THEMCGILLTRIBUNE
Wednesday, March 18, 1987
Published by the Students' Society of McGill University
Volume 6, Issue 22
Tenenbaum Wins, Daily Loses By 22 Votes by Jennifer Mori After all the pacing and fingernail biting, the patience of the Students' Society election candidates was reward ed at midnight on Thursday, as the results of the executive and senatorial elections and the referenda were read out.
After a plose race with Randy Flemm ings, Daniel Tenenbaum was declared the 1987-88 President-elect of the Students' Society. W ith 1,097 votes,. Tenenbaum won with a comfortable ma jority over Flemmings' 789 votes with this year's VP External Ian Brodie com ing in third with 521 votes. The stress of
Surrounded by campaign managers, image-makers, well-wishers and friends, Daniel Tenenbaum (centre) celebrates election victory.
red. "I personally feel that moderate in creases are possible, roughly correspon ding to the administration's figure," he said. In the other referendum on the Athletics Complex, 1,990 to 323 students voted to renovate existing facilities with the money collected by the Board of Governors to date if con struction on the proposed site has not begun by June 1989. Terry Sbrissa took an early lead in the VP Internal race although Steven Lightfoot, "gave me a run for the money," Sbrissa said. She won with 1,096 votes to Lightfoot's 939. "The first thing is to find out exactly what I'm do ing," she said. "I have a lot of things to learn and a lot of ideas." Sbrissa hopes to improve StudSoc's image and get more students involved but realizes that this is a "hard task." The Daily fee increase failed by a mere 22 votes. Daily Co-Coordinating Editor, Joe Heath, has called for a re count of the votes but doesn't "feel that it'll change anything." "N o " votes totall ed 1,415 while "Yes' votes numbered 1,393. Two hundred and fifteen students had no opinion. "The results don't tell us anything," said Heath. "It's such an even split that it doesn't tell us what to do. It doesn't give us any direction." Heath would have preferred "to lose by 1,000 than by 22 to show decisively that we pissed people off." "It's the closest we've ever come," said Chris Lawson, Daily News Editor. The PGSS executive w ill not move "W e'll try again next year. We have no towards secession as long as negotia choice." Lawson was soliciting contribu tions are still in sight but, "there have tions for the first annual Daily bakesale. been too many occasions when nothing has happened," Readman said. "W e've sometimes gone to them with quite sim ple things and they've been adamant, saying no all the tim e," he stated. Tanguay hopes to use the recent PGSS motion to put its funds in escrow as pressure, "to prevent stalling tactics." She intends to present it to Senate and the Board of Governors even if negotia tions are in progress.
waiting proved too much for Tenen baum; at one point his campaign people said that he was in the washroom "feel ing queasy." Fie recovered by the time the final results appeared, saying; "There is a very clear cut result. It is clear whom the university considers its true representative." Tenenbaum told the Tribune that, "I feel my election pro mises are realistic and that they w ill be fulfilled." Chris Alexander took an early lead in the Vice-President External race, winn ing with 1,022 votes. FHis nearest rival was Francis Lacombe with 737 votes. The other candidates trailed far behind. "M y main aim is to make McGill part of the Québec student movement," said Alexander. "The main thing is to generate student interest." The results of the referendum on tui tion fee increases showed student opi nion firmly in favour of tuition increases provided that there is an extensive review of the loans and bursaries system and greater student participation in university government. One-thousandfour-hundred and twelve students voted in favour of the increases and 932 against any form of tuition increases while 268 had no opinion. "I'm very pleased with the results," stated Alexander. Tenenbaum concur-
Grad Students Vote To Separate by Jennifer Mori In last Thursday's Post Graduate Students' Society (PGSS) referendum on negotiated student autonomy from students' Society, an overwhelming 96% voted in favour of granting their ex ecutive the mandate to negotiate seces sion. According to PGSS VP (External) David Schulze, of a total 5000 graduate students, 3800 were in the Montreal area at the time of the referendum. The remaining 1200 were in other parts of the country or overseas. "Therefore," said Schulze," only 3800 were eligible to vote and the total voter turnout was 12.4% of the eligible voting po pu latio n." 441 graduate students voted for secession while 19 voted against. Schulze also noted that the majority of graduate students voted at PGSS polling stations, "showing how much they think of SSMU (Students' Society of McGill University)." "W e have received definite word from the graduate population reflecting what it thinks about the Students' Society," Genviève Tanguay, PGSS President, told the Tribune. "W e must have the negotiations now," added André Couture, PGSS VP Administration. "W e would like to get the problem solved before the executive changes." Tanguay was skeptical about the out come of the negotiations. "W e have no indications from StudSoc that they are ready to co-operate," she said. "Students' Council does not seem very serious and is taking the whole thing very lightly." Mark Readman, PGSS VP University Affairs and Graduate Rep. to Students' Council, thinks the constitutional amendments "w o n 't go anywhere" in Council. "I think these people don't want to be members of a council that let PGSS out," he commented. "O u r Council would love to secede," remarked Schulze. "It's the executive who are saying no. Nothing the SSMU executive has done is helping the PGSS executive persuade its membership that it's worthwhile staying in SSMU." Tanguay has voiced her frustration to the university administration and she
divulged that, "P rincipal johnston though a third party mediator would help." This "wiseman" has yet to be ap pointed but if he is, "w e would like to get the negotiations over in two to three weeks and definitely have a Students' Society referendum before September," said Tanguay. According to Tanguay, "everyone in the administration is cautious at this point." Tanguay's remarks could not be substantiated as the Tribune interviewed her after Johnston's office had closed for the weekend.
