on the c o m m itte e w h ich selects the fo llo w in g c o m m itte e ch a irm e n : A c tiv itie s N ight, A lte rn a tive P ro g ra m m in g , C oncerts, P e rform ing A rts, Speakers, W elcom e W eek and W in te r C arnival. Only individual a p p lica tio n s w ill be accepted fo r the p o sition o f C hairm an. A p p lica n ts fo r th is p o sition should be prepared to a ttend the e n te rta in m e n t conference sp onsored by the Canadian O rganization o f C am pus A c tiv itie s, June 6 -1 0 , 1987 in T o ro n to , O ntario.

C H A IR M A N - A C T IV IT IE S N IG H T C O M M IT T E E The stu d e n t holding th is p o sition w ill assem ble a co m m itte e to organize A c tiv itie s N ight. The S tu d e n ts ’ S o ciety annual “ m eet the c lu b s ’ ’ fu n c io n w ill be held on W ednesday, S e ptem ber 2 3 ,1 9 8 7 fro m 7 - 10 p .m . C o m m u n ica tio n w ith club presidents m u s t be made during the s u m m e r m o n th s.

C H A IR M A N - A L T E R N A T IV E P R O G R A M M IN G C O M M IT T E E The C oncerts C o m m ittee w ill organize c o n ce rts, dances and co m e d y sh o w s. P a rticu la r a tte n tio n m u st be paid to the Canadian and M ontreal ro ck m u sic scenes. The C hairm an o f the C oncerts C om m ittee should be prepared to attend the e n te rta in m e n t conference sponsored by the Canadian O rganization o f C am pus A c tiv itie s, June 6 - 1 0 in T o ro n to , O ntario.

C H A IR M A N - P E R F O R M IN G A R T S C O M M IT T E E T his N e tw o rk c o m m itte e w ill bring to M cG ill events such as classical co n c e rts , dance pe rfo rm a n ce s (ballet, m od e rn , jazz) and the theatre .

The V ice-C hairm an, P u b licity w ill o ffe r advice co n cerning p ro m o tio n o f events to the c o m m itte e ch a irm e n and if so requested by c o m m itte e c h a irm e n , w ill take charge o f p ro m o tio n fo r p a rticu la r events. The V ice-C hairm an, P u b lic ity w ill assem ble a sm all group o f vo lu n te e rs to assist w ith the design o f po ste r and new spaper ads as w e ll as the issuing o f press releases.

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R o b e r t J. V e z i n a N o r t h A m e r i c a n S t u d i e s B .A . U 3 D ir e c to r o f C o m m u n ity a n d C o r p o r a t e A ffa ir s , M c G ill O p e n H o u s e " I n v ita tio n 8 6 "

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Reminder - nominations for 1987 close Friday, F e b r u a ry 27 , 1 9 8 7 .

A p p lic a tio n kits are available at the Students’ Society General Office.

Information: 392-4816.

MJDDTDOfNll Looking for Actors and A ctresses For Multi Media Production A u d itio n s held on M a rc h 3, 1 9 8 7 5 p m in ro o m 1 0 7 /1 0 8 in th e U nio n Building

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All of the above positions are considered voluntary and are responsible to Students’ Council. Except as noted above, joint applications will 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.

O A P P L Y : "General Application” forms are available in the Students’ Society General Office, Union 105, 3480 McTavish Street at Sadie’s II in the Engineering Building. All applicants may expect to have a written response to their applicaions by the end of March.

Completed applications must be submitted to Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary, Students' Society General Office, University Centre, Room 105, NO

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ARTS & EN7

Film N ot J u st B lack & WAnn hite Wa; M ore Tl Pretty

G reenaw ay b y H e a t h e r C la n c y

It's all happening at the zoo. At least it is for the imbalanced, somewhat m y th ic a l c h a ra c te rs in Pete r Greenaway's most recent film A Zed and Two Noughts (ZOO for those fond of acronyms).

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Director Greenaw ay's screenplay focuses on an unidentified European municipal zoo at which the central characters, Oliver and Oswald Deuce (Eric and Brian Deacon) are employed.