Heath attributes part of the Daily loss to an alleged unofficial "N o " campaign run by a student claiming to be on the Daily Board of Directors. "H e claimed that he was going to produce a new Dai ly but didn't explain how he was going to do it," said Heath. "There were also unofficial posters that did not follow campaign regulations. More than 22 people voted on the basis of lies." Heath does not intend to appeal the unofficial " N o " campaign as, "the only result could be an annulment of the referen dum results which wouldn't change anything." Andrew Dinsmore, Students' Society Chief Returning Officer, told the Tribune that two separate efforts were responsi ble, Dave Bate who did the speaking and Joshua Samuel who distributed posters. Neither knew "that there were procedures for registering an official 'no' campaign," said Dinsmore who w ill do nothing about the incident. The recount of ballots took place Monday. The Undergraduate Representative to the Board of Governors w ill be this year's Students' Society President, Paul Pickersgill. It was a narrow race between Pickersgill and Arts and Science Undergraduate Society President, Rye Symons, 1,319 for Pickersgill and 1,161 for Symons. As Pickersgill put it, "N ot much has changed/' By virtue of his position as Students' Society President, he was an ex officio member of the Board of Directors gained Dave Bate, Ward Brown, and Joel Savage. The Management Senator is Chris Gardiner and the Law Senator is Shahir Guini.
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Council Denounces Babb Talk, FAEs by Marie-Paule Labbé One controversial issue followed another as Council debated what action to Students' Council reaffirmed its support for the Ad Hoc Committee on take in response to South African Ambassador Glen Babb's unpublicized ap pearance at Douglas Hall two weeks ago. Responsible Research at last week's council meeting. It was resolved to sup port yesterday's demonstration against Fuel Air Explosive research at McGill. The decision to censure John Hale, Assistant Director of Douglas Hall, for The Committee also received a donation from Council's Special Project secretly organizing Babb's visit to the student residence was swift and unanimous. Fund to help cover printing costs for posters and pamphlets disseminated around campus. "Glenn Babb coming to speak at McGill is an international embarassment "Students are hearing a lot about FAE's. It would be a good idea if they had not only to M cG ill but to Canada," said VP External Ian Brodie. He added that information about them," said Amy Kaler, speaking on behalf of the Commit such action undermined the Student Society's policy to isolate the South African government. tee. / Kaler assured Council that none of the donated money would go to the Little "By letting him speak we give him legitimacy he doesn't deserve," said Red Wagon, a çivil disobedience group that occupied Vice Principal Amy Kaler, who also represented the South Africa Committee. She also noted (Research) Gordon MacLachlan's Dawson Hall Office last week. Kaler in- . that " if Glenn Babb, private citizen, wished to speak about cellular mitosis, I would have no objections." sisted that the Ad Hoc Committee is independent and non-political. When Stephen Fraser, Post-Graduate Rep to Council, asked if the pamphlets Council voted to demand a public apology from John Hale to both the Black would "mention any of the peaceful uses of FAE's" such as their function in community and M cG ill students in general. He w ill also be urged to invite an diesel engines, Kaler responded that " if the potential uses for research are am alternative speaker from a group such as the African National Congress or the biguous, it's different," but "that in the case of FAE's, the purpose is obviously Pan-African Congress to Douglas Hall in the near future. military."
Armour Threatens Public Media Battle by Ian M. Harrold Vowing to wage "a public battle in the media" with the Quebec government if it does not increase McGill's operating grant for 87-88, McGill's Vice Principal (Finance) is talking tough, and he means it too. John Armour told The Tribune last week that he had been expressly directed by the Board O f Governors (BOG) to refuse any further cuts unless the government "specifically orders it to do so." Armour said that although he feels Premier Bourassa has "sympathetic con sideration" for McGill's financial situa
tion, "there are a lot of pressures on the man" and so the outcome is far from cer tain. Education Minister Claude Ryan, is a staunch ally in the fight to clean up the universities' financial mess said Armour. The final word, however, w ill lie with the Quebec Treasury Board, whose president, Paul Gobeil has the job of reducing the provincial deficit. To this end, Gobeil has been at loggerheads with his cabinet colleagues in his efforts to cut spending everywhere he can but, like the hospitals last year, Vice Principal Armour feels that university funding is an issue close to the hearts of most of the
general publicand that the government already grave financial standing, more would have a hard time defending fur cuts would be like squeezing blood from ther cuts. a stone. The proposed budget was then ap It was at a confidential Board of proved with adjustments included to Governors meeting last November th^t reflect an assumed $4 to $5 million Armour presented the administration's dollar increase in the overall operating preliminary budget proposals for 87-88. grant. Armour said that Quebec univer These included a 5 million dollar reduc sities have been running "meaningful tion in the 11.5 million dollar yearly deficts" for 5 to 10 years and seemed deficit. This $5 m illion cut, Armour said, resigned to the prospect of deficit financ would be made through $2.1 million in ing for the near future. Reached in Quebec City, Luc direct university cuts add $2.9 in in creased grants from Quebec's coffers. Rhéaume, the Minister of Education's BOG's response was a flat no. The press attaché, declined to predict the exGovernors said that given McGill's continued page 6
W H A T’S ON Wednesday, March 18 • The Alumnae Society (Women graduates of McGill) presents a spring tone up with a fitness evaluation workshop from 7 to 9:30pm in Wilson Hall, Room 110. Price is $5 per person. For more info: 392-4816 • H/s G irl F riday, starring Cary Grant, w ill be shown at 7:30pm in the Ballroom. Admission is free! Presented by the McGill Film Society. • A major Free Trade Conference begins today at 9am in Room 609 of the James Administration Bldg, with Dr. Tom Velk and Professor Alvin Riggs sharing the podium. • McGill Outing Club is holding a general meeting at 7:30pm in Leacock 232. All welcome! • McGill Student Pugwash and the McGill Chaplaincy Service are sponsoring the last in a series of workshops entitled "Religion and Peace" to take place at 12 noon at the Newman center. Panalists for the workshop w ill be Joan Hadrill, Gerry Pascal, Sharlie Eddis, and Ron Algen. For Info: 392-5890 • AIESEC McGill presents Conducting business in the Third World: the other side of the story at 4:30 to 6pm in Bronfman 178. All welcome! • Gretta Chambers, journalist and governor of McGill Univer sity w ill speak on "A university's social respon sibilities — Has it any? at 12 noon in the McGill Faculty Club. Tickets are $12.50 per person. For info and reserva tions: 392-5968. Thursday, March 19 _ • Get o u t y o u r H a n d k e r c h ie fs , a french film starring Carole Laure, w ill be presented in the FDAA at 7:30pm. Admission $2. For more info: 392-8934. Presented by McGill Film Socie ty• Free trade conference continues with speeches by Dr. Donald Armstrong of the Faculty of Management, W illiam Johnson of the Globe and Mail and US Ambassador, Thomas Miles. For info: 392-5235. • McGill Student Pugwash presents Prof. Warwick Arm strong, on "Development and Ethics" in Room 426 Burnside Hall, at 7:30pm. An informal discussion w ill follow. All welcome! • The Canadian Studies Department present Dr. Glen W illiams of Carlton University who w ill speak on "Some se cond and third thoughts on Free Trade between Canada and the US" in Burnside 306 from 4:30 to 5:30. All welcome! • Volunteers are needed to tutor English and French. For more information please contact Heidi at Hillel: 845-9171. • McGill Drama Program presents Caryl Churchill's T o p G irls, today through Saturday in Moyse Hall, Arts Bldg.