At the movie's start, the pair lose their wives in a rather bizarre car accident, (that is, if hitting a mute swan is really out of the ordinary). In an attempt to alleviate their grief, the brothers search for the meaning of life by studying evolution films and conducting timelapse photographic experiments on decaying organisms from an apple to a zebra to a...(you'll see). They also at­ tempt to gain some sort of answer from the accident's sole survivor Alba Bewick (Andrea Ferreol). An interesting menageà-trois develops between the men and the buxom, one-legged Alba. She declares herself pregnant by both of them.

These figures are surrounded by a menagerie of odd creatures. There is Alba's surgeon Van Meegeren (Gerard Thoolen) who conspires to amputuate Alba's remaining leg. His sideline is the authentication of Vermeer paintings. We have Venus de Milo (Frances Barber), the zoo's in-house prostitute and wouldbe writer who nurtures an unusual interest in male zebras. For added colour,

Tuesday, February 24, 1987

O l i v e r a n d O s w a l d c o n t e m p l a t e t h e l a t e s t in t h e i r s t u d y o f d e a d t h i n g s .

Greenaway has incorporated a sub-plot in which the colorblind zoo proprietors scheme to build a sanctuary for purely black and white animals.

In one way or another, all these peopie are searching for completion. The D e u ce b ro th ers, S iam ese tw in s separated at birth, are the prime exampie, as their hunt leads them to dress alike, or I should say together, in an attempt at re-fusion.

It isn't this ultimately thin plot, however, which holds the viewer's at­ tention. This movie is a visual banquet.

Colours appear in their boldest shades, ironic considering that the film's central animal is a zebra: "Is a zebra a white horse with black stripes, or a black horse with white stripes?"

Michael Nyman's soundtrack, which incorporates two classic children's songs, "The Teddy Bears Picnic" and "An Elephant Never Forgets," is hyp­ notic, bizarre, yet fitting. The sound lingers.

The acting is highly stylised, betraying the extensive stage work of its primary actors. This is especially true of the

D e a co n t w in s , who a llo w Shakespearean influences to penetrate their tragic performances. They pace and muse constantly. These techniques lend the final note of unreality to the film.

To say this film is off-the-wall is a bit of an understatement. Consider the fact that it emerged from the British Film In­ stitute's Production Board in 1985. It's taken two years to escape to this conti­ nent. This, however, does not make the movie any less enjoyable.

Don't go see A Zed and Two Noughts if you're interested in wild adventure, but the cinematography is guaranteed to capture your eyes and your imagination regardless of the absurdity of the plot.

Art is a medium of expression for everyone, according to Ann Wagner, whose collection of drawings and pain­ tings was recently displayed at the Fraser Hickson Institute. The small Côte SaintLuc library is an appropriate setting for this exhibit, entitled "Shades of Tim e." It presents itself as an individual's expres­ sion of dissatisfaction with the world that she lives in — a social commentary in the form of a quiet, personal protest.

"Every person can express themselves through art," Wagner maintains. "A lot of people think they can't use their creativity because they think they have to draw in a certain way. I think that anything is acceptable when it comes to art. The individual really at that point starts expressing feelings and ideas."

Wagner is concerned with social in­ justice, primarily with the alienation of women in society. Her abstract water­ colour paintings and marker drawings express this concern, with a focus on themes such as the intermingled destiny of mother and child.

One persistent motif is a pattern resembling "the inside of a woman's body," most obvious in a painting entitl­ ed "B irth ," which symbolizes the vulnerability of the fetus. "Evoke" presents the blue silhouette of a woman, using the same patterned motif. Standing before this painting, Wagner referred to "the barrenness of women, especially when they have to deal with institutions.

The more help they need the harder it is for them to get it," she said.

Wagner is involved with the Commit-

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Manager Doug ain’t no fool He says c ’mon everybody, let’s play some pool Thursday with D.J. Tim is rock’n ’roll night So $1.50 Labatts prices seem just right Nothing can compare to a Friday at G ert’s So much fun it almost hurts!

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1er frustration with institutions is exssed in a painting entitled "P o licy," ch consists of the blue outline of a ig profile (Wagner indicated its ng resemblance to P.W. Botha).

With a lot of these pictures, I see an ge of it before, and then I paint it. It's a premonition,” she explained, ne title painting, "Shades of Tim e," gests an air of impermeability, iyssey" is its optimistic antithesis. ?ner positioned the latter as the first k in the exhibit because for her, it esents the potential society can in to unleash in the individual. It rs a quality of openness quite difnt from the rest of her work. 'agner's art is first and foremost a i of personal expression. "I go from im agination...I never learned thing about art in school. The minute rt looking at the master painters, I it starts to deter me from my feel. I find it more exciting to paint my ideas."

G ert’s G ets G orgeous The time of the show is about the only Gertrude's Pub, striving hard to offer thing he w ill release "midnight." There entertainment for everyone, is again couldn't be a more logical choice for a heading for a first. Saturday February fashion entitled Lost Control, especially 28th is the date when 10 female and 6 in the nocturnal city of Montréal. "The male models hit the stage in "Lost Con­ late start enables people to finish a late trol — A Fashion Statement." family meal or watch the hockey game," Rumours circulating about the campus explains Hylton. indicate clothes will be coming from All 16 models are McGill students, stores located all over the city. Some of some may very well be in your class. the boutiques include: Bronx, Dissimo, They have been rehearsing day and Inutile, Kappa and Parachute. I tried to night to pull the show together. Along get some more information on the show with all the Beautiful clothes and exotic from Gert's Manager Doug Hylton, but models Kahlua, the show's sponsor, will he's being very secretive about it. As be sold in a Kahlua and cream shooter usual he's creating hype letting everyone for only $1.50 just so the evening does try and figure out just what it's going to lose control. involve. "This will not be your ordinary Certainly an event that hundreds will up and down the runway show ," pro­ want to see so come early to Gerts on mises Hylton.

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MNC'S Controlled By Interest In Profit b y B ilq u is s e V is r a m

To most of us, the world of the multi­ national corporation is of little or no in­ terest. Our view is obscured by the misconception that major companies have little impact on our own lives. On February 12th, the roomful of M cGill students who turned up for the film presentation of Controlling Interest: The World o f the Multi-National Corporation learned just how influential large cor­ porations are in our everyday lives. The film, produced by London Newsreel in the mid-seventies, and shown as a part of Developing Nations Week, reveals numerous frightening statistics about the immense power of just a few huge cor­ porations.

For instance, we are told that in 1975 there were more than 200,000 industrial corporations in the United States. Out of these, 100 controlled over one-half of all manufacturing assets. The 10 most powerful cleaned up 22% of the coun­ try's profits. Figures such as these give us only a glimpse of the tremendous con­ centration of wealth, and consequently, of the political and social influence, in

the hands of a few corporate bigwigs. “ In recent years, the most powerful of the multi-national corporations, the oil companies, have been almost embar­ rassed about their enormous profits."

The usual justification rendered by these huge money-machines is that they reinvest much of their profit into research and development programs.

More often, however, the multi-national corporation uses its profits solely to in­ crease them. They pay huge dividends to their stockholders. They expand into other industries, and thus expand their power; until finally a tycoon like Gulf O il takes over the Ringling Brothers' Cir­ cus.

"W e are not in business primarily to satisfy society," said one corpo/ate chairperson, "the profit has to be number one." Perhaps it is this hunger' for profits that has urged the growth of the global market. The film presents a series of effective shots which show the result of this worldwide market. We see the impoverished nations; their people living in dirty shacks, with huge in­ dustrial plants looming behind them.

We get the idea that this thirst for profit has led wealthy M NCj (multinational corporations) to find the cheapest labor, and in doing so, to exploit poorer na­ tions like Chile and Brazil. The narrator reveals the inevitable result of this pro­ cess, "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer."