The McGill Tribune Wednesday, March 18, 1987 Tickets are $4 for students and seniors, $5 general public. For info: 392-4695. Friday, March 20 • Lori Frappier of the McGill Cancer Centre w ill speak on M onoclonal antibodies to DNA cruciform structures and autonomous replication of plasmids containing origin enriched mammalian DNA sequences at noon in Room 705 of the McIntyre Medical Sciences Bldg. • David Gillies and Peter Stockdale w ill speak on Canada's Foreign Aid programme at 12 noon in the Centre For Developing-Area-Studies, Seminar room 100. • Women's Union Potluck. Come play the games feminists play. For more info: 392-8920, or drop by the office Union 423. • T ig h tr o p e , starring Clint Eastwood w ill be shown in LI 32 at 7:30. Admission $2,25. Presented by the M cGill Film Society. • McGill Debating Union General meeting in Arts W 270 at 3pm. All welcome • The Red and White Grad Ball is tomorrow night at 7pm. Tickets are available at Sadie's — today is your last chance. Don't miss out! Saturday, March 21 * H a i r directed by Milos Forman (Amadeus) w ill be shown in L132. Admission $2.25. Presented by the McGill Film Socie ty• South Africa Committee and the Black Students Network present an evening of ska and reggae featuring the Swinging Relatives and the Obeede Sounds. Benefit for Solomon Mahljjngu Freedom College run by ANC in Tanzania. Union Ballroom at 8pm. Admission $4 and $5. Sunday, March 22 • Morning Worship at 10:30am with Presbyterian/United Church Campus M inistry, follow e d by brunch at St-Martha's-in-the-basement. For info: 392-5890. • Anglican morning worship at Christ Church Cathedral, 8am-traditional Eucharist; 10am contemporary Eucharist with choir and sermon. For more info: 392-5890. Monday, March 23 • Anglican Chaplaincy student and staff Eucharist every Monday at 12 noon in the Newman centre. For info: 392-5890. • McGill Management faculty presents "1001 and beyond" sneak previews of spring '87 fashions (Calvin Klein, Mundi) at Chez Swann's 8pm. Admission $6. For more info: 392-5114 • McGill Debating Unon In-House debate: "The feminist movement is advancing too quickly for the collective good of society" in Union 425 at 6pm. All Welcome!
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The McGill Tribune Wednesday, March 18, 1987
Erring Angels? To the Editor: 1 write not to bury free speech but to invoke its boundaries. The Tribune's coverage of South African Ambassador Babb's appearance at Douglas Hall seems to endorse the notion that all ex pression is protected irrespective of con tent. Surely that bogeyman — expressly restated in your correspondant's 'letter to the editor' in the same issue of the Tribune has long been exposed. The inherent relativity of free speech is manifest in the laws of'defamation and libel, as well as in the Criminal Code's injunction against promoting hatred. It is equally apparent in society's defence of elementary standards of decency and order: child pornography and incitement to violence against the state are not pro tected forms of expression. In that select company of 'bad speech,' Mr. Babb's fulminations on behalf of the apartheid regime can no more constitute protected expression
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than would those on behalf of Nazism by an ambassador of the Third Reich. Douglas Hall Director John Hale's blithe assertion about 'hearing the other side' would be laughable if not for the tragedy of the situation at issue. The other side's version is apartheid incar nate, the daily consequences of which have been felt by South Africa's Blacks for over four decades. If, as Hale maintains, we hear too much against that system, was his priviliged student audience unable to 'once pin down' the Ambassador? What Mr. Babb referred to as South Africa's "warts” include the systematic deten tion of hundreds of children, the torture and ja ilin g of countless political dissidents, racial classification at birth for legal segregation, and the denial of voting-rights on grounds of race. Can this be disguised, as your correspondent suggested, by a 'mastery of facts and figures' on the part of the Ambassador? Evil, like freedom, is relative. In draw ing the lines of tolerance, let us err on the side of the angels. Amyn B. Sajoo Postgraduate, Law
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To the Editor: I am disgusted and outraged at the mentality of the students at McGill who feel that they must be notified about a speaker so that they may protest against him or her even coming to speak, rather than take the opportunity to argue in telligently with the speaker. So much for freedom of speech. The purpose of a university is to help its students in the pursuit of knowledge. Part of being able to make valid and educated decisions is knowing both sides of an issue. If the university cannot present all the aspects of a story — particularly with regard to something as controversial as the South Africa issue — then it is neglecting to do its duty to the students, and this must not
be condoned. It seems as though certain McGill students feel that they have' the right to curb and expurgate what the rest of us have the right to listen to, and the result is the occurence of a circumstance like that which was presented by the alleged 'secret' meeting of Ambassador Babb. The problem was not that Ambassador Babb was invited to speak to only a few people at McGill, the problem is that the fundamental right to freedom of speech is being over-ridden by students who do not have the right to censor our educa tion. « Sarah Jain U1 BA
Hale Hailed To the Editor: Last Thursday night I was enlightened by a speech made at Douglas Hall by the educated and articulate South Africa am bassador to Canada, Glenn Babb. Thus it amazed me when I saw the headline in the M cGill Daily, "Babb makes secret speech at M cG ill," and read that assis tant director of Douglas Hall, John Hale, should have notified campus media before inviting him. I agree that it was unfortunate that the whole of the McGill student body could not hear Am bassador Babb, but too much controver sy ensued when the idea of inviting him was brought up last year. John Hale wanted Babb to speak to a small group without it errupting into a circus with protests and riots. Randy Flemmings, Chairman of the McGill South African Committee (sic), said, in a short speech to the assembled Douglas Hall group, that everyone should have been notified so that they could come and protest. That is just what John Hale wanted to avoid. To argue intelligently on any subject one must know both sides of the issue, and Ambassador Babb enlightened us on the other side of the South African issue. As John Hale said in his introduc tion to the speech, "just because you listen to the other side of an issue does not mean you agree with it." I went to the speech opposed to apartheid and left feeling exactly the same way but with a realization that there is a lot more to this than I thought and that effective change w ill not occur overnight. For this opportunity to hear Am bassador Babb I congratulate John Hale and just wish that everyone at McGill could have this chance without chaos erupting. Obviously it cannot and that is why this so called 'secret' meeting took place. Susan Bogle U1 BA