It's a vicious cycle in which everybody but the MNC loses. A factory w ill be shut down in Greenfield, Massachussetts, causing unemployment there to rise phenomenally. The company moves this plant to an underdeveloped country, maybe Taiwan, where the people are willing to work for the lowest possible wage. The people in Greenfield remain unem ployed, and the Taiw anese workers are wage-slaves to a corporation that exploits their labor without reinvesting a dime of its profits into their country's development. Who wins when the country remains impoverished while the MNC makes off with the loot? The film Controlling Interest: The World of the Multi-National Corporation implies that we might get the answer from a handful of shareholders in designer suits.

The proposed question will be refer­ red back to the External Affairs Commit­ tee for approval. There it may encounter some opposition because it is radically different from the first rather convoluted question that Ian Brodie had initially tabled. Furthermore, the change may "kill the referendum for this year" because of a rule that requires ballots to be printed a given number of days before the vote. In this case, the deadline for the appearance of the March ballot was February 18.

Paul Pickersgill added to the uncer­ tainty. When asked whether the referen­ dum would be binding on next year's Students' Council, Pickersgill replied "I don't know."

In other business, Arts Senator Randy Flemings, posed a question that con­ founded Council. He wanted to know why orange drink had replaced orange juice in the university vending machines and expressed his concern about the lower nutritional content of the new drink. Tuesday night he got an answer.

It seems that there was an ordering mistake this fall and that in fact it had been "intended to be orange drink from the start."

So those of you who were upset by the switch of products in October, tough luck, the orangeade is here to stay.

Also addressed at the meeting was the final report of the Special Committee on Graduate Membership in SSMU. A survey conducted by the Committee concluded that graduate usage of Students' Society facilities is half that of undergraduates, found the status quo unacceptable and concluded that things must change. A number of amendments to the SSMU Constitution were to be tabled by André Couture.

A short recess was called, however, before the PGSS/SSMU issue was brought up, during which a number of Council members took the opportunity to quietly trickle out. When the remain­ ing SSMU representatives took their seats, it was discovered that there was no longer the minimum number of members present required to pass a mo­ tion. The meeting was forced to adjourn.

Dipping continued from page 1 students in the professional programs like Architecture and Nursing, as well, according to Brodie. "These students may have to pay $150-$200 per year," he said.

Kuranoff also noted that the course materials charge will now be applied to summer courses as well as courses dur­ ing the regular school year.

L A S T C H A N C E T O G E T IN V O L V E D D E A D L IN E E X T E N D E D APPLICATIONS ARE CALLED FOR THE FOLLOWING INTERNAL AFFAIRS POSITIONS:

(D E A D L IN E : 4 :3 0 P M , F R ID A Y , F E B R U A R Y 2 7 th , 1987) P R O G R A M M IN G - C H A IR M A N The C hairm an o f the P ro g ra m m in g N e tw o rk w ill have general re s p o n s ib ility fo r the p ro p e r fu n c tio n in g o f the N e tw o rk o ffic e and fo r p ro vid in g the p ro p e r ad­ m in istra tive backup to the c o m m itte e ch a irm e n . The N e tw o rk C hairm an w ill ad­ vise the c o m m itte e on a c tiv itie s th e y are planning. The C hairm an w ill call and ch a ir m e e tin g s o f the M cG ill P ro g ra m m in g N e tw o rk and sits on the co m m itte e w h ic h selects the fo llo w in g co m m itte e c h a irm e n : A c tiv itie s N ight, A lte rn a tive P ro­ g ra m m in g , C oncerts, P e rfo rm in g A rts, Speakers, W elcom e W eek and W in te r Carnival. Only individual a p p lications w ill be accepted fo r the p o sition o f C hairm an.

A p p lica n ts fo r th is p o sitio n should be prepared to attend the e n te rta in m e n t c o n ­ fe rence sponsored by the Canadian O rganization o f C am pus A c tiv itie s, June 6-10, 1987 in T o ro n to , O ntario.

S E C O N D H A N D T E X T B O O K S A L E C O O R D IN A T O R The S tu d e n ts ’ S o ciety w ill sp o n so r a second hand te x tb o o k sale in S e ptem ber 1987 and p o ssib ly January 1988. The C o o rd in a to r m u s t organize all aspects o f the sale w h ic h include p u b lic ity and fin d in g stu d e n t s ta ff. (The S tu d e n ts ’ S o ciety encurages ap p lica tio n s fro m in d ivid u a ls repre sen ting p a rtic u la r cam pus groups w h ich could have group m e m b e rs act as v o lu n te e rs .) The C o o rdinator m u s t be in the M ontreal area fo r at least a pa rt o f the s u m m e r to organize th is event. A n y p ro ­ ceeds realized by the sale w ill go to a c h a rity agreed upon by the C o o rd in a to r and S tu d e n ts ’ C ouncil.

M c G IL L F IE S T A - C H A IR M A N Each year the international and multi-cultural student groups at McGill celebrate their cultures and heritages during McGill Fiesta. Exhibitions, cultural show s, and 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 .heir culture with other McGill students.

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S O U T H A F R IC A C O M M IT T E E - C O O R D IN A T O R The S outh A fric a C om m ittee w as established by S tu d e n ts ’ C ouncil to provide m e m b e rs o f the S tu d e n ts ’ S o ciety and the U nive rsity c o m m u n ity w ith in fo rm a tio n p ertaining to the situ a tio n in S outh A frica. The C o o rdinator shall be responsible fo r overseeing the a ctivitie s o f the c o m m itte e and shall act as o ffic ia l spokesm an of the co m m itte e .

T R I B U N E P U B L I C A T I O N S B O A R D - 2 Students-at-Large The U nive rsity Centre S u b-C om m ittee is responsible fo r establishin g long te rm fin a n cia l planes fo r the upkeep, re novation and im p ro v e m e n t o f the U nive rsity C entre.

U N IV E R S IT Y C E N T R E S U B - C O M M I T T E E - 1 Student-at-Large The University Centre Sub-Committee is responsible for establishing long term financial plans for the upkeep, renovation and improvement of the University Centre.

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Ensuring The Best Set O f Wheels b y Jason M o g g M c G i l l C a m p u s L e g a l A id C l i n i c

So you're one of those few lucky students with a little bit of excess cash on hand, and you decide to buy yourself a car! But you are still a student, and you realize that the speed machine you buy yourself just ain't gonna be the car of your adolescent dreams. The cir­ cumstances are such that a shining new red Ferrari is out of the question and a rusty 5th-hand 1973 Ford Pinto is more in keeping with your image anyway.

There are certain things you should know about such a purchase and how the law of Québec affects you. If you buy a car, used or otherwise, from a

common sense goes a long way, and a few basic things are worth mentioning.

Inform yourself. Do some shopping around, find out what a vehicle like the one you are considering buying is worth.

Check the newspaper classifieds, magazines^and talk to a few people who might know something about the used car market. Whatever you do, never buy a car without having given it a detailed examination in full daylight. Check to see if the accessories — headlights, seatbelts, signals etc. — work, don't hesitate to ask any pertinent questions of the seller — ask even to see receipts for any repairs that may have been done.

dealer, the transaction is covered by the Consumer Protection Act. The subject of this article however, is the sale of used cars between private persons — that is, sales where no dealership or other per­ son normally in the business of selling cars is involved.

In such a sale, you the purchaser are not similarly protected by the Consumer Protection Act. You must take it upon yourself when entering into the contract of sale to stipulate terms for your own protection. If the contract is properly drawn up it can save a lot of grief later on.

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Tilt Leans Toward Cooperation b y S tev en G r een

Six per cent of the world's population consumes forty per cent of the world's resources. From this statistic it can be seen how disproportionately the interna­ tional distribution of wealth is spread amongst nations. This was one of the main themes illustrated by The National Film Board of Canada's animated short Tilt, which was presented in the Union Building during International Develop­ ment Week.