Stretching The Limit To the Editor: rades in lies Messrs. Hale and Babb, this Last year, the Political Science claim can no longer be taken seriously. Students' Association considered in By his actions, Mr. Hale has implied viting South Africa's ambassador to that McGill desires to emulate a par Canada, Glenn Babb to speak at M cG ill. ticular publicly racist state. Furthermore, As a result of vigorous protests by the Babb's visit suggest that im plicit support Black Students' Network, the South of racially supremacist viewpoints is still Africa Committee and others, the PSSA highly evident. Babb was to have spoken did not follow through with the initation. to an assumedly all white audience. He McGill has chosed to stand against apar was spirited onto campus surrounded by theid. Or has it? a phalanx of security officers. Randy Last Thursday, Babb was smuggled on Flemmings the only Black student to campus to speak at Douglas Hall. The granted entry, and that only after some covert actions of John Hale and those discussion, was explicitly told that he who collaborated with him undermined would be arrested at the first sign of a any credibility they may have claimed as disturbance. All of the aforementioned individuals wanting to hear "both sides" are normal routine practices in South of the story. Africa. Does McGill wish to imitate the As a result of Hale's actions, the BSN most evidently racist state in the world? is unclear as to what exactly McGill's The BSN is outraged and alsç sadden position on South Africa really is. Is it ed. Assuming McGill's policy regarding nominal divestment in order to silence the South African government is one of p u b lic outrage? Is it c u rre n tly isolation and dissociation, Mr. Hale fashionable to openly "abhor" apartheid should be publicly reprimanded for his while giving private audience to its contravention of university policy. In apologists? Albeit circumspectly, is Mr. any case, the credibility of McG ill's posiHale's clandestine invitation of Babb an indication of McGill's actual policy on South Africa? An action begging to be in terpreted as overt support for South Africa's system of institutionalized racism. Regardless of the answers to these questions, the BSN is angered, outraged, and insulted by Mr. Hale's ac tions. Inviting Babb in a covert manner, to speak to a select audience, at an out of the way campus location, in the name of McGill is definitely not what a university should stand for. Allegedly, the universi ty is a setting in which people from a variety of backgrounds can agree to meet openly, discuss, share and ex change ideas and opinions on issues. In accordance with Students' Society policy, McGill is supposedly not to be O ld M c G ill w o u ld like to implicated in any activities that could be p a r tic ip a te d in th e p o e try in any way construed as support for the Pretoria government. Thanks to com-
tion on South Africa has been undermin ed. Finally it seems painfully evident that the motion to divest was but a gesture. Seeing that representatives of McGill can arbitrarily elect to be exempt from the policy of dissociation from apartheid and its supporter; The BSN asks if McGill can contradict itself, what's next? The Coordinating Council of the Black Students' Network
Crying Foul? To the Editor: I was very upset and angry with the M cGill Tribune article of Tuesday, March 10, 1987, entitled "Candidates Outnumber Students." Inaccurate and misplaced statements have had the effect of portraying in my candidacy for VP Ex ternal in a negative way, as well as per sonally slandering me in the social con text.
PO ETRY CO N TEST 1st Prize - Jeffrey B eer 2nd Prize: S cott B lack 3rd Prize: Sathish Jayarajan th a n k all th o s e w h o c o n te s t.
EDITORIAL: Twenty-Two Votes For the tenth consecutive year the D a ily Publications Society (that's all of us) has failed to support the D a ily 's bid for a fee increase. The narrow margin of defeat, representing a nearly fifty/fifty split in cam pus opinion, demonstrates both an increase in interest in the problems faced by the D a ily as well as the continued prominence of the antagonistic and unconstructive sentiment that pervades the student population. The D a ily is not set up to be just another newspaper, covering the same news that appears nightly on P u lse . Rather, its function is to present impor tant and newsworthy issues often ignored by the commercial media. The idea is to make people think, to increase awareness about topics that most governments, politicians, and university administrations would prefer to suppress. Primarily, the D a ily raises many issues that elicit response and discussion. This is the function of an independent university press. Students under the impression that financial strangulation of the D a ily is the most effective method by which to make the D a ily "more responsive" to their concerns are demonstrably wrong. Some simple mathematics: as ad content tends to infinity, the percentage of space allotted to actual copy tends to zero. The expression of a n y opinion is thus curbed by budgetary constraints. The very structure o f the D a ily ’s constitution provides avenues through which any McGill student may participate in the paper's internal decision making process. Change is effected through participation. However, when those who do in fact believe that change is necessary are confronted with this simple democratic axiom, the usual excuses arising from the "pressures" of university life com e spewing out like a broken record. Of the 1,400 students who voted against the D a ily fee increase, are there not even a few who are willing to put in tlie time and effort necessary to becom e voting staff members? Most students recognize the underfunding problem which now faces the university community. This is evident in their overwhelming support in last week's referendum for tuition fee increases, given concomitant im provements to the loans and bursaries program. Why is it so difficult to recognize that the D a ily is beset with similar problems o f inflation etc. that face the university as a whole? The D a ily is recognized nation-wide as an outstanding forum for student journalism. It is hard to believe that many students at this university neither recognize nor appreciate the function and stated purpose of this 76 year old McGill tradition. By stifling the D a ily , McGill students silence only themselves. Heather Clancy Melanie Clulow Michèle Dupuis Chris Flanagan Ezra Greenberg KateMorisset Tanya Van Valkenberg Stephanie Zelman "John Horvath, who refused to res pond in French..." is totally inaccurate. W hile other candidates spoke French in response to a particular question, I felt that I could better express my views in English. Furthermore, before I answered, I queried whether it was acceptable or not to respond in English, whereupon I was granted my request unhesitantly. If pressured to do so, I would have ar ticulated my answer in French; but I was not, therefore, the reason for my English response. In addition, the quote, "a ll candidates, except Horvath, stressed the importance of the ability to speak French..." is out of context and devoid of truthful substance. It suggests that I took the opposing view with regards to my opponents on this subject, which is not the case. Because I did not mention it does not mean I have a negative opinion with regards to the ability to speak French; furthermore there were other candidates who likewise did not mention anything about speaking French, yet unlike mvself. thev
were not singled out. The end result is that this article is totally misleading and slanderous in reference to me. Moreover, since this paper was conveniently released on the day of the voting, there was no chance for me to exercise my right for pro gressive action in due time. In other words, I was robbed of a fair image with respect to language equality. What I do demand now is a front page apology in the Tribune and/or Daily acknowledging this error. Furthermore, I petition those responsible and in charge to set up some sort of defense mechanism so that stupid mistakes like this don't happen again in the future. Words kill; please be a little more careful (and considerate) the next time you use' this weapon that you possess through the news media. Thank you. Sincerely, John Horvath (ex-VP External Candidate) Faculty of Education, U1