Although the short is only 19 minutes in length, it provides the viewer with a straight-forward, often sarcastic look at different perspectives which first world nations have of the third world. It makes a farce of the capitalist who out of the goodness of his heart feels the need to exploit the "uneducated." It takes jabs at the nations which give monetary support but fail to supply the technological infor­ mation needed to enable weaker coun­ tries to stand on their own, and it strikes down the racial perspective of superiori­ ty by the white man.

Tilt manages to offer viable sugges­ tions for aiding the third world without being idealistic. It carries the simple theme of, 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,' from beginning to end.

It may seem ironic to some that the National Film Board of Canada presents such a righteous theme of developing world harmony, while Canada itself plays the 'bad guy' in a great many of the cases presented in Tilt. As far as ex­ ploiting underdeveloped countries goes,

Canada is guilty. Our country exports products, to third world countries, such as strychnine (used in rat poison), which are banned here because they are con­ sidered to be hazardous to our health.

Canada also uses at least ten times the amount of energy that is used by any developing country with a population of the same size. When the topic of

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emergency food aid is discussed, it must be noted that Canada is the world's largest per capita donor. However, if equal amounts of technological aid were given to these underdeveloped coun­ tries, perhaps they could be taught to p»ovide for their own populations and thereby become less dependent on the first world.

Do you want to be your own boss?

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If you are currently a full-time student who will be returning to school this Fall and you are legally entitled to work in Canada, you may be eligible.

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Tuesday, February 24, 1987

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Your superficial examination, however, may not be enough. It is strongly recom­ mended that you consult a mechanic to check the brakes, the steering, the transmission and motor. The mechanic has various widgets, whatchamacallits and other assorted instruments of technological wizardry to detect pro­ blems that you presumably cannot. You w ill have to foot the bill for this, but it may be well worth it in the long run. If the seller balks and refuses to let you take the car to a mechanic it's probably a good indication that this car belongs in a certain citrus tree and not out front of your apartment (L-E-M-O-N for those of you that need things spelled out).

If after all these precautions, the car still interests you, you must make sure that the seller actually owns the car. It's not uncommon for a dastardly "rogue" to sell somebody else's car, collect the money, and disappear to wherever rogues disappear to. When the true owner shows up, the purchaser ends pp with no car and short a considerable

amount of money — or must pay for the car a second time. You can reassure yourself of the fact that the seller owns the car by asking to see a receipt that he/she has paid in full for the car and that there is no debt remaining on it. The best way is to communicate with the sellers insurance comDanv.

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In sales between private persons not normally in the business of selling cars the seller need not give any guarantee as to the state or age of the car. The Con­ sumer Protection Act stipulates that any manufacturer's guaranteee benefits each new owner of the car. Simple honesty is of course required. The Civil Code gives the purchaser an implicit guarantee against hidden defects (unless the two parties agree otherwise). This means that the seller has a legal obligation to reveal any hidden defects in the car which he/she knows about. Failure to do this w ill give rise to the possibility of a legal suit from the purchaser either to annul the contract or to reduce the sale price

(depending on the seriousness of the defect).

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After buying the car the new owner must inform the manufacturer that she/he is the new owner in order to benefit from the remaining portion of the manufacturer's warranty. The new owner and the seller must also notify the Regie de L'Assurance Automobile du Québec (RAAQ) of the ownership transfer. This can be done at any Caisse Populaire Desjardins, RAAQ Office or a private mandatory with IVA (Im­ m a tric u la tio n des V é h ic u lé s Automobiles) credentials. Failure to do this promptly will cause innumerable problems should the purchaser be in­ volved in any accident. The purchaser must show proof of insurance. This can be in the form of a letter from your in­ surance broker. As well, the licence plates and the registration must be presented. It is also at this time that the dreaded sales tax must be paid by the purchaser. The sales tax applicable is not

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Heath says he hopes to "break even or make $500," which would enable the Daily to publish an additional two papers before the end of term. Faced fixed according to the price that was with a $10,000 budget deficit this year, paid for the car and thus there is no point "the M cGill Daily is the poorest for the buyer in "cooking up" a sales newspaper in Canada" for what it ac­ agreement which doesn't reflect the ac­ complishes with its budget, Heath said.

T h e b a n d s a t t h e B a sh w ill in c lu d e a n tual price paid. The sales tax is determin­ ed by reference to the Canadian Red o p e n e r b y l o c a l h a r d c o r e b a n d F ailsafe Book which sets prices for all brands and a n d p e r f o r m a n c e s b y D é jà V o o d o o , a years of cars. However if the actual price w e l l - k n o w n M o n t r é a l g r o u p w i t h t h r e e differs substantially from the price listed a l b u m s u n d e r it s b e l t , a l o n g w i t h C o n d i­ in the Red Book, the purchaser may tio n , a n " u r b a n p r i m i t i v e s w i n g b a n d " refuse to pay the tax and contest the p l a y i n g i t s f i r s t M o n t r é a l g i g a f t e r a r e ­ assessment with Revenue Québec, or c e n t t o u r o f t h e M a r i t i m e s . " T h e B ig g e s t D a ily B a s h e v e r " w ill he/she may pay the tax and attempt to o p e n it s d o o r s t h i s S a t u r d a y n i g h t a t claim reimbursement afterwards.

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Happy motoring.

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The McGill Tribune

SPORTS

Tuesday, February 24, 1987

Redmen Combine Punches With Panache In Weekend Basketball b y K en M u ss

On Sunday afternoon at the Arthur Currie Memorial Gymnasium, the Red­ man Basketball team assured itself of a tie for first spot in the Q UAA with a 75-73 victory over the UQTR Patriotes.

Bernie Rosanelli snapped a deadlock with 5 seconds remaining in regulation time with a 12-foot jumper to complete a see-saw come from behind triumpn. I ne Patriotes held a 9 point advantage early in the second half but the Redmen recovered with some great outside shooting from Jaim ie Alden and Rosanelli who finished with 20 points and nine rebounds. The high man for McGill for the second straight game was W illie Hinz who garnered 21 points.

It was Hinz who notched 24 in a los­ ing cause Friday night at the Loyola Gym where M cGill dropped a 91-87 overtime decision to cross-town rival Concordia.

This çontest was an extremely rugged one with the referees failing to clamp down on some of the more flagrant extra curricular activities. Clint Hamilton was literally tackled when he had broken free for an easy lay-up chance. Alden had to take a rest after he had been clip­ ped in the face but pandemonium broke loose when big Rob Latter of the Stingers elbowed M cGill's Adrian Bak with 45 seconds left and in apparent control with a six point lead and possession of the ball. It was a typical "I'm going to rub your face in it" move by Latter and it almost cost Concordia the game. Hinz and David Steiner were immediately after Latter and the benches emptied.

Even Concordia's Assistant Coach John Doré joined the fray. He was seen grap­ pling with Steiner. When order had been restored, Hinz had received a foul and a

technical was called on Latter. Latter missed his foul shot and Bak sunk both of his to narrow the gap to four points.

McGill retained possession of the ball on account of the technical and drew two more fouls. Successful foul shooting under pressure sent the game into O .T..

With 26 point man Craig Norman and Nick Arvinitis, Concordia's power for­ ward, both out of the game on fouls, it looked good for the Redmen. Latter, however had other ideas, as he more than made up for his error with 8 points in the overtime period bringing his game high total to 28 and powering the Stigners past M cGill.

The hard fought victory was sweet revenge for Concordia as the Stingers re­ bounded from an 83-70 drubbing at the

hands of the Redmen one week prior to Friday's encounter of the physical kind.

In that game, Hamilton's 13 second half points in conjunction with a strong defensive effort by the team as a whole proved to be the difference.

After the victory which Redmen Coach Ken Schildroth called a "must game" on Sunday, the Redmen are 7-4 with one game remaining in their regular schedule. To clinch top spot outright M cGill must win against Bishops or have Concordia and UQTR both lose one of their remaining games. M cGill Sports In­ formation Co-ordinator, Raul Rousset likes their chances: "Everybody talks about the starting five but they have so much talent on the bench and yet they're just rookies."

Let us give your team a sporting chance.