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Top Girls
Women Turn The Tables by Heather Clancy Time is not on the side of women in Caryl Churchill's Piece Top Cirls, but it can only reinforce the McGill Drama Program's solid production of the play. Top Cirls, which opened last Thursday in Moyse H a ll, is a c u rio u s ly anachronistic production. The action opens on a hypothetical dinner party at which the obviously long-deceased or purely imaginary guests openly discuss their status as women in their respective time periods. Whether we are consider ing the spirited Isabella Bird (Elizabeth Marmur), a Victorian woman who travelled the world extensively between the ages of 40 and 70 (conforming to Victorian dress even in Hawaii, mind you) or the pensive Pope Joan (Deb Dagenais), possible Pope from 854-856, their unconventional courage draws rais ed eyebrows. Although unconventionality is a bit less life-threatening for the contem porary figure- Marlene (Stephanie Morgenstern) — Pope Joan was stoned to death when her sex was discovered — her “ unladylike" actions still draw criticism from society. The second act moves away from her dinner party into “ real life." Item for consideration in the rest of the play is her decision to give her daughter Angie (Susan Lecouffe) up for adoption so she can pursue her career. Marlene's working-class sister Joyce (Elizabeth Marmur) takes the girl off her hands.
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alienating, her character parallels (the actors play double roles with the excep tion of Morgenstern as Marlene) work well. Generally, the cast is a cohesive unit. The interchange at the dinner party is at times confusing as each woman tries to sneak her life story into the conversa tion, at the same time. This is more the fault of the script, than of the actors. There is no excuse, however, for the in consistent British accents (the only ge nuine One is Marmur's). It is not until 5 minutes into the second act that one realizes the play's location is London, England. Elizabeth Marmur is especially strong as Joyce, Angie's foster mother, and the opinionated Isabella Bird. Her simple honesty draws grins from the audeince. Deb Dagenais is also notable as the complex Pope Joan trying to be a man. There were certain things, however, that Joan just could not hide Top Cirls left to right: Elizabeth Marmur (Isabella Bird) and Alisa Kriegel (Griselda). Angie is attracted by her real mother's glamourous lifestyle and decides she wants to be just like "Auntie Marlene." Her admiration causes feelings of resent ment in her foster mother. The audience must decide which woman they respect more: self-proclaimed martyr or the " b a ll- b .r e a k in g " (d ru n k )
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businesswoman. This is director Johanna Mercer's debut at M c G ill. D ire c to r and dramaturge at Montreal's National Theatre School, one hopes Moyse Hall feels her presence in the future. Although the separation between the first act and the rest of the play is initially
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Set and costumes by Dominique Lemieux are the production's final coup de grace. The set is wonderfully func tional and the change from the second to third act in full view of the audience adds poignancy to Joyce's simultaneous ministrations to the slumbering Angie. Top Cirls runs form March 19 to 21 at 8pm in Moyse Hall. Tickets are $4 for students and seniors and $5 for the general public. Additional information: 392-4695.
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Rhythm by Mike Crawley Imaginative and varied choreography was the strong point of last week s presentation of The Definition o f Dance, this year's McGill Contemporary Dance Ensemble performance. Audiences at Player's Theatre saw a diverse hour-long performance showcasing the talents of 27 McGill dancers and their original choreography. All wrapped up, the Ensemble made for an entertaining and artistically pleasing evening. The show consisted of 11 piecr choreographed by seven different dancers in the Ensemble, to music rang ing from Lawrence Welk to Andreas Vollenweider to Alphaville. The dancing encompasses many elements including ballet, tap and abstract interludes. A par ticular aspect of the show that truly pleased this writer was the costume design; each individual choreographer created the costumes for his or her own dance and all of them showed great im agination. My particular favourites in cluded the opening "Penguin Çafe" by Susan Kozel, with its identical dark suit jackets and clown noses, Andrea Brown's "Relationships," in which all the dancers wore simple black and white and "C hild's Play," choreograph ed by Benny Draier. These three stood out, but all the numbers included costumes which harmonized with the mood created by the music and the choreography. The designers often u tilized a m onochrom atic colour scheme, along with thç odd bright splash, creating a good visual motif. The choreographers of The Definition of Dance are to be commended for this work. Among the individual dances, the dif ferent types of creativity were im pressive. In this writer's opinion, the most beautifully presented piece was the closing "O ne Soul One Movement," in credibly well choreographed by Sarah Hayes to music from Art of Noise. The piece opened with 14 frozen dancers who gradually began their own in dividual routines, yet all appeared to move together. Every member of the
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Motion lemble became involved in this Tiber, yet it remained flowing and cluttered. Hayes also deserves ognition for her "Freedom" piece, as the dancers involved as they were put ough a vibrant workout, packed full motion and energy. Another excellent work was Benny aier's comic "Child's Play." It showed at of imagination and truly entertained audience, as this seemed to be the ce that they responded to the most. - dancers showed an ability to portray iracters while simultaneously perforag their routines. Jillian deGannes, joint coordinator of Ensemble along with Sarah Hayes, areographed dances to three diverse i clever choices of music. "Moonice," to Van Morrison's classic tune, I a lot of rhythm and showcased some inted individual dancers. "Life's Love air," performed to the music of Sade four beautifully expressionless men set a mellow, almost pensive od. Finally her piece "Abstract" was t that. Grace Jones' "Slave to the Ahm" was interpreted well by the icers. The individual routines were II choreographed to seem as one. le d it also goes to Claudie Painson I Sonia Iwanicki, who also conuted with their own choreography, unga Lima for sound design, Philip ath, who designed the lighting erne and Marcus Lem for his artwork. ienerally, the ensemble was exactly t — a group of individuals working II together. The choreography fit the sic and the dancers performed their itines well. It must be acknowledged t though the designers of the show im to get all the praise, a lot of ognition must go out to the members the Ensemble. These performers conluted much time, and though some nor technical mistakes could be seen it reminded the audience that the icers weren't professionals, it was ■ir individual contributions that made e Definition of Dance an enjoyable :cess.
by Robert Costain The final chapter of 1987's Montréal New M usic Festival opened last Wednesday as Donna Lee Marsh and The Darned took the Ballroom stage. Montréal's original and most travelled cowpunk band, The Darned performed one of their more animated sets of late to an enthusiastic crowd. The size of the audience was surprising considering the fact that it was the middle of the week and the Ballroom's cavernous acoustics make listening to bands a chore. Marsh lacks charisma on stage though her voice is well-suited to the band's style. She is also the group's songwriter, and her compositions reflect the angst that is present in the genres from which cowpunk draws its roots. The quality of the musicianship and the fact that Marsh seemed unusually energetic allowed the band to establish a happy rapport with the crowd. Shortly after midnight Ray Condo and terry Jerry and the Sons o f Rhythm Or chestra took the stage just over an hour his Hardrock Coners began their set. after the start of the show to prove what Some of the crowd had left by this time, a hard-driving and hard drinking band leaving a throng of hardcore Condo they are. The group oozes cynicism and followers to be entertained by the band's terry terry's manic onstage antics turned brand of rockabilly music. Unfortunate on the crowd. Their music is bluesy rock ly, despite the fact that they put on one which sometimes verges on sounding o f their finest performances in recent like gospel music, though the lyrics pro months, culminating in an encore with bably wouldn't appeal to the super terry terry on vocals, the act was plagued pious. Their act was a thrill from start to by the Ballroom's atrocious sound finish, and they were called back for an qualities. Ray's vocals were buried somewhere in a sea of white noise. encore.
pointed a Few People (DAFP). Shank opened the show with a set of reggae music which stylized them as the Beastie Boys of reggae. Their musicianship was very good, but their act needs more stage presence. The audience was more interested in the second half of their set, when they abruptly shifted to Clashinspired punk. Montréal veterans The Asexuals prov ed that they are still alive and well despite the departure of former singer John Kastner. Their style has shifted to c one which is more rock oriented than 5, the punk style they once had. The rock UJ element of their music is somewhat ^ reminiscent of Hüsker Dü and other O American alternative bands. They were I greeted enthusiastically by the crowd, o who brought them out for a lengthy eno core. DAFP closed the festival with a set of polished industrial punk. Not quite as On Friday, Montréal ska band The frenetic as a hardcore band, DAFP are M ob opened up a show which also nonetheless scary. Their music is vicious featured a reunited Double Agept (for and lead singer Ian Stephens' vocals and the second time this yar) and the reggae antics are shockingly aggressive. They were perhaps the highlight of the collective of Kali and Dub Inc. The Mob festival, mot only because of the quality have the right idea when it comes to ska, of their performance (w hith many peo but their act lacks polish. Double Agent, a more experienced ska group, reported ple missed having left, after the ly thrilled the crowd, composed of many Asexuals), but also because they have managed to draw what was perhaps the underage, out of style mods. largest crowd of the entire festival. They Saturday, the final night of the festival, were also the most theatrical of the featured Shank, The Asexuals and Disap festival acts.
Rourke, Bonet Falling From Grace by Mike Crawley Take a Cosby kid in a sex scene, add the director of Pink Floyd: The Wall, throw in a pinch of Robert DeNiro for good measure, and mix up the whole mess in a pot of blood, occult ceremonies and private investigation, and you have all the ingredients for a gripping movie, right? maybe not. In this case, something must have gone wrong in the cooking process, because Angel Heart doesn't taste quite right. The story, adapted by Alan (Birdy) Parker from the W illiam Hjortsberg novel Falling Angel, unites two genres which are not often combined. It's a traditional fifties detective tale with elements of religious mysticism haunting
the protagonist throughout. Mickey Rourke, having recently untangled himself from Kim Basinger in 9 1/2 Weeks, plays Harry Angel, a private eye scruffier than Sam Spade, less suave than Sonny Crockett, yet somehow an allur ing mix of the two. He is hired by Louis Cyphre (DeNiro) to perform the classic P.l. assignment: find someone. Since this on its own would make for a very boring movie, the people Angel questions begin to get killed along the way in a rather bloody manner. Naturally, Cyphre remains sinisterly vague about the case while enticing Harry along by sweetening the pot. Despite several interesting characters and lots of suspense in the story, the
movie lacks punch. The actors seem to let the characters down. Rourke glides through the film lighting matches for his ever present cigarettes on just about anything (a wall, someone's shoe, his thumb, bis teefh — you get the idea) and doesn't start acting unti the film's climax. DeNiro seems bored with the whole process. Lisa Bonet delivers her lines monotonously, all too often soun ding like Denise Huxtabel, a far cry from her Epiphany Proudfoot character in this film. Even the actors with small, but in triguing roles seem to be sitting back on their heels. One watches Angel Heart, realizing all along that it is a good story, but walking out somewhat unfulfilled. Director Parker starts off with some
wonderful abstract camera work. But soon he leaves filmmaking and begins storytelling, except for a peculiar fettish for shots of electric fans — a device which ends up being slighly tedious. The sex scene between Boney and Rourke has become a controversy. Parker was forced to edit some of his original work in order to avoid receiving an X-rating, but the scene remains one of the most explicit this writer has ever seen in a mainstream movie. It is an in triguing and radical segment. The conclusion is the best part of this movie, with respect to both filmcraft and storyline. It is low in predictability, continued page 6
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FEATURES Research On Women Broadens Anthropological Scope by Moira MacDonald The United Nations proclaimed 1975-1985 as the International Decade of Women. During this time efforts were made to recognize the role women played in society, a role often, unrecognized by researchers in many academic fields. It was also during this time, 1976 to be exact, that McGill had its first course of fered on wom en from an an thropological vie w po in t. Professor Laurel Bossen taught the course and has witnessed a steady increase in the amount of research being conducted on the role of women in various human societies. Currently she and Professor Margaret Locke of Medical Sciences are advisors to four graduate students con ducting their own anthropological research on women and are involved in the teaching of two anthropology courses, dealing specifically w ith women, "W omen in Cross-Cultural
V.P. A rm o u r continued from page 1 act amount of any increase, should the government announce one. Rhéaume said that high level-talks between senior ministry officials and McGill represen tatives have gone well and also termed McGill to be an "institution in pretty good standing." Rhéaume said that in crease in university funding was Ryan's "number one dossier" right now. The minister has asked for an overall in crease of $82 million dollars for Quebec Universities. Armour, meanwhile, was hopeful for a positive outcome to the meetings. He