Call Chris at 392-8927.

AUCOIN AWARD FOR BASEBALL W RITING

M artlets History b y K en M u ss

The M cGill Martlets hoop team ended the 1986-87 season on a sour note last Tuesday night in Quebec City. The Lady Hoopsters dropped a frustrating 78-65 decision to the Université de Laval thereby ending an era in women's basketball at M cGill.

Hubert Lacroix has retired as mentor of the Martlets after nine seasons. In that time, Lacroix' teams accumulated a 190-137 record. By far the high point during his reign came last season when the Martlets were contenders for the Na­ tional Championship. M cGill swept through the regular season and ham­ mered Bishops in the Q UAA title game

76-51 vaulting the team into National_ Ranking in the Top Ten and were as high as fifth at one point.

In a year that has been called a rebuilding one for the Martlets, the team has placed three players on the QUAA all-star teams. Janet Swords was named to the first team and Nat Mellilo and Leah Hayman have achieved second allstar honours. Carole Assalian of Concor­ dia received the Rookie of the year award as well as a first all-star team ap­ pointment. Kelly Tucker and Judy Lange of Bishops along with Lise Vaillaincourt from Laval rounded out the first all-star team from Quebec.

In re sp e c t for th e m em o ry of lo n g tim e m e m b e r Jean A ucoin of La P resse, th e M o n treal C h a p te r of th e B aseball W riters A ssociation of A m erica g iv e s an aw a rd , in c lu d in g cash prizes, for th e b est b a s e b a ll re la te d story o r essay b y a Q u e b e c stu d e n t. W rite 5 0 0 * 3 0 0 w o rd s o n a to p ic su c h as: B aseball F re e a g e n ts, W h e re will m ajor le a g u e b a se b a ll b e in 1 9 9 2 ?, A g a m e I'll n e v e r forget, W hat b a s e b a ll m e a n s to m e, or an y b a se b a ll topic, fact a n d / o r fiction.

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The M cGill Tribune

Tuesday, February 24, 1987

A S U S W EEK F E B R U A R Y 24 - M A R C H 2 Throughout the week, the Arts 8. Science Undergraduate Society, and the individual Arts Science departm ents are sponsoring a variety of events. The major ones include:

W E D N E S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 25 1 :3 0 p .m .

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Mr. Eric Barten discusses "W hy a Successful Businessman Would Venture Into Third W orld Developm ent,and What You Can Do to Get In vo lved ."

8 :0 0 p .m .

S t e w a r t B io lo g y B u ild in g R m

S1/3:

Debate - "Is Nuclear Fusion a Feasible, Safe. &.Peaceful Source of Energy?". Hear all sides to the issue; featuring speakers from the nuclear industry, Atom ic Energy of Canada & M cGill Pugwash.

An MSPS/Pugwash/ASUA event.

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7:30 p .m . L e a c o c k 2 6 : The Award-winning m ovie, THE KILLING FIELDS. Come see the film before DITH PRAN, the true life subject of the m ovie, comes to speak on Monday. Tickets $ 1.5 0 at the door.

F R ID A Y , F E B R U A R Y 27 9 :0 0 p .m .

U n io n B a llr o o m :

The ASUS invites all to get tanked at THE FISHBOWL PARTY. Admission $ 3 .0 0 .

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The M cGill Daily 8. the ASUS sponsor two live bands, DEJA VOODOO 8.

CONDITION at the BIGGEST DAILY BASH EVER.

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ARTI SC IE

UNDERGRADUATE SOCIETY

Leaco ck 232:

M cG ill’s own PRINICPAL jOHNSTON discusses M cGILL TODAY 8.

TOMORROW . Question period to follow .

8 :0 0 p .m

L e a c o ck 132:

DITH PRAN, the Cambodian journalist assistant and refugee upon whose experiences the m ovie "The Killing Field s" was based, speaks on LIVING IN THE KILLING FIELDS. Question period to follow . Admission $ 3 .5 0 M cGill Students, $ 5 .0 0 General Public. On sale at the door.

An ASUS, Programming Network event.