Perspective" and "Gender, Inequality and the State." Bossen believes that anthropological research on women is not only valuable in its contribution to women's research as a whole but also because it indicates the need for substantial revisions in previous anthropological investigations. Before women-specific research was recognized as an important entity, an thropological studies were not merely incomplete, they were inaccurate. An entire economic contributing sector, made up of women became invisible in the eyes of most professionals and researchers. Due to general assumptions about women's status in society, their contributions were not deemed to be of particular significance in overall studies. Popular among topics in this type of investigation is the position of women in developing areas. W ithin McGill's an thropology department projects have been and are being conducted on Nepal, noted recent Chamber of Commerce studies indicating support for more fun ding but said McGill would not shy away from "calling press conferences and arousing public opinion" should he find it necessary.
Angels? continued from page 5 something detective films often positive ly ooze with. Angel Heart fall short of its good inten tions. It is not a bad movie, but since it wallows in that sea of films which deserve no more than the comment "it's okay," this writer rates it as a 6 1/2. If you want to see it, go on a Tuesday.
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India, and Japan. Professor Bossen has already completed library and field work on women in Guatemala resulting in a book published in 1984, the ReD iv isio n o f Labor: W omen and Economic Choice in Four Guatemalan Communities. Though she hopes to con tinue her work on Guatemala Bossen is now anticipating field-work which she w ill perform in China on the subject of 'Women in China's Changing Economy: Gender and Development.' Bossen has a strong interest in economics and w ill ex amine the effect of recent economic alterations on patriarchal traditions within the society and its relevance to women functioning in China's modem economy. Funding for these projects comes from a variety of sources. Originally grants could only be expected from women's own organizations but this has not been the case in recent years. Canada's Social Science and Humanities Research Coun
cil (SSHRC) has funded several of McGill's projects and has exhibited positive attitudes towards women's research such as their publication of 'On the Treatment of the Sexes in Research which gives specific guidelines as to the method of all research conducted under its auspices. SSHRC's grants funded Pro fessor Margaret Locke's project on Cultural Patterning of Menstruation and Menopause In Japan. Graduate students have also received funding from SSHRC in addition to Major McGill Scholarships and professors working on projects specific to their own area of study. Anthropological research on women also continues beyond McGill's borders. Gender and women in the Caribbean is just one such project offered at the University of Laval. In addition, Michigan State University also has con centrated efforts on women in develop ment. The Canadian International Development Agency (Cl DA) has a
In terms of research, Professor Bossen believes "w e are behind other univer sities" but she owes this in part to the fact that faculty members interested in the field are dispersed both within the university and in other Canadian univer sities. The research cuts across many disciplines and coordinating of informa tion is key to its development.
Psyched For Research At McGill by Elizabeth Pasternak and John Fotheringham W ith over 35 professors doing varied and intense research, the McGill Psychology Department has made a name for itself on an international level. Professor Sherwin, whose research is in psycho-endocrinology affirms that McGill ranks "pretty high" in relation to other schools of research in North America. Sherwin also said that in the area of physiological psychology, specifically motivation, McGill has "established a beach head internationally." Professor Lambert, who has been a major force in the Language Research Group for 35 years, explained the history of McGill research. In the past, Professor Donald Hebb (head of the psychology department) and Dr. Penfield (Head of the Neurological Institute) were personal friends who fostered the alliance between psychology and neurology at McGill. Today, this union is carried on by two former students of Hebb, Professor Brenda Milner who studies patients at the Montreal Neurological Institute undergoing focal cortical excisions for the relief of epilepsy, and Prof. Ronald Melzack who deals with pain mechanisms in humans and animals and works at the Montreal General Hospital. Both Milner and Melzack were unavailable for interviews. Lambert also said that his Language Research group is years ahead of any other by virtue of its 30 years of continuous study. It is the only one of its kind in the world. Lambert and Professor Genesee form the backbone of this field, and each year interested graduates and undergraduates do research with them. It has become a training centre for problems of bilingualism and biculturalism on a personal and cultural level. Currently, they are investigating the thinking processes of bilinguals. They are particularly interested in seeing the effect of bringing two languages toghether and how this bears on problem solving and memory. In addition, the Language Research Group is questioning what motivates people to become bilingual; there are those who learn a second language as a tool and those who learn it to understand the other culture. So far, they have found that the second group tends to learn the intricacies of a second language better than the first group. On the international level, the group is dealing with minority groups in such places as Florida, Puerto Rico and Detroit, who wish to become part of American society while still retaining their language and culture. Professor Sherwin, who in general terms is involved with psycho-endocrinology, studies the possible effects of hor mones using surgically menopausal women as models. She is particularly interested in the functional role of androgen, a sex steriod. The ovaries provide one third of the body’s androgen; during a hysterectomy the ovaries are removed and the androgen has never before been replaced. Sherwin has tested empirically and discovered that androgen has an effect on female sexuality. All the women who took androgen "felt better" than those taking a placebo. Moreover, in studying the effects of hormones on mood, the women treated with androgen had a lower level of depression than the untreated women. Last year, Sherwin started a new study using 100 Undergraduate students as subjects. There were two groups of students selected — those taking oral contraceptives and those who did not. The subjects gave blood samples at certain intervals and were then adked to fill out a questionnaire looking at things like androgyny, their relationships, their feelings about their relationships, the kind of choices they were making about the future and how they viewed the sexual division of labour. Presently, Lambert's group is analyzing the data. In addition to these areas of research there is a plethora of other studies being done in the Psychology department. These include investigations of perception, psychopathology, learning disabilities, alcohol, cognition, psychophysics, stress.
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S w im T g3IT1! B est O n T h e B lo ck s j Let us give your team a by Jordan Waxman W hile many of McGill's supposed premier sports teams are crumbling under the competition, the McGill Varsi ty Swim Team consistently leaves its challengers floundering in its wake. At the recent CIAU Championships in Halifax, McGill won a total of six medalspincuding two golds, en route to the team's highest ranking in almost twelve years. Despite some bad luck — QUAA goldmedalist Chantal Venne could not at tend because of a coaching commitment
team returning next season, and several national-calibre athletes to join the team in September, Coach François Laurin is expecting even bigger and better things from McGill in 1987-88. The Redmen pulled some big suprises at the three-day meet and broke a number of McGill records which had stood untouched for 11 years. The most exciting race was the men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle event which finished se cond in the consolation finals and tenth in Canada. Second-year Calgary native Jason Meeuwig clocked a personal and
Quebec (U. of M., Sherbrooke and Laval have 50 metre pools), one of the only such rem aining in Canada, has dilapidated lane ropes and no starting blocks. With luck, the strength of McGill and Coach Laurin's swimming program w ill help turn some head in the Users Facilities Committee; the body which researches McGill's needs in a new Athletics Complex. If the team is to con tinue winning and to attract new recruits, (especially more male recruits), the standards of the swimming facilities
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with Pointe Claire; one women's relay and one individual race were wrongfully disqualified — the Martlets pulled some stunning upsets. O lym pic hopeful, Robin Ruggiero fought off the competi tion to win the gold medal in the' 100-metre butterfly event, finished hun dredths of a second behind the leader in the 200-metres butterfly for the silver, and touched in a close fourth in the fastest-ever 100-metre freestyle final. McGill's second gold-medalist was second-year Education student, Manon Venne. Venne, who w ill represent Canada at the World University Student Games this summer in Yugoslavia, blaz ed her way to the gold in the 200-metres backstroke, and raced for bronze medals in the 100 back and 200 freestyle events. Manon picked up her fourth medal (her seventh CIAU medal in two years with McGill) swimming backstroke in the 4 x 100-metre medley relay and anchored the 4 x 200-metre free relay whose thirdplace finish was annulled by a dis qualification ruling on one swimmer's start. Today the Martlet Swimmers are rank ed seventh in the nation and are the only top ten ranked team at McGill. The team has been a relentless contender in regional and national competition, and had shattered all but three McGill records. With nearly all of the women's
university-best time of 53.4 seconds, on ly a few seconds from the world's best times. Both the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 freestyle relays were fast enough to beat McGill's previous best marks and three out of the four relay swimmers w ill be returning to compete for the Redmen next year. Rookie Keir Craigie, who broke the McGiJC record in the 400 I.M. at the QUAA championships in February, commented on the success of this year's varsity squad. "There's no question the women's team was the real force this year. They all pulled together, trained in credibly hard and set out to beat the competition." "Swimmers are a different breed," continued the lanky 19-year-old. "H ow many other athletes do you know that train 11 times a week and compete over a six m o n th * season fo r th e ir university...then train and compete over the summer?" Although the swim team has been slow in gaining respect and recognition from much of the Athletics Department (except for Intercollegiate Athletics Coordinator Harry Zarins, who remains a loyal supporter), they are virtually set ting the pace in McGill Sports. The swim team is producing, with some of the most outdated facilities anywhere. McGill's is the only 25-yard pool in
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10% o ff y o u r n e x t m eal fo r M cG ill S tu d e n ts 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm Everyd ay with McGill I.D.
Due to the extremely high demand for office space in the University Centre, it would be highly appreciated if groups, which do not absolutely need office space, refrain from requesting an office. In the letter of application for office space, please include any comments or recommendations relating to the physical condition of the club offices, the adequacy of the furniture and accessories and any improvements that should be made.
O U R S P E C IA L T IE S IN C L U D E ★
NOTE There is no specific request form for office space. Requests with justification, should be typed and addressed to the Joint Management Committee. They should be delivered or mailed to: Leslie Copeland, Operations Secretary, Students’ Society General Office, Room 105, 3480 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1X9 NO LATER THAN 4:30 P.M., FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD, 1987.
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27 D ifferent K in d s O f P izza cooked in our maplewood burning oven - starting from $4.25 F re s h H o m e m a d e P a s ta
- starting from $4.45 ★
M o u th w a te rin g S te e rb u rg e rs
- starting from $3.95 ★
S u c c u le n t B a r -B -O C h ic k e n & R ib s
- starting from $4.45
Rick Chance Chairman Joint Management
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UNDERGRADUATE SO CIETY
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ASUS nominations are reopened for the following positions until 5 pm, Wednesday, March 18:
★ V ic e -P re s id e n t A rts ★ ★ V ic e -P re s id e n t S c ie n c e ★ ★ V ic e -P re s id e n t A d m in is tra tio n ★ ★ V ic e -P re s id e n t F in a n c e ★ ★ S c ie n c e M e m b e r-a t-L a rg e (2 p o s itio n s ) ★ A rts M e m b e r-a t-L a rg e (2 p o s itio n s ) ★ Nomination forms are available from the ASUS office - Leacock 319. For information please call 392-8950.
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